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1967 British League season

The 1967 British League season was the 33rd season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom and the third season known as the British League.

Summary

The league was made up of the same 19 teams that competed in the previous year. Swindon Robins led by the world champion Barry Briggs won their first top-tier league title but were pushed all the way by Coventry Bees and West Ham Hammers. Swindon finished with four riders with averages over eight, Briggs topped the entire league with 11.05 but the contributions from Martin Ashby (8.83), Bob Kilby (8.61) and Mike Broadbank (8.55) were pivotal in the Swindon's success. Coventry Bees gained some consolation for finishing runner-up two seasons running by winning the Knockout Cup.

Final table

<small>M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points</small>

Fixtures & results

Top Ten Riders (League averages)

Knockout Cup

The cup was won by Coventry Bees.

Riders' Championship

Barry Briggs won the British League Riders' Championship for the third consecutive year, held at Hyde Road on 21 October.

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Final leading averages

London Cup

West Ham won the three team London Cup for the third consecutive year.

Midland Cup

Swindon won the Midland Cup, which consisted of six teams.

First round

Semi final round

Final

First leg

Second leg

Swindon won on aggregate 88–68

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

  • 9.65
  • 9.03
  • 8.32
  • 7.83
  • 6.42
  • 5.89
  • 3.56
  • 3.31
  • 2.75
  • 2.72
  • 2.60
  • 2.55

Coventry

  • 10.52
  • 8.97
  • 8.66
  • 6.33
  • 6.25
  • 4.89
  • 4.08
  • 3.23

Cradley

  • 7.54
  • 7.34
  • 7.32
  • 7.04
  • 6.37
  • 6.04
  • 5.67
  • 3.76
  • 3.39
  • 3.16
  • 2.60

Edinburgh

  • 9.19
  • 8.99
  • 8.13
  • 6.50
  • 6.46
  • 5.84
  • 5.31
  • 5.14
  • 3.56

Exeter

  • 8.21
  • 7.83
  • 7.38
  • 7.25
  • 6.78
  • 6.66
  • 6.57
  • 6.42
  • 5.55
  • 3.90
  • 3.28

Glasgow

  • 10.50
  • 6.90
  • 6.47
  • 6.41
  • 6.36
  • 5.98
  • 5.40
  • 4.68
  • 4.00
  • 3.80
  • 3.07

Hackney

  • 9.87
  • 8.95
  • 6.25
  • 5.82
  • 5.33
  • 5.05
  • 4.97
  • 4.66

Halifax

  • 10.29
  • 9.12
  • 8.42
  • 6.00
  • 4.78
  • 4.76
  • 4.34
  • 4.14
  • 2.75

King's Lynn

  • 9.74
  • 7.95
  • 6.27
  • 6.05
  • (Kid Bodie) 5.72
  • 4.39
  • 4.00
  • 3.39
  • 2.73
  • 2.73

Long Eaton

  • 10.43
  • 8.74
  • 7.10
  • 5.77
  • 4.82
  • 3.97
  • 2.92
  • 2.72

Newcastle

  • 9.32
  • 7.54
  • 6.10
  • 6.04
  • 6.00
  • 5.98
  • 5.93
  • 5.63
  • 1.65

Newport

  • 10.05
  • 8.27
  • 6.63
  • 6.29
  • 6.08
  • 4.76
  • 4.24

Oxford

  • 9.57
  • 9.37
  • 8.29
  • 7.51
  • 6.06
  • 4.95
  • 4.68
  • 4.00
  • 2.40

Poole

  • 9.99
  • 8.25
  • 8.00
  • 8.00
  • 6.29
  • 5.91
  • 4.94
  • 4.68

Sheffield

  • 7.08
  • 7.04
  • 6.97
  • 6.65
  • 6.22
  • 6.02
  • 5.82
  • 5.45
  • 3.78

Swindon

  • 11.05
  • 8.83
  • 8.61
  • 8.55
  • 4.46
  • 4.41
  • 4.25

West Ham

  • 10.25
  • 9.53
  • 7.54
  • 7.09
  • 7.03
  • 4.76
  • 4.46
  • 4.36
  • 0.80

Wimbledon

  • 9.52
  • 8.49
  • 8.23
  • 6.00
  • J 5.86
  • 5.23
  • 4.56
  • 3.19
  • 2.06

Wolverhampton

  • 9.29
  • 9.08
  • 8.21
  • 7.92
  • 5.56
  • 5.04
  • 4.72
  • 1.95

See also

References