1967 British League season

The 1967 British League season was the third season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.[1]

1967 British League season

League	British League
Season	1967
Champions	Swindon Robins
No. of competitors	19
Knockout Cup	Coventry Bees

Summary

The league was made up of the same 19 teams that competed in the previous year. Swindon Robins won their first top tier league title.

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	Torbjorn Harryson		Newport Wasps	10.05
8	Gote 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

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

References

1. "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.

• Cradley Heath Heathens