Cradley Heath Speedway 1967

Statistical Record

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Index Of Meetings

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Nigel Nicklin & Roger Beaman – Issue 1 – 28th March 2014 Cradley Heath Speedway 1967 - Index Of Meetings

Month Date Opponents Competition Venue Result For Agst Page

March 24 Wolverhampton Challenge Away Lost 29 49 3 25 Wolverhampton Challenge Home Lost 36 41 4 28 Long Eaton Away Lost 28 50 5 April 1 Newport British League Home Lost 35 43 6 6 Sheffield British League Away Lost 27 48 7 8 Poole British League Home Won 40 37 8 13 Oxford British League Away Lost 27 51 9 15 Newcastle British League Home Lost 37 41 10 21 Hackney British League Away Lost 30 48 11 22 Long Eaton Home Postponed - Rain 12 24 Newcastle British League Away Lost 38 40 13 29 British League Away Lost 22 56 14 May 1 Halifax British League Home Lost 36 42 15 6 Wolverhampton British League Home Won 41 37 16 8 Exeter British League Away Lost 24 54 17 13 World Champs QR Individual Home Ivor Brown 18 20 Sheffield British League Home Won 42 36 19 23 West Ham British League Away Lost 26 52 20 27 Swindon British League Home Won 46 31 21 June 3 Oxford British League Home Lost 38 39 22 5 Midland Riders QR Individual Home Rick France 23 10 Exeter British League Home Won 47 30 24 16 Newport British League Away Lost 22 55 25 17 Kings Lynn British League Home Won 39 38 26 19 Long Eaton Knockout Cup Home Lost 45 51 27 23 Wolverhampton British League Away Lost 27 51 28 24 British League Home Lost 37 41 29 30 Glasgow British League Away Lost 32 46 30 July 1 Coventry British League Home Lost 36 41 31 6 Wimbledon British League Away Lost 35 43 32 8 Hackney British League Home Won 44 34 33 15 Swindon British League Away Lost 33 44 34 22 Wolverhampton Midland Cup Home Won 40 38 35 26 Poole British League Away Lost 33 45 36 28 Wolverhampton Midland Cup Away Lost 29 49 37 29 West Ham British League Home Won 42 35 38 Aug 5 Belle Vue British League Home Won 54 24 39 11 Kings Lynn British League Away Lost 31 47 40 12 Prague Challenge Home Lost 37 41 41 19 Long Eaton British League Home Won 45 33 42 26 Newport Challenge Home Won 50 28 43 28 Halifax British League Away Won 39 38 44 Sep 1 Wolverhampton DudWolv Tro Away Lost 44 57 45 2 Wimbledon British League Home Won 46 32 46 9 Wolverhampton Dud Wolv Tro Home Draw 51 51 47 11 Alan Hunt Trophy Individual Home Postponed – Rain 48 15 British League Away Lost 19 59 49 18 Edinburgh British League Home Lost 34 44 50 25 Alan Hunt Trophy Individual Home Postponed – Rain 51 27 Belle Vue British League Away Lost 30 48 52 30 Poole Challenge Home Lost 38 39 53

2 Friday 24th March 1967 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wolves 49 – Cradley Heathens 29 (Challenge)

Wolverhampton Wolves 1. R/R 2. Dave Hemus 2 1 0 2 5 3. Peter Vandenberg (C) 2 3 3 3 2’ 13 1 4. Brian Maxted 0 0 0 N 0 5. Hasse Holmqvist 3 3 3 3 12 6. Peter Jarman 1’ N 2’ 2’ 3 8 3 7. James Bond 2’ 3 3 2’ 1 11 2 8. Dai Evans 0 0 Team Manager: Bob Wasley

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) FX 2 1 1 4 2. Tommy Bergqvist 3 2 1’ N 6 1 3. Jack Scott 3 EF 3 2 8 4. Chris Julian 1 1 2 1 5 5. Jack Biggs 1 2 0 0 0 3 6. Graham Coombes N 1’ 1 0 2 1 7. Ken Wakefield 0 0 1’ 1 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: E. W. B. Roe

Ht1 Bergqvist, Hemus, Jarman, Brown [fx] [rr] 73.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Scott, Vandenberg, Julian, Maxted 69.6 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Holmqvist, Bond, Biggs, Wakefield 68.4 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Bond, Bergqvist, Hemus, Wakefield [rr] 69.0 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Holmqvist, Jarman, Julian, Scott [ef] 68.2 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Vandenberg, Brown, Bergqvist, Maxted 69.8 3 3 22 14 Ht7 Vandenberg, Biggs, Coombes, Hemus [fr] 69.2 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Bond, Julian, Wakefield, Maxted 69.0 3 3 28 20 Ht9 Holmqvist, Jarman, Brown, Biggs 68.2 5 1 33 21 Ht10 Vandenberg, Bond, Coombes, Biggs 69.0 5 1 38 22 Ht11 Scott, Hemus, Julian, Evans 69.6 2 4 40 26 Ht12 Jarman, Vandenberg, Brown, Biggs 68.0 5 1 45 27 Ht13 Holmqvist, Scott, Bond, Coombes 68.4 4 2 49 29

Programme Changes: Ht1 r/r Jarman for Airey, Ht3 r/s Bond for Jarman, r/s Wakefield for Coombes, Ht7 r/r Vandenberg for Airey, Ht9 t/s Biggs for Bergqvist, Ht10 r/s Bond for Maxted, Ht11 r/r Evans for Airey, Ht13 r/r Bond for Airey.

Junior Handicap Evans [35yds back], Wakefield [80], Mick Handley [40] [f], Roger Mills [Scr.] [f], Bond [80] [ns] 73.6

Springtime Scurry Ht1 Vandenberg, Brown, Julian, Hemus 69.0 69.2 Ht2 Holmqvist, Maxted, Handley, Archie Wilkinson 71.4 ??.? Ht3 Jarman, Biggs, Handley, Evans 69.0 ??.? Final Jarman, Vandenberg, Brown, Holmqvist 68.4

3 Saturday 25th March 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 36 – Wolverhampton Wolves 41 (Challenge)

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 3 2 3 2’ 12 1 2. Graham Coombes 0 0 0 0 0 3. Jack Scott 3 3 0 F N 6 4. Chris Julian 2’ N 3 2’ 2 9 2 5. Jack Biggs 1 0 3 3 7 6. Joe Weichlbauer 0 N N 1 1 7. Ken Wakefield 1 0 0 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan

Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Jim Airey R/R 2. Dave Hemus 1 2’ 1’ 1 5 2 3. Peter Vandenberg (C) 1 2 2 1 6 4. Brian Maxted 0 1’ 1’ 1’ 3 3 5. Hasse Holmqvist 3 3 3 3 3 15 6. Pete Jarman 2’ 2 1 FX 0 5 1 7. James Bond 3 2 0 5 8. Mick Handley 2’ 2 1 Team Manager: Bob Wasley ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis

Ht1 Holmqvist, Brown, Hemus, Coombes 72.2 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Scott, Julian, Vandenberg, Maxted 72.0 5 1 7 5 Ht3 Holmqvist, Jarman, Biggs, Weichlbauer 71.2 1 5 8 10 Ht4 Bond, Hemus, Wakefield, Coombes 73.2 1 5 9 15 Ht5 Scott, Vandenberg, Maxted, Biggs 72.4 3 3 12 18 Ht6 Brown, Jarman, Hemus, Scott 71.2 3 3 15 21 Ht7 Holmqvist, Brown, Jarman, Coombes 71.0 2 4 17 25 Ht8 Julian, Bond, Maxted, Wakefield 71.8 3 3 20 28 Ht9 Biggs, Julian, Hemus, Bond 72.0 5 1 25 29 Ht10 Holmqvist, Julian, Scott [f], Jarman [fx] 72.6 2 3 27 32 Ht11 Brown, Vandenberg, Maxted, Coombes 71.2 3 3 30 35 Ht12 Holmqvist, Handley, Weichlbauer, Wakefield 73.0 1 5 31 40 Ht13 Biggs, Brown, Vandenberg, Jarman 71.4 5 1 36 41

Programme Changes: Ht1 r/r/ Holmqvist for Airey, Ht5 t/s Scott for Weichlbauer, Ht6 t/s Brown for Julian, r/r Jarman for Airey, Ht9 t/s Julian for Weichlbauer, r/r Bond for Airey, Ht12 r/s Wakefield for Scott, r/r Handley for Airey.

Easter Scratch Race Ht1 Holmqvist, Brown, Maxted, Coombes 72.0 73.4 Ht2 Vandenberg, Hemus, Scott, Weichlbauer 72.2 73.8 Ht3 Biggs, Julian, Jarman, Archie Wilkinson 72.6 ??.? Final Holmqvist, Vandenberg, Biggs, Julian 72.0

Junior Scurry Wakefield, Peter Wrathall, Weichlbauer, Handley 75.0

Reserves Stakes Bond, Wakefield, Weichlbauer, Wrathall 73.6

4 Tuesday 28th March 1967 Station Road, Long Eaton

Long Eaton Archers 50 - Cradley Heathens 28 (British League)

Long Eaton Archers 1. Jim Lightfoot (C) 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 2. Vic White 2’ 3 0 1 6 1 3. Ray Wilson 3 3 3 3 12 4. Norman Storer 1 2’ 3 0 6 1 5. EF 3 3 3 9 6. Gordom McGregor 1 0 1 1 3 7. Ian Champion 1 2’ 3 1 Team Manager: Ron Wilson

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) FX 2 1 2 2 7 2. Graham Coombes 1 X2 EF EF 1 3. Jack Scott R/R 4. Ken Vale 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 5. Jack Biggs 3 2 2 2 EF 9 6. Chris Julian 2 2’ 1’ 1’ 1 7 3 7. Ken Wakefield 2 1 0 3 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: G. H. Reynolds

Ht1 Lightfoot, White, Coombes, Brown [fx] [rr] 74.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Wilson, Julian, Storer, Vale 73.4 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Biggs, Julian, McGregor, Michanek [ef] 75.4 1 5 10 8 Ht4 White, Wakefield, Champion, Coombes [x2] 75.0 4 2 14 10 Ht5 Michanek, Brown, Vale, McGregor 73.4 3 3 17 13 Ht6 Wilson, Storer, Brown, Coombes [ef] 73.2 5 1 22 14 Ht7 Lightfoot, Biggs, Julian, White 73.0 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Storer, Champion, Wakefield, Vale [fr] 76.4 5 1 30 18 Ht9 Michanek, Brown, McGregor, Coombes [ef] 73.0 4 2 34 20 Ht10 Wilson, Biggs, Julian, Storer 73.8 3 3 37 23 Ht11 Lightfoot, Biggs, White, Vale 73.6 4 2 41 25 Ht12 Wilson, Brown, McGregor, Biggs [ef] 73.8 4 2 45 27 Ht13 Michanek, Lightfoot, Julian, Wakefield 73.4 5 1 50 28

Programme Changes: Ht2 r/r Julian for Scott, Ht5 r/r Brown for Scott, Ht11 r/r Biggs for Scott, Ht13 r/r Wakefield for Scott.

Junior Scurry Ht1 , Trevor Chamberlain, Steve Waplington, Barry Bostock 74.8 Ht2 Champion, Chamberlain, Waplington, Bostock 77.8

Depot Coaches Trophy Ht1 Lightfoot, Biggs, Storer, Chamberlain 73.8 Ht2 Wilson, , Boulger, Champion 73.6 Ht3 Boulger, White, Wakefield, McGregor [ef] 75.4 Ht4 Michanek, Julian, Dave Younghusband, Vale 75.4 Final Wilson, Michanek, Boulger, Lightfoot [ef] 75.0

5 Saturday 1st April 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 35 – Newport Wasps 43 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 2 1 3 1 9 2. Graham Coombes 1’ 1 N 2’ 1 5 2 3. Jack Scott F 0 N N 0 4. Chris Julian 2 1 1 3 F 7 5. Jack Biggs 3 1’ 3 3 3 13 1 6. Ken Wakefield EF N 0 1 1 7. Joe Weichlbauer 0 0 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan

Newport Wasps 1. Jon Erskine 3 3 2 3 11 2. Alby Golden (C) 0 2’ 2’ 1’ 5 3 3. Torbjorn Harrysson 3 3 2 2 10 4. John Bishop 1 0 2’ 0 3 1 5. Jimmy Gooch 2 2 1 2’ 7 1 6. Cyril Francis 1’ 0 0 0 1 1 7. Bob Hughes 3 3 6 Team Manager: Ken Sharples ACU Referee: G. H. Reynolds

Ht1 Erskine, Brown, Coombes, Golden 71.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Harrysson, Julian, Bishop, Scott [f] 70.0 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Biggs, Gooch, Francis, Wakefield [ef] 72.2 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Hughes, Golden, Coombes, Weichlbauer 72.6 1 5 9 15 Ht5 Harrysson, Brown, Biggs, Bishop 69.2 3 3 12 18 Ht6 Erskine, Golden, Julian, Scott 72.0 1 5 13 23 Ht7 Biggs, Gooch, Brown, Francis 71.2 4 2 17 25 Ht8 Hughes, Bishop, Julian, Weichlbauer 72.4 1 5 18 30 Ht9 Biggs, Erskine, Golden, Wakefield [fr] 71.6 3 3 21 33 Ht10 Julian, Coombes, Gooch, Francis 72.4 5 1 26 34 Ht11 Brown, Harrysson, Coombes, Bishop 70.8 4 2 30 36 Ht12 Erskine, Gooch, Wakefield, Julian [f] 73.4 1 5 31 41 Ht13 Biggs, Harrysson, Brown, Francis 70.4 4 2 35 43

Programme Changes: Ht5 t/s Brown for Wakefield, Ht7 t/s Biggs for Coombes, Ht10 t/s Coombes for Scott, Ht12 t/s Julian for Scott

Dudley Scratch Race Ht1 Brown, Gooch, Bishop, Wakefield 72.6 ??.? Ht2 Harrysson, Golden, Coombes, Hughes 71.4 ??.? Ht3 Biggs, Erskine, Julian, Francis 71.4 ??.? Final Biggs, Harrysson, Brown, Erskine 71.6

Junior Scurry Mick Handley, Weichlbauer, Martin Rose, Archie Wilkinson 76.4

Reserves Stakes Hughes, Wakefield, Handley, Weichlbauer 72.0

6 Thursday 6th April 1967 Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield

Sheffield Tigers 48 - Cradley Heathens 27 (British League)

Sheffield Tigers 1. Bob Paulson (C) 3 3 3 3 12 2. Billy Bales 2’ 3 2’ 1 8 2 3. Alan Jay 1’ 1’ 1’ 3 6 3 4. John Hart 2 2 2’ 2 8 1 5. Arnie Haley 2’ FX 2 0 4 1 6. Bengt Larsson 3 EF 1’ 1 5 1 7. Eric Hockaday 2’ 3 5 1 Team Manager:

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 1 3 EF 2 2 8 2. Graham Coombes 0 1 0 N 1 3. Jack Scott 3 3 3 2 1’ 12 1 4. Chris Julian 0 F 1 0 0 1 5. Jack Biggs 1 1 3 EF 5 6. Ken Wakefield 0 0 N N 0 7. Dave Schofield 0 0 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: E. W. B. Roe

Ht1 Paulson, Bales, Brown, Coombes 69.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Scott, Hart, Jay, Julian 68.6 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Larsson, Haley, Biggs, Wakefield 71.0 5 1 13 5 Ht4 Bales, Hockaday, Coombes, Schofield 70.4 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Scott, Julian [f], Larsson [ef], Haley [fx] [rr] 69.8 0 3 18 9 Ht6 Brown, Hart, Jay, Coombes 70.8 3 3 21 12 Ht7 Paulson, Bales, Biggs, Wakefield 69.6 5 1 26 13 Ht8 Hockaday, Hart, Julian, Schofield 71.0 5 1 31 14 Ht9 Scott, Haley, Larsson, Brown [ef] 70.0 3 3 34 17 Ht10 Biggs, Hart, Jay, Julian 71.6 3 3 37 20 Ht11 Paulson, Scott, Bales, Julian 70.4 4 2 41 22 Ht12 Jay, Brown, Larsson, Biggs [ef] 71.0 4 2 45 24 Ht13 Paulson, Brown, Scott, Haley 71.2 3 3 48 27

Programme Changes: Ht9 t/s Scott for Coombes, Ht10 t/s Julian for Wakefield, Ht13 t/s Brown for Wakefield.

Senior Individual Event Ht1 Hockaday, Karl-Erik Andersson, Larsson, Joe Weichlbauer 73.0 Ht2 Brown, Bales, Julian, Wasden 75.8 Ht3 Scott, Haley, A Jay, Biggs 76.0 Ht4 Hart, Coombes, Wakefield, Paulson 77.0 Final ??.?

Consolation Race Woodcock, Hockaday, Wasden, Derek Jay [ex] 76.8

Novices Race [D Jay, J Lee ??.?

7 Saturday 8th April 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 40 – 37 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 3 3 2 2 12 2. Graham Coombes 0 1 0 1’ 2 1 3. Jack Scott 3 2 3 3 3 14 4. Chris Julian 1 EF N 3 2’ 6 1 5. Jack Biggs R/R 6. Dave Schofield 2’ 1 0 1 4 1 7. Ken Wakefield 0 0 1 1’ 2 1 8. Archie Wilkinson DNR Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan

Poole Pirates 1. Geoff Mudge (C) 3 3 2 2 10 2. Geoff Penniket 1 3 1 1’ 6 1 3. Gote Nordin 2 3 3 3 11 4. Norman Strachan 0 2’ 2 0 4 1 5. Ronnie Genz F 2 1 EF 3 6. Pete Smith F 1’ 0 0 1 1 7. Bruce Cribb 2’ EF 2 1 Team Manager: Ken Middleditch ACU Referee: A. B. Taylor

Ht1 Mudge, Brown, Penniket, Coombes 72.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Scott, Nordin, Julian, Strachan 70.8 4 2 6 6 Ht3 Brown, Schofield, Genz [f], Smith [f] 75.0 5 0 11 6 Ht4 Penniket, Cribb, Coombes, Wakefield 74.8 1 5 12 11 Ht5 Nordin, Strachan, Schofield, Julian [ef] 73.0 1 5 13 16 Ht6 Mudge, Scott, Penniket, Wakefield 72.0 2 4 15 20 Ht7 Brown, Genz, Smith, Coombes 73.8 3 3 18 23 Ht8 Julian, Strachan, Wakefield, Cribb [ef] 74.6 4 2 22 25 Ht9 Scott, Mudge, Penniket, Schofield 70.4 3 3 25 28 Ht10 Scott, Julian, Genz, Smith 71.4 5 1 30 29 Ht11 Nordin, Brown, Coombes, Strachan 74.4 3 3 33 32 Ht12 Scott, Mudge, Schofield, Genz [ef] 70.8 4 2 37 34 Ht13 Nordin, Brown, Wakefield, Smith 73.2 3 3 40 37

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Brown for Biggs, Ht 5 r/r Julian for Biggs, Ht6 r/s Wakefield for Julian [x2], Ht9 r/r Scott for Biggs, Ht13 r/r Wakefield for Biggs.

