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Page 1: Bradford 1972 - Speedway ResearcherBradford v Hull Wednesday 22nd March 1972 (Challenge) bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts 1. Alan Knapkin 3 2* 2 3 3 13 1 2. Barry Meeks 1 1 0 3 1

Steve Wilkes / Gary Done

Version 1.1

Bradford 1972

12/01/2015

Page 2: Bradford 1972 - Speedway ResearcherBradford v Hull Wednesday 22nd March 1972 (Challenge) bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts 1. Alan Knapkin 3 2* 2 3 3 13 1 2. Barry Meeks 1 1 0 3 1

Bradford v Hull Wednesday 22nd March 1972 (Challenge)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Alan Knapkin 3 2* 2 3 3 13 1

2. Barry Meeks 1 1 0 3 1 6 0

3. Dave Baugh 2 3 0 3 2 10 0

4. Alf Wells R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

5. Robin Adlington 3 3 2 1 Exc 9 0

6. Sid Sheldrick 0 1* EF 1 1

7. Chris Roynon 2 Ret Fell 1* 3 1

hull 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Tony Childs 2 2 2 3 9 0

2. Alan Bradley 0 0 N N 0 0

3. Paul Tyrer (G) 3 1 1 2 7 0

4. Ian Bottomley 0 1* 0 0 1 1

5. George Devonport 1 2 2 Exc 5 0

6. Dave Mills 3 3 2 3 1* 12 1

7. Dennis Wasden 1 EF EF 1 0

northern vikings northern vikings

Ht 01: Knapkin, Childs, Meeks, Bradley 73.4 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Mills, Roynon, Wasden, Sheldrick 76.6 2 4 6 6

Ht 03: Adlington, Knapkin, Devonport, Bottomley 72.0 5 1 11 7

Ht 04: Tyrer, Baugh, Sheldrick, Wasden (ef) 72.2 3 3 14 10

Ht 05: Adlington, Childs, Meeks, Bradley 71.0 4 2 18 12

Ht 06: Mills, Knapkin, Tyrer, Meeks 73.0 2 4 20 16

Ht 07: Baugh, Devonport, Bottomley, Sheldrick (ef) 72.6 3 3 23 19

Ht 08: Meeks, Mills, Roynon (ret), Wasden (ef) 73.2 3 2 26 21

Ht 09: Mills, Adlington, Tyrer, Baugh 73.0 2 4 28 25

Ht 10: Knapkin, Devonport, Meeks, Bottomley 71.2 4 2 32 27

Ht 11: Baugh, Childs, Mills, Roynon (f) 72.2 3 3 35 30

Ht 12: Knapkin, Tyrer, Adlington (f awarded), Devonport (exc) 71.8 4 2 39 32

Ht 13: Childs, Baugh, Roynon, Bottomley, Adlington (ex tapes) 71.4 3 3 42 35

Page 3: Bradford 1972 - Speedway ResearcherBradford v Hull Wednesday 22nd March 1972 (Challenge) bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts 1. Alan Knapkin 3 2* 2 3 3 13 1 2. Barry Meeks 1 1 0 3 1

Workington v Bradford Friday 24th March 1972 (Yorks-Cumberland Trophy 1st Leg)

workington 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Taffy Owen 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Kym Amundson N 0 3 1 4 0

3. Malcolm Mackay 3 2 3 3 11 0

4. Steve Watson 1 1 2* 2* 6 2

5. Lou Sansom 3 3 3 0 9 0

6. Dave Kumeta 2* 2 2* Ret 6 2

7. Lindsay Davies 1* 2* 2* 5 3

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Alan Knapkin 0 0 F Exc 1* 1 1

2. Barry Meeks 1 2 N Fell 3 0

3. Dave Baugh 1 2 1 1 2 7 0

4. Russ Dent (G) 2 1 N TS 3 0

5. Robin Adlington EF 3 0 2 F Exc 5 0

6. Sid Sheldrick EF 1* Fell TS 0 1 1

7. Chris Roynon 3 0 Fell 3 0

comets northern comets northern

Ht 01: Owen, Kumeta, Meeks, Knapkin 76.6 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Roynon, Kumeta, Davies, Sheldrick (ef) 79.4 3 3 8 4

Ht 03: Sansom, Dent, Watson, Adlington (ef) 79.8 4 2 12 6

Ht 04: Mackay, Kumeta, Baugh, Roynon 78.0 5 1 17 7

Ht 05: Sansom, Meeks, Watson, Knapkin 79.6 4 2 21 9

Ht 06: Owen, Baugh, Sheldrick, Amundson 76.8 3 3 24 12

Ht 07: Adlington, Mackay, Dent, Kumeta (ret) 77.8 2 4 26 16

Ht 08: Amundson, Davies, Sheldrick (f), Roynon (f) 82.2 5 0 31 16

Ht 09: Sansom, Watson, Baugh, Adlington 78.4 5 1 36 17

Ht 10: Owen, Adlington, Amundson, Sheldrick 77.8 4 2 40 19

Ht 11: Mackay, Davies, Meeks (f), Knapkin (f exc) 78.2 5 0 45 19

Ht 12: Owen, Watson, Baugh, Adlington (f exc) No Time 5 1 50 20

Ht 13: Mackay, Baugh, Knapkin, Sansom 78.4 3 3 53 23

Page 4: Bradford 1972 - Speedway ResearcherBradford v Hull Wednesday 22nd March 1972 (Challenge) bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts 1. Alan Knapkin 3 2* 2 3 3 13 1 2. Barry Meeks 1 1 0 3 1

Birmingham v Bradford Monday 27th March 1972 (Challenge)

birmingham 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Terry Shearer 3 1 3 3 10 0

2. Archie Wilkinson 2* 3 1 1 7 1

3. George Major Fell 3 2* N 5 1

4. Mike Gardner 1* 1 3 0 5 1

5. Pete Bailey 2 3 2* 2* 9 2

6. Malcolm Corradine 1 3 2* 6 1

7. Arthur Browning 3 3 3 3 12 0

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Alan Knapkin 1 Fell 2 Fell 0 3 0

2. Barry Meeks 0 0 TS 1 1 0

3. Dave Baugh 2 Fell 1 0 2 5 0

4. Robin Adlington 3 Fell 2 2 1* 1 9 1

5. Alf Wells R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

6. Sid Sheldrick 2 2 0 1 5 0

7. Chris Roynon 0 1* N 0 1 1

brummies northern brummies northern

Ht 01: Shearer, Wilkinson, Knapkin, Meeks 67.4 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Browning, Sheldrick, Corradine, Roynon 68.8 4 2 9 3

Ht 03: Adlington, Bailey, Gardner, Knapkin (f) 68.6 3 3 12 6

Ht 04: Corradine, Baugh, Roynon, Major (f) 68.0 3 3 15 9

Ht 05: Bailey, Knapkin, Gardner, Meeks 69.2 4 2 19 11

Ht 06: Wilkinson, Sheldrick, Shearer, Baugh (f) 69.0 4 2 23 13

Ht 07: Major, Corradine, Baugh, Adlington (f) 69.0 5 1 28 14

Ht 08: Browning, Adlington, Wilkinson, Sheldrick 67.8 4 2 32 16

Ht 09: Gardner, Bailey, Sheldrick, Baugh 67.2 5 1 37 17

Ht 10: Shearer, Adlington, Wilkinson, Roynon 69.8 4 2 41 19

Ht 11: Browning, Major, Meeks, Knapkin (f) 68.4 5 1 46 20

Ht 12: Shearer, Baugh, Adlington, Gardner 70.4 3 3 49 23

Ht 13: Browning, Bailey, Adlington, Knapkin 67.2 5 1 54 24

Page 5: Bradford 1972 - Speedway ResearcherBradford v Hull Wednesday 22nd March 1972 (Challenge) bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts 1. Alan Knapkin 3 2* 2 3 3 13 1 2. Barry Meeks 1 1 0 3 1

Bradford v Workington 29th March 1972 (Yorks-Cumberland Trophy 2nd Leg)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Alan Knapkin 0 2* 2 3 2 9 1

2. Barry Meeks 1 0 1 1 3 0

3. Dave Baugh 2 2 0 N 0 4 0

4. Robin Adlington 3 EF 3 2 1* 3 12 1

5. Alf Wells R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

6. Sid Sheldrick 3 1* 1 0 1 6 1

7. Chris Roynon 0 TS 0 0 0

workington 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Taffy Owen 2* 2* 2* 1* 7 4

2. Kym Amundson 3 3 0 3 9 0

3. Malcolm Mackay 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Steve Watson 0 3 2 2 7 0

5. Lou Sansom 1 1 Exc 0 2 0

6. Dave Kumeta 1* 1 2 1 5 1

7. Lindsay Davies 2 Fell N 2 0

northern comets northern comets

Ht 01: Amundson, Owen, Meeks, Knapkin 74.0 1 5 1 5

Ht 02: Sheldrick, Davies, Kumeta, Roynon 75.6 3 3 4 8

Ht 03: Adlington, Knapkin, Sansom, Watson 72.0 5 1 9 9

Ht 04: Mackay, Baugh, Sheldrick, Davies (f) 71.6 3 3 12 12

Ht 05: Amundson, Owen, Sheldrick, Adlington (ef) 74.2 1 5 13 17

Ht 06: Mackay, Knapkin, Kumeta, Meeks 72.2 2 4 15 21

Ht 07: Watson, Baugh, Sansom, Sheldrick 73.6 2 4 17 25

Ht 08: Adlington, Kumeta, Meeks, Amundson 72.8 4 2 21 27

Ht 09: Mackay, Adlington, Kumeta, Baugh 71.4 2 4 23 31

Ht 10: Knapkin, Watson, Meeks, Sansom (exc) 70.6 4 2 27 33

Ht 11: Amundson, Owen, Sheldrick, Roynon 73.2 1 5 28 38

Ht 12: Mackay, Knapkin, Adlington, Sansom 70.4 3 3 31 41

Ht 13: Adlington, Watson, Owen, Baugh 72.0 3 3 34 44

Agg: Workington 97 - 57 Bradford

Page 6: Bradford 1972 - Speedway ResearcherBradford v Hull Wednesday 22nd March 1972 (Challenge) bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts 1. Alan Knapkin 3 2* 2 3 3 13 1 2. Barry Meeks 1 1 0 3 1

Crewe v Bradford Friday 31st March 1972 (Challenge) Meeting postponed due to rain !

Bradford v Crewe Wednesday 5th April 1972 (Top Dogs Trophy 1st Leg)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Alan Knapkin 3 3 2 2* 10 1

2. Barry Meeks Fell 1 N 0 1 0

3. Dave Baugh 2 2 2 2 8 0

4. Mick Fairbairn 1* 3 2* 3 9 2

5. Robin Adlington 2 EF 3 N 5 0

6. Sid Sheldrick 3 1* 1* 2 1* 8 3

7. Chris Roynon F Exc 1* 0 1 1

crewe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dai Evans 2 1* 3 0 6 1

2. Dave Morton 1* 2 Fell 1 4 1

3. John Jackson N 2 0 1 3 0

4. Dave Parry 0 0 N TS 0 0

5. Phil Crump 3 3 3 F Exc 3 12 0

6. Garry Moore 2 0 Fell 1 3 0

7. Garry Flood 1* 3 3 1 8 1

northern kings northern kings

Ht 01: Knapkin, Evans, Morton, Meeks (f) 72.6 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Sheldrick, Moore, Flood, Roynon (f exc) 73.0 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Crump, Adlington, Fairbairn, Parry 70.6 3 3 9 9

Ht 04: Flood, Baugh, Sheldrick, Moore 72.2 3 3 12 12

Ht 05: Fairbairn, Morton, Evans, Adlington (ef) 74.6 3 3 15 15

Ht 06: Knapkin, Jackson, Meeks, Moore (f) 71.2 4 2 19 17

Ht 07: Crump, Baugh, Sheldrick, Parry 70.6 3 3 22 20

Ht 08: Flood, Sheldrick, Roynon, Morton (f) 72.4 3 3 25 23

Ht 09: Adlington, Fairbairn, Moore, Jackson 73.2 5 1 30 24

Ht 10: Crump, Knapkin, Flood, Meeks 69.8 2 4 32 28

Ht 11: Evans, Baugh, Morton, Roynon 73.0 2 4 34 32

Ht 12: Fairbairn, Knapkin, Jackson, Crump (f exc) 75.8 5 1 39 33

Ht 13: Crump, Baugh, Sheldrick, Evans 70.8 3 3 42 36

Page 7: Bradford 1972 - Speedway ResearcherBradford v Hull Wednesday 22nd March 1972 (Challenge) bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts 1. Alan Knapkin 3 2* 2 3 3 13 1 2. Barry Meeks 1 1 0 3 1

Bradford v Birmingham Wednesday 12th April 1972 (British League Division ll)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Alan Knapkin 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Mick Fairbairn Fell 1 2 1 4 0

3. Dave Baugh 0 Ret Fell 2 2 0

4. Barry Meeks 3 1 2* 0 6 1

5. Robin Adlington 2* 3 3 0 8 1

6. Sid Sheldrick 1 1 2 F Exc 4 0

7. Alan Bridgett 0 0 N 0 0

birmingham 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Terry Shearer 1* 2 2* 1 6 2

2. Archie Wilkinson 2 0 1 N 3 0

3. George Major 3 Exc 1 1* 5 1

4. Steve Wilson 0 N 0 N 0 0

5. Pete Bailey 1 3 2 2 8 0

6. Malcolm Corradine 3 2 0 3 8 0

7. Arthur Browning 2* 2* 1 3 3 11 2

northern brummies northern brummies

Ht 01: Knapkin, Wilkinson, Shearer, Fairbairn (f) 72.8 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Corradine, Browning, Sheldrick, Bridgett 71.6 1 5 4 8

Ht 03: Meeks, Adlington, Bailey, Wilson 72.6 5 1 9 9

Ht 04: Major, Browning, Sheldrick, Baugh 72.0 1 5 10 14

Ht 05: Adlington, Shearer, Meeks, Wilkinson 70.8 4 2 14 16

Ht 06: Knapkin, Corradine, Fairbairn, Major (ex unfair riding) 70.2 4 2 18 18

Ht 07: Bailey, Sheldrick, Browning, Baugh (ret) 70.0 2 4 20 22

Ht 08: Browning, Fairbairn, Wilkinson, Bridgett 72.0 2 4 22 26

Ht 09: Adlington, Meeks, Major, Corradine 71.4 5 1 27 27

Ht 10: Knapkin, Bailey, Fairbairn, Wilson 71.0 4 2 31 29

Ht 11: Corradine, Shearer, Baugh (f), Sheldrick (f exc) 73.6 0 5 31 34

Ht 12: Knapkin, Bailey, Major, Meeks 69.0 3 3 34 37

Ht 13: Browning, Baugh, Shearer, Adlington (f rem) 71.2 2 4 36 41

Page 8: Bradford 1972 - Speedway ResearcherBradford v Hull Wednesday 22nd March 1972 (Challenge) bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts 1. Alan Knapkin 3 2* 2 3 3 13 1 2. Barry Meeks 1 1 0 3 1

Bradford v Rayleigh Wednesday 19th April 1972 (British League Division ll)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Alan Knapkin 2 3 2 2* 9 1

2. Mick Fairbairn Fell 0 2* EF 2 1

3. Dave Baugh 3 1* 1* 0 5 2

4. Barry Meeks 1 2 0 3 6 0

5. Robin Adlington 3 0 1 2 6 0

6. Sid Sheldrick 2* 2* 2 6 2

7. Alan Bridgett 3 3 2 8 0

rayleigh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Geoff Maloney 3 3 2 3 3 14 0

