Provincial League 1963

For 1962 Neath folded and new track St Austell joined. Other absentees were Bradford and Leicester who both ran into financial difficulties. Newcomers to the league were Long Eaton who returned to Speedway after tean years. Hackney and Rayleigh now under new ownership returned after missing 1962. The league was won by Wolverhampton but controversy would be made when they refused promotion to the National league this would lead to the Provincal League in 1964 running outside the control of the Speedway Control Board.

M W D L Pts
Wolverhampton Wolves 24 15 1 8 31
Stoke Potters 24 14 1 9 29
Poole Pirates 24 14 0 10 28
Sheffield Tigers 24 14 0 10 28
St Austell Gulls 24 13 2 9 28
Newcastle Diamonds 24 13 1 10 27
Exeter Falcons 24 12 1 11 25
Edinburgh Monarchs 24 12 1 11 25
Cradley Heath Heathens 24 11 1 12 23
Hackney Hawks 24 10 1 13 21
Middlesbrough Bears 24 9 2 13 20
Long Eaton Archers 24 7 2 15 16
Rayleigh Rockets 24 5 1 18 11
Newport* 16 4 0 12 8
Newports records were expunged

Fixtures
13/04/1963 Cradley Heath 53 25 Stoke
13/04/1963 Edinburgh 52 26 Middlesbrough
15/04/1963 Rayleigh 38 39 Stoke
16/04/1963 Long Eaton 38 40 St Austell
27/04/1963 Edinburgh 44 34 St Austell
04/05/1963 Cradley Heath 42 36 Poole
04/05/1963 Edinburgh 59.5 18.5 Long Eaton
09/05/1963 Middlesbrough 40 38 Long Eaton
09/05/1963 Sheffield 46 32 Exeter
10/05/1963 Hackney 44 34 Poole
10/05/1963 Wolverhampton 44 30 Newcastle
11/05/1963 Cradley Heath 36 36 St Austell
11/05/1963 Edinburgh 54 24 Wolverhampton
11/05/1963 Stoke 43 35 Sheffield
13/05/1963 Exeter 46 32 Cradley Heath
13/05/1963 Newcastle 38 40 Long Eaton
14/05/1963 Long Eaton 41 37 Sheffield
16/05/1963 Middlesbrough 43 35 Stoke
16/05/1963 Sheffield 49 29 Hackney
17/05/1963 Wolverhampton 42 36 Edinburgh
18/05/1963 Cradley Heath 36 42 Middlesbrough
18/05/1963 Edinburgh 55 23 Hackney
18/05/1963 Rayleigh 32 43 Sheffield
18/05/1963 Stoke 43 35 Poole
20/05/1963 Exeter 47 31 St Austell
20/05/1963 Newcastle 39 39 Edinburgh
21/05/1963 Long Eaton 38 39 Exeter
21/05/1963 New Cross 44 34 Newcastle
22/05/1963 Hackney 40 38 Wolverhampton
23/05/1963 Middlesbrough 51 27 New Cross
23/05/1963 Sheffield 46 32 Stoke
24/05/1963 Wolverhampton 44 34 Rayleigh
25/05/1963 Cradley Heath 46 31 Hackney
25/05/1963 Edinburgh 44 34 Middlesbrough
25/05/1963 Rayleigh 41 37 Long Eaton
25/05/1963 Stoke 50 26 St Austell
27/05/1963 Newcastle 49 29 Middlesbrough
28/05/1963 New Cross 41 37 Sheffield
28/05/1963 St Austell 33 44 Exeter
29/05/1963 Hackney 40 37 Exeter
29/05/1963 Poole 43 35 Sheffield
30/05/1963 Middlesbrough 40 38 Newcastle
30/05/1963 Sheffield 41 37 Cradley Heath
31/05/1963 Wolverhampton 43 35 Stoke
01/06/1963 Cradley Heath 47 31 Rayleigh