Netherton Scratch Race Ht1 Brown, Genz, Penniket, Schofield 73.2 ??.? Ht2 Scott, Mudge, Strachan, Coombes 70.8 ??.? Ht3 Nordin, Julian, Wakefield, Smith 71.4 ??.? Final Scott, Mudge, Nordin, Brown 70.4

Dudley Scratch Race Coombes, Wakefield, Schofield, Cribb 74.4

Reserves Stakes Wakefield, Cribb, Schofield, Laurie Sims 74.6

8 Thursday 13th April 1967 Cowley Stadium, Oxford

Oxford Cheetahs 51 - Cradley Heathens 27 (British League)

Oxford Cheetahs 1. Arne Pander (C) 3 3 3 3 12 2. Des Lukehurst 1 3 1 1 6 3. Roy Trigg 3 3 3 3 12 4. Leo McAuliffe 1 F 3 0 4 5. Eddie Reeves 3 2 3 2’ 10 1 6. Maury McDermott 1 0 0 2’ 3 1 7. Rick Timmo 2’ 2’ 4 2 Team Manager: Sid Knibbs

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 2 2 2 1 9 2. Graham Coombes 0 1 1’ 1’ 0 3 2 3. Jack Scott 2 3 2 2 1 10 4. Chris Julian 0 1 EF N 1 5. Jack Biggs 2 0 1’ FX 3 1 6. John Woodcock 0 N N 0 0 7. Ken Wakefield 0 1 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: G. F. Little

Ht1 Pander, Brown, Lukehurst, Coombes 68.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Trigg, Scott, McAuliffe, Julian 67.0 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Reeves, Biggs, McDermott, Woodcock 68.0 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Lukehurst, Timmo, Coombes, Wakefield 68.4 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Scott, Reeves, Julian, McDermott 68.6 2 4 19 11 Ht6 Trigg, Brown, Coombes, McAuliffe [f] 67.4 3 3 22 14 Ht7 Pander, Scott, Lukehurst, Biggs 68.0 4 2 26 16 Ht8 McAuliffe, Timmo, Wakefield, Julian [ef] 69.8 5 1 31 17 Ht9 Reeves, Brown, Coombes, McDermott 68.8 3 3 34 20 Ht10 Trigg, Brown, Biggs, McAuliffe 68.0 3 3 37 23 Ht11 Pander, Scott, Lukehurst, Coombes 67.8 4 2 41 25 Ht12 Trigg, McDermott, Brown, Biggs [fx] [rr] 69.0 5 1 46 26 Ht13 Pander, Reeves, Scott, Woodcock 68.8 5 1 51 27

Programme Changes: Ht7 t/s Scott for Woodcock, Ht10 t/s Brown for Woodcock, Ht11 t/s Coombes for Julian.

Oxford Scurry Ted Spittals, Peter Seaton, Ken Vale, Dennis Mannion 70.4

Rider Of The Night Ht1 Trigg, Scott, McDermott, Woodcock 69.0 69.8 Ht2 Pander, Brown, McAuliffe, Joe Weichlbauer 69.8 70.2 Ht3 Reeves, Lukehurst, Coombes, Spittals 70.6 71.2 Final Pander, Reeves, Trigg, Scott [ef] 68.8

Cheetahs Burn Up Wakefield, Timmo, Weichlbauer, Vale [fr] 70.6

9 Saturday 15th April 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 37 – 41 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 3 2 3 2 10 2. Graham Coombes 2’ 2 1’ 1 6 2 3. Jack Scott 3 F 2 EF 5 4. Chris Julian 1 1 2 1’ 5 1 5. Jack Biggs 2 3 3 1’ 9 1 6. John Woodcock EF 0 0 2 2 7. Ken Wakefield F FR 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan

Newcastle Diamonds 1. Peter Kelly 0 2’ 1’ 0 1 4 2 2. Russ Dent 1 3 2 3 2 11 3. Brian Brett R/R 4. Goog Allan 2 1’ 3 2 8 1 5. (C) 3 3 3 3 3 15 6. Alan Butterfield 0 1 0 0 0 1 7. Dave Gifford 1 1 2 8. Alan Paynter DNR Team Manager: Eddie Glennon ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis

Ht1 Brown, Coombes, Dent, Kelly 71.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Scott, Allan, Julian, Butterfield 69.6 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Mauger, Biggs, Butterfield, Woodcock [ef] 69.4 2 4 11 7 Ht4 Dent, Coombes, Gifford, Wakefield [f] 71.6 2 4 13 11 Ht5 Biggs, Dent, Allan, Woodcock 71.2 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Dent, Kelly, Julian, Scott [f] 71.4 1 5 17 19 Ht7 Mauger, Brown, Coombes, Butterfield 69.0 3 3 20 22 Ht8 Allan, Julian, Gifford, Wakefield [fr] 70.6 2 4 22 26 Ht9 Biggs, Dent, Kelly, Woodcock 71.4 3 3 25 29 Ht10 Mauger, Scott, Julian, Butterfield 69.0 3 3 28 32 Ht11 Brown, Allan, Coombes, Kelly 71.0 4 2 32 34 Ht12 Mauger, Woodcock, Kelly, Scott [ef] 69.2 2 4 34 38 Ht13 Mauger, Brown, Biggs, Butterfield 69.4 3 3 37 41

Programme Changes: Ht2 r/r Butterfield for Brett, Ht5 r/r Dent for Brett, Ht11 r/r Kelly for Brett, Ht13 r/r Mauger for Brett.

Quarry Bank Scratch Race Ht1 Brown, Dent, Coombes, Kelly 71.4 ??.? Ht2 Mauger, Allan, Scott, Julian 72.6 ??.? Ht3 Biggs, Woodcock, Butterfield, Dave Schofield 73.6 ??.? Final Mauger, Allan, Brown, Biggs 69.8

Old Hill Stakes Woodcock, Wakefield, Schofield, Paynter 74.8

Reserves Stakes Wakefield, Gifford, Schofield, Paynter 74.6

10 Friday 21st April 1967 Waterden Road, Hackney

Hackney Hawks 48 - Cradley Heathens 30 (British League)

Hackney Hawks 1. (C) 3 3 3 3 12 2. Brian Davies 0 2’ EF 2’ 4 2 3. Malcolm Brown 2 3 0 3 8 4. Gerald Jackson 0 N 3 3 6 5. 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 6. Les McGillivray 2’ 0 0 N 2 1 7. Colin McKee 3 0 1 1 5 Team Manager: Maurice Morley

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 1’ 2 2 7 1 2. Graham Coombes 1’ 1 2 1’ 5 2 3. Jack Scott 3 1’ 1 1 6 1 4. Chris Julian 1 2 2 0 5 5. Jack Biggs 1 1’ 2 0 4 1 6. Tommy Bergqvist 0 2 1’ 0 3 1 7. John Woodcock F F 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: A. W. Day

Ht1 Pratt, I Brown, Coombes, Davies 68.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Scott, M Brown, Julian, Jackson 69.2 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Jansson, McGillivray, Biggs, Bergqvist 68.6 5 1 10 8 Ht4 McKee, Davies, Coombes, Woodcock [f] 71.0 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Jansson, Julian, Scott, McGillivray 68.4 3 3 18 12 Ht6 M Brown, Coombes, I Brown, McKee 69.0 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Pratt, Bergqvist, Biggs, Davies [ef] 69.4 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Jackson, Julian, McKee, Woodcock [f] 70.6 4 2 28 20 Ht9 Jansson, I Brown, Coombes, McGillivray 68.4 3 3 31 23 Ht10 Jackson, Biggs, Bergqvist, M Brown 70.2 3 3 34 26 Ht11 Pratt, Davies, Scott, Julian 69.2 5 1 39 27 Ht12 M Brown, I Brown, McKee, Biggs 70.0 4 2 43 29 Ht13 Pratt, Jansson, Scott, Bergqvist 71.0 5 1 48 30

Programme Changes: Ht6 r/s McKee for Jackson, Ht12 r/s McKee for McGillivray.

Junior Handicap Gary Everett [10yds], Pat Adaway [Scr.], Dingle Brown [10yds], Buddy Greer [Scr.], Alan Jackson [10yds] [f]. 72.2

Midland Melee Ht1 I Brown, Davies, Bergqvist, M Brown 68.4 ??.? Ht2 Biggs, Julian, Adaway, Pratt 71.6 ??.? Ht3 Jansson, Jackson, Coombes, Scott 68.6 ??.? Final Biggs, I Brown, Jackson, Jansson [f] 71.4

Reserves Dash Ht1 A Jackson, D Brown, Greer, Woodcock [f] 74.0 Ht2 McKee, Everett, D Brown, Adaway 70.2 Ht3 G Jackson, Everett, McKee, Greer [f] 69.8 Hts1 & 3 were not programmed.

11 Saturday 22nd April 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens v Long Eaton Archers (Knockout Cup) Postponed Due To Rain

12 Monday 24th April 1967 Brough Park Stadium, Newcastle

Newcastle Diamonds 40 - Cradley Heathens 38 (British League)

Newcastle Diamonds 1. Peter Kelly F 1’ 1’ 1 3 2 2. Russ Dent 3 3 2 2 10 3. Ole Olsen 2 2 2 2 8 4. Goog Allan 1’ 1’ 3 1’ 6 3 5. Ivan Mauger (C) F 3 0 3 6 6. Dave Gifford 1 1 1 1’ 4 1 7. Allan Butterfield 1 2’ 3 1 Team Manager: Eddie Glennon

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 1’ 3 3 3 10 1 2. Graham Coombes 2 2 0 2’ 6 1 3. Jack Scott 3 2 3 0 8 4. Chris Julian N NS NS N 0 5. Jack Biggs 3 0 EF EF 3 6. Tommy Bergqvist 2’ 3 3 2 10 1 7. Grieves Davidson 0 0 1 0 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: D Miller

Ht1 Dent, Coombes, Brown, Kelly [f] 76.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Scott, Olsen, Allan, Davidson 76.6 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Biggs, Bergqvist, Gifford, Mauger [f] 80.6 1 5 7 11 Ht4 Dent, Coombes, Butterfield, Davidson 77.6 4 2 11 13 Ht5 Mauger, Scott, Gifford, Julian [ns] 77.2 4 2 15 15 Ht6 Brown, Olsen, Allan, Coombes 78.0 3 3 18 18 Ht7 Bergqvist, Dent, Kelly, Biggs 80.6 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Allan, Butterfield, Davidson, Julian [ns] 83.2 5 1 26 22 Ht9 Brown, Coombes, Gifford, Mauger 77.6 1 5 27 27 Ht10 Bergqvist, Olsen, Allan, Biggs [ef] 79.0 3 3 30 30 Ht11 Scott, Dent, Kelly, Davidson 79.2 3 3 33 33 Ht12 Brown, Olsen, Gifford, Biggs [ef] 80.6 3 3 36 36 Ht13 Mauger, Bergqvist, Kelly, Scott 79.4 4 2 40 38

Programme Changes: Ht2 r/s Davidson for Julian, Ht11 r/s Davidson for Julian.

Reserves Handicap Alan Paynter [10yds], Brian Whaley [Scr}, Butterfield [30] [f], Terry Shearer [Scr] [f] 85.4

Second Strings Heat Bergqvist, Allan, Olsen, Gifford 81.0

Stars Heats Ht1 Mauger, Brown, Dent, Biggs 79.6 Ht2 Kelly, Paynter, Coombes, Shearer 84.6 Final Mauger, Brown, Paynter, Kelly [ef] ??.?

13 Saturday 29th April 1967 Brandon Stadium, Coventry

Coventry Bees 56 - Cradley Heathens 22 (British League)

Coventry Bees 1. 3 3 2 2’ 10 1 2. Clive Hitch 1 2 1 1’ 5 1 3. Rick France 3 3 3 3 12 4. Col Cottrell 0 2’ 2’ 1 5 2 5. Ron Mountford (C) 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2 6. Les Owen 2’ 3 3 2’ 10 2 7. Roger Hill 1’ 3 4 1 Team Manager: Mick Blackburn

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 0 0 0 2 2. Graham Coombes 0 3 1 R 1 5 3. Jack Scott 2 1 3 1 7 4. Chris Julian 1’ 0 1 0 0 2 1 5. Jack Biggs 1 2 2 1 6 6. Dave Schofield 0 N N 0 0 7. Ken Wakefield 0 0 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis

Ht1 Boocock, Brown, Hitch, Coombes 68.6 4 2 4 2 Ht2 France, Scott, Julian, Cottrell [rr] 67.4 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Mountford, Owen, Biggs, Schofield [fr] 67.6 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Coombes, Hitch, Hill, Wakefield 69.0 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Owen, Mountford, Scott, Julian 68.4 5 1 20 10 Ht6 France, Cottrell, Coombes, Brown 67.2 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Boocock, Biggs, Hitch, Coombes [r] 68.2 4 2 29 13 Ht8 Hill, Cottrell, Julian, Wakefield 68.6 5 1 34 14 Ht9 Owen, Mountford, Coombes, Brown 69.0 5 1 39 15 Ht10 France, Biggs, Cottrell, Julian 67.8 4 2 43 17 Ht11 Scott, Boocock, Hitch, Julian 68.2 3 3 46 20 Ht12 France, Owen, Biggs, Brown 67.4 5 1 51 21 Ht13 Mountford, Boocock, Scott, Schofield 67.4 5 1 56 22

Programme Changes: Ht7 t/s Coombes for Schofield, Ht10 t/s Julian for Schofield.

Junior League Bid Ht1 Tom Ridley, Pete Gay, Dave Callington, Hasty Humphries 71.8 Ht2 Ridley, Gil Farmer, Gay, John Sanderson 72.0

Senior Handicap Wakefield [Scr], Coombes [10 Yds], Hill [10], Schofield [Scr], Chris Harrison [10] 71.8

Stadium Gold Sash Ht1 Cottrell, Hitch, Harrison, Brown 70.0 70.4 Ht2 France, Hill, Scott, Harrison [ef] 68.6 69.0 Ht3 Owen, Boocock, Julian, Biggs 68.8 69.2 Final France, Owen, Cottrell, Hill 69.2

14 Monday 1st May 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 36 - Halifax Dukes 42 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 2 2 1 7 2. Graham Coombes 1’ 1 F R 2 1 3. Jack Scott 2 F 3 1 6 4. Chris Julian F 2 3 2’ 3 10 1 5. Jack Biggs 2 1’ 0 N 3 1 6. Tommy Bergqvist 1’ 2 1 0 4 1 7. Ken Wakefield 3 1 4 Team Manager: Roy Moreton

Halifax Dukes 1. Dave Younghusband 3 3 3 3 12 2. Greg Kentwell 0 2 1 2’ 5 1 3. Eric Boothroyd (C) 3 3 3 2 11 4. Les Bentzen 1 0 2 1 4 5. Eric Boocock 3 3 1 2’ 9 1 6. Maury Robinson 0 1 0 0 1 7. Terry Lee 0 0 0 Team Manager: Reg Fearman ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis

Ht1 Younghusband, Brown, Coombes, Kentwell 68.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Boothroyd, Scott, Bentzen, Julian [f] 69.4 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Boocock, Biggs, Bergqvist, Robinson 70.0 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Wakefield, Kentwell, Coombes, Lee 72.4 4 2 12 12 Ht5 Boothroyd, Bergqvist, Biggs, Bentzen 69.6 3 3 15 15 Ht6 Younghusband, Julian, Kentwell, Scott [f] 69.0 2 4 17 19 Ht7 Boocock, Brown, Robinson, Coombes [f] 70.4 2 4 19 23 Ht8 Julian, Bentzen, Wakefield, Lee [rr] 71.0 4 2 23 25 Ht9 Younghusband, Kentwell, Bergqvist, Biggs 70.2 1 5 24 30 Ht10 Scott, Julian, Boocock, Robinson 69.6 5 1 29 31 Ht11 Boothroyd, Brown, Bentzen, Coombes [r] 70.2 2 4 31 35 Ht12 Younghusband, Boocock, Scott, Bergqvist 71.2 1 5 32 40 Ht13 Julian, Boothroyd, Brown, Robinson 71.0 4 2 36 42

Programme Changes: Ht13 t/s Julian for Biggs.

