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Wolverhampton 1973

Wolverhampton v Iwade Sunday 28th January 1973 (Training School Challenge)

Wolverhampton 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Terry Meredith 3 2* 3 3 11 1

2. Fizz Phillips 0 3 2 2* 7 1

3. John Shirt 3 3 3 Fell 9 0

4. Alan Guest 2* 3 2* 2* 9 3

5. John Mills 3 2* 3 3 11 1

6. Bob McGough 2 0 1 3 0

7. Ken Stafford Fell 1* 1 2 1

Iwade 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Pip Austen 2 Fell 1 2 1* 6 1

2. Ivor Thomas 1* 1 3 Fell 5 1

3. Paul Dowdall 1* Fell 0 1 2 1

4. Malcolm Smith 1 2 0 2 5 0

5. Ian Silk 0 0 TS 0 0 0

6. Mick Camier 1 1 1 3 0

7. Dave Patten 3 2 0 5 0

Cubs Colts Cubs Colts

Ht 01: Meredith, Austen, Thomas, Phillips 75.0 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Patten, McGough, Camier, Stafford (f) 79.6 2 4 5 7

Ht 03: Mills, Guest, Smith, Silk 77.4 5 1 10 8

Ht 04: Shirt, Patten, Dowdall, McGough 74.0 3 3 13 11

Ht 05: Guest, Mills, Thomas, Austen (f) 77.2 5 1 18 12

Ht 06: Phillips, Meredith, Camier, Dowdall (f) 76.0 5 1 23 13

Ht 07: Shirt, Smith, McGough, Silk 74.0 4 2 27 15

Ht 08: Thomas, Phillips, Stafford, Patten 78.8 3 3 30 18

Ht 09: Mills, Guest, Camier, Dowdall 77.0 5 1 35 19

Ht 10: Meredith, Phillips, Austen, Smith 76.6 5 1 40 20

Ht 11: Shirt, Austen, Stafford, Thomas (f) 75.4 4 2 44 22

Ht 12: Meredith, Guest, Dowdall, Silk 77.0 5 1 49 23

Ht 13: Mills, Smith, Austen, Shirt (f) 79.0 3 3 52 26

Weymouth v Wolverhampton Sunday 4th February 1973 (Training School Challenge 1st Leg)

Weymouth 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Roger Stratton Fell 3 2 2 7 0

2. Neil Middleditch Fell 1 3 1* 5 1

3. Dave Harris 3 1 2* 2* 8 2

4. Melvin Soffe Fell 1 N 0 1 0

5. Steve Blackburn 2 0 3 3 8 0

6. Roger Best 1 Fell 1 0

7. Julian White 3 0 N 3 6 0

8. Dave Buttigieg 0 0 0


1. Terry Meredith 2* 3 1 Fell 6 1

2. Fizz Phillips 3 2* 1* 0 6 2

3. John Shirt 2 2 2 1 7 0

4. Alan Guest 1 2* Fell 1 4 1

5. John Mills 3 3 3 3 12 0

6. Bob McGough 0 0 N 0 0

7. Ken Stafford 2 1* 2 5 1

8. Dave Mortiboys 1* 1 1

Wey'th Cubs Wey'th Cubs

Ht 01: Phillips, Meredith, Stratton (f), Middleditch (f) 89.7 0 5 0 5

Ht 02: White, Stafford, Best, McGough 86.6 4 2 4 7

Ht 03: Mills, Blackburn, Guest, Soffe (f) 83.7 2 4 6 11

Ht 04: Harris, Shirt, Stafford, Best (f) 86.0 3 3 9 14

Ht 05: Meredith, Phillips, Soffe, Blackburn (f rem) 87.9 1 5 10 19

Ht 06: Stratton, Shirt, Middleditch, McGough 86.5 4 2 14 21

Ht 07: Mills, Guest, Harris, White 87.0 1 5 15 26

Ht 08: Middleditch, Stafford, Phillips, Buttigieg 87.5 3 3 18 29

Ht 09: Blackburn, Shirt, Mortiboys, Soffe (ns) 85.7 3 3 21 32

Ht 10: Mills, Stratton, Middleditch, Guest (f) 83.4 3 3 24 35

Ht 11: White, Harris, Meredith, Phillips 86.5 5 1 29 36

Ht 12: Mills, Stratton, Shirt, Soffe 83.2 2 4 31 40

Ht 13: Blackburn, Harris, Guest, Meredith (f) 89.1 5 1 36 41

Wolverhampton v Weymouth Sunday 11th February 1973 (Training School Challenge 2nd Leg)


1. Terry Meredith 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Fizz Phillips 1 2* 2 1 6 1

3. John Shirt 3 1 2 1 7 0

4. Alan Guest Fell 2* 1 Fell 3 1

5. John Mills 3 3 3 3 12 0

6. Tony Sharpe 1* 2* 3 6 2

7. Ken Stafford 2 0 1* 3 1

Weymouth 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Roger Stratton 2 1 2 3 2 10 0

2. Neil Middleditch Fell 0 1 N 1 0

3. Dave Harris 1 1 0 2 4 0

4. Robin O'Hara 1* 0 TS 0 1 1

5. Steve Blackburn 2 2 Ret N 4 0

6. Martin Yeates 3 Fell 3 2 0 8 0

7. Julian White Fell 0 N 1* 1 1

Cubs Wey'th Cubs Wey'th

Ht 01: Meredith, Stratton, Phillips, Middleditch (f) 76.0 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Yeates, Stafford, Sharpe, White (f) 73.0 3 3 7 5

Ht 03: Mills, Blackburn, O'Hara, Guest (f) 72.3 3 3 10 8

Ht 04: Shirt, Sharpe, Harris, White 73.0 5 1 15 9

Ht 05: Mills, Guest, Stratton, Middleditch 73.2 5 1 20 10

Ht 06: Meredith, Phillips, Harris, Yeates (f) 73.8 5 1 25 11

Ht 07: Sharpe, Blackburn, Shirt, O'Hara 73.4 4 2 29 13

Ht 08: Yeates, Phillips, Middleditch, Stafford 73.6 2 4 31 17

Ht 09: Mills, Yeates, Guest, Harris 71.4 4 2 35 19

Ht 10: Meredith, Stratton, Phillips, Blackburn (ret) 72.8 4 2 39 21

Ht 11: Stratton, Shirt, Stafford, Yeates (f rem) 76.6 3 3 42 24

Ht 12: Meredith, Harris, White, Guest (f) 74.4 3 3 45 27

Ht 13: Mills, Stratton, Shirt, O'Hara 75.2 4 2 49 29

Agg: Wolverhampton 90 - 65 Weymouth

Wolverhampton v Cradley Heath Sunday 25th February 1973 (Training School Challenge)


1. Terry Meredith Ret 3 Fell 2* 5 1

2. Fizz Phillips 2 1 1* 2 6 1

3. John Shirt 3 3 1 Fell 7 0

4. Alan Guest Fell N N N 0 0

5. John Mills 3 2 3 3 11 0

6. Tony Sharpe 0 Fell 2* Fell 2 1

7. John Bowley 3 1* 2 Fell 3 9 1

Cradley Heath 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Dave Harvey 3 3 3 3 2 14 0

2. Ray Lowe 1 0 TS TS 1 0

3. Rod Lamb 2 0 Fell Fell 0 2 0

4. Brian James 2 0 2 3 1* 8 1

5. Julian Walton N 1 0 TS 2* 1 4 1

6. John Taylor 2 Fell 2 TS 4 0

7. Stuart Roberts 1* Fell TS 1 1

Cubs Heathens Cubs Heathens

Ht 01: Harvey, Phillips, Lowe, Meredith (ret) 79.4 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Bowley, Taylor, Roberts, Sharpe (f rem) 82.2 3 3 5 7

Ht 03: Mills, James, Guest (f), Taylor (f) 77.8 3 2 8 9

Ht 04: Shirt, Lamb, Sharpe (f), Roberts (f) 81.0 3 2 11 11

Ht 05: Harvey, Mills, Bowley, Lowe 77.6 3 3 14 14

Ht 06: Meredith, Taylor, Phillips, Lamb 79.4 4 2 18 16

Ht 07: Shirt, Sharpe, Walton, James 78.2 5 1 23 17

Ht 08: Harvey, Bowley, Phillips, Walton 78.0 3 3 26 20

Ht 09: Mills, James, Sharpe (f), Lamb (f) 82.4 3 2 29 22

Ht 10: James, Phillips, Lamb (f), Meredith (f) No Time 2 3 31 25

Ht 11: Harvey, Walton, Shirt, Bowley (f) 83.4 1 5 32 30

Ht 12: Bowley, Meredith, Walton, Lamb 79.4 5 1 37 31

Ht 13: Mills, Harvey, James, Shirt (f) 78.0 3 3 40 34

Wolverhampton/Wolf Cubs v Northern Sunday 11th March 1973 (Challenge)

Wolverhampton/Wolf Cubs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Jon Erskine 2 2 3 1 8 0

2. John Mills 0 1* 2 2* 5 2

3. John Bowley 3 0 2* 1 3 9 4

4. Terry Meredith 2* 1 0 3 1

5. Dave Gifford 3 3 3 2* 11 1

6. Tony Sharpe F Exc 0 0

7. Tom Leadbitter 3 3 3 3 12 0

8. Dave Mortiboys 1* 0 2* 3 2

Northern 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Tony Freegard 3 2 3 2 2* 12 1

2. Nigel Wasley 1 1* Fell 1 3 1

3. Alan Guest 1 0 0 1 0

4. Fizz Phillips 0 0 1 1 0

5. Colin Meredith 2 2 0 4 0

6. Malcolm Corradine 1* 1* 1 0 3 2

7. Alan Bridgett 2 3 1 3 9 0

8. Bob McGough 0 0 0 0

Wolves North Wolves North

Ht 01: Freegard, Erskine, Wasley, Mills 69.2 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Bowley, T.Meredith, Guest, Phillips 70.0 5 1 7 5

Ht 03: Gifford, C.Meredith, Corradine, Sharpe (f exc) 71.0 3 3 10 8

Ht 04: Leadbitter, Bridgett, T.Meredith, Phillips 69.4 4 2 14 10

Ht 05: Gifford, Freegard, Wasley, Bowley 68.6 3 3 17 13

Ht 06: Bridgett, Erskine, Mills, Guest 68.8 3 3 20 16

Ht 07: Leadbitter, C.Meredith, Corradine, T.Meredith 71.2 3 3 23 19

Ht 08: Freegard, Mills, Mortiboys, McGough 69.6 3 3 26 22

Ht 09: Gifford, Bowley, Bridgett, Guest 68.2 5 1 31 23

Ht 10: Erskine, Mills, Corradine, C.Meredith 69.6 5 1 36 24

Ht 11: Leadbitter, Freegard, Bowley, Wasley (f) 69.6 4 2 40 26

Ht 12: Bridgett, Freegard, Erskine, Mortiboys 70.2 1 5 41 31

Ht 13: Bowley, Mortiboys, Phillips, McGough 70.0 5 1 46 32

Ht 14: Leadbitter, Gifford, Wasley, Corradine 71.4 5 1 51 33

Wolverhampton v Belle Vue Friday 23rd March 1973 (Challenge)


1. Ole Olsen F Exc 3 1 3 3 10 0

2. Dave Gifford 1 0 Fell N 1 0

3. Gary Peterson 2 3 1 TS 6 0

4. Ken Eyre 1 1* 3 0 5 1

5. George Hunter 3 2 2* 0 7 1

6. Jon Erskine 3 1* 0 0 4 1

7. Tom Leadbitter Fell 2 0 2 0

Belle Vue 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Chris Pusey 3 3 3 1* 10 1

2. Alan Wilkinson 2* Fell 1 N 3 1

3. Peter Collins 3 2 0 2 7 0

4. Eric Broadbelt 2 1* 2* 2 7 2

5. Soren Sjosten 0 2 3 1* 6 1

6. Paul Tyrer 2 1* 1 2* 6 2

7. Geoff Pusey 1* Fell 3 4 1

Wolves Aces Wolves Aces

Ht 01: C.Pusey, Wilkinson, Gifford, Olsen (f exc) 68.2 1 5 1 5

Ht 02: Erskine, Tyrer, G.Pusey, Leadbitter (f) 66.4 3 3 4 8

Ht 03: Hunter, Broadbelt, Eyre, Sjosten 66.2 4 2 8 10

Ht 04: Collins, Peterson, Erskine, G.Pusey (f) 65.8 3 3 11 13

Ht 05: C.Pusey, Hunter, Eyre, Wilkinson (f) 64.4 3 3 14 16

Ht 06: Olsen, Collins, Tyrer, Gifford 64.8 3 3 17 19

Ht 07: Peterson, Sjosten, Broadbelt, Erskine 66.2 3 3 20 22

Ht 08: G.Pusey, Leadbitter, Wilkinson, Gifford (f) 68.0 2 4 22 26

Ht 09: Eyre, Hunter, Tyrer, Collins 66.2 5 1 27 27

Ht 10: Sjosten, Broadbelt, Olsen, Erskine 64.4 1 5 28 32

Ht 11: C.Pusey, Tyrer, Peterson, Leadbitter 64.8 1 5 29 37

Ht 12: Olsen, Collins, Sjosten, Eyre 63.6 3 3 32 40

Ht 13: Olsen, Broadbelt, C.Pusey, Hunter 65.8 3 3 35 43

Wolverhampton v Coventry Friday 30th March 1973 (British League Division l)


1. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Dave Gifford Exc 0 1 N 1 0

3. Gary Peterson Exc 2 Exc 1* 3 1

4. Ken Eyre 2* 1 0 0 3 1

5. George Hunter 3 3 3 Exc 9 0

6. Jon Erskine 2* 3 3 1* 0 9 2

7. Tom Leadbitter Fell 0 0 1 2 3 0

Coventry 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Nigel Boocock 1 2 2* 2* 3 10 2

2. Roger Hill 0 Ret TS N 0 0

3. Olle Nygren (G) 1* 2 1* 2 1* 7 3

4. Cliff Emms 0 0 TS N 0 0

5. John Harrhy 1 3 1* 2 7 1

6. Pete Bailey 2 1* 2 3 0 8 1

7. Les Owen 1* 2 3 6 1

Wolves Bees Wolves Bees

Ht 01: Olsen, Erskine, Boocock, Hill, Gifford (ex tapes) 65.8 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Erskine, Bailey, Owen, Leadbitter (f) 65.8 3 3 8 4

Ht 03: Hunter, Eyre, Harrhy, Emms 66.4 5 1 13 5

Ht 04: Erskine, Owen, Nygren, Leadbitter, Peterson (ex tapes) 66.2 3 3 16 8

Ht 05: Hunter, Boocock, Eyre, Hill (ret) 66.6 4 2 20 10

Ht 06: Olsen, Nygren, Bailey, Gifford 64.8 3 3 23 13

Ht 07: Harrhy, Peterson, Erskine, Emms 66.6 3 3 26 16

Ht 08: Owen, Boocock, Gifford, Leadbitter 67.4 1 5 27 21

Ht 09: Hunter, Bailey, Nygren, Eyre 66.2 3 3 30 24

Ht 10: Olsen, Nygren, Harrhy, Erskine 64.8 3 3 33 27

Ht 11: Bailey, Boocock, Leadbitter (f rem), Peterson (exc) 67.0 1 5 34 32

Ht 12: Olsen, Harrhy, Nygren, Eyre 65.2 3 3 37 35

Ht 13: Boocock, Leadbitter, Peterson, Bailey (ef), Hunter (ex tapes) 67.2 3 3 40 38

Golden Helmet: Ole Olsen (h) beat Nigel Boocock (ch) 66.0

Wolverhampton v Cradley United Friday 6th April 1973 (British League Division l)


1. Gary Peterson R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

2. Dave Gifford 1* 2 1 N 4 1

3. Ole Olsen Exc 3 3 3 2* 11 1

4. Ken Eyre 2* 1* 0 2 1 6 2

5. George Hunter 3 2 1 3 3 12 0

6. Jon Erskine 2 2 2* 0 1 7 1

7. Tom Leadbitter 1* 0 1* 1 3 2

Cradley United 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Bernt Persson 3 3 3 2 1 12 0

2. Lars Hultberg 0 0 TS N 0 0

3. Colin Gooddy 1 1 3 2 7 0

4. Pete Jarman 1 2 2* EF EF 5 1

5. Bruce Cribb 0 0 3 0 3 0

6. Howard Cole 3 3 2* F Exc 8 1

7. Dave Perks F Exc 0 TS 0 0

Wolves United Wolves United

Ht 01: Persson, Erskine, Gifford, Hultberg, Olsen (ex tapes) 64.4 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Cole, Erskine, Leadbitter, Perks (f exc) 65.4 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Hunter, Eyre, Jarman, Cribb 66.6 5 1 11 7

