British League 1968

1968 British League

New edition to the league were Leicester. Long Eaton had closed and Edinburgh had relocated to Coatbridge to become the Coatbridge Monarchs. Coventry were crowned champions winning the league in the last heat of their last match away from home at King's Lynn M W D L F A Pts Coventry Bees 36 22 0 14 1436 1369 44 Hackney Hawks 36 21 2 13 1421 1383 44 Exeter Falcons 36 20 1 15 1556.5 1248.5 41 Sheffield Tigers 36 20 1 15 1463.5 1337.5 41 Newcastle Diamonds 36 20 0 16 1454 1350 40 West Ham Hammers 36 19 1 16 1454 1348 39 Halifax Dukes 36 19 1 16 1424 1379 39 Coatbridge Monarchs 36 18 1 17 1404 1397 37 Wimbledon Dons 36 18 0 18 1411 1384 36 Belle Vue Aces 36 18 0 18 1387 1417 36 Swindon Robins 36 17 1 18 1448 1353 35 Leicester Lions 36 17 1 18 1373 1430 35 Newport Wasps 36 17 1 18 1348 1457 35 Cradley Heath Heathens 36 15 4 17 1373 1430 34 Oxford Cheetahs 36 17 0 19 1319 1487 34 Wolverhampton Wolves 36 16 0 20 1388 1413 32 Poole Pirates 36 13 2 21 1327 1478 28 King's Lynn Stars 36 13 1 22 1330 1473 27 Glasgow Tigers 36 13 1 22 1312 1495 27 Fixtures & Results 22/03/1968 Hackney 42-36 Wolverhampton 29/03/1968 Hackney 47-31 Glasgow 30/03/1968 King's Lynn 36-42 Glasgow 30/03/1968 Swindon 48-30 Halifax 30/03/1968 Coventry 53-25 Cradley Heath 04/04/1968 Oxford 37-41 Swindon 05/04/1968 Hackney 41-37 King's Lynn 05/04/1968 Wolverhampton 43-34 Newport 06/04/1968 Cradley Heath 37-41 Coventry 06/04/1968 Swindon 45-33 Oxford 06/04/1968 Halifax 49-29 Wolverhampton 08/04/1968 Exeter 61-16 Cradley Heath 09/04/1968 West Ham 41-36 Belle Vue 09/04/1968 Leicester 48-30 King's Lynn 11/04/1968 Sheffield 42-36 Halifax 12/04/1968 Swindon 43-34 Coventry 12/04/1968 Wolverhampton 45-33 Cradley Heath 12/04/1968 Glasgow 47-31 Leicester 13/04/1968 Coatbridge 42-36 Sheffield 13/04/1968 Halifax 45-33 Swindon 13/04/1968 Coventry 48-30 Glasgow 13/04/1968 Belle Vue 52-26 Wimbledon 15/04/1968 Newcastle 45-33 Glasgow 15/04/1968 King's Lynn 50-28 Coatbridge 15/04/1968 Halifax 52-26 Belle Vue 16/04/1968 Leicester 39-37 Sheffield 17/04/1968 Poole 45-32 Wimbledon 18/04/1968 Wimbledon 51-26 Coatbridge 18/04/1968 Sheffield 51-27 Newport 18/04/1968 Oxford rained off West Ham 19/04/1968 Wolverhampton 43-35 Oxford 19/04/1968 Glasgow 47-31 Coventry 19/04/1968 Newport 47-31 Cradley Heath 19/04/1968 Hackney 47-31 Swindon 20/04/1968 Belle Vue 41-37 Wolverhampton 20/04/1968 Cradley Heath 42-36 Exeter 20/04/1968 Coventry 47-31 King's Lynn 20/04/1968 Halifax 47-31 Leicester 20/04/1968 Coatbridge 54-24 Oxford 20/04/1968 Swindon 61-17 Glasgow 22/04/1968 Newcastle 40-38 King's Lynn 22/04/1968 Exeter 50-28 Glasgow 23/04/1968 Leicester 41-37 Halifax 23/04/1968 West Ham 43-35 Coatbridge 24/04/1968 Poole 38-40 Coatbridge 25/04/1968 Wimbledon 43-34 Swindon 25/04/1968 Oxford 43-35 Belle Vue 25/04/1968 Sheffield 50-27 Newcastle 26/04/1968 Glasgow 39-39 Cradley Heath 26/04/1968 Newport 42-36 Coventry 