British League Knockout Cup 1965
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| title = 1965 British League Knockout Cup
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| country = England
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| winners = West Ham Hammers
| second = Exeter Falcons
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| prev_season = 1964
| next_season = 1966
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The British League Knockout Cup 1965 was the 27th edition of the Knockout Cup. It was the first time that it was called the British League Knockout Cup following a reorganisation of speedway in the United Kingdom.{{cite web|url=http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2013/04/british-league-ko-cup-1965.html|title=1965 British League Knockout Cup|publisher=Speedway archive}} West Ham Hammers won the cup and therefore secured the league and cup double.{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayplus.com/westham65.shtml|title=The Hammers of '65 by Robert J. Rogers|website=Speedway Plus|access-date=25 June 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/1965.html|title=Year by Year|website=Speedway Researcher|access-date=12 August 2021}}
First round
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|date = 4 May
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|team1 =Long Eaton Archers
|score = 51–45
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|team2 =Halifax Dukes
|goals1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Ray Cresp 15*
|goals2 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Dave Younghusband 14+1
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|date = 8 May
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|team1 =Edinburgh Monarchs
|score = 49–46
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|team2 =Hackney Hawks
|goals1 = {{flagicon|NZ}} Colin McKee 15*
|goals2 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Gerry Jackson 15
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Round two
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|date = 28 June
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|team1 =Exeter Falcons
|score = 63–33
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|team2 =Belle Vue Aces
|goals1 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Colin Gooddy 15*
|goals2 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Cyril Maidment 13
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|date = 28 June
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|team1 =Newcastle Diamonds
|score = 45–51
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|team2 =Swindon Robins
|goals1 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Mike Watkin 8+3
|goals2 = {{flagicon|NZ}} Barry Briggs 15*
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|date = 29 June
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|team1 =Long Eaton Archers
|score = 50–45
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|team2 =Coventry Bees
|goals1 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Ray Wilson 10+1
|goals2 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Boocock 14+1*
{{flagicon|ENG}} Jim Lightfoot 14+1*
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|date = 29 June
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|team1 =West Ham Hammers
|score = 56–40
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|team2 =Newport Wasps
|goals1 = {{flagicon|SCO}} Ken McKinlay 13+2*
|goals2 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Biggs 12
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|date = 30 June
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|team1 =Poole Pirates
|score = 4–2a
|report = Abandoned after heat one
|team2 =Edinburgh Monarchs
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|date = 2 July
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|team1 =Glasgow Tigers
|score = 64–32
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|team2 =Sheffield Tigers
|goals1 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Maury Mattingley 14
{{flagicon|AUS}} Charlie Monk 14
|goals2 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Kitchen 16
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{{football box
|date = 8 July
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|team1 =Oxford Cheetahs
|score = 35–43
|report = Ran over 13 heats, Result Stands
|team2 =Wimbledon Dons
|goals1 = {{flagicon|DEN}} Arne Pander 13
|goals2 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Trevor Hedge 12
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|date = 14 July
|time =
|team1 =Poole Pirates
|score = 51–45
|report =
|team2 =Edinburgh Monarchs
|goals1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Geoff Mudge 13
{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronnie Genz 13
|goals2 = {{flagicon|SWE}} Olle Nygren 15
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{{football box
|date = 24 July
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|team1 =Cradley Heath Heathens
|score = 43–53
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|team2 =Wolverhampton Wolves
|goals1 = {{flagicon|ENG}} John Hart 15
|goals2 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Jim Airey 14
{{flagicon|ENG}} Bob Andrews 14
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Third round
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|date = 3 August
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|team1 =West Ham Hammers
|score = 48–48
|report =
|team2 =Wimbledon Dons
|goals1 = {{flagicon|SCO}} Ken McKinlay 15*
|goals2 = {{flagicon|SWE}} Olle Nygren 12*
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|date = 9 August
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|team1 =Exeter Falcons
|score = 68–28
|report =
|team2 =Long Eaton Archers
|goals1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Geran 15*
