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British League stars, and Eric Boothroyd had taken on the mantle of captain with aplomb – both in encouraging the younger riders and in delivering match winning performances in support of the top two. Bryan Elliott had faded slightly after some promising early season performances, but still provided solid second-string support throughout. Tommy Roper provided the catalyst for the late season recovery by delivering a fourth heat leader performance. Of the Aussies, Dennis Gavros had been the pick of the bunch and Bert Kingston had held a team spot all year. Crowd levels were high all year. It was a season for consolidation with the promise of more to come in 1966.

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signals though. A fairly narrow home 41-37 win over Glasgow, and a more encouraging win by the same margin in front of a big crowd over the strong Belle Vue "Aces" in a challenge were decent results, but Bailey broke his wrist in the Belle Vue match and would be out for a while. Away though, the Dukes went down at King's Lynn 25-53, with Boocock getting 13 of them. Although improving at the Swindon "Robins" to lose by just six where Kentwell marked his return to the team with a couple of wins, it tended to confirm that the side would be largely relying heavily on the Boocock/Younghusband partnership again.

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home wins over the Coventry "Bees" (49-29), the Wolverhampton "Wolves" (50-28) and the Swindon "Robins" (49-28) in April set the scene for another year of solid home performances. Boocock was unbeaten by an opponent in the first two, but unbeaten also was Les Sharpe. The Swindon match was raced in damp, heavy conditions and it was Alan Jay who came to the fore with 11 points and a win over Barry Briggs. Away from the Shay, the team had won by 40-37 at Cradley and had only gone down by two points at a strong looking Leicester "Lions" where Boocock had an engine failure in the last heat.

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the early wrist injury left him playing catch up when he finally got started again, but he did average over four. He produced some sterling rides, but not enough to keep him in the team all season. Mike Hiftle took over mid-season and, despite falling off a lot, was impressive at the Shay. He was equally unimpressive at away tracks but even so, managed to average more than the other two reserves. Last came Malcolm Mackay who was called up from Workington numerous times to cover for injuries and illness and produced some scoring.

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were competitive at Poole and Exeter where they lost by eight and four points respectively, without quite threatening to win, but Kentwell's 11 points at the "Falcons" was encouraging. There followed what was to be their only success on the "road" when the team picked up a draw at the Glasgow "Tigers" with a solid all-round performance, led by Boocock, Younghusband and Kentwell. But having lost an eight point lead over the last three heats, even this success had a tinge of frustration about it.

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and no other continental top-liners seemed to be available. In the end the management continued to use "rider replacement" for the remaining matches where Younghusband's rides were shared out amongst the rest of the team. This worked okay for most of the remaining home matches and gave additional opportunities for the promising Malcolm Mackay, but left the side weak on their travels where Boocock continued to score well, but had only sporadic support from the other riders.

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was a heavy defeat at Wimbledon (24-54) followed by a poor loss at Poole when the "Dukes" fielded a 6-man team, and then a controversial 38-40 loss at Coventry "Bees" when the "Dukes" finally fielded their first team again. Dennis Gavros was the meat in a Coventry first bend sandwich in heat 11 with the match in the balance, and the referee would exclude him as he was stretchered off.

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immediate revenge at Plough Lane where they won 48-30, although an 11-point return from Jay at reserve was an encouraging feature. Back in London at the end of the month, Halifax again suffered a heavy defeat, this time 26-52 to the Wembley "Lions" where Boocock (11) and Younghusband (8) picked up all but seven of the team's total.

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story. Jay struggled early on with a virus problem and, although popping in good scores from time to time, by the end, he'd lost a point on last year's average. Kentwell too struggled with an injured shoulder all season and never really looked like becoming the consistent third heat leader that the team so desperately needed.

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riders from the stronger to the weaker sides was recognised by all as a necessity to ensure a competitive league competition. As with all such exercises though, the process was highly contentious as promoters tried to ensure the strongest possible line up and riders, naturally, had preferences about where they wanted to ride.

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the team pulled off a draw at Coventry with Kentwell paid for 11 points, and a win at the Newcastle "Diamonds" where six of the team managed wins on the night. And, out of the last seven away matches, the "Dukes" suffered two point losses at Oxford, Wembley and Hackney and only lost by four at Swindon and West Ham.

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Dave Younghusband wanted away again, this time to Newcastle, a team nearer his North East home. However, they came to naught as the Newcastle promotion packed up and moved down South. The fact that Mckee failed to agree terms with Wimbledon and stayed at home in New Zealand instead was of no great help to Halifax.

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On the individual front, the World Championship British Semi-Finals were held at West Ham and Sheffield in May, Ronnie Moore dominating with 14 points at Custom House, but at Owlerton, a single point separated the first four with Ivan Mauger eventually coming out on top over Ole Olsen and the Boocock

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The club promotors came up with two new signings for 1971. Firstly they brought in another Aussie in promoting the promising Crewe captain, Paul O'Neil from Div2. He'd been top scorer for the "Kings" in 1970, but it was a big ask to jump straight into Div1 and fill Sharpe's scoring boots. The second

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Over the Winter though, these rosy expectations gradually took some significant blows. The Rider Control committee not only failed to find Halifax a replacement for Sharpe, but asked newcomer Colin Mckee to move away to Wimbledon instead, possibly in return for John Dews. There were also rumours that

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There were two reasons in the end why Eric Boothroyd was not missed as a rider as much as some had feared. They were Greg Kentwell and Alan Jay. Both of them put themselves up into third heat leader territory, and between them generally came up with the required points. Jay was stronger than Kentwell

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New captain Eric Boocock did manage to improve further, averaging almost 11 points a match, finishing as top Englishman and behind only world superstars Barry Briggs and Ivan Mauger in the league averages. Dave Younghusband had to overcome some niggling injuries and illness, but he also put 1/2 point

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September did finally bring a busy run of fixtures though with the "Dukes" still looking very comfortable at home but, missing Kentwell for most of the month, unable to quite do the business away although there was a creditable 39-39 draw at the Newcastle "Diamonds". It was notable for a first full

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At mid term, the "Dukes" were still third in the league but had dropped 6 points behind Belle Vue. Eric Boocock was still unbeaten by an opposing rider round the Shay and averaging over 11 points a match. Younghusband too had been in good form, but tonsillitis problems interrupted his season. Jay had

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The loss of Pander brought Bob Jameson back into the team whose Shay contributions were good. The team, with Boocock scoring heavily everywhere, finally finished April with a couple of good away performances, a fine win at Wolves 41-36 where the heat leaders had good support from Jay, 9 and Gavros, 6

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by 32-46. By co-incidence, the final away match was also against Cradley Heath and the Dukes brought their away campaign to an end with a good 41-37 victory to maintain their unbeaten record against the "Heathens" at Dudley and finish seventh again in the table. Boocock and Younghusband were unbeaten

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was now a regular in the England team, and missed a number of Halifax matches due to fixture clashes, and with Younghusband also out for a couple of weeks through illness during July the promotion was kept busy making sure that the Dukes had effective sides out. They were almost undone at the end of

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So, after being comprehensively wiped out at Leicester by 57-21, the Dukes brought the season to a close at home by seeing off the challenge of Reading by 46-32 with Boocock and Kentwell both being paid for 14 points. It left the team in 14th position in the league, pretty much where they'd been all

