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1960 Provincial Speedway League

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The 1960 Provincial Speedway League was the first season of the Provincial League, ten motorcycle speedway teams took part.[1][2][3][4][5]

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Teams

The ten teams that made up the re-incarnated Provincial League were mainly teams that had not experienced league racing for several years. Eight teams were Sheffield Tigers (who had been without league speedway since 1951), Cradley Heath Heathens (1952), Stoke Potters & Liverpool Pirates (1953), Bristol Bulldogs[6] and Edinburgh Monarchs (1954), Bradford Panthers (formerly Odsal) & Rayleigh Rockets (1957). The remaining two teams were Poole Pirates, who joined from the National League and Yarmouth Bloaters, who joined the league after moving up from the Southern Area League. The Southern Area League was disbanded leaving three teams Eastbourne Eagles, Aldershot Shots and Rye House Rockets without a league, so they ran a series of challenge matches throughout 1960.

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Summary

The league was dominated by Rayleigh, Poole and Bristol. Rayleigh and Poole finished on the same points, but Rayleigh triumphed with a superior number of race points scored. At the end of the season Liverpool and Yarmouth folded and Bristol closed after their track was sold for redevelopment.[7]

Final table

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M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points

Fixtures & results

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Source: [8]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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Top five averages (league only)

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Provincial League Knockout Cup

The 1960 Provincial League Knockout Cup was the first edition of the Knockout Cup for the Provincial League teams. Bristol Bulldogs were the winners.[9]

First round

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Second round

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Semifinals

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Final

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Riders' Championship

Trevor Redmond won the Riders' Championship. The final was held at Dudley Wood Stadium on 24 September.[10]

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Riders & final averages

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Bradford

  • England Tommy Roper 6.90
  • England Ray Day 6.57
  • England Vic Lonsdale (Jack Thorp) 5.46
  • England Stan Holey 4.48
  • England Jim Yacoby 4.15
  • England Dave Anderson 3.08
  • England Tony Barnard 1.64

Bristol

Cradley Heath

  • England Harry Bastable 10.59
  • England Eric Eadon 8.06
  • England Ronnie Rolfe 6.59
  • England Roy Spencer 6.04
  • England George Bewley 5.55
  • England Vic White 5.28
  • England Tony Eadon 3.52
  • England Errol Brook 2.00

Edinburgh

Liverpool

  • England Brian Craven 10.00
  • Australia Shorty Schirmer 8.15
  • England Wal Morton 7.40
  • United States Dave Dodd 5.30
  • England Dennis Jenkins 4.93
  • England Col Smith 3.52
  • England Graham Beattie 3.26
  • England Bob McHugh 2.57
  • England Derick Skyner 2.09

Poole

Rayleigh

Sheffield

  • England Tony Robinson 9.60
  • England Len Williams 9.20
  • England Jack Kitchen 8.55
  • England Stuart Hickman 6.26
  • England Jack Winstanley 5.19
  • England Malcolm Bruce 4.13
  • England Terry Turner 2.86
  • Australia Derrol Melbin 2.32
  • England Bernard McArthur 1.43

Stoke

  • England Ken Adams 11.00
  • England Reg Fearman 9.12
  • England Ray Harris 7.62
  • England Les Jenkins 7.57
  • England Pete Jarman 6.06
  • England Peter Kelly 5.73
  • England Bill Bridgett 5.29
  • England Gordon Owen 4.53
  • England Arthur Rowe 3.38
  • England Ted Connor 3.09

Yarmouth

  • England Ivor Brown 9.78
  • Guernsey Johnny Fitzpatrick 8.24
  • England Geoff Pymar 8.00
  • England John Debbage 5.53
  • England Ron Bagley 5.77
  • England Ken Last 4.59
  • England John Leggett 3.48
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