Dudley Wood Scratch Race Ht1 Boothroyd, Kentwell, Coombes, Brown [r] 77.2 ??.? Ht2 Scott, Younghusband, Robinson, Bergqvist [fx] [rr] 77.6 ??.? Ht3 Boocock, Biggs, Bentzen, Julian [f] 75.8 ??.? Final Scott, Kentwell, Boocock, Boothroyd 77.8

Tipton Stakes Wakefield, Dave Schofield, Robinson, Archie Wilkinson 77.2

Reserves Stakes Robinson, Wakefield, Schofield, 3 riders only 77.6

15 Saturday 6th May 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 41 – Wolverhampton Wolves 37 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 3 3 3 3 12 2. Graham Coombes 0 2 0 0 2 3. Jack Scott 3 1 2 F 6 4. Tommy Bergqvist 1 3 3 0 7 5. Ken Wakefield 0 1 0 0 1 6. Chris Julian 3 3 3 3 12 7. Dave Schofield F 1 1 Team Manager: Roy Moreton

Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Jim Airey 2 2 2 3 2 11 2. Dave Hemus 1’ 3 0 N 4 1 3. Brian Maxted 2 2 1’ 2 7 1 4. James Bond 0 0 2 2 4 5. Peter Vandenberg (C) 2 2 1’ 1 1’ 7 2 6. Peter Jarman 1’ 1’ N 1’ 3 3 7. Mick Handley 1 0 1 Team Manager: Bill Bridgett ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis

Ht1 Brown, Airey, Hemus, Coombes 71.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Scott, Maxted, Bergqvist, Bond 71.2 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Julian, Vandenberg, Jarman, Wakefield 70.2 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Hemus, Coombes, Handley, Schofield [f] 70.4 2 4 12 12 Ht5 Julian, Maxted, Wakefield, Bond 69.8 4 2 16 14 Ht6 Bergqvist, Airey, Scott, Hemus 73.0 4 2 20 16 Ht7 Brown, Vandenberg, Jarman, Coombes 73.6 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Bergqvist, Bond, Schofield, Handley 72.6 4 2 27 21 Ht9 Julian, Airey, Vandenberg, Wakefield 73.6 3 3 30 24 Ht10 Airey, Scott, Vandenberg, Bergqvist 72.6 2 4 32 28 Ht11 Brown, Bond, Maxted, Coombes 73.4 3 3 35 31 Ht12 Julian, Airey, Vandenberg, Scott [f] 71.8 3 3 38 34 Ht13 Brown, Maxted, Jarman, Wakefield 73.2 3 3 41 37

Programme Changes: Ht9 t/s Vandenberg for Hemus, Ht10 t/s Airey for Jarman.

Rowley Regis Scratch Race Ht1 Brown, Coombes, Jarman, Bond 73.6 74.8 Ht2 Bergqvist, Scott, Hemus, Vandenberg 74.8 75.6 Ht3 Julian, Maxted, Airey, Wakefield 72.6 73.8 Final Maxted, Brown, Julian, Bergqvist ?? 73.0

Brierley Hill Stakes Schofield, Archie Wilkinson, Malcolm Bruce, Martin Rose 76.4

Reserves Stakes Handley, Wilkinson, Bruce [f], Schofield [f] 77.4

16 Monday 8th May 1967 County Ground, Exeter

Exeter Falcons 54 - Cradley Heathens 24 (British League)

Exeter Falcons 1. Neil Street 3 3 3 3 12 2. Chris Blewett R 1 N N 1 3. Tommy Sweetman 2’ 2’ 2 2’ 8 3 4. Jack Geran 3 3 3 0 9 5. Jimmy Squibb (C) 1’ 2’ 2’ 2’ 7 4 6. Colin Gooddy 2 3 3 3 11 7. Tim Bungay 3 1 1 1 6 Team Manager: Pete Lansdale

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 1 1 2 0 6 2. Graham Coombes 1’ 2 0 0 3 1 3. Jack Scott 1 1 0 0 2 4. Ken Wakefield 0 0 N N 0 5. Jack Biggs 0 0 1 1 2 6. Chris Julian 3 2 2 3 1 11 7. Dave Schofield R 0 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: W. J. Baker

Ht1 Street, Brown, Coombes, Blewett [r] 73.8 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Geran, Sweetman, Scott, Wakefield 74.8 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Julian, Gooddy, Squibb, Biggs 74.6 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Bungay, Coombes, Blewett, Schofield [r] 77.0 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Gooddy, Squibb, Scott, Wakefield 75.0 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Geran, Sweetman, Brown, Coombes 76.0 5 1 25 11 Ht7 Street, Julian, Bungay, Biggs 73.6 4 2 29 13 Ht8 Geran, Julian, Bungay, Schofield 73.6 4 2 33 15 Ht9 Goody, Squibb, Brown, Coombes 74.8 5 1 38 16 Ht10 Julian, Sweetman, Biggs, Geran 75.4 2 4 40 20 Ht11 Street, Brown, Bungay, Scott 74.4 4 2 44 22 Ht12 Gooddy, Sweetman, Biggs, Brown 74.8 5 1 49 23 Ht13 Street, Squibb, Julian, Scott 74.8 5 1 54 24

Programme Changes: Ht7 r/s Bungay for Blewett, Ht8 t/s Julian for Wakefield, Ht11 r/s Bungay for Blewett, t/s Brown for Wakefield.

Kestrels Kanter Laurie Etheridge, Mike Cake, Dave Whitaker, Sanders [r] 77.0

County Scratch Races Ht1 Geran, Street, Brown, Wakefield 74.0 Ht2 Squibb, Bungay, Biggs, Julian [fx] [rr] 76.0 Ht3 Gooddy, Sweetman, Scott, Coombes 76.2

Sidecar Racing Ht1 [Harry Body, G. Stoneman, Gordon Wheeler Ht2 [Gordon Gill, Chris Rhind-Tutt, Jack Uglow

Reserves Handicap Cake [Scr}, Etheridge [Scr], Bungay [20yds], [Whitaker [Scr], Wakefield [20] 79.0

Butchers Picnic (Sidecar Handicap – 6 Laps) [Body, Gill, Stoneman, Rhind-Tutt, Wheeler, Uglow

17 Saturday 13th May 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

World Championship Qualifying Round Winner: Ivor Brown

1. Graham Coombes (Cradley Hth) 1 X2 1 0 2 4 12th 2. Russ Dent (Newcastle) 2 1 2 1 2 8 7th 3. Alan Cowland (Wimbledon) EF 2 3 3 3 11 4th 4. Ivor Brown (Cradley Heath) 3 3 3 3 3 15 1st 5. Geoff Penniket (Poole) 1 3 R 1 EX 5 9th 6. Brian Leonard (West Ham) 3 0 2 2 1 8 8th 7. Brian Davies (Hackney) 0 1 0 1 1 3 15th 8. Colin McKee (Hackney) 2 0 1 0 1 4 13th 9. Jon Erskine (Newport) FX N 0 1 EF 1 16th 10. Chris Julian (Cradley Heath) 3 3 1 2 3 12 3rd 11. Ivan Mauger (Newcastle) 1 3 3 3 EF 10 6th 12. Jack Scott (Cradley Heath) 2 2 3 2 2 11 5th 13. Peter Vandenberg (W’ton) 1 X2 2 2 F 5 10th 14. Norman Hunter (West Ham) 3 2 2 3 2 12 2nd 15. Jack Biggs (Cradley Heath) 2 0 1 0 0 3 14th 16. Malcolm Brown (Hackney) 0 1 0 0 3 4 11th Res. Ken Wakefield (Cradley Hth) 2 1 3 Res. Dave Schofield (Cradley Hth) 1 1 ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis

Ht1 I Brown, Dent, Coombes, Cowland [ef] 70.8 Ht2 Leonard, McKee, Penniket, Davies 71.8 Ht3 Julian, Scott, Mauger, Erskine [fx] [rr] 73.8 Ht4 Hunter, Biggs, Vandenberg, M Brown 73.6 Ht5 Penniket, Wakefield, Schofield, Coombes [x2] 74.8 Ht6 Julian, Hunter, Dent, Leonard 73.2 Ht7 Mauger, Cowland, Davies, Biggs 72.8 Ht8 I Brown, Scott, M Brown, McKee 73.4 Ht9 Mauger, Leonard, Coombes, M Brown 71.6 Ht10 Scott, Dent, Biggs, Penniket 74.2 Ht11 Cowland, Hunter, McKee, Erskine 73.4 Ht12 I Brown, Vandenberg, Julian, Davies 73.0 Ht13 Hunter, Scott, Davies, Coombes 72.8 Ht14 Mauger, Vandenberg, Dent, McKee 71.4 Ht15 Cowland, Julian, Penniket, M Brown 74.0 Ht16 I Brown, Leonard, Erskine, Biggs 73.0 Ht17 Julian, Coombes, McKee, Biggs 72.8 Ht18 M Brown, Dent, Davies, Erskine 73.4 Ht19 Cowland, Scott, Leonard, Vandenberg [f] 73.8 Ht20 I Brown, Hunter, Wakefield, Mauger [ef] 72.8

Programme Changes: Ht5 r/s Wakefield for Erskine, r/s Schofield for Vandenberg [x2], Ht20 r/s Wakefield for Penniket.

18 Saturday 20th May 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 42 – Sheffield Tigers 36 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 3 EF 2 3 8 2. Graham Coombes 1 3 3 0 7 3. Jack Scott 3 1’ 2 0 6 1 4. Tommy Bergqvist 2’ 2 3 1’ 8 2 5. Jack Biggs 2 0 0 2’ 4 1 6. Chris Julian 1’ 3 2 1 7 1 7. Ken Wakefield 1 1 2 Team Manager: Roy Moreton

Sheffield Tigers 1. John Hart 2 3 3 3 11 2. John Dews 0 2 0 1 3 3. Billy Bales 0 N 1 EF 1 4. George Major 1 1’ 2 3 7 1 5. Arnold Haley 3 2 1’ 3 2’ 11 2 6. Alan Jay 0 2 0 1 3 7. Dennis Wasden 0 0 0 Team Manager: Ernest Palmer ACU Referee: G. H. Reynolds

Ht1 Brown, Hart, Coombes, Dews 71.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Scott, Bergqvist, Major, Bales 71.8 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Haley, Biggs, Julian, Jay 70.8 3 3 12 6 Ht4 Coombes, Dews, Wakefield, Wasden 72.2 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Julian, Haley, Major, Biggs 71.0 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Hart, Bergqvist, Scott, Dews 70.8 3 3 22 14 Ht7 Coombes, Jay, Haley, Brown [ef] 72.0 3 3 25 17 Ht8 Bergqvist, Major, Wakefield, Wasden 71.6 4 2 29 19 Ht9 Hart, Julian, Dews, Biggs 71.0 2 4 31 23 Ht10 Haley, Scott, Bergqvist, Jay 71.4 3 3 34 26 Ht11 Major, Brown, Bales, Coombes 71.8 2 4 36 30 Ht12 Hart, Haley, Julian, Scott 71.2 1 5 37 35 Ht13 Brown, Biggs, Jay, Bales [ef] 71.8 5 1 42 36

Programme Changes: Ht5 t/s Haley for Bales.

Iron and Steel Scratch Race Ht1 Brown, Haley, Coombes, Jay 72.4 73.6 Ht2 Hart, Scott, Dews, Bergqvist [ef] 72.0 73.8 Ht3 Julian, Biggs, Major, Bales 72.8 73.4 Final Julian, Hart, Brown, Biggs 73.0

Talent Stakes Ray Wickett, Dave Schofield, Archie Wilkinson, Joe Weichlbauer 76.2

Reserves Stakes Wakefield, Wickett, Wasden, Schofield 75.8

19 Tuesday 23rd May 1967 ,

West Ham Hammers 52 - Cradley Heathens 26 (British League)

West Ham Hammers 1. Ken McKinlay (C) 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 2. Malcolm Simmons 1 3 2’ 1 7 1 3. Norman Hunter 3 3 3 3 12 4. Tony Clarke R 1 2 0 3 5. Sverre Harrfeldt 3 3 3 3 12 6. Brian Leonard 2’ 2’ 1 1 6 2 7. Barry Crowson 1 0 1 Team Managers: Dave Lanning & Phil Bishop

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 2 2 1’ 2 9 1 2. Graham Coombes 0 2 0 0 2 3. Jack Scott 2 1 0 1 4 4. Tommy Bergqvist 1’ 0 3 2 6 1 5. Jack Biggs 1 0 N 0 1 6. Chris Julian 0 1 2 0 3 7. Ken Wakefield F 1 1 Team Manager: Roy Moreton ACU Referee: G. E. Little

Ht1 McKinlay, Brown, Simmons, Coombes 72.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Hunter, Scott, Bergqvist, Clarke [r] 73.4 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Harrfeldt, Leonard, Biggs, Julian 72.6 5 1 12 6 Ht4 Simmons, Coombes, Crowson, Wakefield [f] 73.6 4 2 16 8 Ht5 Harrfeldt, Leonard, Scott, Bergqvist 73.0 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Hunter, Brown, Clarke, Coombes 74.0 4 2 25 11 Ht7 McKinlay, Simmons, Julian, Biggs 74.6 5 1 30 12 Ht8 Bergqvist, Clarke, Wakefield, Crowson 76.0 2 4 32 16 Ht9 Harrfeldt, Brown, Leonard, Coombes 73.4 4 2 36 18 Ht10 Hunter, Julian, Brown, Clarke 74.8 3 3 39 21 Ht11 McKinlay, Bergqvist, Simmons, Scott 74.4 4 2 43 23 Ht12 Hunter, Brown, Leonard, Biggs 74.6 4 2 47 25 Ht13 Harrfeldt, McKinlay, Scott, Julian 74.2 5 1 52 26

Programme Changes: Ht10 t/s Brown for Biggs.

Ilford Recorder One Lap Record Attempt Norman Hunter 18.2

Junior Hammers Handicap George Barclay [10 yds], Barry Crowson [10], Mike Gardner [Scr], Peter Macklin [Scr], Dave Evans [10] 79.0

Stadium Golden Snowball Ht1 McKinlay, Leonard, Scott, Coombes 75.0 ??.? Ht2 Harrfeldt, Bergqvist, Clarke, Barclay 75.2 ??.? Ht3 Hunter, Simmons, Brown, Julian 75.2 ??.? Final Harrfeldt, Hunter, McKinlay, Leonard 75.2

Junior Hammers Snowball Wakefield, ??, Gardner, Barclay, Crowson 80.0

20 Saturday 27th May 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 46 – 31 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2’ 1’ 1’ 2 6 3 2. Graham Coombes 3 3 2 2 10 3. Jack Scott 1 1 F 3 5 4. Tommy Bergqvist 0 3 3 3 9 5. Ken Wakefield R 1 1 0 2 6. Chris Julian 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 7. Dave Schofield 2’ 2’ 4 2 Team Manager: Roy Moreton

Swindon Robins 1. Frank Shuter 0 0 N 0 0 2. Mike Keen 1 XT 2 0 3 3. 2’ 2 3 0 3 10 1 4. Mike Broadbank (C) 3 EF EF 3 6 5. Bob Kilby 3 0 2 2 1 8 6. Pete Munday 1 N 1’ 1 3 1 7. Peter Jackson 1 EX 1 Team Manager: Norman Parker ACU Referee: J. Ashworth

Ht1 Coombes, Brown, Keen, Shuter [fr] 72.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Broadbanks, Ashby, Scott, Bergqvist 72.4 1 5 6 6 Ht3 Kilby, Julian, Munday, Wakefield [r] 74.2 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Coombes, Schofield, Jackson, Keen [xt] [rr] 78.8 5 1 13 11 Ht5 Julian, Ashby, Wakefield, Broadbank [ef] 76.2 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Bergqvist, Keen, Scott, Shuter 76.2 4 2 21 15 Ht7 Ashby, Coombes, Brown, Kilby 74.8 3 3 24 18 Ht8 Bergqvist, Schofield, Broadbank [ef], Jackson [ex] 77.8 5 0 29 18 Ht9 Julian, Kilby, Wakefield, Keen 76.4 4 2 33 20 Ht10 Bergqvist, Kilby, Munday, Scott [f] 77.6 3 3 36 23 Ht11 Broadbank, Coombes, Brown, Ashby 75.8 3 3 39 26 Ht12 Scott, Julian, Kilby, Shuter 74.4 5 1 44 27 Ht13 Ashby, Brown, Munday, Wakefield 75.6 2 4 46 31

Programme Changes: Ht7 t/s Ashby for Munday, Ht9 t/s Kilby for Shuter.

Stourbridge Scratch Race Ht1 Brown, Keen, Wakefield, Kilby 77.0 78.6 Ht2 Scott, Ashby, Coombes, Munday 74.8 77.0 Ht3 Julian, Broadbank, Schofield, Jackson 76.4 77.2 Final Julian, Scott, Brown, Ashby 75.8

Talent Stakes Ray Wickett, Peter Wrathall, Archie Wilkinson (3 Only) 78.8

Reserves Stakes Shuter, Schofield, Wakefield, Jackson 78.8

21 Saturday 3rd June 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 38 – Oxford Cheetahs 39 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 3 2’ 2 2 9 1 2. Graham Coombes 2’ 2 3 1’ 8 2 3. Jack Scott N N NS NS 4. Tommy Bergqvist 2 EX 3 3 8 5. Ken Wakefield 0 1 0 1’ 2 1 6. Chris Julian 3 3 2 2 10 7. Dave Schofield 0 0 FX 1 1 Team Manager: Roy Moreton

Oxford Cheetahs 1. Arne Pander R/R 2. Maury McDermott EF 1 2’ 1 4 1 3. Roy Trigg 3 EF 3 3 3 12 4. Leo McAuliffe 1 2 2 0 5 5. Eddie Reeves 1’ 1 2 3 7 1 6. Rick Timmo 2 0 1’ 0 3 1 7. Des Lukehurst 1 3 3 F 1 8 8. Pete Seaton DNR Team Manager: Sid Knibbs ACU Referee: A. B. Taylor

Ht1 Brown, Coombes, Lukehurst, McDermott [ef] 71.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Trigg, Bergqvist, McAuliffe, Schofield 70.2 2 4 7 5 Ht3 Julian, Timmo, Reeves, Wakefield 72.2 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Lukehurst, Coombes, McDermott, Schofield 71.6 2 4 12 12 Ht5 Julian, McAuliffe, Wakefield, Trigg [ef] 73.4 4 2 16 14 Ht6 Lukehurst, McDermott, Schofield [fx], Bergqvist [ex] 80.0 0 5 16 19 Ht7 Coombes, Brown, Reeves, Timmo 72.0 5 1 21 20 Ht8 Bergqvist, McAuliffe, Schofield, Lukehurst [f] 71.0 4 2 25 22 Ht9 Trigg, Julian, McDermott, Wakefield 72.2 2 4 27 26 Ht10 Bergqvist, Reeves, Timmo, Scott [ns] 71.0 3 3 30 29 Ht11 Trigg, Brown, Coombes, McAuliffe 70.6 3 3 33 32 Ht12 Reeves, Julian, Lukehurst, Scott [ns] 71.4 2 4 35 36 Ht13 Trigg, Brown, Wakefield, Timmo 70.6 3 3 38 39

Programme Changes: Ht1 r/r Lukehurst for Pander, Ht2 r/s Schofield for Scott, Ht6 r/r Lukehurst for Pander, r/s Schofield for Scott, Ht9 r/r Trigg for Pander, Ht12 r/r Lukehurst for Pander.

