1960 Provincial Speedway League

British motorcycle speedway season October 2023 October 2023 Provincial League 10 1960 National League Champions Rayleigh Rockets Knockout Cup Bristol Bulldogs Individual Trevor Redmond Reg Reeves 1959 1961 The 1960 Provincial Speedway League was the first season of the Provincial League, ten motorcycle speedway teams took part.Speedway thrills return Birmingham Weekly Mercury 7 February 1960 10 June 2023 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001816/19600207/016/0016 British Newspaper Archive subscription Championship History Poole Speedway 2008 http://www.poolespeedway.net/08-website/lgerecord.php 2008-05-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20080516063211/http://www.poolespeedway.net/08-website/lgerecord.php 16 May 2008 dead https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/yearbyyear.html Year by Year Speedway Researcher 13 August 2021Rogers Martin The Illustrated History of Speedway 1978 129 Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd 0-904584-45-3https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/history/leaguetables1946-1964 BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - POST-WAR ERA (1946-1964) Official British Speedway website 13 August 2021 Teams The ten teams that made up the re-incarnated Provincial League were mainly teams that had not experienced league racing for several years. Eight teams were Sheffield Tigers (who had been without league speedway since 1951), Cradley Heath Heathens (1952), Stoke Potters & Liverpool Pirates (1953), Bristol Bulldogshttps://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003347/19600219/209/0015 Bristol Bulldogs hope to have full speedway season Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer 19 February 1960 British Newspaper Archive subscription 5 October 2024 and Edinburgh Monarchs (1954), Bradford Panthers (formerly Odsal) & Rayleigh Rockets (1957). The remaining two teams were Poole Pirates, who joined from the National League and Yarmouth Bloaters, who joined the league after moving up from the Southern Area League. The Southern Area League was disbanded leaving three teams Eastbourne Eagles, Aldershot Shots and Rye House Rockets without a league, so they ran a series of challenge matches throughout 1960. Summary The league was dominated by Rayleigh, Poole and Bristol. Rayleigh and Poole finished on the same points, but Rayleigh triumphed with a superior number of race points scored. At the end of the season Liverpool and Yarmouth folded and Bristol closed after their track was sold for redevelopment.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/p/compet.html Historic league tables Speedway Archive Final table Pos Team M W D L Pts1 Rayleigh Rockets 18 16 0 2 322 Poole Pirates 18 16 0 2 323 Bristol Bulldogs 18 15 0 3 304 Sheffield Tigers 18 9 0 9 185 Stoke Potters 18 8 1 9 176 Cradley Heath Heathens 18 8 0 10 167 Yarmouth Bloaters 18 7 0 11 148 Edinburgh Monarchs 18 5 1 12 119 Liverpool Pirates 18 4 0 14 810 Bradford Panthers 18 1 0 17 2 M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points Fixtures & results main FBR grey BRA BRI CH ED LIV PP RAY SHE STO YAR Bradford 27–43 28–44 37–34 34–38 24–28 31–41 34–36 33–38 24–44 Bristol 52–20 40–32 50–22 55–16 35–37 34–38 52–20 44–28 38–34 Cradley Heath 47–25 36–36 41–31 44–28 29–42 34–38 49–23 43–29 37–35 Edinburgh 42–30 33–39 44–28 39–33 34–38 27–45 35–37 37–32 40–28 Liverpool 45–27 25–46 34–38 37–34 25–47 26–46 40–31 32–37 28–42 Poole + 38–34 40–31 52–19 51–21 41–31 50–21 48–24 45–26 Rayleigh 59–12 35–37 50–20 52–20 58–14 40–32 49–23 54–18 43–29 Sheffield 51–21 31–41 42–29 53–19 40–32 29–41 25–47 47–25 45–27 Stoke 42–25 32–37 42–30 35–35 44–26 37–34 34–38 41–31 37–32 Bradford 45–27 35–36 42–30 43–28 45–27 34–37 28–44 27–45 43–29 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1960.html Speedway Researcher 1960 fixtures & results 29 January 2025 +Poole awarded points Top five averages (league only) Rider Nat Team C.M.A. 1 Reg Reeves ENG Rayleigh 11.29 2 Trevor Redmond NZL Bristol 10.92 3 Harry Bastable ENG Cradley Heath 10.59 4 Tony Lewis ENG Poole 10.43 5 Alan Smith ENG Rayleigh 10.41 Provincial League Knockout Cup The 1960 Provincial League Knockout Cup was the first edition of the Knockout Cup for the Provincial League teams. Bristol Bulldogs were the winners.