British League Division One 1973

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League Table Team PL W D L F A Pts 1 Reading Racers 34 25 1 8 1494 1156 51 2 Sheffield Tigers 34 22 3 9 1492 1155 47 3 King's Lynn Stars 34 20 3 11 1395 1253 43 4 Leicester Lions 34 21 0 13 1394 1254 42 5 Ipswich Witches 34 19 2 12 1393 1255 41 6 Belle Vue Aces 34 19 1 14 1451 1188 39 7 Wolverhampton Wolves 34 18 1 15 1319 1331 37 8 Exeter Falcons 34 16 3 15 1344.5 1303.5 35 9 Halifax Dukes 34 16 2 16 1253 1397 34 10 Newport Wasps 34 16 0 18 1350.5 1295.5 32 11 Oxford Rebels 34 14 2 18 1267 1381 30 12 Wimbledon Dons 34 14 1 19 1263 1383 29 13 Swindon Robins 34 13 3 18 1244 1407 29 14 Poole Pirates 34 13 2 19 1298 1351 28 15 Coventry Bees 34 13 0 21 1223 1426 26 16 Hackney Hawks 34 11 4 19 1227 1421 26 17 Coatbridge Tigers 34 12 1 21 1230 1410 25 18 Cradley United 34 7 4 23 1187 1458 18 Rider Averages Rider Team M Max Paid Rac Pts Bon Ave Allan Emmett Hackney 3 1 2 6 0 12.00 Anders Michanek Reading 53 31 5 156 439 4 11.36 Ivan Mauger Exeter 28 13 4 107 295 7 11.29 Ole Olsen Wolverhampton 33 12 2 136 361 7 10.82 Chris Pusey Belle Vue 18 6 1 58 146 7 10.55 Eric Boocock Halifax 25 3 3 95 239 6 10.32 Malcolm Simmons King's Lynn 56 11 2 189 470 15 10.26 John Boulger Leicester 47 12 6 155 384 13 10.25 Martin Ashby Swindon 43 10 1 187 463 13 10.18 John Louis Ipswich 48 7 6 154 373 17 10.13 Dag Lovaas Reading 59 12 2 175 430 10 10.06 Rider averages by Name Rider averages by Team Fixtures 24/03/1973 Coventry 50 28 Oxford 30/03/1973 Hackney 41 37 Leicester 30/03/1973 Hackney 41 37 Leicester 30/03/1973 Wolverhampton 40 38 Coventry 31/03/1973 Coventry 46 32 Exeter 31/03/1973 Swindon 39 39 Cradley Heath 02/04/1973 Cradley Heath 42 35 Halifax 02/04/1973 Exeter 39 39 Ipswich 03/04/1973 Leicester 49 29 Hackney 05/04/1973 Oxford 39 39 Kings Lynn 06/04/1973 Newport 43 34 Oxford 06/04/1973 Wolverhampton 43 35 Cradley Heath 07/04/1973 Cradley Heath 45 33 Coventry 07/04/1973 Halifax 40 38 Newport 07/04/1973 Swindon 39 39 Poole 09/04/1973 Exeter 28 50 Belle Vue 10/04/1973 Leicester 52 26 Exeter 12/04/1973 Oxford 37 41 Ipswich 12/04/1973 Sheffield 59 19 Coatbridge 13/04/1973 Coatbridge 34 40 Belle Vue 13/04/1973 Wolverhampton 40 37 Wimbledon 14/04/1973 Belle Vue 55 23 Hackney 14/04/1973 Coventry 42 36 Kings Lynn 14/04/1973 Halifax 46 32 Oxford 14/04/1973 Swindon 35 43 Leicester 16/04/1973 Exeter 35 43 Leicester 17/04/1973 Leicester 42 36 Ipswich 19/04/1973 Sheffield 56 22 Oxford 20/04/1973 Coatbridge 53 25 Coventry 20/04/1973 Leicester 45 33 Sheffield 20/04/1973 Swindon 42 36 Halifax 20/04/1973 Wolverhampton 40 38 Newport 21/04/1973 Belle Vue 54 22 Leicester 21/04/1973 Coventry 32 46 Cradley Heath 21/04/1973 Kings Lynn 41 37 Swindon 23/04/1973 Cradley Heath 48 30 