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1967 British League season
League	British League
Season	1967
No. of competitors	19
Champions	Swindon Robins
Knockout Cup	Coventry Bees
Individual	Barry Briggs
London Cup	West Ham Hammers
Midland Cup	Swindon Robins
Highest average	Barry Briggs
←1966 1968 →

The1967 British League season was the 33rd season of the top tier ofspeedway in the United Kingdom and the third season known as the British League.^[1]^[2]

Summary

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The league was made up of the same 19 teams that competed in the previous year.^[3]Swindon Robins led by the world championBarry Briggs won their first top-tier league title but were pushed all the way byCoventry Bees andWest Ham Hammers. Swindon finished with four riders with averages over eight, Briggs topped the entire league with 11.05 but the contributions fromMartin Ashby (8.83),Bob Kilby (8.61) andMike Broadbank (8.55) were pivotal in the Swindon's success.^[4] Coventry Bees gained some consolation for finishing runner-up two seasons running by winning theKnockout Cup.

Final table

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		M	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Swindon Robins	36	24	0	12	1536	1266	48
2	Coventry Bees	36	22	2	12	1524	1275	46
3	West Ham Hammers	36	21	3	12	1514	1288	45
4	Edinburgh Monarchs	36	20	2	14	1485	1318	42
5	Hackney Hawks	36	20	1	15	1402	1400	41
6	Poole Pirates	36	17	3	16	1462	1339	37
7	Halifax Dukes	36	18	1	17	1456	1347	37
8	Wolverhampton Wolves	36	18	1	17	1423	1376	37
9	Sheffield Tigers	36	18	1	17	1333.5	1470.5	37
10	Newcastle Diamonds	36	18	0	18	1386	1417	36
11	Wimbledon Dons	36	16	3	17	1392	1409	35
12	Newport Wasps	36	17	1	18	1387	1413	35
13	Glasgow Tigers	36	16	2	18	1343	1457	34
14	Oxford Cheetahs	36	16	1	19	1368.5	1432.5	33
15	Exeter Falcons	36	16	0	20	1384.5	1418.5	32
16	Belle Vue Aces	36	16	0	20	1333.5	1463.5	32
17	Long Eaton Archers	36	14	3	19	1322	1481	31
18	Cradley Heath Heathens	36	12	0	24	1262	1533	24
19	King's Lynn Stars	36	11	0	25	1297	1505	22

