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Rochdale 1970

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Crewe v Rochdale Friday 27th March 1970 (Players No 6 Trophy 1st leg)

crewe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Paul O'Neil 3 3 Ret 2 8 0

2. Dave Parry 0 2* 2 1 5 1

3. Ian Bottomley 3 1 3 3 10 0

4. Warren Hawkins 2* 1 F Exc Fell 3 1

5. Barry Meeks 3 3 3 2* 11 1

6. Colin Tucker 1 1 Ret 2 0

7. John Jackson 3 1* 1 5 1

rochdale 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Steve Waplington 2 2 3 2 Fell 9 0

2. Taffy Owen 1* 0 TS 0 1 1

3. Chris Bailey 2 0 TS 3 5 0

4. Ken Moss 0 2* Ret 3 1 6 1

5. Eric Broadbelt 1 3 0 2* 1 7 1

6. Phil Whittaker 2 1 2 5 0

7. Gerry Richardson Exc 0 TS 0 0

kings hornets kings hornets

Ht 01: O'Neil, Waplington, Owen, Parry 71.0 (TR) 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Jackson, Whittaker, Tucker, Richardson (exc) 72.0 4 2 7 5

Ht 03: Meeks, Hawkins, Broadbelt, Moss 71.4 5 1 12 6

Ht 04: Bottomley, Bailey, Tucker, Richardson 73.2 4 2 16 8

Ht 05: Meeks, Waplington, Hawkins, Owen 70.8 (TR) 4 2 20 10

Ht 06: O'Neil, Parry, Whittaker, Bailey 72.6 5 1 25 11

Ht 07: Broadbelt, Moss, Bottomley, Tucker (ret) 71.8 1 5 26 16

Ht 08: Waplington, Parry, Jackson, Broadbelt 71.8 3 3 29 19

Ht 09: Meeks, Whittaker, Moss (ret), Hawkins (f exc) 72.6 3 2 32 21

Ht 10: Moss, Broadbelt, Parry, O'Neil (ret) 72.4 1 5 33 26

Ht 11: Bottomley, Waplington, Jackson, Owen 73.0 4 2 37 28

Ht 12: Bailey, O'Neil (f awarded), Broadbelt, Hawkins (f) 73.2 2 4 39 32

Ht 13: Bottomley, Meeks, Moss, Waplington (f) 72.2 5 1 44 33

Rochdale v Crewe Sunday 29th March 1970 (Players No 6 Trophy 2nd Leg)


1. Eric Broadbelt Fell EF 3 0 3 0

2. Ken Moss 2 3 3 2* 10 1

3. Steve Waplington Exc 3 2 2* 7 1

4. Taffy Owen 3 2 2 3 10 0

5. Chris Bailey 2* 0 1* 3 6 2

6. Phil Whittaker 2* 2 N 2* 1* 7 3

7. Gerry Richardson 3 0 N N 3 0


1. Paul O'Neil 3 3 3 3 1 13 0

2. Dave Parry 1 1 Exc EF 2 0

3. Ian Bottomley 3 2 0 1* EF 6 1

4. Warren Hawkins 0 Exc 1 TS 1 0

5. Barry Meeks 1 2 0 2 5 0

6. Colin Tucker EF 1* 0 TS 1 1

7. John Jackson 1 1 1* 1 4 1

hornets kings hornets kings

Ht 01: O'Neil, Moss, Parry, Broadbelt (f) 81.0 (TR) 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Richardson, Whittaker, Jackson, Tucker (ef) 86.8 5 1 7 5

Ht 03: Owen, Bailey, Meeks, Hawkins 85.6 5 1 12 6

Ht 04: Bottomley, Whittaker, Jackson, Waplington (f exc) 85.0 2 4 14 10

Ht 05: O'Neil, Owen, Parry, Bailey 83.6 2 4 16 14

Ht 06: Moss, Bottomley, Tucker, Broadbelt (ef) 86.6 3 3 19 17

Ht 07: Waplington, Meeks, Jackson, Richardson, Hawkins (exc) 87.4 3 3 22 20

Ht 08: Moss, Whittaker, Jackson, Tucker, Parry (exc) 87.0 5 1 27 21

Ht 09: O'Neil, Owen, Bailey, Bottomley 83.8 3 3 30 24

Ht 10: Broadbelt, Moss, Hawkins, Meeks 83.6 5 1 35 25

Ht 11: O'Neil, Waplington, Whittaker, Parry (ef) 86.2 3 3 38 28

Ht 12: Owen, Meeks, Bottomley, Broadbelt 84.4 3 3 41 31

Ht 13: Bailey, Waplington, O'Neil, Bottomley (ef) 81.2 5 1 46 32

Agg: Rochdale 79 - 76 Crewe

Rochdale v Workington Sunday 5th April 1970 (British League Division ll)


1. Eric Broadbelt EF 3 3 3 9 0

2. Ken Moss 1 2* Exc N 3 1

3. Steve Waplington 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Taffy Owen 3 3 3 1 10 0

5. Chris Bailey 2* 2* 2* 2* 8 4

6. Phil Whittaker 3 1 0 0 4 0

7. Gerry James Fell Exc 1 1 0

workington 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Lou Sansom 2* 0 0 0 2 1

2. Malcolm Mackay 3 1 2 Exc 2 8 0

3. Reg Wilson 2 1 EF N 3 0

4. Dave Kumeta 0 TS 1* 1 2 1

5. Vic Lonsdale 1 1* 2 2 6 1

6. Ian Armstrong 1* 0 N 1 1

7. Chris Blythe 2 0 Exc 1 0 3 0

hornets comets hornets comets

Ht 01: McKay, Sansom, Moss, Broadbelt (ef) 79.6 (TR) 1 5 1 5

Ht 02: Whittaker, Blythe, Armstrong, James (f) 82.4 3 3 4 8

Ht 03: Owen, Bailey, Lonsdale, Kumeta 77.6 (TR) 5 1 9 9

Ht 04: Waplington, Wilson, Whittaker, Blythe 79.6 4 2 13 11

Ht 05: Owen, Bailey, Mckay, Sansom 76.6 (TR) 5 1 18 12

Ht 06: Broadbelt, Moss, Wilson, Armstrong 80.0 5 1 23 13

Ht 07: Waplington, Mackay, Lonsdale, Whittaker 78.2 3 3 26 16

Ht 08: James & Mackay (exc for not trying), Moss & James (f exc) No Time 0 0 26 16

Ht 09: Owen, Bailey, Blythe, Wilson (ef) 78.8 5 1 31 17

Ht 10: Broadbelt, Lonsdale, Kumeta, Whittaker 79.6 3 3 34 20

Ht 11: Waplington, Mackay, James, Sansom 80.2 4 2 38 22

Ht 12: Broadbelt, Lonsdale, Owen, Blythe 79.0 4 2 42 24

Ht 13: Waplington, Bailey, Kumeta, Sansom 79.4 5 1 47 25

Rochdale v Middlesbrough Sunday 12th April 1970 (Lancs v Yorks Trophy 1st Leg)


1. Taffy Owen Fell 2 3 3 8 0

2. Chris Bailey 3 EF 3 2* 8 1

3. Steve Waplington 3 Fell 3 2* 8 1

4. Ken Moss 2* 1 Fell 2* 5 2

5. Eric Broadbelt 3 3 3 3 12 0

6. Colin Goad 2 2* 2 1 7 1

7. Phil Whittaker 1* 0 N 1 1

middlesbrough 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. John Harrhy (G) 2 2 2 0 6 0

2. Pete Reading 1* 0 1* 0 2 2

3. Roger Mills 0 3 2 Fell 5 0

4. Bruce Forrester 1 3 1 1 6 0

5. Bob Jameson 0 1 0 N 1 0

6. Dave Durham EF 1 1* 2 1

7. Tim Swales 3 1 2 1 7 0

hornets teessiders hornets teessiders

Ht 01: Bailey, Harrhy, Reading, Owen (f) 81.0 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Swales, Goad, Whittaker, Durham (ef) 81.2 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Broadbelt, Moss, Forrester, Jameson 80.0 5 1 11 7

Ht 04: Waplington, Goad, Swales, Mills 81.4 5 1 16 8

Ht 05: Broadbelt, Harrhy, Moss, Reading 80.2 4 2 20 10

Ht 06: Mills, Owen, Durham, Bailey (ef) 82.6 2 4 22 14

Ht 07: Forrester, Goad, Jameson, Waplington (f) 81.8 2 4 24 18

Ht 08: Bailey, Swales, Reading, Whittaker 80.4 3 3 27 21

Ht 09: Broadbelt, Mills, Durham, Moss (f) 81.2 3 3 30 24

Ht 10: Owen, Bailey, Forrester, Jameson 82.2 5 1 35 25

Ht 11: Waplington, Harrhy, Goad, Reading 82.4 4 2 39 27

Ht 12: Owen, Moss, Swales, Mills (f) 83.8 5 1 44 28

Ht 13: Broadbelt, Waplington, Forrester, Harrhy 81.8 5 1 49 29

Canterbury v Rochdale Saturday 18th April 1970 (British League Division ll)

canterbury 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Barry Crowson 3 3 2 2 2 12 0

2. Jake Rennison 0 1* 1 1* 3 2

3. Graeme Smith 3 3 3 3 3 15 0

4. Barry Thomas 0 2 2* 1* 2* 7 3

5. Graham Miles R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

6. Graham Banks 3 2* 0 1 6 1

7. Alan Kite 2* 0 0 2 1


1. Chris Bailey 1* 1 1* 1 4 2

2. Taffy Owen 2 3 2* 0 2 9 1

3. Steve Waplington Ret 3 1 0 4 0

4. Ken Moss 1* N TS 0 1 1

5. Eric Broadbelt 2 2 3 3 3 13 0

6. Colin Goad 1 0 0 1 0

7. Phil Whittaker Exc 1 0 TS 1 0

crusaders hornets crusaders hornets

Ht 01: Crowson, Owen, Bailey, Rennison 78.2 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Banks, Kite, Goad (f rem), Whittaker (exc) 78.0 5 1 8 4

Ht 03: Crowson, Broadbelt, Moss, Thomas 78.0 3 3 11 7

Ht 04: Smith, Banks, Whittaker, Waplington (ret) 76.6 5 1 16 8

Ht 05: Owen, Thomas, Bailey, Banks 78.4 2 4 18 12

Ht 06: Waplington, Crowson, Rennison, Goad 78.8 3 3 21 15

Ht 07: Smith, Broadbelt, Banks, Whittaker 76.4 4 2 25 17

Ht 08: Broadbelt, Owen, Rennison, Kite 78.4 1 5 26 22

Ht 09: Smith, Thomas, Waplington, Goad (f rem) 77.2 5 1 31 23

Ht 10: Broadbelt, Crowson, Rennison, Owen 78.4 3 3 34 26

Ht 11: Smith, Owen, Bailey, Kite 77.4 3 3 37 29

Ht 12: Broadbelt, Crowson, Thomas, Waplington 78.4 3 3 40 32

Ht 13: Smith, Thomas, Bailey, Moss 77.4 5 1 45 33

Rochdale v Long Eaton Sunday 19th April 1970 (Division ll KOC 1st Rnd)


1. Taffy Owen 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Phil Whittaker 1 1 1 N 3 0

3. Chris Bailey 3 3 3 0 9 0

4. Ken Moss 1 1 Fell Fell 2 0


6. Paul Tyrer 3 Fell 2* Fell 5 1

7. Gerry Richardson 1 EF Fell 1 0

long eaton 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Malcolm Shakespeare 2 2 2 2 1 9 0

2. Roy Carter Fell 0 3 1* 4 1

3. Pete Wrathall R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

4. Ken Vale 2 1 1* 2 3 9 1

5. Gil Farmer 0 0 1* 1* 2 2

6. Peter Gay 0 1* 0 2 3 1

7. Geoff Bouchard 2 2 2* 2 8 1

hornets rangers hornets rangers

Ht 01: Owen, Shakespeare, Whittaker, Carter (f) 79.2 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Tyrer, Bouchard, Richardson, Gay 80.8 4 2 8 4

Ht 03: Broadbelt, Vale, Moss, Farmer 78.2 4 2 12 6

Ht 04: Bailey, Bouchard, Gay, Tyrer (f) 78.6 3 3 15 9

Ht 05: Broadbelt, Shakespeare, Moss, Carter 79.0 4 2 19 11

Ht 06: Owen, Shakespeare, Whittaker, Gay 78.2 4 2 23 13

Ht 07: Bailey, Tyrer, Vale, Farmer 79.4 5 1 28 14

Ht 08: Carter, Bouchard, Whittaker, Richardson (ef) 82.2 1 5 29 19

Ht 09: Broadbelt, Gay, Vale, Moss (f) 79.8 3 3 32 22

Ht 10: Owen, Vale, Farmer, Tyrer (f) 79.8 3 3 35 25

Ht 11: Bailey, Shakespeare, Carter, Richardson (f) 79.2 3 3 38 28

Ht 12: Owen, Bouchard, Farmer, Moss (f) 80.0 3 3 41 31

Ht 13: Vale, Broadbelt, Shakespeare, Bailey 80.8 2 4 43 35

Workington v Rochdale Friday 24th April 1970 (British League Division ll)


1. Lou Sansom 2 2 2 1* 1 8 1

2. Reg Wilson 1* 0 0 TS 1 1

3. Malcolm Mackay 1* 2 2 1 2 8 1

4. Chris Blythe 1* 2 2 0 5 1

5. Vic Lonsdale 2 0 N 0 2 0

6. Bob Valentine 3 2 Ret 0 5 0

7. Ian Armstrong 0 TS 0 0 0


1. Taffy Owen 0 N 3 3 6 0

2. Chris Bailey 3 3 3 2* 11 1

3. Steve Waplington 3 3 3 2* 11 1

4. Ken Moss 0 1 N 1 2 0


6. Colin Goad 1* 1 1 1 4 1

7. Alan Wilkinson 2 0 1 0 3 0

comets hornets comets hornets

Ht 01: Bailey, Sansom, Wilson, Owen 81.6 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Valentine, Wilkinson, Goad, Armstrong 82.2 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Broadbelt, Lonsdale, Blythe, Moss 79.8 3 3 9 9

Ht 04: Waplington, Valentine, Mackay, Wilkinson 80.2 3 3 12 12

Ht 05: Bailey, Blythe, Goad, Lonsdale 82.4 2 4 14 16

Ht 06: Waplington, Sansom, Goad, Wilson 81.4 2 4 16 20

Ht 07: Broadbelt, Mackay, Moss, Valentine (ret) 80.0 2 4 18 24

Ht 08: Bailey, Sansom, Wilkinson, Wilson 81.0 2 4 20 28

Ht 09: Waplington, Blythe, Goad, Valentine 84.4 2 4 22 32

Ht 10: Broadbelt, Mackay, Sansom, Wilkinson 81.0 3 3 25 35

Ht 11: Owen, Bailey, Mackay, Armstrong 81.0 1 5 26 40

Ht 12: Broadbelt, Waplington, Sansom, Blythe 81.0 1 5 27 45

Ht 13: Owen, Mackay, Moss, Lonsdale 81.4 2 4 29 49

Rochdale v Ipswich Sunday 26th April 1970 (British League Division ll)