Ht 04: Olsen, Erskine, Gooddy, Perks 65.0 5 1 16 8

Ht 05: Persson, Hunter, Eyre, Hultberg 65.0 3 3 19 11

Ht 06: Cole, Gifford, Gooddy, Erskine 65.0 2 4 21 15

Ht 07: Olsen, Jarman, Erskine, Cribb 65.0 4 2 25 17

Ht 08: Persson, Jarman, Gifford, Leadbitter 67.2 1 5 26 22

Ht 09: Gooddy, Cole, Hunter, Eyre 66.0 1 5 27 27

Ht 10: Cribb, Eyre, Leadbitter, Jarman (ef) 66.2 3 3 30 30

Ht 11: Olsen, Persson, Leadbitter, Cole (f exc) 63.6 4 2 34 32

Ht 12: Hunter, Gooddy, Eyre, Cribb (f rem) 65.8 4 2 38 34

Ht 13: Hunter, Olsen, Persson, Jarman (ef) 65.0 5 1 43 35

Golden Helmet: Ole Olsen (h) beat Bernt Persson (ch) 63.8

Wolverhampton v Wimbledon Friday 13th April 1973 (British League Division l)


1. Gary Peterson 0 1* 3 1* 5 2

2. Dave Gifford 1 2 1 0 4 0

3. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Ken Eyre 0 0 2 2 4 0

5. George Hunter N 2 1* 1 4 1

6. Tom Leadbitter EF 0 N 0 0

7. Jon Erskine 3 3 2* 3 Fell 11 1

Wimbledon 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. John Harrhy (G) 3 3 2 2 10 0

2. Graeme Stapleton 2* 1 2 1* 6 2

3. Tommy Jansson 2 3 3 3 11 0

4. Reg Luckhurst 2 1 2 0 5 0

5. Tony Clarke 1* Ret 1* 0 2 2

6. Rob Jones 2 0 F Exc 2 0

7. Neil Cameron Exc 1* 0 1 1

Wolves Dons Wolves Dons

Ht 01: Harrhy, Stapleton, Gifford, Peterson 64.4 1 5 1 5

Ht 02: Erskine, Jones, Leadbitter (ef), Cameron (exc) 66.8 3 2 4 7

Ht 03: Erskine, Luckhurst, Clarke, Eyre (f rem) 67.0 3 3 7 10

Ht 04: Olsen, Jansson, Cameron, Leadbitter (f rem) 65.4 3 3 10 13

Ht 05: Harrhy, Hunter, Stapleton, Eyre 65.8 2 4 12 17

Ht 06: Jansson, Gifford, Peterson, Jones 65.8 3 3 15 20

Ht 07: Olsen, Erskine, Luckhurst, Clarke (ret) 66.4 5 1 20 21

Ht 08: Erskine, Stapleton, Gifford, Cameron 66.6 4 2 24 23

Ht 09: Jansson, Eyre, Hunter, Jones (f exc) 65.6 3 3 27 26

Ht 10: Peterson, Luckhurst, Clarke, Gifford 66.0 3 3 30 29

Ht 11: Olsen, Harrhy, Stapleton, Erskine (f) 65.4 3 3 33 32

Ht 12: Jansson, Eyre, Peterson, Clarke 66.0 3 3 36 35

Ht 13: Olsen, Harrhy, Hunter, Luckhurst 65.0 4 2 40 37

Golden Helmet: Ole Olsen (h) beat Tommy Jansson (ch) 64.8

Wolverhampton v Newport Friday 20th April 1973 (British League Division l)


1. George Hunter 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Ken Eyre 1 2* 1* 0 4 2

3. Ole Olsen 3 3 1 3 10 0

4. Dave Gifford 0 0 N N 0 0

5. Gary Peterson 2 2 2 0 6 0

6. Tom Leadbitter 2* 0 0 2 1

7. Jon Erskine 3 2 1* 0 Fell 6 1

Newport 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Reidar Eide 0 3 3 3 1* 10 1

2. Peter Smith 2 N 0 TS 2 0

3. Roy Trigg 2 1 0 1* 4 1

4. Rick Woods 1 1* 1* 2* 2 7 3

5. Graham Plant 3 2 3 2 2 12 0

6. Neil Street 1 1 0 TS 2 0

7. Jim Tebby 0 1* TS 1 1

Wolves Newport Wolves Newport

Ht 01: Hunter, Smith, Eyre, Eide 72.8 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Erskine, Leadbitter, Street, Tebby 69.8 5 1 9 3

Ht 03: Plant, Peterson, Woods, Gifford 68.2 2 4 11 7

Ht 04: Olsen, Trigg, Tebby, Leadbitter (f rem) 68.8 3 3 14 10

Ht 05: Eide, Peterson, Street, Gifford 66.2 2 4 16 14

Ht 06: Hunter, Eyre, Trigg, Street 68.6 5 1 21 15

Ht 07: Olsen, Plant, Woods, Leadbitter 67.0 3 3 24 18

Ht 08: Eide, Erskine, Eyre, Smith 66.8 3 3 27 21

Ht 09: Plant, Peterson, Erskine, Trigg 67.8 3 3 30 24

Ht 10: Hunter, Plant, Woods, Eyre 68.2 3 3 33 27

Ht 11: Eide, Woods, Olsen, Erskine 65.0 1 5 34 32

Ht 12: Hunter, Plant, Trigg, Erskine (f) 67.2 3 3 37 35

Ht 13: Olsen, Woods, Eide, Peterson 65.2 3 3 40 38

Golden Helmet: Ole Olsen (h) beat Graham Plant (ch) 65.8

Newport v Wolverhampton Monday 23rd April 1973 (British League Division l) Meeting Postponed Due To Rain !

Leicester v Wolverhampton Tuesday 24th April 1973 (British League Division l)

Leicester 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. John Boulger 2 1* 3 Fell 3 9 1

2. Norman Storer 1* 2* 2 1 6 2

3. Ray Wilson 2 3 Fell 2 2 9 0

4. Malcolm Shakespeare 1* 2 2* 2* 7 3

5. Dave Jessup R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

6. Malcolm Brown 3 2* 3 3 11 1

7. Brian Foote 0 0 0 0 0

8. Bruce Forrester 1* 1 1


1. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 3 15 0

2. Dave Gifford 0 0 TS N 0 0

3. Gary Peterson N 0 0 N 0 0

4. Ken Eyre 0 1* 2* 0 3 2

5. George Hunter 3 2 1 3 0 9 0

6. Tom Leadbitter 1* 0 1 TS 2 1

7. Jon Erskine 2 1 1 1 1 6 0

Heat results - see next page

Lions Wolves Lions Wolves

Ht 01: Olsen, Boulger, Storer, Gifford 67.4 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Brown, Erskine, Leadbitter, Foote 68.8 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Hunter, Wilson, Shakespeare, Eyre 67.6 3 3 9 9

Ht 04: Wilson, Brown, Erskine, Leadbitter 68.6 5 1 14 10

Ht 05: Olsen, Shakespeare, Boulger, Gifford 67.0 3 3 17 13

Ht 06: Boulger, Storer, Leadbitter, Peterson 67.6 5 1 22 14

Ht 07: Brown, Hunter, Eyre, Wilson (f) 68.2 3 3 25 17

Ht 08: Olsen, Storer, Erskine, Foote 69.0 2 4 27 21

Ht 09: Brown, Shakespeare, Hunter, Peterson 69.2 5 1 32 22

Ht 10: Hunter, Eyre, Storer, Boulger (f) 68.8 1 5 33 27

Ht 11: Olsen, Wilson, Erskine, Foote 67.2 2 4 35 31

Ht 12: Boulger, Shakespeare, Erskine, Hunter 69.0 5 1 40 32

Ht 13: Olsen, Wilson, Forrester, Eyre 67.8 3 3 43 35

Golden Helmet: Ole Olsen (h) beat Malcolm Shakespeare (ch)

Newport v Wolverhampton Wednesday 25th April 1973 (British League Division l)

Newport 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Reidar Eide 3 3 2* 3 11 1

2. Rick Woods 1 1 2 3 7 0

3. Roy Trigg Exc 2 1 0 3 0

4. Peter Ingram 0 1* 1 1 3 1

5. Graham Plant 2 2 3 1 8 0

6. Neil Street 3 3 1* 1* 8 2

7. Jim Tebby 0 0 N 0 0 0


1. Ole Olsen 2 1* 3 3 3 12 1

2. Dave Gifford 0 0 0 TS 0 0


4. Ken Eyre 1 0 0 0 2* 3 1

5. George Hunter 3 3 2 N 2* 2 12 1

6. Tom Leadbitter 1* 0 0 1 1

7. Jon Erskine 2 2 2 3 1 10 0

Newport Wolves Newport Wolves

Ht 01: Eide, Olsen, Woods, Gifford 70.0 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Street, Erskine, Leadbitter, Tebby 72.5 3 3 7 5

Ht 03: Hunter, Plant, Eyre, Ingram 73.4 2 4 9 9

Ht 04: Street, Erskine, Olsen, Tebby, Trigg (exc) 72.1 3 3 12 12

Ht 05: Olsen, Plant, Ingram, Gifford 71.0 3 3 15 15

Ht 06: Eide, Erskine, Woods, Leadbitter 72.3 4 2 19 17

Ht 07: Hunter, Trigg, Street, Eyre 73.5 3 3 22 20

Ht 08: Erskine, Woods, Street, Gifford 73.2 3 3 25 23

Ht 09: Plant, Hunter, Ingram, Leadbitter 73.2 4 2 29 25

Ht 10: Woods, Eide, Erskine, Eyre 73.2 5 1 34 26

Ht 11: Olsen, Hunter, Trigg, Tebby 74.0 1 5 35 31

Ht 12: Eide, Hunter, Ingram, Eyre 71.5 4 2 39 33

Ht 13: Olsen, Eyre, Plant, Trigg 74.9 1 5 40 38

Golden Helmet: Reidar Eide (ch) beat Ole Olsen (h)

Wolverhampton: Midland Riders Championship Qualifying Round Friday 27th April 1973 (Individual)

Riders 1 2 3 4 5 Pts Pos

01. Pete Bailey (Coventry) 1 0 1 3 1 6 9th

02. Ken Eyre (Wolverhampton) Fell 1 1 0 3 5 12th

03. Nigel Boocock (Coventry) 2 2 2 3 2 11 3rd

04. Hasse Holmqvist (Oxford) 3 3 3 3 2 14 2nd

05. Malcolm Brown (Leicester) 0 1 3 1 0 5 11th

06. George Hunter (Wolverhampton) 1 2 2 2 3 10 5th

07. Les Owen (Coventry) 2 1 0 Fell EF 3 15th

08. John Harrhy (Coventry) 3 2 0 2 3 10 4th

09. Dave Gifford (Wolverhampton) 0 3 3 1 2 9 6th

10. Tony Lomas (Oxford) 1 3 2 N 2 8 8th

11. Ole Olsen (Wolverhampton) 3 3 3 3 3 15 1st

12. Jon Erskine (Wolverhampton) 2 1 2 1 N 6 10th

13. Tom Leadbitter (Wolverhampton) 3 2 1 1 1 8 7th

14. Malcolm Ballard (Oxford) N 0 1 2 1 4 14th

15. Norman Storer (Leicester) 1 0 0 0 EF 1 16th

16. Rick Timmo (Oxford) 2 0 0 2 1 5 13th

Res: Colin Meredith (Bradford) 0 0 0

Res: Nigel Wasley 0 0


Ht 01: Holmqvist, Boocock, Bailey, Eyre (f) 65.8

Ht 02: Harrhy, Owen, Hunter, Brown 67.0

Ht 03: Olsen, Erskine, Lomas, Gifford 66.4

Ht 04: Leadbitter, Timmo, Storer, Meredith 68.0

Ht 05: Gifford, Leadbitter, Brown, Bailey 66.6

Ht 06: Lomas, Hunter, Eyre, Ballard 66.8

Ht 07: Olsen, Boocock, Owen, Storer 65.2

Ht 08: Holmqvist, Harrhy, Erskine, Timmo 66.4

Ht 09: Olsen, Hunter, Bailey, Timmo 66.4

Ht 10: Brown, Erskine, Eyre, Storer 67.8

Ht 11: Gifford, Boocock, Ballard, Harrhy 67.2

Ht 12: Holmqvist, Lomas, Leadbitter, Owen (f rem) 67.8

Ht 13: Bailey, Ballard, Erskine, Owen (f) 67.4

Ht 14: Olsen, Harrhy, Leadbitter, Eyre 65.0

Ht 15: Boocock, Timmo, Brown, Wasley 68.6

Ht 16: Holmqvist, Hunter, Gifford, Storer 67.8

Ht 17: Harrhy, Lomas, Bailey, Storer (ef) 66.6

Ht 18: Eyre, Gifford, Timmo, Owen (ef) 67.4

Ht 19: Hunter, Boocock, Leadbitter, Meredith 67.4

Ht 20: Olsen, Holmqvist, Ballard, Brown 65.2

Halifax v Wolverhampton Saturday 28th April 1973 (British League Division l)

Halifax 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Eric Boocock 2 3 2 2 9 0

2. Per Hansen 0 TS 2* 1* 3 2

3. John Titman 3 3 2 2 10 0

4. Bill Andrew F NS 1 2* 3 1* 7 2

5. Charlie Monk 2 0 1 1* 4 1

6. Dave Gatenby 0 0 N 0 0

7. Mike Hiftle 2 1* 1 3 0 7 1


1. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Dave Gifford 1 2* 1 1 5 1


4. Ken Eyre 0 0 0 N 0 0


6. Tony Freegard 1 0 N 1 0

7. Jon Erskine 3 1* 0 0 0 4 1

Dukes Wolves Dukes Wolves

Ht 01: Olsen, Boocock, Gifford, Hansen 69.2 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Erskine, Hiftle, Freegard, Gatenby 70.4 2 4 4 8

Ht 03: Hunter, Monk, Hiftle, Eyre, Andrew (f ns) 68.4 3 3 7 11

Ht 04: Titman, Leadbitter, Erskine, Gatenby 67.4 3 3 10 14

Ht 05: Olsen, Gifford, Andrew, Monk 69.8 1 5 11 19

Ht 06: Boocock, Andrew, Leadbitter, Freegard 70.0 5 1 16 20

Ht 07: Titman, Hunter, Hiftle, Eyre 68.0 4 2 20 22

Ht 08: Hiftle, Hansen, Gifford, Erskine 70.2 5 1 25 23

Ht 09: Andrew, Leadbitter, Monk, Erskine 69.6 4 2 29 25

Ht 10: Hunter, Boocock, Hansen, Eyre 67.8 3 3 32 28

Ht 11: Olsen, Titman, Gifford, Hiftle 68.4 2 4 34 32

Ht 12: Hunter, Boocock, Andrew, Leadbitter 69.0 3 3 37 35

Ht 13: Olsen, Titman, Monk, Erskine 68.4 3 3 40 38

Ipswich v Wolverhampton Thursday 3rd May 1973 (British League Division l)

Ipswich 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. John Louis 3 Exc 3 6 0

2. Alan Sage 1 2 1* 1 5 1

3. Sandor Levai 0 1* 2 3 1

4. Olle Nygren 1 1* 1 3 1

5. Tony Davey 3 2 3 8 0

6. Billy Sanders 2 2 2 2 8 0

7. Ted Howgego 0 N 0 0 0


1. Ole Olsen 2 3 3 3 11 0

2. Dave Gifford 0 0 N 2 1 3 0


4. Ken Eyre 0 0 0 0 0

5. George Hunter 2 1 N N 3 0


7. Jon Erskine 1 1 3 3 2 10 0

Witches Wolves Witches Wolves

Ht 01: Louis, Olsen, Sage, Gifford 65.0 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Leadbitter, Sanders, Erskine, Howgego 69.2 2 4 6 6

