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TOURNAMENTS - UNITED KINGDOM

1973 Daily Mirror International Tournament

With 7 teams contesting 24 matches over a period of 19 days at 18 tracks,
this was the largest international tournament ever staged.

Many thanks to Roger Stevens for supplying the full set of programme scans for this tournament
and to David Austin for all the team photographs (except England)

QUALIFYING ROUND

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Standings M W D L Aban F A Pts
England 6 5 0 0 1 233 155 11
Sweden 6 4 0 2 0 265 202 8
New Zealand 6 3 0 2 1 218 169 7
Australia 6 3 0 2 1 201 188 7
Norway-Denmark 6 3 0 2 1 193 196 7
Poland 6 1 0 5 0 182 284 2
U.S.S.R 6 0 0 6 0 184 282 0
Top 4 teams to Semi-Finals

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No. Venue
1 Leicester England v. New Zealand aban
2 Coventry Australia v. Norway-Denmark aban
3 Sheffield England 40 Sweden 38
4 Hackney Sweden 49 U.S.S.R 29
5 Wolverhampton Norway-Denmark 40 New Zealand 37
6 Belle Vue England 48 Norway-Denmark 30
7 Halifax Poland 42 U.S.S.R 36
8 Swindon New Zealand 35 Sweden 42
9 Oxford Australia 54 Poland 23
10 Cradley Heath Norway-Denmark 33 Sweden 45
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12 Leicester Australia 45 U.S.S.R 33
13 Poole Norway-Denmark 43 Poland 35
14 Ipswich England 56 U.S.S.R 21
15 Wimbledon Australia 28 New Zealand 50
16 Hackney England 45 Poland 32
17 Newport Sweden 38 Australia 40
18 Cradley Heath Norway-Denmark 47 U.S.S.R 31
19 Halifax Sweden 53 Poland 25
20 King's Lynn England 44 Australia 34
21 Reading New Zealand 43 U.S.S.R 34

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SEMI-FINALS

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No.22 1st.Semi-Final
11.07 : Belle Vue (Hyde Road)
England 48 New Zealand 30
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No.23 2nd.Semi-Final
11.07 : Coventry
Sweden 51 Australia 27

FINAL

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No.24
FINAL
14.07 : Wembley, London
England 39 Sweden 39
Run-off : Peter Collins (England, fell) beat Anders Michanek (Sweden, excluded)
Did Peter Collins fall? Or was he pushed? The run-off remains, to this day, one of speedway racings' greatest controversies.
Attendance : 41,000
The Final was followed by a Great Britain v Rest of the World match

POINT SCORERS

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England
Back - Martin Ashby, Eric Boocock, Reg Wilson, Len Silver (manager), Terry Betts, John Louis
Front - Doug Wyer, Ray Wilson (on bike), Peter Collins

England Team manager: Len Silver
Match No. 1 3 6 14 16 20 22 24 M Pts Bns Rides CMA
Peter Collins - 10-0-4 9-0-4 - - 6-3-4 10-1-4 9-1-4 5 44 5 20 9.80
Alan Wilkinson - - 10-1-5 - - - 8-3-4 - 2 18 4 9 9.78
Ray Wilson - 9-0-4 10-0-4 12-0-4 10-0-4 6-1-4 11-0-4 6-1-4 7 64 2 28 9.43
Malcolm Simmons - - - 8-1-3 7-0-4 9-1-4 6-0-3 10-1-5 5 40 3 19 9.05
John Louis - 4-0-4 - 11-0-4 12-0-4 6-1-4 7-1-4 2-0-3 6 42 2 23 7.65
Reg Wilson - 11-0-5 4-0-3 - - - - - 2 15 0 8 7.50
Terry Betts - - 2-0-3 9-3-4 2-1-3 4-1-4 - 10-1-5 5 27 6 19 6.95
Eric Boocock - 5-2-4 8-2-4 4-0-3 5-1-4 12-0-4 1-0-3 0-0-2 7 35 5 24 6.67
Martin Ashby - 1-0-3 5-2-4 7-3-4 3-2-3 - 5-3-4 2-1-3 6 23 11 21 6.48
Barry Thomas - - - 5-1-4 6-3-4 1-0-2 - - 3 12 4 10 6.40
Doug Wyer - 0-0-2 - - - - - - 1 0 0 2 0.00
Sweden Team manager: Christer Bergstrom
Match No. 3 4 8 10 17 19 23 24 M Pts Bns Rides CMA
Anders Michanek 7-2-4 12-0-4 9-1-4 11-0-4 - 11-1-4 12-0-4 11-0-4 7 73 4 28 11.00
Christer Lofqvist 5-3-4 5-3-3 11-1-4 9-0-4 10-1-5 10-0-4 12-0-4 10-0-4 8 72 8 32 10.00
Bernt Persson 10-0-4 7-1-4 7-1-4 9-2-4 8-1-4 11-1-4 9-2-4 8-0-4 8 69 8 32 9.63
Christer Sjosten - 7-1-3 - - - 2-1-3 - - 2 9 2 6 7.33
Bengt Jansson 1-1-3 12-0-4 6-1-4 6-1-4 7-0-4 - 2-0-2 - 6 34 3 21 7.05
Soren Sjosten 8-0-4 - 2-0-3 4-0-3 0-0-3 12-0-4 10-1-5 2-1-4 7 38 2 26 6.15
Bo Wirebrand - - - - 3-0-2 - - - 1 3 0 2 6.00
Tommy Jansson 5-0-4 5-1-4 3-0-4 6-2-4 4-1-4 - 4-2-4 5-2-4 7 32 8 28 5.71
Hasse Holmkvist - - 4-0-3 0-0-3 6-1-4 - - 3-1-4 4 13 2 14 4.29
Olle Nygren - 1-0-4 - - - 5-1-4 2-0-3 0-0-2 4 8 1 13 2.77
Bengt Larsson 2-0-3 - - - - 2-0-3 - - 2 4 0 6 2.67
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Sweden
Back - Olle Nygren, Bengt Jansson, Christer Bergstrom (manager), Anders Michanek, Christer Lofqvist
Front - Tommy Jansson, Bernt Persson, Soren Sjosten
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Australia
John Boulger, Bob Valentine, Charlie Monk, Sam Bass (manager), Bob Humphreys, Geoff Curtis, John Titman, Jim Airey

