THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years GLASGOW 51 COATBRIDGE 45 th Friday, 5 April 1968 [Champagne Derby (1st Leg)] GLASGOW Lars Jansson 3 2 2 1' 2 - 11 1 Jim McMillan X 2 2 - - - 4 Bo Josefsson 2 1' 2 3 2' - 10 1 Bill McMillan 1' 1 0 2' 0 - 4 2 Oyvind Berg 3 3 3 3 3 - 15 Willie Templeton 1 1 1 0 0 - 3 Brian Whaley 0 1' 3 0 - - 4 1 COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 1' 0 2 1 - - 4 1 Doug Templeton 2 3 2 1' 1 - 9 1 Bernt Persson 3 3 3 2 3 - 14 Alec Hughson 0 F 1 F - - 1 George Hunter 2 3 3 2 2 - 12 Bert Harkins 0 X E 1 1' - 2 1 Brian Collins 2' 1 0 0 0 - 3 1 Ht 1 Jansson, D.Templeton, Eide, J.McMillan (f/exc) 80.8 Ht 2 Persson, Josefsson, B.McMillan, Hughson 80.6 Ht 3 D.Templeton, Collins, B.McMillan, Whaley 82.3 Ht 4 Persson, Jansson, Josefsson, Eide 80.6 Ht 5 Berg, Hunter, W.Templeton, Harkins 80.2 Ht 6 Persson, Jansson, Whaley, Hughson (f) 83.8 Ht 7 Hunter, Josefsson, Collins, B.Mcmillan, Harkins (exc/t) 80.8 Ht 8 Berg, D.Templeton, W.Templeton, Collins 80.8 Ht 9 Whaley, B.McMillan, Hughson, Collins 84.4 Ht 10 Hunter, J.McMillan, Jansson, Harkins (ef) 81.8 Ht 11 Berg, Persson, W.Templeton, Hughson (f) 80.4 Ht 12 Josefsson, Eide, D.Templeton, B.McMillan 82.8 Ht 13 Berg, Hunter, Harkins, W.Templeton 81.0 Ht 14 Jansson, Josefsson, D.Templeton, Collins 83.6 Ht 15 Persson, J.McMillan, Harkins, W.Templeton 83.2 Ht 16 Berg, Hunter, Eide, B.McMillan 80.8 COATBRIDGE 54 GLASGOW 42 th Saturday, 6 April 1968 [Champagne Derby 2nd Leg] {Aggregate: Coatbridge 99 Glasgow 93} COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 0 0 1 1 1 - 3 Doug Templeton 3 2 3 3 3 - 14 Bernt Persson 3 3 1 3 3 - 13 Alec Hughson E F 3 0 0 - 3 George Hunter 3 3 3 3 3 - 15 Bert Harkins 1 E 2' 1 - - 4 1 Brian Collins 0 E 2' - - - 2 1 GLASGOW Lars Jansson 1' 1' 1' 1' 1' - 5 5 Jim McMillan 2 3 2 2 2 - 11 Bo Josefsson 2 2 2 2 2 - 10 Bill McMillan 1' 0 1' 1 0 - 3 2 Oyvind Berg 2 2' 2 1 2 - 9 1 Willie Templeton 3 0 0 E - - 3 Brian Whaley 1 0 0 - - - 1 Ht 1 D.Templeton, J.McMillan, Jansson, Eide 66.8 Ht 2 Persson, Josefsson, B.McMillan, Hughson (ef) 67.4 Ht 3 J.McMillan, D.Templeton, Whaley, Collins 68.0 Ht 4 Persson, Josefsson, Jansson, Eide 67.6 Ht 5 Hunter, Berg, Harkins, Whaley 70.0 Ht 6 D.Templeton, Josefsson, Eide, B.McMillan 69.0 Ht 7 W.Templeton, Berg, Persson, Hughson (f) 71.0 Ht 8 Hunter, J.McMillan, Jansson, Collins (ef) 69.0 Ht 9 Hughson, Collins, B.McMillan, Whaley 73.4 Ht 10 D.Templeton, Berg, Eide, W.Templeton 69.0 Ht 11 Hunter, Josefsson, B.McMillan, Harkins (ef) 71.8 Ht 12 Persson, J.McMillan, Jansson, Hughson 69.6 Ht 13 Hunter, Harkins, Berg, W.Templeton 71.6 Ht 14 Persson, J.McMillan, Eide, B.McMillan 71.8 Ht 15 D.Templeton, Josefsson, Harkins, W.Templeton (ef) 70.0 Ht 16 Hunter, Berg, Jansson, Hughson 71.6 RESERVE RACE Collins, Whaley, Black, Ian McPherson 72.4 IMPROVEMENT RACE Milloy, Black, McPherson, Brady 71.6 TIGERS TOP FOUR J.McMillan, Jansson, Josefsson, Berg 69.2 MONARCHS= TOP FOUR Hunter, D.Templeton, Persson, Harkins 68.4 THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years COATBRIDGE 42 SHEFFIELD 36 th Saturday, 13 April 1968 [British League] COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 0 2' 2' 2 - - 6 2 Doug Templeton 2 3 3 3 - - 11 Bernt Persson 3 3 3 2 - - 11 Alec Hughson 1 0 3 0 - - 4 George Hunter 2 1 2 1' - - 6 1 Bert Harkins 1' 0 0 0 - - 1 1 Brian Collins 1 2' - - - - 3 1 SHEFFIELD Charlie Monk 3 2 3 3 - - 11 Billy Bales 1 2 1' - - - 4 1 Arnold Haley 2 3 1 1 3 - 10 John Dews 0 2' 1 0 - - 3 1 Bengt Larsson 3 1 2 1 0 - 7 Brian Maxted 0 0 1' 0 - - 1 1 Dave Baugh 0 0 - - - - 0 Ht 1 Monk, Templeton, Bales, Eide 67.4 Ht 2 Persson, Haley, Hughson, Dews 68.4 Ht 3 Larsson, Hunter, Harkins, Maxted 68.8 Ht 4 Templeton, Bales, Collins, Baugh 70.0 Ht 5 Haley, Dews, Hunter, Harkins 70.4 Ht 6 Persson, Monk, Bales, Hughson 67.8 Ht 7 Templeton, Eide, Larsson, Maxted 69.8 Ht 8 Hughson, Collins, Dews, Baugh 73.6 Ht 9 Monk, Hunter, Haley, Harkins 69.0 Ht 10 Persson, Larsson, Maxted, Hughson 69.2 Ht 11 Templeton, Eide, Haley, Dews 70.2 Ht 12 Monk, Persson, Larsson, Harkins 69.2 Ht 13 Haley, Eide, Hunter, Larsson 69.8 IMPROVEMENT RACE Milloy, Black, Frank Skinner, Brady 80.8 THE ALBION TROPHY Ht 1 Harkins, Tannock, Bales (ef), Baugh (ef) 71.0 Ht 2 Dews, Hughson, Milloy, Collins (ef) 75.4 Final Harkins, Hughson, Tannock, Dews 72.2 RIDER OF THE NIGHT TROPHY Ht 1 Eide, Larsson, Hunter, Haley 71.2 Ht 2 Persson, Monk, Maxted, Templeton (f) 70.0 Final Persson, Larsson, Monk, Eide 71.0 KINGS LYNN 50 COATBRIDGE 28 th Monday, 15 April 1968 [British League] KINGS LYNN Malcolm Simmons 3 3 2 3 - - 11 Clive Featherby 2' 2 2' 1' - - 7 3 Terry Betts 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Geoff Penniket 1 1 2' 1 - - 5 1 David Crane 3 3 2 1 - - 9 Howard Cole E 1 0 1 - - 2 Alan Bellham 1' 3 - - - - 4 1 COATBRIDGE George Hunter 1 0 E - - - 1 Bert Harkins 0 3 2 1 - - 6 Bernt Persson 2 2 3 3 2 - 12 Alec Hughson F 0 0 0 - - 0 Reidar Eide 2 1 2 2 - - 7 Brian Collins 1' 0 0 0 - - 1 1 Lex Milloy 0 1 - - - - 1 Ht 1 Simmons, Featherby, Hunter, Harkins 76.2 Ht 2 Betts, Persson, Penniket, Hugson (f) 76.8 Ht 3 Crane, Eide, Collins, Cole (ef) 76.8 Ht 4 Harkins, Featherby, Bellham, Milloy 78.0 Ht 5 Crane, Persson, Cole, Hughson 75.8 Ht 6 Betts, Harkins, Penniket, Hunter 75.4 Ht 7 Simmons, Featherby, Eide, Collins 75.4 Ht 8 Bellham, Penniket, Milloy, Hughson 76.8 Ht 9 Persson, Crane, Harkins, Cole 75.4 Ht 10 Betts, Eide, Penniket, Collins 75.0 Ht 11 Persson, Simmons, Featherby, Hughson 74.0 Ht 12 Betts, Eide, Cole (f/rem), Hunter (ef) 74.8 Ht 13 Simmons, Persson, Crane, Collins 73.8 WIMBLEDON 51 COATBRIDGE 26 (Part 3) The British League Years THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH th Thursday, 18 April 1968 [British League] WIMBLEDON Olle Nygren 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Bobby Dugard 1 3 1 X - - 5 Reg Luckhurst 1 1' 3 1 - - 6 1 Jim Tebby 3 2 1' 2' - - 8 2 Trevor Hedge 3 3 1' 2' - - 9 2 Garry Middleton 1 1 2 3 - - 7 Alan Cowland 2' 2 - - - - 4 1 COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 2 3 3 2 2 - 12 Brian Collins 0 E 0 0 - - 0 George Hunter E - - - - - 0 Bert Harkins 2 0 3 1' 1 - 7 1 Bernt Persson 2 2 2 F 0 - 6 Alec Hughson 0 0 1 0 - - 1 Lex Milloy F 0 - - - - 0 Ht 1 Nygren, Eide, Dugard, Collins 65.4 Ht 2 Tebby, Harkins, Luckhurst, Hunter (ef) 69.2 Ht 3 Hedge, Persson, Middleton, Hughson 67.3 Ht 4 Dugard, Cowland, Milloy (ef), Collins (ef) 67.8 Ht 5 Hedge, Persson, Middleton, Harkins 67.3 Ht 6 Eide, Tebby, Luckhurst, Collins 67.5 Ht 7 Nygren, Persson, Dugard, Hughson 66.7 Ht 8 Harkins, Cowland, Tebby, Milloy 69.6 Ht 9 Eide, Middleton, Hedge, Collins 68.6 Ht 10 Luckhurst, Tebby, Hughson, Persson (f) 68.9 Ht 11 Nygren, Eide, Harkins, Dugard (f/exc) 70.8 Ht 12 Middleton, Eide, Luckhurst, Persson 69.7 Ht 13 Nygren, Hedge, Harkins, Hughson 69.2 COATBRIDGE 54 OXFORD 24 th Saturday, 20 April 1968 [British League] COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 2' 2' 3 - - 10 2 Doug Templeton 2' 3 3 3 - - 11 1 Bernt Persson 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Alec Hughson 0 1 1 0 - - 2 George Hunter 2' 2' 3 2' - - 9 3 Bert Harkins 3 3 2' 2' - - 10 2 Brian Collins 0 0 - - - - 0 OXFORD Arne Pander rider replacement Rick Timmo 0 2 0 1 1 - 4 Ronnie Genz 2 1 1 0 1 - 5 Eddie Reeves 1' 0 3 1 - - 5 1 Colin Gooddy 1 1 1' - - - 3 1 Leo McAuliffe 0 2 0 2 0 - 4 John Bishop 1' 2' 0 - - - 3 2 Ted Spittles 0 - - - - - 0 Ht 1 Eide, Templeton, Gooddy, Timmo 68.8 Ht 2 Persson, Genz, Reeves, Hughson 69.4 Ht 3 Harkins, Hunter, Gooddy, McAuliffe 71.0 Ht 4 Templeton, Timmo, Bishop, Collins 70.4 Ht 5 Harkins, Hunter, Genz, Reeves 70.0 Ht 6 Persson, McAuliffe, Hughson, Timmo 70.6 Ht 7 Templeton, Eide, Genz, McAuliffe 68.8 Ht 8 Reeves, Bishop, Hughson, Collins 71.2 Ht 9 Hunter, Harkins, Timmo, Spittals 70.8 Ht 10 Persson, McAuliffe, Gooddy, Hughson 72.0 Ht 11 Templeton, Eide, Reeves, Genz 71.0 Ht 12 Persson, Harkins, Timmo, Bishop 70.8 Ht 13 Eide, Hunter, Genz, McAuliffe 71.8 RESERVE SPOTLIGHT Collins, Milloy, Tannock, Spittal 74.8 JUNIOR JAMBOREE K.Blackwood, Brady ??? RIDER OF THE NIGHT TROPHY Ht 1 Persson, Genz, Bishop, Milloy 71.8 Ht 2 Eide, Gooddy, Hughson, Tannock 72.6 Ht 3 Templeton, Harkins, McAuliffe, Timmo 72.0 Ht 4 Hunter, Collins, Reeves, Spittal 72.2 Final Eide, [Persson, Templeton, Hunter 71.0 WEST HAM 43 COATBRIDGE 35 rd Tuesday, 23 April 1968 [British League] THE HISTORY OF SPEEDWAY IN EDINBURGH (Part 3) The British League Years WEST HAM Sverre Harrfeldt 2 2 2 3 - - 9 Brian Leonard 1' 3 0 1' - - 5 2 Norman Hunter 2 3 3 2' - - 10 1 Stan Stevens F 1 2 0 - - 3 George Barclay 1 1 1 0 - - 3 Ken McKinlay 3 3 3 3 - - 12 Tony Clarke 1 0 - - - - 1 COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 2 2 1 - - 8 Doug Templeton 0 2 0 0 - - 2 Bernt Persson 3 2 3 2 - - 10 Alec Hughson 1 0 3 0 - - 4 George Hunter 2 3 1' 0 - - 6 1 Bert Harkins 0 1 2 1' - - 4 1 Brian Collins 0 1 - - - - 1 Ht 1 Eide, Harrfeldt, Leonard, Templeton 72.0 Ht 2 Persson, N.Hunter, Hughson, Stevens (f) 73.2 Ht 3 McKinlay, G.Hunter, Barclay, Harkins 72.2 Ht 4 Leonard, Templeton, Clarke, Collins 74.6 Ht 5 McKinlay, Persson, Barclay, Hughson 71.6 Ht 6 N.Hunter, Eide, Stevens, Templeton 72.6 Ht 7 G.Hunter, Harrfeldt, Harkins, Leonard 73.2 Ht 8 Hughson, Stevens, Collins, Clarke 76.0 Ht 9 McKinlay, Eide, Barclay, Templeton 72.6 Ht 10 N.Hunter, Harkins, G.Hunter, Stevens 73.8 Ht 11 Persson, Harrfeldt, Leonard, Hughson 74.2 Ht 12 McKinlay, N.Hunter, Eide, G.Hunter 74.2 Ht 13 Harrfeldt, Persson, Harkins, Barclay 74.2 POOLE 38 COATBRIDGE 40 th Wednesday, 24 April 1968 [British League] POOLE Geoff Mudge 0 3 2 2 - - 7 Ted Laessing 2 F 1 2' 1' - 6 2 Odd Fossengen 0 0 1 - - - 1 Pete Smith 1 2 3 2 - - 8 Bill Andrews 2 2 3 X - - 7 Bruce Cribb 1' 0 3 - - - 4 1 Tim Bungay 3 1 1' - - - 5 1 COATBRIDGE Reidar Eide 3 3 1 2 - - 9 Doug Templeton 1 2 1 0 - - 4 George Hunter 2' 3 3 3 - - 11 1