British League Knockout Cup 1967

1967 British League Knockout Cup

Tournament details
Country	England
Final positions
Champions	Coventry Bees
Runner-up	West Ham Hammers
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The British League Knockout Cup 1967 was the 29th edition of the Knockout Cup. ^[1] The cup was won by Coventry Bees. ^{[2] [3]}

First round

22 April

Belle Vue Aces	50 - 46	Wimbledon Dons
Tommy Roper 14		Trevor Hedge 16

22 April

Cradley Heath Heathens	P - P	Long Eaton Archers

22 April

Edinburgh Monarchs	56 - 40	Sheffield Tigers
Bill Landels 14		Arnie Haley 16

19 June

Cradley Heath Heathens	45 - 51	Long Eaton Archers
Ivor Brown 10 (2) Graham Coombes 11 (1)		Ray Wilson 15* Anders Michanek 15*

Second round

3 June

Swindon Robins	61 - 35	Exeter Falcons
Bob Kilby 18*		Neil Street 10 (1)

6 June

West Ham Hammers	67 - 29	Glasgow Tigers
Sverre Harrfeldt 14 (1)* Ken McKinlay 13.5 (1.5) Malcolm Simmons 10.5 (2.5)		Jim McMillan 8

9 June

Kings Lynn Stars	47 - 36	Belle Vue Aces
Terry Betts 15*	Meeting abandoned after heat 14 by the referee, heats 15 & 16 raced without the supervision of the referee. Official score is the result at heat 14.	Norman Nevitt 8 (1) Sándor Lévai 8 (1)

10 June

Coventry Bees	50 - 46	Newcastle Diamonds
Nigel Boocock 15*		Ivan Mauger 16

14 June

Poole Pirates	60 - 36	Halifax Dukes
Göte Nordin 15*		Dave Younghusband 14

16 June

Hackney Hawks	53 - 43	Oxford Cheetahs
Colin Pratt 14 (1)*		Eddie Reeves 13 (2)

24 June

Edinburgh Monarchs	54 - 42	Wolverhampton Wolves
Oyvind Berg 10 (2)		Jim Airey 14 (1)

4 July

Long Eaton Archers	54 - 42	Newport Wasps
Anders Michanek 17		Torbjörn Harrysson 15

Third round

21 July

Hackney Hawks	53 - 42	Poole Pirates
Bengt Jansson 15*		Göte Nordin 12 Ronnie Genz 11 (1) Geoff Mudge 11 (1)

1 August

Long Eaton Archers	44 - 52	Edinburgh Monarchs
Ray Wilson 17		Bernt Persson 14

1 August

West Ham Hammers	51 - 45	Swindon Robins
Sverre Harrfeldt 14 Ken McKinlay 14		Barry Briggs 14

2 August

Coventry Bees	58.5 - 37.5	Kings Lynn Stars
Ron Mountford 13		Terry Betts 16.5

Semi-final

5 September

West Ham Hammers	51 - 45	Hackney Hawks
Sverre Harrfeldt 14		Colin Pratt 16

13 September

Coventry Bees	58 - 38	Edinburgh Monarchs
Nigel Boocock 15*		Reidar Eide 11

Final (First Leg)

23 September

Coventry Bees	57 - 39	West Ham Hammers
	[4]

Scorers Coventry Bees

• 1) Nigel Boocock 2* 2 2 3 3 - 12 (1)
• 2) Les Owen 3 3 1* 0 2* - 9 (2)
• 3) Roger Hill 2 0 1 1* 0 - 4 (1)
• 4) Rick France F Ef 3 2 3 - 8
• 5) Col Cottrell 2* 2 1 2* 1 - 8 (2)
• 6) Ron Mountford 3 1* 3 3 3 - 13 (1)
• 7) Clive Hitch 2* 1 - 3 (1)

West Ham Hammers

• 1) Ken McKinlay 1 3 3 3 3 2 - 15
• 2) Malcolm Simmons 0 Ef 0 TS TS - 0
• 3) Norman Hunter 3 1 0 2 2 1 - 9
• 4) Tony Clarke 1 TS 2 0 TS - 3
• 5) Sverre Harrfeldt 1 3 2 1 1* 0 - 8 (1)
• 6) Brian Leonard 0 2* 1* 0 0 0 - 3 (2)
• 7) George Barclay 1 0 - 1

