1962 Provincial Speedway League

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1962 Provincial Speedway League
LeagueProvincial League
No. of competitors13
Champions Poole Pirates
Knockout Cup Exeter Falcons
Individual Len Silver
Highest average Ivor Brown
Division/s above 1962 National League

The 1962 Provincial Speedway League was the third season of the Provincial League. [1]

Contents

Summary

Thirteen speedway teams took part. Bradford, at their new venue at Greenfields Stadium, returned to the league after missing the previous season due to delays building their new track. The league season proved to be disastrous for Bradford and the club folded at the end of the year. New team Neath Welsh Dragons joined the league and Leicester joined after dropping down from the National League. Neath, near Port Talbot in Wales, was not a successful venue and many of their fixtures were raced at St. Austell. Rayleigh Rockets had withdrawn. [2] [3]

Poole won the league championship for the second year in a row. [4] The Neath Welsh Dragons achieved what was described as the impossible by finishing second in the league standings. [5]

Final table

PosTeamMWDLPts
1 Poole Pirates 24170734
2 Neath Welsh Dragons 24141929
3 Exeter Falcons 241401028
4 Stoke Potters 241401028
5 Edinburgh Monarchs 241221026
6 Plymouth Devils 241221026
7 Sheffield Tigers 241211125
8 Cradley Heath Heathens 241201224
9 Newcastle Diamonds 241201224
10 Wolverhampton Wolves 241111223
11 Middlesbrough Bears 241101322
12 Leicester Hunters 24601812
13 Bradford Panthers 24511811

M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points

Top Five Riders (League only)

RiderNatTeamC.M.A.
1 Ivor Brown Flag of England.svg Cradley10.21
2 Clive Featherby Flag of England.svg Sheffield10.21
3 Eric Boothroyd Flag of England.svg Middlesbrough10.15
4 Geoff Mudge Flag of Australia (converted).svg Poole10.04
5 Jimmy Squibb Flag of England.svg Plymouth9.74

Provincial League Knockout Cup

The 1962 Provincial League Knockout Cup was the third edition of the Knockout Cup for the Provincial League teams. Exeter Falcons were the winners. [6]

First round

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
18/06Newcastle74–22Sheffield
21/06Middlesbrough66–30Cradley Heath
22/06Leicester32–64Poole
22/06Bradford57–39Neath
23/06Edinburgh71–25Wolverhampton

Second round

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
11/08Edinburgh54–42Middlesbrough
11/08Stoke61–31Newcastle
14/08Bradford44–52Poole
27/08Exeter53–43Plymouth

Semi-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
10/09Exeter57–39Edinburgh
15/09Stoke49–47Poole

Final

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
20/10Stoke60–36Exeter
22/10Exeter70–26Stoke

Riders' Championship

Len Silver won the Riders' Championship. The final was held at Hyde Road on 22 September in front of 20,000 spectators. Four riders finished on 11 points forcing a race off. [7]

Pos.RiderPtsTotal
1 Flag of England.svg Len Silver 2 3 3 311+3
2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Wayne Briggs 3 2 3 311+2
3 Flag of England.svg Brian Craven 3 3 2 311+1
4 Flag of England.svg Guy Allott 3 2 3 311+0
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Mudge 2 2 2 39
6 Flag of England.svg Ron Bagley 3 2 2 29
7 Flag of England.svg Norman Hunter 3 3 1 29
8 Flag of Scotland.svg Doug Templeton 1 1 3 38
9 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brian McKeown 2 3 1 17
10 Flag of England.svg Ivor Brown 1 3 1 27
11 Flag of England.svg Pete Lansdale 1 1 1 36
12 Flag of England.svg Eric Hockaday 1 3 0 26
13 Flag of England.svg Jimmy Squibb f 2 2 26
14 Flag of England.svg Clive Featherby 3 f 1 15
15 Flag of England.svg Cliff Cox 0 2 2 15
16 Flag of New Zealand.svg Bill Andrew 0 2 3 05
17 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Warren 1 0 0 23
18 Flag of Scotland.svg George Hunter 2 1 - -3
19 Flag of England.svg Eric Boothroyd 2 0 1 03
20 Flag of New Zealand.svg Trevor Redmond 2 ef 1 03
21 Flag of England.svg Eric Boocock 1 1 0 02
22 Flag of Scotland.svg Willie Templeton 0 1 0 ef1
23 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Charlie Monk 0 1 0 01
24 Flag of England.svg Howdy Byford (res)0 0 11
25 Flag of England.svg Ernie Baker (res)0 11
26 Flag of England.svg Reg Duval 0 - - - -0

Riders & final averages

Bradford

Cradley Heath

Edinburgh

Exeter

Leicester

Middlesbrough

Neath

Newcastle

Plymouth

Poole

Sheffield

Stoke

Wolverhampton

See also

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References

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