1965 British League season

British speedway season September 2023 September 2023 British League 1965 18 Champions West Ham Hammers Knockout Cup West Ham Hammers Individual Barry Briggshttps://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/8394/1965-british-league-riders-championship British League Riders Championship Speedway.org 23 July 2021 London Cup West Ham Hammers Nigel Boocock 1964 1966 The 1965 British League season was the 31st season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom.Oakes Peter 1981 Speedway Yearbook 1981 100 Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd 0-86215-017-5 It was also first known as the new British League which was formed in 1965, along with the British Speedway Promoters Association (BSPA). The league was an amalgamation of the National League and the Provincial League.https://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/p/compet.html Historic league tables Speedway Archive Summary Norwich Stars had closed and therefore did not compete and Reg Fearman moved his Middlesbrough promotion to The Shay, which revived the Halifax Dukes who had last competed in the 1951 division 2.Rogers Martin The Illustrated History of Speedway 1978 129–133 Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd 0-904584-45-3https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003295/19650102/117/0008 Shay speedway decision soon Halifax Evening Courier 2 January 1965 British Newspaper Archive subscription 12 January 2025 West Ham Hammers were the first ever British League winners. It was their first league success since 1937. The West Ham team included Scot Ken McKinlay who finished the season third with an average of 10.72 and the Norwegian champion Sverre Harrfeldt who finished fifth in the averages. They were supported well by British internationals Norman Hunter and Malcolm Simmons. The West Ham team completed the double winning the British League Knockout Cup. In the final they defeated Exeter Falcons 63–33.https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/historyarchive HISTORY ARCHIVE British Speedway 29 June 2021 The season was not a complete success because during a challenge match at West Ham Stadium a junior rider called David John Wills was killed in a race after a crash.https://customhousekid.webs.com/inmemoriam.htm Custom House Years customhousekid 28 July 2021 9 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210709193606/https://customhousekid.webs.com/inmemoriam.htm dead West Ham also won the London Cup but the competition only had three teams competing.http://www.speedwayplus.com/WestHamLast.shtml West Ham Hammers – The Final Match Speedway Plus 30 September 2023 Wimbledon Dons headed by leading Swedish rider Olle Nygren fought West Ham throughout the season and only lost the league by a single point. Final table M W D L F A Pts 1 West Ham Hammers 34 23 1 10 1430 1215 47 2 Wimbledon Dons 34 22 2 10 1396 1245 46 3 Coventry Bees 34 20 0 14 1384 1258 40 4 Oxford Cheetahs 34 19 2 13 1308 1340 40 5 Halifax Dukes 33 18 3 12 1322 1240 39 6 Newport Wasps 34 19 0 15 1360 1288 38 7 Wolverhampton Wolves 34 18 1 