Cradley United Speedway 1971975555

Statistical Record

Contents

Index Of Meetings

Meeting Details

Averages

Nigel Nicklin & Roger Beaman ––– Issue 1 ––– 333rdrdrd June 2020

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Cradley Heath Speedway 1975 - Index Of Meetings

Month Date Opponents Competition Venue Result For Agst Page

March 15 Sheffield Challenge Home Postponed Snow 3 22 Wimbledon Challenge Home Won 45 33 4 28 Challenge Away Lost 36 42 5 29 Swindon Home Won 43 35 6 31 Coventry Midland Cup Away Lost 37 40 7 April 3 Oxford British League Away Lost 14 58 8 5 Leicester British League Home Won 42 35 9 12 Belle Vue British League Away Lost 36 42 10 14 Coventry Midland Cup Home Won 43 35 11 16 Poole British League Away Lost 30 48 12 17 Teesside IL KO Cup Away Aban 4 2 13 19 Poole British League Home Won 44 34 14 25 Newport British League Away Lost 29 49 15 26 Oxford British League Home Won 40 38 16 May 3 Kings Lynn British League Home Won 45 33 17 5 Exeter British League Away Won 48 30 18 8 Teesside IL KO Cup Away Won 52 26 19 10 Kings Lynn British League Away Won 42 36 20 12 MRCQR Individual Home Ole Olsen 21 17 Exeter British League Home Postponed Rain 22 24 Sheffield Challenge Home Won 42 36 23 26 Halifax British League Away Lost 33 45 24 30 Wolverhampton British League Away Lost 33 45 25 31 WCQR Individual Home Arthur Price 26 Jun 7 Exeter Challenge Home Won 40 38 27 13 Hackney British League Away Lost 20 58 28 14 Wimbledon British League Home Lost 35 43 29 21 Kings Lynn KO Cup 1 Away Lost 36 42 30 23 Kings Lynn KO Cup 1 Home Won 46 32 31 27 Wolverhampton Midland Cup Away Lost 35 42 32 28 Coventry British League Away Lost 34 44 33 30 LP Transport Trophy Individual Home 34 Jul 5 Coventry British League Home Won 58 20 35 12 Hackney British League Home Postponed Rain 36 14 Crewe/CH/BV/KL 4TT Crewe Crewe Kings 37 16 Hull Challenge Away Lost 31 47 38 17 Ipswich British League Away Lost 33 45 39 19 Belle Vue British League Home Draw 39 39 40 26 Reading British League Home Lost 35 43 41 28 Reading British League Away Lost 38 40 42 30 Poole/CH/Rea/Exe 4TT Poole Cradley 43 31 Oxford IL KO Cup Away Lost 35 43 44 Aug 2 Hull British League Home Won 51 27 45 8 Newport KO Cup 2 Away Lost 29 49 46 9 Newport KO Cup 2 Home Won 51 27 47 16 Exeter British League Home Draw 39 39 48 19 Leicester British League Away Lost 29 49 49 20 Hull British League Away Lost 31 47 50 22 Wolverhampton Dud Wolv Trophy Away Lost 36 42 51 23 Wolverhampton Dud Wolv Trophy Home Won 40 38 52 28 Wimbledon British League Away Lost 25 53 53 Sep 1 Hackney British League Home Won 42 36 54 4 Sheffield British League Away Lost 32 46 55 8 Halifax British League Home Won 47 31 56 13 Ipswich British League Home Lost 38 40 57 20 Swindon British League Away Won 45 33 58 22 Belle Vue KO Cup S/F Home Lost 32 45 59 27 Wolverhampton Midland Cup Home Lost 34 44 60 Oct 1 Belle Vue KO Cup S/F Away Aban 0 0 61 4 Sheffield British League Home Won 43 35 62 5 Belle Vue KO Cup S/F Away Lost 34 44 63 9 Sto/BV/CH/Wolv 4TT Stoke Wolverhampton 64 11 Newport British League Home Won 45 32 65 20 Leicester Challenge Home Won 42 36 66 25 Wolverhampton British League Home Won 50 28 67

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Saturday 15 th March 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United v (Challenge) Postponed Due To Snow

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Saturday 22nd March 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 45 – 33 (Challenge)

Cradley United 1. 2 2 3 3 10 2. Arthur Price 1’ 0 3 1 5 1 3. 1’ 3 3 2 9 1 4. Sandor Levai 3 2 2 1 8 5. Bruce Cribb 1 0 0 N 1 6. Dave Perks 1’ 2 2’ 2’ 7 3 7. Russell Osborne 2 XT 2’ 1’ 5 2 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Wimbledon Dons 1. Tommy Jansson 0 1 1 3 5 2. Frank Auffret (G) 3 3 1 0 7 3. (G) 3 3 3 2 11 4. Roger Johns 0 0 N 0 0 5. Barry Crowson 2 1 0 0 3 6. Reg Luckhurst 3 EF 1 1 2 7 7. Paul Dowdall 0 X2 0 0 Team Manager: Cyril Maidment ACU Referee: G. A. Dalby

Ht1 Auffret, Boulger, Price, Jansson 68.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Luckhurst, Osborne, Perks, Dowdall [rr] 67.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Levai, Crowson, Cribb, Johns 69.8 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Jessup, Perks, Persson, Luckhurst [ef] 67.8 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Auffret, Levai, Jansson, Cribb 68.8 2 4 15 15 Ht6 Jessup, Boulger, Luckhurst, Price 67.0 2 4 17 19 Ht7 Persson, Perks, Crowson, Johns 68.6 5 1 22 20 Ht8 Price, Perks, Auffret, Dowdall [rr] 68.8 5 1 27 21 Ht9 Jessup, Levai, Luckhurst, Cribb 68.8 2 4 29 25 Ht10 Boulger, Luckhurst, Price, Crowson 68.6 4 2 33 27 Ht11 Persson, Osborne, Jansson, Auffret 68.8 5 1 38 28 Ht12 Boulger, Jessup, Levai, Crowson 69.2 4 2 42 30 Ht13 Jansson, Persson, Osborne, Johns 68.8 3 3 45 33

Programme Changes: Ht4 r/s Luckhurst for Dowdall [x2], Ht8 r/s Perks for Osborne [xt], Ht10 r/s Luckhurst for Johns, Ht13 r/s Osborne for Cribb.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Cribb, Steve Bastable, Johns, Crowson [ef] 69.2 Ht2 Jessup, Boulger, Perks, Auffret 68.6 Ht3 Persson, Jansson, Osborne, Dowdall 69.2 Ht4 Luckhurst, Bastable, Price, Levai 69.6 Final Jessup, Cribb, Luckhurst, Persson [ef] 69.0

Reserves Stakes Paul Share, Stuart Roberts [ef], Ken Price [r], Mick Kelly [fr-ret] 74.6

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Friday 28 th March 1975 , Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wolves 42 - Cradley United 36 (Challenge)

Wolverhampton Wolves 1. George Hunter 2 2 2’ 3 9 1 2. Tom Leadbitter 0 F 2’ N 2 1 3. Nigel Boocock (G) 3 3 1 0 7 4. Tony Clarke FX 1’ 2’ 2’ 5 3 5. Peter Collins (G) 3 2 3 2 10 6. Malc Shakespeare FX 1 EF 1 7. 2 3 3 0 8 Team Manager: Bob Wasley

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 3 3 3 1 10 2. Arthur Price 1 0 F N 1 3. Bernt Persson 2 3 1 2’ EF 8 1 4. Sandor Levai 2 2 0 3 7 5. Bruce Cribb 1’ 1’ 1 1 4 2 6. Dave Perks 1 1 0 2 7. Russell Osborne 3 0 1 4 Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: C. E. A. Todd

Ht1 Boulger, Hunter, Price, Leadbitter 65.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Osborne, Thomsen, Perks, Shakespeare [fx] [rr] 66.0 2 4 4 8 Ht3 Collins, Levai, Cribb, Clarke [fx] [rr] 64.4 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Boocock, Persson, Shakespeare, Osborne 65.4 4 2 11 13 Ht5 Boulger, Collins, Clarke, Price 64.2 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Persson, Hunter, Perks, Leadbitter [f] 64.6 2 4 16 20 Ht7 Boocock, Levai, Cribb, Shakespeare [ef] 64.8 3 3 19 23 Ht8 Thomsen, Leadbitter, Osborne, Price [f] [rr] 64.6 5 1 24 24 Ht9 Collins, Clarke, Persson, Perks 65.0 5 1 29 25 Ht10 Thomsen, Hunter, Cribb, Levai 64.6 5 1 34 26 Ht11 Boulger, Persson, Boocock, Thomsen 66.6 1 5 35 31 Ht12 Hunter, Clarke, Cribb, Persson [ef] 65.4 5 1 40 32 Ht13 Levai, Collins, Boulger, Boocock 65.4 2 4 42 36

Programme Changes: Ht10 r/s Thomsen for Leadbitter, Ht11 t/s Persson for Price.

Reserves Burn Up Thomsen, Osborne, Nigel Wasley, Colin Meredith 64.2

Junior Dash Meredith, Alan Guest, Steve Davenport, Graham Hull 67.0

Heathens Hot-Foot Ht1 Price, Boocock, Persson, Clarke 65.2 65.4 Ht2 Cribb, Levai, Hunter, Leadbitter 65.0 65.6 Ht3 Collins, Boulger, Perks, Wasley 65.2 65.6 Final Boocock, Price, Cribb, Collins [ef] 65.8

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Saturday 29th March 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 43 – 35 (British League)

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 2 2 2 2 8 2. Arthur Price 1’ 1’ 3 0 5 2 3. Bernt Persson 2 3 3 3 11 4. Sandor Levai 2’ 1’ 3 0 6 2 5. Bruce Cribb 3 2 2’ 2’ 9 2 6. Dave Perks 0 0 2’ 2 1 7. Russell Osborne 1 0 1 2 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Swindon Robins 1. Martin Ashby (C) 3 3 3 2 1 12 2. Norman Hunter 0 0 2 EF 2 3. Bob Kilby 3 3 1 3 10 4. Mike Keen 0 XT N N 0 5. Edgar Stangeland 1 XT 1 1 3 6. Bobby McNeil 3 1 0 1 0 5 7. Geoff Bouchard 2’ XT 0 1’ 0 3 2 Team Manager: Dick Bradley ACU Referee: W. A. Daff

Ht1 Ashby, Boulger, Price, Hunter 66.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 McNeil, Bouchard, Osborne, Perks 69.4 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Cribb, Levai, Stangeland, Keen 68.4 5 1 9 9 Ht4 Kilby, Persson, McNeil, Perks [rr] 67.8 2 4 11 13 Ht5 Ashby, Cribb, Levai, Hunter 67.8 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Kilby, Boulger, Price, McNeil 67.8 3 3 17 19 Ht7 Persson, Perks, McNeil, Bouchard [rrx2] 69.0 5 1 22 20 Ht8 Price, Hunter, Bouchard, Osborne 69.0 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Levai, Cribb, Kilby, McNeil 69.2 5 1 30 24 Ht10 Ashby, Boulger, Stangeland, Price 68.0 2 4 32 28 Ht11 Persson, Ashby, Osborne, Hunter [ef] 67.8 4 2 36 30 Ht12 Kilby, Boulger, Stangeland, Levai 68.4 2 4 38 34 Ht13 Persson, Cribb, Ashby, Bouchard 68.4 5 1 43 35

Programme Changes: Ht4 r/s McNeil for Bouchard [xt], Ht7 r/s McNeill for Stangeland [xt], r/s Bouchard for Keen [bt], Ht10 t/s Ashby for Keen, Ht13 r/s Bouchard for Keen.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Steve Bastable, Keen, Bouchard, Cribb [ef] 70.2 Ht2 Ashby, Boulger, Perks, McNeil 68.6 Ht3 Persson, Kilby, Bastable, Osborne 68.0 Ht4 Price, Stangeland, Bastable, Stuart Roberts [rr] 69.4 Levai [xt] Final Ashby, Price, Persson, Bastable 68.6

Reserves Stakes Roberts, Paul Share, Brian Woodhouse, Ken Price 73.8

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Monday 31 st March 1975 , Coventry

Coventry Bees 40 - Cradley United 37 (Midland Cup 1st Rnd – 1st Leg)

Coventry Bees 1. Nigel Boocock (C) 3 2 1’ 2 8 1 2. Alan Jay 2’ 1’ 2 2 7 2 3. Bob Valentine 3 EF 3 2 8 4. Tommy Nilsson 3 3 3 1’ 10 1 5. John Harrhy 1 0 1 0 2 6. Frank Smith 1 1 2 4 7. Roger Hill 0 1’ 0 1 1 Team Manager: Mick Blackburn

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 1 2 1’ 1 5 1 2. Arthur Price 0 1’ 3 2 6 1 3. Bernt Persson EF 3 2 3 8 4. Sandor Levai 0 EF 3 3 6 5. Bruce Cribb 2 3 0 0 5 6. Dave Perks 3 0 0 3 7. Russell Osborne 2’ 2 0 4 1 Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: C. E. A. Todd

Ht1 Boocock, Jay, Boulger, Price 66.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Perks, Osborne, Smith, Hill 66.8 1 5 6 6 Ht3 Nilsson, Cribb, Harrhy, Levai 66.0 4 2 10 8 Ht4 Valentine, Osborne, Smith, Persson [ef] 66.8 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Nilsson, Boulger, Price, Harrhy 66.2 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Persson, Boocock, Jay, Perks 66.4 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Cribb, Smith, Valentine [ef], Levai [ef] 67.8 2 3 22 19 Ht8 Price, Jay, Hill, Osborne 66.0 3 3 25 22 Ht9 Nilsson, Persson, Harrhy, Perks 66.6 4 2 29 24 Ht10 Levai, Jay, Boocock, Cribb 67.2 3 3 32 27 Ht11 Valentine, Price, Boulger, Hill 66.4 3 3 35 30 Ht12 Persson, Boocock, Nilsson, Cribb 67.0 3 3 38 33 Ht13 Levai, Valentine, Boulger, Harrhy 67.4 2 4 40 37

Programme Changes: None

Progress Pointer Ht1 Tony Gillias, Peter Littlewood, Kevin Hawkins, Godfrey Winfield [f] 70.6 Ht2 Jeff Shirley, Gillias, , Dave Mortiboys [f] 69.2 Ht3 Gillias, Shirley, Littlewood, Hawkins 70.0

Gold Sash Ht1 Nilsson, Valentine, Levai, Price 66.8 67.4 Ht2 Boocock, Boulger, Perks, Hill 68.0 68.4 Ht3 Cribb, Persson, Jay, Shirra 68.0 68.8 Final Nilsson, Boocock, Cribb, Valentine 67.8

Talent Test Shirra, Hill, Osborne, Smith 67.8

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Thursday 3 rd April 1975 Cowley Stadium, Oxford

Oxford Rebels 58 - Cradley United 14 (British League)

Oxford Rebels 1. Dag Lovaas 3 3 3 3 3 15 2. Richard Greer 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 4 3. 1 2’ 3 3 3 12 1 4. Rickard Hellsen 1’ 1 2’ 2’ 6 3 5. Hasse Holmqvist R/R 6. Trevor Geer 2 3 3 8 7. John Dews 0 3 2’ 2’ 7 2 8. Paul Gachet 2 2 Team Manager: Roger Jones

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) EF N NS NS 0 2. Arthur Price 1 0 X2 NS 1 3. Bernt Persson 2 1 NS NS 3 4. Sandor Levai 3 1 NS NS 4 5. Bruce Cribb FN X2 NS NS 0 6. Dave Perks 3 2 R NS 5 7. Russell Osborne 1 0 R X2 1 Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: C. E. A. Todd

Ht1 Lovaas, Greer, Price, Boulger [ef] 68.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Perks, Geer, Osborne, Dews 68.7 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Levai, Gachet, Hellsen, Osborne [r] [rr] 69.2 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Geer, Persson, Kennett, Osborne [r] 67.8 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Lovaas, Perks, Hellsen, Price 67.7 4 2 18 12 Ht6 Lovaas, Greer, Persson, Perks [r] 68.0 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Geer, Kennett, Levai, Cribb [x2] 68.8 5 1 28 14 Ht8 Dews, Greer, Price [x2], Osborne [x2] 77.1 5 0 33 14 Ht9 Kennett, Hellsen, Persson [ns], Perks [ns] 69.8 5 0 38 14 Ht10 Lovaas, Greer, Cribb [ns], Levai [ns] 73.8 5 0 43 14 Ht11 Kennett, Dews, Boulger [ns], Price [ns] 70.3 5 0 48 14 Ht12 Lovaas, Hellsen, Persson [ns], Cribb [ns] 70.0 5 0 53 14 Ht13 Kennett, Dews, Boulger [ns], Levai [ns] 69.4 5 0 58 14

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Gachet for Holmqvist, r/s Osborne for Cribb [fn], Ht5 r/r Lovaas for Holmqvist, r/s Perks for Boulger, Ht9 r/r Kennett for Holmqvist, Ht13 r/r Dews for Holmqvist.

Rebels Scurry Steve Weatherley, Ashley Pullen, Paul Tapp, Kevin Hawkins [f] 70.5

Rider Of The Night Ht1 Lovaas, Geer, Gachet, Dews 68.8 Ht2 Gachet, Hellsen, Kennett, Weatherley [r] 69.8 Ht3 Peter Jarman, Greer, Gachet, Geer 69.6 Ht4 Greer, Dews, Hellsen, Pullen 70.5 Final Lovaas, Jarman, Gachet, Greer 69.2

Cowley Scurry Weatherley, Pullen, Tapp, Hawkins [fx] [rr] 72.4

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Saturday 5th April 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 42 – 35 (British League)

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 3 2 3 FX 8 2. Arthur Price 0 1’ 0 2’ 3 2 3. Bernt Persson 2 2 2 EF 6 4. Sandor Levai 2’ 1 1’ 2 6 2 5. Bruce Cribb 3 3 2 3 11 6. Dave Perks 3 1’ 0 4 1 7. Russell Osborne 2’ 1 1’ 4 2 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Leicester Lions 1. Ray Wilson (C) 2 EF 3 3 2 10 2. Ila Teromaa 1’ 2 2’ 0 F 5 2 3. Dave Jessup 3 3 3 3 3 15 4. Frank Auffret 0 1 1 X2 2 5. Norman Storer 1 N 0 N 1 6. Brian Leonard 1 0 0 1 7. Doug Underwood 0 0 N 1’ 1 1 Team Manager: Vic White ACU Referee: A. P. Silk

Ht1 Boulger, Wilson, Teromaa, Price 67.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Perks, Osborne, Leonard, Underwood 70.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Cribb, Levai, Storer, Auffret 68.8 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Jessup, Persson, Perks, Underwood 68.2 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Cribb, Teromaa, Levai, Wilson [ef] 70.0 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Jessup, Boulger, Price, Leonard 68.2 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Jessup, Persson, Auffret, Perks 69.4 2 4 25 17 Ht8 Wilson, Teromaa, Osborne, Price 71.6 1 5 26 22 Ht9 Jessup, Cribb, Levai, Leonard 69.6 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Boulger, Price, Auffret, Storer 70.8 5 1 34 26 Ht11 Wilson, Persson, Osborne, Teromaa 70.4 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Jessup, Levai, Teromaa [f], Boulger [fx] [rr] 71.0 2 3 39 32 Ht13 Cribb, Wilson, Underwood, Persson [ef] 71.8 3 3 42 35

Programme Changes: Ht7 t/s Jessup for Storer, Ht8 t/s Wilson for Underwood, Ht12 t/s Teromaa for Storer, Ht13 r/s Underwood for Auffret [x2].

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Auffret, Storer, Cribb, Steve Bastable [fr-ret] 73.0 Ht2 Boulger, Wilson, Teromaa, Perks 71.4 Ht3 Jessup, Persson, Osborne, Leonard 70.4 Ht4 Levai, Price, Underwood, Russ Hodgson [fr] 72.4 Final Jessup, Boulger, Levai, Auffret [ef] 69.8

Reserves Stakes Osborne, Bastable, Perks, Hodgson 72.2

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Saturday 12 th April 1975 ,

Belle Vue Aces 42 - Cradley United 36 (British League)

Belle Vue Aces 1. Soren Sjosten (C) 0 3 3 3 9 2. Paul Tyrer 1 2’ 2 2’ 7 2 3. Peter Collins 3 3 3 3 12 4. Geoff Pusey 0 0 0 FX 0 5. 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 6. Alan Grimshaw 1’ 0 N 1 1 7. Ian Hindle 2 0 0 0 2 Team Manager: Eric Boocock

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 2’ 2 2 1 7 1 2. Arthur Price 3 1’ 3 1’ 8 2 3. Bernt Persson 2 1 2 2 7 4. Sandor Levai 1’ 2 0 0 3 1 5. Bruce Cribb 2 1’ 1 1’ 5 2 6. Dave Perks 3 EF 1’ 4 1 7. Russell Osborne EF 1’ 1 2 1 Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: C. E. Tirrell

Ht1 Price, Boulger, Tyrer, Sjosten 72.2 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Perks, Hindle, Grimshaw, Osborne [ef] 73.2 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Morton, Cribb, Levai, Pusey 71.8 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Collins, Persson, Osborne, Grimshaw 71.2 3 3 10 14 Ht5 Morton, Boulger, Price, Pusey 71.8 3 3 13 17 Ht6 Sjosten, Tyrer, Persson, Perks [ef] 72.4 5 1 18 18 Ht7 Collins, Levai, Cribb, Hindle 72.0 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Price, Tyrer, Osborne, Hindle 73.2 2 4 23 25 Ht9 Morton, Persson, Perks, Pusey 72.0 3 3 26 28 Ht10 Sjosten, Tyrer, Cribb, Levai 73.2 5 1 31 29 Ht11 Collins, Boulger, Price, Hindle 72.6 3 3 34 32 Ht12 Sjosten, Persson, Cribb, Pusey [fx] [rr] 73.0 3 3 37 35 Ht13 Collins, Morton, Boulger, Levai 73.0 5 1 42 36

Programme Changes: Ht7 r/s Hindle for Grimshaw.

