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1967 British League season

British speedway season

Field	Value
competition	British League
season	1967
competitors	19
domesticcup1	Champions
domesticcup1 winners	Swindon Robins
domesticcup2	Knockout Cup
domesticcup2 winners	Coventry Bees
domesticcup3	Individual
domesticcup3 winners	Barry Briggs
domesticcup4	London Cup
domesticcup4 winners	West Ham Hammers
domesticcup5	Midland Cup
domesticcup5 winners	Swindon Robins
highest average	Barry Briggs
prevseason	1966
nextseason	1968

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.

Summary

The league was made up of the same 19 teams that competed in the previous year. 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. 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
2	Coventry Bees	36	22	2	12	1524
3	West Ham Hammers	36	21	3	12	1514
4	Edinburgh Monarchs	36	20	2	14	1485
5	Hackney Hawks	36	20	1	15	1402
6	Poole Pirates	36	17	3	16	1462
7	Halifax Dukes	36	18	1	17	1456
8	Wolverhampton Wolves	36	18	1	17	1423
9	Sheffield Tigers	36	18	1	17	1333.5
10	Newcastle Diamonds	36	18	0	18	1386
11	Wimbledon Dons	36	16	3	17	1392
12	Newport Wasps	36	17	1	18	1387
13	Glasgow Tigers	36	16	2	18	1343
14	Oxford Cheetahs	36	16	1	19	1368.5
15	Exeter Falcons	36	16	0	20	1384.5
16	Belle Vue Aces	36	16	0	20	1333.5
17	Long Eaton Archers	36	14	3	19	1322
18	Cradley Heath Heathens	36	12	0	24	1262
19	King's Lynn Stars	36	11	0	25	1297

Fixtures & results

Top Ten Riders (League averages)

Rider	Nat	Team	C.M.A.
1	Barry Briggs	NZL	Swindon
2	Charlie Monk	AUS	Glasgow
3	Nigel Boocock	ENG	Coventry
4	Ray Wilson	ENG	Long Eaton
5	Eric Boocock	ENG	Halifax
6	Sverre Harrfeldt	NOR	West Ham
7	Torbjörn Harrysson	SWE	Newport
8	Gote Nordin	SWE	Poole
9	Bengt Jansson	SWE	Hackney
10	Terry Betts	ENG	King's Lynn

[[Knockout Cup (speedway)|Knockout Cup]]

The cup was won by Coventry Bees. Main article: British League Knockout Cup 1967

Riders' Championship

Barry Briggs won the British League Riders' Championship for the third consecutive year, held at Hyde Road on 21 October.

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Final leading averages

Rider	Nat	Team	C.M.A.
1	Barry Briggs	NZL	Swindon
2	Nigel Boocock	ENG	Coventry
3	Charlie Monk	AUS	Glasgow
4	Ray Wilson	ENG	Long Eaton
5	Eric Boocock	ENG	Halifax
6	Sverre Harrfeldt	NOR	West Ham
7	Torbjörn Harrysson	SWE	Newport
8	Göte Nordin	SWE	Poole
9	Bengt Jansson	SWE	Hackney
10	Terry Betts	ENG	King's Lynn
11	Ove Fundin	SWE	Belle Vue
12	Arne Pander	DEN	Oxford
13	Ken McKinlay	SCO	West Ham
14	Olle Nygren	SWE	Wimbledon
15	Roy Trigg	ENG	Oxford
16	Ivan Mauger	NZL	Newcastle
17	Hasse Holmqvist	SWE	Wolverhampton
18	Bernt Persson	SWE	Edinburgh
19	Dave Younghusband	ENG	Halifax
20	Jim Airey	AUS	Wolverhampton

London Cup

West Ham won the three team London Cup for the third consecutive year.

Pos	Team	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	West Ham Hammers	4	4	0	230	154	8
2	Wimbledon Dons	4	1	3	181	202	2
3	Hackney Hawks	4	1	3	164	219	2

Midland Cup

Swindon won the Midland Cup, which consisted of six teams.

First round

Team one	Team two	Score
Long Eaton	Oxford	40–37, 35–43
Cradley	Wolverhampton	40–38, 29–49

Semi final round

Team one	Team two	Score
Swindon	Oxford	48–30, 40–38
Wolverhampton	Coventry	38–40, 29–49

Final

First leg Barry Briggs 12 Mike Broadbank 12 Martin Ashby 11 Mike Keen 5 Bob Kilby 5 Frank Shuter 3 Pete Munday 3 Nigel Boocock 11 Rick France 5 Les Owen 5 Ron Mountford 4 Col Cottrell 1 Roger Hill 1 Clive Hitch 0

Second leg Nigel Boocock 11 Les Owen 9 Rick France 8 Col Cottrell 7 Roger Hill 6 Tom Ridley 0 Clive Hitch 0 Barry Briggs 14 Martin Ashby 8 Mike Broadbank 6 Bob Kilby 4 Pete Munday 2 Mike Keen 2 Frank Shuter 1

Swindon won on aggregate 88–68

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

9.65
9.03
8.32
7.83
6.42
5.89
3.56
3.31
2.75
2.72
2.60
2.55

Coventry

10.52
8.97
8.66
6.33
6.25
4.89
4.08
3.23

Cradley

7.54
7.34
7.32
7.04
6.37
6.04
5.67
3.76
3.39
3.16
2.60

Edinburgh

9.19
8.99
8.13
6.50
6.46
5.84
5.31
5.14
3.56

Exeter

8.21
7.83
7.38
7.25
6.78
6.66
6.57
6.42
5.55
3.90
3.28

Glasgow

10.50
6.90
6.47
6.41
6.36
5.98
5.40
4.68
4.00
3.80
3.07

Hackney

9.87
8.95
6.25
5.82
5.33
5.05
4.97
4.66

Halifax

10.29
9.12
8.42
6.00
4.78
4.76
4.34
4.14
2.75

King's Lynn

9.74
7.95
6.27
6.05
(Kid Bodie) 5.72
4.39
4.00
3.39
2.73
2.73

Long Eaton

10.43
8.74
7.10
5.77
4.82
3.97
2.92
2.72

Newcastle

9.32
7.54
6.10
6.04
6.00
5.98
5.93
5.63
1.65

Newport

10.05
8.27
6.63
6.29
6.08
4.76
4.24

Oxford

9.57
9.37
8.29
7.51
6.06
4.95
4.68
4.00
2.40

Poole

9.99
8.25
8.00
8.00
6.29
5.91
4.94
4.68

Sheffield

7.08
7.04
6.97
6.65
6.22
6.02
5.82
5.45
3.78

Swindon

11.05
8.83
8.61
8.55
4.46
4.41
4.25

West Ham

10.25
9.53
7.54
7.09
7.03
4.76
4.46
4.36
0.80

Wimbledon

9.52
8.49
8.23
6.00
J 5.86
5.23
4.56
3.19
2.06

Wolverhampton

9.29
9.08
8.21
7.92
5.56
5.04
4.72
1.95

References

"Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
Oakes, Peter. (1981). "1981 Speedway Yearbook". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
Rogers, Martin. (1978). "The Illustrated History of Speedway". Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd.
"HISTORY ARCHIVE".
"1967 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.
"Coventry Speedway 1967 season".
(22 October 1967). "Briggs wins title for third time". Sunday Sun (Newcastle).
"West Ham Hammers 1967".
"1967 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.
(5 October 1967). "Speedway Trophy won by Swindon". Bristol Evening Post.

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