Cradley Heath Speedway 1969
Statistical Record
Contents
Index Of Meetings
Meeting Details
Averages
Nigel Nicklin & Roger Beaman – Issue 1 – 23rd January 2017 Cradley Heath Speedway 1969 - Index Of Meetings
Month Date Opponents Competition Venue Result For Agst Page
April 4 Wolverhampton British League Away Won 46 32 3 5 Wolverhampton British League Home Won 42 36 4 11 Newport British League Away Lost 35 37 5 12 Newcastle British League Home Won 50 28 6 19 Coventry British League Away Lost 37 41 7 21 MRCQR Individual Home Bernt Persson 8 26 West Ham British League Home Won 40 38 9 May 1 Wimbledon British League Away Lost 24 54 10 3 Wimbledon British League Home Won 40 37 11 5 Newcastle British League Away Postponed Rain 12 10 Poole British League Home Won 44 33 13 12 Halifax British League Home Won 45 32 14 17 Belle Vue British League Away Lost 38 40 15 19 Alan Hunt Trophy Individual Home Bernt Persson 16 24 WCQR Individual Home Postponed Rain 17 31 Exeter British League Home Won 41 37 18 June 7 Coventry British League Home Won 45 33 19 9 WCQR Individual Home Roy Trigg 20 12 Oxford Midland Cup Away Draw 39 39 21 14 Glasgow KO Cup 2 Home Won 41 37 22 20 Hackney British League Away Lost 31 47 23 21 Swindon British League Away Lost 35 43 24 23 GB v Sweden International Home 63 45 25 28 Oxford Midland Cup Home Won 45 32 26 July 1 Leicester British League Away Lost 38 40 27 5 Swindon British League Home Won 45 33 28 11 Glasgow British League Away Draw 39 39 29 12 Belle Vue British League Home Lost 37 41 30 19 Coatbridge British League Home Won 49 29 31 21 Swindon KO Cup 3 Home Won 41 37 32 25 Kings Lynn British League Away Lost 36 42 33 26 Kings Lynn British League Home Won 41 37 34 Aug 2 Newport British League Home Aband 6 6 35 7 Oxford British League Away Won 45 33 36 9 Hackney British League Home Won 49 28 37 13 Poole British League Away Lost 20 58 38 16 Glasgow British League Home Won 46 32 39 20 Coatbridge British League Away Postponed Rain 40 23 Oxford British League Home Won 41 37 41 25 Coventry Midland Cup Home Lost 37 41 42 29 Wolverhampton Dud/Wolv Tro Away Lost 37 41 43 30 Wolverhampton Dud/Wolv Tro Home Won 42 36 44 Sep 1 Halifax British League Away Lost 29 49 45 3 Coventry Midland Cup Away Lost 31 47 46 6 Leicester British League Home Draw 39 39 47 8 Exeter British League Away Lost 27 51 48 12 Newport British League Away Postponed Rain 49 15 Newport British League Home Won 42 35 50 18 Sheffield British League Away Lost 26 52 51 19 Newport British League Away Lost 32 46 52 20 Sheffield British League Home Won 42 36 53 27 Wimbledon KO Cup S/F Home Lost 36 42 54 30 West Ham British League Away Lost 37 41 55 Oct 4 Midlands Select Challenge Home Lost 37 41 56 6 Newcastle British League Away Lost 25 53 57 11 Coatbridge British League Away Lost 36 42 58 17 Wolverhampton Challenge Away Lost 37 71 59
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Friday 4th April 1969 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton Wolves 32 – Cradley Heathens 46 (British League)
Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Dave Y‘nghusband EF 2 0 0 2 2. Cyril Francis 1 FR 2 1 4 3. James Bond 2 2 XT 1‘ 3 2‘ 10 2 4. Bengt Andersson R/R 5. Norman Hunter 1’ 1 2 2 3 9 1 6. Peter Jackson 3 1’ 0 1’ 0 5 2 7. Mick Handley 0 2 EF N 2 8. Archie Wilkinson DNR Team Manager: Bob Wasley
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 3 3 2 1 9 2. Graham Coombes 2’ XT XT 1’ 3 2 3. Bob Andrews 3 3 3 1 10 4. Ken Wakefield 0 F 2’ 0 2 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 3 3 3 12 6. Chris Bass 2 2’ 1 3 0 8 1 7. Peter Wrathall 1’ 0 1 2 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: ???
Ht1 Persson, Coombes, Francis, Younghusband [ef] 66.8 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Jackson, Bass, Wrathall, Handley 68.6 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Trigg, Bond, Hunter, Wakefield 67.0 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Andrews, Bond, Jackson, Wrathall 67.6 3 3 10 14 Ht5 Persson, Bass, Hunter, Jackson [rr] 67.0 1 5 11 19 Ht6 Andrews, Younghusband, Bass, Francis fr] 67.4 2 4 13 23 Ht7 Trigg, Handley, Jackson, Wakefield [f] [rr] 67.6 3 3 16 26 Ht8 Bass, Francis, Wrathall, Handley [ef] [rr] 68.2 2 4 18 30 Ht9 Andrews, Hunter, Bond, Bass 67.2 3 3 21 33 Ht10 Trigg, Wakefield, Francis, Younghusband 67.8 1 5 22 38 Ht11 Bond, Persson, Coombes, Jackson 67.2 3 3 25 41 Ht12 Trigg, Hunter, Andrews, Younghusband 68.6 2 4 27 45 Ht13 Hunter, Bond, Persson, Wakefield 67.8 5 1 32 46
Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Bond for Vandenberg, Ht5 r/r Jackson for Vandenberg, r/s Bass for Coombes [xt], Ht7 r/s Handley for Bond [xt], Ht8 r/s Bass for Coombes [xt], Ht9 r/r Bond for Vandenberg, Ht11 r/s Jackson for Handley, Ht12 r/r Hunter for Vandenberg.
Junior Handicap Geoff Ambrose [Scr], Edgar Stangeland [10yds], Wilkinson [Scr], Stuart Riley [Scr], Wrathall [Scr] [f] 69.8
Stadium Cash Trophy Ht1 Hunter, Andrews, Coombes, Francis 68.0 Ht2 Bond, Wakefield, Trigg, Jackson 68.2 Ht3 Persson, Bass, Younghusband, Wilkinson 67.8 Final Persson, Hunter, Bond, Jackson 67.8
Extra Race (Possible 4th qualifier for final)?? Jackson, Stangeland, Ambrose [f], Francis [f] 69.8
3 Saturday 5th April 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 42 – Wolverhampton Wolves 36 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 1’ 3 3 3 10 1 2. Graham Coombes 2 0 XT 2’ 4 1 3. Bob Andrews 3 2 2 1 8 4. Ken Wakefield 1 0 0 N 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 2 3 3 11 6. Chris Bass 3 1 1’ 2 1 8 1 7. Peter Wrathall 0 0 0 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Wolverhampton Wolves 1. John Boulger (G) 0 3 3 3 2 11 2. Norman Hunter 3 1 3 1 1 9 3. James Bond 2 2 2 2 2 10 4. Peter Vandenberg R/R 5. Cyril Francis 0 N 0 N 0 0 6. Mick Handley 2 1’ 0 1’ 0 4 2 7. Peter Jackson 1’ 0 1 2 1 8. Archie Wilkinson DNR Team Manager: Bob Wasley ACU Referee: A. B. Taylor
Ht1 Hunter, Coombes, Persson, Boulger 69.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Bass, Handley, Jackson, Wrathall 69.6 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Trigg, Bond, Wakefield, Francis 68.8 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Andrews, Bond, Bass, Jackson 69.8 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Boulger, Trigg, Hunter, Wakefield 68.6 2 4 16 14 Ht6 Persson, Bond, Handley, Coombes 69.4 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Boulger, Andrews, Bass, Handley 69.2 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Hunter, Bass, Jackson, Wrathall 70.6 2 4 24 24 Ht9 Trigg, Bond, Handley, Wakefield 69.4 3 3 27 27 Ht10 Persson, Coombes, Hunter, Francis 69.6 5 1 32 28 Ht11 Boulger, Andrews, Hunter, Wrathall 69.0 2 4 34 32 Ht12 Persson, Bond, Bass, Handley 69.6 4 2 38 34 Ht13 Trigg, Boulger, Andrews, Francis 69.6 4 2 42 36
Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Bond for Vandenberg, Ht 7 r/r Boulger for Vandenberg, r/s Handley for Francis, Ht8 r/s Bass for Coombes [xt], Ht10 r/r Hunter for Vandenberg, Ht12 r/s Bass for Wakefield, r/s Handley for Francis, Ht13 r/r Francis for Vandenberg.
Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Hunter, Andrews, Coombes, Francis 71.4 72.0 Ht2 Boulger, Trigg, Bass, Handley 69.6 70.8 Ht3 Persson, Bond, Wakefield, Chris Hawkins 70.6 71.6 Final Persson, Trigg, Boulger, Hunter [ef] 70.4
Talent Stakes Hawkins, Malc Shakespeare, Colin Tucker, Barrie Smith [f] 74.4
Reserves Stakes Bass, Wrathall, Hawkins, Wilkinson 72.2
Late Night Scurry Wrathall, Wilkinson, Tucker, Hawkins [ef] 73.4
4 Friday 11th April 1969 Somerton Park, Newport
Newport Wasps 37 – Cradley Heathens 35 (British League)
Newport Wasps 1. Jon Erskine 1 2’ 3 0 XT 6 1 2. Norman Strachan 3 3 3 1 10 3. Chris Julian 2 3 1 X2 1’ 7 1 4. Sandor Levai 1’ N 0 2 3 1 5. Torbjorn Harrysson R/R 6. Alby Golden FX 1 2 0 2 0^ 5 7. Bob Hughes 2 1’ 2’ 1’ 0^ 6 3 8. Terry Shearer DNR Team Manager: Bob Radford
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 3 3 3 3 14 2. Graham Coombes 0 0 0 N 0 3. Bob Andrews 2 1 2 2’ X2^ 7 1 4. Ken Wakefield 0 N N 0 0 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 2’ 1’ 3 X2^ 9 2 6. Chris Bass 3 0 1 N 0 4 7. Peter Wrathall 1 0 N 1 Team Manager: Russ Bragg ACU Referee: ???
Ht1 Strachan, Persson, Erskine, Coombes 72.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Bass, Hughes, Wrathall, Golden [fx] [rr] 75.4 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Trigg, Julian, Levai, Wakefield 70.8 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Julian, Andrews, Golden, Wrathall 73.2 4 2 13 11 Ht5 Persson, Golden, Hughes, Coombes 73.2 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Strachan, Erskine, Andrews, Bass 72.4 5 1 21 15 Ht7 Persson, Trigg, Julian, Golden 72.0 1 5 22 20 Ht8 Strachan, Hughes, Bass, Coombes 73.8 5 1 27 21 Ht9 Erskine, Andrews, Trigg, Levai 72.6 3 3 30 24 Ht10 Trigg, Andrews, Strachan, Erskine 72.4 1 5 31 29 Ht11 Persson, Golden, Hughes, Coombes 73.0 3 3 34 32 Ht12Hughes, Golden, Andrews [x2], Trigg [x2] [rr] 74.4 0 0 34 32^ Ht13 Persson, Levai, Julian, Wakefield 72.4 3 3 37 35
Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Julian for Harrysson, Ht5 r/r Hughes for Harrysson, r/s Golden for Levai, Ht7 t/s Persson for Wakefield, Ht8 r/s Bass for Wrathall, Ht9 r/r Erskine for Harrysson, t/s Trigg for Bass, Ht10 t/s Andrews for Wakefield, Ht11 r/s Golden for Julian [x2], Ht12 r/s Golden for Erskine [xt], r/s Hughes for Levai, Ht13 r/r Levai for Harrysson.
^ Heat 12 was declared null and void after the meeting had finished, Cradley protested that Golden should not have replaced Erskine, as Golden had already taken his maximum number of rides. The result was later declared void and the meeting restaged.
Reserves Handicap Bass [20 Yds], Shearer [20], Wrathall [20], [Chris Harrison [20], Neil Glover [Scr] ??.?
Heathens Burn Up Ht1 Persson, Trigg, Golden, Harrison 72.0 73.6 Ht2 Shearer, Coombes, Wakefield, Erskine [ef] 77.8 78.6 Ht3 Hughes, Andrews, Levai, Julian 73.6 73.8 Final Persson, Hughes, Trigg, Shearer 72.6
5 Saturday 12th April 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 50 – Newcastle Diamonds 28 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 2 3 3 10 2. Graham Coombes R 1’ 3 1 5 1 3. Bob Andrews 3 3 3 2 11 4. Ken Wakefield 2’ 0 2’ 2’ 6 3 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 2 3 1’ 9 1 6. Chris Bass 3 2’ 1 1 7 1 7. Peter Wrathall 1 1 N 2 8. Chris Hawkins DNR Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Newcastle Diamonds 1. Ole Olsen 3 3 2 2 2 3 15 2. Alan Butterfield 1 1 2 0 1 5 3. Dave Gifford 1 0 X2 0 EF 1 4. R/R 5. Garry Middleton FX N N N 0 6. Gary Peterson 2 3 XT F 0 5 7. Dave Schofield F 0 0 1 1 8. Murray Burt 1 0 1 Team Manager: Mike Parker ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis
Ht1 Olsen, Persson, Butterfield, Coombes [r] 69.6 2 4 2 5 Ht2 Bass, Peterson, Wrathall, Schofield [f] 70.2 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Trigg, Wakefield, Burt, Middleton [fx] [rr] 71.0 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Andrews, Bass, Gifford, Schofield 70.4 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Olsen, Trigg, Butterfield, Wakefield 69.0 2 4 18 12 Ht6 Peterson, Persson, Coombes, Gifford 70.8 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Andrews, Olsen, Bass, Burt 69.6 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Coombes, Butterfield, Wrathall, Schofield [rr] 73.0 4 2 29 19 Ht9 Trigg, Wakefield, Schofield, Peterson [f] 70.8 5 1 34 20 Ht10 Persson, Olsen, Coombes, Gifford [rr] 69.8 4 2 38 22 Ht11 Andrews, Olsen, Bass, Butterfield 70.0 4 2 42 24 Ht12 Persson, Wakefield, Butterfield, Gifford [ef] 71.4 5 1 47 25 Ht13 Olsen, Andrews, Trigg, Peterson 69.8 3 3 50 28
Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Burt for ??, Ht7 r/r Burt for ??, t/s Olsen for Middleton, Ht8 r/s Peterson for Schofield, r/s Schofield for Peterson [xt], Ht9 r/s Schofield for Gifford [x2], Ht10 t/s Gifford for Middleton, r/r Olsen for ??, Ht11 r/s Bass for Wrathall, Ht12 t/s Butterfield for Middleton, Ht13 r/r Peterson for ??.
Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Olsen, Bass, Andrews, Peterson 70.4 71.2 Ht2 Trigg, Coombes, Gifford, Chris Hawkins 71.2 72.2 Ht3 Persson, Wakefield, Butterfield, Colin Tucker 70.8 72.8 Final Persson, Bass, Trigg, Olsen [ef] 70.8
Talent Stakes Malc. Shakespeare, Hawkins, Barrie Smith, Tucker [ns] 78.6
Reserves Stakes Bass, Wrathall, Burt, Schofield [nf] 71.2
Late Night Scurry Wrathall, Tucker, Burt, Hawkins [f] 73.0
6 Saturday 19th April 1969 Brandon Stadium, Coventry
Coventry Bees 41 – Cradley Heathens 37 (British League)
Coventry Bees 1. Col Cottrell 1’ 2 1 2 6 1 2. Roger Hill 2 1’ 2 3 8 1 3. Antonin Kasper 2 3 3 0 8 4. Tom Ridley 2’ 1’ FX 1’ 4 3 5. Nigel Boocock (C) 3 2 3 2 10 6. Les Owen 3 1’ 1 0 5 1 7. Dave Callington 0 0 N Team Manager: Mick Blackburn
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 3 3 3 2 3 14 2. Graham Coombes F 0 N N 0 3. Bob Andrews 3 3 2 1’ EF 9 1 4. Ken Wakefield 0 0 N N 0 5. Roy Trigg (C) 1 2 2 3 1 9 6. Chris Bass 1’ 0 0 1’ 2 2 7. Geoff Penniket 2 XT 1 0 3 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis
Ht1 Persson, Hill, Cottrell, Coombes [f] 66.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Owen, Penniket, Bass, Callington 69.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Boocock, Ridley, Trigg, Wakefield 67.0 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Andrews, Kasper, Owen, Bass [rr] 66.0 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Persson, Boocock, Ridley, Coombes 66.0 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Andrews, Cottrell, Hill, Bass 67.8 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Kasper, Trigg, Owen, Wakefield 68.6 4 2 24 18 Ht8 Persson, Hill, Penniket, Callington 67.2 2 4 26 22 Ht9 Boocock, Andrews, Bass, Ridley [fx] [rr] 68.4 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Hill, Trigg, Cottrell, Penniket 69.0 4 2 33 27 Ht11 Kasper, Persson, Andrews, Owen 68.8 3 3 36 30 Ht12 Trigg, Cottrell, Ridley, Andrews [ef] 68.0 3 3 39 33 Ht13 Persson, Boocock, Trigg, Kasper 68.0 2 4 41 37
Programme Changes: Ht4 r/s Bass for Penniket [xt], Ht8 t/s Persson for Coombes, Ht10 r/s Penniket for Wakefield, Ht11 t/s Andrews for Coombes, r/s Owen for Callington, Ht13 t/s Trigg for Wakefield.
Up’n Comers Scratch Race Tony Lomas, Pete Bailey, Roy Carter, John Harrhy 72.0
Stadium Gold Sash Snowball Ht1 Boocock, Owen, Bass, Trigg [ef] 69.0 71.8 Ht2 Persson, Cottrell, Callington, Ridley 69.4 72.0 Ht3 Hill, Kasper, Coombes, Andrews [ef] 70.0 70.4 Final Kasper, Boocock, Persson, Hill 69.6
Ability Scratch Race Lomas, Wakefield, Owen [x2], Penniket [fx] [rr] 71.8
Up’n Comers Second Chance Bailey, Harrhy, Carter, Tony Peasland [f] 72.0
7 Monday 21st April 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Midland Riders Championship Qualifying Round Winner: Bernt Persson (Cradley Heath)
1. Bob Kilby (Swindon Robins) 2 XT 1 3 XT 6 10th 2. Antonin Kasper (Coventry Bees) 3 1 2 2 3 11 5th 3. Bob Andrews (Cradley Heathens) 1 1 1 2 2 7 8th 4. James Bond (Wolverhampton) 0 2 3 2 1 8 6th 5. Norman Hunter (Wolverhampton) 3 3 3 3 2 14 2nd 6. Ray Wilson (Leicester Lions) 2 2 2 3 3 12 3rd 7. Eddie Reeves (Oxford Cheetahs) 1 0 EF 1 0 2 14th 8. Clive Hitch (Swindon Robins) 0 1 2 0 3 6 11th 9. Col Cottrell (Coventry Bees) 0 1 0 0 1 2 15th 10. Ken Wakefield (Cradley Heathens) 2 F 1 0 1 4 13th 11. Bernt Persson (Cradley Heathens) 3 3 3 3 3 15 1st 12. Graham Coombes (Cradley Heathens) 1 0 0 0 0 1 16th 13. Peter Jarman (Oxford Cheetahs) R 2 2 1 1 6 12th 14. Roy Trigg (Cradley Heathens) 3 3 3 2 0 11 5th 15. Rick Timmo (Oxford Cheetahs) 2 2 1 1 2 8 7th 16. Chris Bass (Cradley Heathens) 1 3 0 1 2 7 9th Res: Geoff Penniket (Cradley Heathens) 0 0 Res: Chris Hawkins (Cradley Heathens) 0 0 ACU Referee: W. A. Daff
Ht1 Kasper, Kilby, Andrews, Bond 73.0 Ht2 Hunter, Wilson, Reeves, Hitch 75.6 Ht3 Persson, Wakefield, Coombes, Cottrell 74.0 Ht4 Trigg, Timmo, Bass, Jarman [r] 74.0 Ht5 Hunter, Jarman, Cottrell, Penniket [rr] 74.4 Ht6 Trigg, Wilson, Kasper, Wakefield [f] 73.0 Ht7 Persson, Timmo, Andrews, Reeves 73.6 Ht8 Bass, Bond, Hitch, Coombes 75.0 Ht9 Persson, Wilson, Kilby, Bass 72.2 Ht10 Hunter, Kasper, Timmo, Coombes 74.6 Ht11 Trigg, Hitch, Andrews, Cottrell 72.4 Ht12 Bond, Jarman, Wakefield, Reeves [ef] 75.2 Ht13 Kilby, Trigg, Reeves, Coombes 72.6 Ht14 Persson, Kasper, Jarman, Hitch 72.4 Ht15 Hunter, Andrews, Bass, Wakefield 73.6 Ht16 Wilson, Bond, Timmo, Cottrell 73.2 Ht17 Hitch, Timmo, Wakefield, Hawkins [rr] 74.6 Ht18 Kasper, Bass, Cottrell, Reeves 72.8 Ht19 Wilson, Andrews, Jarman, Coombes 73.6 Ht20 Persson, Hunter, Bond, Trigg 73.0
Programme Changes: Ht5 Penniket for Kilby [xt], Ht17 Hawkins for Kilby [xt].