Ht 03: Davey, Hunter, Nygren, Eyre 68.4 4 2 10 8

Ht 04: Olsen, Sanders, Erskine, Levai 65.6 2 4 12 12

Ht 05: Olsen, Davey, Nygren, Gifford 65.2 3 3 15 15

Ht 06: Leadbitter, Sage, Hunter (f awarded), Louis (exc) 66.8 2 4 17 19

Ht 07: Erskine, Sanders, Levai, Eyre 67.2 3 3 20 22

Ht 08: Erskine, Sanders, Sage, Leadbitter 68.2 3 3 23 25

Ht 09: Davey, Gifford, Nygren, Leadbitter 68.0 4 2 27 27

Ht 10: Louis, Erskine, Sage, Eyre 67.8 4 2 31 29

Ht 11: Olsen, Levai, Gifford, Howgego 66.2 2 4 33 33

Meeting Abandoned Due To Rain ! - Result Does Not Stand

Wolverhampton v Hackney Friday 4th May 1973 (British League Division l)


1. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 3 15 0

2. Ken Eyre 2* 2* 1 0 5 2

3. George Hunter R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

4. Dave Gifford 0 3 2 1* 2* 8 2

5. Gary Peterson 1 0 2 1 2* 6 1

6. Tom Leadbitter 1 1* 1* 3 2

7. Jon Erskine 3 2 3 F Exc 8 0

Hackney 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Bengt Jansson Ret N TS TS 0 0

2. Hugh Saunders 1 2 0 3 0 6 0

3. Dave Kennett 0 EF 0 N 0 0

4. Laurie Etheridge 3 0 2 2* 1 8 1

5. Barry Thomas 2* 3 3 1* 1 10 2

6. Barney Kennett 0 1 TS 1 0

7. Geoff Maloney 2 3 1* 2 0 8 1

Wolves Hawks Wolves Hawks

Ht 01: Olsen, Eyre, Saunders, Jansson (ret) 68.6 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Erskine, Maloney, Leadbitter, B.Kennett 67.6 4 2 9 3

Ht 03: Etheridge, Thomas, Peterson, Gifford 68.8 1 5 10 8

Ht 04: Maloney, Erskine, Leadbitter, D.Kennett 67.4 3 3 13 11

Ht 05: Gifford, Saunders, Maloney, Peterson 67.0 3 3 16 14

Ht 06: Olsen, Eyre, B.Kennett, D.Kennett (ef) 67.6 5 1 21 15

Ht 07: Thomas, Gifford, Leadbitter, Etheridge 69.6 3 3 24 18

Ht 08: Erskine, Maloney, Eyre, Saunders 71.4 4 2 28 20

Ht 09: Thomas, Peterson, Gifford, D.Kennett 70.2 3 3 31 23

Ht 10: Olsen, Etheridge, Thomas, Eyre 70.4 3 3 34 26

Ht 11: Saunders, Etheridge, Peterson, Erskine (f exc) 71.8 1 5 35 31

Ht 12: Olsen, Gifford, Thomas, Maloney 69.4 5 1 40 32

Ht 13: Olsen, Peterson, Etheridge, Saunders 67.4 5 1 45 33

Exeter v Wolverhampton Monday 7th May 1973 (Speedway Star Division One KOC 2nd Rnd 1st Leg)

Exeter 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Ivan Mauger 2 3 3 3 3 14 0

2. Scott Autrey 0 1 0 1 2 0

3. Bob Kilby 0 Exc Ret N 0 0

4. Bob Coles 1* TS 2 2* 5 2

5. Kevin Holden 2 1 0 2 5 0

6. Frank Shuter 1 3 1* 1* 6 2

7. Chris Julian 0 2 1 2 5 0


1. Ole Olsen 1 3 2 3 3 12 0

2. Dave Gifford 3 0 2* 1 1 7 1

3. Gary Peterson 1* 2 1 0 4 1

4. Ken Eyre 0 0 0 N 0 0


6. Billy Sanders (G) 2* 2 0 3 2 9 1

7. John Titman (G) 3 Exc 3 3 Fell 9 0

Falcons Wolves Falcons Wolves

Ht 01: Gifford, Mauger, Olsen, Autrey 72.4 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Titman, Sanders, Shuter, Julian 73.4 1 5 3 9

Ht 03: Olsen, Holden, Coles, Eyre 72.0 3 3 6 12

Ht 04: Shuter, Sanders, Peterson, Kilby, Titman (exc) 72.6 3 3 9 15

Ht 05: Mauger, Olsen, Holden, Gifford 71.8 4 2 13 17

Ht 06: Mauger, Peterson, Autrey, Sanders 72.0 4 2 17 19

Ht 07: Titman, Julian, Shuter, Eyre, Kilby (exc) 73.8 3 3 20 22

Ht 08: Titman, Gifford, Julian, Autrey 73.0 1 5 21 27

Ht 09: Sanders, Coles, Peterson, Holden 72.6 2 4 23 31

Ht 10: Mauger, Sanders, Autrey, Eyre 72.8 4 2 27 33

Ht 11: Olsen, Julian, Gifford, Kilby (ret) 73.0 2 4 29 37

Ht 12: Mauger, Coles, Gifford, Peterson 74.2 5 1 34 38

Ht 13: Olsen, Holden, Shuter, Titman (f) 72.6 3 3 37 41

Poole v Wolverhampton Wednesday 9th May 1973 (British League Division l)

Poole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Christer Lofqvist 2 3 2* 2* 9 2

2. Brian Collins 1* EF 3 3 7 1

3. Pete Smith 2 2 1 2 7 0

4. Antonin Woryna 1 2 0 3 6 0

5. Odd Fossengen 3 1* 3 1* 8 2

6. Bo Wirebrand 2* 1* 0 3 2

7. Norman Strachan 3 0 0 3 0


1. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 2* 3 14 1

2. Dave Gifford 0 0 N 3 3 0

3. Gary Peterson 0 1* 2 Fell 3 1

4. Ken Eyre 0 TS N 0 0 0

5. George Hunter 2 1 EF 1 4 0

6. Tom Leadbitter 1 2 2 1* 6 1

7. Jon Erskine 0 3 1* 1 5 1

Pirates Wolves Pirates Wolves

Ht 01: Olsen, Lofqvist, Collins, Gifford 68.6 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Strachan, Wirebrand, Leadbitter, Erskine 72.0 5 1 8 4

Ht 03: Fossengen, Hunter, Woryna, Eyre 70.2 4 2 12 6

Ht 04: Erskine, Smith, Wirebrand, Peterson 70.8 3 3 15 9

Ht 05: Olsen, Woryna, Fossengen, Gifford 69.0 3 3 18 12

Ht 06: Lofqvist, Leadbitter, Peterson, Collins (ef) 70.2 3 3 21 15

Ht 07: Olsen, Smith, Hunter, Wirebrand 70.2 2 4 23 19

Ht 08: Collins, Leadbitter, Erskine, Strachan 71.6 3 3 26 22

Ht 09: Fossengen, Peterson, Leadbitter, Woryna 71.0 3 3 29 25

Ht 10: Collins, Lofqvist, Erskine, Hunter (ef) 70.8 5 1 34 26

Ht 11: Gifford, Olsen, Smith, Strachan 71.0 1 5 35 31

Ht 12: Woryna, Lofqvist, Hunter, Peterson (f) 71.2 5 1 40 32

Ht 13: Olsen, Smith, Fossengen, Eyre 68.6 3 3 43 35

Wolverhampton: Olympique Friday 11th May 1973 (Individual)


01. George Major (Birmingham) 0 F Exc N N N 0 18th

02. Garry Middleton (Coventry) 2 0 3 1 1 7 8th

03. Bernt Persson (Cradley) 3 1 2 0 3 9 4th

04. Terry Betts (King's Lynn) 1 2 2 2 0 7 9th

05. Ole Olsen (Wolverhampton) 3 3 2 3 3 14 1st

06. Martin Ashby (Swindon) 1 1 1 3 1 7 10th

07. George Hunter (Wolverhampton) 2 3 0 3 Ret 8 5th

08. Scott Autrey (Exeter) 0 3 0 3 0 6 13th

09. Chris Pusey (Belle Vue) 2 2 3 1 3 11 3rd

10. Antonin Woryna (Poole) 0 3 1 2 1 7 11th

11. Gary Peterson (Wolverhampton) 3 0 3 0 2 8 7th

12. Nigel Boocock (Coventry) 1 0 1 2 EF 4 14th

13. Peter Collins (Belle Vue) 3 1 3 2 2 11 2nd

14. John Louis (Ipswich) 1 2 1 1 1 6 12th

15. Jon Erskine (Wolverhampton) 0 2 0 F Exc N 2 16th

16. Malcolm Simmons (King's Lynn) 2 1 2 1 2 8 6th

Res: Ken Eyre (Wolverhampton) 0 2 2 17th

Res: Dave Gifford (Wolverhampton) 0 0 19th

Res: Tom Leadbitter (Wolverhampton) 3 3 15th


Ht 01: Persson, Middleton, Betts, Major 65.0

Ht 02: Olsen, Hunter, Ashby, Autrey 64.6

Ht 03: Peterson, Pusey, Boocock, Woryna 65.4

Ht 04: Collins, Simmons, Louis, Erskine 64.8

Ht 05: Olsen, Pusey, Collins, Major (f exc) 64.4

Ht 06: Woryna, Louis, Ashby, Middleton 66.6

Ht 07: Hunter, Erskine, Persson, Peterson 66.6

Ht 08: Autrey, Betts, Simmons, Boocock 65.6

Ht 09: Peterson, Simmons, Ashby, Eyre 65.6

Ht 10: Middleton, Olsen, Boocock, Erskine 64.6

Ht 11: Pusey, Persson, Louis, Autrey 65.0

Ht 12: Collins, Betts, Woryna, Hunter 65.8

Ht 13: Hunter, Boocock, Louis, Gifford 66.4

Ht 14: Autrey, Collins, Middleton, Peterson 65.2

Ht 15: Olsen, Woryna, Simmons, Persson 64.4

Ht 16: Ashby, Betts, Pusey, Erskine (f exc) Not known

Ht 17: Leadbitter, Eyre, Woryna, Autrey 67.6

Ht 18: Pusey, Simmons, Middleton, Hunter (ret) 65.4

Ht 19: Persson, Collins, Ashby, Boocock (ef) 65.8

Ht 20: Olsen, Peterson, Louis, Betts 65.4

Wolverhampton: World Championship Qualifying Round Friday 18th May 1973 (Individual)


01. Ray Wilson (Leicester) 2 2 3 3 3 13 2nd

02. Gary Peterson (Wolverhampton) 3 2 1 2 3 11 3rd

03. Tony Featherstone (Boston) 1 0 0 F Exc 0 1 15th

04. Doug Wyer (Sheffield) 0 2 1 3 2 8 9th

05. Bill Andrew (Halifax) 3 1 3 1 3 11 4th

06. Geoff Ambrose (Crewe) 0 0 0 0 1 1 16th

07. Arnie Haley (Sheffield) 2 3 EF 1 1 7 10th

08. Eddie Reeves (Oxford) 1 0 2 0 2 5 13th

09. Bob Paulson (Sheffield) 1 0 1 1 0 3 14th

10. Charlie Monk (Halifax) 3 1 2 2 0 8 8th

11. Brian Leonard (Swindon) 2 1 1 1 1 6 12th

12. Ken Eyre (Wolverhampton) Fell 3 0 2 2 7 11th

13. George Hunter (Wolverhampton) 2 3 3 3 3 14 1st

14. Dave Gifford (Wolverhampton) 3 3 3 0 0 9 5th

15. Dave Baugh (Bradford) 1 2 2 2 1 8 6th

16. Bruce Cribb (Cradley) 0 1 2 3 2 8 7th


Ht 01: Peterson, Wilson, Featherstone, Wyer 67.8

Ht 02: Andrew, Haley, Reeves, Ambrose 67.6

Ht 03: Monk, Leonard, Paulson, Eyre (f) 68.6

Ht 04: Gifford, Hunter, Baugh, Cribb 66.6

Ht 05: Hunter, Wilson, Andrew, Paulson 66.8

Ht 06: Gifford, Peterson, Monk, Ambrose 66.8

Ht 07: Haley, Baugh, Leonard, Featherstone 68.2

Ht 08: Eyre, Wyer, Cribb, Reeves 68.6

Ht 09: Wilson, Cribb, Leonard, Ambrose 66.6

Ht 10: Andrew, Baugh, Peterson, Eyre 67.6

Ht 11: Gifford, Reeves, Paulson, Featherstone 67.4

Ht 12: Hunter, Monk, Wyer, Haley (ef) 68.2

Ht 13: Wilson, Eyre, Haley, Gifford 66.2

Ht 14: Hunter, Peterson, Leonard, Reeves 67.4

Ht 15: Cribb, Monk, Andrew, Featherstone (f exc) 67.4

Ht 16: Wyer, Baugh, Paulson, Ambrose (f rem) 67.6

Ht 17: Wilson, Reeves, Baugh, Monk 66.6

Ht 18: Peterson, Cribb, Haley, Paulson 67.8

Ht 19: Hunter, Eyre, Ambrose, Featherstone 67.8

Ht 20: Andrew, Wyer, Leonard, Gifford 67.6

Reading v Wolverhampton Monday 21st May 1973 (British League Division l)

Reading 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Anders Michanek 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Richard May 1 0 3 1 5 0

3. Geoff Curtis 3 1* 1 2* 7 2

4. Mick Bell 1 1* 0 0 2 1

5. Dag Lovaas 3 2 2 3 10 0

6. Bernie Leigh 1 1 2 1 5 0

7. Peter Murray 0 N 0 0 0


1. Ole Olsen N 3 2* Exc 5 1



4. Ken Eyre 0 0 N 1 1 0

5. George Hunter 2 3 2 1* 8 1

6. Dave Gifford 3 1* 0 3 0 7 1

7. Roger Parker F Exc 2* 0 N 2 1

Racers Wolves Racers Wolves

Ht 01: Michanek, Leadbitter, May, Parker (f exc), Olsen (ns) 72.4 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Gifford, Parker, Leigh, Murray 73.0 1 5 5 7

Ht 03: Lovaas, Hunter, Bell, Eyre 70.8 4 2 9 9

Ht 04: Curtis, Peterson, Leigh, Parker 71.6 4 2 13 11

Ht 05: Olsen, Lovaas, Bell, Leadbitter 69.6 3 3 16 14

Ht 06: Michanek, Peterson, Gifford, May 70.2 3 3 19 17

Ht 07: Hunter, Leigh, Curtis, Eyre 71.4 3 3 22 20

Ht 08: May, Leadbitter, Leigh, Gifford 71.0 4 2 26 22

Ht 09: Gifford, Lovaas, Peterson, Bell 70.2 2 4 28 26

Ht 10: Michanek, Hunter, May, Gifford 69.8 4 2 32 28

Ht 11: Leadbitter, Olsen, Curtis, Murray 72.0 1 5 33 33

Ht 12: Michanek, Peterson, Hunter, Bell 70.2 3 3 36 36

Ht 13: Lovaas, Curtis, Eyre, Olsen (exc) 70.0 5 1 41 37

Wolverhampton v Ipswich Friday 25th May 1973 (British League Division l)



2. Ken Eyre 0 0 1 N 1 0

3. Ole Olsen 3 3 2 3 11 0

4. Jon Erskine 1 N N N 1 0

5. Gary Peterson 0 0 0 2* 2 1

6. Bob Humphreys (G) 3 2* 2 0 3 10 1

7. Dave Gifford 0 3 1 0 0 4 0


1. John Louis 2 3 3 Fell 8 0

2. Olle Nygren 1* 1 2 1 5 1

3. Tony Davey 1 3 2 1* 7 1

4. Alan Sage N 1* 0 1 2 1

5. Sandor Levai 2* 2 2 2 8 1

6. Billy Sanders 2 3 1 0 1* 7 1

7. Mick Hines 1* 0 N 1 1

Wolves Witches Wolves Witches

Ht 01: Hunter, Louis, Nygren, Eyre 65.6 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Humphreys, Sanders, Hines, Gifford 67.4 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Sanders, Levai, Erskine, Peterson 67.6 1 5 7 11

Ht 04: Olsen, Humphreys, Davey, Hines 66.8 5 1 12 12

Ht 05: Louis, Humphreys, Nygren, Peterson 66.8 2 4 14 16

Ht 06: Davey, Hunter, Sanders, Eyre 66.2 2 4 16 20

Ht 07: Olsen, Levai, Sage, Humphreys 66.8 3 3 19 23

Ht 08: Gifford, Nygren, Eyre, Sanders 67.4 4 2 23 25

Ht 09: Humphreys, Davey, Sanders, Peterson 65.8 3 3 26 28

Ht 10: Hunter, Levai, Gifford, Sage 66.4 4 2 30 30

Ht 11: Louis, Olsen, Nygren, Gifford 64.6 2 4 32 34

Ht 12: Hunter, Levai, Davey, Gifford 65.6 3 3 35 37

Ht 13: Olsen, Peterson, Sage, Louis (f) 66.2 5 1 40 38

Belle Vue v Wolverhampton Saturday 26th May 1973 (British League Division l)


