British League Knockout Cup 1967

1967 British League Knockout Cup
Tournament details
Country	England
Final positions
Champions	Coventry Bees
Runner-up	West Ham Hammers
	← 1966 1968 →

The British League Knockout Cup 1967 was the 29th edition of the Knockout Cup.^[1] The cup was won by Coventry Bees.^[2]^[3]

First round[edit]

22 April

Belle Vue Aces	50 - 46	Wimbledon Dons
Tommy Roper 14		Trevor Hedge 16

22 April

Cradley Heath Heathens	P - P	Long Eaton Archers

22 April

Edinburgh Monarchs	56 - 40	Sheffield Tigers
Bill Landels 14		Arnie Haley 16

19 June

Cradley Heath Heathens	45 - 51	Long Eaton Archers
Ivor Brown 10 (2) Graham Coombes 11 (1)		Ray Wilson 15* Anders Michanek 15*

Second round[edit]

3 June

Swindon Robins	61 - 35	Exeter Falcons
Bob Kilby 18*		Neil Street 10 (1)

6 June

West Ham Hammers	67 - 29	Glasgow Tigers
Sverre Harrfeldt 14 (1)* Ken McKinlay 13.5 (1.5) Malcolm Simmons 10.5 (2.5)		Jim McMillan 8

9 June

Kings Lynn Stars	47 - 36	Belle Vue Aces
Terry Betts 15*	Meeting abandoned after heat 14 by the referee, heats 15 & 16 raced without the supervision of the referee. Official score is the result at heat 14.	Norman Nevitt 8 (1) Sándor Lévai 8 (1)

10 June

Coventry Bees	50 - 46	Newcastle Diamonds
Nigel Boocock 15*		Ivan Mauger 16

14 June

Poole Pirates	60 - 36	Halifax Dukes
Göte Nordin 15*		Dave Younghusband 14

16 June

Hackney Hawks	53 - 43	Oxford Cheetahs
Colin Pratt 14 (1)*		Eddie Reeves 13 (2)

24 June

Edinburgh Monarchs	54 - 42	Wolverhampton Wolves
Oyvind Berg 10 (2)		Jim Airey 14 (1)

4 July

Long Eaton Archers	54 - 42	Newport Wasps
Anders Michanek 17		Torbjörn Harrysson 15

Third round[edit]

21 July

Hackney Hawks	53 - 42	Poole Pirates
Bengt Jansson 15*		Göte Nordin 12 Ronnie Genz 11 (1) Geoff Mudge 11 (1)

1 August

Long Eaton Archers	44 - 52	Edinburgh Monarchs
Ray Wilson 17		Bernt Persson 14

1 August

West Ham Hammers	51 - 45	Swindon Robins
Sverre Harrfeldt 14 Ken McKinlay 14		Barry Briggs 14

2 August

Coventry Bees	58.5 - 37.5	Kings Lynn Stars
Ron Mountford 13		Terry Betts 16.5

Semi-final[edit]

5 September

West Ham Hammers	51 - 45	Hackney Hawks
Sverre Harrfeldt 14		Colin Pratt 16

13 September

Coventry Bees	58 - 38	Edinburgh Monarchs
Nigel Boocock 15*		Reidar Eide 11

Final (First Leg)[edit]

23 September

Coventry Bees	57 - 39	West Ham Hammers
	^[4]

Scorers Coventry Bees

1) Nigel Boocock 2* 2 2 3 3 - 12 (1)
2) Les Owen 3 3 1* 0 2* - 9 (2)
3) Roger Hill 2 0 1 1* 0 - 4 (1)
4) Rick France F Ef 3 2 3 - 8
5) Col Cottrell 2* 2 1 2* 1 - 8 (2)
6) Ron Mountford 3 1* 3 3 3 - 13 (1)
7) Clive Hitch 2* 1 - 3 (1)

West Ham Hammers

1) Ken McKinlay 1 3 3 3 3 2 - 15
2) Malcolm Simmons 0 Ef 0 TS TS - 0
3) Norman Hunter 3 1 0 2 2 1 - 9
4) Tony Clarke 1 TS 2 0 TS - 3
5) Sverre Harrfeldt 1 3 2 1 1* 0 - 8 (1)
6) Brian Leonard 0 2* 1* 0 0 0 - 3 (2)
7) George Barclay 1 0 - 1