1. Taffy Owen 3 3 3 2* 11 1

2. Ken Moss 2* 1 F Exc 2* 5 2


4. Chris Bailey 1 2* 3 3 9 1

5. Eric Broadbelt 3 3 Exc 3 9 0

6. Colin Goad 3 1 1 1 6 0

7. Alan Wilkinson 2* 1 1* 4 2

ipswich 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Ted Spittles R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

2. Pete Bailey 0 1 2* TS 1 4 1

3. John Harrhy 2 0 2 3 1 8 0

4. Ron Bagley 1 2 2 3 EF 0 8 0

5. John Louis 0 0 0 EF 0 0 0 0

6. Neville Slee Exc 2 0 2 0

7. Stan Pepper 1 0 TS 1 0

hornets witches kings hornets

Ht 01: Owen, Moss, Bagley, P.Bailey 77.4 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Goad, Wilkinson, Pepper, Slee (exc) 80.8 5 1 10 2

Ht 03: Broadbelt, Bagley, C.Bailey, Louis 79.0 4 2 14 4

Ht 04: Waplington, Harrhy, Goad, Pepper 79.4 4 2 18 6

Ht 05: Broadbelt, C.Bailey, P.Bailey, Louis 79.2 5 1 23 7

Ht 06: Owen, Slee, Moss, Harrhy 78.0 4 2 27 9

Ht 07: Waplington, Bagley, Goad, Louis 80.8 4 2 31 11

Ht 08: Bagley, P.Bailey, Wilkinson, Moss (f exc) 80.2 1 5 32 16

Ht 09: C.Bailey, Harrhy, Goad, Slee, Broadbelt (ex tapes) 79.6 4 2 36 18

Ht 10: Owen, Moss, Louis (ef), Bagley (ef) 78.2 5 0 41 18

Ht 11: Harrhy, Waplington, Wilkinson, Louis 79.4 3 3 44 21

Ht 12: C.Bailey, Owen, Harrhy, Louis 79.0 5 1 49 22

Ht 13: Broadbelt, Waplington, P.Bailey, Bagley 78.8 5 1 54 23

Middlesbrough v Rochdale Thursday 30th April 1970 (Lancs v Yorks Trophy 2nd Leg)


1. Bob Jameson 2 3 3 Fell 8 0

2. Pete Reading 1* 2* 3 2* 8 3

3. Bruce Forrester 2* 1* EF N 3 2

4. Tim Swales 3 1 2* 2 8 1

5. Roger Mills 2* 3 3 0 8 1

6. Dave Durham 3 3 2 2 10 0

7. John Knock 2* 1 1 4 1


1. Taffy Owen 3 2 3 3 3 14 0

2. Colin Goad 0 0 TS 2* 2 1

3. Steve Waplington 1 Fell 2 EF 3 6 0

4. Phil Whittaker 1 TS 0 0 1 2 0

5. Ken Moss 0 Fell 1 1 2 0

6. Alan Wilkinson 1 1 1 3 0

7. Brian Bentley 0 0 TS 0 0

teessiders hornets teessiders hornets

Ht 01: Owen, Jameson, Reading, Goad 69.2 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Durham, Knock, Wilkinson, Bentley 72.0 5 1 8 4

Ht 03: Swales, Mills, Whittaker, Moss 72.8 5 1 13 5

Ht 04: Durham, Forrester, Waplington, Bentley 72.0 5 1 18 6

Ht 05: Mills, Owen, Swales, Goad 69.6 4 2 22 8

Ht 06: Jameson, Reading, Wilkinson, Waplington (f) 71.8 5 1 27 9

Ht 07: Owen, Durham, Forrester, Moss (f) 71.4 3 3 30 12

Ht 08: Reading, Waplington, Knock, Whittaker (f) 72.2 4 2 34 14

Ht 09: Mills, Swales, Wilkinson, Waplington (ef) 69.8 5 1 39 15

Ht 10: Jameson, Reading, Moss, Whittaker 71.4 5 1 44 16

Ht 11: Owen, Goad, Knock, Forrester (ef) 72.0 1 5 45 21

Ht 12: Waplington, Swales, Moss, Jameson (f) 72.6 2 4 47 25

Ht 13: Owen, Durham, Whittaker, Mills (f rem) 70.8 2 4 49 29

Agg: Middlesbrough 78 - 78 Rochdale

Taffy Owen beat Dave Durham in a run off for the trophy

Long Eaton v Rochdale Thursday 7th May 1970 (British League Division ll)


1. Malcolm Shakespeare 2 3 3 3 3 14 0

2. Roy Carter 1* Fell 1* N 2 2

3. Pete Wrathall R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

4. Gil Farmer 2 3 2 3 N 10 0

5. Ken Vale 1* 1 2* 1* 1 6 3

6. Geoff Bouchard 3 1 1* 0 1 6 1

7. Steve Bass 2* 2 2 0 6 1


1. Taffy Owen 3 2 1 3 2* 11 1

2. Colin Goad 0 0 TS TS 0 0

3. Steve Waplington 2 1* Fell TS Fell 3 1

4. Chris Bailey Fell 0 2 EF 3 5 0

5. Eric Broadbelt 3 3 3 1* 2 12 1

6. Gerry Richardson Fell 2 0 2 0

7. Alan Wilkinson F Exc Fell TS 0 0

rangers hornets rangers hornets

Ht 01: Owen, Shakespeare, Carter, Goad 73.6 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Bouchard, Bass, Richardson (f), Wilkinson (f exc) 75.0 5 0 8 3

Ht 03: Broadbelt, Farmer, Vale, Bailey (f) 74.8 3 3 11 6

Ht 04: Shakespeare, Waplington, Bouchard, Wilkinson (f) 74.0 4 2 15 8

Ht 05: Farmer, Owen, Vale, Goad 74.0 4 2 19 10

Ht 06: Shakespeare, Richardson (f pushed), Waplington (f pushed), Carter (f) 72.6 3 3 22 13

Ht 07: Broadbelt, Farmer, Bouchard, Bailey 75.0 3 3 25 16

Ht 08: Broadbelt, Bass, Carter (f rem), Waplington (f) 75.2 3 3 28 19

Ht 09: Farmer, Vale, Owen, Richardson 75.2 5 1 33 20

Ht 10: Shakespeare, Bailey, Broadbelt, Bouchard 74.0 3 3 36 23

Ht 11: Owen, Bass, Vale, Bailey (ef) 74.8 3 3 39 26

Ht 12: Shakespeare, Broadbelt, Bouchard, Waplington (f) 72.4 4 2 43 28

Ht 13: Bailey, Owen, Vale, Bass 74.4 1 5 44 33

Rochdale v Reading Sunday 10th May 1970 (British League Division ll)



2. Colin Goad 2* 1 1 2* 6 2

3. Steve Waplington 2 Fell 3 2* 7 1

4. Chris Bailey 3 3 Exc 2* 8 1

5. Taffy Owen 2* 2* Exc 3 7 2

6. Gerry Richardson 1 1* Fell 0 2 1

7. Alan Wilkinson 3 3 3 2* 11 1

reading 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Mike Vernam 1 1 1 0 3 0

2. John Hammond 0 0 TS 0 0 0

3. Richard May 0 N 2 1 1 4 0

4. Bernie Leigh 1 2* 0 TS 3 1

5. Dene Davies 0 3 2 1 0 6 0

6. Dave Grimley 0 0 0 N 0 0

7. Bob Young 2 3 2 Exc 1* 8 1

hornets racers hornets racers

Ht 01: Broadbelt, Goad, Vernam, Hammond 77.4 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Wilkinson, Young, Richardson, Grimley 81.2 4 2 9 3

Ht 03: Bailey, Owen, Leigh, Davies 80.4 5 1 14 4

Ht 04: Young, Waplington, Richardson, May 80.0 3 3 17 7

Ht 05: Bailey, Owen, Vernam, Hammond 79.2 5 1 22 8

Ht 06: Broadbelt, Young, Goad, Grimley 79.2 4 2 26 10

Ht 07: Davies, Leigh, Richardson (f), Waplington (f) 80.6 0 5 26 15

Ht 08: Wilkinson, Davies, Goad, Grimley, Young (exc) 80.0 4 2 30 17

Ht 09: Wilkinson, May, Young, Richardson, Bailey (ex tapes), Owen (ex tapes) 79.6 3 3 33 20

Ht 10: Broadbelt, Goad, Davies, Leigh 79.4 5 1 38 21

Ht 11: Waplington, Wilkinson, Vernam, Hammond 80.4 5 1 43 22

Ht 12: Broadbelt, Bailey, May, Davies 80.2 5 1 48 23

Ht 13: Owen, Waplington, May, Vernam 80.8 5 1 53 24

Rochdale v Romford Sunday 17th May 1970 (Division Two KOC 2nd Rnd)



2. Ken Moss F Exc 1 2 0 3 0

3. Chris Bailey 3 2 2 2* 9 1

4. Steve Waplington 2* 0 1 1 4 1

5. Taffy Owen 3 3 3 3 12 0

6. Alan Wilkinson 3 2* 0 5 1

7. Paul Tyrer 2* 0 1* 3 2

romford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Phil Woodcock 2 1* 2 3 1 9 1

2. Ian Gills 1* TS 3 2 N 6 1

3. Colin Sanders 1 0 0 0 1 0

4. Brian Foote 0 1 1* 0 2 1

5. Ross Gilbertson 1 2 3 2 2 10 0

6. Charlie Benham 0 TS TS 0 0

7. Kevin Holden 1 0 1 0 2 0

hornets bombers hornets bombers

Ht 01: Broadbelt, Woodcock, Gills, Moss (f exc) 78.4 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Wilkinson, Tyrer, Holden, Benham 80.4 5 1 8 4

Ht 03: Owen, Waplington, Gilbertson, Foote 79.0 5 1 13 5

Ht 04: Bailey, Wilkinson, Sanders, Holden 79.0 5 1 18 6

Ht 05: Owen, Gilbertson, Woodcock, Waplington 77.2 3 3 21 9

Ht 06: Broadbelt, Woodcock, Moss, Sanders 78.0 4 2 25 11

Ht 07: Gilbertson, Bailey, Foote, Wilkinson 77.8 2 4 27 15

Ht 08: Gills, Moss, Holden, Tyrer 79.4 2 4 29 19

Ht 09: Owen, Gills, Waplington, Sanders 77.2 4 2 33 21

Ht 10: Broadbelt, Gilbertson, Foote, Moss 77.4 3 3 36 24

Ht 11: Woodcock, Bailey, Tyrer, Holden 78.0 3 3 39 27

Ht 12: Broadbelt, Gilbertson, Waplington, Sanders 78.2 4 2 43 29

Ht 13: Owen, Bailey, Woodcock, Foote 79.4 5 1 48 30

Crewe v Rochdale Monday 18th May 1970 (Challenge)


1. Paul O'Neil 3 Ret 2 3 8 0

2. Dai Evans 1 2 0 1* 4 1

3. Roger Mills (G) 1 1* 0 N 2 1

4. John Jackson 2* 3 3 0 8 1

5. Barry Meeks 3 1 1 3 8 0

6. Glyn Blackburn F Exc 3 2 1 1 7 0

7. Rob Jackson Ret 2 N 2 0


1. Eric Broadbelt 2 2 2* 0 6 1

2. Ken Moss F Exc 0 3 3 6 0

3. Chris Bailey 0 3 2 1* 6 1

4. Steve Waplington 1 3 Fell 2 6 0

5. Taffy Owen Exc 0 3 2 5 0

6. Paul Tyrer 2* N N 2 1

7. Alan Wilkinson 3 Fell 2 F Exc 1 Ret 6 0


Ht 01: O'Neil, Broadbelt, Evans, Moss (f exc) 75.2 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Wilkinson, Tyrer, R.Jackson (ret), Blackburn (f exc) 77.8 0 5 4 7

Ht 03: Meeks, J.Jackson, Waplington, Wilkinson (f), Owen (ex tapes) 77.2 5 1 9 8

Ht 04: Blackburn, Wilkinson, Mills, Bailey 77.0 4 2 13 10

Ht 05: J.Jackson, Broadbelt, Meeks, Moss 75.0 4 2 17 12

Ht 06: Bailey, Evans, O'Neil (ret), Wilkinson (f exc) 76.0 2 3 19 15

Ht 07: Waplington, Blackburn, Mills, Owen 76.2 3 3 22 18

Ht 08: Moss, R.Jackson, Wilkinson, Evans 76.4 2 4 24 22

Ht 09: J.Jackson, Bailey, Meeks, Wilkinson (ret) 75.0 4 2 28 24

Ht 10: Owen, O'Neil, Evans (f rem), Waplington (f) 76.0 3 3 31 27

Ht 11: Moss, Broadbelt, Blackburn, Mills 75.8 1 5 32 32

Ht 12: O'Neil, Owen, Bailey, J.Jackson 75.0 3 3 35 35

Ht 13: Meeks, Waplington, Blackburn, Broadbelt 76.0 4 2 39 37

Nelson v Rochdale Saturday 23rd May 1970 (British League Division ll)

nelson 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Alan Knapkin 3 3 2 3 11 0

2. Alan Bridgett 0 1 2* 0 3 1

3. Gary Peterson 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Dave Schofield 3 1 N 1 5 0

5. Alf Wells 2* 3 3 EF 8 1

6. Sid Sheldrick 0 1 1 2 0

7. Peter Thompson 1 3 0 1 5 0


1. Eric Broadbelt 1* 2 2 2 2 9 1

2. Paul Tyrer 2 0 0 N 2 0

3. Chris Bailey 0 N 1* 0 1 1

4. Alan Wilkinson 1 Exc 1 Fell 2 0

5. Taffy Owen 0 2 3 2 7 0

6. Ken Moss 2* 0 1 TS 3 1

7. Steve Waplington 3 2 2 N 0 7 0

admirals hornets admirals hornets

Ht 01: Knapkin, Tyrer, Broadbelt, Bridgett 69.6 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Waplington, Moss, Thompson, Sheldrick 66.8 1 5 4 8

Ht 03: Schofield, Wells, Wilkinson, Owen 69.0 5 1 9 9

Ht 04: Peterson, Waplington, Sheldrick, Bailey 65.0 4 2 13 11

Ht 05: Wells, Broadbelt, Schofield, Tyrer 67.2 4 2 17 13

Ht 06: Kanpkin, Waplington, Bridgett, Moss 66.8 4 2 21 15

Ht 07: Peterson, Owen, Sheldrick, Wilkinson (exc) 64.8 4 2 25 17

Ht 08: Thompson, Bridgett, Moss, Tyrer 66.6 5 1 30 18

Ht 09: Wells, Broadbelt, Bailey, Thompson 66.4 3 3 33 21

Ht 10: Owen, Knapkin, Wilkinson, Bridgett 64.4 2 4 35 25

Ht 11: Peterson, Broadbelt, Thompson, Waplington 63.0 4 2 39 27

Ht 12: Knapkin, Owen, Schofield, Bailey 64.0 4 2 43 29

Ht 13: Peterson, Broadbelt, Wells (ef), Wilkinson (f) 62.8 3 2 46 31

Rochdale v Middlesbrough Sunday 24th May 1970 (British League Division ll)



2. Paul Tyrer 0 1 Fell 2* 3 1

3. Chris Bailey 3 3 2 2* 10 1


5. Taffy Owen 2* 1* 2* 3 8 3

6. Alan Wilkinson 2* 0 0 2 1

7. Ken Moss 3 1 EF 4 0


1. Tom Leadbitter 2 3 3 3 1 12 0

2. Pete Reading 1* 0 TS 1 2 1

3. Roger Mills 2 2 2* 1 1 8 1

4. Tim Swales 1 2 0 0 3 0

5. Bob Jameson 0 1* 1 N 2 1

6. John Knock 0 N 0 0 0

7. Dave Durham 1 1* 0 TS 0 2 1

hornets teessiders hornets teessiders

Ht 01: Broadbelt, Leadbitter, Reading, Tyrer 77.6 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Moss, Wilkinson, Durham, Knock 79.2 5 1 8 4

Ht 03: Waplington, Owen, Swales, Jameson 79.0 5 1 13 5

Ht 04: Bailey, Mills, Durham, Wilkinson 78.0 3 3 16 8

Ht 05: Leadbitter, Waplington, Owen, Reading 79.6 3 3 19 11

Ht 06: Broadbelt, Mills, Tyrer, Durham 78.8 4 2 23 13

Ht 07: Bailey, Swales, Jameson, Wilkinson 79.2 3 3 26 16

Ht 08: Leadbitter, Mills, Moss, Tyrer (f) 79.0 1 5 27 21

Ht 09: Waplington, Owen, Mills, Knock 79.8 5 1 32 22

Ht 10: Broadbelt, Tyrer, Jameson, Swales 77.6 5 1 37 23

Ht 11: Leadbitter, Bailey, Reading, Moss (ef) 79.4 2 4 39 27

Ht 12: Broadbelt, Waplington, Mills, Durham 78.0 5 1 44 28

Ht 13: Owen, Bailey, Leadbitter, Swales 79.6 5 1 49 29

Romford v Rochdale Thursday 4th June 1970 (British League Division ll)


1. Ross Gilbertson 2 3 3 3 11 0

2. Colin Sanders 1* 1 2 Ret 4 1

3. Brian Foote 1 2 2 3 8 0

4. Phil Woodcock 1 2 Exc 2* 5 1

5. Ian Gills 3 1* 1* 2* 7 3

6. Kevin Holden 2* 3 0 2 7 1

7. Charlie Benham 3 1* 1* 5 2


1. Eric Broadbelt 3 3 Exc 3 1 10 0

2. Gerry Richardson 0 Fell TS TS 0 0

3. Chris Bailey 2 2 3 F Exc 0 7 0

4. Paul Tyrer 0 1 TS 2 0 0 3 0

5. Taffy Owen 2 3 3 1* 1 10 1

6. Alan Wilkinson F Exc 0 0 0 0

7. Ken Moss F Exc 0 TS 0 0

bombers hornets bombers hornets

Ht 01: Broadbelt, Gilbertson, Sanders, Richardson 73.6 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Benham, Holden, Wilkinson (f exc), Moss (f exc) 73.8 5 0 8 3

Ht 03: Gills, Owen, Woodcock, Tyrer 71.8 4 2 12 5

Ht 04: Holden, Bailey, Foote, Moss 72.8 4 2 16 7

Ht 05: Broadbelt, Woodcock, Gills, Richardson (f) 71.6 3 3 19 10

Ht 06: Gilbertson, Bailey, Sanders, Wilkinson 72.0 4 2 23 12

Ht 07: Owen, Foote, Tyrer, Holden 71.8 2 4 25 16

Ht 08: Bailey, Sanders, Benham, Wilkinson, Broadbelt (ex tapes) 72.2 3 3 28 19

Ht 09: Owen, Holden, Gills, Bailey (f exc), Woodcock (ex tapes) 71.4 3 3 31 22

Ht 10: Gilbertson, Tyrer, Owen, Sanders (ret) 71.8 3 3 34 25

Ht 11: Broadbelt, Foote, Benham, Tyrer 71.6 3 3 37 28

Ht 12: Gilbertson, Woodcock, Owen, Bailey 72.0 5 1 42 29

Ht 13: Foote, Gills, Broadbelt, Tyrer 72.4 5 1 47 30

Rochdale v Romford Sunday 7th June 1970 (British League Division ll & KOC 2nd Round)


1. Eric Broadbelt 3 3 2* 3 11 1

2. Paul Tyrer 2* 2* 0 3 7 2

3. Chris Bailey 3 3 2 Exc 8 0

4. Gerry Richardson 0 N 3 2* 5 1

5. Taffy Owen 2 2 2* 2 8 1

6. Alan Wilkinson 2* 2* 2* 1* 0 7 4

7. Ken Moss 3 0 1 Exc 4 0


1. Ross Gilbertson 1 1 3 3 3 11 0

2. Ian Gills 0 3 2* 0 5 1

3. Brian Foote 1 0 1 1 3 0

4. Phil Woodcock 3 1 Fell 1 1 6 0

5. Colin Sanders 1 1 Fell 0 2 0

6. Kevin Holden 1 TS N 1 0

7. Tony George EF Fell TS 0 0 0

hornets bombers hornets bombers

Ht 01: Broadbelt, Tyrer, Gilbertson, Gills 76.0 (TR) 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Moss, Wilkinson, Holden, George (ef) 78.4 5 1 10 2

Ht 03: Woodcock, Owen, Sanders, Richardson 77.4 2 4 12 6

Ht 04: Bailey, Wilkinson, Foote, George (f) 81.4 5 1 17 7

Ht 05: Gills, Owen, Gilbertson, Moss 78.8 2 4 19 11

Ht 06: Broadbelt, Tyrer, Woodcock, Foote 76.6 5 1 24 12

Ht 07: Bailey, Wilkinson, Sanders, Woodcock (f) 77.8 5 1 29 13

Ht 08: Gilbertson, Gills, Moss, Tyrer 78.2 1 5 30 18

Ht 09: Richardson, Owen, Foote, George 82.4 5 1 35 19

Ht 10: Tyrer, Broadbelt, Woodcock, Sanders (f) 78.0 5 1 40 20

Ht 11: Gilbertson, Bailey, Wilkinson, Gills, Moss (exc) 78.6 3 3 43 23

Ht 12: Broadbelt, Richardson, Foote, Sanders 77.0 5 1 48 24

Ht 13: Gilbertson, Owen, Woodcock, Wilkinson, Bailey (exc) 79.0 2 4 50 28

Rochdale v Crayford Sunday 14th June 1970 (British League Division ll)



2. Gerry Richardson 2* 2* 3 2* 9 3

3. Chris Bailey 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Alan Wilkinson 2* 2* 2* 1 7 3

5. Taffy Owen 3 3 3 2* 11 1

6. Paul Tyrer 3 2* 2* 7 2

7. Ken Moss 2* 2* 1 5 2

crayford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Archie Wilkinson R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

2. Len Priestley (G) 0 0 0 0 0 0

3. Tony Childs 1 1 1 1 2 2 8 0

4. George Devonport 1 1 1 0 1 4 0

5. Chris Hawkins 0 0 1 0 1 0

6. Mick Steel 1 0 0 1 0

7. Derek Timms EF 0 1 1 0

8. Judd Drew 0 0 0

hornets high'men hornets high'men

Ht 01: Broadbelt, Richardson, Childs, Priestley 78.2 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Tyrer, Moss, Steel, Timms (ef) 78.4 5 1 10 2

Ht 03: Owen, Wilkinson, Devonport, Hawkins 77.4 5 1 15 3

Ht 04: Bailey, Tyrer, Childs, Timms 79.0 5 1 20 4

Ht 05: Owen, Wilkinson, Devonport, Priestley 77.6 5 1 25 5

Ht 06: Broadbelt, Richardson, Childs, Steel 79.2 5 1 30 6

Ht 07: Bailey, Tyrer, Devonport, Hawkins 79.0 5 1 35 7

Ht 08: Richardson, Moss, Timms, Priestley 81.2 5 1 40 8

Ht 09: Owen, Wilkinson, Childs, Steel 77.0 5 1 45 9

Ht 10: Broadbelt, Richardson, Hawkins, Devonport 79.0 5 1 50 10

Ht 11: Bailey, Childs, Moss, Priestley 79.8 4 2 54 12

Ht 12: Broadbelt, Childs, Wilkinson, Hawkins 78.4 4 2 58 14

Ht 13: Bailey, Owen, Devonport, Drew 79.8 5 1 63 15

Peterborough v Rochdale Friday 19th June 1970 (British League Division ll)

peterborough 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Pete Seaton EF 2 2 0 4 0

2. Richard Greer 3 1* 3 0 2 9 1

3. Andy Ross 1 N TS N 1 0

4. Brian Davies 3 2 0 3 1 9 0

5. Pete Saunders EF 0 0 1 1 0

6. John Stayte 3 EF 0 0 3 0

7. Mervyn Hill 2* 1 TS Fell 3 1



2. Paul Tyrer 1* 1 2 1 5 1

3. Chris Bailey 2* 3 1* 2* 8 3

4. Alan Wilkinson 1* 2* 1 2* 6 3

5. Taffy Owen 2 3 3 3 11 0

6. Gerry Richardson 0 0 N 0 0

7. Ken Moss 1 3 1* 2 7 1

panthers hornets panthers hornets

Ht 01: Greer, Broadbelt, Tyrer, Seaton (ef) 71.4 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Stayte, Hill, Moss, Richardson 73.2 5 1 8 4

Ht 03: Davies, Owen, Wilkinson, Saunders (ef) 71.2 3 3 11 7

Ht 04: Moss, Bailey, Ross, Stayte (ef) 70.8 1 5 12 12

Ht 05: Broadbelt, Davies, Tyrer, Saunders 70.2 (TR) 2 4 14 16

Ht 06: Bailey, Seaton, Greer, Richardson 71.4 3 3 17 19

Ht 07: Owen, Wilkinson, Hill, Stayte 70.4 1 5 18 24

Ht 08: Greer, Tyrer, Moss, Davies 71.8 3 3 21 27

Ht 09: Davies, Moss, Bailey, Saunders 72.6 3 3 24 30

Ht 10: Owen, Seaton, Wilkinson, Greer 70.8 2 4 26 34

Ht 11: Broadbelt, Greer, Tyrer, Hill (f) 71.6 2 4 28 38

Ht 12: Owen, Bailey, Davies, Seaton 71.4 1 5 29 43

Ht 13: Broadbelt, Wilkinson, Saunders, Stayte 71.2 1 5 30 48

Rochdale v King's Lynn ll Sunday 21st June 1970 (British League Division ll)



2. Paul Tyrer 3 2* 2* 2* 9 3

3. Chris Bailey 3 3 3 2* 11 1

4. Alan Wilkinson 2* 2* 2* 2* 8 4

5. Taffy Owen 3 3 3 3 12 0

6. Ken Moss 3 1 N 2* 6 1

7. Gerry Richardson Fell 2* 3 N 5 1

kings lynn II 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Graham Edmunds 0 TS N TS 0 0

2. Tony Featherstone 2 1 EF 0 EF 3 0

3. Ian Turner 2 1 Fell TS 3 0

4. Jack Bywater 0 1 0 0 Exc 1 0

5. Arthur Price 1 0 Ret 1 1 3 0

6. Russ Osborne Exc 0 1 1 1 3 0

7. John Ingamells 2 0 N 2 0

hornets starlets hornets starlets

Ht 01: Tyrer, Featherstone, Broadbelt (f rem), Edmunds (f) 78.8 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Moss, Ingamells, Osborne (exc), Richardson (f) 82.4 3 2 7 4

Ht 03: Owen, Wilkinson, Price, Bywater 76.6 5 1 12 5

Ht 04: Bailey, Turner, Moss, Ingamells 78.0 4 2 16 7

Ht 05: Owen, Wilkinson, Featherstone, Price 76.4 5 1 21 8

Ht 06: Broadbelt, Tyrer, Turner, Osborne 77.4 5 1 26 9

Ht 07: Bailey, Richardson, Bywater, Price (ret) 78.8 5 1 31 10

Ht 08: Richardson, Tyrer, Osborne, Featherstone (ef) 81.0 5 1 36 11

Ht 09: Owen, Wilkinson, Osborne, Turner (f) 79.8 5 1 41 12

Ht 10: Broadbelt, Tyrer, Price, Bywater 77.0 5 1 46 13

Ht 11: Bailey, Moss, Osborne, Featherstone 77.8 5 1 51 14

Ht 12: Broadbelt, Wilkinson, Price, Bywater 78.8 5 1 56 15

Ht 13: Owen, Bailey, Featherstone (ef), Bywater (exc) 78.4 5 0 61 15

Middlesbrough v Rochdale Thursday 25th June 1970 (British League Division ll)


1. Tom Leadbitter 3 1 2 3 9 0

2. Tim Swales 1 0 2 0 3 0

3. Roger Mills 3 3 3 2* 11 1

4. Dave Durham 3 0 2 0 5 0

5. Bob Jameson 1 3 1* 3 8 1

6. Pete Reading 2 1 2* 5 1

7. Bruce Forrester Exc 1* 1 2 1


1. Eric Broadbelt 2 2 EF 0 4 0

2. Paul Tyrer 0 1* 3 2 6 1

3. Chris Bailey 2 2* 3 2 9 1


5. Taffy Owen Fell F Exc 1 1* 2 1

6. Ken Moss 3 3 F Exc 0 6 0

7. Gerry Richardson 1 Fell N 1 0

teessiders hornets teessiders hornets

Ht 01: Leadbitter, Broadbelt, Swales, Tyrer 72.8 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Moss, Reading, Richardson, Forrester (ex dangerous riding) 75.4 2 4 6 6

Ht 03: Durham, Wilkinson, Jameson, Owen (f) 73.0 4 2 10 8

Ht 04: Mills, Bailey, Reading, Richardson (f) 71.6 4 2 14 10

Ht 05: Jameson, Broadbelt, Tyrer, Durham 74.6 3 3 17 13

Ht 06: Moss, Bailey, Leadbitter, Swales 73.4 1 5 18 18

Ht 07: Mills, Reading, Wilkinson (f rem), Owen (f exc) 73.0 5 1 23 19

Ht 08: Tyrer, Swales, Forrester, Moss (f exc) 72.6 3 3 26 22

Ht 09: Bailey, Durham, Jameson, Moss 73.6 3 3 29 25

Ht 10: Wilkinson, Leadbitter, Owen, Swales 73.8 2 4 31 29

Ht 11: Mills, Tyrer, Forrester (ef, pushed), Broadbelt (ef) 74.0 4 2 35 31

Ht 12: Leadbitter, Bailey, Owen, Durham 74.0 3 3 38 34

Ht 13: Jameson, Mills, Wilkinson, Broadbelt 74.6 5 1 43 35

Reading v Rochdale Monday 29th June 1970 (British League Division ll)

reading 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Mike Vernam 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Bernie Leigh 2* 2* 2 1 7 2

3. Richard May 3 3 3 3 12 0

4. Phil Pratt 0 0 N 0 0 0

5. Cec Platt Exc 3 0 0 3 0

6. Bob Young 1 1 0 2 0

7. Dene Davies 3 2 0 2 0 7 0


1. Eric Broadbelt 1 2 1* 1* 5 2

2. Paul Tyrer 0 1* 3 2 6 1

3. Chris Bailey 2 0 1 3 1* 7 1

4. Alan Wilkinson 1 1* 0 2 4 1

5. Taffy Owen 3 2 2 2 9 0

6. Ken Moss 2 1 1 4 0

7. Colin Goad 0 0 TS 0 0

racers hornets racers hornets

Ht 01: Vernam, Leigh, Broadbelt, Tyrer 73.4 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Davies, Moss, Young, Goad 76.4 4 2 9 3

Ht 03: Owen, Davies, Wilkinson, Pratt, Platt (exc) 74.0 2 4 11 7

Ht 04: May, Bailey, Young, Goad 73.4 4 2 15 9

Ht 05: Platt, Broadbelt, Tyrer, Pratt 76.2 3 3 18 12

Ht 06: Vernam, Leigh, Moss, Bailey 74.0 5 1 23 13

Ht 07: May, Owen, Wilkinson, Young 73.4 3 3 26 16

Ht 08: Tyrer, Leigh, Bailey, Davies 75.0 2 4 28 20

Ht 09: Bailey, Davies, Moss, Platt 75.4 2 4 30 24

Ht 10: Vernam, Owen, Leigh, Wilkinson 73.4 4 2 34 26

Ht 11: May, Tyrer, Broadbelt, Davies 73.2 3 3 37 29

Ht 12: Vernam, Owen, Bailey, Pratt 73.6 3 3 40 32

Ht 13: May, Wilkinson, Broadbelt, Platt 73.4 3 3 43 35

Rochdale v Berwick v Crewe v Middlesbrough Sunday 5th July 1970 (4TT 1st Leg)

rochdale 1 2 3 4 5 pts

1. Paul Tyrer 1 2 2 1 6

2. Taffy Owen 3 Ret 2 2 7

3. Chris Bailey 3 3 2 2 10

4. Eric Broadbelt 3 3 3 Ret 9

berwick 1 2 3 4 5 pts

1. Alan Paynter 2 0 0 2 4

2. Maury Robinson 2 1 1 3 7

3. Roy Williams 0 3 0 2 5

4. Ken Omand 1 1 Fell 0 2

middlesbrough 1 2 3 4 5 pts

1. Roger Mills 0 2 3 3 8

2. Dave Durham 3 2 1 0 6

3. Tom Leadbitter 1 3 3 1 8

4. Bob Jameson 0 1 0 3 4

crewe 1 2 3 4 5 pts

1. Barry Meeks 0 2 2 0 4

2. Warren Hawkins 1 0 N 1 2

3. Paul O'Neil 2 1 3 3 9

4. John Jackson 2 0 1 1 4

5. Dai Evans 1 1

Heat results - see next page

hornets bandits teessiders kings

Ht 01: Broadbelt, Paynter, Hawkins, Jameson 78.8 3-3 2-2 0-0 1-1

Ht 02: Bailey, Robinson, Leadbitter, Meeks 80.0 3-6 2-4 1-1 0-1

Ht 03: Owen, O'Neil, Omand, Mills 79.4 3-9 1-5 0-1 2-3

Ht 04: Durham, Jackson, Tyrer, Williams 80.0 1-10 0-5 3-4 2-5

Ht 05: Broadbelt, Mills, Robinson, Jackson 79.0 3-13 1-6 2-6 0-5

Ht 06: Bailey, Durham, O'Neil, Paynter 80.6 3-16 0-6 2-8 1-6

Ht 07: Williams, Meeks, Jameson, Owen (ret) 82.4 0-16 3-9 1-9 2-8

Ht 08: Leadbitter, Tyrer, Omand, Hawkins 80.8 2-18 1-10 3-12 0-8

Ht 09: Broadbelt, Meeks, Durham, Omand (f) 82.0 3-21 0-10 1-13 2-10

Ht 10: Mills, Bailey, Evans, Williams 80.2 2-23 0-10 3-16 1-11

Ht 11: Leadbitter, Owen, Jackson, Paynter 82.4 2-25 0-10 3-19 1-12

Ht 12: O'Neil, Tyrer, Robinson, Jameson 80.4 2-27 1-11 0-19 3-15

Ht 13: Jameson, Bailey, Jackson, Omand 79.2 2-29 0-11 3-22 1-16

Ht 14: O'Neil, Williams, Leadbitter, Broadbelt (ret) 80.6 0-29 2-13 1-23 3-19

Ht 15: Robinson, Owen, Hawkins, Durham 81.8 2-31 3-16 0-23 1-20

Ht 16: Mills, Paynter, Tyrer, Meeks 81.0 1-32 2-18 3-26 0-20

Newtongrange v Rochdale Wednesday 8th July 1970 (Challenge) Meeting postponed due to rain !

Rochdale v Doncaster Sunday 12th July 1970 (British League Division ll)



2. Paul Tyrer 1 2* 2* 0 5 2

3. Chris Bailey 2* Fell 3 1* 6 2

4. Alan Wilkinson N 1* 3 2* 6 2

5. Taffy Owen 3 2 2* N 7 1


7. Ken Moss 2* 1 3 N 2 8 1

doncaster 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Gordon McGregor R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

2. Ian Wilson N N 1 0 0 1 0

3. Chris Harrison 1 1 1 0 3 0

4. Hec Haslinger 2 EF N 2 2 3 9 0

5. George Major 2 3 3 1* 1 10 1

6. Cliff Emms 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

7. Chris Roynon 1 0 2* 0 3 1

hornets dragons hornets dragons

Ht 01: Broadbelt, Haslinger, Tyrer, Emms 78.4 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Waplington, Moss, Roynon, Emms 79.8 5 1 9 3

Ht 03: Owen, Major, Moss, Haslinger (ef) 79.8 4 2 13 5

Ht 04: Waplington, Bailey, Harrison, Roynon 80.0 5 1 18 6

Ht 05: Major, Owen, Wilkinson, Emms 79.4 3 3 21 9

Ht 06: Broadbelt, Tyrer, Harrison, Emms 78.2 5 1 26 10

Ht 07: Major, Roynon, Waplington, Bailey (f) 84.0 1 5 27 15

Ht 08: Moss, Tyrer, Wilson, Roynon 78.6 5 1 32 16

Ht 09: Wilkinson, Owen, Harrison, Emms 79.6 5 1 37 17

Ht 10: Broadbelt, Haslinger, Major, Tyrer 78.2 3 3 40 20

Ht 11: Bailey, Haslinger, Waplington, Wilson 81.0 4 2 44 22

Ht 12: Broadbelt, Wilkinson, Major, Harrison 79.4 5 1 49 23

Ht 13: Haslinger, Moss, Bailey, Wilson 80.4 3 3 52 26

Crewe v Rochdale Monday 13th July 1970 (British League Division ll)


1. Paul O'Neil 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Warren Hawkins Fell 0 2 N 2 0

3. Dave Parry 1 2 2 3 8 0

4. John Jackson 3 2* 2 2* 9 2

5. Barry Meeks 1 3 1* 2* 7 2

6. Dai Evans 1* 3 Ret 1* 1 6 2

7. Ian Bottomley 2 N 1* 3 1



2. Paul Tyrer 1* Ret TS TS 1 1

3. Chris Bailey 0 1* 3 3 0 7 1


5. Taffy Owen 2 3 3 2 1 11 0

6. Steve Waplington 0 2 0 2 0

7. Ken Moss 3 2 Ret 5 0


Ht 01: O'Neil, Broadbelt, Tyrer, Hawkins (f) 72.8 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Moss, Bottomley, Evans, Waplington 74.0 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Jackson, Owen, Meeks, Wilkinson 73.2 4 2 10 8

Ht 04: Evans, Moss, Parry, Bailey 73.8 4 2 14 10

Ht 05: Meeks, Jackson, Broadbelt, Tyrer (ret) 74.0 5 1 19 11

Ht 06: O'Neil, Waplington, Bailey, Hawkins 74.2 3 3 22 14

Ht 07: Owen, Parry, Wilkinson, Evans (ret) 73.6 2 4 24 18

Ht 08: Owen, Hawkins, Evans, Moss (ret) 73.6 3 3 27 21

Ht 09: Bailey, Jackson, Meeks, Waplington 73.4 3 3 30 24

Ht 10: O'Neil, Owen, Evans, Wilkinson 73.4 4 2 34 26

Ht 11: Bailey, Parry, Bottomley, Broadbelt 74.2 3 3 37 29

Ht 12: O'Neil, Jackson, Owen, Bailey 72.6 5 1 42 30

Ht 13: Parry, Meeks, Broadbelt, Wilkinson 74.0 5 1 47 31

Silver Helmet: Paul O'Neil (h) beat Taffy Owen (ch) 73.6

Middlesbrough: Middlesbrough v Berwick v Crewe v Rochdale Thursday 16th July 1970 (4TT 2nd Leg)


1. Bob Jameson 3 3 N 2 8

2. Roger Mills Exc 1 3 2 6

3. Brian Whaley 0 N 1 N 1


5. Bruce Forrester 0 2 2 0 4





4. Andy Meldrum 1 0 0 0 1

crewe 1 2 3 4 5 pts

1. Dai Evans 2 1 2 0 5


3. Paul O'Neil 1 2 1 3 7



1. Eric Broadbelt 2 3 2 3 10

2. Paul Tyrer 1 1 0 N 2


4. Taffy Owen 1 2 3 3 9

5. Alan Wilkinson 2 2


teessiders bandits kings hornets

Ht 01: Leadbitter, Paynter, Tyrer, Meeks 72.4 3-3 2-2 0-0 1-1

Ht 02: Robinson, Broadbelt, O'Neil, Whaley 72.0 0-3 3-5 1-1 2-3

Ht 03: Bailey, Evans, Meldrum, Forrester (f rem), Mills (exc) 76.0 0-3 1-6 2-3 3-6

Ht 04: Jameson, Williams, Owen, Jackson 73.2 3-6 2-8 0-3 1-7

Ht 05: Robinson, Owen, Evans, Leadbitter 72.0 0-6 3-11 1-4 2-9

Ht 06: Jackson, Bailey, Mills, Paynter 72.4 1-7 0-11 3-7 2-11

Ht 07: Broadbelt, Forrester, Williams, Meeks 72.2 2-9 1-12 3-7 3-14

Ht 08: Jameson, O'Neil, Tyrer, Meldrum 72.8 3-12 0-12 2-9 1-15

Ht 09: Jackson, Broadbelt, Leadbitter, Meldrum 70.4 1-13 0-12 3-12 2-17

Ht 10: Mills, Evans, Williams, Tyrer 72.2 3-16 1-13 2-14 0-17

Ht 11: Owen, Forrester, O'Neil, Paynter 71.6 2-18 0-13 1-15 3-20

Ht 12: Robinson, Bailey, Whaley, Meeks 72.2 1-19 3-16 0-15 2-22

Ht 13: Owen, Mills, Meeks, Meldrum 71.4 2-21 0-16 1-16 3-25

Ht 14: O'Neil, Bailey, Leadbitter, Williams 71.6 1-22 0-16 3-19 2-27

Ht 15: Jackson, Wilkinson, Robinson, Forrester 72.8 0-22 1-17 3-22 2-29

Ht 16: Broadbelt, Jameson, Paynter, Evans 71.8 2-24 1-18 0-22 3-32

Berwick v Crewe v Rochdale v Middlesbrough Saturday 18th July 1970 (4TT 3rd Leg)




3. Ken Omand 0 0 Fell 1 1

4. Maury Robinson 2 N 3 2 7

6. Andy Meldrum 0 0

crewe 1 2 3 4 5 pts

1. John Jackson 3 2 Fell 3 8


3. Paul O'Neil 1 2 1 0 4

4. Dai Evans 0 1 0 0 1


1. Chris Bailey 2 N 2 Exc 4

2. Paul Tyrer 0 1 1 N 2

3. Eric Broadbelt 2 3 2 1 8

4. Taffy Owen 1 3 2 2 8

5. Alan Wilkinson 2 3 5



2. Tony Swales 0 N N N 0


4. Bob Jameson 3 3 3 3 12

5. Tim Swales 2 3 2 7


bandits kings hornets teessiders

Ht 01: Jackson, Robinson, Owen, Tony Swales 78.2 2-2 3-3 1-1 0-0

Ht 02: Mills, Broadbelt, Meeks, Omand 78.4 0-2 1-4 2-3 3-3

Ht 03: Leadbitter, Bailey, Williams, Evans 80.4 1-3 0-4 2-5 3-6

Ht 04: Jameson, Paynter, O'Neil, Tyrer 80.6 2-5 1-5 0-5 3-9

Ht 05: Jameson, Wilkinson, Meeks, Meldrum 80.8 0-5 1-6 2-7 3-12

Ht 06: Leadbitter, Jackson, Tyrer, Omand 79.0 0-5 2-8 1-8 3-15

Ht 07: Owen, O'Neil, Mills, Williams 80.2 0-5 2-10 3-11 1-16

Ht 08: Broadbelt, Tim Swales, Evans, Paynter 79.0 0-5 1-11 3-14 2-18

Ht 09: Robinson, Mills, Tyrer, Evans 78.8 3-8 0-11 1-15 2-20

Ht 10: Tim Swales, Bailey, O'Neil, Omand (f) 78.2 0-8 1-12 2-17 3-23

Ht 11: Jameson, Broadbelt, Williams, Jackson (f) 80.0 1-9 0-12 2-19 3-26

Ht 12: Leadbitter, Owen, Meeks, Paynter 79.8 0-9 1-13 2-21 3-29

Ht 13: Jameson, Owen, Omand, Evans 80.4 1-10 0-13 2-23 3-32

Ht 14: Leadbitter, Robinson, Broadbelt, O'Neil 79.8 2-12 0-13 1-24 3-35

Ht 15: Wilkinson, Tim Swales, Meeks, Williams 81.0 0-12 1-14 3-27 2-37

Ht 16: Jackson, Mills, Paynter, Bailey (exc) 79.8 1-13 3-17 0-27 2-39

Rochdale v Eastbourne Sunday 19th July 1970 (British League Division ll)