1. Chris Pusey 2 3 3 3 11 0

2. Alan Wilkinson 1* 2* 3 2* 8 3

3. Peter Collins 3 EF 2 EF 5 0

4. Eric Broadbelt 2 2 0 2* 6 1

5. Soren Sjosten 1* 1* 3 2 7 2

6. Paul Tyrer 3 1 1 5 0

7. Geoff Pusey 1 1 0 2 0

Wolverhampton 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Pts

1. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 0

2. Tom Leadbitter 0 0 2 1 1 4 0

3. Gary Peterson 2 1 2 1 1 7 0


5. Ken Eyre EF 2* 1* 0 0 3 2

6. Nigel Wasley 0 0 TS 0 0

7. Tony Freegard 2 0 0 2 0

Aces Wolves Aces Wolves

Ht 01: Olsen, C.Pusey, Wilkinson, Leadbitter 72.8 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Tyrer, Freegard, G.Pusey, Wasley 77.6 4 2 7 5

Ht 03: Olsen, Broadbelt, Sjosten, Eyre (ef) 73.0 3 3 10 8

Ht 04: Collins, Peterson, Tyrer, Freegard 74.0 4 2 14 10

Ht 05: Olsen, Broadbelt, Sjosten, Leadbitter 73.2 3 3 17 13

Ht 06: C.Pusey, Wilkinson, Peterson, Wasley 74.0 5 1 22 14

Ht 07: Olsen, Eyre, Tyrer, Collins (ef) 74.0 1 5 23 19

Ht 08: Wilkinson, Leadbitter, G.Pusey, Freegard 75.4 4 2 27 21

Ht 09: Sjosten, Peterson, Eyre, Broadbelt 75.4 3 3 30 24

Ht 10: C.Pusey, Wilkinson, Peterson, Eyre 74.0 5 1 35 25

Ht 11: Olsen, Collins, Leadbitter, G.Pusey 73.4 2 4 37 29

Ht 12: C.Pusey, Broadbelt, Peterson, Eyre 75.0 5 1 42 30

Ht 13: Olsen, Sjosten, Leadbitter, Collins (ef) 72.8 2 4 44 34

Wolverhampton v Reading Friday 1st June 1973 (British League Division l)


1. George Hunter 2 3 N 2 7 0

2. Ken Eyre 1* 2* 0 2 5 2

3. Ole Olsen 3 3 Fell 2 8 0

4. Dave Baugh 0 0 1* 0 1 1


6. Tom Leadbitter 3 1 2* 2 0 8 1

7. Tony Freegard 0 N 2 2 0

Reading 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Anders Michanek 3 3 3 3 3 15 0

2. Richard May 0 1 TS 1 2 0

3. Geoff Curtis 2 1 1 3 3 10 0

4. Mick Bell 1 1 1 0 3 0

5. Dag Lovaas 3 0 3 1 7 0

6. Bernie Leigh 2 0 0 2 0

7. Peter Murray 1* 0 TS 1 1

Wolves Racers Wolves Racers

Ht 01: Michanek, Hunter, Eyre, May 64.6 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Leadbitter, Leigh, Murray, Freegard 68.0 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Lovaas, Peterson, Bell, Baugh 64.4 2 4 8 10

Ht 04: Olsen, Curtis, Leadbitter, Murray 65.4 4 2 12 12

Ht 05: Michanek, Peterson, May, Baugh 64.8 2 4 14 16

Ht 06: Hunter, Eyre, Curtis, Leigh 66.2 5 1 19 17

Ht 07: Olsen, Leadbitter, Bell, Lovaas 64.2 5 1 24 18

Ht 08: Michanek, Leadbitter, Curtis, Eyre 64.2 2 4 26 22

Ht 09: Curtis, Peterson, Baugh, Leigh 66.0 3 3 29 25

Ht 10: Lovaas, Eyre, Bell, Leadbitter 65.4 2 4 31 29

Ht 11: Michanek, Freegard, May, Olsen (f) 65.2 2 4 33 33

Ht 12: Curtis, Hunter, Lovaas, Baugh 66.0 2 4 35 37

Ht 13: Michanek, Olsen, Peterson, Bell 63.8 3 3 38 40

King's Lynn v Wolverhampton Saturday 2nd June 1973 (British League Division l)

King's Lynn 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Terry Betts 2 2* 3 3 3 13 1

2. Eddie Reeves 1* 2* 0 1 4 2

3. Phil Crump R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

4. Barry Crowson 2 2 3 1 0 8 0

5. Malcolm Simmons 1* 1* 3 3 8 2

6. Bob Humphreys 2* 3 2* 7 2

7. Ian Turner 3 1 EF 4 0

8. Arthur Price 1 0 1 0


1. Ole Olsen 3 3 2* 3 2 13 1

2. Tom Leadbitter Fell 0 3 2* 1* 6 2


4. Ken Eyre 0 0 0 TS 0 0

5. George Hunter 3 1 2 2 2 10 0

6. Tony Freegard 1 0 TS 1 0

7. Colin Meredith 0 1 TS 1 0

Stars Wolves Stars Wolves

Ht 01: Olsen, Betts, Reeves, Leadbitter (f) 69.4 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Turner, Humphreys, Freegard, Meredith 72.0 5 1 8 4

Ht 03: Hunter, Crowson, Simmons, Eyre 70.4 3 3 11 7

Ht 04: Humphreys, Betts, Meredith, Peterson 71.0 5 1 16 8

Ht 05: Olsen, Crowson, Simmons, Leadbitter 70.2 3 3 19 11

Ht 06: Betts, Reeves, Peterson, Freegard 70.8 5 1 24 12

Ht 07: Crowson, Humphreys, Hunter, Eyre 71.0 5 1 29 13

Ht 08: Leadbitter, Olsen, Turner, Reeves 73.0 1 5 30 18

Ht 09: Simmons, Hunter, Crowson, Peterson 71.8 4 2 34 20

Ht 10: Betts, Hunter, Reeves, Eyre 71.0 4 2 38 22

Ht 11: Olsen, Leadbitter, Price, Turner (ef) 72.8 1 5 39 27

Ht 12: Betts, Hunter, Peterson, Crowson 71.4 3 3 42 30

Ht 13: Simmons, Olsen, Leadbitter, Price 70.8 3 3 45 33

Wolverhampton v Sheffield Friday 8th June 1973 (British League Division l)


1. George Hunter 3 0 3 3 3 12 0

2. Ken Eyre 0 0 1 2* 3 1

3. Terry Betts (G) 3 3 2 2* 3 13 1

4. Gary Peterson 3 1 1* 1 0 6 1

5. Jon Erskine R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

6. Tom Leadbitter 2 2* 0 1 3 8 1

7. Mike Fullerton Fell 0 N 0 0

Sheffield 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Bob Valentine 1* 2* 0 2 5 2

2. Bob Paulson 2 3 3 1 9 0

3. Reg Wilson 1 1* N 0 2 1

4. Rick France 2 2 1 1* 6 1

5. Arnie Haley 1* 0 0 N 1 1

6. Doug Wyer 3 2 2* 3 2 12 1

7. Rod Haynes 1 0 N 0 1 0

Wolves Tigers Wolves Tigers

Ht 01: Hunter, Paulson, Valentine, Eyre 66.4 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Wyer, Leadbitter, Haynes, Fullerton (f) 67.6 2 4 5 7

Ht 03: Peterson, France, Haley, Hunter 66.4 3 3 8 10

Ht 04: Betts, Leadbitter, Wilson, Haynes 68.0 5 1 13 11

Ht 05: Paulson, Valentine, Peterson, Leadbitter 67.4 1 5 14 16

Ht 06: Hunter, Wyer, Wilson, Eyre 66.4 3 3 17 19

Ht 07: Betts, France, Leadbitter, Haley 66.0 4 2 21 21

Ht 08: Paulson, Wyer, Eyre, Fullerton 66.8 1 5 22 26

Ht 09: Wyer, Betts, Peterson, Haynes 66.2 3 3 25 29

Ht 10: Hunter, Eyre, France, Haley 67.2 5 1 30 30

Ht 11: Leadbitter, Betts, Paulson, Valentine 67.4 5 1 35 31

Ht 12: Hunter, Wyer, Peterson, Wilson 66.0 4 2 39 33

Ht 13: Betts, Valentine, France, Peterson 66.2 3 3 42 36

Wolverhampton: Variety Club Charity Best Pairs Championship Sunday 10th June 1973

Riders 1 2 3 4 Pts Tpts

01. Tom Leadbitter 3 F Exc 3 1 7

02. Ken Eyre 1 2 1 0 4 11

03. Nigel Boocock 2 3 2 3 10

04. Per Hansen 0 1 1 0 2 12

05. Bruce Cribb 3 2 2 2 9

06. Pete Jarman 1 EF 0 1 2 11

07. George Hunter 2 2 3 2 9

08. Bert Harkins 0 3 2 1 6 15

09. Gary Peterson 3 2 3 3 11

10. Mike Fullerton Ret 0 0 0 0 11

Ht 01: Leadbitter, Boocock, Eyre, Hansen 69.2

Ht 02: Cribb, Hunter, Jarman, Harkins 68.0

Ht 03: Peterson, Eyre, Fullerton (ret), Leadbitter (f exc) 71.0

Ht 04: Boocock, Cribb, Hansen, Jarman (ef) 69.2

Ht 05: Harkins, Hunter, Peterson, Fullerton 69.0

Ht 06: Leadbitter, Cribb, Eyre, Jarman 69.4

Ht 07: Peterson, Boocock, Hansen, Fullerton 68.0

Ht 08: Hunter, Harkins, Leadbitter, Eyre 69.2

Ht 09: Peterson, Cribb, Jarman, Fullerton 67.8

Ht 10: Boocock, Hunter, Harkins, Hansen 70.6

Wolverhampton v Exeter Friday 15th June 1973 (Speedway Star Division One KOC 2nd Rnd 2nd Leg)



2. Ken Eyre 1* 0 3 0 4 1

3. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 2 14 0


5. Gary Peterson 1 2 2* 3 1* 9 2

6. Dave Baugh 2 1 1 4 0

7. Tom Leadbitter 1* 1* 1 1 4 2


1. Ivan Mauger 3 3 2* 2 3 13 1

2. Chris Julian 0 0 N 0 0 0

3. Scott Autrey Exc 2* 1 2 5 1

4. Kevin Holden 2 2 3 0 7 0

5. Tony Lomas 0 0 TS 0 0 0

6. Bob Coles 0 EF N 0 N 0 0

7. Frank Shuter 3 2 3 2 0 10 0

Wolves Falcons Wolves Falcons

Ht 01: Mauger, Hunter, Eyre, Julian 65.4 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Shuter, Baugh, Leadbitter, Coles 67.4 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Hunter, Holden, Peterson, Lomas 66.4 4 2 10 8

Ht 04: Olsen, Shuter, Baugh, Coles (ef), Autrey (ex tapes) 65.0 4 2 14 10

Ht 05: Mauger, Peterson, Leadbitter, Julian 65.6 3 3 17 13

Ht 06: Shuter, Autrey, Hunter, Eyre 66.2 1 5 18 18

Ht 07: Olsen, Holden, Baugh, Lomas 65.6 4 2 22 20

Ht 08: Eyre, Shuter, Leadbitter, Coles 66.2 4 2 26 22

Ht 09: Olsen, Peterson, Autrey, Shuter 65.4 5 1 31 23

Ht 10: Holden, Mauger, Hunter, Eyre 68.4 1 5 32 28

Ht 11: Olsen, Mauger, Leadbitter, Julian 64.2 4 2 36 30

Ht 12: Peterson, Autrey, Hunter, Lomas 66.2 4 2 40 32

Ht 13: Mauger, Olsen, Peterson, Holden 65.6 3 3 43 35

Agg: Wolverhampton 84 - 72 Exeter

Coventry v Wolverhampton Saturday 16th June 1973 (British League Division l)

Coventry 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Nigel Boocock 2 1 Exc 3 1 7 0

2. Soren Karlsson 0 0 N N 0 0

3. Garry Middleton 3 2 1 3 2 11 0

4. Pete Bailey 3 0 1* TS 4 1

5. Alan Jay 1 1 2 1* 5 1

6. Cliff Emms 2* 1 0 0 0 3 1

7. Frank Smith 3 3 1 TS 7 0


1. John Boulger (G) 3 3 2 3 11 0

2. Tom Leadbitter 1 2* 2 0 5 1

3. Gary Peterson 2 2* 3 0 7 1

4. Ken Eyre 0 1 2* 0 3 1


6. Dave Gifford 0 3 0 3 0

7. Dave Baugh 1 0 1* 2 1

Bees Wolves Bees Wolves

Ht 01: Boulger, Boocock, Leadbitter, Karlsson 65.2 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Smith, Emms, Baugh, Gifford 66.2 5 1 7 5

Ht 03: Bailey, Hunter, Jay, Eyre 65.6 4 2 11 7

Ht 04: Middleton, Peterson, Emms, Baugh 66.8 4 2 15 9

Ht 05: Boulger, Leadbitter, Jay, Bailey 65.4 1 5 16 14

Ht 06: Gifford, Peterson, Boocock, Karlsson 67.4 1 5 17 19

Ht 07: Hunter, Middleton, Eyre, Emms 66.2 2 4 19 23

Ht 08: Smith, Leadbitter, Baugh, Emms 68.6 3 3 22 26

Ht 09: Peterson, Jay, Bailey, Gifford 67.2 3 3 25 29

Ht 10: Hunter, Eyre, Smith, Emms, Boocock (ex tapes) 67.6 1 5 26 34

Ht 11: Boocock, Boulger, Middleton, Leadbitter 68.0 4 2 30 36

Ht 12: Middleton, Hunter, Boocock, Peterson 67.2 4 2 34 38

Ht 13: Boulger, Middleton, Jay, Eyre 67.6 3 3 37 41

Wolverhampton v Leicester Friday 22nd June 1973 (British League Division l)


1. George Hunter N 1 2* 3 3 9 1

2. Ken Eyre 0 TS 1* 0 1 1

3. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 3 15 0



6. Phil Herne 1 2 2* TS 2 7 1

7. Roger Parker Fell N 0 0 0


1. John Boulger 3 3 2 1 9 0

2. Geoff Ambrose 2* 1 0 N 3 1

3. Ray Wilson EF 2 2 1 5 0

4. Malcolm Brown 3 0 1* 0 4 1

5. Malcolm Shakespeare 2* 1 2 0 5 1

6. Brian Foote 1 0 0 1 0

7. Norman Storer 3 1 3 1* 8 1

Wolves Lions Wolves Lions

Ht 01: Boulger, Ambrose, Herne, Eyre 68.0 1 5 1 5

Ht 02: Storer, Herne, Foote, Parker (f) 69.2 2 4 3 9

Ht 03: Brown, Shakespeare, Leadbitter, Peterson 68.0 1 5 4 14

Ht 04: Olsen, Herne, Storer, Wilson (ef) 64.8 5 1 9 15

Ht 05: Boulger, Leadbitter, Ambrose, Peterson (f rem) 67.0 2 4 11 19

Ht 06: Olsen, Wilson, Hunter, Foote 68.8 4 2 15 21

Ht 07: Olsen, Hunter, Shakespeare, Brown 68.0 5 1 20 22

Ht 08: Storer, Herne, Eyre, Ambrose 67.4 3 3 23 25

Ht 09: Peterson, Wilson, Leadbitter, Foote 66.0 4 2 27 27

Ht 10: Hunter, Shakespeare, Brown, Eyre 66.6 3 3 30 30

Ht 11: Olsen, Boulger, Storer, Parker 64.4 3 3 33 33

Ht 12: Hunter, Leadbitter, Wilson, Shakespeare 67.0 5 1 38 34

Ht 13: Olsen, Peterson, Boulger, Brown 66.4 5 1 43 35

Wolverhampton: Norway-Denmark v New Zealand Friday 29th June 1973 (International Tournament)

Norway-Denmark 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Ole Olsen 2* 3 3 3 11 1

2. Dag Lovaas 3 2* 3 1 9 1

3. Reidar Eide 1 3 1 2* 7 1

4. Oyvind Berg 1 0 2* 1 4 1

5. Edgar Stangeland 0 1 3 3 7 0

6. Ulf Lovaas 0 0 0 0 0

7. Odd Fossengen 2 Exc 0 2 0

New Zealand 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Ivan Mauger 1 3 2* 0 6 1