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The loss of Younghusband at the end of August was pretty much the end of any League ambitions. The side had already sunk to 14th place in the league. There were rumours that the German Josef Angermuller might be tempted over as a replacement, but continental commitments snuffed out that possibility,

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The KO Cup was still providing a ray of hope for silverware and Halifax progressed to the Semi-Final by gaining revenge over Sheffield with a fine 43-35 win in the middle of August. Jim Airey was again untouchable with 15 points for the visitors, but this time all the Halifax team contributed decent

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July started badly for the "Dukes" as they were held at home to a 39-39 draw. Younghusband almost saved the day with 14 points, and Kentwell did well to pick up 9, but with Jim Airey unbeatable, the "Tigers" hung on to take a point. They lost 48-30 at Belle Vue with only Boocock troubling the League

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However, there was some good news in the KO Cup. Nigel Boocock's Coventry "Bees" were dispatched 42-36 in a tight, entertaining fixture at the Shay. A last heat 5-1 from Younghusband and the fighting O'Neil settled it in the home side's favour, and although Boocock (11) and Younghusband (9) were yet

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The rest of the team was pretty familiar. Eric Boocock and Dave Younghusband were back to provide the spearhead, supported by the steady Alan Jay and the unpredictable Aussie Greg Kentwell. Greg was coming back after yet another "hot" close season in Australia, but also on the back of a big crash at

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For the rest of the year Halifax were allowed to use "Guest" riders in place of the absent Sharpe, but they generally scored at least a couple of points a match less than the absent star, and so, although still comfortable at home, the team struggled to bring back points from their travels. However,

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The start of the season went pretty well for the "Dukes", and it was immediately evident that the "new" Les Sharpe was going to be a real force to contend with, scoring well home and away in challenge matches. As feared though, Greg Kentwell was finding it harder to manage on his weakened ankle. Big

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So, all in all, it was an "as you were" year for the Dukes. Seventh place again in the league was respectable and solid performances at home had kept the faithful happy. In the main, the team had avoided the injury plague of the previous year, but the lack of support for the top three away from home

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had dropped back a little, but was still a solid heat leader. The real difference from the previous season lay below these 3 where none of the young Aussies were able to raise their game home and away to make up for the loss of Roper. Kingston had suffered a career-threatening injury almost from the

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had been drafted in to cover for the injured riders, but realistically were hard pressed to match the expected scores from Kingston and Jameson. The scene was thus set for a period of generally strong results at home, but little to show from their travels where the inability of the second-strings to

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Newcomer Paul O'Neil proved a gutsy trier, getting good points at home, and some pretty important ones at times too, but many of the first division tracks were new to him so it was no surprise that he couldn't be as effective away from the Shay. At the tail-end of the team, Bailey started well, but

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So, as September dawned, the Dukes still lay 7th in the table, with matches in hand, but at the top, leaders Poole, had pulled out a ten-point lead over the "Aces" and now seemed uncatchable. This was almost immediately confirmed in the first match in the month which brought a comfortable 49-29 win

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After comfortably seeing off the league leaders by 48-30 at home, the team ran riot 41-37 at Coatbridge to end their unbeaten home record with Boocock scoring another 12 point max and this time ably supported by the rest of the team, with Jay the hero after joining Boocock in a match winning 5-1 at

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July turned into a frustrating month though. Only one league match at home against Sheffield gave the Dukes a hard-fought 46-32 win and there was a cup win over Coventry (47-31) to cheer, but illness and injury robbed the team of Younghusband, Jay and Sharpe in important matches. As a result, there

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In this month, Greg Kentwell registered three consecutive full maximums at home against Newcastle, King's Lynn and Newport. Nevertheless, and despite a first ever loss in the league against Cradley Heath by 32-45, The Dukes were still comfortably in 3rd place, one point behind Belle Vue and Cradley

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underlined his progress with a maximum 12 points. Although the contribution from the heat leaders was vital, the improved results from Tommy Roper and the Aussie brigade made the difference. Solid home scoring from Kingston, Gavros and Jameson was being complemented by more effective away form that

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Overall, the weakish looking team at the start gelled over the early part of the season, added some strength in Roper midway through the year and finished almost as strongly as the League Champions, West Ham. Boocock and Younghusband had justified the promotor's faith by developing into established

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after spells with Sheffield and Long Eaton earlier in the season. Roper immediately started hitting high scores and was soon an effective fourth heat leader. Boocock and Younghusband were now almost unbeatable round the Shay, and hitting high scores on the team's travels as well. With Dennis Gavros

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The 1965 season saw a major transformation for the sport. Previously the old National and Provincial Leagues had run as separate organisations with the Provincial League initially being unrecognised by the sports controlling authorities, but the gradual decline in numbers of the "official" National

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The trend was set over July and August where the team was solid at home, with good contributions across the board in wins against West Ham(42-36), Oxford (50-28) and Cradley (42-36). Away, support for Boocock and Younghusband was sporadic at best although Jay did come up with 10 points at Cradley,

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At home, Halifax were solid as ever. No repeats of the Poole massacre, but a 20 point win over West Ham (Younghusband max) in the KO Cup got things off nicely, and then wins over Newport "Wasps" (46-31), Hackney "Hawks" (49-29) and Exeter "Falcons" (44-34) consolidated the start. Away, the "Dukes"

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Despite the unexpected loss of Aussie sensation Les Sharpe half way through the previous season, the "Dukes" had finished the year in a creditable 6th place in the League Table. So it was reasonable for supporters to expect that, with an adequate replacement from Rider Control, there could be even

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The new month started encouragingly with a 41-37 win at the Glasgow "Tigers", with good returns from Gavros and Kentwell, 7 apiece, in support of Boocock and Younghusband. Good home wins against Wolves (43-35) in the Cup and Swindon (50-28) kept the momentum going but defeats at Belle Vue (28-50)

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As usual the season started with a 34-43 away defeat at Swindon, but there was encouragement in the way that Eric Boocock twice beat Barry Briggs, relieving him of the Silver Sash match race title in the process, and the consensus was that Pander was worth more than a solitary point from his first

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That left a big hole to fill in the team because, although not quite as effective as in previous seasons, Eric had still comfortably held down a heat leader role in the team. The captaincy was quickly handed over to Eric Boocock, expected as ever to lead from the front again in 1969. But any hopes

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had performed well while deputising for Gavros in the early months and had shown signs of providing the away support required. The promotion tried hard to keep him when Gavros finally returned, but the control board insisted on moving him to Newcastle. As in previous seasons the Aussie contingent

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At first it had looked like the team might be more or less unchanged from the one that had finished 4th in 1969. There were high hopes that any of Kentwell, Jay, Sharpe and Gavros might make that final step into a fully fledged heat leader slot. It was then announced that Dennis Gavros's brother,

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However, that good form petered out quickly with key defeats at Leicester (29-49) and King's Lynn (37-41) and, for good measure, Sheffield won the Cup Semi-Final showdown at Owlerton on a rain soaked track. To top it all, an under-par performance of 8 points by Boocock in the British Championship

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A solid first league win, 45-33 at home against Wolves was highlighted by a developing partnership between Boocock and Gavros, and the following week the team lost by only four points at Oxford with Boocock, Younghusband and Pander getting ten points apiece. However, Pander crashed heavily in the

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As a result of the merger of the two leagues prior to the start of the season, a control body had been set up to "equalise" the teams. This was needed because the remaining National League sides had team strengths way above those of the Provincial League teams and a certain redistribution of star