Reserves Dash Pusey, Hindle, Steve Taylor, Grimshaw Cancelled

Pride Of The Night Ht1 Pusey, Osborne, Levai, Les Collins 75.0 Ht2 Morton, Cribb, Perks, Derek Richardson 73.8 Ht3 P Collins, Hindle, Persson, Tyrer 72.8 Ht4 Sjosten, Boulger, Price, Steve Jenkins 73.8 Final P Collins, Sjosten, Morton, Pusey 72.8

Junior Scramble Ht1 L Collins, Richardson, Andrew Walker, Chris Turner 76.0 Ht2 Steve Wilcock, Mike Howard, Jenkins, Alan Morrison 79.6 Final L Collins, Wilcock, Richardson, Howard 76.4

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Monday 14 th April 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 43 – Coventry Bees 35 (Midland Cup 1st Round 2 nd Leg)

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 3 2 2’ 3 10 1 2. Arthur Price 0 1’ 1’ 3 5 2 3. Bernt Persson 2 3 3 3 11 4. Russell Osborne EF 0 0 N 0 5. Bruce Cribb 3 2 2 2’ 9 1 6. Dave Perks 3 0 XT 3 7. Steve Bastable 2’ 1 2 0 0 5 1 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Coventry Bees 1. Nigel Boocock (C) 2 3 1’ 1 7 1 2. Alan Jay 1’ 1 3 2 7 1 3. Bob Valentine 3 3 3 2 11 4. Tommy Nilsson 2 0 1 0 3 5. John Harrhy 1’ 2 0 1’ 4 2 6. Frank Smith 1 0 1 2 7. Roger Hill 0 1 0 1 Team Manager: Mick Blackburn ACU Referee: C. E. A. Todd

Ht1 Boulger, Boocock, Jay, Price 69.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Perks, Bastable, Smith, Hill 70.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Cribb, Nilsson, Harrhy, Osborne [ef] 69.0 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Valentine, Persson, Hill, Perks 68.0 2 4 13 11 Ht5 Boocock, Cribb, Jay, Osborne 69.2 2 4 15 15 Ht6 Valentine, Boulger, Price, Smith 67.4 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Persson, Harrhy, Bastable, Nilsson [rr] 67.8 4 2 22 20 Ht8 Jay, Bastable, Price, Hill 69.6 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Valentine, Cribb, Smith, Osborne 68.6 2 4 27 27 Ht10 Price, Boulger, Nilsson, Harrhy 68.6 5 1 32 28 Ht11 Persson, Jay, Boocock, Bastable 68.2 3 3 35 31 Ht12 Boulger, Valentine, Harrhy, Bastable 67.8 3 3 38 34 Ht13 Persson, Cribb, Boocock, Nilsson 68.6 5 1 43 35

Cradley Won 80 points to 75 on aggregate

Programme Changes: Ht7 r/s Bastable for Perks [xt], Ht12 r/s Bastable for Osborne.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Harrhy, Cribb, Bastable, Hill 68.6 Ht2 Boulger, Perks, Nilsson, Valentine [ef] 69.0 Ht3 Persson, Bastable, Boocock, Smith 68.4 Ht4 Price, Jay, Bastable, Stuart Roberts [fr] 69.0 Final Persson, Price, Boulger, Harrhy 68.2

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Wednesday 16 th April 1975 Wimborne Road, Poole

Poole Pirates 48 - Cradley United 30 (British League)

Poole Pirates 1. Malcolm Simmons 2 2’ 1’ 3 8 2 2. Christer Sjosten 1’ 3 3 2 9 1 3. Eric Broadbelt 3 3 2 3 11 4. Colin Gooddy 3 0 3 2’ 8 1 5. Pete Smith (C) EX 1 2’ 1 4 1 6. Neil Cameron 0 2’ 2’ 4 2 7. Neil Middleditch 1 2’ 0 1’ 4 2 Team Manager: Tony Lewis

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 3 3 3 EF EF 9 2. Arthur Price 0 2’ 2 1 3 8 1 3. Bernt Persson 0 1 0 N 1 4. Sandor Levai 1 0 N 2 3 5. Bruce Cribb EF 1 0 1 2 6. Dave Perks 2’ 0 N 2 1 7. Russell Osborne 3 1 1’ 0 5 1 Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: M. Palmer

Ht1 Boulger, Simmons, Sjosten, Price 68.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Osborne, Perks, Middleditch, Cameron 70.6 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Gooddy, Middleditch, Levai, Cribb [ef] [rr] 69.2 5 1 9 9 Ht4 Broadbelt, Cameron, Osborne, Persson 70.0 5 1 14 10 Ht5 Boulger, Price, Smith, Gooddy 69.2 1 5 15 15 Ht6 Sjosten, Simmons, Persson, Perks 70.0 5 1 20 16 Ht7 Broadbelt, Cameron, Cribb, Levai 71.2 5 1 25 17 Ht8 Sjosten, Price, Osborne, Middleditch 70.0 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Gooddy, Smith, Price, Persson 70.4 5 1 33 21 Ht10 Boulger, Sjosten, Simmons, Cribb 69.8 3 3 36 24 Ht11 Price, Broadbelt, Middleditch, Boulger [ef] 70.0 3 3 39 27 Ht12 Simmons, Gooddy, Cribb, Osborne 71.0 5 1 44 28 Ht13 Broadbelt, Levai, Smith, Boulger [ef] 70.4 4 2 48 30

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/s Middleditch for Smith [xt], Ht9 t/s Price for Perks, Ht10 t/s Boulger for Levai, Ht12 r/s Osborne for Persson.

The Gulf Oil Knock-out Ht1 Cameron, Martin Yeates, Russell Foote, Osborne 72.6 Ht2 Sjoste, Simmons, Perks, Cribb [ef] 70.0 Ht3 Broadbelt, Boulger, Levai, Middleditch 70.0 Ht4 Smith, Gooddy, Price, Persson 71.2 SF1 Broadbelt, Cameron, Smith, Sjosten [f] 71.0 SF2 Gooddy, Simmons, Yeates, Boulger 71.0 Final Gooddy, Broadbelt, Cameron, Simmons 71.0

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Thursday 17 th April 1975 Cleveland Park Stadium, Middlesbrough

Teesside Tigers 2 - Cradley United 4 (IL KO Cup 1 st Round) Abandoned Due To Rain

Teesside Tigers 1. Bruce Forrester (C) 2 2 2. Dave Durham 0 0 3. Pete Reading DNR 4. Doug Underwood DNR 5. Roger Wright DNR 6. Alan Emerson DNR 7. Colin Pestell DNR Team Manager: Tony Coupland

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 3 3 2. Arthur Price 1 1 3. Bernt Persson DNR 4. Russell Osborne DNR 5. Bruce Cribb DNR 6. Dave Perks DNR 7. Keith Anderson (G) DNR Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: V. R. J. Harris

Ht1 Boulger, Forrester, Price, Durham 73.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Ht3 Ht4 Ht5 Ht6 Ht7 Ht8 Ht9 Ht10 Ht11 Ht12 Ht13

Programme Changes:

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Saturday 19 th April 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 44 – Poole Pirates 34 (British League)

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 1 3 2’ 3 9 1 2. Arthur Price 3 2’ 3 3 11 1 3. Bernt Persson 2 3 2 1’ 8 1 4. Sandor Levai 3 2 1 1 7 5. Bruce Cribb EF 1’ 3 2 6 1 6. Dave Perks 2 EF 0 2 7. Steve Bastable 1’ 0 0 1 1 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Poole Pirates 1. Malcolm Simmons 2 3 3 2 3 13 2. Christer Sjosten 0 F 2 N 2 3. Eric Broadbelt 3 1 2 1 FX 7 4. Colin Gooddy 2 2 1 0 5 5. Pete Smith (C) 1’ 1’ 0 N 2 2 6. Neil Cameron F N N 0 7. Neil Middleditch 3 1 0 1’ 0 5 1 Team Manager: Tony Lewis ACU Referee: S. Green

Ht1 Price, Simmons, Boulger, Sjosten 71.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Middleditch, Perks, Bastable, Cameron [f] 74.2 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Levai, Gooddy, Smith, Cribb [ef] 73.4 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Broadbelt, Persson, Middleditch, Perks [ef] 71.0 2 4 12 12 Ht5 Simmons, Levai, Cribb, Sjosten [f] 71.2 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Boulger, Price, Broadbelt, Middleditch 69.6 5 1 20 16 Ht7 Persson, Gooddy, Smith, Perks 70.6 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Price, Sjosten, Middleditch, Bastable 70.0 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Cribb, Broadbelt, Levai, Middleditch 69.6 4 2 30 24 Ht10 Price, Boulger, Gooddy, Smith 70.6 5 1 35 25 Ht11 Simmons, Persson, Broadbelt, Bastable 70.2 2 4 37 29 Ht12 Boulger, Simmons, Levai, Broadbelt [fx] [rr] 69.4 4 2 41 31 Ht13 Simmons, Cribb, Persson, Gooddy 70.0 3 3 44 34

Programme Changes: Ht6 r/s Middleditch for Cameron, Ht9 r/s Middleditch for Cameron, Ht11 t/s Broadbelt for Sjosten, Ht12 t/s Simmons for Smith.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Gooddy, Levai, Bastable, Perks [f] 71.4 Ht2 Boulger, Bastable, Simmons, Steve Davenport [f] 70.2 Sjosten [xt] Ht3 Persson, Price, Bastable, Smith [f] 70.2 Ht4 Cribb, Bastable, Middleditch, Perks 69.8 Final Boulger, Cribb, Gooddy, Persson [r] 69.6

Reserves Heat Bastable, Perks, A.N. Other, A.N. Other Cancelled

Juniors Outing Dave Westwood, Davenport, Paul Willets, Michael Jones 77.0

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Friday 25 th April 1975 Somerton Park Stadium, Newport

Newport Wasps 49 - Cradley United 29 (British League)

Newport Wasps 1. Neil Street (C) 1’ 0 2’ 1’ 4 2 2. Tom Owen 2 1 1’ 3 7 1 3. Reidar Eide 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 4. Steve Gresham 2’ 2’ 3 2 9 2 5. 3 3 XT 3 9 6. Phil Herne 3 1’ EF 1 5 1 7. Jim Tebby 2’ 2 1 5 1 Team Manager: Pat Tapson

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 3 X2 3 R N 6 2. Arthur Price 0 1 0 2 3 3. Bernt Persson 3 2’ 2 3 10 1 4. Sandor Levai 1 2 0 1 4 5. Bruce Cribb FX 1’ 3 1 0 5 1 6. Russell Osborne EF N 0 0 0 7. Dave Perks 1 EF EF N 1 Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: C. H. Telling

Ht1 Boulger, Owen, Street, Price 69.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Herne, Tebby, Perks, Osborne 71.3 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Crump, Gresham, Levai, Cribb [fx] [rr] 71.3 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Persson, Eide, Herne, Perks [ef] 69.7 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Crump, Gresham, Price, Perks [ef] 69.7 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Boulger, Persson, Owen, Street 70.0 1 5 22 14 Ht7 Eide, Levai, Cribb, Herne [ef] 71.0 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Cribb, Tebby, Owen, Price 71.3 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Gresham, Persson, Herne, Osborne [rr] 71.6 4 2 32 22 Ht10 Owen, Street, Cribb, Levai 71.3 5 1 37 23 Ht11 Eide, Price, Tebby, Boulger [ef] 72.9 4 2 41 25 Ht12 Persson, Gresham, Street, Cribb 70.4 3 3 44 28 Ht13 Crump, Eide, Levai, Osborne 70.6 5 1 49 29

Programme Changes: Ht5 r/s Perks for Boulger [x2], Ht6 t/s Boulger for Osborne, Ht8 t/s Cribb for Perks, Ht9 r/s Herne for Crump [xt], Ht13 r/s Osborne for Boulger.

Reserves Revenge Tebby, Osborne, Perks, Mike Powell [r] 73.5

Rider Of The Night Ht1 Street, Gresham, Price, Cribb [f] 72.0 72.6 Ht2 Crump, Owen, Boulger, Levai 71.3 72.7 Ht3 Eide, Persson, Herne, Tebby 72.6 73.2 Final Crump, Gresham, Street, Eide [r] 69.5

Junior Race Pete Rogers, Alan Elliott, Powell, Alec Harris 81.4

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Saturday 26 th April 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 40 – Oxford Rebels 38 (British League)

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 2 X2 3 3 8 2. Arthur Price 1’ 3 3 F 7 1 3. Bernt Persson 3 3 1 3 10 4. Sandor Levai XT 0 3 0 3 5. Bruce Cribb 1’ 2 2’ 2’ 7 3 6. Dave Perks 2 2 0 0 X2 4 7. Russell Osborne 0 0 1 0 1 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Oxford Rebels 1. Dag Lovaas 3 3 3 3 0 12 2. Richard Greer 0 1 2 2’ 1’ 6 2 3. Gordon Kennett 2 2 1 2 2 9 4. Rickard Hellsen F 1’ 1’ 1 3 2 5. Hasse Holmqvist R/R 6. Trevor Geer 3 1’ F 0 4 1 7. John Dews 1 1’ XT 2 1 8. Paul Gachet 2 2 Team Manager: Roger Jones ACU Referee: W. A. Daff

Ht1 Lovaas, Boulger, Price, Greer 68.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Geer, Perks, Dews, Osborne 69.8 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Lovaas, Perks, Cribb, Hellsen [fr] [rr] 69.2 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Persson, Kennett, Dews, Perks 69.8 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Lovaas, Cribb, Greer, Levai 69.0 2 4 13 17 Ht6 Price, Kennett, Geer, Osborne 69.8 3 3 16 20 Ht7 Persson, Gachet, Hellsen, Perks 69.8 3 3 19 23 Ht8 Price, Greer, Osborne, Geer [fr] [rr] 69.8 4 2 23 25 Ht9 Levai, Cribb, Kennett, Geer 70.0 5 1 28 26 Ht10 Boulger, Kennett, Hellsen, Price [f] 69.6 3 3 31 29 Ht11 Lovaas, Greer, Persson, Osborne 70.6 1 5 32 34 Ht12 Boulger, Kennett, Greer, Levai 69.8 3 3 35 37 Ht13 Persson, Cribb, Hellsen, Lovaas 69.4 5 1 40 38

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Lovaas for Holmqvist, r/s Perks for Levai [xt], Ht6 r/s Osborne for Boulger [x2], Ht7 r/r Gachet for Holmqvist, Ht8 r/s Geer for Dews [xt], Ht10 r/r Kennett for Holmqvist, Ht11 r/s Perks for Osborne, r/s Osborne for Perks [x2], Ht12 r/r Greer for Holmqvist.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Price, Gachet, Steve Bastable, Dews 70.4 Ht2 Osborne, Lovaas, Geer, Bastable 70.6 Ht3 Persson, Kennett, Hellsen, Osborne 69.6 Ht4 Greer, Bastable, Perks [ef], Cribb [ns] 70.2 Final Persson, Greer, Price, Osborne 69.4

Juniors Outing Stuart Roberts, Dave Nixon, Ken Price, Steve Robinson 74.0

Reserves Race Dave Hollick, Dave Westwood ??.?

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Saturday 3rd May 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 45 – Kings Lynn Stars 33 (British League)

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 2’ 1 EF 3 6 1 2. Arthur Price 3 3 1 3 10 3. Bernt Persson 3 3 2 1’ 9 1 4. Sandor Levai 0 2 3 1 6 5. Bruce Cribb 3 EF 2’ 2 7 1 6. Dave Perks 3 1 2’ 6 1 7. Russell Osborne 1 0 0 1 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Kings Lynn Stars 1. Terry Betts (C) 1 3 3 3 3 13 2. Ian Turner 0 1 2’ 1 1 5 1 3. Ray Bales 2 2 0 2 6 4. Trevor Hedge 1’ 0 2 0 3 1 5. 2 1 X2 0 3 6. Eddie Reeves 2 0 N 1’ 3 1 7. Peter Smith 0 0 N 0 Team Manager: Alan Littlechild ACU Referee: C. E. Tirrell

Ht1 Price, Boulger, Betts, Turner 68.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Perks, Reeves, Osborne, Smith 70.0 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Cribb, Nygren, Hedge, Levai 69.6 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Persson, Bales, Perks, Smith 69.0 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Betts, Levai, Turner, Cribb [ef] 68.4 2 4 18 12 Ht6 Price, Bales, Boulger, Reeves 69.0 4 2 22 14 Ht7 Persson, Perks, Nygren, Hedge 69.4 5 1 27 15 Ht8 Betts, Turner, Price, Osborne 69.2 1 5 28 20 Ht9 Levai, Cribb, Turner, Bales 70.0 5 1 33 21 Ht10 Price, Hedge, Reeves, Boulger [mf] 69.8 3 3 36 24 Ht11 Betts, Persson, Turner, Osborne 69.4 2 4 38 28 Ht12 Boulger, Bales, Levai, Nygren 69.0 4 2 42 30 Ht13 Betts, Cribb, Persson, Hedge 69.2 3 3 45 33

Programme Changes: Ht8 t/s Betts for Smith, Ht9 t/s Turner for Reeves, Ht10 r/s Reeves for Nygren [x2].

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Steve Bastable, Price, Reeves [r], Smith [fx] [rr] 70.0 Ht2 Boulger, Betts, Turner, Osborne 69.4 Ht3 Persson, Levai, Bales, Hedge 70.2 Ht4 Bastable, Nygren, Perks, Cribb 70.4 Final Persson, Boulger, Bastable, Price 69.4

Juniors Outing N. Nilsson, Michael Jones, Paul Share [60yds], Mick Kelly, Dave Westwood [f] 74.0

Reserves Race Keith Myatt, Brian Woodhouse, Dave Hollick 83.0

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Monday 5 th May 1975 County Ground, Exeter

Exeter Falcons 30 - Cradley United 48 (British League)

Exeter Falcons 1. (C) 3 3 3 3 3 15 2. Chris Julian 1 1 0 0 0 3. Scott Autrey Re/R 4. Mike Farrell 0 1’ 1 0 2 1 5. Kevin Holden 2 2 0 2 6 6. Geoff Mudge 2 1 1 1 0 5 7. Steve Reinke 0 0 XT N 0 0 Team Manager: John Richards

Cradley United 1. John Boulger 2 3 3 3 11 2. Dave Perks 0 FX N N 0 3. Bernt Persson 2’ 2 3 1’ 8 2 4. Sandor Levai 1 2’ 1’ 1 5 2 5. Bruce Cribb 3 3 2 2 10 6. Steve Bastable 1 0 2 N 3 7. Arthur Price 3 3 1’ 2’ 2’ 11 3 Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: TBA

Ht1 Mauger, Boulger, Julian, Perks 69.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Price, Mudge, Bastable, Reinke 72.6 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Cribb, Holden, Levai, Farrell 71.4 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Price, Persson, Mudge, Reinke 72.2 1 5 9 15 Ht5 Boulger, Holden, Farrell, Perks [fx] [rr] 71.2 3 3 12 18 Ht6 Mauger, Persson, Julian, Bastable 70.6 4 2 16 20 Ht7 Cribb, Levai, Mudge, Reinke [xt] [rr] 73.8 1 5 17 25 Ht8 Mauger, Bastable, Price, Julian 71.0 3 3 20 28 Ht9 Persson, Price, Farrell, Holden 71.4 1 5 21 33 Ht10 Mauger, Cribb, Levai, Julian 70.6 3 3 24 36 Ht11 Boulger, Price, Mudge, Reinke 73.0 1 5 25 41 Ht12 Mauger, Cribb, Persson, Farrell 70.2 3 3 28 44 Ht13 Boulger, Holden, Levai, Mudge 72.0 2 4 30 48

Programme Changes: Ht4 r/s Reinke for Autrey, Ht7 r/s Reinke for Autrey, Ht8 r/s Bastable for Perks, t/s Mauger for Reinke, Ht9 r/s Price for Bastable, Ht11 r/s Mudge for Autrey, r/s Price for Perks, Ht13 r/s Mudge for Autrey.

Encouragement Scurry – Not Held

Reserves Trophy Price, Bastable, McNeil, Liam Robson 74.0

Mercury Motor Inn Championship Ht1 Mauger, Boulger, Levai, Unknown 69.8 71.6 Ht2 Cribb, Mudge, Price, Reinke 72.8 73.2 Ht3 Holden, Persson, Julian, Farrell 73.0 74.2 Final Mauger, Cribb, Holden, Boulger 69.8

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Thursday 8th May 1975 Cleveland Park Stadium, Middlesbrough

Teesside Tigers 26 - Cradley United 52 (IL KO Cup 1st Round)

Teesside Tigers 1. Bruce Forrester (C) 2 3 3 2 3 13 2. Pete Reading 0 0 N 0 0 3. Tom Leadbitter 2 0 1 2 5 4. Alan Emerson 1 F 2 2 1 6 5. Roger Wright 0 1 0 N 1 6. Doug Underwood F 0 N 0 0 7. Dave Durham 1 0 0 1 Team Manager: Tony Coupland

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 3 3 3 3 12 2. Dave Perks 1 2’ 1’ 2’ 6 3 3. Jim McMillan (G) 3 1’ 3 2 9 1 4. Sandor Levai 2’ 1 1 1 5 1 5. Bruce Cribb 3 3 3 F 9 6. Arthur Price 2’ 2 1 5 1 7. Russell Osborne 3 1 2 6 Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: J. M. Whittaker

Ht1 Boulger, Forrester, Perks, Reading 70.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Osborne, Price, Durham, Underwood 71.6 1 5 3 9 Ht3 Cribb, Levai, Emerson, Wright 70.6 1 5 4 14 Ht4 McMillan, Leadbitter, Osborne, Underwood 71.6 2 4 6 18 Ht5 Boulger, Perks, Wright, Emerson [f] 71.8 1 5 7 23 Ht6 Forrester, Price, McMillan, Reading 70.8 3 3 10 26 Ht7 Cribb, Emerson, Levai, Leadbitter 70.0 2 4 12 30 Ht8 Forrester, Osborne, Perks, Durham 71.0 3 3 15 33 Ht9 McMillan, Emerson, Price, Wright 70.8 2 4 17 37 Ht10 Cribb, Forrester, Levai, Reading 69.4 2 4 19 41 Ht11 Boulger, Perks, Leadbitter, Durham 71.0 1 5 20 46 Ht12 Forrester, McMillan, Emerson, Cribb [f] 70.4 4 2 24 48 Ht13 Boulger, Leadbitter, Levai, Underwood 71.4 2 4 26 52

Programme Changes: Ht7 t/s Emerson for Underwood, Ht8 t/s Forrester for Reading, Ht13 r/s Underwood for Wright.