2. Graeme Stapleton EF 2* 2 N 4 1

3. Ronnie Moore 2* 1 0 0 3 1

4. Bill Andrew 2* 1* 0 N 3 2

5. Barry Briggs 3 2 2 2 9 0

6. Gary Peterson 3 0 1 4 0

7. Dave Gifford 1 3 Exc 3 1 8 0

Nor-Den N.Zealand Nor-Den N.Zealand

Ht 01: D.Lovaas, Olsen, Mauger, Stapleton (ef) 65.2 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Peterson, Fossengen, Gifford, U.Lovaas 66.8 2 4 7 5

Ht 03: Briggs, Andrew, Berg, Stangeland 67.0 1 5 8 10

Ht 04: Gifford, Moore, Eide, U.Lovaas 66.4 1 5 9 15

Ht 05: Mauger, Stapleton, Stangeland, Berg 65.6 1 5 10 20

Ht 06: Olsen, D.Lovaas, Moore, Peterson 64.6 5 1 15 21

Ht 07: Eide, Briggs, Andrew, U.Lovaas 65.8 3 3 18 24

Ht 08: D.Lovaas, Stapleton, Gifford (exc), Fossengen (exc) 64.6 3 2 21 26

Ht 09: Stangeland, Berg, Peterson, Moore 66.4 5 1 26 27

Ht 10: Olsen, Briggs, D.Lovaas, Andrew 64.6 4 2 30 29

Ht 11: Gifford, Mauger, Eide, Fossengen 66.0 1 5 31 34

Ht 12: Olsen, Briggs, Berg, Moore 65.0 4 2 35 36

Ht 13: Stangeland, Eide, Gifford, Mauger 66.0 5 1 40 37

Wolverhampton v Continental Select Friday 6th July 1973 (Challenge)


1. George Hunter Ret 1* 3 N 4 1


3. Ole Olsen 3 3 1 3 10 0

4. Nigel Boocock (G) 3 2 1 3 1 10 0

5. Gary Peterson N 1* 2* 0 3 2

6. Ken Eyre 1 1 0 TS 2 0

7. Nigel Wasley Fell 0 0 0 0 0

Continental Select 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Dag Lovaas 3 3 3 2 11 0

2. Soren Karlsson 2* Fell 1 N 3 1

3. Edgar Stangeland 2 3 1 2* 8 1

4. Olle Nygren 2 0 0 1* 3 1

5. Reidar Eide EF 2 2 3 7 0

6. Karl Claesson 3 0 0 3 0

7. Kurt Bogh 2* 1* 3 2* 8 3

Wolves Select Wolves Select

Ht 01: Lovaas, Karlsson, Leadbitter, Hunter (ret) 69.6 1 5 1 5

Ht 02: Claesson, Bogh, Eyre, Wasley (f) 74.0 1 5 2 10

Ht 03: Boocock, Nygren, Eyre, Eide (ef) 71.4 4 2 6 12

Ht 04: Olsen, Stangeland, Bogh, Eyre 70.6 3 3 9 15

Ht 05: Lovaas, Boocock, Peterson, Karlsson (f) 71.6 3 3 12 18

Ht 06: Stangeland, Leadbitter, Hunter, Claesson 72.4 3 3 15 21

Ht 07: Olsen, Eide, Boocock, Nygren 71.6 4 2 19 23

Ht 08: Bogh, Leadbitter, Karlsson, Wasley (f rem) 73.2 2 4 21 27

Ht 09: Boocock, Peterson, Stangeland, Claesson 74.2 5 1 26 28

Ht 10: Hunter, Eide, Leadbitter, Nygren 74.6 4 2 30 30

Ht 11: Lovaas, Bogh, Olsen, Wasley 71.4 1 5 31 35

Ht 12: Eide, Stangeland, Boocock, Wasley 73.6 1 5 32 40

Ht 13: Olsen, Lovaas, Nygren, Peterson 73.4 3 3 35 43

Sheffield v Wolverhampton Thursday 12th July 1973 (British League Division l)

Sheffield 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Bob Valentine 2 3 3 3 11 0

2. Reg Wilson 1* Exc 2* Ret 3 2

3. Doug Wyer 3 2 3 2 10 0

4. Rick France 2 2 3 2* 9 1

5. Bob Paulson 0 1* 2* N 3 2

6. Bengt Larsson 3 2* 1* 2* 1* 9 4

7. Arnie Haley 1 2* 3 Exc 6 1


1. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 Exc 3 15 0


3. Gary Peterson 0 0 TS N 0 0


5. George Hunter 1 0 1 Ret Exc 2 0

6. Ken Eyre 2 1 0 1 4 0

7. Dave Baugh 0 1 0 2 0 3 0

8. Tony Freegard 0 0 0

Tigers Wolves Tigers Wolves

Ht 01: Olsen, Valentine, Wilson, Leadbitter 67.6 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Larsson, Eyre, Haley, Baugh 70.6 4 2 7 5

Ht 03: Olsen, France, Hunter, Paulson 69.6 2 4 9 9

Ht 04: Wyer, Larsson, Baugh, Peterson 71.8 5 1 14 10

Ht 05: Olsen, France, Paulson, Leadbitter 69.4 3 3 17 13

Ht 06: Valentine, Haley, Eyre, Peterson, Wilson (exc) 70.6 5 1 22 14

Ht 07: Olsen, Wyer, Larsson, Hunter 69.4 3 3 25 17

Ht 08: Haley, Wilson, Leadbitter, Baugh 69.2 5 1 30 18

Ht 09: France, Paulson, Hunter, Eyre 69.8 5 1 35 19

Ht 10: Valentine, Baugh, Wilson (ret), Hunter (ret) 70.4 3 2 38 21

Ht 11: Wyer, Larsson, Leadbitter, Baugh, Haley (exc), Olsen (ex tapes) 70.8 5 1 43 22

Ht 12: Valentine, France, Eyre, Hunter (exc) 69.8 5 1 48 23

Ht 13: Olsen, Wyer, Larsson, Freegard 70.4 3 3 51 26

Wolverhampton v Coatbridge Friday 13th July 1973 (British League Division l)



2. Tom Leadbitter 1 2* 1* 1 5 2

3. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 2 11 0

4. Ken Eyre 1 1* 1 0 3 1

5. Gary Peterson Ret 2 3 0 5 0

6. Tony Freegard 1* 0 N 1 1

7. Dave Baugh 2 1 2 Fell 5 0

Coatbridge 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Bpts Bpts

1. Jim McMillan 2 3 2 2 3 12 0

2. Jim Gallacher 0 0 0 TS 0 0

3. Christer Sjosten R E S E R V E R E P L A C E M E N T

4. Bobby Beaton 3 2 2 1* 1 9 1

5. Kjell Gimre 2* 0 0 TS 2 1

6. Dave Gifford 0 1* 1 Exc 1* 3 2

7. Robin Adlington 3 2 0 3 2 10 0

Wolves Tigers Wolves Tigers

Ht 01: Hunter, McMillan, Leadbitter, Gallacher 66.4 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Adlington, Baugh, Freegard, Gifford 66.6 3 3 7 5

Ht 03: Beaton, Gimre, Eyre, Peterson (ret) 67.7 1 5 8 10

Ht 04: Olsen, Adlington, Gifford, Freegard 66.2 3 3 11 13

Ht 05: McMillan, Peterson, Eyre, Gallacher 66.6 3 3 14 16

Ht 06: Hunter, Leadbitter, Gifford, Adlington 68.2 5 1 19 17

Ht 07: Olsen, Beaton, Baugh, Gimre 66.6 4 2 23 19

Ht 08: Adlington, Baugh, Leadbitter, Gallacher 67.6 3 3 26 22

Ht 09: Peterson, Adlington, Eyre, Gifford (exc) 67.0 4 2 30 24

Ht 10: Hunter, Beaton, Leadbitter, Gimre 67.8 4 2 34 28

Ht 11: Olsen, McMillan, Beaton, Baugh (f) 67.2 3 3 37 31

Ht 12: Hunter, McMillan, Gifford, Eyre 66.4 3 3 40 34

Ht 13: McMillan, Olsen, Beaton, Peterson 66.6 2 4 42 36

Cradley United v Wolverhampton Monday 16th July 1973 (British League Division l)


1. Bernt Persson 2 3 3 3 11 0

2. Pete Jarman 0 2* 2 0 4 1

3. Colin Gooddy 0 3 0 0 3 0

4. Dave Perks 1* 0 1 0 2 1

5. Martin Ashby (G) 2 2 3 2 9 0

6. Dave Durham 0 1 N 1 0

7. Dave Harvey 3 1 1* 1 6 1


1. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 2* 3 14 1


3. Gary Peterson 3 1 0 2 1* 7 1


5. George Hunter 0 2 1* 2 1 6 1

6. Ken Eyre 1* 0 N 1 1

7. Dave Baugh 2 2* 0 3 2 9 1

United Wolves United Wolves

Ht 01: Olsen, Persson, Leadbitter, Jarman 67.8 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Harvey, Baugh, Eyre, Durham 70.8 3 3 5 7

Ht 03: Olsen, Ashby, Perks, Hunter 68.4 3 3 8 10

Ht 04: Peterson, Baugh, Durham, Gooddy 72.3 1 5 9 15

Ht 05: Olsen, Ashby, Leadbitter, Perks 68.6 2 4 11 19

Ht 06: Persson, Jarman, Peterson, Eyre 70.0 5 1 16 20

Ht 07: Gooddy, Hunter, Harvey, Baugh 70.8 4 2 20 22

Ht 08: Baugh, Jarman, Harvey, Leadbitter 70.4 3 3 23 25

Ht 09: Ashby, Baugh, Perks, Peterson 69.6 4 2 27 27

Ht 10: Persson, Peterson, Hunter, Jarman 70.0 3 3 30 30

Ht 11: Leadbitter, Olsen, Harvey, Gooddy 71.4 1 5 31 35

Ht 12: Persson, Hunter, Peterson, Perks 69.6 3 3 34 38

Ht 13: Olsen, Ashby, Hunter, Gooddy 69.8 2 4 36 42

Wolverhampton: Champion Of Champions Trophy Friday 20th July 1973 (Individual)


01. Tom Leadbitter (Wolverhampton) 1 1 N 0 0 2 16th

02. Martin Ashby (Swindon) 0 2 1 2 1 6 11th

03. Dag Lovaas (Reading) 2 3 1 0 1 7 8th

04. Anders Michanek (Reading) 3 3 3 3 1 13 1st

05. Ole Olsen (Wolverhampton) 3 3 2 3 2 13 2nd

06. Hasse Holmqvist (Oxford) 1 0 N 1 3 5 13th

07. Soren Sjosten (Belle Vue) 2 2 1 2 2 9 7th

08. Gary Peterson (Wolverhampton) 0 N N N N 0 18th

09. Garry Middleton (Coventry) 2 N 2 2 3 9 6th

10. Nigel Boocock (Coventry) 1 1 0 1 3 6 10th


12. John Louis (Ipswich) 3 2 3 1 N 9 5th

13. John Boulger (Leicester) 3 2 2 1 2 10 4th

14. Peter Collins (Belle Vue) Exc 3 3 3 3 12 3rd

15. Bert Harkins (Wimbledon) 1 1 0 0 1 3 15th

16. Ken Eyre (Wolverhampton) 0 1 0 0 0 1 17th

Res: George Hunter (Wolverhampton) 0 2 2 0 4 14th

Res: Mike Broadbank (Stoke) 2 1 0 2 5 12th

Res: Nigel Wasley (Stoke) 0 0 19th


Ht 01: Michanek, Lovaas, Leadbitter, Ashby 66.0

Ht 02: Olsen, Sjosten, Holmqvist, Peterson 65.4

Ht 03: Louis, Middleton, Boocock, Persson 67.2

Ht 04: Boulger, Broadbank, Harkins, Eyre, Collins (ex tapes) 67.0

Ht 05: Olsen, Boulger, Leadbitter, Hunter 64.8

Ht 06: Collins, Ashby, Boocock, Holmqvist 66.2

Ht 07: Lovaas, Sjosten, Harkins, Persson 66.8

Ht 08: Michanek, Louis, Eyre, Wasley 65.6

Ht 09: Persson, Hunter, Broadbank, Eyre 66.6

Ht 10: Louis, Olsen, Ashby, Harkins 65.0

Ht 11: Collins, Middleton, Lovaas, Broadbank 66.0

Ht 12: Michanek, Boulger, Sjosten, Boocock 65.8

Ht 13: Collins, Sjosten, Louis, Leadbitter 66.0

Ht 14: Persson, Ashby, Boulger, Eyre 65.8

Ht 15: Olsen, Hunter, Boocock, Lovaas 66.4

Ht 16: Michanek, Middleton, Holmqvist, Harkins 66.6

Ht 17: Boocock, Broadbank, Harkins, Leadbitter 66.4

Ht 18: Middleton, Sjosten, Ashby, Hunter 66.8

Ht 19: Holmqvist, Boulger, Lovaas, Eyre 66.8

Ht 20: Collins, Olsen, Michanek, Persson 66.4

Run off for 1st place: Michanek beat Olsen 66.2

Oxford v Wolverhampton Thursday 26th July 1973 (British League Division l)

Oxford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Peter Collins (G) 2 2* 1* 1* 6 3

2. Malcolm Ballard 1* 3 3 2 9 1

3. Gordon Kennett 2* 3 3 1 9 1

4. Rick Timmo 1 1 2* 2 6 1

5. Hasse Holmqvist 3 3 3 3 12 0

6. John Davis 3 3 2* 8 1

7. John Dews 1 0 1 2 0


1. Ole Olsen 3 F Exc TS N N 3 0

2. Tom Leadbitter 0 0 2 EF 2 4 0

3. Ken Eyre 0 1 0 0 1 0


5. George Hunter 2 2 N 3 3 2 12 0

6. Tony Featherstone 0 0 1 1 0 2 0

7. George Major 2 1 0 1* 0 4 1

Rebels Wolves Rebels Wolves

Ht 01: Olsen, Collins, Ballard, Leadbitter 65.4 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Davis, Major, Dews, Featherstone 68.4 4 2 7 5

Ht 03: Holmqvist, Hunter, Timmo, Olsen (f exc) 66.2 4 2 11 7

Ht 04: Davis, Kennett, Major, Eyre 68.4 5 1 16 8

Ht 05: Holmqvist, Hunter, Timmo, Leadbitter 66.2 4 2 20 10

Ht 06: Ballard, Collins, Eyre, Featherstone 66.8 5 1 25 11

Ht 07: Kennett, Davis, Featherstone, Major 66.8 5 1 30 12

Ht 08: Ballard, Leadbitter, Major, Dews 67.4 3 3 33 15

Ht 09: Holmqvist, Timmo, Featherstone, Eyre 67.6 5 1 38 16

Ht 10: Hunter, Ballard, Collins, Leadbitter (ef) 66.6 3 3 41 19

Ht 11: Kennett, Leadbitter, Dews, Featherstone 68.4 4 2 45 21

Ht 12: Hunter, Timmo, Collins, Eyre 66.6 3 3 48 24

Ht 13: Holmqvist, Hunter, Kennett, Major 66.6 4 2 52 26

Wolverhampton v Oxford Friday 27th July 1973 (British League Division l)


1. George Hunter 1* 2 1* 3 3 10 2


3. Terry Betts (G) 3 3 2 3 2 13 0


5. Ken Eyre 0 0 N 0 0 0

6. Arthur Browning 3 2* 1* Fell 2* 8 3

7. Phil Herne 0 0 1 1 0

Oxford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Ray Wilson (G) 3 2 2 1 8 0

2. Gordon Kennett 0 1* 2 0 3 1

3. Malcolm Ballard 1 0 3 1 5 0


5. Rick Timmo 1 0 0 0 1 0

6. Roger Johns 1* 3 1* 2* 7 3

7. John Dews 2 0 N 2 0

Wolves Rebels Wolves Rebels

Ht 01: Wilson, Leadbitter, Hunter, Kennett 65.8 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Browning, Dews, Johns, Herne 67.0 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Holmqvist, Hunter, Timmo, Eyre 67.0 2 4 8 10