1. Eric Broadbelt 3 Exc 3 3 9 0

2. Paul Tyrer 1 1 0 N 2 0

3. Chris Bailey 1 3 2 2* 8 1

4. Alan Wilkinson NS 2* 2* 1 5 2

5. Taffy Owen 3 3 3 3 12 0


7. Ken Moss 2* 2 2* Fell 6 2

eastbourne 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Jessup 2 1 3 1 7 0

2. Mac Woolford 0 0 1 1 2 0

3. Reg Trott 2 2 3 1 2 10 0

4. Phil Pratt 2 Fell 1 0 3 0

5. Gordon Kennett 1* 1 0 0 2 1

6. Laurie Sims Fell 0 0 0 0

7. Dave Kennett 1 0 TS 1 0

hornets eagles hornets eagles

Ht 01: Broadbelt, Jessup, Tyrer, Woolford 77.4 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Waplington, Moss, D.Kennett, Sims (f) 79.8 5 1 9 3

Ht 03: Owen, Pratt, G.Kennett, Wilkinson (ns) 78.8 3 3 12 6

Ht 04: Waplington, Trott, Bailey, D.Kennett 79.0 4 2 16 8

Ht 05: Owen, Wilkinson, Jessup, Woolford 79.4 5 1 21 9

Ht 06: Waplington, Trott, Tyrer, Sims, Broadbelt (ex tapes) 80.0 4 2 25 11

Ht 07: Bailey, Waplington, G.Kennett, Pratt (f) 84.4 5 1 30 12

Ht 08: Trott, Moss, Woolford, Tyrer 80.6 2 4 32 16

Ht 09: Owen, Wilkinson, Trott, Sims 80.4 5 1 37 17

Ht 10: Broadbelt, Moss, Pratt, G.Kennett 79.2 5 1 42 18

Ht 11: Jessup, Bailey, Woolford, Moss (f) 83.2 2 4 44 22

Ht 12: Broadbelt, Trott, Wilkinson, G.Kennett 78.4 4 2 48 24

Ht 13: Owen, Bailey, Jessup, Pratt 78.6 5 1 53 25

Crewe v Berwick v Rochdale v Middlesbrough Monday 20th July 1970 (4TT 4th Leg)


1. Alan Wilkinson 2 1 2 2 7

2. Taffy Owen 3 3 3 3 12


4. Ken Moss 2 1 2 1 6




3. Alistair Brady 0 0 Ret Ret 0

4. Ken Omand 0 0 1 0 1



2. Bruce Forrester 1 0 0 2 3


4. Bob Jameson Ret N N N 0

5. Tim Swales 1 0 1 2

crewe 1 2 3 4 5 pts


2. Ian Bottomley 3 2 3 Ret 8

3. Dave Parry 2 N 3 3 8


5. Dai Evans 1 1


hornets bandits teessiders kings

Ht 01: Bottomley, Moss, Paynter, Jameson (ret) 74.0 2-2 1-1 0-0 3-3

Ht 02: Meeks, Leadbitter, Robinson, Bailey 73.4 0-2 1-2 2-2 3-6

Ht 03: Owen, Parry, Mills, Omand 73.0 3-5 0-2 1-3 2-8

Ht 04: Jackson, Wilkinson, Forrester, Brady 74.2 2-7 0-2 1-4 3-11

Ht 05: Jackson, Robinson, Moss, Mills 73.0 1-8 2-4 0-4 3-14

Ht 06: Bailey, Paynter, Evans, Forrester 74.0 3-11 2-6 0-4 1-15

Ht 07: Owen, Meeks, Swales, Brady 72.8 3-14 0-6 1-5 2-17

Ht 08: Leadbitter, Bottomley, Wilkinson, Omand 73.6 1-15 0-6 3-8 2-19

Ht 09: Meeks, Moss, Omand, Forrester 73.6 2-17 1-7 0-8 3-22

Ht 10: Bottomley, Bailey, Mills, Brady (ret) 73.8 2-19 0-7 1-9 3-25

Ht 11: Owen, Jackson, Leadbitter, Paynter 72.8 3-22 0-7 1-10 2-27

Ht 12: Parry, Wilkinson, Robinson, Swales 74.0 2-24 1-8 0-10 3-30

Ht 13: Jackson, Bailey, Swales, Omand 72.4 2-26 0-8 1-11 3-33

Ht 14: Parry, Leadbitter, Moss, Brady (ret) 73.2 1-27 0-8 2-13 3-36

Ht 15: Owen, Forrester, Robinson, Bottomley (ret) 73.0 3-30 1-9 2-15 3-36

Ht 16: Meeks, Wilkinson, Mills, Paynter 73.0 2-32 0-9 1-16 3-39

Agg: Rochdale 123 - Middlesbrough 105 - Crewe 98 - Berwick 58

Crayford v Rochdale Wednesday 22nd July 1970 (British League Division ll)

crayford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Mick Steel Fell 1 TS 1* 2 1

2. Brian Foote (G) 2 3 3 1* 2* 11 2

3. Tony Childs 3 2 2 3 2* 12 1

4. Derek Timms 1 0 1 2 4 0

5. George Devonport F Exc 2 0 3 3 8 0

6. Judd Drew 0 1 TS 1 0

7. Tony Armstrong 1 0 TS 1 0



2. Paul Tyrer 1 1 1* 0 3 1

3. Chris Bailey 0 N 0 N 0 0

4. Alan Wilkinson 2* 1 3 0 6 1

5. Taffy Owen 3 3 0 3 9 0

6. Steve Waplington 2* 0 2 0 4 1

7. Ken Moss 3 2 2 2 9 0

high'men hornets high'men hornets

Ht 01: Broadbelt, Foote, Tyrer, Steel (f) 61.6 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Moss, Waplington, Armstrong, Drew 63.9 1 5 3 9

Ht 03: Owen, Wilkinson, Timms, Devonport (f exc) 62.5 1 5 4 14

Ht 04: Childs, Moss, Drew, Bailey 62.1 4 2 8 16

Ht 05: Broadbelt, Devonport, Tyrer, Timms 62.7 2 4 10 20

Ht 06: Foote, Moss, Steel, Waplington 62.5 4 2 14 22

Ht 07: Owen, Childs, Wilkinson, Devonport 60.9 2 4 16 26

Ht 08: Foote, Moss, Tyrer, Armstrong 62.3 3 3 19 29

Ht 09: Devonport, Waplington, Timms, Bailey 62.5 4 2 23 31

Ht 10: Wilkinson, Childs, Foote, Owen 62.1 3 3 26 34

Ht 11: Childs, Foote, Broadbelt, Tyrer 61.6 5 1 31 35

Ht 12: Owen, Timms, Steel, Waplington 61.3 3 3 34 38

Ht 13: Devonport, Childs, Broadbelt, Wilkinson 62.7 5 1 39 39

Doncaster v Rochdale Sunday 26th July 1970 (British League Division ll)

doncaster 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Gordon McGregor 3 3 2 2 10 0

2. Hec Haslinger 1 Fell 1 TS 2 0

3. Chris Harrison 3 2 3 1* 9 1

4. Chris Roynon 0 1 1 1* 3 1

5. George Major 3 F Exc 3 1* 2 9 1

6. Cliff Emms 0 1 1* 2 1

7. Ian Wilson 1 0 0 1 0


1. Eric Broadbelt R E S E R V E R E P L A C E M E N T

2. Paul Tyrer 2 2* 2* 2 8 2

3. Chris Bailey 0 1* Fell 0 1 1

4. Steve Waplington 2 EF 0 3 5 0

5. Taffy Owen 1* 3 3 3 10 1

6. Alan Wilkinson EF 3 2 2 0 7 0

7. Ken Moss 2* 2 3 3 1* 11 2

dragons hornets dragons hornets

Ht 01: McGregor, Tyrer, Haslinger, Wilkinson (ef) 71.2 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Wilkinson, Moss, Wilson, Emms 73.8 1 5 5 7

Ht 03: Major, Waplington, Owen, Roynon 71.0 3 3 8 10

Ht 04: Harrison, Moss, Emms, Bailey 72.6 4 2 12 12

Ht 05: Moss, Tyrer, Roynon (f rem), Major (f exc) 72.6 1 5 13 17

Ht 06: McGregor, Wilkinson, Bailey, Haslinger (f) 71.4 3 3 16 20

Ht 07: Owen, Harrison, Emms, Waplington (ef) 73.0 3 3 19 23

Ht 08: Moss, Tyrer, Haslinger, Wilson 73.0 1 5 20 28

Ht 09: Major, Wilkinson, Roynon, Bailey (f) 72.2 4 2 24 30

Ht 10: Owen, McGregor, Major, Waplington 70.4 3 3 27 33

Ht 11: Harrison, Tyrer, Moss, Wilson 72.0 3 3 30 36

Ht 12: Owen, McGregor, Roynon, Bailey 70.2 3 3 33 39

Ht 13: Waplington, Major, Harrison, Wilkinson 74.4 3 3 36 42

Silver Helmet: George Major (h) beat Taffy Owen (ch) (f)

Workington v Rochdale Friday 31st July 1970 (Challenge)


1. Bob Valentine 2* 3 Fell N TS 5 1

2. Reg Wilson 3 2 2 3 2 1* 13 1

3. Geoff Penniket 2 1 0 2 1 1 7 0

4. Lou Sansom R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

5. Malcolm Mackay 1 1* 1 3 6 1

6. Chris Blythe Fell 0 0 0 0 0

7. Ian Armstrong EF 0 0 TS 0 0


1. Eric Broadbelt (DNA) R E S E R V E R E P L A C E M E N T

2. Paul Tyrer 0 0 2 3 5 0

3. Chris Bailey 3 EF 2* 2* 7 2

4. Alan Wilkinson 0 2* 1 2 5 1

5. Taffy Owen 2 3 3 3 11 0

6. Steve Waplington 1 3 3 3 3 13 0

7. Gerry Richardson 2* 1 1* F Exc Fell 4 2

comets hornets comets hornets

Ht 01: Wilson, Valentine, Waplington, Tyrer 76.8 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Waplington, Richardson, Blythe (f), Armstong (ef) 76.8 0 5 5 6

Ht 03: Valentine, Owen, Mackay, Wilkinson 76.6 4 2 9 8

Ht 04: Bailey, Penniket, Richardson, Blythe 78.6 2 4 11 12

Ht 05: Waplington, Wilson, Mackay, Tyrer 77.0 3 3 14 15

Ht 06: Waplington, Wilson, Valentine (f), Bailey (ef) 77.4 2 3 16 18

Ht 07: Owen, Wilkinson, Penniket, Blythe 77.8 1 5 17 23

Ht 08: Wilson, Tyrer, Richardson, Armstong 78.8 3 3 20 26

Ht 09: Waplington, Bailey, Mackay, Penniket 77.8 1 5 21 31

Ht 10: Owen, Wilson, Wilkinson, Armstrong 77.0 2 4 23 35

Ht 11: Tyrer, Penniket, Wilson, Richardson (f exc) 79.0 3 3 26 38

Ht 12: Owen, Bailey, Penniket, Blythe 77.8 1 5 27 43

Ht 13: Mackay, Wilkinson, Penniket, Richardson (f) 79.0 4 2 31 45

Rochdale v Long Eaton Sunday 2nd August 1970 (British League Division ll)


1. Eric Broadbelt 3 EF 3 3 9 0

2. Paul Tyrer 1 3 2* 2* 8 2

3. Steve Waplington 3 3 3 Fell 9 0

4. Ken Moss 3 1 F Exc N 4 0

5. Taffy Owen 2* 3 Exc 3 8 1

6. Chris Bailey 2* 2* 2* 3 9 3

7. Alan Wilkinson 3 3 2* 2* 10 2


1. Malcolm Shakespeare 2 2 EF Fell 2 6 0

2. Roy Carter EF 0 1 TS 1 0

3. Ken Vale 1 2 2 1 6 0

4. Geoff Bouchard 0 1 1 1 1* 4 1

5. Pete Wrathall 1 0 0 N 1 0

6. Gil Farmer 0 1* 1* Exc 2 2

7. Steve Bass 1 EF TS 0 1 0

hornets rangers hornets rangers

Ht 01: Broadbelt, Shakespeare, Tyrer, Carter (ef) 77.4 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Wilkinson, Bailey, Bass, Farmer 78.2 5 1 9 3

Ht 03: Moss, Owen, Wrathall, Bouchard 79.2 5 1 14 4

Ht 04: Waplington, Bailey, Vale, Bass (ef) 78.0 5 1 19 5

Ht 05: Owen, Shakespeare, Moss, Carter 78.2 4 2 23 7

Ht 06: Tyrer, Vale, Farmer, Broadbelt (ef) 78.2 3 3 26 10

Ht 07: Waplington, Bailey, Bouchard, Wrathall 78.4 5 1 31 11

Ht 08: Wilkinson, Tyrer, Carter, Shakespeare (ef) 78.6 5 1 36 12

Ht 09: Bailey, Vale, Farmer, Moss (f exc), Owen (exc) 78.0 3 3 39 15

Ht 10: Broadbelt, Tyrer, Bouchard, Wrathall 77.0 5 1 44 16

Ht 11: Waplington, Wilkinson, Bouchard, Shakespeare (f) 78.2 5 1 49 17

Ht 12: Broadbelt, Wilkinson, Vale, Bass, Farmer (exc) 78.0 5 1 54 18

Ht 13: Owen, Shakespeare, Bouchard, Waplington (f) 80.8 3 3 57 21

Rochdale: Young England v Young Czechoslovakia Sunday 9th August 1970 (3rd Test Match)

young england 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Eric Broadbelt 3 1 2 2 1 2 11 0

