League | British League |
---|---|
Season | 1967 |
No. of competitors | 19 |
Champions | Swindon Robins |
Knockout Cup | Coventry Bees |
Individual | Barry Briggs |
London Cup | West Ham Hammers |
Midland Cup | Swindon Robins |
Highest average | Barry Briggs |
The 1967 British League season was the 33rd season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom and the third season known as the British League. [1] [2]
The league was made up of the same 19 teams that competed in the previous year. [3] Swindon Robins led by the world champion Barry Briggs won their first top tier league title but were pushed all the way by Coventry Bees and West Ham Hammers. Swindon finished with four riders with averages over eight, Briggs topped the entire league with 11.05 but the contributions from Martin Ashby (8.83), Bob Kilby (8.61) and Mike Broadbank (8.55) were pivotal in the Swindon's success. [4] Coventry Bees gained some consolation for finishing runner-up two seasons running by winning the Knockout Cup.
M | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | ||
1 | Swindon Robins | 36 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 1536 | 1266 | 48 |
2 | Coventry Bees | 36 | 22 | 2 | 12 | 1524 | 1275 | 46 |
3 | West Ham Hammers | 36 | 21 | 3 | 12 | 1514 | 1288 | 45 |
4 | Edinburgh Monarchs | 36 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 1485 | 1318 | 42 |
5 | Hackney Hawks | 36 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 1402 | 1400 | 41 |
6 | Poole Pirates | 36 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 1462 | 1339 | 37 |
7 | Halifax Dukes | 36 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1456 | 1347 | 37 |
8 | Wolverhampton Wolves | 36 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1423 | 1376 | 37 |
9 | Sheffield Tigers | 36 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1333.5 | 1470.5 | 37 |
10 | Newcastle Diamonds | 36 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 1386 | 1417 | 36 |
11 | Wimbledon Dons | 36 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 1392 | 1409 | 35 |
12 | Newport Wasps | 36 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 1387 | 1413 | 35 |
13 | Glasgow Tigers | 36 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 1343 | 1457 | 34 |
14 | Oxford Cheetahs | 36 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 1368.5 | 1432.5 | 33 |
15 | Exeter Falcons | 36 | 16 | 0 | 20 | 1384.5 | 1418.5 | 32 |
16 | Belle Vue Aces | 36 | 16 | 0 | 20 | 1333.5 | 1463.5 | 32 |
17 | Long Eaton Archers | 36 | 14 | 3 | 19 | 1322 | 1481 | 31 |
18 | Cradley Heath Heathens | 36 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 1262 | 1533 | 24 |
19 | King's Lynn Stars | 36 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 1297 | 1505 | 22 |
M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points
Rider | Nat | Team | C.M.A. | |
1 | Barry Briggs | ![]() | Swindon | 11.05 |
2 | Charlie Monk | ![]() | Glasgow | 10.72 |
3 | Nigel Boocock | ![]() | Coventry | 10.43 |
4 | Ray Wilson | ![]() | Long Eaton | 10.43 |
5 | Eric Boocock | ![]() | Halifax | 10.38 |
6 | Sverre Harrfeldt | ![]() | West Ham | 10.30 |
7 | Torbjörn Harrysson | ![]() | Newport | 10.05 |
8 | Gote Nordin | ![]() | Poole | 10.00 |
9 | Bengt Jansson | ![]() | Hackney | 9.86 |
10 | Terry Betts | ![]() | King's Lynn | 9.70 |
