Saturday 26 March 1977 Halifax 51 Hull 26 - Northern Trophy HALIFAX Henny Kroeze 1 0 R 2 2 5 1 Tom Godal 3 2 1 1 F 7 1 Ha Hu Graham Plant 3 3 3 3 12 0 Ht 1 Godal, Owen, Kroeze, Auffret, 69.0 4 2 Ian Cartwright T M 3 3 6 0 Ht 2 Lohmann, Drury, Finch, Havelock, 71.0 8 4 R/R Chris Pusey Ht 3 Lohmann, Godal, Owen, Beaton, Cartwright (exc tapes), 70.4 13 5 Steve Finch 1 2 2 1 2 8 3 Ht 4 Plant, Finch, Graham, Havelock, 70.0 18 6 Michael Lohmann 3 3 3 3 1 13 0 Ht 5 Lohmann, Finch, Auffret, Owen, Cartwright (exc 2 mins), 70.4 23 7 HULL Ht 6 Graham, Drury, Godal, Kroeze, 71.4 24 12 Joe Owen 2 1 0 2 1 6 0 Ht 7 Plant, Beaton, Finch, Graham, 69.0 28 14 Frank Auffret 0 1 0 0 1 0 Ht 8 Lohmann, Beaton, Godal, Auffret, 70.4 32 16 Mitch Graham 1 3 0 2 R 6 0 Ht 9 Cartwright, Graham, Drury, Kroeze (ret), 72.0 35 19 R/R Egon Muller Ht 10 Beaton, Kroeze, Drury, Godal (fell), 72.0 37 23 Bobby Beaton 0 2 2 3 R 7 0 Ht 11 Plant, Owen, Lohmann, Auffret, 71.6 41 25 Graham Drury 2 2 1 1 R 6 2 Ht 12 Cartwright, Kroeze, Graham (ret), Beaton (ret), 72.0 46 25 Brian Havelock (G) 0 0 0 0 Ht 13 Plant, Finch, Owen, Drury (ret), 74.0 51 26 Wednesday 30 March 1977 Hull 51 Halifax 27 - Northern Trophy HULL Joe Owen 1 2 1 1 5 3 Frank Auffret 3 3 1 2 9 1 Hu Ha Bobby Beaton 3 3 2 3 11 1 Ht 1 Auffret, Kroeze, J.Owen, Godal, 79.0 4 2 Graham Drury 1 3 3 2 9 0 Ht 2 T.Owen, Kynman, Finch, Pusey, 80.4 9 3 Mitch Graham 0 T 2 2 1 Ht 3 Lohmann, Cartwright, Drury, Graham, 79.1 10 8 Phil Kynman 2 2 0 4 2 Ht 4 Beaton, Kynman, Finch, Pusey, 79.8 15 9 Tom Owen 3 1 2 3 2 11 1 Ht 5 Drury, Godal, T.Owen, Kroeze, Graham (exc tapes), 78.0 19 11 HALIFAX Ht 6 Auffret, J.Owen, Finch, Pusey, 78.9 24 12 Henny Kroeze 2 0 X 1 3 0 Ht 7 Beaton, Lohmann, Cartwright, Kynman, 79.2 27 15 Tom Godal 0 2 3 1 6 0 Ht 8 Godal, T.Owen, Auffret, Finch, 78.0 30 18 Graham Plant Withdrew - injury Ht 9 Drury, Graham, Pusey, Finch, 79.6 35 19 Ian Cartwright 2 1 0 T 3 2 Ht 10 Lohmann, Auffret, J.Owen, Cartwright, 78.3 38 22 Michael Lohmann 3 2 3 3 11 0 Ht 11 T.Owen, Beaton, Godal, Kroeze (fell exc), 78.6 43 23 Geoff Pusey 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Ht 12 Lohmann, Drury, J.Owen, Finch, 77.6 46 26 Steve Finch 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 Ht 13 Beaton, T.Owen, Kroeze, Pusey, Cartwright (exc tapes), 79.8 51 27 Wednesday 6 April 1977 Hull 46 Sheffield 32 - Northern Trophy HULL Joe Owen 3 2 2 3 2 12 1 Frank Auffret 1 1 0 1 3 1 Hu S Bobby Beaton 3 3 3 1 10 1 Ht 1 J.Owen, Evans, Auffret, Wyer, 78.2 4 2 R/R Egon Muller Ht 2 Drury, T.Owen, Pendlebury, Boyle (fell), 79.5 9 3 Mitch Graham 0 1 0 1 0 Ht 3 Haley, J.Owen, Glover, Graham, 79.0 11 7 Graham Drury 3 2 1 2 8 1 Ht 4 Beaton, Drury, Wilson, Boyle, 77.9 16 8 Tom Owen 2 2 2 6 2 Ht 5 Wyer, Evans, Graham, Curoso, 77.2 17 13 Mike Curoso 0 3 3 6 0 Ht 6 Pendlebury, J.Owen, Auffret, Wilson (exc tapes), Boyle (exc 2 SHEFFIELD mins), 79.0 20 16 Doug Wyer 0 3 3 1 3 10 0 Ht 7 Beaton, Pendlebury, Drury, Haley, Glover (exc tapes), 78.0 24 18 Keith Evans 2 2 1 X 5 1 Ht 8 Wyer, T.Owen, Evans, Auffret, 76.7 26 22 Reg Wilson 1 T 2 F 3 0 Ht 9 Curoso, Wilson, Pendlebury, Graham, 76.7 29 25 Carl Glover 1 T 0 0 1 0 Ht 10 J.Owen, Haley, Auffret, Glover, 77.8 33 27 Arnold Haley 3 0 2 1 6 0 Ht 11 Beaton, T.Owen, Wyer, Evans (fell exc), 78.1 38 28 Craig Pendlebury 1 3 2 1 7 1 Ht 12 Curoso, J.Owen, Haley, Wilson (fell), 78.7 43 29 Tony Boyle F 0 M 0 0 Ht 13 Wyer, Drury, Beaton, Glover, 76.9 46 32 Friday 8 April 1977 Belle Vue 47 Sheffield 31 Hull 30 - Northern Triangular Trophy (at Belle Vue) BELLE VUE Alan Wilkinson 3 3 3 3 12 0 Chris Turner 0 0 0 0 0 Peter Collins R 2 3 1 6 2 Les Collins 3 3 1 2 9 0 BV S Hu Chris Morton 3 3 3 2 11 1 Ht 1 Wilkinson, Wyer, Evans, Turner, 74.0 3 3 Kristian Praestbro 1 1 2 4 1 Ht 2 Wilson, Beaton, Glover, Auffret (ret), 74.8 3 7 2 Russ Hodgson 2 3 5 1 Ht 3 L.Collins, Curoso, Owen, P.Collins (ret), 73.2 6 7 5 SHEFFIELD Ht 4 Morton, Haley, Praestbro, Pendlebury, 74.4 10 9 5 Doug Wyer 2 3 2 3 10 0 Ht 5 Wyer, Evans, Drury, Graham, 76.4 10 14 6 Keith Evans 1 2 0 F 3 2 Ht 6 Wilkinson, Owen, Curoso, Turner, 75.6 13 14 9 Reg Wilson 3 2 2 2 9 0 Ht 7 Morton, Wilson, Praestbro, Glover, 73.4 17 16 9 Carl Glover 1 0 R 0 1 0 Ht 8 Graham, Haley, Pendlebury, Drury, 74.0 17 19 12 Arnold Haley 2 2 0 0 4 0 Ht 9 L.Collins, P.Collins, Beaton, Auffret, 73.8 22 19 13 Craig Pendlebury 0 1 T 2 3 1 Ht 10 Wilkinson, Hodgson, Brett, Haley, Pendlebury (exc tapes), 75.0 27 20 13 Jim Brett 1 1 0 Ht 11 Owen, Wyer, Curoso, Evans, 74.4 27 22 17 HULL Ht 12 Morton, Praestbro, Graham, Drury, 74.2 32 22 18 Joe Owen 1 2 3 3 9 1 Ht 13 P.Collins, Wilson, L.Collins, Glover (ret), 73.8 36 24 18 Mike Curoso 2 1 1 1 5 1 Ht 14 Auffret, Pendlebury, Beaton, Haley, 75.6 36 26 22 Bobby Beaton 2 1 1 1 5 0 Ht 15 Wilkinson, Drury, Graham, Turner, 74.0 39 26 25 Frank Auffret R 0 3 R 3 0 Ht 16 Wyer, L.Collins, P.Collins, Evans (fell), 74.4 42 29 25 Mitch Graham 0 3 1 1 5 1 Ht 17 Owen, Wilson, Curoso, Glover, 75.6 42 31 29 Graham Drury 1 0 0 2 3 0 Ht 18 Hodgson, Morton, Beaton, Auffret (ret), 75.4 47 31 30 Monday 11 April 1977 White City 54 Hull 24 - British League WHITE CITY Gordon Kennett 3 3 1 2 3 12 1 Steve Weatherley 2 3 3 3 11 1 R/R Dag Lovaas WC Hu Trevor Geer 1 2 0 0 3 1 Ht 1 G.Kennett, Weatherley, Curoso, Owen, 73.6 5 1 Marek Cieslak 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 2 Niemi, Drury, Gachet, Auffret, 74.8 9 3 Kai Niemi 3 2 1 6 1 Ht 3 Cieslak, Beaton, Geer, Graham (ret), 74.0 13 5 Paul Gachet 1 2 3 6 1 Ht 4 G.Kennett, Niemi, Auffret, Graham (ret), 73.6 18 6 Dave Kennett 1 0 1 0 Ht 5 Cieslak, Geer, Owen, Curoso, 74.4 23 7 HULL Ht 6 Weatherley, Drury, G.Kennett, Graham (ret), 74.2 27 9 Joe Owen 0 1 0 1 0 Ht 7 Cieslak, Beaton, Niemi, Drury, 74.2 31 11 Mike Curoso 1 0 0 2 1 4 1 Ht 8 Weatherley, Gachet, Auffret, Curoso, 74.0 36 12 Mitch Graham R R R 1 2 3 1 Ht 9 Cieslak, Beaton, Drury, Geer, 74.0 39 15 R/R Egon Muller Ht 10 Weatherley, G.Kennett, Beaton, Auffret, 73.6 44 16 Bobby Beaton 2 2 2 1 2 9 0 Ht 11 Gachet, Curoso, D.Kennett, Owen, Drury (exc 2 mins), 74.6 48 18 Graham Drury 2 2 0 1 M 5 1 Ht 12 G.Kennett, Beaton, Graham, Geer, 73.2 51 21 Frank Auffret 0 1 1 0 2 0 Ht 13 Cieslak, Graham, Curoso, D.Kennett, 74.4 54 24 Wednesday 13 April 1977 Hull 44 Coventry 33 - British League HULL Joe Owen 0 2 2 2 1 7 1 Mike Curoso 2 3 R 2 1 8 1 Hu C Bobby Beaton 1 1 2 2 6 0 Ht 1 Olsen, Curoso, Busk, Owen, 72.6 2 4 R/R Egon Muller Ht 2 Drury, Auffret, Smith, Mortiboys, 75.9 7 5 Mitch Graham 1 2 3 1 7 2 Ht 3 Curoso, Molyneux, Graham, Nilsson, 75.4 11 7 Graham Drury 3 3 3 3 12 0 Ht 4 Drury, Shirra, Beaton, Mortiboys, 74.8 15 9 Frank Auffret 2 1 1 0 4 3 Ht 5 Drury, Graham, Busk, Olsen (ret), 74.9 20 10 COVENTRY Ht 6 Shirra, Owen, Curoso (ret), Molyneux (fell), no time 22 13 Ole Olsen 3 R 3 3 3 12 0 Ht 7 Drury, Shirra, Beaton, Nilsson, 74.4 26 15 Alf Busk 1 1 0 0 3 5 0 Ht 8 Olsen, Curoso, Auffret, Busk, 73.7 29 18 Mitch Shirra 2 3 2 R 2 9 1 Ht 9 Graham, Owen, Smith, Shirra (ret), 76.3 34 19 Alan Molyneux 2 F 3 0 5 0 Ht 10 Molyneux, Owen, Curoso, Nilsson (ret), 76.3 37 22 Tommy Nilsson 0 0 R 0 0 Ht 11 Olsen, Beaton, Auffret, Busk, 74.7 40 25 Frank Smith 1 1 2 0 Ht 12 Busk, Shirra, Owen, Auffret, 74.5 41 30 Dave Mortiboys 0 0 0 0 Ht 13 Olsen, Beaton, Graham, Molyneux, 73.7 44 33 Tuesday 19 April 1977 Leicester 43 Hull 35 - British League LEICESTER Garry Middleton 3 3 3 3 12 0 Ray Bales 2 0 2 1 5 1 L Hu Ila Teromaa 2 3 3 2 10 1 Ht 1 Middleton, Bales, Owen, Curoso, 68.4 5 1 Doug Underwood 1 0 3 1 5 1 Ht 2 Drury, McNeill, Auffret, Funk, 68.6 7 5 John Boulger 2 3 0 3 8 0 Ht 3 Beaton, Boulger, Underwood, Graham, 67.6 10 8 Adi Funk 0 0 1 1 0 Ht 4 Drury, Teromaa, Beaton, Funk, 67.4 12 12 John McNeill 2 0 0 2 0 Ht 5 Boulger, Owen, Curoso, Underwood, 68.2 15 15 HULL Ht 6 Middleton, Beaton, Auffret, Bales, 67.4 18 18 Joe Owen 1 2 2 2 0 7 0 Ht 7 Teromaa, Drury, Funk, Graham, 68.2 22 20 Mike Curoso 0 1 1 1 3 2 Ht 8 Drury, Bales, Curoso, McNeill, 68.0 24 24 Bobby Beaton 3 1 2 2 2 1 11 0 Ht 9 Underwood, Beaton, Auffret, Boulger, 68.2 27 27 R/R Egon Muller Ht 10 Middleton, Owen, Bales, Drury, 68.4 31 29 Mitch Graham 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 11 Teromaa, Owen, Curoso, McNeill, 68.8 34 32 Frank Auffret 1 1 1 3 2 Ht 12 Middleton, Beaton, Underwood, Graham, 67.8 38 34 Graham Drury 3 3 2 3 0 11 0 Ht 13 Boulger, Teromaa, Beaton, Owen, 68.4 43 35 Wednesday 20 April 1977 Hull 36 Belle Vue 42 - Northern Trophy HULL Joe Owen 0 3 1 2 1 7 1 Mike Curoso 1 0 1 0 Hu BV Bobby Beaton 3 3 3 3 2 1 15 0 Ht 1 Wilkinson, L.Collins, Curoso, Owen, 74.2 1 5 R/R Egon Muller Ht 2 Drury, Auffret, Praestbro, Hodgson, 75.5 6 6 Mitch Graham 0 R R 0 0 Ht 3 Beaton, Morton, Turner, Graham, 64.6 9 9 Graham Drury 3 2 1 0 2 3 11 1 Ht 4 Beaton, Drury, P.Collins, Hodgson, 74.1 14 10 Frank Auffret 2 0 0 0 2 1 Ht 5 Wilkinson, L.Collins, Drury, Graham (ret), 74.1 15 15 BELLE VUE Ht 6 Owen, P.Collins, Praestbro, Curoso, 74.8 18 18 Alan Wilkinson 3 3 3 3 12 0 Ht 7 Beaton, Morton, Turner, Drury, 75.8 21 21 Les Collins 2 2 1 1 6 2 Ht 8 Hodgson, Drury, L.Collins, Auffret, 74.9 23 25 Peter Collins 1 2 3 2 8 0 Ht 9 P.Collins, Praestbro, Owen, Graham (ret), 75.1 24 30 Chris Morton 2 2 1 2 7 1 Ht 10 Beaton, Owen, Morton, Turner, 74.4 29 31 Chris Turner 1 1 0 0 2 2 Ht 11 Wilkinson, Beaton, L.Collins, Auffret, 75.3 31 35 Kristian Praestbro 1 1 2 4 2 Ht 12 Drury, P.Collins, Owen, Turner, 77.1 35 37 Russ Hodgson 0 0 3 3 0 Ht 13 Wilkinson, Morton, Beaton, Auffret, 75.6 36 42 Wednesday 27 April 1977 Hull 38 King's Lynn 40 - British League HULL Joe Owen R 1 3 2 6 0 Hu KL Mike Curoso 2 3 3 1 9 0 