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Statistically, Boocock led from the front and finished with a ten point average yet again. Younghusband seemed to regain his mojo and put a point on his average to get back to around the 9 point mark and was unlucky to get injured just when in good form, but after that the stats tell a different

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Later in July came a 41-37 home win over Belle Vue, where Younghusband beat Ivan Mauger in a last heat decider. This match saw the introduction of young Mike Hiftle, recently transferred from the Aces, who earned 4 points. Hiftle's introduction was at the expense of Terry Lee, who'd finally been

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Again, the team went close away from home, but not quite close enough when they lost 38-40 at King's Lynn (where Sharpe had a paid max, but Kentwell and Lee failed to score) and then by 35-43 at Poole where Boocock had a 12-point max, but nobody else could score more than five. All three Halifax

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Dennis Gavros also put up his average to over 6, but still ended the year as a "good second-string". Les Sharpe had started steadily and didn't really get going until later in the year, but he finished the season in style and emphasized that the "promise" was still there. To say that Bob Jameson

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At least the "Dukes" shaded what was probably the best match of the season at the Shay by beating title challengers Belle Vue 40-38 on 16 August where Ivan Mauger and Soren Sjosten proved to be formidable opposition. After a tight match it went to a last heat decider but Kentwell's hard fought

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had to fight hard for 6 points to see him through as last qualifier for the next round. This was as far as he went however, scoring just 1 point in the Nordic-British final and, although Boocock qualified easily for the European Final, he went down with travel sickness on his way to the event in

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On 30 July Boocock progressed to the next round of the World Championship from the Nordic-British final at Glasgow with 9 points, but Younghusband with 7 just missed out. The next day at Halifax though, Younghusband was the star with an 18 point maximum for Great Britain as the Swedes were sent

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Later in the season, new sensation Les Sharpe started to struggle with illness, though it wasn't clear at first what the problem was. After missing a couple of matches, his return during June was short-lived, and soon after getting married in West Yorkshire he was on the boat home to Australia,

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Not too much judging by the result of the first home match, a big 55-23 drubbing of the Poole "Pirates" with Boocock and Jay unbeaten by the opposition, Younghusband taking three wins and encouraging 8 and 6 point contributions from O'Neil and Bailey. During the rest of March there were mixed

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newcomer was Chris Bailey, snaffled from the Belle Vue junior ranks, and after a promising Winter where he'd become New Zealand champion there was real hope that he could make the grade. However, both moves were risks, and both moves were based on "potential" rather than proven scoring power.

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During this difficult spell, the ultimately all-conquering Belle Vue "Aces" arrived at the Shay on 20 June and snatched a 41-37 win where the "Dukes" were handicapped by the loss of Dave Younghusband to an injury in an International match the previous night. This was to be the only home points

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At the top of the team, Eric Boocock had been retained, and Dave Younghusband had been persuaded not to go to Newcastle, so the "engine room" looked intact. At the other end of the squad, junior Terry Lee was promoted full-time at the expense of the loyal Bob Jameson. He'd had a good season at

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Les Sharpe had made big scores against the visiting English tourists, and scored well almost everywhere, way ahead of previous seasons. It was almost the same with Greg Kentwell, who'd done well in the Australian Test Matches until suffering a bad ankle injury that curtailed his Winter racing.

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However, with only three league fixtures in the whole of June, there was little scope to make headway against the rest, and a 50-28 home win against a decent Wimbledon side in wet conditions which marked the return of Bailey from his wrist injury was the only league success. The "Dons" gained

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Other promoters were insistent that the Dukes were too strong and in the interests of keeping the league competitive should release a rider. Various rumours circulated at the start of the year, but Reg Fearman was clearly under pressure to make a concession and after some hard negotiations,

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12 point max for Alan Jay (against Exeter) and a surge in scoring from Les Sharpe who picked up 12 in an away challenge at Leicester. The League season officially ended with a close 4-point win over Coventry in early October, the match winners being Boocock and Kentwell with a heat 12 5-1.

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So, any hope of zooming up the league table rested on one of the "second-string" trio of Jay, Gavros or Kentwell upping their game and stepping up to the third heat-leader role, or maybe a jump in form from promising young Aussie Les Sharpe, coming back for a second year with the "Dukes".

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was clearly struggling to come to terms with his new home circuit however and the young Aussies were inconsistent and still finding their feet. A month into the season and it seemed as though the team might hold their own at home, but would continue to struggle away from the Shay. To the

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At the start of June, Halifax had climbed to sixth in the table, still well behind leaders Belle Vue, but handily placed if they could just get "on a roll", avoid injuries and get the best out of Jay, whose recent scoring had been badly affected whilst suffering from a mysterious virus.

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However, one match that it didn't work in was at home to a strong Leicester side in September who were pressing Belle Vue for the title. The "Lions", who had ten heat winners, came away from the Shay with a convincing 44-34 win to inflict the only home defeat on the Dukes all year.

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The remainder of the season then settled down into the familiar pattern of generally comfortable home wins, and equally comfortable away defeats. Exeter, Poole and West Ham kept things reasonably close at the Shay before the Dukes embarked on season ending scoring spree seeing off

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the time from mid-season. It was another typical Halifax year. Dominant at home, but pretty poor on their travels. It was the first time that they'd failed to pick up at least one away win and, if anything the support for Boocock and Younghusband had gone backwards, not forwards.

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A series of challenge matches involving Belle Vue and Sheffield followed, with Boocock again to the fore, lowering his own track record in the Sheffield match. There was good support from Dave Younghusband as usual, and a string of double figure scores from "new man" Alan Jay.

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Individually, Eric Boocock progressed comfortably through the European final at Wembley with 10 points to reach the World Final at Ullevi, Sweden in September. Ole Olsen was a winner on the night, but Boocock finished on four points, although he did manage a win in one heat.

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Jimmy had been killed in a track crash at Rowley Park in Adelaide. Shortly after, Dennis announced his retirement from Speedway. The management persuaded New Zealander Colin Mckee to come back to England, after playing with Edinburgh, Hackney and Poole a few years earlier.

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wasn't even in the team at the start of the year, it was maybe a surprise to see only Boocock and Gavros ride more matches for the team. And, when the team were short handed, they'd also been able to "blood" up-and-coming junior Terry Lee who'd rarely let them down either.

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by 49-29 setting a trend for solid, comfortable home wins against Swindon, Belle Vue and Leicester during the rest of the month. Away, the team seemed to find another gear after the Swindon drubbing to go down to relatively narrow defeats at Sheffield, Leicester and the

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The British Final of the World Championship that month was a strange affair, with twelve of the sixteen riders progressing to the next round. It was won by the dominant Ivan Mauger with 14 points, but both Younghusband (7) and Boocock (6) qualified for the next round.

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The lack of strength to support Boocock brought the cup run to an end when the Dukes went down 27-50 at the Hackney "Hawks" in the Semi Final. The captain was magnificent, scoring an 18-point maximum, but the next best was 3 points each from Jay, Kentwell and O'Neil.

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May followed the same pattern with big home wins against West Ham and Newport before Coventry, who put up a much better showing than their first visit, were beaten again in the KO cup at the start of June by 43-35 as Dave Younghusband hit form with a good ten points.

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for four matches with yet another injury. His return to track action at the end of the month however was an unfortunate affair. This was against Cradley Heath at the Shay on a very damp night. After winning his opening ride, Younghusband joined fellow Halifax riders

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Ultimately, the loss of Roper and the seemingly never-ending series of injuries proved too much to overcome. A final league position of 7th was better than 12 other teams could manage, but was a disappointment after so much success the previous year. Of the riders,

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that a "superstar" replacement would be forthcoming were quickly dashed, and instead it was announced that the team would be much the same as the previous year, with the "full-time" return of Alan Jay after impressing in his "temporary" stint at the start of 1968.

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who proceeded to snatch a 39-39 draw and dent the club's previous 100% home record. This time it was Younghusband who was off the pace with only 4 points, and the rest of the side were unable to compensate. The match led to a last heat decider won by "Tigers" star

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Ultimately, the team finished ten point clear at the top of the final league table. Captain Eric Boocock had a strong season, but at the end his average was about half a point down on 1969. Dave Younghusband ended up nearly 1.5 points down on the previous term.

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The World Championship rounds had seen four Dukes riders through to the Semis, with Greg Kentwell joining Boocock, Younghusband and Boothroyd, but he found the going at Poole a little too tough and dropped out along with a disappointing performance from skipper

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who were soundly dispatched 56-22 and then scored a full max against King's Lynn "Stars" a couple of matches later. Unfortunately, he couldn't match this on the away tracks, and as before the Dukes were unable to get effective support to the top three. Reserve

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second half and damaged his shoulder. It was the last that the "Dukes" were to see of him. Later in the season the authorities declared that match void and handed the match points to Halifax when it was determined that Oxford had fielded an illegal line-up.

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Then, just before the season started it was announced that ex-Oxford star, Arne Pander would be included in the side at reserve. Not that long ago, he had been a top-liner in the National League, but a recent run of injuries had hit his form and confidence.

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A series of good away performances at the start of the season showed some promise although there was still only patchy support to Boocock, Younghusband and Boothroyd from the rest of the team. However, after a good 41-37 win over last years champions the

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side on 10 July with Boocock, Younghusband, Roper and Elliott all gaining full or paid maximums. A first league away win, 41-36 at Long Eaton provided revenge for the opening night defeat at the Shay, and initiated a run of 4 further away wins (at the

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Popular club skipper, Eric Boothroyd, announced that he would retire and join management. Promoter Reg Fearman had been looking to expand his activities in the south, opening a new track at Reading, and Boothroyd' became co-promoter and team manager.

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For the team, however, the season petered out with more home wins (including a 61–17 thrashing of King's Lynn – a record), and yet more away defeats. This culminated in a poor 32-point thrashing at Oxford (23–55) at the end of September where only

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Perhaps the biggest change when the circuit re-opened in March was the track itself -- Boothroyd had spent the winter taking it further away from the football field and reshaping it slightly so that it was now an extra 22 yards in length at a 400.

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into the side as a replacement, and the match went ahead with various levels of enthusiasm from the remaining riders. Almost inevitably this led to the Dukes' first and only home defeat of the season by a narrow 38-39 margin, despite the effort of

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Success therefore looked like depending on the heat leaders from the previous season maintaining their progress, and for last years Aussies (Kingston, Gavros and Jameson) building on their experience from 1965 and taking significant steps forward.

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had decided to close his operation at Middlesbrough (performing as a mid-table side in the Provincial League) at the end of 1964, and as a result was able to bring some of those riders to the new Halifax side - these consisted of the up-and coming

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who had been suffering engine problems for some time and spent most of this match on borrowed equipment. Then, as if to underline the inconsistency, the Dukes went to Newcastle two days later and beat a highly rated Diamonds side by 44-34 with

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meant that a serious challenge for the top of the table never materialised. Boocock, Younghusband and Boothroyd were all slightly down in the averages from 1967, but were still as effective a heat leader trio as most teams could muster.

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Progress in the KO cup was brought to an abrupt end later in May as a full Dukes side lost to the Wolves by 47-60, the team again relying too heavily on their three heat leaders with the rest contributing just 10 points between them.

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Colin Mckee's average was about the same as Gavros from the previous year. Final regular was Terry Lee, promoted from Second Division Middlesbrough, who averaged nearly 4.5 points a match in his first full season of senior racing.

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though who'd crashed heavily the previous Saturday in the home win over Glasgow and been diagnosed with a fractured skull which was to sideline him for 3 months. It was followed almost immediately by an upset at home when the

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which led to him missing a number of crucial matches. The only cloud on the horizon were a couple of official protests after the wins at West Ham (about the use of Kingston at reserve) and Hackney (about the injury to

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The successes of the previous year had provided a warm glow for all the supporters that lasted through most of the Winter. Then a cloud appeared on the horizon - in the shape of the dreaded Rider Control Committee.

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Excitement levels were maintained throughout May and early June as the team embarked on an incredible series of matches with last heat deciders at the Shay. During this period the team forced home 39-39 draws with

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but just at the time that Younghusband suffered a wrist injury that was to finish his season. In a rain affected match at the Oxford "Cheetahs" which the "Dukes" lost 31-46, Boocock weighed in with 17 points.

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54-24. The final home match was against regular "whipping boys" of the time, Cradley Heath, and the team didn't disappoint racing to a 56-22 win with Gavros, Younghusband and Boocock hitting paid maxima and

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At the start of May, after the Ole Olsen led "Wolves" had been beaten 44-34 at the Shay (with Boocock twice heading the redoubtable Olsen), Halifax were in mid-table with Belle Vue again in the lead.

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in the return match a few days later brought the smiles back on their faces. With Jay getting a couple of wins in his last match for the Dukes, a rare away win from Kentwell and a solid 5 paid 6 from

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in the first leg of the KO cup final made the result of the away leg (a 44-52 defeat) academic as the team went on to scoop up both major competitions – just as West Ham had done the previous year.

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with a broken ankle in a cup victory over West Ham could dampen the enthusiasm around the team. Meanwhile, Coventry were struggling to maintain their progress following a dispute with their captain

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So, the lack of matches and poor away form dropped the "Dukes" down to eighth in the table, just as a resurgent Poole "Pirates" team surged clear at the top of the table after an unbeaten run.

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Mid-Summer saw a plethora of international matches. First against the Russian tourists closely followed by internationals against Sweden and Poland leading up to the newly formed World League.

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League during the early Sixties led to a reconciliation between the two bodies and the merger of the two leagues leading to the establishment of a single British League for the 1965 Season.

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had only a limited number of opportunities in the team, but had confirmed the promise with which he'd arrived and spent much of the year loaned out to Long Eaton to gain more experience.

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was now showing in the team results. At the end of June, although Coventry were still 7 points clear, Halifax had shot up the table to joint second with Swindon, Belle Vue and Glasgow.

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By then the Dukes had climbed back up the table and ended in a very creditable 4th place on 46 points, equal to Wimbledon, one behind Belle Vue but still seven behind winners Poole.

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Leaders, and 45-33 at Reading where he got better support from Younghusband and O'Neil but the lack of strength in the lower order at away matches was becoming a cause for concern.

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second place was enough to give "Dukes" the points. This match marked the first time that Boocock had dropped a point to an away rider at the Shay all season - March to 16 August.

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with 12 did himself any justice. At least the final home match of the year at the Shay on 7 October produced a good pay night for the Dukes with all the team scoring heavily as the

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by 50-27 in the first match, and this despite a lowly 4 points from Boocock, who was in the middle of a spell of mechanical trouble with his bikes. The second match brought on the

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Last man in the team would be young Englishman Terry Lee, back for a second season at reserve, but with high hopes of pushing on after establishing himself the previous year.