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Saturday 10 th May 1975 Saddlebow Road Stadium, Kings Lynn

Kings Lynn Stars 36 - Cradley United 42 (British League)

Kings Lynn Stars 1. Terry Betts (C) 2 3 3 3 3 14 2. Ian Turner 1’ 2’ 1’ 2’ 0 6 4 3. Garry Middleton 0 N 1 1’ 2 1 4. Trevor Hedge 0 0 0 N 0 5. Ray Bales 3 2 1 2 2 10 6. Eddie Reeves 1 1 N 2 7. Olle Nygren 0 2 0 2 Team Manager: Alan Littlechild

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 3 3 3 3 12 2. Dave Perks 0 X2 N N 0 3. Kevin Holden (G) 2’ 1 3 1’ 7 2 4. Sandor Levai 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 5. Bruce Cribb 2 2 1 2 7 6. Arthur Price 2’ 0 3 1 6 1 7. Steve Bastable 3 3 1 0 2’ 9 1 Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: S. Green

Ht1 Boulger, Betts, Turner, Perks 69.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Bastable, Price, Reeves, Nygren 71.6 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Bales, Cribb, Levai, Hedge 71.2 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Bastable, Holden, Reeves, Middleton 70.4 1 5 8 16 Ht5 Boulger, Bales, Bastable, Hedge 70.4 2 4 10 20 Ht6 Betts, Turner, Holden, Price 71.6 5 1 15 21 Ht7 Betts, Cribb, Bales, Levai 69.8 4 2 19 23 Ht8 Price, Nygren, Turner, Bastable 71.2 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Holden, Bales, Price, Hedge 70.8 2 4 24 30 Ht10 Betts, Turner, Cribb, Levai 70.2 5 1 29 31 Ht11 Boulger, Bastable, Middleton, Nygren 71.4 1 5 30 36 Ht12 Betts, Cribb, Holden, Turner [rr] 70.0 3 3 33 39 Ht13 Boulger, Bales, Middleton, Levai 70.8 3 3 36 42

Programme Changes: Ht5 r/s Bastable for Perks [x2], Ht7 t/s Betts for Middleton, t/s Bales for Reeves, Ht8 r/s Price for Perks, Ht11 r/s Bastable for Perks, Ht12 t/s Turner for Hedge.

Junior Joust Ht1 Michael Lee, , Pete Smith, Richard Davey 72.8 Ht2 Rob Hollingworth, Andy Sims, Brian Emery, Glen Staines 73.6

Champion Of The Evening Ht1 Bales, Turner, Perks, David Gagen [r] 72.0 Ht2 Betts, Levai, Holden, Reeves 71.8 Ht3 Cribb, Price, Middleton, Nygren [r] 71.6 Ht4 Boulger, Bastable, Lee, Hollingworth 72.0 Final Cribb, Bales, Boulger, Betts [ef] 72.0

Saddlebow Shuffle Emery, Sims, Burton, Smith [fx] [rr] 73.6

Farewell Fling Smith, Davey, Staines, Stuart Roberts [fr] 74.8

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Monday 12 th May 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Midland Riders Championship Qualifying Round Winner: Ole Olsen

1. Dave Perks (Cradley United) 3 F 0 1 2 6 10 th 2. Steve Bastable (Cradley United) 1 0 3 2 3 9 6th 3. Alan Molyneux () 2 2 0 1 F 5 12 th 4. Sandor Levai (Cradley United) 0 0 0 N N 0 16 th 5. George Hunter (W’ton Wolves) F 3 1 2 2 8 8th 6. Ole Olsen (W’ton Wolves) 3 3 3 3 3 15 1st 7. Roger Hill (Coventry Bees) 1 1 1 0 0 3 14 th 8. Arthur Price (Cradley United) 2 2 2 1 1 8 7th 9. Nigel Boocock (Coventry Bees) 2 1 1 1 1 6 11 th 10. Richard Greer (Oxford Rebels) 1 1 3 3 3 11 4th 11. John Boulger (Cradley United) 3 3 2 3 3 14 2nd 12 Bruce Cribb (Cradley United) 0 3 2 2 2 9 5th 13. Ila Teromaa (Leicester Lions) 2 2 2 F 1 7 9th 14. Bernt Persson (Cradley United) 3 2 3 3 1 12 3rd 15. Frank Smith (Coventry Bees) 1 0 0 FX 0 1 15 th 16. Tony Clarke (W’ton Wolves) 0 1 1 0 2 4 13 th Res. Phil Bass (Stoke Potters) 2 2 Res. Stuart Roberts (Cradley United) 0 0 ACU Referee: C. E. A. Todd

Ht1 Perks, Molyneux, Bastable, Levai 71.6 Ht2 Olsen, Price, Hill, Hunter [f] 70.2 Ht3 Boulger, Boocock, Greer, Cribb 72.0 Ht4 Persson, Teromaa, Smith, Clarke 73.2 Ht5 Hunter, Teromaa, Boocock, Perks [f] 73.0 Ht6 Olsen, Persson, Greer, Bastable 70.6 Ht7 Boulger, Molyneux, Hill, Smith 71.4 Ht8 Cribb, Price, Clarke, Levai 70.4 Ht9 Olsen, Boulger, Clarke, Perks 70.4 Ht10 Bastable, Cribb, Hunter, Smith 70.6 Ht11 Persson, Price, Boocock, Molyneux 72.2 Ht12 Greer, Teromaa, Hill, Levai 72.0 Ht13 Persson, Cribb, Perks, Hill 72.2 Ht14 Boulger, Bastable, Price, Teromaa [f] 71.8 Ht15 Greer, Hunter, Molyneux, Clarke 72.4 Ht16 Olsen, Bass, Boocock [fr], Smith [fx] [rr] 70.4 Ht17 Greer, Perks, Price, Smith 72.0 Ht18 Bastable, Clarke, Boocock, Hill 72.6 Ht19 Olsen, Cribb, Teromaa, Molyneux [f] 70.4 Ht20 Boulger, Hunter, Persson, Roberts 71.6

Programme Changes: Ht16 Bass for Levai, Ht20 Roberts for Levai.

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Saturday 17 th May 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United v Exeter Falcons Postponed Due To Rain

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Saturday 24 th May 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 42 – Sheffield Tigers 36 (Iron & Steel Trophy 1 st Leg)

Cradley United 1. (G) 2 0 3 1’ 6 1 2. Dave Perks 0 2 0 1 3 3. Bob Humphreys (G) 1’ 3 1 2’ 7 2 4. Sandor Levai 2’ 0 3 2 7 1 5. Bernt Persson (C) 3 2 1 3 9 6. Steve Bastable 3 2 1 6 7. Arthur Price F 1 3 4 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Sheffield Tigers 1. Arnold Haley 3 3 0 1 7 2. Carl Glover 1 1 3 2 7 3. Doug Wyer 3 3 2 3 11 4. Soren Karlsson 1 2 2 N 5 5. Craig Pendlebury 0 0 FX EF 0 6. Billy Burton 2 1 2’ 0 0 5 1 7. Nicky Allott 1’ 0 N 1 1 Team Manager: Terry Thornhill ACU Referee: W. A. Daff

Ht1 Haley, Jansson, Glover, Perks 69.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Bastable, Burton, Allott, Price [f] 70.0 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Persson, Levai, Karlsson, Pendlebury 70.0 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Wyer, Bastable, Humphreys, Allott 69.2 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Haley, Persson, Glover, Levai 69.6 2 4 15 15 Ht6 Wyer, Perks, Burton, Jansson 70.0 2 4 17 19 Ht7 Humphreys, Karlsson, Bastable, Pendlebury 69.2 4 2 21 21 Ht8 Glover, Burton, Price, Perks 69.8 1 5 22 26 Ht9 Levai, Wyer, Persson, Burton 69.6 4 2 26 28 Ht10 Jansson, Karlsson, Perks, Pendlebury [fx] [rr] 70.0 4 2 30 30 Ht11 Price, Glover, Humphreys, Haley 70.4 4 2 34 32 Ht12 Wyer, Levai, Jansson, Pendlebury [ef] 70.0 3 3 37 35 Ht13 Persson, Humphreys, Haley, Burton 69.4 5 1 42 36

Programme Changes: Ht8 r/s Burton for Allott, Ht13 r/s Burton for Karlsson.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Levai, Bastable, Burton, Allott 71.0 Ht2 Wyer, Glover, Perks, Jansson 69.8 Ht3 Price, Humphreys, Bastable, Pendlebury [r] 70.4 Ht4 Persson, Haley, Perks, Bastable [ef] 70.2 Final Persson, Wyer, Price, Levai 69.4

Juniors Outing Ricky Day, Steve Davenport, Bill Spiers [f], David Nixon [ns] [rr] 72.8 Paul Willetts [fn] Steve Robinson [fn]

Reserves Race Peter James, Keith Myatt 81.6

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Monday 26 th May 1975 The Shay Stadium, Halifax

Halifax Dukes 45 - Cradley United 33 (British League)

Halifax Dukes 1. Rick France (C) 3 1’ 3 3 10 1 2. Charlie Monk 1 2 3 0 6 3. Chris Pusey 2 3 3 3 11 4. Ian Cartwright 1’ 2’ 0 2’ 5 3 5. Graham Plant 2 3 2 2’ 9 1 6. Dave Gatenby 1 0 N 1 7. Mike Hiftle 3 0 F F 3 Team Manager: Eric Boothroyd

Cradley United 1. Chris Morton (G) 2 1 1’ 1’ 1 6 2 2. Dave Perks 0 0 N N 0 3. Frank Auffret (G) 1 3 1 1 6 4. Sandor Levai 3 2 1’ 0 6 1 5. Bernt Persson (C) 0 1’ 2 0 3 1 6. Steve Bastable 0 0 N 0 7. Arthur Price 2 3 2 3 2 12 Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: C. Reeve

Ht1 France, Morton, Monk, Perks 68.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Hiftle, Price, Gatenby, Bastable 67.8 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Levai, Plant, Cartwright, Persson 68.4 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Price, Pusey, Auffret, Gatenby 67.6 2 4 13 11 Ht5 Plant, Cartwright, Morton, Perks 66.8 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Auffret, Monk, France, Bastable 67.8 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Pusey, Levai, Persson, Hiftle 67.6 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Monk, Price, Morton, Hiftle [f] 68.2 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Price, Plant, Auffret, Cartwright 67.4 2 4 29 25 Ht10 France, Persson, Levai, Monk 68.6 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Pusey, Price, Morton, Hiftle [f] 67.4 3 3 35 31 Ht12 France, Cartwright, Auffret, Persson 69.0 5 1 40 32 Ht13 Pusey, Plant, Morton, Levai 68.2 5 1 45 33

Programme Changes: Ht7 r/s Hiftle for Gatenby, Ht8 t/s Morton for Perks, Ht9 r/s Price for Bastable, Ht11 r/s Price for Perks.

Reserves Race Hiftle, Bastable, Andy Cusworth, Perks 70.2

Cockhill Motors Snowball Ht1 Morton, Levai, France, Gatenby 69.2 70.2 Ht2 Pusey, Cartwright, Auffret, Cusworth 68.6 69.0 Ht3 Plant, Persson, Monk, Price 68.4 68.6 Final Plant, Persson, Pusey, Morton 68.8

Division Two Dash Gatenby, Cusworth, Eddie Argall, Mick Newton [ns] 70.0

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Friday 30 th May 1975 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wolves 45 - Cradley United 33 (British League)

Wolverhampton Wolves 1. George Hunter 2 3 1 1 7 2. Gary Peterson 1’ 0 2’ 0 3 2 3. Doug Wyer (G) 2 2 3 3 10 4. Finn Thomsen 2’ 1 3 3 9 1 5. Ole Olsen (C) 3 3 1 1 8 6. Malc Shakespeare 2 1’ 1’ 4 2 7. Tony Clarke 0 3 1 4 Team Manager: Bob Wasley

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 3 2 2 EF 2 9 2. Dave Perks 0 0 N N 0 3. Bruce Cribb 0 2 0 0 2 4. Sandor Levai 0 0 N 0 0 5. Eric Broadbelt (G) 1 3 3 2 9 6. Steve Bastable 1 1’ 0 N 2 1 7. Arthur Price 3 3 1 2’ 2 11 1 Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: C. E. A. Todd

Ht1 Boulger, Hunter, Peterson, Perks 63.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Price, Shakespeare, Bastable, Clarke 65.4 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Olsen, Thomsen, Broadbelt, Levai 64.4 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Price, Wyer, Shakespeare, Cribb 65.0 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Olsen, Boulger, Thomsen, Perks 63.8 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Hunter, Cribb, Bastable, Peterson 65.2 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Broadbelt, Wyer, Shakespeare, Levai 65.6 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Clarke, Peterson, Price, Bastable 65.6 5 1 28 20 Ht9 Thomsen, Boulger, Olsen, Cribb 64.2 4 2 32 22 Ht10 Broadbelt, Price, Hunter, Peterson 65.4 1 5 33 27 Ht11 Wyer, Price, Clarke, Boulger [ef] 65.2 4 2 37 29 Ht12 Thomsen, Broadbelt, Hunter, Cribb 65.0 4 2 41 31 Ht13 Wyer, Boulger, Olsen, Levai 65.4 4 2 45 33

Programme Changes: Ht8 r/s Bastable for Perks, Ht9 t/s Boulger for Bastable, Ht10 r/s Price for Levai, Ht11 r/s Price for Perks.

Reserves’ Burn Up Colin Meredith, Cliff Anderson, Nigel Wasley, Steve Davenport 67.4

‘Eathens ‘Ommer Ht1 Hunter, Wyer, Broadbelt, Meredith 65.2 65.4 Ht2 Thomsen, Olsen, Boulger, Cribb 64.8 65.0 Ht3 Peterson, Bastable, Price, Perks 65.6 66.6 Final Olsen, Peterson, Hunter, Thomsen 65.2

Bilston Blast-Off Clarke, Meredith, Wasley, Shakespeare 66.8

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Saturday 31 st May 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

World Championship Qualifying Round Winner: Arthur Price

1. Bert Harkins (Wimbledon Dons) 1 2 2 2 0 7 9th 2. Sandor Levai (Cradley United) 2 2 1 3 2 10 5th 3. John Boulger (Cradley United) 3 3 EX 3 3 12 3rd 4. Barry Crowson (Wimbledon Dons) 0 1 1 0 1 3 14th 5. Dave Perks (Cradley United) 1 1 2 2 3 9 6th 6. Tony Davey () 0 3 3 1 1 8 8th 7. Tom Leadbitter (Teesside Tigers) 2 2 3 1 1 9 7th 8. Arthur Price (Cradley United) 3 3 2 2 3 13 1st 9. Bruce Cribb (Cradley United) 2 EF 3 3 3 11 4th 10, Mike Broadbank ( Hackney Hawks ) 1 0 2 1 2 6 10 th 11. Ian Hindle (Belle Vue Aces) 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 th 12. George Hunter (W’ton Wolves) 3 2 3 3 2 13 2nd 13. Steve Bastable (Cradley United) 3 3 EF N N 6 11 th 14. Alan Sage (Crayford Kestrels) 1 1 1 0 2 5 12th 15. Roger Johns (Wimbledon Dons) 2 1 0 2 1 6 12 th 16. Neil Street (Newport Wasps) 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 th Res. Bill Spiers (Cradley United) 1 1 Res. Mick Handley (Stoke Potters) 0 0 ACU Referee: G. A. Dalby

Ht1 Boulger, Levai, Harkins, Crowson 67.8 Ht2 Price, Leadbitter, Perks, Davey 68.8 Ht3 Hunter, Cribb, Broadbank, Hindle 68.0 Ht4 Bastable, Johns, Sage, Street 69.0 Ht5 Bastable, Harkins, Perks, Cribb [ef] 69.4 Ht6 Davey, Levai, Sage, Broadbank 69.0 Ht7 Boulger, Leadbitter, Johns, Hindle 68.0 Ht8 Price, Hunter, Crowson, Street 68.4 Ht9 Davey, Harkins, Street, Hindle 69.6 Ht10 Hunter, Perks, Levai, Johns 69.0 Ht11 Cribb, Price, Sage, Boulger [ex] [rrx2] 68.2 Ht12 Leadbitter, Broadbank, Crowson, Bastable [ef] 70.6 Ht13 Hunter, Harkins, Leadbitter, Sage 69.8 Ht14 Levai, Price, Spiers, Hindle 69.4 Ht15 Boulger, Perks, Broadbank, Street 69.4 Ht16 Cribb, Johns, Davey, Crowson 69.2 Ht17 Price, Broadbank, Johns, Harkins 69.6 Ht18 Cribb, Levai, Leadbitter, Street 69.8 Ht19 Boulger, Hunter, Davey, Handley 69.6 Ht20 Perks, Sage, Crowson, Hindle 70.2

Run Off for 1 st Place Price beat Hunter [rr] 69.2

Programme Changes: Ht14 Spiers for Bastable, Ht19 Handley for Bastable.

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Saturday 7th June 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 40 – Exeter Falcons 38 (Challenge)

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) FX 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 2. Sandor Levai 2 1’ F 0 1 4 1 3. Bruce Cribb 2 1 1’ N 4 1 4. Arthur Price R/R 5. Bob Humphreys (G) 3 2 0 2’ 1’ 8 2 6. Dave Perks 1 0 0 1 7. Steve Bastable 3 3 2 2 2 12 8. Bill Spiers DNR Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Exeter Falcons 1. Phil Crump (G) 3 3 3 3 12 2. Chris Julian 1 0 1’ 0 2 1 3. Scott Autrey 3 2 3 XT 8 4. John Titman 1 2’ X2 0 3 1 5. Kevin Holden 0 3 2 1 6 6. Geoff Mudge 2 1 1’ 2 1 7 1 7. Paul Share (G) 0 N N F 0 0 Team Manager: Peter Oakes ACU Referee: S. Green

Ht1 Crump, Levai, Julian, Boulger [fx] [rr] 67.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Bastable, Mudge, Perks, Share 68.4 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Humphreys, Boulger, Titman, Holden 68.4 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Autrey, Cribb, Mudge, Perks 68.6 2 4 13 11 Ht5 Crump, Humphreys, Levai, Julian 68.0 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Boulger, Autrey, Mudge, Levai [f] 68.4 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Holden, Titman, Cribb, Perks 69.6 1 5 20 22 Ht8 Bastable, Mudge, Julian, Levai 68.8 3 3 23 25 Ht9 Autrey, Bastable, Mudge, Humphreys 69.0 2 4 25 29 Ht10 Boulger, Holden, Levai, Share [f] 69.4 4 2 29 31 Ht11 Crump, Bastable, Cribb, Julian 68.6 3 3 32 34 Ht12 Boulger, Humphreys, Holden, Share [rr] 69.0 5 1 37 35 Ht13 Crump, Bastable, Humphreys, Titman 68.8 3 3 40 38

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Boulger for Price, Ht4 r/s Mudge for Share, Ht5 r/r Levai for Price, Ht8 r/s Mudge for Share, Ht9 r/r Bastable for Price, Ht10 r/s Share for Titman [x2], Ht12 r/r Humphreys for Price, r/s Share for Autrey [xt], Ht13 r/s Bastable for Cribb.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Crump, Bastable, Levai, Keith Evans [f] 69.6 Ht2 Boulger, Autrey, Evans, Mudge 69.0 Ht3 Titman, Cribb, Perks, Spiers 69.2 Ht4 Humphreys, Julian, Holden, Evans [fr] 69.6 Final Crump, Boulger, Humphreys, Titman 69.0

Juniors Outing Share, Steve Davenport, Michael Jones, John Cameron [rr] 73.2

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Friday 13 th June 1975 Waterden Road, Hackney

Hackney Hawks 58 - Cradley United 20 (British League)

Hackney Hawks 1. Barry Thomas (C) 3 3 3 3 12 2. Laurie Etheridge 2’ 1 3 1 7 1 3. Mike Broadbank 0 3 2 1 6 4. Christer Lofqvist 2’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 8 4 5. Dave Morton 3 3 3 3 12 6. Steve Lomas 2’ 3 2’ 7 2 7. Dave Kennett 3 2’ 1’ 6 2 Team Manager: Len Silver

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) N N 2 3 2 7 2. Arthur Price R/R 3. Bruce Cribb 1’ 0 EF 1 1 3 1 4. Sandor Levai 1 0 2 0 0 3 5. Bernt Persson R 1 EF N N 1 6. Keith Anderson (G) 0 1 0 N N 0 0 1 7. Dave Perks 1 0 2 1 1 X2 5 Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: R. B. Bowyer

Ht1 Thomas, Etheridge, Perks, Anderson [fr] 68.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Kennett, Lomas, Anderson, Perks 67.6 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Morton, Lofqvist, Levai, Persson [ef] 65.6 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Lomas, Perks, Cribb, Broadbank 66.4 3 3 18 6 Ht5 Morton, Lofqvist, Perks, Anderson 65.0 5 1 23 7 Ht6 Thomas, Boulger, Etheridge, Cribb 65.6 4 2 27 9 Ht7 Broadbank, Lomas, Persson, Levai 66.2 5 1 32 10 Ht8 Etheridge, Kennett, Perks, Cribb [ef] 66.6 5 1 37 11 Ht9 Morton, Lofqvist, Cribb, Persson [ef] 65.6 5 1 42 12 Ht10 Thomas, Levai, Etheridge, Anderson 66.0 4 2 46 14 Ht11 Boulger, Broadbank, Kennett, Levai 65.4 3 3 49 17 Ht12 Thomas, Lofqvist, Cribb, Anderson 66.4 5 1 54 18 Ht13 Morton, Boulger, Broadbank, Levai 65.2 4 2 58 20

Programme Changes: Ht1 r/r Perks for Price, r/s Anderson for Boulger, Ht5 r/s Perks for Price, r/s Andersen for Boulger, Ht6 t/s Boulger for Anderson, Ht8 r/r Cribb for Price, Ht9 t/s Persson for Anderson, Ht10 r/s Perks for Persson, r/s Anderson for Perks [ex], Ht11 r/r Levai for Price, Ht12 t/s Anderson for Persson.

Visitors Chase Ht1 Boulger, Trevor Barnwell, Cribb, Kelvin Mullarkey 67.4 Ht2 Barnwell, Levai, Perks, Anderson 66.6

The Avon Trophy Ht1 Thomas, Lofqvist, Broadbank, Mullarkey [f] 66.2 Ht2 Morton, Lomas, Etheridge, Kennett 65.6 Final Morton, Lomas, Thomas, Lofqvist 65.4

Champion Of The Evening Morton, Lomas, Barnwell, Boulger [ef] 65.6

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Saturday 14 th June 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 35 – Wimbledon Dons 43 (British League)

Cradley United 1. George Hunter (G) 1’ 1’ 2 1 5 2 2. Arthur Price 2 2 1’ 1’ 6 2 3. Bruce Cribb 1 2 2 XT 5 4. Sandor Levai 1’ 2 1 0 4 1 5. Bernt Persson 2 0 3 2 7 6. Paul Share 1 N 0 1 7. Dave Perks F 3 2 1’ 1’ 7 2 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Wimbledon Dons 1. Malcolm Simmons (G)3 3 3 3 3 15 2. R/R 3. Bert Harkins 0 2 3 2 2’ 9 1 4. 0 1 0 0 1 5. Edgar Stangeland 3 1 3 3 3 13 6. Roger Johns 3 0 0 0 3 7. Reg Luckhurst 2’ 0 0 2 1 8. Len Canning DNR Team Manager: Cyril Maidment ACU Referee: W. A. Daff

Ht1 Simmons, Price, Hunter, Harkins 68.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Johns, Luckhurst, Share, Perks [f] 70.2 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Stangeland, Persson, Levai, Ross 69.6 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Perks, Harkins, Cribb, Luckhurst 69.4 4 2 11 13 Ht5 Simmons, Levai, Stangeland, Persson 68.8 2 4 13 17 Ht6 Harkins, Price, Hunter, Johns 69.2 3 3 16 20 Ht7 Stangeland, Cribb, Ross, Share 68.6 2 4 18 24 Ht8 Simmons, Perks, Price, Luckhurst 68.0 3 3 21 27 Ht9 Persson, Harkins, Levai, Johns 69.4 4 2 25 29 Ht10 Stangeland, Hunter, Price, Ross 68.8 3 3 28 32 Ht11 Simmons, Cribb, Perks, Johns 69.0 3 3 31 35 Ht12 Stangeland, Harkins, Hunter, Levai 69.6 1 5 32 40 Ht13 Simmons, Persson, Perks, Ross [rr] 68.6 3 3 35 43

Programme Changes: Ht1 r/r Harkins for Briggs, Ht4 r/s Perks for Share, Ht5 r/r Stangeland for Briggs, Ht8 r/r Simmons for Briggs, Ht11 r/r Johns for Briggs, Ht13 r/s Perks for Cribb [xt].

