Speedway Star World Ratings 1956-1966

[norbold 7,123]

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.

[BOBBATH 467]

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!!!!!

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On 11/15/2015 at 9:08 AM, gustix said:

SPEEDWAY STAR & NEWS WORLD RATINGS
1956-1966
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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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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

[norbold 7,123]

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

[BOBBATH 467]

Somehow I knew Norbold would have this info-thanx mate. Was it calculated by various journalists voting-tough to disagree with these results.

[norbold 7,123]

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.