Swindon 23/04/1973 Newport Rain Wolverhampton 23/04/1973 Wimbledon Rain Oxford 24/04/1973 Leicester 43 35 Wolverhampton 25/04/1973 Newport 40 38 Wolverhampton 26/04/1973 Wimbledon 42 36 Exeter 27/04/1973 Coatbridge 47 31 Cradley Heath 27/04/1973 Newport 52 26 Wimbledon 28/04/1973 Cradley Heath 41 37 Hackney 28/04/1973 Halifax 40 38 Wolverhampton 28/04/1973 Kings Lynn 41 37 Sheffield 28/04/1973 Swindon 43 35 Coatbridge 30/04/1973 Exeter 49 29 Oxford 30/04/1973 Reading 55 22 Coatbridge 01/05/1973 Leicester 44 33 Newport 03/05/1973 Ipswich 33 33 Wolverhampton Abandoned Heat 11 03/05/1973 Oxford Rain Exeter 03/05/1973 Sheffield 52 26 Kings Lynn 04/05/1973 Kings Lynn 37 41 Halifax 04/05/1973 Newport 44 34 Sheffield 04/05/1973 Wolverhampton 45 33 Hackney 05/05/1973 Belle Vue 59 19 Coventry 05/05/1973 Swindon Rain Kings Lynn 07/05/1973 Reading Rain Leicester 09/05/1973 Poole 43 35 Wolverhampton 10/05/1973 Ipswich 48 30 Coventry 10/05/1973 Sheffield 39 39 Halifax 10/05/1973 Wimbledon 35 43 Kings Lynn 11/05/1973 Coatbridge 49 29 Oxford 11/05/1973 Hackney 38 40 Wimbledon 12/05/1973 Coventry 42 35 Belle Vue 12/05/1973 Halifax 43 35 Leicester 14/05/1973 Exeter 45 32 Cradley Heath 15/05/1973 Leicester 42 36 Swindon 16/05/1973 Coventry 36 42 Cradley Heath 17/05/1973 Oxford 44 34 Leicester 18/05/1973 Coatbridge 42 35 Coventry 19/05/1973 Kings Lynn 23 24 Reading Abandoned Heat 8 21/05/1973 Reading 41 37 Wolverhampton 24/05/1973 Sheffield 57 21 Hackney 25/05/1973 Hackney 45 33 Newport 25/05/1973 Wolverhampton 40 38 Ipswich 26/05/1973 Belle Vue 44 34 Wolverhampton 26/05/1973 Cradley Heath 30 48 Reading 26/05/1973 Halifax 40 38 Exeter 28/05/1973 Exeter 46 32 Reading 28/05/1973 Halifax 44 34 Cradley Heath 28/05/1973 Newport 51 27 Hackney 29/05/1973 Reading 35 19 Exeter Abandoned Heat 9 31/05/1973 Ipswich 40 37 Hackney 31/05/1973 Oxford 51 26 Newport 01/06/1973 Coatbridge 37 41 Swindon 01/06/1973 Hackney 36 42 Poole 01/06/1973 Newport 49 29 Ipswich 01/06/1973 Wolverhampton 38 40 Reading 02/06/1973 Kings Lynn 45 33 Wolverhampton 04/06/1973 Reading 37 41 Sheffield 06/06/1973 Poole 39 39 Oxford 06/06/1973 Swindon 33 45 Kings Lynn 07/06/1973 Ipswich 45 33 Belle Vue 07/06/1973 Sheffield 46 32 Coventry 08/06/1973 Coatbridge 43 35 Wimbledon 08/06/1973 Hackney 43 35 Halifax 08/06/1973 Newport 53 25 Leicester 08/06/1973 Wolverhampton 42 36 Sheffield 09/06/1973 Belle Vue 46 32 Swindon 09/06/1973 Coventry 52 26 Coatbridge 09/06/1973 Cradley Heath 44 34 Newport 11/06/1973 Exeter 56 22 Newport 13/06/1973 Poole 36 42 Reading 14/06/1973 Ipswich 44 34 Reading 14/06/1973 Oxford 42 36 Poole 15/06/1973 Coatbridge 41 37 Kings Lynn 15/06/1973 Newport 33 45 Reading 16/06/1973 Belle Vue 51 27 Ipswich 16/06/1973 Coventry 37 41 Wolverhampton 16/06/1973 Cradley Heath 38 40 