Ht 04: Betts, Browning, Ballard, Dews 66.8 5 1 13 11

Ht 05: Betts, Wilson, Kennett, Eyre 65.8 3 3 16 14

Ht 06: Johns, Leadbitter, Hunter, Ballard 66.0 3 3 19 17

Ht 07: Holmqvist, Betts, Browning, Timmo 66.6 3 3 22 20

Ht 08: Leadbitter, Kennett, Johns, Herne 67.8 3 3 25 23

Ht 09: Ballard, Johns, Leadbitter, Browning (f) 67.2 1 5 26 28

Ht 10: Hunter, Holmqvist, Leadbitter, Timmo 66.2 4 2 30 30

Ht 11: Betts, Wilson, Herne, Kennett 65.2 4 2 34 32

Ht 12: Hunter, Browning, Ballard, Timmo 68.0 5 1 39 33

Ht 13: Holmqvist, Betts, Wilson, Eyre 65.0 2 4 41 37

Wolverhampton v Swindon Friday 3rd August 1973 (British League Division l)



2. Tom Leadbitter 0 2 2* 1 0 5 1

3. John Louis (G) 3 3 3 2 2 13 0


5. Gary Peterson 1* 0 2* 0 Exc 3 2

6. Ken Eyre 1 1 N 0 2 0

7. Carl Glover 3 0 3 1 0 7 0

Swindon 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Martin Ashby 3 3 3 3 3 15 0

2. Mike Keen 2* 1 0 1 4 1

3. Norman Hunter 2 N 0 1 3 0

4. Mick Handley 0 1* TS N 1 1

5. Edgar Stangeland 3 2 2* 3 10 1

6. Brian Leonard 2 1 2 1 1 7 0

7. David Ashby 0 0 0 N 0 0

Wolves Robins Wolves Robins

Ht 01: M.Ashby, Keen, G.Hunter, Leadbitter 65.2 1 5 1 5

Ht 02: Glover, Leonard, Eyre, D.Ashby 66.6 4 2 5 7

Ht 03: Stangeland, Leadbitter, Peterson, Handley 66.4 3 3 8 10

Ht 04: Louis, N.Hunter, Eyre, D.Ashby 65.4 4 2 12 12

Ht 05: M.Ashby, G.Hunter, Keen, Peterson (f rem) 64.8 2 4 14 16

Ht 06: G.Hunter, Leadbitter, Leonard, D.Ashby 67.6 5 1 19 17

Ht 07: Louis, Stangeland, Handley, Glover 66.0 3 3 22 20

Ht 08: Glover, Leonard, Leadbitter, Keen 66.4 4 2 26 22

Ht 09: Louis, Peterson, Leonard, N.Hunter 65.2 5 1 31 23

Ht 10: M.Ashby, Stangeland, Glover, Leadbitter 66.4 1 5 32 28

Ht 11: M.Ashby, Louis, Keen, Glover 65.8 2 4 34 32

Ht 12: Stangeland, G.Hunter, N.Hunter, Peterson 66.8 2 4 36 36

Ht 13: M.Ashby, Louis, Leonard, Eyre, Peterson (exc) 64.8 2 4 38 40

Hackney v Wolverhampton Friday 10th August 1973 (British League Division l)

Hackney 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Bengt Jansson 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Laurie Etheridge EF 2* 3 1 6 1

3. Geoff Maloney 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Tommy Nilsson 0 2* 1 1 4 1

5. Barry Thomas 2 3 3 2* 10 1

6. Dave Kennett 2* 0 1 3 1

7. Hugh Saunders 3 1 1 5 0


1. Peter Collins (G) 2 3 1 1 2 1 10 0

2. Tom Leadbitter 1* 0 0 2 0 0 3 1



5. George Hunter 1 2 2 2 2 Ret 9 0

6. Dave Baugh F Exc TS TS 0 0

7. Ken Eyre 1 1* 0 2 1

Hawks Wolves Hawks Wolves

Ht 01: Jansson, Collins, Leadbitter, Etheridge (ef) 64.4 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Saunders, Kennett, Eyre, Baugh (f exc) 66.8 5 1 8 4

Ht 03: Collins, Thomas, Hunter, Nilsson 66.0 2 4 10 8

Ht 04: Maloney, Peterson, Eyre, Kennett 66.6 3 3 13 11

Ht 05: Thomas, Nilsson, Collins, Leadbitter 66.2 5 1 18 12

Ht 06: Jansson, Etheridge, Collins, Peterson 65.8 5 1 23 13

Ht 07: Maloney, Hunter, Kennett, Leadbitter 66.6 4 2 27 15

Ht 08: Etheridge, Leadbitter, Saunders, Eyre 67.6 4 2 31 17

Ht 09: Thomas, Hunter, Nilsson, Peterson 67.4 4 2 35 19

Ht 10: Jansson, Hunter, Etheridge, Leadbitter 66.6 4 2 39 21

Ht 11: Maloney, Collins, Saunders, Leadbitter 66.4 4 2 43 23

Ht 12: Jansson, Hunter, Nilsson, Peterson 66.8 4 2 47 25

Ht 13: Maloney, Thomas, Collins, Hunter (ret) 66.8 5 1 52 26

Wolverhampton: Billy's Boys v Booey's Bombers Friday 10th August 1973 (Challenge)

Billy's Boys 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts


2. Doug Wyer 1 0 0 N 1 0

3. Soren Sjosten 2 1 2* 0 5 1

4. Alan Wilkinson 1 0 0 N 1 0

5. Dag Lovaas 3 3 3 3 12 0

6. Mike Broadbank 0 1* 0 1 1

7. Malcolm Shakespeare 3 3 2 3 0 11 0

Booey's Bombers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Nigel Boocock 2 2 1 1* 6 1

2. Tony Davey 0 1* 1* 0 2 2


4. Dave Jessup N 3 3 2 8 0

5. Garry Middleton N 2* 1 1* 4 2

6. Bert Harkins 2 2 1 1* 6 1

7. Soren Karlsson 1* 0 0 2 3 1

Boys Bombers Boys Bombers

Ht 01: Holmqvist, Boocock, Wyer, Davey 65.8 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Shakespeare, Harkins, Karlsson, Broadbank 66.4 3 3 7 5

Ht 03: Lovaas, Harkins, Wilkinson, Karlsson 66.0 4 2 11 7

Ht 04: Persson, Sjosten, Broadbank, Karlsson 66.6 3 3 14 10

Ht 05: Lovaas, Boocock, Davey, Wilkinson 64.4 3 3 17 13

Ht 06: Persson, Holmqvist, Harkins, Wyer 65.4 2 4 19 17

Ht 07: Jessup, Middleton, Sjosten, Broadbank 67.0 1 5 20 22

Ht 08: Shakespeare, Karlsson, Davey, Wyer 66.8 3 3 23 25

Ht 09: Lovaas, Persson, Harkins, Wilkinson 65.6 3 3 26 28

Ht 10: Jessup, Shakespeare, Middleton, Holmqvist 65.8 2 4 28 32

Ht 11: Shakespeare, Sjosten, Boocock, Davey 66.2 5 1 33 33

Ht 12: Holmqvist, Persson, Middleton, Shakespeare 65.2 3 3 36 36

Ht 13: Lovaas, Jessup, Boocock, Sjosten 65.6 3 3 39 39

Ipswich v Wolverhampton Thursday 16th August 1973 (British League Division l)


1. John Louis 3 2 2* 1 8 1

2. Billy Sanders 1 1* Fell 3 5 1

3. Tony Davey 1* 1 3 3 8 1

4. Olle Nygren 1 0 Ret 0 1 0

5. Sandor Levai 3 2 2 0 7 0

6. Mick Hines 2* 2 3 7 1

7. Alan Sage 3 3 2* 8 1


1. Terry Betts (G) 2 2 3 3 1 2 13 0

2. Tom Leadbitter 0 1 1* Ret 2 1

3. Gary Peterson 3 3 0 1 2* 9 1


5. George Hunter 0 2 2 1 3 1* 9 1

6. Dave Baugh 1 Fell TS 0 1 0

7. Ken Eyre 0 0 TS 0 0

Witches Wolves Witches Wolves

Ht 01: Louis, Betts, Sanders, Leadbitter 65.4 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Sage, Hines, Baugh, Eyre 66.0 5 1 9 3

Ht 03: Levai, Betts, Nygren, Hunter 66.4 4 2 13 5

Ht 04: Peterson, Hines, Davey, Eyre 66.0 3 3 16 8

Ht 05: Betts, Levai, Leadbitter, Nygren 66.0 2 4 18 12

Ht 06: Peterson, Louis, Sanders, Baugh (f) 65.2 3 3 21 15

Ht 07: Hines, Hunter, Davey, Peterson 66.4 4 2 25 17

Ht 08: Sage, Hunter, Leadbitter, Sanders (f) 66.2 3 3 28 20

Ht 09: Betts, Levai, Peterson, Nygren (ret) 66.0 2 4 30 24

Ht 10: Sanders, Louis, Hunter, Baugh 66.6 5 1 35 25

Ht 11: Davey, Sage, Betts, Leadbitter (ret) 65.8 5 1 40 26

Ht 12: Hunter, Peterson, Louis, Nygren 66.6 1 5 41 31

Ht 13: Davey, Betts, Hunter, Levai 66.6 3 3 44 34

Wolverhampton v Swindon Friday 17th August 1973 (Speedway Star Division One KOC 3rd Rnd 1st Leg)


1. George Hunter 3 2 3 2 2 12 0

2. Tom Leadbitter 2* 3 0 2 1* 8 2

3. Dave Jessup (G) 3 3 2* 2 2 12 1


5. Gary Peterson 0 1* 3 1* 0 5 2

6. Tony Featherstone 2* 0 1 3 1

7. Dave Baugh 3 0 0 3 0


1. Martin Ashby 1 3 3 3 3 13 0

2. Mick Handley Fell 0 TS 1 1 0

3. Norman Hunter 2 2 1 3 3 11 0

4. Brian Leonard 1* 0 TS 1 2 1

5. Edgar Stangeland 2 1* 2 0 0 5 1

6. Billy Wall 0 TS 0 0 0

7. Geoff Bouchard 1 1* 1 3 1

Wolves Robins Wolves Robins

Ht 01: G.Hunter, Leadbitter, Ashby, Handley (f) 64.6 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Baugh, Featherstone, Bouchard, Wall 67.2 5 1 10 2

Ht 03: Leadbitter, Stangeland, Leonard, Peterson 65.8 3 3 13 5

Ht 04: Jessup, N.Hunter, Bouchard, Featherstone 65.6 3 3 16 8

Ht 05: Ashby, G.Hunter, Peterson, Handley 64.8 3 3 19 11

Ht 06: G.Hunter, N.Hunter, Stangeland, Leadbitter 65.6 3 3 22 14

Ht 07: Jessup, Stangeland, Featherstone, Leonard 66.2 4 2 26 16

Ht 08: Ashby, Leadbitter, Bouchard, Baugh 64.8 2 4 28 20

Ht 09: Peterson, Jessup, N.Hunter, Wall 65.8 5 1 33 21

Ht 10: N.Hunter, G.Hunter, Leadbitter, Stangeland 66.2 3 3 36 24

Ht 11: Ashby, Jessup, Handley, Baugh 64.8 2 4 38 28

Ht 12: N.Hunter, G.Hunter, Peterson, Stangeland 65.8 3 3 41 31

Ht 13: Ashby, Jessup, Leonard, Peterson 63.8 2 4 43 35

Coatbridge v Wolverhampton Saturday 18th August 1973 (British League Division l)

Coatbridge 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Jim McMillan 3 2 2 1 8 0

2. Kjell Gimre 1 1* 1* 0 3 2

3. Bobby Beaton 3 2 2 0 7 0

4. Christer Sjosten 3 3 2 0 8 0

5. Dave Gifford N 0 1* Exc 1 1

6. Jim Gallacher 3 1 0 3 7 0

7. Robin Adlington 2* 0 2 0 4 1


1. Bert Harkins (G) 2 1* 1 1 1* 6 2

2. Tom Leadbitter 0 1* 2 3 3 9 1

3. Gary Peterson 2 3 1 3 2* 11 1


5. George Hunter 2 3 3 3 2 13 0

6. Nigel Wasley 0 0 0 0 0

7. Tony Freegard 1 0 0 1 0

Tigers Wolves Tigers Wolves

Ht 01: McMillan, Harkins, Gimre, Leadbitter 68.4 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Gallacher, Adlington, Freegard, Wasley 70.8 5 1 9 3

Ht 03: Sjosten, Hunter, Leadbitter, Adlington 69.0 3 3 12 6

Ht 04: Beaton, Peterson, Gallacher, Freegard 69.4 4 2 16 8

Ht 05: Sjosten, Leadbitter, Harkins, Gifford 70.0 3 3 19 11

Ht 06: Peterson, McMillan, Gimre, Wasley 69.0 3 3 22 14

Ht 07: Hunter, Beaton, Peterson, Gallacher 70.2 2 4 24 18

Ht 08: Leadbitter, Adlington, Gimre, Freegard 70.8 3 3 27 21

Ht 09: Peterson, Sjosten, Gifford, Wasley 70.0 3 3 30 24

Ht 10: Hunter, McMillan, Harkins, Gimre 70.4 2 4 32 28

Ht 11: Leadbitter, Beaton, Harkins, Adlington 70.0 2 4 34 32

Ht 12: Hunter, Peterson, McMillan, Sjosten 70.0 1 5 35 37

Ht 13: Gallacher, Hunter, Harkins, Beaton, Gifford (ex tapes) 70.0 3 3 38 40

Wolverhampton v Cradley United Friday 24th August 1973 (Dudley-Wolves Trophy 1st Leg)


1. George Hunter 1* 3 2 2 8 1


3. Dag Lovaas (G) 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Ken Eyre 2 2 0 0 4 0

5. Gary Peterson 1* 0 3 1 6 1

6. Dave Baugh 2 0 2* 4 1

7. Tony Featherstone 1* 1 0 2 1


1. Bernt Persson 3 1 2 2 2 10 0

2. Dave Perks 0 N N TS 0 0

3. Howard Cole 2 2 1* 1* 1 7 2

4. Pete Jarman 0 EF N N 0 0

5. Colin Gooddy 3 1 3 3 10 0

6. Malcolm Corradine 3 3 0 2 TS Fell 8 0

7. Norman Strachan 0 1* 0 0 0 1 1

Wolves United Wolves United

Ht 01: Persson, Leadbitter, Hunter, Perks 65.0 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Corradine, Baugh, Featherstone, Strachan 65.8 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Gooddy, Eyre, Peterson, Jarman 66.2 3 3 9 9

Ht 04: Lovaas, Cole, Strachan, Baugh 64.6 3 3 12 12

Ht 05: Corradine, Eyre, Persson, Peterson 65.6 2 4 14 16

Ht 06: Hunter, Cole, Leadbitter, Corradine 65.2 4 2 18 18

Ht 07: Lovaas, Baugh, Gooddy, Jarman (ef) 64.4 5 1 23 19

Ht 08: Leadbitter, Corradine, Featherstone, Strachan 66.6 4 2 27 21

Ht 09: Peterson, Persson, Cole, Eyre 65.4 3 3 30 24

Ht 10: Gooddy, Hunter, Leadbitter, Corradine (f) 66.4 3 3 33 27

Ht 11: Lovaas, Persson, Cole, Featherstone 64.4 3 3 36 30

Ht 12: Gooddy, Hunter, Cole, Eyre 66.0 2 4 38 34

Ht 13: Lovaas, Persson, Peterson, Strachan 64.4 4 2 42 36

Cradley United v Wolverhampton Saturday 25th August 1973 (Dudley-Wolves Trophy 2nd Leg)



2. Dave Perks 1 1 0 1 3 0

3. Howard Cole 3 3 2 2 10 0

4. Pete Jarman 2* 0 0 1 3 1

5. Colin Gooddy 3 2 2 1* 8 1

6. Brian Clark 0 0 N 0 0

7. Jim Wells 2 1 1 0 4 0


1. Dag Lovaas (G) 0 1 1 3 5 0

2. Tom Leadbitter 2 3 2* 3 10 1


4. Ken Eyre 0 0 0 N 0 0

5. George Hunter N 2 2 2 6 0

6. Alan Bridgett 1 1 N N 2 0

7. Carl Glover 3 1* 0 TS 3 0 7 1

United Wolves United Wolves

Ht 01: Persson, Leadbitter, Perks, Lovaas 68.8 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Glover, Wells, Bridgett, Clark 71.8 2 4 6 6