2. Terry Stone 1 1 1 N 3 0

3. Peter Claridge 1 TS TS 0 1 0

4. Tiger Beech 0 0 1 N 1 0

5. Bob Young 2 3 2* 3 1 11 1

6. Allen Emmett EF N 0 3 0 1 4 0

7. Nigel Rackett 1 Fell 1* N 2 1

northern rockets northern rockets

Ht 01: Maloney, Knapkin, Stone, Fairbairn (f) 70.8 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Bridgett, Sheldrick, Rackett, Emmett (ef) 74.4 5 1 7 5

Ht 03: Adlington, Young, Meeks, Beech 71.6 4 2 11 7

Ht 04: Baugh, Sheldrick, Claridge, Rackett (f) 73.4 5 1 16 8

Ht 05: Maloney, Meeks, Stone, Adlington 70.2 2 4 18 12

Ht 06: Knapkin, Maloney, Rackett, Fairbairn 70.4 3 3 21 15

Ht 07: Young, Sheldrick, Baugh, Beech 72.2 3 3 24 18

Ht 08: Bridgett, Fairbairn, Stone, Emmett 74.2 5 1 29 19

Ht 09: Emmett, Young, Adlington, Meeks 71.8 1 5 30 24

Ht 10: Young, Knapkin, Beech, Fairbairn (ef) 71.4 2 4 32 28

Ht 11: Maloney, Bridgett, Baugh, Emmett 70.6 3 3 35 31

Ht 12: Meeks, Knapkin, Young, Claridge 73.2 5 1 40 32

Ht 13: Maloney, Adlington, Emmett, Baugh 71.0 2 4 42 36

Page 9: Bradford 1972 - Speedway ResearcherBradford v Hull Wednesday 22nd March 1972 (Challenge) bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts 1. Alan Knapkin 3 2* 2 3 3 13 1 2. Barry Meeks 1 1 0 3 1

Rayleigh v Bradford Saturday 22nd April 1972 (British League Division ll)

rayleigh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Geoff Maloney 2 3 3 3 11 0

2. Peter Claridge 0 1 0 N 1 0

3. Allen Emmett 3 1 2 2* 8 1

4. Tiger Beech 2* 1 0 0 3 1

5. Bob Young 3 3 3 3 12 0

6. Terry Stone 3 2* 0 5 1

7. Nigel Rackett 2* 3 1 0 6 1

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Alan Knapkin 3 2 3 1 0 9 0

2. Mick Fairbairn 1 0 1* TS 2 1

3. Dave Baugh 1 2 2 3 1* 9 1

4. Barry Meeks 0 TS 0 N 0 0

5. Robin Adlington 1 2* 2 2 2 9 1

6. Alan Bridgett 1 0 1* 1 3 1

7. Sid Sheldrick 0 0 TS 0 0

rockets northern rockets northern

Ht 01: Knapkin, Maloney, Fairbairn, Claridge 72.2 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Stone, Rackett, Bridgett, Sheldrick 71.8 5 1 7 5

Ht 03: Young, Beech, Adlington, Meeks 71.0 5 1 12 6

Ht 04: Emmett, Stone, Baugh, Sheldrick 71.6 5 1 17 7

Ht 05: Young, Knapkin, Beech, Fairbairn 71.4 4 2 21 9

Ht 06: Maloney, Baugh, Claridge, Bridgett 70.2 4 2 25 11

Ht 07: Knapkin, Adlington, Emmett, Stone 71.2 1 5 26 16

Ht 08: Rackett, Adlington, Fairbairn, Claridge 72.4 3 3 29 19

Ht 09: Young, Baugh, Bridgett, Beech 71.8 3 3 32 22

Ht 10: Maloney, Adlington, Rackett, Meeks 70.0 4 2 36 24

Ht 11: Baugh, Emmett, Knapkin, Rackett 71.8 2 4 38 28

Ht 12: Maloney, Adlington, Baugh, Beech 70.4 3 3 41 31

Ht 13: Young, Emmett, Bridgett, Knapkin 71.0 5 1 46 32

Page 10: Bradford 1972 - Speedway ResearcherBradford v Hull Wednesday 22nd March 1972 (Challenge) bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts 1. Alan Knapkin 3 2* 2 3 3 13 1 2. Barry Meeks 1 1 0 3 1

Bradford v Ellesmere Port Wednesday 26th April 1972 (British League Division ll)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Alan Knapkin 3 3 2 Ret 8 0

2. Mick Fairbairn 0 Fell 1 1* 2 1

3. Dave Baugh 3 2 2 1 8 0

4. Barry Meeks Fell N Ret N 0 0

5. Robin Adlington 3 3 3 3 12 0

6. Sid Sheldrick 2* 2* 1* 2 7 3

7. Alan Bridgett 3 1 3 0 7 0

ellesmere port 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Paul Tyrer 2 2 2 2 3 2 13 0

2. Colin Goad 1* 0 0 1 2 1

3. Graham Drury 1 1* 3 2 3 10 1

4. Robbie Gardner 1* 2 0 3 1 0 7 1

5. Ken Moss R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

6. Chris Blythe F Exc 0 TS 1* F Exc 1 1

7. Terry Kelly 1 N TS 1 0

northern gunners northern gunners

Ht 01: Knapkin, Tyrer, Goad, Fairbairn (f rem) 78.2 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Bridgett, Sheldrick, Kelly, Blythe (f exc) 75.4 5 1 8 4

Ht 03: Adlington, Tyrer, Gardner, Meeks (f) 73.6 3 3 11 7

Ht 04: Baugh, Sheldrick, Drury, Blythe 74.4 5 1 16 8

Ht 05: Adlington, Tyrer, Bridgett, Goad 73.4 4 2 20 10

Ht 06: Knapkin, Gardner, Drury, Fairbairn (f) 73.6 3 3 23 13

Ht 07: Drury, Baugh, Sheldrick, Gardner 72.0 3 3 26 16

Ht 08: Bridgett, Tyrer, Fairbairn, Goad 73.2 4 2 30 18

Ht 09: Adlington, Drury, Blythe, Meeks (ret) 71.8 3 3 33 21

Ht 10: Gardner, Knapkin, Fairbairn, Blythe (f exc) 73.4 3 3 36 24

Ht 11: Tyrer, Baugh, Goad, Bridgett 71.8 2 4 38 28

Ht 12: Drury, Sheldrick, Gardner, Knapkin (ret) 72.2 2 4 40 32

Ht 13: Adlington, Tyrer, Baugh, Gardner 71.8 4 2 44 34

Page 11: Bradford 1972 - Speedway ResearcherBradford v Hull Wednesday 22nd March 1972 (Challenge) bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts 1. Alan Knapkin 3 2* 2 3 3 13 1 2. Barry Meeks 1 1 0 3 1

Long Eaton v Bradford Thursday 27th April 1972 (British League Division ll)

long eaton 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Geoff Bouchard 3 F Exc 3 3 9 0

2. Chris Harrison 1 1 2 0 4 0

3. Roger Mills 3 3 3 2 11 0

4. Gil Farmer 2 2 1* Fell 5 1

5. Ian Champion 1* 1* 2 1* 5 3

6. Steve Bass 2 2* 1 1 6 1

7. Peter Jarvis EF 1* N 1 1

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Alan Knapkin 2 3 0 3 8 0

2. Mick Fairbairn 0 0 0 N 0 0

3. Dave Baugh 1 3 3 1* 8 1

4. Barry Meeks Exc 0 N 0 0 0

5. Robin Adlington 3 2 2 2 9 0

6. Sid Sheldrick 1 0 2* 0 2 5 1

7. Alan Bridgett 3 0 3 1* 7 1

rangers northern rangers northern

Ht 01: Bouchard, Knapkin, Harrison, Fairbairn 71.4 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Bridgett, Bass, Sheldrick, Jarvis (ef) 75.2 2 4 6 6

Ht 03: Adlington, Farmer, Champion, Sheldrick, Meeks (ex tapes) 72.8 3 3 9 9

Ht 04: Mills, Bass, Baugh, Bridgett 73.2 5 1 14 10

Ht 05: Knapkin, Farmer, Champion, Fairbairn 73.6 3 3 17 13

Ht 06: Baugh, Sheldrick, Harrison, Bouchard (f exc) 74.0 1 5 18 18

Ht 07: Mills, Adlington, Bass, Meeks 72.4 4 2 22 20

Ht 08: Bridgett, Harrison, Jarvis, Fairbairn 74.8 3 3 25 23

Ht 09: Baugh, Champion, Farmer, Sheldrick 72.6 3 3 28 26

Ht 10: Bouchard, Adlington, Bridgett, Harrison 72.2 3 3 31 29

Ht 11: Mills, Sheldrick, Bass, Knapkin 72.4 4 2 35 31

Ht 12: Bouchard, Adlington, Baugh, Farmer (f) 72.0 3 3 38 34

Ht 13: Knapkin, Mills, Champion, Meeks 72.4 3 3 41 37

Page 12: Bradford 1972 - Speedway ResearcherBradford v Hull Wednesday 22nd March 1972 (Challenge) bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts 1. Alan Knapkin 3 2* 2 3 3 13 1 2. Barry Meeks 1 1 0 3 1

Bradford v Barrow Wednesday 3rd May 1972 (Challenge) Meeting postponed due to rain !

Bradford v Peterborough Sunday 14th May 1972 (Challenge)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Alan Knapkin 3 3 2 3 11 0

2. Alan Bridgett 0 1 2 N 3 0

3. Dave Baugh 1 3 2 0 6 0

4. Sid Sheldrick 1* 1 1 Exc 3 1

5. Robin Adlington 2 3 3 3 11 0

6. Barry Meeks 3 3 0 1* 0 7 1

7. Mick Fairbairn 0 0 0 0 0

peterborough 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. John Harrhy 2 2 3 2 9 0

2. Brian Clark N Fell 1 1 2 0

3. Richard Greer 2 2 2 Exc 6 0

4. Roy Carter 0 2 0 1* 3 1

5. John Davis 3 1* 3 2 9 1

6. Clive Noy 1* 2 0 0 3 1

7. Alan Witt 1* 0 3 1* 5 2

northern panthers northern panthers

Ht 01: Knapkin, Harrhy, Noy, Bridgett 71.6 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Meeks, Noy, Witt, Fairbairn 73.4 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Davis, Adlington, Sheldrick, Carter 71.2 3 3 9 9

Ht 04: Meeks, Greer, Baugh, Witt 73.0 4 2 13 11

Ht 05: Adlington, Harrhy, Sheldrick, Clark (f) 71.4 4 2 17 13

Ht 06: Knapkin, Greer, Bridgett, Noy 71.2 4 2 21 15

Ht 07: Baugh, Carter, Davis, Meeks 71.6 3 3 24 18

Ht 08: Witt, Bridgett, Clark, Fairbairn 72.4 2 4 26 22

Ht 09: Adlington, Greer, Sheldrick, Noy 71.0 4 2 30 24

Ht 10: Davis, Knapkin, Meeks, Carter 71.6 3 3 33 27

Ht 11: Harrhy, Baugh, Clark, Fairbairn 71.4 2 4 35 31

Ht 12: Knapkin, Davis, Witt, Meeks, Greer (ex tapes), Sheldrick (ex tapes) 73.6 3 3 38 34

Ht 13: Adlington, Harrhy, Carter, Baugh 69.8 3 3 41 37

Page 13: Bradford 1972 - Speedway ResearcherBradford v Hull Wednesday 22nd March 1972 (Challenge) bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts 1. Alan Knapkin 3 2* 2 3 3 13 1 2. Barry Meeks 1 1 0 3 1

Crewe v Bradford Monday 15th May 1972 (British League Division ll)

crewe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Phil Crump 3 3 3 2 11 0

2. Garry Moore 1 1 Ret N 2 0

3. John Jackson 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Dave Parry 0 1 0 1* 2 1

5. Dai Evans 3 3 2 2* 10 1

6. Dave Morton 1 0 2* 3 1

7. Garry Flood 3 2 2* 2* 9 2

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 2 2 1 1 1 7 0

2. Alan Bridgett 0 0 TS N 0 0

3. Alan Knapkin 2 2 3 3 3 13 0

4. Sid Shedlrick 1* 0 0 N 1 1

5. Robin Adlington 2 1 1 N 4 0

6. Barry Meeks 2 1* 0 1 0 4 1

7. Stan Dewhurst 0 N TS 0 0 0 0

kings northern kings northern

Ht 01: Crump, Baugh, Moore, Bridgett 74.8 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Flood, Meeks, Morton, Dewhurst 74.4 4 2 8 4

Ht 03: Evans, Adlington, Sheldrick, Parry 75.0 3 3 11 7

Ht 04: Jackson, Knapkin, Meeks, Morton 73.8 3 3 14 10

Ht 05: Evans, Baugh, Parry, Bridgett 75.2 4 2 18 12

Ht 06: Crump, Knapkin, Moore, Meeks 75.8 4 2 22 14

Ht 07: Jackson, Morton, Adlington, Sheldrick 75.0 5 1 27 15

Ht 08: Knapkin, Flood, Baugh, Moore (ret) 74.0 2 4 29 19

Ht 09: Knapkin, Evans, Meeks, Parry 73.4 2 4 31 23

Ht 10: Crump, Flood, Adlington, Sheldrick 74.4 5 1 36 24

Ht 11: Jackson, Flood, Baugh, Dewhurst 74.0 5 1 41 25

Ht 12: Knapkin, Crump, Parry, Meeks 73.6 3 3 44 28

Ht 13: Jackson, Evans, Baugh, Dewhurst 74.0 5 1 49 29

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Bradford v Canterbury Wednesday 17th May 1972 (British League Division ll)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Alan Knapkin 3 3 3 2 11 0

2. Alan Bridgett 1 2* 3 2* 8 2

3. Dave Baugh 2 2* 1 0 5 1

4. Alf Wells 3 3 2* 1* 9 2

5. Robin Adlington 2* 2* 3 3 10 2

6. Barry Meeks 3 1* 3 7 1

7. Sid Sheldrick 1 1 Fell 2 0

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Terry Spain 0 0 TS TS 0 0

2. Graham Banks R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

3. Ross Gilbertson 2 3 0 1 3 3 12 0

4. Barney Kennett 0 0 1 1* 2 1

5. Bob Hughes 1 1 1 0 0 3 0

6. Ted Hubbard 2 1 2 0 2* 2 9 1

7. Mike Vernam 0 0 0 0 0

northern crusaders northern crusaders

Ht 01: Knapkin, Gilbertson, Bridgett, Spain 72.4 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Meeks, Hubbard, Sheldrick, Vernam 75.4 4 2 8 4

Ht 03: Wells, Adlington, Hughes, Kennett 73.2 5 1 13 5

Ht 04: Gilbertson, Baugh, Meeks, Vernam 71.8 3 3 16 8

Ht 05: Wells, Adlington, Hughes, Spain 72.6 5 1 21 9

Ht 06: Knapkin, Bridgett, Hubbard, Gilbertson 71.0 5 1 26 10

Ht 07: Meeks, Baugh, Hughes, Kennett 74.0 5 1 31 11

Ht 08: Bridgett, Hubbard, Sheldrick, Vernam 73.2 4 2 35 13

Ht 09: Adlington, Wells, Gilbertson, Hubbard 70.4 5 1 40 14

Ht 10: Knapkin, Bridgett, Kennett, Hughes 72.2 5 1 45 15

Ht 11: Gilbertson, Hubbard, Baugh, Sheldrick (f) 71.0 1 6 46 20

Ht 12: Gilbertson, Knapkin, Wells, Hughes 71.2 3 3 49 23

Ht 13: Adlington, Hubbard, Kennett, Baugh 71.4 3 3 52 26

Page 15: Bradford 1972 - Speedway ResearcherBradford v Hull Wednesday 22nd March 1972 (Challenge) bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts 1. Alan Knapkin 3 2* 2 3 3 13 1 2. Barry Meeks 1 1 0 3 1

Birmingham v Bradford Monday 22nd May 1972 (British League Division ll)

birmingham 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Terry Shearer 3 1* 3 2 9 1