Ht 1 Betts, Curoso, Gagen, Owen (ret), 73.7 2 4 Bobby Beaton 1 3 1 1 2 1 9 1 Ht 2 Drury, Auffret, Burton, Spiers, 74.5 7 5 R/R Egon Muller Ht 3 Lee, Tyrer, Beaton, Graham, 73.7 8 10 Mitch Graham 0 1 R 0 1 1 Ht 4 Beaton, Drury, Burton, Turner, 74.4 13 11 Graham Drury 3 2 2 2 2 0 11 2 Ht 5 Betts, Drury, Graham, Gagen, 73.5 16 14 Frank Auffret 2 T T 0 2 1 Ht 6 Curoso, Turner, Owen, Spiers, 74.3 20 16 KING'S LYNN Ht 7 Lee, Drury, Beaton, Tyrer, 73.2 23 19 Terry Betts 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 8 Curoso, Drury, Gagen, Burton (fell exc), Auffret (exc tapes), David Gagen 1 0 1 2 0 74.6 28 20 Ian Turner 0 2 2 1 5 1 Ht 9 Betts, Turner, Beaton, Graham (ret), 73.5 29 25 Paul Tyrer 2 0 0 2 4 2 Ht 10 Owen, Lee, Curoso, Tyrer, 73.4 33 27 Michael Lee 3 3 2 1 3 12 0 Ht 11 Betts, Beaton, Lee, Drury, Auffret (exc tapes), 73.4 35 31 Billy Spiers 0 0 0 0 Ht 12 Lee, Owen, Turner, Auffret, 73.3 37 35 Billy Burton 1 1 X 2 0 Ht 13 Betts, Tyrer, Beaton, Graham, 75.7 38 40 Thursday 28 April 1977 Sheffield 53 Hull 24 - Northern Trophy SHEFFIELD Doug Wyer 3 R 3 3 9 0 Keith Evans R 1 2 3 1 S Hu Reg Wilson 3 2 1 2 8 2 Ht 1 Wyer, Curoso, Evans (ret), Owen (ret), 66.0 3 2 Carl Glover 3 1 2 2 8 1 Ht 2 Boyle, Pendlebury, Auffret, Drury, 67.0 8 3 Arnold Haley 2 3 1 3 9 2 Ht 3 Glover, Haley, Curoso, Graham, 68.0 13 4 Craig Pendlebury 2 R 3 3 8 1 Ht 4 Wilson, Beaton, Drury, Pendlebury (ret), 68.8 16 7 Tony Boyle 3 2 3 8 1 Ht 5 Haley, Auffret, Glover, Curoso, Owen (exc 2 mins), 68.4 20 9 HULL Ht 6 Auffret, Beaton, Evans, Wyer (ret), 69.4 21 14 Joe Owen R M M 0 0 Ht 7 Pendlebury, Wilson, Graham, Beaton, 67.8 26 15 Mike Curoso 2 1 0 R 0 3 0 Ht 8 Pendlebury, Boyle, Drury, Curoso (ret), 68.4 31 16 Bobby Beaton 2 2 0 R 1 5 1 Ht 9 Auffret, Glover, Haley, Beaton (ret), 68.8 34 19 R/R Egon Muller Ht 10 Wyer, Evans, Drury, Graham, 67.8 39 20 Mitch Graham 0 1 0 R 1 0 Ht 11 Boyle, Auffret, Wilson, Curoso, Owen (exc 2 mins), 67.8 43 22 Frank Auffret 1 2 3 3 2 1 12 0 Ht 12 Wyer, Glover, Beaton, Graham (ret), 67.0 48 23 Graham Drury 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 Ht 13 Haley, Wilson, Auffret, Drury, 69.0 53 24 Wednesday 4 May 1977 Hull 43 Wimbledon 35 - British League HULL Joe Owen 1 2 0 1 4 2 Mike Curoso 3 2 3 3 3 14 0 Hu W Bobby Beaton 2 3 2 2 3 1 13 1 Ht 1 Curoso, Hines, Owen, Richardson, 73.9 4 2 R/R Egon Muller Ht 2 Drury, Richardson, Auffret, Jones, 74.1 8 4 Mitch Graham 0 1 1 R 2 1 Ht 3 Johns, Curoso, Ross, Graham, 74.9 10 8 Graham Drury 3 0 3 2 8 0 Ht 4 Hines, Beaton, Richardson, Drury, 73.8 12 12 Frank Auffret 1 1 0 2 0 Ht 5 Beaton, Ross, Graham, Farrell (fell), 74.3 16 14 WIMBLEDON Ht 6 Curoso, Owen, Hines, Jones (fell), 75.0 21 15 R/R Edward Jancarz Ht 7 Drury, Beaton, Ross, Johns, 74.4 26 16 Mike Farrell (G) F 2 2 0 Ht 8 Curoso, Farrell, Auffret, Richardson (exc unfair riding), 75.5 30 18 Mick Hines 2 3 1 M 1 0 7 1 Ht 9 Richardson, Beaton, Graham, Hines (exc 2 mins), 73.9 33 21 Roger Johns 3 0 2 2 7 1 Ht 10 Curoso, Johns, Ross, Owen, 76.6 36 24 Larry Ross 1 2 1 1 3 8 1 Ht 11 Beaton, Richardson, Hines, Auffret, 76.8 39 27 Rob Jones 0 F 0 0 Ht 12 Ross, Drury, Owen, Hines, 77.1 42 30 Colin Richardson 0 2 1 X 3 2 3 11 0 Ht 13 Richardson, Johns, Beaton, Graham (ret), 76.8 43 35 Friday 6 May 1977 Workington 28 Hull 50 - Inter Divisional K.O.Cup 1st Round WORKINGTON Steve Lawson 3 1 3 3 1 11 0 Terry Kelly 0 0 0 0 Brian Havelock 1 3 0 3 3 10 0 W Hu Ian Hindle 0 R 1 0 1 0 Ht 1 Lawson, J.Owen, Curoso, Kelly, 72.4 3 3 Colin Goad 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 Ht 2 Drury, Dickinson, Wilson, Auffret (exc unfair riding), 76.6 6 6 Des Wilson 1 0 1 1 Ht 3 Graham, T.Owen, Goad, Hindle, 74.6 7 11 Mark Dickinson 2 R 0 2 0 Ht 4 Beaton, Drury, Havelock, Wilson, 74.6 8 16 HULL Ht 5 Curoso, J.Owen, Goad, Hindle (ret), 78.2 9 21 Joe Owen 2 2 2 2 8 1 Ht 6 Auffret, Beaton, Lawson, Kelly, 76.6 10 26 Mike Curoso 1 3 1 1 6 3 Ht 7 Havelock, Graham, Goad, T.Owen, 76.2 14 28 Bobby Beaton 3 2 3 3 11 1 Ht 8 Lawson, Drury, Curoso, Dickinson (ret), 76.0 17 31 R/R Egon Muller Ht 9 Beaton, Auffret, Hindle, Goad, 77.6 18 36 Mitch Graham 3 2 1 6 1 Ht 10 Lawson, T.Owen, Graham, Havelock, 72.2 21 39 Frank Auffret X 3 2 2 7 2 Ht 11 Havelock, J.Owen, Curoso, Dickinson, 79.0 24 42 Graham Drury 3 2 2 7 1 Ht 12 Beaton, Auffret, Lawson, Hindle, 78.6 25 47 Tom Owen 2 0 2 1 5 2 Ht 13 Havelock, J.Owen, T.Owen, Goad, 79.0 28 50 Saturday 7 May 1977 Halifax 48 Hull 30 - British League HALIFAX Graham Plant 3 3 3 3 12 0 Michael Lohmann X 1 3 2 6 1 Henny Kroeze 3 3 3 3 12 0 Hx Hu Ian Cartwright 2 3 1 0 6 1 Ht 1 Plant, Curoso, J.Owen, Lohmann (exc), 66.6 3 3 Chris Pusey 3 2 3 2 10 2 Ht 2 Drury, Auffret, Finch, Godal, 69.6 4 8 Tom Godal 0 0 0 0 Ht 3 Pusey, Cartwright, T.Owen, Graham, 70.0 9 9 Steve Finch 1 1 0 0 2 0 Ht 4 Kroeze, Beaton, Drury, Godal, 69.0 12 12 HULL Ht 5 Cartwright, Pusey, J.Owen, Curoso, 69.2 17 13 Joe Owen 1 1 1 1 4 2 Ht 6 Plant, Beaton, Lohmann, Auffret, 68.0 21 15 Mike Curoso 2 0 2 4 0 Ht 7 Kroeze, T.Owen, Finch, Graham, 59.8 25 17 Bobby Beaton 2 2 2 0 2 8 0 Ht 8 Lohmann, Beaton, Drury, Finch, 69.4 28 20 R/R Egon Muller Ht 9 Pusey, Drury, Cartwright, Beaton, Auffret (exc tapes), 70.4 32 22 Mitch Graham 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 10 Plant, Lohmann, T.Owen, Graham, 69.4 37 23 Frank Auffret 2 0 T 2 1 Ht 11 Kroeze, Curoso, J.Owen, Finch, 70.2 40 26 Graham Drury 3 1 1 2 1 8 3 Ht 12 Plant, Beaton, Drury, Cartwright, 69.0 43 29 Tom Owen 1 2 1 0 4 0 Ht 13 Kroeze, Pusey, J.Owen, T.Owen, 71.2 48 30 Wednesday 11 May 1977 Hull 41 Leicester 37 - British League HULL Joe Owen 3 2 0 0 0 5 0 Hu L Mike Curoso 1 1 3 1 6 0 Ht 1 Owen, Middleton, Curoso, Underwood, 73.3 4 2 Bobby Beaton 3 3 R 3 2 2 13 1 Ht 2 Drury, Bales, P.Teromaa, Auffret, 74.6 7 5 R/R Egon Muller Ht 3 Beaton, Boulger, Graham, Funk, 73.5 11 7 Mitch Graham 1 0 1 0 Ht 4 Beaton, Drury, I.Teromaa, Bales, 73.6 16 8 Graham Drury 3 2 2 2 2 3 14 2 Ht 5 Middleton, Owen, Bales, Graham, Underwood (exc tapes), Frank Auffret 0 1 1 2 1 73.9 18 12 LEICESTER Ht 6 Boulger, I.Teromaa, Curoso, Owen, 73.8 19 17 Garry Middleton 2 3 3 3 0 11 0 Ht 7 Boulger, Drury, Funk, Beaton (ret), 74.7 21 21 Doug Underwood 0 T 2 0 2 0 Ht 8 Curoso, Underwood, Auffret, Bales, 74.7 25 23 Illa Teromaa 1 2 1 1 5 1 Ht 9 Beaton, Drury, I.Teromaa, P.Teromaa, 74.4 30 24 Adi Funk 0 1 1 0 Ht 10 Middleton, Boulger, Curoso, Owen, 75.0 31 29 John Boulger 2 3 3 2 3 13 1 Ht 11 Middleton, Beaton, Auffret, Underwood, 74.6 34 32 Pepe Teromaa 1 0 1 1 Ht 12 Boulger, Drury, I.Teromaa, Owen, 74.5 36 36 Ray Bales 2 0 1 0 1 4 0 Ht 13 Drury, Beaton, Bales, Middleton, 74.8 41 37 Wednesday 18 May 1977 Hull 51 Birmingham 27 - British League HULL Joe Owen 2 3 3 0 8 0 Frank Auffret 1 1 3 2 7 2 Hu B Bobby Beaton 3 2 2 3 10 2 Ht 1 Wilson, J.Owen, Auffret, Sansom, 72.8 3 3 Mike Curoso 3 1 3 2 9 1 Ht 2 Drury, Askew, T.Owen, Mountford, 73.2 7 5 Mitch Graham 1 2 0 2 5 1 Ht 3 Curoso, Gravningen, Graham, Grahame, 72.4 11 7 Graham Drury 3 2 3 3 11 1 Ht 4 Beaton, Drury, Mountford, Shakespeare (ret), 73.2 16 8 Tom Owen 1 X 1 0 Ht 5 Wilson, Graham, Curoso, Sansom, 74.0 19 11 BIRMINGHAM Ht 6 J.Owen, Shakespeare, Auffret, Askew (fell exc), 71.2 (TR) 23 13 Ray Wilson 3 3 1 0 7 1 Ht 7 Drury, Beaton, Grahame, Gravningen, 72.4 28 14 Lou Sansom 0 0 1 1 0 Ht 8 Auffret, Mountford, Wilson, T.Owen (fell exc), 74.8 31 17 Malcolm Shakespeare R 2 1 3 1 7 1 Ht 9 Curoso, Grahame, Shakespeare, Graham, 74.7 34 20 Jan Gravningen 2 0 0 0 2 0 Ht 10 J.Owen, Auffret, Grahame, Gravningen, 73.8 39 21 Alan Grahame 0 1 2 1 1 5 0 Ht 11 Drury, Beaton, Sansom, Wilson, 73.5 44 22 Carl Askew 2 X 2 0 Ht 12 Shakespeare, Curoso, Grahame, J.Owen, 74.2 46 26 Stuart Mountford 0 1 2 3 0 Ht 13 Beaton, Graham, Shakespeare, Gravningen, 72.9 51 27 Tuesday 24 May 1977 England 55 Rest of the World 53 - Test Match (5th of 5) at Hull E ROW Ht 1 Mauger, Muller, Morton, Simmons (ret), 72.0 1 5 Ht 2 Jessup, Olsen, Betts, Crump, 70.8 (TR) 5 7 ENGLAND Ht 3 Lee, Collins, Briggs, Sanders, 71.0 10 8 Chris Morton 1 2 3 1 0 7 1 Ht 4 Mauger, Jessup, Betts, Muller (ret), 72.0 13 11 Malcolm Simmons R 1 2 2 2 3 10 2 Ht 5 Crump, Olsen, Collins, Lee, 71.5 14 16 Dave Jessup 3 2 3 X 8 0 Ht 6 Sanders, Morton, Simmons, Beaton, 71.8 17 19 Terry Betts 1 1 1 2 1 3 9 2 Ht 7 Mauger, Lee, Collins, Muller, 71.9 20 22 Peter Collins 2 1 1 3 1 1 9 4 Ht 8 Olsen, Simmons, Crump, Wyer (ret), 71.4 22 26 Michael Lee 3 0 2 1 2 2 10 0 Ht 9 Jessup, Beaton, Betts, Sanders, 72.0 26 28 Doug Wyer R 2 0 2 0 Ht 10 Morton, Simmons, Mauger, Muller, 72.0 31 29 REST OF THE WORLD Ht 11 Olsen, Betts, Crump, Jessup (fell exc), 72.1 33 33 Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 1 3 3 16 0 Ht 12 Collins, Sanders, Lee, Briggs, 72.0 37 35 Egon Muller 2 R 0 0 0 2 1 Ht 13 Mauger, Wyer, Betts, Beaton, 72.5 40 38 Ole Olsen 2 2 3 3 3 2 15 1 Ht 14 Olsen, Lee, Collins, Crump, 71.4 43 41 Phil Crump 0 3 1 1 0 1 6 1 Ht 15 Sanders, Simmons, Morton, Briggs, 72.0 46 44 Barry Briggs 1 0 0 1 0 Ht 16 Mauger, Lee, Collins, Muller, Beaton (exc tapes), 71.8 49 47 Billy Sanders 0 3 0 2 3 1 9 1 Ht 17 Simmons, Olsen, Crump, Morton, 71.9 52 50 Bobby Beaton 0 2 0 T 2 4 0 Ht 18 Betts, Beaton, Sanders, Wyer, 72.6 55 53 Friday 27 May 1977 Wolverhampton 39 Hull 38 - British League WOLVERHAMPTON Finn Thomsen 3 2 3 R 8 1 Hans Nielsen 2 3 2 0 7 1 W Hu Jim McMillan 3 2 2 3 10 0 Ht 1 Thomson, Nielsen, Curoso, Owen, 63.8 5 1 Soren Sjosten 2 1 3 6 1 Ht 2 Drury, Auffret, Hollingworth, Sage (ret), 66.2 6 6 Larry Ross (G) 2 F 2 0 4 0 Ht 3 Auffret, Ross, Hollingworth, Graham, 65.6 9 9 Rob Hollingworth 1 1 0 1 3 2 Ht 4 McMillan, Beaton, Drury, Hollingworth, 