Newport 'Wasps' v Sheffield 'Tigers'							British League					21st July 1972
Rider	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	Tot+Bp
1. Tony Clarke	0					2		1		3		1		7
2. Phil Woodcock	1					1'			0	0				2+1
3. Graham Plant				2			1		1'		1		2	7+1
4. Neil Street			0		0				-			-		0
5. Sandor Levai (g)			3		3				2		3		0	11
6. Bo Wirebrand		1		tps			0							1
7. Barry Duke		0		1'				-			-			1+1
Pat Tapson	1	1	3	3	3	3	1	1	3	3	4	1	3
Newport 'Wasps'	1	2	5	8	11	14	15	16	19	22	26	27	30
Sheffield 'Tigers'	5	10	13	16	19	22	27	32	35	38	40	45	48
Terry Thornhill	5	5	3	3	3	3	5	5	3	3	2	5	3
1. Arnold Haley	2'				1'						2		2	7+2
2. Bob Paulson ©	3				2			3			0			8
3. Bert Harkins				3		0			3			2'		8+1
4. Bob Valentine			1'				2'			2			1'	6+3
5. Malcolm Simmons (g)			2				3			1'		3		9+1
6. Reg Wilson		3				3			0					6
7. Doug Wyer		2'		fx				2'						4+2
Track record = 71.4 T.Clarke, 16th June	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13
	73.7	74.7	71.9	74.4	73.0	74.2	73.0	75.1	74.3	73.6	74.3	74.4	74.0

'Wasps' averages from last 6 matches
	Rides	Points	C.M.A.
Tony Clarke	23	42	7.30
Ronnie Genz	22	38	6.94
Graham Plant	23	30	5.21
Neil Street	27	35	5.18
Phil Woodcock	25	29	4.64
Bo Wirebrand	21	24	4.57
Barry Duke	22	10	1.81

The 'Wasps' had been walloped 52-26 at Ipswich the previous night, while the 'Tigers' had defeated Cradley Heath 41-37 at Owlerton. Ronnie Genz had broken a bone in his foot on his return from injury last week and Reidar Eide was away on World Championship duty so both teams were using a guest.

The 'Tigers' put a stranglehold on the match with maximum heats wins in the first two heats and when Bob Paulson and Doug Wyer outpaced tactical substitute Tony Clarke to win heat 8 it extended their lead to sixteen points. Guest Sandor Levai and Graham Plant claimed the 'Wasps' solitary advantage in heat 11 but Malcolm Simmonds and Bert Harkins countered with their own 5-1 in heat 12.

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