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Ellesmere Port - 1972

Ellesmere Port v Sunderland Tuesday 28th March 1972 (Challenge)

ellesmere port 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Paul Tyrer 1 Exc 3 Exc 0 3 7 0

2. Robbie Gardner 0 TS 0 3 0 3 0

3. Graham Drury 3 2* 3 3 3 2* 16 2

4. Colin Goad Exc 2 2* 1 5 1

5. Ken Vale R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

6. Stuart Riley 0 0 1 N 0 1 0

7. Ken Moss 3 2 0 0 2 TS 7 0

sunderland 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Russ Dent 3 1 1* N 5 1

2. George Barclay 2* 3 3 2 10 1

3. Graeme Smith 2 1 1 3 7 0

4. Pete Wrathall 1 1* 2 1 5 1

5. Jack Millen 3 2 Exc 2* 7 1

6. Brian Whaley 1* 0 0 1 1

7. Dave Gatenby 2 0 1 1* 0 4 1

gunners stars gunners stars

Ht 01: Dent, Barclay, Tyrer, Gardner 79.6 (TR) 1 5 1 5

Ht 02: Moss, Gatenby, Whaley, Riley 81.4 3 3 4 8

Ht 03: Millen, Moss, Wrathall, Riley, Tyrer (ex tapes), Goad (exc) 80.8 2 4 6 12

Ht 04: Drury, Smith, Riley, Gatenby 80.2 4 2 10 14

Ht 05: Barclay, Goad, Dent, Moss 79.0 (TR) 2 4 12 18

Ht 06: Tyrer, Drury, Smith, Whaley 77.8 (TR) 5 1 17 19

Ht 07: Drury, Millen, Wrathall, Moss 79.4 3 3 20 22

Ht 08: Barclay, Moss, Gatenby, Gardner 81.0 2 4 22 26

Ht 09: Drury, Goad, Smith, Whaley 81.4 5 1 27 27

Ht 10: Gardner, Wrathall, Gatenby, Riley, Tyrer (ex tapes), Millen (ex tapes) 82.0 3 3 30 30

Ht 11: Drury, Barclay, Dent, Gardner 79.8 3 3 33 33

Ht 12: Smith, Millen, Goad, Tyrer 82.8 1 5 34 38

Ht 13: Tyrer, Drury, Wrathall, Gatenby 78.4 5 1 39 39

Ellesmere Port v West Ham Tuesday 4th April 1972 (British League Division ll)

ellesmere Port 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Paul Tyrer 1 2* 3 3 9 1

2. Robbie Gardner 3 3 Exc 2* 8 1

3. Graham Drury 3 3 3 2 11 0

4. Colin Goad 2 2 2 1 7 0

5. Phil Pratt Fell N N N 0 0

6. Clark Facey 2 1 EF 0 1* 4 1

7. Ken Moss Fell EF 2 0 0 2 0

west ham 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Kevin Holden 2 3 2 Exc 7 0

2. Ted Howgego 0 1 1 1* 3 1

3. Brian Foote 0 1 1 0 2 0

4. Mike Sampson 1 2 0 N 3 0

5. Bob Coles 3 1* 1 2 7 1

6. Charlie Benham 1 0 N Exc 1 0

7. Stan Stevens 3 2 3 3 3 14 0

gunners bombers gunners bombers

Ht 01: Gardner, Holden, Tyrer, Howgego 77.4 (TR) 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Stevens, Facey, Benham, Moss (f) 2 4 6 6

Ht 03: Coles, Goad, Sampson, Pratt (f) 2 4 8 10

Ht 04: Drury, Stevens, Facey, Foote 4 2 12 12

Ht 05: Holden, Goad, Howgego, Moss (ef) 2 4 14 16

Ht 06: Gardner, Tyrer, Foote, Benham 77.1 (TR) 5 1 19 17

Ht 07: Drury, Sampson, Coles, Facey (ef) 3 3 22 20

Ht 08: Stevens, Moss, Howgego, Facey, Gardner (exc) 2 4 24 24

Ht 09: Stevens, Goad, Foote, Moss 2 4 26 28

Ht 10: Tyrer, Gardner, Coles, Sampson 5 1 31 29

Ht 11: Drury, Holden, Howgego, Moss 3 3 34 32

Ht 12: Tyrer, Coles, Goad, Foote 4 2 38 34

Ht 13: Stevens, Drury, Facey, Benham (exc), Holden (exc) 3 3 41 37

Birmingham v Ellesmere Port Monday 10th April 1972 (British League Division ll)

birmingham 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Terry Shearer 3 2* 3 3 11 1

2. Archie Wilkinson N N 2* 1 3 1

3. George Major 3 3 1* 1 8 1

4. Mike Gardner 0 N N NS 0 0

5. Pete Bailey 3 3 3 3 12 0

6. Malcolm Corradine 1* 1 2* 2* 0 6 3

7. Arthur Browning 2* 2 3 3 2 12 1


1. Paul Tyrer 1 1 Exc 3 2 7 0

2. Colin Goad 0 0 0 0 0 0

3. Graham Drury 2 1 1* 2 6 1

4. Robbie Gardner 2 1 2 2 0 7 0

5. Ken Moss 1* 0 0 N 1 1

6. Chris Blythe 0 0 1 1* 2 1

7. Terry Kelly 3 Fell TS 3 0

brummies gunners brummies gunners

Ht 01: Shearer, Browning, Tyrer, Goad 63.8 (TR) 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Kelly, Browning, Corradine, Blythe 64.0 3 3 8 4

Ht 03: Bailey, R.Gardner, Moss, M.Gardner 66.0 3 3 11 7

Ht 04: Major, Drury, Corradine, Kelly (f) 65.2 4 2 15 9

Ht 05: Bailey, Corradine, Tyrer, Goad 64.6 5 1 20 10

Ht 06: Browning, Shearer, Drury, Blythe 65.0 5 1 25 11

Ht 07: Major, Corradine, R.Gardner, Moss 66.8 5 1 30 12

Ht 08: Browning, Wilkinson, Blythe, Goad, Tyrer (ex tapes) 65.8 5 1 35 13

Ht 09: Bailey, R.Gardner, Drury, Corradine 65.2 3 3 38 16

Ht 10: Shearer, R.Gardner, Wilkinson, Moss 66.2 4 2 42 18

Ht 11: Tyrer, Browning, Major, Goad 66.0 3 3 45 21

Ht 12: Shearer, Drury, Blythe, M.Gardner (ns) 66.6 3 3 48 24

Ht 13: Bailey, Tyrer, Major, R.Gardner 65.0 4 2 52 26

Ellesmere Port v Hull Tuesday 11th April 1972 (Challenge)


1. Paul Tyrer 2* 3 3 3 11 1

2. Robbie Gardner 3 1 3 2* 9 1

3. Graham Drury 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Colin Goad 1* 3 3 2* 9 2

5. Ken Moss N N 2* 2* 4 2

6. Chris Blythe 0 2* 1 3 1

7. Paul Callaghan 2 2 2* 2* Fell 8 2

hull 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Tony Childs EF 1 N TS 1 0

2. Colin Tucker 1 0 1 1 1* 1 5 1

3. Roy Young 0 N EF TS 0 0 0 0

4. Ian Bottomley Ret Ret TS EF 0 0

5. Robin Amundson 3 2 1 1 7 0

6. Dennis Wasden 1 2 0 2 5 0

7. Dave Mills 3 1 Fell TS 4 0

gunners vikings gunners vikings

Ht 01: Gardner, Tyrer, Tucker, Childs (ef) 86.2 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Mills, Callaghan, Wasden, Blythe 91.0 2 4 7 5

Ht 03: Amundson, Callaghan, Goad, Bottomley (ret) 90.0 3 3 10 8

Ht 04: Drury, Blythe, Mills, Young 89.8 5 1 15 9

Ht 05: Goad, Callaghan, Childs, Tucker 90.2 5 1 20 10

Ht 06: Tyrer, Wasden, Gardner, Mills (f) 84.8 4 2 24 12

Ht 07: Drury, Amundson, Blythe, Bottomley (ret) 87.6 4 2 28 14

Ht 08: Gardner, Callaghan, Tucker, Young (ef) 88.8 5 1 33 15

Ht 09: Goad, Moss, Tucker, Wasden 92.6 5 1 38 16

Ht 10: Tyrer, Gardner, Amundson, Young 85.4 5 1 43 17

Ht 11: Drury, Wasden, Tucker, Callaghan 88.6 3 3 46 20

Ht 12: Tyrer, Goad, Amundson, Young 84.2 5 1 51 21

Ht 13: Drury, Moss, Tucker, Bottomley (ef) 87.2 5 1 56 22

Ellesmere Port v Workington Tuesday 18th April 1972 (Challenge)


1. Paul Tyrer Exc 2* 1* 1 5 2

2. Colin Goad 1* 3 3 2 9 1

3. Graham Drury 3 3 2 1 9 0

4. Robbie Gardner 3 2 2 0 7 0

5. Ken Moss 0 0 EF N 0 0

6. Chris Blythe 1* 1 EF 2 2

7. Terry Kelly 2 2 EF 0 0 4 0

workington 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Taffy Owen 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Kym Amundson F Exc 1 2 Exc 3 0

3. Malcolm Mackay Fell N N N 0 0

4. Dave Kumeta 1* 2 3 2* 8 2

5. Lou Sansom 2 1* 0 3 6 2

6. Steve Watson 0 1 1 1 1 4 0

7. Lindsay Davies 3 2 0 1* 3 9 1

gunners comets gunners comets

Ht 01: Owen, Kelly, Goad, Amundson (f exc), Tyrer (ex tapes) 77.8 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Davies, Kelly, Blythe, Watson 79.6 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Gardner, Sansom, Kumeta, Moss 79.8 3 3 9 9

Ht 04: Drury, Davis, Blythe, Mackay (f) 79.4 4 2 13 11

Ht 05: Owen, Gardner, Amundson, Moss 79.4 2 4 15 15

Ht 06: Goad, Tyrer, Watson, Davis 78.6 5 1 20 16

Ht 07: Drury, Kumeta, Sansom, Blythe (ef) 79.8 3 3 23 19

Ht 08: Goad, Amundson, Davies, Kelly (ef) No Time 3 3 26 22

Ht 09: Davies, Gardner, Watson, Moss (ef) 80.0 2 4 28 26

Ht 10: Kumeta, Goad, Tyrer, Sansom 79.4 3 3 31 29

Ht 11: Owen, Drury, Watson, Kelly, Amundson (ex tapes) 79.4 2 4 33 33

Ht 12: Sansom, Tyrer, Watson, Gardner 79.8 2 4 35 37

Ht 13: Owen, Kumeta, Drury, Kelly 78.0 1 5 36 42

Workington v Ellesmere Port Friday 21st April 1972 (British League Division ll)


1. Taffy Owen 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Kym Amundson 1 1 3 2* 7 1

3. Malcolm Mackay 3 3 3 1 10 0

4. Lindsay Davies Fell 0 0 2* 2 1

5. Lou Sansom 3 3 3 3 12 0

6. Dave Kumeta 1* 0 1 2 1

7. Steve Watson 2 0 0 2 0


1. Paul Tyrer 2 2 1* 2 2 9 1

2. Colin Goad 0 1* 2 N 1 4 1

3. Graham Drury 2 2 2 TS 6 0


5. Paul Callaghan 1* 0 1 0 2 1

6. Chris Blythe Fell 0 TS 0 0

7. Terry Kelly 3 1* 1* 1* 6 3

comets gunners comets gunners

Ht 01: Owen, Tyrer, Amundson, Goad 76.6 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Kelly, Watson, Kumeta, Blythe (f) 78.8 3 3 7 5

Ht 03: Sansom, Gardner, Callaghan, Davies (f) 76.8 3 3 10 8

Ht 04: Mackay, Drury, Kelly, Kumeta 76.6 3 3 13 11

Ht 05: Sansom, Tyrer, Goad, Davies 76.6 3 3 16 14

Ht 06: Owen, Drury, Amundson, Blythe 78.2 4 2 20 16

Ht 07: Mackay, Gardner, Kumeta, Callaghan 77.0 4 2 24 18

Ht 08: Amundson, Goad, Kelly, Watson 79.2 3 3 27 21

Ht 09: Sansom, Drury, Tyrer, Davies 76.8 3 3 30 24

Ht 10: Owen, Amundson, Callaghan, Gardner 78.4 5 1 35 25

Ht 11: Mackay, Tyrer, Kelly, Watson 77.4 3 3 38 28

Ht 12: Owen, Davies, Goad, Callaghan 80.4 5 1 43 29

Ht 13: Sansom, Tyrer, Mackay, Gardner 77.4 4 2 47 31

Ellesmere Port v Birmingham Tuesday 25th April 1972 (Challenge)


1. Paul Tyrer N 2* 2 2 2* 8 2

2. Colin Goad 3 1* 1* 1 1* 7 3

3. Graham Drury 1 3 2 3 Fell 9 0


5. Ken Moss R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

6. Chris Blythe 3 3 1 F Exc 7 0

7. Terry Kelly 1 0 0 N 1 0


1. Terry Shearer 2 1 1* 2 6 1

2. Archie Wilkinson 0 0 TS N 0 0

3. George Major 0 0 TS 1 1 0

4. Mike Gardner 0 NS N N 0 0

5. Pete Bailey 3 2 3 3 0 11 0

6. Malcolm Corradine 1* 3 1 2 7 1

7. Arthur Browning 2 2 2* 3 0 3 12 1

gunners brummies gunners brummies

Ht 01: Goad, Shearer, Kelly, Wilkinson 79.8 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Blythe, Browning, Corradine, Kelly 80.0 3 3 7 5

Ht 03: Bailey, R.Gardner, Goad, M.Gardner 81.4 3 3 10 8

Ht 04: Blythe, Browning, Drury, Major 79.8 4 2 14 10

Ht 05: R.Gardner, Tyrer, Shearer, Wilkinson 79.0 5 1 19 11

Ht 06: Corradine, Tyrer, Goad, Major 80.0 3 3 22 14

Ht 07: Drury, Bailey, Blythe, M.Gardner (ns) 79.6 4 2 26 16

Ht 08: Bailey, Browning, Goad, Kelly 78.8 1 5 27 21

Ht 09: Browning, Drury, Corradine, R.Gardner 79.4 2 4 29 25

Ht 10: Bailey, Tyrer, Goad, Browning 78.2 3 3 32 28

Ht 11: Drury, Corradine, Shearer, Blythe (f exc) 79.8 3 3 35 31

Ht 12: R.Gardner, Tyrer, Major, Bailey 79.8 5 1 40 32

Ht 13: Browning, Shearer, R.Gardner, Drury (f) 79.0 1 5 41 37

Bradford v Ellesmere Port Wednesday 26th April 1972 (British League Division ll)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Alan Knapkin 3 3 2 Ret 8 0

