1971 Timeline April

1971 Timeline April
1969 - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec - 1971
April
Thursday
1
Oxford 38-40 Coventry Challenge
Wimbledon 42-35 Wolverhampton British League Division One
Ipswich 49-29 Canterbury Kent-Suffolk Trophy 1st Leg
Sheffield 50-27 Halifax Challenge
Romford 51-26 Rayleigh Challenge

Friday
2
Wolverhampton 39-39 Belle Vue British League Division One
Golden Helmet Ole Olsen beat Ivan Mauger
Workington 43-35 Hull Challenge
Newport 46-31 Exeter Western Challenge Trophy 2nd Leg
Agg: Newport 80 - 75 Exeter
Hackney 48-30 Cradley Heath British League Division One

Saturday
3
Cradley Heath
King's Lynn 38-39 West Ham Norfolk-London Trophy 1st Leg
Cradley Heath 39-38 Exeter British League Division One
Canterbury 39-38 Ipswich Kent-Suffolk Trophy 2nd Leg
Agg: Ipswich 87 - 68 Canterbury
Halifax 41-37 Glasgow British League Division One
Belle Vue 43-35 Coventry British League Division One
Rayleigh 44-34 Long Eaton British League Division Two
Swindon 45-33 Reading British League Division One
Sunday
4
Boston 42-36 Rayleigh Lincs- Essex Trophy
Eastbourne 58-20 Canterbury British League Division Two
Monday
5
Reading 40-38 West Ham Metropolitan Gold Cup
Exeter 42-36 Hackney British League Division One
Tuesday
6
West Ham 39-39 King's Lynn London-Norfolk Trophy 2nd Leg
Agg: West Ham 78 - 77 Kings Lynn
Leicester 48-30 Coventry East Midlands Bowl 2nd Leg
Agg: Leicester 90 - 66 Coventry
Wednesday
7
Hull
Bradford 43-35 Rayleigh British League Division Two
Hull 47-25 Sunderland Challenge
Thursday
8
Sheffield 44-34 Newport British League Division One
Wimbledon 50-28 Reading Metropolitan Gold Cup
Romford 51-27 Teesside British League Division Two
Friday
9
Crewe 31-47 Bradford Top Dog Trophy 1st Leg
Poole 35-41 Exeter Easter Trophy 1st Leg
Hackney 37-41 Reading Metropolitan Gold Cup
Oxford 39-38 Wimbledon British League Division One
Rochdale 40-38 Boston British League Division Two
Peterborough 43-35 Teesside Challenge
Wolverhampton 44-32 Wembley British League Division One
Golden Helmet Ole Olsen beat Brian Leonard
Ipswich 44-34 Romford British League Division Two
Silver Helmet John Louis  beat Brian Foote
Belle Vue 44-34 Halifax Challenge 1st leg
Workington 45-33 Berwick Border Trophy 1st Leg
Glasgow 47-30 Cradley Heath British League Division One
Leicester 48-30 West Ham British League Division One
Swindon 48-30 Coventry British League Division One
Newport vs Sheffield Challenge Rained Off
Saturday
10
Cradley Heath 38-40 Glasgow British League Division One
Rayleigh 39-39 Ipswich British League Division Two
Silver Helmet John Louis beat Hugh Saunders
Canterbury 42-36 Romford Johnnie Hoskins Trophy 1st Leg
Halifax 48-30 Sheffield Challenge
Coventry 49-29 Swindon British League Division One
Berwick 50-28 Workington Border Trophy 2nd Leg
Agg: Berwick 83 - 73 Workington
King's Lynn 50-28 Oxford Easter Egg Trophy 2nd Leg
Agg: Kings Lynn 91 - 65 Oxford
Belle Vue 59-19 Wembley British League Division One
Sunday
11
Boston 47-30 Peterborough Anglian League Cup
Eastbourne 59-19 Sunderland British League Division Two
Weymouth Training School Championship Won By Danny Dennis
Monday
12
Rayleigh
West Ham 37-41 Leicester British League Division One
Rayleigh 39-39 Eastbourne British League Division Two
Halifax 41-37 Belle Vue Challenge 2nd Leg
Agg: Belle Vue 81 - 75 Halifax
Newport 42-36 Wolverhampton British League Division One
Golden Helmet Ole Olsen beat Sandor Levai
King's Lynn 44-34 Swindon British League Division One
Reading 44-34 Coventry Challenge
Canterbury 47-31 Rochdale Challenge
Exeter 49-28 Poole Easter Trophy 2nd Leg
Agg: Exeter 90 - 63 Poole
Wimbledon 52-26 Oxford British League Division One
Tuesday
13
Leicester 47-31 Oxford British League Division One
Wednesday
14
Poole 38-40 Hackney British League Division One
Hull 42-36 Long Eaton Challenge
Bradford 50-27 Crewe Top Dog Trophy 2nd Leg
Agg: Bradford 87 - 58 Crewe
Thursday
15
Oxford 37-41 Reading Challenge
Teesside 38-40 Berwick North Eastern Trophy 1st Leg
Wimbledon 41-37 West Ham Metropolitan Gold Cup
Sheffield 42-36 Exeter British League Division One
Romford 45-33 Long Eaton British League Division Two
Ipswich 48-30 Rayleigh Challenge
Friday
16
Wembley 31-47 Belle Vue British League Division One At Newport