2. Cliff Emms 2* 2 3 1 8 1

3. Arthur Browning 0 3 3 2* 8 1

4. Mick Hines 2* 2* 1 1* 6 3

5. Pete Bailey 3 3 3 3 12 0

6. George Major 3 3 1 7 0

7. Rob Homer 0 1 0 1 0

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Alan Knapkin 1 0 N 1 2 0

2. Sid Sheldrick 0 1 2 2 5 0

3. Dave Baugh 2 3 2 3 10 0

4. Alf Wells 1 2 0 N 3 0

5. Robin Adlington Fell 0 2 Fell 2 0

6. Alan Bridgett 1* 0 0 1 1

7. Barry Meeks 2 1* 0 1* 0 4 2

brummies northern brummies northern

Ht 01: Shearer, Emms, Knapkin, Sheldrick 65.6 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Major, Meeks, Bridgett, Homer 67.0 3 3 8 4

Ht 03: Bailey, Hines, Wells, Adlington (f) 66.0 5 1 13 5

Ht 04: Major, Baugh, Meeks, Browning 66.6 3 3 16 8

Ht 05: Bailey, Hines, Sheldrick, Knapkin 66.2 5 1 21 9

Ht 06: Baugh, Emms, Shearer, Bridgett 66.0 3 3 24 12

Ht 07: Browning, Wells, Major, Adlington 65.0 4 2 28 14

Ht 08: Emms, Sheldrick, Homer, Meeks 66.8 4 2 32 16

Ht 09: Bailey, Baugh, Hines, Bridgett 66.2 4 2 36 18

Ht 10: Shearer, Adlington, Emms, Wells 67.4 4 2 40 20

Ht 11: Browning, Sheldrick, Meeks, Homer 66.0 3 3 43 23

Ht 12: Baugh, Shearer, Hines, Adlington (f) 66.4 3 3 46 26

Ht 13: Bailey, Browning, Knapkin, Meeks 65.8 5 1 51 27

Page 16: Bradford 1972 - Speedway ResearcherBradford v Hull Wednesday 22nd March 1972 (Challenge) bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts 1. Alan Knapkin 3 2* 2 3 3 13 1 2. Barry Meeks 1 1 0 3 1

Bradford v Scunthorpe Wednesday 24th May 1972 (British League Division ll)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Alan Knapkin 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Alan Bridgett 2* 0 2 2* 6 2

3. Dave Baugh 1 3 3 2* 9 1

4. Alf Wells 2* 2* 1 1 6 2

5. Robin Adlington 3 3 3 3 12 0

6. Barry Meeks 3 3 1 7 0

7. Sid Sheldrick 2* 1* 1 4 2

scunthorpe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Brian Maxted 0 1 0 2 1 4 0

2. Barry Holdsworth 1 Fell TS N 1 0

3. Phil Bass 2 2 3 2 2 11 0

4. Ian Wilson 0 2 0 0 N 2 0

5. Alan Bellham 1 0 1 0 2 0

6. Brian Osborn 0 1* TS 0 1 1

7. Peter Taylor 1 0 TS 0 1 0

nortern saints northern saints

Ht 01: Knapkin, Bridgett, Holdsworth, Maxted 73.8 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Meeks, Sheldrick, Taylor, Osborn 74.4 5 1 10 2

Ht 03: Adlington, Wells, Bellham, Wilson 74.2 5 1 15 3

Ht 04: Meeks, Bass, Baugh, Taylor 74.0 4 2 19 5

Ht 05: Adlington, Wells, Maxted, Holdsworth (f) 73.2 5 1 24 6

Ht 06: Knapkin, Bass, Osborn, Bridgett 72.0 3 3 27 9

Ht 07: Baugh, Wilson, Meeks, Bellham 72.8 4 2 31 11

Ht 08: Bass, Bridgett, Sheldrick, Wilson 72.8 3 3 34 14

Ht 09: Adlington, Bass, Wells, Maxted 72.6 4 2 38 16

Ht 10: Knapkin, Bridgett, Bellham, Wilson 71.4 5 1 43 17

Ht 11: Baugh, Maxted, Sheldrick, Taylor 73.4 4 2 47 19

Ht 12: Knapkin, Bass, Wells, Bellham 72.2 4 2 51 21

Ht 13: Adlington, Baugh, Maxted, Osborn 73.4 5 1 56 22

Page 17: Bradford 1972 - Speedway ResearcherBradford v Hull Wednesday 22nd March 1972 (Challenge) bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts 1. Alan Knapkin 3 2* 2 3 3 13 1 2. Barry Meeks 1 1 0 3 1

Hull v Bradford Monday 29th May 1972 (British League Division ll)

hull 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Tony Childs 3 1 1* 0 5 1

2. Colin Tucker 1 0 N TS 1 0

3. Dave Mills 2* 1 2 1 2 8 1

4. Pete Boston 0 0 Fell N 0 0

5. Robin Amundson 2 2 2 Fell 6 0

6. Bryan Loakes 2* 3 0 2 3 3 13 1

7. Dennis Wasen 3 Exc TS 3 0

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Alan Knapkin 2 3 2 3 10 0

2. Alan Bridgett N 1 3 0 4 0

3. Dave Baugh EF 3 3 2 8 0

4. Alf Wells 3 2* 3 1 9 1

5. Robin Adlington 1 2* 3 Exc N 6 1

6. Barry Meeks 1 TS 1 2 0

7. Sid Sheldrick 0 0 1 1 1* 3 1

vikings northern vikings northern

Ht 01: Childs, Knapkin, Tucker, Sheldrick 80.4 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Wasden, Loakes, Meeks, Sheldrick 81.4 5 1 9 3

Ht 03: Wells, Amundson, Adlington, Boston 78.8 2 4 11 7

Ht 04: Loakes, Mills, Sheldrick, Baugh (ef) 79.6 5 1 16 8

Ht 05: Knapkin, Amundson, Bridgett, Boston 79.4 2 4 18 12

Ht 06: Baugh, Adlington, Childs, Tucker 78.2 1 5 19 17

Ht 07: Adlington, Wells, Mills, Loakes 80.0 1 5 20 22

Ht 08: Bridgett, Loakes, Sheldrick, Wasden (exc) 79.4 2 4 22 26

Ht 09: Baugh, Amundson, Meeks, Boston (f) 80.0 2 4 24 30

Ht 10: Wells, Mills, Childs, Adlington (exc) 78.0 3 3 27 33

Ht 11: Loakes, Knapkin, Mills, Bridgett 79.8 4 2 31 35

Ht 12: Loakes, Baugh, Sheldrick, Childs 78.8 3 3 34 38

Ht 13: Knapkin, Mills, Wells, Amundson (f) 78.6 2 4 36 42

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Bradford v Hull Wednesday 31st May 1972 (British League Division ll)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Alan Knapkin 3 2* 3 3 11 1

2. Alan Bridgett 2* 3 Exc 1 6 1

3. Dave Baugh 1* 2 1 2 6 1

4. Alf Wells 2* 3 Exc EF 5 1

5. Robin Adlington 3 2* F Exc 1* 6 2

6. Barry Meeks 2 2 0 3 7 0

7. Sid Sheldrick 0 1 2 EF 3 0

hull 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Tony Childs 1 1 2* 1* 3 8 2

2. Colin Tucker 0 0 TS TS 0 0

3. Dave Mills 3 0 2 3 2 10 0

4. Pete Boston 0 3 0 Exc 3 0

5. Robin Amundson 1 1 2 3 TS 7 0

6. Bryan Loakes 1 1 1 0 3 0

7. Dennis Wasden 3 0 0 3 0

northern vikings northern vikings

Ht 01: Knapkin, Bridgett, Childs, Tucker 71.6 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Wasden, Meeks, Loakes, Sheldrick 73.2 2 4 7 5

Ht 03: Adlington, Wells, Amundson, Boston 73.0 5 1 12 6

Ht 04: Mills, Meeks, Baugh, Wasden 74.4 3 3 15 9

Ht 05: Wells, Adlington, Childs, Tucker 72.2 5 1 20 10

Ht 06: Bridgett, Knapkin, Loakes, Mills 73.6 5 1 25 11

Ht 07: Boston, Baugh, Amundson, Meeks 71.8 2 4 27 15

Ht 08: Meeks, Mills, Sheldrick, Wasden, Bridgett (ex tapes) 73.4 4 2 31 17

Ht 09: Mills, Sheldrick, Loakes, Adlington (f exc), Wells (ex tapes) 73.8 2 4 33 21

Ht 10: Knapkin, Amundson, Bridgett, Boston 73.4 4 2 37 23

Ht 11: Amundson, Childs, Baugh, Sheldrick (ef) 73.4 1 5 38 28

Ht 12: Knapkin, Mills, Childs, Wells (ef) 72.0 3 3 41 31

Ht 13: Childs, Baugh, Adlington, Loakes, Boston (ex tapes) 71.8 3 3 44 34

Page 19: Bradford 1972 - Speedway ResearcherBradford v Hull Wednesday 22nd March 1972 (Challenge) bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts 1. Alan Knapkin 3 2* 2 3 3 13 1 2. Barry Meeks 1 1 0 3 1

Bradford v Berwick Wednesday 7th June 1972 (Speedway Express Division Two KOC 2nd Rnd 1st Leg)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Alan Knapkin F Exc N N N 0 0

2. Dave Baugh 3 3 3 3 12 0

3. Alf Wells 2 3 3 1 9 0

4. Barry Meeks 3 1 2* 1 7 1

5. Robin Adlington 2* N 3 3 8 1

6. Sid Sheldrick 3 0 3 2* 2* 10 2

7. Alan Bridgett 2* 2* 2* Exc 0 6 3

berwick 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Doug Templeton 1* 2 EF N 2 5 1

2. Willie Templeton 2 0 1 2 5 0

3. Andy Meldrum 1 0 1 2* 4 1

4. Jim Beaton 0 0 TS 0 0 0

5. Alistair Brady 1 1 1 3 6 0

6. Geoff Davies 0 N Fell 0 0

7. George Beaton 1 3 1 0 1* 6 1

northern bandits northern bandits

Ht 01: Baugh, W.Templeton, D.Templeton, Knapkin (f exc) 73.0 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Sheldrick, Bridgett, G.Beaton, Davies 73.2 5 1 8 4

Ht 03: Meeks, Adlington, Brady, J.Beaton 72.8 5 1 13 5

Ht 04: G.Beaton, Wells, Meldrum, Sheldrick 73.0 2 4 15 9

Ht 05: Sheldrick, D.Templeton, Meeks, W.Templeton 71.8 4 2 19 11

Ht 06: Baugh, Bridgett, G.Beaton, Meldrum 72.8 5 1 24 12

Ht 07: Wells, Sheldrick, Brady, J.Beaton 73.0 5 1 29 13

Ht 08: Baugh, Bridgett, W.Templeton, G.Beaton 75.0 5 1 34 14

Ht 09: Adlington, Meeks, Meldrum, Davies (f) 72.0 5 1 39 15

Ht 10: Baugh, Sheldrick, Brady, D.Templeton (ef) 73.2 5 1 44 16

Ht 11: Wells, W.Templeton, G.Beaton, Bridgett (exc) 72.0 3 3 47 19

Ht 12: Brady, Meldrum, Meeks, Bridgett 72.8 1 5 48 24

Ht 13: Adlington, D.Templeton, Wells, J.Beaton 72.0 4 2 52 26

Alan Knapkin suffered dislocations to both his shoulder & elbow in a heat 1 fall

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Berwick v Bradford Saturday 10th June 1972 (Speedway Express Division Two KOC 2nd Rnd 2nd Leg)

berwick 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Doug Templeton 2 2 3 3 10 0

2. Alistair Brady F Exc 0 1 1 2 0

3. Andy Meldrum 2 3 2* 3 2* 12 2

4. Jim Beaton F Exc N TS NS 0 0

5. Willie Templeton 2 3 3 3 11 0

6. George Beaton 1* F Exc N 1 1

7. Geoff Davies 2 1 Ret 0 0 3 0

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Barry Meeks 1 0 N N 1 0

2. Alan Knapkin R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

3. Robin Adlington 3 3 2* 1 2 11 1

4. Dave Baugh 3 3 1* 2 1 10 1

5. Alf Wells Ret 2 2 0 1* 5 1

6. Sid Sheldrick 3 1 Ret 2 0 6 0

7. Alan Bridgett 0 1 3 1* 5 1

8. Mike Fairbairn D I D N O T R I D E

bandits northern bandits northern

Ht 01: Baugh, D.Templeton, Meeks, Brady (f exc) 79.2 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Sheldrick, Davies, G.Beaton, Bridgett 79.8 3 3 5 7

Ht 03: Baugh, W.Templeton, Wells (ret), J.Beaton (f exc) 81.4 2 3 7 10

Ht 04: Adlington, Meldrum, Bridgett, G.Beaton (f exc) 78.8 2 4 9 14

Ht 05: W.Templeton, Wells, Davies, Meeks 79.8 4 2 13 16

Ht 06: Adlington, D.Templeton, Sheldrick, Brady 78.4 2 4 15 20

Ht 07: Meldrum, Wells, Baugh, Davies (ret) 79.4 3 3 18 23

Ht 08: Bridgett, Adlington, Brady, Davies 81.6 1 5 19 28

Ht 09: W.Templeton, Meldrum, Adlington, Sheldrick (ret) 79.4 5 1 24 29

Ht 10: D.Templeton, Baugh, Brady, Wells 81.0 4 2 28 31

Ht 11: Meldrum, Sheldrick, Bridgett, Davies 79.8 3 3 31 34

Ht 12: D.Templeton, Adlington, Wells, J.Beaton (ns) 78.2 3 3 34 37

Ht 13: W.Templeton, Meldrum, Baugh, Sheldrick 79.8 5 1 39 38

Agg: Bradford 90 - 65 Berwick

Both Jim & George Beaton received broken arms in Heat 3 & Heat 4 falls

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Ellesmere Port v Bradford Tuesday 13th June 1972 (British League Division ll)

ellesmere port 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Paul Tyrer 2 3 2* 3 10 1

2. Colin Goad 1* 1 3 3 8 1

3. Graham Drury 1 1 3 2* 7 1

4. Robbie Gardner 3 1 2 1 7 0

5. Cyril Francis 2* 3 1* 3 9 2

6. Chris Blythe 0 0 0 0 0

7. Paul Callaghan 2 1* 1 4 1

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Alan Knapkin R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

2. Barry Meeks 0 2 Exc N 2 0

3. Robin Adlington 3 N 2 3 F Exc 8 0

4. Dave Baugh 0 2* EF 2 2 EF 6 1

5. Alf Wells 1 0 N 1 TS 2 0

6. Sid Sheldrick 1 2* 0 0 1 4 1

7. Alan Bridgett 3 3 3 2 0 11 0

gunners northern gunners northern

Ht 01: Adlington, Tyrer, Goad, Meeks 79.0 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Bridgett, Callaghan, Sheldrick, Blythe 79.2 2 4 5 7