Amblecote Scratch Race Ht1 Brown, Coombes, Reeves, Timmo 72.6 73.2 Ht2 Bergqvist, McAuliffe, Wakefield, Seaton 72.0 73.4 Ht3 Julian, McDermott, Seaton, Trigg [ef] 72.4 74.6 Final Bergqvist, Coombes, Brown, Julian [ef] 73.0

Talent Stakes Peter Wrathall , Dai Evans, Archie Wilkinson, Ray Wickett 75.0

Reserves Stakes Lukehurst, Schofield, Alan Paynter, Wakefield [f] 74.0

22 Monday 5th June 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Midland Riders Championship Qualifying Round Winner: Rick France

1. Les Owen (Coventry 1 0 0 2 1 4 12th 2. Martin Ashby (Swindon) 2 2 3 1 R 8 8th 3. Rick France (Coventry) 3 3 2 3 3 14 1st 4. Jack Scott (Cradley Heath) F N N N N 0 16th 5. Chris Julian (Cradley Heath) 2 2 2 2 3 11 5th 6. Dave Hemus (Wolverhampton) 1 1 1 1 2 6 10th 7. Pete Jarman (Wolverhampton) 3 2 2 3 2 12 3rd 8. Tommy Bergqvist (Cradley Hth) 0 3 1 3 2 9 6th 9. Ivor Brown (Cradley Heath) 2 3 3 3 3 14 2nd 10. Ron Mountford (Coventry) 3 3 3 EF 3 12 4th 11. Leo McAuliffe (Oxford) 1 1 3 2 2 9 7th 12. Dave Schofield (Cradley Heath) 0 R 0 0 0 0 15th 13. Maury McDermott (Oxford) 3 1 1 0 1 6 11th 14. Ken Wakefield (Cradley Heath) 1 0 0 1 1 3 14th 15. Pete Munday (Swindon) F 0 1 2 0 3 13th 16. Graham Coombes (Cradley Hth) 2 2 2 1 1 8 9th Res. Archie Wilkinson (Cradley Hth) 1 0 R 0 1 ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis

Ht1 France, Ashby, Owen, Scott [f] 71.6 Ht2 Jarman, Julian, Hemus, Bergqvist 70.6 Ht3 Mountford, Brown, McAuliffe, Schofield 71.2 Ht4 McDermott, Coombes, Wakefield [fr], Munday [f] 73.2 Ht5 Brown, Julian, McDermott, Owen 71.8 Ht6 Mountford, Ashby, Hemus, Wakefield [fr] 71.0 Ht7 France, Jarman, McAuliffe, Munday 71.6 Ht8 Bergqvist, Coombes, Wilkinson, Schofield [r] 72.2 Ht9 McAuliffe, Coombes, Hemus, Owen 72.0 Ht10 Ashby, Julian, Munday, Schofield 72.2 Ht11 Brown, France, Bergqvist, Wakefield 71.4 Ht12 Mountford, Jarman, McDermott, Wilkinson 71.4 Ht13 Jarman, Owen, Wakefield, Schofield 72.0 Ht14 Bergqvist, McAuliffe, Ashby, McDermott 71.8 Ht15 France, Julian, Coombes, Mountford [ef] 71.8 Ht16 Brown, Munday, Hemus, Wilkinson [f] [rr] 72.6 Ht17 Mountford, Bergqvist, Owen, Munday 72.6 Ht18 Brown, Jarman, Coombes, Ashby [r] 72.0 Ht19 France, Hemus, McDermott, Schofield 71.8 Ht20 Julian, McAuliffe, Wakefield, Wilkinson 73.8

Run-Off For 1st Place France beat Brown 70.8

Programme Changes: Ht8 Wilkinson for Scott, Ht12 Wilkinson for Scott, Ht16 Wilkinson for Scott, Ht20 Wilkinson for Scott.

23 Saturday 10th June 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 47 – Exeter Falcons 30 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 3 3 EX 3 12 2. Graham Coombes 1 3 3 2’ 9 1 3. Jack Scott R 0 N N 0 4. Tommy Bergqvist 3 2 2 3 10 5. Brian Brett F 1’ 1 2’ 4 2 6. Chris Julian 3 2 3 3 11 7. Ken Wakefield 2’ 1’ 0 1 4 2 Team Manager: Roy Moreton

Exeter Falcons 1. Neil Street 2 1 2 1 EF 6 2. Tim Bungay 0 1 N 0 1 3. Tommy Sweetman 1’ 0 N N 1 1 4. Gunnar Malmqvist 2 3 3 3 0 11 5. Jack Geran 2 2 2 1 7 6. Jimmy Squibb (C) 1’ R 1’ 2 0 4 2 7. Mike Cake 0 0 0 Team Manager: Pete Lansdale ACU Referee: J. R. Greene

Ht1 Brown, Street, Coombes, Bungay 71.4 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Bergqvist, Malmqvist, Sweetman, Scott [r] 71.4 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Julian, Geran, Squibb, Brett [f] [rr] 72.4 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Coombes, Wakefield, Bungay, Cake 73.2 5 1 15 9 Ht5 Malmqvist, Julian, Brett, Sweetman 71.6 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Malmqvist, Bergqvist, Street, Scott 70.6 2 4 20 16 Ht7 Coombes, Geran, Brown [ex], Squibb [r] 72.4 3 2 23 18 Ht8 Malmqvist, Bergqvist, Wakefield, Cake 71.4 3 3 26 21 Ht9 Julian, Street, Brett, Bungay 72.6 4 2 30 23 Ht10 Bergqvist, Geran, Squibb, Wakefield 72.4 3 3 33 26 Ht11 Brown, Coombes, Street, Malmqvist 72.2 5 1 38 27 Ht12 Julian, Squibb, Wakefield, Street [ef] 72.4 4 2 42 29 Ht13 Brown, Brett, Geran, Squibb 72.2 5 1 47 30

Programme Changes: Ht6 t/s Malmqvist for Bungay, Ht10 r/s Wakefield for Scott, Ht11 t/s Street for Sweetman, Ht12 r/s Wakefield for Scott, Ht13 t/s Squibb for Sweetman.

Pensnett Scratch Race Ht1 Sweetman, Brown, Coombes, Bungay 72.6 73.2 Ht2 Street, Bergqvist, Geran, Dave Schofield 72.6 73.8 Ht3 Malmqvist, Julian, Squibb, Brett 72.6 73.4 Final Sweetman, Street, Brown, Malmqvist 72.4

Talent Stakes Ray Wickett, Schofield, Archie Wilkinson, Peter Wrathall [fx] [rr] 74.4

Reserves Stakes Wickett, Wakefield, Cake, Schofield [ex] 75.4

24 Friday 16th June 1967 Somerton Park, Newport

Newport Wasps 55 - Cradley Heathens 22 (British League)

Newport Wasps 1. Torbjorn Harrysson 3 3 2’ 3 3 14 1 2. Alby Golden (C) 1 1’ 2’ 2’ 6 3 3. Eric Boothroyd (G) 2’ 1 2 3 2’ 10 2 4. John Bishop 3 1’ 1 0 5 1 5. Jimmy Gooch 3 3 3 3 2’ 14 1 6. Jon Erskine R/R 7. Cyril Francis 1 2 3 6 8. Fred Powell DNR Team Manager: Arthur Moore

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 0 2 3 EF 1’ 0 6 1 2. Graham Coombes 2 3 0 2 1 1 9 3. Jack Scott R/R 4. Tommy Bergqvist 1 0 N 0 0 1 5. Brian Brett EF R N N 0 6. Chris Julian 0 2 EF 2 1 1 6 7. Ken Wakefield 0 0 0 8. Archie Wilkinson DNR Team Manager: Roy Moreton ACU Referee:

Ht1 Harrysson, Coombes, Golden, Brown 70.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Bishop, Boothroyd, Bergqvist, Julian 70.0 5 1 9 3 Ht3 Gooch, Julian, Francis, Brett [ef] 69.4 4 2 13 5 Ht4 Coombes, Francis, Golden, Wakefield 71.3 3 3 16 8 Ht5 Gooch, Brown, Boothroyd, Bergqvist 69.8 4 2 20 10 Ht6 Brown, Boothroyd, Bishop, Coombes 70.8 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Harrysson, Golden, Julian [ef], Brett [r] 69.6 5 0 28 13 Ht8 Francis, Coombes, Bishop, Wakefield 71.8 4 2 32 15 Ht9 Gooch, Harrysson, Coombes, Brown [ef] 71.2 5 1 37 16 Ht10 Boothroyd, Julian, Brown, Bishop 71.4 3 3 40 19 Ht11 Harrysson, Golden, Coombes, Bergqvist 69.4 5 1 45 20 Ht12 Gooch, Boothroyd, Julian, Brown 72.0 5 1 50 21 Ht13 Harrysson, Gooch, Julian, Bergqvist 69.6 5 1 55 22

Programme Changes: Ht2 r/r Julian for Scott, Ht3 r/r Francis for Erskine, Ht5 r/r Boothroyd for Erskine, r/r Brown for Scott, Ht8 t/s Coombes for Bergqvist, Ht9 r/r Harrysson for Erskine, Ht10 t/s Brown for Brett, Ht11 r/r Coombes for Scott, Ht12 t/s Julian for Brett, Ht13 r/r Gooch for Erskine, r/r Bergqvist for Scott.

Junior Handicap Alan Paynter [Scr], Fred Powell [30yds], Roger White [10yds], Bob Stevens [Scr], Wakefield 77.6

Second String Handicap Coombes, Bishop, Francis, Bergqvist 72.8

Stars Handicap Ht1 Harrysson, Boothroyd, Powell, Wilkinson 70.2 Ht2 Gooch, Golden, Julian, Brown 71.6

Stars Scratch Final Harrysson, Gooch, Coombes [ef], Paynter [fx] 74.0

25 Saturday 17th June 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 39 – Kings Lynn Stars 38 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) R EF 3 EF 3 6 2. Graham Coombes 1 2 1 3 2 9 3. Jack Scott R/R 4. Tommy Bergqvist 1’ 3 3 2’ 2 11 2 5. Brian Brett 3 EF FX N 3 6. Chris Julian 2 2’ 2 2 1’ 9 2 7. Ken Wakefield 0 1 0 1 Team Manager: Roy Moreton

Kings Lynn Stars 1. David Crane 3 2 3 0 8 2. Howard Cole 2’ 3 1’ EX 6 2 3. 3 3 3 2 11 4. John Mills 0 1 0 1 2 5. Clive Featherby 1 2 1 3 7 6. Peter Moore (C) 0 0 0 1’ 1 1 7. Ted Laessing 1 2 3 Team Manager: Maury Littlechild ACU Referee: E. W. B. Roe

Ht1 Crane, Cole, Coombes, Brown [r] 71.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Betts, Julian, Bergqvist, Mills [fr] 71.2 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Brett, Julian, Featherby, Moore 72.4 5 1 9 9 Ht4 Cole, Coombes, Laessing, Wakefield 73.0 2 4 11 13 Ht5 Betts, Julian, Mills, Brett [ef] 71.4 2 4 13 17 Ht6 Bergqvist, Crane, Cole, Brown [ef] 72.6 3 3 16 20 Ht7 Brown, Featherby, Coombes, Moore 71.6 4 2 20 22 Ht8 Bergqvist, Laessing, Wakefield, Mills 71.8 4 2 24 24 Ht9 Crane, Julian, Cole [ex], Brett [fx] [rr]* 72.0 2 3 26 27 Ht10 Coombes, Bergqvist, Featherby, Moore 71.6 5 1 31 28 Ht11 Betts, Coombes, Mills, Brown [ef] 71.2 2 4 33 32 Ht12 Featherby, Bergqvist, Julian, Crane 72.2 3 3 36 35 Ht13 Brown, Betts, Moore, Wakefield 70.8 3 3 39 38

Programme Changes: Ht2 r/r Julian for Scott, Ht6 r/r Brown for Scott, Ht10 r/r Coombes for Scott, Ht12 r/r Bergqvist for Scott, Ht13 r/s Wakefield for Brett.

* - Heat 9 was re-run after heat 13, the original heat finished: Crane, Julian, Cole, Brett [fx], but Cradley complained that Julian was obstructed by Cole after he had fallen and then remounted, and the referee ordered the re-run without Cole.

Norfolk Scratch Race Ht1 Moore, Coombes, Brown, Cole 72.0 73.0 Ht2 Crane, Bergqvist, Featherby, Julian 71.6 72.0 Ht3 Betts, Wilkinson, Mills [ef], Brett [ns] 73.0 ??.? Final Betts, Bergqvist, Moore, Crane [ef] 71.8

Talent Stakes Archie Wilkinson, Dave Schofield, Peter Wrathall [f], Ray Wickett [ex] 78.2

Reserves Stakes Wakefield, Laessing, Dave Schofield, Trevor Floyd 75.0

26 Monday 19th June 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 45 – Long Eaton Archers 51 (Knockout Cup 1st Rnd)

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2’ 2 1’ 2 3 10 2 2. Graham Coombes 3 3 2 1’ 2 11 1 3. Ken Wakefield 1’ 0 0 0 0 1 1 4. Tommy Bergqvist 2 2 3 3 0 10 5. Brian Brett 1’ 1 1’ 2 1 6 2 6. Chris Julian 2 3 2 EX F 7 7. Dave Schofield EF EF 0 Team Manager: Roy Moreton

Long Eaton Archers 1. John Poyser 0 1 0 1’ 2’ 4 2 2. Vic White 1 2 2 2 2 9 3. Ray Wilson (C) 3 3 3 3 3 15 4. Norman Storer 0 0 2 EF 1’ 3 1 5. Anders Michanek 3 3 3 3 3 15 6. John Boulger 0 1 0 1 1 3 7. Ian Champion 1’ 1’ 2 2 Team Manager: Ron Wilson ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis

Ht1 Coombes, Brown, White, Poyser 70.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Wilson, Bergqvist, Wakefield, Storer 70.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Coombes, White, Champion, Schofield [ef] 70.8 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Wilson, Brown, Poyser, Wakefield 70.2 2 4 13 11 Ht5 Michanek, Julian, Brett, Boulger 69.8 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Wilson, Coombes, Brown, Storer 70.4 3 3 19 17 Ht7 Michanek, Bergqvist, Boulger, Wakefield 71.4 2 4 21 21 Ht8 Julian, White, Brett, Poyser 72.4 4 2 25 23 Ht9 Bergqvist, Storer, Campion, Schofield [ef] 72.6 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Michanek, Brown, Coombes, Boulger 71.2 3 3 31 29 Ht11 Wilson, Julian, Brett, Storer [ef] 71.4 3 3 34 32 Ht12 Bergqvist, White, Poyser, Wakefield 72.6 3 3 37 35 Ht13 Michanek, Brett, Boulger, Julian [ex] 72.4 2 4 39 39 Ht14 Brown, White, Storer, Wakefield 73.2 3 3 42 42 Ht15 Wilson, Coombes, Boulger, Julian [f] 72.4 2 4 44 46 Ht16 Michanek, Poyser, Brett, Bergqvist 72.6 1 5 45 51

Programme Changes: None

Silver Sash Match Race Graham Coombes beat Ray Wilson 73.0

Talent Stakes Peter Wrathall, Archie Wilkinson, Ray Wickett, Schofield [ef] 75.2

Reserves Stakes Wrathall, Champion, Wilkinson, Wakefield [ex] 75.2

Dudley Wood Stadium Final Coombes, Wilson, Bergqvist, Michanek [ef] 71.0

27 Friday 23rd June 1967 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wolves 51 – Cradley Heathens 27 (British League)

Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Jim Airey 3 3 3 3 3 15 2. Dave Hemus 0 3 1 1 5 3. Peter Vandenberg 2 1 3 3 3 12 4. James Bond 1’ 0 1’ 2’ 4 3 5. Hasse Molmqvist R/R 6. Pete Jarman (C) 2’ 3 3 2’ 2’ 12 3 7. Brian Maxted 1 2 0 3 Team Manager: Bob Wasley

Cradley Heathens I. Ivor Brown (C) 2 2 2 1’ 1 8 1 2. Graham Coombes 1’ 2 1’ 2 0 6 2 3. Ken Wakefield 0 N N 0 0 4. Tommy Bergqvist 3 0 3 2 8 5. Brian Brett 0 0 0 0 0 6. Chris Julian 1 2 1 1 5 7. Peter Wrathall 0 0 0 Team Manager: Roy Moreton ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis

Ht1 Airey, Brown, Coombes, Hemus 67.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Bergqvist, Vandenberg, Bond, Wakefield 67.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Airey, Jarman, Julian, Brett 68.0 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Hemus, Coombes, Maxted, Wrathall 69.4 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Jarman, Brown, Vandenberg, Bergqvist 68.6 4 2 19 11 Ht6 Vandenberg, Brown, Coombes, Bond 68.0 3 3 22 14 Ht7 Airey, Julian, Hemus, Brett 68.2 4 2 26 16 Ht8 Bergqvist, Maxted, Bond, Wrathall 68.2 3 3 29 19 Ht9 Jarman, Coombes, Brown, Maxted 67.8 3 3 32 22 Ht10 Vandenberg, Bond, Julian, Brett 68.0 5 1 37 23 Ht11 Airey, Bergqvist, Hemus, Coombes [fr] 67.8 4 2 41 25 Ht12 Vandenberg, Jarman, Brown, Brett 68.0 5 1 46 26 Ht13 Airey, Jarman, Julian, Wakefield 68.2 5 1 51 27

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Airey for Holmqvist, Ht5 r/r Vandenberg for Holmqvist, t/s Brown for Wakefield, Ht9 r/r Maxted for Holmqvist, Ht11 t/s Coombes for Wakefield, Ht13 r/r Jarman for Holmqvist.