Heat by Heat

Ht 01: Owen, Boocock, McKinlay, Simmons 67.8
Ht 02: Hunter, Hill, Clarke, France (f) 69.0
Ht 03: Owen, Hitch, Barclay, Simmons (ef) 70.2
Ht 04: McKinlay, Boocock, Hunter, Hill 68.0
Ht 05: Mountford, Cottrell, Harrfeldt, Leonard 69.4
Ht 06: McKinlay, Boocock, Owen, Hunter 69.0
Ht 07: Harrfeldt, Leonard, Hill, France (ef) 70.0
Ht 08: McKinlay, Cottrell, Mountford, Simmons 70.0
Ht 09: France, Clarke, Hitch, Barclay 71.0
Ht 10: Boocock, Harrfeldt, Leonard, Owen 70.0
Ht 11: Mountford, Hunter, Cottrell, Clarke 70.2
Ht 12: McKinlay, France, Hill, Leonard 70.2
Ht 13: Mountford, Cottrell, Harrfeldt, Leonard 70.6
Ht 14: Boocock, Hunter, Harrfeldt, Hill 71.0
Ht 15: Mountford, Owen, Hunter, Leonard 71.6
Ht 16: France, McKinlay, Cottrell, Harrfeldt 69.6

Final (Second Leg)[edit]

26 September

West Ham Hammers	49 - 47	Coventry Bees
	^[4]

Scorers West Ham Hammers

1) Ken McKinlay 3 1* 3 1 1* - 9 (2)
2) Malcolm Simmons 0 3 2* 3 3 - 11 (1)
3) Norman Hunter Ef 2 3 2 2 - 9
4) Tony Clarke 1 0 2 0 2 - 5
5) Sverre Harrfeldt FNS N N N N - 0
6) Brian Leonard 3 1* 3 2 2* - 11 (2)
7) Stan Stevens 0 0 2 0 1 1* - 4 (1)

Coventry Bees

1) Nigel Boocock 2 3 3 3 3 - 14
2) Les Owen 1* 2 0 1 0 - 4 (1)
3) Roger Hill 2* F 0 0 N - 2 (1)
4) Rick France 3 1 3 2 3 - 12
5) Col Cottrell 2 1* 0 0 1 - 4 (1)
6) Ron Mountford 1* 2 2 3 1 - 9 (1)
7) Clive Hitch 1* 1 0 - 2 (1)

Heat by Heat Heat by Heat

Ht 01: McKinlay, Boocock, Owen, Simmons 73.0
Ht 02: France, Hill, Clarke, Hunter (ef) 74.0
Ht 03: Simmons, Owen, Hitch, Stevens 74.6
Ht 04: Boocock, Hunter, McKinlay, Hill (f) 73.8
Ht 05: Leonard, Cottrell, Mountford, Stevens, Harrfeldt (f ns) 74.4
Ht 06: McKinlay, Simmons, France, Hill 74.6
Ht 07: Hunter, Mountford, Cottrell, Clarke 75.0
Ht 08: Boocock, Stevens, Leonard, Owen 75.2
Ht 09: France, Clarke, Hitch, Stevens 75.4
Ht 10: Simmons, Mountford, McKinlay, Cottrell 74.8
Ht 11: Leonard, France, Stevens, Hill 75.2
Ht 12: Boocock, Hunter, Owen, Clarke 75.2
Ht 13: Mountford, Leonard, Stevens, Cottrell 76.0
Ht 14: France, Hunter, McKinlay, Owen 75.4
Ht 15: Simmons, Leonard, Mountford, Hitch 75.2
Ht 16: Boocock, Clarke, Cottrell, Harrfeldt (ns) 75.8

References[edit]

^ "1967 British League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
^ "Coventry Speedway 1967 season" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
^ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Season 1967" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

[1] "1967 British League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.

[2] "Coventry Speedway 1967 season" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

[3] "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 12 August 2021.

[S67-4] "Season 1967" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

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