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Page 1: Canterbury 1972 - speedwayresearcher.org.uk

Steve Wilkes / Gary Done

Version 1.1

12/01/2015

Canterbury 1972

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Canterbury v West Ham Saturday 25th March 1972 (Challenge)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Piddock 1 1 1 3 6 0

2. Ross Gilbertson 0 3 3 3 9 0

3. Graham Banks 3 3 EF N 6 0

4. Mike Vernam 0 EF 1* 0 1 1

5. Bob Hughes 3 2 2 3 10 0

6. Ted Hubbard 2* 1 0 3 1

7. Barney Kennett 3 0 1 0 4 0

west ham 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Kevin Holden 3 3 3 2 11 0

2. Ted Howgego 2* 1 2 2* 7 2

3. Brian Foote 2 2 3 2 9 0

4. Mike Sampson 1* 1* Fell 1* 3 3

5. Bob Coles 2 2 2 1* 7 1

6. Charlie Benham 0 0 Fell 0 0

7. Stan Stevens 1 0 1* 2 1

crusaders bombers crusaders bombers

Ht 01: Holden, Howgego, Piddock, Gilbertson 77.4 1 5 1 5

Ht 02: Kennett, Hubbard, Stevens, Benham 79.0 5 1 6 6

Ht 03: Hughes, Coles, Sampson, Vernam 77.8 3 3 9 9

Ht 04: Banks, Foote, Hubbard, Stevens 77.6 4 2 13 11

Ht 05: Holden, Hughes, Howgego, Vernam (ef) 76.8 2 4 15 15

Ht 06: Gilbertson, Foote, Piddock, Benham 76.0 4 2 19 17

Ht 07: Banks, Coles, Sampson, Hubbard 77.0 3 3 22 20

Ht 08: Gilbertson, Howgego, Stevens, Kennett 76.8 3 3 25 23

Ht 09: Foote, Hughes, Vernam, Benham (f) 77.4 3 3 28 26

Ht 10: Gilbertson, Coles, Piddock, Sampson (f) 77.0 4 2 32 28

Ht 11: Holden, Howgego, Kennett, Banks (ef) 78.0 1 5 33 33

Ht 12: Piddock, Foote, Coles, Vernam 77.0 3 3 36 36

Ht 13: Hughes, Holden, Sampson, Kennett 77.2 3 3 39 39

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Canterbury: Easter Cup Saturday 1st April 1972 (Individual)

riders 1 2 3 4 5 pts pos

01. Ross Gilbertson (Canterbury) 2 3 N 3 N 8 8th

02. Malcolm Ballard (Eastbourne) Exc 2 2 2 3 9 5th

03. Barney Kennett (Canterbury) 3 1 2 3 2 11 2nd

04. Bob Hughes (Canterbury) Ret 3 2 3 Ret 8 9th

05. Arthur Price (Boston) 3 2 1 N 1 7 11th

06. Graham Banks (Canterbury) 0 0 N 1 3 4 12th

07. George Barclay (Sunderland) 2 0 0 1 1 4 13th

08. Ted Hubbard (Canterbury) 1 2 3 1 2 9 6th

09. Steve Davies 1 0 0 2 F Exc 3 14th

10. Jim Ryman (Boston) 3 1 3 2 1 10 4th

11. Dave Piddock (Canterbury) 2 3 3 3 2 13 1st

12. Mike Vernam (Canterbury) 0 Ret 0 0 1 1 16th

13. Pete Wigley 0 1 1 0 0 2 15th

14. Graeme Smith (Sunderland) 2 3 1 2 3 11 3rd

15. Trevor Barnwell 1 2 3 0 3 9 7th

16. Gordon Kennett (Eastbourne) 3 1 2 N 2 8 10th

Res: Ian Silk 1 1

Res: Les Rumsey Ret 0 0

Res: Pip Austen 1 1

Res: Mick Camier 0 0

Heat results - see next page

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Ht 01: B.Kennett, Gilbertson, Hughes (ret), Ballard (exc) 80.6

Ht 02: Price, Barclay, Hubbard, Banks 83.6

Ht 03: Ryman, Piddock, Davies, Vernam 85.1

Ht 04: G.Kennett, Smith, Barnwell, Wigley 82.0

Ht 05: Gilbertson, Price, Wigley, Davies 81.6

Ht 06: Smith, Ballard, Ryman, Banks 83.2

Ht 07: Piddock, Barnwell, B.Kennett, Barclay 81.6

Ht 08: Hughes, Hubbard, G.Kennett, Vernam (ret) 82.4

Ht 09: Piddock, G.Kennett, Silk, Rumsey (ret) 81.2

Ht 10: Barnwell, Ballard, Price, Vernam 79.2

Ht 11: Hubbard, B.Kennett, Smith, Davies 80.4

Ht 12: Ryman, Hughes, Wigley, Barclay 80.6

Ht 13: Gilbertson, Smith, Barclay, Vernam 82.2

Ht 14: Piddock, Ballard, Hubbard, Wigley 80.8

Ht 15: B.Kennett, Ryman, Austen, Camier 80.6

Ht 16: Hughes, Davies, Banks, Barnwell (f rem) 80.6

Ht 17: Barnwell, Hubbard, Ryman, Rumsey 79.8

Ht 18: Ballard, G.Kennett, Barclay, Davies (f exc) 79.8

Ht 19: Banks, B.Kennett, Vernam, Wigley (f rem) 82.4

Ht 20: Smith, Piddock, Price, Hughes (ret) 83.8

Run off for 2nd place: B.Kennett beat Smith

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Canterbury v Rayleigh Monday 3rd April 1972 (Beacon Trophy)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Piddock EF 3 1 3 7 0

2. Ross Gilbertson 1 2* 3 3 9 1

3. Graham Banks 3 2 3 1 9 1

4. Trevor Barnwell 2* 0 1* 2* 5 3

5. Bob Hughes 3 3 2 3 11 0

6. Ted Hubbard 2 2* 0 4 1

7. Barney Kennett Exc 1 1 2 0

rayleigh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Geoff Maloney 3 2 3 2 2 12 0

2. Terry Stone 2* 1* 0 0 3 2

3. Nigel Rackett 0 0 TS N 0 0

4. Allen Emmett EF TS N 0 0 0

5. Bob Young 1 1 3 2 EF 7 0

6. Peter Claridge 3 1 EF 4 0

7. Tiger Beech 1 1 2 0 1 5 0

crusaders rockets crusaders rockets

Ht 01: Maloney, Stone, Gilbertson, Piddock (ef) 76.8 1 5 1 5

Ht 02: Claridge, Hubbard, Beech, Kennett (exc) 77.8 2 4 3 9

Ht 03: Hughes, Barnwell, Young, Emmett (ef) 75.4 (TR) 5 1 8 10

Ht 04: Banks, Hubbard, Beech, Rackett 76.6 5 1 13 11

Ht 05: Hughes, Maloney, Stone, Barnwell 76.0 3 3 16 14

Ht 06: Piddock, Gilbertson, Claridge, Rackett 75.2 (TR) 5 1 21 15

Ht 07: Maloney, Banks, Young, Hubbard 76.0 2 4 23 19

Ht 08: Gilbertson, Beech, Kennett, Stone 76.8 4 2 27 21

Ht 09: Young, Hughes, Barnwell, Claridge (ef) 77.2 3 3 30 24

Ht 10: Gilbertson, Young, Piddock, Beech 78.6 4 2 34 26

Ht 11: Banks, Maloney, Kennett, Stone 76.0 4 2 38 28

Ht 12: Piddock, Barnwell, Beech, Young (ef) 77.0 5 1 43 29

Ht 13: Hughes, Maloney, Banks, Emmett 77.4 4 2 47 31

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Canterbury v Scunthorpe Saturday 8th April 1972 (British League Division ll)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Piddock 3 2* 3 3 11 1

2. Ross Gilbertson 2* 3 2* 2* 9 3

3. Graham Banks 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Trevor Barnwell 3 Fell 2* 2* 7 2

5. Bob Hughes 2* 3 3 2* 10 2

6. Ted Hubbard 2* 2* 2* 6 3

7. Barney Kennett 3 3 2* 8 1

scunthorpe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Phil Bass 1 2 1 1 5 0

2. Phil Whittaker 0 1* 0 0 1 1

3. John Bowerman 0 1 1 0 2 0

4. Rod Haynes 0 1 0 0 1 0

5. Brian Maxted 1 0 1 1 3 0

6. Peter Taylor 1 0 0 1 0

7. Brian Osborn 0 1 1 2 0

crusaders saints crusaders saints

Ht 01: Piddock, Gilbertson, Bass, Whittaker 76.8 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Kennett, Hubbard, Taylor, Osborn 78.8 5 1 10 2

Ht 03: Barnwell, Hughes, Maxted, Haynes 77.0 5 1 15 3

Ht 04: Banks, Hubbard, Osborn, Bowerman 78.0 5 1 20 4

Ht 05: Hughes, Bass, Whittaker, Barnwell (f) 78.4 3 3 23 7

Ht 06: Gilbertson, Piddock, Bowerman, Taylor 76.4 5 1 28 8

Ht 07: Banks, Hubbard, Haynes, Maxted 78.1 5 1 33 9

Ht 08: Kennett, Gilbertson, Osborn, Whittaker 76.2 5 1 38 10

Ht 09: Hughes, Barnwell, Bowerman, Taylor 79.1 5 1 43 11

Ht 10: Piddock, Gilbertson, Maxted, Haynes 78.0 5 1 48 12

Ht 11: Banks, Kennett, Bass, Whittaker 78.0 5 1 53 13

Ht 12: Piddock, Barnwell, Maxted, Bowerman 78.2 5 1 58 14

Ht 13: Banks, Hughes, Bass, Haynes 78.6 5 1 63 15

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Eastbourne v Canterbury Sunday 9th April 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. Bobby McNeil 1 2* 3 2* 8 2

3. Gordon Kennett 3 3 2 1 9 0

4. Roger Johns 3 1 2 0 6 0

5. Simon Bruce 1 0 N 0 1 0

6. Trevor Geer 2* 1 2* 1* 6 3

7. Reg Trott 3 0 1* 4 1

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Piddock 0 2* 0 Fell 2* 4 2

2. Ross Gilbertson 2 3 2 3 1* 11 1

3. Graham Banks 2 1 3 2 8 0

4. Trevor Barnwell 2 1 1* Fell 3 7 1

5. Bob Hughes 0 0 1 TS 1 0

6. Ted Hubbard 0 0 TS 0 0

7. Barney Kennett 1 0 TS 1 0

eagles crusaders eagles crusaders

Ht 01: Ballard, Gilbertson, McNeil, Piddock 64.0 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Trott, Geer, B.Kennett, Hubbard 66.2 5 1 9 3

Ht 03: Johns, Barnwell, Bruce, Hughes 66.2 4 2 13 5

Ht 04: G.Kennett, Banks, Geer, B.Kennett 65.6 4 2 17 7

Ht 05: Gilbertson, Piddock, Johns, Bruce 65.4 1 5 18 12

Ht 06: Ballard, McNeil, Banks, Hubbard 63.4 (eq tr) 5 1 23 13

Ht 07: G.Kennett,Geer, Barnwell, Hughes 65.2 5 1 28 14

Ht 08: McNeil, Gilbertson, Barnwell, Trott 66.4 3 3 31 17

Ht 09: Banks, Johns, Geer, Piddock 66.2 3 3 34 20

Ht 10: Ballard, McNeil, Hughes, Barnwell (f) 64.6 5 1 39 21

Ht 11: Gilbertson, G.Kennett, Trott, Piddock (f) 65.8 3 3 42 24

Ht 12: Ballard, Banks, Gilbertson, Johns 64.0 3 3 45 27

Ht 13: Barnwell, Piddock, G.Kennett, Bruce 67.0 1 5 46 32

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Canterbury: World Championship Preliminary Round Saturday 15th April 1972 (Individual) Top two qualify for next round

riders 1 2 3 4 5 pts pos

01. Malcolm Ballard (Eastbourne) 3 3 3 2 3 14 2nd

02. Bob Coles (West Ham) 1 1 Ret N N 2 14th

03. Alan Witt (Peterborough) 0 1 1 1 1 4 13th

04. Lou Sansom (Workington) 2 1 3 1 3 10 4th

05. Dai Evans (Crewe) 1 1 2 2 1 7 8th

06. Malcolm Mackay (Workington) Fell 3 2 3 2 10 5th

07. Taffy Owen (Workington) 3 0 1 1 0 5 11th

08. Brian Foote (West Ham) 2 3 3 2 2 12 3rd

09. Richard Greer (Peterborough) 1 2 2 2 3 10 6th

10. Chris Harrison (Long Eaton) 0 2 2 3 0 7 9th

11. Gordon Kennett (Eastbourne) 2 2 1 0 2 7 10th

12. Bob Young (Rayleigh) 3 2 3 3 3 14 1st

13. Terry Shearer (Birmingham) 0 0 0 N 0 0 18th

14. Graham Drury (Ellesmere Port) 2 0 F Exc 0 0 2 15th

15. Paul Tyrer (Ellesmere Port) 3 3 1 0 1 8 7th

16. Reg Trott (Eastbourne) 1 Ret EF N N 1 17th

Res: Barney Kennett (Canterbury) 3 2 5 12th

Res: Ted Hubbard (Canterbury) 1 0 1 2 16th

Heat results - see next page

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Ht 01: Ballard, Sansom, Coles, Witt 78.2

Ht 02: Owen, Foote, Evans, Mackay (f) 79.0

Ht 03: Young, G.Kennett, Greer, Harrison 78.4

Ht 04: Tyrer, Drury, Trott, Shearer 77.2

Ht 05: Ballard, Greer, Evans, Shearer 77.0

Ht 06: Mackay, Harrison, Coles, Drury 78.0

Ht 07: Tyrer, G.Kennett, Witt, Owen 78.2

Ht 08: Foote, Young, Sansom, Trott (ret) 77.4

Ht 09: Ballard, Mackay, G.Kennett, Trott (ef) 76.6

Ht 10: Young, Evans, Tyrer, Coles (ret) 76.6

Ht 11: Foote, Greer, Witt, Drury (f exc) 76.8

Ht 12: Sansom, Harrison, Owen, Shearer 76.2

Ht 13: Young, Ballard, Owen, Drury 76.0

Ht 14: B.Kennett, Foote, Hubbard, G.Kennett 76.4

Ht 15: Harrison, Evans, Witt, Hubbard 76.4

Ht 16: Mackay, Greer, Sansom, Tyrer 77.2

Ht 17: Ballard, Foote, Tyrer, Harrison 76.0

Ht 18: Greer, B.Kennett, Hubbard, Owen 77.0

Ht 19: Young, Mackay, Witt, Shearer 76.6

Ht 20: Sansom, G.Kennett, Evans, Drury 78.4

Run off for 1st place: Young beat Ballard 75.8

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Boston v Canterbury Sunday 16th April 1972 (Johnnie Hoskins Birthday Cup 1st Leg)

boston 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Arthur Price EF 0 0 N 0 0