Ht 03: Gardner, Francis, Wells, Baugh 79.4 5 1 10 8

Ht 04: Bridgett, Sheldrick, Drury, Blythe 79.6 1 5 11 13

Ht 05: Francis, Meeks, Gardner, Wells 81.4 4 2 15 15

Ht 06: Tyrer, Adlington, Goad, Sheldrick 79.0 4 2 19 17

Ht 07: Bridgett, Baugh, Drury, Blythe 80.4 1 5 20 22

Ht 08: Goad, Bridgett, Callaghan, Meeks (f exc) 79.8 4 2 24 24

Ht 09: Adlington, Gardner, Francis, Sheldrick 80.0 3 3 27 27

Ht 10: Goad, Tyrer, Wells, Baugh (ef) 79.8 5 1 32 28

Ht 11: Drury, Baugh, Callaghan, Bridgett 80.2 4 2 36 30

Ht 12: Tyrer, Baugh, Gardner, Adlington (f exc) 79.6 4 2 40 32

Ht 13: Francis, Drury, Sheldrick, Baugh (ef) 80.0 5 1 45 33

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Bradford: The Olympiad Wednesday 14th June 1972 (Individual)

riders 1 2 3 4 5 pts pos

01. Bob Young (Rayleigh) 1 1 3 0 1 6 11th

02. Malcolm Mackay (Workington) 0 3 1 2 1 7 7th

03. Jim Ryman (Boston) 2 0 3 N N 5 15th

04. Robin Adlington (Bradford) 3 0 3 0 2 8 5th

05. Phil Crump (Crewe) 3 2 Fell 3 3 11 1st

06. Sid Sheldrick (Bradford) 2 0 2 1 1 6 12th

07. Arthur Browning (Birmingham) 0 2 2 1 2 7 8th

08. Malcolm Ballard (Eastbourne) 1 1 1 0 2 5 16th

09. Barry Meeks (Bradford) 2 0 2 2 0 6 13th

10. Jack Millen (Sunderland) 3 1 Ret 2 3 9 4th

11. Dave Durham (Teesside) 0 3 0 3 0 6 14th

12. Dave Baugh (Bradford) 1 2 2 2 0 7 9th

13. Andy Meldrum (Berwick) 1 3 1 1 3 9 3rd

14. Richard Greer (Peterborough) 2 2 0 3 1 8 6th

15. Paul Tyrer (Ellesmere Port) 3 1 3 3 0 10 2nd

16. Alan Bridgett (Bradford) 0 3 1 0 3 7 10th

Res: Mick Fairbairn (Bradford) 1 2 3 17th

Heat results - see next page

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Ht 01: Adlington, Ryman, Young, Mackay 73.4

Ht 02: Crump, Sheldrick, Ballard, Browning 69.8

Ht 03: Millen, Meeks, Baugh, Durham 72.2

Ht 04: Tyrer, Greer, Meldrum, Bridgett 71.4

Ht 05: Meldrum, Crump, Young, Meeks 70.4

Ht 06: Mackay, Greer, Millen, Sheldrick 72.0

Ht 07: Durham, Browning, Tyrer, Ryman 72.0

Ht 08: Bridgett, Baugh, Ballard, Adlington 72.4

Ht 09: Young, Sheldrick, Bridgett, Durham 73.0

Ht 10: Tyrer, Baugh, Mackay, Crump (f) 70.2

Ht 11: Ryman, Meeks, Ballard, Greer 73.0

Ht 12: Adlington, Browning, Meldrum, Millen (ret) 71.2

Ht 13: Greer, Baugh, Browning, Young 72.0

Ht 14: Durham, Mackay, Meldrum, Ballard 71.2

Ht 15: Crump, Millen, Fairbairn, Bridgett 69.4

Ht 16: Tyrer, Meeks, Sheldrick, Adlington 72.4

Ht 17: Millen, Ballard, Young, Tyrer 72.0

Ht 18: Bridgett, Browning, Mackay, Meeks 73.0

Ht 19: Meldrum, Fairbairn, Sheldrick, Baugh 71.8

Ht 20: Crump, Adlington, Greer, Durham 71.0

Run off for 3rd place: Meldrum beat Millen (ef) 72.2

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Sunderland v Bradford Friday 16th June 1972 (British League Division ll)

sunderland 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Russ Dent 1 1 2 2 6 0

2. George Barclay 3 3 2 1* 9 1

3. Graeme Smith 2 3 3 0 8 0

4. Dave Gatenby 2* 2 Fell 1* 5 2

5. Jack Millen 3 N 2 2 7 0

6. Pete Wrathall 3 1* 1* 1 6 2

7. Jim Wells 1 1* 1 3 1

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 2 3 3 3 2 3 16 0

2. Alan Knapkin R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

3. Robin Adlington 3 2 2 1 Fell 3 11 0

4. Alan Bridgett 1 TS 0 1 2 0

5. Alf Wells 0 0 0 3 Fell 3 0

6. Sid Sheldrick F Exc 0 0 TS 0 0

7. Barry Meeks 2 0 0 2 0

stars northern stars northern

Ht 01: Barclay, Baugh, Dent, A.Wells 66.0 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Wrathall, Meeks, J.Wells, Sheldrick (f exc) 69.0 4 2 8 4

Ht 03: Millen, Gatenby, Bridgett, A.Wells 68.0 5 1 13 5

Ht 04: Adlington, Smith, Wrathall, Meeks 66.4 3 3 16 8

Ht 05: Baugh, Gatenby, Wrathall, Sheldrick 66.8 3 3 19 11

Ht 06: Barclay, Adlington, Dent, Sheldrick 66.4 4 2 23 13

Ht 07: Smith, Adlington, Wrathall, A.Wells 68.2 4 2 27 15

Ht 08: Baugh, Barclay, J.Wells, Meeks 67.0 3 3 30 18

Ht 09: Baugh, Millen, Adlington, Gatenby (f) 67.0 2 4 32 22

Ht 10: A.Wells, Dent, Barclay, Bridgett 67.2 3 3 35 25

Ht 11: Smith, Baugh, J.Wells, Adlington (f) 67.2 4 2 39 27

Ht 12: Adlington, Dent, Gatenby, A.Wells (f) 66.0 3 3 42 30

Ht 13: Baugh, Millen, Bridgett, Smith 66.4 2 4 44 34

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Bradford v Crewe Wednesday 21st June 1972 (British League Division ll)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 2 2* 3 EF 3 10 1

2. Alan Knapkin R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

3. Robin Adlington Fell 3 3 2 EF 8 0

4. Alan Bridgett 1 1* 2 1 5 1

5. Alf Wells 1* Fell N N N 1 1

6. Sid Sheldrick 1* 2 F Exc 0 3 1

7. Barry Meeks 2 2 1 2 0 Ret 7 0

crewe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Phil Crump 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Dave Morton 0 EF 0 1 1 0

3. John Jackson 3 1 3 2 9 0

4. Garry Flood 3 1* 1 Fell 5 1

5. Dai Evans 2* 2 3 0 7 1

6. Dave Parry 3 0 2 1 6 0

7. Garry Moore 0 F Exc N 0 0

northern kings northern kings

Ht 01: Crump, Baugh, Wells, Morton 71.4 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Parry, Meeks, Sheldrick, Moore (f rem) 72.8 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Flood, Evans, Bridgett, Wells (f) 74.0 1 5 7 11

Ht 04: Jackson, Sheldrick, Adlington (f), Moore (f exc) 73.2 2 3 9 14

Ht 05: Crump, Meeks, Bridgett, Morton (ef) 72.6 3 3 12 17

Ht 06: Adlington, Baugh, Jackson, Parry 74.2 5 1 17 18

Ht 07: Adlington, Evans, Flood, Sheldrick (f exc) 74.0 3 3 20 21

Ht 08: Baugh, Parry, Meeks, Morton 74.2 4 2 24 23

Ht 09: Jackson, Bridgett, Parry, Sheldrick 71.2 2 4 26 27

Ht 10: Evans, Meeks, Flood, Baugh (ef) 77.0 2 4 28 31

Ht 11: Crump, Adlington, Morton, Meeks 72.0 2 4 30 35

Ht 12: Baugh, Jackson, Bridgett, Evans 73.4 4 2 34 37

Ht 13: Crump, Adlington (ef), Flood (f), Meeks (ret) No Time 0 3 34 40

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Scunthorpe v Bradford Monday 26th June 1972 (British League Division ll)

scunthorpe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Brian Maxted 2 2* 1 2 7 1

2. Alan Bellham 0 N 0 N 0 0

3. Phil Bass 1* 2 0 1 4 1

4. Brian Osborn 0 1* N N 1 1

5. Rod Haynes 2 2 2 Fell 6 0

6. Ian Wilson 3 2 3 1* 3 12 1

7. Ray Watkins 1 2 0 1 1* 5 1

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Alan Knapkin R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

2. Dave Baugh 3 3 3 2* 3 14 1

3. Robin Adlington 3 EF 3 3 3 12 0

4. Alan Bridgett 1 0 N Exc 1 0

5. Alf Wells 3 3 2 Fell 8 0

6. Sid Sheldrick 0 0 1 1 2* 4 1

7. Barry Meeks 2 Exc 1 0 3 0

8. Colin Meredith 1 EF 1 0

saints northern saints northern

Ht 01: Baugh, Maxted, Meredith, Bellham 83.0 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Wilson, Meeks, Watkins, Sheldrick 83.4 4 2 6 6

Ht 03: Wells, Haynes, Bridgett, Osborn 84.8 2 4 8 10

Ht 04: Adlington, Wilson, Bass, Sheldrick, Meeks (exc) 83.6 3 3 11 13

Ht 05: Baugh, Haynes, Osborn, Meredith (ef) 84.0 3 3 14 16

Ht 06: Wilson, Maxted, Sheldrick, Adlington (ef) 85.0 5 1 19 17

Ht 07: Wells, Bass, Wilson, Bridgett 86.4 3 3 22 20

Ht 08: Baugh, Watkins, Meeks, Bellham 84.2 2 4 24 24

Ht 09: Adlington, Haynes, Sheldrick, Watkins 85.4 2 4 26 28

Ht 10: Wilson, Wells, Maxted, Meeks 86.0 4 2 30 30

Ht 11: Adlington, Baugh, Watkins, Bass 83.6 1 5 31 35

Ht 12: Adlington, Maxted, Watkins, Wells (f) 85.0 3 3 34 38

Ht 13: Baugh, Sheldrick, Bass, Haynes (f), Bridgett (exc) 86.0 1 5 35 43

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Bradford: England v Sweden Wednesday 28th June 1972 (3rd Division Two International)

england 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 2 2 2* 3 3 3 15 1

2. Arthur Browning Fell 1* 3 2* 1 0 7 2

3. Richard Greer 3 0 0 0 N N 3 0

4. Roger Mills 0 1 N N 0 1* 2 1

5. Arthur Price 2 2 1 F NS N N 5 0

6. Malcolm Ballard 1* 0 N 2 2 2 7 1

7. Geoff Bouchard 0 0 0 0

8. Bob Coles 1 1 1* 2 1* 2 8 2

sweden 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Lars Jansson 3 2* 2* 1 3 0 11 2

2. Lars Inge Hultberg 1 3 3 0 1 3 11 0

3. Bengt Larsson 2 3 1 2* 3 2 13 1

4. Kall Haage 1* 1 N N 1 1* 4 2

5. Tommy Jansson 3 0 3 3 0 Fell 9 0

6. Carl Erik Claesson 0 N N N N N 0 0

7. Christer Sjosten 3 2* 3 F Exc 2 3 13 1

8. Soren Karlsson 0 0 0

Heat results - see next page

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england sweden england sweden

Ht 01: L.Jansson, Baugh, Hultberg, Browning (f) 68.6 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Greer, Larsson, Haage, Mills 71.0 3 3 5 7

Ht 03: T.Jansson, Price, Ballard, Claesson 71.2 3 3 8 10

Ht 04: Hultberg, L.Jansson, Mills, Greer 70.4 1 5 9 15

Ht 05: Larsson, Price, Haage, Ballard 70.8 2 4 11 19

Ht 06: Sjosten, Baugh, Browning, T.Jansson 71.2 3 3 14 22

Ht 07: Hultberg, L.Jansson, Price, Bouchard 70.0 1 5 15 27

Ht 08: Browning, Baugh, Larsson, Karlsson 71.0 5 1 20 28

Ht 09: T.Jansson, Sjosten, Coles, Greer 70.2 1 5 21 33

Ht 10: Baugh, Browning, L.Jansson, Hultberg 70.8 5 1 26 34

Ht 11: Sjosten, Larsson, Coles, Greer 71.4 1 5 27 39

Ht 12: T.Jansson, Ballard, Coles, Sjosten (f exc), Price (f ns) 69.8 3 3 30 42

Ht 13: L.Jansson, Coles, Hultberg, Mills 71.4 2 4 32 46

Ht 14: Larsson, Ballard, Haage, Bouchard 70.4 2 4 34 50

Ht 15: Baugh, Sjosten, Browning, T.Jansson 71.0 4 2 38 52

Ht 16: Hultberg, Ballard, Coles, L.Jansson 71.0 3 3 41 55

Ht 17: Baugh, Larsson, Haage, Browning 71.0 3 3 44 58

Ht 18: Sjosten, Coles, Mills, T.Jansson (f) 71.8 3 3 47 61

Arthur Price broke a leg in a heat 12 fall

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Bradford v Peterborough Wednesday 5th July 1972 (Speedway Express Division Two KOC 3rd Rnd 1st Leg)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 2* 3 3 3 3 14 1

2. Alan Knapkin R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

3. Mick Fairbairn 1 1* 0 N N 2 1

4. Alan Bridgett 0 2* 0 N 2 1

5. Robin Adlington 3 3 3 3 2 14 0

6. Sid Sheldrick 1 3 0 2 0 6 0

7. Colin Meredith 3 0 2 1 1* 7 1

peterborough 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ted Howgego 1 F Exc TS 0 1 0

2. Clive Noy 0 1 TS TS 1 0

3. Richard Greer 2 2 2 1 2 9 0

4. Roy Carter 2 0 1* 3 3 9 1

5. John Davis 1* 3 2 2 0 8 1

6. Brian Clark 0 1* 1* 2 2

7. Alan Witt 2 0 1* 3 1

northern panthers northern panthers

Ht 01: Adlington, Baugh, Howgego, Noy 73.4 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Meredith, Witt, Sheldrick, Clark 76.0 4 2 9 3

Ht 03: Adlington, Carter, Davis, Bridgett 72.0 3 3 12 6

Ht 04: Sheldrick, Greer, Fairbairn, Witt 73.8 4 2 16 8

Ht 05: Adlington, Bridgett, Noy, Howgego (f exc) 72.6 5 1 21 9

Ht 06: Baugh, Greer, Clark, Sheldrick (f rem) 72.2 3 3 24 12

Ht 07: Davis, Sheldrick, Fairbairn, Carter 73.4 3 3 27 15

Ht 08: Baugh, Davis, Witt, Meredith 72.6 3 3 30 18

Ht 09: Adlington, Greer, Clark, Bridgett 70.4 3 3 33 21

Ht 10: Baugh, Davis, Carter, Fairbairn 72.6 3 3 36 24

Ht 11: Carter, Meredith, Greer, Sheldrick 73.2 2 4 38 28

Ht 12: Baugh, Greer, Meredith, Davis 72.0 4 2 42 30

Ht 13: Carter, Adlington, Meredith, Howgego 73.2 3 3 45 33

Silver Helmet: Dave Baugh (ch) beat John Davis (h) (f) 74.0

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Peterborough v Bradford Friday 7th July 1972 (Speedway Express Division Two KOC 3rd Rnd 2nd Leg)

peterborough 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ted Howgego 2 F NS 2 0

2. Clive Noy EF F Exc 2* 2 1

3. Richard Greer 3 2 5 0

4. Roy Carter 2* 2* 2.5* 6.5 0.5

5. John Davis 3 3 2.5 8.5 0.5

6. Brian Clark 3 1 3 1* 8 1

7. Alan Witt 1 3 4 0

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 3 0 1 4 0

2. Alan Knapkin R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

3. Robin Adlington 2 1 Fell Exc 3 0

4. Alan Bridgett 1 1 3 5 0

5. Alf Wells 0 N 0 0

6. Sid Sheldrick 2 EF 0 Exc 2 0

7. Colin Meredith 0 0 Fell N 0 0

panthers northern panthers northern

Ht 01: Baugh, Howgego, Bridgett, Noy (ef) 73.6 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Clark, Sheldrick, Witt, Meredith 73.4 4 2 6 6

Ht 03: Davis, Carter, Bridgett, Wells 70.2 5 1 11 7

Ht 04: Greer, Adlington, Clark, Meredith 73.8 4 2 15 9

Ht 05: Davis, Carter, Adlington, Baugh 72.4 5 1 20 10

Ht 06: Clark, Adlington (f), Sheldrick (ef), Noy (f exc), Howgego (f ns) 79.4 3 0 23 10