8 Saturday 26th April 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 40 – West Ham Hammers 38 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 2 2 3 9 2. Graham Coombes 0 R 3 1’ 4 1 3. Bob Andrews 3 2 1 1 7 4. Chris Bass 1 0 1 2’ 4 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 3 3 3 12 6. Ken Wakefield 3 0 1’ 0 4 1 7. Geoff Penniket 0 0 N 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
West Ham Hammers 1. Ken McKinlay (C) 3 2 2 3 2 12 2. Tony Clarke 1 2 1’ 2 2’ 8 2 3. Sverre Harrfeldt R/R 4. Martyn Piddock 0 0 0 N 0 5. Olle Nygren 2 3 3 3 1 12 6. George Barclay 2 1 0 3 7. Barry Crowson 1’ 1’ 1’ 0 0 3 3 8. Dave Jessup DNR Team Manager: Dave Lanning ACU Referee: L. Pendergast
Ht1 McKinlay, Persson, Clarke, Coombes 69.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Wakefield, Barclay, Crowson, Penniket 73.0 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Trigg, Nygren, Bass, Piddock 71.2 4 2 9 9 Ht4 Andrews, Clarke, Crowson, Wakefield 71.2 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Trigg, McKinlay, Clarke, Bass 71.4 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Nygren, Persson, Barclay, Coombes [r] 71.6 2 4 17 19 Ht7 Nygren, Andrews, Wakefield, Piddock 72.2 3 3 20 22 Ht8 Coombes, Clarke, Crowson, Penniket 73.6 3 3 23 25 Ht9 Trigg, McKinlay, Bass, Barclay 71.4 4 2 27 27 Ht10 Nygren, Persson, Coombes, Piddock 71.6 3 3 30 30 Ht11McKinlay, Clarke, Andrews, Wakefield 72.0 1 5 31 35 Ht12 Persson, Bass, Nygren, Crowson 72.4 5 1 36 36 Ht13 Trigg, McKinlay, Andrews, Crowson 71.4 4 2 40 38
Programme Changes: Ht4 r/r Clarke for Harrfeldt, Ht6 r/r Nygren for Harrfeldt, Ht9 r/r McKinlay for Harrfeldt, Ht11 r/s Wakefield for Penniket, Ht12 r/r Crowson for Harrfeldt, Ht13 r/s Crowson for Piddock.
Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 McKinlay, Andrews, Coombes, Chris Hawkins 72.8 73.2 Ht2 Trigg, Clarke, Piddock, Jessup 72.6 73.6 Ht3 Persson, Bass, Nygren, Barclay [ef] 71.4 74.4 Final Trigg, Persson, Andrews, McKinlay 71.2
Talent Stakes Hawkins, Colin Tucker, Barrie Smith, Malc Shakespeare [ef] 75.6
Reserves Stakes Hawkins, Crowson, Penniket [ef], Wakefield [ef] 75.0
Late Night Scurry Geoff Curtis, Jessup, Shakespeare [fr], Tucker [fx] [rr] 76.8
9 Thursday 1st May 1969 Wimbledon, Stadium, London
Wimbledon Dons 54 – Cradley Heathens 24 (British League)
Wimbledon Dons 1. Ronnie Moore (C) 3 3 2 3 11 2. Cyril Maidment 1 2’ 1’ 1’ 5 3 3. Reg Luckhurst 3 3 3 3 12 4. Bob Dugard 1’ 1 1 2’ 5 2 5. Trevor Hedge 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 6. Jim Tebby 2’ 1 2’ 5 2 7. Gary Everett 3 2 1 6 Team Manager: Vic Goodden
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson R/R 2. Graham Coombes 0 0 0 N 0 3. Bob Andrews 2 1 0 2 1 1 7 4. Ken Wakefield 0 XT 0 N 0 5. Roy Trigg (C) 2 3 1 3 3 0 12 6. Chris Bass 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 7. Geoff Penniket 0 0 N 0 8. Chris Hawkins 0 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: G. F. Little
Ht1 Moore, Trigg, Maidment, Coombes 64.5 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Everett, Tebby, Bass, Penniket 65.7 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Trigg, Hedge, Dugard, Wakefield 64.3 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Luckhurst, Andrews, Tebby, Penniket 64.7 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Hedge, Bass, Dugard, Coombes 63.4 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Moore, Maidment, Andrews, Bass 65.3 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Luckhurst, Tebby, Trigg, Bass [rr] 64.4 5 1 30 12 Ht8 Trigg, Everett, Maidment, Coombes 64.8 3 3 33 15 Ht9 Hedge, Bass, Dugard, Andrews 64.0 4 2 37 17 Ht10 Trigg, Moore, Maidment, Wakefield 64.1 3 3 40 20 Ht11 Luckhurst, Andrews, Everett, Hawkins 64.9 4 2 44 22 Ht12 Moore, Dugard, Andrews, Trigg 65.5 5 1 49 23 Ht13 Luckhurst, Hedge, Andrews, Bass 65.7 5 1 54 24
Programme Changes: Ht1 r/r Trigg for Persson, Ht5 r/r Bass for Persson, Ht7 r/s Bass for Wakefield [xt], Ht8 t/s Trigg for Penniket, Ht11 r/r Hawkins for Persson, t/s Andrews for Coombes, Ht13 r/r Andrews for Persson, r/s Bass for Wakefield.
Mayflower Scratch Race Bass, Wakefield, Peter Murray, Dugard 65.4
Palmerston Scratch Race Moore, Hedge, Coombes, Andrews 64.5
Victoria Scratch Race Tebby, Everett, Penniket, Hawkins 65.6
Batson Scratch Race Luckhurst, Trigg, Maidment, Terry Betts 64.2
Yellow Star Scratch Race Tebby, Wakefield, Everett, Bass 65.8
Surrey Scratch Race Trigg, Luckhurst, Moore, Hedge 64.7
10 Saturday 3rd May 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 40 – Wimbledon Dons 37 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson R/R 2. Graham Coombes 0 2 2 1 1’ 6 1 3. Bob Andrews 3 1’ 2 EF 1 7 1 4. Chris Bass 1 3 2’ FX 2 8 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 3 2’ 3 3 14 1 6. Ken Wakefield 2 2’ 0 F 4 1 7. Chris Hawkins F N 1 1 8. Colin Tucker DNR Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Wimbledon Dons 1. Ronnie Moore (C) 2 0 1 3 2 8 2. Cyril Maidment 1’ 1 1 2’ 5 2 3. Reg Luckhurst 1 3 3 0 EF 7 4. Bob Dugard 0 N 2’ 0 2 1 5. Trevor Hedge 2 3 3 3 11 6. Jim Tebby 3 0 1 4 7. Gary Everett FX 0 N 0 Team Manager: Vic Goodden ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis
Ht1 Trigg, Moore, Maidment, Coombes 68.4* 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Tebby, Wakefield, Hawkins [f], Everett [fx] [rr] 72.0 2 3 5 6 Ht3 Trigg, Hedge, Bass, Dugard 70.6 4 2 9 8 Ht4 Andrews, Wakefield, Luckhurst, Everett 70.4 5 1 14 9 Ht5 Bass, Trigg, Maidment, Moore 70.2 5 1 19 10 Ht6 Luckhurst, Coombes, Andrews, Tebby 70.6 3 3 22 13 Ht7 Hedge, Andrews, Moore, Wakefield 69.4 2 4 24 17 Ht8 Luckhurst, Coombes, Maidment, Wakefield [f] 70.6 2 4 26 21 Ht9 Trigg, Bass, Tebby, Luckhurst 70.0 5 1 31 22 Ht10 Hedge, Dugard, Coombes, Bass [fx] [rr] 70.6 1 5 32 27 Ht11 Moore, Maidment, Hawkins, Andrews [ef] 73.4 1 5 33 32 Ht12 Hedge, Bass, Coombes, Luckhurst [ef] 69.8 3 3 36 35 Ht13 Trigg, Moore, Andrews, Dugard 69.6 4 2 40 37
Programme Changes: Ht1 r/r Trigg for Persson, Ht6 r/r Andrews for Persson, Ht7 t/s Moore for Dugard, Ht8 r/s Wakefield for Hawkins, t/s Luckhurst for Everett, Ht10 r/r Bass for Persson, Ht12 r/r Coombes for Persson.
* - Equalled Track Record
Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Bass, Andrews, Dugard, Luckhurst [r] 69.8 70.4 Ht2 Trigg, Moore, Tebby, Everett 70.2 71.2 Ht3 Hedge, Coombes, Wakefield, Maidment [ef] 70.6 71.8 Final Trigg, Hedge, Andrews, Bass 70.0
Talent Stakes Geoff Curtis, John Gaskell, Barrie Smith, Chris Hawkins [f] 75.8
Reserves Stakes Curtis, Everett, Gaskell, Colin Tucker 74.2
Late Night Scurry Curtis, Smith, Tucker, Alan Wallis 74.4
11 Monday 5th May 1969 Brough Park, Newcastle
Newcastle Diamonds v Cradley Heathens (British League) Postponed Due To Rain
12 Saturday 10th May 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 44 – Poole Pirates 33 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 3 3 3 3 12 2. Graham Coombes 2’ 2’ XT 1 5 2 3. Bob Andrews 1 3 2 0 6 4. Chris Bass 0 1 2’ 2’ 5 2 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 3 3 3 12 6. Ken Wakefield 1 0 1 2 4 7. Chris Hawkins 0 0 0 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Poole Pirates 1. Odd Fossengen 1 2 3 2 8 2. Peter Smith 0 0 1 N 1 3. Geoff Mudge (C) 2’ F F 0 2 1 4. Gordon Guasco 1’ 0 0 1’ 2 2 5. Bruce Cribb 2 2 2 1 7 6. Ted Laessing 2’ FX 1 3 1 7. Frank Shuter 3 3 3 1 10 Team Manager: Ron Hart ACU Referee: W. A. Daff
Ht1 Persson, Coombes, Fossengen, Smith [rr] 68.2* 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Shuter, Laessing, Wakefield, Hawkins [f] 72.0 1 5 6 6 Ht3 Trigg, Cribb, Guasco, Bass 71.4 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Shuter, Mudge, Andrews, Wakefield 72.0 1 5 10 14 Ht5 Trigg, Fossengen, Bass, Smith 71.4 4 2 14 16 Ht6 Persson, Coombes, Mudge [f], Laessing [fx] [rr] 72.6 5 0 19 16 Ht7 Andrews, Cribb, Wakefield, Guasco 73.2 4 2 23 18 Ht8 Shuter, Wakefield, Smith, Hawkins [rr] 73.6 2 4 25 22 Ht9 Trigg, Bass, Laessing, Mudge [f] 72.4 5 1 30 23 Ht10 Persson, Cribb, Coombes, Guasco 71.8 4 2 34 25 Ht11 Fossengen, Andrews, Shuter, Hawkins 73.2 2 4 36 29 Ht12 Persson, Bass, Cribb, Mudge 73.4 5 1 41 30 Ht13 Trigg, Fossengen, Guasco, Andrews 72.4 3 3 44 33
Programme Changes: Ht8 r/s Wakefield for Coombes [xt], Ht11 r/s Shuter for Smith.
* - New Track Record
Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Andrews, Fossengen, Coombes, Smith 73.8 74.8 Ht2 Bass, Trigg, Laessing, Mudge 72.2 74.4 Ht3 Persson, Wakefield, Guasco, Cribb 72.0 74.2 Final Persson, Andrews, Bass, Wakefield [ef] 72.6
Talent Stakes Hawkins, Colin Tucker, Barrie Smith, John Gaskell [f] [rr] Awd’d
Reserves Stakes Shuter, Hawkins, Wakefield [ef], 3 Riders Only 75.2
Late Night Scurry Smith, Tucker, Alan Wallis [fr], Andy Hunt [fr] 81.0
13 Monday 12th May 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 45 – Halifax Dukes 32 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 2 3 3 10 2. Graham Coombes 1’ 1’ 2 0 4 2 3. Bob Andrews 3 3 2 0 8 4. Chris Bass 2’ 1 1 2’ 6 2 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 3 3 3 12 6. Ken Wakefield 3 1 0 0 4 7. Chris Hawkins 1 0 N 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Halifax Dukes 1. Eric Boocock (C) 3 2 3 3 2 13 2. Bob Jameson 0 0 N N 0 3. Dave Younghusband 2 3 2 F 7 4. Alan Jay 1 1’ 1’ 1 1’ 5 3 5. Greg Kentwell XT 2 2 F 4 6. Terry Lee 2 0 0 0 2 7. Les Sharpe F 0 1 1 Team Manager: Eric Boothroyd ACU Referee: J. Ashworth
Ht1 Boocock, Persson, Coombes, Jameson 67.0* 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Wakefield, Lee, Hawkins, Sharpe [f] 71.8 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Trigg, Bass, Jay, Lee [rr] 69.0 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Andrews, Younghusband, Wakefield, Sharpe 68.2 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Trigg, Boocock, Bass, Jameson 68.6 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Younghusband, Persson, Coombes, Lee 68.4 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Andrews, Kentwell, Jay, Wakefield 69.8 3 3 26 16 Ht8 Boocock, Coombes, Sharpe, Hawkins 69.6 2 4 28 20 Ht9 Trigg, Younghusband, Bass, Lee 69.4 4 2 32 22 Ht10 Persson, Kentwell, Jay, Coombes 69.4 3 3 35 25 Ht11 Boocock, Andrews, Jay, Wakefield 68.8 2 4 37 29 Ht12 Persson, Bass, Kentwell [f], Younghusband [f] 69.4 5 0 42 29 Ht13 Trigg, Boocock, Jay, Andrews 69.4 3 3 45 32
Programme Changes: Ht3 r/s Lee for Kentwell [xt], Ht8 t/s Boocock for Jameson, Ht11 r/s Wakefield for Hawkins, t/s Jay for Jameson.
* - New Track Record
Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Boocock, Trigg, Bass, Lee 69.4 69.6 Ht2 Persson, Younghusband, Coombes, Jameson 70.0 72.6 Ht3 Andrews, Jay, Wakefield, Kentwell 70.4 71.2 Final Persson, Trigg, Boocock, Andrews 69.4
Talent Stakes Hawkins, Colin Tucker, Barrie Smith, Alan Wallis 73.6
Reserves Stakes Sharpe, Wakefield, Hawkins, Tucker [fr] 71.4
Late Night Scurry Smith, Andy Hunt, Wallis, Colin Jewkes [xt] 78.0
14 Saturday 17th May 1969 Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester
Belle Vue Aces 40 - Cradley Heathens 38 (British League)
Belle Vue Aces 1. Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 3 12 2. Norman Nevitt 1 F 0 N 1 3. Tommy Roper (C) 2 2 EF EF 4 4. Chris Pusey 2 2 3 2’ 9 1 5. Soren Sjosten EX 1’ 1 1 3 1 6. Eric Broadbelt 3 1’ N 1’ 5 2 7. Ken Eyre 2’ 1’ 2 0 1 6 2 Team Manager: Dent Oliver
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 3 3 3 3 14 2. Graham Coombes EF 0 N N 0 3. Bob Andrews 3 2 2 2’ EF 9 1 4. Chris Bass EF 0 2 2’ 4 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 3 1’ 1 8 1 6. Ken Wakefield 0 1’ 1 N 2 1 7. Chris Hawkins 1 0 N 0 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: L. Pendergast
Ht1 Mauger, Persson, Nevitt, Coombes [ef] 70.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Broadbelt, Eyre, Hawkins, Wakefield 73.0 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Trigg, Pusey, Broadbelt, Bass [ef] [rr] 72.8 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Andrews, Roper, Eyre, Hawkins 73.8 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Persson, Pusey, Sjosten, Coombes 71.8 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Mauger, Andrews, Wakefield, Nevitt [f] 71.4 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Trigg, Roper, Broadbelt, Bass 73.0 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Persson, Eyre, Wakefield, Nevitt 72.6 2 4 26 22 Ht9 Pusey, Andrews, Sjosten, Hawkins 72.8 4 2 30 24 Ht10 Mauger, Bass, Trigg, Eyre 72.2 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Persson, Andrews, Eyre, Roper [ef] 73.4 1 5 34 32 Ht12 Mauger, Pusey, Trigg, Andrews [ef] 72.4 5 1 39 33 Ht13 Persson, Bass, Sjosten, Roper [ef] 73.8 1 5 40 38
Programme Changes: Ht3 r/s Broadbelt for Sjosten, Ht4 r/s Eyre for Broadbelt, Ht8 t/s Persson for Coombes, r/s Wakefield for Hawkins, Ht9 r/s Hawkins for Wakefield, Ht10 r/s Eyre for Nevitt, Ht11 t/s Andrews for Coombes.
Silver Sash Match Race Ivan Mauger beat Bernt Persson 71.4
Reserves Race Eyre, Broadbelt, Wakefield, Hawkins 75.6
Colts Reserve Race Mike Hiftle, Malcolm McKay, Phil Whittaker [f], Chris Blythe [f] 79.8
Viking Sports & Social Club Trophy Ht1 Bass, Pusey, Mauger, Persson [ef] 74.4 74.8 Ht2 Andrews, Sjosten, Nevitt, Eyre 74.4 75.0 Ht3 Trigg, Broadbelt, Coombes, Roper [ef] 74.0 76.4 Final Pusey, Trigg, Bass, Andrews [ef] 73.4
Colts Reserve Race Hiftle, Blythe, Whittaker, McKay 79.6
15 Monday 19th May 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Alan Hunt Memorial Trophy Winner: Bernt Persson (Cradley Heath)
1. Roy Trigg (Cradley Heathens) 3 1 0 1 3 8 10th 2. John Hart (Leicester Lions) 0 2 1 0 0 3 14th 3. Ken Wakefield (Cradley Heathens) 1 0 1 0 EF 2 16th 4. Nigel Boocock (Coventry Bees) 2 2 XT F EF 4 11th 5. Charlie Monk (Glasgow Tigers) 1 0 2 2 3 8 8th 6. Soren Sjosten (Belle Vue Aces) 3 1 3 2 1 10 6th 7. Chris Bass (Cradley Heathens) 0 3 2 2 1 8 7th 8. Bob Andrews (Cradley Heathens) 2 3 2 2 2 11 3rd 9. Bernt Persson (Cradley Heathens) 3 3 3 3 2 14 1st 10. Antonin Kasper (Coventry Bees) 1 XT 0 1 0 2 15th 11. Ronnie Moore (Wimbledon Dons) 2 2 1 1 2 8 9th 12. Jim Airey (Wolverhampton Wolves) XT 1 3 3 3 10 4th 13. Ivan Mauger (Belle Vue Aces) 3 2 3 3 2 13 2nd 14. Colin Pratt (Hackney Hawks) 0 3 0 0 1 4 12th 15. Graham Coombes (Cradley Heathens) 1 XT 0 1 1 3 13th 16. Norman Hunter (Wol’hampton Wolves) 2 EF 2 3 3 10 5th Res: James Bond (Wolverhampton Wolves) 0 1 1 Res: Mick Handley (Wol’hampton Wolves) 0 1 1 ACU Referee: R. G. Owen
Ht1 Trigg, Boocock, Wakefield, Hart 68.2 Ht2 Sjosten, Andrews, Monk, Bass 69.6 Ht3 Persson, Moore, Kasper, Bond [rr] 68.6 Ht4 Mauger, Hunter, Coombes, Pratt 68.6 Ht5 Persson, Mauger, Trigg, Monk 68.2 Ht6 Pratt, Hart, Sjosten, Handley [rr] 71.2 Ht7 Bass, Moore, Bond, Wakefield [rr] 71.0 Ht8 Andrews, Boocock, Airey, Hunter [ef] 69.6 Ht9 Sjosten, Hunter, Moore, Trigg 69.4 Ht10 Airey, Monk, Hart, Coombes 69.6 Ht11 Persson, Andrews, Wakefield, Pratt 68.8 Ht12 Mauger, Bass, Handley, Kasper [rr] 70.6 Ht13 Airey, Bass, Trigg, Pratt 70.0 Ht14 Mauger, Andrews, Moore, Hart 69.8 Ht15 Hunter, Monk, Kasper, Wakefield 70.6 Ht16 Persson, Sjosten, Coombes, Boocock [f] 70.4 Ht17 Trigg, Andrews, Coombes, Kasper 70.6 Ht18 Hunter, Persson, Hart, Bass 70.8 Ht19 Airey, Mauger, Sjosten, Wakefield [ef] 70.8 Ht20 Monk, Moore, Pratt, Boocock [ef] 70.6
Programme Changes: Ht3 Bond for Airey [xt], Ht6 Handley for Kasper [xt], Ht7 Bond for Coombes [xt], Ht12 Handley for Boocock [xt.