2. Russ Osborne 2 3 3 1 9 0

3. Jim Ryman 3 3 3 2* 11 1

4. Tony Featherstone 2* 0 0 N 2 1

5. Carl Glover 3 3 2 3 11 0

6. Vic Cross 1 1 1 0 3 0

7. Ray Bales 3 0 1 2 6 0

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Piddock 1 1* 0 N 2 1

2. Ross Gilbertson 3 2 2 2 9 0

3. Graham Banks 2 1* 3 2* 3 11 2

4. Steve Davies 0 0 TS 0 0 0

5. Bob Hughes 1 2 3 1 7 0

6. Ted Hubbard 0 2 1 1 4 0

7. Barney Kennett 2 0 1* 3 1

barracudas crusaders barracudas crusaders

Ht 01: Gilbertson, Osborne, Piddock, Price (ef) 67.0 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Bales, Kennett, Cross, Hubbard 66.8 4 2 6 6

Ht 03: Glover, Featherstone, Hughes, Davies 66.2 5 1 11 7

Ht 04: Ryman, Banks, Cross, Kennett 66.0 4 2 15 9

Ht 05: Glover, Gilbertson, Piddock, Featherstone 66.1 3 3 18 12

Ht 06: Osborne, Hubbard, Banks, Price 66.6 3 3 21 15

Ht 07: Ryman, Hughes, Cross, Davies 67.0 4 2 25 17

Ht 08: Osborne, Gilbertson, Kennett, Bales 66.4 3 3 28 20

Ht 09: Banks, Glover, Hubbard, Featherstone 76.2 2 4 30 24

Ht 10: Hughes, Banks, Osborne, Price 66.4 1 5 31 29

Ht 11: Ryman, Gilbertson, Bales, Piddock 66.0 4 2 35 31

Ht 12: Banks, Bales, Hughes, Cross 66.2 2 4 37 35

Ht 13: Glover, Ryman, Hubbard, Davies 66.2 5 1 42 36

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Canterbury v Boston Saturday 22nd April 1972 (Johnnie Hoskins Birthday Cup 2nd Leg)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

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

2. Dave Piddock 2 3 3 2 3 13 0

3. Ross Gilbertson 1* 3 2 2 1* 9 2

4. Trevor Barnwell 0 0 N N 0 0

5. Bob Hughes 2 1 0 1* 2 6 1

6. Ted Hubbard 2* 2* 0 2* 6 3

7. Barney Kennett 3 2* 2* 2 0 9 2

boston 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Arthur Price EF 2* 3 3 3 11 1

2. Russ Osborne 3 3 EF 1 1 8 0

3. Carl Glover 1 1 TS EF 2 0

4. Tony Featherstone 1 1 0 TS 2 0

5. Jim Ryman Exc 3 3 1 F Exc 7 0

6. Vic Cross 0 0 TS 0 0

7. Ray Bales 1 3 Fell 1 5 0

crusaders barracudas crusaders barracudas

Ht 01: Osborne, Piddock, Gilbertson, Price (ef) 76.8 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Kennett, Hubbard, Bales, Cross 76.8 5 1 8 4

Ht 03: Bales, Hughes, Featherstone, Barnwell, Ryman (ex tapes) 77.8 2 4 10 8

Ht 04: Gilbertson, Hubbard, Glover, Bales (f) 76.4 5 1 15 9

Ht 05: Osborne, Price, Hughes, Barnwell 77.6 1 5 16 14

Ht 06: Piddock, Kennett, Glover, Cross 76.2 5 1 21 15

Ht 07: Ryman, Gilbertson, Featherstone, Hubbard 77.4 2 4 23 19

Ht 08: Piddock, Kennett, Bales, Osborne (ef) 76.8 5 1 28 20

Ht 09: Price, Kennett, Osborne, Hughes 76.8 2 4 30 24

Ht 10: Ryman, Piddock, Hughes, Featherstone 76.2 3 3 33 27

Ht 11: Price, Gilbertson, Osborne, Kennett 76.8 2 4 35 31

Ht 12: Piddock, Hubbard, Ryman, Glover (ef) 76.8 5 1 40 32

Ht 13: Price, Hughes, Gilbertson, Ryman (f exc) 77.2 3 3 43 35

Agg: Canterbury 79 - 77 Boston

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Canterbury v Olching (West Germany) Saturday 29th April 1972 (Challenge)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 1 2 1* N 4 1

2. Barney Kennett 3 1* 1 2 7 1

3. Dave Piddock 3 N N NS 3 0

4. Trevor Barnwell Fell 0 EF N 0 0

5. Bob Hughes EF 2 2 3 7 0

6. Ted Hubbard 3 2* 3 EF 2 10 1

7. Mike Vernam 2* 1 3 1 1* 8 2

olching 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Josef Angermuller 2 3 3 EF 8 0

2. Wilhelm Reinhard 0 1 2 2* 5 1

3. Hubert Kullmann Exc 3 3 3 9 0

4. Otto Barth 3 2 3 2 10 0

5. Georg Gilgenreiner 2* 0 0 EF 2 1

6. Alois Muller 0 N N 0 0

7. Dieter Dauderer 1 1 0 0 1 3 0

crusaders olching crusaders olching

Ht 01: Kennett, Angermuller, Gilbertson, Reinhard 88.0 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Hubbard, Vernam, Dauderer, Muller 84.6 5 1 9 3

Ht 03: Barth, Gilgenreiner, Hughes (ef), Barnwell (f) 94.6 0 5 9 8

Ht 04: Piddock, Hubbard, Dauderer, Kullmann (exc) 89.0 5 1 14 9

Ht 05: Angermuller, Hughes, Reinhard, Barnwell 91.8 2 4 16 13

Ht 06: Kullmann, Gilbertson, Kennett, Dauderer 91.2 3 3 19 16

Ht 07: Hubbard, Barth, Vernam, Gilgenreiner 91.2 4 2 23 18

Ht 08: Vernam, Reinhard, Kennett, Dauderer 90.1 4 2 27 20

Ht 09: Kullmann, Hughes, Dauderer, Barnwell (ef) 92.4 2 4 29 24

Ht 10: Barth, Kennett, Gilbertson, Gilgenreiner 91.4 3 3 32 27

Ht 11: Angermuller, Reinhard, Vernam, Hubbard (ef) 91.2 1 5 33 32

Ht 12: Kullmann, Hubbard, Vernam, Gilgenreiner (ef) 90.2 3 3 36 35

Ht 13: Hughes, Barth, Angermuller (ef), Piddock (ns) 89.0 3 2 39 37

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Canterbury v Teesside Saturday 6th May 1972 (British League Division ll)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Piddock 3 2* 3 0 8 1

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

3. Ross Gilbertson 2* 3 2* 2* 3 12 3

4. Trevor Barnwell 0 N N N 0 0

5. Bob Hughes 2 0 0 2* 4 1

6. Ted Hubbard 2* 1 3 3 1 10 1

7. Barney Kennett 3 3 3 3 12 0

8. Mike Vernam 3 0 0 3 0

teesside 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Bruce Forrester 1 2 2 1 1 7 0

2. Pete Reading 0 1* 1* 0 2 2

3. Dave Durham 2 1 2 2* 7 1

4. Frank Auffret 3 1 2 0 6 0

5. Tim Swales 1 0 1* 3 5 1

6. Tony Swales 0 0 1* 1 1

7. Mick Moore 1 0 TS 1 0

crusaders teessiders crusaders teessiders

Ht 01: Piddock, Gilbertson, Forrester, Reading 77.1 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Kennett, Hubbard, Moore, Tony Swales 80.0 5 1 10 2

Ht 03: Auffret, Hughes, Tim Swales, Barnwell (f rem) 81.2 2 4 12 6

Ht 04: Gilbertson, Durham, Hubbard, Moore 79.8 4 2 16 8

Ht 05: Kennett, Forrester, Reading, Hughes 78.0 3 3 19 11

Ht 06: Vernam, Piddock, Durham, Tony Swales 78.2 5 1 24 12

Ht 07: Hubbard, Gilbertson, Auffret, Tim Swales 78.2 5 1 29 13

Ht 08: Kennett, Forrester, Reading, Vernam 77.2 3 3 32 16

Ht 09: Hubbard, Durham, Tony Swales, Hughes 78.9 3 3 35 19

Ht 10: Piddock, Auffret, Tim Swales, Vernam 76.8 3 3 38 22

Ht 11: Kennett, Gilbertson, Forrester, Reading 76.9 5 1 43 23

Ht 12: Tim Swales, Durham, Hubbard, Piddock (f rem) 77.0 1 5 44 28

Ht 13: Gilbertson, Hughes, Forrester, Auffret (f rem) 77.9 5 1 49 29

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Teesside v Canterbury Thursday 11th May 1972 (British League Division ll)

teesside 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Bruce Forrester EF 1 3 1* 5 1

2. Pete Reading 1 3 2 2* 8 1

3. Dave Durham 3 3 2 3 11 0

4. Frank Auffret 3 3 1* 2 9 1

5. Tim Swales 1 1 2 2* 6 1

6. Tony Swales 2 1 1 4 0

7. Mick Moore 1* 1* 0 2 2

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Piddock 3 2 3 0 1 1 10 0

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

3. Ross Gilbertson 2* 2 2 3 3 3 15 1

4. Barney Kennett 2 0 Fell N 2 0

5. Bob Hughes 0 2 1 0 3 0

6. Ted Hubbard Fell 0 TS 0 0 0

7. Mike Vernam 3 0 0 3 0

teessiders crusaders teessiders crusaders

Ht 01: Piddock, Gilbertson, Reading, Forrester (ef) 69.6 1 5 1 5

Ht 02: Vernam, Tony Swales, Moore, Hubbard (f) 72.2 3 3 4 8

Ht 03: Auffret, Kennett, Tim Swales, Hughes 71.6 4 2 8 10

Ht 04: Durham, Gilbertson, Tony Swales, Vernam 70.2 4 2 12 12

Ht 05: Auffret, Piddock, Tim Swales, Kennett 71.6 4 2 16 14

Ht 06: Reading, Gilbertson, Forrester, Hubbard 71.0 4 2 20 16

Ht 07: Durham, Hughes, Tony Swales, Kennett 71.4 4 2 24 18

Ht 08: Piddock, Reading, Moore, Vernam 71.0 3 3 27 21

Ht 09: Gilbertson, Tim Swales, Auffret, Piddock 71.8 3 3 30 24

Ht 10: Forrester, Reading, Hughes, Kennett (f) 73.0 5 1 35 25

Ht 11: Gilbertson, Durham, Piddock, Moore 70.2 2 4 37 29

Ht 12: Gilbertson, Auffret, Forrester, Hughes 71.2 3 3 40 32

Ht 13: Durham, Tim Swales, Piddock, Hubbard 71.6 5 1 45 33

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Canterbury v Eastbourne Saturday 13th May 1972 (British League Division ll)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Piddock EF Fell N N 0 0

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

3. Ross Gilbertson 1 3 3 3 3 13 0

4. Barney Kennett 2* 0 3 1 2 8 1

5. Bob Hughes 1 3 3 3 0 10 0

6. Ted Hubbard 3 3 2 0 EF 8 0

7. Mike Vernam 0 1 0 EF 1 0

eastbourne 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Bobby McNeil 2* 1* 2 2 7 2

2. Roger Johns 3 2 2 1* 8 1

3. Gordon Kennett 2 3 2 3 10 0

4. Reg Trott 0 N 1* N 1 1

5. Malcolm Ballard 1 1* 2 1 5 1

6. Paul Gachet 2 1 0 3 0

7. Trevor Geer 1* Fell 2 0 1* 4 2

crusaders eagles crusaders eagles

Ht 01: Johns, McNeil, Hughes, Piddock (ef) 79.0 1 5 1 5

Ht 02: Hubbard, Gachet, Geer, Vernam 79.2 3 3 4 8

Ht 03: Hughes, B.Kennett, Ballard, Trott 78.0 5 1 9 9

Ht 04: Hubbard, G.Kennett, Gilbertson, Geer (f) 78.0 4 2 13 11

Ht 05: Hughes, Johns, McNeil, B.Kennett 78.2 3 3 16 14

Ht 06: G.Kennett, Hubbard, Gachet, Piddock (f) 79.4 2 4 18 18

Ht 07: Gilbertson, Geer, Ballard, Hubbard 76.6 3 3 21 21

Ht 08: B.Kennett, Johns, Vernam, Geer 77.8 4 2 25 23

Ht 09: Hughes, G.Kennett, B.Kennett, Gachet (ef) 75.0 4 2 29 25

Ht 10: Gilbertson, Ballard, Trott, Hubbard (ef) 75.4 3 3 32 28

Ht 11: Gilbertson, McNeil, Johns, Vernam 75.2 3 3 35 31

Ht 12: G.Kennett, B.Kennett, Ballard, Vernam (ef) 76.6 2 4 37 35

Ht 13: Gilbertson, McNeil, Geer, Hughes 74.8 3 3 40 38

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Ellesmere Port v Canterbury Tuesday 16th May 1972 (British League Division ll)

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

1. Paul Tyrer 3 1 3 Exc 3 10 0

2. Colin Goad 2* Ret NS 3 3 8 1

3. Graham Drury 2 2 1 3 8 0

4. Robbie Gardner 2 2 Fell 0 4 0

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

6. Chris Blythe 2 1* 1* 2* 6 3

7. Paul Callaghan EF 1 TS 1 0

8. Geoff Pusey Fell 1* 1 1

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Frank Smith 0 3 2 Fell 5 0

2. Graham Banks R E S E R V E R E P L A C E M E N T

3. Ross Gilbertson 3 2* 2 1* 8 2

4. Barney Kennett 1 3 2 F NS 6 0

5. Bob Hughes 3 0 1* 2 6 1

6. Ted Hubbard 1 3 3 3 1* 11 1

7. Mike Vernam 1 EF 2* 0 1 4 1

8. Peter Compson Fell 0 0

gunners crusaders gunners crusaders

Ht 01: Tyrer, Goad, Hubbard, Smith 79.4 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Hubbard, Blythe, Vernam, Callaghan 80.0 2 4 7 5

Ht 03: Hughes, Gardner, Kennett, Pusey (f) 79.4 2 4 9 9

Ht 04: Gilbertson, Drury, Blythe, Vernam (ef) 79.0 3 3 12 12

Ht 05: Smith, Gardner, Pusey, Compson (f) 80.0 3 3 15 15

Ht 06: Hubbard, Gilbertson, Tyrer, Goad (ret) 79.6 1 5 16 20

Ht 07: Kennett, Drury, Blythe, Hughes 79.6 3 3 19 23

Ht 08: Hubbard, Vernam, Callaghan, Goad (ns) 79.5 1 5 20 28

Ht 09: Tyrer, Gilbertson, Hubbard, Gardner (f) 77.6 3 3 23 31

Ht 10: Goad, Kennett, Hughes, Tyrer (exc) 80.0 3 3 26 34

Ht 11: Goad, Smith, Drury, Vernam 80.0 4 2 30 36

Ht 12: Tyrer, Hughes, Gilbertson, Gardner 78.2 3 3 33 39

Ht 13: Drury, Blythe, Vernam, Smith (f), Kennett (f ns) 82.8 5 1 38 40

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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

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Canterbury v Workington Saturday 20th May 1972 (British League Division ll)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Barney Kennett 2* 1 2 2* 7 2

3. Graham Banks 1* 3 3 2* 9 2

4. Dave Piddock 2* 2* 2* 2* 8 4

5. Bob Hughes 3 3 3 3 12 0

6. Ted Hubbard 2* 2 2* 6 2

7. Mike Vernam 3 0 2* 5 1

workington 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Taffy Owen R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

2. Steve Watson 1 1 1 0 1 4 0

3. Malcolm Mackay Fell 3 2 3 1 1 10 0

4. Kym Amundson 1 1 Ret 0 2 0

5. Lou Sansom 0 0 N 0 0 0

6. Dave Kumeta 1 0 TS 1 0 2 0

7. Lindsay Davies Exc 0 TS 1 1 0

8. Mitch Graham 0 0 0

crusaders comets crusaders comets

Ht 01: Gilbertson, Kennett, Watson, Mackay (f) 77.6 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Vernam, Hubbard, Kumeta, Davies (exc) 76.2 5 1 10 2

Ht 03: Hughes, Piddock, Amundson, Sansom 78.8 5 1 15 3

Ht 04: Mackay, Hubbard, Banks, Davies 77.2 3 3 18 6

Ht 05: Hughes, Piddock, Watson, Graham 78.2 5 1 23 7

Ht 06: Gilbertson, Mackay, Kennett, Kumeta 76.2 4 2 27 9

Ht 07: Banks, Hubbard, Amundson, Sansom 76.8 5 1 32 10

Ht 08: Mackay, Kennett, Watson, Vernam 77.8 2 4 34 14

Ht 09: Hughes, Piddock, Mackay, Watson 77.6 5 1 39 15

Ht 10: Gilbertson, Kennett, Kumeta, Amundson (ret) 77.6 5 1 44 16

Ht 11: Banks, Vernam, Watson, Kumeta 77.0 5 1 49 17

Ht 12: Gilbertson, Piddock, Mackay, Sansom 78.0 5 1 54 18

Ht 13: Hughes, Banks, Davies, Amundson 77.4 5 1 59 19

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Canterbury v Barrow Saturday 27th May 1972 (Challenge)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 3 EF EF N 3 0

2. Ted Hubbard 1 2 2 2 7 0

3. Graham Banks 2 3 3 EF 8 0

4. Barney Kennett 2* 3 1 1 7 1

5. Dave Piddock 3 EF N 3 6 0

6. Mike Vernam 1 1* 2* 0 4 2

7. Bob Hughes 3 1* 0 3 7 1

barrow 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Mike Watkin 2 2 1 1* 2 8 1

2. Bobby Campbell 0 1* TS N 1 1

3. Brian Foote (G) 3 3 3 2* 2 13 1

4. Ian Hindle 1 1 TS 1* 3 1

5. Bobby McNeil (G) EF EF 3 0 3 0

6. Tom Owen Fell 1 N 1 0

7. Bob Coles 2 0 EF 3 2 7 0

crusaders h.faces crusaders h.faces

Ht 01: Gilbertson, Watkin, Hubbard, Campbell 76.6 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Hughes, Coles, Vernam, Owen (f) 77.6 4 2 8 4

Ht 03: Piddock, Kennett, Hindle, McNeil (ef) 76.8 5 1 13 5

Ht 04: Foote, Banks, Vernam, Coles 76.8 3 3 16 8

Ht 05: Kennett, Watkin, Campbell, Piddock (ef) 78.0 3 3 19 11

Ht 06: Foote, Hubbard, Owen, Gilbertson (ef) 77.0 2 4 21 15

Ht 07: Banks, Vernam, Hindle, McNeil (ef) 78.2 5 1 26 16

Ht 08: Foote, Hubbard, Hughes, Coles (ef) 78.2 3 3 29 19

Ht 09: Coles, Foote, Kennett, Vernam 78.0 1 5 30 24

Ht 10: McNeil, Hubbard, Watkin, Gilbertson (ef) 78.0 2 4 32 28

Ht 11: Banks, Coles, Watkin, Hughes 78.6 3 3 35 31

Ht 12: Hughes, Foote, Kennett, McNeil 78.2 4 2 39 33

Ht 13: Piddock, Watkin, Hindle, Banks (ef) 79.0 3 3 42 36

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Canterbury v Rayleigh Monday 29th May 1972 (British League Division ll)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 3 3 3 2 3 14 0

2. Ted Hubbard F Exc 1 2* 1* 4 2

3. Graham Banks 2 2 2 0 6 0

4. Barney Kennett 1 2 1* 1* 0 5 2

5. Dave Piddock 0 0 2 2 4 0

6. Mike Vernam 0 0 TS 0 0

7. Bob Hughes 2 TS 1* 3 1

rayleigh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Geoff Maloney 2 3 3 3 11 0

2. Dingle Brown 1* 1 1 0 3 1

3. Allen Emmett 3 2 3 1* 9 1

4. Tiger Beech 3 Fell N N 3 0

5. Bob Young 2* 3 3 2 10 1

6. Peter Claridge 1 0 0 1 0

7. Trevor Barnwell 3 1 0 Fell 1 5 0

crusaders rockets crusaders rockets

Ht 01: Gilbertson, Maloney, Brown, Hubbard (f exc) 78.8 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Barnwell, Hughes, Claridge, Vernam 80.2 2 4 5 7

Ht 03: Beech, Young, Kennett, Piddock 79.6 1 5 6 12

Ht 04: Emmett, Banks, Barnwell, Vernam 76.0 2 4 8 16

Ht 05: Maloney, Kennett, Brown, Piddock 78.8 2 4 10 20

Ht 06: Gilbertson, Emmett, Hubbard, Claridge 77.2 4 2 14 22

Ht 07: Young, Banks, Kennett, Beech (f) 76.2 3 3 17 25

Ht 08: Gilbertson, Hubbard, Brown, Barnwell 77.2 5 1 22 26

Ht 09: Emmett, Piddock, Kennett, Claridge 75.8 3 3 25 29

Ht 10: Young, Gilbertson, Hubbard, Barnwell (ef) 76.6 3 3 28 32

Ht 11: Maloney, Banks, Hughes, Brown 77.6 3 3 31 35

Ht 12: Gilbertson, Young, Emmett, Kennett 76.0 3 3 34 38

Ht 13: Maloney, Piddock, Barnwell, Banks 76.8 2 4 36 42

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Rayleigh v Canterbury Monday 29th May 1972 (British League Division ll)

rayleigh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Geoff Maloney 3 3 3 2* 11 1

2. Dingle Brown 1 1 2 1 5 0

3. Allen Emmett 3 3 3 1 10 0

4. Tiger Beech 1 0 1 3 5 0

5. Bob Young 3 2 3 3 11 0

6. Trevor Barnwell 3 2* EF 0 5 1

7. Ivan Miller EF Fell N 0 0

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 2 3 3 1* 2 11 1

2. Ted Hubbard 0 1 1 2 4 0

3. Graham Banks 1 2 0 0 3 0

4. Barney Kennett 0 2 0 0 2 0

5. Dave Piddock 2 F Exc 2 2 1 7 0

6. Mike Vernam 2 0 TS 2 0

7. Bob Hughes 1* 0 TS 1 1

rockets crusaders rockets crusaders

Ht 01: Maloney, Gilbertson, Brown, Hubbard 71.0 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Barnwell, Vernam, Hughes, Miller (ef) 71.2 3 3 7 5

Ht 03: Young, Piddock, Beech, Kennett 69.4 4 2 11 7

Ht 04: Emmett, Barnwell, Banks, Hughes 69.6 5 1 16 8

Ht 05: Gilbertson, Young, Hubbard, Beech 69.0 2 4 18 12

Ht 06: Maloney, Banks, Brown, Vernam 68.6 4 2 22 14

Ht 07: Emmett, Kennett, Barnwell (ef), Piddock (f exc) 70.6 3 2 25 16

Ht 08: Gilbertson, Brown, Hubbard, Miller (f) 69.2 2 4 27 20

Ht 09: Young, Piddock, Beech, Banks 69.8 4 2 31 22

Ht 10: Maloney, Piddock, Brown, Kennett 70.4 4 2 35 24

Ht 11: Emmett, Hubbard, Gilbertson, Barnwell 70.0 3 3 38 27

Ht 12: Beech, Maloney, Piddock, Banks 71.0 5 1 43 28

Ht 13: Young, Gilbertson, Emmett, Kennett 70.6 4 2 47 30

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Canterbury v Ellesmere Port Saturday 3rd June 1972 (British League Division ll)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 3 3 3 2* 11 1

2. Ted Hubbard 2* 2* 3 0 7 2

3. Graham Banks 3 2 3 3 11 0

4. Bob Hughes 1* 0 3 3 7 1

5. Dave Piddock 2 1 0 0 3 0

6. Steve Davies 1* 1 0 2 1

7. Barney Kennett 2 1 0 3 0

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

1. Paul Tyrer N 3 2 2 2 9 0

2. Ian Gills Fell 2* 0 N 2 1

3. Graham Drury 2 Fell 1* 1 4 1

4. Robbie Gardner N 3 1* 0 1* 5 2

5. Cyril Francis 0 1 2 TS 3 0

6. Colin Goad 1 3 3 1 TS 1* 9 1

7. Chris Blythe Fell 0 2 2 0

crusaders gunners crusaders gunners

Ht 01: Gilbertson, Hubbard, Goad, Gills (f) 81.6 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Goad, Kennett, Davies, Blythe (f) 80.6 3 3 8 4

Ht 03: Goad, Piddock, Hughes, Francis 80.6 3 3 11 7

Ht 04: Banks, Drury, Davies, Blythe 81.5 4 2 15 9

Ht 05: Tyrer, Gills, Piddock, Hughes 77.6 1 5 16 14

Ht 06: Gilbertson, Hubbard, Goad, Drury (f) 80.6 5 1 21 15

Ht 07: Gardner, Banks, Francis, Davies 80.6 2 4 23 19

Ht 08: Hubbard, Blythe, Kennett, Gills 82.0 4 2 27 21

Ht 09: Hughes, Tyrer, Drury, Piddock 80.6 3 3 30 24

Ht 10: Gilbertson, Francis, Gardner, Hubbard (f) No Time 3 3 33 27

Ht 11: Banks, Tyrer, Goad, Kennett 82.2 3 3 36 30

Ht 12: Hughes, Gilbertson, Drury, Gardner 84.6 5 1 41 31

Ht 13: Banks, Tyrer, Gardner, Piddock 84.2 3 3 44 34

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Birmingham v Canterbury Monday 5th June 1972 (Speedway Express Division Two KOC 2nd Rnd 1st Leg)

birmingham 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Terry Shearer 1 3 3 2 9 0

2. George Major 3 2* 3 2* 10 2

3. Arthur Browning 2 3 2 3 10 0

4. Mick Hines 2 3 3 1* 9 1

5. Steve Wilson Fell 0 0 N 0 0

6. Cliff Emms 0 0 N 0 0

7. Malcolm Corradine 2 1 1 1* 0 5 1

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 2 2 3 3 2 12 0

2. Ted Hubbard Exc 1* Fell N 1 1

3. Graham Banks 1 1 1* TS 3 1

4. Bob Hughes 1 0 0 TS 1 0

5. Dave Piddock 3 2 1 0 6 0

6. Charlie Benham 1 0 N 1 0

7. Barney Kennett 3 3 2 2 0 1* 11 1

brummies crusaders brummies crusaders

Ht 01: Major, Gilbertson, Shearer, Hubbard (exc) 65.6 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Kennett, Corradine, Benham, Emms 65.4 2 4 6 6

Ht 03: Piddock, Hines, Hughes, Wilson (f) 65.0 2 4 8 10

Ht 04: Kennett, Browning, Banks, Emms 65.8 2 4 10 14

Ht 05: Hines, Gilbertson, Hubbard, Wilson 65.8 3 3 13 17

Ht 06: Shearer, Major, Banks, Benham 66.0 5 1 18 18

Ht 07: Browning, Piddock, Corradine, Hughes 66.0 4 2 22 20

Ht 08: Major, Kennett, Corradine, Hubbard (f) 66.0 4 2 26 22

Ht 09: Hines, Kennett, Banks, Wilson 67.0 3 3 29 25

Ht 10: Shearer, Major, Piddock, Hughes 67.0 5 1 34 26

Ht 11: Gilbertson, Browning, Corradine, Kennett (f) 65.4 3 3 37 29

Ht 12: Gilbertson, Shearer, Hines, Piddock 67.0 3 3 40 32

Ht 13: Browning, Gilbertson, Kennett, Corradine 66.2 3 3 43 35

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

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 3 3 2* 3 3 14 1

2. Ted Hubbard 0 1 3 2* 6 1

3. Graham Banks 2 0 3 0 5 0

4. Bob Hughes 0 0 2* 0 2 1

5. Dave Piddock 1 3 3 3 3 13 0

6. Charlie Benham 0 0 TS 0 0

7. Barney Kennett 1 TS 0 1 0

birmingham 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Pete Bailey R I D E R R E P L AC E M E N T

2. George Major 1* 1* 1 1* 1* 5 4

3. Arthur Browning 2 N 2 1 1* 6 1

4. Mick Hines 2* 2 0 2 2 8 1

5. Terry Shearer 3 2 1* 1 2 9 1

6. Malcolm Corradine 2* 1 0 N 3 1

7. Mike Lanham 3 3 0 0 6 0

crusaders brummies crusaders brummies

Ht 01: Gilbertson, Browning, Major, Hubbard 76.0 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Lanham, Corradine, Kennett, Benham 78.4 1 5 4 8

Ht 03: Shearer, Hines, Piddock, Hughes 77.0 1 5 5 13

Ht 04: Lanham, Banks, Corradine, Benham 78.0 2 4 7 17

Ht 05: Piddock, Shearer, Major, Hughes 76.8 3 3 10 20

Ht 06: Gilbertson, Browning, Hubbard, Corradine 77.4 4 2 14 22

Ht 07: Piddock, Hines, Shearer, Banks 77.6 3 3 17 25

Ht 08: Hubbard, Gilbertson, Major, Lanham 78.2 5 1 22 26

Ht 09: Piddock, Hughes, Browning, Lanham 78.0 5 1 27 27

Ht 10: Gilbertson, Hubbard, Shearer, Hines 78.0 5 1 32 28

Ht 11: Banks, Hines, Major, Kennett 79.0 3 3 35 31

Ht 12: Gilbertson, Shearer, Browning, Hughes 79.0 3 3 38 34

Ht 13: Piddock, Hines, Major, Banks 78.4 3 3 41 37

Agg: Birmingham 80 - 76 Canterbury

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Scunthorpe v Canterbury Monday 12th June 1972 (British League Division ll) Meeting postponed due to rain !