01/06/1963 Edinburgh 43 35 Poole
01/06/1963 Stoke 50 28 Middlesbrough
03/06/1963 Cradley Heath 53 24 Long Eaton
03/06/1963 Exeter 48 30 New Cross
03/06/1963 Newcastle 50 28 Poole
03/06/1963 St Austell 53 25 New Cross
04/06/1963 Long Eaton 41 37 Edinburgh
04/06/1963 New Cross 38 39 St Austell
05/06/1963 Hackney 42 35 Newcastle
05/06/1963 Poole 44 34 St Austell
06/06/1963 Middlesbrough 54 24 Cradley Heath
06/06/1963 Sheffield 54 23 Rayleigh
07/06/1963 Wolverhampton 44 34 Poole
08/06/1963 Cradley Heath 41 37 Sheffield
08/06/1963 Edinburgh 44 34 Exeter
08/06/1963 Rayleigh 32 43 Hackney
08/06/1963 Stoke 39 39 Long Eaton
17/06/1963 Newcastle 45 33 Cradley Heath
18/06/1963 New Cross 35 43 Wolverhampton
18/06/1963 St Austell 41 37 Exeter
19/06/1963 Hackney 39 39 Rayleigh
21/06/1963 Wolverhampton 42 36 Long Eaton
24/06/1963 Exeter 48 29 Sheffield
24/06/1963 Newcastle 26 52 Stoke
25/06/1963 Long Eaton rain Poole
25/06/1963 New Cross rain Middlesbrough
25/06/1963 St Austell 37 41 Sheffield
26/06/1963 Hackney 45 33 Cradley Heath
26/06/1963 Poole 43 34 Exeter
27/06/1963 Middlesbrough rain
St Austell
27/06/1963 Sheffield 45 33 Edinburgh
28/06/1963 Wolverhampton 29 17 Hackney
abandoned heat 7
29/06/1963 Edinburgh 43 35 Newcastle
29/06/1963 Rayleigh 34 44 St Austell
29/06/1963 Stoke 48 29 New Cross
01/07/1963 Newcastle 47 31 Hackney
02/07/1963 Long Eaton 44 33 Rayleigh
02/07/1963 New Cross 41 36 Middlesbrough
02/07/1963 St Austell rain Poole
03/07/1963 Hackney 37 41 Sheffield
04/07/1963 Middlesbrough 39 39 St Austell
04/07/1963 Sheffield 50 28 Long Eaton
06/07/1963 Cradley Heath rain Edinburgh
06/07/1963 Rayleigh rain Wolverhampton
06/07/1963 Stoke 28 25 Newcastle
abandoned
08/07/1963 Exeter 50 28 Edinburgh
09/07/1963 Long Eaton 46 32 Poole
09/07/1963 St Austell 58 19 Edinburgh
11/07/1963 Middlesbrough 49 29 Hackney
12/07/1963 Rayleigh 38 40 Cradley Heath
12/07/1963 Wolverhampton 44 33 Middlesbrough
15/07/1963 Exeter 55 23 Middlesbrough
15/07/1963 Newcastle 47 31 New Cross
16/07/1963 New Cross 44 32 Long Eaton
16/07/1963 St Austell 44 34 Middlesbrough
17/07/1963 Hackney 34 43 Stoke
17/07/1963 Poole 54 24 Long Eaton
18/07/1963 Middlesbrough 37 41 Poole
18/07/1963 Sheffield 44 34 St Austell
20/07/1963 Cradley Heath 44 34 New Cross
20/07/1963 Edinburgh 41 37 Sheffield
20/07/1963 Rayleigh 40 38 Newcastle
20/07/1963 Stoke 45 33 Hackney
22/07/1963 Exeter 51 27 Newcastle
23/07/1963 Long Eaton 47 31 Hackney
23/07/1963 St Austell rain Newcastle
24/07/1963 Hackney 43 34 Middlesbrough
24/07/1963 Poole 48 30 Edinburgh
25/07/1963 Middlesbrough 39 39 Exeter
26/07/1963 Wolverhampton 43 35 New Cross
27/07/1963 Cradley Heath 41 37 Poole
27/07/1963 Newcastle 42 36 Exeter
27/07/1963 Rayleigh 36 41 Hackney