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Saturday 24th May 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
World Championship Qualifying Round Postponed Due To Rain
17 Saturday 31st May 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 41 – Exeter Falcons 37 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 3 3 2 2 10 2. Graham Coombes 2’ 1 1 0 4 1 3. Bob Andrews 2 3 3 1’ 9 1 4. Chris Bass R N N N 0 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 2 3 2 10 6. Ken Wakefield 2’ 1’ 0 1 1 5 2 7. Chris Hawkins 3 0 0 N 0 3 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Exeter Falcons 1. Jan Holub 1 3 3 2 3 12 2. Alan Cowland XT 1 2’ 0 3 1 3. Jimmy Squibb (C) 3 2 2 1 1 9 4. Mike Cake 1’ 1’ N 0 2 2 5. Martin Ashby 2 2 3 3 10 6. Tim Bungay 0 1 0 0 1 7. Phil Woodcock 0 0 N 0 Team Manager: Pete Lansdale ACU Referee: L. Pendergast
Ht1 Persson, Coombes, Holub, Bungay [rr] 68.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Hawkins, Wakefield, Bungay, Woodcock 71.4 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Trigg, Ashby, Cake, Bass [r] 68.0 3 3 13 5 Ht4 Squibb, Andrews, Wakefield, Woodcock 70.6 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Holub, Trigg, Cowland, Hawkins 69.2 2 4 18 12 Ht6 Persson, Squibb, Coombes, Bungay 71.4 4 2 22 14 Ht7 Andrews, Ashby, Cake, Wakefield 69.8 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Holub, Cowland, Coombes, Hawkins 71.4 1 5 26 22 Ht9 Trigg, Squibb, Wakefield, Bungay 69.2 4 2 30 24 Ht10 Ashby, Persson, Squibb, Coombes 69.4 2 4 32 28 Ht11 Andrews, Holub, Wakefield, Cowland 70.2 4 2 36 30 Ht12 Ashby, Persson, Squibb, Hawkins 69.6 2 4 38 34 Ht13 Holub, Trigg, Andrews, Cake 71.0 3 3 41 37
Programme Changes: Ht1 r/s Bungay for Cowland [xt], Ht5 r/s Hawkins for Bass [inj], Ht8 t/s Holub for Woodcock, Ht9 r/s Wakefield for Bass [inj], Ht10 t/s Squibb for Cake, Ht11 r/s Wakefield for Hawkins, Ht12 r/s Hawkins for Bass [inj].
Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Andrews, Cake, Squibb, Hawkins 71.0 71.8 Ht2 Trigg, Holub, Wakefield, Bungay 70.2 71.6 Ht3 Ashby, Persson, Coombes, Cowland [rr] 70.0 70.6 Final Persson, Ashby, Trigg, Andrews 70.2
Talent Stakes Andy Hunt, Barrie Smith, Colin Jewkes, Gerard Scott [ef] 76.4
Reserves Stakes Hawkins, Woodcock, Colin Tucker, John Gaskell 73.2
Late Night Scurry Smith, Tucker, Hunt, Gaskell 77.8
18 Saturday 7th June 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 45 – Coventry Bees 33 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 2 3 EF 7 2. Graham Coombes 1’ 1’ 2 1 5 2 3. Bob Andrews 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 4. Chris Bass XT 1 2’ 1 4 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) EF 3 3 3 9 6. Ken Wakefield 3 3 1’ 2’ 1 10 2 7. Chris Hawkins 0 0 N 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Coventry Bees 1. Les Owen R 0 0 1 1 2. Antonin Kasper R/R 3. Nigel Boocock (C) 3 3 3 3 1 3 16 4. Col Cottrell 2 0 0 EF 2 5. Sandor Levai (G) XT 2 1 2 2 2’ 9 1 6. Dave Callington 1’ 1’ 0 0 2 2 7. Tony Lomas 2 0 1 3 8. Roy Carter DNR Team Manager: Mick Blackburn ACU Referee: W. A. Daff
Ht1 Boocock, Persson, Coombes, Owen [r] 68.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Wakefield, Lomas, Callington, Hawkins [rr] 71.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Wakefield, Cottrell, Callington, Trigg [ef] [rr] 71.2 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Boocock, Andrews, Wakefield, Lomas 69.4 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Trigg, Levai, Bass, Owen 69.4 4 2 16 14 Ht6 Boocock, Persson, Coombes, Callington 70.6 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Andrews, Wakefield, Levai, Cottrell 70.8 5 1 24 18 Ht8 Boocock, Coombes, Lomas, Hawkins 72.4 2 4 26 22 Ht9 Trigg, Bass, Boocock, Callington 69.4 5 1 31 23 Ht10 Persson, Levai, Coombes, Cottrell 70.6 4 2 35 25 Ht11 Andrews, Levai, Wakefield, Owen 71.0 4 2 39 27 Ht12 Boocock, Levai, Bass, Persson [ef] 71.4 1 5 40 32 Ht13 Trigg, Andrews, Owen, Cottrell [ef] 69.0 5 1 45 33
Programme Changes: Ht1 r/r Boocock for Kasper, Ht3 r/s Wakefield for Bass [xt], Callington for Levai [xt], Ht5 r/r Levai for Kasper, Ht8 t/s Boocock for Kasper, Ht11 r/s Wakefield for Hawkins, t/s Levai for Kasper.
Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Levai, Andrews, Carter, Wakefield [f] 71.2 71.8 Ht2 Trigg, Bass, Owen, Cottrell [ef] 69.8 72.6 Ht3 Persson, Boocock, Coombes, Callington [rr] 71.0 71.8 Final Andrews, Trigg, Persson, Levai [xt [rr] 70.6
Talent Stakes John Gaskell, Andy Hunt, Colin Jewkes, Gerard Scott [ef] [rr] 75.0 Barrie Smith & Andy Hunt fell in original staging of this heat and Smith was unable to take his place in the rerun, replaced by Gaskell.
Reserves Stakes Hawkins, Lomas, Gaskell, Alan Jackson 73.0
Late Night Scurry Carter, Colin Tucker, Hunt [ef], Jackson [f] 70.6
19 Monday 9th June 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
World Championship Qualifying Round Winner: Roy Trigg (Cradley Heath)
1. Pete Jarman (Oxford Cheetahs) 3 3 2 1 0 9 7th 2. Chris Julian (Newport Wasps) 2 1 1 0 3 7 9th 3. Gordon Guasco (Poole Pirates) 1 1 0 2 1 5 11th 4. Ted Laessing (Poole Pirates) 0 0 0 1 0 1 15th 5. John Dews (Sheffield Tigers) 1 0 0 1 1 3 12th 6. Jon Erskine (Newport Wasps) 0 0 0 2 0 2 14th 7. Ken Wakefield (Cradley Heathens) 2 0 3 F 2 7 10th 8. Roy Trigg (Cradley Heathens) 3 3 3 3 3 15 1st 9. Mick Handley (Wolverhampton Wolves) 1 1 1 0 F 3 13th 10. Chris Bass (Cradley Heathens) 2 3 1 3 1 10 5th 11. Bob Andrews (Cradley Heathens) 3 3 3 2 3 14 2nd 12. Geoff Mudge (Poole Pirates) F 2 3 3 3 11 4th 13. Graham Coombes (Cradley Heathens) 1 2 2 1 2 8 8th 14. Colin Gooddy (Oxford Cheetahs) 2 2 2 2 2 10 6th 15. James Bond (Wolverhampton Wolves) 3 2 2 3 2 12 3rd 16. Frank Shuter (Poole Pirates) F N N N N 0 16th Res: Chris Hawkins (Cradley Heathens) 1 1 0 1 3 Res: John Gaskell (Cradley Heathens) DNR ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis
Ht1 Jarman, Julian, Guasco, Laessing 71.4 Ht2 Trigg, Wakefield, Dews, Erskine 70.0 Ht3 Andrews, Bass, Handley, Mudge [f] 70.2 Ht4 Bond, Gooddy, Coombes, Shuter [f] 72.2 Ht5 Jarman, Coombes, Handley, Dews 72.2 Ht6 Bass, Gooddy, Julian, Erskine 71.8 Ht7 Andrews, Bond, Guasco, Wakefield [fr] 71.6 Ht8 Trigg, Mudge, Hawkins, Laessing 70.0 Ht9 Andrews, Jarman, Hawkins, Erskine 71.0 Ht10 Mudge, Bond, Julian, Dews 71.2 Ht11 Trigg, Gooddy, Handley, Guasco [rr] 69.2 Ht12 Wakefield, Coombes, Bass, Laessing 72.4 Ht13 Mudge, Jarman, Gooddy, Wakefield [f] 71.2 Ht14 Trigg, Andrews, Coombes, Julian 71.0 Ht15 Bass, Guasco, Dews, Hawkins [rr x 2] 72.6 Ht16 Bond, Erskine, Laessing, Handley 72.6 Ht17 Trigg, Bond, Bass, Jarman 70.0 Ht18 Julian, Wakefield, Hawkins, Handley [f] [rr] 72.6 Ht19 Mudge, Coombes, Guasco, Erskine 71.2 Ht20 Andrews, Gooddy, Dews, Laessing 70.8
Programme Changes: Ht8 Hawkins for Shuter, Ht9 Hawkins for Shuter, Ht15 Hawkins for Shuter, Ht18 Hawkins for Shuter.
20 Thursday 12th June 1969 Cowley Stadium, Oxford
Oxford Cheetahs 39 - Cradley Heathens 39 (Midland Cup 1st Rnd 1st Leg)
Oxford Cheetahs 1. Conny Samuelsson 0 1 1’ 0 2 1 2. Eddie Reeves (C) 3 3 2 2 10 3. Colin Gooddy 2 2 3 3 10 4. Rick Timmo 2 2 1’ 1 6 1 5. Peter Jarman 1’ 1’ 2 2’ 6 3 6. Peter Seaton 1 0 N 1 7. John Bishop 3 0 1’ 0 4 1 Team Manager: Sid Knibbs
Cradley Heathens 1. Ken Wakefield 1’ 0 1’ 1 3 2 2. Graham Coombes 2 3 3 2 10 3. Bob Andrews 3 2 3 2’ 10 1 4. Chris Bass 0 1 0 0 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 3 3 3 12 6. Mike Gardner 2 0 0 2 7. Chris Hawkins XT 1 0 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: G. R. Allen
Ht1 Reeves, Coombes, Wakefield, Samuelsson 69.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Bishop, Gardner, Seaton, Hawkins [xt [rr] 68.2 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Trigg, Timmo, Jarman, Bass 67.8 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Andrews, Gooddy, Hawkins, Seaton 67.4 2 4 12 12 Ht5 Coombes, Timmo, Jarman, Wakefield [fr] 68.2 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Reeves, Andrews, Samuelsson, Gardner 68.8 4 2 19 17 Ht7 Trigg, Gooddy, Bass, Bishop 67.4 2 4 21 21 Ht8 Coombes, Reeves, Bishop, Hawkins 68.8 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Andrews, Jarman, Timmo, Gardner 69.4 3 3 27 27 Ht10 Trigg, Reeves, Samuelsson, Bass 69.0 3 3 30 30 Ht11 Gooddy, Coombes, Wakefield, Bishop 69.0 3 3 33 33 Ht12 Trigg, Andrews, Timmo, Samuelsson 68.4 1 5 34 38 Ht13 Gooddy, Jarman, Wakefield, Bass 69.4 5 1 39 39
Programme Changes: Ht7 r/s Bishop for Seaton.
Rider Of The Night Ht1 Trigg, Gooddy, Coombes, Jarman 69.6 Ht2 Samuelsson, Wakefield, Timmo, Seaton 69.4 Ht3 Andrews, Reeves, Bass, Samuelsson [ex] 68.8 Final Trigg, Andrews, Reeves, Samuelsson 69.0
Cheetahs Burn Up Bishop, Hawkins, Seaton, Gardner 70.6
21 Saturday 14th June 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 41 – Glasgow Tigers 37 (Knockout Cup 2nd Round)
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 3 2 2’ 1 8 1 2. Graham Coombes 1 1’ 3 3 8 1 3. Bob Andrews 2 3 3 2 10 4. Chris Bass 1 0 0 0 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 3 3 F 9 6. Ken Wakefield 3 FX 1 1 5 7. Chris Hawkins F EF N 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Glasgow Tigers 1. Charlie Monk 2 2 2 1 7 2. Russ Dent EF 1’ 2 0 3 1 3. Jim McMillan (C) 3 3 2 2’ 3 13 1 4. Alf Wells 0 2 0 N 2 5. Oyvind Berg 2 0 1 3 6 6. Willie Templeton 1’ 0 1’ 1’ 3 3 7. Bobby Beaton 2 1 N 3 Team Manager: Neil MacFarlane ACU Referee: G. A. Mellors
Ht1 Persson, Monk, Coombes, Dent 73.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Wakefield, Beaton, Templeton, Hawkins [f] 75.8 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Trigg, Berg, Bass, Wells 73.6 4 2 11 7 Ht4 McMillan, Andrews, Beaton, Wakefield [fx] [rr] 73.8 2 4 13 11 Ht5 Trigg, Monk, Dent, Bass 72.6 3 3 16 14 Ht6 McMillan, Persson, Coombes, Templeton 72.2 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Andrews, Wells, Wakefield, Berg 73.8 4 2 23 19 Ht8 Coombes, Dent, Templeton, Hawkins [ef] 73.0 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Trigg, McMillan, Templeton, Bass 71.6 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Coombes, Persson, Berg, Wells 73.2 5 1 34 26 Ht11 Andrews, Monk, Wakefield, Dent 73.2 4 2 38 28 Ht12 Berg, McMillan, Persson, Bass 73.6 1 5 39 33 Ht13 McMillan, Andrews, Monk, Trigg [f] 74.4 2 4 41 37
Programme Changes: Ht8 r/s Templeton for Beaton, Ht11 r/s Wakefield for Hawkins, Ht13 t/s McMillan for Wells.
Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 McMillan, Andrews, Coombes, Templeton 75.8 79.6 Ht2 Wakefield, Trigg, Monk, Wells 77.4 77.6 Ht3 Berg, Persson, Dent, Bass 74.8 75.4 Final McMillan, Berg, Wakefield, Persson 73.0
Talent Stakes Alan Jackson, Colin Jewkes, Andy Hunt, John Gaskell 80.0
Reserves Stakes Jackson, Hawkins, Beaton, Hunt [ef] 76.2
Late Night Scurry Colin Tucker, Gaskell, Gerard Scott [ef], 3 Riders Only 78.4
22 Friday 20th June 1969 Waterden Road, Hackney
Hackney Hawks 47 - Cradley Heathens 31 (British League)
Hackney Hawks 1. Colin Pratt (C) 3 2’ 3 EF 8 1 2. Les McGillivray 1 3 2 1 7 3. Garry Middleton 3 2 2 3 10 4. Jack Biggs 1’ 1 3 1 6 1 5. Jimmy Gooch 2 3 2’ 2’ 9 2 6. Des Lukehurst 3 1 1’ 5 1 7. Graeme Smith 1 0 1’ 2 1 Team Manager: Len Silver
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 0 1 3 1 7 2. Graham Coombes EF 2 3 FX N 5 3. Bob Andrews 2 1 1 2’ 6 1 4. Chris Bass 0 EF N 0 0 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 3 0 2 3 11 6. Ken Wakefield 2 0 N F 2 7. Chris Hawkins 0 EF N 0 Team Manager: Russ Bragg ACU Referee: R. Bower
Ht1 Pratt, Persson, McGillivray, Coombes [ef] 67.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Lukehurst, Wakefield, Smith, Hawkins 69.0 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Trigg, Gooch, Biggs, Bass 67.0 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Middleton, Andrews, Lukehurst, Hawkins [ef] 68.6 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Gooch, Coombes, Biggs, Persson 68.0 4 2 19 11 Ht6 McGillivray, Pratt, Andrews, Wakefield 68.6 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Trigg, Middleton, Lukehurst, Bass [ef] 67.6 3 3 27 15 Ht8 Coombes, McGillivray, Persson, Smith [fr] 68.6 2 4 29 19 Ht9 Biggs, Gooch, Andrews, Trigg [fr] 68.0 5 1 34 20 Ht10 Pratt, Trigg, McGillivray, Coombes [fx] [rr] 67.2 4 2 38 22 Ht11 Persson, Middleton, Smith, Wakefield [f] 68.8 3 3 41 25 Ht12 Trigg, Andrews, Biggs, Pratt [ef] 67.4 1 5 42 30 Ht13 Middleton, Gooch, Persson, Bass 68.0 5 1 47 31
Programme Changes: Ht8 t/s Persson for Hawkins, Ht9 t/s Trigg for Wakefield, Ht10 t/s Coombes for Bass, Ht11 r/s Wakefield for Coombes.
