British League Knockout Cup 1966

1966 British League Knockout Cup

Tournament details
Country	England
Final positions
Champions	Halifax Dukes
Runner-up	Wimbledon Dons
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The British League Knockout Cup 1966 was the 28th edition of the Knockout Cup. ^[1] Halifax Dukes won the cup and therefore secured the league and cup double. ^{[2] [3]}

First round

June 6

Newcastle Diamonds	54 - 42	Oxford Cheetahs
Ivan Mauger 15*		Arne Pander 15

June 7

West Ham Hammers	59 - 37	Exeter Falcons
Norman Hunter 14 Sverre Harrfeldt 14		Gerry Jackson 15

June 8

Kings Lynn Stars	59 - 37	Wimbledon Dons
Peter Moore 12 Terry Betts 12		Trevor Hedge 14 Olle Nygren 12 (2)

Second round

June 11

Halifax Dukes	57 - 39	Glasgow Tigers
Eric Boocock 14		Charlie Monk 13

June 17

Hackney Hawks	48.5 - 47.5	Cradley Heath Heathens
Colin Pratt 15		Ivor Brown 12

July 25

Wimbledon Dons	50 - 46	Swindon Robins
Olle Nygren 13		Barry Briggs 18*

July 26

Long Eaton Archers	54 - 40	Edinburgh Monarchs
Leif Enecrona 14		Doug Templeton 11

July 26

West Ham Hammers	61 - 35	Wolverhampton Wolves
Sverre Harrfeldt 15* Norman Hunter 15*		Gordon Guasco 10 Peter Vandenberg 10

July 27

Poole Pirates	53 - 43	Newcastle Diamonds
Geoff Mudge 12 (1) Ronnie Genz 12 (1)		Ivan Mauger 21*

July 30

Coventry Bees	55 - 41	Sheffield Tigers
Nigel Boocock 13 (1) Rick France 12 (1)		John Dews 10

August 13

Belle Vue Aces	60 - 36	Newport Wasps
Cyril Maidment 15*		Göte Nordin 10

Third round

August 6

Halifax Dukes	52 - 44	West Ham Hammers
Tommy Roper 13		Ken McKinlay 15

August 12

Hackney Hawks	47 - 49	Wimbledon Dons
Colin Pratt 14 (1)*		Olle Nygren 13

August 17

Poole Pirates	53 - 43	Coventry Bees
Bill Andrew 9 (2) Norman Strachan 9 (2)	Coventry tried to use rider replacement for Jim Lightfoot, but Poole wrongly objected. Match was re run as a consequence	Nigel Boocock 18*

September 10

Belle Vue Aces	47 - 49	Long Eaton Archers
Cyril Maidment 15*		Ray Wilson 18*

September 14

Poole Pirates	47 - 49	Coventry Bees
Bill Andrew 12		Rick France 17 (1)*

Semi-final

September 17

Halifax Dukes	60 - 36	Belle Vue Aces
Eric Boocock 12 Tommy Roper 10 (2)		Sándor Lévai 12

October 3

Wimbledon Dons	60 - 36	Coventry Bees
Olle Nygren 15*		Nigel Boocock 16

Final (First Leg)

October 5

Halifax Dukes	69 - 27	Wimbledon Dons
	[4]

Scorers
Halifax Dukes

• 1) Eric Boothroyd 3 2* 3 3 1 - 12 (1)
• 2) Bob Jameson 1 2 0 2* 1 - 6 (1)
• 3) Dave Younghusband 3 3 3 3 3 - 15*
• 4) Dennis Gavros 2* 2* 3 1 1 - 9 (2)
• 5) Tommy Roper 3 1 2* 2* 3 - 11 (2)
• 6) Eric Boocock 2* 3 3 3 3 - 14 (1)*
• 7) Maury Robinson 1* 1 - 2 (1)

Wimbledon Dons

• 1) Jim Tebby 0 Ef 0 0 2 - 2
• 2) Olle Nygren 2 3 2 2 2 - 11
• 3) Trevor Hedge F 1 2 1 2 - 6
• 4) Reg Luckhurst 1 1* 2 0 0 - 4 (1)
• 5) Bob Dugard 1 1 1 1 0 - 4
• 6) Tony Childs 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
• 7) Peter Jackson F 0 - 0

