Cradley Heath Speedway 1966
Statistical Record
Contents
Index Of Meetings
Meeting Details
Match Averages
Nigel Nicklin & Roger Beaman ––– Issue 3 ––– 15th April 2018 Cradley Heath Speedway 1966 - Index Of Meetings
Month Date Opponents Competition Venue Result For Agst Page
March 26 Coventry British League Away Lost 28 50 3 April 1 Wolverhampton Challenge Away Lost 34 44 4 2 Coventry British League Home Lost 28 50 5 8 Swindon British League Away Lost 24 54 6 9 Newport British League Home Won 41 37 7 13 Poole British League Away Lost 35 42 8 16 Wimbledon British League Away Lost 32 45 9 18 Midland Riders QR Individual Home Postponed Rain 10 22 Glasgow British League Away Postponed Rain 11 23 Poole British League Home Lost 31 47 12 30 West Ham British League Home Lost 33 44 13 May 2 Midland Riders QR Individual Home Ron Mountford 14 3 West Ham British League Away Lost 29 48 15 7 Belle Vue British League Home Won 48 30 16 13 Wolverhampton Midland Cup Away Lost 34 44 17 14 Wolverhampton Midland Cup Home Lost 37 41 18 21 Swindon British League Home Won 39 38 19 28 World Champs QR Individual Home Ivor Brown 20 31 Long Eaton British League Away Lost 27 50 21 June 2 Oxford British League Away Lost 27 50 22 6 Alan Hunt Trophy Individual Home Barry Briggs 23 11 Belle Vue British League Away Lost 35 43 24 13 World Champs SF Individual Home Trevor Hedge 25 17 Hackney Knockout Cup 2Away Lost 47.5 48.5 26 18 Exeter British League Home Lost 33 39 27 24 Newport British League Away Lost 33 45 28 25 Kings Lynn British League Home Lost 34 43 29 July 1 Wolverhampton British League Away Lost 32 46 30 2 Wolverhampton British League Home Won 44 34 31 9 Oxford British League Home Won 46 31 32 13 Kings Lynn British League Away Lost 38 40 33 16 Newcastle British League Home Won 44 34 34 18 Exeter British League Away Lost 29 49 35 23 Wimbledon British League Home Lost 37 41 36 25 Newcastle British League Away Lost 25 53 37 29 Glasgow British League Away Postponed Rain 38 30 Hackney British League Home Won 45 33 39 Aug 6 Vargarna Challenge Home Postponed Rain 40 10 Vargarna Challenge Home Won 43 34 41 13 Edinburgh British League Away Postponed Rain 42 15 Swindon Midland Cup Home Won 40 38 43 18 Sheffield British League Away Lost 24 54 44 20 Sheffield British League Home Won 46 32 45 26 Hackney British League Away Lost 34 44 46 27 Wolverhampton Dud/Wolv Tro Home Won 52 49 47 29 Halifax British League Away Lost 27 51 48 31 Swindon Midland Cup Away Lost 17 61 49 Sept 2 Wolverhampton Dud/Wolv Tro Away Lost 37 65 50 5 Halifax British League Home Lost 27 51 51 9 Glasgow British League Away Postponed Rain 52 10 Glasgow British League Home Won 41 37 53 11 Brafield Challenge Away Lost 28 50 54 13 Long Eaton Midland Shield Away Lost 28 50 55 17 Wolverhampton Challenge Home Won 64 38 56 24 Long Eaton British League Home Won 42 36 57 Oct 7 Glasgow British League Away Lost 29 36 58 8 Edinburgh British League Away Lost 29 49 59 8 Cavalcade of Thrills Composite Home Guasco/Vandenberg 60 15 Edinburgh British League Home Postponed Rain 61
2 Saturday 26th March 1966 Brandon Stadium, Coventry
Coventry Bees 50 – Cradley Heathens 28 (British League)
Coventry Bees 1. Nigel Boocock 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 2. Colin Cottrell 1 0 0 1 2 3. Ron Mountford 2’ 2’ 1’ 3 8 3 4. Rick France 3 3 3 2 11 5. Jim Lightfoot (C) 3 3 3 3 12 6. Les Owen 2’ 2’ 1 F 5 2 7. Chris Harrison 1 0 1 Team Manager: Mick Blackburn
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 1 2 2 1’ 8 1 2. Eric Hockaday 0 3 0 0 3 3. Chum Taylor 0 0 N 1 1 4. Chris Julian 1 1 N 0 2 5. John Hart 1 1’ 0 N 2 1 6. Kid Bodie 0 2 3 2 0 7 7. Ivor Hughes 2’ 1’ 2 5 2 Team Manager: Roy Moreton ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis
Ht1 Boocock, Brown, Cottrell, Hockaday 67.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 France, Mountford, Julian, Taylor 69.6 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Lightfoot, Owen, Hart, Bodie 70.0 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Hockaday, Hughes, Harrison, Cottrell 70.8 1 5 15 9 Ht5 Lightfoot, Owen, Julian, Taylor 71.0 5 1 20 10 Ht6 France, Mountford, Brown, Hockaday 71.2 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Boocock, Bodie, Hart, Cottrell 70.6 3 3 28 14 Ht8 France, Brown, Hughes, Harrison 71.2 3 3 31 17 Ht9 Lightfoot, Brown, Owen, Hockaday 70.4 4 2 35 19 Ht10 Bodie, France, Mountford, Hart 71.6 3 3 38 22 Ht11 Boocock, Bodie, Cottrell, Julian 71.4 4 2 42 24 Ht12 Mountford, Hughes, Brown, Owen [f] 71.6 3 3 45 27 Ht13 Lightfoot, Boocock, Taylor, Bodie 70.2 5 1 50 28
Programme Changes Ht8 t/s Brown for Julian, Ht11 t/s Bodie for Taylor, Ht12 r/s Hughes for Hart
New Start Handicap Tom Ridley [Gate], Roger Hill [20yds], Pete Gay [20yds], Fred Hodder [20yds], Howie Booton [ns] 73.8
Reserves Scratch Race Hughes, Julian, Harrison, Hill [ef] 72.4
New Start Re-Grade Gay, Hill, Hodder, Ridley [ef], Booton [ns] 75.8
Ansty Scratch Race Owen, Hockaday, Harrison, Cottrell 73.0
Stadium Gold Sash Ht1 Lightfoot, Bodie, Mountford, Taylor 69.8 Ht2 France, Boocock, Brown, Hart 70.8 Final Boocock, Lightfoot, Bodie, France [ef] 69.8
3 Friday 1st April 1966 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton Wolves 44 – Cradley Heathens 34 (Challenge)
Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Gordon Guasco NS 2 3 1 6 2. Cyril Francis 3 2’ EF 1 6 1 3. Peter Vandenberg (C) 3 2 3 2 10 4. Brian Maxted 1 1’ 2 0 4 1 5. Peter Jarman 3 1 EF 3 7 6. Alan Cowland 2’ 3 2 1’ 8 2 7. James Bond 3 EX 3 Team Manager: Bob Wasley
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 3 3 3 3 14 2. Eric Hockaday 1’ 1 0 N 2 1 3. Chum Taylor 2 0 1’ 0 F 3 1 4. Chris Julian F 2 3 1 2 8 5. Clive Featherby 1 N N N 1 6. Kid Bodie EX 1 2 0 2 5 7. Ivor Hughes 0 1 1 Team Manager: Roy Moreton ACU Referee: J. Ashworth
Ht1 Francis, Brown, Hockaday, Guasco [ns] 71.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Vandenberg, Taylor, Maxted, Julian [f] 70.8 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Cowland, Jarman, Featherby, Bodie [ex] [rr] 74.6 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Bond, Francis, Hockaday, Hughes 74.8 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Cowland, Julian, Jarman, Taylor 73.4 4 2 21 9 Ht6 Brown, Vandenberg, Maxted, Hockaday 73.8 3 3 24 12 Ht7 Brown, Guasco, Bodie, Francis [ef] 74.4 2 4 26 16 Ht8 Julian, Maxted, Hughes, Bond [ex] [rr] 75.6 2 4 28 20 Ht9 Brown, Cowland, Julian, Jarman [ef] 74.2 2 4 30 24 Ht10 Vandenberg, Bodie, Taylor, Maxted 73.0 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Guasco, Julian, Francis, Taylor 74.8 4 2 37 29 Ht12 Brown, Vandenberg, Cowland, Bodie 75.0 3 3 40 32 Ht13 Jarman, Bodie, Guasco, Taylor [f] 76.8 4 2 44 34
Programme Changes: Ht7 t/s Brown for Featherby, Ht9 t/s Julian for Hockaday, Ht10 t/s Taylor for Featherby, Ht12 t/s Bodie for Featherby.
The Cradley Carve Up Ht1 Cowland, Bodie, Alan Paynter, Guasco [f] 77.2 Ht2 Vandenberg, Brown, Julian, Francis [ef] 76.2 Ht3 Maxted, Jarman, Taylor, Laszlo Munkasci 76.2 Ht4 Bond, Paynter, Munkasci, Mick Handley [ef] 78.8 Final Cowland, Vandenberg, Maxted, Bond 76.0
4 Saturday 2 nd April 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 28 – Coventry Bees 50 (British League)
Cradley Heath 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 0 2 1’ 5 1 2. Eric Hockaday 1’ 3 3 EF 7 1 3. Ray Wilson (G) 1 2 2 2 EF 7 4. Chris Julian 0 0 N 0 0 5. Chum Taylor 0 2 2 2 6 6. Kid Bodie 2 0 EF 1 3 7. Ivor Hughes 0 EF 0 Team Manager: Roy Moreton
Coventry Bees 1. Nigel Boocock 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 2. Col Cottrell 0 2 1 1 4 3. Ron Mountford 2’ 1 3 FX 6 1 4. Rick France 3 3 3 1 10 5. Jim Lightfoot (C) 3 2 3 3 11 6. Les Owen 1 1’ 1 3 6 1 7. Chris Harrison 1’ 1 2 1 Team Manager: Mick Blackburn ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis
Ht1 Boocock, Brown, Hockaday, Cottrell 72.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 France, Mountford, Wilson, Julian 74.0 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Lightfoot, Bodie, Owen, Taylor 73.4 2 4 6 12 Ht4 Hockaday, Cottrell, Harrison, Hughes 74.8 3 3 9 15 Ht5 France, Taylor, Mountford, Bodie 74.4 2 4 11 19 Ht6 Boocock, Wilson, Cottrell, Julian 73.4 2 4 13 23 Ht7 Hockaday, Lightfoot, Owen, Brown 74.2 3 3 16 26 Ht8 France, Wilson, Harrison, Hughes [ef] 73.6 2 4 18 30 Ht9 Boocock, Taylor, Cottrell, Bodie [ef] 75.2 2 4 20 34 Ht10 Lightfoot, Wilson, Owen, Julian 72.6 2 4 22 38 Ht11 Mountford, Brown, France, Hockaday [ef] 74.0 2 4 24 42 Ht12 Lightfoot, Boocock, Bodie, Wilson [ef] 72.8 1 5 25 47 Ht13 Owen, Taylor, Brown, Mountford [fx] [rr] 75.2 3 3 28 50
Programme Changes: Ht8 t/s Wilson for Julian.
Reserves Scratch Race Owen, Julian, Harrison, Hughes 77.0
First April Stakes Ht1 Lightfoot, Taylor, France, Ron Cooper 74.8 Ht2 Boocock, Mountford, Bodie, Wilson [ef] 73.4 Final Boocock, Mountford, Taylor, Lightfoot [f] 74.2
Un-Named Race Hughes, Hockaday, Harrison, Cottrell 75.2
Juniors Dash Cooper, Matt Mattocks, Trevor Chamberlain, Roger Baynham [ef] 79.0
5 Friday 8 th April 1966 Blunsdon Stadium, Swindon
Swindon Robins 54 – Cradley Heathens 24 (British League)
Swindon Robins 1. Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 12 2. Mike Keen 2’ 3 1 2’ 8 2 3. Martin Ashby 3 3 2 2’ 10 1 4. Clive Hitch 2’ 1 1 1’ 5 2 5. Bob Kilby 1 2’ 1 2’ 6 2 6. Mike Broadbank (C) 3 3 3 3 12 7. Frank Shuter 1 0 1 Team Manager: Norman Parker
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 1 2 3 2 1 9 2. Eric Hockaday 0 0 0 N 0 3. Ray Wilson (G) 0 1 1 FX 2 4. Chris Julian 1 0 N 0 1 5. Chum Taylor 2 2 0 3 0 7 6. Kid Bodie 0 F N N 0 7. Ivor Hughes 2 2’ 0 1 5 1 Team Manager: Roy Moreton ACU Referee: J. Sutton
Ht1 Briggs, Keen, Brown, Hockaday 74.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Ashby, Hitch, Julian, Wilson [fr] 74.0 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Broadbank, Taylor, Kilby, Bodie 75.4 4 2 14 4 Ht4 Keen, Hughes, Shuter, Hockaday 77.4 4 2 18 6 Ht5 Broadbank, Kilby, Wilson, Julian 76.8 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Ashby, Brown, Hitch, Hockaday 74.8 4 2 27 9 Ht7 Briggs, Taylor, Keen, Bodie [fx] [rr] 75.0 4 2 31 11 Ht8 Brown, Hughes, Hitch, Shuter 76.6 1 5 32 16 Ht9 Broadbank, Brown, Kilby, Taylor 75.4 4 2 36 18 Ht10 Taylor, Ashby, Hitch, Hughes 76.0 3 3 39 21 Ht11 Briggs, Keen, Wilson, Julian 76.8 5 1 44 22 Ht12 Broadbank, Ashby, Brown, Taylor 75.8 5 1 49 23 Ht13 Briggs, Kilby, Hughes, Wilson [fx] [rr] 76.0 5 1 54 24
Programme Changes: Ht8 t/s Brown for Julian, Ht9 t/s Taylor for Hockaday, Ht10 r/s Hughes for Bodie, Ht13 r/s Hughes for Bodie.
Reserves Scratch Race Hughes, Pete Munday, Shuter, Alan Stapleton 77.2
Newcomers Scurry Neville Slee, Laurie Etheridge, George Marsh, Tony Smith 80.6
Easter Stakes Ht1 Broadbank, Hitch, Brown, Julian 75.8 ??.? Ht2 Briggs, Keen, Wilson, Munday 75.2 ??.? Ht3 Ashby, Kilby, Taylor [ef], Etheridge [fx] 78.6 ??.? Final Briggs, Broadbank, Ashby, Hitch 74.4
Friday Scratch Race Keen, Munday, Stapleton, Slee 78.0
6 Saturday 9 th April 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 41 – Newport Wasps 37 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 3 2 2 2’ 9 1 2. Eric Hockaday 2’ 2’ 0 0 4 2 3. Tommy Sweetman (G) 1 3 0 3 7 4. Chris Julian 0 2’ 2 2 6 1 5. Chum Taylor 2 3 2 3 10 6. Ivor Hughes 0 1 FX 0 1 7. Ron Cooper 3 1’ 4 1 Team Manager: Roy Moreton
Newport Wasps 1. Peter Kelly (G) EF 0 N 1’ 1 1 2. Bob Hughes 1 1 1 1 4 3. Jon Erskine 3 0 1 0 4 4. Gote Nordin (C) 2’ 2 3 3 3 13 1 5. Geoff Penniket 1 1 3 2 7 6. Jack Biggs 3 3 1 1 8 7. Ted Laessing 0 0 0 Team Manager: Ken Sharples ACU Referee: A.B.Taylor
Ht1 Brown, Hockaday, B Hughes, Kelly [ef] [rr] 72.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Erskine, Nordin, Sweetman, Julian 73.2 1 5 6 6 Ht3 Biggs, Taylor, Penniket, I Hughes 74.2 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Cooper, Hockaday, B Hughes, Laessing 77.2 5 1 13 11 Ht5 Taylor, Nordin, I Hughes, Erskine [rr] 73.4 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Sweetman, Julian, B Hughes, Kelly 75.4 5 1 22 14 Ht7 Biggs, Brown, Penniket, Hockaday 74.4 2 4 24 18 Ht8 Nordin, Julian, Cooper, Laessing 75.0 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Nordin, Taylor, B Hughes, I Hughes [fx] [rr] 74.0 2 4 29 25 Ht10 Penniket, Julian, Biggs, Sweetman 75.2 2 4 31 29 Ht11 Nordin, Brown, Erskine, Hockaday 74.2 2 4 33 33 Ht12 Sweetman, Penniket, Kelly, I Hughes 75.2 3 3 36 36 Ht13 Taylor, Brown, Biggs, Erskine [rr] 74.0 5 1 41 37
Programme Changes: Ht9 t/s Nordin for Kelly.
Silver Sash Gote Nordin beat Chum Taylor ??.?
Reserves Scratch Race Erskine, Julian, Laessing, Cooper 76.6
Second April Stakes Ht1 Brown, Hughes, Biggs, Penniket [ef] [rrx2] 75.8 Ht2 Nordin, Sweetman, Taylor, Cliff Cox 75.8 Final Brown, Hughes, Nordin, Sweetman 75.0
Un-Named Race Hockaday, Bob Hughes, Erskine, Laessing 77.0
Second Juniors Dash Matt Mattocks, Trevor Chamberlain, Joe Weichlbauer, Cooper [fx] [rr] 81.6
7 Wednesday 13 th April 1966 Wimbourne Road, Poole
Poole Pirates 42 – Cradley Heathens 35 (British League)
Poole Pirates 1. Geoff Mudge (C) 3 3 2 2 10 2. Colin McKee 2’ 2’ 1 0 5 2 3. Ronnie Genz 3 3 2 3 11 4. Pete Smith 1 EF EF 0 1 5. Bill Andrew 3 2 3 0 8 6. Norman Strachan 0 1’ 0 N 1 1 7. Bruce Cribb 3 2 1 6 Team Manager: Ken Middleditch
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 1 2 3 1’ 2 9 1 2. Eric Hockaday 0 0 N N 0 3. Roy Trigg (G) 2 3 2 3 3 13 4. Chris Julian 0 0 N 1 1 5. Chum Taylor 1’ 2 3 0 6 1 6. Ivor Hughes 2 0 1 1 4 7. Ron Cooper 1 1’ NF 2 1 Team Manager: Roy Moreton ACU Referee: G. R. Allan
Ht1 Mudge, McKee, Brown, Hockaday 71.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Genz, Trigg, Smith, Julian 72.2 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Andrew, Hughes, Taylor, Strachan 72.0 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Cribb, McKee, Cooper, Hockaday 73.6 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Trigg, Andrew, Strachan, Julian 72.0 3 3 20 10 Ht6 Genz, Brown, Cooper, Smith [ef] 73.4 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Mudge, Taylor, McKee, Hughes 72.6 4 2 27 15 Ht8 Brown, Cribb, Cooper [nf], Smith [ef] 74.8 2 3 29 18 Ht9 Andrew, Trigg, Brown, Strachan 71.8 3 3 32 21 Ht10 Taylor, Genz, Hughes, Smith 72.8 2 4 34 25 Ht11 Trigg, Mudge, Julian, McKee 72.4 2 4 36 29 Ht12 Genz, Brown, Cribb, Taylor 73.0 4 2 40 31 Ht13 Trigg, Mudge, Hughes, Andrew 72.4 2 4 42 35
Programme Changes: Ht6 r/s Cooper for Hockaday, Ht8 t/s Brown for Julian, Ht9 t/s Trigg for Hockaday.