65.2 12 12 Alan Sage (G) R 0 1 1 1 Ht 5 Curoso, Sjosten, Owen (ret), Ross (fell), 69.4 14 15 HULL Ht 6 Nielsen, Thomsen, Beaton, Auffret, 65.0 19 16 Joe Owen 0 R 3 1 3 1 8 2 Ht 7 Owen, McMillan, Hollingworth, Graham, 65.4 22 19 Mike Curoso 1 3 1 0 5 0 Ht 8 Drury, Nielsen, Curoso, Sage, 66.0 24 23 Bobby Beaton 2 1 3 2 2 10 0 Ht 9 Beaton, Ross, Sjosten, Auffret, 65.8 27 26 R/R Egon Muller Ht 10 Thomsen, Drury, Owen, Nielsen, 65.8 30 29 Mitch Graham 0 0 0 0 Ht 11 Owen, McMillan, Sage, Curoso, 65.4 33 32 Frank Auffret 2 3 0 0 5 1 Ht 12 Sjosten, Beaton, Drury, Thomsen (ret), 65.4 36 35 Graham Drury 3 1 3 2 1 10 2 Ht 13 McMillan, Beaton, Owen, Ross, 65.6 39 38 Wednesday 1 June 1977 Hull 48 Halifax 30 - British League Hu Hx HULL Ht 1 Pusey, Curoso, Owen, Godal, 72.8 3 3 Joe Owen 1 2 1 2 6 2 Ht 2 Drury, Dawson, Auffret, McKeon, 74.2 7 5 Mike Curoso 2 0 3 1 6 1 Ht 3 Graham, Cartwright, Pusey, Curoso, 73.0 10 8 Bobby Beaton 3 2 1 2 3 1 12 2 Ht 4 Beaton, Drury, Finch, McKeon, 73.1 15 9 R/R Egon Muller Ht 5 Pusey, Beaton, Auffret, Godal, Graham (exc tapes), 73.0 18 12 Mitch Graham 3 T 3 R 3 9 0 Ht 6 Curoso, Owen, McKeon, Dawson (exc tapes), Cartwright (fell), Graham Drury 3 2 2 3 10 1 73.9 23 13 Frank Auffret 1 1 2 1 5 1 Ht 7 Cartwright, Drury, Beaton, Finch, 73.1 26 16 HALIFAX Ht 8 Pusey, Auffret, Curoso, Dawson, 73.5 29 19 Chris Pusey 3 1 3 3 2 2 0 14 1 Ht 9 Graham, Beaton, McKeon, Dawson (exc tapes), Finch (ret), Tom Godal 0 0 T 1 1 0 73.5 34 20 Steve Finch 1 0 R 1 0 Ht 10 Drury, Pusey, Owen, Cartwright (ret), 73.4 38 22 R/R Graham Plant Ht 11 Beaton, Pusey, Auffret, Dawson, Godal (exc tapes), McKeon Ian Cartwright 2 F 3 R 3 2 10 0 (exc tapes), 73.2 42 24 Mick McKeon 0 0 1 1 T 2 0 Ht 12 Cartwright, Owen, Godal, Graham (ret), 74.0 44 28 Graham Dawson 2 T 0 T 0 2 0 Ht 13 Graham, Cartwrigjht, Beaton, Pusey, 73.0 48 30 Friday 3 June 1977 Bristol 51 Hull 27 - Challenge BRISTOL Phil Crump 3 3 3 3 12 0 Danny Kennedy 0 2 0 1 3 1 B Hu Phil Herne 2 1 R 3 1 Ht 1 Crump, Drury, Curoso, Kennedy, 71.4 3 3 Steve Gresham 2 3 3 2 10 2 Ht 2 Langli, Leadbitter, Kynman, Drury, 71.6 8 4 Tommy Pettersson T 0 R 0 0 Ht 3 Langli, Gresham, Beaton, Graham (ret), Pettersson (exc tapes), Tom Leadbitter 2 3 3 0 8 1 72.0 13 5 Tormod Langli 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 4 Leadbitter, Herne, Drury, Kynman, 75.2 18 6 HULL Ht 5 Gresham, Owen, Curoso, Pettersson, 74.4 21 9 Joe Owen 2 2 2 2 2 2 12 0 Ht 6 Crump, Kennedy, Kynman, Goodall, 72.4 26 10 Mike Curoso 1 1 1 1 4 4 Ht 7 Leadbitter, Owen, Herne, Graham, 75.0 30 12 Bobby Beaton 1 1 0 Ht 8 Langli, Drury, Curoso, Kennedy, 74.8 33 15 R/R Egon Muller Ht 9 Gresham, Owen, Kynman, Pettersson (ret), 75.2 36 18 Mitch Graham R 0 0 R 0 0 Ht 10 Crump, Owen, Kennedy, Graham, 72.2 40 20 Graham Drury 2 0 1 2 1 6 1 Ht 11 Langli, Owen, Curoso, Herne (ret), 74.2 43 23 Phil Kynman 1 0 1 1 1 4 1 Ht 12 Crump, Gresham, Kynman, Graham (ret), 74.0 48 24 John Goodall 0 0 0 Ht 13 Langli, Owen, Drury, Leadbitter, 73.4 51 27 Wednesday 8 June 1977 Hull 46 Cradley Heath 32 - K.O.Cup 1st Round 1st Leg HULL Joe Owen 0 1 2 1 4 1 R/R Egon Muller Hu CH Bobby Beaton 3 3 3 2 2 R 13 0 Ht 1 Beaton, Valentine, Cribb, J.Owen, 72.6 3 3 Tom Owen 2 3 3 2 10 1 Ht 2 Graham, Auffret, Cribb, Collins, 74.3 8 4 Graham Drury 3 2 2 1 3 11 3 Ht 3 Drury, T.Owen, Price, Bastable, 73.6 13 5 Mitch Graham 3 2 0 R 5 1 Ht 4 Beaton, Graham, Shirra, Collins, 72.5 18 6 Frank Auffret 2 1 0 3 2 Ht 5 T.Owen, Drury, Cribb, Valentine (ret), 74.0 23 7 CRADLEY HEATH Ht 6 Shirra, Cribb, J.Owen, Graham, 74.0 24 12 Anders Michanek absent 0 Ht 7 Beaton, Bastable, Price, Graham (ret), 73.2 27 15 Bob Valentine 2 R R 2 0 Ht 8 Shirra, Beaton, Auffret, Valentine (ret), 73.3 30 18 Mitch Shirra (G) 1 3 3 1 0 8 0 Ht 9 T.Owen, Drury, Shirra, Cribb, 74.2 35 19 Arthur Price 1 1 0 2 4 1 Ht 10 Bastable, J.Owen, Drury, Price, 73.4 38 22 Steve Bastable 0 2 3 3 3 11 0 Ht 11 Bastable, Beaton, Cribb, Auffret, 72.8 40 26 Bruce Cribb 1 1 1 2 0 1 6 2 Ht 12 Bastable, T.Owen, J.Owen, Shirra, 73.5 43 29 Phil Collins (G) 0 0 1 1 1 Ht 13 Drury, Price, Collins, Beaton (ret), 73.4 46 32 Saturday 11 June 1977 Cradley Heath 42 Hull 36 - K.O.Cup 1st Round 2nd Leg (Aggregate - Hull 82 Cradley Heath 74) CRADLEY HEATH Keith White (G) 1 R 0 0 1 1 CH Hu Bob Valentine 2 3 3 3 1 12 0 Ht 1 T.Owen, Valentine, White, J.Owen (ret), 68.4 3 3 Steve Bastable 1 0 2 2 3 8 2 Ht 2 Cribb, Auffret, Wasley, Graham, 69.6 7 5 Arthur Price 2 2 2 1 7 1 Ht 3 Drury, Price, Bastable, Curoso, 68.8 10 8 R/R Anders Michanek Ht 4 Cribb, Beaton, Auffret, Bastable, 68.8 13 11 Bruce Cribb 3 3 3 0 1 3 13 1 Ht 5 Cribb, Price, T.Owen, J.Owen (fell rem), 69.0 18 12 Nigel Wasley 1 0 1 1 Ht 6 Valentine, Beaton, Auffret, White (ret), Graham (exc 2 mins), HULL 68.4 21 15 Joe Owen R 0 0 0 0 Ht 7 Drury, Bastable, Auffret, Cribb, Curoso (exc tapes), 68.2 23 19 Tom Owen 3 1 2 1 7 0 Ht 8 Valentine, T.Owen, Graham, Wasley, 69.0 26 22 Bobby Beaton 2 2 3 3 10 0 Ht 9 Beaton, Price, Cribb, Graham, 69.4 29 25 Mike Curoso 0 T 1 2 3 1 Ht 10 Valentine, Drury, Curoso, White, 69.0 32 28 Graham Drury 3 3 2 2 10 1 Ht 11 Cribb, Bastable, T.Owen, J.Owen, 68.8 37 29 Mitch Graham 0 M 1 0 1 1 Ht 12 Beaton, Drury, Price, White, 69.0 38 34 Frank Auffret 2 1 1 1 0 5 2 Ht 13 Bastable, Curoso, Valentine, Auffret, 68.2 42 36 Monday 13 June 1977 Reading 42 Hull 36 - British League READING Dave Jessup 3 3 3 R 9 0 Bob Humphreys 2 1 2 0 5 1 R Hu John Davis 1 3 2 3 9 0 Ht 1 Jessup, Humphreys, Owen, Graham, 64.8 5 1 Boleslaw Proch 0 2 3 1 6 0 Ht 2 Leigh, Wassermann, Graham, Auffret, 64.6 10 2 Bengt Jansson 3 1 1 1 6 1 Ht 3 Jansson, Drury, Curoso, Proch, 64.2 13 5 Bernie Leigh 3 0 1 4 0 Ht 4 Beaton, Auffret, Davis, Leigh, 63.6 14 10 Hans Wassermann 2 0 1 3 2 Ht 5 Drury, Proch, Jansson, Owen, 63.8 17 13 HULL Ht 6 Jessup, Beaton, Humphreys, Graham, 64.0 21 15 Joe Owen 1 0 0 0 1 0 Ht 7 Davis, Drury, Leigh, Curoso, 64.0 25 17 R/R Egon Muller Ht 8 Drury, Humphreys, Beaton, Wassermann, 64.0 27 21 Bobby Beaton 3 2 1 2 3 2 13 1 Ht 9 Proch, Beaton, Jansson, Auffret, 63.6 31 23 Mike Curoso 1 0 2 2 5 1 Ht 10 Jessup, Curoso, Drury, Humphreys, 63.2 34 26 Graham Drury 2 3 2 3 1 3 14 1 Ht 11 Beaton, Davis, Wassermann, Owen, 64.0 37 29 Mitch Graham 0 1 0 1 0 Ht 12 Drury, Beaton, Proch, Jessup (ret), 64.6 38 34 Frank Auffret 0 2 0 2 1 Ht 13 Davis, Curoso, Jansson, Owen, 64.2 42 36 Wednesday 15 June 1977 Hull 44 Ipswich 34 - British League HULL Joe Owen 2 3 1 1 7 2 R/R Egon Muller Hu I Bobby Beaton 1 3 2 2 3 3 14 1 Ht 1 Louis, Owen, Beaton, Howgego, 72.4 3 3 Mike Curoso 1 0 2 3 0 Ht 2 Graham, Jolly, Auffret, Lanham (exc tapes), 72.1 7 5 Graham Drury 3 2 2 3 1 1 12 1 Ht 3 Drury, Sanders, Curoso, Gooderham, 72.5 11 7 Mitch Graham 3 2 0 0 2 7 2 Ht 4 Beaton, Graham, Davey, Lanham, 72.5 16 8 Frank Auffret 1 0 1 0 Ht 5 Louis, Drury, Howgego, Curoso, 72.3 18 12 IPSWICH Ht 6 Owen, Drury, Davey, Jolly (exc unfair riding), 73.7 23 13 John Louis 3 3 1 R 2 9 0 Ht 7 Sanders, Beaton, Louis, Graham, 72.4 25 17 Ted Howgego 0 1 2 1 4 0 Ht 8 Drury, Howgego, Jolly, Auffret, 74.0 28 20 Tony Davey 1 1 2 0 Ht 9 Sanders, Jolly, Drury, Graham, 73.2 29 25 Dave Gooderham 0 0 F 0 0 Ht 10 Sanders, Beaton, Owen, Gooderham, 73.0 32 28 Billy Sanders 2 3 3 3 3 14 0 Ht 11 Beaton, Graham, Howgego, Louis (ret), 73.2 37 29 Kevin Jolly 2 X 1 2 0 5 2 Ht 12 Sanders, Curoso, Owen, Jolly, 72.8 40 32 Mike Lanham T 0 0 0 Ht 13 Beaton, Louis, Drury, Gooderham (fell), 73.3 44 34 Wednesday 22 June 1977 Hull 38 White City 40 - British League HULL Joe Owen 2 1 2 0 2 7 1 R/R Egon Muller Hu WC Bobby Beaton 3 3 3 3 2 3 17 0 Ht 1 Drury, Owen, Kennett, Niemi, 73.0 5 1 Mike Curoso 0 1 M 0 1 1 Ht 2 Auffret, Sampson, Clark, Graham (ret), 74.0 8 4 Graham Drury 3 1 2 2 0 8 0 Ht 3 White, Geer, Drury, Curoso, 71.6 9 9 Mitch Graham R 1 M 0 1 0 Ht 4 Beaton, Geer, Graham, Clark, 73.0 13 11 Frank Auffret 3 0 0 1 4 1 Ht 5 Kennett, Drury, Curoso, Niemi, 72.5 16 14 WHITE CITY Ht 6 Beaton, Sampson, Owen, Geer, 73.3 20 16 Gordon Kennett 1 3 1 2 3 1 11 2 Ht 7 Beaton, White, Kennett, Auffret, Graham (exc 2 mins), 72.6 23 19 Kai Niemi 0 0 1 1 0 Ht 8 Sampson, Owen, Niemi, Auffret, 73.0 25 23 Trevor Geer 2 2 0 1 3 8 1 Ht 9 Sampson, Drury, Geer, Graham (ret), Curoso (exc 2 mins), 73.8 27 27 R/R Dag Lovaas Ht 10 Beaton, Kennett, White, Owen, 72.6 30 30 Keith White (G) 3 2 1 1 2 9 1 Ht 11 Kennett, Beaton, Auffret, Sampson, 73.1 33 33 Mike Sampson 2 2 3 3 0 10 0 Ht 12 Geer, Owen, White, Curoso, 72.5 35 37 Ian Clark 1 0 1 1 Ht 13 Beaton, White, Kennett, Drury, 72.9 38 40 Wednesday 29 June 1977 Hull 48 Bristol 30 - Inter Divisional K.O.Cup - 2nd Round HULL Joe Owen 1 2 2 3 8 0 R/R Egon Muller Hu B Bobby Beaton 3 3 3 3 2 3 17 0 Ht 1 Beaton, Boocock, J.Owen, Leadbitter, 72.0 4 2 Tom Owen 1 R 0 0 1 0 Ht 2 Auffret, Langli, Graham, Bass, 73.7 8 4 Graham Drury 2 1 2 1 3 9 3 Ht 3 Beaton, Crump, T.Owen, Gresham, 72.0 12 6 Mitch Graham 1 3 0 4 0 Ht 4 Graham, Drury, Langli, Herne, 72.9 17 7 Frank Auffret 3 2 2 2 9 3 Ht 5 Beaton, Crump, Boocock, T.Owen (ret), 72.5 20 10 BRISTOL Ht 6 Herne, J.Owen, Drury, Bass, 72.6 23 13 Tom Leadbitter 0 1 1 0 Ht 7 Crump, Drury, Gresham, Graham, 72.5 25 17 Nigel Boocock 2 1 0 0 3 1 Ht 8 Beaton, Auffret, Langli, Boocock, 73.5 30 18 Phil Herne 0 3 3 1 2 9 0 Ht 9 Herne, Beaton, Gresham, T.Owen, 73.0 32 22 Phil Crump 2 2 3 3 R 10 0 Ht 10 Crump, J.Owen, Drury, Gresham, 73.5 35 25 Steve Gresham 0 1 1 0 2 0 Ht 11 Drury, Auffret, Herne, Boocock, 73.0 40 26 Phil Bass 0 0 0 0 Ht 12 J.Owen, Herne, Langli, T.Owen, 73.1 43 29 Tormod Langli 2 1 1 1 5 1 Ht 13 Beaton, Auffret, Leadbitter, Crump (ret), 73.4 48 30 Thursday 30 June 1977 Wimbledon 47 Hull 31 - British League WIMBLEDON Edward Jancarz 3 3 1 3 10 0 Roger Johns 1 2 1 3 7 1 W Hu Mick Hines 3 3 2 3 11 0 Ht 1 Jancarz, Owen, Johns, Beaton, 61.4 4 2 Graeme Stapleton 1 1 2 1 5 2 Ht 2 Richardson, Salomonsson, Graham, Auffret, 62.2 9 3 Larry Ross 2 0 3 0 5 0 Ht 3 Drury, Ross, Stapleton, Curoso, 62.1 12 6 Colin Richardson 3 2 2 7 2 Ht 4 Hines, Richardson, Beaton, Auffret, 61.3 17 7 Stefan Salomonsson 2 0 0 2 1 Ht 5 Owen, Drury, Stapleton, Ross, 61.8 18 12 HULL Ht 6 Jancarz, Johns, Owen, Graham, 61.0 23 13 Joe Owen 2 3 1 2 3 2 13 1 Ht 7 Hines, Richardson, Drury, Curoso, 61.4 28 14 R/R Egon Muller Ht 8 Drury, Owen, Johns, Salomonsson, 62.0 29 19 Bobby Beaton 0 1 0 1 0 Ht 9 Ross, Stapleton, Auffret, Graham, 61.0 34 20 Mike Curoso 0 0 0 1 1 1 Ht 10 Johns, Drury, Jancarz, Curoso, 62.2 38 22 Graham Drury 3 2 1 3 2 1 2 14 1 Ht 11 Owen, Hines, Drury, Salomonsson, 61.9 40 26 Mitch Graham 1 0 0 1 0 Ht 12 Jancarz, Drury, Stapleton, Beaton, 62.1 44 28 Frank Auffret 0 0 1 1 0 Ht 13 Hines, Owen, Curoso, Ross, 62.4 47 31 Saturday 2 July 1977 Landshut (West Germany) 36 Hull 42 - Challenge LANDSHUT Georg Hack 3 2 3 3 3 3 17 0 L Hu Christoph Betzl R 0 2 0 2 1 Ht 1 Hack, Briggs, Graham, Betzl (ret). 