2. Mick Fairbairn 0 Fell 1 1* 2 1

3. Dave Baugh 3 2 2 1 8 0

4. Barry Meeks Fell N Ret N 0 0

5. Robin Adlington 3 3 3 3 12 0

6. Sid Sheldrick 2* 2* 1* 2 7 3

7. Alan Bridgett 3 1 3 0 7 0


1. Paul Tyrer 2 2 2 2 3 2 13 0

2. Colin Goad 1* 0 0 1 2 1

3. Graham Drury 1 1* 3 2 3 10 1

4. Robbie Gardner 1* 2 0 3 1 0 7 1


6. Chris Blythe F Exc 0 TS 1* F Exc 1 1

7. Terry Kelly 1 N TS 1 0

northern gunners northern gunners

Ht 01: Knapkin, Tyrer, Goad, Fairbairn (f rem) 78.2 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Bridgett, Sheldrick, Kelly, Blythe (f exc) 75.4 5 1 8 4

Ht 03: Adlington, Tyrer, Gardner, Meeks (f) 73.6 3 3 11 7

Ht 04: Baugh, Sheldrick, Drury, Blythe 74.4 5 1 16 8

Ht 05: Adlington, Tyrer, Bridgett, Goad 73.4 4 2 20 10

Ht 06: Knapkin, Gardner, Drury, Fairbairn (f) 73.6 3 3 23 13

Ht 07: Drury, Baugh, Sheldrick, Gardner 72.0 3 3 26 16

Ht 08: Bridgett, Tyrer, Fairbairn, Goad 73.2 4 2 30 18

Ht 09: Adlington, Drury, Blythe, Meeks (ret) 71.8 3 3 33 21

Ht 10: Gardner, Knapkin, Fairbairn, Blythe (f exc) 73.4 3 3 36 24

Ht 11: Tyrer, Baugh, Goad, Bridgett 71.8 2 4 38 28

Ht 12: Drury, Sheldrick, Gardner, Knapkin (ret) 72.2 2 4 40 32

Ht 13: Adlington, Tyrer, Baugh, Gardner 71.8 4 2 44 34

Crewe v Ellesmere Port Monday 1st May 1972 (Speedway Express Division Two KOC 1st Round 1st Leg)

crewe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Phil Crump 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Dave Morton 0 1 N N 1 0

3. John Jackson 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Dave Parry 1 2* 0 2* 5 2

5. Dai Evans Ret N N 0 0 0

6. Garry Moore Ret 2* 2* Ret 1 5 2

7. Garry Flood 3 3 3 3 2* 14 1


1. Paul Tyrer 1* 1 2 2 1 2 9 1

2. Colin Goad 2 0 1* Ret 3 1

3. Graham Drury 1 2 2 1 1* 7 1

4. Robbie Gardner N 0 0 TS 0 0


6. Chris Blythe 2 2* 0 1* 5 2

7. Terry Kelly 1* 0 TS 1 1

8. Paul Callaghan 3 1 0 4 0

kings gunners kings gunners

Ht 01: Crump, Goad, Tyrer, Morton 72.4 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Flood, Blythe, Kelly, Moore (ret) 73.6 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Callaghan, Blythe, Parry, Evans (ret) 75.4 1 5 7 11

Ht 04: Jackson, Moore, Drury, Kelly 72.6 5 1 12 12

Ht 05: Flood, Parry, Tyrer, Goad 74.6 5 1 17 13

Ht 06: Crump, Drury, Morton, Blythe 72.8 4 2 21 15

Ht 07: Jackson, Moore, Callaghan, Gardner 72.8 5 1 26 16

Ht 08: Flood, Tyrer, Goad, Moore (ret) 73.4 3 3 29 19

Ht 09: Flood, Drury, Blythe, Parry 75.2 3 3 32 22

Ht 10: Crump, Tyrer, Moore, Gardner 73.0 4 2 36 24

Ht 11: Jackson, Flood, Tyrer, Goad (ret) 73.2 5 1 41 25

Ht 12: Crump, Parry, Drury, Callaghan 75.0 5 1 46 26

Ht 13: Jackson, Tyrer, Drury, Evans 72.6 3 3 49 29

Ellesmere Port v Crewe Tuesday 2nd May 1972 (Speedway Express Division Two KOC 1st Round 2nd Leg)


1. Paul Tyrer 0 Fell EF 2 3 2 7 0

2. Colin Goad 2 2 1* 1 2 8 1

3. Graham Drury 2 2 2 2 1* 9 1

4. Robbie Gardner Exc 1 1* N 2 1


6. Chris Blythe 2 1* 1* 0 3 7 2

7. Terry Kelly Fell TS Fell 0 0

8. Paul Callaghan 0 0 0


1. Phil Crump 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Dave Morton 1 N N Exc 1 0

3. John Jackson 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Dave Parry 1* 0 0 0 1 1

5. Dai Evans 2 3 2 1 8 0

6. Garry Moore 1 1 0 0 2 0

7. Garry Flood 3 0 2* 3 1 9 1

gunners kings gunners kings

Ht 01: Crump, Goad, Morton, Tyrer 78.0 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Flood, Blythe, Moore, Kelly (f) 79.8 2 4 4 8

Ht 03: Blythe, Evans, Parry, Tyrer (f), Gardner (exc) 78.4 3 3 7 11

Ht 04: Jackson, Drury, Blythe, Flood 76.2 (TR) 3 3 10 14

Ht 05: Crump, Flood, Gardner, Callaghan 77.0 1 5 11 19

Ht 06: Jackson, Goad, Moore, Tyrer (ef) 76.4 2 4 13 23

Ht 07: Evans, Drury, Blythe, Parry 78.2 3 3 16 26

Ht 08: Flood, Drury, Goad, Moore 77.4 3 3 19 29

Ht 09: Jackson, Tyrer, Gardner, Moore 76.0 (TR) 3 3 22 32

Ht 10: Tyrer, Evans, Goad, Parry 77.6 4 2 26 34

Ht 11: Crump, Drury, Flood, Kelly (f), Morton (ex tapes) 77.4 2 4 28 38

Ht 12: Jackson, Tyrer, Evans, Blythe 76.8 2 4 30 42

Ht 13: Crump, Goad, Drury, Parry 77.6 3 3 33 45

Agg: Crewe 94 - 62 Ellesmere Port

Barrow v Ellesmere Port Thursday 4th May 1972 (Challenge)

barrow 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Mike Watkin 3 2 N 0 5 0

2. Geoff Lyon 0 0 0 N 0 0

3. Ian Hindle 0 3 3 3 9 0

4. Tom Owen 3 3 1 3 10 0

5. Allan Mackie 1 1 N 0 2 0

6. Bobby Campbell 3 N 1 3 3 10 0

7. John Wilson 1 1 1 0 3 0


1. Paul Tyrer R E S E R V E R E P L A C E M E N T

2. Colin Goad 2 2 2* 2 8 1

3. Graham Drury 3 3 2 1* 9 1


5. Paul Callaghan 2 0 1* 2 5 1

6. Terry Kelly Exc 0 N 0 0 0

7. Chris Blythe 1* 2 2* 1 3 1* 2 12 3

h.faces gunners h.faces gunners

Ht 01: Watkin, Goad, Blythe, Lyon 74.4 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Campbell, Blythe, Wilson, Kelly (exc) 75.6 4 2 7 5

Ht 03: Owen, Callaghan, Mackie, Gardner 74.2 4 2 11 7

Ht 04: Drury, Blythe, Wilson, Hindle 74.4 1 5 12 12

Ht 05: Owen, Goad, Mackie, Kelly 72.6 4 2 16 14

Ht 06: Drury, Watkin, Blythe, Lyon 73.6 2 4 18 18

Ht 07: Hindle, Gardner, Campbell, Callaghan 72.0 4 2 22 20

Ht 08: Blythe, Goad, Wilson, Lyon 75.2 1 5 23 25

Ht 09: Campbell, Drury, Owen, Kelly 73.8 4 2 27 27

Ht 10: Campbell, Gardner, Callaghan, Lyon 73.4 3 3 30 30

Ht 11: Hindle, Goad, Blythe, Wilson 74.6 3 3 33 33

Ht 12: Owen, Callaghan, Drury, Callaghan 74.8 3 3 36 36

Ht 13: Hindle, Blythe, Gardner, Mackie 74.0 3 3 39 39

Ellesmere Port v Long Eaton Tuesday 9th May 1972 (British League Division ll)


1. Paul Tyrer 3 3 3 3 0 12 0

2. Colin Goad 1 1 2 Fell 1 5 0

3. Graham Drury 2* 1* 2 3 8 2

4. Robbie Gardner 2* 3 3 2 10 1


6. Chris Blythe F Exc N N 0 0

7. Paul Callaghan 3 3 2 0 Fell 8 0

8. Geoff Pusey 1 1 2 0

long eaton 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Geoff Bouchard 2 EF 3 3 2 10 0

2. Chris Harrison 0 2 1 1 4 0

3. Roger Mills 1 EF 2 1 4 0

4. Ian Champion 0 EF 0 EF 0 0

5. Joe Hughes 1 2 3 2 3 11 0

6. Steve Bass 1* TS N 1 1

7. Peter Jarvis 2 0 TS 0 2 0

gunners rangers gunners rangers

Ht 01: Tyrer, Bouchard, Goad, Harrison 78.0 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Callaghan, Jarvis, Bass, Blythe (f exc) 82.6 3 3 7 5

Ht 03: Tyrer, Gardner, Hughes, Champion 78.4 5 1 12 6

Ht 04: Callaghan, Drury, Mills, Jarvis 80.4 5 1 17 7

Ht 05: Gardner, Harrison, Bouchard (ef), Goad (f) 80.0 3 2 20 9

Ht 06: Tyrer, Hughes, Goad, Mills (ef) 78.0 4 2 24 11

Ht 07: Hughes, Callaghan, Drury, Champion (ef) 79.2 3 3 27 14

Ht 08: Bouchard, Goad, Harrison, Callaghan 79.4 2 4 29 18

Ht 09: Gardner, Mills, Pusey, Jarvis 80.2 4 2 33 20

Ht 10: Tyrer, Hughes, Goad, Champion 78.6 4 2 37 22

Ht 11: Bouchard, Drury, Harrison, Callaghan (f) 79.4 2 4 39 26

Ht 12: Hughes, Gardner, Mills, Tyrer 79.0 2 4 41 30

Ht 13: Drury, Bouchard, Pusey, Champion (ef) 79.4 4 2 45 32

West Ham v Ellesmere Port Saturday 13th May 1972 (British League Division ll)

west ham 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Kevin Holden 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Stan Stevens 2* 1 3 2* 8 2

3. Bob Coles 3 3 1* 1 8 1

4. Mike Lanham 1 1 1 2* 5 1

5. Brian Foote 3 3 3 3 12 0

6. Mike Sampson 3 1 1 5 0

7. Charlie Benham 2* 1 2 5 1


1. Paul Tyrer 1 2 2 2 3 2 12 0

2. Colin Goad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

3. Graham Drury 2 2 2 2 1 1 10 0

4. Robbie Gardner 0 0 0 N 0 0


6. Chris Blythe 0 0 Fell 0 0

7. Paul Callaghan 1 Fell TS 0 0 0

bombers gunners bombers gunners

Ht 01: Holden, Stevens, Tyrer, Goad 78.0 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Sampson, Benham, Callaghan, Blythe 77.8 5 1 10 2

Ht 03: Foote, Tyrer, Lanham, Gardner 77.6 4 2 14 4

Ht 04: Coles, Drury, Sampson, Callaghan (f) 78.2 4 2 18 6

Ht 05: Foote, Tyrer, Lanham, Goad 76.8 4 2 22 8

Ht 06: Holden, Drury, Stevens, Blythe 76.6 4 2 26 10

Ht 07: Coles, Drury, Sampson, Gardner 78.4 4 2 30 12

Ht 08: Stevens, Tyrer, Benham, Goad 76.4 4 2 34 14

Ht 09: Foote, Drury, Lanham, Blythe (f) 76.2 4 2 38 16

Ht 10: Holden, Stevens, Drury, Gardner 76.6 5 1 43 17

Ht 11: Tyrer, Benham, Coles, Goad 75.0 3 3 46 20

Ht 12: Holden, Lanham, Drury, Goad 75.6 5 1 51 21

Ht 13: Foote, Tyrer, Coles, Callaghan 76.2 4 2 55 23

Eastbourne v Ellesmere Port Sunday 14th May 1972 (British League Division ll)

eastbourne 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Bobby McNeil 2* 1 3 2* 8 2

2. Roger Johns 3 3 3 Exc 9 0

3. Gordon Kennett 2 3 2* 3 10 1

4. Reg Trott 2* 2 2* 3 9 2

5. Malcolm Ballard 3 3 3 2* 11 1

6. Simon Bruce 0 1* 1 2 1

7. Trevor Geer 3 1 3 7 0


1. Paul Tyrer 1 1 1 2 1 1 7 0

2. Colin Goad 0 0 0 0 0 0

3. Graham Drury 3 2 Exc 1 Exc 1 7 0




7. Chris Blythe 1* 0 TS 1 1

eagles gunners eagles gunners

Ht 01: Johns, McNeil, Tyrer, Goad 64.8 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Geer, Callaghan, Blythe, Bruce 67.8 3 3 8 4

Ht 03: Ballard, Trott, Tyrer, Gardner 66.6 5 1 13 5

Ht 04: Drury, Kennett, Bruce, Blythe 67.4 3 3 16 8

Ht 05: Ballard, Trott, Tyrer, Goad 65.4 5 1 21 9

Ht 06: Johns, Drury, McNeil, Callaghan 65.4 4 2 25 11

Ht 07: Kennett, Gardner, Bruce, Drury (exc) 65.8 4 2 29 13

Ht 08: Johns, Tyrer, Geer, Goad 64.2 4 2 33 15

Ht 09: Ballard, Trott, Drury, Callaghan 64.4 5 1 38 16

Ht 10: McNeil, Gardner, Johns (exc), Drury (exc) 65.2 3 2 41 18

Ht 11: Geer, Kennett, Tyrer, Goad 65.2 5 1 46 19

Ht 12: Trott, McNeil, Drury, Gardner 66.4 5 1 51 20

Ht 13: Kennett, Ballard, Tyrer, Gardner 64.6 5 1 56 21

Ellesmere Port v Canterbury Tuesday 16th May 1972 (British League Division ll)


1. Paul Tyrer 3 1 3 Exc 3 10 0

2. Colin Goad 2* Ret NS 3 3 8 1


4. Robbie Gardner 2 2 Fell 0 4 0


6. Chris Blythe 2 1* 1* 2* 6 3

7. Paul Callaghan EF 1 TS 1 0

8. Geoff Pusey Fell 1* 1 1

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Frank Smith 0 3 2 Fell 5 0

2. Graham Banks R E S E R V E R E P L A C E M E N T

3. Ross Gilbertson 3 2* 2 1* 8 2

4. Barney Kennett 1 3 2 F NS 6 0

5. Bob Hughes 3 0 1* 2 6 1

6. Ted Hubbard 1 3 3 3 1* 11 1

7. Mike Vernam 1 EF 2* 0 1 4 1

8. Peter Compson Fell 0 0

gunners crusaders gunners crusaders

Ht 01: Tyrer, Goad, Hubbard, Smith 79.4 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Hubbard, Blythe, Vernam, Callaghan 80.0 2 4 7 5