Heat by Heat

• Ht 01: Boothroyd, Nygren, Jameson, Tebby 69.8
• Ht 02: Younghusband, Gavros, Luckhurst, Hedge (f) 70.0
• Ht 03: Nygren, Jameson, Robinson, Jackson (f) 71.0
• Ht 04: Younghusband, Boothroyd, Hedge, Tebby (ef) 70.4
• Ht 05: Roper, Boocock, Dugard, Childs 71.0
• Ht 06: Boothroyd, Hedge, Luckhurst, Jameson 70.4
• Ht 07: Younghusband, Gavros, Dugard, Childs 71.2
• Ht 08: Boocock, Nygren, Roper, Tebby 70.2
• Ht 09: Gavros, Luckhurst, Robinson, Jackson 72.0
• Ht 10: Boothroyd, Jameson, Dugard, Childs 72.0
• Ht 11: Boocock, Roper, Hedge, Luckhurst 71.0
• Ht 12: Younghusband, Nygren, Gavros, Tebby 71.4
• Ht 13: Boocock, Roper, Dugard, Childs 70.8
• Ht 14: Younghusband, Nygren, Boothroyd, Luckhurst 71.0
• Ht 15: Boocock, Hedge, Jameson, Childs 70.0
• Ht 16: Roper, Tebby, Gavros, Dugard 71.8

Final (Second Leg)

October 17

Wimbledon Dons	52 - 44	Halifax Dukes
	[4]

Scorers
Wimbledon Dons

• 1) Olle Nygren 3 3 3 3 3 - 15*
• 2) Jim Tebby 1 3 1 0 1 - 6
• 3) Trevor Hedge 2* 2* 3 3 0 - 10 (2)
• 4) Bob Dugard 3 1 3 1 1* - 9 (1)
• 5) Reg Luckhurst 2 2 2 2 2 - 10
• 6) Tony Childs 0 0 0 N N - 0
• 7) Peter Jackson 0 1 1* 0 - 2 (1)

Halifax Dukes

• 1) Eric Boothroyd 2 0 3 2 3 - 10
• 2) Bob Jameson 0 1* 1 0 1* - 3 (2)
• 3) Dave Younghusband 1 1 2 3 3 - 10
• 4) Dennis Gavros 0 0 2 1 2 - 5
• 5) Tommy Roper 1 0 1* 0 0 - 2 (1)
• 6) Eric Boocock 3 2 2 3 2* - 12 (1)
• 7) Maury Robinson 2 0 - 2

Heat by Heat

• Ht 01: Nygren, Boothroyd, Tebby, Jameson 68.9
• Ht 02: Dugard, Hedge, Younghusband, Gavros 72.4
• Ht 03: Tebby, Robinson, Jameson, Jackson 73.4
• Ht 04: Nygren, Hedge, Younghusband, Boothroyd 71.0
• Ht 05: Boocock, Luckhurst, Roper, Childs 71.1
• Ht 06: Nygren, Younghusband, Tebby, Gavros 72.1
• Ht 07: Hedge, Boocock, Dugard, Roper 71.8
• Ht 08: Boothroyd, Luckhurst, Jameson, Childs 73.2
• Ht 09: Dugard, Gavros, Jackson, Robinson (f rem) 73.2
• Ht 10: Nygren, Boocock, Roper, Tebby 70.9
• Ht 11: Younghusband, Luckhurst, Gavros, Childs 71.6
• Ht 12: Hedge, Boothroyd, Dugard, Jameson 72.4
• Ht 13: Boocock, Luckhurst, Jackson, Roper 73.1
• Ht 14: Nygren, Gavros, Jameson, Hedge 72.8
• Ht 15: Younghusband, Boocock, Tebby, Jackson 72.4
• Ht 16: Boothroyd, Luckhurst, Dugard, Roper 73.2

See also

• 1966 British League season
• Knockout Cup (speedway)

References

1. "1966 British League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
2. "HALIFAX DUKES". Greyhound Derby.com. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
3. "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
4. "Season 1966" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 25 June 2021.