26/04/1968 Wolverhampton 46-31 Leicester 26/04/1968 Hackney 52-26 Wimbledon 27/04/1968 King's Lynn 38-40 West Ham 27/04/1968 Cradley Heath 43-35 Poole 27/04/1968 Coventry 45-33 Wolverhampton 27/04/1968 Belle Vue 52-26 Oxford 27/04/1968 Swindon rained off Sheffield 29/04/1968 Newcastle 50-28 Exeter 30/04/1968 Leicester 44-34 Belle Vue 30/04/1968 West Ham 46-32 Coventry 01/05/1968 Poole 45-33 King's Lynn 02/05/1968 Oxford 30-47 Cradley Heath 02/05/1968 Wimbledon 42-35 Halifax 02/05/1968 Exeter 59-19 King's Lynn 03/05/1968 Hackney 46-32 Oxford 03/05/1968 Glasgow rained off Wimbledon 04/05/1968 Coatbridge 13-05 (a) Newcastle 04/05/1968 King's Lynn 36-42 Hackney 04/05/1968 Cradley Heath 42-35 Sheffield 04/05/1968 Swindon 53-24 Poole 04/05/1968 Belle Vue 55-23 Coventry 04/05/1968 Halifax rained off Glasgow 06/05/1968 Exeter 58-19 Halifax 06/05/1968 Newcastle 59-19 Belle Vue 07/05/1968 West Ham 39-38 Cradley Heath 07/05/1968 Leicester 43-35 Glasgow 08/05/1968 Poole rained off West Ham 09/05/1968 Sheffield 45-33 Leicester 09/05/1968 Wimbledon 54-24 Coventry 09/05/1968 Oxford rained off Wolverhampton 10/05/1968 Wolverhampton 29-19 (b) Newcastle 10/05/1968 Hackney 43-35 Leicester 10/05/1968 Glasgow 49-29 Oxford 10/05/1968 Newport rained off Swindon 11/05/1968 King's Lynn 40-38 Newport 11/05/1968 Coventry 43-35 Exeter 11/05/1968 Coatbridge 51-27 Cradley Heath 11/05/1968 Swindon 56-22 Belle Vue 11/05/1968 Halifax rained off Hackney 13/05/1968 Newcastle 46-32 Sheffield 13/05/1968 Exeter 51-27 Hackney 14/05/1968 West Ham 45-33 Poole 15/05/1968 Poole 39-39 Cradley Heath 15/05/1968 Oxford 43-35 Wimbledon 16/05/1968 Wimbledon 37-41 Oxford 16/05/1968 Sheffield 51-27 Glasgow 17/05/1968 Glasgow 38-40 Coatbridge 17/05/1968 King's Lynn 39-39 Cradley Heath 17/05/1968 Hackney 42-36 West Ham 17/05/1968 Newport 46-32 Belle Vue 18/05/1968 Cradley Heath 38-40 Newcastle 18/05/1968 Belle Vue 40-38 King's Lynn 18/05/1968 Coventry 43-35 Swindon 18/05/1968 West Ham 50-28 Leicester 18/05/1968 Halifax rained off Sheffield 20/05/1968 Exeter 46-31 Belle Vue 21/05/1968 Leicester 39-39 Hackney 21/05/1968 West Ham 52-25 Wolverhampton 23/05/1968 Oxford 41-37 Coventry 24/05/1968 Newport 14-10 (c) Newcastle 24/05/1968 Glasgow 31-47 West Ham 24/05/1968 Hackney 40-36 Coatbridge 24/05/1968 Wolverhampton 48-30 Poole 25/05/1968 Coatbridge 44-34 Poole 25/05/1968 Cradley Heath rained off Hackney 01/06/1968 King's Lynn 41-37 Newcastle 01/06/1968 Halifax 42-36 Coventry 03/06/1968 Newcastle 38-40 Halifax 03/06/1968 Exeter 53-25 Newport 04/06/1968 West Ham 44-34 Newcastle 04/06/1968 Leicester 44-34 Oxford 05/06/1968 Poole 39-39 Hackney 06/06/1968 Oxford 43-35 Coatbridge 06/06/1968 Sheffield 50-28 Wimbledon 07/06/1968 Wolverhampton 33-44 Coventry 07/06/1968 Glasgow 40-38 Wimbledon 07/06/1968 Newport 43-35 Coatbridge 07/06/1968 Hackney 43-35 Cradley Heath 08/06/1968 Halifax 39-39 Sheffield 08/06/1968 King's Lynn 40-38 Wolverhampton 