1965
Life Gets Tough in the Top Flight
L to R. Eric Hockaday, Tim Bungay, John Hart, Ron Cooper, Leo McAuliffe, Matt Mattocks, Chris Julian
Team Manager - George Major, Inset Ivor Brown,
(photo by kind permission of Speedway Star & News)
Riders Performance Chart
1965 Cradley 'The Heathens'.
| Rider |
Matches |
Rides |
Points |
Bonus |
Total |
Aver |
| I.Brown |
19 |
82 |
185 |
5 |
190 |
9.27 |
| J.Hart |
33 |
140 |
250 |
18 |
268 |
7.66 |
| G.Major |
22 |
87 |
148 |
16 |
164 |
7.54 |
| A.Totney |
4 |
10 |
13 |
3 |
16 |
6.40 |
| L.McAuliffe |
18 |
68 |
89 |
6 |
95 |
5.59 |
| E.Hockaday |
30 |
118 |
140 |
24 |
164 |
5.56 |
| C.Julian |
32 |
130 |
148 |
16 |
164 |
5.05 |
| G.Allan |
9 |
30 |
31 |
6 |
37 |
4.93 |
| H.Bastable |
16 |
61 |
59 |
14 |
73 |
4.79 |
| T.Bungay |
7 |
26 |
17 |
4 |
21 |
3.23 |
| J.Debbage |
10 |
31 |
18 |
7 |
25 |
3.23 |
| I.Hughes |
12 |
35 |
20 |
7 |
27 |
3.09 |
| J.Edwards |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2.67 |
| M.Mattocks |
5 |
10 |
5 |
1 |
6 |
2.40 |
| R.Cooper |
13 |
27 |
8 |
4 |
12 |
1.78 |
table is for BL matches only - stats taken from the Cradley Speedway Riders Database.
Final League Table
1965 British League
| Team |
PL |
W |
D |
L |
BP |
For |
Ag |
Pts |
| West Ham |
34 |
23 |
1 |
10 |
-- |
1430 |
1215 |
47 |
| Wimbledon |
34 |
22 |
2 |
10 |
-- |
1396 |
1245 |
46 |
| Coventry |
34 |
20 |
0 |
14 |
-- |
1384 |
1258 |
40 |
| Oxford |
34 |
19 |
2 |
13 |
-- |
1308 |
1340 |
40 |
| Halifax |
33 |
18 |
3 |
12 |
-- |
1322 |
1240 |
39 |
| Newport |
34 |
19 |
0 |
15 |
-- |
1360 |
1288 |
38 |
| Wolverhampton |
34 |
18 |
1 |
15 |
-- |
1429 |
1216 |
37 |
| Hackney |
34 |
18 |
1 |
15 |
-- |
1327.5 |
1319.5 |
37 |
| Exeter |
34 |
18 |
0 |
16 |
-- |
1325.5 |
1323.5 |
36 |
| Poole |
34 |
17 |
1 |
16 |
-- |
1378 |
1266 |
35 |
| Sheffield |
34 |
16 |
2 |
16 |
-- |
1300 |
1346 |
34 |
| Newcastle |
34 |
16 |
1 |
17 |
-- |
1363 |
1282 |
33 |
| Glasgow |
34 |
15 |
1 |
18 |
-- |
1315 |
1329 |
31 |
| Belle Vue |
34 |
15 |
0 |
19 |
-- |
1328 |
1312 |
30 |
| Swindon |
34 |
13 |
2 |
19 |
-- |
1345 |
1300 |
28 |
| CRADLEY |
33 |
11 |
1 |
21 |
-- |
1132 |
1438 |
23 |
| Edinburgh |
34 |
11 |
0 |
23 |
-- |
1173 |
1471 |
22 |
| Long Eaton |
34 |
7 |
0 |
27 |
-- |
1107 |
1534 |
14 |
The match between Cradley and Halifax was never raced
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