1967 British League season

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]

1967 British League season
LeagueBritish League
Season1967
ChampionsSwindon Robins
No. of competitors19
Knockout CupCoventry Bees
IndividualBarry Briggs
Highest averageBarry Briggs

Summary

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.

Final table
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 35 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

Top Ten Riders (League Averages)
Rider Nat Team C.M.A.
1 Barry Briggs New Zealand Swindon Robins 11.05
2 Charlie Monk Australia Glasgow Tigers 10.72
3 Nigel Boocock England Coventry Bees 10.43
4 Ray Wilson England Long Eaton Archers 10.43
5 Eric Boocock England Halifax Dukes 10.38
6 Sverre Harrfeldt Norway West Ham Hammers 10.30
7 Torbjörn Harrysson Sweden Newport Wasps 10.05
8 Gote Nordin Sweden Poole Pirates 10.00
9 Bengt Jansson Sweden Hackney Hawks 9.86
10 Terry Betts England King's Lynn Stars 9.70


Knockout Cup

The cup was won by Coventry Bees.[5]

Main article: British League Knockout Cup 1967

Final leading averages
Rider Nat Team C.M.A.
1 Barry Briggs New Zealand Swindon Robins 11.05
2 Nigel Boocock England Coventry Bees 10.52
3 Charlie Monk Australia Glasgow Tigers 10.50
4 Ray Wilson England Long Eaton Archers 10.43
5 Eric Boocock England Halifax Dukes 10.29
6 Sverre Harrfeldt Norway West Ham Hammers 10.25
7 Torbjörn Harrysson Sweden Newport Wasps 10.05
8 Göte Nordin Sweden Poole Pirates 9.99
9 Bengt Jansson Sweden Hackney Hawks 9.87
10 Terry Betts England King's Lynn Stars 9.74
11 Ove Fundin Sweden Belle Vue Aces 9.65
12 Arne Pander Denmark Oxford Cheetahs 9.57
13 Ken McKinlay Scotland West Ham Hammers 9.53
14 Olle Nygren Sweden Wimbledon Dons 9.52
15 Roy Trigg England Oxford Cheetahs 9.37
16 Ivan Mauger New Zealand Newcastle Diamonds 9.32
17 Hasse Holmqvist Sweden Wolverhampton Wolves 9.29
18 Bernt Persson Sweden Edinburgh Monarchs 9.19
19 Dave Younghusband England Halifax Dukes 9.12
20 Jim Airey Australia Wolverhampton Wolves 9.08

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

Coventry

Cradley

Edinburgh

Exeter

Glasgow

  • Australia Charlie Monk 10.50
  • Sweden Bo Josefsson 6.90
  • New Zealand Alf Wells 6.47
  • England Maurie Mattingley 6.41
  • England Willie Templeton 6.36
  • England Russ Dent 5.98
  • Norway Jonny Faafeng 5.40
  • Scotland Jimmy McMillan 4.68
  • Scotland Bill McMillan 4.00
  • Sweden Nils Ringstrom 3.80
  • Australia Brian Whaley 3.07

Hackney

Halifax

King's Lynn

  • England Terry Betts 9.74
  • England David Crane 7.95
  • England Clive Featherby 6.27
  • Australia Peter Moore 6.05
  • Wales Howard Cole (Kid Bodie) 5.72
  • Poland Ted Laessing 4.39
  • England Stan Stevens 4.00
  • England John Mills 3.39
  • England John Poyser 2.73
  • Australia Doug White 2.73

Long Eaton

Newcastle

  • New Zealand Ivan Mauger 9.32
  • Denmark Ole Olsen 7.54
  • England Mike Watkin 6.10
  • England Alan Butterfield 6.04
  • England Russ Dent 6.00
  • England Peter Kelly 5.98
  • New Zealand Goog Allan 5.93
  • England Dave Gifford 5.63
  • Australia Alan Paynter 1.65

Newport

Oxford

Poole

Sheffield

Swindon

West Ham

Wimbledon

Wolverhampton

See also

References
  1. "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. Oakes, Peter (1981). 1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 100. ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
  3. Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 129–133. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
  4. "HISTORY ARCHIVE". British Speedway. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  5. "Coventry Speedway 1967 season" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
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