Ht 03: Hughes, Gardner, Kennett, Pusey (f) 79.4 2 4 9 9

Ht 04: Gilbertson, Drury, Blythe, Vernam (ef) 79.0 3 3 12 12

Ht 05: Smith, Gardner, Pusey, Compson (f) 80.0 3 3 15 15

Ht 06: Hubbard, Gilbertson, Tyrer, Goad (ret) 79.6 1 5 16 20

Ht 07: Kennett, Drury, Blythe, Hughes 79.6 3 3 19 23

Ht 08: Hubbard, Vernam, Callaghan, Goad (ns) 79.5 1 5 20 28

Ht 09: Tyrer, Gilbertson, Hubbard, Gardner (f) 77.6 3 3 23 31

Ht 10: Goad, Kennett, Hughes, Tyrer (exc) 80.0 3 3 26 34

Ht 11: Goad, Smith, Drury, Vernam 80.0 4 2 30 36

Ht 12: Tyrer, Hughes, Gilbertson, Gardner 78.2 3 3 33 39

Ht 13: Drury, Blythe, Vernam, Smith (f), Kennett (f ns) 82.8 5 1 38 40

Ellesmere Port v Berwick Tuesday 23rd May 1972 (British League Division ll)


1. Paul Tyrer 2 3 3 2* 10 1

2. Chris Blythe 1* 1 0 0 2 1

3. Graham Drury 2 0 0 Ret 2 0

4. Robbie Gardner 3 2* 3 3 11 1

5. Cyril Francis 0 3 2* 2 7 1

6. Colin Goad 3 F Exc 3 3 3 12 0

7. Paul Callaghan EF N N 0 0

berwick 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Doug Templeton 3 1 1* 3 8 1

2. George Beaton 0 0 N TS 0 0

3. Willie Templeton 3 2 1 2 0 8 0

4. Jim Beaton 2 2 1* 1 6 1

5. Andy Meldrum 1* 1* 2 1 5 2

6. Geoff Davies 1* 0 2* 0 3 2

7. Alistair Brady 2 1 1* 4 1

gunners bandits gunners bandits

Ht 01: D.Templeton, Tyrer, Blythe, G.Beaton 81.2 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Goad, Brady, Davies, Callaghan (ef) 80.0 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Gardner, J.Beaton, Meldrum, Francis 78.6 3 3 9 9

Ht 04: W.Templeton, Drury, Brady, Goad (f exc) 81.8 2 4 11 13

Ht 05: Francis, Gardner, D.Templeton, G.Beaton 81.8 5 1 16 14

Ht 06: Tyrer, W.Templeton, Blythe, Davies 80.0 4 2 20 16

Ht 07: Goad, J.Beaton, Meldrum, Drury 79.8 3 3 23 19

Ht 08: Goad, Davies, Brady, Blythe 82.4 3 3 26 22

Ht 09: Gardner, Francis, W.Templeton, Davies 81.0 5 1 31 23

Ht 10: Tyrer, Meldrum, J.Beaton, Blythe 80.0 3 3 34 26

Ht 11: Goad, W.Templeton, D.Templeton, Drury 81.0 3 3 37 29

Ht 12: Gardner, Tyrer, Meldrum, W.Templeton 80.0 5 1 42 30

Ht 13: D.Templeton, Francis, J.Beaton, Drury (ret) 82.2 2 4 44 34

Result changed - See next page

The result of this match was later changed to Ellesmere Port 39 - 36 Berwick as both Cyril Francis & Alistair Brady were ineligible to ride.

Both Francis's and Brady's points were removed and riders finishing behind had their placings upgraded.

Revised scorers: Ellesmere Port - Robbie Gardner 12, Chris Blythe 3.

Berwick - Doug Templeton 9, Willie Templeton 9, Jim Beaton 7, Geoff Davies 5, George Beaton 1.

Teesside v Ellesmere Port Thursday 25th May 1972 (British League Division ll)

teesside 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Bruce Forrester 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Pete Reading 2* 2* 2 2* 8 3

3. Dave Durham 3 3 2 3 11 0

4. Frank Auffret 2* 3 3 2* 10 2

5. Tim Swales 3 1 2* 1 7 1

6. Tony Swales 3 2* 2* 7 2

7. Dave Wilson EF 0 0 0 0


1. Paul Tyrer 1 2 3 3 2 11 0

2. Chris Blythe 0 0 TS N 0 0

3. Graham Drury 0 1 1 0 TS 2 0


5. Cyril Francis 0 0 0 0 0 0

6. Colin Goad 2 1 0 1 1 5 0

7. Paul Callaghan F Exc N TS 0 0

teesside gunners teesside gunners

Ht 01: Forrester, Reading, Tyrer, Blythe 71.6 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Tony Swales, Goad, Wilson (ef), Callaghan (f exc) 71.8 3 2 8 3

Ht 03: Tim Swales, Auffret, Gardner, Francis 71.8 5 1 13 4

Ht 04: Durham, Tony Swales, Goad, Drury 71.4 5 1 18 5

Ht 05: Auffret, Tyrer, Tim Swales, Blythe 71.0 4 2 22 7

Ht 06: Forrester, Reading, Drury, Goad 72.0 5 1 27 8

Ht 07: Durham, Tony Swales, Gardner, Francis 70.8 5 1 32 9

Ht 08: Tyrer, Reading, Drury, Wilson 71.2 2 4 34 13

Ht 09: Auffret, Tim Swales, Goad, Drury 70.8 5 1 39 14

Ht 10: Forrester, Reading, Gardner, Francis 72.4 5 1 44 15

Ht 11: Tyrer, Durham, Goad, Wilson 70.0 2 4 46 19

Ht 12: Forrester, Auffret, Gardner, Francis 71.2 5 1 51 20

Ht 13: Durham, Tyrer, Swales, Gardner 70.4 4 2 55 22

Ellesmere Port v Sunderland Tuesday 30th May 1972 (British League Division ll)


1. Paul Tyrer 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Colin Goad Fell 1 2 2* 5 1

3. Graham Drury 3 3 3 2 11 0


5. Cyril Francis EF 3 3 1* 7 1

6. Chris Blythe 2 2* Fell 4 1

7. Paul Callaghan 0 1* 0 1 1


1. Russ Dent 1* 1 1* TS 3 2

2. George Barclay 2 0 Ret N 2 0

3. Graeme Smith 0 2 2 2 6 0

4. Peter Wrathall Fell 1* 0 0 1 1

5. Jack Millen 3 2 1 Fell 6 0

6. Jim Wells 1 N 0 1 0

7. Dave Gatenby 3 1 0 3 2 3 12 0

gunners stars gunners stars

Ht 01: Tyrer, Barclay, Dent, Goad (f) 79.6 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Gatenby, Blythe, Wells, Callaghan 81.0 2 4 5 7

Ht 03: Millen, Gardner, Francis (ef), Wrathall (f) 81.4 2 3 7 10

Ht 04: Drury, Blythe, Gatenby, Smith 80.2 5 1 12 11

Ht 05: Francis, Gardner, Dent, Barclay 85.2 5 1 17 12

Ht 06: Tyrer, Smith, Goad, Gatenby 87.4 4 2 21 14

Ht 07: Drury, Millen, Wrathall, Blythe (f) 86.0 3 3 24 17

Ht 08: Gatenby, Goad, Callaghan, Barclay (ret) 89.2 3 3 27 20

Ht 09: Francis, Smith, Gardner, Wells 89.2 4 2 31 22

Ht 10: Tyrer, Goad, Millen, Wrathall 88.8 5 1 36 23

Ht 11: Drury, Gatenby, Dent, Callaghan 88.0 3 3 39 26

Ht 12: Tyrer, Smith, Gardner, Millen (f) 87.0 4 2 43 28

Ht 13: Gatenby, Drury, Francis, Wrathall 89.8 3 3 46 31

Canterbury v Ellesmere Port Saturday 3rd June 1972 (British League Division ll)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ross Gilbertson 3 3 3 2* 11 1

2. Ted Hubbard 2* 2* 3 0 7 2

3. Graham Banks 3 2 3 3 11 0

4. Bob Hughes 1* 0 3 3 7 1

5. Dave Piddock 2 1 0 0 3 0

6. Steve Davies 1* 1 0 2 1

7. Barney Kennett 2 1 0 3 0


1. Paul Tyrer N 3 2 2 2 9 0

2. Ian Gills Fell 2* 0 N 2 1

3. Graham Drury 2 Fell 1* 1 4 1

4. Robbie Gardner N 3 1* 0 1* 5 2

5. Cyril Francis 0 1 2 TS 3 0

6. Colin Goad 1 3 3 1 TS 1* 9 1

7. Chris Blythe Fell 0 2 2 0

crusaders gunners crusaders gunners

Ht 01: Gilbertson, Hubbard, Goad, Gills (f) 81.6 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Goad, Kennett, Davies, Blythe (f) 80.6 3 3 8 4

Ht 03: Goad, Piddock, Hughes, Francis 80.6 3 3 11 7

Ht 04: Banks, Drury, Davies, Blythe 81.5 4 2 15 9

Ht 05: Tyrer, Gills, Piddock, Hughes 77.6 1 5 16 14

Ht 06: Gilbertson, Hubbard, Goad, Drury (f) 80.6 5 1 21 15

Ht 07: Gardner, Banks, Francis, Davies 80.6 2 4 23 19

Ht 08: Hubbard, Blythe, Kennett, Gills 82.0 4 2 27 21

Ht 09: Hughes, Tyrer, Drury, Piddock 80.6 3 3 30 24

Ht 10: Gilbertson, Francis, Gardner, Hubbard (f) No Time 3 3 33 27

Ht 11: Banks, Tyrer, Goad, Kennett 82.2 3 3 36 30

Ht 12: Hughes, Gilbertson, Drury, Gardner 84.6 5 1 41 31

Ht 13: Banks, Tyrer, Gardner, Piddock 84.2 3 3 44 34

Ellesmere Port: Cheshire Open Championship Tuesday 6th June 1972 (Individual)

riders 1 2 3 4 5 pts pos

01. Robin Amundson (Hull) 2 1 2 1 2 8 7th

02. John Jackson (Crewe) 3 3 3 2 0 11 4th

03. Geoff Bouchard (Long Eaton) 0 1 EF 0 1 2 14th

04. Cyril Francis (Ellesmere Port) 1 2 1 2 1 7 9th

05. Robbie Gardner (Ellesmere Port) 3 2 2 2 3 12 3rd

06. George Major (Birmingham) 0 2 1 1 2 6 10th

07. Robin Adlington (Bradford) 2 3 3 3 2 13 2nd

08. Ian Gills (Ellesmere Port) 1 1 1 3 Fell 6 11th

09. Paul Tyrer (Ellesmere Port) 2 3 2 3 1 11 5th

10. Graham Drury (Ellesmere Port) 3 Fell 2 1 3 9 6th

11. Dave Kumeta (Workington) 0 Ret 0 0 2 2 15th

12. Chris Blythe (Ellesmere Port) 1 0 Fell N N 1 16th

13. Taffy Owen (Workington) D I D N O T R I D E

14. Colin Goad (Ellesmere Port) 2 1 3 2 Fell 8 8th

15. Clive Buckler N 2 1 N N 3 13th

16. Phil Crump (Crewe) 3 3 3 3 3 15 1st

Res: Geoff Pusey (Ellesmere Port) 0 0 1 0 1 17th

Res: Paul Callaghan (Ellesmere Port) 1 0 0 3 4 12th

Res: Wayne Hughes Fell Fell 0 18th

Heat results - see next page

Ht 01: Jackson, Amundson, Francis, Bouchard 85.2

Ht 02: Gardner, Adlington, Gills, Major 85.0

Ht 03: Drury, Tyrer, Blythe, Kumeta 84.0

Ht 04: Crump, Goad, Buckler, Pusey 80.2

Ht 05: Tyrer, Gardner, Amundson, Callaghan 81.6

Ht 06: Jackson, Major, Goad, Drury (f) 83.4

Ht 07: Adlington, Buckler, Bouchard, Kumeta (ret) 82.2

Ht 08: Crump, Francis, Gills, Blythe 80.0

Ht 09: Crump, Amundson, Major, Kumeta 80.0

Ht 10: Jackson, Gardner, Buckler, Blythe (f) 82.0

Ht 11: Goad, Tyrer, Gills, Bouchard (ef) 82.0

Ht 12: Adlington, Drury, Francis, Pusey 82.6

Ht 13: Adlington, Goad, Amundson, Callaghan 81.5

Ht 14: Gills, Jackson, Pusey, Kumeta 82.4

Ht 15: Crump, Gardner, Drury, Bouchard 79.4

Ht 16: Tyrer, Francis, Major, Pusey 82.4

Ht 17: Drury, Amundson, Gills (f), Hughes (f) 87.0

Ht 18: Crump, Adlington, Tyrer, Jackson 78.8

Ht 19: Callaghan, Major, Bouchard, Hughes (f) 81.4

Ht 20: Gardner, Kumeta, Francis, Goad (f) 81.2

Crewe v Ellesmere Port Monday 12th June 1972 (British League Division ll)


1. Phil Crump 3 3 Ret 3 9 0

2. Dave Morton 2* 2* 3 2 9 2

3. John Jackson 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Garry Flood 3 2 Ret 0 5 0

5. Dai Evans 1 0 2 2* 5 1

6. Dave Parry 2 0 1 3 0

7. Garry Moore 0 Ret 1 1 0


1. Paul Tyrer 0 1 2 1 4 0

2. Colin Goad 1 3 1* 3 0 8 1

3. Graham Drury 1* 1 1 2 0 5 1

4. Robbie Gardner R E S E R V E R E P L A C E M E N T

5. Cyril Francis 0 2 1 1* 4 1

6. Chris Blythe 3 2 2 0 2 9 0

7. Paul Callaghan 1 Exc 0 N 3 4 0


Ht 01: Crump, Morton, Goad, Tyrer 74.2 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Blythe, Parry, Callaghan, Moore 74.8 2 4 7 5

Ht 03: Flood, Blythe, Evans, Francis 75.4 4 2 11 7

Ht 04: Jackson, Blythe, Drury, Parry, Callaghan (exc) 73.8 3 3 14 10

Ht 05: Goad, Flood, Tyrer, Evans 75.4 2 4 16 14

Ht 06: Crump, Morton, Drury, Blythe 75.0 5 1 21 15

Ht 07: Jackson, Francis, Parry, Callaghan 74.2 4 2 25 17

Ht 08: Morton, Blythe, Goad, Moore (ret) 75.0 3 3 28 20

Ht 09: Goad, Evans, Drury, Flood (ret) 76.2 2 4 30 24

Ht 10: Callaghan, Morton, Francis, Crump (ret) 75.4 2 4 32 28

Ht 11: Jackson, Tyrer, Moore, Goad 74.4 4 2 36 30

Ht 12: Crump, Drury, Francis, Flood 75.0 3 3 39 33

Ht 13: Jackson, Evans, Tyrer, Drury 74.8 5 1 44 34

Ellesmere Port v Bradford Tuesday 13th June 1972 (British League Division ll)