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Levai, Ross, Price, Perks 70.2 Ht2 Perks, Hunter, Share, Canning 70.2 Ht3 Stangeland, Cribb, Harkins, Luckhurst 70.0 Ht4 Simmons, Persson, Perks, Johns 69.0 Final Simmons, Levai, Stangeland, Perks [ef] 69.8

Juniors Outing Share, Canning, Peter James, Bill Spiers [ef] 73.6

Reserves Race Canning, Dave Hollick, Keith Myatt [ns] 75.6

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Saturday 21 st June 1975 Saddlebow Road Stadium, Kings Lynn

Kings Lynn Stars – 42 - Cradley United 36 (KO Cup 1st Round 1 st Leg)

Kings Lynn Stars 1. Terry Betts (C) 1 0 0 1 2 2. Ian Turner 3 2 3 2 10 3. Garry Middleton 3 2 2 1 8 4. Trevor Hedge 3 3 3 3 12 5. Ray Bales 0 1 1 0 2 6. Michael Lee 3 X2 0 3 7. David Gagen 1 2’ 1 1’ 5 2 Team Manager: Alan Littlechild

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 0 X2 2 3 2’ 7 1 2. Arthur Price 2 2 2 F 3 9 3. Bruce Cribb 1 1 0 0 2 4. Sandor Levai 2 0 1 1 N 4 5. Bernt Persson 1’ 3 3 3 2 12 1 6. Dave Perks 2 0 N N 2 7. Steve Bastable 0 XT 0 0 Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: L. D. Stripp

Ht1 Turner, Price, Betts, Boulger 69.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Lee, Perks, Gagen, Bastable 69.0 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Hedge, Levai, Persson, Bales 70.4 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Middleton, Gagen, Cribb, Perks [rr] 69.8 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Hedge, Price, Bales, Levai 69.8 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Persson, Turner, Cribb, Betts 69.8 2 4 22 14 Ht7 Persson, Middleton, Levai, Lee 69.6 2 4 24 18 Ht8 Turner, Price, Gagen, Bastable 69.6 4 2 28 20 Ht9 Hedge, Boulger, Bales, Cribb 69.0 4 2 32 22 Ht10 Persson, Turner, Levai, Betts 69.0 2 4 34 26 Ht11 Boulger, Middleton, Gagen, Price [f] 68.6 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Hedge, Persson, Betts, Cribb 68.8 4 2 41 31 Ht13 Price, Boulger, Middleton, Bales 70.2 1 5 42 36

Programme Changes: Ht4 r/s Gagen for Lee [x2], r/s Perks for Bastable [xt], Ht5 t/s Levai for Boulger [x2], Ht6 t/s Persson for Perks, Ht9 t/s Boulger for Perks, Ht13 t/s Price for Levai.

Junior Joust Andy Sims, Robert Hollingworth, Billy Burton, Pete Smith 71.2

Reserve Romp Gagen, Perks, Olle Nygren, Paul Share 71.0

Opportunity Knocks Sims, Robert Mouncer, Smith, Richard Davey 72.8

Champion Of The Evening Ht1 Price, Hedge, Levai, Middleton [rr] 70.8 71.0 Ht2 Turner, Gagen, Boulger, Lee 71.0 71.4 Ht3 Persson, Cribb, Perks, Nygren 71.2 ??.? Final Persson, Price, Turner, Hedge [ef] ??.?

Junior Re-Jig Mouncer, Hollingworth, Burton, Davey 72.6

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Monday 23 rd June 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 46 – Kings Lynn Stars 32 (KO Cup 1 st Round 2 nd Leg)

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 3 3 3 2 11 2. Arthur Price 2’ 0 1 0 3 1 3. Bruce Cribb 2 3 2 3 10 4. Sandor Levai 2’ 1 0 1’ 4 2 5. Bernt Persson 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 6. Steve Bastable 3 1’ 2’ 1’ 7 3 7. Dave Perks 0 0 N 0 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Kings Lynn Stars 1. Terry Betts (C) 1 2 2 3 EF 8 2. Ian Turner 0 R 2’ 1’ 0 3 2 3. Garry Middleton 3 2 3 2 3 13 4. Trevor Hedge R R N 1 1 5. Ray Bales 1 1 N N 2 6. David Gagen 2 1’ 1’ 0 4 2 7. Michael Lee 1’ 0 N 1 1 Team Manager: Alan Littlechild ACU Referee: C. E. A. Todd

Ht1 Boulger, Price, Betts, Turner 68.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Bastable, Gagen, Turner, Perks 68.8 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Persson, Levai, Bales, Hedge [r] 67.8 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Middleton, Cribb, Bastable, Lee 68.4 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Persson, Betts, Levai, Turner [r] 68.6 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Boulger, Middleton, Gagen, Price 67.8 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Cribb, Bastable, Bales, Hedge [r] 68.6 5 1 28 14 Ht8 Middleton, Turner, Price, Perks 68.4 1 5 29 19 Ht9 Persson, Middleton, Gagen, Levai 68.6 3 3 32 22 Ht10 Boulger, Betts, Turner, Price 68.4 3 3 35 25 Ht11 Betts, Cribb, Bastable, Turner 68.2 3 3 38 28 Ht12 Middleton, Boulger, Levai, Gagen 67.8 3 3 41 31 Ht13 Cribb, Persson, Hedge, Betts [ef] 68.8 5 1 46 32

Cradley won 82 points to 74 on aggregate.

Programme Changes: Ht8 t/s Middleton for Lee, Ht10 t/s Betts for Bales, t/s Turner for Hedge, Ht11 r/s Bastable for Perks, Ht12 r/s Gagen for Bales.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Levai, Bastable, Lee, Bill Spiers 69.0 69.8 Ht2 Cribb, Price, Turner, Bales [r] 68.6 70.0 Ht3 Boulger, Middleton, Gagen, Spiers 68.2 68.6 Ht4 Persson, Betts, Perks, Hedge [f] 69.0 69.8 Final Boulger, Persson, Levai, Cribb

Juniors Outing Spiers, Paul Share, Steve Davenport, Len Canning 72.4

Reserves Race Rod Yates, Keith Myatt [f] Awd’d

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Friday 27 th June 1975 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wolves 42 - Cradley United 35 (Midland Cup S/F 1st Leg)

Wolverhampton Wolves 1. George Hunter (C) 3 FX 3 3 9 2. Malc Shakespeare 0 EF 1 2’ 3 1 3. Carl Glover (G) 2 2 3 1 8 4. Gary Peterson 2’ 0 1 1 4 1 5. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 3 15 6. Tony Clarke EF N EF 0 7. Colin Meredith 1 1’ N 1 3 1 Team Manager: Bob Wasley

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 2 2 3 FX 2 9 2. Arthur Price 1’ 1 1’ 2 2 7 2 3. Bruce Cribb 3 3 2 1 2 11 4. Sandor Levai 0 1 0 0 1 5. Bernt Persson R/R 6. Dave Perks 2’ 2’ 0 4 2 7. Steve Bastable 3 EX 0 0 3 8. Bill Spiers DNR Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: G. A. Dalby

Ht1 Hunter, Boulger, Price, Shakespeare 63.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Bastable, Perks, Meredith, Clarke [ef] 65.2 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Olsen, Peterson, Price, Levai 64.4 5 1 9 9 Ht4 Cribb, Glover, Meredith, Bastable [ex] 65.4 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Olsen, Boulger, Price, Peterson 63.6 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Cribb, Perks, Shakespeare [f], Hunter [fx] [rr] 65.4 0 5 15 20 Ht7 Boulger, Glover, Levai, Clarke [ef] 65.2 2 4 17 24 Ht8 Olsen, Price, Shakespeare, Bastable 64.6 4 2 21 26 Ht9 Olsen, Cribb, Peterson, Perks 63.6 4 2 25 28 Ht10 Hunter, Shakespeare, Cribb, Levai 65.4 5 1 30 29 Ht11 Glover, Price, Meredith, Boulger [fx] [rr] 65.0 4 2 34 31 Ht12 Hunter, Cribb, Peterson, Bastable 66.0 4 2 38 33 Ht13 Olsen, Boulger, Glover, Levai 64.2 4 2 42 35

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Price for Persson, Ht4 r/s Meredith for Clarke, Ht7 r/r Boulger for Persson, Ht8 t/s Olsen for Meredith, Ht10 r/r Cribb for Persson, Ht12 r/r Bastable for Persson.

Speedway Star Golden Helmet Match Race – 2nd Leg (Held Before Main Match) Ht1 Ole Olsen beat Phil Crump 62.2 Ht2 Ole Olsen beat Phil Crump 62.0 =TR

Reserves Burn-Up Meredith, Nigel Wasley, Spiers, Gerald Short 67.8

Friday Frenzy Ht1 Cribb, Hunter, Levai, Clarke 66.4 Ht2 Crump, Glover, Price, Spiers 65.0 Ht3 Olsen, Peterson, Perks, Boulger [fr] 64.6 Ht4 Shakespeare, Bastable, Meredith, Short 66.4 Final Olsen, Shakespeare, Cribb, Crump 64.8

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Saturday 28 th June 1975 Brandon Stadium, Coventry

Coventry Bees 44 - Cradley United 34 (British League)

Coventry Bees 1. Nigel Boocock (C) 2 3 3 3 11 2. Tommy Nilsson 0 2’ 2 2’ 6 2 3. Bob Valentine 3 3 1 2’ 9 1 4. Alan Molyneux 3 2 0 0 5 5. Stefan Johansson 0 0 N N 0 6. Ian Hindle 3 0 2’ 3 3 11 1 7. John Harrhy 1 1’ 0 2 1 Team Manager: Mick Blackburn

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 3 3 3 3 1 13 2. Arthur Price 1 1 0 2’ 1’ 5 2 3. Bruce Cribb 2 0 1’ 0 2 5 1 4. Sandor Levai 2 1 2 1 0 6 5. Bernt Persson Re/R 6. Steve Holden (G) 0 1’ 1 N 2 1 7. Dave Perks 2 1’ 0 N 3 1 Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: C. E. A. Todd

Ht1 Boulger, Boocock, Price, Nilsson 63.8 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Hindle, Perks, Harrhy, Holden 64.8 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Molyneux, Levai, Holden, Johansson [rr] 65.0 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Valentine, Cribb, Perks, Hindle 64.8 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Boulger, Molyneux, Price, Johansson 65.4 2 4 14 16 Ht6 Boocock, Nilsson, Holden, Cribb 65.8 5 1 19 17 Ht7 Valentine, Hindle, Levai, Perks 65.2 5 1 24 18 Ht8 Boulger, Nilsson, Harrhy, Price 65.4 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Hindle, Levai, Cribb, Molyneux 65.2 3 3 30 24 Ht10 Boocock, Nilsson, Levai, Cribb 66.4 5 1 35 25 Ht11 Boulger, Price, Valentine, Harrhy 65.6 1 5 36 30 Ht12 Boocock, Cribb, Price, Molyneux 66.2 3 3 39 33 Ht13 Hindle, Valentine, Boulger, Levai 66.0 5 1 44 34

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/s Holden for Persson, Ht7 r/s Perks for Persson, Ht8 t/s Boulger for Perks, Ht9 r/s Hindle for Johansson, t/s Levai for Holden, Ht10 t/s Cribb for Persson, Ht12 t/s Price for Persson, Ht13 r/s Hindle for Johansson.

Note: Bernt Persson did not arrive. Cradley operated Reserve Replacement.

Progress Pointer Ht1 Tony Gillias, Dave Mortiboys, Gary Bowers [f], Jim Bevin [f] 69.6 Ht2 Gillias, Mortiboys, Kevin Leide, Steve Simmons 68.8

Talent Test Ht1 Frank Smith, Hindle, Harrhy, Mitch Shirra 67.0 Ht2 Shirra, Holden, Gillias, Johansson 67.8

Gold Sash Ht1 Boocock, Levai, Molyneux, Cribb 66.0 67.6 Ht2 Harrhy, Boulger, Shirra, Smith [rr] Nilsson [fn] 66.6 66.8 Perks [fx] Ht3 Valentine, Hindle, Price, Johansson 67.0 67.6 Final Valentine, Boulger, Harrhy, Boocock [ef] 67.6

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Monday 30 th June 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

The L. P. Transport Trophy Winner: Malcolm Simmons

1. George Hunter ( W’hampton Wolves ) 1 1 XT 1 0 3 14 th 2. Sandor Levai (Cradley United) 3 0 1 2 0 6 10 th 3. Nigel Boocock (Coventry Bees) 2 0 0 1 1 4 12 th 4. Steve Bastable (Cradley United) 0 0 2 0 1 3 15 th 5. Malcolm Simmons (Poole Pirates) 3 3 2 3 3 14 1st 6. Doug Wyer (Sheffield Tigers) 1 1 2 3 3 10 5th 7. John Boulger (Cradley United) 2 3 3 2 3 13 2nd 8. Arthur Price (Cradley United) 0 1 1 1 1 4 13 th 9. Dave Jessup (Leicester Lions) EF 2 3 2 2 9 6th 10. Tommy Jansson (Wimbledon Dons ) 1 2 EF XT 3 6 11 th 11. Terry Betts (Kings Lynn Stars) 2 1 1 3 FX 7 8th 12. Bernt Persson (Cradley United) 3 2 3 3 2 13 3rd 13. Bruce Cribb (Cradley United) 0 EF N N N 0 16th 14. Bob Valentine (Coventry Bees) 1 3 2 0 2 8 7th 15. Jim McMillan (Hull Vikings) 2 2 0 1 2 7 9th 16. Phil Crump (Newport Wasps) 3 3 3 2 1 12 4th Res. Mitch Shirra (Coatbridge Tigers)0 0 0 0 Res. Bill Spiers (Cradley United) 1 0 0 ACU Referee: G. A. Dalby

Ht1 Levai, Boocock, Hunter, Bastable 67.4 Ht2 Simmons, Boulger, Wyer, Price 67.2 Ht3 Persson, Betts, Jansson, Jessup [ef] 67.8 Ht4 Crump, McMillan, Valentine, Cribb 66.4 Ht5 Simmons, Jessup, Hunter, Cribb [ef] 67.4 Ht6 Valentine, Jansson, Wyer, Levai 68.6 Ht7 Boulger, McMillan, Betts, Boocock 67.4 Ht8 Crump, Persson, Price, Bastable 66.6 Ht9 Crump, Wyer, Betts, Shirra [rr] 66.8 Ht10 Persson, Simmons, Levai, McMillan 67.0 Ht11 Jessup, Valentine, Price, Boocock 68.0 Ht12 Boulger, Bastable, Spiers, Jansson [ef] 68.2 Ht13 Persson, Boulger, Hunter, Valentine 67.4 Ht14 Betts, Levai, Price, Shirra 68.8 Ht15 Simmons, Crump, Boocock, Spiers [rr] 67.6 Ht16 Wyer, Jessup, McMillan, Bastable 68.2 Ht17 Jansson, McMillan, Price, Hunter 68.0 Ht18 Boulger, Jessup, Crump, Levai 67.6 Ht19 Wyer, Persson, Boocock, Shirra 68.4 Ht20 Simmons, Valentine, Bastable, Betts [fx] 68.8

Run-Off For 2 nd Place Boulger beat Persson 68.4

Programme Changes: Ht9 Shirra for Hunter [xt], Ht12 Spiers for Cribb, Ht14 Shirra for Cribb, Ht15 Spiers for Jansson [xt], Ht19 Shirra for Cribb.

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Saturday 5th July 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 58 – Coventry Bees 20 (British League)

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 2. Arthur Price 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 9 3 3. Bruce Cribb EF 2’ 3 2’ 7 2 4. Sandor Levai 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 5. Bernt Persson 3 3 3 3 12 6. Steve Bastable 3 1 3 7 7. Brian Clark 2’ 0 1 3 1 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Coventry Bees 1. Nigel Boocock (C) 1 1 1 2 1 6 2. Tommy Nilsson 0 0 N 0 0 3. Bob Valentine 2’ 1 2 1 1 7 1 4. Alan Molyneux EF N 0 R 0 5. John Harrhy 1 0 N N 1 6. Frank Smith 1 0 0 1 7. Ian Hindle 0 3 1’ 1 0 5 1 Team Manager: Mick Blackburn ACU Referee: W. A. Daff

Ht1 Boulger, Price, Boocock, Nilsson 67.6 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Bastable, Clark, Smith, Hindle 69.0 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Persson, Levai, Harrhy, Molyneux [ef] 68.6 5 1 15 3 Ht4 Hindle, Valentine, Bastable, Cribb [ef] 69.2 1 5 16 8 Ht5 Persson, Levai, Boocock, Nilsson 68.8 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Boulger, Price, Valentine, Smith 67.8 5 1 26 10 Ht7 Bastable, Cribb, Boocock, Harrhy 68.8 5 1 31 11 Ht8 Price, Valentine, Hindle, Clark 68.8 3 3 34 14 Ht9 Persson, Levai, Valentine, Smith 67.8 5 1 39 15 Ht10 Boulger, Price, Hindle, Molyneux 68.4 5 1 44 16 Ht11 Cribb, Boocock, Clark, Nilsson 68.6 4 2 48 18 Ht12 Levai, Boulger, Valentine, Hindle 68.4 5 1 53 19 Ht13 Persson, Cribb, Boocock, Molyneux [r] 68.4 5 1 58 20

Programme Changes: Ht7 t/s Boocock for Molyneux, Ht8 t/s Valentine for Nilsson, Ht10 r/s Hindle for Harrhy, Ht12 r/s Hindle for Harrhy.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Price, Bastable, Levai, Clark [rr] 69.4 Hindle [xt] Ht2 Boulger, Boocock, Smith, Bill Spiers 69.2 Ht3 Nilsson, Molyneux, Spiers, Cribb [ef] 70.6 Ht4 Persson, Valentine, Clark, Harrhy 69.0 Ht5 Bastable, Clark, Spiers, Dave Hollick 70.2 Final Persson, Boulger, Price, Bastable 68.4

Novice Race Keith Myatt, Rod Yates 84.0

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Saturday 12 th July 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United v Hackney Hawks (British League) Postponed Due To Rain

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Monday 14 th July 1975 British Railways Sports Ground, Crewe

Crewe 39 – Belle Vue 24 – Cradley 14 – Kings Lynn 16 (IL 4TT)

Crewe Kings 39 1. Graham Drury 2 2 3 2 9 2. Nigel Wasley 3 2 3 3 11 3. Chris Turner 3 3 3 3 12 4. John Jackson (G) EF 2 3 2 7 Res. Stuart Cope DNR Team Manager: Dave Parry

Belle Vue Aces 24 1. Soren Sjosten 3 2 0 3 8 2. Paul Tyrer 2 0 2 EF 4 3. Chris Morton 3 3 2 3 11 4. Geoff Pusey F 0 0 1 1 Res. Les Collins DNR Team Manager: Eric Boocock

Cradley United 14 1. Bernt Persson 2 3 EF 1 6 2. Arthur Price 0 EF 1 2 3 3. Sandor Levai 0 3 1 1 5 4. Ian Cartwright (G) EF N N N 0 Res. Graham Crook 0 0 0 0 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Kings Lynn Stars 16 1. Terry Betts 1 1 2 0 4 2. Cliff Anderson (G) EF 1 1 1 3 3. Garry Middleton 1 1 1 0 3 4. Ian Turner 1 1 2 2 6 Res. Max Brown DNR Team Manager: Alan Littlechild ACU Referee: D. C. Battye Cre BV Cra KL Ht1 Sjosten, Cartwright [ef], Jackson [ef], Anderson [ef] 73.8 0 3 0 0 Ht2 C Turner, Tyrer, Betts, Levai 71.4 3 5 0 1 Ht3 Wasley, Persson, Middleton [fr], Pusey [f] 72.0 6 5 2 2 Ht4 Morton, Drury, I Turner, Price 71.2 8 8 2 3 Ht5 Persson, Jackson, I Turner, Tyrer 72.2 10 8 5 4 Ht6 C Turner, Sjosten, Middleton, Price [ef] 72.0 13 10 5 5 Ht7 Morton, Wasley, Betts, Crook 72.0 15 13 5 6 Ht8 Levai, Drury, Anderson, Pusey 73.4 17 13 8 7 Ht9 Jackson, Betts, Price, Pusey 72.0 20 13 9 9 Ht10 C Turner, Morton, Anderson, Persson [ef] 72.8 23 15 9 10 Ht11 Wasley, I Turner, Levai, Sjosten 72.4 26 15 10 12 Ht12 Drury, Tyrer, Middleton, Crook 72.8 29 17 10 13 Ht13 C Turner, I Turner, Pusey, Crook 72.6 32 18 10 15 Ht14 Morton, Jackson, Levai, Middleton 72.4 34 21 11 15 Ht15 Wasley, Price, Anderson, Tyrer [ef] 73.0 37 21 13 16 Ht16 Sjosten, Drury, Persson, Betts 72.0 39 24 14 16

Programme Changes: Ht12 Crook for Cartwright, Ht13 Crook for Cartwright.