Oxford 16/06/1973 Halifax 49 29 Hackney 16/06/1973 Kings Lynn 47 31 Coatbridge 16/06/1973 Swindon 40 38 Newport 18/06/1973 Exeter 59 19 Coatbridge 18/06/1973 Reading 47 31 Swindon 19/06/1973 Ipswich 42 34 Sheffield 19/06/1973 Leicester Rain Coventry 20/06/1973 Poole Rain Wimbledon 21/06/1973 Oxford 38 40 Sheffield 21/06/1973 Wimbledon 46 32 Belle Vue 22/06/1973 Hackney 44 34 Exeter 22/06/1973 Newport 54 24 Cradley Heath 22/06/1973 Wolverhampton 43 35 Leicester 23/06/1973 Coventry 41 37 Swindon 23/06/1973 Cradley Heath 32 45 Wimbledon 23/06/1973 Halifax 44 34 Belle Vue 25/06/1973 Reading 41 37 Poole 27/06/1973 Poole Rain Cradley Heath 29/06/1973 Coatbridge 39 39 Sheffield 30/06/1973 Coventry 41 36 Poole 02/07/1973 Reading 45 33 Oxford 07/07/1973 Belle Vue 51 27 Kings Lynn 07/07/1973 Swindon 44 34 Coventry 12/07/1973 Ipswich 47 31 Poole 12/07/1973 Oxford 43 35 Hackney 12/07/1973 Sheffield 51 26 Wolverhampton 12/07/1973 Wimbledon 46 32 Cradley Heath 13/07/1973 Hackney 39 39 Ipswich 13/07/1973 Poole 44 34 Wimbledon 13/07/1973 Wolverhampton 42 36 Coatbridge 14/07/1973 Coventry 58 20 Halifax 16/07/1973 Cradley Heath 36 42 Wolverhampton 16/07/1973 Exeter 46 32 Wimbledon 16/07/1973 Reading 18-Jan 11 A Kings Lynn Abandoned Heat 5 17/07/1973 Leicester 46 32 Reading 18/07/1973 Poole 46 31 Coatbridge 19/07/1973 Ipswich 48 30 Newport 19/07/1973 Sheffield 47 31 Cradley Heath 19/07/1973 Wimbledon 45 33 Poole 20/07/1973 Hackney 30 48 Kings Lynn 20/07/1973 Newport 43 35 Coatbridge 21/07/1973 Coventry Rain Sheffield 21/07/1973 Cradley Heath Rain Coatbridge 21/07/1973 Halifax Rain Ipswich 21/07/1973 Kings Lynn 54 24 Wimbledon 21/07/1973 Swindon 42 35 Belle Vue 23/07/1973 Exeter 55 23 Coventry 23/07/1973 Reading 50 28 Ipswich 24/07/1973 Leicester 45 33 Wimbledon 25/07/1973 Poole 45 33 Newport 26/07/1973 Ipswich 42 36 Leicester 26/07/1973 Oxford 52 26 Wolverhampton 26/07/1973 Sheffield 43 35 Reading 26/07/1973 Wimbledon 52 26 Coatbridge 27/07/1973 Coatbridge 36 42 Poole 27/07/1973 Newport 41 37 Belle Vue 27/07/1973 Wolverhampton 41 37 Oxford 28/07/1973 Belle Vue 38 40 Sheffield 28/07/1973 Coventry 36 42 Ipswich 28/07/1973 Halifax 41 37 Reading 30/07/1973 Reading 46 32 Belle Vue 01/08/1973 Poole 38 40 Swindon 02/08/1973 Ipswich 48 30 Cradley Heath 02/08/1973 Oxford 50 28 Coatbridge 02/08/1973 Sheffield 45 33 Leicester 02/08/1973 Wimbledon 41 37 Halifax 03/08/1973 Hackney 28 50 Reading 03/08/1973 Newport 42.5 34.5 Exeter 03/08/1973 Wolverhampton 38 40 Swindon 04/08/1973 Belle Vue 18 12 A Newport Abandoned Heat 5 04/08/1973 Cradley Heath Rain Ipswich 04/08/1973 Halifax 42 36 Coventry 04/08/1973 Kings Lynn 48 30 Leicester 04/08/1973 Swindon 35 43 Reading 04/08/1973 Swindon 44 34 Sheffield 06/08/1973 Exeter 42 36 Halifax 06/08/1973 Reading 39 39 Kings Lynn 06/08/1973 Reading 47 31 Newport 07/08/1973 Leicester 36 42 Kings Lynn 08/08/1973 Poole 54 24 Coventry 09/08/1973 Ipswich 49 29 Coatbridge 09/08/1973 Oxford 40 38 Belle Vue 09/08/1973 Sheffield 53 25 Exeter 09/08/1973 Wimbledon 35 43 Reading 10/08/1973 Coatbridge 40 37 Exeter 10/08/1973 Hackney 52 26 Wolverhampton 10/08/1973 Newport 56 22 Halifax 11/08/1973 Coventry 43 35 Leicester 11/08/1973 Cradley Heath 39 39 Belle Vue 11/08/1973 Halifax 43 35 Wimbledon 11/08/1973 Kings Lynn 40 36 Hackney 11/08/1973 Swindon 40 38 Oxford 13/08/1973 Exeter 39 38 Kings Lynn 13/08/1973 Reading 53 25 Cradley Heath 14/08/1973 Leicester 49 29 Oxford 16/08/1973 Ipswich 44 34 Wolverhampton 16/08/1973 Oxford 30 48 Reading 16/08/1973 Wimbledon 46 32 Swindon 17/08/1973 Hackney 43 35 Coatbridge 17/08/1973 Kings Lynn 45 33 Belle Vue 18/08/1973 Belle Vue 53 25 Oxford 18/08/1973 Coatbridge 38 40 Wolverhampton 18/08/1973 Coventry 40 38 Newport 18/08/1973 Cradley Heath 36 41 Sheffield 18/08/1973 Halifax 39 39 Kings Lynn 18/08/1973 Swindon 37 41 Hackney 20/08/1973 Exeter 49 29 Sheffield 20/08/1973 Reading 59 19 Halifax 21/08/1973 Ipswich 55 23 Wimbledon 21/08/1973 Leicester 50 28 Coatbridge 21/08/1973 Leicester 47 31 Coventry 22/08/1973 Belle Vue 52 26 Newport 22/08/1973 Poole 38 40 Sheffield 23/08/1973 Oxford 45 33 Exeter 23/08/1973 Sheffield 51 27 Swindon 23/08/1973 Wimbledon 39 38 Ipswich 24/08/1973 Coatbridge 42 36 Leicester 24/08/1973 Hackney 48 30 Swindon 24/08/1973 Newport 45 33 Kings Lynn 25/08/1973 Belle Vue 48 30 Poole 25/08/1973 Coventry 41 37 Hackney 25/08/1973 Halifax 47 31 Coatbridge 25/08/1973 Kings Lynn 58 20 Exeter 25/08/1973 Swindon 42 36 Wimbledon 27/08/1973 Exeter 50 28 Swindon 27/08/1973 Kings Lynn 37 29 Ipswich Abandoned Heat 11 27/08/1973 Reading 52 26 Coventry 27/08/1973 Reading 18 05 A Exeter Abandoned Heat 5 27/08/1973 Wimbledon Rain Sheffield 29/08/1973 Kings Lynn 40 38 Ipswich 29/08/1973 Poole Rain Exeter 30/08/1973 Ipswich 53 25 Halifax 30/08/1973 Oxford 44 34 Swindon 30/08/1973 Sheffield 51 26 Wimbledon 31/08/1973 Coatbridge 46 32 Ipswich 31/08/1973 Hackney 48 30 Oxford 31/08/1973 Wolverhampton 45 33 Halifax 01/09/1973 Belle Vue 55 22 Wimbledon 01/09/1973 Cradley Heath 37 41 Coatbridge 01/09/1973 Halifax 36 42 Poole 01/09/1973 Kings Lynn 47 31 Coventry 03/09/1973 Exeter 41 37 Wolverhampton 03/09/1973 Reading 47 31 Hackney 04/09/1973 Leicester 52 25 Cradley Heath 05/09/1973 Poole 42 36 Cradley Heath 05/09/1973 Poole 48 30 Halifax 06/09/1973 Ipswich 46 32 Exeter 06/09/1973 Oxford 40 38 Coventry 06/09/1973 Sheffield 57 21 Newport 06/09/1973 Wimbledon 35 43 Leicester 07/09/1973 Coatbridge 46 31 Newport 07/09/1973 Hackney 41 37 Belle Vue 08/09/1973 Belle Vue 55 23 Reading 08/09/1973 Coventry 42 36 Wimbledon 08/09/1973 Halifax 35 43 Sheffield 08/09/1973 Kings Lynn 43 35 Poole 08/09/1973 Swindon 40 38 Ipswich 10/09/1973 Exeter 56 22 Hackney 11/09/1973 Ipswich 51 27 Oxford 11/09/1973 Leicester 49 29 Halifax 12/09/1973 Poole 29 49 Belle Vue 13/09/1973 Oxford 48 29 Halifax 13/09/1973 Sheffield 56 22 Ipswich 13/09/1973 Wimbledon 45 33 Newport 14/09/1973 Hackney 46 31 Coventry 14/09/1973 Kings Lynn 47 31 Cradley Heath 14/09/1973 Newport 57 21 Poole 17/09/1973 Cradley Heath 40 38 Kings Lynn 17/09/1973 Reading 58 20 Exeter 17/09/1973 Reading 44 34 Leicester 18/09/1973 Exeter Rain Poole 19/09/1973 Poole 43 35 Ipswich 20/09/1973 Ipswich Rain Kings Lynn 20/09/1973 Oxford Rain Wimbledon 21/09/1973 Newport 56 22 Coventry 21/09/1973 Wolverhampton 39 39 Exeter 22/09/1973 Belle Vue Rain Exeter 22/09/1973 Coventry 40 38 Sheffield 22/09/1973 Halifax Rain Ipswich 22/09/1973 Kings Lynn 55 23 Oxford 22/09/1973 Swindon 41 37 Wolverhampton 24/09/1973 Reading 54 24 Wimbledon 25/09/1973 Leicester 51 27 Poole 26/09/1973 Poole 23 13 Hackney Abandoned Heat 6 27/09/1973 Ipswich Rain Kings Lynn 27/09/1973 Oxford Rain Cradley Heath 27/09/1973 Sheffield Rain Belle Vue 27/09/1973 Wimbledon 38 40 Wolverhampton 28/09/1973 Coatbridge 38 40 Halifax 28/09/1973 Hackney 39 39 Cradley Heath 28/09/1973 Newport 48 30 Swindon 28/09/1973 Wolverhampton 44 34 Poole 29/09/1973 Belle Vue 38 37 Coatbridge 29/09/1973 Coventry 30 48 Reading 29/09/1973 Cradley Heath Rain Ipswich 29/09/1973 Halifax 37 40 Sheffield 29/09/1973 Kings Lynn 39 38 Newport 29/09/1973 Swindon 39 39 Exeter 01/10/1973 Wimbledon 45 33 Sheffield 02/10/1973 Leicester 46 32 Belle Vue 03/10/1973 Poole 38 40 Leicester 04/10/1973 Oxford 59 19 Cradley Heath 04/10/1973 Sheffield 50 28 Poole 04/10/1973 Wimbledon 39 39 Hackney 05/10/1973 Hackney 39 39 Sheffield 06/10/1973 Belle Vue 50 27 Cradley Heath 06/10/1973 Belle Vue Rain Exeter 06/10/1973 Coatbridge 52 26 Hackney 07/10/1973 Oxford 47 30 Wimbledon 08/10/1973 Cradley Heath 35 42 Poole 10/10/1973 Poole 37 41 Exeter 10/10/1973 Poole 54 24 Hackney 11/10/1973 Ipswich 47 31 Swindon 11/10/1973 Wimbledon 41 37 Coventry 11/10/1973 Wimbledon 55 23 Oxford 12/10/1973 Coatbridge 40 37 Reading 12/10/1973 Wolverhampton 45 33 Kings Lynn 13/10/1973 Cradley Heath 36 42 Exeter 13/10/1973 Halifax 46 32 Ipswich 13/10/1973 Halifax 45 33 Swindon 13/10/1973 Kings Lynn 36 42 Reading 15/10/1973 Cradley Heath Rain Ipswich 15/10/1973 Exeter 45 33 Poole 16/10/1973 Poole Rain Kings Lynn 18/10/1973 Ipswich 51 27 Kings Lynn 18/10/1973 Sheffield 48 30 Belle Vue 19/10/1973 Wolverhampton Rain Belle Vue 22/10/1973 Cradley Heath 39 39 Ipswich 22/10/1973 Cradley Heath 33 45 Leicester 24/10/1973 Poole 36 42 Kings Lynn 26/10/1973 Wolverhampton 55 23 Belle Vue 27/10/1973 Belle Vue 42 36 Exeter 27/10/1973 Belle Vue 51 27 Halifax