1. Paul Tyrer 2 3 2* 3 10 1

2. Colin Goad 1* 1 3 3 8 1

3. Graham Drury 1 1 3 2* 7 1


5. Cyril Francis 2* 3 1* 3 9 2

6. Chris Blythe 0 0 0 0 0

7. Paul Callaghan 2 1* 1 4 1


1. Alan Knapkin R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

2. Barry Meeks 0 2 Exc N 2 0

3. Robin Adlington 3 N 2 3 F Exc 8 0

4. Dave Baugh 0 2* EF 2 2 EF 6 1

5. Alf Wells 1 0 N 1 TS 2 0

6. Sid Sheldrick 1 2* 0 0 1 4 1

7. Alan Bridgett 3 3 3 2 0 11 0

gunners northern gunners northern

Ht 01: Adlington, Tyrer, Goad, Meeks 79.0 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Bridgett, Callaghan, Sheldrick, Blythe 79.2 2 4 5 7

Ht 03: Gardner, Francis, Wells, Baugh 79.4 5 1 10 8

Ht 04: Bridgett, Sheldrick, Drury, Blythe 79.6 1 5 11 13

Ht 05: Francis, Meeks, Gardner, Wells 81.4 4 2 15 15

Ht 06: Tyrer, Adlington, Goad, Sheldrick 79.0 4 2 19 17

Ht 07: Bridgett, Baugh, Drury, Blythe 80.4 1 5 20 22

Ht 08: Goad, Bridgett, Callaghan, Meeks (f exc) 79.8 4 2 24 24

Ht 09: Adlington, Gardner, Francis, Sheldrick 80.0 3 3 27 27

Ht 10: Goad, Tyrer, Wells, Baugh (ef) 79.8 5 1 32 28

Ht 11: Drury, Baugh, Callaghan, Bridgett 80.2 4 2 36 30

Ht 12: Tyrer, Baugh, Gardner, Adlington (f exc) 79.6 4 2 40 32

Ht 13: Francis, Drury, Sheldrick, Baugh (ef) 80.0 5 1 45 33

Ellesmere Port v Eastbourne Tuesday 20th June 1972 (British League Division ll)


1. Paul Tyrer 3 Ret 1* 1 5 1

2. Geoff Pusey 0 2 0 N 2 0

3. Graham Drury 1* Exc 1* 2 4 2

4. Robbie Gardner 1 3 N Fell 4 0

5. Cyril Francis F Exc N N N 0 0

6. Chris Blythe 1* 2 2 2* 2* 1* 10 4

7. Colin Goad 2 2* 2 3 2 11 1

eastbourne 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Bobby McNeil 2 1 0 3 6 0

2. Roger Johns 1* 0 3 3 7 1

3. Gordon Kennett 3 3 Ret 2* 8 1

4. Reg Trott 2* 1 0 N 3 1

5. Malcolm Ballard 3 3 3 3 12 0

6. Simon Bruce 0 1 1 2 0

7. Trevor Geer 3 Fell 1 0 4 0

gunners eagles gunners eagles

Ht 01: Tyrer, McNeil, Johns, Pusey 80.8 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Geer, Goad, Blythe, Bruce 81.0 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Ballard, Trott, Garddner, Francis (f exc) 80.0 1 5 7 11

Ht 04: Kennett, Blythe, Drury, Geer (f) 79.4 3 3 10 14

Ht 05: Gardner, Goad, McNeil, Johns 80.2 5 1 15 15

Ht 06: Kennett, Pusey, Bruce, Tyrer (ret) 79.8 2 4 17 19

Ht 07: Ballard, Blythe, Trott, Drury (exc) 79.6 2 4 19 23

Ht 08: Johns, Goad, Geer, Pusey 81.2 2 4 21 27

Ht 09: Goad, Blythe, Bruce, Kennett (ret) 80.4 5 1 26 28

Ht 10: Ballard, Blythe, Tyrer, Trott 79.4 3 3 29 31

Ht 11: Johns, Goad, Drury, McNeil 80.4 3 3 32 34

Ht 12: Ballard, Kennett, Tyrer, Gardner (f) 79.4 1 5 33 39

Ht 13: McNeil, Drury, Blythe, Geer 81.0 3 3 36 42

Rayleigh v Ellesmere Port Saturday 24th June 1972 (British League Division ll)

rayleigh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Brian Foote 2* 3 3 3 11 1

2. Peter Claridge 3 2* 1 1 7 1

3. Dingle Brown 3 3 1* 1* 8 2

4. Tiger Beech 2* 0 3 2* 7 2

5. Bob Young 3 3 2* 2 10 1

6. Terry Stone 1 N 2* 3 1

7. Ivan Miller Ret 0 3 2 5 0


1. Paul Tyrer 1 2 3 3 9 0

2. Geoff Pusey 0 Exc 0 TS 0 0

3. Graham Drury 1* 0 0 1 2 1

4. Kym Amundson (G) 1 0 2 0 3 0

5. Cyril Francis 0 1 0 N 1 0

6. Chris Blythe 2* 1 1 4 1

7. Colin Goad 3 2 1* 2 0 0 8 1

rockets gunners rockets gunners

Ht 01: Claridge, Foote, Tyrer, Pusey 70.0 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Goad, Blythe, Stone, Miller (f rem,ret) 71.8 1 5 6 6

Ht 03: Young, Beech, Amundson, Francis 69.8 5 1 11 7

Ht 04: Brown, Goad, Drury, Miller 71.6 3 3 14 10

Ht 05: Young, Tyrer, Goad, Beech, Pusey (exc) 69.6 3 3 17 13

Ht 06: Foote, Claridge, Blythe, Drury 70.2 5 1 22 14

Ht 07: Brown, Stone, Francis, Amundson 71.2 5 1 27 15

Ht 08: Miller, Goad, Claridge, Pusey 71.2 4 2 31 17

Ht 09: Beech, Young, Blythe, Drury 71.0 5 1 36 18

Ht 10: Foote, Amundson, Claridge, Francis 71.8 4 2 40 20

Ht 11: Tyrer, Miller, Brown, Goad (f rem) 70.6 3 3 43 23

Ht 12: Foote, Beech, Drury, Goad 71.6 5 1 48 24

Ht 13: Tyrer, Young, Brown, Amundson 70.0 3 3 51 27

Boston v Ellesmere Port Sunday 25th June 1972 (British League Division ll)

boston 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Arthur Price 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Tony Featherstone 1 1 1 N 3 0

3. Jim Ryman 2* 3 1* Fell 6 2

4. Ray Bales 1 3 3 0 7 0

5. Carl Glover EF 2* 1 3 6 1

6. Russ Osborne 2 3 2* 1 8 1

7. Jack Bywater 0 0 2 2 0


1. Dennis Gavros (G) 2 3 TS 3 3 2 13 0

2. Geoff Pusey 0 1 TS 0 1 0

3. Graham Drury 0 2 2 2 1* 7 1

4. Robbie Gardner 2* Fell 0 N Fell 2 1

5. Cyril Francis R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

6. Chris Blythe 1 Fell 0 Fell 1 0

7. Colin Goad 3 1 1 2* 2 9 1

cudas gunners cudas gunners

Ht 01: Price, Gavros, Featherstone, Pusey (f rem) 69.0 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Goad, Osborne, Blythe, Bywater 70.8 2 4 6 6

Ht 03: Gavros, Gardner, Bales (f, pushed), Glover (ef) 70.4 1 5 7 11

Ht 04: Osborne, Ryman, Goad, Drury 66.8 5 1 12 12

Ht 05: Bales, Glover, Pusey (f rem), Gardner (f) 67.4 5 1 17 13

Ht 06: Price, Drury, Featherstone, Blythe (f) 67.4 4 2 21 15

Ht 07: Ryman, Osborne, Goad, Gardner 67.2 5 1 26 16

Ht 08: Gavros, Goad, Featherstone, Bywater 68.2 1 5 27 21

Ht 09: Bales, Drury, Glover, Blythe 68.4 4 2 31 23

Ht 10: Price, Drury, Osborne, Blythe (f) 75.2 4 2 35 25

Ht 11: Gavros, Bywater, Ryman, Pusey (f rem) 75.2 3 3 38 28

Ht 12: Price, Goad, Drury, Bales 75.4 3 3 41 31

Ht 13: Glover, Gavros, Ryman (f), Gardner (f) 74.8 3 2 44 33

Ellesmere Port v Birmingham Tuesday 27th June 1972 (British League Division ll)


1. Paul Tyrer 2 3 3 2* 10 1

2. Geoff Pusey 0 2* Exc 0 2 1

3. Colin Goad 2 3 3 3 11 0


5. Cyril Francis 0 0 N Exc 0 0

6. Chris Blythe 2* 1* 1 1* 5 3

7. Graham Drury 3 2 0 2* 1 8 1


1. Terry Shearer 1 2 3 1 2 9 0

2. Archie Wilkinson R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

3. Arthur Browning 3 3 Fell 2 EF 8 0

4. Mick Hines 3 2 2 EF 0 7 0

5. George Major 2* 1* 0 1* 1 5 3

6. Mike Lanham 1 0 1 1* 3 1

7. Steve Wilson 0 N 0 0 0


Ht 01: Browning, Tyrer, Shearer, Pusey 79.8 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Drury, Blythe, Lanham, Wilson 83.0 5 1 7 5

Ht 03: Hines, Major, Gardner, Francis 81.4 1 5 8 10

Ht 04: Browning, Goad, Blythe, Lanham 79.4 3 3 11 13

Ht 05: Gardner, Shearer, Major, Francis 80.4 3 3 14 16

Ht 06: Tyrer, Pusey, Lanham, Browning (f) 78.6 5 1 19 17

Ht 07: Goad, Hines, Blythe, Major 79.8 4 2 23 19

Ht 08: Shearer, Drury, Blythe, Wilson, Pusey (exc) 81.4 3 3 26 22

Ht 09: Gardner, Browning, Lanham, Drury 79.4 3 3 29 25

Ht 10: Tyrer, Hines, Major, Pusey 79.2 3 3 32 28

Ht 11: Goad, Drury, Shearer, Hines (ef) 79.8 5 1 37 29

Ht 12: Gardner, Tyrer, Major, Browning (ef) 81.0 5 1 42 30

Ht 13: Goad, Shearer, Drury, Hines, Francis (exc) 79.8 4 2 46 32

Ellesmere Port: Handicap Best Pairs Tuesday 4th July 1972

riders 1 2 3 4 5 6 pts tpts

01. Ian Gills 3 3 2 1 3 3 15

02. Colin Goad 1 2 3 2 2 2 12 27

1 2 3 4 5 6 pts tpts

03. Phil Crump 2 2 2 3 3 3 15

04. Dave Parry 0 3 3 2 1 2 11 26

1 2 3 4 5 6 pts tpts

05. Graham Drury 3 1 1 2 2 1 10

06. Geoff Pusey Fell 0 0 0 0 2 2 12

1 2 3 4 5 6 pts tpts

07. Dennis Gavros 1 1 Fell 1 1 2 6

08. Dennis Wasden 2 0 1 2 0 0 5 11

1 2 3 4 5 6 pts pts

09. Robbie Gardner EF 2 1 N N N 3

10. Chris Blythe 2 3 3 1 0 3 12 15

1 2 3 4 5 6 pts tpts

11. Malcolm Mackay 3 3 3 3 2 3 17

12. Bernie Hornby 1 2 0 1 0 1 5 22

1 2 3 4 5 6 pts tpts

13. Cyril Francis 1 0 0 3 1 EF 5

14. Paul Callaghan Fell 1 2 NS 3 1 7 12

Res: Clive Buckler 0 0 0

Res: Terry Kelly 1 1


Ht 01: Gills, Crump, Goad, Parry 83.8

Ht 02: Drury, Wasden, Gavros, Pusey (f) 86.6

Ht 03: Mackay, Blythe, Hornby, Gardner (ef) 83.2

Ht 04: Gills, Goad, Francis, Callaghan (f) 83.2

Ht 05: Parry, Crump, Drury, Pusey 83.2

Ht 06: Blythe, Gardner, Gavros, Wasden 82.8

Ht 07: Mackay, Hornby, Callaghan, Francis 83.0

Ht 08: Goad, Gills, Drury, Pusey 82.0

Ht 09: Parry, Crump, Wasden, Gavros (f) 82.4

Ht 10: Blythe, Callaghan, Gardner, Francis 83.2

Ht 11: Mackay, Goad, Gills, Hornby 80.6

Ht 12: Crump, Parry, Blythe, Buckler 81.6

Ht 13: Mackay, Drury, Hornby, Pusey 81.2

Ht 14: Francis, Wasden, Gavros, Callaghan (ns) 85.6

Ht 15: Gills, Goad, Kelly, Blythe 82.2

Ht 16: Crump, Mackay, Parry, Hornby 80.4

Ht 17: Callaghan, Drury, Francis, Pusey 83.0

Ht 18: Gills, Goad, Gavros, Wasden 83.2

Ht 19: Crump, Parry, Callaghan, Francis (ef) 83.2

Ht 20: Blythe, Pusey, Drury, Buckler 83.2

Ht 21: Mackay, Gavros, Hornby, Wasden 81.2

Ellesmere Port v Peterborough Tuesday 11th July 1972 (British League Division ll)


1. Paul Tyrer 3 3 3 2 11 0

2. Ian Gills 1 0 1 N 2 0

3. Colin Goad 2 0 3 1* 6 1


5. Cyril Francis 0 1* N 2 3 1

6. Chris Blythe 2* 1* 1 1 5 2


peterborough 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Steve Osborne 0 N 0 TS 0 0

2. Clive Noy 2 3 EF 2 3 10 0

3. Richard Greer 3 2 2 3 10 0

4. Roy Carter 2* 3 2 Exc 7 1

5. John Davis 3 2* 0 F Exc 5 1

6. Brian Clark 1 1* 0 0 2 1

7. Alan Witt 0 0 2 2 0

gunners panthers gunners panthers

Ht 01: Tyrer, Noy, Gills, Osborne 79.0 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Drury, Blythe, Clark, Witt 81.8 5 1 9 3

Ht 03: Davis, Carter, Gardner, Francis 78.8 1 5 10 8

Ht 04: Greer, Goad, Blythe, Witt 79.0 3 3 13 11

Ht 05: Noy, Gardner, Francis, Clark 79.2 3 3 16 14

Ht 06: Tyrer, Greer, Clark, Gills 78.0 3 3 19 17

Ht 07: Carter, Davis, Blythe, Goad 78.6 1 5 20 22

Ht 08: Drury, Witt, Gills, Noy (ef) 80.6 4 2 24 24

Ht 09: Gardner, Greer, Drury, Clark 79.4 4 2 28 26

Ht 10: Tyrer, Carter, Blythe, Davis 78.4 4 2 32 28

Ht 11: Goad, Noy, Drury, Osborne 80.2 4 2 36 30

Ht 12: Greer, Tyrer, Gardner, Davis (f exc) 78.0 3 3 39 33

Ht 13: Noy, Francis, Goad, Carter 80.2 3 3 42 36

Silver Helmet: Roy Carter (h) beat Paul Tyrer (ch) 77.6

Scunthorpe v Ellesmere Port Monday 17th July 1972 (British League Division ll)

scunthorpe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Brian Maxted 0 TS 0 TS 0 0

2. Ray Watkins 2 2 1 2 3 10 0

3. Phil Bass 3 1* 2 2 1 9 1

4. Ian Wilson 1* 0 0 0 1 1

5. Rod Haynes 2 2 2 0 6 0

6. Terry Kelly 2 0 Fell 2 0

7. Doug Underwood 0 3 0 3 0


1. Paul Tyrer 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Ian Gills 1 1 0 1 3 0

3. Colin Goad 2 3 3 1* 9 1


5. Cyril Francis 0 Ret N N 0 0

6. Chris Blythe 1 0 N 1 2 0

7. Graham Drury 3 1* 2 1 2 9 1

saints gunners saints gunners

Ht 01: Tyrer, Watkins, Gills, Maxted 79.4 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Drury, Kelly, Blythe, Underwood 85.2 2 4 4 8

Ht 03: Gardner, Haynes, Wilson, Francis 85.0 3 3 7 11

Ht 04: Bass, Goad, Drury, Kelly 83.6 3 3 10 14

Ht 05: Tyrer, Haynes, Gills, Wilson 81.0 2 4 12 18

Ht 06: Goad, Watkins, Bass, Blythe 84.8 3 3 15 21

Ht 07: Gardner, Bass, Francis (ret), Kelly (f) 86.0 2 3 17 24

Ht 08: Underwood, Drury, Watkins, Gills 84.4 4 2 21 26

Ht 09: Goad, Haynes, Drury, Wilson 84.6 2 4 23 30

Ht 10: Gardner, Watkins, Blythe, Maxted 86.4 2 4 25 34

Ht 11: Tyrer, Bass, Gills, Underwood 81.8 2 4 27 38

Ht 12: Watkins, Drury, Goad, Wilson 85.8 3 3 30 41

Ht 13: Tyrer, Gardner, Bass, Haynes 82.6 1 5 31 46

Ellesmere Port v Rayleigh Tuesday 18th July 1972 (British League Division ll)


1. Paul Tyrer 3 3 3 Exc 9 0

2. Chris Blythe 0 2* 2* 1 5 2

3. Colin Goad 2 Exc 0 2 4 0

4. Graham Drury 1* 2 0 0 3 1


6. Cyril Francis 3 0 2 5 0

7. Ian Gills 2* 1* 3 2 1 9 2

rayleigh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dingle Brown 2 0 3 1 6 0

2. Allan Emmett 1* 3 Ret TS 4 1

3. Brian Foote 1 1 3 1 2* 8 1

4. Tiger Beech 0 0 0 N 0 0

5. Bob Young 3 3 1 2 3 12 0

6. Ivan Miller 0 0 TS 0 0

7. Trevor Barnwell 1 3 1 3 8 0

gunners rockets gunners rockets

Ht 01: Tyrer, Brown, Emmett, Blythe 77.4 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Francis, Gills, Barnwell, Miller 81.0 5 1 8 4

Ht 03: Young, Gardner, Drury, Beech 81.2 3 3 11 7

Ht 04: Barnwell, Goad, Foote, Francis 79.6 2 4 13 11

Ht 05: Emmett, Drury, Gardner, Brown 79.6 3 3 16 14

Ht 06: Tyrer, Blythe, Foote, Miller 78.8 5 1 21 15

Ht 07: Young, Francis, Gills, Beech, Goad (ex tapes) 80.2 3 3 24 18

Ht 08: Gills, Blythe, Barnwell, Emmett (ret) 79.8 5 1 29 19

Ht 09: Foote, Gardner, Young, Drury 80.4 2 4 31 23

Ht 10: Tyrer, Young, Blythe, Beech 78.8 4 2 35 25

Ht 11: Brown, Gills, Emmett, Goad 79.4 2 4 37 29

Ht 12: Young, Foote, Gills, Drury, Tyrer (exc) 80.0 1 5 38 34

Ht 13: Barnwell, Goad, Brown, Gardner 80.4 2 4 40 38

Ellesmere Port v Crewe Tuesday 25th July 1972 (British League Division ll)


1. Paul Tyrer 2 2 3 2 9 0

2. Chris Blythe 1* 1* 2* 0 4 3

3. Colin Goad 1* 1* 2 2 6 2

4. Graham Drury 2 0 1* 0 3 1


6. Cyril Francis 2 2 2 6 0

7. Ian Gills 1* 3 1* 5 2


1. Phil Crump 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Barry Booth 0 1 0 0 1 0

3. John Jackson 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Gary Flood 3 3 2 1 9 0

5. Peter Nicholas 0 EF 1* N 1 1

6. Dave Parry Ret 0 0 0 0

7. Garry Moore 3 EF 1 1 5 0


Ht 01: Crump, Tyrer, Blythe, Booth 76.2 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Moore, Francis, Gills, Parry (ret) 79.4 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Flood, Drury, Gardner, Nicholas 78.2 3 3 9 9

Ht 04: Jackson, Francis, Goad, Moore (ef) 77.8 3 3 12 12

Ht 05: Crump, Gardner, Booth, Drury 77.6 2 4 14 16

Ht 06: Jackson, Tyrer, Blythe, Parry 76.6 3 3 17 19

Ht 07: Flood, Francis, Goad, Nicholas (ef) 78.8 3 3 20 22

Ht 08: Gills, Blythe, Moore, Booth 80.0 5 1 25 23

Ht 09: Jackson, Gardner, Drury, Parry 78.2 3 3 28 26

Ht 10: Tyrer, Flood, Nicholas, Blythe 79.0 3 3 31 29

Ht 11: Crump, Goad, Gills, Booth 78.2 3 3 34 32

Ht 12: Jackson, Tyrer, Moore, Drury 78.2 2 4 36 36

Ht 13: Crump, Goad, Flood, Gardner 78.0 2 4 38 40

Long Eaton v Ellesmere Port Thursday 27th July 1972 (British League Division ll)

long eaton 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Geoff Bouchard 1* 2 2 2* 7 2

2. Chris Harrison 2 1* 1* 1* 5 3

3. Roger Mills 3 2 1 2 8 0

4. Steve Bass 3 2 3 3 11 0

5. Joe Hughes 2* 1* 2* 1* 6 4

6. Phil Whittaker 2 2* 0 4 1

7. Peter Jarvis 1* 2 EF 3 1


1. Paul Tyrer 3 3 3 2* 3 14 1

2. Chris Blythe 0 0 TS TS 0 0

3. Colin Goad EF 3 1 0 4 0

4. Graham Drury 1 1 EF N 2 0


6. Paul Callaghan Exc EF TS 0 0 0

7. Ian Gills 3 1 Fell Fell 4 0

rangers gunners rangers gunners

Ht 01: Tyrer, Harrison, Bouchard, Blythe 72.4 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Gills, Whittaker, Jarvis, Callaghan (exc) 76.0 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Bass, Hughes, Drury, Gardner 75.6 5 1 11 7

Ht 04: Mills, Whittaker, Gills, Goad (ef) 74.8 5 1 16 8

Ht 05: Tyrer, Bass, Hughes, Blythe 72.6 3 3 19 11

Ht 06: Goad, Bouchard, Harrison, Callaghan (ef) 74.4 3 3 22 14

Ht 07: Gardner, Mills, Drury, Whittaker 73.4 2 4 24 18

Ht 08: Tyrer, Jarvis, Harrison, Gills (f) 72.0 3 3 27 21

Ht 09: Bass, Hughes, Goad, Gills (f) 73.8 5 1 32 22

Ht 10: Gardner, Bouchard, Harrison, Drury (ef) 73.8 3 3 35 25

Ht 11: Gardner, Tyrer, Mills, Jarvis (ef) 74.2 1 5 36 30

Ht 12: Bass, Bouchard, Gardner, Goad 74.0 5 1 41 31

Ht 13: Tyrer, Mills, Hughes, Callaghan 73.4 3 3 44 34

Ellesmere Port v Bradford Tuesday 1st August 1972 (Challenge)


1. Paul Tyrer 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Chris Blythe 0 1 F NS N 1 0

3. Colin Goad 3 F Exc F Exc 3 6 0


5. Robbie Gardner 3 2* 1* 1 7 2

6. Paul Callaghan 2 Fell 2 Exc 0 4 0

7. Ian Gills 1* F Exc 1 2 1


1. Dave Baugh 2 1 3 2 8 0

2. Alan Bridgett 1* 0 3 2* 6 2

3. Alan Knapkin 2 2 3 2 9 0

4. Sid Sheldrick 0 1 1* 0 2 1

5. Robin Adlington 2 3 2 Fell 7 0

6. Mick Fairbairn 0 0 Fell 0 0

7. Colin Meredith 3 1* 2* 6 2

gunners northern gunners northern

Ht 01: Tyrer, Baugh, Bridgett, Blythe 79.2 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Meredith, Callaghan, Gills, Fairbairn 85.4 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Gardner, Adlington, Drury, Sheldrick 85.4 4 2 10 8

Ht 04: Goad, Knapkin, Meredith, Callaghan (f) 87.8 3 3 13 11

Ht 05: Drury, Gardner, Baugh, Bridgett 86.2 5 1 18 12

Ht 06: Tyrer, Knapkin, Blythe, Fairbairn 81.4 4 2 22 14

Ht 07: Adlington, Callaghan, Sheldrick, Goad (f exc) 86.5 2 4 24 18

Ht 08: Bridgett, Meredith, Gills (f exc), Callaghan (ex 2mins), Blythe (f ns) 90.2 0 5 24 23

Ht 09: Knapkin, Drury, Gardner, Fairbairn (f) 86.4 3 3 27 26

Ht 10: Tyrer, Adlington, Sheldrick, Callaghan 86.4 3 3 30 29

Ht 11: Baugh, Bridgett, Gills, Goad (f exc) 85.2 1 5 31 34

Ht 12: Tyrer, Knapkin, Drury, Adlington (f) 80.2 4 2 35 36

Ht 13: Goad, Baugh, Gardner, Sheldrick 82.2 4 2 39 38

Hull v Ellesmere Port Wednesday 2nd August 1972 (British League Division ll)

hull 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Tony Childs 2 2* 3 3 10 1

2. Pete Boston 0 3 1 2* 6 1

3. Dave Mills 1 3 2* 3 9 1

4. Dennis Wasden 1 1* 2 0 4 1

5. Robin Amundson 3 2 F Exc N 5 0

6. Clark Facey 3 3 0 3 1 10 0

7. Bernie Hornby Fell 0 N 0 0


1. Paul Tyrer 3 3 3 1 2 12 0

2. Chris Blythe 1 0 2* Fell 3 1

3. Colin Goad 2 1 3 2 8 0

4. Graham Drury 2 1* 1 0 4 1

5. Robbie Gardner 0 2 Exc 1* 3 1


7. Ian Gills 1* 0 TS 0 1 1

vikings gunners vikings gunners

Ht 01: Tyrer, Childs, Blythe, Boston 76.4 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Facey, Callaghan, Gills, Hornby (f) 77.4 3 3 5 7

Ht 03: Amundson, Drury, Wasden, Gardner 78.0 4 2 9 9

Ht 04: Facey, Goad, Mills, Gills 76.8 4 2 13 11

Ht 05: Tyrer, Amundson, Wasden, Blythe 76.6 3 3 16 14

Ht 06: Boston, Childs, Goad, Callaghan 77.6 5 1 21 15

Ht 07: Mills, Gardner, Drury, Facey 78.2 3 3 24 18

Ht 08: Tyrer, Blythe, Boston, Hornby 77.0 1 5 25 23

Ht 09: Goad, Wasden, Callaghan, Amundson (f exc) 78.6 2 4 27 27

Ht 10: Childs, Boston, Drury, Gills, Gardner (exc) 77.8 5 1 32 28

Ht 11: Facey, Mills, Tyrer, Blythe (f) 78.6 5 1 37 29

Ht 12: Childs, Goad, Gardner, Wasden 78.2 3 3 40 32

Ht 13: Mills, Tyrer, Facey, Drury 77.8 4 2 44 34

Sunderland v Ellesmere Port Friday 4th August 1972 (British League Division ll)


1. Russ Dent 3 3 2 3 11 0

2. George Barclay 2* 2* 2 1* 7 3

3. Graeme Smith 3 3 2 3 11 0

4. Dave Gatenby 1 3 3 F Exc 7 0

5. Jack Millen F Exc 2* 2* 2* 6 3

6. Pete Wrathall 2* 0 1 3 1

7. Jim Wells 3 1* 0 4 1


1. Paul Tyrer N 1 3 3 Exc 7 0

2. Ian Gills 0 0 TS 1 1 0

3. Colin Goad 2 1 1 2 6 0

4. Graham Drury 2* 0 0 1 3 1

5. Robbie Gardner 3 2 3 Exc 8 0

6. Paul Callaghan NS 0 0 0 0 0

7. Chris Blythe 1 F Exc 1* TS 1* 3 2

stars gunners stars gunners

Ht 01: Dent, Barclay, Blythe, Gills 67.0 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Wells, Wrathall, Blythe (f exc), Callaghan (ns) 66.2 5 0 10 1

Ht 03: Gardner, Drury, Gatenby, Millen (f exc) 66.0 1 5 11 6

Ht 04: Smith, Goad, Blythe, Wrathall 67.2 3 3 14 9

Ht 05: Gatenby, Millen, Tyrer, Gills 67.0 5 1 19 10

Ht 06: Dent, Barclay, Goad, Callaghan 66.4 5 1 24 11

Ht 07: Smith, Gardner, Wrathall, Drury 66.0 4 2 28 13

Ht 08: Tyrer, Barclay, Wells, Blythe 65.0 (eq tr) 3 3 31 16

Ht 09: Gatenby, Millen, Goad, Callaghan 67.0 5 1 36 17

Ht 10: Gardner, Dent, Barclay, Drury 66.0 3 3 39 20

Ht 11: Tyrer, Smith, Gills, Wells 65.8 2 4 41 24

Ht 12: Dent, Goad, Blythe, Gatenby (f exc), Gardner (ex tapes) 67.2 3 3 44 27

Ht 13: Smith, Millen, Drury, Callaghan, Tyrer (ex tapes) 67.3 5 1 49 28

Ellesmere Port v Scunthorpe Tuesday 8th August 1972 (British League Division ll)


1. Paul Tyrer 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Ian Gills 1 2* 2 1 6 1

3. Colin Goad 3 3 3 0 9 0

4. Graham Drury 1* 2* 2* 2* 7 4


6. Paul Callaghan 2* 2* 2* 6 3

7. Chris Blythe 3 Fell 0 3 0

scunthorpe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ray Watkins 2 1 1 1* 2 7 1