08/06/1968 Swindon 43-35 Leicester 08/06/1968 Coventry 46-32 Newport 08/06/1968 Belle Vue 47-31 Cradley Heath 08/06/1968 Coatbridge 48-30 West Ham 08/06/1968 Halifax 50-27 Glasgow 10/06/1968 Cradley Heath 39-39 Swindon 10/06/1968 Newcastle 41-37 Oxford 10/06/1968 Exeter 52-26 Poole 11/06/1968 West Ham 41-37 Hackney 11/06/1968 Leicester 44-34 Newcastle 12/06/1968 Poole 43-35 Coventry 13/06/1968 Sheffield 53-25 Cradley Heath 14/06/1968 Glasgow 34-44 Halifax 14/06/1968 King's Lynn 41-37 Belle Vue 14/06/1968 Hackney 42-35 Sheffield 14/06/1968 Newport 47-31 Swindon 15/06/1968 Cradley Heath 46-32 King's Lynn 15/06/1968 Coatbridge 46-32 Wimbledon 15/06/1968 Coventry 49-29 Poole 15/06/1968 Swindon 50-28 Exeter 15/06/1968 Belle Vue 50-28 Glasgow 17/06/1968 Exeter 41-37 West Ham 17/06/1968 Newcastle 43-35 Poole 18/06/1968 West Ham 48-30 Exeter 19/06/1968 Poole 43-35 Newport 20/06/1968 Oxford 38-40 Swindon 20/06/1968 Wimbledon 46-32 Hackney 20/06/1968 Sheffield 51-27 Coventry 21/06/1968 Glasgow 38-40 Sheffield 21/06/1968 Newport 45-33 Halifax 22/06/1968 Coventry 41-36 Hackney 22/06/1968 Belle Vue 45-33 Poole 22/06/1968 Swindon 46-32 Wolverhampton 22/06/1968 Halifax 47-31 Newport 24/06/1968 Newcastle 40-38 Cradley Heath 25/06/1968 West Ham 43-35 Wimbledon 25/06/1968 Leicester 45-33 Swindon 27/06/1968 Oxford 46-32 West Ham 28/06/1968 Glasgow 43-35 Swindon 28/06/1968 Hackney 47-31 Poole 28/06/1968 Newport 49-29 Sheffield 29/06/1968 Coventry 37-41 Belle Vue 29/06/1968 Swindon 38-39 Newcastle 29/06/1968 King's Lynn 41-37 Leicester 29/06/1968 Coatbridge 48-30 Newport 29/06/1968 Cradley Heath 49-29 Wolverhampton 29/06/1968 Halifax 52-26 Oxford 01/07/1968 Newcastle 09-02 (d) Newport 02/07/1968 Leicester 40-38 Exeter 02/07/1968 West Ham 48-30 King's Lynn 04/07/1968 Oxford 43-35 Leicester 04/07/1968 Wimbledon 49-29 Newport 04/07/1968 Sheffield 51-27 Poole 05/07/1968 Wolverhampton 43-35 Swindon 05/07/1968 Glasgow 46-32 Poole 05/07/1968 Hackney 48-30 Belle Vue 06/07/1968 Swindon 39-38 Wimbledon 06/07/1968 Coatbridge 53-23 Wolverhampton 06/07/1968 Cradley Heath 53-25 Glasgow 06/07/1968 King's Lynn 54-24 Coventry 08/07/1968 Newcastle 40-38 Leicester 08/07/1968 Exeter 50-28 Oxford 09/07/1968 Leicester 40-38 Wolverhampton 09/07/1968 West Ham 42-35 Halifax 10/07/1968 Glasgow 49-29 Wolverhampton 12/07/1968 Wolverhampton 41-37 West Ham 12/07/1968 Newport 46-32 Hackney 13/07/1968 King's Lynn 50-28 Poole 13/07/1968 Halifax 50-28 Wimbledon 13/07/1968 Cradley Heath 54-24 Coatbridge 13/07/1968 Oxford 54-24 Newport 13/07/1968 Belle Vue 55-23 Swindon 15/07/1968 Exeter 53-25 Coatbridge 16/07/1968 West Ham 24-18 (e) Sheffield 16/07/1968 Leicester 37-41 Coventry 17/07/1968 Belle Vue 49-29 Halifax 18/07/1968 Oxford 41-37 Newcastle 18/07/1968 Wimbledon 41-37 West Ham 19/07/1968 Hackney 42-36 Newcastle 19/07/1968 King's Lynn 42-36 Swindon 19/07/1968 Wolverhampton 45-33 Glasgow 19/07/1968 Newport 46-32 Wimbledon 20/07/1968 