Progress Scurry Lukehurst, Laurie Etheridge, Wakefield, Smith 70.0
The Goldhawk Tournament Ht1 McGillivray, Pratt, Andrews, Bass 69.4 69.4 Ht2 Trigg, Biggs, Gooch, Lukehurst 68.0 68.6 Ht3 Middleton, Persson, Etheridge, Dingle Brown 68.8 69.0 Final Trigg, Biggs, Middleton, McGillivray 69.0
Junior Jump Etheridge, Mike Gardner, Hawkins, Brown 70.0
23 Saturday 21st June 1969 Blunsdon Stadium, Swindon
Swindon Robins 42 - Cradley Heathens 35 (British League)
Swindon Robins 1. Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 3 15 2. Clive Hitch 1 3 2’ 2 1 9 1 3. Mike Keen 2 0 2 FX 4 4. Pete Munday 1 2’ 1 0 1 5 1 5. Bob Kilby R/R 6. Mike Broadbank (C) 3 1’ 1 3 8 1 7. Mac Woolford EX 1’ 0 1 1 8. Tony Smith DNR Team Manager: Dick Bradley
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 1 1 3 7 2. Graham Coombes 0 EF N N 0 3. Bob Andrews 3 1 2 3 1’ 10 1 4. Chris Bass 2 2’ 0 2 2’ 8 2 5. Roy Trigg (C) 0 3 3 F 2 8 6. Ken Wakefield EF 0 N 0 7. Chris Hawkins 2 0 0 2 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: P. B. Ryall
Ht1 Briggs, Persson, Hitch, Coombes 71.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Broadbank, Hawkins, Wakefield [ef], Woolford [ex] 75.2 3 2 7 4 Ht3 Briggs, Bass, Munday, Trigg 72.4 4 2 11 6 Ht4 Andrews, Keen, Broadbank, Hawkins 74.6 3 3 14 9 Ht5 Hitch, Munday, Persson, Coombes [ef] 74.4 5 1 19 10 Ht6 Briggs, Hitch, Andrews, Wakefield 72.6 5 1 24 11 Ht7 Trigg, Bass, Broadbank, Keen 73.0 1 5 25 16 Ht8 Trigg, Hitch, Woolford, Hawkins 72.8 3 3 28 19 Ht9 Broadbank, Andrews, Munday, Bass 74.8 4 2 32 21 Ht10 Briggs, Bass, Hitch, Trigg [f] 72.8 4 2 36 23 Ht11 Andrews, Keen, Persson, Woolford 74.0 2 4 38 27 Ht12 Briggs, Trigg, Andrews, Munday 72.4 3 3 41 30 Ht13 Persson, Bass, Munday, Keen [fx] [rr] 75.2 1 5 42 35
Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Briggs for Kilby, Ht5 r/r Hitch for Kilby, Ht8 t/s Trigg for Coombes, Ht9 r/r Broadbank for Kilby, t/s Bass for Wakefield, Ht11 t/s Andrews for Coombes, Ht13 r/r Munday for Kilby.
Talent Stakes Ht1 David Grimley, Pat Collins, Ross Milne, S Murtough [f] 81.0 Ht2 Smith, Ralph Waller, Bob Sherwood [fr], Jim Woolford [f] 82.2 Final Smith, Grimley, Collins, Waller 81.6
Dudley Dash Ht1 Trigg, Munday, M Woolford, Hawkins 74.0 Ht2 Broadbank, Andrews, Bass, Smith 75.4 Ht3 Hitch, Munday, Alan Cordy, Potter 75.8 Ht4 Persson, Wakefield, Briggs [ef], M Woolford [ef] 76.2 Final Trigg, Hitch, Broadbank, Persson 74.4
Consolation Final Andrews, Munday, Wakefield, Woolford [f] 75.4
24 Monday 23rd June 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Great Britain 63 – Sweden 45 (5th Test Match)
Great Britain 1. Nigel Boocock 3 3 2 3 3 3 17 2. Norman Hunter F EF N N N N 0 3. Barry Briggs (C) 2’ 0 2’ 3 3 2’ 12 3 4. Ray Wilson 3 2 3 2’ 1 3 14 1 5. Ivan Mauger 3 1’ 2 EX 3 2 11 1 6. Roy Trigg 1 2 EF 1 N 1’ 5 1 7. Jim Airey 1’ 1 2 1 8. Bob Andrews 1 0 1 2 Team Manager: Charles Ochiltree
Sweden 1. Bernt Persson (C) 1’ 1 1 2 0 3 8 1 2. Soren Sjosten 2 3 3 0 2 F 10 3. Gote Nordin EF N N N N N 0 4. Bengt Jansson 1 0 N 0 1’ 0 2 1 5. Ove Fundin 0 2 N 3 2 1 8 6. Torbjorn Harrysson 2 1’ 1 N N N 4 1 7. Anders Michanek 3 3 2’ 2 2 12 1 8. Conny Samuelsson 0 0 1 0 0 1 Team Manager: Charles Ringblom ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis
Ht1 Boocock, Sjosten, Persson, Hunter [f] 69.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Wilson, Briggs, Jansson, Nordin [ef] 69.8 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Mauger, Harrysson, Trigg, Fundin [rr] 69.2 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Sjosten, Wilson, Persson, Briggs 69.6 2 4 14 10 Ht5 Michanek, Trigg, Mauger, Jansson 69.2 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Boocock, Fundin, Harrysson, Hunter [ef] 70.4 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Sjosten, Mauger, Persson, Trigg [ef] 69.8 2 4 22 20 Ht8 Michanek, Boocock, Airey, Samuelsson 70.2 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Wilson, Briggs, Harrysson, Samuelsson [rr] 69.8 5 1 30 24 Ht10 Boocock, Persson, Andrews, Sjosten 70.6 4 2 34 26 Ht11 Briggs, Wilson, Samuelsson, Jansson [rr] 70.4 5 1 39 27 Ht12 Fundin, Michanek, Trigg, Mauger [ex] [rr] 71.4 1 5 40 32 Ht13 Briggs, Sjosten, Wilson, Persson [rr] 70.8 4 2 44 34 Ht14 Mauger, Michanek, Jansson, Andrews [rr] 71.2 3 3 47 37 Ht15 Boocock, Fundin, Airey, Samuelsson 72.0 4 2 51 39 Ht16 Persson, Mauger, Trigg, Sjosten [f] 72.0 3 3 54 42 Ht17 Boocock, Michanek, Andrews, Jansson 73.0 4 2 58 44 Ht18 Wilson, Briggs, Fundin, Samuelsson 72.8 5 1 63 45
Programme Changes: Ht5 r/s Michanek for Nordin, Ht8 r/s Airey for Hunter, r/s Michanek for Nordin, r/s Samuelsson for Jansson, Ht9 r/s Samuelsson for Fundin, Ht10 r/s Andrews for Hunter, Ht11 r/s Samuelsson for Nordin, Ht12 r/s Michanek for Harrysson, Ht14 r/s Andrews for Trigg, r/s Michanek for Nordin, Ht15 r/s Airey for Hunter, r/s Samuelsson for Harrysson, Ht17 r/s Andrews for Hunter, r/s Michanek for Nordin, Ht18 r/s Samuelsson for Harrysson.
25 Saturday 28th June 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 45 – Oxford Cheetahs 32 (Midland Cup 1st Rnd 2nd Leg)
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 3 3 3 3 12 2. Graham Coombes FX EF 0 2’ 2 1 3. Bob Andrews 3 3 3 3 12 4. Chris Bass 2 1 1’ EF 4 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 1’ 3 2 2’ 8 2 6. Ken Wakefield 2 2’ 0 4 1 7. Mike Gardner 1’ 1 1 3 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Oxford Cheetahs 1. Peter Jarman 2 2 1’ EF 0 5 1 2. Eddie Reeves (C) FR N N N 0 3. Colin Gooddy 1 2 0 0 1’ 4 1 4. Rick Timmo 0 2 2’ 1 2 1 8 1 5. Leo McAuliffe R/R 6. John Bishop 0 0 1’ N 1 1 7. Conny Samuelsson 3 3 0 3 3 2 14 8. Pete Saunders DNR Team Manager: Sid Knibbs ACU Referee: J. R. Greene
Ht1 Persson, Jarman, Reeves [fr-ret], Coombes [fx] [rr] 69.4 3 2 3 2 Ht2 Samuelsson, Wakefield, Gardner, Bishop 70.0 3 3 6 5 Ht3 Samuelsson, Bass, Trigg, Timmo 69.4 3 3 9 8 Ht4 Andrews, Wakefield, Gooddy, Samuelsson 69.4 5 1 14 9 Ht5 Trigg, Jarman, Bass, Bishop 69.4 4 2 18 11 Ht6 Persson, Gooddy, Bishop, Coombes [ef] [rr] 70.2 3 3 21 14 Ht7 Andrews, Timmo, Jarman, Wakefield 69.8 3 3 24 17 Ht8 Samuelsson, Timmo, Gardner, Coombes 70.6 1 5 25 22 Ht9 Samuelsson, Trigg, Bass, Gooddy 69.8 3 3 28 25 Ht10 Persson, Coombes, Timmo, Gooddy 69.0 5 1 33 26 Ht11 Andrews, Samuelsson, Gardner, Jarman [ef] 70.2 4 2 37 28 Ht12 Persson, Timmo, Gooddy, Bass [ef] 70.0 3 3 40 31 Ht13 Andrews, Trigg, Timmo, Jarman 70.4 5 1 45 32
Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Samuelsson for McAuliffe, Ht5 r/s Bishop for Reeves, Ht7 r/r Jarman for McAuliffe, Ht8 t/s Timmo for Reeves, Ht9 r/s Samuelsson for Bishop, Ht10 r/r Gooddy for McAuliffe, Ht11 r/s Samuelsson for Reeves, Ht12 r/r Timmo for McAuliffe.
Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Andrews, Timmo, Coombes, Bishop 71.2 71.8 Ht2 Trigg, Gooddy, Wakefield, Samuelsson 70.0 71.6 Ht3 Persson, Jarman, Chris Hawkins, Bass 70.2 71.8 Final Trigg, Andrews, Persson, Gooddy 71.8
Talent Stakes Saunders, John Gaskell, Gerard Scott, Andy Hunt [fx] [rr] 75.4
Reserves Stakes Gardner, Saunders, Hawkins [fx], Hunt [fx] [rr] 73.4
Late Night Scurry Colin Tucker, Gaskell, Scott, Mick Holmes 75.4
26 Tuesday 1st July 1969 Blackbird Road, Leicester
Leicester Lions 40 - Cradley Heathens 38 (British League)
Leicester Lions 1. Ray Wilson (C) 3 3 3 3 12 2. Norman Storer 2’ 1 3 1 7 1 3. John Boulger 3 2 1 2 8 4. Graham Plant 1 0 1’ N 2 1 5. John Hart 0 2 2 1’ 5 1 6. DeWayne Keeter 0 2’ 0 2 1 7. Malcolm Brown 2 2’ 0 EF 4 1 Team Manager: Ron Wilson
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 1 3 3 3 10 2. Graham Coombes 0 1 1 N 2 3. Bob Andrews 1 2 3 1’ 7 1 4. Chris Bass 2’ 1 0 0 3 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 3 2 2’ 2 12 1 6. Ken Wakefield 1 0 0 1 7. Mike Gardner 3 0 0 3 Team Manager: Russ Bragg ACU Referee: W. Daff
Ht1 Wilson, Storer, Persson, Coombes 66.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Gardner, Brown, Wakefield, Keeter [fr] 70.0 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Trigg, Bass, Plant, Hart 67.8 1 5 8 10 Ht4 Boulger, Keeter, Andrews, Gardner 69.2 5 1 13 11 Ht5 Persson, Hart, Coombes, Plant 69.0 2 4 15 15 Ht6 Wilson, Andrews, Storer, Wakefield 68.4 4 2 19 17 Ht7 Trigg, Boulger, Bass, Keeter 68.6 2 4 21 21 Ht8 Storer, Brown, Coombes, Gardner 70.4 5 1 26 22 Ht9 Andrews, Hart, Plant, Wakefield 70.0 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Wilson, Trigg, Storer, Bass 68.2 4 2 33 27 Ht11 Persson, Trigg, Boulger, Brown 69.8 1 5 34 32 Ht12 Wilson, Trigg, Andrews, Brown [ef] 68.8 3 3 37 35 Ht13 Persson, Boulger, Hart, Bass 69.8 3 3 40 38
Programme Changes: Ht11 t/s Trigg for Coombes, Ht12 r/s Brown for Plant.
Cubs Scurry Tom Leadbitter, Geoff Curtis, Dene Davies, Bruce Forrester 73.2
Reserves Race Gardner, Leadbitter, Bob Tabet, George Major 73.4
Star Of The Night Ht1 Boulger, Andrews, Leadbitter, Bass 71.4 72.0 Ht2 Storer, Hart, Trigg, Coombes 71.0 71.2 Ht3 Wilson, Persson, Wakefield, Keeter 69.6 70.8 Final Persson, Boulger, Storer, Wilson [ef] 70.4
Nominated Scurry Major, Leadbitter, Curtis, Davies 72.2
27 Saturday 5th July 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 45 – Swindon Robins 33 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 3 3 3 3 12 2. Graham Coombes 0 1 2 0 3 3. Bob Andrews 3 3 3 1’ 10 1 4. Ken Wakefield 2’ 1 0 2’ 5 2 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 EF 3 2 8 6. Chris Bass 2 1 1 4 7. Mike Gardner 1’ 1’ 1 3 2 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Swindon Robins 1. Barry Briggs 2 3 3 2 3 13 2. Clive Hitch 1’ 2’ FX 0 3 2 3. Bob KIlby 2 2 2 0 6 4. Mike Broadbank (C) 1 0 2 0 3 5. Pete Munday 0 2 1’ 1 4 1 6. Mike Keen 3 0 1’ 4 1 7. Mac Woolford 0 0 N 0 Team Manager: Dick Bradley ACU Referee: W. A. Daff
Ht1 Persson, Briggs, Hitch, Coombes 68.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Keen, Bass, Gardner, Woolford 70.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Trigg, Wakefield, Broadbank, Munday 69.4 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Andrews, Kilby, Bass, Woolford 68.8 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Briggs, Hitch, Wakefield, Trigg [ef] 68.8 1 5 16 14 Ht6 Persson, Kilby, Coombes, Keen 69.2 4 2 20 16 Ht7 Andrews, Munday, Bass, Broadbank 69.0 4 2 24 18 Ht8 Briggs, Coombes, Gardner, Hitch [fx] [rr] 70.2 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Trigg, Kilby, Keen, Wakefield 69.4 3 3 30 24 Ht10 Persson, Broadbank, Munday, Coombes 70.0 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Andrews, Briggs, Gardner, Hitch 68.6 4 2 37 29 Ht12 Persson, Wakefield, Munday, Kilby 69.8 5 1 42 30 Ht13 Briggs, Trigg, Andrews, Broadbank 69.0 3 3 45 33
Programme Changes: Ht8 t/s Briggs for Woolford.
Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Andrews, Keen, Kilby, Coombes 69.8 72.2 Ht2 Wakefield, Broadbank, Trigg, Hitch 71.6 72.0 Ht3 Persson, Briggs, Bass, Munday 70.4 71.6 Final Persson, Andrews, Briggs, Wakefield 69.6
Talent Stakes Gardner, Chris Hawkins, John Gaskell, Andy Hunt 72.0
Reserves Stakes Gardner, Hawkins, Woolford, Hunt 71.2
Late Night Scurry Hawkins, Gaskell, Mick Holmes, Gerard Scott [ns] 73.2
28 Friday 11th July 1969 Hampden Park, Glasgow
Glasgow Tigers 39 - Cradley Heathens 39 (British League)
Glasgow Tigers 1. Charlie Monk 3 2 2 2 9 2. Willie Templeton 2’ 1’ 2 0 5 2 3. Jim McMillan (C) 1 2 3 3 9 4. Maury Robinson 1 EX 1’ 0 2 1 5. Oyvind S. Berg 3 2 2 2’ 2’ 11 2 6. Russ Dent 0 0 N 0 7. Bobby Beaton 3 0 0 N 3 Team Manager: Neil MacFarlane
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 1 3 1 MF 5 2. Graham Coombes EX 1 N N 1 3. Bob Andrews 2’ 3 3 1 9 1 4. Ken Wakefield 0 1 1 N 2 5. Roy Trigg (C) 2 3 3 3 11 6. Chris Bass 1’ EF 1 N 0 2 1 7. Mike Gardner 2 3 3 0 1 9 Team Manager: Russ Bragg ACU Referee: J. Cuthbert
Ht1 Monk, Templeton, Persson, Coombes [ex] 74.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Beaton, Gardner, Bass, Dent 74.8 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Berg, Trigg, Robinson, Wakefield 74.0 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Gardner, Andrews, McMillan, Dent 75.6 1 5 13 11 Ht5 Persson, Berg, Coombes, Robinson [ex] 75.0 2 4 15 15 Ht6 Andrews, Monk, Templeton, Bass [ef] 75.2 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Trigg, McMillan, Wakefield, Beaton 74.6 2 4 20 22 Ht8 Gardner, Templeton, Bass, Beaton 75.8 2 4 22 26 Ht9 Andrews, Berg, Robinson, Gardner 75.2 3 3 25 29 Ht10 Trigg, Monk, Wakefield, Templeton 74.8 2 4 27 33 Ht11 McMillan, Berg, Persson, Bass 75.2 5 1 32 34 Ht12 Trigg, Monk, Andrews, Robinson 74.0 2 4 34 38 Ht13 McMillan, Berg, Gardner, Persson [mf] 74.4 5 1 39 39
Programme Changes: Ht7 r/s Beaton for Dent, Ht8 r/s Bass for Coombes, Ht9 r/s Gardner for Bass, Ht11 t/s Berg for Beaton, r/s Bass for Coombes, Ht13 r/s Gardner for Wakefield.
Scottish Match Race Championship Bert Harkins bt Jim McMillan 75.0
Consolation Race Gardner, Bass, Beaton, Tom Blackwood 76.4
Cathcart Canter Ht1 Persson, Templeton, Wakefield [ef], McMillan [mf] 77.0 77.4 Ht2 Monk, Harkins, Robinson, Trigg [ef] 75.2 76.2 Ht3 Berg, Andrews, Dent, Beaton 75.0 75.2 Final Persson, Monk, Berg, Andrews 75.8
Hampden Scurry Mark Hall, Blackwood, Jim Gallagher, George Beaton 81.4
29 Saturday 12th July 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 37 – Belle Vue Aces 41 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 2 3 1 8 2. Chris Bass 1’ 1’ 3 1 6 2 3. Bob Andrews 1 3 2 1 7 4. Ken Wakefield 1 1’ 1’ EF 3 2 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 2 2 3 10 6. Chris Hawkins 1’ 0 N 1 1 7. Mike Gardner 2 0 FX 0 2 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Belle Vue Aces 1. Soren Sjosten 3 3 3 2 11 2. Ken Eyre 0 0 1’ 1 2 1 3. Ivan Mauger 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 4. Chris Pusey 0 XT 0 0 0 5. Tommy Roper (C) 2 2 2 2’ 8 1 6. Bill Powell 0 N XT 0 0 7. Eric Broadbelt 3 3 0 1 2 9 Team Manager: Alan Middleton ACU Referee: R. G. Owen
Ht1 Sjosten, Persson, Bass, Eyre 69.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Broadbelt, Gardner, Hawkins, Powell 70.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Trigg, Roper, Wakefield, Pusey 69.2 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Broadbelt, Mauger, Andrews, Hawkins 70.2 1 5 11 13 Ht5 Sjosten, Trigg, Wakefield, Eyre 69.6 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Mauger, Persson, Bass, Broadbelt 69.2 3 3 17 19 Ht7 Andrews, Roper, Broadbelt, Gardner [rr x2] 70.0 3 3 20 22 Ht8 Bass, Broadbelt, Eyre, Gardner [fx] [rr] 70.0 3 3 23 25 Ht9 Mauger, Trigg, Wakefield, Powell 69.2 3 3 26 28 Ht10 Persson, Roper, Bass, Pusey 71.2 4 2 30 30 Ht11 Sjosten, Andrews, Eyre, Gardner 70.2 2 4 32 34 Ht12 Mauger, Roper, Persson, Wakefield [ef] 69.8 1 5 33 39 Ht13 Trigg, Sjosten, Andrews, Pusey 69.8 4 2 37 41
Programme Changes: Ht 6 r/s Broadbelt for Powell, Ht7 r/s Powell for Pusey [xt], r/s Broadbelt for Powell [xt], r/s Gardner for Hawkins.
Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Mauger, Andrews, Pusey, Wakefield 69.8 70.8 Ht2 Trigg, Roper, Eyre, Hawkins 70.2 72.4 Ht3 Sjosten, Persson, Bass, Powell [ns] 71.0 71.2 Final Sjosten, Andrews, Mauger, Trigg 70.4
Talent Stakes Hawkins, Gardner, John Gaskell, Gerard Scott [f] 73.6
Reserves Stakes Gardner, Broadbelt, Hawkins, Gaskell 72.2
Late Night Scurry Mick Holmes, Scott, Keith Teasdale, Gaskell [ns] 75.8
30 Saturday 19th July 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 49 – Coatbridge Monarchs 29 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 3 3 3 3 12 2. Graham Coombes 1 2’ 0 1 4 1 3. Bob Andrews 2’ 3 3 1’ 9 2 4. Ken Wakefield 1 0 1 N 2 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 3 3 2 11 6. Chris Bass 3 3 0 2’ 8 1 7. Mike Gardner 1 1 1 3 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Coatbridge Monarchs 1. Reidar Eide 2 2 2’ 2 3 11 1 2. Wayne Briggs 0 1’ N N 1 1 3. George Hunter 1 1 0 EF 2 4. Doug Templeton (C)FN 2 R EF 2 5. Bert Harkins FN 1’ 3 2 1 7 1 6. Brian Collins 2 2 0 2 0 6 7. Alec Hughson 0 0 0 N 0 Team Manager: Tommy Hughson ACU Referee: J. Ashworth
Ht1 Persson, Eide, Coombes, Briggs 68.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Bass, Collins, Gardner, Hughson 69.8 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Trigg, Collins, Wakefield, Hughson [rr] 69.2 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Bass, Andrews, Hunter, Hughson 70.0 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Trigg, Eide, Briggs, Wakefield 68.6 3 3 20 10 Ht6 Persson, Coombes, Hunter, Collins 69.4 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Andrews, Templeton, Harkins, Bass 70.6 3 3 28 14 Ht8 Harkins, Eide, Gardner, Coombes 71.0 1 5 29 19 Ht9 Trigg, Collins, Wakefield, Hunter 70.0 4 2 33 21 Ht10 Persson, Harkins, Coombes, Templeton [r] 70.2 4 2 37 23 Ht11 Andrews, Eide, Gardner, Collins 70.6 4 2 41 25 Ht12 Persson, Bass, Harkins, Hunter [ef] 70.4 5 1 46 26 Ht13 Eide, Trigg, Andrews, Templeton [ef] 70.2 3 3 49 29
Programme Changes: Ht3 r/s Collins for Harkins [fn]. r/s Hughson for Templeton [fn], Ht8 t/s Eide for Briggs, t/s Harkins for Hughson, Ht11 r/s Collins for Briggs, Ht12 r/s Bass for Wakefield.
Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Andrews, Hunter, Collins, Coombes 71.2 73.4 Ht2 Trigg, Harkins, Bass, Briggs 71.0 72.0 Ht3 Eide, Persson, Templeton, Wakefield 70.6 71.4 Final Eide, Persson, Andrews, Trigg 70.6
Talent Stakes Gardner, Chris Hawkins, Mick Holmes, John Gaskell 72.4
Reserves Stakes Hughson, Hawkins, Colin Tucker, Gardner [fx] [rr] 72.2
Late Night Scurry Holmes, Gaskell, Gerard Scott, Keith Teasdale [f] 76.2
31 Monday 21st July 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 41 – Swindon Robins 37 (Knockout Cup 3rd Round)
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 3 3 EF 8 2. Graham Coombes 0 1 1 N 2 3. Bob Andrews 2’ 1 2 1’ 6 2 4. Ken Wakefield 0 1’ N N 1 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 2 2 2 2 8 6. Chris Bass 3 3 3 0 1’ 10 1 7. Mike Gardner 0 3 2’ N 1 6 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Swindon Robins 1. Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 3 15 2. Clive Hitch 1 EF 2 EF 3 3. Bob Kilby 1 2 1 2’ 6 1 4. Mike Keen 1 0 0 0 1 5. Mike Broadbank (C) 3 2 1 3 9 6. Pete Munday 1’ NS N 1 1 7. Barry Duke 2 0 0 2 Team Manager: Dick Bradley ACU Referee: A. B. Taylor
Ht1 Briggs, Persson, Hitch, Coombes 68.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Bass, Duke, Munday, Gardner 70.6 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Broadbank, Trigg, Keen, Wakefield 70.8 2 4 7 11 Ht4 Bass, Andrews, Kilby, Duke 70.6 5 1 12 12 Ht5 Briggs, Trigg, Wakefield, Hitch [ef] 69.4 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Persson, Kilby, Coombes, Munday [ns] 70.6 4 2 19 17 Ht7 Bass, Broadbank, Andrews, Keen 71.0 4 2 23 19 Ht8 Gardner, Hitch, Coombes, Duke 72.4 4 2 27 21 Ht9 Briggs, Trigg, Kilby, Bass 69.2 2 4 29 25 Ht10 Persson, Gardner, Broadbank, Keen 70.4 5 1 34 26 Ht11 Briggs, Andrews, Bass, Hitch [ef] 70.0 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Broadbank, Kilby, Gardner, Persson [ef] 71.6 1 5 38 34 Ht13 Briggs, Trigg, Andrews, Keen 69.8 3 3 41 37
Programme Changes: Ht9 r/s Bass for Wakefield, t/s Briggs for Munday, Ht10 r/s Gardner for Coombes, Ht11 r/s Bass for Gardner, Ht12 r/s Gardner for Wakefield.
Silver Sash Match Race Barry Briggs beat Chris Bass 71.0
Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Andrews, Wakefield, Hitch, Mac Woolford 70.4 72.6 Ht2 Kilby, Munday, Coombes, Trigg [ef] 70.6 73.4 Ht3 Persson, Bass, Broadbank, Keen 70.8 71.8 Final Persson, Andrews, Bass, Kilby 71.2
Talent Stakes John Gaskell, Gardner [fx], Chris Hawkins [xt], Keith Teasdale [fx] [rrx2] Awd’d
Reserves Stakes Gardner, Duke, Hawkins, Gaskell 72.6
Late Night Scurry Hawkins, Woolford, Gerard Scott, Gaskell [ns] 73.2
32 Friday 25th July 1969 Saddlebow Road Stadium, Kings Lynn
Kings Lynn Stars 42 - Cradley Heathens 36 (British League)
Kings Lynn Stars 1. Malcolm Simmons EF EF 2 3 5 2. Clive Featherby 3 2 3 0 8 3. Howard Cole 3 3 2 2’ 10 1 4. Alan Bellham 3 0 1 1 5 5. Terry Betts (C) 2’ 2 3 3 10 6. Allan Brown 1’ 0 1 2 1 7. Peter Bradshaw 2 0 0 2 Team Manager: Cyril Crane
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 3 3 1 9 2. Chris Bass 1’ 1 1’ N 3 2 3. Bob Andrews 2 1 2 2 7 4. Mike Gardner 0 2 3 0 5 5. Roy Trigg (C) 1 0 1 0 2 6. Graham Coombes EF 3 0 3 7. Ken Wakefield 3 1’ 2 1 7 1 Team Manager: Russ Bragg ACU Referee: A. E. Humphrey
Ht1 Featherby, Persson, Bass, Simmons [ef] 74.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Wakefield, Bradshaw, Brown, Coombes [ef] 74.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Bellham, Betts, Trigg, Gardner 73.2 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Cole, Andrews, Wakefield, Brown 72.0 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Persson, Betts, Bass, Bellham 72.0 2 4 16 14 Ht6 Coombes, Featherby, Andrews, Simmons [ef] 74.2 2 4 18 18 Ht7 Cole, Gardner, Brown, Trigg 72.0 4 2 22 20 Ht8 Featherby, Wakefield, Bass, Bradshaw 74.4 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Betts, Andrews, Bellham, Coombes 72.2 4 2 29 25 Ht10 Gardner, Simmons, Trigg, Featherby 73.2 2 4 31 29 Ht11 Persson, Cole, Wakefield, Bradshaw 72.2 2 4 33 33 Ht12 Simmons, Andrews, Bellham, Trigg 72.2 4 2 37 35 Ht13 Betts, Cole, Persson, Gardner 72.4 5 1 42 36
Programme Changes: Ht11 r/s Wakefield for Bass.
Sixes And Sevens Stomp
Heatherns Hurdle Ht1 Ht2 Ht3 Final
33 Saturday 26th July 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 41 – Kings Lynn Stars 37 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 2 2 2 8 2. Chris Bass 1’ 0 2 1’ 4 2 3. Bob Andrews 3 3 3 3 12 4. Mike Gardner F 0 N N 0 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 6. Graham Coombes 3 0 0 F 3 7. Ken Wakefield 2’ 0 1 0 3 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Kings Lynn Stars 1. Malcolm Simmons 0 1’ EF R 1 1 2. Clive Featherby 3 2 3 2 10 3. Howard Cole 1’ 3 1’ 1 6 2 4. Alan Bellham 1’ 1’ 0 N 2 2 5. Terry Betts (C) 2 2 3 3 10 6. Allan Brown 1 1 N 2 7. Peter Bradshaw EF 2 1 2 1 6 Team Manager: Maurice Littlechild ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis
Ht1 Featherby, Persson, Bass, Simmons 73.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Coombes, Wakefield, Brown, Bradshaw [ef] [rr] 76.8 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Trigg, Betts, Bellham, Gardner [f] 73.2 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Andrews, Bradshaw, Cole, Coombes 75.0 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Trigg, Featherby, Simmons, Gardner 74.4 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Cole, Persson, Brown, Bass 75.2 2 4 19 17 Ht7 Andrews, Betts, Bellham, Coombes 73.8 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Featherby, Bass, Bradshaw, Wakefield 75.4 2 4 24 24 Ht9 Trigg, Bradshaw, Cole. Coombes [f] 74.8 3 3 27 27 Ht10 Betts, Persson, Bass, Bellham 73.8 3 3 30 30 Ht11 Andrews, Featherby, Wakefield [fr], Simmons [ef] 75.0 4 2 34 32 Ht12 Betts, Persson, Cole, Wakefield [fr] 72.4 2 4 36 36 Ht13 Andrews, Trigg, Bradshaw, Simmons [r] 74.2 5 1 41 37
Programme Changes: Ht9 r/s Coombes for Gardner, r/s Bradshaw for Brown, Ht12 r/s Wakefield for Gardner, Ht13 r/s Bradshaw for Bellham.
Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Brown, Andrews, Chris Hawkins, Gardner [ef] 74.6 75.4 Ht2 Betts, Trigg, Coombes, Belham [ef] 73.4 75.0 Ht3 Persson, Cole, Featherby, Bass [fr] 73.6 74.2 Final Betts, Persson, Brown, Cole [ns] 73.0
Talent Stakes Hawkins, Gardner, Mick Holmes, John Gaskell [f] 75.8
Reserves Stakes Gardner, Wakefield, Hawkins, Bradshaw [f-ns] [rr] 74.0
Late Night Scurry Holmes, Keith Teasdale, Gerard Scott [fr], Gaskell [ns] 80.2
34 Saturday 2nd August 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 6 – Newport Wasps 6 (British League) Abandoned Due To Rain
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 3 3 2. Chris Bass R 0 3. Bob Andrews DNR 4. Mike Gardner DNR 5. Roy Trigg (C) DNR 6. Graham Coombes 3 3 7. Ken Wakefield F 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Newport Wasps 1. Cyril Francis N DNR 2. Bob Hughes 2 2 3. Sandor Levai DNR 4. Chris Julian DNR 5. Torbjorn Harrysson R/R 6. Norman Strachan 2 2 7. Jon Erskine (C) 1’ 1’ 2 2 8. Terry Shearer DNR Team Manager: Bob Radford ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis
Ht1 Persson, Hughes, Erskine, Bass [r] 74.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Coombes, Strachan, Erskine, Wakefield [f] 72.6 3 3 6 6
35 Thursday 7th August 1969 Cowley Stadium, Oxford
Oxford Cheetahs 42 - Cradley Heathens 36 (British League)**
Oxford Cheetahs 1. Peter Jarman 1’ 0 1 0 0 2 1 2. Eddie Reeves (C) 2 2’ 3 2 2 11 1 3. Colin Gooddy 3 3 2 N 3 11 4. Colin Pratt (G) 3 3 1’ 3 2’ 12 2 5. Leo McAuliffe R/R 6. Rick Timmo 2 1 1 1 5 7. George Major 1’ 0 N 0 1 1 8. Barry Meeks DNR Team Manager: Sid Knibbs
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 3 2 3 3 1 12 2. Chris Bass 0 1’ 1 N 2 1 3. Bob Andrews 2 XT 3 1 1’ 7 1 4. Mike Gardner 0 0 N N 0 5. Roy Trigg (C) 1 2 3 2 8 6. Graham Coombes 3 2 0 2’ 0 7 1 7. Ken Wakefield 0 EF 0 N 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis
Ht1 Persson, Reeves, Jarman, Bass 68.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Coombes, Timmo, Major, Wakefield 68.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Pratt, Reeves, Trigg, Gardner 66.8 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Gooddy, Andrews, Timmo, Wakefield [ef] 67.2 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Pratt, Persson, Bass, Jarman 67.8 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Reeves, Coombes, Jarman, Wakefield [rr] 66.8 4 2 22 14 Ht7 Gooddy, Trigg, Timmo, Gardner 67.0 4 2 26 16 Ht8 Persson, Reeves, Bass, Major 67.0 2 4 28 20 Ht9 Andrews, Goody, Pratt, Coombes 67.2 3 3 31 23 Ht10 Trigg, Reeves, Andrews, Jarman 67.0 2 4 33 27 Ht11 Persson, Coombes, Timmo, Major 67.4 1 5 34 32 Ht12 Pratt, Trigg, Andrews, Jarman 67.0 3 3 37 35 Ht13 Goody, Pratt, Persson, Coombes 67.4 5 1 42 36
Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Reeves for McAuliffe, Ht5 r/r Jarman for McAuliffe, Ht6 r/s Wakefield for Andrews [xt], Ht8 t/s Persson for Wakefield, Ht9 r/r Gooddy for McAuliffe, Ht10 t/s Andrews for Gardner, Ht11 r/s Major for Gooddy, r/s Timmo for Major, r/s Coombes for Bass, Ht13 r/r Pratt for McAuliffe, r/s Coombes for Gardner.
** The result of this match was changed to 33 – 45 as Oxford had used Colin Pratt illegally and his points were deducted.
Rider Of The Night Ht1 Trigg, Jarman, Bass, Meeks 68.8 Ht2 Persson, Timmo, Meeks [ef], Coombes [f] 68.0 Ht3 Pratt, Reeves, Andrews, Gardner 67.8 Final Pratt, Timmo, Trigg, Persson [ef] 68.6
Cheetahs Burn-Up Jarman, Major, Meeks, Wakefield [f] 70.4
36 Saturday 9th August 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 49 – Hackney Hawks 28 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson R/R 2. Chris Bass 1 2 2 1 6 3. Bob Andrews 3 3 3 FX 2’ 11 1 4. Mike Gardner 1 1’ 1’ 3 6 2 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 2 2 3 3 13 6. Graham Coombes 3 1 0 2’ 2’ 8 2 7. Ken Wakefield 2’ 0 3 5 1 8. Colin Tucker DNR Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Hackney Hawks 1. Colin Pratt (C) 2 3 3 FN N 8 2. Les McGillivray 0 0 1 2 3 3. Garry Middleton 2 1 3 EX EX 6 4. Jimmy Gooch 0 1 N 1 F 2 5. Jack Biggs 2 0 FN N 2 6. Brian Leonard 1 N 0 1 2 7. Laurie Etheridge 0 0 3 2 EF 5 Team Manager: Dave Erskine ACU Referee: L. Pendergast
Ht1 Andrews, Pratt, Bass, McGillivray 69.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Coombes, Wakefield, Leonard, Etheridge 71.0 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Trigg, Biggs, Gardner, Gooch 71.0 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Andrews, Middleton, Coombes, Etheridge 70.2 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Pratt, Trigg, Gardner, McGillivray 70.0 3 3 20 10 Ht6 Pratt, Bass, Middleton, Coombes 70.4 2 4 22 14 Ht7 Andrews, Coombes, Gooch, Biggs 70.0 5 1 27 15 Ht8 Etheridge, Bass, McGillivray, Wakefield 71.4 2 4 29 19 Ht9 Middleton, Trigg, Gardner, Leonard 70.8 3 3 32 22 Ht10 Trigg, Etheridge, Bass, Middleton [fx] [rr] 71.0 4 2 36 24 Ht11 Wakefield, McGillivray, Etheridge [ef], Andrews [fx] [rr]72.4 3 2 39 26 Ht12 Gardner, Coombes, Gooch, Middleton [ex] [rr] 72.8 5 1 44 27 Ht13 Trigg, Andrews, Leonard, Gooch [f] 71.4 5 1 49 28
Programme Changes: Ht1 r/r Andrews for Persson, Ht6 r/r Coombes for Persson, t/s Pratt for Leonard, Ht10 r/r Trigg for Persson, t/s Middleton for Gooch, r/s Etheridge for Biggs [fn], Ht11 r/s Etheridge for McGillivray, t/s McGillivray for Pratt [fn], Ht12 r/r Gardner for Persson, r/s Coombes for Gardner, t/s Gooch for Biggs, Ht13 r/s Leonard for Pratt.
Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Andrews, Coombes, Wakefield, Gooch 71.2 73.2 Ht2 Trigg, Etheridge, McGillivray, Gardner 72.0 73.2 Ht3 Wakefield, Leonard, Bass, Colin Tucker 72.0 72.4 Final Andrews, Leonard, Wakefield, Trigg [ef] 71.0
Talent Stakes Tucker, Mike Holmes, Keith Teasdale, Trevor Chamberlain [ef] 77.0
Reserves Stakes Coombes, Wakefield, Tucker, Etheridge [ns] 72.6
Late Night Scurry Holmes, Teasdale, Gerard Scott, Erol Brook [fx] [rr] 75.8
37 Wednesday 13th August 1969 Wimborne Road Stadium, Poole
Poole Pirates 58 - Cradley Heathens 20 (British League)
Poole Pirates 1. Geoff Mudge (C) 2’ 2’ 2’ 1 7 3 2. Gordon Guasco 3 3 3 3 12 3. Pete Smith 3 3 3 3 12 4. Odd Fossengen 3 1 3 3 10 5. Bruce Cribb 2’ 3 1 2’ 8 2 6. Frank Shuter 3 1 1 2’ 7 1 7. Ted Laessing 1 N 1 2 Team Manager: Ron Hart
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson R/R 2. Chris Bass 1 0 N 0 0 1 2 3. Bob Andrews 0 2 1 1 2 2 8 4. Graham Coombes 0 0 0 N 0 5. Roy Trigg (C) 1 2 2 1 0 6 6. Mike Gardner 0 0 N 0 7. Ken Wakefield 2 0 0 2 0 4 8. Colin Tucker DNR Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: P. B. Ryall
Ht1 Guasco, Mudge, Bass, Andrews 70.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Shuter, Wakefield, Laessing, Gardner 72.2 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Fossengen, Cribb, Trigg, Coombes 70.6 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Smith, Andrews, Shuter, Wakefield 70.6 4 2 18 6 Ht5 Cribb, Trigg, Fossengen, Bass 71.0 4 2 22 8 Ht6 Guasco, Mudge, Andrews, Gardner 71.6 5 1 27 9 Ht7 Smith, Trigg, Shuter, Coombes 71.4 4 2 31 11 Ht8 Guasco, Shuter, Andrews, Wakefield 70.8 5 1 36 12 Ht9 Fossengen, Andrews, Cribb, Bass 70.8 4 2 40 14 Ht10 Guasco, Mudge, Trigg, Coombes 71.8 5 1 45 15 Ht11 Smith, Wakefield, Laessing, Bass 71.2 4 2 49 17 Ht12 Fossengen, Andrews, Mudge, Trigg 71.4 4 2 53 19 Ht13 Smith, Cribb, Bass, Wakefield 71.6 5 1 58 20
Programme Changes: Ht1 r/r Andrews for Persson, Ht5 r/r Trigg for Persson, Ht8 r/s Shuter for Laessing, t/s Andrews for Bass, Ht9 t/s Bass for Gardner, Ht11 r/r Wakefield for Persson, Ht13 r/r Bass for Persson, r/s Wakefield for Coombes.
