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1973 British League Division Two season

Summary

Final table

Fixtures and results

Top five riders (leading averages)

British League Division Two Knockout Cup

Leading final averages

Riders' Championship

North Eastern Trophy

Riders and final averages

References

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British motorcycle speedway season

1973 British League Division Two season
League	British League Division Two
No. of competitors	18
Champions	Boston Barracudas
Knockout Cup	Boston Barracudas
Individual	Arthur Price
North Eastern Trophy	Teesside Tigers
Highest average	Lou Sansom
Division/s above	British League (Div 1)
←1972 1974 →

The1973 British League Division Two season was the second tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.^[1]

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The 1973 season saw the league expanded to 18 teams with the addition ofChesterton Potters.^[2] The team had last raced during the1963 Provincial Speedway League season under the name of the Stoke Potters.^[3]

Boston Barracudas won their first title and went on to win the league and cup double.^[4]^[5] Boston had finished runner-up toCrewe Kings the previous season, with decent season averages recorded by five ridersArthur Price, Jim Ryman, Carl Glover, Russ Osborne andRay Bales. With a largely unchanged team, they went one place better by sealing the league title. Boston won easily, 14 points clear of their nearest rival, and four of the five riders improved their averages from 1972. Arthur Price also won theRiders' Championship.^[6]

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Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
1	Boston Barracudas	33	29	0	4	58
2	Workington Comets	34	21	2	11	44
3	Eastbourne Eagles	34	19	2	13	40
4	Peterborough Panthers	34	19	1	14	39
5	Birmingham Brummies	34	19	0	15	38
6	Teesside Tigers	34	19	0	15	38
7	Bradford Northern	34	18	0	16	36
8	Crewe Kings	34	17	1	16	35
9	Long Eaton Rangers	33	16	1	16	33
10	Barrow Bombers	34	15	2	17	32
11	Sunderland Stars	34	15	2	17	32
12	Hull Vikings	34	13	5	17	31
13	Chesterton Potters	34	14	1	19	29
14	Ellesmere Port Gunners	34	14	0	20	28
15	Canterbury Crusaders	34	13	2	19	28
16	Scunthorpe Saints	34	12	1	21	25
17	Berwick Bandits	34	11	1	22	23
18	Rayleigh Rockets	34	9	3	22	21

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Home \ Away	BAR	BER	BIR	BOS	BRA	CAN	CHE	CK	EAS	EP	HV	LE	MID	PET	RAY	SCU	SUN	WOR
Barrow		46–32	47–31	27–49	45–33	55–23	44–34	58–20	54–24	52–25	57–20	58–20	49–29	39–38	56–22	60–18	41–37	34–44
Berwick	41–37		42–35	37–41	43–35	39–38	51–27	48–29	37–41	38–40	37–41	43–35	36–42	49–29	50–28	41–37	42–35	39–39
Birmingham	56–22	53–25		36–42	48–30	55–23	49–28	52–26	41–37	48–30	55–23	57–21	40–38	47–30	55–22	56–22	63–15	56–22
Boston	55–22	47–31	57–21		49–28	49–29	55–23	44–34	48–30	57–21	45–33	56–22	46–32	42–36	50–28	56–22	50–28	47–31
Bradford	45–33	60–18	46–32	38–40		49–29	40–37	54–24	43–35	44–34	53–25	45–33	51–27	46–32	56–22	44–34	49–29	42–35
Canterbury	39–38	47–30	37–41	32–46	36–42		37–41	51–27	42–35	42–36	50–28	50–28	38–39	39–39	49–29	40–37	49–29	40–38
Chesterton	45–33	52–26	41–37	38–40	43–35	45–33		41–36	47–31	37–40	39–39	37–40	44–34	37–41	40–38	43–34	49–29	33–45
Crewe	42–36	48–30	39–38	42–36	46.5–31.5	52–26	53–25		48–30	42–36	48–30	53–25	46–32	43–35	48–30	42–36	50–27	43–35
Eastbourne	40–37	55–23	42–35	40–38	49–29	43–35	43–35	48–29		51–27	52–26	51–27	45–33	50–28	42–36	47–31	53–25	40–38
Ellesmere Port	49–28	46–32	38–40	38–39	52–26	31–47	35–43	41–37	49–29		36–42	54–24	41–37	46–32	41–37	48–30	57–20	35–43
Hull	39–39	60–18	38–40	43–34	42–35	39–39	37–41	48–30	39–39	41–37		46–32	38–40	32–45	40–37	40–37	43–35	42–35
Long Eaton	47–31	55–23	44–34	v–v	54–24	41–37	56–22	41–37	51–22	34–44	36–42		41–37	45–33	50–27	49–29	58–20	41–37
Middlesbrough/Teesside	53–25	58–20	44–34	38–40	47–31	45–33	48–30	56–22	51–27	49–29	44–34	45–33		56–22	56–22	53–25	41–37	43–35
Peterborough	44–34	49–29	39–36	37–41	49–29	51–27	51–27	41–37	49–29	44–34	51–27	52–26	55–23		58–29	53–25	47–30	43–35
Rayleigh	43–35	52–26	45–33	38–40	36.5–41.5	36–42	41–37	39–39	34–44	56–22	39–39	39–39	48–30	50–28		52–26	47–31	38–40
Scunthorpe	48–30	54–24	42–36	34–43	45–33	51–27	51–27	55–23	44–34	44–34	43–35	36–42	49–29	19–59	40–38		39–39	33–45
Sunderland	44–34	54–24	40–37	31–47	40–38	59–19	43–35	53–25	39–39	51–27	45–33	56–22	42–36	45–33	45–33	49–29		41–37
Workington	39–39	54–24	53–25	41–37	45–32	57–19	50–28	50–28	46–32	51–27	45–33	53–24	54–24	46–32	47–31	55–23	55–23