Halifax 44-34 King's Lynn 20/07/1968 Cradley Heath 45-33 Belle Vue 20/07/1968 Coventry 47-31 Coatbridge 22/07/1968 Newcastle 46-32 Hackney 22/07/1968 Exeter 51-27 Wolverhampton 23/07/1968 West Ham 50-28 Newport 24/07/1968 Poole 36-42 Belle Vue 25/07/1968 Sheffield 43-35 Hackney 25/07/1968 Wimbledon 49-29 Glasgow 25/07/1968 Oxford 51-26 Halifax 26/07/1968 Wolverhampton 34-44 Wimbledon 26/07/1968 Glasgow 44-34 Belle Vue 26/07/1968 Newport 53-25 Oxford 27/07/1968 Swindon 36-42 Cradley Heath 27/07/1968 Halifax 40-38 Newcastle 27/07/1968 Coventry 42-36 West Ham 27/07/1968 King's Lynn 49-29 Sheffield 27/07/1968 Coatbridge rained off Leicester 29/07/1968 Exeter 49-29 Wimbledon 31/07/1968 Poole 40-38 Exeter 01/08/1968 Wimbledon 41-37 Poole 02/08/1968 Glasgow 36-42 Hackney 02/08/1968 Wolverhampton 49-29 Sheffield 03/08/1968 Belle Vue 44-34 West Ham 03/08/1968 Coatbridge 53-25 Hackney 05/08/1968 Newcastle 49-29 West Ham 05/08/1968 Exeter 51-27 Coventry 08/08/1968 Sheffield 41-37 West Ham 08/08/1968 Wimbledon 54-24 Belle Vue 08/08/1968 Oxford rained off Hackney 09/08/1968 Leicester 41-37 West Ham 09/08/1968 Newport 42-36 King's Lynn 10/08/1968 Cradley Heath 44-34 Wimbledon 10/08/1968 Coventry 45-33 Leicester 12/08/1968 Newcastle 52-26 Coventry 14/08/1968 Poole 41-37 West Ham 15/08/1968 Sheffield 46-32 Coatbridge 16/08/1968 King's Lynn 43-35 Halifax 16/08/1968 Wolverhampton 51-27 Coatbridge 17/08/1968 Halifax 42-36 Poole 17/08/1968 Swindon 51-27 King's Lynn 17/08/1968 Coventry 56-22 Oxford 20/08/1968 Leicester 51-27 Newport 21/08/1968 Poole 37-41 Swindon 21/08/1968 Coatbridge 41-36 Belle Vue 21/08/1968 Coatbridge 49-29 King's Lynn 22/08/1968 Sheffield 49-29 Oxford 23/08/1968 Newport 44-33 Leicester 23/08/1968 Wolverhampton 54-24 Halifax 24/08/1968 Belle Vue 40-38 Leicester 24/08/1968 Halifax 43-35 Exeter 24/08/1968 Coventry 43-35 Newcastle 24/08/1968 Coatbridge 43-35 Swindon 26/08/1968 Newcastle 40-38 Wolverhampton 26/08/1968 Exeter 56-22 Leicester 27/08/1968 West Ham 36-42 Glasgow 27/08/1968 Leicester 41-37 Poole 28/08/1968 Poole 45-33 Glasgow 29/08/1968 Oxford 42-36 Glasgow 29/08/1968 Wimbledon 50-28 Exeter 29/08/1968 Sheffield 51-27 King's Lynn 30/08/1968 Newport 39-39 West Ham 30/08/1968 Hackney 42-36 Coventry 30/08/1968 Glasgow 44-34 King's Lynn 31/08/1968 Belle Vue 45-33 Hackney 31/08/1968 Coventry 46-32 Halifax 31/08/1968 King's Lynn 47-26 Wimbledon 31/08/1968 Cradley Heath 50-28 Oxford 31/08/1968 Swindon 54-24 Newport 02/09/1968 Newport 45-33 Wolverhampton 02/09/1968 Newcastle 48-30 Coatbridge 02/09/1968 Wimbledon 55-22 Sheffield 02/09/1968 Halifax rained off Cradley Heath 03/09/1968 Leicester 43-35 Wimbledon 03/09/1968 West Ham 48-29 Sheffield 04/09/1968 Poole 42-36 Halifax 05/09/1968 Oxford 43-35 Exeter 05/09/1968 Wimbledon 47-31 Leicester 05/09/1968 Sheffield 50-28 Swindon 06/09/1968 Glasgow 41-37 Newcastle 06/09/1968 Hackney 43-35 Exeter 06/09/1968 Wolverhampton 45-32 Belle Vue 