The ‘Supporters Club’ Prize Ht1 Laessing, Mike Vernam, Derek Cook, Tucker 73.2 Ht2 Smith, Shuter, Coombes, Wakefield 72.2 Ht3 Trigg, Cribb, Guasco, Gardner 71.6 Ht4 Mudge, Andrews, Fossengen, Bass 72.0 SF1 Smith, Trigg, Mudge, Laessing 71.4 SF2 Andrews, Shuter, Vernam, Cribb [f] 72.2 Final Smith, Shuter, Andrews, Trigg 71.8
Extra Match Race Colin Tucker beat Cec Platt 77.4
38 Saturday 16th August 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 46 – Glasgow Tigers 32 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson R/R 2. Graham Coombes 1 0 1’ 2 4 1 3. Bob Andrews 3 3 2’ 1’ 1’ 10 3 4. Chris Bass 0 2’ 0 2 4 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 3 3 2 2 13 6. Mike Gardner 3 2’ 3 FX 8 1 7. Ken Wakefield 2’ 2 2 1’ 7 2 8. Colin Tucker DNR Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Glasgow Tigers 1. Charlie Monk 2 1 3 3 3 12 2. Willie Templeton 0 0 0 0 0 3. Jim McMillan (C) 1 2 3 3 3 12 4. Russ Dent 1’ 1 1 FN N 3 1 5. Oyvind S. Berg 2 1’ 0 FN N 3 1 6. Mike Hiftle 0 XT N 1 0 1 7. Bobby Beaton 1 F N N 0 1 Team Manager: Neil McFarlane ACU Referee: A. B. Taylor
Ht1 Andrews, Monk, Coombes, Templeton 69.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Gardner, Wakefield, Beaton, Hiftle 71.8 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Trigg, Berg, Dent, Bass 70.2 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Andrews, Gardner, McMillan, Beaton [f] 70.2 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Trigg, Bass, Monk, Templeton 69.8 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Trigg, McMillan, Berg, Coombes 70.0 3 3 25 11 Ht7 Gardner, Andrews, Dent, Berg 71.2 5 1 30 12 Ht8 Monk, Wakefield, Coombes, Templeton 71.0 3 3 33 15 Ht9 McMillan, Trigg, Dent, Bass 70.0 2 4 35 19 Ht10 McMillan, Coombes, Hiftle, Gardner [fx] [rr] 71.2 2 4 37 23 Ht11 Monk, Wakefield, Andrews, Templeton 70.8 3 3 40 26 Ht12 McMillan, Bass, Wakefield, Beaton 70.8 3 3 43 29 Ht13 Monk, Trigg, Andrews, Hiftle 71.6 3 3 46 32
Programme Changes: Ht1 r/r Andrews for Persson, Ht4 r/s Beaton for Hiftle [xt], Ht 6 r/r Trigg for Persson, t/s Berg for Beaton, Ht8 t/s Monk for Hiftle, Ht9 t/s Dent for Beaton, Ht10 r/r Gardner for Persson, t/s McMillan for Berg [fn], r/s Hiftle for Dent [fn], Ht12 r/r Wakefield for Persson, r/s Beaton for Berg, Ht13 r/s Hiftle for Dent.
Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Andrews, Monk, Gardner, Templeton 72.6 73.6 Ht2 McMillan, Trigg, Wakefield, Beaton 70.6 73.6 Ht3 Bass, Coombes, Beaton, Tucker 72.6 73.0 Final McMillan, Andrews, Coombes, Bass 70.8
Talent Stakes Tucker, Mike Holmes, Keith Teasdale, Trevor Chamberlain 76.4
Reserves Stakes Wakefield, Gardner, Tucker, Hiftle 73.0
Late Night Scurry Erol Brook, Gerard Scott [fr], Teasdale [f], Holmes [f] 75.4
39 Wednesday 20th August 1969 Albion Rovers Stadium, Coatbridge
Coatbridge Monarchs v Cradley Heathens (British League) Postponed Due To Rain
40 Saturday 23rd August 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 41 – Oxford Cheetahs 37 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Bob Andrews 3 3 3 3 12 2. Graham Coombes 2’ 0 1 2’ 5 2 3. Ken Wakefield 1 0 N F 1 4. Mike Gardner 1 EF 1 0 2 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 1 0 3 7 6. Chris Bass 3 3 1 3 3 13 7. Mike Holmes 1 N 0 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Oxford Cheetahs 1. Peter Jarman 0 2’ 2 2 6 1 2. Eddie Reeves (C) 1 3 2 1’ 7 1 3. Colin Gooddy 2 2 2’ 2 8 1 4. Rick Timmo 2 1’ 3 FX 1’ 7 2 5. George Major R 2’ X2 1’ 3 2 6. David Crane 2 0 N 3 1 6 7. Pete Seaton 0 N 0 N 0 Team Manager: Sid Knibbs ACU Referee: J Ashworth
Ht1 Andrews, Coombes, Reeves, Jarman 68.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Bass, Crane, Holmes, Seaton 69.4 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Trigg, Timmo, Gardner, Major [r] 69.4 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Bass, Gooddy, Wakefield, Crane 69.4 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Reeves, Jarman, Trigg, Gardner [ef] 70.6 1 5 18 12 Ht6 Andrews, Gooddy, Timmo, Coombes 70.0 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Timmo, Major, Bass, Wakefield 71.0 1 5 22 20 Ht8 Bass, Reeves, Coombes, Seaton 70.2 4 2 26 22 Ht9 Crane, Gooddy, Gardner, Trigg 70.2 1 5 27 27 Ht10 Andrews, Coombes, Crane, Timmo [fx] [rr] 70.8 5 1 32 28 Ht11 Bass, Jarman, Reeves, Holmes 71.2 3 3 35 31 Ht12 Andrews, Gooddy, Major, Gardner 70.2 3 3 38 34 Ht13 Trigg, Jarman, Timmo, Wakefield [f] 71.0 3 3 41 37
Programme Changes: Ht4 r/s Crane for Seaton, Ht6 t/s Timmo for Crane, Ht8 r/s Bass for Holmes, Ht10 r/s Crane for Major [x2], Ht11 r/s Bass for Wakefield.
Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Andrews, Jarman, Bass, Crane 71.2 71.6 Ht2 Trigg, Gardner, Reeves [ef], Timmo [r] 72.0 74.0 Ht3 Gooddy, Major, Wakefield, Coombes 71.8 72.4 Final Andrews, Gooddy, Jarman, Trigg [ef] 71.8
Talent Stakes Holmes, Erol Brook, Keith Teasdale, Barrie Smith 76.6
Reserves Stakes Crane, Bass, Seaton, Holmes 70.8
Late Night Scurry Teasdale, Holmes, Brook [f], Gerard Scott [f] 78.0
41 Monday 25th August 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 37 – Coventry Bees 41 (Midland Cup S/F 1st Leg)
Cradley Heathens 1. Graham Coombes 0 1 1 N 2 2. Mike Gardner 1 3 0 0 4 3. Bob Andrews 3 3 1’ 3 10 1 4. Ken Wakefield 2’ 0 0 N 2 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 2 3 3 1 12 6. Mike Holmes EX 0 0 0 7. Chris Bass 3 2 2 0 7 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Coventry Bees 1. Tony Lomas 3 1 0 0 4 2. Nigel Boocock (C) 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 3. Les Owen 1’ XT 1’ 1’ 3 3 4. Roger Hill 0 2 2’ 2 6 1 5. Col Cottrell 1 1’ 3 2 7 1 6. John Harrhy 1’ 0 2 3 1 7. Rick France 2 2 2 1 7 Team Manager: Mick Blackburn ACU Referee: W. A. Daff
Ht1 Lomas, Boocock, Gardner, Coombes 70.8 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Bass, France, Harrhy, Holmes [xt] [rr] 69.2 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Trigg, Wakefield, Cottrell, Hill 68.8 5 1 9 9 Ht4 Andrews, France, Owen, Holmes 70.0 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Boocock, Trigg, Lomas, Wakefield 69.8 2 4 14 16 Ht6 Gardner, France, Coombes, Harrhy [rr] 71.0 4 2 18 18 Ht7 Andrews, Hill, Cottrell, Holmes 70.0 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Boocock, Bass, France, Gardner 69.2 2 4 23 25 Ht9 Trigg, Harrhy, Owen, Wakefield [fr] 70.6 3 3 26 28 Ht10 Cottrell, Hill, Coombes, Gardner 71.2 1 5 27 33 Ht11 Boocock, Bass, Andrews, Lomas 69.8 3 3 30 36 Ht12 Trigg, Cottrell, Owen, Bass 70.4 3 3 33 39 Ht13 Andrews, Hill, Trigg, Lomas 70.8 4 2 37 41
Programme Changes: Ht6 r/s France for Harrhy, r/s Harrhy for Owen [xt], Ht12 r/s Bass for Coombes, t/s Trigg for Wakefield.
Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Andrews, France, Coombes, Owen [ef] 71.2 72.6 Ht2 Hill, Trigg, Wakefield, Cottrell 71.4 72.0 Ht3 Boocock, Bass, Lomas, Gardner 70.6 72.2 Final Boocock, Andrews, Trigg, Hill 70.8
Talent Stakes Harrhy, Erol Brook, Holmes, Keith Teasdale 74.2
Reserves Stakes France, Coombes, Harrhy, Bass [ef] 71.8
Late Night Scurry Brook, Teasdale, Gerard Scott [fr], Holmes [f] 75.6
42 Friday 29th August 1969 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton Wolves 41 – Cradley Heathens 37 (Dud/Wolv Trophy 1st Leg)
Wolverhampton Wolves 1. James Bond 2 3 2 2 9 2. Tommy Sweetman 0 1 2 1’ 4 1 3. Mick Handley 2 2 3 1’ 8 1 4. Bengt Andersson 1’ 0 2’ 0 3 2 5. Peter Vandenberg (C) 2 2 3 2 9 6. Geoff Ambrose 2’ 1’ 1’ 4 3 7. Des Lukehurst 3 0 1 4 Team Manager: Bob Wasley
Cradley Heathens 1. John Boulger (G) 3 1 2 3 9 2. Malcolm Brown (G) 1 3 3 0 7 3. Chris Bass 3 0 1 1 5 4. Mike Gardner 0 0 0 N 0 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 3 3 3 12 6. Ken Wakefield 1 2 1 0 0 4 7. Erol Brook 0 0 N 0 Team Manager: Russ Bragg ACU Referee: A. B. Taylor
Ht1 Boulger, Bond, Brown, Sweetman 67.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Lukehurst, Ambrose, Wakefield, Brook 69.2 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Trigg, Vandenberg, Andersson, Gardner 67.8 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Bass, Handley, Ambrose, Brook 68.8 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Brown, Vandenberg, Boulger, Andersson 68.4 2 4 15 15 Ht6 Bond, Wakefield, Sweetman, Bass 68.6 4 2 19 17 Ht7 Trigg, Handley, Ambrose, Gardner 67.8 3 3 22 20 Ht8 Brown, Sweetman, Wakefield, Lukehurst 68.2 2 4 24 24 Ht9 Vandenberg, Andersson, Bass, Wakefield 67.6 5 1 29 25 Ht10 Trigg, Bond, Sweetman, Gardner 67.4 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Handley, Boulger, Lukehurst, Brown 68.0 4 2 36 30 Ht12 Trigg, Bond, Bass, Andersson 68.6 2 4 38 34 Ht13 Boulger, Vandenberg, Handley, Wakefield [fr] 67.4 3 3 41 37
Programme Changes: Ht8 r/s Wakefield for Brook, Ht13 r/s Wakefield for Gardner.
Junior Race Stuart Riley, Archie Wilkinson, Chris Harrison, Alan Bridgett [ex] [rr] 69.8
Reserves Scurry Lukehurst, Ambrose, Pete Jackson, Brook [f] 68.4
Stadium Cash Scurry Ht1 Trigg, Wakefield, Sweetman, Bridgett [ex] [rr] 67.2 68.4 Ht2 Andersson, Brown, Bond, Gardner 69.0 70.4 Ht3 Boulger, Vandenberg, Bass, Jackson 67.0 68.0 Final Boulger, Vandenberg, Andersson, Trigg [r] 67.6
43 Saturday 30th August 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 42 – Wolverhampton Wolves 36 (Dud/Wolv Trophy 2nd Leg)
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 1 3 3 EF 7 2. Graham Coombes FX 0 1 N 1 3. Bob Andrews 3 2 2 1 8 4. Chris Bass 0 2’ 1 2 5 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 3 3 3 12 6. Mike Gardner 3 1 EF 4 7. Ken Wakefield 1 3 F 1’ 5 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Norman Hunter R/R 2. Tommy Sweetman 2’ F 0 0 2 1 3. James Bond 3 0 X2 2 1 6 4. Mick Handley 1’ 3 2 3 2 11 1 5. Peter Vandenberg (C) 2 1 1 1’ 3 8 1 6. Des Lukehurst 2 2 0 4 7. Bengt Andersson 0 2 2 4 8. Geoff Ambrose 1’ 0 1 1 Team Manager: Bob Wasley ACU Referee: A. B. Taylor
Ht1 Bond, Sweetman, Persson, Coombes [fx] [rr] 71.2 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Gardner, Lukehurst, Wakefield, Andersson 71.4 4 2 5 7 Ht3 Trigg, Vandenberg, Handley, Bass 70.0 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Andrews, Andersson, Gardner, Bond [fr] 71.0 4 2 12 12 Ht5 Trigg, Bass, Vandenberg, Sweetman [f] [rr] 71.0 5 1 17 13 Ht6 Persson, Lukehurst, Ambrose, Coombes 72.6 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Handley, Andrews, Vandenberg, Gardner [ef] 71.2 2 4 22 20 Ht8 Wakefield, Andersson, Coombes, Sweetman 72.6 4 2 26 22 Ht9 Trigg, Bond, Bass, Lukehurst 70.8 4 2 30 24 Ht10 Persson, Handley, Vandenberg, Wakefield [f] 71.4 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Handley, Andrews, Wakefield, Sweetman [rr] 71.2 3 3 36 30 Ht12 Vandenberg, Bass, Bond, Persson [ef] 71.8 2 4 38 34 Ht13 Trigg, Handley, Andrews, Ambrose [rr] 71.6 4 2 42 36
Programme Changes: Ht1 r/r Bond for Hunter, Ht5 r/r Vandenberg for Hunter, Ht6 r/s Ambrose for Bond [x2], Ht10 r/s Wakefield for Coombes, Ht11 r/r Handley for Hunter, Ht13 r/r Ambrose for Hunter.
Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Andrews, Bass, Luckhurst, Bond 72.2 73.0 Ht2 Trigg, Sweetman, Gardner, Peter Jackson 72.2 73.8 Ht3 Vandenberg, Handley, Persson, Coombes 72.4 72.6 Final Trigg, Andrews, Handley, Vandenberg [xt] 71.4
Dudley Stakes Ambrose, Andersson, Mick Holmes, Erol Brook 73.4
Reserves Stakes Ambrose, Brook, Holmes, Wakefield [f] 73.2
44 Monday 1st September 1969 The Shay Stadium, Halifax
Halifax Dukes 49 - Cradley Heathens 29 (British League)
Halifax Dukes 1. Eric Boocock 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 2. Dennis Gavros FN 3 2’ 0 5 1 3. Greg Kentwell 3 FX N N 3 4. Alan Jay 0 3 3 2’ 8 1 5. Dave Younghusband 3 XT 2’ 3 8 1 6. Bob Jameson 3 1 1 2 0 7 7. Les Sharpe 2’ XT 3 2 0 7 1 Team Manager: Eric Boothroyd
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson FX 2 1 1 1’ 5 1 2. Graham Coombes 1 0 N N 1 3. Bob Andrews 2 1 1 1 5 4. Chris Bass 2 1 1’ 2 6 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 1’ 3 2 3 EF 9 1 6. Mike Gardner 2 0 0 2 7. Ken Wakefield 1’ 0 0 1 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: L. D. Stripp
Ht1 Boocock, Sharpe, Coombes, Persson [fx] [rr] 68.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Jameson, Gardner, Wakefield, Sharpe [xt] [rr] 68.6 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Younghusband, Bass, Trigg, Jay 70.0 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Kentwell, Andrews, Jameson, Wakefield 69.4 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Jay, Persson, Jameson, Coombes [rr] 68.8 4 2 19 11 Ht6 Gavros, Boocock, Andrews, Gardner 69.6 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Trigg, Jameson, Bass, Kentwell [fx] [rr] 68.4 2 4 26 16 Ht8 Sharpe, Gavros, Persson, Wakefield 69.0 5 1 31 17 Ht9 Jay, Younghusband, Andrews, Gardner 69.2 5 1 36 18 Ht10 Boocock, Trigg, Bass, Gavros 68.0 3 3 39 21 Ht11 Trigg, Sharpe, Persson, Jameson 68.6 2 4 41 25 Ht12 Boocock, Jay, Andrews, Trigg [ef] 68.8 5 1 46 26 Ht13 Younghusband, Bass, Persson, Sharpe 68.6 3 3 49 29
Programme Changes: Ht1 r/s Sharpe for Gavros [inj], Ht5 r/s Jameson for Younghusband [xt], Ht8 t/s Persson for Coombes, Ht11 r/s Jameson for Kentwell, t/s Trigg for Coombes, Ht13 r/s Sharpe for Kentwell.
Reserves Race Sharpe, Jameson, Terry Lee, Gardner [rr] 69.6
Junior Dash 1 Tim Swales, Ian Armstrong, Chris Blythe, Malcolm McKay [fr] 72.4
Scratch Race Final Snowball Ht1 Trigg, Younghusband, Gavros, Coombes [ef] 67.8 68.4 Ht2 Boocock, Bass. Persson, Jay 68.0 69.4 Ht3 Andrews, Jameson, Wakefield, Lee [rr] Sharpe [xt] 69.0 70.2 Final Younghusband, Boocock, Andrews, Trigg 70.2
Junior Dash 2 McKay, Armstrong, Flash Roberts, Blythe [f] 73.6
45 Wednesday 3rd September 1969 Brandon Stadium, Coventry
Coventry Bees 47 – Cradley Heathens 31 (Midland Cup S/F 2nd Leg)
Coventry Bees 1. Roger Hill 1 2 2 0 5 2. Antonin Kasper R/R 3. Nigel Boocock (C) 3 2’ 1 3 2’ 11 2 4. Col Cottrell 2’ 3 0 1 6 1 5. Rick France 3 2’ 1 3 9 1 6. Les Owen 3 3 3 3 12 7. Tony Lomas 2’ 0 1 3 1 8. John Harrhy 1’ 0 Team Manager: Mick Blackburn
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 1 3 2 1 9 2. Graham Coombes 0 0 N N 0 3. Bob Andrews 1 3 2’ 0 2’ 8 1 4. Chris Bass 0 0 1’ 1 0 2 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 1 2 2 3 3 11 6. Mike Gardner 0 0 N 0 7. Ken Wakefield 1 0 N 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: G. Mellors
Ht1 Boocock, Persson, Hill, Coombes 64.6* 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Owen, Lomas, Wakefield, Gardner 67.0 5 1 9 3 Ht3 France, Cottrell, Trigg, Bass 65.0 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Owen, Boocock, Andrews, Wakefield 67.8 5 1 19 5 Ht5 Cottrell, France, Persson, Coombes 67.2 5 1 24 6 Ht6 Andrews, Hill, Harrhy, Gardner 68.0 3 3 27 9 Ht7 Owen, Trigg, Boocock, Bass 67.0 4 2 31 11 Ht8 Owen, Trigg, Bass, Lomas 68.0 3 3 34 14 Ht9 Persson, Andrews, France, Cottrell 68.6 1 5 35 19 Ht10 Trigg, Hill, Bass, Harrhy 67.8 2 4 37 23 Ht11 Boocock, Persson, Lomas, Andrews 68.4 4 2 41 25 Ht12 Trigg, Andrews, Cottrell, Hill 68.2 1 5 42 30 Ht13 France, Boocock, Persson, Bass 68.0 5 1 47 31
Programme Changes: Ht1 r/r Boocock for Kasper, Ht6 r/r Harrhy for Kasper, Ht8 t/s Trigg for Coombes, t/s Bass for Wakefield, Ht8 r/r Owen for Kasper, Ht9 t/s Persson for Gardner, Ht10 r/r Harrhy for Kasper, Ht11 t/s Andrews for Coombes.
