1973 British League Division Two season

1973 British League Division Two season

League	British League Division Two
Season	1973
Champions	Boston Barracudas
No. of competitors	18
Knockout Cup	Boston Barracudas
Division/s above	British League (Div 1)

The 1973 British League Division Two season was the second tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.

Summary

The 1973 season saw the league expanded to 18 teams with the addition of Chesterton Potters. Boston Barracudas won their first title.

Final table

Team	PL	W	D	L	Pts
Boston Barracudas	33	29	0	4	58
Workington Comets	34	21	2	11	44
Eastbourne Eagles	34	19	2	13	40
Peterborough Panthers	34	19	1	14	39
Birmingham Brummies	34	19	0	15	38
Teesside Tigers	34	19	0	15	38
Bradford Northern	34	18	0	16	36
Crewe Kings	34	17	1	16	35
Long Eaton Rangers	33	16	1	16	33
Barrow Bombers	34	15	2	17	32
Sunderland Stars	34	15	2	17	32
Hull Vikings	34	13	5	17	31
Chesterton Potters	34	14	1	19	29
Ellesmere Port Gunners	34	14	0	20	28
Canterbury Crusaders	34	13	2	19	28
Scunthorpe Saints	32	12	1	21	25
Berwick Bandits	32	11	1	22	23
Rayleigh Rockets	34	9	3	22	21

Top Five Riders

	Rider	Nat	Team	C.M.A.
1	Lou Sansom		Workington Comets	10.56
2	Alan Knapkin		Bradford Northern	10.04
3	Jack Millen		Sunderland Stars	9.80
4	Carl Glover		Boston Barracudas	9.56
5	Ken McKinlay		Scunthorpe Saints	9.50

British League Division Two Knockout Cup

The 1973 British League Division Two Knockout Cup was the sixth edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Boston Barracudas were the winners of the competition.

First Round

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
19/05	Canterbury	44-34	Eastbourne
13/05	Eastbourne	37-41	Canterbury

Second Round

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
03/06	Boston	58-20	Crewe
04/06	Crewe	44-34	Boston
08/06	Peterborough	56-22	Barrow
05/06	Barrow	45-32	Peterborough
13/06	Bradford	48-29	Ellesmere Port
05/06	Ellesmere Port	42-35	Bradford
04/06	Birmingham	46-32	Scunthorpe
03/06	Scunthorpe	38-40	Birmingham
08/06	Workington	45-33	Berwick
09/06	Berwick	42-36	Workington
31/05	Teesside	48-30	Sunderland
08/06	Sunderland	38-40	Teesside
09/06	Rayleigh	46-32	Hull
30/05	Hull	43-34	Rayleigh
07/06	Long Eaton	48-30	Canterbury
09/06	Canterbury	42-36	Long Eaton

Quarter Finals

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
24/06	Boston	50-28	Peterborough
29/06	Peterborough	37-41	Boston
04/07	Bradford	48-30	Birmingham
02/07	Birmingham	47-31	Bradford
27/07	Workington	53-25	Teesside
26/07	Teesside	44-33	Workington
21/07	Rayleigh	49-29	Long Eaton
26/07	Long Eaton	36-42	Rayleigh

Semi Finals

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
19/08	Boston	46-32	Bradford
22/08	Bradford	43-35	Boston
30/08	Workington	60-18	Rayleigh
18/08	Rayleigh	43-35	Workington

Final

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
23/09	Boston	58-19	Workington
28/09	Workington	47-31	Boston

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions