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1965 British League Knockout Cup
Tournament details
Country	England
Final positions
Champions	West Ham Hammers
Runner-up	Exeter Falcons
	← 1964 1966 →

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.^[1] West Ham Hammers won the cup and therefore secured the league and cup double.^[2]^[3]

First round

4 May

Long Eaton Archers	51 - 45	Halifax Dukes
Ray Cresp 15*		Dave Younghusband 14+1

8 May

Edinburgh Monarchs	49 - 46	Hackney Hawks
Colin McKee 15*		Gerry Jackson 15

Round two

28 June

Exeter Falcons	63 - 33	Belle Vue Aces
Colin Gooddy 15*		Cyril Maidment 13

28 June

Newcastle Diamonds	45 - 51	Swindon Robins
Mike Watkin 8+3		Barry Briggs 15*

29 June

Long Eaton Archers	50 - 45	Coventry Bees
Ray Wilson 10+1		Nigel Boocock 14+1* Jim Lightfoot 14+1*

29 June

West Ham Hammers	56 - 40	Newport Wasps
Ken McKinlay 13+2*		Jack Biggs 12

30 June

Poole Pirates	4 - 2a	Edinburgh Monarchs
	Abandoned after heat one

2 July

Glasgow Tigers	64 - 32	Sheffield Tigers
Maury Mattingley 14 Charlie Monk 14		Jack Kitchen 16

8 July

Oxford Cheetahs	35 - 43	Wimbledon Dons
Arne Pander 13	Ran over 13 heats, Result Stands	Trevor Hedge 12

14 July

Poole Pirates	51 - 45	Edinburgh Monarchs
Geoff Mudge 13 Ronnie Genz 13		Olle Nygren 15

24 July

Cradley Heath Heathens	43 - 53	Wolverhampton Wolves
John Hart 15		Jim Airey 14 Bob Andrews 14

Third round

3 August

West Ham Hammers	48 - 48	Wimbledon Dons
Ken McKinlay 15*		Olle Nygren 12*

9 August

Exeter Falcons	68 - 28	Long Eaton Archers
Jack Geran 15*		Ray Wilson 9

11 August

Poole Pirates	45 - 51	Wolverhampton Wolves
Bill Andrew 16		Bob Andrews 13

13 August

Glasgow Tigers	49 - 46	Swindon Robins
Charlie Monk 15*		Barry Briggs 13 Mike Broadbank 13

Third Round Replay

14 August

Wimbledon Dons	47 - 49	West Ham Hammers
Olle Nygren 14+1		Ken McKinlay 13+2

Semi-final

6 September

Exeter Falcons	59 - 37	Wolverhampton Wolves
Alan Cowland 14		Pete Jarman 13

10 September

Glasgow Tigers	43 - 50	West Ham Hammers
Charlie Monk 12		Ken McKinlay 14

Final (First Leg)

5 October

West Ham Hammers	63 - 33	Exeter Falcons
	^[4]

Scorers

West Ham Hammers

1) Ken McKinlay 2* 2* 2* 3 2* - 11 (4)*
2) Reg Trott 3 3 3 1 2* - 12 (1)
3) Sverre Harrfeldt 3 3 3 3 3 - 15*
4) Brian Leonard 1 1 2 0 0 - 4
5) Norman Hunter Ef 3 3 3 3 - 12
6) Malcolm Simmons 2 2* 2* Ef 3 - 9 (2)
7) Tony Clarke 0 0 - 0

Exeter Falcons

1) Colin Gooddy 0 1 0 2 2 - 6
2) Des Lukehurst 1 1* 1 1* 1 - 5 (2)
3) Jimmy Squibb 2 0 1 1 0 - 4
4) lan Cowland 0 0 1 0 0 - 1
5) Chris Blewett 1 F N N N - 1
6) Jack Geran 3 2 2 2 1 - 10
7) 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)

11 October

Exeter Falcons	45 - 51	West Ham Hammers
	^[4]

Scorers

Exeter Falcons

1) Colin Gooddy Ef 3 2 3 2* - 10 (1)
2) Des Lukehurst 2 3 1* 0 0 - 6 (1)
3) Jack Geran 2 Ef Ef 2 3 -7
4) Chris Blewett Ret 1 3 Fx N - 4
5) lan Cowland 0 2 1* 3 Ef - 6 (1)
6) Jimmy Squibb 1 1* 2 2* 2 - 8 (2)
7) Ivor Hughes 2* 0 2 - 4 (1)

West Ham Hammers

1) Ken McKinlay 3 1* 3 3 3 - 13 (1)
2) Reg Trott 1 1 0 N 1 - 3
3) Sverre Harrfeldt 3 2 3 3 3 - 14
4) Brian Leonard 1 0 2 0 F - 3
5) Norman Hunter 3 3 2 Ef 1 - 9
6) Malcolm Simmons 2* 2* 1* 1 1 - 7 (3)
7) 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

References

^ "1965 British League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
^ "The Hammers of '65 by Robert J. Rogers". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
^ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Season 1965" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

[1] "1965 British League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.

[2] "The Hammers of '65 by Robert J. Rogers". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

[3] "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 12 August 2021.

[S65-4] "Season 1965" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

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British League Knockout Cup 1965

First round

Round two

Third round

Semi-final

Final (First Leg)

Scorers

Heat by Heat

Final (Second Leg)

Scorers

Heat by Heat

See also

References