Source:^[7]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

v=Void at 39-36, not restaged

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	Rider	Team	C.M.A.
1	Lou Sansom	Workington Comets	10.56
2	Alan Knapkin	Bradford Northern	10.04
3	Jack Millen	Sunderland	9.80
4	Carl Glover	Boston	9.56
5	Ken McKinlay	Scunthorpe	9.50

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The 1973 British League Division Two Knockout Cup was the sixth edition of theKnockout Cup for tier two teams.Boston Barracudas were the winners of the competition.^[8]

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
19/05	Canterbury	44-34	Eastbourne
13/05	Eastbourne	37-41	Canterbury

Second round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
03/06	Boston	58-20	Crewe
04/06	Crewe	44-34	Boston
08/06	Peterborough	56-22	Barrow
05/06	Barrow	45-32	Peterborough
13/06	Bradford	48-29	Ellesmere Port
05/06	Ellesmere Port	42-35	Bradford
04/06	Birmingham	46-32	Scunthorpe
03/06	Scunthorpe	38-40	Birmingham
08/06	Workington	45-33	Berwick
09/06	Berwick	42-36	Workington
31/05	Teesside	48-30	Sunderland
08/06	Sunderland	38-40	Teesside
09/06	Rayleigh	46-32	Hull
30/05	Hull	43-34	Rayleigh
07/06	Long Eaton	48-30	Canterbury
09/06	Canterbury	42-36	Long Eaton

Quarter-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
24/06	Boston	50-28	Peterborough
29/06	Peterborough	37-41	Boston
04/07	Bradford	48-30	Birmingham
02/07	Birmingham	47-31	Bradford
27/07	Workington	53-25	Teesside
26/07	Teesside	44-33	Workington
21/07	Rayleigh	49-29	Long Eaton
26/07	Long Eaton	36-42	Rayleigh

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
19/08	Boston	46-32	Bradford
22/08	Bradford	43-35	Boston
30/08	Workington	60-18	Rayleigh
18/08	Rayleigh	43-35	Workington

Final first leg

23 September 1973

Boston Barracudas Carl Glover 15 Ray Bales 13 Arthur Price 10 Russ Osborne 10 Dave Piddock 5 David Gagen 5 Jim Ryman R/R	58 – 19	Workington Comets Lou Sansom 7 Malcolm Mackay 5 Kym Amundson 4 Steve Watson 3 Taffy Owen 0 Mitch Graham 0 Bernie Hornby 0
	^[9]

Boston Sports Stadium

Final second leg

28 September 1973

Workington Comets Lou Sansom 12 Malcolm Mackay 10 Mitch Graham 7 Taffy Owen 6 Kym Amundson 5 Steve Watson 6 Bernie Hornby 1	47 – 31	Boston Barracudas Carl Glover 16 Arthur Price 6 Ray Bales 4 Dave Piddock 2 Russ Osborne 1 David Gagen 1 Les Glover 1 Jim Ryman R/R
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Derwent Park

Boston were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate89–66.