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in walking out of the meeting in protest at the track conditions despite the referee ruling that the match should progress. Halifax were allowed special dispensation to bring

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Alan Jay stayed the same as last year, his average almost identical. Greg Kentwell also lost about 1.5 points on the previous year, the foot injury hampering him all year.

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to qualify for his first world final at Wembley. In the big event, he came away with 6th place on 9 points after winning his first ride and scoring in each of his others.

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In the absence of Sharpe for so long, Halifax gave opportunities to a number of junior riders, Paul O'Neil just pipping Malcolm Mackay to the title of "best of the rest".

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The reverse was true away from home, with big defeats at Newcastle (28-50) and Coatbridge (26-52) followed by a better performance at Waterden Road where they lost to the

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moved his Middlesbrough promotion. The new team opened to big attendances as the sport hit another "boom" period and the "Dukes" popularity was reinforced by winning the

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was back for this one and scored an impressive 15 point maximum as the Dukes used rider replacement for the missing Younghusband. This included the only defeat of

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May is traditionally World Championship month, with qualifiers across the country, but only Boocock managed the consistency to qualify for the semi-finals.

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by the home riders and Les Sharpe had a couple of seconds to emphasize his strong performances at the bottom end of the team as the season petered out.

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was still struggling to come to terms with the high banking of the Shay track, and was allowed to move on to Long Eaton and in came the much travelled

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1966 culminated in a record run of 15 consecutive league victories with all the team improving their averages and contributing to the success.

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By the end of August, the team had established a consistent mid-table position following some solid home performances and despite the loss of

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and Bert Kingston beginning to provide regular support from the lower end of the team the "Dukes" were becoming a team to be reckoned with.

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had had another brief fling in the team mid-season, but had failed to establish himself, despite some encouraging meetings here and there.

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away from the Shay, but for a long period in the middle of the year, Kentwell was almost as "unbeatable" as the Captain over home shale.

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Just as the Dukes' management were coming to terms with dropping the home point against one set of "Tigers", the trip north to face the

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all night and an impressive last heat win to snatch the points for the Dukes when he came from the back to beat young Danish newcomer

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contributed a well-earned paid 9 points in what was to be his last home match following the return of a fit again Dennis Gavros.

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encouragement of the promoter however, the good early crowd levels were holding up as the Halifax public took to their new team.

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ended his World Championship hopes early, despite being in the top three of the League averages for practically the whole year.

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dropped out of the team for domestic reasons, and ultimately the team would manage only 19 points as the home riders ran riot.

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to master. Despite these reverses good home form kept the Dukes in contention, but July ended with further problems with both

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It began to look as though the bubble might have burst at the start of July when the Dukes lost heavily at both title rivals

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Early in June, the promotion ran a double header to catch up on some previous rain-offs. The Dukes quickly dispatched the

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again proved a remarkably effective "fourth heat leader" scoring particularly well during the second half of the year and

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did well to come back mid-season and score competitively from the off, but he couldn't drive on from his 1967 level, and

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riders, Boocock (3), Sharpe(7) and Mckee (2) failed to qualify from a tough Sheffield World Championship semi-final.

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off which eventually led to his retirement from British Speedway. Gavros was inconsistent away but excellent at home.

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too was a much more effective novice than Les Bentzen and his away performances in particular were very encouraging.

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side in the KO cup 57-50, but were defeated in a league fixture at the Falcons County Ground home a few days later.

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This feeling was initially confirmed when the team failed to make an impression in their first away matches at the

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Middlesbrough the previous year so there was every reason to think that he'd hold his own in the higher division.

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and Exeter where the "Falcons" won by 43-35, despite an incredible 17 point haul by Boocock, held the team back.

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was the one rider to significantly improve his average, and he finished off strongly which augured well for 1969.

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contributed good scores, particularly away and Gavros and Kentwell in particular were dominant around the Shay.

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A bit of a spat with the landlords, the local Football Club, at the end of August enlivened things for promoter

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suddenly finding some away form with 6 paid 8. Unfortunately, this was to be the last away success of the year.

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had upped his average and become the team's most effective scorer at the Shay with an average in excess of 11.

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on his way to 14 points. Boothroyd would score 9 points; however, the rest of the team found the going tough.

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who came up with a true captain's performance adding over a point on his previous years average. Of the rest,

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in their first home league encounter, the team surprisingly lost 38-40 in their next match at the Shay to the

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from the team with a badly broken thumb following an horrendous smash at the Shay in the match against the

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before opening their gates at the Shay to an enormous 5-figure crowd on 17 April. The opposition were the

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over Cradley, but also the loss of the flying Greg Kentwell at such a key time with a broken collarbone.

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Eric Boocock (Halifax) leading Hackney's Gerry Jackson in a British League meeting at Hackney in May 1965

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October saw the realisation of the team's and supporters' dreams, where home and away wins against the

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in opposition colours was doubly disappointing. He scored only one, but was involved in a crash with

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established himself as the star rider and made the breakthrough as a regular in the Gt Britain team.

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between 1928 and 1930 and another team called Halifax Nomads operated racing a few fixtures in 1948.

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and although more effective at the Shay, was also struggling to score significantly on away tracks.

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could progress into the sort of solid scoring second strings that could fill the gap left by Roper.

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Success at the Shay was not long in coming however and the Dukes soon beat off the challenge of the

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was scoring well at home but didn't yet seem capable of carrying that form onto the away tracks.

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as Co-Promoter. By the early 1970s, the Dukes were enjoying higher attendances than the Shaymen (

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immediately settled into a high scoring run at home with a paid max in his second match against

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where the unlucky (or maybe very lucky) rider hit the fence hard and was thrown into the crowd.

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was a consistent high score all year after some initial problems with new machinery, but it was

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who had emigrated to Australia during the winter would weaken the team as the only addition was

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scored his first league paid maximum for the club in what was to be his last match in England.

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scrambled a draw. It was after a tightly fought contest, partly down to a below par score from

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It was the beginning of May before the Dukes managed an away win (42-36) at Cradley Heath with

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Substantial home wins were now becoming the norm, culminating in a 62-16 thrashing of a sorry

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and then a controversial 39-39 draw at West Ham to push the "Dukes" up to 3rd in the League.

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In September, Eric Boocock took third place in the British Final (12 pts) at West Ham behind

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saw Halifax snatch the league title away from Coventry. Then a massive 69-27 thumping of the

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on his average. In fact, every Dukes rider improved their average from the previous year.

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decided against another year with the team. Complications then arose in the New Year when

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scoring his second consecutive home full maximum to finish the season off in real style.

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again the big hitters, it was two wins from reserve Lee that ultimately proved crucial.

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Wroclaw, Poland and was unable to compete. A sad end to his world championship hopes.

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damaged a wrist in a garage accident that would mean missing the start of the season.

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extending his unbeaten run against the Heathens with a fine maximum. This was without

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From a Halifax perspective, the process looked like it had delivered a poor result.

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released after a string of low away scores appeared to have sapped his confidence.

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arrived at the Shay and left on the back of a very close 38-40 defeat. Fortunately

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had found the year a struggle – particularly on their travels away from the Shay.

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had scored much the same as the previous season but had clearly improved further.

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June however saw a change in fortune as the team racked up big home wins against

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were establishing themselves as forces to be reckoned with in the new league and

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brothers. Younghusband also qualified for the final from this one on 8 points.