M = Matches;W = Wins;D = Draws;L = Losses;Pts = Total Points

Fixtures & results

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Home \ Away	BV	COV	CH	ED	EX	GLA	HAC	HAL	KL	LE	ND	NW	OX	PP	SHE	SWI	WH	WIM	WOL
Belle Vue Aces		43–35	48–30	35–43	43–35	47–31	46–31	45–33	46–32	34–44	47–31	44–32	39–38	40–38	37–41	43–35	34–43	40–38	45–33
Coventry Bees	44–31		56–22	48–30	46–32	56–22	51–27	56–22	57–21	44–34	54–24	41–36	57–21	46–32	54–24	37–41	47–31	44–34	44–33
Cradley Heathens	54–24	36–41		34–44	47–30	37–41	44–34	36–42	39–39	45–33	37–41	35–43	38–39	40–37	42–36	46–31	42–35	46–32	41–37
Edinburgh Monarchs	56–22	49–29	59–19		55–23	38–40	45–33	45–33	49–28	46–32	47–31	50–28	47–31	45–32	50–28	50–28	39–39	46–31	45–33
Exeter Falcons	41–36	36–42	54–24	51–27		50–28	49–29	43–35	50–28	46–32	51–27	38–40	50–28	47–31	61–17	48–30	42–36	42–36	44–34
Glasgow Tigers	36–41	42–35	46–32	41–37	42–34		48–30	43–35	48–30	50–28	36–42	43–34	44–34	39–39	49–29	35–43	32–46	40–38	57–21
Hackney Hawks	45–33	42–36	48–30	42–35	50–28	39–39		43–35	54–24	42–36	46–31	44–34	40–38	44–34	49–29	45–33	41–37	57–21	53–25
Halifax Dukes	47–31	39–39	38–39	42–36	49–29	45–33	43–35		61–17	43–35	54–24	60–18	52–26	52–26	46–32	42–36	48–29	52–26	44–34
King's Lynn Stars	53–24	47–31	47–31	36–42	48–29	42–35	35–43	45–33		55–23	43–35	35–42	44–34	44–34	36–42	46–32	34–44	43–35	38–40
Long Eaton Archers	42–36	32–46	50–28	40–38	52–26	38–40	44–34	40–38	40–38		40–38	41–36	45–33	40–38	47–31	41–37	39–39	39–39	39–39
Newcastle Diamonds	43–35	51–27	40–38	45–32	45–33	56–22	58–20	34–44	43–35	40–38		47–31	44–33	40–38	49–29	32–46	54–24	46–32	40–38
Newport Wasps	42–36	39–39	55–22	38–40	43–35	44–34	56–22	41–37	49–29	50–28	45–33		50–28	37–41	53–25	38–40	41–37	46–32	52–26
Oxford Cheetahs	44–34	38–39	51–27	45–33	47.5–30.5	41–36	55–23	55–23	47–31	46–32	49–29	56–22		39–39	44–34	46–32	43–34	36–42	40–38
Poole Pirates	38–40	48–30	45–33	39–39	42–36	48–30	43–34	47–31	57–21	57–21	45–33	45–33	52–25		48–30	48–30	46–31	40–38	41–37
Sheffield Tigers	43.5–34.5	41–37	48–27	59–19	53–25	44–34	46–32	43–35	45–33	47–31	41–37	47–31	42–36	41–37		43–35	33–45	39–39	40–37
Swindon Robins	51–27	47–31	44–33	46–32	56–22	52–26	55–23	52–26	44–34	47–31	53–24	52–26	53–25	42–35	51–27		50–28	47–31	45–33
West Ham Hammers	53–25	48–30	52–26	51–27	48–30	51–27	37–40	46–32	42–36	45–33	49–28	60–18	52–26	44–34	54–24	44–34		43–35	43–35
Wimbledon Dons	41–37	35–42	43–35	46–32	45–33	43–34	42–36	44–33	42–36	42–35	43–35	48–29	43–35	42–36	47–31	38–39	39–39		52–26
Wolverhampton Wolves	47–31	45–33	51–27	40–38	47–31	58–20	38–39	46–32	51–27	48–27	42–36	43–35	49–28	45–32	49–29	42–35	43–35	40–38

Source:^[5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top Ten Riders (League averages)

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	Rider	Team	C.M.A.
1	Barry Briggs	Swindon	11.05
2	Charlie Monk	Glasgow	10.72
3	Nigel Boocock	Coventry	10.43
4	Ray Wilson	Long Eaton	10.43
5	Eric Boocock	Halifax	10.38
6	Sverre Harrfeldt	West Ham	10.30
7	Torbjörn Harrysson	Newport	10.05
8	Gote Nordin	Poole	10.00
9	Bengt Jansson	Hackney	9.86
10	Terry Betts	King's Lynn	9.70

Knockout Cup

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The cup was won byCoventry Bees.^[6]

Main article:British League Knockout Cup 1967

Riders' Championship

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Barry Briggs won theBritish League Riders' Championship for the third consecutive year, held atHyde Road on 21 October.^[7]

Pos.	Rider	Heat Scores	Total
1	Barry Briggs	33333	15
2	Nigel Boocock	23333	14
3	Ray Wilson	33321	12
4	Torbjörn Harrysson	20332	10
5	Eric Boocock	33220	10
6	Ivan Mauger	12232	10
7	Olle Nygren	12213	9
8	Bengt Jansson	31013	8
9	Göte Nordin	11220	6
10	Ove Fundin	20022	6
11	Charlie Monk	20112	6
12	Jim Airey	ef2111	5
13	Ken McKinlay	02101	4
14	Terry Betts	11101	4
15	Wayne Briggs	010rn	1
16	Roy Trigg	00000	0
17	Brian Brett (res)	0----	0

ef=engine failure, f=fell, exc=excluded

Final leading averages

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	Rider	Team	C.M.A.
1	Barry Briggs	Swindon	11.05
2	Nigel Boocock	Coventry	10.52
3	Charlie Monk	Glasgow	10.50
4	Ray Wilson	Long Eaton	10.43
5	Eric Boocock	Halifax	10.29
6	Sverre Harrfeldt	West Ham	10.25
7	Torbjörn Harrysson	Newport	10.05
8	Göte Nordin	Poole	9.99
9	Bengt Jansson	Hackney	9.87
10	Terry Betts	King's Lynn	9.74
11	Ove Fundin	Belle Vue	9.65
12	Arne Pander	Oxford	9.57
13	Ken McKinlay	West Ham	9.53
14	Olle Nygren	Wimbledon	9.52
15	Roy Trigg	Oxford	9.37
16	Ivan Mauger	Newcastle	9.32
17	Hasse Holmqvist	Wolverhampton	9.29
18	Bernt Persson	Edinburgh	9.19
19	Dave Younghusband	Halifax	9.12
20	Jim Airey	Wolverhampton	9.08

London Cup

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West Ham won the three team London Cup for the third consecutive year.^[8]

Pos	Team	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
1	West Ham Hammers	4	4	0	230	154	8
2	Wimbledon Dons	4	1	3	181	202	2
3	Hackney Hawks	4	1	3	164	219	2

Home \ Away	HAC	WH	WIM
Hackney		42–54	50–46
West Ham	57–39		60–36
Wimbledon	62–33	37–59

Source:^[9]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Midland Cup

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Swindon won theMidland Cup, which consisted of six teams.^[10]

First round

Team one	Team two	Score
Long Eaton	Oxford	40–37, 35–43
Cradley	Wolverhampton	40–38, 29–49

Semi final round

Team one	Team two	Score
Swindon	Oxford	48–30, 40–38
Wolverhampton	Coventry	38–40, 29–49

Final

First leg

27 September 1967

Swindon Barry Briggs 12 Mike Broadbank 12 Martin Ashby 11 Mike Keen 5 Bob Kilby 5 Frank Shuter 3 Pete Munday 3	51–27	Coventry Nigel Boocock 11 Rick France 5 Les Owen 5 Ron Mountford 4 Col Cottrell 1 Roger Hill 1 Clive Hitch 0

Abbey Stadium

Second leg

4 October 1967

Coventry Nigel Boocock 11 Les Owen 9 Rick France 8 Col Cottrell 7 Roger Hill 6 Tom Ridley 0 Clive Hitch 0	41–37	Swindon Barry Briggs 14 Martin Ashby 8 Mike Broadbank 6 Bob Kilby 4 Pete Munday 2 Mike Keen 2 Frank Shuter 1

Brandon Stadium

Swindon won on aggregate88–68

Riders & final averages

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Belle Vue

Coventry

Cradley

Edinburgh

Exeter

Glasgow

Hackney

Halifax

King's Lynn

Long Eaton

Newcastle

Newport

Oxford

Poole

Sheffield

Swindon

West Ham

Wimbledon

Wolverhampton

Hasse Holmqvist 9.29
Jim Airey 9.08
Peter Vandenberg 8.21
Pete Jarman 7.92
James Bond 5.56
Dave Hemus 5.04
Brian Maxted 4.72
Mick Handley 1.95

References

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^"Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
^Oakes, Peter (1981).1981 Speedway Yearbook. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. p. 100.ISBN 0-86215-017-5.
^Rogers, Martin (1978).The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 129–133.ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
^"HISTORY ARCHIVE".British Speedway. Retrieved29 June 2021.
^"1967 fixtures & results"(PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved9 July 2024.
^"Coventry Speedway 1967 season"(PDF).Speedway Researcher. Retrieved25 June 2021.
^"Briggs wins title for third time".Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 22 October 1967. Retrieved1 June 2023 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
^"West Ham Hammers 1967"(PDF).Speedway Researcher. Retrieved30 September 2023.
^"1967 fixtures & results"(PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved15 July 2025.
^"Speedway Trophy won by Swindon".Bristol Evening Post. 5 October 1967. Retrieved19 October 2023 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive.

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