2021-05-26 SOUTHAMPTON SAINTS 1963 LEAGUE – DIVISON 1 – FINISHED 6th OF 7 TEAMS NATIONAL TROPHY – LOST TO COVENTRY IN THE 1st ROUND MATCH REPORTS RE-PRODUCED WITH KIND PERMISSION OF THE SPEEDWAY STAR [NEWS] SPECIAL THANKS TO GEORGE CARSWELL, TERRY LANE-SMITH AND KEITH CORNS FOR HELP WITH THIS FILE UPDATE – 26/05/2021 Second half results added or amended 7/5/1963, 21/5/1963, 28/5/1963, 4/6/1963, 11/6/1963, 25/6/1963, 9/7/1963, 23/7/1963, 6/8/1963, 13/8/1963 & 3/9/1963 Data Source - Speedway Star / Programmes / Speedway Researcher VENUE BANISTER COURT COMPETITION CHALLENGE BARRY BRIGGS TEAM 43.0 47.0 BJORN KNUTSSON'S TEAM DATE: 12/04/1963 RESULT: HOME WIN AGREGATE SCORE Riders from Southampton and Poole pooled their talents under the respective leadership of Barry Briggs and Bjorn Knutsson to provide the Easter curtain raiser at the Bannister Court Stadium. With no team honours at stake interest was centred on individual performances although for the record Knutsson's team won 47 points to 43. Briggs, and Knutsson, handicapped 35 yards, were in great form although Briggs' score was marred by two engine failures. Only other Saint to impress was Reg Luckhurst, who dropped but one point in five rides. Golden improved as the meeting progressed and looks set to enjoy another good season. For Poole Ross Gilbertson turn in a fast stylish performance while Tony Lewis started in brilliant fashion but tired after two rides. Eighteen-year-old Stuart Wallace, a Charlie Knott discovery looked a very good prospect and with fides should go far. Jim White - Speedway Star HOME TEAM No. RIDER 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: R PTS BP T PTS FM PM 1 BRIGGS, Barry EF 2* EF 3 1 5 6.0 1.0 7.0 2 LEWIS, Tony 3 3 2 0 4 8.0 0.0 8.0 3 TAYLOR, Chum 2* 0 EF 0 4 2.0 1.0 3.0 4 BUNGAY, Tim 3 1 1* 1 4 6.0 1.0 7.0 5 VANDENBERG, Peter 0 1 1 0 4 2.0 0.0 2.0 6 LUCKHURST, Reg 3 3 2 3 3 5 14.0 0.0 14.0 7 WHIPP, Keith 2 2 2 4.0 0.0 4.0 8 WALLACE, Stuart 0 1* 0 1.0 0.0 1.0 AWAY TEAM No. RIDER 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: R PTS BP T PTS FM PM 1 KNUTSSON, Bjorn 2 2 3 3 2 5 12.0 0.0 12.0 2 MUDGE, Geoff 1* 0 2* 2* 4 5.0 3.0 8.0 3 GOLDEN, Alby 1* 2* 3 2 4 8.0 2.0 10.0 4 GILBERTSON, Ross 2 3 3 1* EF 5 9.0 1.0 10.0 5 ROGER, Cyril 0 0 1 1* 4 2.0 1.0 3.0 6 BRADLEY, Dick 1 1 