Australia Team manager: Sam Bass
Match No. 2 9 12 15 17 20 23 M Pts Bns R CMA
John Boulger - 11-1-4 11-1-4 6-1-5 7-0-4 11-0-4 7-1-5 6 53 4 26 8.77
Neil Street - - - - 7-0-4 - - 1 7 0 4 7.00
Bob Valentine - 6-3-4 8-0-4 7-1-5 4-3-4 7-0-5 3-1-3 6 35 8 25 6.88
Jim Airey - 10-1-4 4-2-4 2-1-3 8-0-4 3-1-3 4-1-4 6 31 6 22 6.73
John Titman - 7-2-4 10-1-4 2-0-2 3-0-3 2-1-3 3-1-4 6 27 5 20 6.40
Charlie Monk - 4-2-3 4-1-3 6-0-4 5-1-4 - 4-0-4 5 23 4 18 6.00
Billy Sanders - - - - - 5-1-4 - 1 5 1 4 6.00
Garry Middleton - - 8-0-4 2-0-3 - 6-0-4 4-0-3 4 20 0 14 5.71
Geoff Curtis - 11-0-4 - 3-0-5 6-0-4 - 2-0-3 4 22 0 16 5.50
Bob Humphreys - 5-0-3 0-0-3 - - 0-0-3 - 3 5 0 9 2.22
New Zealand Team manager: Trevor Redmond
Match No. 1 5 8 11 15 21 22 M Pts Bns R CMA
Ivan Mauger - 6-1-4 10-2-5 12-0-4 12-0-4 12-0-4 13-0-5 6 65 3 26 10.46
Barry Briggs - 9-0-4 8-0-5 8-1-4 10-0-4 9-0-4 7-0-3 6 51 1 24 8.67
Ronnie Moore - 3-1-4 3-0-3 9-0-4 10-1-4 11-0-4 6-0-4 6 42 2 23 7.65
Rick Timmo - - 6-1-4 - - - - 1 6 1 4 7.00
Gary Peterson - 4-0-3 - 7-3-4 10-3-5 4-0-4 1-0-4 5 26 6 20 6.40
Dave Gifford - 8-1-5 - 5-1-3 0-0-1 0-0-2 1-0-2 5 14 2 13 4.92
Bill Andrew - 3-2-3 4-0-4 7-2-4 - 3-1-4 1-0-4 5 18 5 19 4.84
Frank Shuter - - 3-2-4 5-0-3 2-0-3 - - 3 10 2 10 4.80
Graeme Stapleton - 4-1-3 1-1-2 - 6-1-5 4-2-4 1-0-4 5 16 5 18 4.67