Reserves Race Cope, Brown, Crook, Collins 74.0

Junior Scurry Stuart Cope, Ian Robinson, Stuart Roberts, Mick Mellor 74.0

Top Riders Race Morton, C Turner, I Turner, Persson [ef] 72.4

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Wednesday 16 th July 1975 Stadium, Hull

Hull Vikings 47 - Cradley United 31 (Challenge)

Hull Vikings 1. Jim McMillan (C) 2 3 3 3 11 2. Robin Amundson 1’ 2’ EF 0 3 2 3. Mitch Graham 3 3 3 3 12 4. Alan Cowland 1’ 0 1 0 2 1 5. Bobby Beaton 2 2 3 2’ 9 1 6. Kym Amundson 3 0 FX 3 7. Joe Owen 2’ 3 2’ 7 2 Team Manager: Derek Tattersall

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 3 3 2 1 EX 9 2. Arthur Price EF 1 1’ 0 2 1 3. Bruce Cribb 2 1 X2 1’ 4 1 4. Steve Bastable 0 1’ 2 1 4 1 5. Sandor Levai 3 2 1’ 2 8 1 6. Phil Bass (G) 0 0 0 0 7. Robbie Blackadder (G) 1 1’ N 2 4 1 Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: D. C. Battye

Ht1 Boulger, McMillan, R Amundson, Price [ef] 73.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 K Amundson, Owen, Blackadder, Bass 74.6 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Levai, Beaton, Cowland, Bastable 75.8 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Graham, Cribb, Blackadder, K Amundson 74.4 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Boulger, Beaton, Price, Cowland [rr] 75.0 2 4 16 14 Ht6 McMillan, R Amundson, Cribb, Bass 75.8 5 1 21 15 Ht7 Graham, Levai, Bastable, K Amundson [fx] – 3 Laps 56.8 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Owen, Boulger, Price, R Amundson [ef] 75.2 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Beaton, Blackadder, Cowland, Bass 75.6 4 2 31 23 Ht10 McMillan, Bastable, Levai, R Amundson 74.8 3 3 34 26 Ht11 Graham, Owen, Boulger, Price 75.4 5 1 39 27 Ht12 McMillan, Levai, Cribb, Cowland 75.4 3 3 42 30 Ht13 Graham, Beaton, Bastable, Boulger [ex] [rr] 75.6 5 1 47 31

Programme Changes: Ht8 t/s Boulger for Blackadder, Ht9 r/s Blackadder for Bass, r/s Bass for Cribb [x2].

Rider Of The Night Ht1 Beaton, Levai, K Amundson, Phil Micheledies 76.4 76.6 Ht2 McMillan, Bastable, R Amundson, Boulger [r] 76.2 77.0 Ht3 Cowland, Graham, Price, Cribb 76.2 76.4 Final Graham, Beaton, McMillan, Cowland 75.4

Reserves Race Owen, Bass, Micheledies, Blackadder [ex] 75.8

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Thursday 17 th July 1975 Foxhall Heath Stadium, Ipswich

Ipswich Witches 45 – Cradley United 33 (British League)

Ipswich Witches 1. John Louis (C) 3 3 3 3 12 2. Mike Lanham 1 2’ 2 2’ 7 2 3. 2 3 1 3 9 4. Mick Hines 2’ 1’ 1’ 0 4 3 5. Tony Davey 3 2 2 1 8 6. Ted Howgego 1 0 1 2 7. Trevor Jones 3 F 0 3 Team Manager: Ron Bagley

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 2 3 3 3 2 13 2. Arthur Price 0 EX 1 N 1 3. Bruce Cribb 3 1 3 2’ 2 11 1 4. Sandor Levai 1 0 0 0 1 5. Bernt Persson 0 2 1 1’ 4 1 6. Kelvin Mullarkey (G) 0 N 0 0 7. Alan Sage (G) 2 1 0 N 3 Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: S. J. Mellish

Ht1 Louis, Boulger, Lanham, Price 62.6* 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Jones, Sage, Howgego, Mullarkey [fr] 66.0 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Davey, Hines, Levai, Persson 65.0 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Cribb, Sanders, Sage, Howgego 65.2 2 4 15 9 Ht5 Boulger, Davey, Hines, Price [ex] [rr] 64.6 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Louis, Lanham, Cribb, Sage 65.0 5 1 23 13 Ht7 Sanders, Persson, Howgego, Levai 66.2 4 2 27 15 Ht8 Boulger, Lanham, Price, Jones [f] 65.4 2 4 29 19 Ht9 Cribb, Davey, Hines, Mullarkey 65.8 3 3 32 22 Ht10 Louis, Lanham, Persson, Levai 65.4 5 1 37 23 Ht11 Boulger, Cribb, Sanders, Jones 65.2 1 5 38 28 Ht12 Louis, Cribb, Persson, Hines 64.6 3 3 41 31 Ht13 Sanders, Boulger, Davey, Levai 64.8 4 2 45 33

* - Equals Track Record

Programme Changes: Ht6 r/s Sage for Mullarkey, Ht8 t/s Boulger for Sage, Ht11 t/s Cribb for Price.

Intermediate Champion Of The Evening Ht1 Mullarkey, M Hines, Howgego, Dave Gooderham 67.2 Ht2 Lanham, Sage, Jones, Andy Hines [ef] 66.0 Final Lanham, Sage, M Hines, Mullarkey 66.6

Senior Champion Of The Evening Ht1 Sanders, Cribb, Price, Boulger [f] 65.6 Ht2 Louis, Davey, Persson, Levai 65.4 Final Louis, Sanders, Davey, Cribb [ef] 65.4

Opportunity Knocks Ht1 Peter Mittel, Graham Kerry, Kevin Jolly, Colin Cook 68.8 Ht2 Gooderham, Jolly, Mittel, Cook 67.4

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Saturday 19 th July 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 39 – Belle Vue Aces 39 (British League)

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) EF 3 3 3 2 11 2. Arthur Price 1 1 2’ 2’ 6 2 3. Bruce Cribb 2 2’ 3 3 10 1 4. Steve Bastable 1 0 1’ 0 2 1 5. Bernt Persson EF 3 3 2 EF 8 6. Sandor Levai 2 0 N 2 7. Ricky Day (G) 0 N 0 0 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Belle Vue Aces 1. Soren Sjosten (C) 2’ 1’ 1’ 2 6 3 2. Paul Tyrer 3 2 EF 2 7 3. Peter Collins 3 2 3 3 11 4. Alan Wilkinson 2’ 0 1 1’ 4 2 5. Chris Morton 3 1 FX 1 5 6. Geoff Pusey 1 0 0 1 7. Russ Hodgson 3 1 1 5 Team Manager: Eric Boocock ACU Referee: C. E. Tirrell

Ht1 Tyrer, Sjosten, Price, Boulger [ef] 67.8 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Hodgson, Levai, Pusey, Day 67.2 2 4 3 9 Ht3 Morton, Wilkinson, Bastable, Persson [ef] 68.2 1 5 4 14 Ht4 Collins, Cribb, Hodgson, Levai 66.4 2 4 6 18 Ht5 Persson, Tyrer, Sjosten, Bastable 67.0 3 3 9 21 Ht6 Boulger, Collins, Price, Pusey 66.6 4 2 13 23 Ht7 Persson, Cribb, Morton, Wilkinson 67.4 5 1 18 24 Ht8 Boulger, Price, Hodgson, Tyrer [ef] 68.0 5 1 23 25 Ht9 Collins, Persson, Bastable, Pusey 67.2 3 3 26 28 Ht10 Boulger, Price, Wilkinson, Morton [fx] [rr] 68.2 5 1 31 29 Ht11 Cribb, Tyrer, Sjosten, Day 68.0 3 3 34 32 Ht12 Collins, Boulger, Morton, Bastable 67.6 2 4 36 36 Ht13 Cribb, Sjosten, Wilkinson, Persson [ef] 68.8 3 3 39 39

Programme Changes: Ht7 t/s Persson for Levai, Ht8 t/s Boulger for Day.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Cribb, Levai, Pusey, Duncan Meredith 68.6 Ht2 Sjosten, Hodgson, Bill Spiers, Boulger [ef] 69.0 Ht3 Wilkinson, Price, Morton, Meredith 69.2 Ht4 Collins, Tyrer, Persson, Bastable 68.0 Ht5 Bastable, Day, Meredith, Spiers 70.2 Final Collins, Sjosten, Cribb, Bastable 68.0 Wilkinson – no bike

Novice Race Rod Yates, Keith Myatt 82.0

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Saturday 26 th July 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 35 – Reading Racers 43 (British League)

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 0 3 3 2 1 9 2. Arthur Price 1 2’ 2’ 1’ 6 3 3. Bruce Cribb 3 2 2 2 9 4. Steve Bastable 2 2 0 1’ 0 5 1 5. Bernt Persson 1’ EF 2 1’ 4 2 6. Sandor Levai 1 0 N 1 7. Steve Weatherley (G) 0 N 1’ 1 1 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Reading Racers 1. 3 3 3 3 12 2. Bernie Leigh 2’ 1 0 0 3 1 3. Bengt Jansson 1’ 1 3 2’ 7 2 4. Bob Humphreys 0 3 0 0 3 5. John Davis 3 1 3 3 10 6. Richard May 3 0 0 3 7. Mick Bell (C) 2’ 2 1 5 1 Team Manager: Frank Higley ACU Referee: G. A. Dalby

Ht1 Michanek, Leigh, Price, Boulger 67.2 1 5 1 5 Ht2 May, Bell, Levai, Weatherley 68.0 1 5 2 10 Ht3 Davis, Bastable, Persson, Humphreys 67.6 3 3 5 13 Ht4 Cribb, Bell, Jansson, Levai 67.2 3 3 8 16 Ht5 Michanek, Bastable, Leigh, Persson ef] 67.6 2 4 10 20 Ht6 Boulger, Price, Jansson, May 67.8 5 1 15 21 Ht7 Humphreys, Cribb, Davis, Bastable 68.2 2 4 17 25 Ht8 Boulger, Price, Bell, Leigh 67.6 5 1 22 26 Ht9 Jansson, Persson, Bastable, May 68.6 3 3 25 29 Ht10 Davis, Boulger, Price, Humphreys 67.6 3 3 28 32 Ht11 Michanek, Cribb, Weatherley, Leigh 67.4 3 3 31 35 Ht12 Davis, Jansson, Boulger, Bastable 68.4 1 5 32 40 Ht13 Michanek, Cribb, Persson, Humphreys 67.8 3 3 35 43

Programme Changes: Ht7 t/s Bastable for Levai, Ht8 t/s Boulger for Weatherley.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Cribb, Humphreys, Bastable, Levai 68.2 Ht2 Boulger, Bell, Bill Spiers, Michanek [ef] 67.8 Ht3 Davis, Price, Leigh, Weatherley 68.6 Ht4 Persson, May, Jansson, Bastable 68.8 Final Boulger, Cribb, Davis, Persson [r] 68.6

Junior Scurry Stuart Roberts, Paul Share, Steve Davenport, Spiers [ns] 71.2

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Monday 28 th July 1975 Smallmead Stadium, Reading

Reading Racers 40 - Cradley United 38 (British League)

Reading Racers 1. Anders Michanek 3 2 3 3 11 2. Bernie Leigh 1 1’ 3 0 5 1 3. Bengt Jansson 3 1 2 2 8 4. Bob Humphreys 1’ 0 2 0 3 1 5. John Davis 2 1 1’ 1’ 5 2 6. Richard May 3 2’ 0 0 5 1 7. Mick Bell (C) 2’ 1 N 3 1 Team Manager: Frank Higley

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) EF 2’ 3 3 8 1 2. Arthur Price 2 3 2 1 8 3. Bruce Cribb X2 3 2’ 3 1’ 9 2 4. Steve Bastable 0 0 N 1’ 0 1 1 5. Bernt Persson 3 3 2 2 10 6. Bob Young (G) 0 0 N N 0 7. Ken Matthews (G) 1 1 F 0 2 Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: L. R. Pike

Ht1 Michanek, Price, Leigh, Boulger [ef] 63.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 May, Bell, Matthews, Young 64.2 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Persson, Davis, Humphreys, Bastable 63.4 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Jansson, May, Matthews, Young 64.8 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Price, Boulger, Davis, Humphreys 63.4 1 5 18 12 Ht6 Cribb, Michanek, Leigh, Bastable 63.2 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Persson, Cribb, Jansson, May 63.6 1 5 22 20 Ht8 Leigh, Price, Bell, Matthews [f] 64.8 4 2 26 22 Ht9 Cribb, Humphreys, Davis, Matthews 64.2 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Michanek, Persson, Bastable, Leigh 64.0 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Boulger, Jansson, Price, May 64.6 2 4 34 32 Ht12 Michanek, Persson, Cribb, Humphreys 64.0 3 3 37 35 Ht13 Boulger, Jansson, Davis, Bastable 64.8 3 3 40 38

Programme Changes: Ht4 r/s Young for Cribb [x2], Ht6 t/s Bastable for Young, Ht7 t/s Cribb for Bastable, Ht9 r/s Matthews for Young, Ht11 r/s May for Bell.

Champions Triangular Match Race Ht1 Phil Crump, Michanek, John Louis 63.6 Ht2 Michanek, Louis, Crump 64.6 Ht3 Louis, Crump, Michanek 64.2

Rediffusion Snowball Ht1 Louis, Cribb, Davis, May 63.6 Ht2 Persson, Michanek, Humphreys, Matthews 63.8 Ht3 Crump, Boulger, Leigh, Young [f] 63.6 Ht4 Jansson, Price, Bell, Bastable 65.4 Final Persson, Crump, Louis, Jansson [r] 63.6

Sidecar Racing Demonstration Ht1 Riders/Passengers Unknown 76.8 Ht2 Riders/Passengers Unknown 75.8 Final Riders/Passengers Unknown ??.?

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Wednesday 30 th July 1975 Wimborne Road, Poole

Poole 19 – Exeter 25 – Cradley 26 – Reading 25 (4TT)

Poole Pirates 19 1. Eric Broadbelt 2 3 2 F 7 2. Pete Smith 0 1 XT 0 1 3. Colin Gooddy 2 F XT 2 4 4. Christer Sjosten 2 1 2 2 7 Res. Neil Cameron EF EF 0 Team Manager: Tony Lewis

Exeter Falcons 25 1. Scott Autrey 1 3 3 2 9 2. Kevin Holden 3 0 3 2 8 3. John Titman F EF 2 F 2 4. Steve Reinke 2 0 3 1 6 Res. Russell Foot DNR Team Manager: Peter Oakes

Cradley United 26 1. John Boulger 3 3 EF 3 9 2. Bruce Cribb 1 2 EF 1 4 3. Arthur Price 1 2 2 3 8 4. Steve Lomas (G) 3 2 0 0 5 Res. Martin Yeates DNR Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Reading Racers 1. Bob Humphreys 0 3 1 1 5 2. John Davis 0 1 3 3 7 3. Bernie Leigh 1 1 1 1 4 4. Richard May 3 2 1 3 9 Res. Colin Richardson DNR Team Manager: Frank Higley ACU Referee: M. Palmer Ple Exe Cra Rea Ht1 Lomas, Sjosten, Autrey, Davis 69.0 2 1 3 0 Ht2 Holden, Gooddy, Price, Humphreys 69.4 4 4 4 0 Ht3 Boulger, Reinke, Leigh, Smith 69.2 4 6 7 1 Ht4 May, Broadbelt, Cribb [fr], Titman [f] 72.0 6 6 8 4 Ht5 Boulger, May, Sjosten, Holden 68.6 7 6 11 6 Ht6 Autrey, Cribb, Leigh, Gooddy [f] 69.0 7 9 13 7 Ht7 Humphreys, Lomas, Smith, Titman [ef] 69.6 8 9 15 10 Ht8 Broadbelt, Price, Davis, Reinke 69.2 11 9 17 11 Ht9 Reinke, Sjosten, Humphreys, Cribb [ef] 70.4 13 12 17 12 Ht10 Davis, Titman, Boulger [ef], Cameron [ef] [rr] 71.0 13 14 17 15 Ht11 Autrey, Price, May, Cameron [ef] [rr] 69.6 13 17 19 16 Ht12 Holden, Broadbelt, Leigh, Lomas 70.0 15 20 19 17 Ht13 May, Gooddy, Reinke, Lomas 70.8 17 21 19 20 Ht14 Price, Sjosten, Leigh, Titman [f] 69.6 19 21 22 21 Ht15 Davis, Holden, Cribb, Smith 70.6 19 23 23 24 Ht16 Boulger, Autrey, Humphreys, Broadbelt [f] 69.8 19 25 26 25

Programme Changes: Ht10 Cameron for Gooddy [xt], Ht11 Cameron for Smith [xt].

The ‘Tournament’ Knock-Out Ht1 Broadbelt, Gooddy, Sjosten, Smith 69.6 Ht2 Autrey, Reinke, Titman, Holden [ef] ??.? Ht3 Boulger, Price, Cribb, Lomas 70.4 Ht4 May, [Humphreys, Davis, Leigh ??.? Final Broadbelt, Boulger, Autrey, May 70.4 43

Thursday 31 st July 1975 Cowley Stadium, Oxford

Oxford Rebels 43 - Cradley United 35 (IL KO Cup 2 nd Round)

Oxford Rebels 1. Richard Greer 2 3 3 2 0 10 2. John Dews 1’ 1 1’ 0 3 2 3. Gordon Kennett 2 3 1’ 2 2’ 10 2 4. Hasse Holmqvist R/R 5. Dag Lovaas 2’ 3 2 1 3 11 1 6. Trevor Geer 3 1’ 1 0 5 1 7. Paul Gachet 2’ 2 0 4 1 8. Steve Weatherley DNR Team Manager: Roger Jones

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 3 2 3 3 1 12 2. Arthur Price 0 0 FX 1 1 3. Bruce Cribb 3 2 3 1 2’ 11 1 4. Alan Sage (G) 0 1’ N 0 1 1 5. Garry Middleton (G) 1 2 0 3 3 9 6. Duncan Meredith (G) 0 0 N 0 7. Wayne Hughes (G) 1 0 N 1 Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: L. R. Pike

Ht1 Boulger, Greer, Dews, Price 65.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Geer, Gachet, Hughes, Meredith 65.4 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Greer, Lovaas, Middleton, Sage 65.4 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Cribb, Kennett, Geer, Hughes 64.4 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Lovaas, Boulger, Geer, Price 65.0 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Greer, Cribb, Dews, Meredith 65.0 4 2 24 12 Ht7 Kennett, Middleton, Sage, Geer 65.2 3 3 27 15 Ht8 Boulger, Gachet, Dews [fr], Price [fx] [rr] 64.6 3 3 30 18 Ht9 Cribb, Lovaas, Kennett, Middleton 64.8 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Middleton, Greer, Cribb, Dews 65.6 2 4 35 25 Ht11 Boulger, Kennett, Price, Gachet 64.8 2 4 37 29 Ht12 Middleton, Cribb, Lovaas, Greer 66.0 1 5 38 34 Ht13 Lovaas, Kennett, Boulger, Sage 65.4 5 1 43 35

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Greer for Holmqvist, Ht5 r/r Geer for Holmqvist, Ht8 t/s Boulger for Hughes, Ht9 r/r Kennett for Holmqvist, t/s Middleton for Meredith, Ht10 t/s Cribb for Sage, Ht12 r/r Lovaas for Holmqvist.

Rebels’ Scurry Weatherley, Eric Dugard, Paul Tapp, Kevin Hawkins [fx] [rr] 66.0

Rider Of The Night Ht1 Kennett, Cribb, Geer, Middleton 65.8 Ht2 Price, Dews, Hughes, Gachet 66.4 Ht3 Greer, Weatherley, Sage, Dugard 66.0 Ht4 Lovaas, Boulger, Weatherley, Meredith 65.6 Final Lovaas, Greer, Price, Kennett [r] 65.4

The Silver Goblet Chase (4 Highest Oxford Points Scorers) Geer, Lovaas, Greer, Kennett 65.0

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Saturday 2nd August 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 51 – Hull Vikings 27 (British League)

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 3 3 3 3 12 2. Arthur Price 1 2’ 2 2’ 7 2 3. Bruce Cribb 3 2 3 2’ 10 1 4. Sandor Levai 2’ 1’ 1 0 4 2 5. Bernt Persson 3 2 3 3 11 6. Kelvin Mullarkey (G) 3 2’ 0 5 1 7. Carl Askew (G) 1 0 1 2 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Hull Vikings 1. Jim McMillan (C) 2 3 3 3 2 1 14 2. Tommy Johansson R/R 3. Mitch Graham 0 1 EF N 1 4. Alan Cowland R N 0 0 0 5. Bobby Beaton 1 1 1 1’ 4 1 6. Kym Amundson F 0 N 0 7. Graham Drury 2 1 1 2 2 8 8. 0 0 0 0 Team Manager: Derek Tattersall ACU Referee: W. A. Daff

Ht1 Boulger, McMillan, Price, Grahame 66.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Mullarkey, Drury, Askew [fr], Amundson [f] 71.0 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Persson, Levai, Beaton, Cowland [r] 69.0 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Cribb, Mullarkey, Drury, Graham 66.6 5 1 18 6 Ht5 McMillan, Persson, Levai, Grahame 67.2 3 3 21 9 Ht6 Boulger, Price, Graham, Amundson 68.0 5 1 26 10 Ht7 McMillan, Cribb, Beaton, Mullarkey 66.8 2 4 28 14 Ht8 McMillan, Price, Drury, Askew 67.0 2 4 30 18 Ht9 Persson, Drury, Levai, Graham [ef] 67.8 4 2 34 20 Ht10 Boulger, Price, Beaton, Cowland 67.2 5 1 39 21 Ht11 Cribb, McMillan, Askew, Grahame [fr] 66.6 4 2 43 23 Ht12 Boulger, Drury, Beaton, Levai 67.4 3 3 46 26 Ht13 Persson, Cribb, McMillan, Cowland 67.8 5 1 51 27

Programme Changes: Ht1 r/r Grahame for Johansson, Ht5 r/r Grahame for Johansson, Ht7 t/s McMillan for Cowland, Ht8 r/r McMillan for Johansson, Ht9 r/s Drury for Amundson, Ht11 r/r Grahame for Johansson, Ht12 r/s Drury for Graham.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Cribb, Cowland, Levai, Askew 67.8 69.6 Ht2 Boulger, McMillan, Drury, Mullarkey 67.2 68.0 Ht3 Price, Persson, Beaton, Amundson 68.2 69.0 Final McMillan, Boulger, Cribb, Price [fx] Awd’d

Junior Scurry Ht1 Grahame [Scr], David Nixon [Scr], Bill Spiers [10yds], Dave Hollick [10yds] [rrx2] 70.4 Ht2 Grahame, Askew, Spiers, Stuart Roberts [f] 69.6

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Friday 8 th August 1975 Somerton Park Stadium, Newport

Newport Wasps 49 - Cradley United 29 (KO Cup 2nd Round 1 st Leg)

Newport Wasps 1. Neil Street (C) 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 2. Phil Herne 3 2’ 2 2’ 9 2 3. Reidar Eide 1 2 3 2’ 8 1 4. Arthur Browning (G) 0 1 1 N 2 5. Phil Crump 3 3 3 3 12 6. Brian Woodward 3 3 0 1 7 7. Alan Grahame (G) 0 0 0 0 Team Manager: Pat Tapson

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) EF 2 3 2 1 8 2. Arthur Price 1 R N N 1 3. Bruce Cribb 2 1 2 1’ 2 8 1 4. Sandor Levai 1’ 1 0 0 2 1 5. Bernt Persson 2 3 0 1 R 6 6. Steve Bastable 1’ 0 N 1 1 7. Phil Bass (G) 2 0 1 3 Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: TBA

Ht1 Herne, Street, Price, Boulger [ef] 69.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Woodward, Bass, Bastable, Grahame 69.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Crump, Persson, Levai, Browning 66.8 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Woodward, Cribb, Eide, Bass 69.1 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Crump, Boulger, Browning, Price [r] 68.6 4 2 19 11 Ht6 Street, Herne, Cribb, Bastable 70.3 5 1 24 12 Ht7 Persson, Eide, Levai, Woodward 70.5 2 4 26 16 Ht8 Boulger, Herne, Bass, Grahame 69.3 2 4 28 20 Ht9 Crump, Cribb, Browning, Persson 71.0 4 2 32 22 Ht10 Street, Herne, Persson, Levai 71.2 5 1 37 23 Ht11 Eide, Boulger, Cribb, Grahame 69.9 3 3 40 26 Ht12 Street, Cribb, Woodward, Persson [r] 71.3 4 2 44 28 Ht13 Crump, Eide, Boulger, Levai 70.2 5 1 49 29

Programme Changes: Ht8 t/s Boulger for Price, Ht9 t/s Persson for Bastable, Ht11 t/s Cribb for Price, Ht12 r/s Woodward for Browning.