2. Tom Leadbitter 1 3 0 0 Fell 0 4 0

3. Richard May 1 1 2 2 0 0 6 0

4. John Jackson 0 0 N N N N 0 0

5. John Louis 1 1* 2 2 Exc 0 6 1

6. Alan Knapkin 3 2 0 1* 2 1 9 1

7. Alan Wilkinson 1* 1 1* 3 2

8. Ken Moss 0 1 1 0

young czechoslovakia 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Zdonek Majstr 0 3 1 3 2* 3 12 1

2. Jiri Stancl 2 2* 3 1 3 2* 13 2

3. Vaclav Verner 3 3 3 3 3 3 18 0

4. Milan Spinka 2* 0 1 1 0 1 5 1

5. Miroslav Verner 2 2 3 3 2* 3 15 1

6. Jan Klokocka 0 0 N N 3 2* 5 1

7. Zbynek Novotny 0 0 0 0

8. Josef Lid


y.england y.czech y.england y.czech

Ht 01: Broadbelt, Stancl, Leadbitter, Majstr 77.0 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: V.Verner, Spinka, May, Jackson 77.2 1 5 5 7

Ht 03: Knapkin, M.Verner, Louis, Klokocka 77.2 4 2 9 9

Ht 04: Majstr, Stancl, May, Jackson 77.0 1 5 10 14

Ht 05: V.Verner, Knapkin, Louis, Spinka 77.0 3 3 13 17

Ht 06: Leadbitter, M.Verner, Broadbelt, Klokocka 78.4 4 2 17 19

Ht 07: Stancl, Louis, Majstr, Knapkin 77.4 2 4 19 23

Ht 08: V.Verner, Broadbelt, Spinka, Leadbitter 78.4 2 4 21 27

Ht 09: M.Verner, May, Wilkinson, Novotny 81.2 3 3 24 30

Ht 10: Majstr, Broadbelt, Stancl, Leadbitter 80.6 2 4 26 34

Ht 11: V.Verner, May, Spinka, Moss 80.2 2 4 28 38

Ht 12: M.Verner, Louis, Knapkin, Novotny 80.8 3 3 31 41

Ht 13: Stancl, Majstr, Wilkinson, May 78.0 1 5 32 46

Ht 14: V.Verner, Knapkin, Wilkinson, Spinka, Louis (exc) 77.4 3 3 35 49

Ht 15: Klokocka, M.Verner, Broadbelt, Leadbitter (f) 79.2 1 5 36 54

Ht 16: Majstr, Stancl, Knapkin, Louis 78.4 1 5 37 59

Ht 17: V.Verner, Broadbelt, Spinka, Leadbitter 78.4 2 4 39 63

Ht 18: M.Verner, Klokocka, Moss, May 80.0 1 5 40 68

Canterbury v Rochdale Saturday 15th August 1970 (Challenge)


1. Barry Crowson 2 3 Ret 3 8 0

2. Alan Kite 1* 1 1* 1 4 2

3. Graham Miles 3 Ret 3 Ret 6 0

4. Graham Banks 3 1* 2* N 6 2

5. Barry Thomas 2* 2 3 2 9 1

6. Dave Smith 1 2* 1 0 4 1

7. Mike Barkaway Fell 2 N 0 2 0


1. Eric Broadbelt 3 3 Exc 3 9 0

2. Paul Tyrer Ret Ret N N 1* 1 1

3. Colin Goad 0 0 0 1* 1 1

4. Ken Moss 0 2* 2* 1 5 2

5. Taffy Owen 1 3 3 2 9 0

6. Alan Wilkinson 3 2 3 1 2 11 0

7. Gerry Richardson 2* 1 0 3 1

crusaders hornets crusaders hornets

Ht 01: Broadbelt, Crowson, Kite, Tyrer (ret) 77.8 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Wilkinson, Richardson, Smith, Barkaway (f) 83.0 1 5 4 8

Ht 03: Banks, Thomas, Owen, Moss 80.0 5 1 9 9

Ht 04: Miles, Smith, Richardson, Goad 80.2 5 1 14 10

Ht 05: Broadbelt, Thomas, Banks, Tyrer (ret) 77.8 3 3 17 13

Ht 06: Crowson, Wilkinson, Kite, Goad 79.4 4 2 21 15

Ht 07: Owen, Moss, Smith, Miles (ret) 80.0 1 5 22 20

Ht 08: Wilkinson, Barkaway, Kite, Richardson 80.4 3 3 25 23

Ht 09: Thomas, Banks, Wilkinson, Goad 77.2 5 1 30 24

Ht 10: Owen, Moss, Kite, Crowson (ret) 81.0 1 5 31 29

Ht 11: Miles, Wilkinson, Tyrer, Smith, Broadbelt (ex tapes) 78.0 3 3 34 32

Ht 12: Crowson, Owen, Goad, Barkaway 78.0 3 3 37 35

Ht 13: Broadbelt, Thomas, Moss, Miles (ret) 78.0 2 4 39 39

Berwick v Rochdale Saturday 22nd August 1970 (British League Division ll)

berwick 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Maury Robinson 2 3 Ret N 3 8 0

2. Jim Gallacher F Exc 1 TS 0 1 0

3. Andy Meldrum 2 0 0 0 2 0

4. Ken Omand 0 F Exc 0 0 0 0

5. Roy Williams 3 2 2 1 1 9 0

6. Alistair Brady 1 1* 1 3 1

7. Alan Paynter 0 TS 2 1 3 0



2. Ken Moss R E S E R V E R E P L A C E M E N T

3. Alan Wilkinson 3 0 2* 1* 6 2

4. Steve Waplington 1* 2* 1 2* 6 3

5. Taffy Owen 2 3 3 2 10 0

6. Paul Tyrer Exc 3 2 3 3 11 0

7. Gerry Richardson 2* 0 1 1 2* 6 2

bandits hornets bandits hornets

Ht 01: Broadbelt, Robinson, Gallacher (f exc), Tyrer (exc) 81.8 2 3 2 3

Ht 02: Tyrer, Richardson, Brady, Paynter 83.8 1 5 3 8

Ht 03: Williams, Owen, Waplington, Omand 85.0 3 3 6 11

Ht 04: Wilkinson, Meldrum, Brady, Richardson 84.2 3 3 9 14

Ht 05: Broadbelt, Williams, Richardson, Omand (f exc) 80.6 2 4 11 18

Ht 06: Robinson, Tyrer, Gallacher, Wilkinson 84.0 4 2 15 20

Ht 07: Owen, Waplington, Brady, Meldrum 83.6 1 5 16 25

Ht 08: Tyrer, Williams, Richardson, Robinson (ret) 85.0 2 4 18 29

Ht 09: Tyrer, Wilkinson, Williams, Omand 84.2 1 5 19 34

Ht 10: Owen, Paynter, Waplington, Gallacher 84.0 2 4 21 38

Ht 11: Broadbelt, Richardson, Paynter, Meldrum 82.0 1 5 22 43

Ht 12: Robinson, Owen, Wilkinson, Omand 83.6 3 3 25 46

Ht 13: Broadbelt, Waplington, Williams, Meldrum No Time 1 5 26 51

Silver Helmet: Eric Broadbelt (ch) beat Maury Robinson (h)

Rochdale v Berwick Sunday 23rd August 1970 (British League Division ll)



2. Alan Wilkinson 1 2* 3 2* 8 2

3. Steve Waplington 3 2* 3 2* 10 2

4. Ken Moss 2* 3 1 2* 8 2

5. Taffy Owen 3 2* 3 3 11 1

6. Paul Tyrer 1* 2* 3 6 2

7. Gerry Richardson 2 1 Fell 3 0

berwick 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Maury Robinson 2 1 2 1 6 0

2. Jim Gallacher EF 0 Exc 1* 1 1

3. Roy Williams 0 0 2 1 3 0

4. Ken Omand 1 0 1 0 2 0

5. Andy Meldrum 0 1 0 EF 1 0

6. Alistair Brady 3 1 2 0 6 0


hornets bandits hornets bandits

Ht 01: Broadbelt, Robinson, Wilkinson, Gallacher (ef) 75.0 (TR) 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Brady, Richardson, Tyrer, Paynter 81.2 3 3 7 5

Ht 03: Owen, Moss, Omand, Meldrum 77.0 5 1 12 6

Ht 04: Waplington, Tyrer, Paynter, Williams 77.4 5 1 17 7

Ht 05: Moss, Owen, Robinson, Gallacher 76.6 5 1 22 8

Ht 06: Broadbelt, Wilkinson, Brady, Williams 75.4 5 1 27 9

Ht 07: Tyrer, Waplington, Meldrum, Omand 77.4 5 1 32 10

Ht 08: Wilkinson, Brady, Richardson, Paynter, Gallacher (exc) 78.4 4 2 36 12

Ht 09: Owen, Williams, Moss, Brady 78.0 4 2 40 14

Ht 10: Broadbelt, Wilkinson, Omand, Meldrum 76.8 5 1 45 15

Ht 11: Waplington, Robinson, Gallacher, Richardson (f) 77.8 3 3 48 18

Ht 12: Broadbelt, Moss, Williams, Meldrum (ef) not known 5 1 53 19

Ht 13: Owen, Waplington, Robinson, Omand 80.8 5 1 58 20

Silver Helmet: Eric Broadbelt (h) beat Maury Robinson (ch)

Ipswich v Rochdale Thursday 27th August 1970 (Division Two KOC Semi Final)


1. Pete Bailey 1 3 3 0 7 0

2. Ted Spittles 0 1 EF 1 2 0

3. John Louis 2* 3 2 3 10 1

4. John Harrhy EF 2 3 2 7 0

5. Dave Whitaker 2 1* 0 N 3 1

6. Ron Bagley 2 3 2* 3 1 11 1

7. Bernie Aldridge 1* N 1* 2 2


1. Eric Broadbelt 3 3 3 3 Fell 12 0

2. Ken Moss 2* 0 1* 0 3 2

3. Steve Waplington 1 2 1* 1 5 1


5. Taffy Owen Exc F Exc N TS 0 0

6. Paul Tyrer 3 1 Exc 2 2 8 0

7. Gerry Richardson 0 0 0 N 0 0 0

witches hornets witches hornets

Ht 01: Broadbelt, Moss, Bailey, Spittles 70.0 1 5 1 5

Ht 02: Tyrer, Bagley, Aldridge, Richardson (f rem) 72.0 3 3 4 8

Ht 03: Wilkinson, Whitaker, Tyrer, Harrhy (ef), Owen (ex tapes) 73.2 2 4 6 12

Ht 04: Bagley, Louis, Waplington, Richardson 73.4 5 1 11 13

Ht 05: Broadbelt, Harrhy, Whitaker, Moss 70.6 3 3 14 16

Ht 06: Bailey, Waplington, Spittles, Richardson (f rem), Tyrer (ex tapes) 71.8 4 2 18 18

Ht 07: Louis, Bagley, Wilkinson, Owen (f exc) 73.4 5 1 23 19

Ht 08: Bagley, Tyrer, Moss, Spittles (ef) 73.2 3 3 26 22

Ht 09: Harrhy, Tyrer, Waplington, Whitaker 71.6 3 3 29 25

Ht 10: Bailey, Wilkinson, Spittles, Richardson 71.4 4 2 33 27

Ht 11: Broadbelt, Louis, Aldridge, Moss (f) 71.2 3 3 36 30

Ht 12: Broadbelt, Harrhy, Waplington, Bailey 71.0 2 4 38 34

Ht 13: Louis, Wilkinson, Bagley, Broadbelt (f) 72.0 4 2 42 36

Silver Helmet: John Louis (ch) beat Eric Broadbelt (h) 70.0

Rochdale v Canterbury Sunday 30th August 1970 (British League Division ll)



2. Ken Moss 0 2* 2 1 5 1

3. Steve Waplington 3 3 2 3 3 14 0

4. Alan Wilkinson 2* 2* 2 2* 8 3

5. Taffy Owen R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

6. Paul Tyrer Exc 1 0 1* 2* 4 2

7. Gerry Richardson 3 N 0 N 2* 5 1


1. Barry Crowson 2 1 Ret N Ret 3 0

2. Alan Kite 1* 0 TS 1 2 1

3. Paul O'Neil (G) 2 N 3 3 N 8 0

4. Graham Miles 1 1 0 1 3 0

5. Barry Thomas Ret 3 2 N 5 0

6. Mike Barkaway 2 1 1 Fell 1 5 0

7. Joe Robson 1* 0 0 TS Fell 1 1

hornets crusaders hornets crusaders

Ht 01: Broadbelt, Crowson, Kite, Moss 76.2 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Richardson, Barkaway, Robson, Tyrer (exc) 81.4 3 3 6 6

Ht 03: Waplington, Wilkinson, Miles, Thomas (ret) 77.2 5 1 11 7

Ht 04: Waplington, O'Neil, Tyrer, Robson 78.4 4 2 15 9

Ht 05: Broadbelt, Wilkinson, Crowson, Kite 77.3 5 1 20 10

Ht 06: Broadbelt, Moss, Barkaway, Robson 78.2 5 1 25 11

Ht 07: Thomas, Waplington, Miles, Tyrer 79.0 2 4 27 15

Ht 08: O'Neil, Moss, Tyrer, Crowson (ret) 80.0 3 3 30 18

Ht 09: O'Neil, Wilkinson, Barkaway, Richardson 81.2 2 4 32 22

Ht 10: Broadbelt, Thomas, Moss, Miles 79.2 4 2 36 24

Ht 11: Waplington, Tyrer, Kite, Barkaway (f) 80.0 5 1 41 25

Ht 12: Broadbelt, Wilkinson, Barkaway, Robson (f) 78.2 5 1 46 26

Ht 13: Waplington, Richardson, Miles, Crowson (ret) 79.2 5 1 51 27

Bradford v Rochdale Wednesday 2nd September 1970 (Challenge)

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Lou Sansom (G) 3 1* 0 0 4 1

2. Roger Mills (G) 1 2 2 N 5 0

3. Gary Peterson 3 3 2 2 10 0

4. Dave Schofield 2 3 Exc 2 7 0

5. Alf Wells 1* 1 N N 2 1

6. Alan Druggett 1 0 1 Fell 2 0

7. Robin Adlington 3 0 3 3 1* 10 1


1. Eric Broadbelt 2 2 3 3 3 3 16 0

2. Gerry Richardson 0 Fell TS 0 0 0

3. Alan Wilkinson 2 3 Fell 2 2 1 10 0

4. Ken Moss 3 2 1 1* 1 8 1

5. Taffy Owen R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

6. Colin Goad 2 0 1* 3 1

7. Paul Callaghan Exc 1* TS 1 1

8. Gerry James 0 0 0

northern hornets northern hornets

Ht 01: Sansom, Broadbelt, Mills, Richardson 75.6 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Adlington, Goad, Druggett, Callaghan (exc) 74.8 4 2 8 4