The April Prize Ht1 Mudge, Brown, Smith, Hockaday [ns] 71.6 Ht2 Taylor, Genz, Andrew, Trigg 72.2 Final Mudge, Taylor, Brown, Genz 72.4
The Stadium Dash Ht1 Cribb, Wayne Briggs, Cooper, Ted Laessing [ns] 74.2 Ht2 Strachan, Hughes, Julian, McKee 73.8 Final Strachan, Cribb, Briggs, Hughes 74.0
8 Saturday 16 th April 1966 Wimbledon Stadium, London
Wimbledon Dons 45 – Cradley Heathens 32 (British League)
Wimbledon Dons 1. Olle Nygren (C) 3 3 3 3 12 2. John Edwards 1 2 1 0 0 4 3. Trevor Hedge 2’ 3 2’ 3 10 2 4. Bobby Dugard 3 1 1 3 8 5. Reg Luckhurst 3 3 3 EF 9 6. Jim Tebby 0 0 2’ 0 2 1 7. Mike Coomber FX N 0 Team Manager: Vic Gooden
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 2 2’ 1 2 9 1 2. Eric Hockaday 0 1 EX 0 1 3. Clive Featherby 0 2 2 2 6 4. Chris Julian 1 1’ N 1’ 3 2 5. Chum Taylor 1’ 2 F 1’ 4 2 6. Ivor Hughes 2 3 0 3 EF 1’ 9 1 7. Ron Cooper FN N 0 Team Manager: Roy Moreton ACU Referee: G. F. Little
Ht1 Nygren, Brown, Edwards, Hockaday 72.1 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Dugard, Hedge, Julian, Featherby 73.1 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Luckhurst, Hughes, Taylor, Tebby 72.2 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Hughes, Edwards, Hockaday, Coomber [fx] [rr] 72.8 2 4 14 10 Ht5 Luckhurst, Featherby, Julian, Tebby 71.2 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Hedge, Brown, Dugard, Hockaday [ex] 72.0 4 2 21 15 Ht7 Nygren, Taylor, Edwards, Hughes 72.2 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Hughes, Brown, Dugard, Edwards 72.2 1 5 26 22 Ht9 Luckhurst, Tebby, Brown, Hockaday 71.9 5 1 31 23 Ht10 Dugard, Hedge, Taylor [f], Hughes [ef] 72.3 5 0 36 23 Ht11 Nygren, Featherby, Julian, Edwards 73.1 3 3 39 26 Ht12 Hedge, Brown, Taylor, Tebby 71.0 3 3 42 29 Ht13 Nygren, Featherby, Hughes, Luckhurst [ef] 72.2 3 3 45 32
Programme Changes: Ht4 r/s Hughes for Cooper [F – Inj], Ht8 r/s Edwards for Coomber [Inj], t/s Brown for Julian, r/s Hughes for Cooper [Inj].
Inter-Track Scratch Race Nygren, Norman Hunter, Brown, Colin Pratt 71.7
Junior Scratch Race Anthony Childs, Peter Jackson, Syd Chilton, Colin Clark 74.5
Southern Scratch Race Nygren, Taylor, Featherby, Luckhurst [ef] 72.2
Midland Scratch Race Hedge, Hunter, Julian, Hockaday 71.3
Northern Scratch Race Pratt, Tebby, Edwards, Childs 71.6
Spring Scratch Race Brown, Dugard, Hughes, Cooper 71.6
April Handicap Nygren [10 yds], Brown [10], Hedge [10], Childs [Scr], Pratt [10] 71.5
9 Monday 18 th April 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Midland Riders Championship Qualifying Round Postponed Due To Rain
10 Friday 22 nd April 1966 White City Stadium, Glasgow
Glasgow Tigers v Cradley Heathens (British League) Postponed Due To Rain
11 Saturday 23 rd April 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 31 – Poole Pirates 47 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 3 3 2 3 13 2. Kid Bodie 1’ F 0 FX 1 1 3. Clive Featherby 2 2 2 1 7 4. Chris Julian 0 0 N 1’ 1 1 5. Chum Taylor 0 2 1 0 3 6. Ivor Hughes 3 1’ EF 0 4 1 7. Eric Hockaday 2 0 2 Team Manager: Roy Moreton
Poole Pirates 1. Geoff Mudge (C) FX 3 3 3 9 2. Colin McKee 3 3 1 2’ 9 1 3. Ronnie Genz 3 3 3 2 11 4. Pete Smith 1 0 1’ 1 3 1 5. Bill Andrew 2 2 3 2’ 9 1 6. Bruce Cribb 1’ 1’ F 1’ 3 3 7. Norman Strachan 1 2 3 Team Manager: Ken Middleditch ACU Referee: A. B. Taylor
Ht1 McKee, Brown, Bodie, Mudge [fx] [rr] 72.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Genz, Featherby, Smith, Julian 73.0 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Hughes, Andrew, Cribb, Taylor 72.8 3 3 8 10 Ht4 McKee, Hockaday, Strachan, Bodie 73.2 2 4 10 14 Ht5 Genz, Taylor, Hughes, Smith 73.0 3 3 13 17 Ht6 Mudge, Featherby, McKee, Julian 70.2 2 4 15 21 Ht7 Brown, Andrew, Cribb, Bodie 72.6 3 3 18 24 Ht8 Brown, Strachan, Smith, Hockaday 73.4 3 3 21 27 Ht9 Mudge, McKee, Taylor, Hughes [ef] 73.6 1 5 22 32 Ht10 Andrew, Featherby, Julian, Cribb [f] 72.8 3 3 25 35 Ht11 Genz, Brown, Smith, Bodie [fx] [rr] 73.4 2 4 27 39 Ht12 Mudge, Andrew, Featherby, Hughes 73.4 1 5 28 44 Ht13 Brown, Genz, Cribb, Taylor 72.6 3 3 31 47
Programme Changes: Ht8 t/s Brown for Julian
Reserves Scratch Race Hockaday, Julian, Strachan, Cribb [ef] 74.0
Third April Stakes Ht1 Andrew, Mudge, Brown, Taylor [ef] 73.8 Ht2 Genz, Bodie, Smith, Joe Weichlbauer 74.2 Final Andrew, Mudge, Genz, Bodie [f] 75.0
Event 4 Strachan, McKee, Hughes, Hockaday 75.0
Third Juniors Dash Matt Mattocks, Dai Evans, Trevor Chamberlain, Weichlbauer 77.0
12 Saturday 30 th April 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 33 – West Ham Hammers 44 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Peter Jarman (G) 2 2 2 1’ 7 1 2. Ron Cooper 1’ F EF N 1 1 3. Chris Julian 1’ 1’ 3 N 2 7 2 4. Clive Featherby 2 2 3 0 1 8 5. Ivor Hughes 0 0 0 N 0 6. Chum Taylor (C) 1 2 3 EF 6 7. Matt Mattocks 3 1 0 4 Team Manager: Roy Moreton
West Ham Hammers 1. Ken McKinlay (C) 3 3 2 3 11 2. Reg Trott 0 2 0 1’ 3 1 3. Colin Pratt (G) 3 3 3 3 12 4. Brian Leonard 0 1 2 1 4 5. Norman Hunter 3 1 1’ 2’ 7 2 6. Malcolm Simmons 2’ 3 2 0 7 1 7. Terry Stone F 0 0 Team Manager: Dave Lanning ACU Referee: E. W. B. Roe
Ht1 McKinlay, Jarman, Cooper, Trott 73.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Pratt, Featherby, Julian, Leonard 71.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Hunter, Simmons, Taylor, Hughes 74.0 1 5 7 11 Ht4 Mattocks, Trott, Cooper [f], Stone [f] 76.0 3 2 10 13 Ht5 Pratt, Taylor, Leonard, Hughes 72.4 2 4 12 17 Ht6 McKinlay, Featherby, Julian, Trott 72.0 3 3 15 20 Ht7 Simmons, Jarman, Hunter, Cooper [ef] 73.0 2 4 17 24 Ht8 Featherby, Leonard, Mattocks, Stone 73.6 4 2 21 26 Ht9 Taylor, McKinlay, Trott, Hughes 73.0 3 3 24 29 Ht10 Julian, Simmons, Hunter, Featherby 72.8 3 3 27 32 Ht11 Pratt, Jarman, Leonard, Mattocks 72.0 2 4 29 36 Ht12 McKinlay, Hunter, Featherby, Taylor [ef] 73.4 1 5 30 41 Ht13 Pratt, Julian, Jarman, Simmons 72.2 3 3 33 44
Programme Changes: Ht8 t/s Featherby for Julian, Ht11 r/s Mattocks for Cooper, Ht12 t/s Taylor for Hughes, Ht13 t/s Julian for Taylor.
Stadium Trophy Ht1 Cooper, Mattocks, Stone, Fred Priest [ns] 77.4 Ht2 Mick Handley, Joe Weichlbauer, Dai Evans [ef], Trevor Chamberlain [ef] 80.4 Final Mattocks, Cooper, Handley, Weichlbauer ef] 77.0
Crabourne Stakes Julian, Leonard, Trott, Hughes [ef] 74.0
Saltwells Stakes McKinlay, Taylor, Simmons, Jarman [ef] 73.2
Cradley Bowl Featherby, Hunter, Handley, Pratt [nf] 72.6
Top Scorers Trophy McKinlay, Julian, Leonard, Featherby [ef] 73.4
13 Saturday 2 nd May 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Midland Riders Championship Qualifying Round
1. Alan Cowland (Wolverhampton) 2 2 1 2 2 9 7th 2. Chum Taylor (Cradley Heath) 1 2 1 1 0 5 12 th 3. Ron Cooper (Cradley Heath) F 1 0 1 F 2 14 th 4. Ron Mountford (Coventry) 3 3 3 3 3 15 1st 5. Clive Featherby (Cradley Heath) 3 3 2 3 2 13 3rd 6. Vic White (Long Eaton) 0 F N N N 0 16 th 7. Tony Clarke (Oxford) 1 2 1 0 1 5 11 th 8. Rick France (Coventry) 2 2 3 3 3 13 2nd 9. Pete Jarman (Wolverhampton) FX N 1 2 3 6 10 th 10. John Bishop (Oxford) 2 1 2 0 1 6 9th 11. Mike Broadbank (Swindon) 3 3 2 2 0 10 5th 12. Ivor Hughes (Cradley Heath) 1 0 3 1 3 8 8th 13. Clive Hitch (Swindon) 1 F N 0 2 3 13 th 14. Chris Julian (Cradley Heath) 3 3 2 3 1 12 4th 15. Ray Wickett 0 0 0 1 0 1 15 th 16. Brian Maxted (Wolverhampton) 2 1 3 2 2 10 6th Res Matt Mattocks (Cradley Heath) 1 0 0 1 2 Res Joe Weichlbauer (Cradley Heath) 0 0
ACU Referee:
Ht1 Mountford, Cowland, Taylor, Cooper [f] 72.8 Ht2 Featherby, France, Clarke, White 72.4 Ht3 Broadbank, Bishop, Hughes, Jarman [fx] [rr] 73.4 Ht4 Julian, Maxted, Hitch, Wickett 73.6 Ht5 Featherby, Cowland, Mattocks, Hitch [f] 73.2 Ht6 Julian, Taylor, Bishop, White [f] 73.4 Ht7 Broadbank, Clarke, Cooper, Wickett [ef] 74.6 Ht8 Mountford, France, Maxted, Hughes 71.6 Ht9 Maxted, Broadbank, Cowland, Mattocks 73.4 Ht10 Hughes, Featherby, Taylor, Wickett 73.2 Ht11 France, Julian, Jarman, Cooper 72.2 Ht12 Mountford, Bishop, Clarke, Weichlbauer 71.4 Ht13 Julian, Cowland, Hughes, Clarke 74.2 Ht14 France, Broadbank, Taylor, Hitch 73.2 Ht15 Featherby, Maxted, Cooper, Bishop 73.6 Ht16 Mountford, Jarman, Wickett, Mattocks 71.4 Ht17 France, Cowland, Bishop, Wickett 73.0 Ht18 Jarman, Maxted, Clarke, Taylor 72.8 Ht19 Hughes, Hitch, Mattocks, Cooper [f] 74.6 Ht20 Mountford, Featherby, Julian, Broadbank 72.2
Programme Changes Ht5 Mattocks for Jarman, Ht9 Mattocks for White, Ht12 Weichlbauer for Hitch, Ht16 Mattocks for White, Ht19 Mattocks for White.
14 Tuesday 3 rd May 1966 Custom House, London
West Ham Hammers 48 – Cradley Heathens 29 (British League)
West Ham Hammers 1. Ken McKinlay (C) 2 3 EF 3 8 2. Reg Trott 1’ 3 0 3 7 1 3. Jim Lightfoot (G) 3 3 2 3 11 4. Brian Leonard 0 2’ 3 1’ 6 2 5. Norman Hunter 3 3 2 2’ 10 1 6. Malcolm Simmons 1 0 1’ 2’ 4 2 7. Terry Stone 2’ 0 2 1 Team Manager: Dave Lanning
Cradley Heathens 1. Colin Pratt (G) 3 EF 3 3 1 10 2. Ron Cooper 0 0 N N 0 3. Clive Featherby 2 1’ 1 EF N 4 1 4. Chris Julian 1’ 2 2 2 1 8 1 5. Chum Taylor (C) 2 1’ 0 0 0 3 1 6. Ivor Hughes 0 2 N 0 2 7. Matt Mattocks 1 1’ 2 1 Team Manager: Roy Moreton ACU Referee: C. W. Flashman
Ht1 Pratt, McKinlay, Trott, Cooper 73.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Lightfoot, Featherby, Julian, Leonard 74.6 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Hunter, Taylor, Simmons, Hughes 74.6 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Trott, Stone, Mattocks, Cooper 76.8 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Hunter, Julian, Featherby, Simmons 74.4 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Lightfoot, Leonard, Featherby, Pratt [ef] 75.2 5 1 23 13 Ht7 McKinlay, Hughes, Taylor, Trott 75.0 3 3 26 16 Ht8 Leonard, Julian, Mattocks, Stone 77.2 3 3 29 19 Ht9 Pratt, Hunter, Simmons, Taylor 75.2 3 3 32 22 Ht10 Pratt, Lightfoot, Leonard, Taylor 75.6 3 3 35 25 Ht11 Trott, Julian, Featherby [ef], McKinlay [ef] 76.6 3 2 38 27 Ht12 Lightfoot, Simmons, Pratt, Taylor 75.8 5 1 43 28 Ht13 McKinlay, Hunter, Julian, Hughes 76.0 5 1 48 29
Programme Changes: Ht6 t/s Featherby for Cooper, Ht9 t/s Taylor for Cooper, Ht10 t/s Pratt for Hughes, Ht13 t/s Julian for Featherby.
Sevenpenny Scurry Mattocks, Stone, Joe Weichlbauer, Stewart 77.2
Supporters Club Trophy Ht1 McKinlay, Leonard, R Hunt?, Cooper 75.0 Ht2 Lightfoot, Pratt, Trott, Mattocks 75.0 Ht3 Hunter, Julian, Leonard, Hughes 76.6 Ht4 Taylor, Stone, Simmons [ex], S White [f] 77.2 Final McKinlay, Lightfoot, Hunter, Taylor 76.4
Sevenpenny Handicap Leonard [10yds], Trott [10], Mattocks [Scr], Stone [Scr], Weichlbauer [Scr] ??.?
15 Saturday 7 th May 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 48 – Belle Vue Aces 30 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 3 2 3 3 11 2. Ivor Hughes 0 2 N 1 3 3. Clive Featherby 3 2 3 2’ 10 1 4. Chum Taylor 2’ 0 2 1 5 1 5. Colin McKee (G) 1 1 0 2’ 4 1 6. Chris Julian 3 3 3 3 12 7. Ron Cooper 1’ 1’ 1’ 3 3 Team Manager: Roy Moreton
Belle Vue Aces 1. Dick Fisher (C) 2 3 1’ 0 6 1 2. Sandor Levai 1’ 3 1 2 2 9 1 3. Gordon McGregor 1 2 0 1 4 4. Jim Yacoby 0 0 0 N 0 5. Cyril Maidment 2 3 2 1 8 6. Norman Nevitt 0 0 0 0 0 7. Dave Schofield 0 3 3 Team Manager: Wilf Lucy ACU Referee: E. W. B. Roe
Ht1 Brown, Fisher, Levai, Hughes 73.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Featherby, Taylor, McGregor, Yacoby 74.4 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Julian, Maidment, McKee, Nevitt 73.2 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Levai, Hughes, Cooper, Schofield 74.2 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Julian, McGregor, McKee, Yacoby 73.0 4 2 19 11 Ht6 Fisher, Featherby, Levai, Taylor 73.2 2 4 21 15 Ht7 Maidment, Brown, Cooper, Nevitt 74.0 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Schofield, Taylor, Cooper, Yacoby 74.2 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Julian, Levai, Fisher, McKee 73.0 3 3 30 24 Ht10 Featherby, Maidment, Taylor, Nevitt 74.0 4 2 34 26 Ht11 Brown, Levai, Hughes, McGregor 73.2 4 2 38 28 Ht12 Julian, Featherby, Maidment, Fisher 73.4 5 1 43 29 Ht13 Brown, McKee, McGregor, Nevitt 73.8 5 1 48 30
Programme Changes: Ht7 r/s Cooper for Hughes, Ht11 t/s Levai for Yacoby.
Stadium Trophy Ht1 Schofield, Matt Mattocks, Len Kirkham, Cooper 75.6 Ht2 Trevor Chamberlain, Mick Handley, Dai Evans, Joe Weichlbauer 77.8 Final Mattocks, Schofield, Chamberlain [ex], Handley [ef] 76.0
Brierley Hill Stakes Julian, Maidment, Brown, Nevitt 73.2
Old Hill Stakes Featherby, Taylor, Fisher, Yacoby 74.0
Dudley Bowl McGregor, Levai, McKee, Hughes 74.6
Top Scorers Trophy Julian, Brown, Levai, Maidment 73.8
16 Friday 13 th May 1966 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton Wolves 44 – Cradley Heathens 34 (Midland Cup)
Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Cyril Francis 2 0 3 0 5 2. James Bond 1’ 3 1 2’ 7 2 3. Peter Vandenberg (C) 3 2 3 2 10 4. Brian Maxted 0 1’ 3 1 5 1 5. Peter Jarman 3 3 2 3 11 6. Alan Cowland 1 2’ 0 1’ 4 2 7. Dave Hemus 1 1 2 Team Manager: Bob Wasley
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 3 3 3 3 3 15 2. Ivor Hughes F 2 0 1 3 3. Clive Featherby 1’ 1 0 1’ 3 2 4. Chum Taylor 2 0 2 1 2 7 5. Ron Cooper 0 N 0 N 0 6. Chris Julian 2 2’ 2 F N 6 1 7. Joe Weichlbauer 0 0 0 Team Manager: Roy Moreton ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis
Ht1 Brown, Francis, Bond, Hughes [f] 67.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Vandenberg, Taylor, Featherby, Maxted 69.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Jarman, Julian, Cowland, Cooper 68.4 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Bond, Hughes, Hemus, Weichlbauer 68.6 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Jarman, Cowland, Featherby, Taylor 67.4 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Brown, Vandenberg, Maxted, Hughes 67.8 3 3 22 14 Ht7 Brown, Julian, Bond, Francis 68.0 1 5 23 19 Ht8 Maxted, Taylor, Hemus, Weichlbauer 69.0 4 2 27 21 Ht9 Brown, Jarman, Hughes, Cowland 67.6 2 4 29 25 Ht10 Vandenberg, Julian, Maxted, Cooper 68.2 4 2 33 27 Ht11 Francis, Bond, Taylor, Featherby 69.6 5 1 38 28 Ht12 Brown, Vandenberg, Cowland, Julian [f] 68.4 3 3 41 31 Ht13 Jarman, Taylor, Featherby, Francis 67.8 3 3 44 34
Programme Changes: Ht7 t/s Brown for Cooper, Ht12 t/s Julian for Cooper, Ht13 t/s Taylor for Julian.