Challengers Chance Bass, Pete Rogers, Mike Powell, Grahame [ef] 73.9

Dudley Dash Ht1 Crump, Boulger, Levai, Herne 70.4 71.4 Ht2 Persson, Eide, Woodward, Bastable 71.5 71.7 Ht3 Price, Cribb, Street, Browning 72.8 73.7 Final Crump, Boulger, Price, Persson [r] 70.2

Consolation Challenge Cribb, Eide, Bass, Rogers 72.2

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Saturday 9th August 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 51 – Newport Wasps 27 (KO Cup 2 nd Round 2 nd Leg)

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 3 3 2 2’ 10 1 2. Sandor Levai FN N N N 0 3. Bruce Cribb 3 2 2’ 2 9 1 4. Bernt Persson 3 3 3 3 12 5. Arthur Price 2’ 2’ 2’ 1’ 7 4 6. Dave Perks 3 0 1’ 3 0 7 1 7. Steve Bastable 1 1 0 1 3 6 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Newport Wasps 1. Neil Street (C) 2 1 EF 0 3 2. Phil Herne FX 0 EF N 0 3. Reidar Eide 2 1’ 1 N 4 1 4. Phil Crump EF 2 3 3 3 11 5. Tom Owen 1 0 1 1 3 6. Bob Coles 0 N 0 0 7. Brian Woodward 2 1’ 2 1 0 6 1 Team Manager: Maurice Morley ACU Referee: G. A. Dalby

Ht1 Boulger, Street, Bastable, Herne [fx] [rr] 68.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Perks, Woodward, Bastable, Coles 68.2 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Persson, Price, Owen, Crump [ef] 68.4 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Cribb, Eide, Woodward, Perks 67.4 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Persson, Price, Street, Herne 68.0 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Boulger, Crump, Eide, Bastable 67.4 3 3 24 12 Ht7 Crump, Cribb, Perks, Owen 67.8 3 3 27 15 Ht8 Perks, Woodward, Bastable, Herne [ef] 70.2 4 2 31 17 Ht9 Persson, Price, Eide, Coles 68.0 5 1 36 18 Ht10 Crump, Boulger, Owen, Perks 67.4 2 4 38 22 Ht11 Bastable, Cribb, Woodward, Street [ef] 70.6 5 1 43 23 Ht12 Persson, Boulger, Owen, Woodward 69.2 5 1 48 24 Ht13 Crump, Cribb, Price, Street 69.0 3 3 51 27

Cradley won 80 points to 76 on aggregate

Programme Changes: Ht1 r/s Bastable for Levai [fn], Ht6 r/s Bastable for Levai, t/s Crump for Coles, Ht8 r/s Perks for Levai, Ht10 r/s Perks for Levai, Ht11 r/s Woodward for Herne, Ht12 r/s Woodward for Eide.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Cancelled Ht2 Boulger, Bastable, Perks, Woodward 68.8 Ht3 Cribb, Price, Perks, Bastable 68.4 Ht4 Crump, Persson, Coles, Woodward 69.0 Ht5 Street, Owen, Price [ef], Perks [ef] 69.6 Final Boulger, Street, Cribb, Crump [rr] 68.8

Confidence Race Perks, Coles, Woodward, Steve Davenport 71.0

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Saturday 16 th August 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 39 – Exeter Falcons 39 (British League)

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 2 3 1 2 8 2. Steve Bastable 0 0 0 N 0 3. Bruce Cribb 3 2’ 2 2 9 1 4. Bernt Persson 3 2 3 1’ 9 1 5. Arthur Price 2’ 1’ 2’ 1’ 6 4 6. Steve Holden (G) 0 0 N 0 7. Dave Perks 1 3 3 EF F 7 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Exeter Falcons 1. Ivan Mauger (C) 3 3 3 3 3 15 2. Mike Farrell 1 0 1’ 1 3 1 3. John Titman 2 2 1 0 5 4. Kevin Holden FX N N N 0 5. Scott Autrey 1 1 2’ 3 7 1 6. Geoff Mudge 3 N 0 0 0 7. Steve Reinke 2’ 1’ 1’ 2 R 6 3 Team Manager: Peter Oakes ACU Referee: S. Green

Ht1 Mauger, Boulger, Farrell, Bastable 66.2* 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Mudge, Reinke, Perks, S Holden 69.0 1 5 3 9 Ht3 Persson, Price, Autrey, K Holden [fx] [rr] 68.4 5 1 8 10 Ht4 Cribb, Titman, Reinke, S Holden [fr] 67.8 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Mauger, Persson, Price, Farrell 67.8 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Boulger, Titman, Reinke, Bastable 68.4 3 3 17 19 Ht7 Perks, Cribb, Autrey, Mudge 68.8 5 1 22 20 Ht8 Perks, Reinke, Farrell, Bastable 69.4 3 3 25 23 Ht9 Persson, Price, Titman, Mudge 69.8 5 1 30 24 Ht10 Mauger, Autrey, Boulger, Perks [ef] 68.2 1 5 31 29 Ht11 Mauger, Cribb, Farrell, Perks [f] 68.0 2 4 33 33 Ht12 Autrey, Boulger, Persson, Titman 68.6 3 3 36 36 Ht13 Mauger, Cribb, Price, Reinke [r] 68.2 3 3 39 39

* - Equals Track Record

Programme Changes: Ht6 r/s Reinke for Mudge, Ht7 r/s Perks for S Holden, r/s Mudge for K Holden, Ht10 r/s Perks for Bastable, t/s Mauger for K Holden, Ht13 r/s Reinke for K Holden.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Reinke, Perks, Bastable, S Holden 71.6 Ht2 Boulger, Mudge, Titman, Price [ef] 69.4 Ht3 Cribb, Perks, Bastable, Mauger [ef] 69.8 Ht4 Persson, Reinke, Bastable, Autrey [ef] 69.6 Ht5 Price, Farrell, Perks, Cribb [ef] 70.0 Final Boulger, Persson, Price, Cribb 69.2

Confidence Race Perks, Bastable, Holden, Rod Lamb [rr] 70.8

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Tuesday 19 th August 1975 Blackbird Road Stadium, Leicester

Leicester 49 - Cradley United 29 (British League)

Leicester Lions 1. Ray Wilson (C) 3 3 3 3 12 2. Frank Auffret 1 2’ 3 1 7 1 3. Dave Jessup 3 3 2 3 11 4. Ila Teromaa 3 3 FX 0 6 5. Tony Lomas 1 1 2 1 5 6. Norman Storer 1 1 0 2 7. Doug Underwood 3 2’ 1’ 6 2 Team Manager: Vic White

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 2 2 3 1’ EF 8 1 2. Dave Perks 0 0 N 0 0 3. Bruce Cribb 2 1 FX 1 N 4 4. Carl Glover (G) 0 1’ 0 2 3 1 5. Arthur Price 2 2 3 2 2 11 6. Graham Drury (G) 2 0 1 N 3 7. Bob Young (G) 0 0 N 0 Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: C. E. Tirrell

Ht1 Wilson, Boulger, Auffret, Perks 65.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Underwood, Drury, Storer, Young 69.0 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Teromaa, Price, Lomas, Glover 67.2 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Jessup, Cribb, Storer, Young 66.4 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Teromaa, Boulger, Lomas, Perks 66.4 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Wilson, Auffret, Cribb, Drury 66.2 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Jessup, Price, Glover, Storer [rr] 65.8 3 3 28 14 Ht8 Auffret, Underwood, Drury, Cribb [fx] [rr] 67.4 5 1 33 15 Ht9 Price, Lomas, Cribb, Teromaa [fx] [rr] 67.6 2 4 35 19 Ht10 Wilson, Price, Auffret, Glover 66.4 4 2 39 21 Ht11 Boulger, Jessup, Underwood, Perks 66.4 3 3 42 24 Ht12 Wilson, Price, Boulger, Teromaa 65.8 3 3 45 27 Ht13 Jessup, Glover, Lomas, Boulger [ef] 66.2 4 2 49 29

Programme Changes: Ht8 t/s Cribb for Perks, r/s Drury for Young, Ht9 t/s Price for Drury, Ht12 t/s Boulger for Cribb.

Speedway Star Golden Helmet Match Race Championship Ht1 John Louis beat Dave Jessup 65.8 Ht2 Dave Jessup beat John Louis [fx] Awd’d Ht3 John Louis beat Dave Jessup 65.4

Star Of The Night Ht1 Jessup, Perks, Underwood, Teromaa [f] 67.6 68.2 Ht2 Wilson, Glover, Storer [r], Boulger [ef] 67.8 68.0 Ht3 Louis, Price, Auffret, Lomas 66.8 68.0 Final Jessup, Glover, Wilson, Louis [f] 67.6

Reserves Race Underwood, Drury, Young, Dave Levings [fx] 70.0

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Wednesday 20 th August 1975 The Boulevard Stadium, Hull

Hull Vikings 47 - Cradley United 31 (British League)

Hull Vikings 1. Jim McMillan (C) 2 3 2’ 2’ 9 2 2. Alan Cowland 0 0 1 N 1 3. Mitch Graham 3 2’ 2 3 10 1 4. Bobby Beaton 1 2’ 2’ 3 8 2 5. Tommy Johansson 0 3 3 1 7 6. Joe Owen 3 2’ 3 3 1’ 12 2 7. Phil Bass (G) 0 0 N 0 Team Manager: Derek Tattersall

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 3 1 3 3 2 12 2. Dave Perks 1 0 N 0 1 3. Bruce Cribb 1 1’ 2’ 1 0 5 2 4. Richard Greer (G) 3 1 1 EF 5 5. Arthur Price 2’ 0 0 1 3 1 6. Wayne Hughes (G) 1’ 2 0 3 1 7. Colin Goad (G) 2 0 N 2 Team Manager: Eddie Baker ACU Referee: TBA

Ht1 Boulger, McMillan, Perks, Cowland 73.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Owen, Goad, Hughes, Bass 75.0 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Greer, Price, Beaton, Johansson 73.6 1 5 6 12 Ht4 Graham, Owen, Cribb, Goad 74.8 5 1 11 13 Ht5 Johansson, Beaton, Boulger, Perks 74.8 5 1 16 14 Ht6 McMillan, Hughes, Cribb, Cowland 74.0 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Owen, Graham, Greer, Price 74.8 5 1 24 18 Ht8 Boulger, Cribb, Cowland, Bass 73.8 1 5 25 23 Ht9 Johansson, Beaton, Cribb, Hughes 75.4 5 1 30 24 Ht10 Owen, McMillan, Greer, Price 74.6 5 1 35 25 Ht11 Boulger, Graham, Owen, Perks 74.6 3 3 38 28 Ht12 Beaton, McMillan, Price, Cribb 75.2 5 1 43 29 Ht13 Graham, Boulger, Johansson, Greer 74.2 4 2 47 31

Programme Changes: Ht8 t/s Boulger for Perks, t/s Cribb for Goad, Ht10 r/s Owen for Cowland, Ht11 r/s Owen for Bass.

Rider Of The Night Ht1 McMillan, Owen, Price, Mike Watkin 74.0 75.4 Ht2 Boulger, Watkin, Cowland, Johansson 75.0 77.2 Ht3 Cribb, Perks, Beaton, Graham 75.2 75.6 Final McMillan, Owen, Boulger, Cribb 74.4

Reserves Race Watkin, Hughes, Goad, Bass 77.6

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Friday 22nd August 1975 Monmore Green Stadium, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wolves 42 - Cradley United 36 (Dud/Wolv Trophy 1 st Leg)

Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Jim McMillan (G) 3 3 3 3 12 2. Colin Meredith XT 0 2 1 3 3. Gary Peterson 3 3 3 1’ 10 1 4. Finn Thomsen 0 XT 3 2’ 5 1 5. George Hunter (C) 3 3 1 2 9 6. Malc Shakespeare EF 1 FX EF 1’ 2 1 7. Tony Clarke 0 1 N 0 1 Team Manager: Bob Wasley

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 2 FN N N 2 2. Steve Bastable 1’ 2 3 1’ 0 7 2 3. Bruce Cribb 2 2 2 1 3 10 4. Bob Humphreys (G) 1’ 1’ 0 N 2 2 5. Arthur Price 2 2 2 0 6 6. Steve Weatherley (G) 2’ 1’ 1’ 0 4 3 7. Dave Perks 3 0 0 2 5 Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: S. Green

Ht1 McMillan, Boulger, Bastable, Clarke [rr] 64.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Perks, Weatherley, Clarke, Shakespeare [ef 66.6 1 5 4 8 Ht3 Hunter, Price, Humphreys, Thomsen 66.8 3 3 7 11 Ht4 Peterson, Cribb, Shakespeare, Perks 65.4 4 2 11 13 Ht5 Hunter, Bastable, Weatherley, Shakespeare [fx] [rrx2] 66.4 3 3 14 16 Ht6 McMillan, Cribb, Weatherley, Meredith 65.0 3 3 17 19 Ht7 Peterson, Price, Humphreys, Shakespeare [ef] 67.0 3 3 20 22 Ht8 Bastable, Meredith, Shakespeare, Perks 65.6 3 3 23 25 Ht9 Thomsen, Cribb, Hunter, Weatherley 65.8 4 2 27 27 Ht10 McMillan, Price, Meredith, Humphreys 65.8 4 2 31 29 Ht11 Peterson, Perks, Bastable, Clarke 67.2 3 3 34 32 Ht12 McMillan, Thomsen, Cribb, Price 65.6 5 1 39 33 Ht13 Cribb, Hunter, Peterson, Bastable 66.0 3 3 42 36

Programme Changes: Ht1 r/s Clarke for Meredith [xt], Ht5 r/s Shakespeare for Thomsen [xt], r/s Weatherley for Boulger [fn], Ht11 r/s Perks for Weatherley, Ht13 t/s Cribb for Boulger, t/s Bastable for Humphreys.

Reserves Burn-Up Perks, Shakespeare, Clarke, Weatherley [ef] 67.0

Heathens’ Holiday Hustle Ht1 Peterson, Cribb, Price, Thomsen 67.0 67.4 Ht2 McMillan, Meredith, Humphreys, Mal Collister 66.8 69.0 Ht3 Hunter, Shakespeare, Bastable, Clarke 67.6 68.2 Final Cribb, McMillan, Peterson, Hunter 66.4

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Saturday 23 rd August 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 40 – Wolverhampton Wolves 38 (Dud/Wolv Trophy 2 nd Leg)

Cradley United 1 John Boulger (C) 1’ 3 2 2 8 1 2. Steve Bastable 2 0 3 0 5 3. Bruce Cribb 2 3 2 FX 7 4. Roger Johns (G) 2’ 0 0 N 2 1 5. Arthur Price 3 1 2 2 8 6. Dave Perks 3 0 1 1’ 5 1 7. Alan Emerson (G) 2’ 2’ 1’ 5 3 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Malcolm Simmons (G)3 3 3 3 3 15 2. Colin Meredith 0 N 0 0 0 3. Gary Peterson 3 2 1 0 6 4. Finn Thomsen FX 2 3 1 6 5. George Hunter (C) X2 2’ EF 1 3 6 1 6. Malc Shakespeare FX 1 1’ 1 N 3 1 7. Tony Clarke 1 1 N N 2 Team Manager: Bob Wasley ACU Referee: G. A. Dalby

Ht1 Simmons, Bastable, Boulger, Meredith 67.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Perks, Emerson, Clarke, Shakespeare [fx] [rr] 70.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Price, Johns, Clarke, Thomsen [fx] [rr] 69.2 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Peterson, Cribb, Shakespeare, Perks 70.6 2 4 15 9 Ht5 Simmons, Hunter, Price, Johns 69.2 1 5 16 14 Ht6 Boulger, Peterson, Shakespeare, Bastable 68.6 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Cribb, Thomsen, Perks, Hunter [ef] 68.4 4 2 23 19 Ht8 Bastable, Emerson, Shakespeare, Meredith 69.4 5 1 28 20 Ht9 Simmons, Price, Peterson, Johns 67.6 2 4 30 24 Ht10 Thomsen, Boulger, Hunter, Bastable 67.4 2 4 32 28 Ht11 Simmons, Cribb, Emerson, Meredith 67.4 3 3 35 31 Ht12 Hunter, Boulger, Perks, Peterson 68.8 3 3 38 34 Ht13 Simmons, Price, Thomsen, Cribb [fx] [rr] 68.0 2 4 40 38

Wolverhampton won 80 points to 76 on aggregate

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/s Clarke for Hunter [x2], Ht4 r/s Shakespeare for Clarke, Ht5 t/s Hunter for Meredith, Ht8 r/s Shakespeare for Clarke, Ht9 t/s Simmons for Shakespeare, Ht12 r/s Perks for Johns.

Dave’s Pension Perks, Emerson, Len Canning, Paul Share [ef] [rr] 69.2

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Boulger, Thomsen, Bastable, Shakespeare [ef] [rr] 68.8 Ht2 Cribb, Johns, Emerson, Peterson 68.4 Ht3 Price, Perks, Bastable, Meredith [ef] 69.4 Ht4 Simmons, Hunter, Emerson [fn], Clarke [fx] [rr] 68.8 Final Cribb, Simmons, Boulger, Price 68.2

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Thursday 28 th August 1975 , London

Wimbledon Dons 53 - Cradley United 25 (British League)

Wimbledon Dons 1. Barry Briggs (C) 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 2. Larry Ross 1 2’ 2’ 1 6 2 3. Jim McMillan (G) 3 3 2 2’ 10 1 4. Roger Johns 0 1 0 3 4 5. Edgar Stangeland 3 3 3 3 12 6. Reg Luckhurst 2 1 2’ 5 1 7. Barry Crowson 1’ 3 1’ 5 2 Team Manager: Cyril Maidment

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 2 2 3 0 7 2. Dave Perks EF F N N 0 3. Bruce Cribb 2 F 1 2 0 5 4. Garry Middleton (G) 2 1 1’ 0 1 5 1 5. Arthur Price 1’ 0 2 1 4 1 6. Kelvin Mullarkey (G) 3 1 0 N 0 4 7. Pete Wigley (G) 0 0 N 0 Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: A. E. Humphrey

Ht1 Briggs, Boulger, Ross, Perks [ef] 62.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Mullarkey, Luckhurst, Crowson, Wigley 65.1 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Stangeland, Middleton, Price, Johns 63.5 3 3 10 8 Ht4 McMillan, Cribb, Luckhurst, Wigley [fr] 64.1 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Stangeland, Boulger, Johns, Perks [f] 63.8 4 2 18 12 Ht6 Briggs, Ross, Mullarkey, Cribb [f] 64.2 5 1 23 13 Ht7 McMillan, Luckhurst, Middleton, Price 64.4 5 1 28 14 Ht8 Crowson, Ross, Cribb, Mullarkey 65.1 5 1 33 15 Ht9 Stangeland, Cribb, Middleton, Johns 64.4 3 3 36 18 Ht10 Briggs, Price, Ross, Middleton 63.5 4 2 40 20 Ht11 Boulger, McMillan, Crowson, Mullarkey 64.1 3 3 43 23 Ht12 Johns, Briggs, Price, Cribb 63.9 5 1 48 24 Ht13 Stangeland, McMillan, Middleton, Boulger 64.0 5 1 53 25

Programme Changes: Ht8 t/s Cribb for Perks, r/s Mullarkey for Wigley, Ht9 t/s Middleton for Mullarkey, Ht11 r/s Mullarkey for Perks.

Reserve Qualifier Crowson, Wigley, Graham Banks, Luckhurst [fx] [rr] 65.4

Peter White Scratch Race Ht1 Briggs, Boulger, Johns, Paul Dowdall 63.7 64.5 Ht2 Cribb, Crowson, McMillan, Middleton [ef] 63.4 65.1 Ht3 Stangeland, Ross, Price, Mullarkey 64.6 65.2 Final Briggs, Boulger, Cribb, Stangeland 63.4

Junior Race Lee Edmunds, Dowdall, Paul Fewings, Trevor Atkins [f] 67.5

Consolation Race McMillan, Johns, Banks, Luckhurst [ef] 63.5

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Monday 1 st September 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 42 – Hackney Hawks 36 (British League)

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) EF EF 3 3 6 2. Dave Perks 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 3. Bruce Cribb 2 F 3 3 8 4. Paul Tyrer (G) 0 1 1 1 3 5. Arthur Price 3 3 3 EF 9 6. Steve Bastable 3 1’ 1 1 6 1 7. Ken Matthews (G) 0 0 N 0 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Hackney Hawks 1. Barry Thomas (C) 3 2 2 2 9 2. Mike Broadbank 1 0 N N 1 3. Tony Davey (G) 3 2 2 2 9 4. Dave Kennett 1’ 2’ 0 1’ 4 3 5. Dave Morton 2 3 1 0 6 6. Steve Lomas 1’ 1’ 2 0 0 4 2 7. Ted Hubbard 2 0 1’ 3 1 Team Manager: Dave Erskine ACU Referee: S. Green

Ht1 Thomas, Perks, Broadbank, Boulger [ef] 68.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Bastable, Hubbard, Lomas, Matthews 68.6 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Price, Morton, Kennett, Tyrer 67.8 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Davey, Cribb, Bastable, Hubbard 68.4 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Price, Thomas, Tyrer, Broadbank 67.6 4 2 15 15 Ht6 Perks, Davey, Lomas, Boulger [ef] 68.0 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Morton, Kennett, Bastable, Cribb [f] [rr] 68.2 1 5 19 23 Ht8 Perks, Lomas, Hubbard, Matthews 67.6 3 3 22 26 Ht9 Price, Davey, Tyrer, Lomas 67.4 4 2 26 28 Ht10 Boulger, Perks, Morton, Kennett 67.8 5 1 31 29 Ht11 Cribb, Thomas, Bastable, Lomas 68.0 4 2 35 31 Ht12 Boulger, Davey, Tyrer, Morton 67.6 4 2 39 33 Ht13 Cribb, Thomas, Kennett, Price [ef] 68.2 3 3 42 36

Programme Changes: Ht8 r/s Lomas for Broadbank, Ht11 r/s Bastable for Matthews, r/s Lomas for Broadbank.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Cribb, Matthews, Bastable, Kennett 68.6 Ht2 Lomas, Boulger, Perks, Thomas [fr-ret] 68.6 Ht3 Davey, Matthews, Bastable, Price [fx] [rr] 69.2 Broadbank [fn] Ht4 Perks, Morton, Tyrer, Hubbard 68.6 Final Davey, Perks, Cribb, Lomas 68.6

Junior Scurry Paul Share, Len Canning, Peter James, Ken Price, Rod Lamb [20yds] [fr] 73.8

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Thursday 4 th September 1975 , Sheffield

Sheffield Tigers 46 - Cradley United 32 (British League)

Sheffield Tigers 1. Dave Morton (G) 1 3 1’ 2’ 7 2 2. Carl Glover 3 2’ 1’ 2 8 2 3. Doug Wyer (C) 3 3 3 3 12 4. Soren Karlsson X2 1 1’ 3 5 1 5. Craig Pendlebury EF 3 2 1 6 6. Taffy Owen 3 1 1 0 5 7. Nicky Allott 0 2 1 3 Team Manager: Terry Thornhill

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 2 3 2 2 EF EF 9 2. Dave Perks 0 0 0 N 0 3. Bruce Cribb 2 EF 3 0 2 X2 7 4. Bernt Persson 2’ 1’ 3 3 EF 2 11 2 5. Arthur Price R/R 6. Graham Drury (G) 1’ 1 0 2 1 7. Wayne Hughes (G) 2 0 N 1 3 8. Ian Jeffcoate DNR Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: D. C. Battye

Ht1 Glover, Boulger, Morton, Perks 67.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Owen, Hughes, Drury, Allott 70.4 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Boulger, Persson, Owen, Pendlebury [ef] 70.0 1 5 8 10 Ht4 Wyer, Cribb, Owen, Hughes 68.0 4 2 12 12 Ht5 Pendlebury, Boulger, Karlsson, Perks 69.0 4 2 16 14 Ht6 Morton, Glover, Drury, Cribb [ef] 68.6 5 1 21 15 Ht7 Wyer, Boulger, Persson, Owen 68.4 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Persson, Allott, Glover, Perks 69.0 3 3 27 21 Ht9 Cribb, Pendlebury, Karlsson, Drury 69.6 3 3 30 24 Ht10 Persson, Glover, Morton, Cribb 68.8 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Wyer, Cribb, Allott, Boulger [ef] 68.6 4 2 37 29 Ht12 Karlsson, Morton, Hughes, Persson [ef] 70.4 5 1 42 30 Ht13 Wyer, Persson, Pendlebury, Boulger [ef] 69.0 4 2 46 32

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/s Owen for Karlsson [x2], r/r Boulger for Price, Ht7 t/s Boulger for Price, Ht8 t/s Persson for Hughes, Ht10 r/r Cribb for Price, Ht11 t/s Cribb for Perks, Ht12 r/s Hughes for Cribb [x2], r/r Persson for Price.

The L and E Tools Junior Event Ht1 Ian Jeffcoate, Tony Boyle [ef], Geoff Willis [f], Bernard Hornby [ex] 74.4 Ht2 Les Glover, John Fryer, Dave Parkin, Alan Flack 71.8 Final L Glover, Jeffcoate, Parkin, Fryer 70.6

The L and E Tools Senior Individual Event Ht1 C Glover, Allott, Jeffcoate, Hornby [ns] 70.2 Ht2 Wyer, Cribb, Hughes, Owen 69.2 Ht3 Pendlebury, Karlsson, Persson, L Glover 70.0 Ht4 Boulger, Drury, Morton, Fryer 69.8 Final Wyer, Boulger, Pendlebury, C Glover 69.2

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Monday 8 th September 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 47 – Halifax Dukes 31 (British League)

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 3 3 2 2 2’ 12 1 2. Dave Perks 2’ EF FX N 1’ 3 2 3. Bruce Cribb 2 2 1 2 2’ 9 1 4. Bernt Persson 2 2’ 3 3 3 13 1 5. Arthur Price R/R 6. Steve Bastable 3 1’ 1’ 0 5 2 7. Steve Weatherley (G) 2’ 2 1’ 5 2 8. Len Canning DNR Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Halifax Dukes 1. Rick France 1 EF N N 1 2. Charlie Monk 0 1 1 F 2 3. Henny Kroeze 3 1 2 3 1 10 4. Ian Cartwright 1 0 0 1 2 5. Chris Pusey (C) 3 3 3 3 R 12 6. Steve Finch 1 0 3 0 0 4 7. Mike Hiftle EF EF N 0 Team Manager: Eric Boothroyd ACU Referee: G. A. Dalby

Ht1 Boulger, Perks, France, Monk 69.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Bastable, Weatherley, Finch, Hiftle [ef] 70.6 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Pusey, Persson, Cartwright, Perks [ef] 70.2 2 4 12 6 Ht4 Kroeze, Cribb, Bastable, Hiftle [ef] 69.8 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Boulger, Persson, Monk, France [ef] 71.0 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Pusey, Boulger, Kroeze, Perks [fx] [rr] 69.2 2 4 22 14 Ht7 Pusey, Cribb, Bastable, Cartwright 69.8 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Finch, Weatherley, Monk, Bastable 71.8 2 4 27 21 Ht9 Persson, Kroeze, Cribb, Finch 70.0 4 2 31 23 Ht10 Pusey, Boulger, Perks, Cartwright 69.8 3 3 34 26 Ht11 Kroeze, Cribb, Weatherley, Monk [f] 70.4 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Persson, Boulger, Kroeze, Pusey [r] 69.8 5 1 42 30 Ht13 Persson, Cribb, Cartwright, Finch 70.0 5 1 47 31

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Perks for Price, Ht5 r/r Boulger for Price, Ht6 t/s Pusey for Finch, Ht8 r/s Bastable for Perks, r/s Finch for Hiftle, Ht9 r/r Cribb for Price, Ht11 t/s Kroeze for France, Ht13 r/r Persson for Price, r/s Finch for France.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Kroeze, Perks, Weatherley, Bastable 71.2 Ht2 Boulger, Monk, Finch, Bastable 69.4 Ht3 Cribb, Weatherley, Cartwright, Hiftle 69.6 Ht4 Persson, Pusey, Cartwright, Canning 68.8 Final Persson, Cribb, Boulger, Kroeze [rr] 68.4

Junior Scurry Hiftle, Canning, Paul Share, Peter James 72.0

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Saturday 13 th September 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 38 – Ipswich Witches 40 (British League)

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 3 3 2 1 9 2. Dave Perks 1 1 3 0 5 3. Bruce Cribb 3 1 1 2 7 4. Bernt Persson 2 3 3 3 11 5. Arthur Price 1’ 1 FX F 2 1 6. Kelvin Mullarkey (G) 0 0 N 0 7. Steve Bastable 3 0 1 0 4 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Ipswich Witches 1. John Louis (C) 2 2 3 3 10 2. Mike Lanham F 0 2 2’ 4 1 3. Tony Davey 2 2 2 0 6 4. Mick Hines 0 3 1 1 5 5. Billy Sanders 3 2’ 3 2 10 1 6. Ted Howgego 1’ 0 1’ 2 2 7. Trevor Jones 2 1’ 0 3 1 Team Manager: Ron Bagley ACU Referee: S. Green

Ht1 Boulger, Louis, Perks, Lanham [f] 68.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Bastable, Jones, Howgego, Mullarkey 68.8 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Sanders, Persson, Price, Hines 68.0 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Cribb, Davey, Jones, Mullarkey 67.6 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Persson, Louis, Price, Lanham 67.0 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Boulger, Davey, Perks, Howgego 69.4 4 2 21 15 Ht7 Hines, Sanders, Cribb, Bastable 68.6 1 5 22 20 Ht8 Perks, Lanham, Bastable, Jones 69.8 4 2 26 22 Ht9 Persson, Davey, Howgego, Price [fx] [rr] 67.8 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Sanders, Boulger, Hines, Perks 68.2 2 4 31 29 Ht11 Louis, Lanham, Cribb, Bastable 68.2 1 5 32 34 Ht12 Persson, Sanders, Boulger, Davey 68.0 4 2 36 36 Ht13 Louis, Cribb, Hines, Price [f] 68.4 2 4 38 40

Programme Changes: Ht7 r/s Bastable for Mullarkey,

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Price, Bastable, Howgego, Jones 70.2 Ht2 Sanders, Lanham, Boulger, Perks 69.6 Ht3 Cribb, Hines, Davey, Mullarkey 69.4 Ht4 Persson, Louis, Perks, Bastable 68.6 Final Sanders, Persson, Cribb, Price 69.4

Junior Scurry Paul Share, Len Canning, Pete Bonsall, Rod Lamb 74.2

Extra Race Dave Hollick, Peter James, Mick Kelly, Pete Bonsall [f] 77.8

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Saturday 20 th September 1975 Abbey Stadium, Blunsdon

Swindon Robins 33 - Cradley United 45 (British League)

Swindon Robins 1. Bob Kilby (C) 3 3 1 0 7 2. Jan Andersson 1 0 2’ 0 3 1 3. Tony Davey (G) 1 2 2 1 0 6 4. Geoff Bouchard 0 1’ 0 N 1 1 5. Norman Hunter 2 2 2 2 8 6. Bobby McNeil 1 3 0 4 7. David Ashby 0 3 1’ 4 1 Team Manager: Dick Bradley

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 2 3 3 1 9 2. Sandor Levai Re/R 3. Bruce Cribb 2 2 3 2’ 9 1 4. Eric Broadbelt (G) XT 1 2’ 3 6 1 5. Arthur Price 3 3 3 3 12 6. Dave Perks 3 1 1’ 1 1 7 1 7. Steve Bastable 0 2’ 0 0 0 2 1 Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: M. Palmer

Ht1 Kilby, Boulger, Andersson, Bastable 68.8* 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Perks, Bastable, McNeil, D Ashby 71.2 1 5 5 7 Ht3 Price, Hunter, Perks, Bouchard [rr] 69.6 2 4 7 11 Ht4 McNeil, Cribb, Davey, Bastable 70.0 4 2 11 13 Ht5 Boulger, Hunter, Bouchard, Bastable 69.8 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Kilby, Cribb, Perks, Andersson 70.0 3 3 17 19 Ht7 Price, Davey, Broadbelt, McNeil 70.8 2 4 19 23 Ht8 D Ashby, Andersson, Perks, Bastable 71.0 5 1 24 24 Ht9 Cribb, Hunter, Perks, Bouchard 69.8 2 4 26 28 Ht10 Price, Broadbelt, Kilby, Andersson 70.0 1 5 27 33 Ht11 Boulger, Davey, D Ashby, 3 Riders Only 70.8 3 3 30 36 Ht12 Price, Cribb, Davey, Kilby 70.2 1 5 31 41 Ht13 Broadbelt, Hunter, Boulger, Davey 70.8 2 4 33 45

* - New Track Record

Programme Changes: Ht1 r/s Bastable for Levai, Ht3 r/s Perks for Broadbelt [xt], Ht5 r/s Bastable for Levai, Ht8 r/s Perks for Levai, Ht12 t/s Davey for Bouchard.

Progress Chase Steve Pearce, Melvin Soffe, Kevin Hawkins, Malcolm Holloway [r] 74.6

Intermediate Knockout Ht1 Perks, McNeil, Bouchard, Bastable 71.2 Ht2 Andersson, D Ashby, Soffe, Pearce 71.6 Final McNeil, Andersson, Perks, D Ashby 71.4

Senior Knockout Ht1 Hunter, Bouchard, Hawkins, Price [ef] 72.0 Ht2 Cribb, Broadbelt, Boulger, Davey 70.6 Final Cribb, Broadbelt, Hunter, Bouchard [r] 71.0

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Monday 22 nd September 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 32 – Belle Vue Aces 45 (KO Cup Semi Final 1 st Leg)

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) FX 3 3 3 2 11 2. Sandor Levai F 0 N N 0 3. Bruce Cribb 2 1 2’ 3 2 10 1 4. Bernt Persson 0 2 2 0 1’ 5 1 5. Arthur Price 1 0 0 1’ 2 1 6. Dave Perks 3 0 0 3 7. Colin Farquharson (G) 1 N 0 1 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Belle Vue Aces 1. Chris Morton 3 3 2 3 11 2. Alan Wilkinson 2’ 1 0 1’ 4 2 3. Peter Collins 3 2 3 3 11 4. Soren Sjosten (C) 2’ 2’ 1’ 0 5 3 5. Paul Tyrer 3 3 2 0 8 6. Geoff Pusey 2 1’ 1 4 1 7. Russ Hodgson 0 1 1 2 Team Manager: Eric Boocock ACU Referee: C. E. A. Todd

Ht1 Morton, Wilkinson, Levai [f], Boulger [fx] [rr] 69.0 0 5 0 5 Ht2 Perks, Pusey, Farquharson, Hodgson [fr] 68.6 4 2 4 7 Ht3 Tyrer, Sjosten, Price, Persson 68.2 1 5 5 12 Ht4 Collins, Cribb, Hodgson, Perks 67.0 2 4 7 16 Ht5 Morton, Persson, Wilkinson, Price 67.8 2 4 9 20 Ht6 Boulger, Collins, Pusey, Levai 67.0 3 3 12 23 Ht7 Tyrer, Sjosten, Cribb, Perks 68.0 1 5 13 28 Ht8 Boulger, Cribb, Hodgson, Wilkinson 68.4 5 1 18 29 Ht9 Collins, Persson, Pusey, Price 68.0 2 4 20 33 Ht10 Boulger, Tyrer, Sjosten, Persson 68.4 3 3 23 36 Ht11 Cribb, Morton, Wilkinson, Farquharson 67.6 3 3 26 39 Ht12 Collins, Boulger, Persson, Tyrer 68.0 3 3 29 42 Ht13 Morton, Cribb, Price, Sjosten 68.4 3 3 32 45

Programme Changes: Ht8 t/s Boulger for Levai, t/s Cribb for Farquharson, Ht10 t/s Persson for Levai.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Tyrer, Price, Farquharson, Wilkinson [fx] [rr] 69.8 Ht2 Collins, Boulger, Hodgson, Perks 68.4 Ht3 Cribb, Sjosten, Pusey, Farquharson 68.6 Ht4 Persson, Morton, Perks, Farquharson 68.6 Final Collins, Persson, Cribb, Tyrer [r] 68.6

Junior Scurry Paul Share, Len Canning, Mike Brigdane, David Nixon [rr] 73.6

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Saturday 27th September 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 34 – Wolverhampton Wolves 44 (Midland Cup S/F 2 nd Leg)

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 2 2 2’ 3 2 11 1 2. Dave Perks 0 0 N N 0 3. Bruce Cribb 2 2’ 1 2 7 1 4. Bernt Persson 2 1 3 0 1’ 7 1 5. Arthur Price 1’ 0 1 0 2 1 6. Steve Bastable 3 0 N 3 1 7 7. Ken Matthews (G) 0 N 0 0 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Ole Olsen 3 3 0 3 3 12 2. Leif Berlin R/R 3. Finn Thomsen 1 3 3 2’ EX 9 1 4. Gary Peterson EF N N N 0 5. George Hunter (C) 3 2’ EF 2 3 10 6. Malc Shakespeare 2 1 3 0 1 7 7. Tony Boyle (G) 1’ 1 1 1 2’ 6 2 8. Len Canning DNR Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: A. Silk

Ht1 Olsen, Boulger, Thomsen, Perks 67.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Bastable, Shakespeare, Boyle, Matthews [fr] 69.6 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Hunter, Persson, Price, Peterson [ef] 70.4 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Thomsen, Cribb, Boyle, Bastable 69.4 2 4 10 14 Ht5 Olsen, Hunter, Persson, Price [rr] 69.0 1 5 11 19 Ht6 Thomsen, Boulger, Shakespeare, Perks 68.2 2 4 13 23 Ht7 Persson, Cribb, Boyle, Hunter [ef] 70.0 5 1 18 24 Ht8 Bastable, Boulger, Boyle, Olsen 68.8 5 1 23 25 Ht9 Shakespeare, Thomsen, Price, Persson 69.6 1 5 24 30 Ht10 Boulger, Hunter, Bastable, Shakespeare 70.2 4 2 28 32 Ht11 Olsen, Boyle, Cribb, Matthews 68.6 1 5 29 37 Ht12 Hunter, Boulger, Persson, Thomsen [ex] [rr] 69.0 3 3 32 40 Ht13 Olsen, Cribb, Shakespeare, Price 68.4 2 4 34 44

Wolverhampton won 86 points to 69 on aggregate

Programme Changes: Ht1 r/r Thomsen for Berlin, Ht5 r/r Hunter for Berlin, Ht7 t/s Persson for Bastable, r/s Boyle for Peterson, Ht8 t/s Boulger for Perks, r/s Bastable for Matthews, r/r Olsen for Berlin, Ht10 r/s Bastable for Perks, r/s Shakespeare for Peterson, Ht11 r/r Boyle for Berlin, Ht13 r/s Shakespeare for Peterson.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Thomsen, Price, Boyle, Matthews 68.6 Ht2 Boulger, Perks, Hunter, Shakespeare 68.6 Ht3 Cribb, Bastable, Boyle, Matthews 69.2 Ht4 Matthews, Persson, Olsen, Perks 69.4 Final Boulger, Cribb, Matthews, Thomsen [ef] 68.6

Junior Scurry Ht1 Canning, Stuart Roberts, Paul Share, Brian James 74.6 Ht2 Roberts, Share, Canning, James 72.2

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Wednesday 1 st October 1975 Hyde Road, Manchester

Belle Vue Aces v Cradley United (KO Cup Semi Final 2 nd Leg) Abandoned due to Unfit State Of Track

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Saturday 4th October 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 43 – Sheffield Tigers 35 (British League)

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 3 2 3 F 8 2. Dave Perks 1 0 2 0 3 3. Bruce Cribb 1’ 2 1 2’ 6 2 4. Bernt Persson 3 3 3 3 12 5. Arthur Price 2’ 2’ 2’ 3 9 3 6. Steve Bastable 1’ 2 0 3 1 7. Keith Evans (G) 2 0 0 2 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Sheffield Tigers 1. Arnold Haley 0 1 3 0 4 2. Carl Glover 2 0 1 2’ 5 1 3. Doug Wyer (C) 3 3 3 1 1’ 11 1 4. Soren Karlsson 1 N 1’ N 2 1 5. George Hunter (G) EF 1 2 2 5 6. Craig Pendlebury 3 1 3 0 1 8 7. Taffy Owen 0 0 N 0 Team Manager: Terry Thornhill ACU Referee: P. H. Downs

Ht1 Boulger, Glover, Perks, Haley 67.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Pendlebury, Evans, Bastable, Owen 69.0 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Persson, Price, Karlsson, Hunter [ef] 67.8 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Wyer, Bastable, Cribb, Owen 68.0 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Persson, Price, Haley, Glover 67.8 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Wyer, Boulger, Pendlebury, Perks 68.0 2 4 22 14 Ht7 Wyer, Cribb, Hunter, Bastable 68.0 2 4 24 18 Ht8 Pendlebury, Perks, Glover, Evans 69.4 2 4 26 22 Ht9 Persson, Price, Wyer, Pendlebury 67.4 5 1 31 23 Ht10 Boulger, Hunter, Karlsson, Perks 67.8 3 3 34 26 Ht11 Haley, Glover, Cribb, Evans 69.0 1 5 35 31 Ht12 Persson, Hunter, Wyer, Boulger 68.0 3 3 38 34 Ht13 Price, Cribb, Pendlebury [fr], Haley [fr-ex] 68.6 5 1 43 35

Programme Changes: Ht7 t/s Wyer for Karlsson, Ht8 r/s Pendlebury for Owen, Ht13 r/s Pendlebury for Karlsson.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Karlsson, Price, Bastable, Owen 68.4 69.0 Ht2 Perks, Glover, Boulger, Haley 69.6 70.6 Ht3 Wyer, Cribb, Pendlebury, Evans [ef] 69.4 69.8 Ht4 Persson, Hunter, Perks, Evans [f] 68.6 69.6 Final Persson, Wyer, Perks, Karlsson 68.6

Junior Scurry Ht1 Paul Share, Len Canning, Stuart Roberts [fx] [rr] – 3 Riders Only 73.4 Ht2 Evans, Share, Roberts, Canning 70.4

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Sunday 5 th October 1975 Hyde Road Manchester

Belle Vue Aces 44 - Cradley United 34 (KO Cup Semi Final 2 nd Leg)

Belle Vue Aces 1. Soren Sjosten (C) 3 3 2 1 9 2. Paul Tyrer 1 0 3 1’ 5 1 3. Peter Collins EF 3 2 EF 5 4. Chris Morton 3 2 3 3 11 5. Alan Wilkinson 1 1’ 2’ 3 7 2 6. Geoff Pusey 2’ 1 0 3 1 7. Russ Hodgson 3 1 0 4 Team Manager: Eric Boocock

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 2 3 F N 2 7 2. Dave Perks 0 0 N 1 1 3. Bruce Cribb 3 2 1 2 8 4. Bernt Persson 2 2 3 3 1’ 11 1 5. Arthur Price F 1’ N N 1 1 6. Steve Bastable 1 1’ 2 0 0 4 1 7. Chris Turner (G) 0 2’ 0 2 1 Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: R. G. Owen

Ht1 Sjosten, Boulger, Tyrer, Perks 75.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Hodgson, Pusey, Bastable, Turner 74.4 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Morton, Persson, Wilkinson, Price [f] 73.4 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Cribb, Turner, Pusey, Collins [ef] 75.8 1 5 14 10 Ht5 Boulger, Morton, Wilkinson, Perks 74.4 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Sjosten, Cribb, Bastable, Tyrer 75.2 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Collins, Persson, Price, Pusey 74.2 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Tyrer, Bastable, Hodgson, Turner 75.0 4 2 27 21 Ht9 Morton, Wilkinson, Cribb, Bastable 75.0 5 1 32 22 Ht10 Persson, Sjosten, Tyrer, Boulger [f] 74.2 3 3 35 25 Ht11 Persson, Collins, Perks, Hodgson 73.8 2 4 37 29 Ht12 Morton, Cribb, Sjosten, Bastable 73.2 4 2 41 31 Ht13 Wilkinson, Boulger, Persson, Collins [ef] 75.0 3 3 44 34

Belle Vue Aces won 89 points to 66 on aggregate

Programme Changes: Ht8 r/s Bastable for Perks, Ht10 t/s Boulger for Price, Ht11 t/s Persson for Boulger, Ht12 r/s Bastable for Price.

