norbold 7,184 Posted November 22, 2015 Thanks norbold for updating the info re TM-think he also but not quite came close to qualifying for the World Final a couple of times He was never really very close to qualifying for the final. His best year was 1953 when he scored 18 points in the Championship Round, with the lowest World Final qualifier scoring 23, but there were 13 riders between Miller and Graham Warren the lowest qualifier. He did reach the Championship Round on three other occasions but wasn't really very near qualifying for the World Final. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BOBBATH 467 Posted November 22, 2015 He was never really very close to qualifying for the final. His best year was 1953 when he scored 18 points in the Championship Round, with the lowest World Final qualifier scoring 23, but there were 13 riders between Miller and Graham Warren the lowest qualifier. He did reach the Championship Round on three other occasions but wasn't really very near qualifying for the World Final. Ta Norbold for checking that out for me-BTW Pie and Mash has got some new fans here in Canada-a bunch of my friends have and are really enjoying it-not only British expats either!! I am charging them 10 bucks a day to read it-cheque follows!!!!! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted May 7, 2020 On 11/15/2015 at 9:08 AM, gustix said: SPEEDWAY STAR & NEWS WORLD RATINGS 1956-1966 :::::::::::::::::: 1956 (1) Ove Fundin (Sweden) (2) Ronnie Moore (New Zealand) (3) Brian Crutcher (England) (4) Peter Craven (England) (5) Barry Briggs (New Zealand) (6) Olle Nygren (Sweden) (7) Ken McKinlay (Scotland) (8) Peo Soderman (Sweden) (9) Arthur Forrest (England) (10) Rune Sormander (Sweden) (11) Basse Hveem (Norway) (12) Alan Hunt (England) (13) Jack Young (Australia) (14) Josef Kamper (Austria) =(15) Dick Bradley (England) =(15) Peter Moore (Australia) (17) Lasse Pettersson (Sweden) (18) Wlodzimierz Szwenderowski (Poland) =(19) Henry Andersen (Norway) =(19) Florian Kapala (Poland) 1957 (1) Ove Fundin (Sweden) (2) Barry Briggs (New Zealand) (3) Peter Craven (England) (4) Rune Sormander (Sweden) (5) Peo Soderman (Sweden) (6) Brian Crutcher (England) (7) Aub Lawson (Australia) (8) Ken McKinlay (Scotland) (9) Ron Johnston (New Zealand) (10) Aage Hansen (Norway) (11) Olle Nygren (Sweden) (12) Josef Hofmeister (Germany) =(13) Marian Kaiser (Poland) =(13) Bob Roger (England) (15) Jack Young (Australia) (16) Jack Biggs (Australia) (17) Peter Moore (Australia) (18) Josef Seidi (Germany) =(19) Henry Long (South Africa) =(19) Basse Hveem (Norway) 1958 (1) Barry Briggs (New Zealand) (2) Ove Fundin (Sweden) (3) Peter Craven (England) (4) Olle Nygren (Sweden) (5) Ken McKinlay (Scotland) (6) Rune Sormander (Sweden) (7) Ronnie Moore (New Zealand) (8) Brian Crutcher (England) (9) Jack Young (Australia) (10) Aub Lawson (Australia) (11) Ron Johnston (New Zealand) (12) Mike Broadbanks (England) (13) Josef Hofmeister (Germany) (14) Ron How (England) (15) Peter Moore (Australia) (16) Jack Geran (Australia) (17) Peo Soderman (Sweden) (18) Gerry Hussey (England) (19) Henry Long (South Africa) (20) Josef Seidi (Germany) 1959 (1) Ove Fundin (Sweden) (2) Ronnie Moore (New Zealand) (3) Peter Craven (England) (4) Barry Briggs (New Zealand) (5) Ken McKinlay (Scotland) (6) Olle Nygren (Sweden) (7) Rune Sormander (Sweden) (8) Brian Crutcher (England) (9) Arne Pander (Denmark) (10) Aub Lawson (Australia) (11) Ron How (England) (12) Josef Hofmeister (Germany) (13) Arne