Junior ‘Andy Capp’ Mick Handley (Scr), Trevor Chamberlain (Scr), Chris Hawkins (Scr), Hemus (60yds) [ef], Francis (80yds) [ns] 74.0
‘Ivor’s Return’ Ht1 Jarman, Hughes, Bond, Brown [ef] 74.0 Ht2 Maxted, Julian, Weichlbauer, Handley 69.4 Ht3 Taylor, Cowland, Vandenberg, Featherby 69.2 Ht4 Francis, Hemus, Cooper, Handley 69.8 Final Jarman, Francis, Maxted, Taylor [ef] 69.0
17 Saturday 14 th May 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 37 – Wolverhampton Wolves 41 (Midland Cup)
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 3 3 2 3 11 2. Ivor Hughes 1 3 2’ 1’ 7 2 3. Clive Featherby 2 3 1 0 6 4. Chum Taylor 1’ 1 1’ 0 3 2 5. Chris Julian 2 3 1 1 1 8 6. Ron Cooper 0 0 0 N 0 7. Matt Mattocks 0 2 2 Team Manager: Roy Moreton
Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Cyril Francis 2 2 3 3 10 2. James Bond 0 2 0 N 2 3. Peter Vandenberg (C) 3 2 2’ 3 2 12 1 4. Brian Maxted 0 1’ 3 0 4 1 5. Alan Cowland 3 0 2’ 2’ 7 2 6. Peter Jarman 1 1 3 0 5 7. Dave Hemus 1’ FX 1 1 Team Manager: Bill Bridgett ACU Referee: G. H. Reynolds
Ht1 Brown, Francis, Hughes, Bond 71.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Vandenberg, Featherby, Taylor, Maxted 71.2 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Cowland, Julian, Jarman, Cooper 72.8 2 4 9 9 Ht4 Hughes, Bond, Hemus, Mattocks 72.4 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Julian, Vandenberg, Maxted, Cooper 72.0 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Featherby, Francis, Taylor, Bond 72.0 4 2 19 17 Ht7 Brown, Hughes, Jarman, Cowland 72.0 5 1 24 18 Ht8 Maxted, Mattocks, Taylor, Hemus [fx] 72.0 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Francis, Vandenberg, Julian, Cooper 72.4 1 5 28 26 Ht10 Jarman, Cowland, Featherby, Taylor 72.8 1 5 29 31 Ht11 Vandenberg, Brown, Hughes, Maxted 71.8 3 3 32 34 Ht12 Francis, Cowland, Julian, Featherby 72.8 1 5 33 39 Ht13 Brown, Vandenberg, Julian, Jarman 72.0 4 2 37 41
Programme Changes: Ht9 t/s Vandenberg for Bond, Ht13 t/s Julian for Cooper.
Cradley Knockout Ht1 Brown, Francis, Cowland, Taylor 72.2 73.4 Ht2 Vandenberg, Featherby, Joe Weichlbauer, Trevor Chamberlain 72.6 73.2 Ht3 Jarman, Hughes, Bond, Julian 72.8 73.8 Final Brown, Jarman, Vandenberg, Featherby 72.0
Stadium Trophy Ht1 Hemus, Mattocks, Mick Handley, Cooper 73.8 Ht2 Handley, Chamberlain, Weichlbauer, Dai Evans 76.8 Final Hemus, Mattocks, Handley, Chamberlain 74.4
18 Saturday 21 st May 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 39 – Swindon Robins 38 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) FX 0 1 1’ 2 1 2. Ivor Hughes 3 3 2 3 11 3. Clive Featherby 3 1’ 2 1’ 7 2 4. Chum Taylor 1 2 2 1’ 6 1 5. John Dews (G) 2 0 1’ 2 5 1 6. Chris Julian 0 2 2 2 6 7. Matt Mattocks 1 1’ 2 1 Team Manager: Roy Moreton
Swindon Robins 1. Barry Briggs (C) EF 3 3 3 9 2. Clive Hitch 2 2 0 0 4 3. Martin Ashby 0 3 2 0 5 4. Mike Keen 2 1 0 0 3 5. Bob Kilby 1 1 0 F 2 6. Mike Broadbank 3 3 3 3 12 7. Frank Shuter 0 3 3 Team Manager: Norman Parker ACU Referee: E. W. B. Roe
Ht1 Hughes, Hitch, Briggs [ef], Brown [fx] 73.6 3 2 3 2 Ht2 Featherby, Keen, Taylor, Ashby 73.8 4 2 7 4 Ht3 Broadbank, Dews, Kilby, Julian 73.2 2 4 9 8 Ht4 Hughes, Hitch, Mattocks, Shuter 73.8 4 2 13 10 Ht5 Ashby, Julian, Keen, Dews 73.0 2 4 15 14 Ht6 Briggs, Taylor, Featherby, Hitch 71.2 3 3 18 17 Ht7 Broadbank, Hughes, Kilby, Brown 72.8 2 4 20 21 Ht8 Shuter, Taylor, Mattocks, Keen 74.8 3 3 23 24 Ht9 Briggs, Julian, Dews, Hitch 72.0 3 3 26 27 Ht10 Broadbank, Featherby, Taylor, Kilby 73.0 3 3 29 30 Ht11 Hughes, Ashby, Brown, Keen 73.6 4 2 33 32 Ht12 Briggs, Julian, Featherby, Kilby [f] 72.0 3 3 36 35 Ht13 Broadbank, Dews, Brown, Ashby [ef] 73.2 3 3 39 38
No Programme Changes
Reserves Race Off (To Decide Cradley Number 7 - Held Before Heat 1) Matt Mattocks bt Ron Cooper [f] ??.?
Silver Sash Barry Briggs (Holder) bt Ivor Hughes (Challenger) 72.6
Cradley Knockout Ht1 Briggs, Brown, Taylor, Keen 73.6 74.4 Ht2 Dews, Kilby, Featherby, Ashby [rr] 72.6 73.2 Ht3 Broadbank, Julian, Hitch, Hughes 72.6 73.4 Final Briggs, Broadbank, Dews, Kilby [rr] 72.4
Stadium Trophy Ht1 Shuter, Mattocks, Ron Cooper [f], Mick Handley [f] 74.4 Ht2 Joe Weichlbauer, Trevor Chamberlain, Len Kirkham, Vince Mann [fr] 75.2 Final Shuter, Mattocks, Chamberlain, Weichlbauer 76.2
19 Saturday 28 th May 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
World Championship Qualifying Round
1. Chum Taylor (Cradley Heath) 3 0 0 1 1 5 12 th 2. Malcolm Brown (Hackney) 0 0 1 1 0 2 15 th 3. Russ Dent (Newcastle) 1 0 0 0 2 3 14 th 4. Colin Gooddy (Exeter) 2 3 2 2 2 11 3rd 5. Graham Coombes (Newcastle) 2 1 2 1 1 7 9th 6. Maury Mattingley (Glasgow) 1 2 3 0 R 6 11 th 7. Maury McDermott (Oxford) 3 1 R 2 1 7 10 th 8. Ivor Hughes (Cradley Heath) EF 1 1 2 EF 4 13 th 9. Ivor Brown (Cradley Heath) 2 2 3 3 3 13 1st 10. Gerald Jackson (Hackney) 3 1 1 3 2 10 5th 11. Bob Paulson (Sheffield) F 3 1 3 3 10 6th 12. Dennis Newton (Long Eaton) 1 0 0 0 1 2 16 th 13. Roy Trigg (Hackney) 0 3 3 EF 3 9 8th 14. John Hart (Sheffield) 1 3 2 3 F 9 7th 15. Peter Vandenberg (Wolverhampton) 3 2 3 1 3 12 2nd 16. Clive Featherby (Cradley Heath) 2 2 2 2 2 10 4th Res. Matt Mattocks (Cradley Heath) DNR Res. Ron Cooper (Cradley Heath) DNR
ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis
Ht1 Taylor, Gooddy, Dent, M Brown 74.0 Ht2 McDermott, Coombes, Mattingley, Hughes [ef] 73.4 Ht3 Jackson, I Brown, Newton, Paulson [f] 73.2 Ht4 Vandenberg, Featherby, Hart, Trigg 72.6 Ht5 Trigg, I Brown, Coombes, Taylor 74.4 Ht6 Hart, Mattingley, Jackson, M Brown 72.8 Ht7 Paulson, Vandenberg, McDermott, Dent 71.8 Ht8 Gooddy, Featherby, Hughes, Newton 73.8 Ht9 Mattingley, Featherby, Paulson, Taylor 73.0 Ht10 Vandenberg, Coombes, M Brown, Newton 72.0 Ht11 I Brown, Hart, Hughes, Dent 74.2 Ht12 Trigg, Gooddy, Jackson, McDermott [r] 73.8 Ht13 Hart, McDermott, Taylor, Newton 73.0 Ht14 Paulson, Hughes, M Brown, Trigg [ef] 73.4 Ht15 Jackson, Featherby, Coombes, Dent 73.0 Ht16 I Brown, Goody, Vandenberg, Mattingley 73.2 Ht17 Vandenberg, Jackson, Taylor, Hughes [ef] 72.6 Ht18 I Brown, Featherby, McDermott, M Brown 74.0 Ht19 Trigg, Dent, Newton, Mattingley [r] 73.4 Ht20 Paulson, Gooddy, Coombes, Hart [f] 72.4
20 Tuesday 31 st May 1966 Station Road, Long Eaton
Long Eaton Archers 50 – Cradley Heathens 27 (British League)
Long Eaton Archers 1. Ove Fundin 3 3 3 3 12 2. Vic White 1 3 1 1 6 3. Ray Wilson 3 3 3 3 12 4. John Mills 2’ 2’ 2 EF 6 2 5. Ray Cresp (C) 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 6. Norman Storer F F 1 EF 1 7. Dennis Newton 2’ 1’ 3 2 Team Manager: Ron Wilson
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 1 3 2 2 10 2. Ivor Hughes FX 1 EF 0 1 3. Clive Featherby 1 2 2 1 6 4. Chum Taylor 0 1’ N EF 1 1 5. Matt Mattocks F EF 1’ N 1 1 6. Chris Julian 3 2 2 1’ 0 8 1 7. Joe Weichlbauer 0 EF 0 Team Manager: Roy Moreton ACU Referee: G. H. Reynolds
Ht1 Fundin, Brown, White, Hughes [fx] [rr] 69.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Wilson, Mills, Featherby, Taylor 70.2 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Julian, Cresp, Storer [f], Mattocks [f] 71.8 2 3 11 6 Ht4 White, Newton, Hughes, Weichlbauer 73.2 5 1 16 7 Ht5 Cresp, Featherby, Taylor, Storer [fr] 73.4 3 3 19 10 Ht6 Wilson, Mills, Brown, Hughes 71.0 5 1 24 11 Ht7 Fundin, Julian, White, Mattocks [ef] 71.4 4 2 28 13 Ht8 Brown, Mills, Newton, Weichlbauer [ef] 72.8 3 3 31 16 Ht9 Cresp, Brown, Storer, Hughes 72.2 4 2 35 18 Ht10 Wilson, Julian, Mattocks, Mills [ef] 72.0 3 3 38 21 Ht11 Fundin, Featherby, White, Taylor [ef] 71.8 4 2 42 23 Ht12 Wilson, Brown, Julian, Storer [ef] 71.8 3 3 45 26 Ht13 Fundin, Cresp, Featherby, Julian 72.0 5 1 50 27
Programme Changes: Ht8 t/s Brown for Taylor, Ht12 t/s Julian for Mattocks.
Reserves Romp Ian Champion, Dennis Newton, Weichlbauer, John Sanderson 74.4
Hunt The Heathens Ht1 Brown, Mills, Taylor, Fundin [ef] 73.8 Ht2 Wilson, Featherby, Greg Kentwell, Champion 72.6 Ht3 Julian, Rick France, Hughes, Tom Leadbitter 73.6 Ht4 Cresp, Newton, Champion, Mattocks 73.8 Final Brown, Cresp, Julian [ef], Wilson [f] 74.0
21 Thursday 2 nd June 1966 Cowley Stadium, Oxford
Oxford Cheetahs 50 – Cradley Heathens 27 (British League)
Oxford Cheetahs 1. Arne Pander (C) 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 2. Eddie Reeves 1 3 3 1 8 3. Jimmy Gooch 3 3 3 3 12 4. Des Lukehurst F 2’ 1’ 1 4 2 5. Maury McDermott EF 0 1’ 2’ 3 2 6. John Bishop 1 3 2 2’ 8 1 7. Tony Clarke 2’ 2 4 1 Team Manager: Sid Knibbs
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 EF 3 1 6 2. Ivor Hughes EF 1 1 0 2 3. Clive Featherby 2 1’ 2 1 6 1 4. Chum Taylor EF 2 3 F 5 5. Colin McKee (G) 2’ 0 0 EF 2 1 6. Chris Julian 3 1 2 0 6 7. Ron Cooper EF EF 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: G. R. Allan
Ht1 Pander, Brown, Reeves, Hughes [ef] 67.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Gooch, Featherby, Lukehurst [f], Taylor [ef] 69.0 3 2 7 4 Ht3 Julian, McKee, Bishop, McDermott [ef] [rr] 70.2 1 5 8 9 Ht4 Reeves, Clarke, Hughes, Cooper [ef] 69.2 5 1 13 10 Ht5 Bishop, Taylor, Featherby, McDermott 68.0 3 3 16 13 Ht6 Gooch, Lukehurst, Hughes, Brown [ef] 69.0 5 1 21 14 Ht7 Reeves, Pander, Julian, McKee 69.8 5 1 26 15 Ht8 Taylor, Clarke, Lukehurst, Cooper [ef] 69.2 3 3 29 18 Ht9 Brown, Bishop, McDermott, Hughes 69.0 3 3 32 21 Ht10 Gooch, Julian, Lukehurst, McKee 68.8 4 2 36 23 Ht11 Pander, Featherby, Reeves, Taylor [f] 68.8 4 2 40 25 Ht12 Gooch, Bishop, Brown, McKee [ef] 69.2 5 1 45 26 Ht13 Pander, McDermott, Featherby, Julian 69.2 5 1 50 27
No Programme Changes
Cheetahs Burn-Up Ht1 Taylor, McDermott, McKee, Peter Seaton 69.8 70.4 Ht2 Gooch, Reeves, Featherby, Julian 69.6 71.2 Ht3 Pander, Bishop, Brown, Hughes 68.4 70.2 Final Pander, Gooch, Taylor, Bishop 69.2
Oxford Scurry Clarke, Lukehurst, Seaton, Cooper 71.0
22 Monday 6 th June 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Alan Hunt Memorial Trophy
1. Reg Luckhurst (Wimbledon) 1 2 1 1 0 5 11 th 2. Nigel Boocock (Coventry) 2 2 3 2 3 12 4th 3. Colin Pratt (Hackney) 0 0 1 1 0 2 15 th 4. Barry Briggs (Swindon) 3 3 3 3 3 15 1st 5. Ron Mountford (Coventry) 3 3 2 3 2 13 2nd 6. Mike Broadbank (Swindon) 1 3 3 EF 2 9 6th 7. Ivor Hughes (Cradley Heath) 0 1 1 3 0 5 12 th 8. Ken McKinlay (West Ham) 2 2 3 3 3 13 3rd 9. Chris Julian (Cradley Heath) 1 0 2 2 1 6 9th 10. Gote Nordin (Newport) 2 1 2 EF 2 7 8th 11. Ivor Brown (Cradley Heath) 3 3 2 EX 1 9 5th 12. Olle Nygren (Wimbledon) 0 EF 1 2 3 6 10 th 13. Clive Featherby (Cradley Heath) 2 1 R EX 1 4 14 th 14. Chum Taylor (Cradley Heath) 1 0 EF R EF 1 16th 15. Peter Vandenberg (Wolves) FX 2 0 1 1 4 13 th 16. Charlie Monk (Glasgow) 3 1 0 2 2 8 7th Res. Rick France (Coventry DNR Res. Ron Cooper (Cradley Heath) DNR
ACU Referee: A. B. Taylor
Ht1 Briggs, Boocock, Luckhurst, Pratt 70.8 Ht2 Mountford, McKinlay, Broadbank, Hughes 71.0 Ht3 Brown, Nordin, Julian, Nygren 71.2 Ht4 Monk, Featherby, Taylor, Vandenberg [fx] [rr] 72.2 Ht5 Mountford, Luckhurst, Featherby, Julian 71.2 Ht6 Broadbank, Boocock, Nordin, Taylor 71.0 Ht7 Brown, Vandenberg, Hughes, Pratt [rr] 71.4 Ht8 Briggs, McKinlay, Monk, Nygren [ef] 70.8 Ht9 Broadbank, Brown, Luckhurst, Monk 71.0 Ht10 Boocock, Mountford, Nygren, Vandenberg 71.0 Ht11 McKinlay, Julian, Pratt, Taylor [ef] 72.8 Ht12 Briggs, Nordin, Hughes, Featherby [ret] [rr] 73.2 Ht13 Hughes, Nygren, Luckhurst, Taylor [ret] 73.6 Ht14 McKinlay, Boocock, Brown [ex], Featherby [ex] 72.4 Ht15 Mountford, Monk, Pratt, Nordin [ef] 75.0 Ht16 Briggs, Julian, Vandenberg, Broadbank [ef] 75.0 Ht17 McKinlay, Nordin, Vandenberg, Luckhurst [rr] 73.8 Ht18 Boocock, Monk, Julian, Hughes 73.6 Ht19 Nygren, Broadbank, Featherby, Pratt 73.0 Ht20 Briggs, Mountford, Brown, Taylor [ef] 72.8
23 Saturday 11 th June 1966 Hyde Road, Manchester
Belle Vue Aces 43 – Cradley Heathens 35 (British League)
Belle Vue Aces 1. Dick Fisher (C) 1 1’ 3 3 8 1 2. Sandor Levai 0 3 2 2’ 7 1 3. Norman Nevitt 3 0 3 3 9 4. Jim Yacoby EF 2 2’ 1 5 1 5. Cyril Maidment 3 2 3 3 EF 11 6. Bill Powell 1 R 1 1 3 7. Dave Schofield FX N 0 Team Manager: Wilf Lucy
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 3 3 2 2 10 2. Ivor Hughes 2’ 2 1 0 5 1 3. Clive Featherby 1’ 1 1 1’ 4 2 4. Chum Taylor 2 3 1 0 6 5. Ray Wilson (G) 2 3 2 FX 7 6. Chris Julian 0 F EF 2 2 7. Joe Weichlbauer 1’ 0 1 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: E. W. B. Roe
Ht1 Brown, Hughes, Fisher, Levai 74.8 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Nevitt, Taylor, Featherby, Yacoby [ef] 78.8 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Maidment, Wilson, Powell, Julian 75.2 4 2 8 10 Ht4 Levai, Hughes, Weichlbauer, Schofield [fx] [rr] 77.4 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Taylor, Maidment, Featherby, Powell [r] 76.8 2 4 13 17 Ht6 Brown, Yacoby, Hughes, Nevitt 77.0 2 4 15 21 Ht7 Wilson, Levai, Fisher, Julian [f] [rr] 75.2 3 3 18 24 Ht8 Maidment, Yacoby, Taylor, Weichlbauer 76.2 5 1 23 25 Ht9 Maidment, Brown, Powell, Hughes [fr] 75.4 4 2 27 27 Ht10 Nevitt, Wilson, Yacoby, Julian [ef] 76.4 4 2 31 29 Ht11 Fisher, Levai, Featherby, Taylor 77.2 5 1 36 30 Ht12 Nevitt, Brown, Powell, Wilson [fx] [rr] 76.4 4 2 40 32 Ht13 Fisher, Julian, Featherby, Maidment [ef] 76.8 3 3 43 35
Programme Changes: Ht8 t/s Maidment for Schofield.