3 3 Waldemar Bacik 0 2 0 1 3 1 Ht 2 Owen, Auffret, Lang, Sicheneder. 4 8 Alois Wiesbock (G) 3 1 T 0 4 0 Ht 3 Wiesbock, Drury, Grubmuller, Curoso (ret). 8 10 Walter Grubmuller (G) 1 0 1 3 5 0 Ht 4 Beaton, Auffret, Lang, Bacik. 9 15 Franz Lang 1 1 3 5 0 Ht 5 Graham, Briggs, Wiesbock, Grubmuller. 10 20 Erich Sicheneder 0 0 0 Ht 6 Beaton, Hack, Owen, Betzl. 12 24 HULL Ht 7 Lang, Bacik, Curoso, Drury. 17 25 Barry Briggs (G) 2 2 2 2 8 1 Ht 8 Hack, Betzl, Auffret, Graham. 22 26 Mitch Graham 1 3 0 1 5 2 Ht 9 Owen, Beaton, Grubmuller, Wiesbock (exc tapes). 23 31 Bobby Beaton 3 3 2 2 10 1 Ht 10 Hack, Drury, Curoso, Betzl. 26 34 Mike Curoso R 1 1 0 2 1 Ht 11 Hack, Briggs, Graham, Bacik. 29 37 Graham Drury 2 0 2 1 5 1 Ht 12 Hack, Beaton, Drury, Wiesbock. 32 40 Joe Owen 3 1 3 7 0 Ht 13 Grubmuller, Briggs, Bacik, Curoso. 36 42 Frank Auffret 2 2 1 5 2 No race times are available for this match. Wednesday 6 July 1977 Hull 31 Reading 47 - British League HULL Joe Owen 0 2 3 3 3 2 13 0 R/R Egon Muller Graham Drury R 0 0 0 Hu R Mike Curoso 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 1 Jessup, Beaton, Humphreys, Owen, 72.0 2 4 Bobby Beaton 2 2 2 1 1 2 10 1 Ht 2 Auffret, Wassermamm, Graham, Proch (ret), 74.5 6 6 Mitch Graham 1 1 1 3 0 Ht 3 Jansson, Beaton, Leigh, Curoso, 73.5 8 10 Frank Auffret 3 2 0 0 5 1 Ht 4 Wassermann, Davis, Graham, Drury (ret), 74.3 9 15 Phil Kynman 0 0 0 0 Ht 5 Jessup, Beaton, Humphreys, Curoso, 72.6 11 19 READING Ht 6 Davis, Owen, Beaton, Proch, 73.0 14 22 Dave Jessup 3 3 3 3 12 0 Ht 7 Owen, Jansson, Leigh, Drury, 73.0 17 25 Bob Humphreys 1 1 1 2 5 1 Ht 8 Owen, Auffret, Humphreys, Wassermann, 73.5 22 26 John Davis 2 3 3 3 11 1 Ht 9 Davis, Proch, Beaton, Auffret, 72.6 23 31 Bernie Leigh 1 1 2 1 5 1 Ht 10 Owen, Leigh, Jansson, Kynman, 73.2 26 34 Bengt Jansson 3 2 1 1 7 1 Ht 11 Jessup, Humphries, Graham, Auffret, 72.5 27 39 Boleslaw Proch R 0 2 2 1 Ht 12 Davis, Owen, Jansson, Curoso, 73.2 29 43 Hans Wassermann 2 3 0 5 0 Ht 13 Jessup, Beaton, Leigh, Kynman, 72.3 31 47 Saturday 9 July 1977 Halifax 45 Hull 33 - Yorkshire Cup 1st Leg HALIFAX Chris Pusey 3 3 3 3 12 0 R/R Henny Kroeze Ha Hu Graham Plant 0 3 0 2 2 7 0 Ht 1 Pusey, Cartwright, Owen, Beaton (fell exc), 67.0 5 1 Michael Lohmann 1 1 2 2 2 8 4 Ht 2 Graham, Godal, Kynman, McKeon (ret), 66.8 7 5 Ian Cartwright 2 3 2 1 3 0 11 1 Ht 3 Cartwright, Beaton, Lohmann, Curoso, 66.2 11 7 Tom Godal 2 2 1 5 0 Ht 4 Drury, Godal, Kynman, Plant, 68.6 13 11 Mick McKeon R 1 1 2 1 Ht 5 Graham, Cartwright, Lohmann, Owen, 67.2 16 14 HULL Ht 6 Pusey, Graham, Cartwright, Drury, 67.0 20 16 Joe Owen 1 0 3 1 1 6 0 Ht 7 Plant, Beaton, Godal, Curoso, 67.8 24 18 R/R Egon Muller Ht 8 Graham, Beaton, McKeon, Plant, 68.0 25 23 Graham Drury 3 0 0 3 0 Ht 9 Cartwright, Lohmann, Graham, Drury, 67.6 30 24 Mike Curoso 0 0 0 0 Ht 10 Pusey, Lohmann, Beaton, Kynman, 67.8 35 25 Bobby Beaton X 2 2 2 1 0 7 1 Ht 11 Owen, Plant, McKeon, Graham (ret), 68.6 38 28 Mitch Graham 3 3 2 3 1 R 3 15 0 Ht 12 Pusey, Lohmann, Owen, Beaton, 69.4 43 29 Phil Kynman 1 1 0 2 0 Ht 13 Graham, Plant, Owen, Cartwright, 68.2 45 33 Wednesday 13 July 1977 Hull 42 Bristol 36 - British League HULL Craig Pendlebury (G) 1 1 0 0 2 0 R/R Egon Muller Hu B Graham Drury 0 2 1 1 4 1 Ht 1 Beaton, Herne, Pendlebury, Boocock (ret), 71.8 4 2 Tom Owen 1 2 3 1 7 0 Ht 2 J.Owen, Graham, Langli, Cribb, 71.5 9 3 Bobby Beaton 3 3 T 2 1 0 9 1 Ht 3 Beaton, Collins, T.Owen, Leadbitter, 72.2 13 5 Mitch Graham 2 3 1 1 7 3 Ht 4 Graham, Herne, Langli, Drury, 72.0 16 8 Joe Owen 3 3 3 2 2 13 0 Ht 5 Collins, T.Owen, Graham, Boocock, Beaton (exc tapes), 72.5 19 11 BRISTOL Ht 6 J.Owen, Herne, Pendlebury, Cribb, 72.3 23 13 R/R Ed Stangeland Ht 7 Collins, Drury, Graham, Leadbitter, 73.0 26 16 Nigel Boocock R 0 0 R 0 0 Ht 8 J.Owen, Beaton, Langli, Boocock, 72.5 31 17 Phil Herne 2 2 2 2 3 11 0 Ht 9 T.Owen, Herne, Beaton, Cribb, 73.6 35 19 Les Collins (G) 2 3 3 1 2 3 14 1 Ht 10 Langli, J.Owen, Collins, Pendlebury, 72.0 37 23 Tom Leadbitter 0 0 0 0 Ht 11 Langli, J.Owen, Drury, Boocock (ret), 72.4 40 26 Bruce Cribb (G) 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 12 Herne, Collins, T.Owen, Pendlebury, 72.6 41 31 Tormod Langli 1 1 1 3 3 2 11 2 Ht 13 Collins, Langli, Drury, Beaton, 72.4 42 36 Saturday 16 July 1977 King's Lynn 52 Hull 26 - British League KING'S LYNN Terry Betts 3 3 2 3 11 1 David Gagen 2 1 3 3 9 1 KL Hu Ian Turner 3 2 3 2 10 2 Ht 1 Betts, Gagen, Beaton, Geer, 68.4 5 1 Richard Hellsen 0 2 2 0 4 2 Ht 2 J.Owen, Tyrer, Graham, Burton, 67.8 7 5 Michael Lee 3 3 3 3 12 0 Ht 3 Lee, T.Owen, Beaton, Hellsen, 67.8 10 8 Billy Burton 0 0 1 1 0 Ht 4 Turner, Drury, J.Owen, Burton, 67.6 13 11 Paul Tyrer 2 3 T 0 5 0 Ht 5 Lee, Hellsen, Geer, J.Owen, 67.2 18 12 HULL Ht 6 Betts, Drury, Gagen, Graham (ret), 68.2 22 14 Trevor Geer (G) 0 1 1 0 2 1 Ht 7 Tyrer, Turner, Beaton, T.Owen, 67.8 27 15 R/R Egon Muller Ht 8 Gagen, J.Owen, Burton, Drury, Tyrer (exc tapes), 68.2 31 17 Graham Drury 2 2 0 0 1 5 1 Ht 9 Lee, Hellsen, J.Owen, Drury, 68.4 36 18 Tom Owen 2 0 1 1 4 0 Ht 10 Gagen, Betts, T.Owen, Beaton, 68.6 41 19 Bobby Beaton 1 1 1 0 3 1 Ht 11 Turner, J.Owen, Geer, Tyrer, 68.0 44 22 Mitch Graham 1 R 1 0 Ht 12 Betts, J.Owen, Drury, Hellsen, 68.0 47 25 Joe Owen 3 1 0 2 1 2 2 11 1 Ht 13 Lee, Turner, T.Owen, Geer, 67.8 52 26 Wednesday 20 July 1977 Yorkshire Television Trophy Ht 1 Mauger, Drury, Crump, Beaton, 71.3 Ht 2 P.Collins, Ashby, Wyer, Graham (fell), 71.3 Ht 3 Wilkinson, Jessup, Owen, Pusey (fell), 72.0 Phil Crump 1 2 2 2 2 9 Ht 4 Olsen, Betts, L.Collins, Auffret, 71.0 Ivan Mauger 3 2 3 1 0 9 Ht 5 Olsen, Crump, Wyer, Pusey (ret), 71.1 Bobby Beaton 0 2 1 2 2 7 Ht 6 Ashby, Mauger, L.Collins, Wilkinson (fell), 71.6 Graham Drury 2 3 1 1 1 8 Ht 7 P.Collins, Beaton, Auffret, Jessup (ret), 71.8 Doug Wyer 1 1 1 R 3 6 Ht 8 Drury, Lohmann, Betts, Owen (fell), 73.1 Martin Ashby 2 3 3 3 1 12 2 Ht 9 Ashby, Crump, Betts, Lohmann, 72.0 Peter Collins 3 3 0 3 1 10 Ht 10 Mauger, Owen, Wyer, Auffret, 72.4 Mitch Graham F 0 Ht 11 L.Collins, Lohmann, Beaton, Pusey, 73.0 Chris Pusey F R 0 2 2 4 Ht 12 Olsen, Wilkinson, Drury, P.Collins, 71.5 Alan Wilkinson 3 F 2 3 3 11 3 Ht 13 P.Collins, Crump. Owen, L.Collins, 72.3 Dave Jessup 2 R 0 R 2 Ht 14 Olsen, Lohmann, Mauger, Jessup, 72.0 Joe Owen 1 F 2 1 0 4 Ht 15 Wilkinson, Beaton, Betts, Wyer (ret), 73.3 Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 3 15 1 Ht 16 Ashby, Pusey, Drury, Auffret, 72.6 Les Collins 1 1 3 0 2 7 Ht 17 Wilkinson, Crump, Lohmann, Auffret, 72.7 Frank Auffret 0 1 0 0 0 1 Ht 18 Betts, Pusey, P.Collins, Mauger, 73.4 Terry Betts 2 1 1 1 3 8 Ht 19 Olsen, Beaton, Ashby, Owen, 71.6 Michael Lohmann (R) 2 0 2 2 1 7 Ht 20 Wyer, L.Collins, Drury, Jessup (ret), 73.6 Thursday 21 July 1977 Sheffield 44.5 Hull 33.5 - British League SHEFFIELD Doug Wyer 3 3 3 3 12 0 Tony Boyle 0 0 0 0 Sh Hu Reg Wilson 3 3 3 3 12 0 Ht 1 Wyer, Drury, Owen, Boyle, 65.4 (equals track record) 3 3 Craig Pendlebury 0.5 2 3 2 7.5 1 Ht 2 Glover, Auffret, Graham, Evans, 67.2 6 6 Arnold Haley 2 1 0 1 4 0 Ht 3 Cartwright, Haley, Pendlebury and Beaton dead heat, 66.4 8.5 9.5 Carl Glover 3 1 1 1 6 1 Ht 4 Wilson, Drury, Glover, Auffret, 66.6 12.5 11.5 Keith Evans 0 2 1 0 3 0 Ht 5 Cartwright, Pendlebury, Haley, Owen, 66.4 15.5 14.5 HULL Ht 6 Wyer, Drury, Graham, Boyle, 65.8 18.5 17.5 Joe Owen 1 0 1 2 4 2 Ht 7 Wilson, Cartwright, Glover, Beaton (ret), 67.2 22.5 19.5 R/R Egon Muller Ht 8 Cartwright, Evans, Glover, Auffret, 68.4 25.5 22.5 Graham Drury 2 2 2 1 2 1 10 1 Ht 9 Pendlebury, Graham, Drury, Haley, 68.2 28.5 25.5 Ian Cartwright (G) 3 3 2 3 R 0 11 0 Ht 10 Wyer, Graham, Evans, Cartwright (ret), 66.4 32.5 27.5 Bobby Beaton 0.5 R 0.5 0 Ht 11 Wilson, Drury, Owen, Evans, 68.0 35.5 30.5 Mitch Graham 1 1 2 2 0 6 2 Ht 12 Wyer, Pendlebury, Drury, Graham, 66.2 40.5 31.5 Frank Auffret 2 0 0 2 0 Ht 13 Wilson, Owen, Haley, Cartwright, 68.0 44.5 33.5 Wednesday 27 July 1977 Hull 48 Hackney 30 - British League HULL Joe Owen X 2 3 2 7 1 R/R Egon Muller Hu Ha Bobby Beaton 2 3 2 1 3 11 1 Ht 1 White, Beaton, Rasmussen, J.Owen (fell exc), Thomas (exc Tom Owen 1 2 1 0 4 1 tapes), 71.0 2 4 Graham Drury 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 Ht 2 Graham, Rasmussen, Auffret, Featherstone, 73.1 6 6 Mitch Graham 3 2 3 8 1 Ht 3 Drury, White, T.Owen, Pusey (fell), 71.4 10 8 Frank Auffret 1 2 0 3 0 Ht 4 Beaton, Graham, Rasmussen, Harding, 71.9 15 9 Phil Kynman 1 0 1 1 Ht 5 