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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.