29/07/1963 Exeter 45 33 Stoke
29/07/1963 Newcastle 40 37 St Austell
30/07/1963 Long Eaton 41 36 Middlesbrough
30/07/1963 St Austell 49 29 Stoke
31/07/1963 Poole 60 18 Hackney
01/08/1963 Middlesbrough 40 38 Wolverhampton
01/08/1963 Sheffield 49 27 New Cross
01/08/1963 Stoke 50 27 Cradley Heath
02/08/1963 New Cross 37 41 Poole
02/08/1963 Wolverhampton 40 38 St Austell
03/08/1963 Cradley Heath rain Exeter
03/08/1963 Edinburgh 46 32 Rayleigh
05/08/1963 Exeter 47 31 Poole
05/08/1963 Newcastle 46 30 Sheffield
05/08/1963 Poole 51 27 New Cross
05/08/1963 Rayleigh 38 36 Edinburgh
06/08/1963 Long Eaton 27.5 50.5 Stoke
06/08/1963 St Austell 47 31 Cradley Heath
07/08/1963 Hackney 42 36 Edinburgh
07/08/1963 Poole 55 23 Cradley Heath
08/08/1963 Sheffield 37 41 Newcastle
09/08/1963 Middlesbrough 47 30 Rayleigh
09/08/1963 Wolverhampton 43 35 Sheffield
10/08/1963 Rayleigh 46 32 Middlesbrough
10/08/1963 Stoke 52 26 Exeter
14/08/1963 Poole 51 27 Newcastle
16/08/1963 Middlesbrough 43 34 Sheffield
16/08/1963 St Austell 42 36 Newcastle
17/08/1963 Edinburgh 48 30 Cradley Heath
17/08/1963 Rayleigh 42 32 Exeter
26/08/1963 Exeter 45 33 Rayleigh
27/08/1963 St Austell 48 30 Rayleigh
28/08/1963 Hackney 46 32 Long Eaton
28/08/1963 Poole 49 29 Middlesbrough
29/08/1963 Sheffield 55 23 Poole
30/08/1963 Middlesbrough 42 35 Edinburgh
31/08/1963 Rayleigh 38 40 Wolverhampton
02/09/1963 Exeter 49 29 Hackney
02/09/1963 Newcastle 56 22 Rayleigh
03/09/1963 Long Eaton rain Cradley Heath
03/09/1963 St Austell 42 36 Hackney
04/09/1963 Poole rain Wolverhampton
06/09/1963 Wolverhampton 39 38 Cradley Heath
07/09/1963 Cradley Heath 57 21 Wolverhampton
07/09/1963 Rayleigh 36 42 Poole
07/09/1963 Stoke 36 42 Newcastle
09/09/1963 Exeter 38 40 Wolverhampton
10/09/1963 Long Eaton 36 42 Newcastle
10/09/1963 St Austell 48 30 Wolverhampton
11/09/1963 Poole 52 26 Rayleigh
12/09/1963 Sheffield 59 19 Middlesbrough
12/09/1963 Stoke 44 34 Edinburgh
13/09/1963 Edinburgh 54 24 Stoke
13/09/1963 Wolverhampton 39 38 Hackney
16/09/1963 Cradley Heath 52 26 Stoke
16/09/1963 Newcastle 42 36 Wolverhampton
17/09/1963 Long Eaton 39 39 Wolverhampton
17/09/1963 St Austell 45 33 Poole
18/09/1963 Hackney 54 24 St Austell
18/09/1963 Poole 54 24 Stoke
19/09/1963 Sheffield 56 22 Wolverhampton
21/09/1963 Cradley Heath 53 25 Newcastle
21/09/1963 Stoke 55 23 Rayleigh
23/09/1963 Cradley Heath 47 31 Edinburgh
23/09/1963 Exeter 47 30 Long Eaton
24/09/1963 St Austell 49 29 Long Eaton
25/09/1963 Poole 47 31 Wolverhampton
26/09/1963 Stoke 42 36 Wolverhampton
08/10/1963 Long Eaton 43 34 Cradley Heath
19/10/1963 Cradley Heath 42 36 Exeter


Cradley Heath

Newcastle Diamonds

Exeter Falcons

Edinburgh Monarchs

Long Eaton Archers

Poole Pirates