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support the top three was leaving the Dukes short of firepower on away tracks.

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The season started at the end of March with another trip to a strong looking

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In the middle of June, the promotion found a way of strengthening the side.

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April saw the Dukes kick-off the home campaign with a good win against the

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established himself as the best of the Aussie second strings although both

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who was yet another in the supply of promising young Aussies that promoter

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showed more promise and a win (47-31) in the first home match against the

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had tapped into, but he was an unknown quantity in British League terms.

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before taking a narrow one-point win 39–38 against future champions, the

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side. The Robins comfortably saw off the Duke's challenge by 48-30, but

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put in a transfer request, which was eventually resolved by promoter

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was predictably taking time to find his feet in English speedway.

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had looked promising before also succumbing to the injury blight.

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showing the best early season form to lead the table by 4 points.

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The season started on 1 April with an away defeat (26-52) at the

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showed that the team would be strong at home, but the return of

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before recording a comfortable 43-34 win over local rivals the

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and this put the young Aussie on the Injury List until July.

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the Dukes lost 36-60. The month also saw the departure of

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where, despite track protests and an injury to captain

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June saw an early departure out of the KO Cup at the

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were despatched 60-18. Only regular to miss out was

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The red leathered 328:1951 Speedway National League Division Two 312:1950 Speedway National League Division Two 26: 3826: 3824: 3822: 3820: 3818: 3816: 3814: 3812: 3810: 3808: 3011:having "retired" from British Speedway. 2968: 623: 3998: 3956: 3805: 1687:had developed into a useful rider and 2979:(From the John Somerville Collection) 1635:who top scored with 12 from 6 rides. 1151:brought two further away wins at the 632:(from The John Somerville Collection) 2977:On Machine - Eric Boocock (Captain) 1513:– a match for most. Some hoped that 1490:following the retirement of captain 3959:The Illustrated History of Speedway 2067:was very inconsistent and newcomer 1997:had retired back to Australia, and 13: 3836:Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). 14: 4017: 3979: 3937:Official British Speedway website 3887:Official British Speedway website 1532:. A narrow (37-41) defeat at the 266: 101:Red and Blue with White Elephant 3858:"Halifax Speedway (Thrum Hall)" 3343:finished 14th (34pts) out of 19 2605:in the League as June arrived. 3950: 3925: 3900: 3875: 3850: 3325: 2965:finished 6th (39pts) out of 19 2947: 2565:finished 4th (46pts) out of 19 2547: 1989:finished 7th (39pts) out of 19 1971: 1473:finished 7th (37pts) out of 19 1455: 1041:finished 1st (54pts) out of 19 1023: 620:finished 5th (39pts) out of 18 602: 146:National Trophy (Div 2) Winner 1: 3798: 188:Duke of Wellington's Regiment 3786: 3783: 3780: 3777: 3774: 3766: 3763: 3760: 3757: 3754: 3746: 3743: 3740: 3737: 3734: 3726: 3723: 3720: 3717: 3714: 3706: 3703: 3700: 3697: 3694: 3686: 3683: 3680: 3677: 3674: 3667: 3665: 3663: 3661: 3659: 3651: 3648: 3645: 3642: 3639: 3631: 3628: 3625: 3622: 3619: 3611: 3608: 3605: 3602: 3599: 3591: 3588: 3585: 3582: 3579: 3571: 3568: 3565: 3562: 3559: 3551: 3548: 3545: 3542: 3539: 3531: 3528: 3525: 3522: 3519: 3511: 3508: 3505: 3502: 3499: 3491: 3488: 3485: 3482: 3479: 3313: 3310: 3307: 3304: 3301: 3293: 3290: 3287: 3284: 3281: 3273: 3270: 3267: 3264: 3261: 3253: 3250: 3247: 3244: 3241: 3233: 3230: 3227: 3224: 3221: 3214: 3212: 3210: 3208: 3206: 3198: 3195: 3192: 3189: 3186: 3178: 3175: 3172: 3169: 3166: 3158: 3155: 3152: 3149: 3146: 3138: 3135: 3132: 3129: 3126: 3118: 3115: 3112: 3109: 3106: 3098: 3095: 3092: 3089: 3086: 3078: 3075: 3072: 3069: 3066: 2935: 2932: 2929: 2926: 2923: 2915: 2912: 2909: 2906: 2903: 2895: 2892: 2889: 2886: 2883: 2875: 2872: 2869: 2866: 2863: 2856: 2854: 2852: 2850: 2848: 2840: 2837: 2834: 2831: 2828: 2820: 2817: 2814: 2811: 2808: 2800: 2797: 2794: 2791: 2788: 2780: 2777: 2774: 2771: 2768: 2760: 2757: 2754: 2751: 2748: 2740: 2737: 2734: 2731: 2728: 2720: 2717: 2714: 2711: 2708: 2700: 2697: 2694: 2691: 2688: 2535: 2532: 2529: 2526: 2523: 2515: 2512: 2509: 2506: 2503: 2495: 2492: 2489: 2486: 2483: 2476: 2474: 2472: 2470: 2468: 2460: 2457: 2454: 2451: 2448: 2440: 2437: 2434: 2431: 2428: 2420: 2417: 2414: 2411: 2408: 2400: 2397: 2394: 2391: 2388: 2380: 2377: 2374: 2371: 2368: 2360: 2357: 2354: 2351: 2348: 2340: 2337: 2334: 2331: 2328: 2320: 