No Second Half. This meeting formed the first part of a double header. Belle Vue v Leicester (BL) followed this match.

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Thursday 9 th October 1975 , Chesterton

Stoke 20 – Wolves 27 – Belle Vue 25 – Cradley 24 (IL 4TT)

Stoke Potters 20 1. Alan Molyneux EF 1 0 2 3 2. Steve Holden F 3 1 EF 4 3. Andy Cusworth 3 0 2 1 6 4. Steve Bastable 3 0 2 2 7 5. Mick Handley DNR Team Manager: Chris Van Straaten

Wolverhampton Wolves 27 1. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 12 2. Leif Berlin 1 2 0 0 3 3. Finn Thomsen 2 1 0 1 4 4. Malc Shakespeare 2 1 2 X2 5 5. Nigel Wasley 3 3 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan

Belle Vue Aces 25 1. Peter Collins 1 3 3 3 10 2. Chris Morton 1 2 3 1 7 3. Alan Wilkinson 2 2 EX 2 6 4. Geoff Pusey 0 1 1 F 2 5. Chris Turner DNR Team Manager: Eric Boocock

Cradley United 24 1. John Boulger X2 EF N N 0 2. Bernt Persson 2 3 3 3 11 3. Dave Perks 1 0 1 1 3 4. Bruce Cribb 3 2 2 2 9 5. Kevin Young 0 FN 0 6. Mick Handley 1 0 1 Team Manager: Peter Worthington ACU Referee: TBA Sto Wol BV Cra Ht1 Cribb, Wilkinson, Berlin, Molyneux [ef] 69.0 0 1 2 3 Ht2 Olsen, Persson, Collins, Holden [f] 70.3 0 4 3 5 Ht3 Cusworth, Shakespeare, Morton, Young 72.0 3 6 4 5 Ht4 Bastable, Thomsen, Perks, Pusey 70.2 6 8 4 6 Ht5 Olsen, Morton, Molyneux, Perks 69.3 7 11 6 6 Ht6 Holden, Berlin, Pusey, Boulger [ef] 73.0 10 13 7 6 Ht7 Persson, Wilkinson, Thomsen, Cusworth 69.0 10 14 9 9 Ht8 Collins, Cribb, Shakespeare, Bastable 70.2 10 15 12 11 Ht9 Persson, Shakespeare, Pusey, Molyneux 71.1 10 17 13 14 Ht10 Morton, Cribb, Holden, Thomsen 70.2 11 17 16 16 Ht11 Collins, Cusworth, Perks, Berlin 70.4 13 17 19 17 Ht12 Olsen, Bastable, Handley, Wilkinson [fx] [rr] 70.2 15 20 19 18 Ht13 Wasley, Wilkinson, Perks, Holden [ef] 72.0 15 23 21 19 Ht14 Collins, Molyneux, Thomsen, Handley 71.0 17 24 24 19 Ht15 Olsen, Cribb, Cusworth, Pusey [f] 69.7 18 27 24 21 Ht16 Persson, Bastable, Morton, Berlin 71.4 20 27 25 24

Programme Changes: Ht3 Young for Boulger, Ht12 Young for Boulger, Handley for Young [fn], Ht13 Wasley for Shakespeare, Ht14 Handley for Boulger.

Reserves Race Wasley, Turner, Handley, Young [ns] 72.0

Top Scorers Race Olsen, Collins, Bastable, Persson [ef] 69.6

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Saturday 11 th October 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 45 – Newport Wasps 32 (British League)

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) FX 3 3 3 9 2. Dave Perks 2 2’ 1 1 6 1 3. Bruce Cribb 3 3 2 2 10 4. Bernt Persson 1 2 3 2’ 8 1 5. Arthur Price 3 EF 2’ 1’ 6 2 6. Steve Bastable 3 1 1 1’ 6 1 7. Kelvin Mullarkey (G) EF 0 N 0 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Newport Wasps 1. Phil Crump 3 3 3 3 3 15 2. Tom Owen 1 1 2’ 0 1 5 1 3. Neil Street (C) 2 1 XT 0 0 3 4. Reidar Eide 2 2 2 0 6 5. Phil Herne Re/R 6. Steve Gresham 2 0 EF F 2 7. Tony Featherstone (G) F 0 0 N 1 1 Team Manager: Maurice Morley ACU Referee: A. E. Humphrey

Ht1 Crump, Perks, Owen, Boulger [fx] [rr] 69.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Bastable, Gresham, Mullarkey [ef], Featherstone [f] 70.4 3 2 5 6 Ht3 Price, Eide, Persson, Gresham 69.0 4 2 9 8 Ht4 Cribb, Street, Bastable, Featherstone 69.0 4 2 13 10 Ht5 Crump, Persson, Owen, Price [ef] 68.4 2 4 15 14 Ht6 Boulger, Perks, Street, Gresham 69.6 5 1 20 15 Ht7 Cribb, Eide, Bastable, Featherstone 69.2 4 2 24 17 Ht8 Crump, Owen, Perks, Mullarkey 70.2 1 5 25 22 Ht9 Persson, Price, Featherstone [fr], Gresham [f] [rr] 69.6 5 1 30 23 Ht10 Boulger, Eide, Perks, Street 69.2 4 2 34 25 Ht11 Crump, Cribb, Bastable, Owen 68.6 3 3 37 28 Ht12 Boulger, Persson, Owen, Street 70.6 5 1 42 29 Ht13 Crump, Cribb, Price, Eide 68.8 3 3 45 32

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/s Gresham for Herne, Ht8 r/s Featherstone for Herne, Ht8 t/s Crump for Featherstone, Ht9 r/s Featherstone for Street [xt], Ht10 t/s Street for Herne, Ht11 r/s Bastable for Mullarkey, Ht12 t/s Owen for Herne.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Price, Perks, Mullarkey, Bastable 69.8 71.2 Ht2 Crump, Boulger, Featherstone, Mullarkey 68.6 69.2 Ht3 Street, Cribb, Owen, Bastable 70.4 70.8 Ht4 Persson, Perks, Eide, Mullarkey 69.4 71.0 Final Crump, Price, Persson, Street 69.0

Junior Scurry Ht1 Paul Share, Len Canning, Steve Robinson, Stuart Roberts [ef] 74.4 Ht2 Share, Canning, Brian Woodhouse, Roberts [ef] 74.0

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Monday 20 th October 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 42 – Leicester Lions 36 (Challenge)

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 2 3 3 2 10 2. Craig Pendlebury (G) 1’ 1 3 1 6 1 3. Bruce Cribb 3 3 2 2 10 4. Doug Wyer (G) 3 2 0 0 5 5. Arthur Price 0 0 2 1’ 3 1 6. Dave Perks 3 0 2’ 1’ 6 2 7. Kelvin Mullarkey (G) 2’ EF N 2 1 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Leicester Lions 1. Dave Jessup 3 3 3 3 3 15 2. Tony Lomas 0 1 2 0 3 3. Ray Wilson (C) 1’ 2 1 3 7 1 4. Frank Auffret 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 5. Ila Teromaa 2 1 2 1 6 6. Norman Storer 0 0 N 0 7. Doug Underwood 1 2 1’ 4 1 Team Manager: Vic White ACU Referee: W. A. Daff

Ht1 Jessup, Boulger, Pendlebury, Lomas 68.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Perks, Mullarkey, Underwood, Storer 69.9 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Wyer, Teromaa, Auffret, Price 70.4 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Cribb, Underwood, Wilson, Perks 70.6 3 3 14 10 Ht5 Jessup, Wyer, Lomas, Price 69.2 2 4 16 14 Ht6 Boulger, Wilson, Pendlebury, Storer 70.4 4 2 20 16 Ht7 Cribb, Perks, Teromaa, Auffret 71.0 5 1 25 17 Ht8 Pendlebury, Lomas, Underwood, Mullarkey [ef] 71.0 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Jessup, Price, Wilson, Wyer 69.8 2 4 30 24 Ht10 Boulger, Teromaa, Pendlebury, Auffret 70.6 4 2 34 26 Ht11 Jessup, Cribb, Perks, Lomas 69.6 3 3 37 29 Ht12 Wilson, Boulger, Teromaa, Wyer 70.0 2 4 39 33 Ht13 Jessup, Cribb, Price, Auffret 69.8 3 3 42 36

Programme Changes: Ht9 t/s Jessup for Storer, Ht11 r/s Perks for Mullarkey.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Perks, Teromaa, Price, Auffret [ef] 71.8 72.4 Ht2 Boulger, Wilson, Underwood, Keith Evans 70.6 71.4 Ht3 Pendlebury, Cribb, Lomas, Storer 71.6 72.0 Ht4 Jessup, Wyer, Evans, Price [ef] 71.0 71.4 Final Jessup, Boulger, Pendlebury, Perks [ef] 70.6

Ivor Hughes Memorial Trophy – Qualifying Heats Ht1 Stuart Roberts, Rob Homer, John Guest, Julian Walton 76.0 Ht2 Paul Share, Rod Yates, Steve Robinson, Ken Price 75.6 Ht3 Len Canning, Dave Hollick, Jeff Robinson, Mick Kelly [ef] 76.6 Ht4 David Nixon, Keith Myatt, Rod Lambe [fx], Peter James [fx] [rrx2] 81.2

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Saturday 25 th October 1975 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley United 50 – Wolverhampton Wolves 28 (British League)

Cradley United 1. John Boulger (C) 2 2’ 2 3 9 1 2. Dave Perks EF 3 3 1’ 7 1 3. Bruce Cribb 2’ 3 2 2 9 1 4. Bernt Persson 2’ 3 2 2’ 9 2 5. Arthur Price 3 1 1’ 1’ 6 2 6. Steve Bastable 3 3 1 7 7. Nigel Wasley (G) 2’ 1 0 3 1 Team Manager: Peter Worthington

Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Ole Olsen 3 2 3 3 3 14 2. Leif Berlin 1 0 2 1 0 4 3. Malc. Shakespeare 0 0 3 R 1 4 4. Colin Meredith R 0 N 0 0 5. Finn Thomsen (C) 1 2 EF N N 3 6. Ricky Day (G) 0 1 0 1 7. Carl Askew (G) 1 1 N 2 Team Manager: Brian Slater ACU Referee: S. Green

Ht1 Olsen, Boulger, Berlin, Perks [ef] 67.4 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Bastable, Wasley, Askew, Day 69.4 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Price, Persson, Thomsen, Meredith [r] 69.6 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Bastable, Cribb, Askew, Shakespeare 69.2 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Persson, Olsen, Price, Berlin 68.2 4 2 21 9 Ht6 Perks, Boulger, Day, Shakespeare 69.4 5 1 26 10 Ht7 Cribb, Thomsen, Bastable, Meredith 69.4 4 2 30 12 Ht8 Perks, Berlin, Wasley, Thomsen [ef] 71.4 4 2 34 14 Ht9 Shakespeare, Persson, Price, Day 70.0 3 3 37 17 Ht10 Olsen, Boulger, Perks, Shakespeare [r] 68.8 3 3 40 20 Ht11 Olsen, Cribb, Berlin, Wasley 69.0 2 4 42 24 Ht12 Boulger, Persson, Shakespeare, Berlin 69.8 5 1 47 25 Ht13 Olsen, Cribb, Price, Meredith 69.2 3 3 50 28

Programme Changes: Ht8 t/s Thomsen for Askew, Ht10 t/s Shakespeare for Thomsen, t/s Olsen for Meredith, Ht12 t/s Berlin for Thomsen.

Ivor Hughes Memorial Trophy SF1 Stuart Roberts, Rob Homer, David Nixon, Keith Myatt 75.2 SF2 Paul Share, Len Canning, Rod Yates, Dave Hollick [f] 74.0 Final Share, Homer, Roberts, Canning [ef] 73.6

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Price, Perks, Bastable, Shakespeare [r] 70.8 Ht2 Boulger, Thomsen, Keith Evans, Day 70.2 Ht3 Cribb, Wasley, Berlin, Meredith 71.2 Ht4 Persson, Olsen, Askew, Evans [rr] 69.8 Final Persson, Cribb, Boulger, Price 69.8

Reserves Race Brian Woodhouse, Hollick, Nixon, Myatt 76.6

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Cradley Heath Speedway Averages 1975 - British League

Rider Matches Rides Points Bonus Total CMA Max. Pd Max.

John Boulger Home 16 66 143 5 148 8.970 1 1 Away 16 67 140 3 143 8.537 1 - Total 32 133 283 8 291 8.752 2 1

Bernt Persson Home 16 66 148 9 157 9.515 2 - Away 10 38 58 7 65 6.842 - - Total 26 104 206 16 222 8.538 2 0

Arthur Price Home 16 64 108 30 138 8.625 - 3 Away 15 63 104 12 116 7.365 1 - Total 31 127 212 42 254 8.000 1 3

Bruce Cribb Home 17 69 139 16 155 8.986 - - Away 16 67 89 11 100 5.970 - - Total 33 136 228 27 255 7.500 0 0

Sandor Levai Home 10 36 48 10 58 6.444 - 1 Away 11 42 36 5 41 3.905 - - Total 21 78 84 15 99 5.077 0 1

Steve Bastable Home 11 40 46 8 54 5.400 - - Away 6 22 17 4 21 3.818 - - Total 17 62 63 12 65 4.839 0 0

Dave Perks Home 13 50 66 10 76 6.080 - - Away 15 42 28 4 32 3.048 - - Total 28 92 94 14 108 4.696 0 0

Russell Osborne Home 4 13 8 2 10 3.077 - - Away 4 13 8 2 10 3.077 - - Total 8 26 16 4 20 3.077 0 0

Also Rode:

Guests Home 2 8 8 2 10 5.000 - - Away 8 34 47 7 54 6.353 - - Total 10 42 55 9 64 6.095 0 0

Loanees Home 12 30 21 6 27 3.600 - - Away 14 41 25 3 28 2.732 - - Total 26 71 46 9 55 3.099 0 0

Paul Share Home 1 2 1 0 1 2.000 - - Away ------Total 1 2 1 0 1 2.000 0 0

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Cradley Heath Speedway Averages 1975 –

Rider Matches Rides Points Bonus Total CMA Max. Pd Max.

Bernt Persson Home 3 13 28 2 30 9.231 1 1 Away 3 15 29 2 31 8.261 - - Total 6 28 57 4 61 8.714 1 1

John Boulger Home 3 13 32 1 33 10.154 - - Away 3 13 22 1 23 7.077 - - Total 6 26 54 2 56 8.615 0 0

Bruce Cribb Home 3 13 29 2 31 9.538 - - Away 3 13 18 1 19 5.846 - - Total 6 26 47 3 50 7.692 0 0

Arthur Price Home 3 12 12 6 18 6.000 - - Away 3 9 11 1 12 5.333 - - Total 6 21 23 7 30 5.714 0 0

Steve Bastable Home 2 9 13 3 16 7.111 - - Away 3 10 5 2 7 2.800 - - Total 5 19 18 5 23 4.842 0 0

Dave Perks Home 3 10 10 1 11 4.400 - - Away 2 5 3 0 3 2.400 - - Total 5 15 13 1 14 3.733 0 0

Sandor Levai Home 3 6 4 2 6 4.000 - - Away 2 8 6 1 7 3.500 - - Total 5 14 10 3 13 3.714 0 0

Also Rode:

Loanees Home 1 2 1 0 1 2.000 - - Away 2 6 5 1 6 4.000 - - Total 3 8 6 1 7 3.500 0 0

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Cradley Heath Speedway Averages 1975 – Combined (BL & KO Cup)

Rider Matches Rides Points Bonus Total CMA Max. Pd Max.

John Boulger Home 19 79 175 6 181 9.165 1 1 Away 19 80 162 4 166 8.300 1 - Total 38 159 337 10 347 8.730 2 1

Bernt Persson Home 19 79 176 11 187 9.468 3 1 Away 13 53 87 9 96 7.245 - - Total 32 132 263 20 283 8.576 3 1

Arthur Price Home 19 76 120 36 156 8.211 - 3 Away 18 72 115 13 128 7.111 1 - Total 37 148 235 49 284 7.676 1 3

Bruce Cribb Home 20 82 168 18 186 9.073 - - Away 19 80 107 12 119 5.950 - - Total 39 162 275 30 305 7.531 0 0

Sandor Levai Home 13 42 52 12 64 6.095 - 1 Away 13 50 42 6 48 3.840 - - Total 26 92 94 18 112 4.870 0 1

Steve Bastable Home 13 49 59 11 70 5.714 - - Away 9 32 22 6 28 3.500 - - Total 22 81 81 17 98 4.840 0 0

Dave Perks Home 16 60 76 11 87 5.800 - - Away 17 47 31 4 35 2.979 - - Total 33 107 107 15 122 4.561 0 0

Russell Osborne Home 4 13 8 2 10 3.077 - - Away 4 13 8 2 10 3.077 - - Total 8 26 16 4 20 3.077 0 0 Also Rode:

Guests Home 2 8 8 2 10 5.000 - - Away 8 34 47 7 54 6.353 - - Total 10 42 55 9 64 6.095 0 0

Loanees Home 13 32 22 6 28 3.500 - - Away 16 47 30 4 34 2.894 - - Total 29 79 52 10 62 3.139 0 0

Paul Share Home 1 2 1 0 1 2.000 - - Away ------Total 1 2 1 0 1 2.000 0 0

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Cradley Heath Speedway Averages 1975 – Midland Cup

Rider Matches Rides Points Bonus Total CMA Max. Pd Max.

John Boulger Home 2 9 21 2 23 10.222 - - Away 2 9 14 1 15 6.667 - - Total 4 18 35 3 38 8.444 0 0

Bernt Persson Home 2 9 18 1 19 8.444 - - Away 1 4 8 0 8 8.000 - - Total 3 13 26 1 27 8.308 0 0

Bruce Cribb Home 2 8 16 2 18 9.000 - - Away 2 9 16 0 16 7.111 - - Total 4 17 32 2 34 8.000 1 0

Arthur Price Home 2 8 7 3 10 5.000 - - Away 2 9 13 3 16 7.111 - - Total 4 17 20 6 26 6.118 0 -

Steve Bastable Home 2 9 12 1 13 5.778 - - Away 1 4 3 0 3 3.000 - - Total 3 13 15 1 16 4.923 0 0

Dave Perks Home 2 5 3 0 3 2.400 - - Away 2 6 7 2 9 6.000 - - Total 4 11 10 2 12 4.364 0 0

Sandor Levai Home ------Away 2 8 7 0 7 3.500 - - Total 2 8 7 0 7 3.500 0 0

Russell Osborne Home 1 3 0 0 0 0.000 - - Away 1 3 4 1 5 6.667 - - Total 2 6 4 1 5 3.333 0 0

Also Rode:

Loanees Home 1 2 0 0 0 0.000 - - Away ------Total 1 2 0 0 0 0.000 0 0

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Cradley Heath Speedway Averages 1975 – Inter-League Knockout Cup

Rider Matches Rides Points Bonus Total CMA Max. Pd Max.

John Boulger Home ------Away 2 9 24 0 24 10.667 1 - Total 2 9 24 0 24 10.667 1 0

Bruce Cribb Home ------Away 2 9 20 1 21 9.333 - - Total 2 9 20 1 21 9.333 0 0

Dave Perks Home ------Away 1 4 6 3 9 9.000 - - Total 1 4 6 3 9 9.000 0 0

Russell Osborne Home ------Away 1 3 6 0 6 8.000 - - Total 1 3 6 0 6 8.000 0 -

Sandor Levai Home ------Away 1 4 5 1 6 6.000 - - Total 1 4 5 1 6 6.000 0 0

Arthur Price Home ------Away 2 7 6 1 7 4.000 - - Total 2 7 6 1 7 4.000 0 0

Also Rode:

Guests Home ------Away 2 9 18 1 19 8.444 - - Total 2 9 18 1 19 8.444 0 0

Loanees Home ------Away 3 7 2 1 3 1.714 - - Total 3 7 2 1 3 1.714 0 0

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Cradley United 1975 – Information Required

28 Mar Wolves (a) CH 2nd Half – Further Prog Required 12 Apr Belle Vue (a) BL 2nd Half – Further Prog Required 16 Apr Poole (a) BL 2nd Half – Further Prog Required 25 Apr Newport (a) BL 2nd Half – Further Prog Required 03 May Kings Lynn (h) BL 2nd Half – Reserves Race to be Confirmed 05 May Exeter (a) BL 2nd Half – Further Prog Required 08 May Teeside (a) ILKO 2nd Half – All Details Required 07 Jun Exeter (h) CH 2nd Half – Junior Heat to be Confirmed 21 Jun Kings Lynn (a) KOC 2nd Half – Further Prog Required, Some Times Missing 28 Jun Coventry (a) BL 2nd Half – Further Prog Required, Confusion Gold Sash Heat 2 16 Jul Hull (a) CH 2nd Half – Further Prog Required 17 Jul Ipswich (a) BL 2nd Half – Further Prog Required 28 Jul Reading (a) BL 2nd Half – Sidecar Demo races details Required 30 Jul Poole (a) 4TT 2nd Half - Further Prog Required, Some Times Missing 08 Aug Newport (a) KOC 2nd Half – Further Prog Required 20 Aug Hull (a) BL 2nd Half – Further Prog Required 01 Sep Hackney (h) BL 2nd Half – Check Ht2 Result 20 Oct Leicester (h) CH 2nd Half – Hughes Mem. Trophy Heat 4 Details Required

If anyone has marked programmes that they are willing to scan that will potentially answer any of these outstanding queries then I would be pleased to hear from you, either via Jim and Matt at the Speedway Researcher website or directly by email [email protected] .

Thanks to Phil Johnson, Keith Corns, Paul Dunn, Alan Hunt & Tony Hurren as well as all at the Speedway Researcher website.

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