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New Zealand
Back - Gary Peterson, Dave Gifford, Ronnie Moore, Frank Shuter, Barry Briggs, Trevor Redmond (manager)
Front - Bill Andrew, Ivan Mauger (on bike), Graeme Stapleton
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Norway-Denmark
Back - Reidar Eide, Dag Lovaas, Ulf Lovaas, Oyvind S Berg, Tore Kittilsen (manager), Ole Olsen
Front - Odd Fossengen, Kurt Bogh, Edgar Stangeland

Norway-Denmark Team manager: Tore Kittilsen
Match No. 2 5 6 10 13 18 M Pts Bns R CMA
Ole Olsen (Denmark) - 11-1-4 10-1-5 13-0-5 9-0-4 11-0-4 5 54 2 22 10.18
Dag Lovaas (Norway) - 9-1-4 7-1-4 2-1-4 11-0-4 12-0-4 5 41 3 20 8.80
Oyvind S Berg (Norway) - 4-1-4 4-1-4 4-1-4 5-1-4 10-1-4 5 27 5 20 6.40
Reidar Eide (Norway) - 7-1-4 2-0-4 6-0-4 5-0-4 7-2-3 5 27 3 19 6.32
Kurt Bogh (Denmark) - - - - 7-2-4 1-1-4 2 8 3 8 5.50
Edgar Stangeland (Nor) - 7-0-4 4-0-4 3-1-4 1-0-3 2-0-3 5 17 1 18 4.00
Odd Fossengen (Nor) - 2-0-3 2-0-3 1-0-2 5-0-3 4-1-4 5 14 1 15 4.00
Ulf Lovaas (Norway) - 0-0-3 1-0-2 4-1-3 - - 3 5 1 8 3.00
Poland Team manager: Zbigniew Puzio
Match No. 7 9 11 13 16 19
Zenon Plech 10-0-4 2-0-2 9-0-4 12-0-5 11-1-5 1-1-5 6 45 2 25 7.52
Edward Jancarz 10-3-5 4-0-4 2-1-4 10-1-5 4-1-4 8-0-5 6 38 6 27 6.52
Pawel Waloszek 8-0-4 3-0-4 4-0-4 1-0-2 6-0-4 10-0-6 6 32 0 24 5.33
Henryk Zyto 10-1-4 3-1-6 3-0-5 - - 2-2-3 4 18 4 18 4.89
Jan Mucha 4-0-4 11-0-5 6-1-6 1-0-3 6-0-4 0-0-2 6 28 1 24 4.83
Antoni Woryna - - - 8-0-5 4-0-4 2-0-4 3 14 0 13 4.31
Marek Cieslak 0-0-2 - 0-0-3 2-1-3 0-0-2 - 4 2 1 10 1.20
Zbigniew Marcinkowski - 0-0-4 1-0-3 1-0-3 1-0-4 2-0-3 5 5 0 17 1.18
Jerzy Szczakiel 0-0-3 0-0-1 - - - - 2 0 0 4 0.00
U.S.S.R Team manager: Fedor Karabanov
Match No. 4 7 12 14 18 21
Vladimir Gordeev 13-1-6 7-1-4 9-1-5 2-2-4 12-1-6 10-0-5 6 53 6 30 7.87
Oleg Dzjadick 3-0-2 - - - - - 1 3 0 2 6.00
Grigori Khlinovsky 3-2-6 6-1-4 3-0-5 4-0-4 10-1-6 9-2-6 6 35 6 31 5.29
Vladimir Zaplechny 5-0-4 6-1-4 6-0-2 3-0-4 2-0-3 3-1-4 6 25 2 21 5.14
Anatoli Kuzmin 5-0-4 7-0-4 6-1-5 4-0-4 3-1-4 3-0-4 6 28 2 25 4.80
Viktor Trofimov - 3-0-4 1-0-2 3-0-4 - 6-1-4 4 13 1 14 4.00
Aleksander Pavlov 0-0-4 6-1-4 6-0-4 4-0-4 2-0-3 2-0-4 6 20 1 23 3.65
Georgi Ivanov 0-0-4 1-0-3 2-0-3 1-0-4 2-1-4 1-1-3 6 7 2 21 1.71

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Poland
Back - Pavel Waloszek, unknown, Jan Mucha, Zbigniew Marcinkowski, Jerzy Szcakiel, Zbigniew Puzio (manager), Marek Cieslak
Front - Edward Jancarz, Henryk Zyto , Zenon Plech
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Soviet Union
Back - unknown, Oleg Dzjadick, Aleksandr Pavlov, Fedor Karabanov (manager), Grigori Khlinovsky, Vladimir Gordeev
Front - Vladimir Zaplechny, Georgi Ivanov, Anatoli Kuzmin

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