Ht 07: Bridgett, Greer, Clark, Meredith (f) 77.0 3 3 26 13

Ht 08: Witt, Noy, Baugh, Sheldrick 74.8 5 1 31 14

Ht 09: Davis & Carter (awarded joint 1st place), Adlington (ex 2 mins), Sheldrick (ex 2 mins) 5 0 36 14

Silver Helmet: Roy Carter (ch) beat Dave Baugh (h) on default

Agg: Peterborough 69 - 59 Bradford (Bradford refused to ride after heat 8 when they considered the track was unfit)

Ted Howgego broke a collar bone in a heat 6 fall

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Bradford v Eastbourne Wednesday 12th July 1972 (British League Division ll)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 2* 2* 2* 3 9 3

2. Alan Knapkin 3 3 2 3 11 0

3. Alf Wells N 3 0 0 3 0

4. Alan Bridgett 2 1* 0 N 3 1

5. Sid Sheldrick F Exc 2 1 1 4 0

6. Mick Fairbairn 1* 3 0 4 1

7. Colin Meredith 2 EF 1* 1 0 4 1

eastbourne 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Malcolm Ballard 1 3 3 3 3 13 0

2. Paul Gachet 0 F Exc TS TS 0 0

3. Gordon Kennett 1* 1 2* 2* 1* 7 4

4. Roger Johns 3 1* Fell 2* 6 2

5. Bobby McNeil 1 2 3 1 2 9 0

6. Trevor Geer 0 0 TS 0 0

7. Derek Cook 3 2 0 5 0

northern eagles northern eagles

Ht 01: Knapkin, Baugh, Ballard, Gachet 73.0 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Cook, Meredith, Fairbairn, Geer 73.2 3 3 8 4

Ht 03: Johns, Bridgett, McNeil, Sheldrick (f exc) 73.6 2 4 10 8

Ht 04: Fairbairn, Cook, Kennett, Meredith (ef) 75.6 3 3 13 11

Ht 05: Ballard, Sheldrick, Bridgett, Gachet (f exc) 72.4 3 3 16 14

Ht 06: Knapkin, Baugh, Kennett, Geer 75.0 5 1 21 15

Ht 07: Wells, McNeil, Johns, Fairbairn 74.4 3 3 24 18

Ht 08: Ballard, Knapkin, Meredith, Cook 74.0 3 3 27 21

Ht 09: McNeil, Kennett, Sheldrick, Bridgett 73.8 1 5 28 26

Ht 10: Knapkin, Baugh, McNeil, Johns (f) 75.4 5 1 33 27

Ht 11: Ballard, Kennett, Meredith, Wells 72.8 1 5 34 32

Ht 12: Baugh, McNeil, Kennett, Meredith 74.4 3 3 37 35

Ht 13: Ballard, Johns, Sheldrick, Wells 73.2 1 5 38 40

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Workington v Bradford Friday 14th July 1972 (British League Division ll)

workington 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Taffy Owen 3 2 N N 5 0

2. Mitch Graham 2* 1* 2* 2 7 3

3. Malcolm Mackay 2 3 3 2* 10 1

4. Kym Amundson 3 0 1 2 6 0

5. Lou Sansom 2* 3 0 3 8 1

6. Dave Kumeta 2 1* 0 Fell 0 3 1

7. Steve Watson Exc 3 2* 5 1

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 1 2 2* F Exc 1 6 1

2. Alan Knapkin 0 1* 1 N 2 1

3. Robin Adlington 3 3 3 3 3 15 0

4. Alan Bridgett 1 2 1 0 4 0

5. Sid Sheldrick 0 1* TS 1 2 1

6. Roy Young (G) Fell N TS 0 0

7. Colin Meredith 3 0 0 0 1 4 0

comets northern comets northern

Ht 01: Owen, Graham, Baugh, Knapkin 76.8 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Meredith, Kumeta, Young (f), Watson (exc) No Time 2 3 7 4

Ht 03: Amundson, Sansom, Bridgett, Sheldrick 79.0 5 1 12 5

Ht 04: Adlington, Mackay, Kumeta, Meredith 76.2 3 3 15 8

Ht 05: Sansom, Baugh, Knapkin, Amundson 76.8 3 3 18 11

Ht 06: Adlington, Owen, Graham, Meredith 76.8 3 3 21 14

Ht 07: Mackay, Bridgett, Sheldrick, Kumeta No Time 3 3 24 17

Ht 08: Watson, Graham, Knapkin, Meredith 78.0 5 1 29 18

Ht 09: Adlington, Baugh, Amundson, Sansom 76.6 1 5 30 23

Ht 10: Adlington, Graham, Bridgett, Kumeta (f) 78.0 2 4 32 27

Ht 11: Mackay, Watson, Meredith, Baugh (f exc) 80.0 5 1 37 28

Ht 12: Adlington, Amundson, Sheldrick, Kumeta 78.4 2 4 39 32

Ht 13: Sansom, Mackay, Baugh, Bridgett 78.2 5 1 44 33

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Boston v Bradford Sunday 16th July 1972 (British League Division ll)

boston 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Arthur Price R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

2. Carl Glover 1 0 3 3 Fell 7 0

3. Jim Ryman 3 3 3 3 3 15 0

4. Ray Bales 2* 1 F NS N 3 1

5. Russ Osborne 3 3 3 3 2* 14 1

6. Vic Cross 3 1 1 2* 3 10 1

7. Tony Featherstone 2* 0 1 3 1

8. Geoff Carnell 1 1 0

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 2 2 2 2 1 9 0

2. Alan Knapkin N 0 1* N 1 1

3. Robin Adlington 2 1* F Exc N 3 1

4. Alan Bridgett 0 N 2 2 0 4 0

5. Sid Sheldrick 1 2 EF 2 5 0

6. Mick Fairbairn 1 TS 0 1 0 1* 3 1

7. Colin Meredith 0 Fell 0 TS 0 0

barracudas northern barracudas northern

Ht 01: Ryman, Baugh, Glover, Meredith 73.6 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Cross, Featherstone, Fairbairn, Meredith (f) 72.7 5 1 9 3

Ht 03: Osborne, Bales, Sheldrick, Bridgett 74.7 5 1 14 4

Ht 04: Ryman, Adlington, Cross, Meredith 75.1 4 2 18 6

Ht 05: Osborne, Baugh, Bales, Knapkin 75.6 4 2 22 8

Ht 06: Osborne, Baugh, Adlington, Glover 75.4 3 3 25 11

Ht 07: Ryman, Sheldrick, Cross, Fairbairn 74.5 4 2 29 13

Ht 08: Glover, Bridgett, Knapkin, Featherstone 73.8 3 3 32 16

Ht 09: Osborne, Cross, Fairbairn, Adlington (f exc), Bales (f ns) 74.0 5 1 37 17

Ht 10: Glover, Bridgett, Carnell, Sheldrick (ef) 72.5 4 2 41 19

Ht 11: Ryman, Baugh, Featherstone, Fairbairn 74.5 4 2 45 21

Ht 12: Cross, Sheldrick, Fairbairn, Glover (f) 72.5 3 3 48 24

Ht 13: Ryman, Osborne, Baugh, Bridgett 74.5 5 1 53 25

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Bradford: The Odsal Trophy Wednesday 19th July 1972 (Individual)

riders 1 2 3 4 5 pts pos

01. Mick Hines (Birmingham) 2 3 3 3 2 13 3rd

02. Malcolm Mackay (Workington) Fell 1 0 2 0 3 15th

03. Russ Dent (Sunderland) 1 2 1 0 2 6 9th

04. Robin Adlington (Bradford) 3 3 2 3 3 14 1st

05. Alan Knapkin (Bradford) 2 2 1 2 2 9 6th

06. Colin Meredith (Bradford) Fell 0 1 1 F NS 2 16th

07. Arthur Browning (Birmingham) 3 Exc 1 1 3 8 7th

08. Ian Wilson (Scunthorpe) Fell F NS 2 1 1 4 12th

09. Sid Sheldrick (Bradford) 2 0 Fell 0 2 4 14th

10. Jack Millen (Sunderland) 1 3 3 3 3 13 2nd

11. Graham Drury (Ellesmere Port) 0 1 0 3 1 5 10th

12. Dave Baugh (Bradford) 3 F Exc 2 2 3 10 5th

13. Mick Fairbairn (Bradford) 2 1 0 Ret 1 4 13th

14. Steve Bass (Long Eaton) 0 2 3 0 0 5 11th

15. Paul Tyrer (Ellesmere Port) 3 3 3 2 Fell 11 4th

16. Alan Bridgett (Bradford) 1 2 2 1 1 7 8th

Res: Mick Fielding 1 1 17th

Res: Barry Meeks (Bradford) 0 0 18th

Heat results - see next page

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Ht 01: Adlington, Hines, Dent, Mackay (f) 75.4

Ht 02: Browning, Knapkin, Meredith (f), Wilson (f) 78.0

Ht 03: Baugh, Sheldrick, Millen, Drury 76.8

Ht 04: Tyrer, Fairbairn, Bridgett, Bass 73.0

Ht 05: Hines, Knapkin, Fairbairn, Sheldrick 75.4

Ht 06: Millen, Bass, Mackay, Meredith 75.6

Ht 07: Tyrer, Dent, Drury, Browning (exc) 72.4

Ht 08: Adlington, Bridgett, Fielding, Wilson (f ns), Baugh (f exc) 74.4

Ht 09: Hines, Bridgett, Meredith, Drury 73.2

Ht 10: Tyrer, Baugh, Knapkin, Mackay 72.6

Ht 11: Bass, Wilson, Dent, Sheldrick (f) 74.4

Ht 12: Millen, Adlington, Browning, Fairbairn 72.6

Ht 13: Hines, Baugh, Browning, Bass 73.6

Ht 14: Drury, Mackay, Wilson, Fairbairn (ret) 73.6

Ht 15: Millen, Knapkin, Bridgett, Dent 74.0

Ht 16: Adlington, Tyrer, Meredith, Sheldrick 72.0

Ht 17: Millen, Hines, Wilson, Tyrer (f) 73.2

Ht 18: Browning, Sheldrick, Bridgett, Mackay 73.2

Ht 19: Baugh, Dent, Fairbairn, Meeks, Meredith (f ns) 73.0

Ht 20: Adlington, Knapkin, Drury, Bass 74.2

Run off for 2nd place: Millen beat Hines 74.0

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Bradford v Boston Wednesday 26th July 1972 (British League Division ll)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 2 3 3 3 11 0

2. Alan Bridgett 0 1 1 1 3 0

3. Alan Knapkin 1 2 0 N 3 0

4. Sid Sheldrick 1 0 2* 1 4 1

5. Robin Adlington 3 3 3 3 12 0

6. Mick Fairbairn 1 0 1* 2 1

7. Colin Meredith 3 3 2 F Exc 8 0

boston 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Arthur Price 1 2 3 2 8 0

2. Carl Glover 3 1* 2 1 7 1

3. Jim Ryman 3 2 F Exc N 5 0

4. Tony Featherstone 0 0 0 1* 1 1

5. Russ Osborne 2 3 2 2 9 0

6. Vic Cross 2 0 1 0 3 0

7. Ray Bales 0 2* 0 2 1

northern barracudas northern barracudas

Ht 01: Glover, Baugh, Price, Bridgett 72.0 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Meredith, Cross, Fairbairn, Bales 73.8 4 2 6 6

Ht 03: Adlington, Osborne, Sheldrick, Featherstone 72.2 4 2 10 8

Ht 04: Ryman, Bales, Knapkin, Fairbairn 73.6 1 5 11 13

Ht 05: Adlington, Price, Glover, Sheldrick 73.8 3 3 14 16

Ht 06: Baugh, Ryman, Bridgett, Cross 72.8 4 2 18 18

Ht 07: Osborne, Knapkin, Fairbairn, Featherstone 73.0 3 3 21 21

Ht 08: Meredith, Glover, Bridgett, Bales 73.4 4 2 25 23

Ht 09: Adlington, Sheldrick, Cross, Ryman (f exc) 73.4 5 1 30 24

Ht 10: Baugh, Osborne, Bridgett, Featherstone 72.0 4 2 34 26

Ht 11: Price, Meredith, Glover, Knapkin 73.8 2 4 36 30

Ht 12: Baugh, Osborne, Sheldrick, Cross 71.2 4 2 40 32

Ht 13: Adlington, Price, Featherstone, Meredith (f exc) 72.2 3 3 43 35

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Bradford v Fredericia Sunday 30th July 1972 (Challenge)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 2* 3 EF 2* 7 2

2. Alan Bridgett 3 2* 3 Fell 8 1

3. Alan Knapkin 3 3 3 2* 11 1

4. Sid Sheldrick 2* 0 1 3 6 1

5. Robin Adlington 3 3 3 3 12 0

6. Mick Fielding Exc 0 Fell 0 0

7. Colin Meredith 3 1 1 5 0

fredericia 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Arne Andreasen 1 2 0 2 Fell 5 0

2. Skjold Larsen 0 TS 0 N 0 0

3. Nils Schelde 2 1 2 3 1 9 0

4. John Hansen 0 1* TS 1 2 1

5. Erik Tilgaard 1 1* 2 2* 0 6 2

6. Preben Pedersen 2 TS 0 2 0

7. Jens Krause-Kjaer F Exc N N 0 0

8. Erik Gron 1* 2 0 3 1

northern fredericia northern fredericia

Ht 01: Bridgett, Baugh, Andreasen, Larsen 76.2 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Meredith, Pedersen, Krause-Kjaer (f exc), Fielding (exc) 76.0 3 2 8 3

Ht 03: Adlington, Sheldrick, Tilgaard, Hansen 73.4 5 1 13 4

Ht 04: Knapkin, Schelde, Gron, Fielding 76.2 3 3 16 7

Ht 05: Adlington, Andreasen, Tilgaard, Sheldrick 71.8 3 3 19 10

Ht 06: Baugh, Bridgett, Schelde, Andreasen 73.6 5 1 24 11

Ht 07: Knapkin, Tilgaard, Hansen, Fielding (f) 74.2 3 3 27 14

Ht 08: Bridgett, Gron, Meredith, Larsen 74.4 4 2 31 16

Ht 09: Adlington, Schelde, Sheldrick, Pedersen 72.4 4 2 35 18

Ht 10: Schelde, Tilgaard, Bridgett (f), Baugh (ef) 75.8 0 5 35 23

Ht 11: Knapkin, Andreasen, Meredith, Gron 73.8 4 2 39 25

Ht 12: Sheldrick, Baugh, Schelde, Tilgaard 74.4 5 1 44 26

Ht 13: Adlington, Knapkin, Hansen, Andreasen (f) 75.0 5 1 49 27

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Ellesmere Port v Bradford Tuesday 1st August 1972 (Challenge)

ellesmere port 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Paul Tyrer 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Chris Blythe 0 1 F NS N 1 0

3. Colin Goad 3 F Exc F Exc 3 6 0

4. Graham Drury 1 3 2 1 7 0

5. Robbie Gardner 3 2* 1* 1 7 2

6. Paul Callaghan 2 Fell 2 Exc 0 4 0

7. Ian Gills 1* F Exc 1 2 1

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 2 1 3 2 8 0

2. Alan Bridgett 1* 0 3 2* 6 2

3. Alan Knapkin 2 2 3 2 9 0

4. Sid Sheldrick 0 1 1* 0 2 1

5. Robin Adlington 2 3 2 Fell 7 0

6. Mick Fairbairn 0 0 Fell 0 0

7. Colin Meredith 3 1* 2* 6 2

gunners northern gunners northern

Ht 01: Tyrer, Baugh, Bridgett, Blythe 79.2 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Meredith, Callaghan, Gills, Fairbairn 85.4 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Gardner, Adlington, Drury, Sheldrick 85.4 4 2 10 8