Silver Sash Match Race Jim Airey beat Graham Coombes 67.4

Reserves Handicap Race Maxted [60yds], Mick Handley [40], Wrathall [40], Stuart Riley [Scr], Dave Parry [Scr] [ef] 72.0

Dudley Wood Scurry Ht1 Vandenberg, Hemus, Coombes, Julian 68.0 69.2 Ht2 Jarman, Brown, Bond, Wakefield 68.6 69.0 Ht3 Airey, Bergqvist, Brett, Handley 68.0 69.6 Final, Vandenberg, Jarman, Airey, Brown 68.2

28 Saturday 24th June 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 37 – Glasgow Tigers 41 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 3 3 3 F 9 2. Graham Coombes EX 2 0 1 3 3. Tommy Bergqvist 3 2’ 1 1’ 7 2 4. Brian Brett F 3 3 0 6 5. Eric Hockaday 0 0 0 N 0 6. Chris Julian 2 3 3 2 10 7. Ken Wakefield 0 1 1 2 Team Manager: Roy Moreton

Glasgow Tigers 1. Alf Wells 1’ 0 N N 1 1 2. Bo Josefsson 2 3 1 2 8 3. Willie Templeton (C) 2 2 2 3 9 4. Maury Mattingley 1’ 1’ 0 0 2 2 5. Charlie Monk 3 2 3 3 11 6. Jim McMillan 1 1’ 2’ 2’ 6 3 7. Nils Ringstrom 1 2 1’ 0 4 1 Team Manager: Danny Taylor ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis

Ht1 Brown, Josefsson, Wells, Coombes [ex] 76.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Bergqvist, Templeton, Mattingley, Brett 77.0 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Monk, Julian, McMillan, Hockaday 78.4 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Josefsson, Coombes, Ringstrom, Wakefield 76.0 2 4 10 14 Ht5 Julian, Templeton, Mattingley, Hockaday 77.6 3 3 13 17 Ht6 Brett, Bergqvist, Josefsson, Wells 75.0 5 1 18 18 Ht7 Brown, Monk, McMillan, Coombes 75.0 3 3 21 21 Ht8 Brett, Ringstrom, Wakefield, Mattingley 73.4 4 2 25 23 Ht9 Julian, Josefsson, Ringstrom, Hockaday 74.2 3 3 28 26 Ht10 Monk, McMillan, Bergqvist, Brett 74.2 1 5 29 31 Ht11 Brown, Templeton, Coombes, Mattingley 74.2 4 2 33 33 Ht12 Monk, Julian, Bergqvist, Ringstrom 74.2 3 3 36 36 Ht13 Templeton, McMillan, Wakefield, Brown [f] 74.2 1 5 37 41

Programme Changes: Ht9 r/s Ringstrom for Wells, Ht12 r/s Ringstrom for Wells, Ht13 r/s Wakefield for Hockaday.

Wall Heath Scratch Race Ht1 Brown, Bergqvist, Mattingley, Wells 73.4 74.2 Ht2 McMillan, Coombes, Julian, Templeton 74.0 74.8 Ht3 Monk, Brett, Josefsson, Hockaday 73.8 74.6 Final Monk, Bergqvist, Brown, McMillan 73.4

Talent Stakes Peter Wrathall, Malc. Shakespeare, Dave Schofield, Archie Wilkinson 78.4

Reserves Stakes Ringstrom, Wakefield, Wrathall, Schofield 75.8

29 Friday 30th June 1967 , Glasgow

Glasgow Tigers 46 – Cradley Heathens 32 (British League)

Glasgow Tigers 1. Alf Wells 2 3 3 2’ 10 1 2. Bo Josefsson 0 2 2’ 0 4 1 3. Willie Templeton (C) 3 2 3 2’ 10 1 4. Nils Ringstrom 0 0 2 2’ 4 1 5. Charlie Monk 3 3 3 3 12 6. Jim McMillan 0 N 2’ 3 5 1 7. Brian Whaley 1’ 0 0 1 1 Team Manager: Danny Taylor

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 1 3 1 1 0 6 2. Graham Coombes 3 3 1 0 7 3. Tommy Bergqvist 1’ 1’ 2 1 5 2 4. Brian Brett 2 2 3 1’ 0 8 1 5. Eric Hockaday 1’ 0 1 N 2 1 6. Chris Julian 2 1 0 N 3 7. Ken Wakefield 0 1 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: J. Cuthbert

Ht1 Coombes, Wells, Brown, Josefsson 81.6 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Templeton, Brett, Bergqvist, Ringstrom 82.2 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Monk, Julian, Hockaday, McMillan 81.6 3 3 8 10 Ht4 Coombes, Josefsson, Whaley, Wakefield 82.6 3 3 11 13 Ht5 Monk, Brett, Bergqvist, Whaley 80.8 3 3 14 16 Ht6 Brown, Templeton, Coombes, Ringstrom 82.2 2 4 16 20 Ht7 Wells, Josefsson, Julian, Hockaday 82.4 5 1 21 21 Ht8 Brett, Ringstrom, Wakefield, Whaley 81.8 2 4 23 25 Ht9 Monk, McMillan, Brown, Coombes 80.8 5 1 28 26 Ht10 Templeton, Ringstrom, Hockaday, Julian [ex] 83.0 5 1 33 27 Ht11 Wells, Bergqvist, Brett, Josefsson 81.6 3 3 36 30 Ht12 McMillan, Templeton, Brown, Brett 81.8 5 1 41 31 Ht13 Monk, Wells, Bergqvist, Brown 80.6 5 1 46 32

Programme Changes: Ht5 r/s Whaley for McMillan, Ht12 t/s Brett for Hockaday, Ht13 t/s Brown for Julian.

Reserves Race Maury Mattingley, Wakefield, Whaley, Bill Blackford 82.2

Rainmakers Cup Ht1 Monk, Mattingley, Brett, Hockaday 80.6 Ht2 Wells, Brown, Ringstrom, Wakefield 82.2 Ht3 Templeton, Bergqvist, Brian Blackford, Julian [ns] 83.0 Ht4 Coombes, Josefsson, Whaley, McMillan 82.4 Final Monk, Wells, Templeton, Coombes 81.4

30 Saturday 1st July 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 36 – Coventry Bees 41 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 3 2 1’ 1 7 1 2. Graham Coombes 1 3 1’ 2 7 1 3. Tommy Bergqvist 1 1 1’ 0 3 1 4. Brian Brett 3 3 3 2 11 5. Eric Hockaday 0 2 1 0 3 6. Chris Julian 2 EF 0 1 3 7. Ken Wakefield 2’ 0 2 1 Team Manager: Roy Moreton

Coventry Bees 1. Nigel Boocock (C) 2 2 3 3 10 2. Les Owen 0 1 0 N 1 3. Rick France 2 3 2’ 3 3 13 1 4. Clive Hitch 0 EF 2 EF 2 5. Col Cottrell 1 0 0 2’ 3 1 6. Ron Mountford 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 7. Roger Hill 0 1’ 1 1 Team Manager: Mick Blackburn ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis

Ht1 Brown, Boocock, Coombes, Owen 70.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Brett, France, Bergqvist, Hitch 69.2 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Mountford, Julian, Cottrell, Hockaday 71.6 2 4 10 8 Ht4 Coombes, Wakefield, Owen, Hill 72.6 5 1 15 9 Ht5 France, Hockaday, Julian [ef], Hitch [ef] 71.4 2 3 17 12 Ht6 Brett, Boocock, Bergqvist, Owen 69.6 4 2 21 14 Ht7 Mountford, Brown, Coombes, Cottrell 70.8 3 3 24 17 Ht8 Brett, Hitch, Hill, Wakefield 70.4 3 3 27 20 Ht9 Boocock, France, Hockaday, Julian 70.4 1 5 28 25 Ht10 Mountford, Brett, Bergqvist, Cottrell 70.0 3 3 31 28 Ht11 France, Coombes, Brown, Hitch [ef] 71.2 3 3 34 31 Ht12 Boocock, Cottrell, Julian, Bergqvist 71.6 1 5 35 36 Ht13 France, Mountford, Brown, Hockaday 71.0 1 5 36 41

Programme Changes: Ht9 t/s France for Owen.

Dudley Scratch Race Ht1 Brown, Wakefield, Owen, Hockaday 72.8 73.8 Ht2 France, Coombes, Julian, Hitch 71.4 72.4 Ht3 Boocock, Brett, Bergqvist, Cottrell 70.8 72.0 Final. Boocock, Brett, Brown, France [ef] 71.6

Talent Stakes Peter Wrathall, Dave Schofield, Malc. Shakespeare, Archie Wilkinson 76.8

Reserves Stakes Hill, Wakefield, Wrathall, Schofield 74.4

31 Thursday 6th July 1967 Wimbledon Stadium, London

Wimbledon Dons 43 – Cradley Heathens 35 (British League)

Wimbledon Dons 1. Reg Luckhurst 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 2. Jim Tebby 1 3 1 0 5 3. Trevor Hedge 3 3 3 3 12 4. Murray Burt 1 0 1 0 2 5. (C) 3 3 3 3 12 6. Leif Soderberg 1 0 0 0 1 7. Alan Stapleton 0 0 0 Team Manager: Vic Gooden

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 2 1’ 2 7 1 2. Graham Coombes 0 2 1’ 2 5 1 3. Tommy Bergqvist 0 1’ 2 1 4 1 4. Brian Brett 2 2 3 1’ 8 1 5. Eric Hockaday 0 0 N N 0 6. Chris Julian 2 2 2 0 6 7. Ken Wakefield 1’ 2’ 1’ 1’ 5 4 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: G. E. Little

Ht1 Luckhurst, Brown, Tebby, Coombes 71.9 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Hedge, Brett, Burt, Bergqvist 71.6 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Nygren, Julian, Soderberg, Hockaday 72.4 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Tebby, Coombes, Wakefield, Stapleton 73.8 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Nygren, Brett, Bergqvist, Soderberg 71.5 3 3 18 12 Ht6 Hedge, Brown, Coombes, Burt 72.0 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Luckhurst, Julian, Tebby, Hockaday 72.8 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Brett, Wakefield, Burt, Stapleton 71.4 1 5 26 22 Ht9 Nygren, Coombes, Brown, Soderberg 73.2 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Hedge, Julian, Wakefield, Burt 73.1 3 3 32 28 Ht11 Luckhurst, Bergqvist, Brett, Tebby 71.9 3 3 35 31 Ht12 Hedge, Brown, Wakefield, Soderberg 71.6 3 3 38 34 Ht13 Nygren, Luckhurst, Bergqvist, Julian 72.1 5 1 43 35

Programme Changes: Ht10 r/s Wakefield for Hockaday, Ht12 r/s Wakefield for Hockaday.

Wimbledon Juniors 2 - West Ham Juniors 15 Wimbledon West Ham 1. Peter Murray F 0 0 1. George Barclay 3 3 6 2. Mike Coomber FX 1 1 2. Barry Crowson 2’ 2’ 4 2 3. Pat Addaway 0 1 2 3. Tyburn Gallows 2’ 3 5 1

Ht1 Barclay, Crowson, Murray [f], Coomber [fx] 74.9 Ht2 Barclay, Gallows, Coomber, Addaway 75.6 Ht3 Gallows, Crowson, Addaway, Murray 76.8

Surbiton Handicap Hedge [10yds], Coombes [Scr], Tebby [Scr], Bergqvist [Scr] [f] 71.4

Croydon Handicap Nygren [10yds], Brett [10yds], Julian [Scr], Burt [Scr] 71.1

Epsom Handicap Brown [Scr], Luckhurst [10yds], Soderberg [Scr], Peter Thorn [Scr] 72.3

Sutton Scratch Race Barclay, Wakefield, Gallows, Stapleton 73.8

32 Saturday 8th July 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 44 – Hackney Hawks 34 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 3 2 2 9 2. Graham Coombes 1’ 3 2’ 1’ 7 3 3. Brian Brett 3 1’ 3 2 9 1 4. Tommy Bergqvist 2’ 2 3 2’ 9 2 5. Eric Hockaday 0 N N N 0 6. Chris Julian 3 1 1 1’ 6 1 7. Ken Wakefield 1 0 2’ 0 1’ 4 2 Team Manager: Roy Moreton

Hackney Hawks 1. Colin Pratt (C) 3 3 3 3 3 15 2. Malcolm Brown 0 0 N N 0 3. Bengt Jansson EF 2’ 2’ 3 3 10 2 4. Gerald Jackson 1 N 0 N 1 5. Colin McKee 2 0 1 0 3 6. Les McGillivray 1’ 1 0 0 2 1 7. Brian Davies 2 0 1 0 3 Team Manager: Maurice Morley ACU Referee: G. H. Reynolds

Ht1 Pratt, I Brown, Coombes, M Brown 70.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Brett, Bergqvist, Jackson, Jansson [ef] 71.0 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Julian, McKee, McGillivray, Hockaday 71.4 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Coombes, Davies, Wakefield, M Brown 72.2 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Pratt, Jansson, Julian, Wakefield 70.0 1 5 16 14 Ht6 Pratt, Bergqvist, Brett, Davies 70.2 3 3 19 17 Ht7 I Brown, Coombes, McGillivray, McKee 71.4 5 1 24 18 Ht8 Bergqvist, Wakefield, Davies, Jackson 72.8 5 1 29 19 Ht9 Pratt, Jansson, Julian, Wakefield 70.8 1 5 30 24 Ht10 Brett, Bergqvist, McKee, McGillivray 70.8 5 1 35 25 Ht11 Jansson, I Brown, Coombes, B Davies 70.0 3 3 38 28 Ht12 Pratt, Brett, Julian, McKee 70.2 3 3 41 31 Ht13 Jansson, I Brown, Wakefield, McGillivray 71.0 3 3 44 34

Programme Changes: Ht5 t/s Pratt for Jackson, r/s Wakefield for Hockaday, Ht6 r/s Davies for M Brown, Ht9 t/s Jansson for M Brown, r/s Wakefield for Hockaday, Ht11 r/s Davies for Jackson, Ht13 r/s Wakefield for Hockaday.

Wall Heath Scratch Race Ht1 Jansson, I Brown, McGillivray, Alan Totney 70.6 72.0 Ht2 Pratt, Bergqvist, Julian, M Brown 71.4 72.6 Ht3 Brett, Coombes, McKee, Jackson 71.0 73.8 Final Jansson, Brett, Pratt, I Brown 70.8

Talent Stakes Peter Wrathall, Archie Wilkinson, Dave Schofield, Malc. Shakespeare 74.2

Reserves Stakes Wakefield, Davies, Totney, Wrathall 70.8

33 Saturday 15th July 1967 Blunsdon Stadium, Swindon

Swindon Robins 44 – Cradley Heathens 33 (British League)

Swindon Robins 1. 3 3 F N 6 2. Mike Keen 1 2 1 F 4 3. Bob Kilby 1’ 2’ 2’ 3 8 3 4. Mike Broadbank (C) 2 3 3 3 11 5. Martin Ashby 3 3 3 2 11 6. Pete Munday F 0 0 1 1 7. Frank Shuter 1’ 2 0 3 1 Team Manager: Norman Parker

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 1 2 F 5 2. Graham Coombes EX 3 0 1’ 4 1 3. Brian Brett 3 2 1 3 3 12 4. Tommy Bergqvist 0 1’ 1 2’ 4 2 5. Ken Wakefield 1’ 0 N 2 3 1 6. Chris Julian 2 2 0 1 5 7. Alan Totney 0 0 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: C. H. Telling

Ht1 Briggs, Brown, Keen, Coombes [ex] [rr] 74.8 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Brett, Broadbank, Kilby, Bergqvist 73.8 3 3 7 5 Ht3 Ashby, Julian, Wakefield, Munday [f] 74.0 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Coombes, Keen, Shuter, Totney 74.4 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Ashby, Brett, Bergqvist, Munday 73.2 3 3 16 14 Ht6 Broadbank, Kilby, Brown, Coombes 75.2 5 1 21 15 Ht7 Briggs, Julian, Keen, Wakefield 75.2 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Broadbank, Shuter, Bergqvist, Totney 78.8 5 1 30 18 Ht9 Ashby, Brown, Coombes, Munday 76.6 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Broadbank, Kilby, Brett, Julian 77.2 5 1 38 22 Ht11 Brett Bergqvist, Briggs [f], Keen [f] 77.6 0 5 38 27 Ht12 Kilby, Wakefield, Munday, Brown [f] 82.2 4 2 42 29 Ht13 Brett, Ashby, Julian, Shuter 77.0 2 4 44 33

Programme Changes: Ht10 t/s Brett for Wakefield, Ht13 r/s Shuter for Briggs.

Reserves Scratch Race

Heathens Knockout Ht1 Ht2 Ht3 Ht4 Final

Junior Scurry

34 Saturday 22nd July 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 40 – Wolverhampton Wolves 38 (Midland Cup 1st Leg)

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 2 1’ 2 0 7 1 2. Graham Coombes 1’ 2 3 2 1’ 9 2 3. Ken Wakefield 0 1’ 0 0 1 1 4. Chris Julian R/R 5. Brian Brett 3 3 2 3 3 14 6. Tommy Bergqvist 2’ 1 3 1’ 1 8 2 7. Alan Totney 0 1 1 Team Manager: Roy Moreton

Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Pete Jarman (C) 3 3 3 3 12 2. Dave Hemus 0 2 R N 2 3. Jim Airey 3 2 3 1’ 9 1 4. James Bond 1 0 2 0 3 5. Peter Vandenberg 1 EF 2 2’ 5 1 6. Hasse Holmqvist 0 3 1’ 2 6 1 7. Brian Maxted 1’ 0 0 1 1 Team Manager: Bob Wasley ACU Referee: A. B. Taylor

Ht1 Jarman, Brown, Coombes, Hemus [rr] 69.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Airey, Coombes, Bond, Wakefield 70.8 2 4 5 7 Ht3 Brett, Bergqvist, Vandenberg, Holmqvist 69.2 5 1 10 8 Ht4 Coombes, Hemus, Maxted, Totney 71.4 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Brett, Airey, Berqvist, Bond 70.4 4 2 17 13 Ht6 Jarman, Brown, Wakefield, Hemus [r] 71.0 3 3 20 16 Ht7 Holmqvist, Coombes, Brown, Vandenberg [ef] 71.8 3 3 23 19 Ht8 Bergqvist, Bond, Totney, Maxted 72.6 4 2 27 21 Ht9 Jarman, Brett, Bergqvist, Maxted 69.0 3 3 30 24 Ht10 Brett, Vandenberg, Holmqvist, Wakefield 70.0 3 3 33 27 Ht11 Airey, Brown, Coombes, Bond 71.0 3 3 36 30 Ht12 Jarman, Vandenberg, Bergqvist, Wakefield 71.0 1 5 37 35 Ht13 Brett, Holmqvist, Airey, Brown 71.2 3 3 40 38

Programme Changes: Ht2 r/r Coombes for Julian, Ht6 r/r Brown for Julian, Ht8 r/r Bergqvist for Julian, Ht9 r/s Maxted for Hemus, Ht10 Brett for Julian.