15 1429 1216 37 8 Hackney Hawks 34 18 1 15 1327.5 1319.5 37 9 Exeter Falcons 34 18 0 16 1325.5 1323.5 36 10 Poole Pirates 34 17 1 16 1378 1266 35 11 Sheffield Tigers 34 16 2 16 1300 1346 34 12 Newcastle Diamonds 34 16 1 17 1363 1282 33 13 Glasgow Tigers 34 15 1 18 1315 1329 31 14 Belle Vue Aces 34 15 0 19 1328 1312 30 15 Swindon Robins 34 13 2 19 1345 1300 28 16 Cradley Heathens 33 11 1 21 1132 1438 23 17 Edinburgh Monarchs 34 11 0 23 1173 1428 22 18 Long Eaton Archers 34 7 0 27 1107 1534 14M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points Fixtures & results main FBR grey BV COV CH ED EX GLA HAC HAL LE ND NW OX PP SHE SWI WH WIM WOL Belle Vue Aces 44–34 55–23 47–30 43–35 36–42 51–27 45–33 53–25 41–37 55–23 60–18 43–35 55–26 43–35 30–47 44–34 50–28 Coventry Bees 45–31 47–31 58–20 52–26 51–26 42–36 47–30 42–36 45–33 41–36 37–41 47–30 47–30 48–30 39–38 40–38 41–37 Cradley Heathens 42–35 27–51 43–35 42–36 43–35 49–29 n/a 43–35 40–38 35–43 36–42 41–37 39–39 40–38 31–47 29–49 41–37 Edinburgh Monarchs 47–30 31–46 40–38 45–33 36–42 40–38 35–42 38–40 36–41 43–35 47–31 39–38 47–31 40–38 34–44 40–38 42–36 Exeter Falcons 54–24 41–37 51–27 52–26 46–32 54–24 40–38 45–33 44–34 51–27 52–26 42–36 50–28 48–30 46–32 41–37 30–48 Glasgow Tigers 46–32 56–22 53–25 48–30 54–24 59–19 33–44 60–18 42–36 43–35 38–40 49–29 37–41 40–38 46–32 37–41 43–34 Hackney Hawks 48–29 44–34 45–32 50–28 41.5–36.5 54–24 45–33 48–30 59–18 47–31 46–32 43–35 54–24 40–38 40–37 35–43 44–34 Halifax Dukes 50–28 40–38 62–16 48–30 50–27 39–39 44–34 36–41 44–32 42–35 41–36 50–28 43–34 39–39 39–38 39–39 48–30 Long Eaton Archers 41–36 29–49 45–32 52–26 32–44 41–37 38–40 36–41 36–41 32–46 38–39 31–47 37–40 40–37 37–41 34–44 32–45 Newcastle Diamonds 45–33 51–27 42–36 46–32 57–21 48–30 50–28 49–29 50–28 51–27 39–39 41–37 48–30 43–35 46–32 38–40 38–39 Newport Wasps 54–24 47–31 56–22 51–37 45–33 50–28 56–22 46–32 52–26 44–34 44–34 41–37 44–34 41–37 42–36 49–29 41–37 Oxford Cheetahs 41–37 42–36 41–37 48–30 44–34 48–30 42–36 42–36 50–28 40–38 45–32 34–44 41–36 41–37 33–45 38–40 47–31 Poole Pirates 47–29 47–31 52–26 46–32 37–41 49–26 48–30 36–42 59–19 45–33 44–34 42–36 50–28 37–40 51–27 45–33 45–33 Sheffield Tigers 41–37 35–42 40–38 53–25 54–24 42–36 39–39 45–33 53–25 48–30 41–37 47–31 55–23 40–38 37–41 49–29 42–36 Swindon Robins 41–37 45–33 38–40 49–29 46–32 54–24 46–32 38–40 44–34 43–35 48–30 38–40 39–39 52–26 45–33 36–37 42–36 West Ham Hammers 44–34 42–36 40–37 49–29 51–27 47–30 36–42 45–33 60–18 44–34 43–35 43–35 48–30 51–27 48–30 48–30 42–35 Wimbledon Dons 44–32 42–36 52–26 46–30 46–32 49–29 44–34 45–33 63–15 41–36 40–38 39–39 45–33 50–28 41–37 38–40 42–35 Wolverhampton Wolves 51–27 46–32 53–25 44–34 45–33 56–21 44–34 49–29 53–25 47–31 64–14 46–32 38–40 40–38 54–24 39–39 50–28 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1965fixtures.pdf Speedway Researcher 1965 fixtures & results 8 July 2024 Top Ten Riders (League Average) Rider Nat Team C.M.A. 1 Nigel Boocock ENG Coventry 11.09 2 Barry Briggs NZL Swindon 10.91 3 Ken McKinlay SCO West Ham 10.72 4 Mike Broadbanks ENG Swindon 10.54 5 Sverre Harrfeldt NOR West Ham 10.35 6 