Carlsson (Sweden) (14) Peter Moore (Australia) (15) Marian Kaiser (Poland) (16) George White (England) (17) Mieczyslaw Polukard (Poland) (18) Ron Johnston (New Zealand) (19) Bjorn Knutsson (Sweden) (20) Mike Broadbanks (England) 1960 (1) Ove Fundin (Sweden) (2) Ronnie Moore (New Zealand) (3) Peter Craven (England) (4) Arne Pander (Denmark) (5) Rune Sormander (Sweden) (6) Barry Briggs (New Zealand) (7) Bjorn Knutsson (Sweden) (8) Olle Nygren (Sweden) (9) Ron How (England) (10) Josef Hofmeister (Germany) (11) Peter Moore (Australia) (12) Ken McKinlay (Scotland) (13) Stefan Kwoczala (Poland) (14) Jack Young (Australia) (15) Ron Johnston (New Zealand) (16) Henryk Zyto (Poland) (17) Marian Kaiser (Poland) (18) Aage Hansen (Norway) (19) Aub Lawson (Australia) (20) Eric Williams (Wales) 1961 (1) Ove Fundin (Sweden) (2) Bjorn Knutsson (Sweden) (3) Barry Briggs (New Zealand) (4) Ronnie Moore (New Zealand) (5) Gote Nordin (Sweden) (6) Peter Craven (England) (7) Ron How (England) (8) Rune Sormander (Sweden) (9) Florian Kapala (Poland) (10) Arne Pander (Denmark) (11) Bob Andrews (England) (12) Ken McKinlay (Scotland) (13) Josef Hofmeister (Germany) (14) Igor Plechanov (USSR) (15) Ron Johnston (New Zealand) =(16) Mike Broadbanks (England) =(16) Jack Young (Australia) (18) Henryk Zyto (Poland) =(19) Timo Laine (Finland) =(19) Cyril Maidment (England) =(19) Marian Kaiser (Poland) 1962 (1) Ove Fundin (Sweden) (2) Peter Craven (England) (3) Bjorn Knutsson (Sweden) (4) Barry Briggs (New Zealand) (5) Ronnie Moore (New Zealand) (6) Ken McKinlay (Scotland) (7) Gote Nordin (Sweden) (8) Soren Sjosten (Sweden) (9) Bob Andrews (England) (10) Igor Plechanov (USSR) (11) Rune Sormander (Sweden) (12) Ron How (England) (13) Boris Samorodov (USSR) (14) Florian Kapala (Poland) (15) Marian Kaiser (Poland) (16) Arne Carlsson (Sweden) (17) Pawel Waloszek (Poland) (18) Mike Broadbanks (England) (19) Timo Laine (Finland) (20) Henryk Zyto (Poland) 1963 (1) Ove Fundin (Sweden) (2) Bjorn Knutsson (Sweden) (3) Barry Briggs (New Zealand) (4) Peter Craven (England) (5) Boris Samorodov (USSR) (6) Ronnie Moore (New Zealand) (7) Gote Nordin (Sweden) (8) Nigel Boocock (England) (9) Sverre Harrfeldt (Norway) (10) Ron How (England) 1964 (1) Barry Briggs (New Zealand) (2) Ove Fundin (Sweden) (3) Bjorn Knutsson (Sweden) (4) Igor Plechanov (USSR) (5) Gote Nordin (Sweden) (6) Boris Samorodov (USSR) (7) Ron How (England) =(8) Nigel Boocock (England) =(8) Ken McKinlay (Scotland) (10) Soren Sjosten (Sweden) 1965 (1) Bjorn Knutsson (Sweden) (2) Barry Briggs (New Zealand) (3) Ove Fundin (Sweden) (4) Igor Plechanov (USSR) (5) Nigel Boocock (England) (6) Gote Nordin (Sweden) (7) Bengt Jansson (Sweden) (8) Andrzei Pogorzelski (Poland) =(9) Ken McKinlay (Scotland) =(9) Sverre Harrfeldt (Norway) 1966 (1) Barry Briggs (New Zealand) (2) Antoni Woryna (Poland) (3) Sverre Harrfeldt (Norway) (4) Bjorn Knutsson (Sweden) =(5) Ivan Mauger (New Zealand) =(5) Gote Nordin (Sweden) (7) Igor Plechanov (USSR) (8) Ove Fundin (Sweden) (9) Torbjorn Harryson (Sweden) (10) Andrzei Pogorzelski (Poland) (11) Leif Enecrona (Sweden) (12) Nigel Boocock (England) (13) Mike Broadbanks (England) (14) Stanislaw Tkocz (Poland) (15) Olle Nygren (Sweden) (16) Boris Samorodov (USSR) (17) Marion Rose (Poland) =(18) Eric Boocock (England) =(18) Andrzei Wyglenda (Poland) (20) Ken McKinlay (Scotland) Looks like a 'cut and paste' job just to annoy Steve Hone! 