Drury, T.Owen, Thomas, Pusey (fell), 72.0 20 10 HACKNEY Ht 6 Drury, J.Owen, Harding, Featherstone, 72.0 25 11 Keith White 3 2 1 2 3 0 11 0 Ht 7 Graham, Beaton, White, Pusey, 72.4 30 12 Barry Thomas T 1 3 2 2 3 1 12 1 Ht 8 Thomas, Auffret, Kynman, Rasmussen, 72.0 33 15 Vic Harding 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 Ht 9 Drury, White, T.Owen, Harding, 72.4 37 17 R/R Zenon Plech Ht 10 J.Owen, Thomas, Harding, Kynman, 73.9 40 20 Chris Pusey (G) F F 0 0 0 Ht 11 White, Thomas, Beaton, Auffret, 73.0 41 25 Tony Featherstone 0 0 0 0 Ht 12 Thomas, J.Owen, Harding, T.Owen, 72.5 43 29 Bent Rasmussen 1 2 1 0 4 0 Ht 13 Beaton, Drury, Thomas, White, 72.8 48 30 Monday 1 August 1977 Exeter 53 Hull 25 - British League EXETER Ivan Mauger 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Vaclav Verner 2 2 3 2 3 2 14 4 R/R Scott Autrey E Hu Mike Farrell X 0 0 Ht 1 Mauger, Verner, Owen, Auffret (ret), 70.6 5 1 John Titman 3 3 3 3 12 0 Ht 2 Prinsloo, Harding, Grubmuller, Johns, 70.8 9 3 Peter Prinsloo 3 2 2 2 1 10 3 Ht 3 Titman, Prinsloo, Owen, Curoso, 72.0 14 4 Walter Grubmuller 1 1 R 0 2 0 Ht 4 Drury, Johns, Grubmuller, Bedkober, 71.4 15 9 Malcolm Bedkober 0 0 0 Ht 5 Titman, Owen, Auffret, Farrell (fell exc), 71.8 18 12 HULL Ht 6 Mauger, Verner, Drury, Harding, 70.0 23 13 Joe Owen 1 1 2 1 2 1 8 1 Ht 7 Mauger, Prinsloo, Drury, Curoso, 71.0 28 14 Frank Auffret R 1 0 1 1 Ht 8 Verner, Drury, Owen, Grubmuller (ret), 69.6 31 17 Graham Drury 3 1 1 2 2 9 0 Ht 9 Titman, Prinsloo, Harding, Curoso, 72.8 36 18 R/R Egon Muller Ht 10 Mauger, Verner, Curoso, Johns, 70.6 41 19 Mike Curoso 0 0 0 1 1 0 Ht 11 Verner, Owen, Harding, Grubmuller, 71.4 44 22 Vic Harding (G) 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 Ht 12 Mauger, Drury, Prinsloo, Auffret, 71.2 48 24 Alan Johns (G) 0 2 0 2 1 Ht 13 Titman, Verner, Owen, Harding, 72.8 53 25 Wednesday 3 August 1977 Hull 49 Bristol 29 - K.O.Cup 2nd Round 1st Leg HULL Joe Owen 2 1 3 1 7 1 Hu B R/R Egon Muller Ht 1 Crump, Owen, Langli, Beaton (ret), 70.9 2 4 Graham Drury 3 3 2 2 2 1 13 2 Ht 2 Graham, Auffret, Boocock, Leadbitter, 72.6 7 5 Mike Curoso 2 N 1 2 5 2 Ht 3 Beaton, Curoso, Stangeland, Leadbitter, 71.8 12 6 Bobby Beaton R 3 2 3 2 2 12 0 Ht 4 Drury, Graham, Herne, Boocock, 72.6 17 7 Mitch Graham 3 2 1 1 7 3 Ht 5 Crump, Beaton, Auffret, Curoso (fell injured), Langli (exc unfair Frank Auffret 2 1 2 T 5 3 riding), 71.7 20 10 BRISTOL Ht 6 Drury, Herne, Owen, Langli, 72.8 24 12 Phil Crump 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 7 Crump, Drury, Graham, Stangeland, 72.1 27 15 Tormod Langli 1 X 0 0 0 1 0 Ht 8 Beaton, Auffret, Boocock, Langli, 72.6 32 16 Phil Herne 1 2 3 1 3 10 0 Ht 9 Herne, Beaton, Curoso, Leadbitter, 73.0 35 19 Ed Stangeland 1 0 0 0 1 0 Ht 10 Owen, Drury, Herne, Stangeland, 73.5 40 20 Steve Gresham Absent Ht 11 Crump, Drury, Graham, Langli, Auffret (exc tapes), 72.0 43 23 Tom Leadbitter 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 12 Herne, Curoso, Owen, Boocock (ret), 72.9 46 26 Nigel Boocock 1 0 1 R 2 0 Ht 13 Crump, Beaton, Drury, Stangeland, 72.5 49 29 Friday 5 August 1977 Bristol 52 Hull 26 - K.O.Cup 2nd Round 2nd Leg (Aggregate - Bristol 81 Hull 75) BRISTOL Phil Crump 3 3 3 3 12 0 B Hu Tormod Langli 2 2 3 2 9 3 Ht 1 Crump, Langli, Owen, Curoso (ret), 73.8 5 1 Phil Herne 3 3 3 3 12 0 Ht 2 Auffret, Leadbitter, Graham, Boocock (ret), 77.0 7 5 Ed Stangeland 1 0 2 1 4 1 Ht 3 Boocock, Drury, Stangeland, Beaton (fell exc), Titman (exc John Titman (G) T 3 3 1 7 0 tapes), 76.8 11 7 Nigel Boocock R 3 2 0 1 6 1 Ht 4 Herne, Boocock, Drury, Auffret, 74.8 16 8 Tom Leadbitter 2 F 2 0 Ht 5 Titman, Beaton, Owen, Stangeland, 76.0 19 11 HULL Ht 6 Crump, Langli, Graham, Drury, 73.2 24 12 Joe Owen 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 11 1 Ht 7 Herne, Owen, Beaton, Boocock, 76.0 27 15 Mike Curoso R 0 0 Ht 8 Langli, Owen, Auffret, Leadbitter (fell), 74.4 30 18 Graham Drury 2 1 0 1 2 6 0 Ht 9 Titman, Stangeland, Drury, Graham, 75.8 35 19 R/R Egon Muller Ht 10 Crump, Langli, Owen, Beaton (ret), 74.2 40 20 Bobby Beaton X 2 1 R T 0 3 1 Ht 11 Herne, Owen, Boocock, Auffret, 75.8 44 22 Mitch Graham 1 1 0 0 2 0 Ht 12 Crump, Drury, Stangeland, Graham, Beaton (exc tapes), 75.0 48 24 Frank Auffret 3 0 1 0 4 1 Ht 13 Herne, Owen, Titman (fell rem), Beaton, 75.6 52 26 Monday 8 August 1977 Birmingham 38 Hull 40 - British League BIRMINGHAM Ray Wilson 3 3 2 2 10 0 Malcolm Shakespeare 0 1 0 1 0 B Hu Richard Greer 1 2 3 2 8 1 Ht 1 Wilson, Owen, Drury, Shakespeare, 62.8 3 3 Finn Jensen 0 0 0 0 Ht 2 Collins, Gravningen, Graham, Clements, 62.5 8 4 Lou Sansom 2 1 2 1 6 1 Ht 3 Beaton, Sansom, Auffret, Jensen, 62.8 10 8 Phil Collins (G) 3 2 1 1 R 7 1 Ht 4 Drury, Collins, Greer, Graham, 61.9 13 11 Jan Gravningen 2 3 X 1 6 1 Ht 5 Beaton, Owen, Sansom, Jensen, 62.6 14 16 HULL Ht 6 Wilson, Drury, Shakespeare, Clements, 63.0 18 18 Joe Owen 2 2 2 0 3 9 1 Ht 7 Beaton, Greer, Collins, Auffret, 63.0 21 21 R/R Egon Muller Ht 8 Gravningen, Owen, Collins, Graham, 63.6 25 23 Graham Drury 1 3 2 3 2 1 12 1 Ht 9 Drury, Sansom, Clements, Gravningen (exc unfair riding), 63.2 27 27 Frank Auffret 1 0 1 0 2 0 Ht 10 Beaton, Wilson, Auffret, Shakespeare, 62.5 29 31 Bobby Beaton 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 11 Greer, Drury, Gravningen, Owen, 63.3 33 33 Paul Clements (G) 0 0 1 1 0 Ht 12 Beaton, Wilson, Drury, Collins (ret), 62.8 35 37 Mitch Graham 1 0 0 1 0 Ht 13 Owen, Greer, Sansom, Auffret, 64.0 38 40 Wednesday 10 August 1977 Hull 52 Wolverhampton 26 - British League HULL Joe Owen 2 1 3 3 2 11 2 R/R Egon Muller Hu W Graham Drury 3 2 2 3 2 12 1 Ht 1 Beaton, J.Owen, McMillan, Cartwright, 72.0 5 1 Tom Owen 1 1 1 1 4 3 Ht 2 Auffret, Graham, Havelock, Lomas, 73.6 10 2 Bobby Beaton 3 2 2 3 3 13 0 Ht 3 Nielsen, Beaton, T.Owen, Hollingworth, 72.6 13 5 Frank Auffret 3 1 0 4 0 Ht 4 Drury, Thomsen, Auffret, Havelock, 72.4 17 7 Mitch Graham 2 2 2 2 8 4 Ht 5 McMillan, Beaton, T.Owen, Cartwright (fell), 72.6 20 10 WOLVERHAMPTON Ht 6 Thomsen, Drury, J.Owen, McMillan, 72.4 23 13 Jim McMillan 1 3 0 0 1 5 0 Ht 7 Thomsen, Drury, Nielsen, Auffret, 72.4 25 17 Ian Cartwright (G) 0 F 0 1 1 0 Ht 8 J.Owen, Graham, Nielsen, Cartwright, 73.6 30 18 Finn Thomsen 2 3 3 2 3 13 0 Ht 9 Beaton, Thomsen, T.Owen, Lomas, 72.8 34 20 Rob Hollingworth 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 10 J.Owen, Graham, Nielsen, Hollingworth, 73.6 39 21 Hans Nielsen 3 1 1 1 0 6 0 Ht 11 Drury, Graham, Cartwright, McMillan, 73.4 44 22 Steve Lomas 0 0 0 0 Ht 12 Thomsen, J.Owen, T.Owen, Nielsen, 72.8 47 25 Brian Havelock (G) 1 0 1 0 Ht 13 Beaton, Drury, McMillan, Hollingworth, 73.4 52 26 Wednesday 17 August 1977 Hull 52 Sheffield 26 - British League HULL Joe Owen 1 2 2 2 3 10 1 Hu S R/R Egon Muller Ht 1 Beaton, Wyer, Owen, Evans (fell), Haley (exc tapes), awarded, Graham Drury 3 3 3 2 3 14 0 no time 4 2 Mike Curoso 1 2 1 1 5 1 Ht 2 Graham, Auffret, Burton, Evans (ret), 73.0 9 3 Bobby Beaton 3 3 3 3 2 14 1 Ht 3 Beaton, Pendlebury, Curoso, Boyle, 72.5 13 5 Frank Auffret 2 2 1 1 6 3 Ht 4 Drury, Auffret, Evans, Wilson (ret), 72.5 18 6 Mitch Graham 3 0 R 3 0 Ht 5 Beaton, Curoso, Wyer, Haley, 72.6 23 7 SHEFFIELD Ht 6 Drury, Owen, Wilson, Burton, 72.4 28 8 Doug Wyer 2 1 3 3 T 9 0 Ht 7 Drury, Pendlebury, Auffret, Boyle, 74.4 32 10 Arnold Haley T 0 1 1 1 3 0 Ht 8 Wyer, Owen, Haley, Graham, 72.6 34 14 Reg Wilson R 1 2 3 2 8 0 Ht 9 Beaton, Wilson, Curoso, Burton, 72.7 38 16 Craig Pendlebury 2 2 X 4 0 Ht 10 Wilson, Owen, Auffret, Pendlebury (fell exc), 74.0 41 19 Tony Boyle 0 0 R 0 0 Ht 11 Wyer, Drury, Haley, Graham (ret), 72.5 43 23 Billy Burton 1 0 0 0 1 0 Ht 12 Owen, Wilson, Curoso, Boyle (ret), 72.6 47 25 Keith Evans F R 1 1 0 Ht 13 Drury, Beaton, Haley, Burton, Wyer (exc tapes), 73.4 52 26 Monday 22 August 1977 Newcastle 37 Hull 41 - Challenge NEWCASTLE N Hu Tom Owen 3 3 2 1 3 12 0 Ht 1 T.Owen, J.Owen, Kynman, Auffret (exc tapes), 68.2 4 2 R/R Ron Henderson Ht 2 Auffret, Coddington, Crabtree, 70.6 (three riders only), 68.0 7 5 Robbie Blackadder 3 1 0 1 2 7 0 Ht 3 Kynman, Curoso, Gardner, Beaton, 68.0 11 7 Phil Kynman 1 3 1 2 2 9 2 Ht 4 Blackadder, Drury, Auffret, Coddington, 69.6 14 10 Robbie Gardner 1 2 1 0 1 5 1 Ht 5 J.Owen, Gardner, Kynman, Curoso, 69.0 17 13 Nigel Crabtree 1 0 1 1 Ht 6 T.Owen, Drury, Gardner, Auffret, 68.6 21 15 Neil Coddington 2 0 0 1 3 1 Ht 7 Beaton, Drury, Blackadder, Coddington (fell rem), Curoso HULL (exc tapes), 69.2 22 20 Joe Owen 2 3 3 3 3 14 0 Ht 8 J.Owen, T.Owen, Coddington, Auffret (exc tapes), Graham R/R Egon Muller (exc tapes), 68.0 25 23 Graham Drury 2 2 2 3 2 1 12 2 Ht 9 Drury, Kynman, Graham, Gardner, 69.0 27 27 Mike Curoso 2 0 T 2 0 4 1 Ht 10 Beaton, Curoso, T.Owen, Blackadder, 69.0 28 32 Bobby Beaton 0 3 3 0 6 0 Ht 11 J.Owen, Drury, Blackadder, Crabtree, 69.0 29 37 Mitch Graham T 1 1 0 Ht 12 T.Owen, Kynman, Drury, Beaton, 69.2 34 38 Frank Auffret T 3 1 0 T 4 1 Ht 13 J.Owen, Blackadder, Gardner, Curoso, 68.8 37 41 Friday 26 August 1977 Bristol 47 Hull 31 - British League BRISTOL Phil Crump 3 3 3 3 12 0 Ed Stangeland 0 2 1 0 3 1 Phil Herne 3 3 3 3 12 0 B Hu Tormod Langli 3 3 1 0 7 1 Ht 1 Crump, Owen, Curoso, Stangeland, 74.8 3 3 Steve Gresham 1 0 T 1 2 0 Ht 2 Boocock, Kynman, Leadbitter, Graham, 74.8 7 5 Tom Leadbitter 1 0 0 1 0 Ht 3 Langli, Owen, Gresham, Beaton (fell exc), 73.0 11 7 Nigel Boocock 3 3 2 2 10 1 Ht 4 Herne, Graham, Kynman, Leadbitter, Auffret (exc tapes), 73.2 14 10 HULL Ht 5 Langli, Owen, Curoso, Gresham, 73.8 17 13 Joe Owen 2 2 2 1 2 0 2 11 1 Ht 6 Crump, Stangeland, Auffret, Graham, 73.0 22 14 Mike Curoso 1 1 1 1 4 3 Ht 7 Herne, Beaton, Owen, Leadbitter, 73.4 25 17 