* - New Track Record
Up’n Comers Handicap Race Roy Carter [20yds], Pete Bailey [20], Cliff Emms [10] [f], Dave Drinkwater [Scr] [f], Dave Newall [Scr] [f] 74.8
Stadium Gold Sash Snowball Ht1 France, Lomas, Bass, Trigg [ef] 68.4 70.2 Ht2 Boocock, Harrhy, Andrews, Owen 68.4 70.8 Ht3 Cottrell, Hill, Persson, Gardner 69.6 71.2 Final Boocock, France, Cottrell, Lomas 68.8
Ability Scratch Race Harrhy, Hill, Bailey, Wakefield [ex] [rr] Carter [fn] 70.4
Up’n Comers Second Chance Bailey [20yds], Emms [Scr], Alan Wallis [Scr], Drinkwater [Scr] 74.0
46 Saturday 6th September 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 39 – Leicester Lions 39 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 3 2 2 9 2. Graham Coombes 1’ 0 0 N 1 1 3. Bob Andrews 3 1 2 1 7 4. Chris Bass 0 2’ 1 0 3 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 3 3 3 12 6. Mike Gardner 1’ 1 EX 2 1 7. Ken Wakefield 2 2 0 1’ 5 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Leicester Lions 1. Ray Wilson (C) 3 1 2 3 2 11 2. Malcolm Brown F N N N 0 3. Graham Plant 2 1’ 2 3 8 1 4. John Hart 1’ 2’ 1 0 4 2 5. John Boulger 2 3 3 1 9 6. Norman Storer 3 0 N 3 0 EX 6 7. DeWayne Keeter 0 0 1 1 Team Manager: Ron Wilson ACU Referee: G. A. Dalby
Ht1 Wilson, Persson, Coombes, Brown [f] 69.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Storer, Wakefield, Gardner, Keeter 69.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Trigg, Boulger, Hart, Bass 68.4 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Andrews, Plant, Gardner, Keeter 69.8 4 2 13 11 Ht5 Trigg, Bass, Wilson, Storer 68.6 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Persson, Wilson, Plant, Coombes 69.0 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Boulger, Hart, Andrews, Gardner [ex] [rr] 70.0 1 5 22 20 Ht8 Storer, Wakefield, Keeter, Coombes 71.0 2 4 24 24 Ht9 Trigg, Plant, Bass, Storer 68.6 4 2 28 26 Ht10 Boulger, Persson, Hart, Wakefield 69.4 2 4 30 30 Ht11 Wilson, Andrews, Wakefield, Storer [ex] [rr] 69.4 3 3 33 33 Ht12 Plant, Persson, Boulger, Bass 70.4 2 4 35 37 Ht13 Trigg, Wilson, Andrews, Hart 69.0 4 2 39 39
Programme Changes: Ht5 r/s Storer for Brown [inj], Ht6 t/s Wilson for Storer, Ht8 r/s Storer for Brown [inj], Ht10 r/s Wakefield for Coombes, Ht11 r/s Storer for Brown [inj].
Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Andrews, Plant, Coombes, Brown 71.4 72.4 Ht2 Boulger, Trigg, Hart, Gardner 71.4 72.0 Ht3 Wilson, Persson, Bass, Storer 69.8 70.4 Final Boulger, Persson, Andrews, Wilson [xt] [rr] 71.0
Dudley Stakes Wakefield, Gardner, Chris Hawkins, Erol Brook [fx] [rr] 72.0
Reserves Stakes Wakefield, Keeter, Mick Holmes, Hawkins 72.6
Junior Scurry Brook, Keith Teasdale, Holmes, Gerard Scott [f] 77.0
47 Monday 8th September 1969 County Ground, Exeter
Exeter Falcons 51 - Cradley Heathens 27 (British League)
Exeter Falcons 1. Martin Ashby 2’ 3 2’ 2 9 2 2. Phil Woodcock 3 1 3 3 10 3. Jimmy Squibb (C) 2’ 2 3 0 7 1 4. Alan Cowland 2 1 2 1’ 6 1 5. Jan Holub 1’ 3 0 3 7 1 6. Tim Bungay 2’ 3 0 5 1 7. Mike Cake 3 2’ 2’ 7 2 Team Manager: Pete Lansdale
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 1 2 R 1’ 4 1 2. Graham Coombes 0 0 N N 0 3. Bob Andrews 1 0 1 EF 2 4. Chris Bass 3 1 0 1 2 7 5. Roy Trigg (C) EF 3 3 FX 3 9 6. Mike Gardner 1 2 1 N 1 5 7. Ken Wakefield EF EF N 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: H. McSweeney
Ht1 Woodcock, Ashby, Persson, Coombes 74.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Cake, Bungay, Gardner, Wakefield [ef] 74.8 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Bass, Cowland, Holub, Trigg [ef] 74.8 3 3 13 5 Ht4 Bungay, Squibb, Andrews, Wakefield [ef] 75.8 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Holub, Persson, Cowland, Coombes 74.4 4 2 22 8 Ht6 Ashby, Gardner, Woodcock, Andrews 73.6 4 2 26 10 Ht7 Trigg, Squibb, Bass, Bungay 74.0 2 4 28 14 Ht8 Woodcock, Cake, Gardner, Bass 74.0 5 1 33 15 Ht9 Trigg, Cowland, Andrews, Holub 74.8 2 4 35 19 Ht10 Woodcock, Ashby, Bass, Trigg [fx] [rr] 74.8 5 1 40 20 Ht11 Squibb, Cake, Gardner, Persson [r] 76.0 5 1 45 21 Ht12 Trigg, Ashby, Cowland, Andrews [ef] 73.2 3 3 48 24 Ht13 Holub, Bass, Persson, Squibb 74.2 3 3 51 27
Programme Changes: Ht8 t/s Bass for Coombes, r/s Gardner for Wakefield, Ht9 t/s Trigg for Gardner, Ht11 r/s Gardner for Coombes.
Consolation Snowball Race Bungay, Gardner, Cake [ef], Wakefield [ns] 76.6
The Dudley Wood Dash Ht1 Bass, Ashby, Cowland, Andrews [ef] 73.8 74.2 Ht2 Squibb, Persson, Gardner, Coombes 76.0 76.6 Ht3 Trigg, Holub, Woodcock, Bungay 74.0 ??.? Final Trigg, Ashby, Squibb, Bass 74.6
48 Friday 12th September 1969 Somerton Park, Newport
Newport Wasps v Cradley Heathens (British League) Postponed Due To Rain
49 Monday 15th September 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 42 – Newport Wasps 35 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 3 3 3 2 11 2. Mike Gardner 0 0 FN N 0 3. Bob Andrews 2 2 2 2’ 8 1 4. Chris Bass 1 1 FX N 2 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 3 2 3 11 6. Graham Coombes 3 0 1’ 3 0 7 1 7. Ken Wakefield 2’ EX 1’ 0 3 2 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Newport Wasps 1. Bob Hughes 2 2 2 FN N N 6 2. Norman Strachan 1’ 0 N 0 1 1 3. Sandor Levai 3 1’ 3 3 3 13 1 4. Chris Julian XT 0 1’ 1 1 3 1 5. Torbjorn Harrysson R/R 6. Jon Erskine 0 1 2 FX 1 4 7. Cyril Francis 1 0 N 2 N 2 3 0 8 8. Terry Shearer DNR Team Manager: Bob Radford ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis
Ht1 Persson, Hughes, Strachan, Gardner 71.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Coombes, Wakefield, Francis, Erskine 72.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Trigg, Hughes, Bass, Francis [rrx2] 70.4 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Levai, Andrews, Erskine, Coombes 72.0 2 4 14 10 Ht5 Trigg, Hughes, Bass, Strachan 71.8 4 2 18 12 Ht6 Persson, Erskine, Levai, Gardner 72.2 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Levai, Andrews, Coombes, Julian [fr] [rr] 73.8 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Coombes, Francis, Wakefield [fx], Erskine [fx] [rrx5] 73.8 3 2 27 20 Ht9 Levai, Trigg, Erskine, Bass [fx] [rr] 73.0 2 4 29 24 Ht10 Persson, Francis, Julian, Coombes 73.2 3 3 32 27 Ht11 Francis, Andrews, Wakefield, Strachan 74.8 3 3 35 30 Ht12 Levai, Persson, Julian, Wakefield 73.6 2 4 37 34 Ht13 Trigg, Andrews, Julian, Francis 72.0 5 1 42 35
Programme Changes: Ht3 r/s Francis for Julian [xt], r/r Hughes for Harrysson, Ht4 r/s Erskine for Francis, Ht7 r/r Levai for Harrysson, Ht8 t/s Hughes for Strachan, r/s Erskine for Francis, r/s Francis for Hughes [fn], r/s Coombes for Gardner [fn], Ht10 r/s Coombes for Gardner [inj], r/r Francis for Harrysson, Ht11 r/s Francis for Hughes [inj], Ht12 r/s Wakefield for Bass [inj], r/r Julian for Harrysson, Ht13 r/s Francis for Hughes [inj].
Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Andrews, Julian, Shearer, Gardner [ns] 73.8 75.2 Ht2 Trigg, Levai, Strachan, Chris Hawkins 73.6 74.8 Ht3 Persson, Coombes, Erskine, Hawkins 75.0 75.4 Final Levai, Trigg, Persson [ef], Andrews [x2] 75.0
Dudley Stakes – Not ridden [Erol Brook, Coombes, Shearer, Wakefield
Reserves Stakes – Not Ridden [Wakefield, Mick Holmes, Brook, Francis
Junior Scurry – Not Ridden [Keith Teasdale, Gerard Scott, Barry Smith, Mick Holmes
50 Thursday 18th September 1969 Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
Sheffield Tigers 52 - Cradley Heathens 26 (British League)
Sheffield Tigers 1. Jim Airey (C) 2 XT 3 2’ 7 1 2. Dave Baugh 1’ 3 3 2’ 9 2 3. Arnold Haley 3 3 3 3 12 4. John Dews 3 3 3 3 12 5. Billy Bales 1 2’ 1 0 4 1 6. Brian Maxted 3 2’ 2’ 0 7 2 7. Doug Wyer 1 R 0 1 Team Manager: Terry Thornhill
Cradley Heathens 1. Bob Andrews 3 1 2 2 2 10 2. Mike Gardner F 0 1’ 1’ 2 2 3. Ken Wakefield 1 0 N 1 2 4. Graham Coombes 2 1’ 1 1’ 5 2 5. Roy Trigg (C) EF 2 2 XT 0 4 6. Reg Wilson (G) 2 1 0 3 7. Chris Hawkins 0 0 N 0 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: L. Pendergast
Ht1 Andrews, Airey, Baugh, Gardner [f] 73.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Maxted, Wilson, Wyer, Hawkins 78.4 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Dews, Coombes, Bales, Trigg [ef] 76.0 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Haley, Maxted, Wakefield, Hawkins 76.4 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Dews, Bales, Andrews, Gardner 75.8 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Baugh, Maxted, Wilson, Wakefield [rr] 75.4 5 1 26 10 Ht7 Haley, Trigg, Coombes, Maxted 75.4 3 3 29 13 Ht8 Baugh, Trigg, Gardner, Wyer [fr-ret] 75.2 3 3 32 16 Ht9 Dews, Andrews, Bales, Wilson 74.8 4 2 36 18 Ht10 Airey, Baugh, Coombes, Hawkins [rr] 75.4 5 1 41 19 Ht11 Haley, Andrews, Gardner, Wyer 74.6 3 3 44 22 Ht12 Dews, Airey, Wakefield, Trigg 73.6 5 1 49 23 Ht13 Haley, Andrews, Coombes, Bales 75.0 3 3 52 26
Programme Changes: Ht6 r/s Maxted for Airey [xt], Ht8 t/s Trigg for Hawkins, Ht9 t/s Andrews for Wakefield, Ht10 r/s Hawkins for Trigg [xt].
Consolation Race Dave Hardy, Wyer, Hawkins, Dave Kumeta [fx] [rr] 78.6
Senior Individual Event Ht1 Airey, Baugh, Wakefield, Trigg 73.8 75.0 Ht2 Dews, Bales, Coombes, Hardy 74.2 74.6 Ht3 Maxted, Andrews, Haley, Gardner 74.4 75.0 Final Airey, Dews, Maxted, Bales [ns] 73.4
Novices Races Ht1 Kumeta, Stuart Jay, Dave Beaton, Graham Hepworth 80.4 Ht2 Stuart Ulph, Sid Sheldrick, Hardy [ns], Wilson [ns] 76.6
51 Friday 19th September 1969 Somerton Park, Newport
Newport Wasps 46 - Cradley Heathens 32 (British League)
Newport Wasps 1. Sandor Levai 3 2’ 3 1 3 12 1 2. Chris Julian 2’ 1 1 2 0 6 1 3. Jon Erskine (C) 0 1’ 1 1 3 1 4. Norman Strachan 3 3 3 1 10 5. Torbjorn Harrysson R/R 6. Terry Shearer 3 3 2 8 7. Cyril Francis 2’ 1’ 3 6 2 8. Ian Terrar 1 0 1 Team Manager: Bob Radford
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 1 1 2’ 2 3 9 1 2. Mike Gardner 0 N N 0 0 3. Bob Andrews 1’ 2 3 2 0 8 1 4. Chris Bass 0 0 N 2’ 2 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 2 0 3 3 2 10 6. Ken Wakefield 0 N EF 0 7. Graham Coombes 1 2 0 0 3 Team Manager: Russ Bragg ACU Referee: J. Pearce
Ht1 Levai, Julian, Persson, Gardner 71.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Shearer, Francis, Coombes, Wakefield 73.2 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Strachan, Trigg, Julian, Bass 72.4 4 2 14 4 Ht4 Shearer, Coombes, Andrews, Erskine 72.0 3 3 17 7 Ht5 Strachan, Levai, Persson, Trigg [rrx2] 72.0 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Levai, Andrews, Julian, Coombes 72.2 4 2 26 10 Ht7 Trigg, Shearer, Erskine, Bass 72.8 3 3 29 13 Ht8 Andrews, Julian, Francis, Coombes 71.4 3 3 32 16 Ht9 Strachan, Andrews, Terrar, Wakefield [ef] 73.0 4 2 36 18 Ht10 Trigg, Persson, Levai, Julian 71.0 1 5 37 23 Ht11 Francis, Persson, Erskine, Gardner 72.4 4 2 41 25 Ht12 Levai, Trigg, Strachan, Andrews 72.4 4 2 45 27 Ht13 Persson, Bass, Erskine, Terrar 73.4 1 5 46 32
Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Julian for Harrysson, Ht5 r/r Levai for Harrysson, t/s Trigg for Gardner, Ht6 r/s Coombes for Wakefield, Ht8 t/s Andrews for Gardner, Ht9 r/r Terrar for Harrysson, Ht10 t/s Persson for Bass, Ht13 r/r Terrar for Harrysson.
Newport Speedway Supporters Club Junior Trophy Terrar, Adrian Baker, Phil Cole, Roger Knight [f] 75.4
Heathens Knockout Ht1 Trigg, Wakefield, Paul Matthews, Chris Hawkins 74.2 Ht2 Persson, Levai, Francis, Coombes 72.2 Ht3 Julian, Bass, Andrews, Erskine 72.4 Ht4 Strachan, Shearer, Gardner, Terrar 74.0 Final Strachan, Julian, Trigg, Persson [ef] 73.2
52 Saturday 20th September 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 42 – Sheffield Tigers 36 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 3 3 3 3 12 2. Ken Wakefield 0 0 N 1 1 3. Bob Andrews 2 3 2 3 10 4. Chris Bass 2’ 1’ 0 0 3 2 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 2 3 1 9 6. Graham Coombes 2 1’ 1 1 1’ 6 2 7. Mike Gardner 1’ 0 N 1 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Sheffield Tigers 1. Jim Airey (C) 2 3 3 3 2 13 2. John Dews 1’ 0 2’ 0 3 2 3. Bengt Larsson 3 2 1’ 2 8 1 4. Billy Bales 0 0 N N 0 5. Arnold Haley 1 2 2 1’ 6 1 6. Dave Baugh 3 1’ 2 F 6 1 7. Brian Maxted EF 0 N 0 0 Team Manager: Terry Thornhill ACU Referee: A. B. Taylor
Ht1 Persson, Airey, Dews, Wakefield 69.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Baugh, Coombes, Gardner, Maxted [ef] 72.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Trigg, Bass, Haley, Bales 70.0 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Larsson, Andrews, Coombes, Maxted 71.8 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Airey, Trigg, Bass, Dews 69.4 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Persson, Larsson, Baugh, Wakefield 71.4 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Andrews, Haley, Coombes, Bales 71.2 4 2 24 18 Ht8 Airey, Dews, Coombes, Gardner 71.6 1 5 25 23 Ht9 Trigg, Baugh, Larsson, Bass 70.8 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Persson, Haley, Wakefield, Maxted 71.2 4 2 32 28 Ht11 Airey, Andrews, Coombes, Dews 71.0 3 3 35 31 Ht12 Persson, Larsson, Haley, Bass 71.0 3 3 38 34 Ht13 Andrews, Airey, Trigg, Baugh 70.8 4 2 42 36
Programme Changes: Ht8 r/s Coombes for Wakefield, t/s Airey for Maxted, Ht10 r/s Maxted for Bales, Ht11 r/s Coombes for Gardner, Ht13 r/s Baugh for Bales.
Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Andrews, Larsson, Dews, Coombes [xt] [rr] 71.8 73.0 Ht2 Trigg, Haley, Gardner, Bales 71.8 73.2 Ht3 Airey, Persson, Wakefield, Bass 71.4 72.6 Final Persson, Trigg, Airey, Andrews 72.6
Dudley Stakes Baugh, Chris Hawkins, Erol Brook, Maxted 73.0
Reserves Stakes Coombes, Gardner, Hawkins, Brook 73.8
Junior Scurry Reg Wilson, Barry Smith, Keith Teasdale, Gerard Scott [f] 79.8
53 Saturday 27th September 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 36 – Wimbledon Dons 42 (Knockout Cup Semi Final)
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 3 3 2 2 12 2. Graham Coombes 1’ 1 N 0 2 1 3. Bob Andrews EF EF 2 0 2 4. Chris Bass 0 0 N 1’ 1 1 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 2 2’ 3 XT 10 1 6. Ken Wakefield 2 2 1 1 6 7. Mike Gardner 1’ N 0 2 3 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Wimbledon Dons 1. Trevor Hedge 3 3 3 3 12 2. Bob Dugard 0 1 1 1 3 3. Reg Luckhurst 3 2 2 F 7 4. Cyril Maidment 1’ 2’ 1 1 5 2 5. Ronnie Moore (C) 2 3 3 3 11 6. Garry Everett 0 0 N 0 7. Jim Tebby 3 1 EF 0 4 Team Manager: Vic Gooden ACU Referee: R. G. Owen
Ht1 Hedge, Persson, Coombes, Bob Dugard 72.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Tebby, Wakefield, Gardner, Everett 74.6 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Trigg, Moore, Maidment, Bass 70.4 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Luckhurst, Wakefield, Tebby, Andrews [ef] 73.4 2 4 11 13 Ht5 Hedge, Trigg, Dugard, Bass 70.4 2 4 13 17 Ht6 Persson, Luckhurst, Coombes, Everett 72.0 4 2 17 19 Ht7 Moore, Maidment, Wakefield, Andrews [ef] 70.8 1 5 18 24 Ht8 Persson, Trigg, Dugard, Tebby [ef] 70.8 5 1 23 25 Ht9 Trigg, Luckhurst, Wakefield, Tebby 71.4 4 2 27 27 Ht10 Moore, Persson, Maidment, Coombes 70.4 2 4 29 31 Ht11 Hedge, Andrews, Dugard, Gardner 71.2 2 4 31 35 Ht12 Moore, Persson, Bass, Luckhurst [f] 71.2 3 3 34 38 Ht13 Hedge, Gardner, Maidment, Andrews [rr] 71.8 2 4 36 42
Programme Changes: Ht8 t/s Trigg for Coombes, t/s Persson for Gardner, Ht9 r/s Wakefield for Bass, r/s Tebby for Everett, Ht13 r/s Gardner for Trigg [ef].
Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Moore, Andrews, Coombes, Dugard [fx] [rr] 72.6 73.6 Ht2 Trigg, Hedge, Wakefield, Everett 72.0 72.8 Ht3 Persson, Maidment, Luckhurst, Bass 72.0 73.2 Final Persson, Trigg, Hedge, Moore [ns] 71.6
Dudley Stakes Gardner, Erol Brook, Mick Holmes, Barry Smith 73.8
Reserves Stakes Gardner, Coombes, Wakefield, Tebby 72.8
Junior Scurry Brook, Holmes, Keith Teasdale, Smith 77.0
54 Tuesday 30th September 1969 West Ham Stadium, London
West Ham Hammers 44 - Cradley Heathens 34 (British League)
West Ham Hammers 1. Ken McKinlay (C) 1 EF 1’ 1’ 3 2 2. John Langfield 3 2 0 2 7 3. Tony Clarke 2 2 3 3 10 4. Stan Stevens 1’ 1 3 2 7 1 5. Olle Nygren 2 3 EF 1 6 6. Barry Crowson 3 0 1’ 4 1 7. Martyn Piddock 2’ 3 2’ 7 2 Team Manager: Phil Bishop
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 2 2 1 2 7 2. Graham Coombes 0 0 1’ N 1 1 3. Bob Andrews 1 1 2 0 4 4. Chris Bass 0 0 0 N 0 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 3 3 3 3 15 6. Ken Wakefield 0 N 1’ 0 1 1 7. Mike Gardner 1 3 2 0 6 Team Manager: Russ Bragg ACU Referee: P. B. Ryall
Ht1 Langfield, Persson, McKinlay, Coombes 74.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Crowson, Piddock, Gardner, Wakefield 75.4 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Trigg, Nygren, Stevens, Bass 74.2 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Gardner, Clarke, Andrews, Crowson 75.4 2 4 14 10 Ht5 Nygren, Persson, Stevens, Coombes 74.8 4 2 18 12 Ht6 Trigg, Langfield, Andrews, McKinlay [ef] 73.6 2 4 20 16 Ht7 Trigg, Clarke, Crowson, Bass 73.8 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Piddock, Gardner, Coombes, Langfield 75.4 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Stevens, Andrews, Wakefield, Nygren [ef] 75.6 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Trigg, Langfield, McKinlay, Bass 74.4 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Clarke, Piddock, Persson, Gardner 74.2 5 1 37 29 Ht12 Trigg, Stevens, McKinlay, Andrews 74.6 3 3 40 32 Ht13 Clarke, Persson, Nygren, Wakefield 74.6 4 2 44 34
Programme Changes: Ht6 t/s Trigg for Wakefield, Ht11 r/s Gardner for Coombes, Ht13 r/s Wakefield for Bass.
Junior Hammers Progress Ht1 Dave Jessup, Hughie Saunders, Graham Miles, Cec Platt 78.2 Ht2 Reg Trott, Joe Robson, Ray Boughflower, Ken Coleman [ef] 80.4
Junior Hammers Snowball Final Piddock, Gardner, Trott, Jessup 76.6
The Bhudda Golden Snowball Ht1 Persson, Bass, Nygren [ef], Langfield [ef] 76.2 77.4 Ht2 McKinlay, Andrews, Crowson, Wakefield 75.4 76.2 Ht3 Trigg, Clarke, Stevens, Coombes 74.0 75.0 Final Trigg, Persson, McKinlay, Clarke [ef] 75.2
55 Saturday 4th October 1969 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 37 – Midland Select 41 (Challenge)
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson EF 3 2 3 8 2. Graham Coombes 1 2’ N 1’ 4 2 3. Bob Andrews 2 EF 2 EF 4 4. Chris Bass 2’ 0 2’ 2’ 6 3 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 1 2 3 2 11 6. Ken Wakefield 1’ 0 1 2 1 7. Mike Gardner 2 0 0 2 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Midland Select 1. Peter Vandenberg (C) 3 3 1 3 10 2. Bengt Andersson 2’ 2’ 1 3 8 2 3. John Boulger 1 EF 1 1 3 4. Mick Handley 1 3 0 1 5 5. Peter Jarman FX 2’ 3 0 5 1 6. John Hart 0 1 N 1 7. Malcolm Brown 3 3 3 0 9 Team Manager: Russ Bragg ACU Referee: A. B. Taylor
Ht1 Vandenberg, Andersson, Coombes, Persson [ef] 71.2 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Brown, Gardner, Wakefield, Hart 71.0 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Trigg, Bass, Handley, Jarman [fx] [rr] 71.6 5 1 9 9 Ht4 Brown, Andrews, Boulger, Wakefield 71.4 2 4 11 13 Ht5 Vandenberg, Andersson, Trigg, Bass 72.0 1 5 12 18 Ht6 Persson, Coombes, Hart, Boulger [ef] 72.2 5 1 17 19 Ht7 Handley, Jarman, Wakefield, Andrews [ef] 71.8 1 5 18 24 Ht8 Brown, Trigg, Andersson, Gardner 71.6 2 4 20 28 Ht9 Trigg, Bass, Boulger, Brown 71.8 5 1 25 29 Ht10 Jarman, Persson, Coombes, Handley 71.8 3 3 28 32 Ht11 Andersson, Andrews, Vandenberg, Gardner 72.0 2 4 30 36 Ht12 Persson, Bass, Boulger, Jarman 72.8 5 1 35 37 Ht13 Vandenberg, Trigg, Handley, Andrews [ef] 72.6 2 4 37 41
Programme Changes: Ht8 t/s Trigg for Coombes, Ht9 r/s Brown for Hart.
Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Jarman, Andersson, Chris Hawkins, Andrews [ef] 71.8 73.4 Ht2 Boulger, Handley, Coombes, Trigg [ef] 71.8 73.0 Ht3 Persson, Bass, Vandenberg, Hart 73.0 73.8 Final Jarman, Persson, Handley, Boulger 72.4
Dudley Stakes Gerard Scott, Barry Smith, Mick Holmes [f], Erol Brook [fx] [rr] 77.4
Reserves Stakes Wakefield, Brown, Gardner, Hawkins [ef] 73.0
Junior Scurry Holmes, Smith, Brook [fr], Keith Teasdale [fr-f] 78.4
56 Monday 6th October 1969 Brough Park Stadium, Newcastle
Newcastle Diamonds 53 - Cradley Heathens 25 (British League)
Newcastle Diamonds 1. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 3 15 2. Mike Watkin (C) 2’ 1 2 1 1 7 1 3. Dave Gifford 3 3 3 3 3 15 4. Sandor Levai (G) 2’ 2 2’ 2’ 8 3 5. Erik Tillgaard R/R 6. Dave Schofield 3 1 2’ 6 1 7. Alan Knapkin 2’ 0 0 2 1 8. Sid Sheldrick 0 0 Team Manager: Mike Parker
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 1 3 3 2 2 11 2. Graham Coombes 0 1 1 2 1’ 5 1 3. Bob Andrews 2 2 1 1 1 7 4. Chris Bass 0 0 0 N 0 5. Roy Trigg N N N N DNR 6. Ken Wakefield 1 1 EF 0 0 2 7. Mike Gardner FX 0 N 0 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: Dr L. Jamieson
Ht1 Olsen, Watkin, Persson, Coombes 74.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Schofield, Knapkin, Wakefield, Gardner [fx] [rr] 77.4 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Olsen, Levai, Wakefield, Bass 72.8 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Gifford, Andrews, Schofield, Gardner 76.0 4 2 19 5 Ht5 Persson, Levai, Coombes, Sheldrick 77.0 2 4 21 9 Ht6 Olsen, Andrews, Watkin, Wakefield [ef] 73.6 4 2 25 11 Ht7 Gifford, Schofield, Andrews, Bass 77.8 5 1 30 12 Ht8 Persson, Watkin, Coombes, Knapkin 76.8 2 4 32 16 Ht9 Gifford, Levai, Andrews, Wakefield 76.4 5 1 37 17 Ht10 Olsen, Coombes, Watkin, Bass 76.2 4 2 41 19 Ht11 Gifford, Persson, Coombes, Knapkin 76.4 3 3 44 22 Ht12 Olsen, Levai, Andrews, Wakefield 74.2 5 1 49 23 Ht13 Gifford, Persson, Watkin, Gardner 76.8 4 2 53 25
Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Olsen for Tillgaard, r/s Wakefield for Trigg, Ht5 r/r Sheldrick for Tillgaard, Ht7 t/s Andrews for Trigg, Ht8 t/s Persson for Gardner, Ht9 r/r Gifford for Tillgaard, Ht10 t/s Coombes for Trigg, Ht12 r/s Wakefield for Trigg, Ht13 r/r Watkin for Tillgaard, r/s Gardner for Bass.
No Second Half – This match formed the first part of a double-header.
57 Saturday 11th October 1969 Albion Rovers Stadium, Coatbridge
Coatbridge Monarchs 42 - Cradley Heathens 36 (British League)
Coatbridge Monarchs 1. Reidar Eide F 3 2 XT 5 2. Brian Collins 2 2’ 3 0 7 1 3. Bert Harkins (C) 2’ 3 XT 3 8 1 4. Doug Templeton 2 0 1’ 2 5 1 5. George Hunter 0 2 2 1 5 6. Alistair Brady 3 3 1 2 0 9 7. Alex Hughson 1 1 1’ 3 1 Team Manager: Tommy Hughson
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 3 3 3 3 2 14 2. Graham Coombes 1 1 2 N 1 5 3. Ken Wakefield 1 1 0 N 2 4. Chris Bass 1 0 1 0 2 5. Roy Trigg (C) 3 2 3 EF 3 11 6. Chris Hawkins 0 0 N 0 7. Mike Gardner 2 0 0 2 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: E. S. Chapman
Ht1 Persson, Collins, Coombes, Eide [f] 67.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Brady, Gardner, Hughson, Hawkins 69.8 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Trigg, Templeton, Bass, Hunter 67.4 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Brady, Harkins, Wakefield, Gardner 71.2 5 1 13 11 Ht5 Persson, Hunter, Coombes, Templeton 69.8 2 4 15 15 Ht6 Eide, Collins, Wakefield, Hawkins 70.0 5 1 20 16 Ht7 Harkins, Trigg, Brady, Bass 67.8 4 2 24 18 Ht8 Collins, Coombes, Hughson, Gardner 70.8 4 2 28 20 Ht9 Persson, Hunter, Templeton, Wakefield 69.6 3 3 31 23 Ht10 Trigg, Eide, Bass, Collins 69.8 2 4 33 27 Ht11 Persson, Brady, Hughson, Trigg [ef] [rr] 69.4 3 3 36 30 Ht12 Trigg, Templeton, Coombes, Brady [rr] 69.6 2 4 38 34 Ht13 Harkins, Persson, Hunter, Bass 69.2 4 2 42 36
Programme Changes: Ht9 t/s Persson for Hawkins, Ht11 r/s Brady for Harkins [xt], t/s Trigg for Coombes, Ht12 r/s Brady for Eide [xt], t/s Coombes for Wakefield.
Scottish Junior Championship Ht1 Brian Murray, Jim Clark, James Allan, George Beaton 72.6 Ht2 Jim Gallacher, Ken Omond, John Yeats, Charlie Paterson 74.0 Final Omond, Clark, Murray [f], Gallacher [fx] [rr] 73.8
Fare Ye Well Trophy Ht1 Eide, Trigg, Bass, Hawkins 68.6 69.8 Ht2 Persson, Harkins, Wakefield, Brady 68.8 69.2 Ht3 Templeton, Collins, Coombes, Mike Beaton 70.2 70.8 Final Eide, Persson, Harkins, Templeton 67.6
Reserves Race Gardner, Hughson, Brady, Hawkins 71.0
58 Friday 17th October 1969 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton Wolves 71 – Cradley Heathens 37 (Revenge Challenge)
Wolverhampton Wolves 1. James Bond 1’ 0 3 2’ 3 9 2 2. Geoff Ambrose 2 3 2’ 3 2’ 12 2 3. Mick Handley 2’ 1’ 2 2’ 0 7 3 4. Tommy Sweetman 3 2 1’ 3 0 0 9 1 5. Peter Vandenberg (C) 3 3 XT 2’ 3 11 1 6. Bengt Andersson 2’ 2’ 3 3 3 2 15 2 7. Peter Jackson 2’ 0 2 4 1 8. Archie Wilkinson 3 1’ 4 1 Team Manager: Bob Wasley
Cradley Heathens 1. Bernt Persson 3 3 XT 3 0 2 3 14 2. Ken Wakefield 0 1 F N 3 2 6 3. Graham Coombes 1 2 1’ 1 1’ 1 7 2 4. Chris Bass 0 1’ 2 1 1 1’ 1 7 2 5. Roy Trigg (C) EF 0 1 EF N 1 6. Mike Gardner 1 XT 0 F 0 1 7. Chris Hawkins 1 0 N X2 8. Erol Brook 0 X2 Team Manager: Russ Bragg ACU Referee: W. Daff
Ht1 Persson, Ambrose, Bond, Wakefield 66.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Sweetman, Handley, Coombes, Bass 67.8 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Vandenberg, Andersson, Gardner, Trigg [ef] 67.4 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Wilkinson, Jackson, Hawkins, Brook 69.0 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Ambrose, Coombes, Bass, Bond 68.2 3 3 21 9 Ht6 Persson, Sweetman, Handley, Trigg [rr] 67.0 3 3 24 12 Ht7 Vandenberg, Andersson, Wakefield, Hawkins [rr] 68.6 5 1 29 13 Ht8 Bond, Ambrose, Trigg, Gardner 67.8 5 1 34 14 Ht9 Andersson, Bass, Coombes, Jackson [rr] 67.2 3 3 37 17 Ht10 Persson, Handley, Sweetman, Wakefield [f] 67.4 3 3 40 20 Ht11 Sweetman, Bond, Coombes, Gardner [f] 68.8 5 1 45 21 Ht12 Andersson, Handley, Bass, Trigg [ef] 67.2 5 1 50 22 Ht13 Ambrose, Vandenberg, Bass, Persson 67.6 5 1 55 23 Ht14 Wakefield, Jackson, Wilkinson, Hawkins [x2] 68.6 3 3 58 26 Ht15 Bond, Wakefield, Coombes, Sweetman 68.8 3 3 61 29 Ht16 Andersson, Persson, Bass, Handley 67.4 3 3 64 32 Ht17 Vandenberg, Ambrose, Coombes, Gardner 68.4 5 1 69 33 Ht18 Persson, Andersson, Bass, Sweetman 68.0 2 4 71 37
Programme Changes: Ht6 t/s Persson for Gardner, Ht7 r/s Hawkins for Persson [xt], Ht9 r/s Jackson for Vandenberg [xt], Ht12 t/s Bass for Wakefield, Ht14 t/s Wakefield for Hawkins, r/s Hawkins for Brook [x2], Ht15 t/s Coombes for Trigg.
59 Cradley Heathens Speedway Averages 1969 – British League
M R Pts BP Ttl CMA M PM Roy Trigg H 18 75 194 3 197 10.507 4 2 A 17 80 159 3 162 8.100 2 - Ttl 35 155 353 6 359 9.265 6 2
Bernt Persson H 14 56 140 1 141 10.071 4 - A 15 68 139 3 142 8.353 - - Ttl 29 124 279 4 283 9.129 4 -
Bob Andrews H 18 75 162 11 173 9.227 2 - A 17 78 126 8 134 6.872 - - Ttl 35 153 288 19 307 8.026 2 -
Chris Bass H 18 69 95 18 113 6.551 - - A 17 68 57 13 70 4.118 - - Ttl 35 137 152 31 183 5.343 - -
Graham Coombes H 17 69 78 21 99 5.739 - - A 18 55 43 8 51 3.709 - - Ttl 35 124 121 29 150 4.839 - -
Mike Gardner H 10 31 27 7 34 4.387 - - A 12 39 35 3 38 3.897 - - Ttl 22 70 62 10 72 4.114 - -
Ken Wakefield H 18 69 73 20 93 5.391 - - A 18 55 28 5 33 2.400 - - Ttl 36 124 101 25 126 4.065 - -
Chris Hawkins H 6 15 6 1 7 1.867 - - A 6 14 3 0 3 0.857 - - Ttl 12 29 9 1 10 1.379 - -
Also Rode:
Guest (Reg Wilson) H ------A 1 3 3 0 3 4.000 - - Ttl 1 3 3 0 3 4.000 - -
Peter Wrathall H 2 5 2 0 2 1.600 - - A 1 3 2 1 3 4.000 - - Ttl 3 8 4 1 5 2.500 - -
Mike Holmes H 1 2 1 0 1 2.000 - - A ------Ttl 1 2 1 0 1 2.000 - -
Geoff Penniket H 1 2 0 0 0 0.000 - - A 2 5 3 0 3 2.400 - - Ttl 3 7 3 0 3 1.714 - -
60 Cradley Heathens Speedway Averages 1969 – Knockout Cup
M R Pts BP Ttl CMA M PM Roy Trigg H 3 12 27 1 28 9.333 - - A ------Ttl 3 12 27 1 28 9.333 - -
Bernt Persson H 3 13 28 1 29 8.923 - - A ------Ttl 3 13 28 1 29 8.923 - -
Bob Andrews H 3 12 18 2 20 6.667 - - A ------Ttl 3 12 18 2 20 6.667 - -
Mike Gardner H 2 7 9 2 11 6.286 - - A ------Ttl 2 7 9 2 11 6.286 - -
Graham Coombes H 3 10 12 2 14 5.600 - - A ------Ttl 3 10 12 2 14 5.600 - -
Ken Wakefield H 3 10 12 1 13 5.200 - - A ------Ttl 3 10 12 1 13 5.200 - -
Chris Bass H 3 12 12 2 14 4.667 - - A ------Ttl 3 12 12 2 14 4.667 - -
Also Rode:
Chris Hawkins H 1 2 0 0 0 0.000 - - A ------Ttl 1 2 0 0 0 0.000 - -
61 Cradley Heathens Speedway Averages 1969 – Midland Cup
M R Pts BP Ttl CMA M PM Bob Andrews H 2 8 22 1 23 11.500 1 - A 2 9 18 3 21 9.333 - - Ttl 4 17 40 4 44 10.353 1 -
Roy Trigg H 2 9 20 1 21 9.333 - - A 2 9 23 0 23 10.222 1 - Ttl 4 18 43 1 44 9.778 1 -
Bernt Persson H 1 4 12 0 12 12.000 1 - A 1 5 9 0 9 7.200 - - Ttl 2 9 21 0 21 9.333 1 -
Graham Coombes H 2 7 4 1 5 2.857 - - A 2 6 10 0 10 6.667 - - Ttl 4 13 14 1 15 4.615 - -
Ken Wakefield H 2 6 6 1 7 4.667 - - A 2 6 3 2 5 3.333 - - Ttl 4 12 9 3 12 4.000 - -
Chris Bass H 2 8 11 1 12 6.000 - - A 2 9 4 1 5 2.222 - - Ttl 4 17 15 2 17 4.000 - -
Mike Gardner H 2 7 7 1 8 4.571 - - A 2 5 2 0 2 1.600 - - Ttl 4 12 9 1 10 3.333 - -
Also Rode:
Chris Hawkins H ------A 1 3 1 0 1 1.333 - - Ttl 1 3 1 0 1 1.333 - -
Mike Holmes H 1 3 0 0 0 0.000 - - A ------Ttl 1 3 0 0 0 0.000 - -
62 Cradley Heath 1969 – Information Required
Apr 4th Wolverhampton Away BL Ref Name Apr 11th Newport Away BL Ref Name & 2nd Half – Cross Check Reqd Jul 25th Kings Lynn Away BL All 2nd Half Details Required Sep 8th Exeter Away BL 2nd Half Cross Check Required
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