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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

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

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{short description of image} Results
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

England Team manager: Len Silver
Match No. 1 3 6 14 16 20 22 24 Pts-Bns-R
Ray Wilson - 9-0-4 10-0-4 12-0-4 10-0-4 6-1-4 11-0-4 6-1-4 64-2-28
Peter Collins - 10-0-4 9-0-4 - - 6-3-4 10-1-4 9-1-4 44-5-20
John Louis - 4-0-4 - 11-0-4 12-0-4 6-1-4 7-1-4 2-0-3 42-2-23
Malcolm Simmons - - - 8-1-3 7-0-4 9-1-4 6-0-3 10-1-5 40-3-19
Eric Boocock - 5-2-4 8-2-4 4-0-3 5-1-4 12-0-4 1-0-3 0-0-2 35-5-24
Terry Betts - - 2-0-3 9-3-4 2-1-3 4-1-4 - 10-1-5 27-6-19
Martin Ashby - 1-0-3 5-2-4 7-3-4 3-2-3 - 5-3-4 2-1-3 23-11-21
Alan Wilkinson - - 10-1-5 - - - 8-3-4 - 18-4-9
Reg Wilson - 11-0-5 4-0-3 - - - - - 15-0-8
Barry Thomas - - - 5-1-4 6-3-4 1-0-2 - - 12-4-10
Doug Wyer - 0-0-2 - - - - - - 0-0-2
Sweden Team manager: Christer Bergstrom
Match No. 3 4 8 10 17 19 23 24 Pts-Bns-R
Anders Michanek 7-2-4 12-0-4 9-1-4 11-0-4 - 11-1-4 12-0-4 11-0-4 73-4-28
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 72-8-32
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 69-8-32
Soren Sjosten 8-0-4 - 2-0-3 4-0-3 0-0-3 12-0-4 10-1-5 2-1-4 38-2-26
Bengt Jansson 1-1-3 12-0-4 6-1-4 6-1-4 7-0-4 - 2-0-2 - 34-3-21
Tommy Jansson 5-0-4 5-1-4 3-0-4 6-2-4 4-1-4 - 4-2-4 5-2-4 32-8-28
Hasse Holmkvist - - 4-0-3 0-0-3 6-1-4 - - 3-1-4 13-2-14
Christer Sjosten - 7-1-3 - - - 2-1-3 - - 9-2-6
Olle Nygren - 1-0-4 - - - 5-1-4 2-0-3 0-0-2 8-1-13
Bengt Larsson 2-0-3 - - - - 2-0-3 - - 4-0-6
Bo Wirebrand - - - - 3-0-2 - - - 3-0-2
Australia Team manager: Sam Bass
Match No. 2 9 12 15 17 20 23 Pts-Bns-R
John Boulger - 11-1-4 11-1-4 6-1-5 7-0-4 11-0-4 7-1-5 53-4-26
Bob Valentine - 6-3-4 8-0-4 7-1-5 4-3-4 7-0-5 3-1-3 35-8-25
Jim Airey - 10-1-4 4-2-4 2-1-3 8-0-4 3-1-3 4-1-4 31-6-22
John Titman - 7-2-4 10-1-4 2-0-2 3-0-3 2-1-3 3-1-4 27-5-20
Charlie Monk - 4-2-3 4-1-3 6-0-4 5-1-4 - 4-0-4 23-4-18
Geoff Curtis - 11-0-4 - 3-0-5 6-0-4 - 2-0-3 22-0-16
Garry Middleton - - 8-0-4 2-0-3 - 6-0-4 4-0-3 20-0-14
Neil Street - - - - 7-0-4 - - 7-0-4
Bob Humphreys - 5-0-3 0-0-3 - - 0-0-3 - 5-0-9
Billy Sanders - - - - - 5-1-4 - 5-1-4
New Zealand Team manager: Trevor Redmond
Match No. 1 5 8 11 15 21 22 Pts-Bns-R
Ivan Mauger - 6-1-4 10-2-5 12-0-4 12-0-4 12-0-4 13-0-5 65-3-26
Barry Briggs - 9-0-4 8-0-5 8-1-4 10-0-4 9-0-4 7-0-3 51-1-24
Ronnie Moore - 3-1-4 3-0-3 9-0-4 10-1-4 11-0-4 6-0-4 42-2-23
Gary Peterson - 4-0-3 - 7-3-4 10-3-5 4-0-4 1-0-4 26-6-20
Bill Andrew - 3-2-3 4-0-4 7-2-4 - 3-1-4 1-0-4 18-5-19
Graeme Stapleton - 4-1-3 1-1-2 - 6-1-5 4-2-4 1-0-4 16-5-18
Dave Gifford - 8-1-5 - 5-1-3 0-0-1 0-0-2 1-0-2 14-2-13
Frank Shuter - - 3-2-4 5-0-3 2-0-3 - - 10-2-10
Rick Timmo - - 6-1-4 - - - - 6-1-4
Norway-Denmark Team manager: Tore Kittilsen
Match No. 2 5 6 10 13 18 Pts-Bns-R
Ole Olsen (Denmark) - 11-1-4 10-1-5 13-0-5 9-0-4 11-0-4 54-2-22
Dag Lovaas (Norway) - 9-1-4 7-1-4 2-1-4 11-0-4 12-0-4 41-3-20
Oyvind S Berg (Norway) - 4-1-4 4-1-4 4-1-4 5-1-4 10-1-4 27-5-20
Reidar Eide (Norway) - 7-1-4 2-0-4 6-0-4 5-0-4 7-2-3 27-3-19
Edgar Stangeland (Nor) - 7-0-4 4-0-4 3-1-4 1-0-3 2-0-3 17-1-18
Odd Fossengen (Nor) - 2-0-3 2-0-3 1-0-2 5-0-3 4-1-4 14-1-15
Kurt Bogh (Denmark) - - - - 7-2-4 1-1-4 8-3-8
Ulf Lovaas (Norway) - 0-0-3 1-0-2 4-1-3 - - 5-1-8
Poland Team manager: Zbigniew Puzio
Match No. 7 9 11 13 16 19 Pts-Bns-R
Zenon Plech 10-0-4 2-0-2 9-0-4 12-0-5 11-1-5 1-1-5 45-2-25
Edward Jancarz 10-3-5 4-0-4 2-1-4 10-1-5 4-1-4 8-0-5 38-6-27
Pawel Waloszek 8-0-4 3-0-4 4-0-4 1-0-2 6-0-4 10-0-6 32-0-24
Jan Mucha 4-0-4 11-0-5 6-1-6 1-0-3 6-0-4 0-0-2 28-1-24
Henryk Zyto 10-1-4 3-1-6 3-0-5 - - 2-2-3 18-4-18
Antoni Woryna - - - 8-0-5 4-0-4 2-0-4 14-0-13
Zbigniew Marcinkowski - 0-0-4 1-0-3 1-0-3 1-0-4 2-0-3 5-0-17
Marek Cieslak 0-0-2 - 0-0-3 2-1-3 0-0-2 - 2-1-10
Jerzy Szczakiel 0-0-3 0-0-1 - - - - 0-0-4
U.S.S.R Team manager: Fedor Karabanov
Match No. 4 7 12 14 18 21 Pts-Bns-R
Vladimir Gordeev 13-1-6 7-1-4 9-1-5 2-2-4 12-1-6 10-0-5 53-6-30
Grigori Khlinovsky 3-2-6 6-1-4 3-0-5 4-0-4 10-1-6 9-2-6 35-6-31
Anatoli Kuzmin 5-0-4 7-0-4 6-1-5 4-0-4 3-1-4 3-0-4 28-2-25
Vladimir Zaplechny 5-0-4 6-1-4 6-0-2 3-0-4 2-0-3 3-1-4 25-2-21
Aleksander Pavlov 0-0-4 6-1-4 6-0-4 4-0-4 2-0-3 2-0-4 20-1-23
Viktor Trofimov - 3-0-4 1-0-2 3-0-4 - 6-1-4 13-1-14
Georgi Ivanov 0-0-4 1-0-3 2-0-3 1-0-4 2-1-4 1-1-3 7-2-21
Oleg Dzjadick 3-0-2 - - - - - 3-0-2

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