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Division rider with Leicester he rode for England in the 1955 Test series against Australasia, top scoring for England in the third test with 11 points, and going on to represent England regularly until the early 1970s.
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Services Speedway Championship. On his return to Britain, he started his career with the
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363:finals twice, second in 1964 and third in 1965.
1006:A History of the World Speedway Championship
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491:London, Wembley Stadium - 5th - 11pts + 1pt
394:Australian Individual Speedway Championship
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603:Göteborg, Ullevi - Reserve - did not ride
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400:. He placed third in 1967 at Adelaide's
335:and 23 caps for the Great Britain team.
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377:for one season before he moved to the
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589:London, Wembley Stadium - 13th - 4pts
463:London, Wembley Stadium - 5th - 10pts
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554:London, Wembley Stadium - 7th - 9pts
519:London, Wembley Stadium - 9th - 6pts
477:London, Wembley Stadium - 7th - 8pts
1107:Sportspeople from South Lanarkshire
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321:John Robert Vickers (Ken) McKinlay
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833:"ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022"
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373:1970 saw him return to the
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172:Midland Riders' Champion
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424:World Final Appearances
1082:Oxford Cheetahs riders
890:Davies, Trevor (2008)
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983:Foster, Peter (2005)
791:Mauger, Ivan OBE, MBE
1062:Coventry Bees riders
762:* 1960 and 1961 for
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918:, Automedia, p. 157
914:Jones, Alan (2004)
325:motorcycle speedway
299:Scottish Cup winner
198:Australian Champion
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683:/ Peter Craven) -
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331:, 92 caps for the
228:NSW State Champion
163:Individual honours
59:British (Scottish)
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258:Team honours
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19:Ken McKinlay
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1037:2003 deaths
1032:1928 births
969:6 September
941:6 September
756:- 18pts (7)
750:Jimmy Gooch
720:- 21pts (7)
714:Brian Brett
687:- 21pts (4)
681:Bob Andrews
658:- 30pts (8)
396:in 1964 at
308:Midland Cup
189:The Laurels
56:Nationality
34:7 June 1928
1026:Categories
987:, Tempus,
868:The Herald
776:References
345:NeumĂĽnster
296:1952, 1953
289:London Cup
214:1959, 1961
178:1955, 1965
39:, Scotland
30:1928-06-07
873:3 January
813:cite book
702:Abensberg
269:Champions
119:1973-1975
109:1971-1972
99:1965-1969
79:1954-1961
69:1949-1954
902:, p. 137
793:(1976).
569:Göteborg
445:London,
37:Blantyre
845:17 June
764:England
735:Kempten
673:Wrocław
644:Ron How
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339:Career
310:Winner
291:winner
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534:Malmö
1010:ISBN
989:ISBN
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896:ISBN
875:2024
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