1967 British League season

1967 British League season

League	British League
Season	1967
Champions	Swindon Robins
No. of competitors	19
Knockout Cup	Coventry Bees
Individual	Barry Briggs
Highest average	Barry Briggs
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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]

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

Leading Riders by Average[]

	Rider	Nat	Team	C.M.A.
1	Barry Briggs		Swindon Robins	11.05
2	Charlie Monk		Glasgow Tigers	10.72
3	Nigel Boocock		Coventry Bees	10.43
4	Ray Wilson		Long Eaton Archers	10.43
5	Eric Boocock		Halifax Dukes	10.38
6	Sverre Harrfeldt		West Ham Hammers	10.30
7	Torbjörn Harrysson		Newport Wasps	10.05
8	Göte Nordin		Poole Pirates	10.00
9	Bengt Jansson		Hackney Hawks	9.86
10	Terry Betts		King's Lynn Stars	9.70
11	Ove Fundin		Belle Vue Aces	9.65
12	Arne Pander		Oxford Cheetahs	9.57
13	Ken McKinlay		West Ham Hammers	9.53
14	Olle Nygren		Wimbledon Dons	9.52
15	Roy Trigg		Oxford Cheetahs	9.37
16	Ivan Mauger		Newcastle Diamonds	9.32
17	Hasse Holmqvist		Wolverhampton Wolves	9.29
18	Bernt Persson		Edinburgh Monarchs	9.19
19	Dave Younghusband		Halifax Dukes	9.12
20	Jim Airey		Wolverhampton Wolves	9.08

Knockout Cup[]

The cup was won by Coventry Bees.^[5]

Teams[]

Belle Vue Aces[]

• 
• Eric Broadbelt
• 
• Ove Fundin
• 
• Sándor Lévai
• Cyril Maidment
• Garry Middleton
• 
• 
• Taffy Owen
• Chris Pusey
• Tommy Roper
• Sören Sjösten
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• 
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Coventry Bees[]

• Nigel Boocock
• 
• Rick France
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• 
• Ron Mountford
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Cradley Heath[]

• 
• Jack Biggs
• Brian Brett
• Ivor Brown
• 
• 
• 
• Chris Julian
• 
• Jack Scott
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Edinburgh Monarchs[]

• 
• 
• Brian Collins
• Reidar Eide
• Bert Harkins
• 
• George Hunter
• 
• Bernt Persson
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• 
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• 
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Exeter Falcons[]

• 
• Wayne Briggs
• 
• Mike Cake
• Laurie Etheridge
• Jack Geran
• 
• Colin Gooddy
• 
• 
• Neil Street
• 
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Glasgow Tigers[]

• 
• 
• Bo Josefsson
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• 
• 
• Jimmy McMillan
• Garry Middleton
• Charlie Monk
• Taffy Owen
• 
• 
• 
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Hackney Hawks[]

• Jack Biggs
• Malcolm Brown
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• 
• 
• 
• Bengt Jansson
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• 
• Colin Pratt

Halifax Dukes[]

• 
• Eric Boocock
• Eric Boothroyd
• 
• 
• 
• 
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• 
• 
• Dave Younghusband

King's Lynn Stars[]

• 
• Terry Betts
• 
• Howard Cole+ (+ rode under the name of Kid Brodie)
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• Garry Middleton
• 
• Peter Moore
• 
• 
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Long Eaton Archers[]

• 
• John Boulger
• 
• Tom Leadbitter
• Jim Lightfoot
• 
• Anders Michanek
• Roger Mills
• 
• Norman Storer
• Vic White
• Ray Wilson

Newcastle Diamonds[]

• 
• Murray Burt
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• Ivan Mauger
• Ole Olsen
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Newport Wasps[]

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• Jimmy Gooch
• Torbjörn Harrysson
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• 
• 
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Oxford Cheetahs[]

• 
• 
• Colin Gooddy
• Des Lukehurst
• Leo McAuliffe
• 
• Arne Pander
• 
• 
• 
• Rick Timmo
• Roy Trigg
• 

Poole Pirates[]

• Bruce Cribb
• Ronnie Genz
• 
• Geoff Mudge
• Göte Nordin
• 
• Pete Smith
• 

Sheffield Tigers[]

• Billy Bales
• John Dews
• Arnold Haley
• John Hart
• 
• 
• 
• George Major
• Roger Mills
• 
• 

Swindon Robins[]

• Martin Ashby
• Barry Briggs
• Mike Broadbank
• 
• 
• Bob Kilby
• 
• Frank Shuter

West Ham Hammers[]

• George Barclay
• 
• 
• 
• Sverre Harrfeldt
• Ken McKinlay
• Norman Hunter
• + (+ rode under the name Tyburn Gallows)
• Brian Leonard
• Malcolm Simmons
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• 
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Wimbledon Dons[]

• Murray Burt
• 
• Alan Cowland
• Bob Dugard
• Trevor Hedge
• Reg Luckhurst
• Garry Middleton
• 
• Olle Nygren
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Wolverhampton Wolves[]

• Jim Airey
• Geoff Ambrose
• 
• James Bond
• Mick Handley
• 
• Hasse Holmqvist
• 
• 
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• 
• Peter Vandenberg

See also[]

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

References[]