Canterbury: Best Pairs Trophy Saturday 17th June 1972

riders 1 2 3 4 5 6 pts tpts

01. Malcolm Ballard 2 2 3 3 2 3 15

02. Steve Davies 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16

1 2 3 4 5 6 pts tpts

03. Ted Hubbard 3 3 3 0 1 3 13

04. Steve Bass 1 N 2 2 2 2 9 22

1 2 3 4 5 6 pts tpts

05. Ross Gilbertson 3 2 1 2 3 1 12

06. Mike Vernam 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 15

1 2 3 4 5 6 pts tpts

07. Graham Banks 2 2 1 3 2 2 12

08. Phil Bass 1 1 0 N 1 0 3 15

1 2 3 4 5 6 pts tpts

09. Bob Hughes 3 0 3 1 3 3 13

10. Gordon Kennett 1 3 2 3 1 2 12 25

1 2 3 4 5 6 pts tpts

11. Dave Piddock 2 3 2 3 3 3 16

12. John Davis 0 2 N 1 0 1 4 20

1 2 3 4 5 6 pts tpts

13. Bobby McNeil 3 0 EF 2 2 1 8

14. Charlie Benham 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 13

Res: Les Rumsey 0 0 0 0

Heat results - see next page

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Ht 01: Hubbard, Ballard, S.Bass, S.Davies 75.6

Ht 02: Gilbertson, Banks, P.Bass, Vernam 76.6

Ht 03: Hughes, Piddock, Kennett, J.Davis 76.5

Ht 04: McNeil, Ballard, Benham, S.Davies 77.2

Ht 05: Hubbard, Gilbertson, Vernam, Rumsey 75.0

Ht 06: Kennett, Banks, P.Bass, Hughes 77.2

Ht 07: Piddock, J.Davis, Benham, McNeil 76.4

Ht 08: Ballard, Vernam, Gilbertson, S.Davies 76.8

Ht 09: Hubbard, S.Bass, Banks, P.Bass 76.4

Ht 10: Hughes, Kennett, Benham, McNeil (ef) 78.0

Ht 11: Ballard, Piddock, S.Davies, Rumsey 76.8

Ht 12: Kennett, S.Bass, Hughes, Hubbard 77.6

Ht 13: Piddock, Gilbertson, J.Davis, Vernam 76.8

Ht 14: Banks, McNeil, Benham, Rumsey 78.6

Ht 15: Hughes, Ballard, Kennett, S.Davies 77.6

Ht 16: Piddock, S.Bass, Hubbard, J.Davis 77.8

Ht 17: Gilbertson, McNeil, Benham, Vernam 78.0

Ht 18: Ballard, Banks, P.Bass, S.Davies 78.6

Ht 19: Hubbard, S.Bass, McNeil, Benham 78.8

Ht 20: Hughes, Kennett, Gilbertson, Vernam 78.0

Ht 21: Piddock, Banks, J.Davis, P.Bass 78.0

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Workington v Canterbury Friday 23rd June 1972 (British League Division ll)

workington 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Taffy Owen 2* 3 2 2* 9 2

2. Dave Schofield R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

3. Malcolm Mackay 2* 2* 3 1 8 2

4. Kym Amundson 3 N 3 3 9 0

5. Lou Sansom 3 2* 3 2* 3 13 2

6. Dave Kumeta 3 3 3 9 0

7. Steve Watson 1 2* 3 1 7 1

8. Mitch Graham 2* 1 0 3 1

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 0 1 N TS 1 0

2. Ted Hubbard 1 0 2 EF 2 5 0

3. Graham Banks 1 EF 1 1 3 0

4. Phil Pratt 1 1 3 0 5 0

5. Dave Piddock EF EF 1 TS 1 0

6. Charlie Benham 2 1 0 EF 2 0 5 0

7. Barney Kennett 0 0 N 0 0

comets crusaders comets crusaders

Ht 01: Sansom, Owen, Hubbard, Gilbertson 75.0 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Kumeta, Benham, Watson, Kennett 78.0 4 2 9 3

Ht 03: Amundson, Sansom, Pratt, Piddock (ef) 76.2 5 1 14 4

Ht 04: Kumeta, Mackay, Banks, Kennett 79.4 5 1 19 5

Ht 05: Sansom, Watson, Gilbertson, Hubbard 77.2 5 1 24 6

Ht 06: Owen, Graham, Benham, Banks (ef) 79.2 5 1 29 7

Ht 07: Kumeta, Mackay, Pratt, Piddock (ef) 82.2 5 1 34 8

Ht 08: Watson, Hubbard, Graham, Benham 79.8 4 2 38 10

Ht 09: Amundson, Sansom, Banks, Benham (ef) 80.0 5 1 43 11

Ht 10: Pratt, Owen, Piddock, Graham (f rem) 81.4 2 4 45 15

Ht 11: Mackay, Benham, Watson, Hubbard (ef) 78.4 4 2 49 17

Ht 12: Amundson, Owen, Banks, Benham 78.6 5 1 54 18

Ht 13: Sansom, Hubbard, Mackay, Pratt 78.4 4 2 58 20

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Berwick v Canterbury Saturday 24th June 1972 (British League Division ll)

berwick 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Doug Templeton 2* 3 3 3 3 14 1

2. Jim Beaton R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

3. Andy Meldrum 3 3 3 2 3 14 0

4. Dennis Jackson 0 0 0 0 0 0

5. Willie Templeton 3 1 1 2 0 7 0

6. Alistair Brady Ret 0 0 0 0

7. Graham Jones 3 1 0 0 4 0

8. Mark Perram D I D N O T R I D E

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson EF 3 3 2 8 0

2. Ted Hubbard 1 2* 2 1 6 1

3. Graham Banks 2 2 3 2 9 0

4. Dai Evans (G) 1* 1* 2 1* 5 2

5. George Major (G) 2 2 1* 1* 6 2

6. Charlie Benham 2 0 Ret 1 3 0

7. John Lynch (G) 1* 1* N 2 2

bandits crusaders bandits crusaders

Ht 01: Meldrum, D.Templeton, Hubbard, Gilbertson (ef) 75.8 (TR) 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Jones, Benham, Lynch, Brady (ret) 81.6 3 3 8 4

Ht 03: W.Templeton, Major, Evans, Jackson 78.8 3 3 11 7

Ht 04: Meldrum, Banks, Lynch, Brady 77.4 3 3 14 10

Ht 05: Gilbertson, Hubbard, W.Templeton, Jackson 77.2 1 5 15 15

Ht 06: D.Templeton, Banks, W.Templeton, Benham 79.2 4 2 19 17

Ht 07: Meldrum, Major, Evans, Brady 77.2 3 3 22 20

Ht 08: D.Templeton, Hubbard, Jones, Benham (ret) 78.0 4 2 26 22

Ht 09: Banks, W.Templeton, Benham, Jackson 79.2 2 4 28 26

Ht 10: D.Templeton, Evans, Major, Jones 78.0 3 3 31 29

Ht 11: Gilbertson, Meldrum, Hubbard, Jones 77.2 2 4 33 33

Ht 12: D.Templeton, Banks, Major, Jackson 78.2 3 3 36 36

Ht 13: Meldrum, Gilbertson, Evans, W.Templeton 77.0 3 3 39 39

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Canterbury: Junior Championship Of The British Isles Saturday 24th June 1972 (Individual)

riders 1 2 3 4 5 pts pos

01. Tony Davey (Ipswich) 2 3 2 1 3 11 3rd

02. Dave Piddock (Canterbury) 1 2 2 3 2 10 5th

03. Trevor Geer (Eastbourne) 0 Fell 2 1 0 3 15th

04. Gordon Kennett (Eastbourne) 3 2 2 3 2 12 2nd

05. Trevor Barnwell (Rayleigh) 3 2 Fell 3 3 11 4th

06. Barney Kennett (Canterbury) 2 1 3 1 1 8 8th

07. Alan Sage (Ipswich) 1 N 3 2 3 9 6th

08. Carl Glover (Boston) 0 1 1 0 2 4 13th

09. Dave Kennett (Hackney) 3 0 3 2 1 9 7th

10. Bobby McNeil (Eastbourne) 2 0 1 2 0 5 12th

11. John Davis (Peterborough) N 3 1 2 1 7 9th

12. Allen Emmett (Rayleigh) 1 3 3 3 3 13 1st

13. Roger Johns (Eastbourne) 3 1 0 1 2 7 10th

14. Frank Auffret (Teesside) 1 3 0 0 0 4 14th

15. Robbie Gardner (Ellesmere Port) 2 2 1 EF 1 6 11th

16. Phil Bass (Scunthorpe) 0 0 0 Fell 0 0 16th

Res: Mike Lanham (Birmingham) 1 1

Res: Rod Haynes (Scunthorpe) 0 0

Heat results - see next page

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Ht 01: G.Kennett, Davey, Piddock, Geer 77.0

Ht 02: Barnwell, B.Kennett, Sage, Glover 78.0

Ht 03: D.Kennett, McNeil, Emmett, Haynes (f rem) 77.2

Ht 04: Johns, Gardner, Auffret, Bass 78.4

Ht 05: Davey, Barnwell, Johns, D.Kennett 77.2

Ht 06: Auffret, Piddock, B.Kennett, McNeil 76.8

Ht 07: Davis, Gardner, Lanham, Geer (f) No Time

Ht 08: Emmett, G.Kennett, Glover, Bass 75.8

Ht 09: B.Kennett, Davey, Davis, Bass 75.8

Ht 10: Emmett, Piddock, Gardner, Barnwell (f) No Time

Ht 11: D.Kennett, Geer, Glover, Auffret 76.8

Ht 12: Sage, G.Kennett, McNeil, Johns 75.2

Ht 13: Emmett, Sage, Davey, Auffret 75.8

Ht 14: Piddock, Davis, Johns, Glover 76.8

Ht 15: Barnwell, McNeil, Geer, Bass (f) 77.0

Ht 16: G.Kennett, D.Kennett, B.Kennett, Gardner (ef) 75.2

Ht 17: Davey, Glover, Gardner, McNeil 76.4

Ht 18: Sage, Piddock, D.Kennett, Bass 75.0

Ht 19: Emmett, Johns, B.Kennett, Geer 75.8

Ht 20: Barnwell, G.Kennett, Davis, Auffret 75.6

Run off for 3rd place: Davey beat Barnwell

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Canterbury: England v Sweden Saturday 1st July 1972 (5th Division Two International)

england 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson Fell 0 EF N N N 0 0

2. Dave Piddock 1 1 3 3 2 Exc 10 0

3. Richard Greer 3 1 1* 2* 1* 1* 9 4

4. Ted Hubbard 1 3 2 3 2 2 13 0

5. Graham Banks 2 3 2 2 3 3 15 0

6. Gordon Kennett 1* 1 1* 0 1 2* 6 3

7. Barney Kennett F Exc 0 2 2 0

8. Bobby McNeil

sweden 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Lars Jansson 2* 0 N 2 0 0 4 1

2. Christer Sjosten 3 2 3 1* 3 1 13 1

3. Bengt Larsson 2 2 1* 1 0 3 9 1

4. Lars Inge Hultberg 0 0 N 0 N N 0 0

5. Tommy Jansson 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 0

6. Carl Erik Claesson 0 N 0 N 1 0 1 0

7. Soren Karlsson 2* 2 1 2 1 8 1

8. Kell Haage 0 0 0

Heat results - see next page

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england sweden england sweden

Ht 01: Sjosten, L.Jansson, Piddock, Gilbertson (f) 75.0 1 5 1 5

Ht 02: Greer, Larsson, Hubbard, Hultberg 75.8 4 2 5 7

Ht 03: T.Jansson, Banks, G.Kennett, Claesson 77.0 3 3 8 10

Ht 04: Hubbard, Sjosten, Greer, L.Jansson 76.0 4 2 12 12

Ht 05: Banks, Larsson, G.Kennett, Hultberg 76.2 4 2 16 14

Ht 06: T.Jansson, Karlsson, Piddock, Gilbertson 75.8 1 5 17 19

Ht 07: Sjosten, Banks, G.Kennett, Haage 75.6 3 3 20 22

Ht 08: Piddock, Karlsson, Larsson, Gilbertson (ef) 77.0 3 3 23 25

Ht 09: T.Jansson, Hubbard, Greer, Claesson 74.8 (eq tr) 3 3 26 28

Ht 10: Piddock, L.Jansson, Sjosten, B.Kennett (f exc) 75.8 3 3 29 31

Ht 11: Hubbard, Greer, Larsson, Hultberg 75.8 5 1 34 32

Ht 12: T.Jansson, Banks, Karlsson, G.Kennett 74.8 (eq tr) 2 4 36 36

Ht 13: Sjosten, Hubbard, Greer, L.Jansson 75.6 3 3 39 39

Ht 14: Banks, Karlsson, G.Kennett, Larsson 76.0 4 2 43 41

Ht 15: T.Jansson, Piddock, Claesson, B.Kennett 76.4 2 4 45 45

Ht 16: Banks, G.Kennett, Sjosten, L.Jansson 76.2 5 1 50 46

Ht 17: Larsson, B.Kennett, Karlsson, Piddock (exc) 75.6 2 4 52 50

Ht 18: T.Jansson, Hubbard, Greer, Claesson 75.8 3 3 55 53

Series Result: England 3 - 2 Sweden

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Scunthorpe v Canterbury Monday 3rd July 1972 (British League Division ll)

scunthorpe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Brian Maxted 2 2 3 Exc 1 8 0