2. Brian Maxted 0 0 TS 2 2 0

3. Phil Bass Fell 1 1 0 EF 2 0

4. Terry Kelly 3 Exc 3 2 1* 9 1

5. Rod Haynes 0 0 Ret 1 1 0

6. Ian Wilson 1 0 TS 1 0

7. Doug Underwood 0 1 1 2 0

gunners saints gunners saints

Ht 01: Tyrer, Watkins, Gills, Maxted 77.2 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Blythe, Callaghan, Wilson, Underwood 80.4 5 1 9 3

Ht 03: Kelly, Gardner, Drury, Haynes 78.2 3 3 12 6

Ht 04: Goad, Callaghan, Underwood, Bass (f) 81.2 5 1 17 7

Ht 05: Gardner, Drury, Watkins, Maxted 79.2 5 1 22 8

Ht 06: Tyrer, Gills, Bass, Wilson 79.6 5 1 27 9

Ht 07: Goad, Callaghan, Bass, Haynes, Kelly (exc) 80.6 5 1 32 10

Ht 08: Kelly, Gills, Underwood, Blythe (f) 79.8 2 4 34 14

Ht 09: Gardner, Drury, Watkins, Bass 81.0 5 1 39 15

Ht 10: Tyrer, Kelly, Gills, Haynes (ret) 78.8 4 2 43 17

Ht 11: Goad, Maxted, Watkins, Blythe 81.6 3 3 46 20

Ht 12: Tyrer, Drury, Haynes, Bass (ef) 79.4 5 1 51 21

Ht 13: Gardner, Watkins, Kelly, Goad (f rem) 79.6 3 3 54 24

Silver Helmet: Paul Tyrer (ch) beat Rod Haynes (h)

Ellesmere Port v Hull Tuesday 15th August 1972 (British League Division ll)


1. Paul Tyrer F Exc N N N 0 0

2. Ian Gills 3 2 2 1 8 0

3. Colin Goad 2 2 2 2 8 0

4. Graham Drury 3 3 2 2 10 0

5. Robbie Gardner 2* 1 Ret 0 3 1

6. Paul Callaghan 1* 1* N 1* 3 6 3

7. Chris Blythe 2 0 Fell N 0 1* 3 1

hull 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Tony Childs 1* 2 3 3 9 1

2. Dennis Wasden 2 0 0 N 2 0

3. Dave Mills 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Dennis Gavros 0 1 0 1 2 0

5. Robin Amundson 1 3 2 Ret 6 0

6. Stan Stevens 3 1 3 1 1 9 0

7. Pete Boston 0 0 N 0 0

gunners vikings gunners vikings

Ht 01: Gills, Wasden, Childs, Tyrer (f exc) 81.8 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Stevens, Blythe, Callaghan, Boston 81.0 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Drury, Gardner, Amundson, Gavros 80.6 5 1 11 7

Ht 04: Mills, Goad, Callaghan, Boston 80.4 3 3 14 10

Ht 05: Drury, Childs, Gardner, Wasden 80.2 4 2 18 12

Ht 06: Mills, Gills, Stevens, Blythe 79.2 2 4 20 16

Ht 07: Amundson, Goad, Gavros, Blythe (f) 80.8 2 4 22 20

Ht 08: Stevens, Gills, Callaghan, Wasden 79.4 3 3 25 23

Ht 09: Mills, Drury, Stevens, Gardner (ret) 78.6 2 4 27 27

Ht 10: Callaghan, Amundson, Gills, Gavros 79.6 4 2 31 29

Ht 11: Childs, Goad, Stevens, Blythe 79.6 2 4 33 33

Ht 12: Mills, Drury, Blythe, Amundson (ret) 79.8 3 3 36 36

Ht 13: Childs, Goad, Gavros, Gardner 79.0 2 4 38 40

Silver Helmet: Dave Mills beat Paul Tyrer on default

Berwick v Ellesmere Port Saturday 19th August 1972 (British League Division ll)

berwick 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Doug Templeton 2 3 Exc 2* 7 1

2. Geoff Davies 0 1 F Exc Fell 1 0

3. Jim Gallacher 3 2 3 3 11 0

4. Willie Templeton 1* 0 0 3 4 1

5. Andy Meldrum 2 3 3 2* 10 1

6. Dennis Jackson 3 1 0 1 5 0

7. Graham Jones 2* 2 0 4 1


1. Paul Tyrer R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

2. Ian Gills 1 1* 1 1* 4 2

3. Colin Goad EF 2 1* 1 4 1

4. Graham Drury 0 1* 2* 1 4 2


6. Chris Blythe 1 0 N 1 0

7. Paul Callaghan Exc 2 3 2 7 0


bandits gunners bandits gunners

Ht 01: Francis, D.Templeton, Gills, Davies 77.8 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Jackson, Jones, Blythe, Callaghan (ex tapes) 80.4 5 1 7 5

Ht 03: Gardner, Meldrum, W.Templeton, Drury 78.0 3 3 10 8

Ht 04: Gallacher, Callaghan, Jackson, Goad (ef) 78.8 4 2 14 10

Ht 05: Meldrum, Francis, Gills, W.Templeton 78.6 3 3 17 13

Ht 06: D.Templeton, Goad, Davies, Blythe 78.4 4 2 21 15

Ht 07: Gardner, Gallacher, Drury, Jackson 79.2 2 4 23 19

Ht 08: Callaghan, Jones, Gills, Davies (f exc) 79.4 2 4 25 23

Ht 09: Meldrum, Callaghan, Goad, W.Templeton 79.6 3 3 28 26

Ht 10: Gardner, Drury, Jackson, Davies (f), D.Templeton (exc) 79.2 1 5 29 31

Ht 11: Gallacher, Francis, Gills, Jones 79.4 3 3 32 34

Ht 12: W.Templeton, D.Templeton, Goad, Gardner 80.2 5 1 37 35

Ht 13: Gallacher, Meldrum, Drury, Francis 79.6 5 1 42 36

Ellesmere Port v Workington Tuesday 22nd August 1972 (British League Division ll)



2. Ian Gills 1 1* Fell 1* 3 2

3. Colin Goad 2 F Exc N N 2 0


5. Robbie Gardner 2* 2* 1* 0 5 3

6. Paul Callaghan 1 1* 3 2 3 10 1

7. Chris Blythe 3 1 1* 5 1



1. Taffy Owen 2 1 2* 3 1* 9 2

2. Mitch Graham Fell Fell TS 0 0 0

3. Malcolm Mackay 3 3 3 3 3 15 0

4. Kym Amundson 1 2 3 2* 2 10 1

5. Lou Sansom 0 1* 0 TS 1 1

6. Steve Watson 2 0 0 2 0

7. Dave Kumeta 0 0 TS 0 0

gunners comets gunners comets

Ht 01: Francis, Owen, Gills, Graham (f) 78.6 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Blythe, Watson, Callaghan, Kumeta 79.4 4 2 8 4

Ht 03: Drury, Gardner, Amundson, Sansom 79.2 5 1 13 5

Ht 04: Mackay, Goad, Callaghan, Kumeta 77.0 3 3 16 8

Ht 05: Drury, Gardner, Owen, Graham (f) 80.0 5 1 21 9

Ht 06: Mackay, Francis, Gills, Watson 77.0 3 3 24 12

Ht 07: Callaghan, Amundson, Sansom, Goad (f exc) 78.4 3 3 27 15

Ht 08: Mackay, Owen, Blythe, Gills (f) 77.4 1 5 28 20

Ht 09: Mackay, Drury, Gardner, Watson 78.0 3 3 31 23

Ht 10: Amundson, Francis, Gills, Sansom 79.2 3 3 34 26

Ht 11: Owen, Callaghan, Blythe, Graham 79.0 3 3 37 29

Ht 12: Mackay, Amundson, Drury, Francis 78.8 1 5 38 34

Ht 13: Callaghan, Amundson, Owen, Gardner 80.6 3 3 41 37

Workington v Ellesmere Port Friday 25th August 1972 (Challenge)


1. Taffy Owen 2 3 1* 3 9 1

2. Mitch Graham 1* 1 2 2 6 1

3. Malcolm Mackay 3 3 2 2 10 0

4. Kym Amundson 2* 1 3 2* 8 2

5. Lou Sansom 3 0 2* 1* 6 2

6. Steve Watson 3 1 2* 0 6 1

7. Dave Kumeta 0 1* N 1 1


1. John Jackson (G) 3 2* 3 3 3 14 1


3. Colin Goad 2 2 Exc 1 5 0


5. Robbie Gardner 1 0 TS 0 1 0

6. Paul Callaghan 1* 0 1 2 1

7. Chris Blythe 2 Fell Fell 2 0

comets gunners comets gunners

Ht 01: Jackson, Owen, Graham, Francis 75.0 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Watson, Blythe, Callaghan, Kumeta 79.0 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Sansom, Amundson, Gardner, Drury 78.0 5 1 11 7

Ht 04: Mackay, Goad, Watson, Blythe (f) 76.4 4 2 15 9

Ht 05: Francis, Jackson, Amundson, Sansom 76.6 1 5 16 14

Ht 06: Owen, Goad, Graham, Callaghan 77.4 4 2 20 16

Ht 07: Mackay, Watson, Drury, Gardner 76.0 5 1 25 17

Ht 08: Francis, Graham, Kumeta, Blythe (f) 78.4 3 3 28 20

Ht 09: Amundson, Sansom, Callaghan, Goad (exc) 78.6 5 1 33 21

Ht 10: Jackson, Graham, Owen, Drury 76.4 3 3 36 24

Ht 11: Jackson, Mackay, Francis, Watson 75.0 2 4 38 28

Ht 12: Owen, Amundson, Goad, Gardner 77.8 5 1 43 29

Ht 13: Jackson, Mackay, Sansom, Drury 76.4 3 3 46 32

Ellesmere Port v Yorkshire Select Tuesday 29th August 1972 (Challenge)



2. Paul Callaghan 2 0 3 0 5 0

3. Colin Goad 1* 3 3 2 9 1



6. Ian Gills 2 2 0 4 0

7. Chris Blythe 1* 2* 1 4 2

yorkshire select 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Alan Knapkin 3 2 2 1 8 0

2. Bernie Hornby 0 1* 0 0 1 1

3. Dave Mills 3 3 3 2 11 0

4. Robin Amundson 2 1* 2 3 8 1

5. Dave Durham 1* 2 1* 1* 5 3

6. Sid Sheldrick 3 1 1 5 0

7. Graham Tattersall 0 Fell 1 1 0

gunners select gunners select

Ht 01: Knapkin, Callaghan, Gardner, Hornby 79.4 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Sheldrick, Gills, Blythe, Tattersall 78.8 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Francis, Amundson, Durham, Drury 78.0 3 3 9 9

Ht 04: Mills, Gills, Goad, Tattersall (f) 78.4 3 3 12 12

Ht 05: Francis, Knapkin, Hornby, Drury 79.6 3 3 15 15

Ht 06: Mills, Gardner, Sheldrick, Callaghan 78.8 2 4 17 19

Ht 07: Goad, Durham, Amundson, Gills 78.0 3 3 20 22

Ht 08: Callaghan, Blythe, Tattersall, Hornby 80.4 5 1 25 23

Ht 09: Mills, Francis, Sheldrick, Drury 79.0 2 4 27 27

Ht 10: Gardner, Amundson, Durham, Callaghan 79.4 3 3 30 30

Ht 11: Goad, Knapkin, Blythe, Hornby 78.6 4 2 34 32

Ht 12: Gardner, Mills, Durham, Drury 78.4 3 3 37 35

Ht 13: Amundson, Goad, Knapkin, Francis 78.8 2 4 39 39

Bradford v Ellesmere Port Wednesday 30th August 1972 (Challenge)


1. Dave Baugh 3 3 3 2* 11 1

2. Alan Bridgett 2* Fell 3 2* 7 2

3. Alan Knapkin 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Sid Sheldrick 2* 3 2* 3 10 2

5. Robin Adlington 3 1 3 2* 9 1

6. Mick Fielding 2* Fell 2* 4 2

7. Graham Tattersall 3 0 Fell 3 0



2. Paul Callaghan 0 0 TS 1* 1 1

3. Colin Goad 2 2 1 0 0 5 0

4. Graham Drury 0 0 TS 0 0 0


6. Ian Gills 0 1* 0 1 1

7. Chris Blythe 1 1* 1* 3 2

northern gunners northern gunners

Ht 01: Baugh, Bridgett, Gardner, Callaghan 74.0 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Tattersall, Fielding, Blythe, Gills 74.8 5 1 10 2

Ht 03: Adlington, Sheldrick, Francis, Drury 73.4 5 1 15 3

Ht 04: Knapkin, Goad, Blythe, Fielding (f) 74.4 3 3 18 6

Ht 05: Sheldrick, Gardner, Adlington, Callaghan 73.4 4 2 22 8

Ht 06: Baugh, Goad, Gills, Bridgett (f) 72.4 3 3 25 11

Ht 07: Knapkin, Fielding, Francis, Drury 74.0 5 1 30 12

Ht 08: Bridgett, Gardner, Blythe, Tattersall 73.8 3 3 33 15

Ht 09: Adlington, Sheldrick, Goad, Gills 72.6 5 1 38 16

Ht 10: Baugh, Bridgett, Francis, Goad 73.6 5 1 43 17

Ht 11: Knapkin, Gardner, Callaghan, Tattersall (f) 74.0 3 3 46 20

Ht 12: Sheldrick, Baugh, Francis, Goad 75.0 5 1 51 21

Ht 13: Knapkin, Adlington, Gardner, Drury 74.2 5 1 56 22

Ellesmere Port v Boston Tuesday 5th September 1972 (British League Division ll)


1. Chris Blythe Fell EF 1 N 1 0

2. Paul Callaghan 1 TS TS 0 1 0

3. Colin Goad 0 2* 2* 2 1* 7 3

4. Graham Drury Fell 0 0 N 0 0

5. Robbie Gardner 3 TS 2 1 2 8 0

6. Ian Gills 1 1 N 0 2 0

7. Cyril Francis 3 1 3 3 1* 1 12 1

boston 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Arthur Price 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Tony Featherstone 2* 2* Fell 0 4 2