Monmore Scratch Race Ht1 Brown, Holmqvist, Bergqvist, Bond 71.2 71.8 Ht2 Airey, Coombes, Vandenberg, Totney 71.8 72.6 Ht3 Jarman, Brett, Wakefield, Wrathall [f] 70.2 70.8 Final Jarman, Airey, Brown, Brett [r] 71.4

Cradley Juniors 9 – Wolverhampton Juniors 15 Cradley Juniors Wolverhampton Juniors 1. Peter Wrathall EX 3 3 1. Mick Handley 3 3 6 2. Malc Shakespeare 1 0 1 2. Dave Parry 2’ 1 3+1 3. Archie Wilkinson 3 2 5 3. Stuart Riley 2 2 4 4. Trevor Floyd EX F 0 4. Geoff Ambrose 1’ 1’ 2+2

Ht1 Handley, Parry, Shakespeare, Wrathall [fx] [rr] 75.0 1 5 1 5 Ht2 Wilkinson, Riley, Ambrose, Floyd [ex] [rr] 76.4 3 3 4 8 Ht3 Handley, Wilkinson, Parry, Floyd [f] 74.2 2 4 6 12 Ht4 Wrathall, Riley, Ambrose, Shakespeare [rr] 75.8 3 3 9 15

Reserves Select Totney, Wrathall, Maxted, Riley 74.2

35 Wednesday 26th July 1967 Poole Stadium, Poole

Poole Pirates 45 – Cradley Heathens 33 (British League)

Poole Pirates 1. Gote Nordin EF 3 F 3 6 2. Norman Strachan 3 2’ 1 2 8 1 3. Ronnie Genz 3 EX FX N 3 4. Pete Smith 2’ 3 1’ 2 8 2 5. Geoff Mudge (C) 3 3 2 2’ 10 1 6. Geoff Penniket 1 1 1’ 0 3 1 7. Bruce Cribb 3 2 2 7 Team Manager: Ron Hart

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 2 0 1 5 2. Graham Coombes 1’ 1 1’ 3 1 7 2 3. Ken Wakefield F F N N 0 4. Chris Julian 1 2 3 3 1 10 5. Brian Brett 2 2 3 3 10 6. Tommy Bergqvist 0 F 1 0 1 7. Alan Totney 0 0 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: W. G. Hall

Ht1 Strachan, Brown, Coombes, Nordin [ef] 73.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Genz, Smith, Julian, Wakefield [f] 72.2 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Mudge, Brett, Penniket, Bergqvist 70.4 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Cribb, Strachan, Coombes, Totney 72.0 5 1 17 7 Ht5 Mudge, Julian, Penniket, Wakefield [f] 71.4 4 2 21 9 Ht6 Smith, Brown, Coombes, Genz [ex] [rr] 72.4 3 3 24 12 Ht7 Nordin, Brett, Strachan, Bergqvist [f] 70.6 4 2 28 14 Ht8 Julian, Cribb, Smith, Totney 72.6 3 3 31 17 Ht9 Coombes, Mudge, Penniket, Brown 71.2 3 3 34 20 Ht10 Brett, Smith, Bergqvist, Genz [fx] [rr] 71.4 2 4 36 24 Ht11 Julian, Strachan, Coombes, Nordin [f] 72.8 2 4 38 28 Ht12 Brett, Cribb, Brown, Penniket 71.8 2 4 40 32 Ht13 Nordin, Mudge, Julian, Bergqvist 72.4 5 1 45 33

Programme Changes: Ht11 t/s Coombes for Wakefield, Ht12 r/s Cribb for Genz, Ht13 t/s Julian for Wakefield.

The Dorset Knockout Prize Ht1 Tony Lewis, Cribb, Wakefield, John Hammond 73.4 Ht2 Smith, Julian, Brown, Dave Whittaker 73.6 Ht3 Nordin, Coombes, Strachan, Brett 70.4 Ht4 Mudge, Bergqvist, Totney, Penniket 72.8 SF1 Smith, Mudge, Lewis, Nordin [ef] 73.4 SF2 Julian, Coombes, Cribb, Bergqvist 73.2 Final Mudge, Smith, Julian, Coombes 73.8

36 Friday 28th July 1967 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wolves 49 – Cradley Heathens 29 (Midland Cup 2nd Leg)

Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Jim Airey 2’ 3 3 3 11 1 2. James Bond 3 2 2’ 1 8 1 3. Pete Jarman (C) 1 1 N N 2 4. Dave Hemus 3 F 3 F 6 5. Hasse Holmqvist 2’ 2’ 3 2’ 9 3 6. Peter Vandenberg 3 3 2’ 3 11 1 7. Brian Maxted 0 0 1 1 2 Team Manager: Bob Wasley

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) R/R 2. Graham Coombes 1 3 3 1 2 10 3. Ken Wakefield 2 F 0 F 0 2 4. Chris Julian 0 1 2’ 2 2 7 1 5. Brian Brett EF EF N N 0 6. Tommy Bergqvist 0 1 1 3 1 6 7. Alan Totney 1 1’ 2’ 0 4 2 8. Peter Wrathall DNR Team Manager: Roy Moreton ACU Referee: E. W. B. Roe

Ht1 Bond, Airey, Coombes, Bergqvist 68.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Hemus, Wakefield, Jarman, Julian 67.0 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Vandenberg, Holmqvist, Bergqvist, Brett [ef] 67.8 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Coombes, Bond, Totney, Maxted 67.6 2 4 16 8 Ht5 Vandenberg, Holmqvist, Julian, Wakefield [f] 67.8 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Coombes, Julian, Jarman, Hemus [f] 67.4 1 5 22 14 Ht7 Airey, Bond, Bergqvist, Brett [ef] 68.0 5 1 27 15 Ht8 Hemus, Julian, Totney, Maxted 67.6 3 3 30 18 Ht9 Holmqvist, Vandenberg, Coombes, Wakefield 67.0 5 1 35 19 Ht10 Bergqvist, Totney, Maxted, Hemus [f] 69.0 1 5 36 24 Ht11 Airey, Julian, Bond, Wakefield [f] 66.4 4 2 40 26 Ht12 Vandenberg, Coombes, Maxted, Totney 67.0 4 2 44 28 Ht13 Airey, Holmqvist, Bergqvist, Wakefield 67.6 5 1 49 29

Programme Changes: Ht1 r/r Bergqvist for Brown, Ht6 r/r Julian for Brown, Ht9 r/r Wakefield for Brown, Ht10 r/s Maxted for Jarman, r/s Totney for Brett, Ht12 r/r Coombes for Brown, r/s Maxted for Jarman, r/s Totney for Brett.

Wolverhampton Juniors 11 – Cradley Juniors 13 Wolves Cradley 1. Mick Handley F 3 3 1. Peter Wrathall 3 3 6 2. Dave Parry 2 2’ 4+1 2. Malc. Shakespeare 1 N 1 3. Geoff Ambrose 2 1 3 3. Archie Wilkinson 3 2’ 1 6+1 4. Stuart Riley 1’ 0 1+1 4. Trevor Floyd 0 EF 0

Ht1 Wrathall, Parry, Shakespeare, Handley [f] 70.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Wilkinson, Ambrose, Riley, Floyd 72.0 3 3 5 7 Ht3 Wrathall, Wilkinson, Ambrose, Riley 71.0 1 5 6 12 Ht4 Handley, Parry, Wilkinson, Floyd [ef] 71.6 5 1 11 13

Dudley Handicap Ht1 Vandenberg [10yds], Wakefield [10], Riley [Scr], Hemus [10], Brett [10] [ns] 67.6 70.4 Ht2 Airey [10yds], Bond [10], Totney [Scr], Parry [Scr], Julian [10] 67.8 68.6 Ht3 Holmqvist [10yds], Coombes [10], Bergqvist [10], Ambrose [Scr], Wrathall [Scr]68.0 68.4 Final Airey, Vandenberg, Holmqvist, Coombes [ef] 67.8

37 Saturday 29th July 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 42 – West Ham Hammers 35 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 3 3 2 2 10 2. Graham Coombes 2’ 2 1 FX 5 1 3. Ken Wakefield 2’ 0 0 0 2 1 4. Chris Julian 3 2 3 2 10 5. Brian Brett F 1 0 1’ 2 1 6. Tommy Bergqvist 2 3 3 3 11 7. Alan Totney 1’ 1 2 1 Team Manager: Roy Moreton

West Ham Hammers 1. Sverre Harrfeldt 0 3 1’ 3 2 9 1 2. Stan Stevens 1 3 1 N 5 3. Norman Hunter 1 2 FX 0 3 4. Tony Clarke 0 0 2 N 2 5. Malcolm Simmons 1 0 2 1 1’ 5 1 6. Ken McKinlay (C) 3 2 3 3 11 7. Dai Evans EF EF 0 Team Manager: Dave Lanning ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis

Ht1 Brown, Coombes, Stevens, Harrfeldt 69.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Julian, Wakefield, Hunter, Clarke 70.6 5 1 10 2 Ht3 McKinlay, Bergqvist, Simmons, Brett [f] 70.2 2 4 12 6 Ht4 Stevens, Coombes, Totney, Evans [ef] 71.8 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Bergqvist, Hunter, Brett, Clarke 71.0 4 2 19 11 Ht6 Harrfeldt, Julian, Stevens, Wakefield 71.8 2 4 21 15 Ht7 Brown, McKinlay, Coombes, Simmons 70.8 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Julian, Clarke, Totney, Evans [ef] 71.0 4 2 29 19 Ht9 Bergqvist, Simmons, Harrfeldt, Brett 71.4 3 3 32 22 Ht10 McKinlay, Julian, Simmons, Wakefield 70.4 2 4 34 26 Ht11 Harrfeldt, Brown, Hunter [fx], Coombes [fx] 72.8 2 3 36 29 Ht12 Bergqvist, Harrfeldt, Simmons, Wakefield 72.0 3 3 39 32 Ht13 McKinlay, Brown, Brett, Hunter 72.0 3 3 42 35

Programme Changes: Ht9 t/s Simmons for Stevens, Ht11 t/s Harrfeldt for Clarke.

Silver Sash Match Race Malcolm Simmons beat Tommy Bergqvist 70.8

Custom House Scratch Race Ht1 McKinlay, Brown, Simmons, Wakefield 71.8 72.6 Ht2 Bergqvist, Harrfeldt, Julian, Stevens 72.0 72.8 Ht3 Brett, Coombes, Hunter, Clarke 71.6 73.0 Final McKinlay, Bergqvist, Brown, Brett 71.2

Junior Scurry Ht1 Peter Wrathall, Dave Schofield, Malc. Shakespeare, Trevor Floyd 74.2 Ht2 Archie Wilkinson, Wayne Barry, John Gaskell, Dai Evans 74.2

Reserves Select Totney, Wrathall, Wilkinson, Evans 74.0

38 Saturday 5th August 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 54 – 24 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 3 3 3 2 11 2. Graham Coombes X2 2’ 1 2’ 5 2 3. Ken Wakefield 1 1 1 1 4 4. Chris Julian 3 3 3 3 12 5. Brian Brett 3 3 3 1’ 10 1 6. Tommy Bergqvist 2’ 1 EF 3 6 1 7. Alan Totney 2’ 3 1 6 1 Team Manager: Roy Moreton

Belle Vue Aces 1. Tommy Roper EX 2 2 F 2 6 2. Sandor Levai 1 1 0 2 1’ 5 1 3. (C) 2 2 2 1 3 10 4. Paul O’Neil 0 N N N 0 5. Cyril Maidment EF F 2 0 0 2 6. Eric Broadbelt 1 0 N F 1 7. Dave Hardy 0 0 0 Team Manager: Harold Gardner ACU Referee: H. P. Ellis

Ht1 Brown, Totney, Levai, Roper [ex] [rrx3] 69.8 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Julian, Fundin, Wakefield, O’Neil 70.8 4 2 9 3 Ht3 Brett, Bergqvist, Broadbelt, Maidment [ef] 69.8 5 1 14 4 Ht4 Totney, Coombes, Levai, Hardy 71.8 5 1 19 5 Ht5 Brett, Fundin, Bergqvist, Maidment [f] 70.6 4 2 23 7 Ht6 Julian, Roper, Wakefield, Levai 71.8 4 2 27 9 Ht7 Brown, Maidment, Coombes, Broadbelt 71.2 4 2 31 11 Ht8 Julian, Levai, Totney, Hardy 71.0 4 2 35 13 Ht9 Brett, Roper, Levai, Bergqvist [ef] 70.0 3 3 38 16 Ht10 Julian, Fundin, Wakefield, Maidment 70.6 4 2 42 18 Ht11 Brown, Coombes, Fundin, Roper [f] 71.4 5 1 47 19 Ht12 Bergqvist, Roper, Wakefield, Maidment 71.6 4 2 51 21 Ht13 Fundin, Brown, Brett, Broadbelt [f] [rr] 70.8 3 3 54 24

Programme Changes: Ht1 r/s Totney for Coombes [x2], Ht5 t/s Maidment for O’Neil, Ht8 t/s Levai for O’Neil, Ht10 t/s Fundin for Broadbelt, Ht11 t/s Roper for O’Neil.

Hyde Road Scratch Race Ht1 Maidment, Brown, Coombes, Peter Wrathall 72.2 72.4 Ht2 Julian, Fundin, Wakefield, O’Neil [ef] [rr] 72.0 73.2 Ht3 Brett, Roper, Levai, Bergqvist [f] 70.8 72.0 Final Brett, Roper, Maidment, Julian [f] [rr] 70.8

Junior Scurry Ht1 Wrathall, Trevor Floyd, Wayne Barry, Malc. Shakespeare 74.2 Ht2 Ernie Baker, Dave Schofield, Archie Wilkinson, John Gaskell 75.0

Reserves Select Baker, Wrathall, Totney, Hardy [f] [rr] 75.8

39 Friday 11th August 1967 Saddlebow Road, Kings Lynn

Kings Lynn Stars 47 - Cradley Heathens 31 (British League)

Kings Lynn Stars 1. Doug White F 1’ 1 1 3 1 2. Clive Featherby 3 3 2 3 11 3. Terry Betts (C) 3 3 3 3 12 4. Ted Laessing 0 0 3 0 3 5. David Crane 3 2’ 2 3 10 1 6. Howard Cole 2’ 3 F 2’ 7 2 7. Howdy Byford 1 0 1 Team Manager: Cyril Crane

Cradley Heathens 1. Brian Brett 2 1’ 1 1’ 0 5 2 2. Alan Totney 1’ 0 N N 1 1 3. Graham Coombes 1’ 1 F 0 2 1 4. Ivor Brown (C) 2 0 2 2 2 8 5. Ken Wakefield 0 F N 1 1 6. Chris Julian 1 3 3 2 2 11 7. Peter Wrathall 2 1’ 3 1 Team Manager: Roy Moreton ACU Referee:

Ht1 Featherby, Brett, Totney, White [f] 77.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Betts, Brown, Coombes, Laessing 76.8 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Crane, Cole, Julian, Wakefield 77.2 5 1 11 7 Ht4 Featherby, Wrathall, Byford, Totney 78.0 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Cole, Crane, Coombes, Brown 77.0 5 1 20 10 Ht6 Betts, Brown, Brett, Laessing 75.8 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Julian, Featherby, White, Wakefield [f] 77.4 3 3 26 16 Ht8 Laessing, Brown, Wrathall, Byford 78.0 3 3 29 19 Ht9 Julian, Crane, Brett, Cole [f] 78.6 2 4 31 23 Ht10 Betts, Julian, Brett, Laessing 77.0 3 3 34 26 Ht11 Featherby, Brown, White [fr], Coombes [f] 78.4 4 2 38 28 Ht12 Betts, Cole, Wakefield, Brett 83.2 5 1 43 29 Ht13 Crane, Julian, White, Coombes 86.0 4 2 47 31

Programme Changes: Ht6 t/s Brown for Totney, Ht9 t/s Julian for Totney, Ht10 t/s Brett for Wakefield

Match Race Of The Year Betts, Nigel Boocock, Ove Fundin, Cyril Maidment 79.6

Cradley and Ex-Cradley Scurry Julian, Cole, Featherby, Wrathall 76.6

Stadium Stomp Crane, Brett, Coombes, Byford 77.2

Visitors All Sverre Harrfeldt, Ivan Mauger, Fundin, Maidment 74.2

Up and Coming Laessing, Totney, White, Wakefield 76.8

Maids Head Discotheque Trophy Ht1 Maidment, Crane, Coombes, Wrathall 75.8 Ht2 Fundin, Featherby, Brown, Laessing 76.0 Ht3 Harrfeldt, Brett, Cole, White 75.2 Ht4 Mauger, Betts, Julian, Byford 76.0 SF1 Fundin, Maidment, Featherby, Crane 76.8 SF2 Betts, Harrfeldt, Mauger, Brett 77.2 Final Harrfeldt, Fundin, Betts, Maidment 76.8

40 Saturday 12th August 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 37 –Prague 41 (Challenge)

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 3 1’ 3 3 12 1 2. Graham Coombes 0 3 1’ 2 2’ 8 2 3. Ken Wakefield 1 N 2 N 3 4. Chris Julian F 2 2 2 1’ 7 1 5. Brian Brett 2 EF 0 2 2’ 6 1 6. Alan Totney 1’ N N 0 1 1 7. Peter Wrathall 0 F 0 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan

Prague 1. Jan Holub 3 3 3 1 10 2. Miroslav Verner 1 2 0 1 4 3. Lubos Tomicek (C) 2’ 1’ 0 1 4 2 4. Antonin Svab 3 2 3 1 9 5. Antonin Kasper 3 3 3 3 12 6. Karel Prusa 0 0 0 0 0 7. Frantisek Ledecky 1’ 1 2 1 8. Stanislav Kubicek DNR Team Manager: Pavel Kacer ACU Referee: A. B Taylor

Ht1 Holub, Brown, Verner, Coombes 70.0 2 4 2 4 Ht2 Svab, Tomicek, Wakefield, Julian [f] 70.8 1 5 3 9 Ht3 Kasper, Brett, Totney, Prusa 70.6 3 3 6 12 Ht4 Coombes, Verner, Ledecky, Wrathall 72.6 3 3 9 15 Ht5 Brown, Svab, Tomicek, Brett [ef] 72.0 3 3 12 18 Ht6 Holub, Julian, Coombes, Verner 74.0 3 3 15 21 Ht7 Kasper, Coombes, Brown, Prusa 72.0 3 3 18 24 Ht8 Svab, Julian, Ledecky, Wrathall [f] 72.0 2 4 20 28 Ht9 Holub, Julian, Verner, Brett 71.4 2 4 22 32 Ht10 Kasper, Wakefield, Julian, Prusa 72.8 3 3 25 35 Ht11 Brown, Coombes, Svab, Tomicek 72.6 5 1 30 36 Ht12 Kasper, Brett, Holub, Totney 72.0 2 4 32 40 Ht13 Brown, Brett, Tomicek, Prusa 73.0 5 1 37 41

Programme Changes: Ht5 t/s Brown for Totney, Ht6 t/s Coombes for Wakefield, Ht9 t/s Julian for Totney, Ht12 t/s Brett for Wakefield.