2. Ian Wilson F Exc 0 TS 1 1 0

3. Phil Bass 2* 0 Exc 3 3 8 1

4. Brian Osborn 0 N 2 TS 2 0

5. Rod Haynes 1 F Exc 1* F Exc 2 1

6. Ray Watkins 3 3 3 2 1 F Exc 12 0

7. Doug Underwood 0 N 1 1 0

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

2. Ted Hubbard 3 2 2 3 2 12 0

3. Graham Banks 0 3 F Exc 2 5 0

4. Bob Hughes 3 3 3 2* 1* 12 2

5. Dave Piddock 2* 1 2* 0 5 2

6. Charlie Benham 1* 1 3 5 1

7. Barney Kennett 2 1 0 3 0

8. Phil Pratt 1 1* 2 1

saints crusaders saints crusaders

Ht 01: Hubbard, Maxted, Pratt, Wilson (f exc) 84.0 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Watkins, Kennett, Benham, Underwood 82.6 3 3 5 7

Ht 03: Hughes, Piddock, Haynes, Osborn 85.2 1 5 6 12

Ht 04: Watkins, Bass, Kennett, Banks 83.4 5 1 11 13

Ht 05: Watkins, Hubbard, Pratt, Haynes (f exc) 83.0 3 3 14 16

Ht 06: Banks, Maxted, Benham, Wilson 85.8 2 4 16 20

Ht 07: Hughes, Watkins, Piddock, Bass 84.4 2 4 18 24

Ht 08: Maxted, Hubbard, Watkins, Kennett 86.0 4 2 22 26

Ht 09: (awarded) Benham, Osborn, Haynes, Banks (f) 65.4 (3 laps) 3 3 25 29

Ht 10: Hughes, Piddock, Wilson, Watkins (f exc), Maxted (exc tapes) 85.6 1 5 26 34

Ht 11: Hubbard, Hughes, Underwood, Bass (exc tapes) 86.4 1 5 27 39

Ht 12: Bass, Banks, Maxted, Piddock 86.4 4 2 31 41

Ht 13: Bass, Hubbard, Hughes, Haynes (f exc) 86.0 3 3 34 44

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Canterbury v Peterborough Saturday 8th July 1972 (Challenge)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 2* 2* EF N 4 2

2. Ted Hubbard 3 3 3 2 11 0

3. Graham Banks 3 3 N N 6 0

4. Bob Hughes 2* 1 0 3 6 1

5. Dave Piddock 3 3 2 3 11 0

6. Charlie Benham EF 0 0 1 1 2 0

7. Barney Kennett EF 1 3 1 5 0

peterborough 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Steve Osborne 0 EF N N 0 0

2. Clive Noy 1 2 2 1 2 8 0

3. Phil Pratt (G) 1* EF TS EF 1 1

4. Roy Carter 0 1* TS 0 1 1

5. John Davis 1 2 3 3 2 11 0

6. Brian Clark 3 1 1 0 5 0

7. Alan Witt 2* 2 0 2 6 1

crusaders panthers crusaders panthers

Ht 01: Hubbard, Gilbertson, Noy, Osborne 82.0 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Clark, Witt, Benham (ef), Kennett (ef) 88.2 0 5 5 6

Ht 03: Piddock, Hughes, Davis, Carter 84.0 5 1 10 7

Ht 04: Banks, Witt, Pratt, Benham 86.5 3 3 13 10

Ht 05: Piddock, Noy, Hughes, Osborne (ef) 85.8 4 2 17 12

Ht 06: Hubbard, Gilbertson, Clark, Pratt (ef) 83.4 5 1 22 13

Ht 07: Banks, Davis, Carter, Benham 84.4 3 3 25 16

Ht 08: Hubbard, Noy, Kennett, Witt 80.0 4 2 29 18

Ht 09: Davis, Piddock, Clark, Hughes 82.2 2 4 31 22

Ht 10: Davis, Hubbard, Noy, Gilbertson (ef) 80.4 2 4 33 26

Ht 11: Kennett, Noy, Benham, Clark 80.8 4 2 37 28

Ht 12: Hughes, Davis, Kennett, Pratt (ef) 80.6 4 2 41 30

Ht 13: Piddock, Witt, Benham, Carter 82.5 4 2 45 32

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Canterbury v Sunderland Saturday 15th July 1972 (British League Division ll)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 2* 1 2* 2 7 2

2. Ted Hubbard 3 3 3 3 12 0

3. Graham Banks 2 3 3 N 8 0

4. Bob Hughes 2* 3 0 0 5 1

5. Dave Piddock 3 Fell 2 2 7 0

6. Charlie Benham 2 1* 0 1* 4 2

7. Barney Kennett F Exc 2* 0 2 1

sunderland 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Russ Dent 0 1* TS N 1 1

2. George Barclay 1 2 0 3 2 8 0

3. Graeme Smith 3 2 1* 1 1 8 1

4. Dave Gatenby EF TS 1 1* 3 5 1

5. Jack Millen Fell 2 1 0 3 6 0

6. Jim Wells 3 Fell TS 3 0

7. Pete Wrathall 1 0 TS 0 1 0

crusaders stars crusaders stars

Ht 01: Hubbard, Gilbertson, Barclay, Dent 74.0 (TR) 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Wells, Benham, Wrathall, Kennett (f exc) 77.0 2 4 7 5

Ht 03: Piddock, Hughes, Millen (f), Gatenby (ef) 74.8 5 0 12 5

Ht 04: Smith, Banks, Benham, Wrathall 75.0 3 3 15 8

Ht 05: Hughes, Barclay, Dent, Piddock (f) 76.0 3 3 18 11

Ht 06: Hubbard, Smith, Gilbertson, Wells (f) 74.2 4 2 22 13

Ht 07: Banks, Millen, Smith, Benham 75.0 3 3 25 16

Ht 08: Hubbard, Kennett, Millen, Barclay 75.2 5 1 30 17

Ht 09: Barclay, Piddock, Smith, Hughes 76.6 2 4 32 21

Ht 10: Hubbard, Gilbertson, Gatenby, Millen (exc) 75.0 5 1 37 22

Ht 11: Banks, Barclay, Gatenby, Kennett 76.0 3 3 40 25

Ht 12: Millen, Gilbertson, Smith, Hughes 76.2 2 4 42 29

Ht 13: Gatenby, Piddock, Benham, Wrathall 77.2 3 3 45 32

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Long Eaton v Canterbury Thursday 20th July 1972 (British League Division ll)

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

1. Geoff Bouchard 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Chris Harrison 1 0 0 N 1 0

3. Roger Mills 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Steve Bass Exc 2 0 2* 4 1

5. Joe Hughes 3 0 3 1 7 0

6. Cliff Emms 2 1 0 1 1 5 0

7. Phil Whittaker 1* 1 0 2 1

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

2. Ted Hubbard F Exc 1 3 1* 0 5 1

3. Graham Banks 2 2 2 Exc 0 6 0

4. Bob Hughes 2 3 2 2 2 11 0

5. Dave Piddock F Exc 0 0 N 0 0

6. Charlie Benham 0 1* 2 1 4 1

7. Barney Kennett 3 1* 2* 1* 2 9 3

rangers crusaders rangers crusaders

Ht 01: Bouchard, Banks, Harrison, Hubbard (f exc) 80.0 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Kennett, Emms, Whittaker, Benham 76.0 3 3 7 5

Ht 03: J.Hughes, B.Hughes, Emms, Piddock (f exc), Bass (exc) 76.4 4 2 11 7

Ht 04: Mills, Banks, Kennett, Emms 74.6 3 3 14 10

Ht 05: B.Hughes, Bass, Hubbard, J.Hughes 75.4 2 4 16 14

Ht 06: Bouchard, Banks, Benham, Harrison 75.2 3 3 19 17

Ht 07: Mills, B.Hughes, Emms, Piddock 75.6 4 2 23 19

Ht 08: Hubbard, Kennett, Whittaker, Harrison 75.4 1 5 24 24

Ht 09: J.Hughes, Benham, Kennett, Bass, Banks (exc) 76.2 3 3 27 27

Ht 10: Bouchard, B.Hughes, Emms, Piddock 76.2 4 2 31 29

Ht 11: Mills, Kennett, Hubbard, Whittaker 76.2 3 3 34 32

Ht 12: Bouchard, Bass, Benham, Banks 77.4 5 1 39 33

Ht 13: Mills, B.Hughes, J.Hughes, Hubbard 75.6 4 2 43 35

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Canterbury v Barrow Saturday 22nd July 1972 (British League Division ll)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Les Rumsey 1* 2* 0 N 3 2

2. Ted Hubbard 2 3 2 2 9 0

3. Graham Banks 3 2 3 2* 10 1

4. Bob Hughes 1 0 0 3 4 0

5. Dave Piddock 3 3 3 3 12 0

6. Charlie Benham 1 1 0 2 0

7. Barney Kennett 3 1* 2* 2* 8 3

barrow 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Stan Stevens 3 2 3 1 1 10 0

2. Keith Evans 0 TS 0 N 0 0

3. Ian Hindle 2 1 2 0 5 0

4. Tom Owen 0 1 1* 1 0 3 1

5. Bob Coles 2 1* 3 3 1 10 1

6. Allan Mackie 2 0 TS 2 0

7. Chris Roynon 0 0 TS 0 0 0

crusaders h.faces crusaders h.faces

Ht 01: Stevens, Hubbard, Rumsey, Evans 75.4 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Kennett, Mackie, Benham, Roynon 76.0 4 2 7 5

Ht 03: Piddock, Coles, Hughes, Owen 76.1 4 2 11 7

Ht 04: Banks, Hindle, Benham, Roynon 77.0 4 2 15 9

Ht 05: Piddock, Stevens, Coles, Hughes 76.0 3 3 18 12

Ht 06: Hubbard, Rumsey, Hindle, Mackie 76.0 5 1 23 13

Ht 07: Coles, Banks, Owen, Benham 76.4 2 4 25 17

Ht 08: Stevens, Hubbard, Kennett, Evans 76.0 3 3 28 20

Ht 09: Piddock, Hindle, Owen, Hughes 76.2 3 3 31 23

Ht 10: Coles, Hubbard, Owen, Rumsey 76.2 2 4 33 27

Ht 11: Banks, Kennett, Stevens, Roynon 76.4 5 1 38 28

Ht 12: Hughes, Kennett, Coles, Hindle 76.8 5 1 43 29

Ht 13: Piddock, Banks, Stevens, Owen 77.2 5 1 48 30

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Crewe v Canterbury Monday 24th July 1972 (British League Division ll)

crewe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Phil Crump 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Ray Hassall F NS N N N 0 0

3. John Jackson 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Garry Flood 3 3 3 1 10 0

5. Peter Nicholas 2* 2* 2* 2* 8 4

6. Dave Parry Exc 1 2* 2* 3 8 2

7. Garry Moore 3 1 2* 1 1 8 1

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

2. Ted Hubbard F Exc TS TS N 0 0

3. Graham Banks 2 1 2 1 2 8 0

4. Bob Hughes 1 1 1 2 1 6 0

5. Dave Piddock 0 Ret 0 0 0 0 0

6. Charlie Benham 0 0 1 0 2 3 0

7. Barney Kennett 2 Fell N 2 0

8. Ian Silk 0 0 0 0 0

kings crusaders kings crusaders

Ht 01: Crump, Banks, Parry (exc), Hubbard (f ex), Hassall (f ns) 72.6 3 2 3 2

Ht 02: Moore, Kennett, Parry, Benham 75.6 4 2 7 4

Ht 03: Flood, Nicholas, Hughes, Piddock 75.0 5 1 12 5

Ht 04: Jackson, Parry, Banks, Kennett (f) 74.2 5 1 17 6

Ht 05: Flood, Nicholas, Hughes, Silk 75.0 5 1 22 7

Ht 06: Crump, Banks, Moore, Benham 74.8 4 2 26 9

Ht 07: Jackson, Parry, Hughes, Piddock (ret) 74.4 5 1 31 10

Ht 08: Parry, Moore, Benham, Piddock 76.0 5 1 36 11

Ht 09: Flood, Nicholas, Banks, Benham 76.2 5 1 41 12

Ht 10: Crump, Hughes, Moore, Piddock 73.8 4 2 45 14

Ht 11: Jackson, Benham, Moore, Silk 73.6 4 2 49 16

Ht 12: Crump, Banks, Flood, Piddock 73.0 4 2 53 18

Ht 13: Jackson, Nicholas, Hughes, Silk 74.0 5 1 58 19

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Canterbury: Best Pairs Saturday 29th July 1972

riders 1 2 3 4 5 6 pts tpts

01. Graham Banks 2 1 0 3 1 3 10

02. Dave Piddock 1 3 3 2 2 2 13 23

1 2 3 4 5 6 pts tpts

03. George Major 3 3 2 3 2 2 15

04. Mick Hines 0 0 3 1 3 1 8 23

1 2 3 4 5 6 pts tpts

05. Malcolm Ballard 1 1 2 3 3 3 13

06. Bobby McNeil 0 2 1 2 2 2 9 22

1 2 3 4 5 6 pts tpts

07. Ross Gilbertson 2 1 1 0 1 2 7

08. Bob Hughes 3 3 0 2 0 3 11 18

1 2 3 4 5 6 pts tpts

09. Geoff Bouchard 3 2 1 2 0 0 8

10. Steve Bass Fell 0 3 0 3 1 7 15

1 2 3 4 5 6 pts tpts

11. Charlie Benham 2 EF 0 N N N 2

12. Les Rumsey 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 8

1 2 3 4 5 6 pts tpts

13. Gordon Kennett 2 2 2 1 0 0 7

14. Roger Johns 0 3 0 3 1 3 10 17

Res: Ian Silk 0 0

Res: ?.Knight EF 0

Res: Rocky Coutts 0 0

Heat results - see next page

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Ht 01: Major, Banks, Piddock, Hines 75.4

Ht 02: Hughes, Gilbertson, Ballard, McNeil 76.0

Ht 03: Bouchard, Benham, Rumsey, Bass (f) 75.8

Ht 04: Piddock, Kennett, Banks, Johns 76.2

Ht 05: Major, McNeil, Ballard, Hines 76.0

Ht 06: Hughes, Bouchard, Gilbertson, Bass 77.0

Ht 07: Johns, Kennett, Rumsey, Benham (ef) 78.0

Ht 08: Piddock, Ballard, McNeil, Banks 76.0

Ht 09: Hines, Major, Gilbertson, Hughes 76.6

Ht 10: Bass, Kennett, Bouchard, Johns 77.0

Ht 11: Banks, Piddock, Rumsey, Benham 76.8

Ht 12: Major, Bouchard, Hines, Bass 76.4

Ht 13: Ballard, McNeil, Rumsey, Silk 76.4

Ht 14: Johns, Hughes, Kennett, Gilbertson 77.2

Ht 15: Bass, Piddock, Banks, Bouchard 77.2

Ht 16: Hines, Major, Rumsey, Knight (ef) 77.8

Ht 17: Ballard, McNeil, Johns, Kennett 76.8

Ht 18: Banks, Piddock, Gilbertson, Hughes 78.0

Ht 19: Johns, Major, Hines, Kennett 77.6

Ht 20: Ballard, McNeil, Bass, Bouchard 76.8

Ht 21: Hughes, Gilbertson, Rumsey, Coutts 77.6

Run off for 1st place: Banks beat Major (f)