0 2 4 4.0 0.0 4.0 7 STRACHAN, Norman 3 3 2 6.0 0.0 6.0 8 MUNDAY, Peter 1 0 2 1.0 0.0 1.0 Ht. 1st: 2nd 3rd Unplaced Time H A H A Other: 1 LEWIS, T KNUTSSON, B MUDGE, G BRIGGS, B EF 65.6 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2 BUNGAY, T TAYLOR, C BRADLEY, D ROGER, C 66.4 5.0 1.0 8.0 4.0 3 LUCKHURST, R GILBERTSON, R GOLDEN, A VANDENBERG, P 64.6 3.0 3.0 11.0 7.0 4 STRACHAN, N WHIPP, K MUNDAY, P WALLACE, S 68.0 4.0 2.0 13.0 11.0 5 LEWIS, T BRIGGS, B BRADLEY, D ROGER, C 66.4 5.0 1.0 18.0 12.0 6 GILBERTSON, R GOLDEN, A BUNGAY, T TAYLOR, C 66.2 1.0 5.0 19.0 17.0 7 LUCKHURST, R KNUTSSON, B VANDENBERG, P MUDGE, G 66.0 3.0 3.0 22.0 20.0 8 STRACHAN, N WHIPP, K WALLACE, S MUNDAY, P 67.8 3.0 3.0 25.0 23.0 9 GOLDEN, A MUDGE, G VANDENBERG, P BRIGGS, B EF 66.0 1.0 5.0 26.0 28.0 10 KNUTSSON, B LEWIS, T ROGER, C TAYLOR, C EF 65.8 2.0 4.0 28.0 32.0 11 GILBERTSON, R LUCKHURST, R BUNGAY, T BRADLEY, D 65.6 2.0 4.0 30.0 36.0 12 BRIGGS, B GOLDEN, A GILBERTSON, R LEWIS, T 66.0 3.0 3.0 33.0 39.0 13 KNUTSSON, B MUDGE, G BUNGAY, T TAYLOR, C 67.0 1.0 5.0 34.0 44.0 14 LUCKHURST, R BRADLEY, D ROGER, C VANDENBERG, P 69.8 5.0 1.0 39.0 45.0 15 LUCKHURST, R KNUTSSON, B BRIGGS, B GILBERTSON, R EF 65.6 4.0 2.0 43.0 47.0 Barry Briggs & Bjorn Knutsson(35) Chum Taylor(20), Alby Golden(20), Peter Vandenberg(20) Cyril Roger( 20) Reg Luckhurst(15) Dick Bradley(15), Norman Strachan(15) Tony Lewis(10), Pete Munday(10) Geoff Mudge(5), Tim Bungay(5), Ross Gilbertson(5) Keith Whipp(scr), Stuart Wallace(scr) Page 1 25/05/2021 VENUE HYDE ROAD COMPETITION LEAGUE (A FIX) BELLE VUE 50.0 28.0 SOUTHAMPTON DATE: 13/04/1963 RESULT: HOME WIN AGREGATE SCORE HOME TEAM No. RIDER 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: R PTS BP T PTS FM PM 1 FISHER, Dick 3 3 0 1 4 7.0 0.0 7.0 2 McGREGOR, Gordon 2* 3 2* 3 4 10.0 2.0 12.0 3 MAIDMENT, Cyril 1 1 2* 2 4 6.0 1.0 7.0 4 SJOSTEN, Soren 3 3 3 3 4 12.0 0.0 12.0 5 CRAVEN, Peter 3 3 3 3 4 12.0 0.0 12.0 6 YACOBY, Jim 1 2* 0 0 4 3.0 1.0 4.0 7 POWELL, Bill 0 0 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 AWAY TEAM No. RIDER 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: R PTS BP T PTS FM PM 1 KNUTSSON, Bjorn 1 2 2 3 4 8.0 0.0 8.0 2 LUCKHURST, Reg 0 2 0 1* 4 3.0 1.0 4.0 3 BRIGGS, Barry 2 0 1* 2 4 5.0 1.0 6.0 4 ROGER, Cyril 0 1 1* 3 2.0 1.0 3.0 5 