Reserves Race Yacoby, Dave Gifford, Schofield, Weichlbauer [f] 77.8
Junior Scurry Arnold Haley, Malcolm Bruce, Derek Jay, Taffy Owen [ef] 77.8
The Carborundum Race Ht1 Nevitt, Levai, Brown, Taylor 76.0 77.2 Ht2 Gordon Guasco, Julian, Fisher, Hughes 76.4 77.4 Ht3 Haley, Powell, Featherby, Maidment [ef] 77.8 78.6 Final Guasco, Levai, Nevitt, Haley 76.4
The Up And Coming Canter Yacoby, Bruce, Gifford, Haley [f] 77.4
24 Monday 13 th June 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
World Championship Semi-Final
1. Geoff Mudge (Poole) 1 1 0 2 1 5 11 th 2. Reg Luckhurst (Wimbledon) 0 0 1 2 1 4 12 th 3. Cyril Maidment (Belle Vue) 2 2 1 1 0 6 10 th 4. Eric Boocock (Halifax) 3 2 2 2 2 11 5th 5. Ray Wilson (Long Eaton) 0 0 0 0 N 0 16 th 6. Ken McKinlay (West Ham) 3 3 2 1 1 10 8th 7. Eric Boothroyd (Halifax) 1 0 0 1 0 2 15 th 8. Martin Ashby (Swindon) 2 1 3 1 2 9 9th 9. Norman Hunter (West Ham) 1 3 2 3 2 11 4th 10. Mike Broadbank (Swindon) 3 2 1 2 3 11 3rd 11. Trevor Hedge (Wimbledon) F 3 3 3 3 12 1st 12. Dave Younghusband (Halifax) 2 0 3 3 3 11 6th 13. Nigel Boocock (Coventry) 3 2 3 0 2 10 7th 14. Bill Andrew (Poole) 1 1 0 0 1 3 13 th 15. Bob Paulson (Sheffield) 0 1 2 0 0 3 14 th 16. Colin Pratt (Hackney) 2 3 1 3 3 12 2nd Res: Ronnie Genz (Oxford) 0 0 Res: John Dews (Sheffield)
ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis
Ht1 E Boocock, Maidment, Mudge, Luckhurst 70.6 Ht2 McKinlay, Ashby, Boothroyd, Wilson 71.0 Ht3 Broadbank, Younghusband, Hunter, Hedge [f] 71.4 Ht4 N Boocock, Pratt, Andrew, Paulson 70.6 Ht5 Hunter, N Boocock, Mudge, Wilson 70.6 Ht6 McKinlay, Broadbank, Andrew, Luckhurst 71.4 Ht7 Hedge, Maidment, Paulson, Boothroyd 69.8 Ht8 Pratt, E Boocock, Ashby, Younghusband 70.6 Ht9 Hedge, McKinlay, Pratt, Mudge 69.8 Ht10 Younghusband, Paulson, Luckhurst, Wilson 71.6 Ht11 Ashby, Hunter, Maidment, Andrew 71.2 Ht12 N Boocock, E Boocock, Broadbank, Boothroyd 71.6 Ht13 Younghusband, Mudge, Boothroyd, Andrew 72.2 Ht14 Hedge, Luckhurst, Ashby, N Boocock 70.4 Ht15 Pratt, Broadbank, Maidment, Wilson 70.2 Ht16 Hunter, E Boocock, McKinlay, Paulson 72.4 Ht17 Broadbank, Ashby, Mudge, Paulson 71.4 Ht18 Pratt, Hunter, Luckhurst, Boothroyd 71.0 Ht19 Younghusband, N Boocock, McKinlay, Maidment 71.8 Ht20 Hedge, E Boocock, Andrew, Genz 71.6
Run-Off For 1 st Place Hedge, Pratt 71.0
Run-Off For 3 rd Place Broadbank, Hunter, E Boocock, Younghusband 73.0
Programme Changes: Ht20 Genz replaced Wilson
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Friday 17 th June 1966 Waterden Road, Hackney
Hackney Hawks 48.5 – Cradley Heathens 47.5 (Knockout Cup 2 nd Rnd)
Hackney Hawks 1. Colin Pratt (C) 3 3 3 0 3 3 15 2. Malcolm Brown 0 2.5 1 3 0 3 9.5 3. Gerald Jackson 1 2’ 3 2 2’ 10 2 4. Ernie Baker F 1 2 N 1’ 4 1 5. Roy Trigg 0 0 0 N 2 2 6. Les McGillivray 2 1 2 1 2’ 8 1 7. John Poyser 0 0 0 Team Manager: Alec Ford
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 1 3 3 3 12 2. Ivor Hughes 1’ 2.5 2’ 1 1 7.5 2 3. Chum Taylor 3 0 2 3 0 8 4. Clive Featherby 2’ 0 3 1 0 6 1 5. Howard Cole 1 F 1’ 0 F 2 1 6. Chris Julian 3 2 2 2 1 10 7. Matt Mattocks 1 1 2 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee:
Ht1 Pratt, I Brown, Hughes, M Brown 67.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Taylor, Featherby, Jackson, Baker [f] 70.4 1 5 4 8 Ht3 M Brown & Hughes, Mattocks, Poyser 69.0 2.5 3.5 6.5 11.5 Ht4 Pratt, Jackson, I Brown, Taylor 68.8 5 1 11.5 12.5 Ht5 Julian, McGillivray, Cole, Trigg 71.2 2 4 13.5 16.5 Ht6 Pratt, Taylor, M Brown, Featherby 70.8 4 2 17.5 18.5 Ht7 Jackson, Julian , Baker, Cole [f] 69.0 4 2 21.5 20.5 Ht8 I Brown, Hughes, McGillivray, Trigg 69.0 1 5 22.5 25.5 Ht9 Featherby, Baker, Mattocks, Poyser 71.4 2 4 24.5 29.5 Ht10 M Brown, Julian, Cole, Pratt 70.2 3 3 27.5 32.5 Ht11 Taylor, McGillivray, Featherby, Trigg 70.0 2 4 29.5 36.5 Ht12 I Brown, Jackson, Hughes, M Brown 69.0 2 4 31.5 40.5 Ht13 Pratt, Julian, McGillivray, Cole 72.0 4 2 35.5 42.5 Ht14 Pratt, Jackson, Hughes, Featherby 69.2 5 1 40.5 43.5 Ht15 M Brown, McGillivray, Julian, Taylor 71.0 5 1 45.5 44.5 Ht16 I Brown, Trigg, Baker, Cole [f] 70.2 3 3 48.5 47.5
Programme Changes: Ht12 t/s M Brown for Baker, Ht13 t/s Pratt for Trigg.
Note: From this meeting onwards, Howard Cole dropped his alias, Kid Bodie.
NN Prog shows Mattocks in place of Julian in heat 7. Prog note says Julian never came out (assume excluded under 2 minute rule). To be checked with other prog.
26 Saturday 18 th June 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 33 – Exeter Falcons 39 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 1’ 2’ 1 2 8 2 2. Ivor Hughes 1’ 2 2 EF 5 1 3. Chum Taylor 3 2 3 V 8 4. Clive Featherby EF 1’ 1’ N 2 2 5. Howard Cole 2 1 2 F 1’ 6 1 6. Chris Julian FX 3 1 V 4 7. Matt Mattocks F 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Exeter Falcons 1. Jack Geran EF EF 2’ V 2 1 2. Tommy Sweetman 3 3 3 3 12 3. Jimmy Squibb (C) 1’ 0 2’ 0 3 2 4. Colin Gooddy 2 2 3 3 10 5. Chris Blewett X2 0 0 V 0 6. Neil Street 3 3 1 3 10 7. Alan Smith 1 1 0 2 Team Manager: Pete Lansdale ACU Referee: E. W. B. Roe
Ht1 Sweetman, Brown, Hughes, Geran [ef] 75.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Taylor, Gooddy, Squibb, Featherby [ef] 79.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Street, Cole, Smith, Julian [fx] [rr] 74.4 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Sweetman, Hughes, Smith, Mattocks [f] 76.0 2 4 10 14 Ht5 Julian, Gooddy, Cole, Squibb [fr] 75.0 4 2 14 16 Ht6 Sweetman, Taylor, Featherby, Geran [ef] 75.4 3 3 17 19 Ht7 Street, Hughes, Brown, Blewett 73.8 3 3 20 22 Ht8 Gooddy, Cole, Featherby, Smith 74.0 3 3 23 25 Ht9 Sweetman, Geran, Julian, Cole [f] 73.6 1 5 24 30 Ht10 Taylor, Brown, Street, Blewett 73.4 5 1 29 31 Ht11 Gooddy, Squibb, Brown, Hughes [ef] [rr] 73.0 1 5 30 36 Ht12 Blewett, Julian [fr], Geran [fr], Taylor [f] 74.2 2 4 V V Ht13 Street, Brown, Cole, Squibb 73.2 3 3 33 39
Note: Heat 12 was declared void by the referee after protests from the Cradley Heath management, when 3 riders fell, after a typically robust challenge from Chris Blewett.
Programme Changes: Ht3 r/s Smith for Blewett [x2], Ht8 r/s Cole for Mattocks, Ht10 t/s Brown for Featherby,
Cradley Knockout Ht1 Street, Brown, Squibb, Ron Cooper [ef] 72.2 74.4 Ht2 Hughes, Featherby, Blewett, Geran 71.6 73.6 Ht3 Gooddy, Taylor, Julian, Sweetman 72.8 74.2 Final Featherby, Gooddy, Hughes [f], Street 72.8
Stadium Trophy Ht1 Smith, Joe Weichlbauer, Dave Whittaker, Cooper [ef] [rr] 74.6 Ht2 Ken Wakefield, Trevor Chamberlain, Dai Evans, Laslo Munkacsi [f] 77.0 Final Smith, Weichlbauer, Chamberlain, Wakefield [ef] 76.4
27 Friday 24 th June 1966 Somerton Park, Newport
Newport Wasps 45 – Cradley Heathens 33 (British League)
Newport Wasps 1. Gote Nordin 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 2. Bob Hughes 0 2 3 2’ 7 1 3. Jack Biggs 3 3 3 3 12 4. Geoff Penniket 1 EF 3 0 4 5. Alby Golden (C) 1 EF 3 0 4 6. Jon Erskine 0 3 0 1 4 7. Ken Vale 1’ 2’ 3 2 Team Manager: Ken Sharples
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 1’ 2 0 5 1 2. Howard Cole 1’ 3 2 1’ 7 2 3. Chris Julian 2 2 0 1’ 5 1 4. Clive Featherby R 1’ 1 1 3 1 5. Chum Taylor 2’ 0 1’ 2 5 2 6. Ivor Hughes 3 1 2 2 8 7. Matt Mattocks R EF 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: G. R. Allan
Ht1 Nordin, Brown, Cole, B Hughes 73.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Biggs, Julian, Penniket, Featherby [r] 73.2 4 2 7 5 Ht3 I Hughes, Taylor, Golden, Erskine 73.3 1 5 8 10 Ht4 Cole, B Hughes, Vale, Mattocks [r] 75.3 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Erskine, Julian, Featherby, Golden [ef] [rr] 72.3 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Biggs, Cole, Brown, Penniket [ef] [rr] 73.5 3 3 17 19 Ht7 B Hughes, Nordin, I Hughes, Taylor 74.8 5 1 22 20 Ht8 Penniket, Vale, Featherby, Mattocks [ef] 74.0 5 1 27 21 Ht9 Golden, Brown, Cole, Erskine 73.8 3 3 30 24 Ht10 Biggs, I Hughes, Taylor, Penniket 72.6 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Nordin, B Hughes, Featherby, Julian 74.0 5 1 38 28 Ht12 Biggs, Taylor, Erskine, Brown 73.8 4 2 42 30 Ht13 Nordin, I Hughes, Julian, Golden 72.8 3 3 45 33
Programme Changes: None
Junior Race Freddie Powell, A Jones, Tyburn Gallows, J Watkins 78.0
Reserves Race Vale, A Jones, Powell, Mattocks 77.0
Scratch Races Ht1 Nordin, Brown, Cole, Erskine 73.8 ??.? Ht2 Taylor, Penniket, B Hughes, Julian [f] [rr] 74.2 ??.? Ht3 Biggs, Golden, I Hughes, Featherby 73.3 ??.? Final Nordin, Golden, Biggs, Taylor [ef] 74.0
28 Saturday 25 th June 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 34 – Kings Lynn Stars 43 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 3 3 0 2 8 2. Howard Cole 1 3 1 2 7 3. Chris Julian F 1’ 0 2 3 1 4. Clive Featherby 1 2 3 1 7 5. Chum Taylor 1 0 EF N 1 6. Ivor Hughes 3 1 3 0 1’ 8 1 7. Matt Mattocks 0 F 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Kings Lynn Stars 1. David Crane 2 3 2 1 8 2. Howdy Byford 0 2 F N 2 3. Peter Moore (C) 3 3 3 3 12 4. Stan Stevens 2’ 2’ 2 1 7 2 5. Terry Betts 2 2 3 3 10 6. Doug Dearden 0 F N N 0 7. Cyril Crane 1’ 1’ EF 2’ 0 4 3 Team Manager: Maury Littlechild ACU Referee: G. H. Reynolds
Ht1 Brown, D Crane, Cole, Byford 75.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Moore, Stevens, Featherby, Julian [f] 75.8 1 5 5 7 Ht3 Hughes, Betts, Taylor, Dearden 76.0 4 2 9 9 Ht4 Cole, Byford, C Crane, Mattocks 77.8 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Moore, Stevens, Hughes, Taylor 76.6 1 5 13 17 Ht6 D Crane, Featherby, Julian, Byford [f] 78.6 3 3 16 20 Ht7 Brown, Betts, Cole, Dearden [f] 74.6 4 2 20 22 Ht8 Featherby, Stevens, C Crane, Mattocks [f] 77.4 3 3 23 25 Ht9 Hughes, D Crane, C Crane [ef], Taylor [ef] 78.4 3 2 26 27 Ht10 Betts, C Crane, Featherby, Julian 76.4 1 5 27 32 Ht11 Moore, Cole, Stevens, Brown 76.6 2 4 29 36 Ht12 Betts, Julian, D Crane, Hughes 77.0 2 4 31 40 Ht13 Moore, Brown, Hughes, C Crane 77.6 3 3 34 43
Programme Changes: Ht10 r/s C Crane for Dearden, Ht12 t/s Hughes for Taylor.
Cradley Knockout Ht1 Moore, Brown Hughes, Byford 78.4 ??.? Ht2 Betts, Stevens, Cole, Featherby 77.6 ??.? Ht3 D Crane, Julian, Taylor, Dearden 77.4 ??.? Final Moore, Betts, Brown, D Crane 77.0
Stadium Trophy Ht1 C Crane, Joe Weichlbauer, Mattocks, Ron Cooper 79.8 Ht2 Ken Wakefield, Mattocks, Dai Evans, Trevor Chamberlain 81.6 Final C Crane, Wakefield, Weichlbauer, Mattocks 80.2
29 Friday 1 st July 1966 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton Wolves 46 – Cradley Heathens 32 (British League)
Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Gordon Guasco 2 3 3 3 11 2. Cyril Francis 1’ 2 0 1 4 1 3. Peter Vandenberg (C) 3 2 3 3 11 4. Brian Maxted 1 1’ 3 1 6 1 5. James Bond 2’ 2 2 1 7 1 6. Alan Cowland 3 1’ FN 1 5 1 7. Dave Hemus 1’ 1 FX 2 1 Team Manager: Bob Wasley
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 3 3 3 2 2 13 2. Howard Cole N 3 0 1 4 3. Chris Julian 0 0 2 FX 2 4. Clive Featherby 2 3 2 0 7 5. Ivor Hughes F 2 0 0 2 6. Chum Taylor 1 1’ N 2 4 1 7. Matt Mattocks 0 0 EF 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: A. B. Taylor
Ht1 Brown, Guasco, Francis, Mattocks 67.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Vandenberg, Featherby, Maxted, Julian 67.6 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Cowland, Bond, Taylor, Hughes [f] 68.8 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Cole, Francis, Hemus, Mattocks 69.2 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Featherby, Bond, Cowland, Julian 68.2 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Brown, Vandenberg, Maxted, Cole 67.4 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Guasco, Hughes, Taylor, Francis 68.6 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Maxted, Featherby, Hemus, Mattocks [ef] 68.8 4 2 28 20 Ht9 Brown, Bond, Cole, Hemus [fx] [rrx2] 68.2 2 4 30 24 Ht10 Vandenberg, Brown, Maxted, Hughes 68.0 4 2 34 26 Ht11 Guasco, Julian, Francis, Featherby 68.4 4 2 38 28 Ht12 Vandenberg, Brown, Cowland, Hughes 68.0 4 2 42 30 Ht13 Guasco, Taylor, Bond, Julian [fx] [rr] 68.2 4 2 46 32
Programme Changes: Ht1 r/s Mattocks for Cole, Ht8 r/s Hemus for Cowland [fn], Ht9 t/s Brown for Taylor,
Midsummer Scurry Ht1 Guasco, Featherby, Maxted, Hemus 68.0 Ht2 Vandenberg, Brown, Francis, Cole [ef] 67.8 Ht3 Julian, Taylor, Hughes, Cowland [f] 69.6 Ht4 Maxted, Bond, Hemus, Mattocks [f] 68.6 Final Vandenberg, Julian, Maxted, Guasco [ef] 68.4
30 Saturday 2 nd July 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 44 – Wolverhampton Wolves 34 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 3 3 2 10 2. Howard Cole 1’ 2 2’ 0 5 2 3. Chris Julian 2 2 3 1’ 8 1 4. Clive Featherby 1’ EF 2 2’ 5 2 5. Ivor Hughes 2’ 1 1 1’ 5 2 6. Chum Taylor 3 3 3 2 11 7. Matt Mattocks 0 F 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Gordon Guasco 3 0 3 2 EF 3 11 2. James Bond 0 1 1 0 2 3. Peter Vandenberg (C) 3 0 0 2 3 8 4. Brian Maxted 0 2 3 1 1’ 7 1 5. Alan Cowland 1 N N N 1 6. Peter Jarman R/R 7. Cyril Francis 3 1 1 0 5 8. Dave Hemus 0 0 Team Manager: Bob Wasley ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis
Reserve Decider Mattocks, Joe Weichlbauer, Ron Cooper, Ken Wakefield [f] 73.6
Ht1 Guasco, Brown, Cole, Bond [fr] 71.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Vandenberg, Julian, Featherby, Maxted 73.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Taylor, Hughes, Cowland, Guasco [fr] 72.6 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Francis, Cole, Bond, Mattocks 72.6 2 4 13 11 Ht5 Taylor, Maxted, Hughes, Vandenberg 73.0 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Guasco, Julian, Bond, Featherby [ef] 71.4 2 4 19 17 Ht7 Brown, Cole, Francis, Vandenberg 72.0 5 1 24 18 Ht8 Maxted, Featherby, Francis, Mattocks [f] 71.0 2 4 26 22 Ht9 Taylor, Guasco, Hughes, Bond 72.0 4 2 30 24 Ht10 Julian, Featherby, Maxted, Guasco [ef] 71.8 5 1 35 25 Ht11 Brown, Vandenberg, Maxted, Cole 72.0 3 3 38 28 Ht12 Guasco, Taylor, Julian, Francis 72.2 3 3 41 31 Ht13 Vandenberg, Brown, Hughes, Hemus 72.0 3 3 44 34
Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Guasco for Jarman, Ht7 r/r Vandenberg for Jarman, r/s Francis for Cowland, Ht10 r/r Maxted for Jarman, t/s Guasco for Cowland, Ht12 r/s Francis for Cowland, Ht13 r/r Hemus for Jarman.
Cradley Knockout Ht1 Julian, Brown, Bond, Wakefield 71.4 73.0 Ht2 Taylor, Vandenberg, Featherby, Maxted 71.8 72.4 Ht3 Guasco, Cole, Hughes, Hemus [ef] 72.6 73.6 Final Vandenberg, Guasco, Julian, Taylor [ef] 71.8
Stadium Trophy Ht1 Francis, Weichlbauer, Cooper, Trevor Chamberlain [ef] 74.0 Ht2 Hemus, Wakefield, Chamberlain, Dai Evans [ef] 73.8 Final Hemus, Francis, Weichlbauer [ef], Wakefield [ef] 74.0
31 Saturday 9 th July 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 46 – Oxford Cheetahs 31 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) R 3 3 3 9 2. Howard Cole 2 3 F 1 6 3. Chum Taylor 3 3 3 1’ 10 1 4. Clive Featherby EF 2’ 3 1 6 1 5. Chris Julian 3 2’ 2 2’ 9 2 6. Ivor Hughes 1 3 0 2 6 7. Joe Weichlbauer 0 0 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Oxford Cheetahs 1. Arne Pander (C) 3 0 3 2 3 11 2. Eddie Reeves 1 1’ 1 1 4 1 3. Jimmy Gooch 2 EX 2 1 5 4. John Bishop 1’ EX 2 0 3 1 5. Des Lukehurst 0 1’ N 0 1 1 6. Maurie McDermott 2 2 0 0 4 7. Tony Clarke 2 1’ 3 1 Team Manager: Sid Knibbs ACU Referee: E. W. B. Roe
Ht1 Pander, Cole, Reeves, Brown [r] 72.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Taylor, Gooch, Bishop, Featherby [ef] 73.0 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Julian, McDermott, Hughes, Lukehurst [rr] 73.4 4 2 9 9 Ht4 Cole, Clarke, Reeves, Weichlbauer 72.6 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Hughes, Julian, Bishop [ex], Gooch [ex] [rr] 79.0 5 0 17 12 Ht6 Taylor, Featherby, Reeves, Pander 72.4 5 1 22 13 Ht7 Brown, McDermott, Lukehurst, Cole [f] 73.0 3 3 25 16 Ht8 Featherby, Bishop, Clarke, Weichlbauer 72.6 3 3 28 19 Ht9 Pander, Julian, Reeves, Hughes 72.6 2 4 30 23 Ht10 Taylor, Pander, Featherby, McDermott 72.4 4 2 34 25 Ht11 Brown, Gooch, Cole, Bishop 72.0 4 2 38 27 Ht12 Pander, Hughes, Taylor, Lukehurst 72.0 3 3 41 30 Ht13 Brown, Julian, Gooch, McDermott 72.0 5 1 46 31
Programme Changes: Ht10 t/s Pander for Lukehurst
Cradley Knockout Ht1 Julian, Brown, Bishop, McDermott [ef] 73.0 73.4 Ht2 Pander, Featherby, Taylor, Lukehurst 72.4 73.2 Ht3 Gooch, Cole, Hughes, Reeves [ef] 73.2 73.4 Final Pander, Julian, Featherby, Gooch [ef] 72.8
Stadium Trophy Ht1 Weichlbauer, Matt Mattocks, Clarke, Ron Cooper 75.4 Ht2 Ken Wakefield, Trevor Chamberlain, Dai Evans, Wayne Barrie 76.0 Final Wakefield, Weichlbauer, Mattocks, Chamberlain 76.4
32 Wednesday 13 th July 1966 Saddlebow Road Stadium, Kings Lynn
Kings Lynn Stars 40 - Cradley Heathens 38 (British League)
Kings Lynn Stars 1. David Crane 0 2 2 EF 4 2. Howdy Byford 1 2 1’ 1’ 5 2 3. Peter Moore (C) 3 2 3 3 11 4. Stan Stevens 0 1’ 2 1 4 1 5. Terry Betts 3 3 3 3 12 6. Cyril Crane F F 0 N 0 7. Ken Adams 1’ 3 0 4 1 Team Manager: Maury Littlechild
Cradley Heathens 1. Howard Cole 2’ 0 1’ 1’ 4 3 2. Ivor Brown (C) 3 3 3 2 11 3. Chum Taylor 1’ 1’ 0 1’ 3 3 4. Clive Featherby 2 2 EF 3 7 5. Chris Julian 2 3 2 2 9 6. Ivor Hughes 1’ 0 0 2 3 1 7. Joe Weichlbauer 0 1 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: A. Lee
Ht1 Brown, Cole, Byford, D Crane 76.2 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Moore, Featherby, Taylor, Stevens 74.4 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Betts, Julian, Hughes, C Crane [f] 74.2 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Brown, Byford, Adams, Weichlbauer 75.0 3 3 10 14 Ht5 Betts, Featherby, Taylor, C Crane [f] 74.8 3 3 13 17 Ht6 Brown, Moore, Stevens, Cole 74.0 3 3 16 20 Ht7 Julian, D Crane, Byford, Hughes 77.0 3 3 19 23 Ht8 Adams, Stevens, Weichlbauer, Featherby [ef] 77.8 5 1 24 24 Ht9 Betts, Brown, Cole, C Crane 75.2 3 3 27 27 Ht10 Moore, Julian, Stevens, Hughes 74.2 4 2 31 29 Ht11 Featherby, D Crane, Byford, Taylor 77.2 3 3 34 32 Ht12 Moore, Julian, Cole, Adams 74.6 3 3 37 35 Ht13 Betts, Hughes, Taylor, D Crane [ef] 75.6 3 3 40 38
Programme Changes: Ht12 r/s Adams for C Crane.
Reserves Romp Adams, Doug Dearden, Weichlbauer, H Benton [ex] 77.2
The Saddlebow Side-Winder Ht1 Brown, Taylor, Stevens, Betts [f] 77.0 79.4 Ht2 D Crane, Cole, Hughes, C Crane 76.2 76.2 Ht3 Moore, Featherby, Julian, Byford 75.0 76.4 Final Moore, Brown, D Crane, Cole 76.0
Reserves Revenge Adams, Dearden, Laszlo Munkacsi, Weichlbauer 78.8
33 Saturday 16 th July 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 44 – Newcastle Diamonds 34 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 3 EF F 1 4 2. Howard Cole 1 2 2 1 6 3. Chris Julian 3 2 3 EF 8 4. Clive Featherby 1 0 3 1 5 5. Ivor Hughes 2’ 1 3 3 9 1 6. Chum Taylor 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 7. Joe Weichlbauer 1’ 0 1 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Newcastle Diamonds 1. Peter Kelly 2 1 1 1’ 5 1 2. Russ Dent F 3 3 1 0 7 3. Brian Brett EF N 0 N N 0 4. Graham Coombes 2 2 2 2’ 2 10 1 5. Alan Butterfield 1 N N N 1 6. Ivan Mauger (C) EF 0 3 2 2 7 7. Mike Watkin 0 1’ 3 0 4 1 Team Manager: Eddie Glennon ACU Referee: J. R. Greene
Ht1 Brown, Kelly, Cole, Dent [f] 72.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Julian, Coombes, Featherby, Brett [ef] 71.0 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Taylor, Hughes, Butterfield, Mauger [ef] 75.0 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Dent, Cole, Weichlbauer, Watkin 74.4 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Taylor, Coombes, Hughes, Mauger 75.0 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Dent, Julian, Kelly, Featherby 74.2 2 4 22 14 Ht7 Mauger, Cole, Dent, Brown [ef] 74.8 2 4 24 18 Ht8 Featherby, Coombes, Watkin, Weichlbauer 74.0 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Hughes, Taylor, Kelly, Dent 73.8 5 1 32 22 Ht10 Julian, Mauger, Featherby, Brett 73.8 4 2 36 24 Ht11 Watkin, Coombes, Cole, Brown [f] 75.0 1 5 37 29 Ht12 Taylor, Coombes, Kelly, Julian [ef] 73.4 3 3 40 32 Ht13 Hughes, Mauger, Brown, Watkin 74.0 4 2 44 34
Programme Changes: Ht5 t/s Mauger for Brett, Ht7 t/s Dent for Butterfield, Ht10 t/s Brett for Butterfield, Ht11 r/s Watkin for Brett, Ht12 t/s Coombes for Butterfield, Ht13 r/s Watkin for Brett.
Cradley Knockout Ht1 Hughes, Mauger, Dent, Brown [ef] 72.6 73.0 Ht2 Featherby, Weichlbauer, Butterfield, Ron Cooper [r] 74.0 75.2 Ht3 Taylor, Kelly, Coombes, Julian [fr] 74.0 74.6 Final Mauger, Featherby, Taylor, Hughes 73.0
Junior Scurry Dai Evans, Alan Grainger, Trevor Chamberlain [f], Cooper [ns] 78.8
Stour Stakes Weichlbauer, Watkin, Wayne Barry, Cooper [ef] 76.0
Goodnight Stakes Weichlbauer, Cooper, Evans, Chamberlain 78.0
34 Monday 18 th July 1966 County Ground, Exeter
Exeter Falcons 49 - Cradley Heathens 29 (British League)
Exeter Falcons 1. Tommy Sweetman 3 3 2 3 11 2. Jimmy Squibb (C) 2’ 2’ 2’ 1’ 7 4 3. Colin Gooddy 1 0 1 2 4 4. Jack Geran 3 3 3 0 9 5. Chris Blewett 2’ F N 1 3 1 6. Neil Street 3 3 3 1’ 10 1 7. Alan Smith 3 1 1 5 Team Manager: Pete Lansdale
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 1 1’ 2 2 0 6 1 2. Howard Cole 0 1 N EF 1 3. Chris Julian 2 2 2 3 2 11 4. Clive Featherby 0 1’ N 0 1 1 5. Ivor Hughes 0 1 3 3 EF 7 6. Chum Taylor 1 0 2’ N 3 1 7. Joe Weichlbauer 0 0 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee:
Ht1 Sweetman, Squibb, Brown, Cole 76.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Geran, Julian, Gooddy, Featherby 77.2 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Street, Blewett, Taylor, Hughes 76.4 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Smith, Squibb, Cole, Weichlbauer 76.4 5 1 19 5 Ht5 Street, Julian, Featherby, Blewett [f] 76.0 3 3 22 8 Ht6 Geran, Julian, Brown, Gooddy 76.6 3 3 25 11 Ht7 Sweetman, Squibb, Hughes, Taylor 75.4 5 1 30 12 Ht8 Geran, Brown, Smith, Weichlbauer 76.6 4 2 34 14 Ht9 Street, Brown, Smith, Cole [ef] 75.4 4 2 38 16 Ht10 Hughes, Taylor, Gooddy, Geran 75.6 1 5 39 21 Ht11 Julian, Sweetman, Squibb, Featherby 75.4 3 3 42 24 Ht12 Hughes, Gooddy, Street, Brown 75.4 3 3 45 27 Ht13 Sweetman, Julian, Blewett, Hughes [ef] 75.2 4 2 49 29
Programme Changes: Ht6 t/s Julian for Cole, Ht8 t/s Brown for Featherby, Ht9 r/s Smith for Blewett,
Silver Sash Match Race Chris Julian beat Tommy Sweetman 75.8
Falcons Scratch Race Smith, Dave Whittaker, Eric Howe, John Ellis 78.4
Silver Salver Ht1 Blewett, Taylor, Ted Laessing, Gooddy [r] 77.4 ??.? Ht2 Street, Squibb, Smith, Julian [r] 75.8 ??.? Ht3 Geran, Sweetman, Hughes, C Evans 76.2 ??.? Final Geran, Street, Blewett [ns], Squibb [fx] [rr] 77.4
Reserves’ Scamper Weichlbauer, Laessing, Howe, Whittaker 81.0
35 Saturday 23 rd July 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 37 – Wimbledon Dons 41 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 1’ 3 1 1’ 6 2 2. Howard Cole 2 3 2’ 0 7 1 3. Chris Julian 2 0 1’ 2 5 1 4. Clive Featherby 1’ 2 2 2 7 1 5. Ivor Hughes 2 1 2 2 7 6. Chum Taylor 1’ 3 1’ 0 5 2 7. Matt Mattocks 0 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Wimbledon Dons 1. Olle Nygren (C) 3 3 3 3 12 2. Jim Tebby 0 2 1 0 3 3. Colin Pratt (G) 3 0 3 3 9 4. Bobby Dugard 0 2 3 2’ 7 1 5. Reg Luckhurst 3 1 3 1 8 6. Anthony Childs 0 0 0 N 0 7. Peter Jackson 1’ 1 0 2 1 Team Manager: Ronnie Greene ACU Referee: A. B. Taylor
Ht1 Nygren, Cole, Brown, Tebby 72.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Pratt, Julian, Featherby, Dugard 71.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Luckhurst, Hughes, Taylor, Childs 72.2 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Cole, Tebby, Jackson, Mattocks 74.6 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Taylor, Dugard, Hughes, Pratt 73.0 4 2 16 14 Ht6 Nygren, Featherby, Tebby, Julian [fr] 71.8 2 4 18 18 Ht7 Brown, Cole, Luckhurst, Childs 73.0 5 1 23 19 Ht8 Dugard, Featherby, Jackson, Mattocks 72.2 2 4 25 23 Ht9 Nygren, Hughes, Taylor, Tebby 71.8 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Luckhurst, Featherby, Julian, Childs 72.6 3 3 31 29 Ht11 Pratt, Dugard, Brown, Cole 70.8 1 5 32 34 Ht12 Nygren, Julian, Luckhurst, Taylor 72.0 2 4 34 38 Ht13 Pratt, Hughes, Brown, Jackson 71.4 3 3 37 41
Programme Changes: Ht13 r/s Jackson for Childs.
Silver Sash Match Race Nygren beat Julian 70.6
Cradley Knockout Ht1 Nygren, Hughes, Dugard, Brown [ef] 71.4 72.4 Ht2 Luckhurst, Cole, Featherby, Tebby 73.4 73.8 Ht3 Pratt, Julian, Taylor, Childs 71.2 ??.? Final Nygren, Pratt, Luckhurst, Hughes 70.0
Junior Scurry Ron Cooper, Ken Wakefield, Dai Evans, Trevor Chamberlain 77.0
Dudley Stakes Mattocks, Wakefield, Jackson, Chamberlain 75.6
36 Monday 25 th July 1966 Brough Park, Newcastle
Newcastle Diamonds 53 - Cradley Heathens 25 (British League)
Newcastle Diamonds 1. Peter Kelly 2’ 3 2’ 3 10 2 2. Graham Coombes 3 3 1 3 10 3. Brian Brett 0 2 1’ 0 3 1 4. Russ Dent 3 1’ 3 2 9 1 5. Mike Watkin 2’ 2’ 0 2’ 6 3 6. Ivan Mauger (C) 3 3 3 3 12 7. Alan Butterfield 1 2’ 3 1 Team Manager: Eddie Glennon
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 0 0 N N 0 2. Howard Cole 1 2 3 2 2 10 3. Chris Julian 2 1 1’ F 1 5 1 4. Clive Featherby 1’ 0 1 N 1’ 3 2 5. Ivor Hughes 1 0 3 1 2 7 6. Chum Taylor 0 N 0 0 0 7. Ron Cooper 0 0 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: Dr Jameson
Ht1 Coombes, Kelly, Cole, Brown 74.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Dent, Julian, Featherby, Brett 76.4 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Mauger, Watkin, Hughes, Taylor 75.2 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Coombes, Cole, Butterfield, Cooper 75.2 4 2 17 7 Ht5 Mauger, Watkin, Julian, Featherby 75.8 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Cole, Brett, Dent, Brown 76.0 3 3 25 11 Ht7 Kelly, Cole, Coombes, Hughes 75.0 4 2 29 13 Ht8 Dent, Butterfield, Featherby, Cooper 77.0 5 1 34 14 Ht9 Mauger, Cole, Julian, Watkin 75.8 3 3 37 17 Ht10 Hughes, Dent, Brett, Taylor 77.2 3 3 40 20 Ht11 Coombes, Kelly, Hughes, Julian [f] 76.4 5 1 45 21 Ht12 Mauger, Hughes, Featherby, Brett 75.8 3 3 48 24 Ht13 Kelly, Watkin, Julian, Taylor 76.6 5 1 53 25
Programme Changes: Ht7 t/s Cole for Taylor, Ht9 t/s Julian for Brown, Ht11 t/s Hughes for Featherby, Ht12 t/s Featherby for Brown.
Senior Scratch Race (Winners & Fastest Second To Final) Ht1 Mauger, Kelly, Watkin, Featherby 76.6 Ht2 Coombes, Cole, Julian, Brett 75.8
Second Strings Scratch Races (Fastest Winner To Final) Ht1 Cole, Watkin, Dave Gifford, Cooper 76.4 Ht2 Hughes, Butterfield, Gifford, Dent [ef] 77.2
Grand Final Mauger, Coombes, Kelly, Cole 75.8
37 Friday 29 th July 1966 White City Stadium, Glasgow
Glasgow Tigers v Cradley Heathens (British League) Postponed Due To Rain
38 Saturday 30 th July 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 45 – Hackney Hawks 33 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 2 2 2’ 8 1 2. Howard Cole 1’ 3 1’ 1’ 6 3 3. Chris Julian 1’ 2 2 1’ 6 2 4. Clive Featherby 2 1’ 3 1’ 7 2 5. Ivor Hughes 3 3 3 3 12 6. Chum Taylor 1 2’ 0 2 5 1 7. Ron Cooper 1 0 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Hackney Hawks 1. Colin Pratt (C) 3 3 2 3 11 2. Malcolm Brown 0 0 N N 0 3. Gerald Jackson 3 0 3 1 7 4. Les McGillivray 0 1 2 0 3 5. Roy Trigg 2 3 1’ 3 0 9 1 6. Ernie Baker F 0 0 0 0 7. John Poyser 2 FX 1’ 3 1 ACU Referee: G. H. Reynolds
Ht1 Pratt, I Brown, Cole, M Brown 75.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Jackson, Featherby, Julian, McGillivray 76.4 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Hughes, Trigg, Taylor, Baker [f] 75.2 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Cole, Poyser, Cooper, M Brown [rr] 75.6 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Hughes, Taylor, McGillivray, Jackson [rr] 74.0 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Pratt, Julian, Featherby, Poyser [fx] [rr] 72.4 3 3 22 14 Ht7 Trigg, I Brown, Cole, Baker 75.0 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Featherby, McGillivray, Poyser, Cooper 75.4 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Hughes, Pratt, Trigg, Taylor 73.4 3 3 31 23 Ht10 Trigg, Julian, Featherby, Baker 75.4 3 3 34 26 Ht11 Jackson, I Brown, Cole, McGillivray 73.6 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Pratt, Taylor, Julian, Trigg [rr] 73.6 3 3 40 32 Ht13 Hughes, I Brown, Jackson, Baker 74.0 5 1 45 33
Programme Changes: Ht6 r/s Poyser for M Brown, Ht9 t/s Trigg for M Brown.
Cradley Knockout Ht1 Hughes, Trigg, Derek Timms, M Brown [f] 72.8 74.2 Ht2 Cole, Baker, Featherby, Mattocks 74.8 75.2 Ht3 Julian, McGillivray, Taylor, Jackson [ef] 73.2 74.4 Final Hughes, Julian, Cole, Trigg 73.4
Junior Scurry Ken Wakefield, Mick Handley, Dai Evans, Trevor Chamberlain 77.0
Dudley Stakes Cooper, Mattocks, Wakefield, Poyser [fr] 74.8
39 Saturday 6 th August 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens v Vargarna (Challenge) Postponed Due To Rain
40 Wednesday 10 th August 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 43 - Vargarna 34 (Challenge)
Cradley Heathens 1. Howard Cole EF 1 3 1’ 5 1 2. Ivor Brown (C) 2 1’ 3 2’ 8 2 3. Colin Pratt (G) 2 2 2 2 8 4. Chris Julian 1’ 1’ EF 0 2 2 5. Ivor Hughes 3 3 2 2 10 6. Chum Taylor 2’ 2’ 1’ 0 5 3 7. Clive Featherby 2 3 5 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Vargarna Wolves 1. Bjorn Knutsson (C) 3 3 3 3 3 15 2. Runo Wedin 1 3 0 0 0 4 3. Per-Olof Soderman 3 EF 1 3 7 4. Torbjorn HarryssonFX 1 FX N 1 5. Soren Sjosten 1 2 1 1 EF 5 6. Sture Lindblom 0 0 N N 0 7. Ryno Westergren 0 2 2 Team Manager: Charles Ringblom ACU Referee: G. H. Reynolds
Ht1 Knutsson, Brown, Wedin, Cole [ef] 69.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Soderman, Pratt, Julian, Harrysson [fx] [rr] 72.0 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Hughes, Taylor, Sjosten, Lindblom 71.4 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Wedin, Featherby, Brown, Westergren 70.2 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Hughes, Taylor, Harrysson, Soderman [ef] 71.0 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Knutsson, Pratt, Julian, Wedin 70.0 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Brown, Sjosten, Cole, Lindblom 72.2 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Featherby, Westergren, Julian [ef], Harrysson [fx] [rr] 72.2 3 2 28 19 Ht9 Knutsson, Hughes, Taylor, Wedin 70.8 3 3 31 22 Ht10 Knutsson, Pratt, Sjosten, Julian [rr] 70.4 2 4 33 26 Ht11 Cole, Brown, Soderman, Wedin 72.2 5 1 38 27 Ht12 Knutsson, Pratt, Sjosten, Taylor 70.2 2 4 40 31 Ht13 Soderman, Hughes, Cole, Sjosten [ef] [rr] 71.0 3 3 43 34
Programme Changes: Ht10 t/s Knotsson for Lindblom, Ht11 t/s Wedin for Harrysson, Ht13 t/s Sjosten for Lindblom.
Junior Scurry Joe Weichlbauer, Ken Wakefield, Mick Handley, Matt Mattocks 75.8
Dudley Knock-Out Ht1 Featherby, Wedin, Sjosten, Westergren 72.4 Ht2 Hughes, Cole, Wakefield, Weichlbauer [ef] 72.2 Ht3 Julian, Brown, Pratt, Taylor [rr] 72.4 Ht4 Knutsson, Soederman, Lindblom, Ringstron 71.4 Final Hughes, Knutsson, Julian, Featherby [rr] 72.0
41 Saturday 13 th August 1966 Old Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Monarchs v Cradley Heathens (British League) Postponed Due To Rain
42 Monday 15 th August 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 40 – Swindon Robins 38 (Midland Cup)
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 3 3 2 1 9 2. Howard Cole 1 3 1 0 5 3. Chris Julian EX 3 2 2 7 4. Clive Featherby 3 1 3 0 7 5. Ivor Hughes 3 3 1 3 10 6. Chum Taylor 1 1 0 0 2 7. Joe Weichlbauer 0 0 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Swindon Robins 1. Mike Broadbank (C) 2 2 3 3 3 13 2. Mike Keen 0 2 0 N 2 3. Barry Briggs R/R 4. Clive Hitch 1’ 2 1’ 1 2 7 2 5. Martin Ashby 2 0 2 2’ 3 1 10 1 6. Bob Kilby 2 EF 0 1 0 3 7. Frank Shuter 1’ 2 3 1 8. Alan Stapleton DNR Team Manager: Norman Parker ACU Referee: A. B. Taylor
Ht1 Brown, Broadbank, Cole, Keen 71.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Featherby, Ashby, Hitch, Julian [ex] [rr] 71.2 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Hughes, Kilby, Taylor, Ashby 70.6 4 2 11 7 Ht4 Cole, Keen, Shuter, Weichlbauer 70.8 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Hughes, Hitch, Taylor, Kilby [ef] 70.4 4 2 18 12 Ht6 Julian, Broadbank, Featherby, Keen 70.8 4 2 22 14 Ht7 Brown, Ashby, Cole, Kilby 70.4 4 2 26 16 Ht8 Featherby, Shuter, Hitch, Weichlbauer 71.2 3 3 29 19 Ht9 Broadbank, Ashby, Hughes, Taylor 70.8 1 5 30 24 Ht10 Ashby, Julian, Kilby, Featherby 70.8 2 4 32 28 Ht11 Broadbank, Brown, Hitch, Cole 70.8 2 4 34 32 Ht12 Broadbank, Julian, Ashby, Taylor 70.4 2 4 36 36 Ht13 Hughes, Hitch, Brown, Kilby 69.8 4 2 40 38
Programme Changes: Ht2 r/r Ashby for Briggs, Ht5 r/r Kilby for Briggs, Ht9 t/s Ashby for Keen, Ht11 r/r Broadbank for Briggs, Ht13 r/r Hitch for Briggs.
Cradley Knock-Out Ht1 Broadbank, Taylor, Kilby, Brown [ns] 71.8 72.2 Ht2 Cole, Featherby, Hitch, Ashby [nf] 70.6 ??.? Ht3 Julian, Keen, Hughes, Stapleton 71.0 72.2 Final Julian, Featherby, Broadbank, Cole ??.?
Junior Scurry Ken Wakefield, Mick Handley, Trevor Chamberlain, Dai Evans [f] 75.8
Dudley Stakes Shuter, Ron Cooper, Stapleton, Weichlbauer 74.2
43 Thursday 18 th August 1966 Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield
Sheffield Tigers 54 - Cradley Heathens 24 (British League)
Sheffield Tigers 1. John Dews 3 3 2 2 10 2. Arnold Haley 2’ 2’ 1 1’ 6 3 3. Jack Kitchen (C) 1’ 3 1’ 2’ 7 3 4. John Hart 2 1 3 2 8 5. Billy Bales 2’ 3 3 1’ 9 2 6. Bob Paulson 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2 7. Eric Hockaday 3 1 4 Team Manager: Ernest Palmer
Cradley Heathens 1. Howard Cole 1 2 1 0 4 2. Ivor Brown (C) 0 1 0 0 1 3. Clive Featherby 3 1 0 N EF 4 4. Chris Julian 0 0 2 0 2 5. Ivor Hughes 0 EF N 1 1 6. Chum Taylor 1 2 3 3 3 12 7. Joe Weichlbauer 0 EF Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: E. W. B. Roe
Ht1 Dews, Haley, Cole, Brown 69.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Featherby, Hart, Kitchen, Julian 71.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Paulson, Bales, Taylor, Hughes 70.6 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Hockaday, Haley, Brown, Weichlbauer 71.0 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Bales, Paulson, Featherby, Julian 69.8 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Kitchen, Cole, Hart, Brown 71.0 4 2 27 9 Ht7 Dews, Taylor, Haley, Hughes [ef] 70.0 4 2 31 11 Ht8 Hart, Julian, Hockaday, Weichlbauer [ef] 70.2 4 2 35 13 Ht9 Bales, Paulson, Cole, Brown 70.0 5 1 40 14 Ht10 Taylor, Hart, Kitchen, Featherby 70.0 3 3 43 17 Ht11 Taylor, Dews, Haley, Julian 70.0 3 3 46 20 Ht12 Paulson, Kitchen, Hughes, Cole 70.8 5 1 51 21 Ht13 Taylor, Dews, Bales, Featherby [ef] 70.6 3 3 54 24
Programme Changes: Ht10 t/s Featherby for Hughes, Ht11 t/s Taylor for Featherby.
Senior Individual Event Ht1 Paulson, Kitchen, Featherby, Len Kirkham 70.6 71.4 Ht2 Taylor, Dews, Hughes, Haley 70.2 70.2 Ht3 Bales, Hart, Julian, Brown 70.8 71.4 Final Taylor, Bales, Dews, Paulson 71.6
Consolation Race Hockaday, Alan Jay, Weichlbauer, Denis Wasden 70.8
Novices Event Wasden, Derek Jay, Stuart Hickman, Laszlo Munkacsi 74.2
44 Saturday 20 th August 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 46 – Sheffield Tigers 32 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 3 2 3 10 2. Howard Cole 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 3. Chris Julian 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 4. Clive Featherby 2’ 1 2 1 6 1 5. Ivor Hughes 3 3 3 F 9 6. Chum Taylor 1 2’ 2’ 3 8 2 7. Ken Wakefield 1 0 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Sheffield Tigers 1. John Dews 0 0 N 0 0 2. Arnold Haley 3 3 2 1 1 10 3. Jack Kitchen (C) 0 0 1 2 3 4. John Hart 1 1 3 3 8 5. Billy Bales 0 1’ N N 1 1 6. Bob Paulson 2 2 0 2 FN 6 7. Eric Hockaday 2’ 1 0 1’ 4 2 Team Manager: Ernest Palmer ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis
Reserves Run Off Wakefield, Ron Cooper, Joe Weichlbauer [r] 76.0
Ht1 Haley, Brown, Cole, Dews 71.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Julian, Featherby, Hart, Kitchen 71.4 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Hughes, Paulson, Taylor, Bales 71.2 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Haley, Hockaday, Wakefield, Cole [r] 71.2 1 5 13 11 Ht5 Hughes, Taylor, Hart, Kitchen 71.0 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Julian, Haley, Featherby, Dews 71.4 4 2 22 14 Ht7 Brown, Paulson, Bales, Cole 72.0 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Hart, Featherby, Hockaday, Wakefield 71.0 2 4 27 21 Ht9 Hughes, Taylor, Haley, Paulson [f] 72.0 5 1 32 22 Ht10 Julian, Paulson, Featherby, Hockaday 72.0 4 2 36 24 Ht11 Hart, Brown, Kitchen, Cole 71.0 2 4 38 28 Ht12 Taylor, Julian, Haley, Dews 72.0 5 1 43 29 Ht13 Brown, Kitchen, Hockaday, Hughes [f] [rr] ** 72.4 3 3 46 32
** - Ivor Hughes received injuries that proved to be fatal after his fall in Heat 13.
Programme Changes: Ht9 t/s Paulson for Dews, Ht10 r/s Hockaday for Bales, Ht12 t/s Haley for Bales, Ht13 r/s Hockaday for Paulson [fn].
Iron & Steel Knockout Ht1 Julian, Bales, Dews, Brown 73.6 74.2 Ht2 Featherby, Haley, Cooper, Derek Timms 72.6 74.4 Ht3 Hart, Taylor, Kitchen, Wayne Barry 71.2 73.2 Final Hart, Julian, Featherby, Taylor 72.0
Junior Scurry Wakefield, Timms, Dai Evans, Trevor Chamberlain 76.0
Tipton Stakes Hockaday, Cooper, Timms, Wakefield 73.0
45 Friday 26 th August 1966 Waterden Road, Hackney
Hackney Hawks 44 – Cradley Heathens 34 (British League)
Hackney Hawks 1. Colin Pratt (C) 2’ 3 3 2’ 3 13 2 2. Malcolm Brown 3 3 1 3 10 3. Roy Trigg 3 0 EF 3 6 4. Brian Davies 1 2 3 1 7 5. Gerald Jackson R/R 6. Les McGillivray 2 1 1 1 5 7. John Poyser 0 1 1 8. Gary Everett 1’ 0 1 2 1 Team Manager: Alec Ford
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 1 3 2 3 2 11 2. Howard Cole 0 2 1 2’ 3 8 1 3. Chris Julian EF N 0 0 N 0 4. Clive Featherby 2 0 2 1 5 5. Joe Weichlbauer 0 N N N 0 6. Chum Taylor 3 2 0 2’ 2 9 1 7. Ken Wakefield 1’ 0 0 1 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: C. W. Flashman
Ht1 M Brown, Pratt, I Brown, Cole 68.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Trigg, Featherby, Davies, Julian [ef] 68.6 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Taylor, McGillivray, Everett, Weichlbauer 70.6 3 3 12 6 Ht4 M Brown, Cole, Wakefield, Poyser 67.4 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Pratt, Taylor, McGillivray, Featherby 69.4 4 2 19 11 Ht6 I Brown, Davies, Cole, Trigg 70.4 2 4 21 15 Ht7 Pratt, I Brown, M Brown, Taylor 69.4 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Davies, Featherby, Poyser, Wakefield 71.2 4 2 29 19 Ht9 I Brown, Cole, McGillicray, Everett 70.8 1 5 30 24 Ht10 Cole, Taylor, Davies, Trigg [ef] 70.8 1 5 31 29 Ht11 M Brown, Pratt, Featherby, Julian 70.4 5 1 36 30 Ht12 Trigg, I Brown, McGillivray, Julian 70.2 4 2 40 32 Ht13 Pratt, Taylor, Everett, Wakefield 69.4 4 2 44 34
Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Everett for Jackson, Ht5 r/r Pratt for Jackson, t/s Taylor for Julian, Ht7 t/s I Brown for Weichlbauer, Ht9 r/r Everett for Jackson, Ht10 t/s Cole for Weichlbauer, Ht12 t/s Julian for Weichlbauer, Ht13 r/s Wakefield for Julian.
46 Saturday 27 th August 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 52 – Wolverhampton Wolves 50 (Dudley/Wolves Trophy)
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) R 3 3 1 3 1’ 11 1 2. Howard Cole 1 2 FN N N 3 3. Chris Julian 2 2 3 3 1 2 13 4. Clive Featherby EF 1’ 1 EF 3 5 1 5. Colin Gooddy (G) 2’ 1’ 2 2 3 10 2 6. Chum Taylor 3 2 0 1 1 7 7. Ken Wakefield 0 1 0 1’ 1 3 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Gordon Guasco 3 3 2 2’ 2 3 15 1 2. Alan Cowland 2’ 3 0 EF 0 5 1 3. Peter Vandenberg 3 2 3 EF 2 0 10 4. James Bond 1 FX 1 2 0 4 5. Dave Hemus 1 3 1’ 3 2 10 1 6. Peter Jarman (C) R EF 2 3 EF 5 7. Brian Maxted 1 0 1 Team Manager: Bob Wasley ACU Referee A. E. Humphrey
Ht1 Guasco, Cowland, Cole, Brown [r] 74.2 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Vandenberg, Julian, Bond, Featherby [ef] 72.6 2 4 3 9 Ht3 Taylor, Gooddy, Hemus, Jarman [r] 75.4 5 1 8 10 Ht4 Cowland, Cole, Maxted, Wakefield [rr] 75.0 2 4 10 14 Ht5 Hemus, Julian, Featherby, Jarman [ef] [rr] 71.6 3 3 13 17 Ht6 Brown, Vandenberg, Wakefield, Bond [fx] [rr] 73.2 4 2 17 19 Ht7 Guasco, Taylor, Gooddy, Cowland 72.4 3 3 20 22 Ht8 Brown, Jarman, Hemus, Wakefield 72.4 3 3 23 25 Ht9 Vandenberg, Gooddy, Bond, Taylor 74.8 2 4 25 29 Ht10 Julian, Guasco, Featherby, Cowland [ef] 71.8 4 2 29 31 Ht11 Jarman, Guasco, Brown, Featherby [ef] 72.2 1 5 30 36 Ht12 Hemus, Gooddy, Wakefield, Vandenberg [ef] 74.4 3 3 33 39 Ht13 Julian, Bond, Wakefield, Jarman [ef] 73.0 4 2 37 41 Ht14 Featherby, Vandenberg, Taylor, Maxted 73.2 4 2 41 43 Ht15 Gooddy, Guasco, Julian, Bond 73.0 4 2 45 45 Ht16 Brown, Hemus, Taylor, Cowland 73.6 4 2 49 47 Ht17 Guasco, Julian, Brown, Vandenberg 71.6 3 3 52 50
Programme Changes: Ht6 r/s Wakefield for Cole [fn], Ht8 r/s Wakefield for Cole, Ht12 r/s Wakefield for Cole.
Reserves Race Maxted, Wakefield, Joe Weichlbauer, Wayne Barry 73.2
Junior Scurry Dai Evans, Trevor Chamberlain, Weichlbauer, Barry 78.8
47 Monday 29 th August 1966 The Shay Stadium, Halifax
Halifax Dukes 51 – Cradley Heathens 27 (British League)
Halifax Dukes 1. Eric Boothroyd (C) 2’ 0 2 2’ 6 2 2. Tommy Roper 3 3 1 1’ 8 1 3. Dave Younghusband 3 3 3 3 12 4. Bert Kingston 2’ 2’ 3 1 8 2 5. Eric Boocock 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 6. Dennis Gavros 3 1 0 2’ 6 1 7. Bob Jameson EF NS 0 Team Manager: Reg Fearman
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) FX R 1’ N 1 1 2. Ray Wilson (G) 1 2 1 2 3 9 3. Chris Julian 1 2 2’ 2 0 1 8 1 4. Clive Featherby 0 R 2 N 2 5. Ivor Hughes R/R 6. Chum Taylor 1 3 0 1 0 5 7. Joe Weichlbauer 1’ 1’ 2 2 8. Ken Wakefield 0 0 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: J. M. Whitaker
Ht1 Roper, Boothroyd, Wilson, Brown [fx] [rr] 71.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Younghusband, Kingston, Julian, Featherby 71.2 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Gavros, Boocock, Taylor, Wakefield 73.0 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Roper, Wilson, Weichlbauer, Jameson [ef] 73.2 3 3 18 6 Ht5 Boocock, Julian, Gavros, Featherby [r] 72.0 4 2 22 8 Ht6 Younghusband, Kingston, Wilson, Brown [r] 72.2 5 1 27 9 Ht7 Taylor, Julian, Roper, Boothroyd 73.0 1 5 28 14 Ht8 Kingston, Featherby, Weichlbauer, Jameson [ns] 73.0 3 3 31 17 Ht9 Boocock, Wilson, Brown, Gavros 72.0 3 3 34 20 Ht10 Younghusband, Julian, Kingston, Taylor 73.4 4 2 38 22 Ht11 Wilson, Boothroyd, Roper, Julian 72.0 3 3 41 25 Ht12 Younghusband, Gavros, Taylor, Wakefield 73.0 5 1 46 26 Ht13 Boocock, Boothroyd, Julian, Taylor 72.0 5 1 51 27
Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Wakefield for Hughes, Ht7 r/r Julian for Hughes, Ht10 t/s Julian for Hughes, Ht11 t/s Wilson for Featherby, Ht12 r/r Taylor for Hughes, r/s Wakefield for Brown.
Reserves Romper Greg Kentwell (40 Yds Back), D Durham, I Wilson, D Burnett [f], D Hardy [f] 75.0
Rider Of The Night Trophy Ht1 Younghusband, Wilson, Maury Robinson, Taylor 72.4 72.6 Ht2 Boothroyd, Julian, Gavros, Kingston 71.0 71.4 Ht3 Boocock, Roper, Kentwell, Weichlbauer 72.6 72.8 Final Boocock, Boothroyd, Julian, Younghusband 72.0
48 Wednesday 31 st August 1966 Blunsdon Stadium, Swindon
Swindon Robins 61 – Cradley Heathens 17 (Midland Cup)
Swindon Robins 1. Mike Broadbank (C) 3 3 3 3 12 2. Bob Kilby 2’ 3 2’ 2’ 9 3 3. Barry Briggs 3 3 3 3 12 4. Clive Hitch 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 9 3 5. Martin Ashby 2 3 2’ 2’ 9 2 6. Frank Shuter 1’ 2’ 3 1 7 2 7. Pete Munday 2’ 1 3 1 Team Manager: Norman Parker
Cradley Heathens 1. Tommy Sweetman (G)1 1 1 0 EF 3 2. Joe Weichlbauer 0 0 N N 0 3. Chris Julian (C) 0 1 0 1 1 3 4. Clive Featherby 1 0 2 0 3 5. Peter Vandenberg (G) 3 0 0 1 2 6 6. Chum Taylor 0 1 N EF 1 7. Ken Wakefield 1 0 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis
Ht1 Broadbank, Kilby, Sweetman, Weichlbauer [rr] 75.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Briggs, Hitch, Featherby, Julian [fr] 76.8 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Vandenberg, Ashby, Shuter, Taylor 76.6 3 3 13 5 Ht4 Kilby, Munday, Wakefield, Weichlbauer 76.6 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Ashby, Shuter, Julian, Featherby 76.0 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Briggs, Hitch, Sweetman, Julian 75.3 5 1 28 8 Ht7 Broadbank, Kilby, Taylor, Vandenberg 75.9 5 1 33 9 Ht8 Hitch, Featherby, Munday, Wakefield 77.2 4 2 37 11 Ht9 Shuter, Ashby, Sweetman, Vandenberg 76.8 5 1 42 12 Ht10 Briggs, Hitch, Vandenberg, Sweetman 77.8 5 1 47 13 Ht11 Broadbank, Kilby, Julian, Featherby 76.9 5 1 52 14 Ht12 Briggs, Vandenberg, Shuter, Sweetman [ef] 76.0 4 2 56 16 Ht13 Broadbank, Ashby, Julian, Taylor [ef] 76.0 5 1 61 17
Programme Changes: Ht6 t/s Julian for Weichlbauer, Ht9 t/s Vandenberg for Weichlbauer, Ht10 t/s Sweetman for Taylor.
Blunsdon Scratch Race Pete Munday, Ken Wakefield, Alan Stapleton, Peter Harris 78.5
Heathens Knockout Ht1 Briggs, Vandenberg, Hitch, Featherby 77.4 Ht2 Broadbank, Julian, Shuter, Sweetman 76.8 Ht3 Ashby, Taylor, Wakefield, Weichlbauer 77.5 Ht4 Kilby, Munday, Wakefield, Stapleton 75.7 Final Briggs, Kilby, Broadbank, Ashby 75.7
49 Friday 2 nd September 1966 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton Wolves 65 – Cradley Heathens 37 (Dudley/Wolves Trophy)
Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Gordon Guasco EF 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 2. Alan Cowland 2 1 2’ 2’ 2 9 2 3. Peter Vandenberg (C) 3 1 3 3 3 13 4. James Bond 1 0 N 1 3 5 5. Peter Jarman 2 1’ 3 0 2’ 3 11 2 6. Cyril Francis EF 2 2’ 1 1 6 1 7. Dave Hemus 3 2’ 2’ 7 2 Team Manager: Bob Wasley
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 3 3 1 2 0 0 9 2. John Hart (G) 1 2 0 0 0 3 3. Chris Julian 2 F 1 1 2 6 4. Clive Featherby EF 1 0 0 1 2 5. Arne Pander (G) 3 3 F 3 2 1 12 6. Chum Taylor 1 2’ 1 0 1 5 1 7. Ken Wakefield 0 0 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis
Ht1 Brown, Cowland, Hart, Guasco [ef] [rr] 68.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Vandenberg, Julian, Bond, Featherby [ef] 68.6 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Pander, Jarman, Taylor, Francis [ef] 68.6 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Hemus, Hart, Cowland, Wakefield 69.4 4 2 12 12 Ht5 Pander, Taylor, Vandenberg, Bond 69.0 1 5 13 17 Ht6 Guasco, Cowland, Featherby, Julian [f] 69.2 5 1 18 18 Ht7 Brown, Francis, Jarman, Hart 69.6 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Guasco, Cowland, Taylor, Pander [f] 68.8 5 1 26 22 Ht9 Jarman, Francis, Julian, Featherby 69.6 5 1 31 23 Ht10 Vandenberg, Hemus, Brown, Hart [fr] 69.4 5 1 36 24 Ht11 Guasco, Brown, Bond, Taylor 68.2 4 2 40 26 Ht12 Pander, Cowland, Julian, Jarman [fr] 69.6 2 4 42 30 Ht13 Vandenberg, Hemus, Taylor, Featherby 69.6 5 1 47 31 Ht14 Bond, Julian, Francis, Wakefield [fr] 70.6 4 2 51 33 Ht15 Vandenberg, Jarman, Featherby, Brown 69.0 5 1 56 34 Ht16 Guasco, Pander, Francis, Hart 68.4 4 2 60 36 Ht17 Jarman, Guasco, Pander, Brown [rr] 69.0 5 1 65 37
Programme Changes: Ht10 r/s Hemus for Bond,
Wolves Silver Wings Vandenberg beat Ivor Brown 68.4
Reserves Race Brian Maxted, Hemus, Wakefield, Mick Handley 69.8
50 Monday 5 th September 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 27 – Halifax Dukes 51 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 2 2 1’ 2 9 1 2. Joe Weichlbauer EF 1 N N 1 3. Chris Julian 2 3 1’ EF F 6 1 4. Clive Featherby 1’ 0 1 N 2 1 5. David Crane (G) 2 0 0 1’ 3 1 6. Chum Taylor F 2 1 2 1 6 7. Ken Wakefield 0 0 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Halifax Dukes 1. Eric Boothroyd (C) 1 1’ 3 2’ 7 2 2. Tommy Roper 3 3 2 2’ 10 1 3. Dave Younghusband 3 3 3 3 12 4. Bert Kingston 0 1 2’ 0 3 1 5. Eric Boocock 3 3 3 3 12 6. Dennis Gavros 1 0 1 N 2 7. Bob Jameson 2’ 3 0 5 1 Team Manager: Maurice Morley ACU Referee: A. B. Taylor
Reserves Run Off Weichlbauer, Derek Timms, Dai Evans 74.4
Ht1 Roper, Brown, Boothroyd, Weichlbauer [ef] 71.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Younghusband, Julian, Featherby, Kingston 71.6 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Boocock, Crane, Gavros, Taylor [f] 70.6 2 4 7 11 Ht4 Roper, Jameson, Weichlbauer, Wakefield 72.6 1 5 8 16 Ht5 Younghusband, Taylor, Kingston, Crane 71.2 2 4 10 20 Ht6 Julian, Roper, Boothroyd, Featherby 71.6 3 3 13 23 Ht7 Boocock, Brown, Julian, Gavros 71.2 3 3 16 26 Ht8 Jameson, Kingston, Featherby, Wakefield 73.6 1 5 17 31 Ht9 Boothroyd, Roper, Taylor, Crane 72.0 1 5 18 36 Ht10 Boocock, Brown, Gavros, Julian [ef] 72.0 2 4 20 40 Ht11 Younghusband, Taylor, Brown, Kingston 71.6 3 3 23 43 Ht12 Boocock, Boothroyd, Taylor, Julian [f] 71.0 1 5 24 48 Ht13 Younghusband, Brown, Crane, Jameson 71.4 3 3 27 51
Programme Changes: Ht7 t/s Julian for Weichlbauer, Ht10 t/s Brown for Featherby, Ht11 t/s Taylor for Weichlbauer, Ht13 r/s Jameson for Gavros.
Tykes Scratch Race Ht1 Younghusband, Brown, Featherby, Roper 71.2 71.8 Ht2 Boocock, Taylor, Kingston, Weichlbauer 71.8 74.2 Ht3 Julian, Gavros, Derek Timms, Boothroyd 72.8 74.6 Final Brown, Julian, Boocock, Younghusband 72.0
Junior Scurry Weichlbauer, Timms, Dai Evans, Trevor Chamberlain 75.6
Dudley Stakes Jameson, Ron Cooper, Chris Hawkins, Wakefield 74.4
51 Friday 9 th September 1966 White City Stadium, Glasgow
Glasgow Tigers v Cradley Heathens (British League) Postponed Due To Rain
52 Saturday 10 th September 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 41 – Glasgow Tigers 37 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Joe Weichlbauer 0 0 EF 1 1 2. Ivor Brown (C) 3 3 2 3 11 3. Chris Julian 3 3 3 2 11 4. Clive Featherby 1 1 3 1 6 5. Geoff Mudge (G) F 2 1 3 6 6. Chum Taylor 2 1’ 3 0 6 1 7. Ken Wakefield 0 0 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Glasgow Tigers 1. Maury Mattingley (C) 1’ 2 2 1 EF 6 1 2. Willie Templeton 2 1’ 0 0 3 1 3. Bluet Scott R/R 4. Alf Wells 2 0 2 1’ 5 1 5. Charlie Monk 3 3 3 2 3 14 6. Bill McMillan 1 1 0 N 2 7. Jonny Faafeng 2 1’ 2 2 7 1 8. Jim McMillan 0 0 Team Manager: Trevor Redmond ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis
Ht1 Brown, Templeton, Mattingley, Weichlbauer [fr] 77.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Julian, Wells, Featherby, J McMillan [rr] 75.2 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Monk, Taylor, B McMillan, Mudge [f] 74.8 2 4 9 9 Ht4 Brown, Faafeng, Templeton, Wakefield 75.6 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Monk, Mudge, Taylor, Wells 74.2 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Julian, Mattingley, Featherby, Templeton 74.8 4 2 19 17 Ht7 Monk, Brown, B McMillan, Weichlbauer 73.2 2 4 21 21 Ht8 Featherby, Wells, Faafeng, Wakefield 74.4 3 3 24 24 Ht9 Taylor, Mattingley, Mudge, Templeton 74.0 4 2 28 26 Ht10 Julian, Monk, Featherby, B McMillan 73.6 4 2 32 28 Ht11 Brown, Faafeng, Wells, Weichlbauer [ef] 73.2 3 3 35 31 Ht12 Monk, Julian, Mattingley, Taylor 73.2 2 4 37 35 Ht13 Mudge, Faafeng, Weichlbauer, Mattingley [ef] [rr] 73.4 4 2 41 37
Programme Changes: Ht2 r/r J McMillan for Scott, Ht5 r/r Monk for Scott, Ht11 r/r faafeng for Scott, Ht13 r/r Mattingley for Scott, r/s Faafeng for B McMillan.
Paisley Scratch Race Ht1 Brown, B McMillan, Templeton, Weichlbauer [ef] 73.0 73.8 Ht2 Wakefield, Featherby [ef], Mattingley [ef], Taylor [ef] 75.0 Pushed Ht3 Monk, Mudge, Julian, J McMillan 71.2 71.8 Final Monk, Mudge, Brown, Wakefield 72.0
Junior Scurry J McMillan, Trevor Chamberlain, Derek Timms, Dai Evans 75.4
Old Hill Stakes Faafeng, Chris Hawkins, Ron Cooper [fr], Wakefield [f] 75.6
53 Sun day 11 th September 1966 Brafield-On-The-Green, Northampton
Brafield Badgers 50 - Cradley Heathens ‘B’ 28 (Challenge)
Brafield Badgers 1. Peter Seaton (C) 3 3 3 3 12 2. Peter Thorne 0 2 1 1 4 3. Pete Wrathall 1’ 3 F 2’ 6 2 4. Laszlo Munkasci 2 1 3 3 9 5. Ian Champion 2’ 1 2’ 2’ 7 3 6. Ted Spittles 3 3 3 3 12 7. Trevor Buswell 0 0 0 Team Manager: Lewis Stripp
Cradley Heathens ‘B’ 1. Chris Hawkins 1’ FX N N 1 1 2. Dai Evans 2 3 2 1 2 10 3. Ken Wakefield (C) 3 2 2 2 1 10 4. Wayne Barry 0 0 1’ EF 1 2 1 5. Joe Weichlbauer 1 0 1’ N 2 1 6. Trevor Chamberlain F N N N 0 7. Gerald Poyner 1 2 0 F 0 3 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: A. E. Humphrey
Ht1 Seaton, Evans, Hawkins, Thorne 71.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Wakefield, Munkasci, Wrathall, Barry 72.2 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Spittles, Champion, Weichlbauer, Chamberlain [f] 71.2 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Evans, Thorne, Poyner, Buswell 75.2 2 4 13 11 Ht5 Spittles, Wakefield, Champion, Barry 71.2 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Wrathall, Evans, Munkasci, Hawkins [fx] 69.0 4 2 21 15 Ht7 Seaton, Wakefield, Thorne, Weichlbauer 71.4 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Munkasci, Poyner, Barry, Buswell 72.8 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Spittles, Champion, Evans, Poyner [fr] 72.6 5 1 33 21 Ht10 Munkasci, Evans, Weichlbauer, Wrathall [f] 77.8 3 3 36 24 Ht11 Seaton, Wakefield, Thorne, Barry [ef] 72.0 4 2 40 26 Ht12 Spittles, Wrathall, Barry, Poyner [f] 78.6 5 1 45 27 Ht13 Seaton, Champion, Wakefield, Poyner 71.8 5 1 50 28
Programme Changes: Ht7 t/s Wakefield for Chamberlain, Ht9 r/s Poyner for Hawkins, Ht10 t/s Evans for Chamberlain, Ht12 t/s Barry for Hawkins, r/s Poyner for Weichlbauer, Ht13 r/s Poyner for Chamberlain.
Badgers Scratch Race Slee, Riley, Armstrong, Weedon 75.8
Brafield Stakes Ht1 Seaton, Buswell, T. Cooper, Barry [f] 72.0 Ht2 Spittles, Davenport, Slee, Thorne 72.8 Ht3 Champion, Munkasci, Hook, Wakefield 70.8 Ht4 Wrathall, Evans, Riley, Bingham 72.6 Final Seaton, Wrathall, Spittles, Champion 71.0
54 Tuesday 13th September 1966 Station Road, Long Eaton
Long Eaton Archers 50 – Cradley Heathens 28 (Midland Shield 1 st Leg)
Long Eaton Archers 1. Ray Wilson 3 3 3 3 12 2. Norman Storer 2’ 3 1 1 7 1 3. Ray Cresp (C) 3 3 2’ 0 8 1 4. Vic White 1 0 3 3 7 5. Nils Ringstrom 2 3 2 1 8 6. Dennis Newton 1’ 1 0 3 5 1 7. Greg Kentwell 2’ 1 3 1 Team Manager: Ron Wilson
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 1 2 3 2 1’ 9 1 2. Joe Weichlbauer 0 1 N N 1 3. Chris Julian 2 2 1 F FX 5 4. Clive Featherby 0 0 2 N 2 4 5. Peter Jarman (G) 0 0 0 N 0 6. Clive Hitch (G) 3 1’ 2 1 2 9 1 7. Ken Wakefield 0 F 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: G. H. Reynolds
Ht1 Wilson, Storer, Brown, Weichlbauer 69.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Cresp, Julian, White, Featherby 69.8 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Hitch, Ringstrom, Newton, Jarman 71.6 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Storer, Kentwell, Weichlbauer, Wakefield 72.4 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Ringstrom, Julian, Newton, Featherby 71.8 4 2 21 9 Ht6 Cresp, Brown, Hitch, White 71.2 3 3 24 12 Ht7 Wilson, Hitch, Storer, Jarman 70.4 4 2 28 14 Ht8 White, Featherby, Kentwell, Wakefield [f] 72.2 4 2 32 16 Ht9 Brown, Ringstrom, Julian, Newton 72.0 2 4 34 20 Ht10 White, Cresp, Hitch, Jarman 72.4 5 1 39 21 Ht11 Wilson, Brown, Storer, Julian [f] 70.2 4 2 43 23 Ht12 Newton, Featherby, Brown, Cresp 72.8 3 3 46 26 Ht13 Wilson, Hitch, Ringstrom, Julian [fx] [rr] 71.4 4 2 50 28
Programme Changes: Ht6 t/s Hitch for Weichlbauer, Ht9 t/s Julian for Weichlbauer, Ht11 t/s Brown for Featherby, Ht12 t/s Featherby for Jarman.
Archers Handicap Bostock, Trevor Chamberlain, Ian Champion, John Surman, Tom Leadbitter [ns] 77.4
The Toton Trim Ht1 Wilson, Featherby, Brown, Ringstrom [ef] 71.6 Ht2 Cresp, Julian, Chamberlain, Wakefield 72.0 Ht3 White, Newton, Hitch, Weichlbauer 72.6 Ht4 Jarman, Storer, Kentwell, Champion 73.8 Final Wilson, Cresp, Jarman, White 72.2
55 Saturday 17 th September 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 64 – Wolverhampton Wolves 38 (Challenge) In Aid Of The Ivor Hughes Fund
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 3 2 3 2 3 2 15 2. Clive Featherby 2’ 3 R 2’ 0 7 2 3. Chris Julian 3 2’ 3 2 3 0 13 1 4. Sverre Harrfeldt (G)1 3 2’ 1’ 3 10 2 5. Ken McKinlay (G) 3 3 2 3 11 6. Chum Taylor 2’ 2’ EF 1 2’ 7 3 7. Ken Wakefield F 1’ 0 1 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Gordon Guasco 1 1 EF 3 R 2 7 2. Dave Hemus F 2 0 1 1 4 3. Peter Vandenberg 2 1 1 2 2 3 11 4. Tommy Sweetman (G )0 3 3 3 1’ 1 11 1 5. Brian Maxted 0 1 1 1’ 0 3 1 6. Pete Jarman (C) 1 0 R N N 1 7. Cyril Francis 1’ 0 R 1 1 Team Manager: Bob Wasley ACU Referee: G. H. Reynolds
Ht1 Brown, Featherby, Guasco, Hemus [f] 72.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Julian, Vandenberg, Harrfeldt, Sweetman [rr] 72.0 4 2 9 3 Ht3 McKinlay, Taylor, Jarman, Maxted 72.4 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Featherby, Hemus, Francis, Wakefield [f] 72.0 3 3 17 7 Ht5 Harrfeldt, Julian, Maxted, Jarman 72.4 5 1 22 8 Ht6 Sweetman, Brown, Vandenberg, Featherby 72.6 2 4 24 12 Ht7 McKinlay, Taylor, Guasco, Hemus 72.4 5 1 29 13 Ht8 Brown, Featherby, Maxted, Jarman [r] 72.4 5 1 34 14 Ht9 Sweetman, McKinlay, Vandenberg, Taylor [ef] 71.8 2 4 36 18 Ht10 Julian, Harrfeldt, Hemus, Guasco [ef] [rr] 72.4 5 1 41 19 Ht11 Guasco, Brown, Harrfeldt, Francis 71.6 3 3 44 22 Ht12 McKinlay, Vandenberg, Maxted, Featherby 72.0 3 3 47 25 Ht13 Sweetman, Julian, Wakefield, Guasco [r] 72.0 3 3 50 28 Ht14 Harrfeldt, Vandenberg, Taylor, Francis [r] 72.4 4 2 54 30 Ht15 Julian, Guasco, Sweetman, Wakefield 72.6 3 3 57 33 Ht16 Brown, Taylor, Hemus, Maxted 72.4 5 1 62 34 Ht17 Vandenberg, Brown, Sweetman, Julian [rr] 72.4 2 4 64 38
Programme Changes: Ht11 r/s Francis for Jarman, Ht13 t/s Guasco for Jarman, Ht15 r/s Wakefield for McKinlay.