Ht 04: Goad, Knapkin, Meredith, Callaghan (f) 87.8 3 3 13 11

Ht 05: Drury, Gardner, Baugh, Bridgett 86.2 5 1 18 12

Ht 06: Tyrer, Knapkin, Blythe, Fairbairn 81.4 4 2 22 14

Ht 07: Adlington, Callaghan, Sheldrick, Goad (f exc) 86.5 2 4 24 18

Ht 08: Bridgett, Meredith, Gills (f exc), Callaghan (ex 2mins), Blythe (f ns) 90.2 0 5 24 23

Ht 09: Knapkin, Drury, Gardner, Fairbairn (f) 86.4 3 3 27 26

Ht 10: Tyrer, Adlington, Sheldrick, Callaghan 86.4 3 3 30 29

Ht 11: Baugh, Bridgett, Gills, Goad (f exc) 85.2 1 5 31 34

Ht 12: Tyrer, Knapkin, Drury, Adlington (f) 80.2 4 2 35 36

Ht 13: Goad, Baugh, Gardner, Sheldrick 82.2 4 2 39 38

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Bradford v Barrow Wednesday 2nd August 1972 (British League Division ll)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh Fell 2 3 1* 6 1

2. Alan Bridgett 2 1* 2 2* 7 2

3. Alan Knapkin 2 3 N 3 8 0

4. Sid Sheldrick 3 3 1 2 9 0

6. Robin Adlington N 2* 3 1 6 1

6. Mick Fairbairn 2 1 Fell 1 1 5 0

7. Stan Dewhurst EF 1* 0 1 1

barrow 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Mike Sampson 3 1 2* 2 8 1

2. Stan Stevens 1 0 3 TS 4 0

3. Bob Coles 3 3 2 3 3 14 0

4. Tom Owen 2 EF 1 0 3 0

5. Mike Watkin 0 2 0 N 2 0

6. Chris Roynon 3 0 0 3 0

7. Ian Hindle 1 1 EF 0 2 0

northern h.faces northern h.faces

Ht 01: Sampson, Bridgett, Stevens, Baugh (f) 73.2 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Roynon, Fairbairn, Hindle, Dewhurst (ef) 74.8 2 4 4 8

Ht 03: Sheldrick, Owen, Fairbairn, Watkin 73.0 4 2 8 10

Ht 04: Coles, Knapkin, Hindle, Fairbairn (f) 71.2 2 4 10 14

Ht 05: Sheldrick, Adlington, Sampson, Stevens 73.0 5 1 15 15

Ht 06: Coles, Baugh, Bridgett, Roynon 71.8 3 3 18 18

Ht 07: Knapkin, Watkin, Fairbairn, Owen (ef) 74.0 4 2 22 20

Ht 08: Stevens, Bridgett, Dewhurst, Hindle (ef) 74.2 3 3 25 23

Ht 09: Adlington, Coles, Sheldrick, Roynon 71.2 4 2 29 25

Ht 10: Baugh, Bridgett, Owen, Watkin 75.0 5 1 34 26

Ht 11: Coles, Sampson, Fairbairn, Dewhurst 72.2 1 5 35 31

Ht 12: Coles, Sheldrick, Baugh, Hindle 72.6 3 3 38 34

Ht 13: Knapkin, Sampson, Adlington, Owen 72.2 4 2 42 36

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Bradford: Pride Of England Championship Wednesday 9th August 1972 (Individual)

Riders 1 2 3 4 5 pts pos

01. Alan Bridgett (Bradford) 2 EF 0 N N 2 15th

02. Jack Millen (Sunderland) 3 3 0 1 0 7 8th

03. Dave Durham (Teesside) 0 0 2 1 1 4 13th

04. Dai Evans (Crewe) 1 1 2 1 0 5 12th

05. Alan Knapkin (Bradford) 2 3 1 3 3 12 4th

06. Andy Meldrum (Berwick) 1 2 3 2 0 8 6th

07. Mike Sampson (Barrow) 0 1 1 2 3 7 9th

08. Lou Sansom (Workington) 3 3 3 3 3 15 1st

09. Sid Sheldrick (Bradford) 1 1 1 0 2 5 10th

10. Arthur Price (Boston) 2 1 0 0 1 4 14th

11. Robin Adlington (Bradford) EF 3 2 0 2 7 7th

12. Dave Baugh (Bradford) 3 2 2 3 3 13 3rd

13. Bob Coles (Barrow) 2 2 3 2 2 11 5th

14. Geoff Bouchard (Long Eaton) 0 EF 0 1 1 2 16th

15. Paul Tyrer (Ellesmere Port) 3 2 3 3 2 13 2nd

16. Terry Shearer (Birmingham) 1 0 1 2 1 5 11th

Res: Stan Dewhurst (Bradford) 0 0

Res: Mick Fielding 0 0

Heat results - see next page

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Ht 01: Millen, Bridgett, Evans, Durham 73.8

Ht 02: Sansom, Knapkin, Meldrum, Sampson 74.4

Ht 03: Baugh, Price, Sheldrick, Adlington (ef) 73.2

Ht 04: Tyrer, Coles, Shearer, Bouchard 72.2

Ht 05: Knapkin, Coles, Sheldrick, Bridgett (ef) 73.4

Ht 06: Millen, Meldrum, Price, Bouchard (ef) 73.6

Ht 07: Adlington, Tyrer, Sampson, Durham 72.4

Ht 08: Sansom, Baugh, Evans, Shearer 74.0

Ht 09: Meldrum, Adlington, Shearer, Bridgett 71.8

Ht 10: Tyrer, Baugh, Knapkin, Millen 71.4

Ht 11: Sansom, Durham, Sheldrick, Bouchard 73.0

Ht 12: Coles, Evans, Sampson, Price 72.6

Ht 13: Baugh, Sampson, Bouchard, Dewhurst 72.0

Ht 14: Sansom, Coles, Millen, Adlington 72.8

Ht 15: Knapkin, Shearer, Durham, Price 73.2

Ht 16: Tyrer, Meldrum, Evans, Sheldrick 72.4

Ht 17: Sansom, Tyrer, Price, Fielding 72.8

Ht 18: Sampson, Sheldrick, Shearer, Millen (f rem) 73.2

Ht 19: Baugh, Coles, Durham, Meldrum 72.0

Ht 20: Knapkin, Adlington, Bouchard, Evans 73.4

Run off for 2nd place: Tyrer beat Baugh 72.4

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Peterborough v Bradford Friday 11th August 1972 (British League Division ll)

peterborough 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ted Howgego N 2 0 EF 2 0

2. Pete Saunders 1 1* EF N 2 1

3. Richard Greer 3 3 3 2* 11 1

4. Roy Carter 2* 2* 2* 2 8 3

5. John Davis 3 3 3 3 12 0

6. Brian Clark 3 3 1 1 8 0

7. John Amies Fell 1 2 0 3 0

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 2 1 1* 1 5 1

2. Mick Fielding 0 0 TS TS 0 0

3. Alan Knapkin 0 3 2* 1 3 9 1

4. Sid Sheldrick 1 N 1 2 0 4 0

5. Chris Drewett (G) 0 N N 1 1 0

6. Mick Fairbairn 1* 0 0 0 1 1

7. Alan Bridgett 2 2 2 3 3 12 0

panthers northern panthers northern

Ht 01: Clark, Baugh, Saunders, Fielding 74.2 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Clark, Bridgett, Fairbairn, Amies (f) 74.2 3 3 7 5

Ht 03: Davis, Carter, Sheldrick, Drewett 71.6 5 1 12 6

Ht 04: Greer, Bridgett, Clark, Knapkin 71.4 4 2 16 8

Ht 05: Davis, Carter, Baugh, Fielding 71.6 5 1 21 9

Ht 06: Knapkin, Howgego, Saunders, Fairbairn 73.2 3 3 24 12

Ht 07: Greer, Bridgett, Clark, Fairbairn 71.4 4 2 28 14

Ht 08: Bridgett, Knapkin, Amies, Saunders (ef) 74.6 1 5 29 19

Ht 09: Davis, Carter, Knapkin, Fairbairn 71.4 5 1 34 20

Ht 10: Bridgett, Amies, Sheldrick, Howgego 74.2 2 4 36 22

Ht 11: Greer, Sheldrick, Baugh, Amies 72.4 3 3 39 25

Ht 12: Knapkin, Carter, Drewett, Howgego (ef) 72.0 2 4 41 29

Ht 13: Davis, Greer, Baugh, Sheldrick 71.6 5 1 46 32

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Barrow v Bradford Tuesday 15th August 1972 (British League Division ll)

barrow 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Mike Sampson 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Ian Hindle 1 F Exc EF N 1 0

3. Bob Coles 3 2* 2 2 9 1

4. Keith Evans 1* 1* 3 1 6 2

5. Mike Watkin 2 2 2* 0 6 1

6. Tom Owen 3 2* 3 1 9 1

7. Chris Roynon 2* 2 1* 5 2

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 2 3 3 3 3 14 0

2. Mick Fairbairn N 0 TS 0 0 0

3. Alan Knapkin 1 EF 1 2 4 0

4. Sid Sheldrick 0 1 N 1 2 0

5. Robin Adlington 3 EF 2 Fell 5 0

6. Mick Fielding 0 2 0 2 0

7. Alan Bridgett 0 1 0 1 Fell 2 0

h.faces northern h.faces northern

Ht 01: Sampson, Baugh, Hindle, Bridgett 73.2 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Owen, Roynon, Bridgett, Fielding 75.4 5 1 9 3

Ht 03: Adlington, Watkin, Evans, Sheldrick 70.4 3 3 12 6

Ht 04: Coles, Owen, Knapkin, Bridgett 73.8 5 1 17 1

Ht 05: Baugh, Watkin, Evans, Fairbairn 73.4 3 3 20 10

Ht 06: Sampson, Fielding, Knapkin (ef), Hindle (f exc) 74.4 3 2 23 12

Ht 07: Owen, Coles, Sheldrick, Adlington (ef) 74.8 5 1 28 13

Ht 08: Baugh, Roynon, Bridgett, Hindle (ef) 74.4 2 4 30 17

Ht 09: Evans, Watkin, Knapkin, Fielding 76.4 5 1 35 18

Ht 10: Sampson, Adlington, Owen, Bridgett (f) 73.8 4 2 39 20

Ht 11: Baugh, Coles, Roynon, Fairbairn 73.6 3 3 42 23

Ht 12: Sampson, Knapkin, Evans, Adlington (f) 73.8 4 2 46 25

Ht 13: Baugh, Coles, Sheldrick, Watkin 73.6 2 4 48 29

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Bradford v Workington Wednesday 16th August 1972 (British League Division ll)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 3 3 3 2 11 0

2. Mick Fielding 2* 0 0 N 2 1

3. Alan Knapkin 3 3 1 3 10 0

4. Sid Sheldrick 2* 1* 0 0 3 2

5. Robin Adlington 3 Exc 1 2* 6 1

6. Mick Fairbairn 1* 1 2* 0 4 2

7. Alan Bridgett 2 2 1 1 Exc 6 0

workington 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Taffy Owen Fell 3 2* N 5 1

2. Darryl Stobbart 1 0 TS N 1 0

3. Malcolm Mackay 2 2 2* 3 1 10 1

4. Steve Watson 0 1 N N 1 0

5. Lou Sansom 1 Exc 2 3 6 0

6. Kym Amundson 3 1* 3 2* 3 1 13 2

7. Dave Kumeta Exc 0 N 0 0 0 0

northern comets northern comets

Ht 01: Baugh, Fielding, Stobbart, Owen (f) 73.4 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Amundson, Bridgett, Fairbairn, Kumeta (exc) 75.4 3 3 8 4

Ht 03: Adlington, Sheldrick, Sansom, Watson 74.4 5 1 13 5

Ht 04: Knapkin, Mackay, Fairbairn, Kumeta 73.4 4 2 17 7

Ht 05: Owen, Bridgett, Sheldrick, Stobbart, Adlington (exc) 74.8 3 3 20 10

Ht 06: Baugh, Mackay, Amundson, Fielding 74.4 3 3 23 13

Ht 07: Knapkin, Fairbairn, Watson, Sansom (exc) 73.6 5 1 28 14

Ht 08: Amundson, Mackay, Bridgett, Fielding 75.0 1 5 29 19

Ht 09: Mackay, Amundson, Adlington, Sheldrick 74.8 1 5 30 24

Ht 10: Baugh, Sansom, Bridgett, Kumeta 73.2 4 2 34 26

Ht 11: Amundson, Owen, Knapkin, Fairbairn, Bridgett (exc) 75.2 1 5 35 31

Ht 12: Sansom, Baugh, Mackay, Sheldrick 73.0 2 4 37 35

Ht 13: Knapkin, Adlington, Amundson, Kumeta 75.0 5 1 42 36

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Crewe v Bradford Monday 21st August 1972 (Top Dogs Trophy 2nd Leg)

crewe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Phil Crump 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Peter Nicholas 0 1 2* 1 4 0

3. John Jackson 2* 2* 3 3 10 2

4. Garry Flood 2 3 2* EF 7 1

5. Dai Evans 1* 2* 3 2* 8 3

6. Dave Parry 2* 3 3 8 1

7. Garry Moore 3 3 2* 8 1

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 1* 1 EF TS 2 1

2. Alan Bridgett 2 0 1 1 0 4 0

3. Robin Adlington 1 2 1 1* 5 1

4. Sid Sheldrick 0 0 0 N 0 0

5. Alan Knapkin 3 1 2 2 8 0

6. Mick Fairbairn N N 0 1 1 0

7. Mick Fielding EF 0 0 0 0

8. Barry Booth 1 EF 1 0

kings northern kings northern

Ht 01: Crump, Bridgett, Baugh, Nicholas 75.0 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Moore, Parry, Booth, Fielding (ef) 78.6 5 1 8 4

Ht 03: Knapkin, Flood, Evans, Sheldrick 77.4 3 3 11 7

Ht 04: Parry, Jackson, Adlington, Fielding 76.0 5 1 16 8

Ht 05: Flood, Evans, Baugh, Bridgett 75.8 5 1 21 9

Ht 06: Crump, Adlington, Nicholas, Booth (ef) 73.6 4 2 25 11

Ht 07: Parry, Jackson, Knapkin, Sheldrick 75.4 5 1 30 12

Ht 08: Moore, Nicholas, Bridgett, Fielding 77.4 5 1 35 13

Ht 09: Evans, Flood, Adlington, Fairbairn 75.8 5 1 40 14

Ht 10: Crump, Knapkin, Nicholas, Sheldrick 74.6 4 2 44 16

Ht 11: Jackson, Moore, Bridgett, Baugh (ef) 74.6 5 1 49 17

Ht 12: Crump, Knapkin, Adlington, Flood (ef) 75.0 3 3 52 20

Ht 13: Jackson, Evans, Fairbairn, Bridgett 75.4 5 1 57 21

Agg: Crewe 93 - 63 Bradford

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Bradford v Peterborough Wednesday 23rd August 1972 (British League Division ll)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 3 2 Exc 3 8 0

2. Alan Bridgett 1 1* 2 2 6 1

3. Alan Knapkin 2 3 3 3 11 0

4. Sid Sheldrick 1 1 1* 0 3 1

5. Robin Adlington 3 3 2 0 8 0

6. Mick Fairbairn 3 1* F Exc 4 1

7. Mick Fielding 1 1* Ret 2 1

peterborough 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Roy Carter 2 2 3 2 2 11 0

2. John Amies 0 TS 0 1* 1* 2 2

3. Richard Greer 3 3 3 F NS TS 9 0

4. Ted Howgego 0 1* TS 1* 2 2

5. John Davis 2 Ret 2 3 2 9 0

6. Frank Smith 2 0 0 2 0

7. Keith White 0 0 TS Fell 0 0

northern panthers northern panthers

Ht 01: Baugh, Carter, Bridgett, Amies (f rem) 73.2 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Fairbairn, Smith, Fielding, White 74.0 4 2 8 4