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	Rider	Team	C.M.A.
1	Lou Sansom	Workington	10.50
2	Alan Knapkin	Bradford Northern	10.03
3	Jack Millen	Sunderland	9.74
4	Ken McKinlay	Scunthorpe	9.69
5	Carl Glover	Boston	9.62

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Arthur Price won theRider's Championship, held atWimbledon Stadium on 6 October.^[10]

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total
1	Arthur Price	32133	12+3
2	Bobby McNeil	23313	12+2
3	Lou Sansom	31233	12+1
4	Bruce Forrester	3332f	11
5	Dave Baugh	3233f	11
6	Mike Broadbanks	10333	10
7	Richard Greer	23122	10
8	Graham Drury	03222	9
9	Arthur Browning	11212	7
10	Barney Kennett	10121	5
11	Geoff Bouchard	02012	5
12	Ken McKinlay	ef220	4
13	Dave Morton	21ex	3
14	Jim Wells (res)	20010	3
15	Willie Templeton (res)	1011	3
16	Tom Owen	fx0f1	1
17	Dave Mills	1f	1
18	Bob Young (res)	1f	1

f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure

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Home \ Away	BER	HUL	SUN	TEE
Berwick		43–35	44–33	34–44
Hull	46–32		42–35	36–42
Sunderland	43–34	42–36		39–39
Teesside	57–21	40–38	40–38

Source:^[11]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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Barrow

Tom Owen 8.32
Mike Sampson 8.31
Terry Kelly 7.40
Sid Sheldrick 6.98
Chris Bailey 6.97
Craig Pendlebury 6.50
Joe Owen 6.21
Chris Roynon 5.69
Keith Evans 5.60

Berwick

Doug Templeton 8.12
Willie Templeton 7.38
Andy Meldrum 7.09
Graham Jones 4.81
Chris Quigley 4.55
Denny Morter 4.17
Ettienne Olivier 4.15
Rob Hollingworth 4.00
Geoff Davies 2.98
Dennis Jackson 2.14

Birmingham

Arthur Browning 8.85
Ted Howgego 8.62
George Major 8.29
John Hart 8.29
Phil Herne 7.59
Mike Lanham 7.23
Malcolm Corradine 7.21
Steve Wilson 5.78
Terry Shearer 5.26
Alan Grahame 3.29

Boston

Carl Glover 9.62
Arthur Price 9.14
Jim Ryman 8.42
Russ Osborne 7.85
Dave Piddock 7.81
Ray Bales 7.28
David Gagen 6.94
Tony Featherstone 6.88
Les Glover 3.40

Bradford

Alan Knapkin 10.03
Dave Baugh 9.23
Robin Adlington 7.93
Tony Featherstone 7.74
Brenton Langlois 5.71
Mick Fairbairn 5.65
Colin Meredith 5.37
Mike Fullerton 4.75
Tony Freegard 4.67
Rob Maxfield 4.40
Rod Chessell 3.45

Canterbury

Barney Kennett 7.38
Peter Murray 6.90
Ted Hubbard 6.75
Derek Cook 6.41
Trevor Jones 6.33
Graham Banks 5.96
Dave Piddock 5.71
Les Rumsey 5.71
Gary Cottham Sr. 4.61
Dave Gooderham 4.30

Chesterton

Mike Broadbank 9.24
Mick Handley 6.70
Geoff Pusey 6.20
Alan Bridgett 5.90
Roger Parker 5.70
Brian Woodward 5.52
Cyril Francis 5.11
Martin Yeates 4.76
Nigel Wasley 4.15

Crewe

John Jackson 8.55
Geoff Ambrose 8.50
Dave Morton 8.44
Wayne Forrest 5.44
Glyn Taylor 5.29
Ian Cartwright 4.88
Keith White 4.68
Peter Thompson 3.78
Cliff Anderson 3.26

