British League Knockout Cup 1967

1967 Knockout Cup

Tournament details
Country	England
Final positions
Champions	Coventry Bees
Runner-up	West Ham Hammers

First Round

April 22

Belle Vue Aces	50 - 46	Wimbledon Dons
Tommy Roper 14		Trevor Hedge 16

April 22

Cradley Heath Heathens	P - P	Long Eaton Archers

April 22

Edinburgh Monarchs	56 - 40	Sheffield Tigers
Bill Landels 14		Arnie Haley 16

June 19

Cradley Heath Heathens	45 - 51	Long Eaton Archers
Ivor Brown 10 (2) Graham Coombes 11 (1)		Ray Wilson 15* Anders Michanek 15*

Second Round

June 3

Swindon Robins	61 - 35	Exeter Falcons
Bob Kilby 18*		Neil Street 10 (1)

June 6

West Ham Hammers	67 - 29	Glasgow Tigers
Sverre Harrfeldt 14 (1)* Ken McKinlay 13.5 (1.5) Malcolm Simmons 10.5 (2.5)		Jim McMillan 8

June 9

Kings Lynn Stars	47 - 36	Belle Vue Aces
Terry Betts 15*	Meeting abandoned after heat 14 by the referee, heats 15 & 16 raced without the supervision of the referee. Official score is the result at heat 14.	Norman Nevitt 8 (1) Sandor Levai 8 (1)

June 10

Coventry Bees	50 - 46	Newcastle Diamonds
Nigel Boocock 15*		Ivan Mauger 16

June 14

Poole Pirates	60 - 36	Halifax Dukes
Gote Nordin 15*		Dave Younghusband 14

June 16

Hackney Hawks	53 - 43	Oxford Cheetahs
Colin Pratt 14 (1)*		Eddie Reeves 13 (2)

June 24

Edinburgh Monarchs	54 - 42	Wolverhampton Wolves
Oyvind Berg 10 (2)		Jim Airey 14 (1)

July 4

Long Eaton Archers	54 - 42	Newport Wasps
Anders Michanek 17		Torbjorn Harrysson 15

Third Round

July 21

Hackney Hawks	53 - 42	Poole Pirates
Bengt Jansson 15*		Gote Nordin 12 Ronnie Genz 11 (1) Geoff Mudge 11 (1)

August 1

Long Eaton Archers	44 - 52	Edinburgh Monarchs
Ray Wilson 17		Bernt Persson 14

August 1

West Ham Hammers	51 - 45	Swindon Robins
Sverre Harrfeldt 14 Ken McKinlay 14		Barry Briggs 14

August 2

Coventry Bees	58.5 - 37.5	Kings Lynn Stars
Ron Mountford 13		Terry Betts 16.5

Semi-final

September 5

West Ham Hammers	51 - 45	Hackney Hawks
Sverre Harrfeldt 14		Colin Pratt 16

September 13

Coventry Bees	58 - 38	Edinburgh Monarchs
Nigel Boocock 15*		Reidar Eide 11

Final (First Leg)

September 23

Coventry Bees	57 - 39	West Ham Hammers

Scorers

Coventry Bees

• 1) Nigel Boocock 2* 2 2 3 3 - 12 (1)
• 2) Les Owen 3 3 1* 0 2* - 9 (2)
• 3) Roger Hill 2 0 1 1* 0 - 4 (1)
• 4) Rick France F Ef 3 2 3 - 8
• 5) Col Cottrell 2* 2 1 2* 1 - 8 (2)
• 6) Ron Mountford 3 1* 3 3 3 - 13 (1)
• 7) Clive Hitch 2* 1 - 3 (1)

West Ham Hammers

• 1) Ken McKinlay 1 3 3 3 3 2 - 15
• 2) Malcolm Simmons 0 Ef 0 TS TS - 0
• 3) Norman Hunter 3 1 0 2 2 1 - 9
• 4) Tony Clarke 1 TS 2 0 TS - 3
• 5) Sverre Harrfeldt 1 3 2 1 1* 0 - 8 (1)
• 6) Brian Leonard 0 2* 1* 0 0 0 - 3 (2)
• 7) George Barclay 1 0 - 1

Heat by Heat

• Ht 01: Owen, Boocock, McKinlay, Simmons 67.8
• Ht 02: Hunter, Hill, Clarke, France (f) 69.0
• Ht 03: Owen, Hitch, Barclay, Simmons (ef) 70.2
• Ht 04: McKinlay, Boocock, Hunter, Hill 68.0
• Ht 05: Mountford, Cottrell, Harrfeldt, Leonard 69.4
• Ht 06: McKinlay, Boocock, Owen, Hunter 69.0
• Ht 07: Harrfeldt, Leonard, Hill, France (ef) 70.0
• Ht 08: McKinlay, Cottrell, Mountford, Simmons 70.0
• Ht 09: France, Clarke, Hitch, Barclay 71.0
• Ht 10: Boocock, Harrfeldt, Leonard, Owen 70.0
• Ht 11: Mountford, Hunter, Cottrell, Clarke 70.2
• Ht 12: McKinlay, France, Hill, Leonard 70.2
• Ht 13: Mountford, Cottrell, Harrfeldt, Leonard 70.6
• Ht 14: Boocock, Hunter, Harrfeldt, Hill 71.0
• Ht 15: Mountford, Owen, Hunter, Leonard 71.6
• Ht 16: France, McKinlay, Cottrell, Harrfeldt 69.6

Final (Second Leg)

September 26

West Ham Hammers	49 - 47	Coventry Bees

Scorers

West Ham Hammers

• 1) Ken McKinlay 3 1* 3 1 1* - 9 (2)
• 2) Malcolm Simmons 0 3 2* 3 3 - 11 (1)
• 3) Norman Hunter Ef 2 3 2 2 - 9
• 4) Tony Clarke 1 0 2 0 2 - 5
• 5) Sverre Harrfeldt FNS N N N N - 0
• 6) Brian Leonard 3 1* 3 2 2* - 11 (2)
• 7) Stan Stevens 0 0 2 0 1 1* - 4 (1)