3. Carl Glover 3 3 2* 2* 10 2

4. Lindsay Davies Fell 1 N 0 1 0

5. Russ Osborne 2 0 2* 3 7 1

6. Vic Cross Fell 1 N 1 0

7. Ray Bales 2 2* 1 3 3 11 1

gunners cudas gunners cudas

Ht 01: Price, Featherstone, Callaghan, Blythe (f) 80.6 1 5 1 5

Ht 02: Francis, Bales, Gills, Cross (f) 79.0 4 2 5 7

Ht 03: Gardner, Osborne, Drury (f), Davies (f) 80.8 3 2 8 9

Ht 04: Glover, Bales, Gills, Goad 78.8 1 5 9 14

Ht 05: Price, Featherstone, Francis, Drury 80.0 1 5 10 19

Ht 06: Glover, Gardner, Cross, Blythe (ef) 78.8 2 4 12 23

Ht 07: Francis, Goad, Davies, Osborne 78.6 5 1 17 24

Ht 08: Francis, Goad, Bales, Featherstone (f) 79.6 5 1 22 25

Ht 09: Bales, Glover, Gardner, Drury 78.2 1 5 23 30

Ht 10: Bales, Osborne, Blythe, Callaghan 78.6 1 5 24 35

Ht 11: Price, Goad, Francis, Featherstone 78.4 3 3 27 38

Ht 12: Osborne, Glover, Francis, Gills 78.2 1 5 28 43

Ht 13: Price, Gardner, Goad, Davies 79.0 3 3 31 46

Ellesmere Port v Teesside Tuesday 12th September 1972 (British League Division ll)




3. Colin Goad 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Graham Drury 2* 3 2* 3 10 2

5. Robbie Gardner 3 2* 3 3 1 12 1

6. Ian Gills 3 2* 2* NS 7 2


8. Geoff Pusey Ret 0 0 0

teesside 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Roger Wright 3 1 1* 2 7 1

2. Pete Reading 1 Ret 2 2 5 0

3. Frank Auffret 1 1* 1 1* 4 2

4. Bruce Forrester 0 1 3 N 4 0

5. Dave Durham 1 0 2* 2 5 1

6. Mick Moore 2 2 0 4 0

7. Tim Swales 1* 0 1* 0 2 2

gunners teesside gunners teesside

Ht 01: Wright, Francis, Reading, Pusey (ret) 82.8 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Gills, Moore, Swales, Blythe 83.4 3 3 5 7

Ht 03: Gardner, Drury, Durham, Forrester 81.6 5 1 10 8

Ht 04: Goad, Gills, Auffret, Swales 81.8 5 1 15 9

Ht 05: Drury, Gardner, Wright, Reading 80.2 5 1 20 10

Ht 06: Gardner, Moore, Auffret, Francis 82.8 3 3 23 13

Ht 07: Goad, Gills, Forrester, Durham 82.4 5 1 28 14

Ht 08: Francis, Reading, Swales, Blythe 84.0 3 3 31 17

Ht 09: Gardner, Drury, Auffret, Moore 82.0 5 1 36 18

Ht 10: Forrester, Durham, Francis, Pusey 81.6 1 5 37 23

Ht 11: Goad, Reading, Wright, Blythe 80.4 3 3 40 26

Ht 12: Drury, Durham, Auffret, Gills (ns) 80.4 3 3 43 29

Ht 13: Goad, Wright, Gardner, Swales 80.4 4 2 47 31

Ellesmere Port v Crewe v Hull v Bradford Tuesday 19th September 1972 (Four Team Tournament)

ellesmere port 1 2 3 4 5 pts

1. Robbie Gardner 2 1 3 Exc 6

2. Colin Goad 3 3 2 Exc 8

3. Graham Drury 1 0 2 3 6

4. Cyril Francis Ret 2 1 3 6

5. Wayne Hughes Fell 0

hull 1 2 3 4 5 pts

1. Bryan Loakes 1 0 1 1 3

2. Pete Boston 0 0 0 1 1

3. Dennis Wasden 0 1 0 1 2

4. Stan Stevens 3 2 1 2 8

crewe 1 2 3 4 5 pts

1. Phil Crump 3 3 3 3 12

2. Dai Evans 2 3 3 1 9

3. John Jackson 3 3 3 EF 9

4. Dave Parry 1 1 2 2 6

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 pts

1. Graham Tattersall 0 0 0 0 0

2. Dave Baugh 1 1 1 2 5

3. Alan Knapkin 2 2 2 3 9

4. Alan Bridgett 2 2 0 2 6


gunners vikings kings northern

Ht 01: Crump, Gardner, Loakes, Tattersall 82.0 2-2 1-1 3-3 0-0

Ht 02: Goad, Evans, Baugh, Boston 83.0 3-5 0-1 2-5 1-1

Ht 03: Jackson, Knapkin, Drury, Wasden 84.0 1-6 0-1 3-8 2-3

Ht 04: Stevens, Bridgett, Parry, Francis (ret) 84.2 0-6 3-4 1-9 2-5

Ht 05: Jackson, Bridgett, Gardner, Boston 82.8 1-7 0-4 3-12 2-7

Ht 06: Goad, Knapkin, Parry, Loakes 82.2 3-10 0-4 1-13 2-9

Ht 07: Crump, Stevens, Baugh, Drury 81.8 0-10 2-6 3-16 1-10

Ht 08: Evans, Francis, Wasden, Tattersall 83.6 2-12 1-7 3-19 0-10

Ht 09: Gardner, Parry, Baugh, Wasden 81.6 3-15 0-7 2-21 1-11

Ht 10: Jackson, Goad, Stevens, Tattersall 81.8 2-17 1-8 3-24 0-11

Ht 11: Evans, Drury, Loakes, Bridgett 82.8 2-19 1-9 3-27 0-11

Ht 12: Crump, Knapkin, Francis, Boston 82.2 1-20 0-9 3-30 2-13

Ht 13: Knapkin, Stevens, Evans, Hughes (f), Gardner (exc) 82.8 0-20 2-11 1-31 3-16

Ht 14: Crump, Bridgett, Wasden, Goad (exc) 81.8 0-20 1-12 3-34 2-18

Ht 15: Drury, Parry, Boston, Tattersall 82.8 3-23 1-13 2-36 0-18

Ht 16: Francis, Baugh, Loakes, Jackson (ef) 84.8 3-26 1-14 0-36 2-20

Peterborough v Ellesmere Port Friday 22nd September 1972 (British League Division ll)

peterborough 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Roy Carter 2 3 3 2* 10 1

2. Brian Clark 0 0 1 1 2 0

3. Richard Greer 3 3 3 2* 11 1

4. Ted Howgego 2* 2* 2* 3 9 3

5. John Davis 3 3 3 3 12 0

6. David Ashby 2* 1 0 3 1

7. Frank Smith 3 0 2* 5 1



2. Cyril Francis 1 1 2* 1 5 1

3. Colin Goad 3 2 2 3 1 0 11 0

4. Graham Drury 1 1* 0 1 3 1

5. Robbie Gardner Ret 2 2 0 1 5 0

6. Ian Gills 1 1* 0 2 1

7. Chris Blythe 0 0 TS 0 0

8. Geoff Pusey Fell 0 0 0

panthers gunners panthers gunners

Ht 01: Goad, Carter, Francis, Clark 70.6 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Smith, Ashby, Gills, Blythe 71.6 5 1 7 5

Ht 03: Davis, Howgego, Drury, Gardner (ret) 69.8 5 1 12 6

Ht 04: Greer, Goad, Ashby, Blythe 70.6 4 2 16 8

Ht 05: Davis, Howgego, Francis, Pusey (f) 69.8 5 1 21 9

Ht 06: Carter, Goad, Gills, Clark 71.8 3 3 24 12

Ht 07: Greer, Gardner, Drury, Ashby 71.2 3 3 27 15

Ht 08: Goad, Francis, Clark, Smith 72.0 1 5 28 20

Ht 09: Davis, Howgego, Goad, Gills 71.2 5 1 33 21

Ht 10: Carter, Gardner, Clark, Drury 72.8 4 2 37 23

Ht 11: Greer, Smith, Francis, Gardner 71.6 5 1 42 24

Ht 12: Howgego, Carter, Gardner, Goad 71.6 5 1 47 25

Ht 13: Davis, Greer, Drury, Pusey 71.6 5 1 52 26

Birmingham 'A' v Ellesmere Port v Birmingham 'B' v Midland Select Monday 25th September 1972 (Four Team Tournament)

birmingham a 1 2 3 4 5 pts

1. George Major 3 3 2 2 10

2. Mick Hines 3 3 3 3 12

3. Malcolm Corradine 0 2 1 2 5

4. Steve Wilson 3 1 1 1 6

ellesmere port 1 2 3 4 5 pts

1. Robbie Gardner 0 1 3 3 7

2. Colin Goad 1 EF 3 0 4

3. Graham Drury 2 0 1 0 3

4. Chris Blythe 1 Exc N N 1

5. Martin Sumpsion 0 0 0 0

birmingham b 1 2 3 4 5 pts

1. Gordon Kennett 2 3 EF 2 7

2. Terry Shearer 2 3 2 3 10

3. Mike Lanham 1 2 1 0 4

4. Dave Drinkwater 2 0 0 1 3

midland select 1 2 3 4 5 pts

1. Roger Mills 1 2 2 3 8

2. Bruce Forrester 0 1 3 2 6

3. Arthur Price 3 2 2 1 8

4. Sid Sheldrick Fell 1 0 1 2


birm a gunners birm b select

Ht 01: Major, Kennett, Mills, Gardner 63.2 3-3 0-0 2-2 1-1

Ht 02: Hines, Shearer, Goad, Forrester 63.6 3-6 1-1 2-4 0-1

Ht 03: Price, Drury, Lanham, Corradine 67.0 0-6 2-3 1-5 3-4

Ht 04: Wilson, Drinkwater, Blythe, Sheldrick (f) 67.4 3-9 1-4 2-7 0-4

Ht 05: Major, Lanham, Sheldrick, Goad (ef) 65.6 3-12 0-4 2-9 1-5

Ht 06: Hines, Price, Gardner, Drinkwater 66.2 3-15 1-5 0-9 2-7

Ht 07: Kennett, Corradine, Forrester, Sumpsion, Blythe (exc) 65.4 2-17 0-5 3-12 1-8

Ht 08: Shearer, Mills, Wilson, Drury 67.8 1-18 0-5 3-15 2-10

Ht 09: Forrester, Major, Drury, Drinkwater 66.2 2-20 1-6 0-15 3-13

Ht 10: Hines, Mills, Lanham, Sumpsion 66.8 3-23 0-6 1-16 2-15

Ht 11: Gardner, Shearer, Corradine, Sheldrick 67.0 1-24 3-9 2-18 0-15

Ht 12: Goad, Price, Wilson, Kennett (ef) 66.6 1-25 3-12 0-18 2-17

Ht 13: Shearer, Major, Price, Sumpsion 65.4 2-27 0-12 3-21 1-18

Ht 14: Hines, Kennett, Sheldrick, Drury 66.2 3-30 0-12 2-23 1-19

Ht 15: Mills, Corradine, Drinkwater, Goad 65.6 2-32 0-12 1-24 3-22

Ht 16: Gardner, Forrester, Wilson, Lanham 65.4 1-33 3-15 0-24 2-24

Ellesmere Port: Individual K.O. Trophy Tuesday 26th September 1972 Top 8 qualify for the Semi Finals & Final


01. Geoff Pusey (Ellesmere Port) Fell 1 0 EF 1 11th

02. Wayne Hughes 1 0 1 1 3 10th

03. Colin Goad (Ellesmere Port) 2 3 3 1 9 4th

04. Ian Gills (Ellesmere Port) 3 2 3 2 10 3rd

05. Graham Tattersall (Bradford) Fell 0 0 0 0 12th

06. Graham Drury (Ellesmere Port) 1 3 1 2 7 5thy

07. Robbie Gardner (Ellesmere Port) 3 3 2 3 11 1st

08. Darryl Stobbart (Workington) 2 1 1 1 5 9th

09. Phil Crump (Crewe) 3 2 2 3 10 2nd

10. Cyril Francis (Ellesmere Port) Fell 2 3 0 5 8th

11. Paul Tyrer (Ellesmere Port) 2 EF 2 2 6 6th

12. Chris Blythe (Ellesmere Port) 1 1 0 3 5 7th

Ht 01: Gills, Goad, Hughes, Pusey (f) 79.2

Ht 02: Gardner, Stobbart, Drury, Tattersall (f) 80.2

Ht 03: Crump, Tyrer, Blythe, Francis (f) 79.2

Ht 04: Drury, Gills, Pusey, Tyrer (ef) 79.2

Ht 05: Goad, Francis, Stobbart, Tattersall 80.0

Ht 06: Gardner, Crump, Blythe, Hughes 78.0

Ht 07: Francis, Gardner, Stobbart, Pusey 81.0

Ht 08: Gills, Tyrer, Hughes, Tattersall 80.4

Ht 09: Goad, Crump, Drury, Blythe 79.6

Ht 10: Gardner, Drury, Stobbart, Pusey (ef) 79.8

Ht 11: Blythe, Tyrer, Hughes, Tattersall 80.0

Ht 12: Crump, Gills, Goad, Francis 79.2

1st Semi Final: Gardner, Goad, Drury, Blythe 79.0

2nd Semi Final: Crump, Gills, Tyrer, Francis 79.6

Final: Gardner, Crump, Goad, Gills 80.0

Ellesmere Port v Birmingham Tuesday 3rd October 1972 (Challenge)


1. Paul Tyrer 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Cyril Francis 2* 2* 3 1 8 2

3. Colin Goad 3 2 3 1* 9 1

4. Graham Drury 2 2 3 2* 9 1

5. Robbie Gardner 0 1* EF 2 3 1

6. Ian Gills 2* 2* F Exc 4 2



1. Martin Sumpsion 0 0 N N 0 0

2. Arthur Browning R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

3. Terry Shearer 0 1 2 2 0 5 0

4. Mick Hines 3 3 3 2 2 3 16 0

5. George Major 1 Exc 1 N TS 2 0

6. Steve Wilson 0 0 1 0 0 1 0

7. Malcolm Corradine 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 0


Ht 01: Tyrer, Francis, Major, Sumpsion 78.8 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Blythe, Gills, Corradine, Wilson 80.4 5 1 10 2

Ht 03: Hines, Drury, Corradine, Gardner, Major (exc) 79.0 2 4 12 6

Ht 04: Goad, Gills, Corradine, Shearer 79.4 5 1 17 7

Ht 05: Hines, Drury, Gardner, Sumpsion 78.4 3 3 20 10

Ht 06: Tyrer, Francis, Shearer, Wilson 78.8 5 1 25 11

Ht 07: Hines, Goad, Major, Gills (f exc) 79.8 2 4 27 15

Ht 08: Francis, Hines, Blythe, Corradine 79.8 4 2 31 17

Ht 09: Drury, Shearer, Wilson, Gardner (ef) 81.0 3 3 34 20

Ht 10: Tyrer, Hines, Francis, Corradine 79.8 4 2 38 22

Ht 11: Goad, Shearer, Blythe, Wilson 81.6 4 2 42 24

Ht 12: Tyrer, Drury, Corradine, Shearer 79.2 5 1 47 25

Ht 13: Hines, Gardner, Goad, Wilson 78.8 3 3 50 28

Ellesmere Port v Crewe Tuesday 10th October 1972 (Chester Trophy 1st Leg)


