Elsewhere :
Edinburgh Monarchs had completed their fixtures by early October and were selected to tour Poland, racing against six club sides in just over a week. Recognising that the Monarchs were under strength, the BSPA allowed four riders from Long Eaton and Newport to bolster their side. Ray Wilson and Norman Storer from the Archers and Jon Erskine and Geoff Penniket of Wasps joined their party.
Although never really likely to win any of their meetings, they gave a good account of themselves in the earlier meetings before machine problems and fatigue took their toll, culminating in a 60-18 defeat in the final meeting at Krakow.
Tigers ended up thirteenth in the first ever British League but this position was depressed by the defeats in their last two home meetings. Had they been able to track anything like a full team they would surely have won both fixtures and would have nestled in mid table. However it certainly was an improvement on the previous years wooden spoon! Glasgow could be pleased with their season and they actually scored more race points at home than any of the top five sides.
Interesting to note also that the top four were all former National League tracks that had managed to retain strong heat leader trios!
1965 Averages
Graham Coombes Meetings Points BP Total Rides CMA
KO Cup Home 3 14 5 19 15 5.07
British League Home 17 80 23 103 57 7.23
British League Away 17 37 12 49 57 3.44
Scottish Cup Home 1 8 1 9 5 7.20
Scottish Cup Away 1 8 1 9 5 7.20
Overall Home 21 102 29 131 77 6.81
Overall Away 18 45 13 58 62 3.74
Overall Total 39 147 42 149 139 5.44
Maury Mattingly Meetings Points BP Total Rides CMA
KO Cup Home 3 20 2 22 13 6.77
British League Home 13 64 12 76 47 6.47
British League Away 14 70 8 78 55 5.97
Scottish Cup Home 1 9 2 11 5 8.80
Scottish Cup Away 1 7 1 8 5 6.40
Overall Home 17 93 16 109 65 6.71
Overall Away 15 77 9 86 60 5.73
Overall Total 32 170 25 195 125 6.24
Bill McMillan Meetings Points BP Total Rides CMA
KO Cup Home 2 10 2 12 10 5.20
British League Home 8 24 5 29 25 4.64
British League Away 10 19 5 24 33 2.91
Scottish Cup Home 1 8 2 10 6 6.67
Scottish Cup Away 1 6 2 8 5 6.40
Overall Home 11 42 9 51 41 4.98
Overall Away 11 25 7 32 38 3.68
Overall Total 34 67 16 83 79 4.06
Charlie Monk Meetings Points BP Total Rides CMA
KO Cup Home 3 41 0 41 15 10.93
British League Home 17 190 0 190 67 11.02
British League Away 17 184 4 188 79 9.52
Scottish Cup Home 1 11 0 11 5 8.80
Scottish Cup Away 1 11 0 11 5 8.80
Overall Home 21 242 0 242 89 10.88
Overall Away 18 195 4 199 84 9.48
Overall Total 39 437 4 441 173 10.20
Bruce Ovenden Meetings Points BP Total Rides CMA
KO Cup Home 1 5 1 6 2 12.00
British League Home 15 70 15 85 50 6.80
British League Away 14 20 8 28 47 2.38
Scottish Cup Home 1 7 1 8 4 8.00
Scottish Cup Away 1 1 0 1 4 1.00
Overall Home 17 82 17 99 56 7.07
Overall Away 15 21 8 29 51 2.27
Overall Total 32 103 25 128 107 4.79
Nils Paulsen Meetings Points BP Total Rides CMA
British League Home 11 77 9 86 40 8.60
British League Away 10 39 3 42 36 4.67
KO Cup Home 3 19 1 29 15 5.33
Overall Home 14 96 10 106 55 7.71
Overall Away 10 39 3 42 36 4.67
Overall Total 24 135 13 148 91 6.51
Bluey Scott Meetings Points BP Total Rides CMA
KO Cup Home 3 29 5 34 15 9.07
British League Home 17 143 14 157 69 9.10
British League Away 17 99 6 105 71 5.92
Scottish Cup Home 1 12 1 13 5 10.40
Scottish Cup Away 1 6 1 7 5 5.60
Overall Home 21 184 20 204 89 9.17
Overall Away 18 105 7 112 76 5.89
Overall Total 39 199 27 316 115 7.66
Willie Templeton Meetings Points BP Total Rides CMA
KO Cup Home 2 15 4 19 8 9.50
British League Home 16 125 12 137 65 8.43
British League Away 13 60 5 65 50 5.20
Scottish Cup Home 1 0 0 0 2 0.00
Overall Home 19 140 16 156 75 8.32
Overall Away 13 60 5 65 50 5.20
Overall Total 32 200 21 221 125 7.07
Also Rode Meetings Points BP Total Rides CMA
Chris Julians 1 7 2 9 4 9.00
Bernie Lagrosse 4 1 0 1 10 0.40
Jack Monteith 2 6 0 6 7 3.43