|goals2 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Ray Wilson 9
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|date = 11 August
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|team1 =Poole Pirates
|score = 45–51
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|team2 =Wolverhampton Wolves
|goals1 = {{flagicon|NZ}} Bill Andrew 16
|goals2 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Bob Andrews 13
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|date = 13 August
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|team1 =Glasgow Tigers
|score = 49–46
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|team2 =Swindon Robins
|goals1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Charlie Monk 15*
|goals2 = {{flagicon|NZ}} Barry Briggs 13
{{flagicon|NZ}} Mike Broadbank 13
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Third Round Replay
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|date = 14 August
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|team1 =Wimbledon Dons
|score = 47–49
|report =
|team2 =West Ham Hammers
|goals1 = {{flagicon|SWE}} Olle Nygren 14+1
|goals2 = {{flagicon|SCO}} Ken McKinlay 13+2
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Semi-final
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|date = 6 September
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|team1 =Exeter Falcons
|score = 59–37
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|team2 =Wolverhampton Wolves
|goals1 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Alan Cowland 14
|goals2 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Pete Jarman 13
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|date = 10 September
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|team1 =Glasgow Tigers
|score = 43–50
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|team2 =West Ham Hammers
|goals1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Charlie Monk 12
|goals2 = {{flagicon|SCO}} Ken McKinlay 14
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Final (First Leg)
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|date = 5 October
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|team1 =West Ham Hammers
|score = 63–33
|team2 =Exeter Falcons
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=Scorers=
- 1) {{flagicon|SCO}} Ken McKinlay 2* 2* 2* 3 2* – 11 (4)*
- 2) {{flagicon|ENG}} Reg Trott 3 3 3 1 2* – 12 (1)
- 3) {{flagicon|NOR}} Sverre Harrfeldt 3 3 3 3 3 – 15*
- 4) {{flagicon|ENG}} Brian Leonard 1 1 2 0 0 – 4
- 5) {{flagicon|ENG}} Norman Hunter Ef 3 3 3 3 – 12
- 6) {{flagicon|ENG}} Malcolm Simmons 2 2* 2* Ef 3 – 9 (2)
- 7) {{flagicon|ENG}} Tony Clarke 0 0 – 0
- 1) {{flagicon|ENG}} Colin Gooddy 0 1 0 2 2 – 6
- 2) {{flagicon|ENG}} Des Lukehurst 1 1* 1 1* 1 – 5 (2)
- 3) {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Squibb 2 0 1 1 0 – 4
- 4) {{flagicon|ENG}} lan Cowland 0 0 1 0 0 – 1
- 5) {{flagicon|CAN}} Chris Blewett 1 F N N N – 1
- 6) {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Geran 3 2 2 2 1 – 10
- 7) {{flagicon|WAL}} Ivor Hughes 2 3 0 1* 1* – 7 (2)
=Heat by Heat=
- Ht 01: Trott, McKinlay, Lukehurst, Gooddy 75.4
- Ht 02: Harrfeldt, Squibb, Leonard, Cowland 73.8
- Ht 03: Trott, Hughes, Lukehurst, Clarke (f rem) 76.4
- Ht 04: Harrfeldt, McKinlay, Gooddy, Squibb 75.2
- Ht 05: Geran, Simmons, Blewett (f rem), Hunter (ef) 75.8
- Ht 06: Trott, McKinlay, Squibb, Cowland 76.2
- Ht 07: Harrfeldt, Geran, Leonard, Blewett (f) 75.4
- Ht 08: Hunter, Simmons, Lukehurst, Gooddy 75.4
- Ht 09: Hughes, Leonard, Cowland, Clarke 77.6
- Ht 10: McKinlay, Geran, Trott, Hughes 76.0
- Ht 11: Hunter, Simmons, Squibb, Cowland 75.2
- Ht 12: Harrfeldt, Gooddy, Lukehurst, Leonard 77.4
- Ht 13: Hunter, Geran, Hughes, Simmons (ef) 76.2
- Ht 14: Harrfeldt, McKinlay, Lukehurst, Cowland 76.2
- Ht 15: Simmons, Trott, Geran, Squibb 76.8
- Ht 16: Hunter, Gooddy, Hughes, Leonard 77.2
Final (Second Leg)
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|date = 11 October
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|team1 =Exeter Falcons
|score = 45–51
|team2 =West Ham Hammers
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=Scorers=
- 1) {{flagicon|ENG}} Colin Gooddy Ef 3 2 3 2* – 10 (1)
- 2) {{flagicon|ENG}} Des Lukehurst 2 3 1* 0 0 – 6 (1)
- 3) {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Geran 2 Ef Ef 2 3 -7
- 4) {{flagicon|CAN}} Chris Blewett Ret 1 3 Fx N – 4
- 5) {{flagicon|ENG}} lan Cowland 0 2 1* 3 Ef – 6 (1)
- 6) {{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Squibb 1 1* 2 2* 2 – 8 (2)
- 7) {{flagicon|WAL}} Ivor Hughes 2* 0 2 – 4 (1)
- 1) {{flagicon|SCO}} Ken McKinlay 3 1* 3 3 3 – 13 (1)
- 2) {{flagicon|ENG}} Reg Trott 1 1 0 N 1 – 3
- 3) {{flagicon|NOR}} Sverre Harrfeldt 3 2 3 3 3 – 14
- 4) {{flagicon|ENG}} Brian Leonard 1 0 2 0 F – 3
- 5) {{flagicon|ENG}} Norman Hunter 3 3 2 Ef 1 – 9
- 6) {{flagicon|ENG}} Malcolm Simmons 2* 2* 1* 1 1 – 7 (3)
- 7) {{flagicon|ENG}} Tony Clarke 0 1* 1 – 2 (1)
=Heat by Heat=
- Ht 01: McKinlay, Lukehurst, Trott, Gooddy (ef) 75.0
- Ht 02: Harrfeldt, Geran, Leonard, Blewett (ret) 74.8
- Ht 03: Lukehurst, Hughes, Trott, Clarke 75.2 5 1 9 9
- Ht 04: Gooddy, Harrfeldt, McKinlay, Geran (ef) 74.0
- Ht 05: Hunter, Simmons, Squibb, Cowland 75.0
- Ht 06: Harrfeldt, Gooddy, Lukehurst, Leonard 74.2
- Ht 07: Hunter, Simmons, Blewett, Geran (ef) 75.2
- Ht 08: McKinlay, Cowland, Squibb, Trott 75.8
- Ht 09: Blewett, Leonard, Clarke, Hughes 75.6
- Ht 10: Gooddy, Hunter, Simmons, Lukehurst 74.6
- Ht 11: Harrfeldt, Squibb, Cowland, Leonard 75.0
- Ht 12: McKinlay, Geran, Clarke, Blewett (f exc) 75.4
- Ht 13: Cowland, Squibb, Simmons, Hunter (ef) 76.8
- Ht 14: Geran, Gooddy, Trott, Leonard (f) 75.8
- Ht 15: Harrfeldt, Squibb, Simmons, Lukehurst 75.0
- Ht 16: McKinlay, Hughes, Hunter, Cowland (ef) 76.0
See also
References
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