Reserves Scratch Race Kubicek, Totney, Ledecky, Wrathall 73.2

Prague Scurry Ht1 Kasper, Brown, Verner, Dave Schofield 72.8 73.6 Ht2 Holub, Coombes, Svab, Wakefield [fr] 74.0 74.6 Ht3 Tomicek, Julian, Brett, Prusa 73.0 74.0 Final Kasper, Brown, Tomicek, Holub ??.?

Reserves Revenge Kubicek, Wrathall, Archie Wilkinson, Schofield ??.?

41 Saturday 19th August 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 45 – Long Eaton Archers 33 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 0 3 3 8 2. Graham Coombes 1’ EF 2 2’ 5 2 3. Brian Brett 3 2 3 EF 8 4. Ken Wakefield 1 1’ 1’ 2’ 5 3 5. Tommy Bergqvist 2 2’ 1’ 1 6 2 6. Chris Julian 1’ 3 2 2 8 1 7. Alan Totney 3 2 5 Team Manager: Roy Moreton

Long Eaton Archers 1. Ray Wilson (C) 3 3 3 3 3 15 2. Les Bentzen 0 2 0 1 0 3 3. Norman Storer 0 1 1 0 2 4. Vic White 2 0 3 R N 5 5. Jim Lightfoot R/R 6. John Boulger 0 3 1 1 2 7 7. Ian Champion 1’ 0 0 1 1 8. Tom Leadbitter DNR Team Manager: Ron Wilson ACU Referee: E. B. W. Roe

Ht1 Wilson, Brown, Coombes, Bentzen [rr] 69.2 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Brett, White, Wakefield, Storer 71.6 4 2 7 5 Ht3 Wilson, Bergqvist, Julian, Boulger 70.4 3 3 10 8 Ht4 Totney, Bentzen, Champion, Coombes [ef] 72.8 3 3 13 11 Ht5 Julian, Bergqvist, Storer, White 71.4 5 1 18 12 Ht6 Wilson, Brett, Wakefield, Bentzen 69.0 3 3 21 15 Ht7 Boulger, Coombes, Bentzen, Brown 71.8 2 4 23 19 Ht8 White, Totney, Wakefield, Champion 72.0 3 3 26 22 Ht9 Wilson, Julian, Bergqvist, Bentzen 69.4 3 3 29 25 Ht10 Brett, Wakefield, Boulger, White [r] 70.2 5 1 34 26 Ht11 Brown, Coombes, Storer, Champion 70.6 5 1 39 27 Ht12 Wilson, Julian, Boulger, Brett [ef] 69.6 2 4 41 31 Ht13 Brown, Boulger, Bergqvist, Storer 72.2 4 2 45 33

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Wilson for Lightfoot, Ht7 r/r Bentzen for Lightfoot, Ht10 r/r White for Lightfoot, Ht11 r/s Champion for White, Ht12 r/r Boulger for Lightfoot.

Station Road Scratch Race Ht1 Boulger, Storer, Wakefield, Brown [ef] 73.0 73.8 Ht2 Coombes, Totney, Bentzen, Peter Wrathall 72.6 73.6 Ht3 Wilson, Julian, Bergqvist, Ron Cooper [fx] [rr] Awd’d Final Boulger, Totney, Wilson [r], Coombes [r] 74.0

Junior Stakes Ht1 Wrathall, Tom Leadbitter, Archie Wilkinson, Tony Armstrong [f] 74.6 Ht2 Dave Schofield, Trevor Floyd, Chris Hawkins, Malc. Shakespeare 77.8

Reserve Stakes Totney, Champion, Wrathall, Leadbitter 73.8

42 Saturday 26th August 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 50 – Newport Wasps 28 (Challenge)

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 3 2 3 3 3 14 2. Graham Coombes 2’ 2’ 1 1 6 2 3. Brian Brett 2 1’ 3 3 3 12 1 4. Ken Wakefield 1’ 1 2 1 5 1 5. Tommy Bergqvist R/R 6. Chris Julian 2 1’ 3 2’ 1 9 2 7. Alan Totney 3 1’ 4 1 8. Peter Wrathall 0 Team Manager: Roy Moreton

Newport Wasps 1. Alby Golden (C) 0 0 1’ 0 1 1 2. Jon Erskine 1 EF 2 0 2 5 3. Torbjorn Harrysson3 3 2 2 2 12 4. John Bishop 0 0 3 0 3 5. Cyril Francis 3 2 0 1 0 6 6. Jimmy Gooch FX N N N 0 7. Bob Hughes 1 0 1 Team Manager: Arthur Moore ACU Referee: G. R. Allan

Ht1 Brown, Coombes, Erskine, Golden 71.4 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Harrysson, Brett, Wakefield, Bishop 71.0 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Francis, Julian, Brett, Gooch [fx] [rr] 72.2 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Totney, Coombes, Hughes, Erskine [ef] 72.2 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Harrysson, Brown, Julian, Bishop 70.8 3 3 19 11 Ht6 Brett, Erskine, Wakefield, Golden 70.4 4 2 23 13 Ht7 Brown, Francis, Coombes, Erskine 70.8 4 2 27 15 Ht8 Bishop, Wakefield, Totney. Hughes 71.6 3 3 30 18 Ht9 Julian, Erskine, Golden, Wrathall 72.0 3 3 33 21 Ht10 Brett, Harrysson, Wakefield, Francis 70.4 4 2 37 23 Ht11 Brown, Harrysson, Coombes, Bishop 71.2 4 2 41 25 Ht12 Brett, Julian, Francis, Golden 71.4 5 1 46 26 Ht13 Brown, Harrysson, Julian, Francis 72.2 4 2 50 28

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Brett for Bergqvist, Ht5 r/r Brown for Bergqvist, Ht7 t/s Erskine for Gooch, Ht9 r/r Wrathall for Bergqvist, Ht10 t/s Harrysson for Gooch, Ht13 r/r Julian for Bergqvist, t/s Francis for Gooch.

Weston Scratch Race Ht1Francis, Coombes, Wrathall, Brown [fx] [rr] 72.6 73.0 Ht2 Harrysson, Brett, Bishop, Wakefield 73.2 73.8 Ht3 Julian, Erskine, Totney, Golden 72.4 73.2 Final Francis, Julian, Harrysson [ef], Coombes [fx] 74.4

Junior Stakes Ht1 Wrathall, Dave Schofield, John Gaskell, Tony Armstrong 74.0 Ht2 Chris Hawkins, Malc. Shakespeare, Trevor Floyd, Wayne Barry 78.0

Reserves Stakes Totney, Schofield, Wrathall, Hughes [ef] 75.0

43 Monday 28th August 1967 The Shay, Halifax

Halifax Dukes 38 - Cradley Heathens 39 (British League)

Halifax Dukes 1. Dave Younghusband 3 N N N 3 2. Greg Kentwell 1 1 R 0 2 3. Eric Boothroyd (C) 3 2 2 2 9 4. Bert Kingston 1 1’ 3 1’ 6 2 5. Eric Boocock 2 N N N 2 6. Dennis Gavros 1’ NS N N 1 1 7. Bob Jameson 3 3 2’ 0 2 2 12 1 8. Maury Robinson 1 2 0 0 3 Team Manager: Reg Fearman

Cradley Heathens 1. Norman Hunter (G) 2 0 3 3 3 11 2. Alan Totney 0 R 0 1 1 3. Brian Brett R R R 3 1 4 4. Ken Wakefield 2 2 1 1 6 5. Tommy Bergqvist R/R 6. Chris Julian 3 3 3 1 3 13 7. Peter Wrathall 2 2’ 0 4 1 8. Dave Schofield DNR Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: John Whitaker

Ht1 Younghusband, Hunter, Kentwell, Totney 71.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Boothroyd, Wakefield, Kingston, Brett [r] 73.0 4 2 8 4 Ht3 Julian, Boocock, Gavros, Hunter 73.0 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Jameson, Wrathall, Kentwell, Totney 75.0 4 2 15 9 Ht5 Jameson, Wakefield, Brett [r], Gavros [ns] 74.8 3 2 18 11 Ht6 Hunter, Boothroyd, Kingston, Totney 74.4 3 3 21 14 Ht7 Julian, Wrathall, Robinson, Kentwell [r] 74.8 1 5 22 19 Ht8 Kingston, Jameson, Wakefield, Wrathall 74.2 5 1 27 20 Ht9 Hunter, Robinson, Totney, Jameson 75.0 2 4 29 24 Ht10 Julian, Boothroyd, Kingston, Brett [r] 73.0 3 3 32 27 Ht11 Brett, Jameson, Wakefield, Kentwell 73.0 2 4 34 31 Ht12 Hunter, Boothroyd, Julian, Robinson 74.0 2 4 36 35 Ht13 Julian, Jameson, Brett, Robinson 72.8 2 4 38 39

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Hunter for Bergqvist, Ht5 r/s Jameson for Boocock, Ht7 r/s Robinson for Younghusband, r/r Wrathall for Bergqvist, Ht9 r/s Robinson for Boocock, Jameson for Gavros, Ht10 r/r Brett for Bergqvist, Ht11 r/s Jameson for Younghusband, Ht12 r/s Robinson for Gavros, r/r Julian for Bergqvist, Ht13 r/s Robinson for Younghusband, r/s Jameson for Boocock.

Reserves Race 1 Jameson, Robinson, Wrathall, Terry Lee 74.0

Rider Of The Night Trophy Ht1 Julian, Kingston, Schofield, Kentwell [r] 71.8 Ht2 Not Ridden Ht3 Brett, Boothroyd, Wakefield, Totney [ef] 70.8 Final Brett, Julian, Boothroyd, Kingston 71.0

Reserves Race 2 Jameson, Robinson, Lee, Dave Durham 72.0

44 Friday 1st September 1967 Monmore Green, Wolverhampton

Wolverhampton Wolves 57 – Cradley Heathens 44 (Dud/Wol Tro 1st Leg)

Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Jim Airey 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 2. Brian Maxted 1 1’ 1 1 2’ 6 2 3. Peter Vandenberg 2 3 2 3 1 11 4. Ernie Baker 0 F 0 0 1’ 1 1 5. Hasse Holmqvist 3 3 3 3 3 1 16 6. Dave Hemus 0 EF F 2 1 3 7. Mick Handley 2 0 2 Team Manager: Bob Wasley

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 2 2 3 1’ 2 2 14 1 2. Alan Totney 0 0 N N 1 N 1 3. Brian Brett 3 2 0 2 EF 3 10 4. Ken Wakefield 1 FX F 1’ 1’ 0 3 2 5. Tommy Bergqvist R/R 6. Chris Julian 1’ 2 2 2 2 2 0 11 1 7. Peter Wrathall 3 1’ 1 EF 0 5 1 8. Archie Wilkinson DNR Team Manager: Roy Moreton ACU Referee: A. B. Taylor

Ht1 Airey, Brown, Maxted, Totney 71.0 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Brett, Vandenberg, Wakefield, Baker 73.6 2 4 6 6 Ht3 Holmqvist, Brown, Julian, Hemus [fr] 71.2 3 3 9 9 Ht4 Wrathall, Handley, Maxted, Totney 73.0 3 3 12 12 Ht5 Vandenberg, Julian, Baker [f], Wakefield [fx] 71.4 3 2 15 14 Ht6 Airey, Brett, Maxted, Wakefield [f] 70.2 4 2 19 16 Ht7 Holmqvist, Brown, Wrathall, Hemus [ef] 72.0 3 3 22 19 Ht8 Airey, Julian, Maxted, Brett 70.0 4 2 26 21 Ht9 Holmqvist, Brett, Wakefield, Hemus [f] 70.8 3 3 29 24 Ht10 Brown, Vandenberg, Wrathall, Baker 71.2 2 4 31 28 Ht11 Airey, Julian, Brown, Baker 70.2 3 3 34 31 Ht12 Holmqvist, Maxted, Totney, Brett [ef] 70.4 5 1 39 32 Ht13 Vandenberg, Julian, Wakefield, Handley 71.6 3 3 42 35 Ht14 Brett, Hemus, Baker, Wrathall [ef] 76.4 3 3 45 38 Ht15 Holmqvist, Brown, Vandenberg, Wakefield 73.2 4 2 49 40 Ht16 Airey, Julian, Hemus, Wrathall 72.8 4 2 53 42 Ht17 Airey, Brown, Holmqvist, Julian 71.4 4 2 57 44

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Brown for Bergqvist, Ht5 r/r Wakefield for Bergqvist, Ht7 r/s Wrathall for Totney, Ht8 r/r Brett for Bergqvist, Ht10 r/s Wrathall for Totney, Ht12 r/r Totney for Bergqvist, Ht16 r/s Wrathall for Totney, r/r Julian for Bergqvist.

Reserves Handicap Race Dave Parry [Scr], Stuart Riley [Scr], Wrathall [20yds], Handley [20], Geoff Ambrose [Scr] [f] 76.4

45 Saturday 2nd September 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 46 – Wimbledon Dons 32 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 3 2’ 2 3 2 12 1 2. Alan Totney 0 2 0 1 3 3. Brian Brett 3 3 3 2 3 14 4. Ken Wakefield 2’ 1 1 2 0 6 1 5. Tommy Bergqvist R/R 6. Chris Julian 3 3 2’ 2’ 1’ 11 3 7. Peter Wrathall F F 0 8. Dave Schofield DNR Team Manager: Roy Moreton

Wimbledon Dons 1. Olle Nygren (C) 2 2 1 1 1 7 2. Alan Cowland 1’ 3 0 1 N 5 1 3. Reg Luckhurst 1 1 3 2 3 10 4. Jim Tebby 0 0 N N 0 5. Trevor Hedge 2 1 0 3 0 6 6. Bob Dugard 0 N N 0 0 7. 1 3 0 4 Team Manager: Vic Gooden ACU Referee: G. H. Reynolds

Ht1 Brown, Nygren, Cowland, Totney 69.6 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Brett, Wakefield, Luckhurst, Tebby 69.8 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Julian, Hedge, Wakefield, Dugard 71.2 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Cowland, Totney, Middleton, Wrathall [f] 72.4 2 4 14 10 Ht5 Julian, Brown, Luckhurst, Tebby 71.2 5 1 19 11 Ht6 Brett, Nygren, Wakefield, Cowland 70.0 4 2 23 13 Ht7 Luckhurst, Brown, Hedge, Totney 70.6 2 4 25 17 Ht8 Middleton, Wakefield, Cowland, Wrathall [f] 72.6 2 4 27 21 Ht9 Brett, Julian, Nygren, Hedge 69.8 5 1 32 22 Ht10 Hedge, Brett, Nygren, Wakefield 69.8 2 4 34 26 Ht11 Brown, Luckhurst, Totney, Middleton 71.8 4 2 38 28 Ht12 Brett Julian, Nygren, Hedge 71.0 5 1 43 29 Ht13 Luckhurst, Brown, Julian, Dugard 71.2 3 3 46 32

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Wakefield for Bergqvist, Ht5 r/r Brown for Bergqvist, Ht7 t/s Luckhurst for Dugard, Ht9 r/r Brett for Bergqvist, t/s Hedge for Cowland, Ht10 t/s Nygren for Dugard, Ht11 r/s Middleton for Tebby, Ht13 r/r Julian for Bergqvist.