Ht 03: Moss, Schofield, Wells, James 75.2 3 3 11 7

Ht 04: Peterson, Wilkinson, Callaghan, Druggett 73.8 3 3 14 10

Ht 05: Schofield, Broadbelt, Wells, Richardson (f) 72.8 4 2 18 12

Ht 06: Wilkinson, Mills, Sansom, Goad 73.6 3 3 21 15

Ht 07: Peterson, Moss, Druggett, Wilkinson (f) 74.0 4 2 25 17

Ht 08: Broadbelt, Mills, Moss, Adlington 71.6 2 4 27 21

Ht 09: Adlington, Wilkinson, Goad, Schofield (exc) 73.6 3 3 30 24

Ht 10: Adlington, Wilkinson, Moss, Sansom 74.4 3 3 33 27

Ht 11: Broadbelt, Peterson, Adlington, Richardson 70.6 3 3 36 30

Ht 12: Broadbelt, Schofield, Wilkinson, Sansom 72.4 2 4 38 34

Ht 13: Broadbelt, Peterson, Moss, Druggett (f) 70.6 2 4 40 38

Boston v Rochdale Wednesday 9th September 1970 (British League Division ll)

boston 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Pete Seaton (G) 0 2 1 1 4 0

2. Tony Featherstone 2 1* 1 EF 4 1

3. John Ingamells 0 TS Fell 0 0 0

4. Russ Osborne 2 2 3 1 0 8 0

5. Arthur Price EF 0 0 1 1 0

6. Brian Osborne 1 2 1 4 0

7. Jack Bywater 3 0 2 5 0



2. Ken Moss 1 1 2* 1 5 1


4. Colin Goad 1 0 2* N 3 1


6. Gerry Richardson 2 0 2* 4 1

7. Paul Tyrer Fell 1 3 2* 6 1

barracudas hornets barracudas hornets

Ht 01: Broadbelt, Featherstone, Moss, Seaton 67.6 2 4 2 4

Ht 02: Bywater, Richardson, B.Osborne, Tyrer (f) 69.8 4 2 6 6

Ht 03: Wilkinson, R.Osborne, Goad, Price (ef) 68.0 2 4 8 10

Ht 04: Waplington, B.Osborne, Tyrer, Ingamells 68.8 2 4 10 14

Ht 05: Broadbelt, R.Osborne, Moss, Price 67.6 2 4 12 18

Ht 06: Waplington, Seaton, Featherstone, Richardson 68.2 3 3 15 21

Ht 07: R.Osborne, Wilkinson, B.Osborne, Goad 68.4 4 2 19 23

Ht 08: Tyrer, Moss, Featherstone, Bywater 69.4 1 5 20 28

Ht 09: Waplington, Richardson, R.Osborne, Price 69.0 1 5 21 33

Ht 10: Wilkinson, Goad, Seaton, Featherstone (ef) 69.2 1 5 22 38

Ht 11: Broadbelt, Bywater, Moss, Ingamells (f) 68.0 2 4 24 42

Ht 12: Waplington, Wilkinson, Seaton, R.Osborne 67.8 1 5 25 47

Ht 13: Broadbelt, Tyrer, Price, Ingamells 68.2 1 5 26 52

Rochdale v Peterborough Sunday 13th September 1970 (British League Division ll)



2. Ken Moss 1 1* 1* 1 4 2

3. Alan Wilkinson 3 3 3 N 9 0

4. Paul Callaghan Fell 0 N N 0 0

5. Steve Waplington 3 3 Fell F Exc 6 0

6. Paul Tyrer 2* 1 1 1 3 8 1

7. Gerry Richardson 3 2 2* 0 7 1

peterborough 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Pete Seaton 2 2 1 1* 6 1

2. Mervyn Hill 0 1* 0 0 1 1

3. Richard Greer 2 3 3 3 2 13 0

4. Alan Witt 1* 0 0 TS 1 1

5. Joe Hughes 2 2 2 1* 2 9 1

6. John Stayte 1 0 2* 3 1

7. Harry Thompson 0 0 TS 0 0

hornets panthers hornets panthers

Ht 01: Broadbelt, Seaton, Moss, Hill 76.0 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Richardson, Tyrer, Stayte, Thompson 82.2 5 1 9 3

Ht 03: Waplington, Hughes, Witt, Callaghan (f) 78.4 3 3 12 6

Ht 04: Wilkinson, Greer, Tyrer, Thompson 79.4 4 2 16 8

Ht 05: Waplington, Seaton, Hill, Callaghan 79.6 3 3 19 11

Ht 06: Greer, Broadbelt, Moss, Stayte 77.8 3 3 22 14

Ht 07: Wilkinson, Hughes, Tyrer, Witt 80.0 4 2 26 16

Ht 08: Greer, Richardson, Moss, Hill 81.0 3 3 29 19

Ht 09: Greer, Stayte, Tyrer, Waplington (f) 82.2 1 5 30 24

Ht 10: Broadbelt, Hughes, Moss, Witt 81.4 4 2 34 26

Ht 11: Wilkinson, Richardson, Seaton, Hill 81.8 5 1 39 27

Ht 12: Broadbelt, Greer, Hughes, Richardson 80.4 3 3 42 30

Ht 13: Tyrer, Hughes, Seaton, Waplington (f exc) 82.8 3 3 45 33

Rochdale v Crewe Sunday 20th September 1970 (British League Division ll)


1. Paul Tyrer 2 2 0 1* 5 1

2. Ken Moss N 1 1* 2 3 7 1

3. Steve Waplington 3 3 Fell 3 1 10 0

4. Eric Broadbelt R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

5. Alan Wilkinson 3 2 1 2 3 11 0

6. Gerry Richardson 3 Fell 0 2* Fell 5 1

7. Colin Goad 1* 2* 0 N 3 2


1. Paul O'Neil 3 3 3 2 2 13 0

2. Ian Bottomley 0 1 1 1* 3 1

3. John Jackson 2 3 3 3 11 0

4. Dai Evans 0 1 2 N 3 0

5. Barry Meeks 2 0 Exc 0 2 0

6. John Mulligan Exc 0 N 0 0 0

7. Dave Parry 1 1* TS 2* 1* Exc 5 3


Ht 01: O'Neil, Tyrer, Goad, Bottomley 77.8 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Richardson, Goad, Parry, Mulligan (exc) 81.0 5 1 8 4

Ht 03: Wilkinson, Meeks, Moss, Evans 78.4 4 2 12 6

Ht 04: Waplington, Jackson, Parry, Richardson (f) 78.0 3 3 15 9

Ht 05: O'Neil, Wilkinson, Bottomley, Richardson 78.4 2 4 17 13

Ht 06: Jackson, Tyrer, Moss, Mulligan 77.8 3 3 20 16

Ht 07: Waplington, Richardson, Evans, Meeks 79.8 5 1 25 17

Ht 08: O'Neil, Moss, Bottomley, Goad 78.8 2 4 27 21

Ht 09: Jackson, Parry, Wilkinson, Waplington (f) 79.0 1 5 28 26

Ht 10: Moss, Evans, Parry, Tyrer, Meeks (exc) 79.4 3 3 31 29

Ht 11: Waplington, O'Neil, Bottomley, Richardson (f) 80.0 3 3 34 32

Ht 12: Jackson, Wilkinson, Tyrer, Meeks 77.6 3 3 37 35

Ht 13: Wilkinson, O'Neil, Waplington, Mulligan, Parry (exc) 78.8 4 2 41 37

Long Eaton v Rochdale Thursday 24th September 1970 (Challenge)


1. Malcolm Shakespeare 3 3 EF EF 6 0

2. Roy Carter EF Fell 0 N 0 0

3. Ken Vale 2 2 2* 1 7 1

4. Geoff Bouchard 3 2* 2 1 8 1

5. Gil Farmer 0 3 F NS N 3 0

6. Pete Wrathall 1 1* 1* 1 3 7 2

7. Gerry Scott 3 1 EF N 0 4 0


1. Colin Goad 1* 1 0 N 2 1

2. Ken Moss 2 Fell 2* 1 5 1


4. Paul Tyrer 1* F Exc 2* 2* 5 3


6. Gerry Richardson 0 N F Exc 0 0

7. Robbie Gardner 2 0 1* 3 3 9 1

rangers hornets rangers hornets

Ht 01: Shakespeare, Moss, Goad (f rem), Carter (ef) 73.0 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Scott, Gardner, Wrathall, Richardson 78.0 4 2 7 5

Ht 03: Bouchard, Waplington, Tyrer, Farmer 74.6 3 3 10 8

Ht 04: Wilkinson, Vale, Wrathall, Gardner 76.8 3 3 13 11

Ht 05: Farmer. Bouchard, Goad, Moss (f) 77.0 5 1 18 12

Ht 06: Shakespeare, Wilkinson, Gardner, Carter (f) 75.0 3 3 21 15

Ht 07: Waplington, Vale, Wrathall, Tyrer (f exc) 75.6 3 3 24 18

Ht 08: Gardner, Moss, Scott, Carter 75.4 1 5 25 23

Ht 09: Wilkinson, Bouchard, Scott (ef), Richardson (f exc), Farmer (f ns) 75.2 2 3 27 26

Ht 10: Waplington, Tyrer, Wrathall, Shakespeare (ef) 73.0 1 5 28 31

Ht 11: Wrathall, Vale, Moss, Goad 76.6 5 1 33 32

Ht 12: Waplington, Wilkinson, Bouchard, Shakespeare (ef) 72.6 1 5 34 37

Ht 13: Gardner, Tyrer, Vale, Scott 75.8 1 5 35 42

Ipswich v Rochdale Thursday 1st October 1970 (British League Division ll)


1. John Louis 2 3 3 0 1* 9 1

2. Ron Bagley 1* 1 3 2 7 1

3. John Harrhy 2 3 2* 2 3 12 1

4. Ted Spittles 1 TS 1 2 4 1

5. Pete Bailey Fell 1 0 3 1 5 0

6. Stan Pepper 1 0 TS 1 0

7. Tony Davey 0 TS 1* 1 1



2. Robbie Gardner 0 0 0 N 0 0

3. Alan Wilkinson 3 2 1* 2 3 11 1

4. Chris Bailey R I D E R R E P L A C E M E N T

5. Steve Waplington 3 2 1 F Exc 0 6 0

6. Ken Moss 3 0 0 3 0

7. Paul Tyrer 2* 1 1 EF 4 1

8. Gerry Richardson 2* 2 1

witches hornets witches hornets

Ht 01: Broadbelt, Louis, Bagley, Gardner 71.0 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Moss, Tyrer, Pepper, Davey 75.6 1 5 4 8

Ht 03: Waplington, Richardson, Spittles, Bailey (f) 75.0 1 5 5 13

Ht 04: Wilkinson, Harrhy, Tyrer, Pepper 74.4 2 4 7 17

Ht 05: Louis, Broadbelt, Bailey, Gardner 71.8 4 2 11 19

Ht 06: Louis, Wilkinson, Bagley, Moss 72.0 4 2 15 21

Ht 07: Harrhy, Waplington, Wilkinson, Bailey 72.8 3 3 18 24

Ht 08: Bagley, Harrhy, Tyrer, Gardner 74.6 5 1 23 25

Ht 09: Bailey, Wilkinson, Spittles, Moss 73.4 4 2 27 27

Ht 10: Broadbelt, Bagley, Waplington, Louis (f rem) 73.4 2 4 29 31

Ht 11: Broadbelt, Harrhy, Davey, Tyrer (ef) 72.6 3 3 32 34

Ht 12: Wilkinson, Spittles, Louis, Waplington (f exc) 75.0 3 3 35 37

Ht 13: Harrhy, Broadbelt, Bailey, Waplington 72.6 4 2 39 39

Silver Helmet: John Louis (h) beat Eric Broadbelt (ch) 72.8

Rochdale v Rayleigh Sunday 4th October 1970 (British League Division ll)



2. Robbie Gardner 1 1 Fell 1 3 0

3. Alan Wilkinson 2* 2* 3 3 10 2


5. Steve Waplington 2 2* 2* 2* 8 3

6. Ken Moss 3 3 3 3 12 0

7. Paul Tyrer 2* 3 2* 2* 9 3

8. Gerry Richardson 0 0 0

rayleigh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Geoff Maloney 2 0 0 Exc Exc 2 0

2. Nigel Rackett 0 1 Fell 1 2 0

3. Dingle Brown 0 0 TS TS 0 0

4. Hugh Saunders 3 1 2 1 0 7 0

5. Alan Jackson 1 0 0 0 1 0

6. George Barclay 0 2 1 3 0

7. Garry Moore 1 1 2 1 5 0

hornets rockets hornets rockets

Ht 01: Broadbelt, Maloney, Gardner, Rackett 79.0 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Moss, Tyrer, Moore, Barclay 83.4 5 1 9 3

Ht 03: Saunders, Waplington, Jackson, Richardson 84.2 2 4 11 7

Ht 04: Moss, Wilkinson, Moore, Brown 84.6 5 1 16 8

Ht 05: Broadbelt, Waplington, Rackett, Maloney 81.4 5 1 21 9

Ht 06: Broadbelt, Barclay, Gardner, Brown 82.0 4 2 25 11

Ht 07: Moss, Wilkinson, Saunders, Jackson 82.4 5 1 30 12

Ht 08: Tyrer, Moore, Gardner (f), Rackett (f) 83.2 3 2 33 14

Ht 09: Moss, Waplington, Barclay, Maloney 84.2 5 1 38 15

Ht 10: Broadbelt, Saunders, Gardner, Jackson 84.4 4 2 42 17

Ht 11: Wilkinson, Tyrer, Rackett, Maloney (exc) 81.0 5 1 47 18

Ht 12: Broadbelt, Tyrer, Saunders, Jackson 82.2 5 1 52 19

Ht 13: Wilkinson, Waplington, Moore, Saunders, Maloney (exc) 82.0 5 1 57 20

Rochdale v Crewe Sunday 11th October 1970 (Border Trophy 1st Leg)


1. Eric Broadbelt 3 2* 3 3 3 14 1

2. Robbie Gardner 0 0 N 1 1 0

3. Steve Waplington Ret 0 3 0 3 0


5. Alan Wilkinson 3 3 2 2* 2 12 1

6. Ken Moss 3 2 2 3 1 11 0

7. Paul Tyrer 1 0 N 1 0

8. Gerry Richardson 1 1* 2 1


1. Paul O'Neil 2 1 0 3 6 0

2. Dave Parry N N 2 TS 2 0

3. John Jackson 3 2 3 2 1 11 0

4. Dai Evans 0 3 2 1 6 0

5. Barry Meeks 2 1 0 0 3 0

6. Warren Hawkins 1* Fell 1* 0 2 2

7. Ian Bottomley 2 1 0 1* 4 1


Ht 01: Broadbelt, O'Neil, Hawkins, Gardner 76.4 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Moss, Bottomley, Tyrer, Hawkins (f) 79.0 4 2 7 5

