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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