Heat by Heat

• Ht 01: Owen, Boocock, McKinlay, Simmons 67.8
• Ht 02: Hunter, Hill, Clarke, France (f) 69.0
• Ht 03: Owen, Hitch, Barclay, Simmons (ef) 70.2
• Ht 04: McKinlay, Boocock, Hunter, Hill 68.0
• Ht 05: Mountford, Cottrell, Harrfeldt, Leonard 69.4
• Ht 06: McKinlay, Boocock, Owen, Hunter 69.0
• Ht 07: Harrfeldt, Leonard, Hill, France (ef) 70.0
• Ht 08: McKinlay, Cottrell, Mountford, Simmons 70.0
• Ht 09: France, Clarke, Hitch, Barclay 71.0
• Ht 10: Boocock, Harrfeldt, Leonard, Owen 70.0
• Ht 11: Mountford, Hunter, Cottrell, Clarke 70.2
• Ht 12: McKinlay, France, Hill, Leonard 70.2
• Ht 13: Mountford, Cottrell, Harrfeldt, Leonard 70.6
• Ht 14: Boocock, Hunter, Harrfeldt, Hill 71.0
• Ht 15: Mountford, Owen, Hunter, Leonard 71.6
• Ht 16: France, McKinlay, Cottrell, Harrfeldt 69.6

Final (Second Leg)

26 September

West Ham Hammers	49 - 47	Coventry Bees
	[4]

Scorers West Ham Hammers

• 1) Ken McKinlay 3 1* 3 1 1* - 9 (2)
• 2) Malcolm Simmons 0 3 2* 3 3 - 11 (1)
• 3) Norman Hunter Ef 2 3 2 2 - 9
• 4) Tony Clarke 1 0 2 0 2 - 5
• 5) Sverre Harrfeldt FNS N N N N - 0
• 6) Brian Leonard 3 1* 3 2 2* - 11 (2)
• 7) Stan Stevens 0 0 2 0 1 1* - 4 (1)

Coventry Bees

• 1) Nigel Boocock 2 3 3 3 3 - 14
• 2) Les Owen 1* 2 0 1 0 - 4 (1)
• 3) Roger Hill 2* F 0 0 N - 2 (1)
• 4) Rick France 3 1 3 2 3 - 12
• 5) Col Cottrell 2 1* 0 0 1 - 4 (1)
• 6) Ron Mountford 1* 2 2 3 1 - 9 (1)
• 7) Clive Hitch 1* 1 0 - 2 (1)

Heat by Heat Heat by Heat

• Ht 01: McKinlay, Boocock, Owen, Simmons 73.0
• Ht 02: France, Hill, Clarke, Hunter (ef) 74.0
• Ht 03: Simmons, Owen, Hitch, Stevens 74.6
• Ht 04: Boocock, Hunter, McKinlay, Hill (f) 73.8
• Ht 05: Leonard, Cottrell, Mountford, Stevens, Harrfeldt (f ns) 74.4
• Ht 06: McKinlay, Simmons, France, Hill 74.6
• Ht 07: Hunter, Mountford, Cottrell, Clarke 75.0
• Ht 08: Boocock, Stevens, Leonard, Owen 75.2
• Ht 09: France, Clarke, Hitch, Stevens 75.4
• Ht 10: Simmons, Mountford, McKinlay, Cottrell 74.8
• Ht 11: Leonard, France, Stevens, Hill 75.2
• Ht 12: Boocock, Hunter, Owen, Clarke 75.2
• Ht 13: Mountford, Leonard, Stevens, Cottrell 76.0
• Ht 14: France, Hunter, McKinlay, Owen 75.4
• Ht 15: Simmons, Leonard, Mountford, Hitch 75.2
• Ht 16: Boocock, Clarke, Cottrell, Harrfeldt (ns) 75.8

See also

• List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
• Knockout Cup (speedway)

References

1. "1967 British League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
2. "Coventry Speedway 1967 season" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
3. "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
4. "Season 1967" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 25 June 2021.