Ht 03: Adlington, Davis, Sheldrick, Howgego 73.8 4 2 12 6

Ht 04: Greer, Knapkin, Fairbairn, White 72.4 3 3 15 9

Ht 05: Adlington, Carter, Sheldrick, Davis (ret) 72.8 4 2 19 11

Ht 06: Greer, Baugh, Bridgett, Smith 72.4 3 3 22 14

Ht 07: Knapkin, Davis, Howgego, Fairbairn (f exc) No Time 3 3 25 17

Ht 08: Carter, Bridgett, Fielding, Amies (f rem) 74.6 3 3 28 20

Ht 09: Greer, Adlington, Sheldrick, Smith 73.0 3 3 31 23

Ht 10: Davis, Bridgett, White (f), Baugh (exc), Greer (f ns) 74.4 2 3 33 26

Ht 11: Knapkin, Carter, Amies, Fielding (ret) 74.0 3 3 36 29

Ht 12: Baugh, Davis, Amies, Sheldrick 73.4 3 3 39 32

Ht 13: Knapkin, Carter, Howgego, Adlington 75.6 3 3 42 35

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Berwick v Bradford Saturday 26th August 1972 (British League Division ll)

berwick 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Doug Templeton 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Dennis Jackson 1 0 2* 0 3 1

3. Jim Gallacher 3 2 3 1 9 0

4. Willie Templeton 1* 1* 2* 2* 6 4

5. Andy Meldrum 2 2 3 3 10 0

6. Geoff Davies 1 1 0 2 0

7. Graham Jones 3 3 1 7 0

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 2 3 2 2 9 0

2. Alan Bridgett 0 0 1 0 1 0

3. Alan Knapkin 2 2 0 0 4 0

4. Sid Sheldrick 0 3 1* 0 4 1

5. Robin Adlington 3 1 1 2 1 8 0

6. Mick Fielding 2 1* 0 TS 3 1

7. Mick Fairbairn 0 0 N 0 0

bandits northern bandits northern

Ht 01: D.Templeton, Baugh, Jackson, Bridgett 76.8 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Jones, Fielding, Davies, Fairbairn 79.8 4 2 8 4

Ht 03: Adlington, Meldrum, W.Templeton, Sheldrick 78.4 3 3 11 7

Ht 04: Gallacher, Knapkin, Davies, Fairbairn 78.0 4 2 15 9

Ht 05: Baugh, Meldrum, W.Templeton, Bridgett 78.2 3 3 18 12

Ht 06: D.Templeton, Knapkin, Fielding, Jackson 77.2 3 3 21 15

Ht 07: Sheldrick, Gallacher, Knapkin, Davies 79.0 2 4 23 19

Ht 08: Jones, Jackson, Bridgett, Fielding 80.0 5 1 28 20

Ht 09: Meldrum, W.Templeton, Adlington, Knapkin 79.8 5 1 33 21

Ht 10: D.Templeton, Adlington, Sheldrick, Jackson 78.2 3 3 36 24

Ht 11: Gallacher, Baugh, Jones, Bridgett 78.6 4 2 40 26

Ht 12: D.Templeton, W.Templeton, Adlington, Knapkin 77.8 5 1 45 27

Ht 13: Meldrum, Baugh, Gallacher, Sheldrick 78.4 4 2 49 29

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Hull v Bradford Monday 28th August 1972 (Challenge)

hull 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Tony Childs 3 3 2* 3 11 1

2. Bryan Loakes 1 1 3 3 8 0

3. Dave Mills 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Dennis Gavros 3 Exc 1 2* 6 1

5. Robin Amundson 2* 3 3 1 9 1

6. Stan Stevens 3 2* 0 2* 7 2

7. Clark Facey 0 0 0 0 0

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 2 2 2 2 2 10 0

2. Alan Bridgett 0 1* 1* 1* 3 3

3. Alan Knapkin EF 2 2 1 5 0

4. Sid Sheldrick 0 1 0 0 1 0

5. Robin Adlington 1 0 1 N 2 0

6. Mick Fairbairn 2 Fell N 2 0

7. Mick Fielding 1* EF TS 0 0 1 1

vikings northern vikings northern

Ht 01: Childs, Baugh, Loakes, Bridgett 77.4 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Stevens, Fairbairn, Fielding, Facey 78.2 3 3 7 5

Ht 03: Gavros, Amundson, Adlington, Sheldrick 78.0 5 1 12 6

Ht 04: Mills, Stevens, Knapkin (ef), Fielding (ef) 77.2 5 0 17 6

Ht 05: Amundson, Baugh, Bridgett, Stevens, Gavros (ex tapes) 77.2 3 3 20 9

Ht 06: Childs, Knapkin, Loakes, Fairbairn (f) No Time 4 2 24 11

Ht 07: Mills, Stevens, Adlington, Sheldrick 77.4 5 1 29 12

Ht 08: Loakes, Baugh, Bridgett, Facey 77.2 3 3 32 15

Ht 09: Amundson, Knapkin, Gavros, Fielding 77.4 4 2 36 17

Ht 10: Loakes, Childs, Adlington, Sheldrick 77.0 5 1 41 18

Ht 11: Mills, Baugh, Bridgett, Facey 77.0 3 3 44 21

Ht 12: Childs, Gavros, Knapkin, Fielding 78.2 5 1 49 22

Ht 13: Mills, Baugh, Amundson, Sheldrick 76.8 4 2 53 24

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Bradford v Ellesmere Port Wednesday 30th August 1972 (Challenge)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 3 3 3 2* 11 1

2. Alan Bridgett 2* Fell 3 2* 7 2

3. Alan Knapkin 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Sid Sheldrick 2* 3 2* 3 10 2

5. Robin Adlington 3 1 3 2* 9 1

6. Mick Fielding 2* Fell 2* 4 2

7. Graham Tattersall 3 0 Fell 3 0

ellesmere port 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Robbie Gardner 1 2 2 2 1 8 0

2. Paul Callaghan 0 0 TS 1* 1 1

3. Colin Goad 2 2 1 0 0 5 0

4. Graham Drury 0 0 TS 0 0 0

5. Cyril Francis 1 1 1 1 4 0

6. Ian Gills 0 1* 0 1 1

7. Chris Blythe 1 1* 1* 3 2

northern gunners northern gunners

Ht 01: Baugh, Bridgett, Gardner, Callaghan 74.0 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Tattersall, Fielding, Blythe, Gills 74.8 5 1 10 2

Ht 03: Adlington, Sheldrick, Francis, Drury 73.4 5 1 15 3

Ht 04: Knapkin, Goad, Blythe, Fielding (f) 74.4 3 3 18 6

Ht 05: Sheldrick, Gardner, Adlington, Callaghan 73.4 4 2 22 8

Ht 06: Baugh, Goad, Gills, Bridgett (f) 72.4 3 3 25 11

Ht 07: Knapkin, Fielding, Francis, Drury 74.0 5 1 30 12

Ht 08: Bridgett, Gardner, Blythe, Tattersall 73.8 3 3 33 15

Ht 09: Adlington, Sheldrick, Goad, Gills 72.6 5 1 38 16

Ht 10: Baugh, Bridgett, Francis, Goad 73.6 5 1 43 17

Ht 11: Knapkin, Gardner, Callaghan, Tattersall (f) 74.0 3 3 46 20

Ht 12: Sheldrick, Baugh, Francis, Goad 75.0 5 1 51 21

Ht 13: Knapkin, Adlington, Gardner, Drury 74.2 5 1 56 22

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Bradford v Teesside Wednesday 6th September 1972 (British League Division ll)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 3 2* 2* 3 10 2

2. Alan Bridgett 2* 3 F Exc 3 8 1

3. Alan Knapkin 3 3 2 N 8 0

4. Graham Tattersall 0 0 0 1 1 0

5. Robin Adlington 3 3 2 Fell 8 0

6. Sid Sheldrick 2 2* N 1* 2 7 2

7. Mick Fielding 1* 0 Fell N 1 1

teesside 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Roger Wright 1 2 3 3 3 12 0

2. Mick Moore 0 TS 3 0 1 4 0

3. Frank Auffret 1 1 2* 1 0 5 1

4. Bruce Forrester 1* 1* N TS 2 2

5. Dave Durham 2 1* 2 1 2 8 1

6. Pete Reading 3 0 TS 0 3 0

7. Tony Swales 0 0 TS 0 0

northern teessiders northern teessiders

Ht 01: Baugh, Bridgett, Wright, Moore 73.4 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Reading, Sheldrick, Fielding, Swales 76.0 3 3 8 4

Ht 03: Adlington, Durham, Forrester, Tattersall 72.0 3 3 11 7

Ht 04: Knapkin, Sheldrick, Auffret, Swales 73.2 5 1 16 8

Ht 05: Adlington, Wright, Durham, Tattersall 72.0 3 3 19 11

Ht 06: Bridgett, Baugh, Auffret, Reading 74.6 5 1 24 12

Ht 07: Knapkin, Durham, Forrester, Fielding 74.0 3 3 27 15

Ht 08: Moore, Auffret, Fielding (f), Sheldrick (f exc) No Time 0 5 27 20

Ht 09: Wright, Adlington, Auffret, Tattersall 72.6 2 4 29 24

Ht 10: Bridgett, Baugh, Durham, Reading 74.4 5 1 34 25

Ht 11: Wright, Knapkin, Sheldrick, Moore 74.2 3 3 37 28

Ht 12: Baugh, Durham, Tattersall, Auffret 73.4 4 2 41 30

Ht 13: Wright, Sheldrick, Moore, Adlington (f) 75.0 2 4 43 34

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Teesside v Bradford Thursday 7th September 1972 (British League Division ll)

teesside 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Roger Wright 1 EF 2* 2 5 1

2. Mick Moore 0 1 Fell N 1 0

3. Frank Auffret 1 3 2 F Exc 6 0

4. Bruce Forrester 0 1* 1 0 2 1

5. Dave Durham 3 2 3 3 11 0

6. Pete Reading 3 3 1 3 3 13 0

7. Tony Swales 2* N 0 2 1

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 3 3 3 2 11 0

2. Alan Bridgett 2* 0 1* 1 4 2

3. Alan Knapkin 0 3 2 1 6 0

4. Sid Sheldrick 1* 0 1 N 2 1

5. Robin Adlington 2 2 Fell 3 7 0

6. Mick Fielding 1 N Fell 1 0

7. Colin Meredith Fell 2 2* 2 1* 7 2

teessiders northern teessiders northern

Ht 01: Baugh, Bridgett, Wright, Moore 70.2 1 5 1 5

Ht 02: Reading, Swales, Fielding, Meredith (f) 72.8 5 1 6 6

Ht 03: Durham, Adlington, Sheldrick, Forrester (f rem) 70.8 3 3 9 9

Ht 04: Reading, Meredith, Auffret, Knapkin 71.8 4 2 13 11

Ht 05: Baugh, Durham, Forrester, Bridgett 69.8 3 3 16 14

Ht 06: Knapkin, Meredith, Moore, Wright (ef) 72.4 1 5 17 19

Ht 07: Auffret, Adlington, Reading, Sheldrick 71.0 4 2 21 21

Ht 08: Reading, Meredith, Bridgett, Moore (f) 72.8 3 3 24 24

Ht 09: Durham, Knapkin, Forrester, Fielding (f) 70.8 4 2 28 26

Ht 10: Reading, Wright, Sheldrick, Adlington (f) 73.2 5 1 33 27

Ht 11: Baugh, Auffret, Bridgett, Swales 70.6 2 4 35 31

Ht 12: Adlington, Wright, Knapkin, Forrester 71.4 2 4 37 35

Ht 13: Durham, Baugh, Meredith, Auffret (f exc) 70.6 3 3 40 38

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Bradford v Sunderland Wednesday 13th September 1972 (British League Division ll)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh Fell 3 3 2* 8 1

2. Alan Bridgett 3 2* 3 2* 10 2

3. Alan Knapkin 2* 3 2* 2* 9 3

4. Sid Sheldrick 2* 0 2* 3 7 2

5. Robin Adlington 3 2 3 3 11 0

6. Mick Fielding 1 3 1 5 0

7. Colin Meredith 3 2* 3 8 1

sunderland 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Russ Dent 2 1* 0 N TS 3 1

2. Jack Millen R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

3. Graeme Smith 1 1 0 0 2 0

4. Pete Wrathall Fell 0 N N 0 0

5. Dave Gatenby 1* 1 3 2 1 1 9 1

6. Jim Wells 2 0 1 1 1 1 6 0

7. John Robson EF Fell N Fell Ret 0 0

8. Mick Sheldrick (G) 0 0 0

northern stars northern stars

Ht 01: Bridgett, Dent, Gatenby, Baugh (f) 76.0 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Meredith, Wells, Fielding, Robson (ef) 77.8 4 2 7 5

Ht 03: Adlington, S.Sheldrick, Gatenby, Wrathall (f) 76.4 5 1 12 6

Ht 04: Fielding, Knapkin, Smith, Robson (f) 75.2 5 1 17 7

Ht 05: Gatenby, Adlington, Dent, S.Sheldrick (f rem) 75.0 2 4 19 11

Ht 06: Baugh, Bridgett, Smith, Wells 76.2 5 1 24 12

Ht 07: Knapkin, Gatenby, Fielding, Wrathall 74.6 4 2 28 14

Ht 08: Bridgett, Meredith, Wells, Dent 75.0 5 1 33 15

Ht 09: Adlington, S.Sheldrick, Wells, Smith 74.4 5 1 38 16

Ht 10: Baugh, Bridgett, Gatenby, Robson (f) 76.0 5 1 43 17

Ht 11: Meredith, Knapkin, Wells, M.Sheldrick not known 5 1 48 18

Ht 12: S.Sheldrick, Baugh, Gatenby, Smith 74.4 5 1 53 19

Ht 13: Adlington, Knapkin, Wells, Robson (ret) 75.0 5 1 58 20

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Ellesmere Port v Crewe v Hull v Bradford Tuesday 19th September 1972 (Four Team Tournament)

ellesmere port 1 2 3 4 5 pts

1. Robbie Gardner 2 1 3 Exc 6

2. Colin Goad 3 3 2 Exc 8

3. Graham Drury 1 0 2 3 6

4. Cyril Francis Ret 2 1 3 6

5. Wayne Hughes Fell 0

hull 1 2 3 4 5 pts

1. Bryan Loakes 1 0 1 1 3

2. Pete Boston 0 0 0 1 1

3. Dennis Wasden 0 1 0 1 2

4. Stan Stevens 3 2 1 2 8

crewe 1 2 3 4 5 pts

1. Phil Crump 3 3 3 3 12

2. Dai Evans 2 3 3 1 9

3. John Jackson 3 3 3 EF 9

4. Dave Parry 1 1 2 2 6

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 pts

1. Graham Tattersall 0 0 0 0 0

2. Dave Baugh 1 1 1 2 5

3. Alan Knapkin 2 2 2 3 9

4. Alan Bridgett 2 2 0 2 6

Heat results - see next page

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gunners vikings kings northern

Ht 01: Crump, Gardner, Loakes, Tattersall 82.0 2-2 1-1 3-3 0-0

Ht 02: Goad, Evans, Baugh, Boston 83.0 3-5 0-1 2-5 1-1

Ht 03: Jackson, Knapkin, Drury, Wasden 84.0 1-6 0-1 3-8 2-3

Ht 04: Stevens, Bridgett, Parry, Francis (ret) 84.2 0-6 3-4 1-9 2-5

Ht 05: Jackson, Bridgett, Gardner, Boston 82.8 1-7 0-4 3-12 2-7

Ht 06: Goad, Knapkin, Parry, Loakes 82.2 3-10 0-4 1-13 2-9

Ht 07: Crump, Stevens, Baugh, Drury 81.8 0-10 2-6 3-16 1-10

Ht 08: Evans, Francis, Wasden, Tattersall 83.6 2-12 1-7 3-19 0-10

Ht 09: Gardner, Parry, Baugh, Wasden 81.6 3-15 0-7 2-21 1-11

Ht 10: Jackson, Goad, Stevens, Tattersall 81.8 2-17 1-8 3-24 0-11

Ht 11: Evans, Drury, Loakes, Bridgett 82.8 2-19 1-9 3-27 0-11

Ht 12: Crump, Knapkin, Francis, Boston 82.2 1-20 0-9 3-30 2-13

Ht 13: Knapkin, Stevens, Evans, Hughes (f), Gardner (exc) 82.8 0-20 2-11 1-31 3-16

