1961 Provincial Speedway League

The 1961 Provincial Speedway League was the second season of the Provincial League.^[1]

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Home \ Away	CH	ED	EX	MID	NEW	PLY	PP	RAY	SHE	STO	WOL
Cradley Heath		42–36	40–38	51–27	59–19	40–38	38–40	43–35	40–38	42–36	45–33
Edinburgh	43–34		44–34	46–31	60–18	46–32	39–39	40–38	55–20	45–33	46–32
Exeter	45–33	52–25		57–20	48–29	41–36	27–51	48–30	47–31	40–37	53–24
Middlesbrough	39–39	34–43	53–25		43–35	40–37	51–27	51–26	36–42	37–38	48–30
Newcastle	34–44	42–36	44–34	42.5–35.5		44–33	29–49	37–40	42–36	33–45	37–40
Plymouth	54–24	46–32	44–34	47–31	48–30		40–38	45–32	47–31	41–36	44–34
Poole	56–22	58–20	50.5–27.5	63–15	52–25	39–37		55–23	50–28	56–22	53–24
Rayleigh	50–28	40–38	50–25	50–28	50–28	41–37	45–32		46–32	51–27	53–25
Sheffield	39–38	48–30	50–27	46–32	50–28	37–41	42–36	61–17		41–37	40–38
Stoke	44–34	47–29	41–37	50–28	54–22	51–26	31–47	49–29	42–35		46–31
Wolverhampton	33–45	47–31	45–33	45–33	41–37	25–53	37–41	55–23	43–35	33–45

	Rider	Team	C.M.A.
1	Reg Reeves	Rayleigh	11.43
2	Jack Scott	Plymouth	11.08
3	Ken Middleditch	Poole	10.55
4	Ross Gilbertson	Poole	10.51
5	Tony Lewis	Poole	10.32

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
13/05	Stoke	53–41	Middlesbrough
19/05	Rayleigh	50–46	Exeter

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
18/05	Sheffield	43–53	Plymouth
21/06	Poole	71–25	Wolverhampton
24/06	Stoke	46–50	Cradley Heath
17/07	Edinburgh	49–47	Rayleigh

Summary

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total
1	Reg Reeves	3 3 3 3 3	15
2	Trevor Redmond	3 3 3 3 ef	12
3	Maury Mattingley	3 2 1 3 3	12
4	Jack Scott	2 3 2 2 2	11
5	Stan Stevens	2 1 2 2 3	11
6	Ivor Brown	3 3 2 ef 3	11
7	Harry Bastable	1 2 3 2 2	10
8	Graham Warren	1 1 2 f 2	6
9	Ken Middleditch	0 1 1 1 2	5
10	Len Silver	2 2 0 0 1	5
11	Pete Lansdale	0 2 2 1 0	5
12	Tony Lewis	exc 0 1 3 1	5
13	Vic Ridgeon	2 1 0 1 1	4
14	Rick France	1 0 0 2 0	3
15	Eric Boothroyd	2 0 1 1 0	3
16	Peter Jarman	f 0 0 f 1	1