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/provincial-league-ko-cup-1960_27.html 1960 Provincial League Knockout Cup Speedway archive 13 August 2021 First round Date Team one Score Team two30/05Liverpool 47–49 Cradley Heath09/07Edinburgh 59–37 Sheffield Second round Date Team one Score Team two25/06Bradford 35–61 Bristol02/07Stoke 60–35 Cradley Heath16/07Edinburgh 54–41 Yarmouth03/08Poole 47–49 Rayleigh Semifinals Date Team one Score Team two27/08Edinburgh 38–58 Bristol02/09Rayleigh 52–43 Stoke Final Date Team one Score Team two07/09 Rayleigh 52–41 Bristol23/09 Bristol 59–37 Rayleigh Riders' Championship Trevor Redmond won the Riders' Championship. The final was held at Dudley Wood Stadium on 24 September.Bulldog Redmond is leagues's top rider Bristol Evening Post 26 September 1960 10 June 2023 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000764/19600926/027/0027 British Newspaper Archive subscription Pos. Rider Pts Total1 NZL Trevor Redmond 3 3 3 3 3 152 ENG Ken Middleditch 3 3 2 3 2 133 ENG Eric Hockaday 3 3 3 1 3 134 ENG Tony Robinson 3 3 1 2 2 115 SCO Doug Templeton 2 1 3 3 1 106 ENG Jack Kitchen 2 2 2 0 3 97 ENG Tony Lewis 2 1 2 2 2 98 ENG Wal Morton 1 1 0 3 0 99 ENG Ivor Brown 1 2 3 1 1 910 ENG Tommy Roper 2 0 2 1 0 511 ENG Johnny Hole 0 2 1 2 3 512 ENG Reg Reeves 1 1 1 0 1 413 ENG Ray Day 0 2 1 0 0 314 SCO Ross Gilbertson (res) 2 1 315 ENG Eric Eadon (res) 1 2 316 ENG Clive Featherby 1 0 r 117 ENG Norman Strachan f 0 0 0 0 018 ENG Cliff Cox 0 0 0 0 f=fell r-retired Riders & final averages Bradford 22em ENG Tommy Roper 6.90 ENG Ray Day 6.57 ENG Vic Lonsdale (Jack Thorp) 5.46 ENG Stan Holey 4.48 ENG Jim Yacoby 4.15 ENG Dave Anderson 3.08 ENG Tony Barnard 1.64 Bristol 22em NZL Trevor Redmond 10.92 ENG Johnny Hole 10.00 ENG Cliff Cox 7.83 ENG Roy Taylor 7.79 ENG Chris Julian 7.20 ENG Ernie Baker 6.83 ENG Pat Flanagan 6.24 ENG Frank Evans 5.87 ENG Ivor Toms 5.29 Cradley Heath 22em ENG Harry Bastable 10.59 ENG Eric Eadon 8.06 ENG Ronnie Rolfe 6.59 ENG Roy Spencer 6.04 ENG George Bewley 5.55 ENG Vic White 5.28 ENG Tony Eadon 3.52 ENG Errol Brook 2.00 Edinburgh 22em SCO Doug Templeton 8.16 ENG Reg Luckhurst 8.00 SCO Willie Templeton 7.13 ENG Fred Greenwell 6.76 SCO George Hunter 4.34 SCO Jimmy Tannock 4.30 SCO Gordon Mitchell 3.62 SCO Jimmy Cox 3.55 Liverpool 22em ENG Brian Craven 10.00 AUS Shorty Schirmer 8.15 ENG Wal Morton 7.40 USA Dave Dodd 5.30 ENG Dennis Jenkins 4.93 ENG Col Smith 3.52 ENG Graham Beattie 3.26 ENG Bob McHugh 2.57 ENG Derick Skyner 2.09 Poole 22em ENG Tony Lewis 10.43 SCO Ross Gilbertson 9.93 ENG Ken Middleditch 9.40 ENG Norman Strachan 7.72 AUS Geoff Mudge 7.52 ENG Allan Kidd 7.93 ENG Jimmy Gleed 6.00 AUS Charlie Wallis 5.25 ENG Gerry Bridson 2.75 Rayleigh 22em ENG Reg Reeves 11.29 ENG Alan Smith 10.41 ENG Eric Hockaday 9.24 ENG Pete Lansdale 8.94 ENG Stan Stevens 7.58 ENG Roy Craighead 5.85 ENG Clive Hitch 5.37 ENG John Leggett 4.50 ENG Reg Nicholls 4.00 Sheffield 22em ENG Tony Robinson 9.60 ENG Len Williams 9.20 ENG Jack Kitchen 8.55 ENG Stuart Hickman 6.26 ENG Jack Winstanley 5.19 ENG Malcolm Bruce 4.13 ENG Terry Turner 2.86 AUS Derrol Melbin 2.32 ENG Bernard McArthur 1.43 Stoke 22em ENG Ken Adams 11.00 ENG Reg Fearman 9.12 ENG Ray Harris 7.62 ENG Les Jenkins 7.57 ENG Pete Jarman 6.06 ENG Peter Kelly 5.73 ENG Bill Bridgett 5.29 ENG Gordon Owen 4.53 ENG Arthur Rowe 3.38 ENG Ted Connor 3.09 Yarmouth 22em ENG Ivor Brown 9.78 GGY Johnny Fitzpatrick 8.24 ENG Geoff Pymar 8.00 ENG John Debbage 5.53 ENG Ron Bagley 5.77 ENG Ken Last 4.59 ENG John Leggett 3.48 See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway) References Category:Speedway Provincial League Category:1960 in speedway