Frank Auffret T 1 3 1 5 1 Ht 8 Boocock, Owen, Stangeland, Kynman, 74.4 29 19 R/R Graham Drury Ht 9 Auffret, Boocock, Langli, Graham, Gresham (exc tapes), 75.0 32 22 Bobby Beaton X 2 2 2 6 0 Ht 10 Crump, Beaton, Curoso, Stangeland, 73.6 35 25 Mitch Graham 0 2 0 0 2 0 Ht 11 Herne, Boocock, Curoso, Owen, 74.6 40 26 Phil Kynman 2 1 0 3 1 Ht 12 Crump, Beaton, Auffret, Langli, 74.8 43 29 Neil Coddington 0 0 0 Ht 13 Herne, Owen, Gresham, Coddington, 74.2 47 31 Saturday 27 August 1977 Swindon 46 Hull 32 - British League SWINDON Martin Ashby 3 3 3 3 12 0 R/R Jan Andersson S Hu Bob Kilby 2 R 3 1 3 3 12 1 Ht 1 M.Ashby, Kilby, Owen, Auffret, 70.2 5 1 Geoff Bouchard 3 2 0 2 1 0 8 0 Ht 2 D.Ashby, Leigh, Graham, Kynman, 71.4 10 2 Bobby McNeil 1 1 1 1 4 2 Ht 3 Bouchard, Beaton, McNeil, Curoso, 70.8 14 4 Bernie Leigh (G) 2 3 0 5 1 Ht 4 Leigh, Auffret, Kynman, Kilby (ret), 71.4 17 7 David Ashby 3 0 2 5 1 Ht 5 Beaton, Bouchard, McNeil, Owen, 71.0 20 10 HULL Ht 6 M.Ashby, Graham, Auffret, Bouchard, 71.0 23 13 Joe Owen 1 0 1 2 4 0 Ht 7 Kilby, Beaton, Curoso, Leigh, 71.2 26 16 R/R Egon Muller Ht 8 Graham, Beaton, Kilby, D.Ashby, 71.8 27 21 Frank Auffret 0 2 1 0 3 1 Ht 9 Graham, Bouchard, McNeil, Auffret, 72.0 30 24 Mike Curoso 0 1 0 0 1 1 Ht 10 M.Ashby, Beaton, Bouchard, Curoso, 71.8 34 26 Bobby Beaton 2 3 2 2 2 2 13 1 Ht 11 Kilby, D.Ashby, Owen, Graham, 71.4 39 27 Mitch Graham 1 2 3 3 0 1 10 1 Ht 12 M.Ashby, Beaton, Graham, Bouchard, 71.0 42 30 Phil Kynman 0 1 1 1 Ht 13 Kilby, Owen, McNeil, Curoso, 71.4 46 32 Monday 29 August 1977 Hull 47 Poole 31 - British League HULL Joe Owen 1 2 2 1 3 9 1 R/R Egon Muller Graham Drury 3 3 3 1 1 11 0 Hu P Mike Curoso 1 2 2 5 2 Ht 1 Beaton, Simmons, Owen, May, 71.1 4 2 Bobby Beaton 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 2 Graham, Smith, Gooddy, Auffret, 72.5 7 5 Frank Auffret 0 2 0 2 1 Ht 3 Beaton, Middleditch, Curoso, Wilson (ret), 71.6 11 7 Mitch Graham 3 1 1 0 5 1 Ht 4 Drury, Auffret, Smith, Broadbelt (ret), 73.0 16 8 Phil Kynman 0 0 0 Ht 5 Beaton, Simmons, Graham, May, 72.0 20 10 POOLE Ht 6 Drury, Owen, Gooddy, Broadbelt, 73.0 25 11 Malcolm Simmons 2 2 3 3 2 12 0 Ht 7 Drury, Wilson, Middleditch, Auffret, 73.0 28 14 Richard May 0 0 0 0 Ht 8 Simmons, Owen, Graham, Smith, 72.6 31 17 Eric Broadbelt R 0 0 0 0 Ht 9 Beaton, Curoso, Gooddy, Broadbelt, 73.1 36 18 Reg Wilson (G) R 2 2 2 0 6 2 Ht 10 Middleditch, Wilson, Owen, Kynman, 73.2 37 23 Neil Middleditch 2 1 3 1 7 1 Ht 11 Simmons, Wilson, Drury, Graham, 73.5 38 28 Colin Gooddy 1 1 1 0 3 1 Ht 12 Owen, Curoso, Middleditch, Gooddy, 72.8 43 29 Pete Smith 2 1 0 3 0 Ht 13 Beaton, Simmons, Drury, Wilson, 72.5 47 31 Wednesday 31 August 1977 Poole 48 Hull 30 - British League POOLE Malcolm Simmons 2 2 3 3 10 1 Richard May 0 3 3 X 6 0 P Hu Eric Broadbelt 3 3 3 3 12 0 Ht 1 Drury, Simmons, Owen, May, 68.2 2 4 Colin Gooddy 1 2 2 1 6 2 Ht 2 Smith, Graham, Yeates, Auffret, 68.2 6 6 Neil Middleditch 2 1 3 2 8 2 Ht 3 Beaton, Middleditch, Gooddy, Curoso, 68.4 9 9 Martin Yeates 1 0 1 2 0 Ht 4 Broadbelt, Drury, Auffret, Yeates, 67.8 12 12 Pete Smith 3 R 1 4 0 Ht 5 Beaton, Gooddy, Middleditch, Owen, 68.8 15 15 HULL Ht 6 May, Simmons, Drury, Graham, 68.8 20 16 Joe Owen 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 Ht 7 Broadbelt, Beaton, Yeates, Curoso, 68.4 24 18 R/R Egon Muller Ht 8 May, Graham, Owen, Smith (ret), 68.8 27 21 Graham Drury 3 2 1 1 2 2 11 0 Ht 9 Middleditch, Gooddy, Drury, Beaton, 69.2 32 22 Mike Curoso 0 0 2 0 2 0 Ht 10 Simmons, Curoso, Beaton, May (fell exc), 68.6 35 25 Bobby Beaton 3 3 2 0 1 9 1 Ht 11 Broadbelt, Drury, Smith, Owen, 69.0 39 27 Mitch Graham 2 0 2 4 0 Ht 12 Simmons, Drury, Gooddy, Auffret, 69.4 43 29 Frank Auffret 0 1 0 1 1 Ht 13 Broadbelt, Middleditch, Owen, Curoso, 69.6 48 30 Wednesday 7 September 1977 Hull 36 Belle Vue 42 - British League HULL Joe Owen 2 2 2 2 2 10 0 R/R Egon Muller Hu BV Graham Drury 3 1 2 X 2 3 11 1 Ht 1 Wilkinson, Owen, Beaton, Morton, 72.0 3 3 Mike Curoso 1 1 0 2 1 Ht 2 Graham, Auffret, Brett, Lawson, 71.9 8 4 Bobby Beaton 1 2 R 2 1 0 6 2 Ht 3 Collins, Beaton, Curoso, Turner, 71.8 11 7 Frank Auffret 2 1 1 4 2 Ht 4 Drury, Morton, Auffret, Lawson, 72.5 15 9 Mitch Graham 3 R 0 3 0 Ht 5 Collins, Wilkinson, Curoso, Beaton (ret), 72.5 16 14 BELLE VUE Ht 6 Morton, Owen, Drury, Brett, 72.4 19 17 R/R Peter Collins Ht 7 Collins, Drury, Auffret, Turner, 71.4 22 20 Alan Wilkinson 3 2 3 1 1 10 2 Ht 8 Wilkinson, Owen, Brett, Graham (ret), 73.2 24 24 Chris Morton 0 2 3 3 3 11 0 Ht 9 Morton, Beaton, Brett, Curoso, 74.3 26 28 Les Collins 3 3 3 3 3 2 17 0 Ht 10 Collins, Owen, Turner, Drury (exc unfair riding), 71.1 28 32 Chris Turner 0 0 1 0 1 0 Ht 11 Collins, Drury, Wilkinson, Graham, 72.4 30 36 Jim Brett 1 0 1 1 3 0 Ht 12 Morton, Owen, Beaton, Turner, 72.0 33 39 Steve Lawson 0 0 0 0 Ht 13 Drury, Collins, Wilkinson, Beaton, 72.0 36 42 Friday 9 September 1977 British League Pairs Championship Semi Final (at Hackney) IPSWICH Billy Sanders 0 1 1 3 2 3 10 24 2 John Louis 2 2 3 2 3 2 14 WHITE CITY Ht 1 Kennett, Louis, Weatherley, Sanders, 63.4 Gordon Kennett 3 2 3 3 3 1 15 26 1 Ht 2 Davis, Jessup, Bastable, Gooddy, 64.4 Steve Weatherley 1 3 2 1 2 2 11 Ht 3 Hines, Ross, Beaton, Drury, 65.0 READING Ht 4 Shirra, Louis, Sanders, Busk, 63.0 Dave Jessup 2 0 2 3 3 3 13 21 3 Ht 5 Weatherley, Kennett, Davis, Jessup, 64.2 John Davis 3 1 0 2 1 1 8 Ht 6 Hines, Ross, Gooddy, Bastable, 64.4 CRADLEY HEATH Ht 7 Shirra, Busk, Drury, Beaton (fell exc), 63.0 Steve Bastable 1 0 0 3 1 3 8 13 Ht 8 Louis, Jessup, Sanders, Davis, 63.6 Colin Gooddy 0 1 1 2 0 1 5 Ht 9 Kennett, Weatherley, Gooddy, Bastable, 65.2 WIMBLEDON Ht 10 Ross, Shirra, Hines, Busk, 63.8 Larry Ross 2 2 3 2 1 2 12 19 Ht 11 Sanders, Louis, Drury, Featherstone, 65.0 Mick Hines 3 3 1 0 0 0 7 Ht 12 Kennett, Ross, Weatherley, Hines, 64.4 HULL Ht 13 Jessup, Davis, Drury, Harding, 64.0 Graham Drury 0 1 1 1 1 2 6 7 Ht 14 Bastable, Gooddy, Busk, Shirra, 64.4 Bobby Beaton 1 X 1 Ht 15 Louis, Sanders, Ross, Hines, 65.0 COVENTRY Ht 16 Kennett, Weatherley, Drury, Featherstone, 64.0 Mitch Shirra 3 3 2 0 2 3 13 16 Ht 17 Jessup, Shirra, Davis, Busk, 64.0 Alf Busk 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 Ht 18 Sanders, Louis, Bastable, Gooddy, 64.8 Reserves Ht 19 Shirra, Weatherley, Kennett, Busk, 64.0 Tony Featherstone 0 0 0 Ht 20 Jessup, Ross, Davis, Hines, 65.2 Vic Harding 0 0 0 Ht 21 Bastable, Drury, Gooddy, Harding, 65.0 Saturday 10 September 1977 Coventry 58 Hull 20 - British League COVENTRY Alan Molyneux 1 3 2 3 9 2 Alf Busk 2 2 3 3 10 1 Mitch Shirra 3 3 3 3 12 0 C Hu Larry Ross (G) 3 R 2 1 6 1 Ht 1 J.Owen, Busk, Molyneux, Drury (ret), 65.4 3 3 Tommy Nilsson 2 3 3 2 10 2 Ht 2 Bell, Smith, Graham, Auffret, 64.6 8 4 Frank Smith 2 0 2 4 2 Ht 3 Ross, Nilsson, Curoso, T.Owen, 63.4 13 5 Mick Bell 3 2 2 7 2 Ht 4 Shirra, Graham, Auffret, Smith, 63.8 16 8 HULL Ht 5 Nilsson, J.Owen, Curoso, Ross (ret), 65.4 19 11 Joe Owen 3 2 1 0 1 1 8 0 Ht 6 Molyneux, Busk, J.Owen, Graham, 65.0 24 12 R/R Egon Muller Ht 7 Shirra, Smith, T.Owen, Curoso, 65.0 29 13 Graham Drury R 0 0 Ht 8 Busk, Bell, Auffret, J.Owen, 65.2 34 14 Mike Curoso 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 Ht 9 Nilsson, Ross, Kynman, Graham, 66.2 39 15 Tom Owen 0 1 1 2 4 0 Ht 10 Busk, Molyneux, T.Owen, Curoso, 65.4 44 16 Mitch Graham 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 Ht 11 Shirra, Bell, J.Owen, Kynman, 66.2 49 17 Frank Auffret 0 1 1 X 2 1 Ht 12 Molyneux, T.Owen, Ross, Graham, Auffret (exc), 65.8 53 19 Phil Kynman 1 0 1 0 Ht 13 Shirra, Nilsson, J.Owen, Curoso, 65.2 58 20 Wednesday 14 September 1977 Hull 41 Swindon 37 - British League HULL Joe Owen 0 2 3 3 2 10 1 R/R Egon Muller Hu S Graham Drury 2 3 3 2 2 2 14 1 Ht 1 M.Ashby, Drury, Bouchard, J.Owen, 71.4 2 4 Mike Curoso 1 0 1 0 Ht 2 Auffret, Haley, Graham, D.Ashby, 74.0 6 6 Tom Owen 0 1 2 R 3 0 Ht 3 Haley, McNeil, Curoso, T.Owen, Bouchard (exc tapes), 74.2 7 11 Mitch Graham 1 2 0 3 1 Ht 4 Drury, Graham, D.Ashby, Kilby (ret), 73.4 12 12 Frank Auffret 3 3 2 1 1 0 10 3 Ht 5 M.Ashby, Haley, T.Owen, Curoso, 74.8 13 17 SWINDON Ht 6 Auffret, J.Owen, Haley, D.Ashby, 74.1 18 18 Martin Ashby 3 3 3 3 3 15 0 Ht 7 Drury, McNeil, Bouchard, Graham, 74.1 21 21 R/R Jan Andersson Ht 8 J.Owen, Auffret, McNeil, D.Ashby, 73.4 26 22 Bob Kilby R 0 0 Ht 9 Haley, T.Owen, Auffret, D.Ashby, 73.5 29 25 Geoff Bouchard 1 T 1 1 0 1 4 1 Ht 10 J.Owen, Drury, Bouchard, McNeil, 73.5 34 26 Bobby McNeil 2 2 1 0 5 1 Ht 11 M.Ashby, Drury, Auffret, Bouchard, 72.9 37 29 Arnold Haley (G) 2 3 2 1 3 1 12 1 Ht 12 M.Ashby, J.Owen, Haley, Auffret, 73.0 39 33 David Ashby 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Ht 13 M.Ashby, Drury, Bouchard, T.Owen (ret), 74.2 41 37 Saturday 17 September 1977 Belle Vue 38 Hull 39 - British League BELLE VUE Alan Wilkinson 1 R 3 1 R 5 0 R/R Peter Collins BV Hu Chris Morton 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 0 Ht 1 Collins, Owen, Wilkinson, Graham, 73.0 4 2 Chris Turner R 2 0 2 4 0 Ht 2 Auffret, Praestbro, Kynman, Richardson (fell), 74.0 6 6 Les Collins 3 R 1 3 1 8 1 Ht 3 Drury, Curoso, Collins (ret), Turner (ret), 75.0 6 11 Derek Richardson F 1 0 0 1 0 Ht 4 Morton, Drury, Richardson, Kynman (ret), 73.2 10 13 Kristian Praestbro 2 0 2 0 Ht 5 Graham, Turner, Collins, Owen (ret), 74.2 13 16 HULL Ht 6 Morton, Drury, Auffret, Wilkinson (ret), 73.0 16 19 Joe Owen 2 R 2 2 6 0 Ht 7 Morton, Drury, Curoso, Richardson, 73.6 19 22 Mitch Graham 0 3 2 2 1 8 0 Ht 8 Wilkinson, Graham, Auffret, Praestbro, 73.6 22 25 Graham Drury 3 2 2 2 2 3 14 0 Ht 9 Collins, Drury, Auffret, Turner, 72.6 25 28 Mike Curoso 2 1 0 0 3 2 Ht 10 Morton, Owen, Wilkinson, Curoso, 