1. Paul Tyrer 3 3 Exc 3 9 0


3. Colin Goad 2 2 2 1 7 0

4. Graham Drury 2 1* 2 0 5 1

5. Robbie Gardner 1* 2 1* 0 4 2

6. Geoff Pusey Fell Fell 1* 1 1

7. Chris Blythe 3 0 Fell 1* 4 1


1. Phil Crump 2 3 3 2* 10 1

2. Dave Parry 0 0 1 0 1 0

3. John Jackson 3 2 3 2 10 0

4. Garry Flood 3 3 3 3 12 0

5. Dai Evans 0 0 1 N 1 0

6. Reg Brassington 2 0 0 2 0

7. Garry Moore 1* 1 3 1* 6 2


Ht 01: Tyrer, Crump, Francis, Parry 80.4 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Blythe, Brassington, Moore, Pusey (f) 87.0 3 3 7 5

Ht 03: Flood, Drury, Gardner, Evans 82.8 3 3 10 8

Ht 04: Jackson, Goad, Moore, Pusey (f) 83.0 2 4 12 12

Ht 05: Crump, Gardner, Drury, Parry 80.8 3 3 15 15

Ht 06: Tyrer, Jackson, Francis, Brassington 80.4 4 2 19 17

Ht 07: Flood, Goad, Pusey, Evans 81.4 3 3 22 20

Ht 08: Moore, Francis, Parry, Blythe 86.2 2 4 24 24

Ht 09: Jackson, Drury, Gardner, Brassington 82.6 3 3 27 27

Ht 10: Flood, Francis, Evans, Blythe (f), Tyrer (exc) 82.2 2 4 29 31

Ht 11: Crump, Goad, Blythe, Parry 83.4 3 3 32 34

Ht 12: Tyrer, Jackson, Moore, Drury 81.4 3 3 35 37

Ht 13: Flood, Crump, Goad, Gardner 83.4 1 5 36 42

Wimbledon: Division Two Riders Championship Saturday 14th October 1972 (Individual)


01. Malcolm Ballard (Eastbourne) Fell 0 3 3 3 9 7th

02. Taffy Owen (Workington) 1 0 2 0 1 4 12th

03. Arthur Price (Boston) 3 2 3 2 2 12 2nd

04. Russ Dent (Sunderland) 2 0 0 1 0 3 15th

05. Dave Baugh (Bradford) 2 1 Exc 1 3 7 10th

06. Richard Greer (Peterborough) 0 2 1 0 1 4 14th

07. Bob Coles (Barrow) 3 3 1 1 3 11 3rd

08. Dave Durham (Teesside) 1 1 0 1 1 4 13th

09. Roger Mills (Long Eaton) 1 2 2 3 2 10 5th

10. Ross Gilbertson (Canterbury) 3 3 2 3 F Exc 11 4th

11. Doug Templeton (Berwick) 2 1 2 2 1 8 8th

12. Tony Childs (Hull) 0 2 0 0 0 2 16th

13. Phil Crump (Crewe) Ret 3 3 3 3 12 1st

14. Bob Young (Rayleigh) 3 1 1 2 2 9 6th

15. George Major (Birmingham) 1 0 3 2 2 8 9th

16. Paul Tyrer (Ellesmere Port) 2 3 Exc Exc 0 5 11th

Res: Ray Watkins (Scunthorpe) 0 0 0 18th

Res: John Jackson (Crewe) 1 1 17th


Ht 01: Price, Dent, Owen, Ballard (f) 67.0

Ht 02: Coles, Baugh, Durham, Greer 65.3

Ht 03: Gilbertson, Templeton, Mills, Childs 66.8

Ht 04: Young, Tyrer, Major, Crump (ret) 66.7

Ht 05: Crump, Mills, Baugh, Ballard 63.8

Ht 06: Gilbertson, Greer, Young, Owen 65.5

Ht 07: Coles, Price, Templeton, Major 66.4

Ht 08: Tyrer, Childs, Durham, Dent 67.0

Ht 09: Ballard, Templeton, Greer, Watkins, Tyrer (ex tapes) 65.1

Ht 10: Major, Owen, Jackson, Childs, Baugh (ex tapes) 66.5

Ht 11: Price, Mills, Young, Durham 66.5

Ht 12: Crump, Gilbertson, Coles, Dent 65.1

Ht 13: Ballard, Young, Coles, Childs 65.6

Ht 14: Crump, Templeton, Durham, Owen 64.8

Ht 15: Gilbertson, Price, Baugh, Watkins, Tyrer (ex tapes) 66.1

Ht 16: Mills, Major, Dent, Greer 66.1

Ht 17: Ballard, Major, Durham, Gilbertson (f exc) 65.9

Ht 18: Coles, Mills, Owen, Tyrer 66.5

Ht 19: Crump, Price, Greer, Childs 65.4

Ht 20: Baugh, Young, Templeton, Dent 65.8

Run off for 1st place: Crump beat Price 65.3

Crewe v Ellesmere Port Monday 16th October 1972 (Cheshire Trophy 2nd Leg)


1. John Jackson 3 1 2* 3 9 1

2. Dave Parry Exc 3 3 3 9 0

3. Garry Flood 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Ray Hassall 1* 1 2 EF 4 1

5. Dai Evans 2 EF EF N 2 0

6. Reg Brassington 1 0 N 1 2 0

7. Garry Moore 1 3 0 1 0 5 0


1. Paul Tyrer 2 3 2 EF 7 0

2. Jim Wells (G) 0 2* EF 1* 3 2

3. Colin Goad 2 2 3 1* 8 1



6. Ian Gills 2 0 1 3 0

7. Chris Blythe 0 1* 2 3 1


Ht 01: Jackson, Tyrer, Moore, Wells, Parry (ex tapes) 73.4 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Moore, Gills, Brassington, Blythe 75.8 4 2 8 4

Ht 03: Drury, Evans, Hassall, Gardner 76.0 3 3 11 7

Ht 04: Flood, Goad, Blythe, Brassington 73.4 3 3 14 10

Ht 05: Tyrer, Wells, Hassall, Evans (ef) 75.0 1 5 15 15

Ht 06: Parry, Goad, Jackson, Gills 73.2 4 2 19 17

Ht 07: Flood, Drury, Gardner, Moore 73.4 3 3 22 20

Ht 08: Parry, Blythe, Moore, Wells (ef) 73.2 4 2 26 22

Ht 09: Goad, Hassall, Gills, Evans (ef) 73.2 2 4 28 26

Ht 10: Parry, Jackson, Drury, Gardner 73.2 5 1 33 27

Ht 11: Flood, Tyrer, Wells, Moore 73.2 3 3 36 30

Ht 12: Jackson, Gardner, Goad, Hassall (ef) 73.4 3 3 39 33

Ht 13: Flood, Drury, Brassington, Tyrer (ef) 73.8 4 2 43 35

Agg: Crewe 85 - 71 Ellesmere Port

Ellesmere Port v Mancunians Tuesday 17th October 1972 (Challenge)


1. Paul Tyrer 2 3 3 3 11 0

2. Geoff Pusey 1* 1 1* 0 3 2

3. Colin Goad Fell 3 Exc 3 6 0

4. Graham Drury 3 1 1* 1 6 1

5. Robbie Gardner EF EF 2 Fell 2 0

6. Ian Gills 3 3 1 7 0

7. Chris Blythe 2* 2 2 6 1

mancunians 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Alan Knapkin 3 2* 1 1* 7 2

2. Mitch Graham 0 3 3 3 9 0

3. Colin Meredith 2 2 3 2 9 0

4. Terry Kelly 2 0 1* 2 5 1

5. Taffy Owen 1* 2 2 0 5 1

6. Alan Davison 0 0 0 Exc 0 0

7. Wayne Hughes 1 EF N 1 0

gunners manc's gunners manc's

Ht 01: Knapkin, Tyrer, Pusey, Graham 76.0 (eq tr) 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Gills, Blythe, Hughes, Davison 78.2 5 1 8 4

Ht 03: Drury, Kelly, Owen, Gardner (ef) 77.0 3 3 11 7

Ht 04: Gills, Meredith, Goad (f), Hughes (ef) 78.8 3 2 14 9

Ht 05: Graham, Knapkin, Drury, Gardner 76.6 1 5 15 14

Ht 06: Tyrer, Meredith, Pusey, Davison 77.0 4 2 19 16

Ht 07: Goad, Owen, Gills, Kelly 78.0 4 2 23 18

Ht 08: Graham, Blythe, Pusey, Davison 77.0 3 3 26 21

Ht 09: Meredith, Gardner, Drury, Davison (ex tapes) 78.2 3 3 29 24

Ht 10: Tyrer, Owen, Kelly, Pusey 78.0 3 3 32 27

Ht 11: Graham, Blythe, Knapkin, Goad (exc) 77.2 2 4 34 31

Ht 12: Tyrer, Meredith, Drury, Owen 78.8 4 2 38 33

Ht 13: Goad, Kelly, Knapkin, Gardner (f) 78.0 3 3 41 36

Hull v Ellesmere Port Wednesday 18th October 1972 (Challenge)

hull 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Tony Childs 2 1* 2 3 8 1

2. Dennis Wasden 1* 2 2 0 5 1

3. Dave Mills 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Stan Stevens 3 1* 2* 1 7 2

5. Lou Sansom (G) 2* 2 3 0 7 1

6. Dennis Gavros 3 2* 0 5 1

7. Pete Boston 2* 0 1 3 1


1. Paul Tyrer 3 3 3 2 2 13 0

2. Geoff Pusey EF Exc 1 0 1 0

3. Colin Goad 1 3 0 F Exc 4 0

4. Graham Drury 1 2 3 2 1* 9 1

5. Robbie Gardner 0 1* 1 TS 2 1

6. Ian Gills 1 0 0 1 2 0

7. Chris Blythe 0 0 TS 0 0

vikings gunners vikings gunners

Ht 01: Tyrer, Childs, Wasden, Pusey (ef) 77.6 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Gavros, Boston, Gills, Blythe 77.8 5 1 8 4

Ht 03: Stevens, Sansom, Drury, Gardner 77.0 5 1 13 5

Ht 04: Mills, Gavros, Goad, Blythe 76.6 5 1 18 6

Ht 05: Tyrer, Sansom, Stevens, Gills, Pusey (ex tapes) 76.4 3 3 21 9

Ht 06: Goad, Wasden, Childs, Gills 76.4 3 3 24 12

Ht 07: Mills, Drury, Gardner, Gavros 76.8 3 3 27 15

Ht 08: Tyrer, Wasden, Pusey, Boston 76.2 2 4 29 19

Ht 09: Sansom, Stevens, Gills, Goad 76.6 5 1 34 20

Ht 10: Drury, Childs, Gardner, Wasden 77.0 2 4 36 24

Ht 11: Mills, Tyrer, Boston, Pusey 76.0 4 2 40 26

Ht 12: Childs, Drury, Stevens, Goad (f exc) 76.4 4 2 44 28

Ht 13: Mills, Tyrer, Drury, Sansom 76.0 3 3 47 31

Ellesmere Port v Barrow Tuesday 24th October 1972 (Challenge)


1. Paul Tyrer 3 3 2 1 9 0

2. Cyril Francis 2* 0 2 1* 5 2

3. Geoff Pusey EF 2 1 1* 4 1

4. Mitch Graham (G) 3 3 3 3 12 0

5. Robbie Gardner 1 2* EF 2 5 1

6. Ian Gills 3 2 F Exc 3 8 0

7. Chris Blythe EF 1* N 1 1

barrow 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Mike Sampson 0 EF 1* EF 3 4 1

2. MIke Watkin 1 1 TS TS 2 0

3. Tom Owen 3 2 2 2 0 9 0

4. Keith Evans EF 1 0 0 1 0

5. Bob Coles 2 3 3 3 2 13 0

6. Chris Roynon 2 TS 1* 3 1

7. Ian Hindle 1* 1 0 2 1

gunners h.faces gunners h.faces

Ht 01. Tyrer, Francis, Watkin, Sampson 78.6 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Gills, Roynon, Hindle, Blythe (ef) 79.4 3 3 8 4

Ht 03: Graham, Coles, Gardner, Evans (ef) 76.8 4 2 12 6

Ht 04: Owen, Gills, Hindle, Pusey (ef) 80.6 2 4 14 10

Ht 05: Graham, Gardner, Watkin, Sampson (ef) 77.8 5 1 19 11

Ht 06: Tyrer, Owen, Sampson, Francis 77.2 3 3 22 14

Ht 07: Coles, Pusey, Evans, Gills (f exc) 77.8 2 4 24 18

Ht 08: Coles, Francis, Blythe, Hindle 78.0 3 3 27 21

Ht 09: Graham, Owen, Roynon, Gardner (ef) 77.2 3 3 30 24

Ht 10: Coles, Tyrer, Francis, Evans 78.2 3 3 33 27

Ht 11: Gills, Owen, Pusey, Sampson (ef) 79.8 4 2 37 29

Ht 12: Graham, Coles, Tyrer, Owen 77.8 4 2 41 31

Ht 13: Sampson, Gardner, Pusey, Evans 79.0 3 3 44 34

Ellesmere Port: Paul Tyrer's Tornados v John Jackson's Jet Set Tuesday 31st October 1972 (Challenge)

paul tyrers tornados 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Paul Tyrer 0 3 2 3 8 0

2. Geoff Pusey 3 Fell 0 0 1 4 0


4. Mitch Graham 0 2* Fell TS 2 1

5. Cyril Francis 2 3 3 2 1* 11 1

6. Wayne Hughes 1 1 1 3 0

7. Graham Tattersall 0 TS 0 0 0

john jacksons jet set 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. John Jackson 2 1 3 3 9 0

2. Ian Gills 1* 0 1* N 2 2

3. Colin Goad 2* 2 3 0 7 1


5. Alan Knapkin 3 2* 3 2 10 1

6. Chris Blythe 2* 1* 1 4 2

7. Barry Booth 3 3 2 1 9 0

tornados jet set tornados jet set

Ht 01: Pusey, Jackson, Gills, Tyrer 82.6 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Booth, Blythe, Hughes, Tattersall 85.8 1 5 4 8

Ht 03: Knapkin, Francis, Drury, Graham 80.2 2 4 6 12

Ht 04: Booth, Goad, Hughes, Gardner 84.8 1 5 7 17

Ht 05: Francis, Graham, Jackson, Gills 84.6 5 1 12 18

Ht 06: Tyrer, Goad, Blythe, Pusey (f) 80.8 3 3 15 21

Ht 07: Drury, Knapkin, Hughes, Gardner 84.0 1 5 16 26

Ht 08: Francis, Booth, Gills, Pusey 83.0 3 3 19 29

Ht 09: Goad, Francis, Blythe, Graham (f) 81.8 2 4 21 33

Ht 10: Knapkin, Tyrer, Drury, Pusey 79.6 2 4 23 37

Ht 11: Jackson, Gardner, Booth, Tattersall 80.0 2 4 25 41

Ht 12: Tyrer, Knapkin, Pusey, Goad 79.2 4 2 29 43

Ht 13: Jackson, Gardner, Francis, Drury 79.4 3 3 32 46

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Transcript of Ellesmere Port 1972 - speedwayresearcher.org.ukEllesmere Port v Sunderland Tuesday 28th March 1972...