1973 British League Division Two season

1973 British League Division Two season
League British League Division Two
Season 1973
Champions Boston Barracudas
No. of competitors 18

The 1973 season saw the league expanded to 18 teams with the addition of Chesterton Potters. Boston Barracudas won their first title.

Final table

Team PL W D L Pts
Boston Barracudas 33 29 0 4 58
Workington Comets 34 21 2 11 44
Eastbourne Eagles 34 19 2 13 40
Peterborough Panthers 34 19 1 14 39
Birmingham Brummies 34 19 0 15 38
Teesside Tigers 34 19 0 15 38
Bradford Northern 34 18 0 16 36
Crewe Kings 34 17 1 16 35
Long Eaton Rangers 33 16 1 16 33
Barrow Bombers 34 15 2 17 32
Sunderland Stars 34 15 2 17 32
Hull Vikings 34 13 5 17 31
Chesterton Potters 34 14 1 19 29
Ellesmere Port Gunners 34 14 0 20 28
Canterbury Crusaders 34 13 2 19 28
Scunthorpe Saints 32 12 1 21 25
Berwick Bandits 32 11 1 22 23
Rayleigh Rockets 34 9 3 22 21

Top Five Riders

Rider Nat Team C.M.A.
1 Lou Sansom Australia Workington Comets 10.56
2 Alan Knapkin England Bradford Northern 10.04
3 Jack Millen New Zealand Sunderland Stars 9.80
4 Carl Glover England Boston Barracudas 9.56
5 Ken McKinlay Scotland Scunthorpe Saints 9.50


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