Ht 14: Crump, Bridgett, Wasden, Goad (exc) 81.8 0-20 1-12 3-34 2-18

Ht 15: Drury, Parry, Boston, Tattersall 82.8 3-23 1-13 2-36 0-18

Ht 16: Francis, Baugh, Loakes, Jackson (ef) 84.8 3-26 1-14 0-36 2-20

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Bradford v Berwick Wednesday 20th September 1972 (British League Division ll)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 3 3 3 2 11 0

2. Alan Bridgett 2* 2* 1* 2* 7 4

3. Alan Knapkin 2 2 EF 1* 5 1

4. Sid Sheldrick 2* Fell Fell EF 2 1

5. Robin Adlington 3 3 2 2 10 0

6. Mick Fielding 3 1* 0 4 1

7. Colin Meredith 2* 2 3 7 1

berwick 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Doug Templeton 1 2 3 2 3 11 0

2. Willie Templeton 0 1* 3 3 1* 8 2

3. Jim Gallacher 3 EF EF 1 3 7 0

4. Geoff Davies 0 TS 0 0 0 0

5. Andy Meldrum 1 1 1 1 4 0

6. Dennis Jackson 0 EF TS 0 0

7. Graham Jones 1 0 TS 1 0

northern bandits northern bandits

Ht 01: Baugh, Bridgett, D.Templeton, W.Templeton 73.6 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Fielding, Meredith, Jones, Jackson 75.6 5 1 10 2

Ht 03: Adlington, Sheldrick, Meldrum, Davies 72.0 5 1 15 3

Ht 04: Gallacher, Knapkin, Fielding, Jones 73.4 3 3 18 6

Ht 05: Adlington, D.Templeton, W.Templeton, Sheldrick (f) No Time 3 3 21 9

Ht 06: Baugh, Bridgett, Gallcher (ef), Jackson (ef) 73.0 5 0 26 9

Ht 07: D.Templeton, Knapkin, Meldrum, Fielding 72.8 2 4 28 13

Ht 08: W.Templeton, Meredith, Bridgett, Gallacher (ef) 73.8 3 3 31 16

Ht 09: W.Templeton, Adlington, Gallacher, Sheldrick (f) 74.0 2 4 33 20

Ht 10: Baugh, Bridgett, Meldrum, Davies 72.0 5 1 38 21

Ht 11: Meredith, D.Templeton, W.Templeton, Knapkin (ef) 73.6 3 3 41 24

Ht 12: Gallacher, Baugh, Meldrum, Sheldrick (ef) 72.4 2 4 43 28

Ht 13: D.Templeton, Adlington, Knapkin, Davies 72.4 3 3 46 31

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Canterbury v Bradford Saturday 23rd September 1972 (British League Division ll)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 3 2* 3 3 11 1

2. Les Rumsey 1 3 1 2* 7 1

3. Graham Banks 1 3 3 1* 8 1

4. Barney Kennett 2 3 1 EF 6 0

5. Ted Hubbard 0 1 3 2 6 0

6. Gary Cottham 0 0 N 0 0

7. Trevor Jones 3 0 3 F Exc 6 0

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 2 2 N 3 7 0

2. Alan Bridgett 0 0 EF N 0 0

3. Alan Knapkin 3 1 F Exc 2 6 0

4. Sid Sheldrick 1 1* 0 Fell 2 1

5. Robin Adlington 3 2 1 1* 7 1

6. Mick Fielding 1* 0 N 1* 2 2

7. Colin Meredith 2 2* 2 2 2 10 1

crusaders northern crusaders northern

Ht 01: Gilbertson, Baugh, Rumsey, Bridgett 75.2 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Jones, Meredith, Fielding, Cottham 77.5 3 3 7 5

Ht 03: Adlington, Kennett, Sheldrick, Hubbard 76.2 2 4 9 9

Ht 04: Knapkin, Meredith, Banks, Cottham 77.0 1 5 10 14

Ht 05: Kennett, Baugh, Hubbard, Bridgett 75.8 4 2 14 16

Ht 06: Rumsey, Gilbertson, Knapkin, Fielding 76.4 5 1 19 17

Ht 07: Banks, Adlington, Sheldrick, Jones 76.6 3 3 22 20

Ht 08: Jones, Meredith, Rumsey, Bridgett (ef) 76.4 4 2 26 22

Ht 09: Hubbard, Meredith, Kennett, Knapkin (f exc) 75.6 4 2 30 24

Ht 10: Gilbertson, Rumsey, Adlington, Sheldrick 76.4 5 1 35 25

Ht 11: Banks, Meredith, Fielding, Jones (f exc) 78.2 3 3 38 28

Ht 12: Gilbertson, Knapkin, Adlington, Kennett (ef) 76.2 3 3 41 31

Ht 13: Baugh, Hubbard, Banks, Sheldrick (f) 76.2 3 3 44 34

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Eastbourne v Bradford Sunday 24th September 1972 (British League Division ll)

eastbourne 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Malcolm Ballard 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Paul Gachet 1 2* 3 2* 8 2

3. Gordon Kennett 3 2* 3 2* 10 2

4. Roger Johns 2* 3 1 2* 8 2

5. Bobby McNeil 3 2* 3 3 11 1

6. Trevor Geer 2 2* 3 7 1

7. Timmy Ballard 1* 1 0 2 1

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 2 1 2 2 1 8 0

2. Alan Bridgett 0 0 EF TS 0 0

3. Alan Knapkin 1 1 2 0 1 5 0

4. Sid Sheldrick EF 0 1 1* Fell 2 1

5. Robin Adlington 1 Exc 1 0 0 2 0

6. Mick Fielding Exc TS TS 0 0

7. Colin Meredith 3 Exc TS 3 0

eagles northern eagles northern

Ht 01: M.Ballard, Baugh, Gachet, Bridgett 65.0 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Meredith, Geer, T.Ballard, Fielding (exc) 67.2 3 3 7 5

Ht 03: McNeil, Johns, Adlington, Sheldrick (ef) 65.8 5 1 12 6

Ht 04: Kennett, Geer, Knapkin, Meredith (exc) 66.0 5 1 17 7

Ht 05: Johns, McNeil, Baugh, Bridgett 66.2 5 1 22 8

Ht 06: M.Ballard, Gachet, Knapkin, Adlington (exc) 64.0 5 1 27 9

Ht 07: Geer, Kennett, Adlington, Sheldrick 65.6 5 1 32 10

Ht 08: Gachet, Knapkin, T.Ballard, Bridgett (ef) 66.2 4 2 36 12

Ht 09: McNeil, Baugh, Johns, Knapkin 64.8 4 2 40 14

Ht 10: M.Ballard, Gachet, Sheldrick, Adlington 63.6 5 1 45 15

Ht 11: Kennett, Baugh, Sheldrick, T.Ballard 65.6 3 3 48 18

Ht 12: M.Ballard, Johns, Knapkin, Adlington 63.8 5 1 53 19

Ht 13: McNeil, Kennett, Baugh, Sheldrick (f) 65.8 5 1 58 20

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Ellesmere Port: Individual K.O. Trophy Tuesday 26th September 1972 Top 8 qualify for the Semi Finals & Final

riders 1 2 3 4 5 pts pos

01. Geoff Pusey (Ellesmere Port) Fell 1 0 EF 1 11th

02. Wayne Hughes 1 0 1 1 3 10th

03. Colin Goad (Ellesmere Port) 2 3 3 1 9 4th

04. Ian Gills (Ellesmere Port) 3 2 3 2 10 3rd

05. Graham Tattersall (Bradford) Fell 0 0 0 0 12th

06. Graham Drury (Ellesmere Port) 1 3 1 2 7 5thy

07. Robbie Gardner (Ellesmere Port) 3 3 2 3 11 1st

08. Darryl Stobbart (Workington) 2 1 1 1 5 9th

09. Phil Crump (Crewe) 3 2 2 3 10 2nd

10. Cyril Francis (Ellesmere Port) Fell 2 3 0 5 8th

11. Paul Tyrer (Ellesmere Port) 2 EF 2 2 6 6th

12. Chris Blythe (Ellesmere Port) 1 1 0 3 5 7th

Ht 01: Gills, Goad, Hughes, Pusey (f) 79.2

Ht 02: Gardner, Stobbart, Drury, Tattersall (f) 80.2

Ht 03: Crump, Tyrer, Blythe, Francis (f) 79.2

Ht 04: Drury, Gills, Pusey, Tyrer (ef) 79.2

Ht 05: Goad, Francis, Stobbart, Tattersall 80.0

Ht 06: Gardner, Crump, Blythe, Hughes 78.0

Ht 07: Francis, Gardner, Stobbart, Pusey 81.0

Ht 08: Gills, Tyrer, Hughes, Tattersall 80.4

Ht 09: Goad, Crump, Drury, Blythe 79.6

Ht 10: Gardner, Drury, Stobbart, Pusey (ef) 79.8

Ht 11: Blythe, Tyrer, Hughes, Tattersall 80.0

Ht 12: Crump, Gills, Goad, Francis 79.2

1st Semi Final: Gardner, Goad, Drury, Blythe 79.0

2nd Semi Final: Crump, Gills, Tyrer, Francis 79.6

Final: Gardner, Crump, Goad, Gills 80.0

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Bradford v Long Eaton Wednesday 27th September 1972 (British League Division ll)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Baugh 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Alan Bridgett 1 1 3 1 6 0

3. Alan Knapkin 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Colin Meredith 1 1* 1 2* 5 2

5. Robin Adlington 3 2 3 0 8 0

6. Sid Sheldrick EF 2* 0 2 1

7. Mick Fielding 2 1 0 3 0

long eaton 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Geoff Bouchard 2 3 2 2 2 11 0

2. Alan Witt 0 N TS 1* 1 1

3. Roger Mills Exc 2 EF 2 N 4 0

4. Joe Hughes 0 TS 2 0 1* 3 1

5. Steve Bass 2 1* 2 F Exc 5 1

6. Cliff Emms 1 Ret 0 1 2 0

7. Peter Jarvis 3 1 0 TS 4 0

northern rangers northern rangers

Ht 01: Baugh, Bouchard, Bridgett, Witt 73.2 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Jarvis, Fielding, Emms, Sheldrick (ef) 75.8 2 4 6 6

Ht 03: Adlington, Bass, Meredith, Hughes 73.4 4 2 10 8

Ht 04: Knapkin, Sheldrick, Jarvis, Mills (exc) 74.0 5 1 15 9

Ht 05: Bouchard, Adlington, Meredith, Jarvis 71.8 3 3 18 12

Ht 06: Baugh, Mills, Bridgett, Emms (ret) 73.0 4 2 22 14

Ht 07: Knapkin, Bouchard, Bass, Sheldrick 72.0 3 3 25 17

Ht 08: Bridgett, Hughes, Fielding, Mills (ef) 73.2 4 2 29 19

Ht 09: Adlington, Mills, Meredith, Emms 70.8 4 2 33 21

Ht 10: Baugh, Bass, Bridgett, Hughes 73.0 4 2 37 23

Ht 11: Knapkin, Bouchard, Witt, Fielding 72.2 3 3 40 26

Ht 12: Baugh, Meredith, Emms, Bass (f exc) 74.0 5 1 45 27

Ht 13: Knapkin, Bouchard, Hughes, Adlington 71.0 3 3 48 30

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Bradford: Open Championship Wednesday 4th October 1972 (Individual)

riders 1 2 3 4 5 pts pos

01. Mick Hines (Birmingham) 3 3 3 3 3 15 1st

02. Kym Amundson (Workington) N N EF N N 0 18th

03. Robbie Gardner (Ellesmere Port) 1 2 2 2 2 9 6th

04. Robin Adlington (Bradford) 2 3 3 2 3 13 2nd

05. Dave Baugh (Bradford) 2 2 3 3 1 11 5th

06. Alan Knapkin (Bradford) 3 2 2 3 3 13 3rd

07. Willie Templeton (Berwick) 1 0 1 2 2 6 9th

08. Lou Sansom (Workington) N 1 3 2 2 8 7th

09. Sid Sheldrick (Bradford) 2 1 1 1 1 6 10th

10. Garry Flood (Crewe) Fell 0 EF N N 0 16th

11. Paul Tyrer (Ellesmere Port) 3 3 1 3 2 12 4th

12. Dai Evans (Crewe) 1 2 2 0 EF 5 12th

13. Bob Coles (Barrow) 1 Ret 2 1 1 5 13th

14. Malcolm Corradine (Birmingham) 3 3 N 1 0 7 8th

15. Colin Meredith (Bradford) 0 1 1 0 1 3 14th

16. Alan Bridgett (Bradford) 2 N 0 1 3 6 11th

Res: Mick Fielding (Bradford) 0 1 Fell Fell 1 15th

Res: Graham Tattersall (Bradford) 0 0 0 0 0 0 17th

Heat results - see next page

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Ht 01: Hines, Adlington, Gardner, Fielding 71.4

Ht 02: Knapkin, Baugh, Templeton, Tattersall 72.0

Ht 03: Tyrer, Sheldrick, Evans, Flood (f) 71.4

Ht 04: Corradine, Bridgett, Coles, Meredith 74.2

Ht 05: Hines, Baugh, Sheldrick, Coles (ret) 70.6

Ht 06: Corradine, Knapkin, Fielding, Flood 74.0

Ht 07: Tyrer, Gardner, Meredith, Templeton 71.0

Ht 08: Adlington, Evans, Sansom, Tattersall 70.6

Ht 09: Hines, Knapkin, Tyrer, Bridgett 71.4

Ht 10: Baugh, Evans, Meredith, Amundson (ef) 72.6

Ht 11: Sansom, Gardner, Sheldrick, Fielding (f) 74.2

Ht 12: Adlington, Coles, Templeton, Flood (ef) 71.2

Ht 13: Hines, Templeton, Corradine, Evans 74.0

Ht 14: Tyrer, Sansom, Coles, Tattersall 72.6

Ht 15: Baugh, Gardner, Bridgett, Fielding (f) 73.8

Ht 16: Knapkin, Adlington, Sheldrick, Meredith 72.2

Ht 17: Hines, Sansom, Meredith, Tattersall 71.4

Ht 18: Bridgett, Templeton, Sheldrick, Tattersall 73.0

Ht 19: Knapkin, Gardner, Coles, Evans (ef) 71.6

Ht 20: Adlington, Tyrer, Baugh, Corradine 71.6

Run off for 2nd place: Adlington beat Knapkin

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FINAL BRITISH LEAGUE DIVISION TWO TABLE FOR 1972

P W D L F A PTS

01. Crewe 32 22 1 9 1444 1041 45

02. Boston 32 21 1 10 1365 1127 43

03. Peterborough 32 21 0 11 1312 1179 42

04. Rayleigh 32 17 4 11 1333 1160 38

05. Eastbourne 32 18 2 12 1323.5 1160.5 38

06. Birmingham 32 18 1 13 1329 1157 37

07. Workington 32 18 0 14 1308 1183 36

08. Hull 32 16 0 16 1223 1269 32

09. Barrow 32 15 1 16 1260 1230 31

10. Teesside 32 14 3 15 1218 1270 31

11. Bradford 32 15 0 17 1227 1259 30

12. Sunderland 32 13 2 17 1180 1306 28

13. Canterbury 32 13 1 18 1229 1260 27

14. Berwick 32 12 3 17 1156 1330 27

15. Ellesmere Port 32 12 0 20 1156 1329 24

16. Long Eaton 32 11 2 19 1104 1385 24

17. Scunthorpe 32 5 1 26 982.5 1504.5 11