Eastbourne

Bobby McNeil 9.34
Roger Johns 8.59
Paul Gachet 7.32
Trevor Geer 6.26
Mike Vernam .5.62
Neil Middleditch 4.82
Eric Dugard 4.54
Jimmy Squibb 4.17

Ellesmere Port

Graham Drury 9.03
Paul O'Neal 7.94
Robbie Gardner 6.99
Colin Goad 6.51
Chris Morton 6.29
Barry Booth 4.35
Gerald Smitherman 4.24
Roger Austin 4.14
Wayne Hughes 3.40
Paul Callaghan 2.29

Hull

Dave Mills 9.29
Tony Childs 8.49
Alan Cowland 7.66
Robin Amundson 7.60
Dennis Gavros 5.55
Pete Boston 4.58
Dennis Wasden 4.42
Kelvin Mullarkey 4.31
Clark Facey 4.00
Grahame Dawson 3.17
Roger Austin 2.80
Eddie Argall 1.94

Long Eaton

Roger Mills 8.28
Geoff Bouchard 8.20
Norman Strachan 7.41
Phil Bass 6.93
Dave Harvey 6.18
Alan Molyneux 5.55
Alan Witt 5.55
Joe Hughes 4.51
Steve Bass 4.00
Mick Moore 3.65
Ian Teale 2.48

Peterborough

Richard Greer 8.96
John Davis 8.86
Frank Smith 7.31
Brian Clark 7.27
Ted Howgego 6.40
Roy Carter 6.07
Jack Walker 5.72
Roy Sizmore 4.00
Ken Matthews 2.63

Rayleigh

Peter Moore 8.30
Bob Young 7.04
Trevor Barnwell 6.59
Dave "Tiger" Beech 6.12
Les Ott 5.87
Brian Foote 5.75
Terry Stone 5.27
Peter Cairns 4.96
Pete Wigley 4.56
Dingle Brown 4.29
Steve Clarke 3.58

Scunthorpe

Ken McKinlay 9.69
Ian Hindle 8.18
Dingle Brown 6.18
Rod Haynes 5.87
Jack Bywater 5.40
Doug Underwood 4.64
Rex Garrod 4.58
Chris Emery 3.30

Sunderland

Jack Millen 9.74
Dave Gatenby 7.56
Jim Wells 7.44
Russ Dent 6.21
George Barclay 6.10
Terry Barclay 4.66
Brian Havelock 4.64
Peter Wrathall 4.07
John Robson 1.14

Teesside

Bruce Forrester 9.15
Frank Auffret 8.61
Roger Wright 7.47
Pete Reading 6.85
Dave Durham 6.35
Tim Swales 6.12
Russ Hodgson 5.38
Tom Black 4.95
Mick Moore 4.00

Workington

Lou Sansom 10.50
Malcolm MacKay 8.88
Mitch Graham 8.07
Taffy Owen 7.44
Kym Amundson 5.51
Steve Watson 5.41
Bernie Hornby 3.57
Darryl Stobbart 3.53

Sunderland

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v t e Speedway in the United Kingdom
Current leagues	SGB Premiership SGB Championship National Development League List of champions
Former leagues	Elite League Premier League National League (1932–1964) Provincial League (1960–1964) British League British League Division Two/National League Conference League National League Division Two National League Division Three English Dirt Track League/Northern League Southern League (1929–1931) Southern League (1952–1953) Provincial League (1936–1937) Southern Area League
Current team competitions	Knockout Cup League Pairs champions League Fours champions
Former team competitions	London Cup Midland Cup Craven and Young Shields Premiership Shield
Current individual competitions	British Speedway Championship League Riders' champions British U-21 British U-19 Scottish Open
Former individual competitions	London Riders' Midland Riders' Northern Riders' Southern Riders' Olympique Internationale
See also	Speedway British Speedway Promoters' Association Speedway Control Bureau

v t e United Kingdom Speedway Seasons
Tier One League Top division	1929 1929 1930 1930 1931 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Tier Two League Second division	1934 1936 1937 1938 1939 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Tier Three League Third division	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1994 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Champions	League champions Cup winners

v t e British League Division Two/National League seasons
1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994	Speedway British League Division Two