06/09/1968 Newport 48-29 Poole 07/09/1968 Swindon 36-42 Hackney 07/09/1968 Cradley Heath 36-42 Leicester 07/09/1968 Belle Vue 37-41 Sheffield 07/09/1968 Coatbridge 38-40 Coventry 07/09/1968 Halifax 43-35 West Ham 07/09/1968 King's Lynn 45-33 Exeter 09/09/1968 Newcastle 50-28 Halifax 10/09/1968 West Ham 37-40 Swindon 10/09/1968 Leicester 50-27 Cradley Heath 10/09/1968 Coatbridge 52-26 Halifax 11/09/1968 Poole 43-35 Leicester 11/09/1968 Swindon 47-31 Sheffield 12/09/1968 Oxford 43-35 King's Lynn 13/09/1968 Glasgow 36-42 Exeter 14/09/1968 Belle Vue 34-44 Exeter 14/09/1968 Coventry 44-34 Sheffield 14/09/1968 King's Lynn 48-30 Oxford 14/09/1968 Swindon rained off Coatbridge 14/09/1968 Cradley Heath rained off West Ham 16/09/1968 Newcastle 49-28 Wimbledon 16/09/1968 Exeter 49-29 Swindon 16/09/1968 Newcastle 53-24 Newport 17/09/1968 Leicester 49-29 Coventry 18/09/1968 Poole 44-34 Newcastle 18/09/1968 Halifax 51-27 Coatbridge 18/09/1968 Glasgow 55-23 Newport 19/09/1968 Sheffield 44.5-33.5 Exeter 19/09/1968 Wimbledon rained off Newcastle 20/09/1968 Hackney 46-32 Halifax 20/09/1968 Newport 49-29 Glasgow 20/09/1968 Newport 51-27 Newcastle 21/09/1968 Coatbridge 39-39 Exeter 21/09/1968 Coatbridge 43-35 Leicester 23/09/1968 Cradley Heath 37-41 Halifax 23/09/1968 Exeter 50-28 Sheffield 23/09/1968 Newcastle rained off Swindon 24/09/1968 West Ham 41-37 Oxford 25/09/1968 Poole rained off Sheffield 26/09/1968 Oxford 42-36 Poole 26/09/1968 Sheffield 54-24 Belle Vue 27/09/1968 Wolverhampton 40-38 Hackney 27/09/1968 Newport 41-37 Exeter 28/09/1968 Swindon 36-42 West Ham 28/09/1968 Belle Vue 41-37 Newcastle 28/09/1968 Cradley Heath 42-36 Newport 28/09/1968 Coatbridge 48-30 Glasgow 28/09/1968 Coventry 50-28 Wimbledon 28/09/1968 Halifax 54-24 Hackney 30/09/1968 Exeter 47-31 Newcastle 01/10/1968 Leicester 40-38 Coatbridge 02/10/1968 Poole 49-29 Oxford 02/10/1968 Swindon 57-20 Coatbridge 03/10/1968 Wimbledon 42-36 Cradley Heath 03/10/1968 Sheffield 44-34 Wolverhampton 03/10/1968 Oxford 45-33 Hackney 04/10/1968 Wolverhampton 43-35 Exeter 04/10/1968 Hackney 48-30 Newport 05/10/1968 King's Lynn 37-41 Coventry 05/10/1968 Cradley Heath 40-38 West Ham 05/10/1968 Cradley Heath 46-32 Hackney 05/10/1968 Belle Vue 51-27 Newport 07/10/1968 Newcastle 46-32 Swindon 09/10/1968 Belle Vue 41-37 Coatbridge 09/10/1968 Poole 42-36 Wolverhampton 10/10/1968 Oxford 44-34 Wolverhampton 10/10/1968 Wimbledon 49-29 King's Lynn 11/10/1968 Wolverhampton rained off King's Lynn 11/10/1968 Wolverhampton rained off Newcastle 12/10/1968 Coatbridge 46-32 Newcastle 12/10/1968 Halifax 56-22 Cradley Heath 16/10/1968 Poole 43-35 Sheffield 17/10/1968 Wimbledon 41-37 Wolverhampton 17/10/1968 Oxford 42-36 Sheffield 24/10/1968 Wimbledon 46-31 Newcastle 25/10/1968 Wolverhampton 47-31 Newcastle 25/10/1968 Wolverhampton 50-28 King's Lynn (a) abandoned heat 3 (b) abandoned heat 8 (c) abandoned heat 4 (d) abandoned heat 2 (e) abandoned heat 7 Coventry