2317: 2314: 2311: 2308: 2300: 2297: 2294: 2291: 2288: 1959: 1956: 1953: 1950: 1947: 1939: 1936: 1933: 1930: 1927: 1920: 1918: 1916: 1914: 1912: 1904: 1901: 1898: 1895: 1892: 1884: 1881: 1878: 1875: 1872: 1864: 1861: 1858: 1855: 1852: 1844: 1841: 1838: 1835: 1832: 1824: 1821: 1818: 1815: 1812: 1804: 1801: 1798: 1795: 1792: 1784: 1781: 1778: 1775: 1772: 1764: 1761: 1758: 1755: 1752: 1744: 1741: 1738: 1735: 1732: 1579:and untried Aussie newcomer 1443: 1440: 1437: 1434: 1431: 1423: 1420: 1417: 1414: 1411: 1403: 1400: 1397: 1394: 1391: 1383: 1380: 1377: 1374: 1371: 1363: 1360: 1357: 1354: 1351: 1343: 1340: 1337: 1334: 1331: 1323: 1320: 1317: 1314: 1311: 1303: 1300: 1297: 1294: 1291: 1283: 1280: 1277: 1274: 1271: 1263: 1260: 1257: 1254: 1251: 1011: 1008: 1005: 1002: 999: 991: 988: 985: 982: 979: 971: 968: 965: 962: 959: 951: 948: 945: 942: 939: 931: 928: 925: 922: 919: 911: 908: 905: 902: 899: 891: 888: 885: 882: 879: 871: 868: 865: 862: 859: 851: 848: 845: 842: 839: 831: 828: 825: 822: 819: 582: 570: 558: 546: 534: 522: 510: 498: 486: 474: 462: 450: 438: 426: 414: 402: 390: 378: 366: 349: 337: 325: 309: 297: 7: 1214:had many notable meetings. 157:Northern Cup/Trophy winners 10: 4022: 585:1985 British League season 583: 573:1984 British League season 571: 561:1983 British League season 559: 549:1982 British League season 547: 537:1981 British League season 535: 525:1980 British League season 523: 513:1979 British League season 511: 501:1978 British League season 499: 489:1977 British League season 487: 477:1976 British League season 475: 465:1975 British League season 463: 453:1974 British League season 451: 441:1973 British League season 439: 429:1972 British League season 427: 417:1971 British League season 415: 405:1970 British League season 403: 393:1969 British League season 391: 381:1968 British League season 379: 369:1967 British League season 367: 352:1966 British League season 350: 340:1965 British League season 338: 326: 310: 298: 219:National Trophy division 2 197: 3838:Homes of British Speedway 293: 287: 118: 113: 105: 97: 92: 84: 76: 68: 58: 42: 37: 25: 20: 3418:scores on a damp track. 290: 190:, whose training depot, 109:370 metres (400 yd) 3957:Rogers, Martin (1978). 3360:the Sydney Showground. 1100:and a 41-37 win at the 3348:more success in 1971. 2980: 763:Cradley Heath Heathens 633: 2973:Halifax "Dukes" 1970 2972: 705:. During this period 628:Halifax "Dukes" 1965 627: 206:originally staged at 2052:Wolverhampton Wolves 1132:on the injury list. 3985:Unofficial Website: 3912:Speedway Researcher 2207:Coatbridge Monarchs 284: 3015:dropped all year. 2981: 2706:Dave Younghusband 2306:Dave Younghusband 2172:Newcastle Diamonds 1750:Dave Younghusband 1289:Dave Younghusband 1090:Long Eaton Archers 1071:Newcastle Diamonds 837:Dave Younghusband 772:Edinburgh Monarchs 684:Long Eaton Archers 634: 283: 192:Wellesley Barracks 114:Major team honours 3795: 3794: 3791: 3790: 3497:Dave Youghusband 3322: 3321: 3318: 3317: 3104:Dave Youghusband 2944: 2943: 2940: 2939: 2544: 2543: 2540: 2539: 2155:Dave Younghusband 2080:Dave Younghusband 2024:, recommended by 2003:Dave Younghusband 1968: 1967: 1964: 1963: 1676:Dave Younghusband 1615:Dave Younghusband 1530:Dave Younghusband 1528:, without an ill 1507:Dave Younghusband 1452: 1451: 1448: 1447: 1192:Dave Younghusband 1137:Dave Younghusband 1020: 1019: 1016: 1015: 711:Dave Younghusband 658:Dave Younghusband 640:At the same time 599: 598: 595: 594: 168: 167: 164: 163: 4013: 3973: 3972: 3954: 3948: 3947: 3945: 3943: 3929: 3923: 3922: 3920: 3918: 3904: 3898: 3897: 3895: 3893: 3879: 3873: 3872: 3870: 3868: 3862:Defunct Speedway 3854: 3848: 3834: 3454: 3453: 3335:Extended content 3331: 3330: 3041: 3040: 2957:Extended content 2953: 2952: 2663: 2662: 2557:Extended content 2553: 2552: 2446:Maurie Robinson 2263: 2262: 2186:and experienced 2095:Sheffield Tigers 2009:and later, when 1981:Extended content 1977: 1976: 1850:Maurie Robinson 1707: 1706: 1601:Sheffield Tigers 1553:Dave Youghusband 1465:Extended content 1461: 1460: 1409:Maurie Robinson 1226: 1225: 1102:West Ham Hammers 1067:West Ham Hammers 1033:Extended content 1029: 1028: 794: 793: 740:West Ham Hammers 703:Sheffield Tigers 612:Extended content 608: 607: 288:Year and league 285: 282: 276:Extended content 272: 271: 204:Halifax Speedway 123:League Champions 120: 119: 38:Club information 30: 18: 17: 4021: 4020: 4016: 4015: 4014: 4012: 4011: 4010: 3996: 3995: 3982: 3977: 3976: 3969: 3955: 3951: 3941: 3939: 3931: 3930: 3926: 3916: 3914: 3906: 3905: 3901: 3891: 3889: 3881: 3880: 3876: 3866: 3864: 3856: 3855: 3851: 3835: 3806: 3801: 3796: 3577:Malcolm Mackay 3410:packing 63-45. 3336: 3328: 3323: 3239:Malcolm Mackay 2978: 2976: 2974: 2958: 2950: 2945: 2558: 2550: 2545: 2326:Eric Boothroyd 2253:Maurie Robinson 2131:Maurie Robinson 2126:Oxford Cheetahs 1982: 1974: 1969: 1770:Eric Boothroyd 1689:Maurie Robinson 1628:Maurie Robinson 1597:Maurie Robinson 1577:Maurie Robinson 1466: 1458: 1453: 1269:Eric Boothroyd 1153:Oxford Cheetahs 1034: 1026: 1021: 857:Eric Boothroyd 631: 629: 613: 605: 600: 320:National Trophy 277: 269: 200: 51: 49: 33: 12: 11: 5: 4019: 4009: 4008: 3994: 3993: 3988: 3981: 3980:External links 3978: 3975: 3974: 3967: 3949: 3924: 3908:"Year by Year" 3899: 3874: 3849: 3803: 3802: 3800: 3797: 3793: 3792: 3789: 3788: 3785: 3782: 3779: 3776: 3773: 3769: 3768: 3765: 3762: 3759: 3756: 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1932: 1929: 1926: 1925:John Woodcock 1922: 1921: 1919: 1917: 1915: 1913: 1911: 1907: 1906: 1903: 1900: 1897: 1894: 1891: 1887: 1886: 1883: 1880: 1877: 1874: 1871: 1867: 1866: 1863: 1860: 1857: 1854: 1851: 1847: 1846: 1843: 1840: 1837: 1834: 1831: 1830:Kentwell Greg 1827: 1826: 1823: 1820: 1817: 1814: 1811: 1810:Bert Kingston 