Reserves Race Francis, Dai Evans, Wakefield, Joe Weichlbauer [ef] 75.6
56 Saturday 24 th September 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens 42 – Long Eaton Archers 36 (British League)
Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 3 3 3 2 11 2. Clive Featherby 1 2 2’ 2’ 7 2 3. Chris Julian 3 2 3 2 10 4. Ken Wakefield 0 1’ 2 1 4 1 5. Graham Coombes (G)3 2 1 1’ 7 1 6. Chum Taylor 2’ 0 0 0 2 1 7. Joe Weichlbauer 1’ 0 1 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Long Eaton Archers 1. Ray Wilson 2 3 3 3 3 14 2. Norman Storer 0 3 0 N 3 3. Ray Cresp (C) 1’ 1 1 N 3 1 4. Vic White 2 3 3 2’ EF 10 1 5. Nils Ringstrom EF 1 EF 1 2 6. Dennis Newton 1 0 2 0 3 7. Ian Champion 0 1 1 Team Manager: Ron Wilson ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis
Reserve Decider Ken Wakefield, Joe Weichlbauer, Matt Mattocks 77.2
Ht1Brown, Wilson, Featherby, Storer 73.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Julian, White, Cresp, Wakefield 73.2 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Coombes, Taylor, Newton, Ringstrom [ef] 75.8 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Storer, Featherby, Weichlbauer, Champion [fr] 74.4 3 3 15 9 Ht5 White, Coombes, Cresp, Taylor 74.2 2 4 17 13 Ht6 Wilson, Julian, Wakefield, Storer 71.4 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Brown, Featherby, Ringstrom, Newton 73.0 5 1 25 17 Ht8 White, Wakefield, Champion, Weichlbauer 73.6 2 4 27 21 Ht9 Wilson, White, Coombes, Taylor 72.6 1 5 28 26 Ht10 Julian, Newton, Wakefield, Ringstrom [ef] 73.2 4 2 32 28 Ht11 Brown, Featherby, Cresp, White [ef] 73.4 5 1 37 29 Ht12 Wilson, Julian, Ringstrom, Taylor 71.4 2 4 39 33 Ht13 Wilson, Brown, Coombes, Newton 72.0 3 3 42 36
Programme Changes: Ht9 t/s White for Storer, Ht13 t/s Wilson for Cresp.
Scratch Race Ht1 Tommy Bergqvist, White, Brown, Ringstrom 73.2 73.6 Ht2 Featherby, Storer, Cresp, Taylor [f] 73.6 75.4 Ht3 Wilson, Julian, Coombes, Newton 71.4 71.8 Final Wilson, Julian, Bergqvist, Featherby 71.4
Junior Scurry Derek Timms, Dai Evans, Peter Wrathall, Trevor Chamberlain 76.4
Dudley Wood Stakes Bergqvist, Champion, Matt Mattocks, Ron Cooper [ns] 75.6
57 Friday 7 th October 1966 White City Stadium, Glasgow
Glasgow Tigers 36 - Cradley Heathens 29 (British League) Meeting Abandoned Due To Rain – Result Stands
Glasgow Tigers 1. Maury Mattingley ( C) 1 2 1 4 2. Willie Templeton 3 3 1’ F 7 1 3. Bluey Scott F 3 F 3 4. Alf Wells 2 EF 2 3 7 5. Charlie Monk 3 3 3 9 6. Jonny Faafeng N 2’ 1 3 1 7. Bill McMillan 0 2’ 1’ 3 2 Team Manager: Trevor Redmond
Cradley Heathens 1. Vic White (G) 2 2 2 2’ 8 1 2. Clive Featherby 0 0 N N 0 3. Chris Julian (C) 3 0 3 3 9 4. Joe Weichlbauer 1 1 N 2 5. Doug Templeton (G) 1’ 0 0 1’ 2 2 6. Tommy Bergqvist 2 FX 3 2 7 7. Ken Wakefield 1 0 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee:
Ht1 W Templeton, White, Mattingley, Featherby 82.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Julian, Wells, Weichlbauer, Scott [f] 87.0 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Monk, Bergqvist, D Templeton, McMillan 84.4 3 3 9 9 Ht4 W Templeton, McMillan, Wakefield, Featherby 90.0 5 1 14 10 Ht5 Monk, Faafeng, Weichlbauer, Julian [fr] 86.0 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Scott, White, Bergqvist [fx], Wells [ef] [rr] 86.6 3 2 22 13 Ht7 Bergqvist, Mattingley, W Templeton, D Templeton 87.0 3 3 25 16 Ht8 Julian, Wells, McMillan, Wakefield 86.6 3 3 28 19 Ht9 Monk, White, Faafeng, D Templeton 85.8 4 2 32 21 Ht10 Wells, Bergqvist, D Templeton, Scott [f] 87.6 3 3 35 24 Ht11 Julian, White, Mattingley, W Templeton [f] 90.0 1 5 36 29
Meeting Abandoned Due To Rain
Programme Changes: Ht6 t/s Bergqvist for Featherby, Ht8 t/s Julian for Weichlbauer, Ht9 t/s D Templeton for Featherby.
58 Saturday 8 th October 1966 Old Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
Edinburgh Monarchs 49 - Cradley Heathens 29 (British League)
Edinburgh Monarchs 1. George Hunter 3 3 3 3 12 2. Jimmy Tannock 1 2’ 0 N 3 1 3. Doug Templeton (C) EF 2’ 2’ 2 6 2 4. Bert Harkins 2 3 3 3 11 5. Bill Landels 2’ 3 1 2’ 8 2 6. Dudley McKean 3 1 0 1’ 5 1 7. Brian Collins 3 1 F 4 Team Manager: Ian Hoskins
Cradley Heathens 1. Vic White (G) 2 0 2 2’ 3 9 1 2. Clive Featherby EF NS N N 0 3. Chris Julian (C) 3 2 3 2 1 11 4. Joe Weichlbauer 1 0 N 1’ 2 1 5. Bluey Scott (G) 0 2 EF N 2 6. Tommy Bergqvist 1 1 1’ 1 0 4 1 7. Ken Wakefield 1 0 0 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan
Ht1 Hunter, White, Tannock, Featherby [ef] 66.1 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Julian, Harkins, Weichlbauer, Templeton [ef] 68.9 2 4 6 6 Ht3 McKean, Landels, Bergqvist, Scott 67.6 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Collins, Tannock, Wakefield, Featherby [ns] 69.6 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Landels, Julian, McKean, Weichlbauer 68.1 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Harkins, Templeton, Bergqvist, White 67.7 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Hunter, Scott, Bergqvist, Tannock 68.6 3 3 28 14 Ht8 Harkins, White, Collins, Wakefield 68.6 4 2 32 16 Ht9 Julian, White, Landels, McKean 69.1 1 5 33 21 Ht10 Harkins, Templeton, Bergqvist, Scott [ef] 68.9 5 1 38 22 Ht11 Hunter, Julian, Weichlbauer, Collins [f] 68.8 3 3 41 25 Ht12 White, Templeton, McKean, Wakefield 69.9 3 3 44 28 Ht13 Hunter, Landels, Julian, Bergqvist 69.6 5 1 49 29
Programme Changes: Ht6 t/s Bergqvist for Featherby, Ht8 t/s White for Weichlbauer, Ht9 t/s Julian for Featherby, Ht11 r/s Collins for Tannock, Ht12 r/s Wakefield for Scott.
Le Mans Trophy Ht1 Landels, Tannock, Ken Omand, David Reid [ef] 70.4 Ht2 Hunter, Julian, White, Collins [f] 68.9 Ht3 Templeton, Scott [f], Weichlbauer [ef], Tony Hall [ef] 71.1 Ht4 McKean, Harkins, Bergqvist, Wakefield 70.2 Final Hunter, Landels, Templeton, McKean [ef] 71.9
59 Saturday 8 th October 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
International Cavalcade of Thrills (Composite Meeting)
Speedway (Pairs) 1. Ivan Mauger 1 3 3 7 9 2nd 1. Dave Gifford 0 2’ EF 2 1 2. Gordon Guasco 2’ 3 2 7 1 13 1st 2. Peter Vandenberg 3 2 1’ 6 1 3. Goog Allan 1 1 2 2 3rd 3. John Bishop 0 0 0
Ht1 Vandenberg, Guasco, Mauger, Gifford Ht2 Guasco, Vandenberg, Allan, Bishop Ht3 Mauger, Gifford, Allan, Bishop Final Mauger, Guasco, Vandenberg, Gifford [ef]
Star Match Race Mauger beat Vandenberg
Speed Cars Ron Lea 3 0 4 7 2nd Jack Winstanley 1 3 2 6 3rd Brian Oliver 0 0 3 3 5th Jim Williamson 1 3 5 9 1st Goog Allan 1 2 NS 3 6th Graham Beattie 2 1 1 4 4th
Ht1 Lea, Winstanley, Williamson, Oliver Ht2 Williamson, Beattie, Allen, Oliver Ht3 Winstanley, Allan, Beattie, Lea [crash] Final Williamson, Lea, Oliver, Winstanley, Beattie, Allan [ns]
Scrambling Tom Leadbitter Bernie Andrews Geoff Brooks Dave Smithers Frank Hipkin Barry Haycock Frank Bourne Paul Johnson Bert Symcox Pete Shemwell Geoff Derricutt Johnny Hale Res: Dennis Jones Res: Richard Peaple
Scramble (First 4 to Final) Ht1 Hale, Shemwell, Leadbitter, Hipkin, Brooks, Andrews Ht2 Symcox, Bourne, Derricutt, Johnson, Haycock, Smithers Final Leadbitter, Hipkin, Bourne, Shemwell, Johnson, Symcox [r], Derricutt [r], Hale [r]
Scramble Grand National (First 4 to Final) Ht1 Leadbitter, Bourne, Johnson, Brooks, Smithers, Derricutt Ht2 Hipkin, Symcox, Shemwell, Hale, Haycock, Andrews Final Symcox, Hale, Leadbitter, [Bourne, Brooks, Johnson, Hipkin, Shemwell
60 Saturday 15 th October 1966 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath
Cradley Heathens v Edinburgh Monarchs (British League) Meeting Postponed Due To Rain – Not Re-Staged
61 Cradley Heathens Speedway Averages 1966 – British League
M R Pts BP Ttl CMA M PM
Ivor Brown Home 16 67 133 10 143 8.537 - - Away 15 65 109 6 115 7.077 - - Total 31 132 242 16 258 7.818 - -
Chris Julian Home 17 66 113 13 126 7.636 1 1 Away 18 74 93 7 100 5.405 - - Total 35 140 206 20 226 6.457 1 1
Chum Taylor Home 17 67 109 11 120 7.164 - 1 Away 16 64 74 13 87 5.438 - - Total 33 131 183 24 207 6.321 - 1
Clive Featherby Home 15 59 92 15 107 7.254 - - Away 15 54 58 8 66 4.889 - - Total 30 113 150 23 173 6.124 - -
Howard Cole Home 10 41 48 9 57 5.561 - - Away 9 35 45 6 51 5.829 - - Total 19 76 93 15 108 5.684 - -
Ivor Hughes Home 14 53 81 5 86 6.491 1 - Away 14 57 61 6 67 4.702 - - Total 28 110 142 11 153 5.564 1 -
Eric Hockaday Home 3 10 13 3 16 6.400 - - Away 4 12 4 0 4 1.333 - - Total 7 22 17 3 20 3.636 - -
Ron Cooper Home 4 10 9 5 14 5.600 - - Away 5 9 2 1 3 1.333 - - Total 9 19 11 6 17 3.579 - -
Joe Weichlbauer Home 6 12 4 2 6 2.000 - - Away 8 18 8 4 12 2.667 - - Total 14 30 12 6 18 2.400 - -
Matt Mattocks Home 5 12 6 1 7 2.333 - - Away 5 10 3 2 5 2.000 - - Total 10 22 9 3 12 2.182 - -
Ken Wakefield Home 4 10 5 1 6 2.400 - - Away 4 10 3 1 4 1.600 - - Total 8 20 8 2 10 2.000 - -
Also Rode
Guests Home 8 33 46 5 51 6.182 - - Away 10 43 64 5 69 6.419 - - Total 18 76 110 10 120 6.316 - -
Tommy Bergqvist Home ------Away 2 9 11 1 12 5.333 - - Total 2 9 11 1 12 5.333 - -
John Hart Home ------Away 1 3 2 1 3 4.000 - - Total 1 3 2 1 3 4.000 - -
62 Cradley Heathens Speedway Averages 1966 – Knockout Cup
M R Pts BP Ttl CMA M PM
Ivor Brown Home ------Away 1 5 12 0 12 9.600 - - Total 1 5 12 0 12 9.600 - -
Chris Julian Home ------Away 1 5 10 0 10 8.000 - - Total 1 5 10 0 10 8.000 - -
Ivor Hughes Home ------Away 1 5 7.5 2 9.5 7.600 - - Total 1 5 7.5 2 9.5 7.600 - -
Chum Taylor Home ------Away 1 5 8 0 8 6.400 - - Total 1 5 8 0 8 6.400 - -
Clive Featherby Home ------Away 1 5 6 1 7 5.600 - - Total 1 5 6 1 7 5.600 - -
Matt Mattocks Home ------Away 1 2 2 0 2 4.000 - - Total 1 2 2 0 2 4.000 - -
Howard Cole Home ------Away 1 5 2 1 3 2.400 - - Total 1 5 2 1 3 2.400 - -
63 Cradley Heathens Speedway Averages 1966 – Combined (BL & KO Cup)
M R Pts BP Ttl CMA M PM
Ivor Brown Home 16 67 133 10 143 8.537 - - Away 16 70 121 6 127 7.257 - - Total 32 137 254 16 270 7.883 - -
Chris Julian Home 17 66 113 13 126 7.636 1 1 Away 19 79 103 7 110 5.570 - - Total 36 145 216 20 236 6.510 1 1
Chum Taylor Home 17 67 109 11 120 7.164 - 1 Away 17 69 82 13 95 5.507 - - Total 34 136 191 24 215 6.324 - 1
Clive Featherby Home 15 59 92 15 107 7.254 - - Away 16 59 64 9 73 4.949 - - Total 31 118 156 24 180 6.102 - -
Ivor Hughes Home 14 53 81 5 86 6.491 1 - Away 15 62 68.5 8 76.5 4.935 - - Total 29 115 149.5 13 162.5 5.652 1 -
Howard Cole Home 10 41 48 9 57 5.561 - - Away 10 40 47 7 54 5.400 - - Total 20 81 95 16 111 5.481 - -
Eric Hockaday Home 3 10 13 3 16 6.400 - - Away 4 12 4 0 4 1.333 - - Total 7 22 17 3 20 3.636 - -
Ron Cooper Home 4 10 9 5 14 5.600 - - Away 5 9 2 1 3 1.333 - - Total 9 19 11 6 17 3.579 - -
Joe Weichlbauer Home 6 12 4 2 6 2.000 - - Away 8 18 8 4 12 2.667 - - Total 14 30 12 6 18 2.400 - -
Matt Mattocks Home 5 12 6 1 7 2.333 - - Away 6 12 5 2 7 2.333 - - Total 11 24 11 3 14 2.333 - -
Ken Wakefield Home 4 10 5 1 6 2.400 - - Away 4 10 3 1 4 1.600 - - Total 8 20 8 2 10 2.000 - -
Also Rode
Guests Home 8 33 46 5 51 6.182 - - Away 10 43 64 5 69 6.419 - - Total 18 76 110 10 120 6.316 - -
Tommy Bergqvist Home ------Away 2 9 11 1 12 5.333 - - Total 2 9 11 1 12 5.333 - -
John Hart Home ------Away 1 3 2 1 3 4.000 - - Total 1 3 2 1 3 4.000 - -
64 Cradley Heathens Speedway Averages 1966 – Midland Cup
M R Pts BP Ttl CMA M PM
Ivor Brown Home 2 8 20 0 20 10.000 - - Away 1 5 15 0 15 12.000 1 - Total 3 13 35 0 35 10.769 1 -
Ivor Hughes Home 2 8 17 2 19 9.500 - - Away 1 4 3 0 3 3.000 - - Total 3 12 20 2 22 7.333 - -
Chris Julian Home 2 9 15 0 15 6.667 - - Away 2 9 9 1 10 4.444 - - Total 4 18 24 1 25 5.556 - -
Chum Taylor Home 2 8 5 2 7 3.500 - - Away 2 8 8 0 8 4.000 - - Total 4 16 13 2 15 3.750 - -
Clive Featherby Home 2 8 13 0 13 6.500 - - Away 2 8 6 2 8 4.000 - - Total 4 16 19 2 21 5.250 - -
Joe Weichlbauer Home 1 2 0 0 0 0.000 - - Away 2 4 0 0 0 0.000 - - Total 3 6 0 0 0 0.000 - -
Ron Cooper Home 1 3 0 0 0 0.000 - - Away 1 2 0 0 0 0.000 - - Total 2 5 0 0 0 0.000 - -
Also Rode:
Howard Cole Home 1 4 5 0 5 5.000 - - Away ------Total 1 4 5 0 5 5.000 - -
Matt Mattocks Home 1 2 2 0 2 4.000 - - Away ------Total 1 2 2 0 2 4.000 - -
Guests Home ------Away 2 10 9 0 9 3.600 - - Total 2 10 9 0 9 3.600 - -
Ken Wakefield Home ------Away 1 2 1 0 1 2.000 - - Total 1 2 1 0 1 2.000 - -
65 Cradley Heath 1966 – Information Required
Apr 8th Swindon Away BL 2nd Half 2 nd Place Times Reqd Apr 9th Newport Home BL Silver Sash Time Reqd. May 3rd West Ham Away BL Some 2nd Half Details Reqd May 21 st Swindon Home BL Vultures Race – Time Required. Jun 2nd Oxford Away BL 2nd Half Queries Jun 17 th Hackney Away KOC Ht7 Query Julian, Mattocks & Cole Jun 24 th Newport Away BL 2nd Half 2 nd Place Times Reqd Jun 25 th Kings Lynn Home BL 2nd Half 2 nd Place Times Reqd July 18 th Exeter Away BL 2nd Half 2 nd Place Times Reqd, Evans-Christian name July 23 rd Wimbledon Home BL All 2 nd Half Details to be rechecked Aug 15 th Swindon Home MC 2nd Half Queries/Missing times Aug 26 th Hackney Away BL All 2 nd Half Details Required Aug 29 th Halifax Away BL Was Wakefield No5 or No8 Aug 31 st Swindon Away MC Many Queries – Further prog required. Sep 11 th Brafield Away CH Cross check on 2nd Half Details Required Sep 13 th Long Eaton Away MS 2nd Half – Bostock Christian name Oct 8th Cavalcade of Thrills Further Prog Copy Required
Issue Log Iss1 First Issue 13/06/13 Iss2 18/06 Exeter (h) Heat 7 query solved Blewett took prog ride 16/10/13 25/06 K Lynn (h) First half queries answered 20/08 Sheff (h) Ht13 query answered 05/09 Halifax (h) Further prog copy found, results cross checked Iss3 02/04 Coventry (h) Referee Name Added 15/04/18 11/09 Brafield (a) 2nd Half Details added Match Averages Added
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