74.0 29 30 R/R Egon Muller Ht 11 Morton, Graham, Auffret, Richardson, 74.0 32 33 Frank Auffret 3 1 1 1 1 7 4 Ht 12 Drury, Turner, Graham, Wilkinson (ret), 73.2 34 37 Phil Kynman 1 R 1 0 Ht 13 Morton, Owen, Collins, Curoso, 73.4 38 39 Wednesday 21 September 1977 Grand Prix Qualifying Round (at Hull) Ht 1 Lohmann, Cartwright, Owen, Turner, 72.3 Ht 2 Drury, Pendlebury, Louis, Wilkinson (ret), 72.9 Ian Cartwright 2 3 3 0 0 8 Ht 3 Olsen, White, Auffret, Curoso, 72.8 Chris Turner 0 0 0 0 2 2 Ht 4 Beaton, Kynman, Graham, Haley, 72.8 Michael Lohmann 3 1 2 2 1 9 Ht 5 Cartwright, Kynman, Pendlebury, Auffret, 73.4 Joe Owen 1 3 3 1 1 9 Ht 6 Olsen, Louis, Coddington, Turner, Graham (exc tapes), 72.2 Craig Pendlebury 2 1 1 0 2 6 Ht 7 Drury, Beaton, Lohmann, Prime, 72.6 John Louis 1 2 2 3 3 11 Ht 8 Owen, Haley, White, Wilkinson, 73.0 Graham Drury 3 3 1 3 3 13 2 Ht 9 Cartwright, Louis, Haley, Curoso, 73.8 Alan Wiklinson R 0 R 3 1 4 Ht 10 Beaton, White, Pendlebury, Turner, 73.8 Frank Auffret 1 0 1 0 1 3 Ht 11 Graham, Lohmann, Auffret, Wilkinson (ret), 74.5 Ole Olsen 3 3 2 3 3 14 1 Ht 12 Owen, Olsen, Drury, Kynman, 73.2 Mike Curoso 0 0 1 3 4 Ht 13 Drury, Graham, White, Cartwright, 73.5 Keith White 2 1 2 1 0 6 Ht 14 Wilkinson, Kynman, Curoso, Turner, 74.6 Phil Kynman 2 2 0 2 2 8 Ht 15 Olsen, Lohmann, Haley, Pendlebury, 72.2 Mitch Graham 1 T 3 2 0 6 Ht 16 Louis, Beaton, Owen, Auffret, 73.4 Bobby Beaton 3 2 3 2 2 12 3 Ht 17 Olsen, Beaton, Wilkinson, Cartwright, 72.5 Arnold Haley 0 2 1 1 0 4 Ht 18 Drury, Turner, Auffret, Haley, 74.6 Neil Coddington (Res) 1 1 Ht 19 Louis, Kynman, Lohmann, White, 75.0 Chris Prime (Res) 0 0 Ht 20 Curoso, Pendlebury, Owen, Graham, 77.0 Friday 23 September 1977 Hackney 42 Hull 36 - British League HACKNEY Keith White 1 1 R 1 3 0 Ha Hu Bent Rasmussen F 3 0 2 2 7 0 Ht 1 Curoso, Owen, White, Rasmussen (fell), 65.2 1 5 R/R Zenon Plech Ht 2 Auffret, Harding, Graham, Featherstone, 66.0 3 9 Mitch Shirra (G) 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 0 Ht 3 Shirra, Beaton, Thomas, Drury, 65.2 7 11 Barry Thomas 1 2 2 3 2 10 3 Ht 4 Rasmussen, Auffret, Harding, Graham, Drury (exc 2 mins), 65.0 11 13 Vic Harding 2 1 0 0 3 0 Ht 5 Shirra, Thomas, Owen, Curoso, 63.6 16 14 Tony Featherstone 0 1 1 1 Ht 6 Auffret, Drury, White, Rasmussen, 64.0 17 19 HULL Ht 7 Shirra, Beaton, Owen, Harding, 64.8 20 22 Joe Owen 2 1 1 2 R 6 2 Ht 8 Curoso, Rasmussen, Featherstone (fell awarded), Auffret Mike Curoso 3 0 3 1 1 8 1 (exc unfair riding), 65.6 23 25 Graham Drury 0 M 2 1 2 5 1 Ht 9 Shirra, Thomas, Drury, Auffret (ret), 65.4 28 26 R/R Egon Muller Ht 10 Beaton, Rasmussen, Curoso, White (ret), 66.0 30 30 Bobby Beaton 2 2 3 0 1 8 0 Ht 11 Thomas, Owen, Curoso, Harding, 65.0 33 33 Mitch Graham 1 0 1 0 Ht 12 Shirra, Drury, White, Beaton, 64.6 37 35 Frank Auffret 3 2 3 X R 8 0 Ht 13 Shirra, Thomas, Beaton, Owen (ret), 64.6 42 36 Wednesday 28 September 1977 Hull 36 Exeter 42 - British League HULL Joe Owen 3 1 0 0 0 4 1 R/R Egon Muller Hu E Graham Drury 3 2 3 2 2 1 13 0 Ht 1 Owen, Titman, Autrey, Beaton (ret), 72.8 3 3 Mike Curoso 2 0 0 2 1 Ht 2 Farrell, Prinsloo, Auffret, Graham, 73.0 4 8 Bobby Beaton R 3 3 2 2 3 13 0 Ht 3 Beaton, Curoso, Verner, Koppe, 73.5 9 9 Mitch Graham 0 0 0 0 Ht 4 Drury, Farrell, Mauger, Graham, 73.2 12 12 Frank Auffret 1 2 1 0 4 1 Ht 5 Beaton, Autrey, Titman, Curoso, 73.0 15 15 EXETER Ht 6 Mauger, Drury, Owen, Prinsloo, 73.1 18 18 Scott Autrey 1 2 1 2 6 1 Ht 7 Drury, Auffret, Verner, Koppe, 73.4 23 19 John Titman 2 1 3 3 9 1 Ht 8 Titman, Farrell, Auffret, Owen, 73.8 24 24 Ivan Mauger 1 3 3 3 10 1 Ht 9 Mauger, Beaton, Prinsloo, Curoso, 73.5 26 28 Vaclav Verner 1 1 3 X 5 0 Ht 10 Verner, Drury, Farrell, Owen, 73.6 28 32 Steve Koppe 0 0 0 0 Ht 11 Titman, Drury, Autrey, Auffret, 73.8 30 36 Peter Prinsloo 2 0 1 3 1 Ht 12 Mauger, Beaton, Farrell, Owen, 73.2 32 40 Mike Farrell 3 2 2 1 1 9 1 Ht 13 Beaton, Autrey, Drury, Verner (fell exc), 73.9 36 42 Saturday 1 October 1977 Cradley Heath 44 Hull 33 - British League CRADLEY HEATH Bob Valentine 3 1 0 X 4 0 R/R Anders Michanek CH Hu Steve Bastable 2 3 3 3 R 11 0 Ht 1 Valentine, Cribb, Beaton, Owen, 68.5 5 1 John Titman (G) 3 2 3 2 X 10 1 Ht 2 Perks, Auffret, Price, Graham, 68.2 9 3 Bruce Cribb 2 2 3 3 R 3 13 2 Ht 3 Titman, Cribb, Curoso, Beaton, 69.0 14 4 Dave Perks 3 1 0 4 1 Ht 4 Auffret, Bastable, Perks, Drury, 68.9 17 7 Arthur Price 1 1 0 2 0 Ht 5 Cribb, Titman, Auffret, Owen (ret), 69.0 22 8 HULL Ht 6 Titman, Drury, Valentine, Graham, 68.1 26 10 Joe Owen 0 R 0 0 Ht 7 Bastable, Beaton, Curoso, Perks, 68.1 29 13 R/R Egon Muller Ht 8 Cribb, Drury, Price, Auffret, 68.0 33 15 Graham Drury 0 2 2 3 3 1 11 1 Ht 9 Drury, Titman, Graham, Cribb (ret), 68.6 35 19 Mike Curoso 1 1 1 2 2 7 2 Ht 10 Bastable, Beaton, Curoso, Valentine, 68.2 38 22 Bobby Beaton 1 0 2 2 2 7 1 Ht 11 Bastable, Curoso, Auffret, Price, 68.5 41 25 Mitch Graham 0 0 1 1 0 Ht 12 Drury, Beaton, Titman (fell exc), Valentine (fell exc), 112.3 41 30 Frank Auffret 2 3 1 0 1 7 1 Ht 13 Cribb, Curoso, Drury, Bastable (ret), 68.7 44 33 Wednesday 5 October 1977 Hull 44 Cradley Heath 34 - British League HULL Joe Owen 3 T 3 2 3 11 1 R/R Egon Muller Hu CH Graham Drury 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 0 Ht 1 Owen, Cribb, Pendlebury, Beaton (fell exc), 72.8 3 3 Mike Curoso 0 1 2 2 5 2 Ht 2 Perks, Price, Auffret, Kynman (fell), 73.0 4 8 Bobby Beaton X 1 2 0 3 0 Ht 3 Cribb, Valentine, Beaton, Curoso, 72.5 5 13 Phil Kynman F 2 0 1 3 1 Ht 4 Drury, Kynman, Persson, Price, 72.4 10 14 Frank Auffret 1 0 2 1 4 1 Ht 5 Cribb, Beaton, Curoso, Pendlebury (fell exc), 72.9 13 17 CRADLEY HEATH Ht 6 Drury, Perks, Persson, Auffret, Owen (exc tapes), 73.0 16 20 Bruce Cribb 2 3 3 2 0 2 12 0 Ht 7 Drury, Cribb, Valentine, Kynman, 73.3 19 23 Craig Pendlebury (G) 1 X 1 2 4 1 Ht 8 Owen, Auffret, Pendlebury, Price, 74.0 24 24 Bernt Persson 1 1 3 0 5 1 Ht 9 Persson, Curoso, Perks, Beaton, 74.2 26 28 R/R Anders Michanek Ht 10 Drury, Owen, Valentine, Persson, 74.0 31 29 Bob Valentine 2 1 1 1 5 2 Ht 11 Drury, Pendlebury, Auffret, Cribb, 73.8 35 31 Dave Perks 3 2 1 0 6 0 Ht 12 Owen, Curoso, Valentine, Perks, 73.6 40 32 Arthur Price 2 0 0 0 2 1 Ht 13 Drury, Cribb, Kynman, Price, 74.4 44 34 Saturday 8 October 1977 Cradley Heath 41 Hull 37 - Inter Divisional K.O.Cup Semi Final CRADLEY HEATH Dave Perks 0 2 0 1 3 0 R/R Anders Michanek CH Hu Steve Bastable 1 3 3 2 1 10 0 Ht 1 Owen, Drury, Broadbelt, Perks, 71.8 1 5 Eric Broadbelt (G) 1 2 0 1 2 3 9 3 Ht 2 Kynman, Price, Hack, Auffret, 72.0 4 8 Bruce Cribb 3 3 1 3 3 13 1 Ht 3 Cribb, Broadbelt, Curoso, Beaton, 71.0 9 9 John Hack 1 0 1 1 Ht 4 Kynman, Drury, Bastable, Hack, 71.3 10 14 Arthur Price 2 1 2 0 5 0 Ht 5 Cribb, Owen, Kynman, Broadbelt, 71.0 13 17 HULL Ht 6 Drury, Perks, Cribb, Auffret (fell), 72.0 16 20 Joe Owen 3 2 3 1 2 11 0 Ht 7 Bastable, Beaton, Price, Curoso (fell exc), 71.3 20 22 R/R Egon Muller Ht 8 Owen, Price, Broadbelt, Kynman (ret), 72.9 23 25 Graham Drury 2 2 3 1 3 2 13 2 Ht 9 Cribb, Broadbelt, Drury, Auffret (fell), 70.7 28 26 Mike Curoso 1 X 1 0 Ht 10 Bastable, Beaton, Kynman, Perks, 71.6 31 29 Bobby Beaton 0 2 2 0 4 0 Ht 11 Drury, Bastable, Owen, Price, 72.0 33 33 Phil Kynman 3 3 1 R 1 0 8 2 Ht 12 Broadbelt, Drury, Perks, Beaton, 72.2 37 35 Frank Auffret 0 F F 0 0 Ht 13 Cribb, Owen, Bastable, Kynman, 72.5 41 37 Wednesday 12 October 1977 Hull 43 Halifax 35 - Yorkshire Cup 2nd Leg (Aggregate - Halifax 80 Hull 76) HULL Joe Owen 0 2 3 3 1 9 1 R/R Egon Muller Hu Hx Graham Drury 3 3 3 2 3 3 17 1 Ht 1 Beaton, Lohmann, Pusey, Owen, 72.8 3 3 Mike Curoso 2 0 0 2 1 Ht 2 Auffret, Finch, Godal, Kynman, 75.0 6 6 Bobby Beaton 3 3 1 1 1 9 0 Ht 3 Beaton, Curoso, Plant, McKeon, 74.6 11 7 Phil Kynman 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 4 Drury, Cartwright, Finch, Kynman, 74.8 14 10 Frank Auffret 3 T 2 X 1 6 1 Ht 5 Lohmann, Pusey, Beaton, Kynman, Auffret (exc tapes), 73.6 15 15 HALIFAX Ht 6 Drury, Owen, Godal, Cartwright, 74.4 20 16 Chris Pusey 1 2 0 3 6 2 Ht 7 Drury, Auffret, McKeon, Plant, 75.0 25 17 Michael Lohmann 2 3 2 2 2 11 1 Ht 8 Owen, Lohmann, Finch, Auffret (fell exc), 73.4 28 20 Ian Cartwright 2 0 3 2 2 9 1 Ht 9 Cartwright, Lohmann, Beaton, Curoso, 73.8 29 25 Mick McKeon 0 1 1 0 Ht 10 Owen, Drury, Plant, Finch, 73.8 34 26 Graham Plant 1 0 1 2 0 Ht 11 Drury, Lohmann, Auffret, Pusey, 73.4 38 28 Tom Godal 1 1 2 1 Ht 12 Pusey, Cartwright, Owen, Curoso, 74.0 39 33 Steve Finch 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 Ht 13 Drury, Cartwright, Beaton, Finch, 73.4 43 35 Thursday 13 October 1977 Ipswich 44 Hull 34 - British League IPSWICH John Louis 3 2 1 3 9 0 Kevin Jolly 2 1 2 0 5 2 I Hu Tony Davey 3 3 0 2 8 1 Ht 1 Louis, Jolly, J.Owen, Auffret, 64.8 5 1 Mike Lanham 0 1 1 2 0 Ht 2 Howgego, T.Owen, Kynman, Cook (ret), 65.2 8 4 Billy Sanders 3 3 3 3 12 0 Ht 3 Sanders, Curoso, Beaton, Lanham, 63.2 11 7 Colin Cook R 2 0 2 0 Ht 4 Davey, Howgego, Drury, Kynman, 65.2 16 8 Ted Howgego 3 2 0 1 6 2 Ht 5 Sanders, J.Owen, Lanham, Auffret, 63.6 20 10 HULL Ht 6 T.Owen, Louis, Jolly, Drury, 63.8 23 13 Joe Owen 1 2 3 1 7 0 Ht 7 Davey, Beaton, Curoso, Howgego, 64.2 26 16 Frank Auffret 0 0 0 0 Ht 8 T.Owen, Jolly, Howgego, Kynman, 64.4 29 19 Graham Drury 1 0 0 1 0 Ht 9 Sanders, T.Owen, Lanham, Drury, 63.8 33 21 Mike Curoso 2 1 2 0 5 2 Ht 10 Beaton, Curoso, Louis, Jolly, 64.2 34 26 Bobby Beaton 1 2 3 1 7 2 Ht 11 J.Owen, Cook, T.Owen, Davey, 64.4 36 30 Tom Owen 2 3 3 2 1 2 13 0 Ht 12 Louis, T.Owen, Beaton, Cook, 64.6 39 33 Phil Kynman 1 0 0 1 1 Ht 13 Sanders, Davey, J.Owen, Curoso, 64.8 44 34 Wednesday 19 October 1977 Hull 50 White City 28 - Challenge HULL Joe Owen 2 