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

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]

Main article: British League Knockout Cup 1967

Teams


Belle Vue Aces

Coventry Bees

Cradley Heath

Edinburgh Monarchs

Exeter Falcons

Glasgow Tigers

Hackney Hawks

Halifax Dukes

King's Lynn Stars
  • Alan Bellham
  • Terry Betts
  • Howdy Byford
  • Howard Cole+ (+ rode under the name of Kid Brodie)
  • Cyril Crane
  • David Crane
  • Graham Edmonds
  • Clive Featherby
  • Terje Henriksson
  • Ted Laessing
  • Garry Middleton
  • John Mills
  • Peter Moore
  • John Poyser
  • Stan Stevens
  • Doug White

Long Eaton Archers

Newcastle Diamonds

Newport Wasps
  • John Bishop
  • John Ellis
  • Jon Erskine
  • Cyril Francis
  • Alby Golden
  • Jimmy Gooch
  • Torbjörn Harrysson
  • Bob Hughes
  • Alan Paynter
  • Terry Shearer
  • Bob Stevens
  • Roger White

Oxford Cheetahs

Poole Pirates

Sheffield Tigers

Swindon Robins

West Ham Hammers

Wimbledon Dons

Wolverhampton Wolves

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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