Olle Nygren SWE Wimbledon 10.31 7 Charlie Monk AUS Glasgow 10.22 8 Ron How ENG Oxford 10.16 9 Arne Pander DEN Oxford 10.01 10 Jimmy Gooch ENG Oxford 9.97 Knockout Cup West Ham Hammers won the Knockout Cup and completed the double of league and cup. British League Knockout Cup 1965 Riders' Championship Barry Briggs won the British League Riders' Championship, held at Hyde Road on 16 October.Speedway Champ Sunday Mail (Glasgow) 17 October 1965 31 May 2023 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001752/19651017/298/0030 British Newspaper Archive subscription Pos. Rider Heat Scores Total1 NZL Barry Briggs 3 3 3 2 3 142 ENG Jimmy Gooch 2 2 3 3 3 133 ENG Cyril Maidment 3 3 3 ef 3124 SWE Olle Nygren 1 3 2 2 3 115 ENG Nigel Boocock 1 2 3 3 2 116 AUS Charlie Monk 2 3 1 2 1 9 7 NZL Ivan Mauger 3 f 2 1 2 8 8 ENG Pete Jarman 2 1 2 3 ef 8 9 ENG Eric Boocock 2 2 1 1 1 7 10 ENG Colin Gooddy 1 0 1 2 2 6 11 ENG Jack Kitchen 1 1 ef 3 0 5 12 SCO Ken McKinlay 3–2 f - 5 13 ENG Gerry Jackson 0 2 0 0 1 314 ENG George Major 0 1 ef 1 1 3 15 ENG Ronnie Genz 0 0 0 ef 2 2 16 ENG Alby Golden 0 1 1 0 0 2 17 NZL Alf Wells (res) 1 - - - - 1 18 WAL Kid Brodie (res) 0 - - - - 0 ef=engine failure, f=fell, exc=excluded Final leading averages Rider Nat Team C.M.A. 1 Nigel Boocock ENG Coventry 11.12 2 Barry Briggs NZL Swindon 10.93 3 Ken McKinlay SCOWest Ham 10.83 4 Mike Broadbanks ENG Swindon 10.48 5 Sverre Harrfeldt NOR West Ham 10.46 6 Charlie Monk AUS Glasgow 10.28 7 Olle Nygren SWE Wimbledon 10.22 8 Ron How ENG Oxford 10.16 9 Arne Pander DEN Oxford 10.03 10 Jimmy Gooch ENG Oxford 9.90 11 Cyril Maidment ENG Belle Vue 9.65 12 Ronnie Genz ENG Poole 9.45 13 Eric Boocock ENG Halifax 9.43 14 Norman Hunter ENG West Ham 9.42 15 George Hunter SCO Edinburgh 9.35 16 Ivor Brown ENG Cradley Heath 9.27 17 Colin Gooddy ENG Exeter 9.24 18 Reg Luckhurst ENG Wimbledon 9.14 19 Bill Andrew NZL Poole 9.07 20 Dave Younghusband ENG Halifax 9.06 London Cup Pos Team P W D L F A Pts1 West Ham Hammers 4 2 1 1 196 188 52 Hackney Hawks 4 2 0 2 189 194 43 Wimbledon Dons 4 1 1 2 190 193 3 Results Team Score TeamWimbledon 53–43 HackneyHackney 52–44 West HamWest Ham 50–46 HackneyHackney 48–47 WimbledonWimbledon 48–48 West HamWest Ham 54–42 Wimbledon Riders & final averages Belle Vue 22em ENG Cyril Maidment 9.65 ENG Dick Fisher 8.06 SCO Gordon McGregor 7.52 HUN Sándor Lévai 6.37 ENG Norman Nevitt 6.03 ENG Bill Powell 5.50 ENG Dent Oliver 5.25 ENG Jim Yacoby 4.12 ENG Vic White 4.10 ENG Dave Schofield 1.67 Coventry 22em ENG Nigel Boocock 11.12 ENG Ron Mountford 8.74 ENG Jim Lightfoot 8.65 ENG Rick France 6.30 ENG Col Cottrell 6.00 ENG Les Owen 4.27 ENG Chris Harrison 3.08 ENG Fred Hodder 2.12 ENG Howie Booton 0.64 Cradley Heath 22em ENG Ivor Brown 9.27 ENG John Hart 7.78 ENG George Major 7.63 ENG Eric Hockaday 6.29 WAL Leo McAuliffe 5.87 NZL Goog Allan 5.10 ENG Chris Julian 5.09 ENG Harry Bastable 4.79 ENG Tim Bungay 3.35 ENG John Debbage 3.31 WAL Ivor Hughes 2.89 ENG Ron Cooper 1.65 Edinburgh 22em SCO George Hunter 9.35 SCO Doug Templeton 7.34 NZL Colin McKee 6.61 NOR Henry Harrfeldt 5.42 SCO Bill Landels 4.94 NZL Alf Wells 4.83 NZL Wayne