1 2 3 8 0 Frank Auffret 1 0 0 0 1 1 Hu WC Graham Drury 3 2 3 3 11 1 Ht 1 Niemi, J.Owen, Auffret, Collins, 74.0 3 3 Mike Curoso 2 0 2 0 4 2 Ht 2 Kynman, T.Owen, Sampson, Hawkins, 75.1 8 4 Bobby Beaton 3 3 3 2 11 1 Ht 3 Beaton, Curoso, Geer, Hawkins, Graham (exc tapes), 75.0 13 5 Phil Kynman 3 2 3 8 1 Ht 4 Drury, Kynman, Weatherley, Sampson (ret), 74.9 18 6 Tom Owen 2 3 2 7 2 Ht 5 Beaton, Niemi, Collins, Curoso, 74.5 21 9 WHITE CITY Ht 6 Sampson, Weatherley, J.Owen, Auffret, 75.6 22 14 Les Collins (G) 0 1 1 1 3 1 Ht 7 Kynman, Drury, Weatherley, Geer, Graham (exc 2 mins), 75.0 27 15 Kai Niemi 3 2 2 3 0 10 0 Ht 8 T.Owen, Niemi, Hawkins, Auffret, 76.0 30 18 Steve Weatherley 1 2 1 1 1 6 2 Ht 9 Beaton, Curoso, Weatherley, Hawkins, 75.2 35 19 Trevor Geer 1 0 1 0 2 0 Ht 10 Niemi, J.Owen, Geer, Auffret, 74.9 37 23 Mitch Graham (G) T M 0 0 Ht 11 Drury, T.Owen, Collins, Niemi, 74.6 42 24 Mike Sampson 1 R 3 4 0 Ht 12 J.Owen, Hawkins, Weatherley, Curoso, 75.0 45 27 Kevin Hawkins (G) 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 Ht 13 Drury, Beaton, Collins, Geer, 74.0 50 28 Sunday 23 October 1977 Glasgow 38 Hull 40 - Challenge (Grahame Dawson Benefit) GLASGOW Brian Collins 1 2 2 1 6 1 Carl Clarke 0 1 R 1 1 G Hu Derek Richardson 2 3 3 2 10 0 Ht 1 Owen, Broadbelt, Collins, Clark, 69.6 1 5 Dave Trownson (G) 2 0 2 2 6 0 Ht 2 Hack, Gallacher, McKinna, Kynman (ret), 72.8 6 6 Bert Harkins (G) 1 2 1 1 5 2 Ht 3 Beaton, Trownson, Harkins, Allen, 70.3 9 9 Jim Gallacher 2 1 1 1 5 3 Ht 4 Drury, Richardson, Gallacher, McKinna, 70.4 12 12 John Hack 3 2 0 5 0 Ht 5 Owen, Harkins, Broadbelt, Trownson, 70.2 14 16 HULL Ht 6 Drury, Collins, Clarke, Kynman (exc 2 mins), 70.6 17 19 Tom Owen 3 3 2 3 11 0 Ht 7 Richardson, Beaton, Gallacher, Allan, 70.6 21 21 Eric Broadbelt (G) 2 1 3 1 7 2 Ht 8 Broadbelt, Hack, McKinna, Clarke (ret), 73.0 23 25 Graham Drury 3 3 3 3 12 0 Ht 9 Drury, Trownson, Harkins, McKinna, 71.4 26 28 Norrie Allan (G) 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ht 10 Beaton, Collins, Gallacher, Allan, 71.0 29 31 Bobby Beaton 3 2 3 0 8 0 Ht 11 Richardson, Owen, Broadbelt, Hack, 71.0 32 34 Phil Kynman R M 0 0 Ht 12 Drury, Trownson, Collins, Beaton, 71.0 35 37 Charlie McKinna (G) 1 0 1 0 2 0 Ht 13 Owen, Richardson, Harkins, Allan, 69.8 38 40 Monday 24 October 1977 White City 29 Exeter 29 Newcastle 26 Hull 12 - Four Team Challenge (at Newcastle) NEWCASTLE Tom Owen 3 3 3 3 12 Robbie Blackadder 3 1 1 2 7 Phil Kynman 2 3 5 Robbie Gardner 0 0 0 0 Neil Coddington 1 0 1 2 N Hu E WC HULL Ht 1 Titman, Lohmann, Beaton, Gardner, 73.4 0 1 3 2 Bobby Beaton 1 0 0 1 Ht 2 J.Owen, Kynman, Prinsloo, Niemi, 73.0 2 4 4 2 Joe Owen 3 2 2 0 7 Ht 3 Blackadder, Mauger, Weatherley, Auffret, 73.2 5 4 6 3 Graham Drury 0 0 2 0 2 Ht 4 T.Owen, Verner, Geer, Drury, 73.2 8 4 8 4 Frank Auffret 0 0 1 1 2 Ht 5 Mauger, J.Owen, Geer, Gardner (tapes -20), 71.8 8 6 11 5 Nigel Crabtree 0 0 Ht 6 Kynman, Verner, Weatherley, Beaton, 72.4 11 6 13 6 EXETER Ht 7 Niemi, Titman, Blackadder, Drury, 72.4 12 6 15 9 Ivan Mauger 2 3 X 2 7 Ht 8 T.Owen, Lohmann, Prinsloo, Auffret, 72.2 15 6 16 11 Vaclav Verner 2 2 2 3 9 Ht 9 Niemi, Verner, Auffret, Gardner, 72.6 15 7 18 14 Peter Prinsloo 1 1 2 2 6 Ht 10 Lohmann, Drury, Coddington, Mauger (fell exc), 72.8 16 9 18 17 John Titman 3 2 0 2 7 Ht 11 Geer, Prinsloo, Blackadder, Beaton, 72.2 17 9 20 20 WHITE CITY Ht 12 T.Owen, J.Owen, Weatherley, Titman, 72.0 20 11 20 21 Kai Niemi 0 3 3 1 7 Ht 13 Geer, Titman, Auffret, Coddington, 72.0 20 12 22 24 Michael Lohmann 2 2 3 1 8 Ht 14 Weatherley, Prinsloo, Coddington, Drury, 72.8 21 12 24 27 Steve Weatherley 1 1 1 3 6 Ht 15 Verner, Blackadder, Lohmann, J.Owen (fell rem), 72.2 23 12 27 28 Trevor Geer 1 1 3 3 8 Ht 16 T.Owen, Mauger, Niemi, Crabtree, 72.0 26 12 29 29 Saturday 29 October 1977 Sheffield 28 Halifax 26 Hull 24 Belle Vue 18 - Four Team Challenge (at Halifax) HALIFAX Chris Pusey R 1 3 1 5 1 Michael Lohmann 3 0 1 0 4 1 Graham Plant 2 2 2 2 8 2 Ian Cartwright 2 2 2 3 9 1 Ha BV S Hu BELLE VUE Ht 1 Lohmann, Cartwright, Morton, Maxfield, 68.6 5 1 Kristian Praestbro R 0 1 3 4 0 Ht 2 Wilson, Beaton, Auffret, Haley, 67.0 5 1 3 3 Chris Morton 1 2 3 2 8 1 Ht 3 Wyer, Plant, Pendlebury, Pusey (ret), 66.6 7 1 7 3 Chris Turner 2 2 0 1 5 0 Ht 4 Drury, Turner, Owen, Praestbro (ret), 67.2 7 3 7 7 Robert Maxfield 0 1 0 0 1 1 Ht 5 Wilson, Cartwright, Haley, Lohmann, 66.8 9 3 11 7 SHEFFIELD Ht 6 Beaton, Morton, Maxfield, Auffret (exc unfair riding), 67.2 9 6 11 10 Doug Wyer 3 3 3 1 10 1 Ht 7 Drury, Plant, Pusey, Owen (ret), 67.2 12 6 11 13 Reg Wilson 3 3 2 2 10 0 Ht 8 Wyer, Turner, Pendlebury, Praestbro, 67.4 12 8 15 13 Craig Pendlebury 1 1 R 3 5 0 Ht 9 Beaton, Cartwright, Lohmann, Auffret, 67.6 15 8 15 16 Arnold Haley 0 1 1 1 3 1 Ht 10 Morton, Wilson, Haley, Maxfield, 67.0 15 11 18 16 HULL Ht 11 Pusey, Plant, Praestbro, Turner, 68.4 20 12 18 16 Graham Drury 3 3 2 0 8 0 Ht 12 Wyer, Drury, Finch, Pendlebury (ret), 67.6 20 12 21 19 Bobby Beaton 2 3 3 3 11 0 Ht 13 Cartwright, Plant, Turner, Maxfield, 69.0 25 13 21 19 Joe Owen 1 R 1 0 Ht 14 Pendlebury, Auffret, Haley, Finch, 68.8 25 13 25 21 Frank Auffret 1 X 0 2 3 1 Ht 15 Beaton, Wilson, Wyer, Drury, 69.0 25 13 28 24 Steve Finch 1 0 1 1 Ht 16 Praestbro, Morton, Pusey, Lohmann, 68.2 26 18 28 24 1977 - Team Records 1977 British League - Final Table Home Away P W D L F A W D L F A Pts 1 White City 36 16 0 2 840 558 11 1 6 703 700 55 2 Exeter 36 17 0 1 913 489 8 3 7 712 689 53 3 Reading 36 16 2 0 807 597 9 1 8 675 726 53 4 Ipswich 36 18 0 0 838 564 7 1 10 669 729 51 5 Belle Vue 36 12 2 4 782.5 619.5 7 1 10 691 711 41 6 Kings Lynn 36 14 1 3 789 611 5 1 12 659 739 40 7 Cradley Heath 36 13 0 5 792.5 602.5 7 0 11 645 755 40 8 Coventry 36 16 1 1 837 561 3 0 15 617.5 779.5 39 9 Wimbledon 36 16 1 1 789 612 1 1 16 624 775 36 10 Poole 36 14 1 3 802 595 3 1 14 580 821 36 11 Swindon 36 16 1 1 832.5 569.5 1 0 17 591 810 35 12 Bristol 36 16 0 2 817 583 1 0 17 564 834 34 13 Sheffield 36 15 2 1 805.5 595.5 1 0 17 569 835 34 14 HULL 36 13 0 5 776 627 2 0 16 573.5 827.5 30 15 Wolverhampton 36 10 0 8 709 689 4 0 14 625 779 28 16 Hackney 36 13 0 5 733.5 659.5 0 1 17 523 878 27 17 Halifax 36 12 0 6 777 625 0 0 18 511 879 24 18 Birmingham 36 8 0 10 675 725 0 0 18 545 856 16 19 Leicester 36 6 0 12 678 723 0 0 18 528.5 807.5 12 BIGGEST WIN - HOME- 52-26 v Wolverhampton 10 Aug and v Sheffield Aug 17 AWAY- 40-38 at Birmingham 8 Aug HEAVIEST DEFEAT - HOME- 31-47 v Reading 6 July AWAY - 20-58 at Coventry 10 Sept

LEAGUE DOUBLES WON - Birmingham. LOST - King's Lynn, White City, Reading, Exeter. 1977 K.O.Cup ROUND 1 - Hull 46 Cradley Heath 32. Cradley Heath 42 Hull 36. ROUND 2 - Hull 49 Bristol 29. Bristol 52 Hull 26. 1977 Inter Divisional K.O.Cup ROUND 1 - Workington 28 Hull 50. ROUND 2 - Hull 48 Bristol 30. SEMI FINAL - Cradley Heath 41 Hull 37. 1977 British League Pairs Championship SEMI FINAL 9 Sept at Hackney - White City 26 Ipswich 24 Reading 21 Wimbledon 19 Coventry 16 Cradley Heath 13 HULL 7. 1977 Northern Trophy - Final Table Home Away P W D L F A W D L F A RP Pts 1 Belle Vue 4 1 0 0 52 26 3 0 0 131 103 183 8 2 Sheffield 5 2 0 1 134 98 1 0 1 73 83 207 6 3 HULL 5 2 0 1 133 101 0 0 2 50 104 183 4 4 Halifax 6 1 0 2 121 112 0 0 3 83 150 204 2 * The Northern Trophy was decided by the team scoring the most race points As the competition was not completed, Belle Vue were awarded the trophy, as it was decided that they would have ended with the most race points with 2 home matches left. Hull Vikings British League 1977 - Averages

OFFICIAL FIXTURES (League, K.O.Cup, Inter Divisional Cup, Northern Trophy) Rider M R P BP TP Avge Av -B 1 2 3 4 R F X T N M FM PM Home Away Graham Drury 46 227 443 42 485 8.55 7.81 76 85 45 17 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 9.41 7.59 Bobby Beaton 44 222 426.5 26 452.5 8.15 7.68 77 80 35.5 15.5 9 0 3 2 0 0 2 4 9.10 6.96 Joe Owen 48 223 338 39 377 6.76 6.06 37 83 61 33 7 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 7.71 5.82 Tom Owen 15 60 84 10 94 6.27 5.60 8 19 22 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.47 6.00 Frank Auffret 46 173 182 52 234 5.41 4.21 19 33 59 50 2 2 3 5 0 0 0 1 6.21 4.64 Mike Curoso 38 141 156 34 190 5.39 4.43 17 28 49 42 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 6.52 4.51 Mitch Graham 44 156 150 28 178 4.56 3.85 19 27 39 54 15 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 5.70 3.37 Phil Kynman 11 30 23 9 32 4.27 3.07 2 4 9 12 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.00 4.44 Neil Coddington 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00

LEAGUE AND K.O.CUP MATCHES Rider M R P BP TP Avge Av -B 1 2 3 4 R F X T N M FM PM Home Away Graham Drury 38 189 377 31 408 8.63 7.98 67 71 34 14 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 9.52 7.64 Bobby Beaton 36 184 346.5 22 368.5 8.01 7.53 58 70 32.5 11.5 7 0 3 2 0 0 2 2 8.73 7.08 Joe Owen 40 190 281 33 314 6.61 5.92 31 68 52 31 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.61 5.65 Tom Owen 11 44 61 5 66 6.00 5.55 6 12 19 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.18 5.82 Mike Curoso 33 125 139 31 170 5.44 4.45 14 27 43 38 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.60 4.47 Frank Auffret 38 140 139 44 183 5.23 3.97 13 24 52 42 2 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 5.97 4.51 Mitch Graham 37 132 130 26 156 4.73 3.94 16 24 34 46 11 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 6.24 3.13 Phil Kynman 9 21 11 5 16 3.05 2.10 0 2 7 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.67 3.33 Neil Coddington 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00