1990 British League season

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1990 British League season
League British League
No. of competitors9
Champions Reading Racers
Knockout Cup Reading Racers
Individual Hans Nielsen
Highest average Hans Nielsen
Division/s below 1990 National League

The 1990 British League season was the 56th season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom and the 26th known as the British League. [1] [2]

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Summary

Reading Racers won the league for the first time since 1980. The domination of speedway in recent years by Oxford Cheetahs, Coventry Bees and Cradley Heathens had come to an end. The Reading team was an extremely strong all round squad, highlighted by the fact that Per Jonsson who finished third in the Reading averages would become World Champion by the end of the season. Veteran English international Jeremy Doncaster and their new Australian signing Todd Wiltshire topped the Reading averages and they were supported by fans favourite Jan Andersson, Dave Mullett and Tony Olsson. The team went on to complete the league and cup double after beating Bradford in the cup final. [3] Hans Nielsen of Oxford topped the averages for an incredible eighth season running and also won the British League Riders' Championship for the third time.

Final table

PosTeamPLWDLBPPts
1 Reading Racers 32193101354
2 Wolverhampton Wolves 32175101049
3 Belle Vue Aces 3219211747
4 Oxford Cheetahs 32172131046
5 Bradford Dukes 3216115841
6 Swindon Robins 3215215841
7 Cradley Heath Heathens 3212119732
8 Coventry Bees 3210319730
9 King's Lynn Stars 327520221

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


British League Knockout Cup

The 1990 Speedway Star British League Knockout Cup was the 52nd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Reading Racers were the winners. [4]

First round

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
04/04Coventry45-45Oxford
18/05Oxford44-46Coventry

Quarter-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
21/07Coventry37-53Swindon
11/07Cradley Heath45-45Bradford
14/07Bradford54-36Cradley Heath
07/07Swindon56-34Coventry
15/06Belle Vue61-29Wolverhampton
21/05Wolverhampton34-56Belle Vue
23/04Reading54-36King's Lynn
21/04King's Lynn47-42Reading

Semi-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
20/09Swindon50-40Bradford
13/09Bradford51-39Swindon
27/07Belle Vue57-33Reading
16/07Reading53-36Belle Vue

Final

First leg

Reading Racers
Todd Wiltshire 15
Per Jonsson 12
Jan Andersson 6
Jeremy Doncaster 6
Armando Castagna 5
Dave Mullett 5
David Steen 2		51 - 39 Bradford Dukes
Marvyn Cox 11
Gary Havelock 11
Glenn Doyle 10
Paul Thorp 3
Andy Smith 2
Neil Evitts 1
Bryan Larner 1
[5]
Smallmead

Second leg

Bradford Dukes
Gary Havelock 11
Marvyn Cox 9
Paul Thorp 7
Andy Smith 7
Neil Evitts 5
Bryan Larner 2
Stuart Parnaby 2
Glenn Doyle 0 (inj)		43 - 47 Reading Racers
Todd Wiltshire 13
Dave Mullett 12
Jeremy Doncaster 6
Armando Castagna 6
Jan Andersson 5
Per Jonsson 4
David Steen 2
[6]
Odsal Stadium

Reading Racers were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 98-82.

Riders' Championship

Hans Nielsen won the British League Riders' Championship for the third time. It was the held at Belle Vue Stadium on 14 October. [7]

Pos.RiderHeat ScoresTotal
1 Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Nielsen 3 3 3 3 315
2 Flag of the United States.svg Kelly Moran 2 3 2 3 212+3
3 Flag of the United States.svg Ronnie Correy 3 2 3 2 212+2
4 Flag of England.svg Marvyn Cox 1 3 3 2 312+1
5 Flag of the United States.svg Sam Ermolenko 0 3 2 3 311
6 Flag of England.svg Andrew Silver 2 2 0 1 38
7 Flag of Denmark.svg John Jørgensen 3 1 1 3 08
8 Flag of England.svg Jeremy Doncaster 1 1 3 2 18
9 Flag of the United States.svg Shawn Moran 3 2 2 0 07
10 Flag of England.svg Gary Havelock 2 1 1 1 27
11 Flag of England.svg Mark Loram 2 1 1 1 16
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Wiltshire 0 2 2 0 15
13 Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Nilsen 1 0 0 0 23
14 Flag of England.svg Kelvin Tatum 1 0 1 1 03
15 Flag of the United States.svg Bobby Ott 22
16 Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hancock 0 0 0 0 11
17 Flag of England.svg Martin Dugard 0 0 00
18 Flag of England.svg Richard Musson 00

Final leading averages

RiderTeamAverage
Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Nielsen Oxford10.36
Flag of Denmark.svg Jan O. Pedersen Cradley Heath9.37
Flag of England.svg Jeremy Doncaster Reading9.09
Flag of England.svg Kelvin Tatum Coventry8.93
Flag of the United States.svg Sam Ermolenko Wolverhampton8.87
Flag of the United States.svg Ronnie Correy Wolverhampton8.85
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Wiltshire Reading8.77
Flag of England.svg Simon Cross Cradley Heath8.73
Flag of England.svg Marvyn Cox Bradford8.63
Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Nilsen Swindon8.57

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

Bradford

Coventry

Cradley Heath

King's Lynn

Oxford

Reading

Swindon

Wolverhampton

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. ↑ "HISTORY ARCHIVE". British Speedway. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "1990 league tables". Speedway GB.
  4. ↑ "1990 British League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  5. ↑ "Racers made to Sweat" . Reading Evening Post. 9 October 1990. Retrieved 27 June 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Mullett hero of Odsal victory" . Reading Evening Post. 15 October 1990. Retrieved 27 June 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Speedway" . Birmingham Mail. 15 October 1990. Retrieved 5 June 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
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