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Canterbury v Boston Saturday 5th August 1972 (British League Division ll)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 3 1 2* 3 9 1

2. Ian Silk Fell 3 0 N 3 0

3. Graham Banks 3 2 0 3 8 0

4. Les Rumsey 2* 0 0 0 2 1

5. Bob Hughes 3 2 3 2* 10 1

6. Charlie Benham 0 2* EF 2 1

7. Dave Piddock 3 3 3 3 12 0

boston 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Arthur Price 2 1 1* 2 1 7 1

2. Tony Featherstone 1* 3 0 2 1* 7 2

3. Carl Glover 1 2 1* 1* 5 2

4. Rocky Coutts (G) 1 1 N N 2 0

5. Russ Osborne 0 3 2 0 2 7 0

6. Vic Cross 1* TS TS 1 2 1

7. Ray Bales 2 0 TS 0 2 0

crusaders barracudas crusaders barracudas

Ht 01: Gilbertson, Price, Featherstone, Silk (f) 74.8 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Piddock, Bales, Cross, Benham 77.0 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Hughes, Rumsey, Coutts, Osborne 78.8 5 1 11 7

Ht 04: Banks, Benham, Glover, Bales 79.0 5 1 16 8

Ht 05: Featherstone, Hughes, Price, Rumsey 76.6 2 4 18 12

Ht 06: Silk, Glover, Gilbertson, Featherstone 77.4 4 2 22 14

Ht 07: Osborne, Banks, Coutts, Benham (ef) 76.0 2 4 24 18

Ht 08: Piddock, Featherstone, Price, Silk 75.5 3 3 27 21

Ht 09: Hughes, Osborne, Glover, Rumsey 76.8 3 3 30 24

Ht 10: Piddock, Gilbertson, Cross, Osborne 74.8 5 1 35 25

Ht 11: Piddock, Price, Featherstone, Banks 76.0 3 3 38 28

Ht 12: Gilbertson, Osborne, Glover, Rumsey 76.6 3 3 41 31

Ht 13: Banks, Hughes, Price, Bales 76.2 5 1 46 32

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Birmingham v Canterbury Monday 7th August 1972 (British League Division ll)

birmingham 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Terry Shearer 3 0 2* 2 7 1

2. Archie Wilkinson 1 2 0 3 6 0

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

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

5. George Major 3 3 3 3 12 0

6. Mike Lanham 1* 2 3 6 1

7. Steve Wilson 2 1 1 4 0

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 2 2 2* 2 1 9 1

2. Ted Hubbard R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

3. Graham Banks 0 N 0 0 0 0

4. Les Rumsey 1 0 2 1 0 4 0

5. Bob Hughes 0 0 N 3 3 0

6. Gary Cottham 0 1 1 0 2 0

7. Dave Piddock 3 3 3 3 0 12 0

8. Ian Silk 0 0 0

brummies crusaders brummies crusaders

Ht 01: Shearer, Gilbertson, Wilkinson, Silk 65.4 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Piddock, Wilson, Lanham, Cottham 65.8 3 3 7 5

Ht 03: Major, Hines, Rumsey, Hughes 65.0 5 1 12 6

Ht 04: Piddock, Lanham, Browning, Banks 64.4 3 3 15 9

Ht 05: Major, Gilbertson, Hines, Rumsey 63.4 4 2 19 11

Ht 06: Piddock, Wilkinson, Cottham, Shearer 65.0 2 4 21 15

Ht 07: Lanham, Rumsey, Browning, Hughes 65.4 4 2 25 17

Ht 08: Piddock, Gilbertson, Wilson, Wilkinson 65.0 1 5 26 22

Ht 09: Major, Hines, Cottham, Banks 66.4 5 1 31 23

Ht 10: Wilkinson, Shearer, Rumsey, Piddock 65.2 5 1 36 24

Ht 11: Browning, Gilbertson, Wilson, Cottham 65.6 4 2 40 26

Ht 12: Hughes, Shearer, Hines, Banks 65.6 3 3 43 29

Ht 13: Major, Browning, Gilbertson, Rumsey 65.4 5 1 48 30

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Canterbury: Kent Open Championship Saturday 13th August 1972 (Individual)

riders 1 2 3 4 5 pts pos

01. Richard Greer (Peterborough) 2 3 3 3 2 13 1st

02. Allen Emmett (Rayleigh) 3 0 3 3 3 12 2nd

03. Graham Banks (Canterbury) 1 3 EF 1 1 6 10th

04. Russ Osborne (Boston) 0 0 0 1 1 2 17th

05. Roger Johns (Eastbourne) 1 2 1 0 3 7 8th

06. Geoff Bouchard (Long Eaton) 2 2 EF 3 2 9 6th

07. Bob Hughes (Canterbury) 3 Fell N N N 3 13th

08. John Davis (Peterborough) 0 1 3 2 0 6 11th

09. Trevor Jones 1 Fell N N N 1 18th

10. Ross Gilbertson (Canterbury) EF 3 3 3 1 10 4th

11. Gary Cottham (Canterbury) 2 1 1 1 2 7 9th

12. George Major (Birmingham) 3 2 2 2 3 12 3rd

13. Les Rumsey (Canterbury) 0 1 2 0 0 3 14th

14. Arthur Price (Boston) 2 1 2 1 0 6 12th

15. Steve Bass (Long Eaton) 1 2 Fell 2 3 8 7th

16. Mick Hines (Birmingham) 3 3 2 2 Fell 10 5th

Res: Steve Davies (Canterbury) 1 2 3 15th

Res: Ian Silk 1 1 2 16th

Res: Rocky Coutts 0 0 19th

Res: Les Ott 0 0 20th

Heat results - see next page

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Ht 01: Emmett, Greer, Banks, Osborne 77.0

Ht 02: Hughes, Bouchard, Johns, J.Davis 78.0

Ht 03: Major, Cottham, Jones, Gilbertson (ef) 79.0

Ht 04: Hines, Price, Bass, Rumsey 77.0

Ht 05: Greer, Johns, Rumsey, Jones (f) 77.4

Ht 06: Gilbertson, Bouchard, Price, Emmett 76.4

Ht 07: Banks, Bass, Cottham, Hughes (f) 77.0

Ht 08: Hines, Major, J.Davis, Osborne 77.1

Ht 09: Greer, Hines, Cottham, Bouchard (ef) 77.2

Ht 10: Emmett, Major, Johns, Bass (f) 77.2

Ht 11: J.Davis, Price, Silk, Banks (ef) 78.5

Ht 12: Gilbertson, Rumsey, S.Davies, Osborne 79.0

Ht 13: Greer, Major, Price, Coutts 76.8

Ht 14: Emmett, J.Davis, Cottham, Rumsey 76.0

Ht 15: Gilbertson, Hines, Banks, Johns 76.5

Ht 16: Bouchard, Bass, Osborne, Ott 78.2

Ht 17: Bass, Greer, Gilbertson, J.Davis 76.8

Ht 18: Emmett, S.Davies, Silk, Hines (f) 76.0

Ht 19: Major, Bouchard, Banks, Rumsey 78.4

Ht 20: Johns, Cottham, Osborne, Price 78.0

Run off for 2nd place: Emmett beat Major

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Boston v Canterbury Sunday 13th August 1972 (British League Division ll)

boston 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Arthur Price 3 2 3 3 11 0

2. Tony Featherstone 2* 1* 1 1 5 2

3. Carl Glover 3 3 2* 3 11 1

4. Lindsay Davies N 3 2* 1 6 1

5. Russ Osborne 3 2* 3 0 8 1

6. Vic Cross 2* 1 1 4 1

7. Ray Bales 3 1 3 3 10 0

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

2. Ian Silk 1 0 0 0 1 0

3. Graham Banks 2 3 2 1 2 10 0

4. Les Rumsey 0 2 0 1 1* 4 1

5. Trevor Jones 2 1 0 2 0 5 0

6. Gary Cottham 0 1 0 0 2 3 0

7. Les Glover (G) 0 0 TS 0 0

barracudas crusaders barracudas crusaders

Ht 01: Price, Featherstone, Silk, Cottham 73.6 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Bales, Cross, Cottham, L.Glover 74.5 5 1 10 2

Ht 03: Osborne, Jones, Bales, Rumsey 76.8 4 2 14 4

Ht 04: C.Glover, Banks, Cross, L.Glover 73.4 4 2 18 6

Ht 05: Davies, Osborne, Jones, Silk 73.0 5 1 23 7

Ht 06: Banks, Price, Featherstone, Cottham 74.5 3 3 26 10

Ht 07: C.Glover, Rumsey, Cross, Jones 73.4 4 2 30 12

Ht 08: Bales, Banks, Featherstone, Silk 75.8 4 2 34 14

Ht 09: Osborne, Davies, Banks, Cottham 74.5 5 1 39 15

Ht 10: Price, Jones, Featherstone, Rumsey 74.7 4 2 43 17

Ht 11: Bales, C.Glover, Rumsey, Silk (f) 75.4 5 1 48 18

Ht 12: Price, Banks, Davies, Jones 75.1 4 2 52 20

Ht 13: C.Glover, Cottham, Rumsey, Osborne 73.0 3 3 55 23

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Canterbury v Long Eaton Saturday 19th August 1972 (British League Division ll)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 2* 2* 2* 3 9 3

2. Dave Piddock 3 3 3 3 12 0

3. Graham Banks 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Les Rumsey 3 1* 1 1 6 1

5. Ted Hubbard 2* 2 3 2* 9 2

6. Gary Cotham 2 F Exc 0 2 0

7. Charlie Benham Fell Fell EF 0 0

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

1. Geoff Bouchard 1 3 2 2 Fell 8 0

2. Peter Jarvis EF 0 1* 1* 2 2

3. Roger Mills 2 1 2 2 7 0

4. Joe Hughes 1 2 0 1 4 0

5. Steve Bass EF 1* 1 0 2 1

6. Cliff Emms 3 0 0 3 0

7. Brian Woodhouse Fell 1* TS 1 1

crusaders rangers crusaders rangers

Ht 01: Piddock, Gilbertson, Bouchard, Jarvis (ef) 75.2 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Emms, Cotham, Benham (f), Woodhouse (f) 78.0 2 3 7 4

Ht 03: Rumsey, Hubbard, Hughes, Bass (ef) 79.0 5 1 12 5

Ht 04: Banks, Mills, Woodhouse, Cotham (f exc) 77.6 3 3 15 8

Ht 05: Bouchard, Hubbard, Rumsey, Jarvis 76.0 3 3 18 11

Ht 06: Piddock, Gilbertson, Mills, Emms 77.0 5 1 23 12

Ht 07: Banks, Hughes, Bass, Cotham 77.4 3 3 26 15

Ht 08: Piddock, Bouchard, Jarvis, Benham (f) 78.2 3 3 29 18

Ht 09: Hubbard, Mills, Rumsey, Emms 77.8 4 2 33 20

Ht 10: Piddock, Gilbertson, Bass, Hughes 77.2 5 1 38 21

Ht 11: Banks, Bouchard, Jarvis, Benham (ef) 76.1 3 3 41 24

Ht 12: Gilbertson, Mills, Rumsey, Bass 77.6 4 2 45 26

Ht 13: Banks, Hubbard, Hughes, Bouchard (f) 77.4 5 1 50 27

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Canterbury v Birmingham Saturday 26th August 1972 (British League Division ll)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson EF 1 0 EF 1 0

2. Dave Piddock 3 3 N TS 6 0

3. Graham Banks 3 1 3 3 3 13 0

4. Les Rumsey 0 0 N TS 0 0

5. Ted Hubbard 1 1 2 1 0 5 0

6. Trevor Jones 2* 1 0 1* 4 2

7. Barney Kennett 3 2 0 0 5 0

birmingham 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. George Major 2 3 2 2 9 0

2. Terry Shearer 1* 2* 3 1* 7 3

3. Arthur Browning 2 2 3 2* 9 1

4. Mike Lanham 2* 2* 1* 1* 6 4

5. Mick Hines 3 3 2 3 11 0

6. Archie Wilkinson 1 0 1 2 0

7. Malcolm Corradine 0 0 0 0 0

crusaders brummies crusdaers brummies

Ht 01: Piddock, Major, Shearer, Gilbertson (ef) 76.0 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Kennett, Jones, Wilkinson, Corradine 80.4 5 1 8 4

Ht 03: Hines, Lanham, Hubbard, Rumsey 79.0 1 5 9 9

Ht 04: Banks, Browning, Jones, Corradine 78.6 4 2 13 11

Ht 05: Major, Shearer, Hubbard, Rumsey 77.4 1 5 14 16

Ht 06: Piddock, Browning, Gilbertson, Wilkinson 76.4 4 2 18 18

Ht 07: Hines, Lanham, Banks, Jones 78.8 1 5 19 23

Ht 08: Shearer, Kennett, Jones, Corradine 77.2 3 3 22 26

Ht 09: Browning, Hubbard, Wilkinson, Kennett 77.0 2 4 24 30

Ht 10: Banks, Hines, Lanham, Gilbertson 77.0 3 3 27 33

Ht 11: Banks, Major, Shearer, Kennett 76.8 3 3 30 36

Ht 12: Hines, Browning, Hubbard, Gilbertson (ef) 78.0 1 5 31 41

Ht 13: Banks, Major, Lanham, Hubbard 77.0 3 3 34 44

Silver Helmet: Arthur Browning (h) beat Graham Banks (ch)

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Canterbury v Berwick Monday 28th August 1972 (British League Division ll)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 2* 3 3 3 11 1

2. Dave Piddock 3 1 2 2* 8 1

3. Graham Banks 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Les Rumsey 0 1 1 2* 4 1

5. Ted Hubbard 3 3 3 2* 11 1

6. Trevor Jones 1 1 0 2 0

7. Barney Kennett 3 EF EF 3 0

berwick 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Doug Templeton 1 TS N N 1 0

2. Dennis Jackson 0 0 TS 1* 1 1

3. Jim Gallacher 2 2 Ret 0 0 4 0

4. Willie Templeton 2 2 2 1 1 8 0

5. Andy Meldrum 1* 1* 0 N 2 2

6. Geoff Davies 2 0 2 2 1 7 0

7. Graham Jones 0 0 3 0 3 0

crusaders bandits crusaders bandits

Ht 01: Piddock, Gilbertson, D.Templeton, Jackson 80.0 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Kennett, Davies, T.Jones, G.Jones 82.2 4 2 9 3