1807: 1806: 1803: 1800: 1797: 1794: 1791: 1790:Dennis Gavros 1787: 1786: 1783: 1780: 1777: 1774: 1771: 1767: 1766: 1763: 1760: 1757: 1754: 1751: 1747: 1746: 1743: 1740: 1737: 1734: 1731: 1727: 1726: 1723: 1720: 1717: 1714: 1711: 1680:Eric Boothroyd 1593:Eric Boothroyd 1538:Belle Vue Aces 1526:Swindon Robins 1511:Eric Boothroyd 1488:Belle Vue Aces 1475: 1474: 1468: 1467: 1464: 1459: 1457: 1454: 1450: 1449: 1446: 1445: 1442: 1439: 1436: 1433: 1430: 1426: 1425: 1422: 1419: 1416: 1413: 1410: 1406: 1405: 1402: 1399: 1396: 1393: 1390: 1389:Greg Kentwell 1386: 1385: 1382: 1379: 1376: 1373: 1370: 1369:Dennis Gavros 1366: 1365: 1362: 1359: 1356: 1353: 1350: 1346: 1345: 1342: 1339: 1336: 1333: 1330: 1329:Bert Kingston 1326: 1325: 1322: 1319: 1316: 1313: 1310: 1306: 1305: 1302: 1299: 1296: 1293: 1290: 1286: 1285: 1282: 1279: 1276: 1273: 1270: 1266: 1265: 1262: 1259: 1256: 1253: 1250: 1246: 1245: 1242: 1239: 1236: 1233: 1230: 1196:Eric Boothroyd 1181:Wimbledon Dons 1177:Belle Vue Aces 1170:Eric Boothroyd 1149:Cyril Maidment 1126:Eric Boothroyd 1118:Swindon Robins 1098:Exeter Falcons 1094:Glasgow Tigers 1075:Eric Boothroyd 1043: 1042: 1036: 1035: 1032: 1027: 1025: 1022: 1018: 1017: 1014: 1013: 1010: 1007: 1004: 1001: 998: 994: 993: 990: 987: 984: 981: 978: 974: 973: 970: 967: 964: 961: 958: 954: 953: 950: 947: 944: 941: 938: 937:Bert Kingston 934: 933: 930: 927: 924: 921: 918: 917:Dennis Gavros 914: 913: 910: 907: 904: 901: 898: 897:Bryan Elliott 894: 893: 890: 887: 884: 881: 878: 874: 873: 870: 867: 864: 861: 858: 854: 853: 850: 847: 844: 841: 838: 834: 833: 830: 827: 824: 821: 818: 814: 813: 810: 807: 804: 801: 798: 780:Glasgow Tigers 776:Swindon Robins 744:Wimbledon Dons 736:Glasgow Tigers 732:Swindon Robins 715:Eric Boothroyd 676:Belle Vue Aces 666:Eric Boothroyd 622: 621: 615: 614: 611: 606: 604: 601: 597: 596: 593: 592: 590: 587: 581: 580: 578: 575: 569: 568: 566: 563: 557: 556: 554: 551: 545: 544: 542: 539: 533: 532: 530: 527: 521: 520: 518: 515: 509: 508: 506: 503: 497: 496: 494: 491: 485: 484: 482: 479: 473: 472: 470: 467: 461: 460: 458: 455: 449: 448: 446: 443: 437: 436: 434: 431: 425: 424: 422: 419: 413: 412: 410: 407: 401: 400: 398: 395: 389: 388: 386: 383: 377: 376: 374: 371: 365: 364: 359:Champions and 357: 354: 348: 347: 345: 342: 336: 335: 333: 330: 324: 323: 322:div 2 winners 317: 314: 308: 307: 305: 302: 296: 295: 292: 289: 279: 278: 275: 270: 268: 267:Season summary 265: 261:Bradford Dukes 259:to become the 241:Eric Boothroyd 202:A team called 199: 196: 166: 165: 162: 161: 158: 154: 153: 148: 142: 141: 136: 130: 129: 124: 116: 115: 111: 110: 107: 103: 102: 99: 95: 94: 90: 89: 88:British League 86: 82: 81: 78: 74: 73: 70: 66: 65: 60: 56: 55: 44: 40: 39: 35: 34: 31: 23: 22: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 4018: 4007: 4004: 4003: 4001: 3992: 3989: 3987: 3984: 3983: 3970: 3968:0-904584-45-3 3964: 3960: 3953: 3938: 3934: 3928: 3913: 3909: 3903: 3888: 3884: 3878: 3863: 3859: 3853: 3847: 3846:0-7524-2210-3 3843: 3839: 3833: 3831: 3829: 3827: 3825: 3823: 3821: 3819: 3817: 3815: 3813: 3811: 3809: 3804: 3772:Guest Riders 3771: 3770: 3751: 3750: 3732:Alan Knapkin 3731: 3730: 3711: 3710: 3691: 3690: 3671: 3670: 3656: 3655: 3636: 3635: 3617:Chris Bailey 3616: 3615: 3596: 3595: 3576: 3575: 3556: 3555: 3536: 3535: 3516: 3515: 3496: 3495: 3477:Eric Boocock 3476: 3475: 3471: 3469:Total Points 3468: 3465: 3462: 3459: 3456: 3455: 3452: 3451: 3447: 3443: 3439: 3435: 3431: 3427: 3423: 3419: 3415: 3411: 3407: 3403: 3399: 3395: 3391: 3387: 3383: 3379: 3375: 3372: 3368: 3364: 3361: 3357: 3353: 3349: 3342: 3341: 3340: 3339: 3333: 3332: 3299:Guest Riders 3298: 3297: 3278: 3277: 3258: 3257: 3238: 3237: 3218: 3217: 3203: 3202: 3183: 3182: 3163: 3162: 3143: 3142: 3123: 3122: 3103: 3102: 3083: 3082: 3064:Eric Boocock 3063: 3062: 3058: 3056:Total Points 3055: 3052: 3049: 3046: 3043: 3042: 3039: 3038: 3034: 3031: 3027: 3024: 3020: 3016: 3012: 3008: 3005: 3001: 2997: 2993: 2989: 2985: 2971: 2964: 2963: 2962: 2961: 2955: 2954: 2921:Guest Riders 2920: 2919: 2900: 2899: 2880: 2879: 2860: 2859: 2845: 2844: 2825: 2824: 2805: 2804: 2785: 2784: 2765: 2764: 2745: 2744: 2725: 2724: 2705: 2704: 2686:Eric Boocock 2685: 2684: 2680: 2678:Total Points 2677: 2674: 2671: 2668: 2665: 2664: 2661: 2660: 2656: 2652: 2648: 2644: 2641: 2637: 2633: 2629: 2625: 2621: 2618: 2614: 2610: 2606: 2602: 2599: 2595: 2591: 2587: 2583: 2579: 2575: 2571: 2564: 2563: 2562: 2561: 2555: 2554: 2521:Guest Riders 2520: 2519: 2500: 2499: 2480: 2479: 2465: 2464: 2445: 2444: 2425: 2424: 2405: 2404: 2385: 2384: 2365: 2364: 2345: 2344: 2325: 2324: 2305: 2304: 2286:Eric Boocock 2285: 2284: 2280: 2278:Total Points 2277: 2274: 2271: 2268: 2265: 2264: 2261: 2260: 2256: 2254: 2250: 2246: 2245:Greg Kentwell 2242: 2238: 2237:Dennis Gavros 2233: 2227: 2224: 2223:Hackney Hawks 2219: 2217: 2216:Greg Kentwell 2212: 2211:Hackney Hawks 2208: 2202: 2200: 2195: 2194:to the team. 2193: 2189: 2185: 2181: 2177: 2173: 2169: 2164: 2159: 2156: 2152: 2149:and champion 2148: 2144: 2138: 2136: 2132: 2127: 2123: 2122:Dennis Gavros 2118: 2116: 2112: 2107: 2105: 2101: 2096: 2092: 2087: 2083: 2081: 2077: 2072: 2070: 2066: 2062: 2061:Greg Kentwell 2058: 2053: 2048: 2046: 2042: 2038: 2033: 2031: 2030:Greg Kentwell 2027: 2023: 2019: 2014: 2012: 2011:Dennis Gavros 2008: 2004: 2000: 1996: 1995:Bert Kingston 1988: 1987: 1986: 1985: 1979: 1978: 1944: 1943: 1924: 1923: 1909: 1908: 1889: 1888: 1869: 1868: 1849: 1848: 1829: 1828: 1809: 1808: 1789: 1788: 1769: 1768: 1749: 1748: 1730:Eric Boocock 1729: 1728: 1724: 1722:Total Points 1721: 1718: 1715: 1712: 1709: 1708: 1705: 1704: 1700: 1698: 1694: 1690: 1686: 1685:Greg Kentwell 1681: 1677: 1673: 1667: 1665: 1664:Bert Kingston 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