Poole 'Pirates' v Sheffield 'Tigers' |
British League |
4th Aug. 1971 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ref: M. Palmer | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Tot+Bp |
| 1. Reidar Eide | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |||||||||
| 2. Mike Cake | f | f | ef | f | 0 | |||||||||
| 3. Pete Smith © | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1' | 9+1 | |||||||||
| 4. John Langfield | 1' | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5+1 | |||||||||
| 5. Odd Fossengen | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||
| 6. Bo Wirebrand | 3 | 0 | - | 3 | ||||||||||
| 7. Derek Cook | 2' | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3+1 | |||||||||
| Ron Hart | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| Poole 'Pirates' | 2 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 35 | 38 | |
| Sheffield 'Tigers' | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 26 | 28 | 31 | 35 | 37 | 40 | |
| Terry Thornhill | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1. Jim Airey © | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |||||||||
| 2. Bob Paulson | 1 | 1 | 2' | 1 | 5+1 | |||||||||
| 3. Bengt Larsson | 2 | 1' | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | |||||||||
| 4. Doug Wyer | 0 | 1' | 1' | - | 2+2 | |||||||||
| 5. Arnold Haley | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||
| 6. Brian Maxted | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | ||||||||||
| 7. Bob Valentine | f/r | 1' | 3 | 0 | f | 4+1 | ||||||||
| Track rec = 67.8 R. Eide, 7th July | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 70.0 | 73.2 | 71.4 | 71.6 | 71.0 | 72.2 | 71.8 | 71.6 | 71.0 | 70.4 | 71.8 | 70.6 | 71.0 |
| 'Pirates' averages from last 6 matches | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rides | Points | C.M.A. | ||
| Reidar Eide | 26 | 53 | 8.16 | |
| Odd Fossengen | 27 | 54 | 8.00 | |
| Pete Smith | 27 | 50 | 7.40 | |
| John Langfield | 26 | 39 | 6.00 | |
| Mike Cake | 20 | 24 | 4.80 | |
| Bo Wirebrand | 22 | 24 | 4.36 | |
| Derek Cook | 16 | 12 | 3.00 | |
Poole skipper Pete Smith and his heat partner Odd Fossengen came to the tapes for the final race of the match knowing that they must score a 5-1 win to gain victory for the Pirates.
Unfortunately for the Poole pair they were up against top Tiger Jim Airey in this decisive race - and the Sheffield skipper was in no mood to surrender his opportunity of completing a maximum. Fossengen made it hard going for Airey, given his toughest race of the night. But Poole could do no better than make it a 3-3, and this meant the team's third home defeat of their league season.
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