Ht 03: Hubbard, W.Templeton, Meldrum, Rumsey 81.2 3 3 12 6

Ht 04: Banks, Gallacher, T.Jones, G.Jones 82.2 4 2 16 8

Ht 05: Hubbard, W.Templeton, Rumsey, Jackson 80.1 4 2 20 10

Ht 06: Gilbertson, Gallacher, Piddock, Davies 80.8 4 2 24 12

Ht 07: Banks, W.Templeton, Meldrum, T.Jones 79.3 3 3 27 15

Ht 08: G.Jones, Piddock, Kennett (ef), Gallacher (ret) 81.5 2 3 29 18

Ht 09: Hubbard, Davies, Rumsey, Gallacher 77.4 4 2 33 20

Ht 10: Gilbertson, Piddock, W.Templeton, Meldrum 78.0 5 1 38 21

Ht 11: Banks, Davies, Jackson, Kennett (ef) 77.2 3 3 41 24

Ht 12: Gilbertson, Rumsey, Davies, Gallacher 79.2 5 1 46 25

Ht 13: Banks, Hubbard, W.Templeton, G.Jones 77.4 5 1 51 26

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Canterbury v Hull Saturday 2nd September 1972 (British League Division ll)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 3 2 3 1 9 0

2. Dave Piddock 0 F Exc N N 0 0

3. Graham Banks 2 3 2 2 9 0

4. Trevor Jones 2* EF 0 F Exc 2 1

5. Ted Hubbard 3 1 1 1* 6 1

6. Les Rumsey 1 1* 0 1* 3 2

7. Barney Kennett 3 2 0 1* 6 1

hull 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Tony Childs 2 3 3 3 11 0

2. Stan Stevens 1* 2* 3 Fell 6 2

3. Dave Mills 3 3 2* 3 11 1

4. Bryan Loakes 1 1* 1* 0 3 2

5. Robin Amundson 0 2 2 2* 6 1

6. Dennis Gavros 0 1 3 4 0

7. Clark Facey 2 0 0 2 0

crusaders vikings crusaders vikings

Ht 01: Gilbertson, Childs, Stevens, Piddock 75.2 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Kennett, Facey, Rumsey, Gavros 77.0 4 2 7 5

Ht 03: Hubbard, Jones, Loakes, Amundson 77.6 5 1 12 6

Ht 04: Mills, Banks, Rumsey, Facey 77.2 3 3 15 9

Ht 05: Childs, Stevens, Hubbard, Jones (ef) 77.4 1 5 16 14

Ht 06: Mills, Gilbertson, Gavros, Piddock (f exc) 76.0 2 4 18 18

Ht 07: Banks, Amundson, Loakes, Rumsey 77.6 3 3 21 21

Ht 08: Stevens, Kennett, Rumsey, Facey 76.6 3 3 24 24

Ht 09: Gavros, Mills, Hubbard, Jones 78.0 1 5 25 29

Ht 10: Gilbertson, Amundson, Loakes, Kennett 77.0 3 3 28 32

Ht 11: Childs, Banks, Kennett, Stevens (fell) 77.0 3 3 31 35

Ht 12: Mills, Amundson, Gilbertson, Jones (f exc) 76.6 1 5 32 40

Ht 13: Childs, Banks, Hubbard, Loakes 77.6 3 3 35 43

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Barrow v Canterbury Tuesday 5th September 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. Chris Roynon 1 1 3 F Exc 5 0

3. Bob Coles 2 3 3 3 11 0

4. Tom Owen 1 1* 1* 0 3 2

5. Mike Watkin 3 2 2 1 8 0

6. Ian Hindle 3 0 0 0 3 0

7. Keith Evans 0 0 N 0 0

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 2 3 1* 2 8 1

2. Gary Cottham 0 0 1* N 1 1

3. Graham Banks 1 2 3 1* 7 1

4. Trevor Jones 0 1* 2 0 3 1

5. Ted Hubbard 2 2 1* 2 7 1

6. Les Rumsey 1* 0 0 1 1

7. Barney Kennett 2 3 2 2 9 0

h.faces crusaders h.faces crusaders

Ht 01: Sampson, Gilbertson, Roynon, Cottham 72.8 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Hindle, Kennett, Rumsey, Evans 71.4 3 3 7 5

Ht 03: Watkin, Hubbard, Owen, Jones 72.6 4 2 11 7

Ht 04: Kennett, Coles, Banks, Hindle 74.0 2 4 13 11

Ht 05: Gilbertson, Watkin, Owen, Cottham 72.8 3 3 16 14

Ht 06: Sampson, Banks, Roynon, Rumsey 72.0 4 2 20 16

Ht 07: Coles, Hubbard, Jones, Hindle 72.2 3 3 23 19

Ht 08: Roynon, Kennett, Cottham, Evans 73.8 3 3 26 22

Ht 09: Banks, Watkin, Owen, Rumsey 74.4 3 3 29 25

Ht 10: Sampson, Jones, Hubbard, Roynon (f exc) 73.2 3 3 32 28

Ht 11: Coles, Kennett, Gilbertson, Hindle 72.8 3 3 35 31

Ht 12: Sampson, Hubbard, Banks, Owen 70.8 3 3 38 34

Ht 13: Coles, Gilbertson, Watkin, Jones 73.2 4 2 42 36

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Hull v Canterbury Wednesday 6th September 1972 (British League Division ll)

hull 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

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

2. Stan Stevens 2* 3 2 0 Exc 7 1

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

4. Bryan Loakes 3 1 1 Exc 3 8 0

5. Robin Amundson R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

6. Dennis Gavros 1* 0 0 2 3 1

7. Clark Facey 2 1 0 0 3 0

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 1 2 3 3 EF 9 0

2. Gary Cottham 0 0 TS N 0 0

3. Graham Banks 1* 3 2 2* 0 8 2

4. Trevor Jones 1 1 TS N 2 0

5. Ted Hubbard 0 3 3 3 9 0

6. Les Rumsey 3 0 0 3 0

7. Barney Kennett 0 2 2* 1 1 6 1

vikings crusaders vikings crusaders

Ht 01: Childs, Stevens, Gilbertson, Cottham 75.8 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Rumsey, Facey, Gavros, Kennett 76.0 3 3 8 4

Ht 03: Loakes, Childs, Jones, Hubbard 76.0 5 1 13 5

Ht 04: Mills, Kennett, Banks, Gavros 76.2 3 3 16 8

Ht 05: Stevens, Gilbertson, Loakes, Cottham 75.6 4 2 20 10

Ht 06: Banks, Stevens, Childs, Rumsey 76.0 3 3 23 13

Ht 07: Hubbard, Mills, Jones, Gavros 75.4 2 4 25 17

Ht 08: Gilbertson, Kennett, Facey, Stevens 76.0 1 5 26 22

Ht 09: Mills, Banks, Loakes, Rumsey 74.2 4 2 30 24

Ht 10: Hubbard, Banks, Childs, Facey, Stevens (ex tapes) 75.2 1 5 31 29

Ht 11: Gilbertson, Mills, Kennett, Facey 74.4 2 4 33 33

Ht 12: Hubbard, Gavros, Childs, Banks, Loakes (ex tapes) 75.4 3 3 36 36

Ht 13: Loakes, Mills, Kennett, Gilbertson (ef) 75.4 5 1 41 37

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Canterbury v Peterborough Saturday 9th September 1972 (British League Division ll)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson Fell 3 2 F Exc 5 0

2. Barney Kennett 3 1 1 EF 5 0

3. Graham Banks 2 0 3 1 6 0

4. Trevor Jones 0 EF N 1 1 0

5. Ted Hubbard 2 3 2 3 10 0

6. Les Rumsey 1 1* 1 3 1

7. Gary Cottham 3 3 1* Exc 7 1

peterborough 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Roy Carter F NS N N N 0 0

2. Brian Clark 2 1* 2 2 7 1

3. Richard Greer 3 2 3 2* 10 1

4. John Davis 1 3 3 2 9 0

5. Ted Howgego 3 2* 1 3 9 1

6. Steve Davies (G) 0 2 0 0 0 2 0

7. David Ashby 1* 2 0 EF 1* 4 2

crusaders panthers crusaders panthers

Ht 01: Kennett, Clark, Ashby, Gilbertson (f), Carter (f ns) 86.8 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Cottham, Ashby, Rumsey, S.Davies 86.0 4 2 7 5

Ht 03: Howgego, Hubbard, J.Davis, Jones 86.8 2 4 9 9

Ht 04: Greer, Banks, Rumsey, Ashby 88.8 3 3 12 12

Ht 05: Hubbard, S.Davies, Clark, Jones (ef) 86.8 3 3 15 15

Ht 06: Gilbertson, Greer, Kennett, S.Davies 86.0 4 2 19 17

Ht 07: J.Davis, Howgego, Rumsey, Banks 83.8 1 5 20 22

Ht 08: Cottham, Clark, Kennett, Ashby (ef) 84.8 4 2 24 24

Ht 09: Greer, Hubbard, Cottham, S.Davies 82.4 3 3 27 27

Ht 10: J.Davis, Gilbertson, Howgego, Kennett (ef) 81.8 2 4 29 31

Ht 11: Banks, Clark, Ashby, Cottham (exc) 82.4 3 3 32 34

Ht 12: Howgego, Greer, Jones, Gilbertson (f exc) 81.5 1 5 33 39

Ht 13: Hubbard, J.Davis, Banks, S.Davies 80.2 4 2 37 41

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Rayleigh v Canterbury Monday 18th September 1972 (Challenge)

rayleigh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Brian Foote 2 3 3 3 11 0

2. Peter Claridge 1* 0 0 0 1 1

3. Allen Emmett 2 3 3 0 8 0

4. Tiger Beech 3 Fell 3 0 6 0

5. Bob Young 2* 3 2* 1 8 2

6. Trevor Barnwell 3 Fell 2* 5 1

7. Pete Wigley 0 1 1 2 0

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Gordon Kennett (G) 3 2 2 2* 9 1

2. Gary Cottham F Exc Fell N 0 0 0

3. Steve Davies 1 2 1 2 6 0

4. Trevor Jones 0 1 1* 3 5 1

5. Ted Hubbard 1 0 2 1* 4 1

6. Les Rumsey 2 1* 3 0 6 1

7. Barney Kennett 1* 3 2* 6 2

rockets crusaders rockets crusaders

Ht 01: G.Kennett, Foote, Claridge, Cottham (f exc) 80.0 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Barnwell, Rumsey, B.Kennett (f rem), Wigley 83.6 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Beech, Young, Hubbard, Jones 82.8 5 1 11 7

Ht 04: B.Kennett, Emmett, Davies, Barnwell (f) 81.4 2 4 13 11

Ht 05: Young, G.Kennett, Beech (f), Cottham (f) 81.4 3 2 16 13

Ht 06: Foote, Davies, Rumsey, Claridge 60.0 3 3 19 16

Ht 07: Emmett, Barnwell, Jones, Hubbard 60.8 5 1 24 17

Ht 08: Rumsey, B.Kennett, Wigley, Claridge 59.6 1 5 25 22

Ht 09: Beech, Young, Davies, Rumsey (f rem) 61.0 5 1 30 23

Ht 10: Foote, Hubbard, Jones, Claridge 58.8 3 3 33 26

Ht 11: Emmett, G.Kennett, Wigley, Cottham 59.2 4 2 37 28

Ht 12: Foote, Davies, Hubbard, Beech 59.8 3 3 40 31

Ht 13: Jones, G.Kennett, Young, Emmett 58.6 1 5 41 36

Heats 6 - 13 run over 3 laps

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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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Sunderland v Canterbury Sunday 24th September 1972 (British League Division ll)

sunderland 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Russ Dent 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. John Robson 0 0 N N 0 0

3. Graeme Smith 3 3 3 0 9 0

4. Dave Gatenby 2* 0 2* Fell 4 2

5. Jack Millen 3 3 3 1 10 0

6. Jim Wells 3 2* 0 2 0 7 1

7. Pete Wrathall 2* Fell 0 2 1

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 2 2 3 2 3 12 0

2. Les Rumsey 1* 1* 1 1* 4 3

3. Graham Banks 0 2 1 1* 4 1

4. Barney Kennett 1 2 EF 1* 2* 6 2

5. Ted Hubbard 0 1* 2 2 5 1

6. Gary Cottham 1 1* TS 2 1

7. Trevor Jones 0 1 TS 1 0

stars crusaders stars crusaders

Ht 01: Dent, Gilbertson, Rumsey, Robson 67.4 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Wells, Wrathall, Cottham, Jones 69.2 5 1 8 4

Ht 03: Millen, Gatenby, Kennett, Hubbard 68.4 5 1 13 5

Ht 04: Smith, Wells, Jones, Banks 66.6 5 1 18 6

Ht 05: Millen, Gilbertson, Rumsey, Gatenby 68.0 3 3 21 9

Ht 06: Dent, Banks, Cottham, Robson 67.6 3 3 24 12

Ht 07: Smith, Kennett, Hubbard, Wells 66.4 3 3 27 15

Ht 08: Gilbertson, Wells, Rumsey, Wrathall (f) 68.4 2 4 29 19

Ht 09: Millen, Gatenby, Banks, Kennett (ef) 68.6 5 1 34 20

Ht 10: Dent, Hubbard, Kennett, Wells 67.2 3 3 37 23

Ht 11: Smith, Gilbertson, Rumsey, Wrathall 66.6 3 3 40 26

Ht 12: Dent, Hubbard, Banks, Gatenby (f) 67.4 3 3 43 29

Ht 13: Gilbertson, Kennett, Millen, Smith 67.4 1 5 44 34

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Canterbury v Crewe Saturday 30th September 1972 (British League Division ll)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 2 2* 2 2 8 1

2. Steve Davies 0 3 0 N 3 0

3. Graham Banks 2 1 2 1 6 0

4. Barney Kennett 1* 2 2 1* 6 2

5. Ted Hubbard 2 1* 1* Fell 4 2

6. Les Rumsey 2* 1* 0 1* 4 3

7. Trevor Jones 3 1 1* 5 1

crewe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Phil Crump 3 3 3 3 3 15 0

2. Dave Parry 1 0 2* 0 3 1

3. John Jackson 3 F Exc 3 3 9 0

4. Garry Flood 3 2* 3 2* 10 2

5. Dai Evans Fell TS 0 N 0 0

6. Peter Nicholas F Exc F Exc N 0 0

7. Garry Moore EF 0 3 Fell 0 3 0

crusaders kings crusaders kings

Ht 01: Crump, Gilbertson, Parry, Davies 71.8 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Jones, Rumsey, Moore (ef), Nicholas (f exc) 77.2 5 0 7 4