Plough Lane Scratch Race Ht1 Luckhurst, Brown, Totney, Tebby 71.2 72.8 Ht2 Brett, Hedge, Dugard, Wakefield [fr] 70.8 72.2 Ht3 Nygren, Cowland, Julian, Schofield 70.4 72.0 Final Luckhurst, Brett, Nygren, Cowland 71.2

Cradley Juniors 17 – Coventry Juniors 6 Cradley Coventry 1. Peter Wrathall 3 3 6 1. Tom Ridley F 3 3 2. Malc. Shakespeare 2’ 2’ 4+2 2. John Sanderson FX F 0 3. Archie Wilkinson 3 2 5 3. Peter Gay 0 1 1 4. Trevor Floyd 1 1’ 2+1 4. Dave Callington 2 0 2

Ht1 Wrathall, Shakespeare, Ridley [f], Sanderson [fx] 74.8 5 0 5 0 Ht2 Wilkinson, Callington, Floyd, Gay 77.4 4 2 9 2 Ht3 Wrathall, Shakespeare, Gay, Callington 74.2 5 1 14 3 Ht4 Ridley, Wilkinson, Floyd, Sanderson [f] 75.4 3 3 17 6

Reserves Stakes Middleton, Ridley, Schofield, Wrathall [f] 74.2 46 Saturday 9th September 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 51 – Wolverhampton Wolves 51 (Dud/Wol Tro 2nd Leg)

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 3 3 3 2 1 1’ 3 16 1 2. Alan Totney 0 2 1 0 1 0 4 3. Brian Brett 3 2 3 3 3 2 1 17 4. Ken Wakefield 2’ FX 1 0 0 1’ 4 2 5. Tommy Bergqvist R/R 6. Chris Julian 1 1 3 EX 2 2 9 7. Peter Wrathall 1’ 0 1 1 Team Manager: Roy Moreton

Wolverhampton Wolves 1. Jim Airey 1’ 2 2 3 3 2 13 1 2. Brian Maxted 2 3 0 1’ 0 6 1 3. Peter Vandenberg 1 2 2 2’ 3 0 10 1 4. Ernie Baker 0 0 0 2 1 3 5. Hasse Holmqvist 0 3 3 3 3 12 6. Dave Hemus 2 1 1 2’ 1’ 7 2 7. Mick Handley 0 0 0 Team Manager: Bill Bridgett ACU Referee: G. H. Reynolds

Ht1 Brown, Maxted, Airey, Totney 71.0 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Brett, Wakefield, Vandenberg, Baker 70.4 5 1 8 4 Ht3 Brown, Hemus, Julian, Holmqvist 71.8 4 2 12 6 Ht4 Maxted, Totney, Wrathall, Handley 72.4 3 3 15 9 Ht5 Holmqvist, Brett, Hemus, Wakefield [fx] [rr] 70.4 2 4 17 13 Ht6 Brown, Vandenberg, Totney, Baker 72.2 4 2 21 15 Ht7 Brett, Airey, Julian, Maxted 70.4 4 2 25 17 Ht8 Holmqvist, Brown, Hemus, Totney 71.0 2 4 27 21 Ht9 Julian, Vandenberg, Wakefield, Baker 73.4 4 2 31 23 Ht10 Brett, Airey, Maxted, Wakefield 71.0 3 3 34 26 Ht11 Airey, Hemus, Brown, Wakefield 71.6 1 5 35 31 Ht12 Holmqvist, Vandenberg, Totney, Julian [ex] 71.4 1 5 36 36 Ht13 Brett, Baker, Hemus, Wrathall 71.8 3 3 39 39 Ht14 Vandenberg, Julian, Wakefield, Handley 72.6 3 3 42 42 Ht15 Airey, Brett, Baker, Totney 71.8 2 4 44 46 Ht16 Holmqvist, Julian, Brown, Maxted 71.8 3 3 47 49 Ht17 Brown, Airey, Brett, Vandenberg 72.2 4 2 51 51

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Brown for Bergqvist, Ht7 r/r Brett for Bergqvist, Ht9 r/r Wakefield for Bergqvist, Ht12 r/r Julian for Bergqvist, Ht15 r/r Totney for Bergqvist.

Reserves Race Handley, Wrathall, Archie Wilkinson, Dave Schofield 76.4

Junior Scurry Schofield, Wilkinson, Malc. Shakespeare, Trevor Floyd 75.8

47 Monday 11th September 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Alan Hunt & Ivor Hughes Memorial Trophies Postponed Due To Rain

48 Friday 15th September 1967 Stadium, Edinburgh

Edinburgh Monarchs 59 – Cradley Heathens 19 (British League)

Edinburgh Monarchs 1. 3 3 3 3 12 2. Bert Harkins 2’ 3 1 1 7 1 3. 3 2’ 2’ 3 10 2 4. Doug Templeton (C) 0 3 3 3 9 5. George Hunter 3 3 3 2’ 11 1 6. Oyvind S Berg EF 2’ 2’ 2’ 6 3 7. Alec Hughson 2’ 2’ 4 2 Team Manager: Tommy Hughson

Cradley Heathens 1. Colin Gooddy (G) 1 EF N N 1 2. Alan Totney 0 1 1 1 0 1 4 3. Peter Wrathall 1’ 0 0 2 0 3 1 4. Ken Wakefield 2 1’ N 0 0 F 3 1 5. Tommy Bergqvist R/R 6. Chris Julian 2 1 2 1 EF N 6 7. Archie Wilkinson 0 1 1 2 Team Manager: Roy Moreton ACU Referee: J. Cuthbert

Ht1 Persson, Harkins, Gooddy, Totney 67.2 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Eide, Wakefield, Wrathall, Templeton 69.8 3 3 8 4 Ht3 Hunter, Julian, Wakefield, Berg [ef] 69.2 3 3 11 7 Ht4 Harkins, Hughson, Totney, Wilkinson 68.8 5 1 16 8 Ht5 Hunter, Berg, Julian, Wrathall 68.4 5 1 21 9 Ht6 Templeton, Eide, Totney, Gooddy [ef] 68.2 5 1 26 10 Ht7 Persson, Julian, Harkins, Wrathall 67.4 4 2 30 12 Ht8 Templeton, Hughson, Wilkinson, Wakefield 68.2 5 1 35 13 Ht9 Hunter, Berg, Totney, Wakefield 68.8 5 1 40 14 Ht10 Templeton, Eide, Julian, Totney 67.0 5 1 45 15 Ht11 Persson, Wrathall, Harkins, Wakefield [f] 67.4 4 2 49 17 Ht12 Eide, Berg, Wilkinson, Julian [ef] 68.2 5 1 54 18 Ht13 Persson, Hunter, Totney, Wrathall 66.8 5 1 59 19

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Wakefield for Bergqvist, Ht5 t/s Julian for Wakefield, Ht7 r/r Wrathall for Bergqvist, Ht9 t/s Wakefield for Gooddy, Ht10 r/r Totney for Bergqvist, Ht12 r/s Wilkinson for Goody, r/r Julian for Bergqvist, Ht13 t/s Totney for Julian.

Wembley Cup Ht1 Hughson, Wilkinson, Jimmy Tannock, Joe Ferguson 70.6 Ht2 Brian Black, Lex Milloy, Brian Collins, Mark Hall 71.6 Final Hughson, Wilkinson, Black, Milloy 69.8

Rider Of The Night Trophy Ht1 Persson, Berg, Totney, Julian 66.4 67.6 Ht2 Eide, Wakefield, Black, Harkins [ef] 66.6 70.8 Ht3 Hunter, Templeton, Wilkinson, Collins 67.4 68.8 Final Persson, Eide, Berg, Hunter 66.6

49 Monday 18th September 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 34 – Edinburgh Monarchs 44 (British League)

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 2 1 2 2’ 0 2 9 1 2. Alan Totney 1’ 2 FX N 3 1 3. Brian Brett 2 EF 3 2 3 2 12 4. Ken Wakefield 1’ 0 N 2 0 3 1 5. Tommy Bergqvist R/R 6. Chris Julian 2 2 3 FX 0 7 7. Peter Wrathall F F 0 Team Manager: Roy Moreton

Edinburgh Monarchs 1. Bernt Persson 3 2 0 N 5 2. Bert Harkins N 3 0 1 4 3. Reidar Eide 3 3 1’ 3 10 1 4. Doug Templeton (C) 0 1 3 2 6 5. George Hunter 3 3 1 3 10 6. Oyvind S. Berg 1 1 3 1 6 7. Dave Schofield 0 1 1 1 3 Team Manager: ACU Referee: A. B. Taylor

Ht1 Persson, Brown, Totney, Schofield 71.4 3 3 3 3 Ht2 Eide, Brett, Wakefield, Templeton 70.6 3 3 6 6 Ht3 Hunter, Julian, Berg, Wakefield 72.2 2 4 8 10 Ht4 Harkins, Totney, Schofield, Wrathall [f] [rr] 73.0 2 4 10 14 Ht5 Eide, Julian, Templeton, Brett [ef] [rr] 71.2 2 4 12 18 Ht6 Brett, Persson, Brown, Harkins 69.8 4 2 16 20 Ht7 Hunter, Brown, Berg, Totney [fx] [rr] 71.8 2 4 18 24 Ht8 Templeton, Wakefield, Schofield, Wrathall [f] 71.6 2 4 20 28 Ht9 Julian, Brown, Harkins, Persson [ef] 72.6 5 1 25 29 Ht10 Berg, Brett, Hunter, Wakefield [rr] 71.0 2 4 27 33 Ht11 Brett, Templeton, Eide, Brown 69.4 3 3 30 36 Ht12 Hunter, Brett, Schofield, Julian [fx] [rr] 71.8 2 4 32 40 Ht13 Eide, Brown, Berg, Julian 71.8 2 4 34 44

Programme Changes: Ht1 r/s Schofield for Harkins, Ht3 r/r Wakefield for Bergqvist, Ht5 r/r Brett for Bergqvist, Ht6 t/s Brown for Wakefield, Ht9 r/r Brown for Bergqvist, Ht11 t/s Brett for Totney, Ht12 r/s Schofield for Persson, Ht13 r/r Julian for Bergqvist.

Meadowbank Scratch Race Ht1 Hunter, Harkins, Brown, Totney 72.6 73.2 Ht2 Templeton, Wakefield, Totney, Wrathall 72.0 75.2 Ht3 Eide, Julian, Berg, Wrathall 72.4 73.0 Final Eide, Julian, Templeton, Hunter 74.2

Junior Scurry Ht1 Archie Wilkinson, Trevor Floyd, Schofield [f], Malc Shakespeare [f] 76.6 Ht2 Wilkinson, Tony Armstrong, John Gaskell, Chris Hawkins [ef] 76.0

Reserves Stakes Hughson, Wrathall, Shakespeare, Wilkinson 75.6

50 Monday 25th September 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Alan Hunt & Ivor Hughes Memorial Trophies Postponed Due To Rain

51 Wednesday 27th September 1967 Belle Vue Stadium,

Belle Vue Aces 48 – Cradley Heathens 30 (British League)

Belle Vue Aces 1. Cyril Maidment (C) 2’ 2’ 1’ 2 7 3 2. Sandor Levai 3 3 3 2 11 3. Tommy Roper 3 2 3 3 11 4. Norman Nevitt 2’ 1’ 3 1 7 2 5. Eric Broadbelt 3 2 2 1’ 8 1 6. Dave Hardy FX 0 N N 0 7. Paul O’Neil 2’ 1 EF 1 4 1 Team Manager: Dent Oliver

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 1 0 1 3 0 5 2. Alan Totney 0 1 N 1 2 3. Brian Brett 1 3 3 3 3 13 4. Ken Wakefield 0 1 2 R 3 5. Tommy Bergqvist R/R 6. Chris Julian 2 N 2 2 X2 6 7. Archie Wilkinson 0 0 0 8. Peter Wrathall 1’ 0 0 N 1 1 Team Manager: Ted Flanaghan ACU Referee: Mr J. R. Greene

Ht1 Levai, Maidment, Brown, Totney 74.0 5 1 5 1 Ht2 Roper, Nevitt, Brett, Wakefield [fr] 74.0 5 1 10 2 Ht3 Broadbelt, Julian, Wrathall, Hardy [fx] 76.5 3 3 13 5 Ht4 Levai, O’Neil, Totney, Wilkinson 73.6 5 1 18 6 Ht5 Brett, Broadbelt, Wakefield, Hardy 75.6 2 4 20 10 Ht6 Brett, Roper, Nevitt, Brown 74.6 3 3 23 13 Ht7 Levai, Maidment, Brown, Wrathall 75.6 5 1 28 14 Ht8 Nevitt, Wakefield, O’Neil, Wilkinson [fr] 76.6 4 2 32 16 Ht9 Brown, Broadbelt, Totney, O’Neil [ef] 77.4 2 4 34 20 Ht10 Roper, Julian, Nevitt, Wrathall 75.8 4 2 38 22 Ht11 Brett, Levai, Maidment, Wakefield [r] 76.4 3 3 41 25 Ht12 Roper, Julian, O’Neil, Brown 75.8 4 2 45 27 Ht13 Brett, Maidment, Broadbelt, Julian [x2] 76.2 3 3 48 30

Programme Changes Ht3 r/r Wrathall for Bergqvist, Ht6 t/s Brett for Totney, Ht7 t/s Brown for Julian, r/r Wrathall for Bergqvist, Ht9 r/s O’Neil for Hardy, Ht10 r/r Wrathall for Bergqvist, Ht12 r/s O’Neil for Hardy, t/s Julian for Bergqvist.

Reserves Race Taffy Owen, O’Neil, Wilkinson, Broadbelt [f] 78.4

Training School Delight Ht1 Dave Brocksbank, Chris Pusey, Brian Bentley, Len Jones 80.8 Ht2 Owen, Peter Thompson, Pusey [f], Chris Bailey [fx] [rr] 78.2 Final Owen, Thompson, Pusey, Brocksbank 78.2

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Nevitt, Brown, Wakefield [ef], O’Neil [f] 76.8 81.2 Ht2 Roper, Levai, Wrathall, Julian [ef] 76.0 77.6 Ht3 Brett, Maidment, Thompson, Totney 76.4 77.2 Final Roper, Brett, Nevitt, Maidment 76.8

52 Saturday 30th September 1967 Dudley Wood Stadium, Cradley Heath

Cradley Heathens 38 – Poole Pirates 39 (Challenge)

Cradley Heathens 1. Ivor Brown (C) 3 2 3 0 8 2. Alan Totney 1 1 1’ 2’ 5 2 3. Brian Brett F 1 3 3 7 4. Ken Wakefield 2 0 0 N 2 5. Roy Trigg (G) 3 3 3 3 12 6. Chris Julian 1 1 0 0 2 7. Peter Wrathall 0 2 0 2 Team Manager: Roy Moreton

Poole Pirates 1. Colin Gooddy 2 2’ 1’ 1’ 6 3 2. Norman Strachan 0 2’ 3 2 7 1 3. Ronnie Genz 3 2 0 2 7 4. Pete Smith F 0 3 1 4 5. Geoff Mudge 2 3 1’ 2 8 1 6. Gote Nordin R/R 7. Bruce Cribb 0 3 EX 1 2 1’ 7 1 Team Manager: Ron Hart ACU Referee: A. Lee

Ht1 Brown, Goody, Totney, Strachan 71.2 4 2 4 2 Ht2 Genz, Wakefield, Brett [f], Smith [f] 71.4 2 3 6 5 Ht3 Trigg, Mudge, Julian, Cribb 69.8 4 2 10 7 Ht4 Cribb, Strachan, Totney, Wrathall 71.6 1 5 11 12 Ht5 Trigg, Genz, Julian, Smith 70.2 4 2 15 14 Ht6 Strachan, Gooddy, Brett, Wakefield 73.4 1 5 16 19 Ht7 Mudge, Brown, Totney, Cribb [ex] 71.0 3 3 19 22 Ht8 Smith, Wrathall, Cribb, Wakefield 71.8 2 4 21 26 Ht9 Trigg, Strachan, Gooddy, Julian 71.4 3 3 24 29 Ht10 Brett, Cribb, Mudge, Wrathall 71.4 3 3 27 32 Ht11 Brown, Totney, Smith, Genz 72.8 5 1 32 33 Ht12 Brett, Mudge, Gooddy, Julian 71.4 3 3 35 36 Ht13 Trigg, Genz, Cribb, Brown 71.2 3 3 38 39

Programme Changes: Ht3 r/r Cribb for Nordin, Ht7 r/r Cribb for Nordin, Ht10 r/r Cribb for Nordin, r/s Wrathall for Wakefield, Ht13 r/r Cribb for Nordin.

Stadium Scratch Race Ht1 Genz, Brown, Strachan, Wakefield 73.2 74.0 Ht2 Gooddy, Totney, Smith, Wrathall 73.4 74.6 Ht3 Trigg, Mudge, Julian, Penniket 72.4 73.2 Final Gooddy, Mudge, Genz, Trigg 74.2

Junior Scurry Ht1 Dave Schofield, Archie Wilkinson, Malc. Shakespeare, John Gaskell 76.4 Ht2 Trevor Floyd, Tony Armstrong, Chris Hawkins, Sampson 77.6

Reserves Stakes Cribb, Wrathall, Schofield, Wilkinson 73.0

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Cradley Heath 1967 – Information Required

Mar 24th Wolverhampton Away Ch Some 2nd Half Details Required + Queries. 25th Wolverhampton Home Ch Some 2nd Half Details Required + Queries. Apr 1st Newport Home BL Recheck 2nd Half Details 6th Sheffield Away BL Some 2nd Half Details Reqd 8th Poole Home BL Recheck 2nd Half Details 15th Newcastle Home BL Further Prog Required for 2nd Half Details 21st Hackney Away BL Some 2nd Half Times Reqd 24th Newcastle Away BL Heat 13 Bergqvist/Scott finishing order Further Prog Required for 2nd Half Details May 1st Halifax Home BL Recheck 2nd Half Dets, Some Times Required 6th Wolverhampton Home BL Recheck 2nd Half Details 8th Exeter Away BL Some 2nd Half Details Required 23rd West Ham Away BL Some 2nd Half Detail Required June 17th Kings Lynn Home BL Recheck 2nd Half Details Aug 11th Kings Lynn Away BL Recheck 2nd Half Details 12th Prague Home Ch Some 2nd Half Times Reqd Sept 9th Wolverhampton Home DWT Recheck 2nd Half Details 15th Edinburgh Away BL Query Ht13 – Julian or Totney Recheck 2nd Half Details 18th Edinburgh Home BL Recheck 2nd Half Details 30th Poole Home CH 2nd Half Final Time and Sampson First Name

Issue Log Iss1 First Issue (Thanks to Paul Dunn, Keith Corns and Phil Johnson) 28/03/2014

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