Ht 03: Gooddy, Jarman, Bridgett, Eyre 71.8 5 1 11 7

Ht 04: Cole, Peterson, Glover, Clark 69.8 3 3 14 10

Ht 05: Leadbitter, Gooddy, Lovaas, Jarman 70.6 2 4 16 14

Ht 06: Persson, Peterson, Perks, Glover 69.4 4 2 20 16

Ht 07: Cole, Hunter, Wells, Eyre 70.2 4 2 24 18

Ht 08: Peterson, Leadbitter, Wells, Perks 71.2 1 5 25 23

Ht 09: Glover, Gooddy, Peterson, Jarman 71.6 2 4 27 27

Ht 10: Persson, Hunter, Perks, Eyre 69.8 4 2 31 29

Ht 11: Leadbitter, Cole, Lovaas, Wells 71.0 2 4 33 33

Ht 12: Persson, Hunter, Jarman, Peterson 70.0 4 2 37 35

Ht 13: Lovaas, Cole, Gooddy, Glover 70.6 3 3 40 38

Agg: Wolverhampton 80 - 76 Cradley United

Wolverhampton v Halifax Friday 31st August 1973 (British League Division l)


1. Terry Betts (G) 2 2* 2* 3 3 12 2

2. Tom Leadbitter 0 3 2 1* 1 7 1

3. Gary Peterson 2 3 3 3 Exc 11 0


5. George Hunter 3 2* 2 Exc EXc 7 1

6. Dave Baugh 1* 0 1 F Exc 2 1

7. Ken Eyre 2 1* 0 1 2 6 1

Halifax 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Martin Ashby (G) 3 1 3 2 3 12 0

2. Bill Andrew 1 0 3 1* 1 6 1

3. Charlie Monk 1 1 0 0 2 0

4. Jan Gravningen 1 0 0 TS 1 0

5. John Titman 0 2 2 2 6 0

6. John Jackson F Exc N TS 0 0

7. Dave Gatenby 3 3 0 Fell 6 0

Wolves Dukes Wolves Dukes

Ht 01: Ashby, Betts, Andrew, Leadbitter 65.4 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Gatenby, Eyre, Baugh, Jackson (f exc) 66.4 3 3 5 7

Ht 03: Hunter, Betts, Gravningen, Titman 67.6 5 1 10 8

Ht 04: Gatenby, Peterson, Monk, Baugh 66.2 2 4 12 12

Ht 05: Peterson, Hunter, Ashby, Andrew 65.8 5 1 17 13

Ht 06: Leadbitter, Betts, Monk, Gatenby 68.0 5 1 22 14

Ht 07: Peterson, Titman, Baugh, Gravningen 66.6 4 2 26 16

Ht 08: Andrew, Leadbitter, Eyre, Gatenby (f) 67.6 3 3 29 19

Ht 09: Ashby, Hunter, Leadbitter, Monk 66.0 3 3 32 22

Ht 10: Betts, Titman, Leadbitter, Gravningen 66.0 4 2 36 24

Ht 11: Peterson, Ashby, Andrew, Eyre 66.6 3 3 39 27

Ht 12: Betts, Titman, Eyre, Monk, Hunter (ex tapes) 67.0 4 2 43 29

Ht 13: Ashby, Eyre, Andrew, Baugh (f exc), Peterson (ex tapes), Hunter (ex tapes) 65.2 2 4 45 33

Swindon v Wolverhampton Saturday 1st September 1973 (Speedway Star Division One KOC 3rd Rnd 2nd Leg)


1. Martin Ashby 2 3 3 2 10 0

2. Clive Hitch 1* 2* 3 1 7 2

3. Norman Hunter 3 2 2 2 9 0

4. Mick Handley 0 N N N 0 0

5. Edgar Stangeland 1 1 0 0 2 0

6. Brian Leonard 3 2* 0 2 1* 8 2

7. Geoff Bouchard 2* 0 1 0 3 1


1. Dave Jessup (G) 3 3 2* 3 3 14 1


3. Gary Peterson 0 1 3 0 Fell 4 0


5. George Hunter 2* 3 2 3 1 11 1

6. Dave Baugh 1 0 1 2 0

7. Ken Eyre 0 1 2 3 0

Robins Wolves Robins Wolves

Ht 01: Jessup, Ashby, Hitch, Leadbitter 72.8 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Leonard, Bouchard, Baugh, Eyre 73.4 5 1 8 4

Ht 03: Jessup, G.Hunter, Stangeland, Handley 74.2 1 5 9 9

Ht 04: N.Hunter, Leonard, Eyre, Peterson 73.6 5 1 14 10

Ht 05: Leadbitter, Jessup, Stangeland, Bouchard 74.6 1 5 15 15

Ht 06: Ashby, Hitch, Peterson, Baugh 73.0 5 1 20 16

Ht 07: G.Hunter, N.Hunter, Leadbitter, Leonard 73.2 2 4 22 20

Ht 08: Hitch, Eyre, Bouchard, Leadbitter 74.2 4 2 26 22

Ht 09: Peterson, Leonard, Baugh, Stangeland 74.0 2 4 28 26

Ht 10: Ashby, G.Hunter, Hitch, Peterson 73.6 4 2 32 28

Ht 11: Jessup, N.Hunter, Leadbitter, Bouchard 73.0 2 4 34 32

Ht 12: G.Hunter, Ashby, Leonard, Peterson (f) 74.0 3 3 37 35

Ht 13: Jessup, N.Hunter, G.Hunter, Stangeland 74.0 2 4 39 39

Agg: Wolverhampton 82 - 74 Swindon

Exeter v Wolverhampton Monday 3rd September 1973 (British League Division l)


1. Chris Julian 0 1 Ret 0 1 0

2. Frank Shuter 3 3 3 3 12 0

3. Tony Lomas 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Kevin Holden 2 Ret 1* 3 6 1

5. Scott Autrey 0 1 2 2* 5 1

6. Neil Middleditch 2* 0 N Fell 2 1

7. Mike Sampson 3 0 N 0 3 0


1. George Hunter 2 3 1* 1 7 1

2. Dave Baugh 1* 2* 2 2 7 2


4. Ken Eyre 1 1* 1* 0 3 2


6. Colin Burton 0 0 N 0 0

7. Tony Freegard 1 1* 1* 0 3 2

Falcons Wolves Falcons Wolves

Ht 01: Shuter, Hunter, Baugh, Julian 73.8 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Sampson, Middleditch, Freegard, Burton 74.4 5 1 8 4

Ht 03: Leadbitter, Holden, Eyre, Autrey 75.0 2 4 10 8

Ht 04: Lomas, Peterson, Freegard, Middleditch 74.0 3 3 13 11

Ht 05: Hunter, Baugh, Autrey, Holden (ret) 74.8 1 5 14 16

Ht 06: Shuter, Peterson, Julian, Burton 73.6 4 2 18 18

Ht 07: Lomas, Leadbitter, Eyre, Sampson 74.6 3 3 21 21

Ht 08: Shuter, Baugh, Freegard, Middleditch (f) 74.2 3 3 24 24

Ht 09: Peterson, Autrey, Holden, Freegard 72.2 3 3 27 27

Ht 10: Shuter, Leadbitter, Eyre, Julian (ret) 74.6 3 3 30 30

Ht 11: Lomas, Baugh, Hunter, Sampson 73.2 3 3 33 33

Ht 12: Holden, Leadbitter, Peterson, Julian 73.8 3 3 36 36

Ht 13: Lomas, Autrey, Hunter, Eyre 74.6 5 1 41 37

Wolverhampton: Brew Xl Trophy Friday 7th September 1973 (Individual)


01. Tom Leadbitter (Wolverhampton) Fell 0 1 0 0 1 15th

02. George Hunter (Wolverhampton) 3 1 0 2 3 9 6th

03. Martin Ashby (Swindon) EF 1 1 3 3 8 9th

04. Terry Betts (King's Lynn) 2 3 3 3 0 11 2nd

05. Ole Olsen (Wolverhampton) 3 1 3 2 1 10 4th

06. Ivan Mauger (Exeter) EF Fell N N N 0 16th

07. Malcolm Simmons (King's Lynn) 2 2 1 2 0 7 11th

08. Ken Eyre (Wolverhampton) 1 0 0 1 3 5 12th

09. Dave Jessup (Leicester) 1 3 2 1 2 9 5th

10. Howard Cole (Cradley) 2 2 2 0 2 8 10th

11. Anders Michanek (Reading) 3 3 3 3 3 15 1st

12. John Boulger (Leicester) 0 1.5 2 3 2 8.5 7th


14. Dag Lovaas (Reading) 2 3 3 1 2 11 3rd

15. Nigel Boocock (Coventry) 0 0 1 2 1 4 14th

16. John Louis (Ipswich) 3 1.5 2 1 1 8.5 8th

Res: Colin Meredith (Bradford) 0 0 0

Res: Tony Freegard (Bradford) 0 0


Ht 01: Hunter, Betts, Ashby (ef), Leadbitter (f) 64.0

Ht 02: Olsen, Simmons, Eyre, Mauger (ef) 64.6

Ht 03: Michanek, Cole, Jessup, Boulger 64.6

Ht 04: Louis, Lovaas, Persson, Boocock 65.8

Ht 05: Jessup, Persson, Olsen, Leadbitter 64.6

Ht 06: Lovaas, Cole, Hunter, Mauger (f) 65.0

Ht 07: Michanek, Simmons, Ashby, Boocock 63.8

Ht 08: Betts, Boulger and Louis (dead-heat), Eyre 64.8

Ht 09: Michanek, Louis, Leadbitter, Meredith 63.6

Ht 10: Olsen, Boulger, Boocock, Hunter 62.8

Ht 11: Lovaas, Jessup, Ashby, Eyre 65.4

Ht 12: Betts, Cole, Simmons, Persson 65.4

Ht 13: Boulger, Simmons, Lovaas, Leadbitter 64.8

Ht 14: Michanek, Hunter, Eyre, Persson 64.6

Ht 15: Ashby, Olsen, Louis, Cole 65.0

Ht 16: Betts, Boocock, Jessup, Meredith 65.6

Ht 17: Eyre, Cole, Boocock, Leadbitter 66.2

Ht 18: Hunter, Jessup, Louis, Simmons 65.6

Ht 19: Ashby, Boulger, Persson, Freegard 64.8

Ht 20: Michanek, Lovaas, Olsen, Betts 64.6

Wolverhampton v Belle Vue Friday 14th September 1973 (Speedway Star Division One KOC Semi Final 1st Leg)



2. Tom Leadbitter 2 2* 1 2* 1* 8 3

3. Ole Olsen 2 3 2 3 3 3 16 0


5. Gary Peterson 1* 3 2* 1* 2* 9 4

6. Ken Eyre 2 0 N 0 2 0

7. Alan Bridgett 0 0 TS N 0 0


1. Soren Sjosten 3 0 2 1 6 0

2. Alan Wilkinson 1 1 1 1* 4 1

3. Norman Hunter (G) 2 2* 1 0 5 1

4. Paul Tyrer 0 1 0 N 1 0

5. Peter Collins 3 3 3 3 12 0

6. Eric Broadbelt 3 3 Exc 0 6 0

7. Chris Morton 1 1* 0 2 1


Ht 01: Sjosten, Leadbitter, Wilkinson, G.Hunter 65.8 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Broadbelt, Eyre, Morton, Bridgett 64.8 2 4 4 8

Ht 03: Collins, Olsen, Peterson, Tyrer 63.8 3 3 7 11

Ht 04: Olsen, N.Hunter, Morton, Eyre 64.2 3 3 10 14

Ht 05: Peterson, Leadbitter, Wilkinson, Sjosten 65.8 5 1 15 15

Ht 06: Broadbelt, N.Hunter, Leadbitter, G.Hunter 64.4 1 5 16 20

Ht 07: Collins, Olsen, Tyrer, Bridgett 64.4 2 4 18 24

Ht 08: Olsen, Leadbitter, Wilkinson, Morton 66.8 5 1 23 25

Ht 09: G.Hunter, Peterson, N.Hunter, Broadbelt (exc) 65.8 5 1 28 26

Ht 10: Collins, G.Hunter, Leadbitter, Tyrer (f rem) 64.8 3 3 31 29

Ht 11: Olsen, Sjosten, Wilkinson, Eyre 64.2 3 3 34 32

Ht 12: Collins, G.Hunter, Peterson, N.Hunter 64.4 3 3 37 35

Ht 13: Olsen, Peterson, Sjosten, Broadbelt 65.8 5 1 42 36

Wolverhampton v Exeter Friday 21st September 1973 (British League Division l)


1. George Hunter 1 1 2 2 TS 6 0

2. Tony Clarke 0 1* 0 N 1 1

3. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 0

4. Jon Erksine R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

5. Gary Peterson Fell 3 2 1 2* 8 1


7. Ken Eyre 0 N 0 0 0

8. Dave Baugh 1* 1 1


1. Scott Autrey 3 0 1* 0 4 1

2. Kevin Holden 2* 2 3 2 9 1

3. Terry Betts (G) 2 3 3 2 10 0

4. Frank Shuter 1* 1* 1 1 4 2

5. Tony Lomas 2 2 3 0 7 0

6. Chris Julian 1 0 0 1 0

7. Mike Sampson 3 0 1 4 0

Wolves Falcons Wolves Falcons

Ht 01: Autrey, Holden, Hunter, Clarke 65.4 1 5 1 5

Ht 02: Sampson, Leadbitter, Julian, Eyre 67.6 2 4 3 9

Ht 03: Olsen, Lomas, Shuter, Peterson (f) 65.2 3 3 6 12

Ht 04: Olsen, Betts, Leadbitter, Sampson 64.0 4 2 10 14

Ht 05: Peterson, Holden, Hunter, Autrey 65.0 4 2 14 16

Ht 06: Betts, Hunter, Clarke, Julian 65.2 3 3 17 19

Ht 07: Olsen, Lomas, Shuter, Leadbitter (f rem) 64.8 3 3 20 22

Ht 08: Holden, Leadbitter, Sampson, Clarke 65.0 2 4 22 26

Ht 09: Betts, Peterson, Baugh, Julian 65.0 3 3 25 29

Ht 10: Lomas, Hunter, Shuter, Leadbitter 65.8 2 4 27 33

Ht 11: Olsen, Holden, Autrey, Eyre 64.6 3 3 30 36

Ht 12: Olsen, Betts, Peterson, Lomas 64.6 4 2 34 38

Ht 13: Olsen, Peterson, Shuter, Autrey 65.6 5 1 39 39

Swindon v Wolverhampton Saturday 22nd September 1973 (British League Division l)


1. Martin Ashby 2 3 3 3 11 0

2. Mike Keen 1* 1 3 2* 7 2

3. Norman Hunter 3 2 1 0 6 0

4. Mick Handley 0 1* 2* 0 3 2

5. Barry Thomas (G) 1 2 3 2 8 0

6. Clive Hitch 3 2* 0 0 5 1

7. Brian Leonard 1 0 1 0


1. Ole Olsen 3 2* 3 0 3 3 14 1

2. Tony Clarke 0 0 2 TS 1 3 0

3. Gary Peterson 1 2 3 1 2* 2 11 1


5. George Hunter 3 1 1 Exc 5 0

6. Tom Leadbitter 2 0 1* 0 1* 4 2

7. Roger Johns 0 0 N 0 0

Robins Wolves Robins Wolves

Ht 01: Olsen, Ashby, Keen, Clarke 72.0 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Hitch, Leadbitter, Leonard, Johns 72.8 4 2 7 5

Ht 03: G.Hunter, Olsen, Thomas, Handley 72.8 1 5 8 10

Ht 04: N.Hunter, Hitch, Peterson, Johns 72.0 5 1 13 11

Ht 05: Olsen, Thomas, Handley, Clarke 72.2 3 3 16 14

Ht 06: Ashby, Peterson, Keen, Leadbitter 71.6 4 2 20 16

Ht 07: Peterson, N.Hunter, G.Hunter, Hitch 72.8 2 4 22 20

Ht 08: Keen, Clarke, Leadbitter, Leonard 73.0 3 3 25 23

Ht 09: Thomas, Handley, Peterson, Leadbitter 72.8 5 1 30 24

Ht 10: Ashby, Keen, G.Hunter, Olsen 72.8 5 1 35 25

Ht 11: Olsen, Peterson, N.Hunter, Hitch 72.6 1 5 36 30

Ht 12: Ashby, Peterson, Leadbitter, Handley, G.Hunter (ex tapes) 71.8 3 3 39 33

Ht 13: Olsen, Thomas, Clarke, N.Hunter 71.8 2 4 41 37

Belle Vue v Wolverhampton Wednesday 26th September 1973 (Speedway Star Division One KOC Semi Final 2nd Leg)