Briggs 4.42 SCO Bert Harkins 4.17 AUS Kevin Torpie 3.88 AUS Ross Nickisson 2.50 Exeter 22em ENG Colin Gooddy 9.24 ENG Jimmy Squibb 7.72 AUS Jack Geran 7.62 ENG Alan Cowland 7.37 CAN Chris Blewett 6.05 ENG Tim Bungay 6.00 WAL Ivor Hughes 6.00 ENG Des Lukehurst 5.78 ENG Maury McDermott 4.36 ENG Doug Dearden 3.61 Glasgow 22em AUS Charlie Monk 10.28 AUS Bluey Scott 7.61 SCO Willie Templeton 7.16 NOR Nils Paulsen 6.58 ENG Maury Mattingley 6.12 NZL Graham Coombes 5.23 AUS Bruce Ovenden 4.76 SCO Bill McMillan 4.12 Hackney 22em ENG Gerry Jackson 8.69 ENG Colin Pratt 8.51 ENG Roy Trigg 7.51 ENG John Poyser 6.79 ENG Les McGillivray 6.60 ENG Howdy Byford 5.49 ENG Malcolm Brown 5.15 ENG Brian Davies 5.04 ENG Sandy McGillivray 3.45 Halifax 22em ENG Eric Boocock 9.43 ENG Dave Younghusband 9.06 ENG Eric Boothroyd 8.00 ENG Tommy Roper 7.29 ENG Bryan Elliott 6.30 AUS Dennis Gavros 4.91 AUS Bert Kingston 4.07 ENG Ray Day 4.00 ENG Clive Hitch 3.75 AUS Bob Jameson 2.93 Long Eaton 22em AUS Ray Cresp 7.96 WAL Howard Cole (Kid Bodie) 6.84 ENG Norman Storer 6.64 ENG Ray Wilson 6.55 ENG Ken Adams 5.19 ENG Clive Hitch 5.08 ENG John Mills 4.77 ENG Paul Sharples 3.45 NZL Rim Malskaitis 2.61 Newcastle 22em NZL Ivan Mauger 8.76 ENG Brian Brett 8.75 ENG Peter Kelly 7.35 ENG Brian Craven 7.30 ENG Mike Watkin 6.23 ENG Russ Dent 5.92 ENG Ken Sharples 5.77 NZL Goog Allan 5.44 NZL Dave Gifford 2.92 Newport 22em AUS Jack Biggs 9.00 ENG Dick Bradley 7.90 NED Peter Vandenberg 7.78 ENG Alby Golden 7.74 ENG Geoff Penniket 5.88 ENG Jon Erskine 5.77 ENG Vic White 5.41 WAL Bob Hughes 4.88 Oxford 22em ENG Ron How 10.16 DEN Arne Pander 10.03 ENG Jimmy Gooch 9.90 ENG Maury McDermott 4.53 ENG Ken Vale 4.51 ENG John Bishop 4.34 ENG Eddie Reeves 4.25 ENG Jimmy Heard 3.83 ENG Stan Stevens 3.32 ENG Glyn Chandler 2.45 ENG John Hook 1.71 Poole 22em ENG Ronnie Genz 9.45 NZL Bill Andrew 9.07 SCO Ross Gilbertson 7.76 AUS Geoff Mudge 7.43 ENG Norman Strachan 6.14 ENG Pete Smith 5.52 ENG Pete Munday 3.23 NZL Bruce Cribb 3.04 ENG Pete Swain 0.61 Sheffield 22em ENG Jack Kitchen 8.69 ENG Clive Featherby 8.06 ENG Billy Bales 7.43 ENG John Dews 6.05 ENG David Crane 5.63 ENG Alan Jay 5.08 ENG Bob Paulson 4.54 Swindon 22em NZL Barry Briggs 10.93 ENG Mike Broadbank 10.48 ENG Martin Ashby 8.83 ENG Roy Bowers 4.29 ENG Bob Kilby 4.00 ENG Mike Keen 3.93 ENG Pete Sampson 3.24 ENG Alan Jackson 2.00 NZL Frank Shuter 1.47 West Ham 22em SCO Ken McKinlay 10.83 NOR Sverre Harrfeldt 10.46 ENG Norman Hunter 9.42 ENG Malcolm Simmons 6.56 ENG Reg Trott 4.65 ENG Tony Clarke 4.48 ENG Brian Leonard 3.65 ENG Ted Ede 2.80 ENG Ray Wickett 2.40 Wimbledon 22em SWE Olle Nygren 10.22 ENG Reg Luckhurst 9.14 ENG Trevor Hedge 8.55 ENG Bob Dugard 6.77 ENG Jim Tebby 6.01 ENG John Edwards 4.91 ENG Mike Coomber 2.60 ENG Geoff Hughes 1.44 Wolverhampton 22em ENG Pete Jarman 8.70 ENG Bob Andrews 8.33 AUS Jim Airey 8.19 ENG Tommy Sweetman 7.39 WAL Cyril Francis 7.20 AUS Gordon Guasco 6.98 ENG Brian Maxted 5.64 ENG James Bond 4.62 See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway) References Category:British League Category:1965 in British motorsport Category:1965 in speedway