British League Knockout Cup 1966

1966 British League Knockout Cup
Country England
Champions Halifax Dukes
Runners-up Wimbledon Dons
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The British League Knockout Cup 1966 was the 28th edition of the Knockout Cup.[1] The cup was won by Halifax Dukes.

First Round

Newcastle Diamonds54 - 42Oxford Cheetahs
New Zealand Ivan Mauger 15* England Arne Pander 15


West Ham Hammers59 - 37Exeter Falcons
England Norman Hunter 14 Norway Sverre Harrfeldt 14 England Gerry Jackson 15


Kings Lynn Stars59 - 37Wimbledon Dons
Australia Peter Moore 12 England Terry Betts 12 England Trevor Hedge 14 Sweden Olle Nygren 12 (2)


Second Round

Halifax Dukes57 - 39Glasgow Tigers
England Eric Boocock 14 Australia Charlie Monk 13




Long Eaton Archers54 - 40Edinburgh Monarchs
Sweden Leif Enecrona 14 Scotland Doug Templeton 11


West Ham Hammers61 - 35Wolverhampton Wolves
Norway Sverre Harrfeldt 15* England Norman Hunter 15* Australia Gordon Guasco 10 Netherlands Peter Vandenberg 10


Poole Pirates53 - 43Newcastle Diamonds
Australia Geoff Mudge 12 (1) England Ronnie Genz 12 (1) New Zealand Ivan Mauger 21*


Coventry Bees55 - 41Sheffield Tigers
England Nigel Boocock 13 (1) England Rick France 12 (1) England John Dews 10


Belle Vue Aces60 - 36Newport Wasps
England Cyril Maidment 15* Sweden Gote Nordin 10


Third Round

Halifax Dukes52 - 44West Ham Hammers
England Tommy Roper 13 Scotland Ken McKinlay 15



Poole Pirates53 - 43Coventry Bees
New Zealand Bill Andrew 9 (2) England Norman Strachan 9 (2) Coventry tried to use rider replacement for Jim Lightfoot, but Poole wrongly objected. Match was re run as a consequence England Nigel Boocock 18*


Belle Vue Aces47 - 49Long Eaton Archers
England Cyril Maidment 15* England Ray Wilson 18*


Poole Pirates47 - 49Coventry Bees
New Zealand Bill Andrew 12 England Rick France 17 (1)*


Semi-final


Halifax Dukes60 - 36Belle Vue Aces
England Eric Boocock 12 England Tommy Roper 10 (2) Hungary Sandor Levai 12



Final (First Leg)


Halifax Dukes69 - 27Wimbledon Dons

Scorers
Halifax Dukes

  • 1) England Eric Boothroyd 3 2* 3 3 1 - 12 (1)
  • 2) Australia Bob Jameson 1 2 0 2* 1 - 6 (1)
  • 3) England Dave Younghusband 3 3 3 3 3 - 15*
  • 4) Australia Dennis Gavros 2* 2* 3 1 1 - 9 (2)
  • 5) England Tommy Roper 3 1 2* 2* 3 - 11 (2)
  • 6) England Eric Boocock 2* 3 3 3 3 - 14 (1)*
  • 7) England Maury Robinson 1* 1 - 2 (1)

Wimbledon Dons

  • 1) England Jim Tebby 0 Ef 0 0 2 - 2
  • 2) Sweden Olle Nygren 2 3 2 2 2 - 11
  • 3) England Trevor Hedge F 1 2 1 2 - 6
  • 4) England Reg Luckhurst 1 1* 2 0 0 - 4 (1)
  • 5) England Bob Dugard 1 1 1 1 0 - 4
  • 6) England Tony Childs 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
  • 7) England Peter Jackson F 0 - 0

Heat by Heat

  • Ht 01: Boothroyd, Nygren, Jameson, Tebby 69.8
  • Ht 02: Younghusband, Gavros, Luckhurst, Hedge (f) 70.0
  • Ht 03: Nygren, Jameson, Robinson, Jackson (f) 71.0
  • Ht 04: Younghusband, Boothroyd, Hedge, Tebby (ef) 70.4
  • Ht 05: Roper, Boocock, Dugard, Childs 71.0
  • Ht 06: Boothroyd, Hedge, Luckhurst, Jameson 70.4
  • Ht 07: Younghusband, Gavros, Dugard, Childs 71.2
  • Ht 08: Boocock, Nygren, Roper, Tebby 70.2
  • Ht 09: Gavros, Luckhurst, Robinson, Jackson 72.0
  • Ht 10: Boothroyd, Jameson, Dugard, Childs 72.0
  • Ht 11: Boocock, Roper, Hedge, Luckhurst 71.0
  • Ht 12: Younghusband, Nygren, Gavros, Tebby 71.4
  • Ht 13: Boocock, Roper, Dugard, Childs 70.8
  • Ht 14: Younghusband, Nygren, Boothroyd, Luckhurst 71.0
  • Ht 15: Boocock, Hedge, Jameson, Childs 70.0
  • Ht 16: Roper, Tebby, Gavros, Dugard 71.8


Final (Second Leg)


Wimbledon Dons52 - 44Halifax Dukes


Scorers
Wimbledon Dons

  • 1) Sweden Olle Nygren 3 3 3 3 3 - 15*
  • 2) England Jim Tebby 1 3 1 0 1 - 6
  • 3) England Trevor Hedge 2* 2* 3 3 0 - 10 (2)
  • 4) England Bob Dugard 3 1 3 1 1* - 9 (1)
  • 5) England Reg Luckhurst 2 2 2 2 2 - 10
  • 6) England Tony Childs 0 0 0 N N - 0
  • 7) England Peter Jackson 0 1 1* 0 - 2 (1)

Halifax Dukes

  • 1) England Eric Boothroyd 2 0 3 2 3 - 10
  • 2) Australia Bob Jameson 0 1* 1 0 1* - 3 (2)
  • 3) England Dave Younghusband 1 1 2 3 3 - 10
  • 4) Australia Dennis Gavros 0 0 2 1 2 - 5
  • 5) England Tommy Roper 1 0 1* 0 0 - 2 (1)
  • 6) England Eric Boocock 3 2 2 3 2* - 12 (1)
  • 7) England Maury Robinson 2 0 - 2

Heat by Heat

  • Ht 01: Nygren, Boothroyd, Tebby, Jameson 68.9
  • Ht 02: Dugard, Hedge, Younghusband, Gavros 72.4
  • Ht 03: Tebby, Robinson, Jameson, Jackson 73.4
  • Ht 04: Nygren, Hedge, Younghusband, Boothroyd 71.0
  • Ht 05: Boocock, Luckhurst, Roper, Childs 71.1
  • Ht 06: Nygren, Younghusband, Tebby, Gavros 72.1
  • Ht 07: Hedge, Boocock, Dugard, Roper 71.8
  • Ht 08: Boothroyd, Luckhurst, Jameson, Childs 73.2
  • Ht 09: Dugard, Gavros, Jackson, Robinson (f rem) 73.2
  • Ht 10: Nygren, Boocock, Roper, Tebby 70.9
  • Ht 11: Younghusband, Luckhurst, Gavros, Childs 71.6
  • Ht 12: Hedge, Boothroyd, Dugard, Jameson 72.4
  • Ht 13: Boocock, Luckhurst, Jackson, Roper 73.1
  • Ht 14: Nygren, Gavros, Jameson, Hedge 72.8
  • Ht 15: Younghusband, Boocock, Tebby, Jackson 72.4
  • Ht 16: Boothroyd, Luckhurst, Dugard, Roper 73.2

References

  1. ↑ "1966 British League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
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