Ht 03: Flood, Hubbard, Kennett, Evans (f) 75.2 3 3 10 7

Ht 04: Jackson, Banks, Rumsey, Moore 75.0 3 3 13 10

Ht 05: Crump, Kennett, Hubbard, Parry 74.2 3 3 16 13

Ht 06: Davies, Gilbertson, Jackson (f exc), Nicholas (f exc) 79.0 5 0 21 13

Ht 07: Crump, Flood, Banks, Rumsey 75.4 1 5 22 18

Ht 08: Moore, Parry, Jones, Davies 77.8 1 5 23 23

Ht 09: Jackson, Kennett, Hubbard, Moore (f) 75.8 3 3 26 26

Ht 10: Flood, Gilbertson, Rumsey, Evans 76.2 3 3 29 29

Ht 11: Crump, Banks, Jones, Parry 74.8 3 3 32 32

Ht 12: Jackson, Gilbertson, Kennett, Moore 75.0 3 3 35 35

Ht 13: Crump, Flood, Banks, Hubbard (f) 75.6 1 5 36 40

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Peterborough v Canterbury Friday 6th October 1972 (British League Division ll)

peterborough 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Roy Carter 3 3 Fell 2* 8 1

2. Frank Smith 2* 2* 2 1 7 2

3. Richard Greer 3 3 1* EF 7 1

4. Ted Howgego 0 3 0 3 6 0

5. John Davis 3 2* N N 5 1

6. Brian Clark 3 EF 0 3 2 8 0

7. Chris Harrison 1 1* N 1 3 1

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 1 1 2 3 3 10 0

2. Steve Davies N 0 TS Fell 0 0

3. Graham Banks 1* 1 1* N 3 2

4. Ted Hubbard 2 1* 2* 2* 7 3

5. Barney Kennett 1* 2 0 3 N 6 1

6. Les Rumsey 2 0 TS 0 2 0

7. Trevor Jones EF EF 2 3 1 6 0

panthers crusaders panthers crusaders

Ht 01: Carter, Smith, Gilbertson, Jones (ef) 73.2 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Clark, Rumsey, Harrison, Jones (ef) 74.4 4 2 9 3

Ht 03: J.Davis, Hubbard, Kennett, Howgego 73.6 3 3 12 6

Ht 04: Greer, Jones, Banks, Clark (ef) 73.6 3 3 15 9

Ht 05: Howgego, J.Davis, Gilbertson, S.Davies 72.2 5 1 20 10

Ht 06: Carter, Smith, Banks, Rumsey 71.6 5 1 25 11

Ht 07: Greer, Kennett, Hubbard, Clark 72.0 3 3 28 14

Ht 08: Jones, Smith, Harrison, Kennett 73.6 3 3 31 17

Ht 09: Clark, Gilbertson, Banks, Howgego 72.8 3 3 34 20

Ht 10: Kennett, Hubbard, Smith, Carter (f) 73.4 1 5 35 25

Ht 11: Gilbertson, Clark, Greer, S.Davies (f) 72.4 3 3 38 28

Ht 12: Howgego, Carter, Jones, Rumsey 72.2 5 1 43 29

Ht 13: Gilbertson, Hubbard, Harrison, Greer (ef) 73.2 1 5 44 34

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Canterbury v Eastbourne Saturday 7th October 1972 (South Coast Cup 1st Leg)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 3 2 3 3 11 0

2. Steve Davies 1 0 N Fell 1 0

3. Graham Banks 2 1 3 2* 8 1

4. Barney Kennett 3 2 1 Fell 6 0

5. Ted Hubbard 2* F Exc 3 3 8 1

6. Les Rumsey 3 1* 0 3 7 1

7. Trevor Jones 1 1 1 3 0

eastbourne 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Malcolm Ballard F Exc 3 3 2 Fell 8 0

2. Paul Gachet 2 1 2 F Exc 5 0

3. Gordon Kennett 3 1 0 1* 5 1

4. Roger Johns 0 3 1* 1 5 1

5. Bobby McNeil 1 2* 2 2 7 1

6. Derek Cook 0 TS 2 2 0

7. Trevor Geer 2 0 0 2 0

crusaders eagles crusaders eagles

Ht 01: Gilbertson, Gachet, Davies, Ballard (f exc) 76.4 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Rumsey, Geer, Jones, Cook 77.4 4 2 8 4

Ht 03: B.Kennett, Hubbard, McNeil, Johns 77.6 5 1 13 5

Ht 04: G.Kennett, Banks, Rumsey, Geer 77.4 3 3 16 8

Ht 05: Ballard, B.Kennett, Gachet, Hubbard (f exc) 77.0 2 4 18 12

Ht 06: Ballard, Gilbertson, G.Kennett, Davies 76.2 2 4 20 16

Ht 07: Johns, McNeil, Banks, Rumsey 78.0 1 5 21 21

Ht 08: Rumsey, Gachet, Jones, Geer 76.8 4 2 25 23

Ht 09: Hubbard, Cook, B.Kennett, G.Kennett 76.6 4 2 29 25

Ht 10: Gilbertson, McNeil, Johns, Davies (f) 77.0 3 3 32 28

Ht 11: Banks, Ballard, Jones, Gachet (f exc) 76.2 4 2 36 30

Ht 12: Gilbertson, McNeil, G.Kennett, B.Kennett (f) No Time 3 3 39 33

Ht 13: Hubbard, Banks, Johns, Ballard (f) 77.0 5 1 44 34

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Eastbourne v Canterbury Sunday 15th October 1972 (South Coast Cup 2nd Leg)

eastbourne 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Malcolm Ballard 3 3 3 2* 11 1

2. Derek Cook 2* 1 0 Exc 3 1

3. Gordon Kennett 3 3 Fell Exc 6 0

4. Roger Johns 2* 3 3 3 11 1

5. Bobby McNeil 3 2* 2* 2 9 2

6. Simon Bruce 2 2* 1 5 1

7. Trevor Geer Fell 3 3 6 0

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Gary Cottham Exc 0 2 TS 2 0

2. Steve Davies 1 TS 1* 1* 3 2

3. Graham Banks 1 2 2 1 0 6 0

4. Barney Kennett 1 1 2 2 1 7 0

5. Ted Hubbard 0 0 1* 1 3 5 1

6. Les Rumsey 3 0 0 3 0

7. Trevor Jones 1 0 TS 1 0

eagles crusaders eagles crusaders

Ht 01: Ballard, Cook, Davies, Cottham (exc) 65.4 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Rumsey, Bruce, Jones, Geer (f) 68.5 2 4 7 5

Ht 03: McNeil, Johns, B.Kennett, Hubbard 66.8 5 1 12 6

Ht 04: G.Kennett, Bruce, Banks, Jones 66.0 5 1 17 7

Ht 05: Johns, McNeil, B.Kennett, Cottham 65.0 5 1 22 8

Ht 06: Ballard, Banks, Cook, Rumsey 64.8 4 2 26 10

Ht 07: G.Kennett, B.Kennett, Bruce, Hubbard 65.2 4 2 30 12

Ht 08: Geer, Banks, Davies, Cook 64.8 3 3 33 15

Ht 09: Johns, McNeil, Banks, Rumsey 64.8 5 1 38 16

Ht 10: Ballard, B.Kennett, Hubbard, Cook (exc) 64.0 3 3 41 19

Ht 11: Geer, Cottham, Davies, G.Kennett (f) 66.0 3 3 44 22

Ht 12: Johns, Ballard, Hubbard, Banks 64.8 5 1 49 23

Ht 13: Hubbard, McNeil, B.Kennett, G.Kennett (exc) 67.6 2 4 51 27

Agg: Eastbourne 85 - 71 Canterbury

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Canterbury: Martyn Piddock Memorial Trophy Saturday 21st October 1972 (Individual)

riders 1 2 3 4 5 pts pos

01. Barney Kennett (Canterbury) 2 2 3 3 3 13 4th

02. Geoff Bouchard (Long Eaton) F Exc 2 3 1 1 7 8th

03. Ted Hubbard (Canterbury) 1 3 3 3 3 13 3rd

04. Ross Gilbertson (Canterbury) 3 3 2 3 3 14 1st

05. Reg Trott (Eastbourne) 3 1 2 2 2 10 5th

06. Gary Cottham (Canterbury) 1 0 1 1 1 4 13th

07. Mike Lanham (Birmingham) EF 1 0 2 2 5 12th

08. Steve Davies (Canterbury) 2 2 Fell 0 1 5 11th

09. Russ Osborne (Boston) EF 0 2 2 3 7 9th

10. George Major (Birmingham) 1 3 1 1 2 8 7th

11. Trevor Jones (Canterbury) 3 2 2 2 1 10 6th

12. Graham Banks (Canterbury) 2 EF EF F Exc EF 2 15th

13. Arthur Price (Boston) 3 3 3 3 2 14 2nd

14. Les Rumsey (Canterbury) 2 1 1 1 0 5 10th

15. John Hibben 1 0 1 0 0 2 14th

16. Ian Fletcher 0 1 0 0 0 1 16th

Heat results - see next page

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Ht 01: Gilbertson, Kennett, Hubbard, Bouchard (f exc) 75.4

Ht 02: Trott, Davies, Cottham, Lanham (ef) 78.8

Ht 03: Jones, Banks, Major, Osborne (ef) 76.2

Ht 04: Price, Rumsey, Hibben, Fletcher 77.8

Ht 05: Price, Kennett, Trott, Osborne 76.4

Ht 06: Major, Bouchard, Rumsey, Cottham 77.8

Ht 07: Hubbard, Jones, Lanham, Hibben 77.2

Ht 08: Gilbertson, Davies, Fletcher, Banks (ef) 76.4

Ht 09: Kennett, Jones, Cottham, Fletcher 77.0

Ht 10: Bouchard, Trott, Hibben, Banks (ef) 77.4

Ht 11: Hubbard, Osborne, Rumsey, Davies (f) 77.8

Ht 12: Price, Gilbertson, Major, Lanham 76.6

Ht 13: Kennett, Lanham, Rumsey, Banks (f exc) 77.8

Ht 14: Price, Jones, Bouchard, Davies 77.4

Ht 15: Hubbard, Trott, Major, Fletcher 77.6

Ht 16: Gilbertson, Osborne, Cottham, Hibben 78.0

Ht 17: Kennett, Major, Davies, Hibben 78.8

Ht 18: Osborne, Lanham, Bouchard, Fletcher 80.0

Ht 19: Hubbard, Price, Cottham, Banks (ef) 77.8

Ht 20: Gilbertson, Trott, Jones, Rumsey 78.2

Run off for 1st place: Gilbertson beat Price

Run off for 3rd place: Hubbard beat Kennett

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Birmingham v Canterbury Monday 23rd October 1972 (Challenge 1st Leg)

birmingham 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Mike Lanham N 1 2 N 3 0

2. Arthur Browning R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

3. Terry Shearer 2* 0 3 1 6 1

4. Mick Hines 3 2* 3 3 3 14 1

5. George Major 3 1 Exc 3 3 10 0

6. Steve Wilson 1 2* 3 2 1 9 1

7. Malcolm Corradine 3 3 1* 1 1 9 1

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 2 2 3 TS TS 7 0

2. Steve Davies 0 0 TS 0 0 0

3. Graham Banks 1 2 1* 2 0 6 1

4. Barney Kennett 1 3 2 0 2 8 0

5. Ted Hubbard 0 1 2 2 0 5 0

6. Les Rumsey 0 0 TS 0 0

7. Trevor Jones 1 0 0 1 0

brummies crusaders brummies crusaders

Ht 01: Hines, Gilbertson, Wilson, Davies 62.8 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Corradine, Wilson, Jones, Rumsey 65.0 5 1 9 3

Ht 03: Major, Hines, Kennett, Hubbard 65.8 5 1 14 4

Ht 04: Wilson, Shearer, Banks, Jones 66.4 5 1 19 5

Ht 05: Hines, Gilbertson, Major, Davies 64.4 4 2 23 7

Ht 06: Corradine, Banks, Lanham, Rumsey 65.0 4 2 27 9

Ht 07: Kennett, Wilson, Hubbard, Shearer 64.8 2 4 29 13

Ht 08: Gilbertson, Lanham, Corradine, Jones (exc) 66.2 3 3 32 16

Ht 09: Hines, Kennett, Banks, Major (exc) 64.6 3 3 35 19

Ht 10: Major, Hubbard, Wilson, Kennett 65.4 4 2 39 21

Ht 11: Shearer, Banks, Corradine, Davies 66.0 4 2 43 23

Ht 12: Hines, Hubbard, Corradine, Banks 64.6 4 2 47 25

Ht 13: Major, Kennett, Shearer, Hubbard 64.6 4 2 51 27

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Canterbury v Birmingham Saturday 28th October 1972 (Challenge 2nd Leg)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 3 3 3 2* 11 1

2. Steve Davies 1 1 1* 0 3 1

3. Graham Banks 0 2 2* Exc 4 1

4. Barney Kennett 3 3 3 3 12 0

5. Ted Hubbard 1 0 0 1 2 0

6. Les Rumsey 3 3 1* 7 1

7. Trevor Jones 1 2 3 6 0

birmingham 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Mike Lanham 0 TS N 3 3 0

2. Arthur Browning R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

3. Ted Howgego (G) 2 0 0 N 1 3 0

4. Mick Hines 2 0 1* 3 2 2* 10 2

5. George Major 2 2 EF 1* N 5 1

6. Steve Wilson 2 2 2 0 6 0

7. Malcolm Corradine 0 1* 3 1* 1 6 2

8. John Bradley 0 0 0

crusaders brummies crusaders brummies

Ht 01: Gilbertson, Hines, Davies, Lanham 77.0 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Rumsey, Wilson, Jones, Corradine 78.0 4 2 8 4

Ht 03: Kennett, Major, Hubbard, Hines 76.2 4 2 12 6

Ht 04: Rumsey, Howgego, Corradine, Banks 78.0 3 3 15 9

Ht 05: Kennett, Major, Hines, Hubbard 76.0 3 3 18 12

Ht 06: Gilbertson, Wilson, Davies, Howgego 77.2 4 2 22 14

Ht 07: Hines, Banks, Rumsey, Major (ef) 77.0 3 3 25 17

Ht 08: Corradine, Jones, Davies, Howgego 77.8 3 3 28 20

Ht 09: Kennett, Wilson, Corradine, Hubbard 76.8 3 3 31 23

Ht 10: Gilbertson, Hines, Major, Davies 76.0 3 3 34 26

Ht 11: Jones, Banks, Corradine, Bradley 77.4 5 1 39 27

Ht 12: Kennett, Gilbertson, Howgego, Wilson 77.0 5 1 44 28

Ht 13: Lanham, Hines, Hubbard, Banks (exc) 85.0 1 5 45 33

Agg: Birmingham 84 - 72 Canterbury

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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


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