The cup was won by Coventry Bees. [6]
Barry Briggs won the British League Riders' Championship for the third consecutive year, held at Hyde Road on 21 October. [7]
Pos. | Rider | Heat Scores | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 3 3 3 3 3 | 15 |
2 | ![]() | 2 3 3 3 3 | 14 |
3 | ![]() | 3 3 3 2 1 | 12 |
4 | ![]() | 2 0 3 3 2 | 10 |
5 | ![]() | 3 3 2 2 0 | 10 |
6 | ![]() | 1 2 2 3 2 | 10 |
7 | ![]() | 1 2 2 1 3 | 9 |
8 | ![]() | 3 1 0 1 3 | 8 |
9 | ![]() | 1 1 2 2 0 | 6 |
10 | ![]() | 2 0 0 2 2 | 6 |
11 | ![]() | 2 0 1 1 2 | 6 |
12 | ![]() | ef 2 1 1 1 | 5 |
13 | ![]() | 0 2 1 0 1 | 4 |
14 | ![]() | 1 1 1 0 1 | 4 |
15 | ![]() | 0 1 0 r n | 1 |
16 | ![]() | 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 |
17 | ![]() | 0 - - - - | 0 |
Rider | Nat | Team | C.M.A. | |
1 | Barry Briggs | ![]() | Swindon | 11.05 |
2 | Nigel Boocock | ![]() | Coventry | 10.52 |
3 | Charlie Monk | ![]() | Glasgow | 10.50 |
4 | Ray Wilson | ![]() | Long Eaton | 10.43 |
5 | Eric Boocock | ![]() | Halifax | 10.29 |
6 | Sverre Harrfeldt | ![]() | West Ham | 10.25 |
7 | Torbjörn Harrysson | ![]() | Newport | 10.05 |
8 | Göte Nordin | ![]() | Poole | 9.99 |
9 | Bengt Jansson | ![]() | Hackney | 9.87 |
10 | Terry Betts | ![]() | King's Lynn | 9.74 |
11 | Ove Fundin | ![]() | Belle Vue | 9.65 |
12 | Arne Pander | ![]() | Oxford | 9.57 |
13 | Ken McKinlay | ![]() | West Ham | 9.53 |
14 | Olle Nygren | ![]() | Wimbledon | 9.52 |
15 | Roy Trigg | ![]() | Oxford | 9.37 |
16 | Ivan Mauger | ![]() | Newcastle | 9.32 |
17 | Hasse Holmqvist | ![]() | Wolverhampton | 9.29 |
18 | Bernt Persson | ![]() | Edinburgh | 9.19 |
19 | Dave Younghusband | ![]() | Halifax | 9.12 |
20 | Jim Airey | ![]() | Wolverhampton | 9.08 |
West Ham won the three team London Cup for the third consecutive year. [8]
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | West Ham Hammers | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 230 | 154 | 8 |
2 | Wimbledon Dons | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 181 | 202 | 24 |
3 | Hackney Hawks | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 164 | 219 | 2 |
Results
Team | Score | Team |
---|---|---|
Wimbledon | 62–33 | Hackney |
Hackney | 42–54 | West Ham |
West Ham | 60–36 | Wimbledon |
Wimbledon | 37–59 | West Ham |
Hackney | 50–46 | Wimbledon |
West Ham | 57–39 | Hackney |
Swindon won the Midland Cup, which consisted of six teams. [9]
First round
Team one | Team two | Score |
---|---|---|
Long Eaton | Oxford | 40–37, 35–43 |
Cradley | Wolverhampton | 40–38, 29–49 |
Semi final round
Team one | Team two | Score |
---|---|---|
Swindon | Oxford | 48–30, 40–38 |
Wolverhampton | Coventry | 38–40, 29–49 |
First leg
Swindon Barry Briggs 12 Mike Broadbank 12 Martin Ashby 11 Mike Keen 5 Bob Kilby 5 Frank Shuter 3 Pete Munday 3 | 51–27 | Coventry Nigel Boocock 11 Rick France 5 Les Owen 5 Ron Mountford 4 Col Cottrell 1 Roger Hill 1 Clive Hitch 0 |
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Second leg
Coventry Nigel Boocock 11 Les Owen 9 Rick France 8 Col Cottrell 7 Roger Hill 6 Tom Ridley 0 Clive Hitch 0 | 41–37 | Swindon Barry Briggs 14 Martin Ashby 8 Mike Broadbank 6 Bob Kilby 4 Pete Munday 2 Mike Keen 2 Frank Shuter 1 |
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Swindon won on aggregate 88–68
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