1. Peter Collins 3 1* 3 1 8 1

2. Alan Wilkinson 2* 2 0 1 5 1

3. Dave Jessup (G) 1* 2 0 N 3 1

4. Paul Tyrer 3 3 3 3 12 0

5. Soren Sjosten 2* 1 2* 2* 7 3

6. Chris Morton 1 2 1* 4 1

7. Eric Broadbelt 3 2 1 3 9 0


1. Ole Olsen Ret EF N 3 3 1 7 0

2. Tony Clarke 1 2 1 1 2* 7 1

3. Gary Peterson 3 3 3 0 0 2 0 11 0


5. George Hunter 1 0 N N 1 0

6. Tom Leadbitter EF 0 0 TS 2 0 2 0

7. Ken Eyre 2 0 TS 2 0

Aces Wolves Aces Wolves

Ht 01: Collins, Wilkinson, Clarke, Olsen (ret) 74.6 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Broadbelt, Eyre, Morton, Leadbitter (ef) 73.8 4 2 9 3

Ht 03: Tyrer, Sjosten, Hunter, Olsen (ef) 73.2 5 1 14 4

Ht 04: Peterson, Morton, Jessup, Eyre 72.0 3 3 17 7

Ht 05: Tyrer, Clarke, Sjosten, Leadbitter 72.4 4 2 21 9

Ht 06: Peterson, Wilkinson, Collins, Leadbitter 72.0 3 3 24 12

Ht 07: Peterson, Jessup, Morton, Hunter 75.0 3 3 27 15

Ht 08: Olsen, Broadbelt, Clarke, Wilkinson 72.6 2 4 29 19

Ht 09: Tyrer, Sjosten, Clarke, Peterson 72.2 5 1 34 20

Ht 10: Collins, Leadbitter, Wilkinson, Peterson 74.8 4 2 38 22

Ht 11: Olsen, Clarke, Broadbelt, Jessup 75.4 1 5 39 27

Ht 12: Tyrer, Peterson, Collins, Leadbitter 72.0 4 2 43 29

Ht 13: Broadbelt, Sjosten, Olsen, Peterson 75.0 5 1 48 30

Agg: Belle Vue 84 - 72 Wolverhampton

Wimbledon v Wolverhampton Thursday 27th September 1973 (British League Division l)

Wimbledon 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Jim McMillan (G) 2 3 2 1* 8 1

2. Reg Luckhurst 0 2* 2 1* 5 2

3. Trevor Hedge 3 2 2 F Exc 7 0

4. Bert Harkins 1* 2 1 2 6 1

5. Graeme Stapleton 2 0 3 2 7 0

6. Rob Jones 1* 1 1* 3 2

7. Peter Murray 2 0 0 2 0


1. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 3 15 0

2. Tony Clarke 1 1 3 3 1 9 0

3. Gary Peterson Exc 0 0 Exc 0 0


5. George Hunter 0 Fell 3 3 1 7 0


7. Ken Eyre 0 0 N 0 0 0

8. Dave Baugh 0 0 0

Dons Wolves Dons Wolves

Ht 01: Olsen, McMillan, Clarke, Luckhurst 61.9 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Leadbitter, Murray, Jones, Eyre 65.1 3 3 5 7

Ht 03: Olsen, Stapleton, Harkins, Hunter 63.0 3 3 8 10

Ht 04: Hedge, Leadbitter, Jones, Eyre, Peterson (exc) 64.9 4 2 12 12

Ht 05: Olsen, Harkins, Clarke, Stapleton 63.8 2 4 14 16

Ht 06: McMillan, Luckhurst, Leadbitter, Peterson 64.1 5 1 19 17

Ht 07: Clarke, Hedge, Jones, Hunter (f) 64.2 3 3 22 20

Ht 08: Clarke, Luckhurst, Leadbitter, Murray 64.7 2 4 24 24

Ht 09: Stapleton, Leadbitter, Harkins, Peterson 64.8 4 2 28 26

Ht 10: Hunter, McMillan, Luckhurst, Baugh 63.0 3 3 31 29

Ht 11: Olsen, Hedge, Clarke, Murray 62.6 2 4 33 33

Ht 12: Hunter, Harkins, McMillan, Eyre, Peterson (exc) 62.9 3 3 36 36

Ht 13: Olsen, Stapleton, Hunter, Hedge (f exc) 63.3 2 4 38 40

Wolverhampton v Poole Friday 28th September 1973 (British League Division l)


1. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 3 15 0

2. Tony Clarke 0 1 0 2* 3 1

3. George Hunter 3 2* 2* 3 2 12 2



6. Ken Eyre 3 3 0 3 9 0

7. Tom Leadbitter 1 1 0 2 0

Poole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Nigel Boocock (G) 2 3 2* 2 3 12 1

2. Brian Collins 1* 2* 3 1* 1 8 3

3. Pete Smith 1 2 2 0 5 0

4. Bo Wirebrand 0 0 0 TS 0 0

5. Odd Fossengen 2 1 1 2 6 0

6. Arthur Browning 2 0 1* 3 1

7. Martin Yeates 0 0 TS 0 0

Wolves Pirates Wolves Pirates

Ht 01: Olsen, Boocock, Collins, Clarke 64.4 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Eyre, Browning, Leadbitter, Yeates 65.8 4 2 7 5

Ht 03: Hunter, Fossengen, Peterson, Wirebrand 65.6 4 2 11 7

Ht 04: Eyre, Hunter, Smith, Yeates 66.4 5 1 16 8

Ht 05: Boocock, Collins, Peterson, Eyre 66.0 1 5 17 13

Ht 06: Olsen, Smith, Clarke, Browning 68.0 4 2 21 15

Ht 07: Eyre, Hunter, Fossengen, Wirebrand 66.6 5 1 26 16

Ht 08: Collins, Boocock, Leadbitter, Clarke 66.8 1 5 27 21

Ht 09: Olsen, Smith, Browning, Peterson 65.4 3 3 30 24

Ht 10: Olsen, Clarke, Fossengen, Wirebrand 69.0 5 1 35 25

Ht 11: Hunter, Boocock, Collins, Leadbitter 69.8 3 3 38 28

Ht 12: Olsen, Fossengen, Peterson, Smith 69.2 4 2 42 30

Ht 13: Boocock, Hunter, Collins, Peterson 68.4 2 4 44 34

Wolverhampton v Leicester Friday 5th October 1973 (Midland Cup Final 1st Leg)


1. Ole Olsen 3 2 3 3 3 14 0

2. Tom Leadbitter 1 0.5* 2* 0 3.5 1.5



5. Gary Peterson 0 2 1 2* 0 5 1

6. Ken Eyre 2* 1 0 3 1

7. Tony Clarke 3 1* 3 1* 8 2


1. Ray Wilson 2 3 3 3 11 0

2. Malcolm Brown 0 0 0 N 0 0

3. Dave Jessup 2 3 2 0 7 0

4. Malcolm Shakespeare 2* 2* 1* 1 6 3

5. John Boulger 3 3 2 1 9 0

6. Norman Storer 1 0.5 0 1.5 0

7. Bruce Forrester 0 0 1 0 1 0

Wolves Lions Wolves Lions

Ht 01: Olsen, Wilson, Leadbitter, Brown 64.2 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Clarke, Eyre, Storer, Forrester 66.8 5 1 9 3

Ht 03: Boulger, Shakespeare, Hunter, Peterson 64.2 1 5 10 8

Ht 04: Hunter, Jessup, Eyre, Forrester 64.8 4 2 14 10

Ht 05: Wilson, Peterson, Clarke, Brown 64.6 3 3 17 13

Ht 06: Jessup, Olsen, Leadbitter & Storer (dead heat) 65.0 2.5 3.5 19.5 16.5

Ht 07: Boulger, Shakespeare, Hunter, Eyre 64.6 1 5 20.5 21.5

Ht 08: Clarke, Leadbitter, Forrester, Brown 65.6 5 1 25.5 22.5

Ht 09: Olsen, Jessup, Peterson, Storer 63.6 4 2 29.5 24.5

Ht 10: Olsen, Boulger, Shakespeare, Leadbitter 63.4 3 3 32.5 27.5

Ht 11: Wilson, Hunter, Clarke, Forrester 65.0 3 3 35.5 30.5

Ht 12: Olsen, Peterson, Boulger, Jessup 65.2 5 1 40.5 31.5

Ht 13: Wilson, Hunter, Shakespeare, Peterson 64.8 2 4 42.5 35.5

Leicester v Wolverhampton Tuesday 9th October 1973 (Midland Cup Final 2nd Leg)


1. Ray Wilson 2 2* 3 3 10 1

2. Malcolm Brown 0 3 2 0 5 0

3. Dave Jessup EF 0 2 EF 2 0

4. Malcolm Shakespeare 1 1* 2* 0 4 2

5. John Boulger 3 2 3 3 11 0

6. Norman Storer 2 3 1 1* 7 1

7. Bruce Forrester 0 F Exc N 0 0


1. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 2 14 0


3. Gary Peterson 2 2 1 EF 1* 6 1


5. George Hunter 0 2* 1* 2 1* 6 3

6. Ken Eyre 1 1* 0 1 3 1

7. Tony Clarke 3 N 3 2 8 0

Lions Wolves Lions Wolves

Ht 01: Olsen, Wilson, Leadbitter, Brown 65.6 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Clarke, Storer, Eyre, Forrester 70.2 2 4 4 8

Ht 03: Boulger, Peterson, Shakespeare, Hunter 68.8 4 2 8 10

Ht 04: Storer, Peterson, Eyre, Jessup (ef) 69.6 3 3 11 13

Ht 05: Olsen, Boulger, Shakespeare, Leadbitter 67.4 3 3 14 16

Ht 06: Brown, Wilson, Peterson, Eyre 70.0 5 1 19 17

Ht 07: Olsen, Hunter, Storer, Jessup 68.8 1 5 20 22

Ht 08: Clarke, Brown, Leadbitter (f awarded), Forrester (f exc) 69.8 2 4 22 26

Ht 09: Boulger, Shakespeare, Eyre, Peterson (ef) 70.0 5 1 27 27

Ht 10: Wilson, Clarke, Hunter, Brown 68.8 3 3 30 30

Ht 11: Olsen, Jessup, Storer, Leadbitter 67.6 3 3 33 33

Ht 12: Wilson, Hunter, Peterson, Shakespeare 68.0 3 3 36 36

Ht 13: Boulger, Olsen, Hunter, Jessup (ef) 67.4 3 3 39 39

Wolverhampton 81.5 - 74.5 Leicester

Wolverhampton v King's Lynn Friday 12th October 1973 (British League Division l)


1. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Tom Leadbitter 2* 2* 1 2* 7 3

3. George Hunter 2* 3 3 3 11 1

4. Tony Clarke 0 1* 0 0 1 1

5. Dave Baugh 1 2 3 1 7 0

6. Ken Eyre 3 3 1 0 7 0

7. Alan Guest Fell N 0 0 0

King's Lynn 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts Bpts

1. Malcolm Simmons 1 3 3 2 2 11 0

2. Ray Bales Fell 0 TS N 0 0

3. Richard Hellsen 1 0 TS 1* 2 1

4. Eddie Reeves 2* 0 0 Ret 2 1

5. Bob Humphreys 3 2 1* 1 2 9 1

6. Arthur Price 2 1 2* 2 1* 8 2

7. David Gagen 1* 0 N 1 1

Wolves Stars Wolves Stars

Ht 01: Olsen, Leadbitter, Simmons, Bales (f) 64.2 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Eyre, Price, Gagen, Guest (f) 66.4 3 3 8 4

Ht 03: Humphreys, Reeves, Baugh, Clarke 66.4 1 5 9 9

Ht 04: Eyre, Hunter, Hellsen, Gagen 67.2 5 1 14 10

Ht 05: Simmons, Baugh, Clarke, Bales 66.4 3 3 17 13

Ht 06: Olsen, Leadbitter, Price, Hellsen 67.4 5 1 22 14

Ht 07: Hunter, Humphreys, Eyre, Reeves 66.2 4 2 26 16

Ht 08: Simmons, Price, Leadbitter, Eyre 66.0 1 5 27 21

Ht 09: Baugh, Price, Humphreys, Clarke 67.8 3 3 30 24

Ht 10: Olsen, Leadbitter, Humphreys, Reeves 66.8 5 1 35 25

Ht 11: Hunter, Simmons, Price, Guest 67.0 3 3 38 28

Ht 12: Olsen, Humphreys, Hellsen, Clarke 65.6 3 3 41 31

Ht 13: Hunter, Simmons, Baugh, Reeves (ret) 66.6 4 2 45 33

Wolverhampton v Belle Vue Friday 19th October 1973 (British League Division l) Meeting Postponed Due To Rain !

Wolverhampton v Belle Vue Friday 26th October 1973 (British League Division l)


1. Ole Olsen 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Tom Leadbitter N 2* 3 1 6 1

3. George Hunter 3 3 3 2* 11 1

4. Tony Clarke 2* 1 1 Ret 4 1


6. Ken Eyre Fell 3 2* 1 6 1

7. Dave Baugh 2* 1 1 4 1


1. Eric Broadbelt 2 2 2 2 1 9 0

2. Chris Morton 1* 0 TS Fell 1 1

3. Alan Wilkinson 1 1 0 1* 3 1

4. Paul Tyrer 0 2 2 0 0 4 0

5. Soren Sjosten 1 0 2 2 5 0

6. Terry Kelly 0 0 TS 0 0

7. Geoff Pusey 1 0 0 1 0


Ht 01: Olsen, Broadbelt, Morton, Eyre (f) 62.6 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Eyre, Baugh, Pusey, Kelly 65.8 5 1 8 4

Ht 03: Peterson, Clarke, Sjosten, Tyrer 65.2 5 1 13 5

Ht 04: Hunter, Eyre, Wilkinson, Pusey 66.0 5 1 18 6

Ht 05: Peterson, Broadbelt, Clarke, Morton 65.6 4 2 22 8

Ht 06: Olsen, Leadbitter, Wilkinson, Kelly 65.4 5 1 27 9

Ht 07: Hunter, Tyrer, Eyre, Sjosten 65.0 4 2 31 11

Ht 08: Leadbitter, Broadbelt, Baugh, Pusey 66.0 4 2 35 13

Ht 09: Peterson, Tyrer, Clarke, Wilkinson 65.6 4 2 39 15

Ht 10: Olsen, Sjosten, Leadbitter, Tyrer 63.2 4 2 43 17

Ht 11: Hunter, Broadbelt, Baugh, Morton (f) 65.0 4 2 47 19

Ht 12: Olsen, Sjosten, Wilkinson, Clarke (ret) 64.2 3 3 50 22

Ht 13: Peterson, Hunter, Broadbelt, Tyrer 65.8 5 1 55 23

Wolverhampton: Festival Of Speedway Trophy Friday 26th October 1973 (Individual)

Ht 01: Olsen, Leadbitter, Broadbelt, Wilkinson 64.0

Ht 02: Hunter, Lovaas, Eyre, Tyrer 65.6

Ht 03: Sjosten, Peterson, Eide, Baugh 65.0

Ht 04: Plant, Browning, Harkins, Mills 67.2

1st Semi Final: Lovaas, Peterson, Leadbitter, Browning 66.2

2nd Semi Final: Olsen, Hunter, Sjosten, Plant 64.6

Final: Olsen, Hunter, Lovaas, Peterson 65.0

Final British League Division One Table for 1973

P W D L F A Pts

01. Reading 34 25 1 8 1494 1156 51

02. Sheffield 34 22 3 9 1489 1157 47

03. King's Lynn 34 20 3 11 1395 1253 43

04. Leicester 34 21 0 13 1394 1254 42

05. Ipswich 34 19 3 12 1393 1255 41

06. Belle Vue 34 19 1 14 1451 1188 39

07. Wolverhampton 34 18 1 15 1319 1331 37

08. Exeter 34 16 3 15 1344.5 1303.5 35

09. Halifax 34 16 2 16 1255 1394 34

10. Newport 34 16 0 18 1350.5 1295.5 32

11. Oxford 34 14 2 18 1267 1381 30

12. Wimbledon 34 14 1 19 1263 1383 29

13. Swindon 34 13 3 18 1244 1407 29

14. Poole 34 13 2 19 1300 1351 28

15. Coventry 34 13 0 21 1233 1415 26

16. Hackney 34 11 4 19 1227 1421 26

17. Coatbridge 34 12 1 21 1219 1421 25

18. Cradley United 34 7 4 23 1187 1459 18

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