Newport 'Wasps' v Sheffield 'Tigers'

Speedway Star KO Cup

5th July 1974

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1. Reidar Eide 3 3 1 1 8
2. Roy Trigg 0 0 3 0 3
3. Neil Street © 3 2 3 0 8
4. Bob Coles 0 2' 2' 0 4+2
5. Phil Crump 3 3 3 2 11
6. Geoff Mudge 0 0 0 0
7. Jim Tebby 1 0 0 1
Pat Tapson 3 1 3 3 5 3 2 3 5 1 3 1 2
Newport 'Wasps' 3 4 7 10 15 18 20 23 28 29 32 33 35
Sheffield 'Tigers' 3 8 11 14 15 18 22 25 26 31 34 39 43
Terry Thornhill 3 5 3 3 1 3 4 3 1 5 3 5 4
1. Doug Wyer 1' tps tps 1 2+1
2. Bob Paulson © 2 1 1' 2 6+1
3. Reg Wilson 2 2 1 3 8
4. Arnold Haley 2 3 3 3 11
5. Bob Valentine 1' 1 2' 2' 6+3
6. Rod Haynes 2' 1' 2 0 1' 6+2
7. Craig Pendlebury 3 1' 0 - 4+1
Track record = 66.2
Phil Crump, 28 June 74
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This should have been the second leg but the previous night at Owlerton had been rained off. The last three meetings for the Wasps had been a narrow home win over the Dukes, a heavy defeat when Reidar Eide broke down en-route to Plough Lane and a draw with Swindon at the Abbey Ground.

Doug didn't cover himself with glory breaking the tapes twice, but the Tigers reserves out scored their vastly more experienced counterparts by 10 to 1!. Eight heat wins for the Wasps to five for the Tigers but a good solid team effort saw the Tigers winning by a clear margin, the Wasps first home defeat of the year.

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