Ht 03: Wilkinson, Meeks, Richardson, Evans 79.0 4 2 11 7

Ht 04: Jackson, Moss, Bottomley, Waplington (ret) 77.4 2 4 13 11

Ht 05: Wilkinson, Broadbelt, O'Neil, Bottomley (f) 77.3 5 1 18 12

Ht 06: Broadbelt, Jackson, Hawkins, Gardner 77.2 3 3 21 15

Ht 07: Evans, Moss, Meeks, Waplington 79.3 2 4 23 19

Ht 08: Moss, Parry, Bottomley, Tyrer 79.1 3 3 26 22

Ht 09: Jackson, Wilkinson, Richardson, Hawkins 77.1 3 3 29 25

Ht 10: Broadbelt, Evans, Gardner, Meeks 77.2 4 2 33 27

Ht 11: Waplington, Jackson, Moss, O'Neil 79.0 4 2 37 29

Ht 12: Broadbelt, Wilkinson, Jackson, Meeks 79.3 5 1 42 30

Ht 13: O'Neil, Wilkinson, Evans, Waplington 79.4 2 4 44 34

Rayleigh v Rochdale Saturday 17th October 1970 (British League Division ll)

rayleigh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Geoff Maloney 2* 2* 1 1* 6 3

2. Nigel Rackett 3 3 1* 3 10 1

3. Dingle Brown N 1 2 0 3 0

4. Alan Jackson 1 1* 2* 2 6 2

5. Hugh Saunders 3 2 3 1 9 0

6. Garry Moore 2 1 0 3 0

7. George Barclay 1* 3 2 0 6 1


1. Eric Broadbelt 1 3 3 3 N 2* 12 1

2. Paul Tyrer 0 0 TS 1 1 0

3. Steve Waplington 2 F Exc 1 0 N 3 0


5. Alan Wilkinson 2 2* EF 2 3 3 12 1

6. Ken Moss 0 1 0 1 0

7. Gerry Richardson 3 0 TS 3 0 6 0

8. Robbie Gardner 0 0 0

rockets hornets rockets hornets

Ht 01: Rackett, Maloney, Broadbelt, Tyrer 72.2 5 1 5 1

Ht 02: Richardson, Moore, Barclay, Moss 75.2 3 3 8 4

Ht 03: Saunders, Wilkinson, Jackson, Gardner 73.5 4 2 12 6

Ht 04: Barclay, Waplington, Moore, Richardson 72.8 4 2 16 8

Ht 05: Broadbelt, Saunders, Jackson, Tyrer 72.6 3 3 19 11

Ht 06: Rackett, Maloney, Moss, Waplington (f exc) 73.8 5 1 24 12

Ht 07: Broadbelt, Wilkinson, Brown, Moore 73.4 1 5 25 17

Ht 08: Broadbelt, Barclay, Rackett, Wilkinson (ef) 73.6 3 3 28 20

Ht 09: Saunders, Jackson, Waplington, Moss 73.6 5 1 33 21

Ht 10: Rackett, Wilkinson, Maloney, Waplington 72.3 4 2 37 23

Ht 11: Richardson, Brown, Tyrer, Barclay 74.7 2 4 39 27

Ht 12: Wilkinson, Jackson, Maloney, Richardson 72.6 3 3 42 30

Ht 13: Wilkinson, Broadbelt, Saunders, Brown 72.3 1 5 43 35

Eastbourne v Rochdale Sunday 18th October 1970 (British League Division ll)

eastbourne 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Dave Jessup 3 3 3 3 12 0

2. Roger Johns Fell N 2 N 2 0

3. Gordon Kennett 2 2 1 1* 6 1

4. Laurie Sims Exc 2 1 1 4 0

5. Reg Trott 3 1* 3 2 9 1

6. Dave Kennett 2* 0 1* 1 0 4 2

7. Phil Pratt 3 2* F Exc N 5 1



2. Robbie Gardner 1* 0 TS TS 1 1

3. Steve Waplington 3 1 2 F Exc 6 0

4. Gerry Richardson 1* 0 0 0 1 1

5. Alan Wilkinson 2 3 2 2* 2 11 1

6. Ken Moss 0 0 N 0 0

7. Paul Tyrer 1 1 F Exc 0 2 0

eagles hornets eagles hornets

Ht 01: Jessup, Broadbelt, Gardner, Johns (f) 65.4 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Pratt, D.Kennett, Tyrer, Moss 67.4 5 1 8 4

Ht 03: Trott, Wilkinson, Richardson, Sims (exc) 66.0 3 3 11 7

Ht 04: Waplington, G.Kennett, Tyrer, D.Kennett 67.4 2 4 13 11

Ht 05: Broadbelt, Sims, Trott, Gardner 66.8 3 3 16 14

Ht 06: Jessup, Pratt, Waplington, Moss 66.4 5 1 21 15

Ht 07: Wilkinson, G.Kennett, D.Kennett, Richardson 67.6 3 3 24 18

Ht 08: Broadbelt, Johns, Pratt (f exc), Tyrer (f exc) 66.8 2 3 26 21

Ht 09: Trott, Waplington, Sims, Tyrer 66.2 4 2 30 23

Ht 10: Jessup, Wilkinson, D.Kennett, Richardson 66.0 4 2 34 25

Ht 11: Broadbelt, Wilkinson, G.Kennett, D.Kennett 66.6 1 5 35 30

Ht 12: Jessup, Wilkinson, Sims, Waplington (f exc) 65.2 4 2 39 32

Ht 13: Broadbelt, Trott, G.Kennett, Richardson 66.4 3 3 42 35

Crewe v Rochdale Monday 19th October 1970 (Border Trophy 2nd Leg) meeting postponed due to rain !

Workington v Berwick v Bradford v Rochdale Friday 23rd October 1970 (4 Team Tournament Challenge)

workington 1 2 3 4 5 pts

1. Taffy Owen 3 3 2 0 8

2. Reg Wilson 1 1 2 1 5

3. Dave Kumeta 1 0 1 1 3

4. Chris Blythe 2 1 3 2 8


1. Alan Wilkinson 3 2 EF 2 7

2. Steve Waplington 0 2 0 N 2

3. Paul Tyrer 1 2 2 2 7

4. Eric Broadbelt 3 Ret N N 3

5. Steve Watson 0 0 0 0

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 pts

1. Gary Peterson 0 3 3 3 9

2. Robin Adlington 2 1 1 3 7

3. Alan Knapkin 3 0 3 1 7

4. Dave Schofield EF 3 1 3 7


1. Maury Robinson 2 2 EF 1 5


3. Doug Wyer 2 3 3 3 11

4. Alistair Brady 0 0 1 0 1


comets hornets northern bandits

Ht 01: Wilkinson, Blythe, Paynter, Schofield (ef) 85.4 2-2 3-3 0-0 1-1

Ht 02: Knapkin, Robinson, Kumeta, Waplington 80.6 1-3 0-3 3-3 2-3

Ht 03: Broadbelt, Wyer, Wilson, Peterson 80.6 1-4 3-6 0-3 2-5

Ht 04: Owen, Adlington, Tyrer, Brady 82.6 3-7 1-7 2-5 0-5

Ht 05: Peterson, Waplington, Blythe, Brady 82.6 1-8 2-9 3-8 0-5

Ht 06: Wyer, Wilkinson, Adlington, Kumeta 83.2 0-8 2-11 1-9 3-8

Ht 07: Schofield, Robinson, Wilson, Broadbelt (ret) 87.0 1-9 0-11 3-12 2-10

Ht 08: Owen, Tyrer, Paynter, Knapkin 82.6 3-12 2-13 0-12 1-11

Ht 09: Blythe, Tyrer, Adlington, Robinson (ef) 86.0 3-15 2-15 1-13 0-11

Ht 10: Peterson, Paynter, Kumeta, Watson 86.4 1-16 0-15 3-16 2-13

Ht 11: Knapkin, Wilson, Brady, Wilkinson (ef) 86.8 2-18 0-15 3-19 1-14

Ht 12: Wyer, Owen, Schofield, Waplington 86.0 2-20 0-15 1-20 3-17

Ht 13: Schofield, Tyrer, Kumeta, Brady 87.0 1-21 2-17 3-23 0-17

Ht 14: Wyer, Blythe, Knapkin, Watson 85.8 2-23 0-17 1-24 3-20

Ht 15: Adlington, Paynter, Wilson, Watson 87.8 1-24 0-17 3-27 2-22

Ht 16: Peterson, Wilkinson, Robinson, Owen (ef) 84.8 0-24 2-19 3-30 1-23

Rochdale v Bradford Sunday 25th October 1970 (British League Division II) Meeting postponed due to rain !

Crewe v Rochdale Monday 26th October 1970 (Border Trophy 2nd Leg)


1. Paul O'Neil 3 3 1 1* 8 1

2. Dave Parry 1 2* 2* 0 5 2

3. John Jackson 3 2 2 0 7 0

4. Dai Evans 0 1 1* 2 4 1

5. Barry Meeks Exc 3 2 3 8 0

6. Warren Hawkins 2* 2 2* N 6 2

7. Ian Bottomley 3 1* 3 0 7 1


1. Eric Broadbelt 2 Exc 2 3 1 1* 9 1

2. Gerry Richardson 0 Fell 1 0 TS 0 1 0

3. Steve Waplington Ret 0 TS TS 0 0

4. Alan Wilkinson 3 3 3 2* 3 2 16 1


6. Paul Tyrer Ret N TS 0 0

7. Ken Moss Fell 1 1 1 Ret 3 6 0

8. Robbie Gardner 0 0 0



Ht 01: O'Neil, Broadbelt, Parry, Richardson 74.2 4 2 4 2

Ht 02: Bottomley, Hawkins, Moss (f), Tyrer (ret) 110.8 5 0 9 2

Ht 03: Wilkinson, Hawkins, Moss, Evans, Broadbelt (ex tapes), Meeks (ex tapes) 74.4 2 4 11 6

Ht 04: Jackson, Hawkins, Moss, Waplington (ret) 74.4 5 1 16 7

Ht 05: Meeks, Broadbelt, Evans, Richardson (f) 74.6 4 2 20 9

Ht 06: O'Neil, Parry, Moss, Waplington 74.2 5 1 25 10

Ht 07: Wilkinson, Jackson, Bottomley, Gardner 74.0 3 3 28 13

Ht 08: Bottomley, Parry, Richardson, Moss (ret) 75.0 5 1 33 14

Ht 09: Wilkinson, Meeks, Evans, Richardson 76.8 3 3 36 17

Ht 10: Broadbelt, Wilkinson, O'Neil, Parry 76.2 1 5 37 22

Ht 11: Moss, Jackson, Broadbelt, Bottomley 75.8 2 4 39 26

Ht 12: Wilkinson, Evans, O'Neil, Richardson 75.0 3 3 42 29

Ht 13: Meeks, Wilkinson, Broadbelt, Jackson 74.6 3 3 45 32

Agg: Crewe 79 - 76 Rochdale

Belle Vue: Rochdale v Bradford Wednesday 29th October 1970 (British League Division ll)



2. Robbie Gardner 0 0 N 1 1 0

3. Steve Waplington 3 2* 3 1 9 1

4. Gerry Richardson 1 0 N N 1 0

5. Alan Wilkinson 3 3 3 Exc 9 0

6. Paul Tyrer 3 2* 3 3 2* 13 2

7. Ken Moss 2* 2* 1 1 0 6 2

bradford 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts bpts

1. Alan Knapkin 2 2 Exc 2 2* 8 1

2. Sid Sheldrick 1* 1* 1 0 3 2

3. Dave Schofield EF 2 0 N 2 0

4. Barry Fitzgerald 0 TS 0 TS 0 0

5. Taffy Owen (G) 2 Fell 2 1 3 8 0

6. Robin Adlington 0 1* 1 2 0 4 1

7. Peter Thompson 1 1 0 2 0

hornets northern hornets northern

Ht 01: Broadbelt, Knapkin, Sheldrick, Gardner No Time 3 3 3 3

Ht 02: Tyrer, Moss, Thompson, Adlington 78.8 5 1 8 4

Ht 03: Wilkinson, Owen, Richardson, Fitzgerald 78.4 4 2 12 6

Ht 04: Waplington, Tyrer, Thompson, Schofield (ef) 80.0 5 1 17 7

Ht 05: Wilkinson, Knapkin, Sheldrick, Richardson 77.6 3 3 20 10

Ht 06: Broadbelt, Schofield, Adlington, Gardner 76.4 3 3 23 13

Ht 07: Tyrer, Waplington, Adlington, Owen (f), Knapkin (exc) 77.2 5 1 28 14

Ht 08: Tyrer, Moss, Sheldrick, Thompson 77.0 5 1 33 15

Ht 09: Wilkinson, Adlington, Moss, Schofield 75.6 4 2 37 17

Ht 10: Broadbelt, Owen, Gardner, Fitzgerald 75.0 4 2 41 19

Ht 11: Waplington, Knapkin, Moss, Sheldrick 76.2 4 2 45 21

Ht 12: Broadbelt, Tyrer, Owen, Adlington 76.2 5 1 50 22

Ht 13: Owen, Knapkin, Waplington, Moss, Wilkinson (ex tapes) 76.4 1 5 51 27

This fixture was staged at Belle Vue due to fixture congestion.

FINAL BRITISH LEAGUE DIVISION TWO TABLE FOR 1970

P W D L F A PTS

01. Canterbury 32 23 1 8 1384 1108 47

02. Eastbourne 32 22 1 9 1364.5 1125.5 45

03. Rochdale 32 21 2 9 1460 1020 44

04. Bradford 32 18 1 13 1355 1134 37

05. Middlesbrough 32 18 0 14 1304 1186 36

06. Ipswich 32 17 2 13 1254 1236 36

07. Crewe 32 17 1 14 1305 1186 35

08. Romford 32 17 1 14 1253.5 1231.5 35

09. Reading 32 17 0 15 1278.5 1211.5 34

10. Peterborough 32 14 2 16 1191 1301 30

11. Workington 32 13 1 18 1245 1236 27

12. Rayleigh 32 13 1 18 1155.5 1329.5 27

13. Boston 32 12 2 18 1144 1342 26

14. Crayford 32 11 1 20 1153 1338 23

15. Doncaster 32 11 1 20 1123.5 1361.5 23

16. Berwick 32 10 0 22 1089 1400 20

17. Long Eaton 32 8 3 21 1087.5 1400.5 19

Note: Middlesbrough also adopted the Teesside name at times during the season.

Rochdale

These records advise Moss scored 149 & Tyrer 157 points.

Official records advise Moss scored 150 & Tyrer 156 points.

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