Old Meadowbank 1966

1966 Edinburgh Monarchs Old Meadowbank

M R Pts Bon Ave FM PM George Hunter 39 142 278 12 8.17 6 1 Bengt Jansson 23 90 164 9 7.69 - 1 Doug Templeton 40 151 270 10 7.42 1 1 Reidar Eide 23 83 102 19 5.83 1 - Kevin Torpie 2 7 8 2 5.71 - - Brian Collins 2 5 6 1 5.6 - - Dudley McKean 34 101 115 18 5.27 - 1 Bert Harkins 38 113 119 17 4.81 - 2 Bill Landels 24 75 77.5 20 5.2 - 1 Jimmy Tannock 33 101 92 23 4.55 - - Runo Wedin 4 16 15 2 4.25 - - Henry Harrfeldt 3 4 4 0 4 - - Knut Syyrest 1 3 1 1 2.67 - - Guests Charlie Monk 3 12 30 1 10.00 - - Ivan Mauger 2 10 23 1 9.20 - - Dave Younghusband 1 5 10 0 8.00 - - Bluey Scott 1 4 10 1 11.00 - - Jim Lightfoot 1 3 4 0 5.33 - - Peter Vandenburg 1 4 5 0 5.00 - - Roy Trigg 2 10 21 1 8.40 - - Bill Andrew 1 4 6 1 6.00 - - Ray Wilson 2 7 11 2 6.28 - - Neville Slee 1 2 0 0 0.00 - - British League M W D L F A Pts 1. Halifax 36 27 0 9 1574 1229 54 2. Coventry 36 25 1 10 1548 1255 51 3. Swindon 36 23 0 13 1553 1248 46 4. Wimbledon 36 22 0 14 1485 1314 44 5. Newcastle 36 20 0 16 1491.5 1304.5 40 6. Poole 36 19 2 15 1443 1356 40 7. West Ham 36 19 1 10 1499.5 1304.5 39 8. Glasgow 36 18 0 18 1395 1394 36 9. Wolverhampton 36 17 2 17 1340.5 1461.5 36 10. Exeter 36 17 1 18 1392.5 1403.5 35 11. Sheffield 36 17 0 19 1410 1394 34 12. Edinburgh 35 17 0 18 1310.5 1413.5 34 13. Belle Vue 36 16 0 20 1362 1443 32 14. Hackney 36 15 1 20 1347.5 1456.5 31 15. Oxford 36 14 2 20 1291 1510 30 16. King's Lynn 36 15 0 21 1275 1524 30 17. Newport 36 12 1 23 1319 1486 25 18. Long Eaton 36 12 1 23 1286 1516 25 19. Cradley Heath 35 10 0 25 1196 1506 20 British League KO Cup second round 26/07/1966 Long Eaton 54 40 Edinburgh Jimmy Tannock, Bert Harkins, Doug Templeton (captain, on bike), Reidar Eide, George Hunter, Johnnie Hoskins (team manager), Bengt Jansson, Dudley McKean. Bill Landels, Jimmy Tannock, Doug Templeton, Bert Harkins George Hunter, Jimmy Tannock, Bill Landels, Bert Harkins, Doug Templeton (on bike) Doug Templeton, Dudley McKean, Johnny Hoskins, Bill Landels, Henry Harrfeldt, George Hunter, Bert Harkins Bengt Jansson Fixtures & Results 02/04/1966 H Edinburgh 37-41 Newcastle Challenge 08/04/1966 A Wolverhampton 40-38 Edinburgh British League 09/04/1966 H Edinburgh 35.5-42.5 Wolverhampton British League 16/04/1966 H Edinburgh 42-36 Exeter British League 19/04/1966 A Long Eaton 49-28 Edinburgh British League 20/04/1966 A Poole 56-22 Edinburgh British League 22/04/1966 A Newport rained off Edinburgh British League 23/04/1966 H Edinburgh 46-31 Glasgow British League 30/04/1966 H Edinburgh 42-36 Poole British League 07/05/1966 H Scotland 63-45 England International 13/05/1966 A Glasgow 43-35 Edinburgh British League 14/05/1966 H Edinburgh 45-33 Sheffield British League 18/05/1966 A King's Lynn 43-32 Edinburgh British League 19/05/1966 A Sheffield 56-22 Edinburgh British League 21/05/1966 H Edinburgh Hunter World Championship QR 28/05/1966 H Edinburgh 47-31 Newport British League 30/05/1966 A Halifax 54-24 Edinburgh British League 02/06/1966 A Middlesbrough 49-29 Edinburgh Northern Cup 04/06/1966 H Edinburgh 44-34 Coventry British League 10/06/1966 H Edinburgh 42-35 Belle Vue British League 11/06/1966 A Swindon 52-26 Edinburgh British League 13/06/1966 A Exeter 37-41 Edinburgh British League 16/06/1966 A Oxford 42-36 Edinburgh British League 18/06/1966 H Edinburgh 43-35 Hackney British League 24/06/1966 A Hackney 46-32 Edinburgh British League 25/06/1966 H Edinburgh Hunter Scottish Superbike Championship 02/07/1966 H Edinburgh 50-28 Newcastle British League 09/07/1966 A Belle Vue 43-35 Edinburgh British League 11/07/1966 A Newcastle 54-24 Edinburgh British League 16/07/1966 H Edinburgh 51-27 King's Lynn British League 23/07/1966 H Edinburgh 45-33 Swindon British League 25/07/1966 A Newport 43-35 Edinburgh British League 26/07/1966 A Long Eaton 54-40 Edinburgh British League KO Cup 30/07/1966 H Scotland 29-79 Poland International 06/08/1966 H Edinburgh 50-28 Long Eaton British League 09/08/1966 A West Ham 50-28 Edinburgh British League 13/08/1966 H Edinburgh rained off Cradley Heath British League 19/08/1966 A Glasgow 57-39 Edinburgh Scottish Cup 20/08/1966 H Edinburgh 19-10 (1) Glasgow Scottish Cup 27/08/1966 H Edinburgh 54-42 Glasgow Scottish Cup 02/09/1966 H Edinburgh 37-41 Halifax British League 09/09/1966 H Edinburgh 42-36 West Ham British League 10/09/1966 A Coventry 49-29 Edinburgh British League 17/09/1966 H Edinburgh 43-35 Oxford British League 24/09/1966 H Edinburgh 43-35 Wimbledon British League 26/09/1966 A Wimbledon 52-26 Edinburgh British League 01/10/1966 H Edinburgh rained off Scottish Open 03/10/1966 H Edinburgh rained off Scottish Open 08/10/1966 H Edinburgh 49-29 Cradley Heath British League 15/10/1966 A Cradley Heath rained off (2) Edinburgh British League 22/10/1966 A Belle Vue Briggs British League Riders Championship (1) abandoned heat 5 (2) not restaged