Glasgow 40-38 Exeter British League Division One
Hackney 44-34 Wimbledon Metropolitan Gold Cup
Peterborough 46-32 Boston Anglian League Cup
Rochdale 47-31 Crewe Challenge
Wolverhampton 49-29 Newport British League Division One
Golden Helmet Ole Olsen beat Edgar Stangeland
Workington 53-23 Sunderland Challenge
King's Lynn 53-25 Halifax British League Division One
Saturday
17
Belle Vue 42-36 King's Lynn British League Division One
Rayleigh 43-35 Bradford British League Division Two
Berwick 45-33 Teesside North Eastern Trophy 2nd Leg
Agg; Berwick 85 - 71 Teesside
Canterbury 48-30 Crewe British League Division Two
Coventry 52-26 Cradley Heath British League Division One
Swindon World Championship QR Won By Barry Briggs
Halifax World Championship QR Won By Dave Younghusband
Halifax W.C.Q.R Swindon W.C.Q.R Berwick
Sunday
18
Eastbourne 53-25 Peterborough British League Division Two
Boston 56-22 Sunderland British League Division Two
Rye House Skol Lager Trophy Won By Kevin Holden
Monday
19
Cradley Heath 47-31 Wolverhampton Challenge
Crewe 48-30 Long Eaton Sherwood Trophy 1st Leg
Exeter World Championship QR Won By Eric Boocock
Reading World Championship QR Won By Ivan Mauger
Exeter W.C.Q.R Reading W.C.Q.R
Tuesday
20
West Ham World Championship QR Won By Reg Luckhurst
Leicester World Championship QR Won By Ray Wilson
West Ham W.C.Q.R Leicester W.C.Q.R
Wednesday
21
Hull 46-32 Crewe British League Division Two
Bradford 54-24 Birmingham British League Division Two
Poole World Championship QR Won By Barry Briggs
Thursday
22
Teesside 44-34 Workington British League Division Two
Ipswich 51-27 Boston Anglian League Cup
Romford 52-26 Canterbury Johnnie Hoskins Trophy 2nd Leg
Agg: Romford 88 - 68 Canterbury
Long Eaton 53-24 Crewe Sherwood Trophy 2nd Leg
Agg Long Eaton 83 - 72 Crewe
Oxford World Championship QR Won By Martin Ashby
Sheffield World Championship QR Won By Eric Boocock
Wimbledon World Championship QR Won By Garry Middleton
Oxford W.C.Q.R Sheffield W.C.Q.R Wimbledon W.C.Q.R
Friday
23
Workington 40-38 Rochdale British League Division Two Declared Void
Glasgow World Championship QR Won By Howard Cole
Halifax vs Oxford British League Division One Rained Off
Peterborough vs Ipswich Anglian League Cup Rained Off
Hackney World Championship QR Rained Off
Newport World Championship QR Rained Off
Wolverhampton World Championship QR Rained Off
Saturday
24
Canterbury 36-41 Eastbourne British League Division Two
Rayleigh 36-41 Romford Essex Double Challenge 2nd Leg
Agg: Romford 92 - 60 Rayleigh
Swindon 42-36 Halifax British League Division One
Berwick 50-28 Sunderland North East Trophy
Belle Vue World Championship QR Won By Mauger
Cradley Heath World Championship QR Rained Off
King's Lynn World Championship QR Rained Off
Coventry World Championship QR Won By Aban Ht 10
Sunday
25
Eastbourne 43-32 Workington British League Division Two
Boston 53-25 Crewe British League Division Two
Monday
26
Crewe 39-37 Rochdale Border Trophy 2nd Leg
Agg: Rochdale 87 - 69 Crewe
Reading 44-34 Leicester British League Division One
Exeter 52-26 Oxford British League Division One
Cradley Heath World Championship QR Won By Roy Trigg
Tuesday
27
West Ham 39-39 Wimbledon Metropolitan Gold Cup
Leicester 47-31 Swindon British League Division One
Wednesday
28
Poole 39-39 Reading British League Division One
Hull 43-33 Workington British League Division Two
Bradford 47-31 Ipswich British League Division Two
Silver Helmet John Louis beat Dave Baugh
Coventry World Championship QR Won By Tony Lomas
Thursday
29
Wimbledon 35-43 Hackney Metropolitan Gold Cup
Oxford 42-36 Newport British League Division One
Ipswich 42-36 Peterborough Anglian League
Teesside 45-33 Sunderland North Eastern Trophy
Long Eaton 46-31 Birmingham British League Division Two KO Cup 1st Rnd 1st Leg
Sheffield 48-30 Poole British League Division One
Romford Spring Cup Classic Won By Kevin Holden
Friday
30
Glasgow 37-41 Poole British League Division One
Workington 37-41 Romford British League Division Two
Peterborough 43-35 Rayleigh British League Division Two
Rochdale 47-31 Hull British League Division Two KOC 1st Rnd 1st Leg
Wolverhampton World Championship QR Won By Terry Betts
Newport World Championship QR Won By Sandor Levai
Hackney World Championship QR Won By Barry Thomas
May