GOLDEN, Alby 0 1 1 1 4 3.0 0.0 3.0 6 VANDENBERG, Peter 2 0 0 0 4 2.0 0.0 2.0 7 BRADLEY, Dick 1* 2 2 3 5.0 1.0 6.0 Ht. 1st: 2nd 3rd Unplaced Time H A H A Other: 1 FISHER, D McGREGOR, G KNUTSSON, B LUCKHURST, R 72.0 5.0 1.0 5.0 1.0 2 SJOSTEN, S BRIGGS, B MAIDMENT, C ROGER, C EF 73.0 4.0 2.0 9.0 3.0 3 CRAVEN, P VANDENBERG, P YACOBY, J GOLDEN, A 73.0 4.0 2.0 13.0 5.0 4 McGREGOR, G LUCKHURST, R BRADLEY, D POWELL, B 75.4 3.0 3.0 16.0 8.0 5 CRAVEN, P YACOBY, J ROGER, C BRIGGS, B EF 73.2 5.0 1.0 21.0 9.0 6 SJOSTEN, S KNUTSSON, B MAIDMENT, C LUCKHURST, R 73.2 4.0 2.0 25.0 11.0 7 FISHER, D McGREGOR, G GOLDEN, A VANDENBERG, P 74.4 5.0 1.0 30.0 12.0 8 SJOSTEN, S BRADLEY, D ROGER, C POWELL, B 75.8 3.0 3.0 33.0 15.0 9 CRAVEN, P KNUTSSON, B LUCKHURST, R YACOBY, J 73.4 3.0 3.0 36.0 18.0 10 SJOSTEN, S MAIDMENT, C GOLDEN, A VANDENBERG, P 75.0 5.0 1.0 41.0 19.0 11 McGREGOR, G BRADLEY, D BRIGGS, B FISHER, D 75.0 3.0 3.0 44.0 22.0 12 KNUTSSON, B MAIDMENT, C GOLDEN, A YACOBY, J 76.4 2.0 4.0 46.0 26.0 13 CRAVEN, P BRIGGS, B FISHER, D VANDENBERG, P 74.8 4.0 2.0 50.0 28.0 Novice Race: David Gledhill, Alvis Child, Bill Haley, Stan Cadwallander 83.2 Junior Race: Bernard McArthur, Walter Boon*, Norman Nevitt, Antony Jones(f) 81 Reserves Race: Dick Bradley, Bill Powell, Walter Boon, Bernard McArthur 87.4 Stadium Scratch Race: Alby Golden, Peter Vandenberg, Jim Yacobi, Reg Luckhurst 76 *Malcolm Bruce??? Speedway Gold Cup Ht 1: Peter Craven, Bjorn Knutsson, Dick Fisher, Dick Bradley 73 Ht 2: Soren Sjosten, Barry Briggs, Cyril Maidment, Gordon McGregor 75.6 Final: Peter Craven, Soren Sjosten, Barry Briggs, Bjorn Knutsson 74.4 Page 2 25/05/2021 VENUE ABBEY STADIUM COMPETITION LEAGUE SWINDON 0.0 0.0 SOUTHAMPTON DATE: 20/04/1963 RESULT: RAINED OFF AGREGATE SCORE HOME TEAM AWAY TEAM Page 3 25/05/2021 VENUE BANISTER COURT COMPETITION K.O.C. 1st ROUND SOUTHAMPTON 53.0 25.0 SWINDON DATE: 23/04/1963 RESULT: HOME WIN AGREGATE SCORE HOME TEAM No. RIDER 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: R PTS BP T PTS FM PM 1 BRIGGS, Barry 2 2 3 3 4 10.0 0.0 10.0 2 ROGER, Cyril 1* 2* 1* 2* 4 6.0 4.0 10.0 3 LUCKHURST, Reg 2* 1 1 1 4 5.0 1.0 6.0 4 KNUTSSON, Bjorn 3 3 3 3 4 12.0 0.0 12.0 5 GOLDEN, Alby 3 2* 2* 2* 4 9.0 3.0 12.0 6 VANDENBERG, Peter R 3 3 0 4 6.0 0.0 6.0 7 BRADLEY, Dick 3 2* 2 5.0 1.0 6.0 AWAY TEAM No.