British League Knockout Cup 1965

The British League Knockout Cup 1965 was the 27th edition of the Knockout Cup. It was the first time that it was called the British League Knockout Cup following a reorganisation of speedway in the United Kingdom.[1] West Ham Hammers won the cup and therefore secured the league and cup double.[2][3]

1965 British League Knockout Cup
CountryEngland
ChampionsWest Ham Hammers
Runners-upExeter Falcons
1964
1966

First round

Edinburgh Monarchs49 - 46Hackney Hawks
New Zealand Colin McKee 15* England Gerry Jackson 15

Round two

Newcastle Diamonds45 - 51Swindon Robins
England Mike Watkin 8+3 New Zealand Barry Briggs 15*
Poole Pirates4 - 2aEdinburgh Monarchs
Abandoned after heat one
Glasgow Tigers64 - 32Sheffield Tigers
England Maury Mattingley 14 Australia Charlie Monk 14 England Jack Kitchen 16
Oxford Cheetahs35 - 43Wimbledon Dons
Denmark Arne Pander 13 Ran over 13 heats, Result Stands England Trevor Hedge 12

Third round

Third Round Replay

Semi-final

Final (First Leg)

Scorers

West Ham Hammers

Exeter Falcons

Heat by Heat

  • Ht 01: Trott, McKinlay, Lukehurst, Gooddy 75.4
  • Ht 02: Harrfeldt, Squibb, Leonard, Cowland 73.8
  • Ht 03: Trott, Hughes, Lukehurst, Clarke (f rem) 76.4
  • Ht 04: Harrfeldt, McKinlay, Gooddy, Squibb 75.2
  • Ht 05: Geran, Simmons, Blewett (f rem), Hunter (ef) 75.8
  • Ht 06: Trott, McKinlay, Squibb, Cowland 76.2
  • Ht 07: Harrfeldt, Geran, Leonard, Blewett (f) 75.4
  • Ht 08: Hunter, Simmons, Lukehurst, Gooddy 75.4
  • Ht 09: Hughes, Leonard, Cowland, Clarke 77.6
  • Ht 10: McKinlay, Geran, Trott, Hughes 76.0
  • Ht 11: Hunter, Simmons, Squibb, Cowland 75.2
  • Ht 12: Harrfeldt, Gooddy, Lukehurst, Leonard 77.4
  • Ht 13: Hunter, Geran, Hughes, Simmons (ef) 76.2
  • Ht 14: Harrfeldt, McKinlay, Lukehurst, Cowland 76.2
  • Ht 15: Simmons, Trott, Geran, Squibb 76.8
  • Ht 16: Hunter, Gooddy, Hughes, Leonard 77.2

Final (Second Leg)

Scorers

Exeter Falcons

  • 1) England Colin Gooddy Ef 3 2 3 2* - 10 (1)
  • 2) England Des Lukehurst 2 3 1* 0 0 - 6 (1)
  • 3) Australia Jack Geran 2 Ef Ef 2 3 -7
  • 4) Canada Chris Blewett Ret 1 3 Fx N - 4
  • 5) England lan Cowland 0 2 1* 3 Ef - 6 (1)
  • 6) England Jimmy Squibb 1 1* 2 2* 2 - 8 (2)
  • 7) Wales Ivor Hughes 2* 0 2 - 4 (1)

West Ham Hammers

Heat by Heat

  • Ht 01: McKinlay, Lukehurst, Trott, Gooddy (ef) 75.0
  • Ht 02: Harrfeldt, Geran, Leonard, Blewett (ret) 74.8
  • Ht 03: Lukehurst, Hughes, Trott, Clarke 75.2 5 1 9 9
  • Ht 04: Gooddy, Harrfeldt, McKinlay, Geran (ef) 74.0
  • Ht 05: Hunter, Simmons, Squibb, Cowland 75.0
  • Ht 06: Harrfeldt, Gooddy, Lukehurst, Leonard 74.2
  • Ht 07: Hunter, Simmons, Blewett, Geran (ef) 75.2
  • Ht 08: McKinlay, Cowland, Squibb, Trott 75.8
  • Ht 09: Blewett, Leonard, Clarke, Hughes 75.6
  • Ht 10: Gooddy, Hunter, Simmons, Lukehurst 74.6
  • Ht 11: Harrfeldt, Squibb, Cowland, Leonard 75.0
  • Ht 12: McKinlay, Geran, Clarke, Blewett (f exc) 75.4
  • Ht 13: Cowland, Squibb, Simmons, Hunter (ef) 76.8
  • Ht 14: Geran, Gooddy, Trott, Leonard (f) 75.8
  • Ht 15: Harrfeldt, Squibb, Simmons, Lukehurst 75.0
  • Ht 16: McKinlay, Hughes, Hunter, Cowland (ef) 76.0

See also

References

  1. "1965 British League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  2. "The Hammers of '65 by Robert J. Rogers". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  3. "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  4. "Season 1965" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
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