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Guest Posted May 7, 2020 (edited) On 11/15/2015 at 10:20 PM, waiheke1 said: very interesting post Gustix. Did Speedway Star publish these for any other years? Do you also have a list of the Stenners rankings from earlier years? And any idea how the rankings were calculated? On 11/15/2015 at 10:28 PM, norbold said: They were the only years the Speedway Star issued the rankings. They were compiled by asking speedway journalists to rank their top 20s and then add them all together. It wasn't done on results or averages or anything sophisticated. I have all the Stenner's rankings. I'll see if I can post them on here. It would be interesting to see the Stenners Speedway Annuals ratings for previous seasons. Edited May 7, 2020 by Guest Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norbold 7,184 Posted May 7, 2020 5 minutes ago, gustix said: It would be interesting to see the Stenners Speedway Annuals ratings for previous seasons. 1946/7 1. Vic Duggan 2. Jack Parker 3. Tommy Price 4. Lionel Van Praag 5. Wilbur Lamoreaux 6. Bill Kitchen 7. Eric Langton 8. Ron Johnson 9. Norman Parker 10. Eric Chitty 11. Alec Statham 12. Malcolm Craven 13. Ray Duggan 14. Cordy Milne 15. Jack Milne 1947/8 1. Vic Duggan 2. Bill Kitchen 3. Norman Parker 4. Jack Parker 5. Tommy Price 6. Bill Longley 7. Alec Statham 8. Ron Johnson 9. Wilbur Lamoreaux 10. Eric Chitty 11. Malcolm Craven 12. George Wilks 13. Max Grosskreutz 14. Eric Langton 15. Bill Rogers 1948/9 1. Vic Duggan 2. Ron Johnson 3. Jack Parker 4. Aub Lawson 5. Wilbur Lamoreaux 6. Alec Statham 7. Norman Parker 8. Bill Gilbert 9. Oliver Hart 10. Eric Chitty 11. Graham Warren 12. Split Waterman 13. Ernie Price 14. Tommy Price 15. Bill Longley 1949/50 1. Jack Parker 2. Aub Lawson 3. Tommy Price 4. Vic Duggan 5. Wilbur Lamoreaux 6. Graham Warren 7. Jack Biggs 8. Norman Parker 9. Bill Gilbert 10. Dent Oliver 11. Split Waterman 12. Oliver Hart 13. Ron Clarke 14. Louis Lawson 15. Ken Le Breton 1950/51 1. Graham Warren 2. Jack Parker 3. Aub Lawson 4. Tommy Price 5. Ken Le Breton 6. Fred Williams 7. Cyril Roger 8. Norman Parker 9. Cyril Brine 10. Eric French 11. Jack Young 12. Wally Green 13. Bert Roger 14. Alec Statham 15. Ron Clarke 1951/2 1. Jack Young 2. Split Waterman 3. Aub Lawson 4. Ronnie Moore 5. Olle Nygren 6. Fred Williams 7. Jack Parker 8. Eddie Rigg 9. Alan Hunt 10. Jack Biggs 11. Cyril Roger 12. Norman Parker 13. Tommy Miller 14. Bob Leverenz 15. Eric Williams 1952/3 1. Jack Young 2. Split Waterman 3. Ronnie Moore 4. Fred Williams 5. Aub Lawson 6. Bert Roger 7. Alan Hunt 8. Eddie Rigg 9. Dick Bradley 10. Cyril Brine 11. Henry Long 12. Ron Johnston 13. Bob Leverenz 14. Tommy Miller 15.Olle Nygren 1953/4 1. Jack Young 2. Ronnie Moore 3. Split Waterman 4. Fred Williams 5. Olle Nygren 6. Aub Lawson 7. Geoff Mardon 8. Arthur Forrest 9. Alan Hunt 10. Basse Hveem 11. Tommy Price 12. Eric Williams 13. Ken Sharples 14. Dick Bradley 15. Tommy Miller Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BOBBATH 467 Posted May 8, 2020 Somehow I knew Norbold would have this info-thanx mate. Was it calculated by various journalists voting-tough to disagree with these results. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norbold 7,184 Posted May 8, 2020 6 hours ago, BOBBATH said: Somehow I knew Norbold would have this info-thanx mate. Was it calculated by various journalists voting-tough to disagree with these results. No, the rankings were the sole work of the editors of Stenners' Annual - Tom & Jim Stenner. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites