The British League Knockout Cup 1966 was the 28th edition of the Knockout Cup.^[1] Halifax Dukes won the cup and therefore secured the league and cup double.^[2][3]

First round

June 6

Newcastle Diamonds	54 - 42	Oxford Cheetahs
Ivan Mauger 15*		Arne Pander 15

June 7

West Ham Hammers	59 - 37	Exeter Falcons
Norman Hunter 14 Sverre Harrfeldt 14		Gerry Jackson 15

June 8

Kings Lynn Stars	59 - 37	Wimbledon Dons
Peter Moore 12 Terry Betts 12		Trevor Hedge 14 Olle Nygren 12 (2)

Second round

June 11

Halifax Dukes	57 - 39	Glasgow Tigers
Eric Boocock 14		Charlie Monk 13

June 17

Hackney Hawks	48.5 - 47.5	Cradley Heath Heathens
Colin Pratt 15		Ivor Brown 12

July 25

Wimbledon Dons	50 - 46	Swindon Robins
Olle Nygren 13		Barry Briggs 18*

July 26

Long Eaton Archers	54 - 40	Edinburgh Monarchs
Leif Enecrona 14		Doug Templeton 11

July 26

West Ham Hammers	61 - 35	Wolverhampton Wolves
Sverre Harrfeldt 15* Norman Hunter 15*		Gordon Guasco 10 Peter Vandenberg 10

July 27

Poole Pirates	53 - 43	Newcastle Diamonds
Geoff Mudge 12 (1) Ronnie Genz 12 (1)		Ivan Mauger 21*

July 30

Coventry Bees	55 - 41	Sheffield Tigers
Nigel Boocock 13 (1) Rick France 12 (1)		John Dews 10

August 13

Belle Vue Aces	60 - 36	Newport Wasps
Cyril Maidment 15*		Göte Nordin 10

Third round

August 6

Halifax Dukes	52 - 44	West Ham Hammers
Tommy Roper 13		Ken McKinlay 15

August 12

Hackney Hawks	47 - 49	Wimbledon Dons
Colin Pratt 14 (1)*		Olle Nygren 13

August 17

Poole Pirates	53 - 43	Coventry Bees
Bill Andrew 9 (2) Norman Strachan 9 (2)	Coventry tried to use rider replacement for Jim Lightfoot, but Poole wrongly objected. Match was re run as a consequence	Nigel Boocock 18*

September 10

Belle Vue Aces	47 - 49	Long Eaton Archers
Cyril Maidment 15*		Ray Wilson 18*

September 14

Poole Pirates	47 - 49	Coventry Bees
Bill Andrew 12		Rick France 17 (1)*

Semi-final

September 17

Halifax Dukes	60 - 36	Belle Vue Aces
Eric Boocock 12 Tommy Roper 10 (2)		Sándor Lévai 12

October 3

Wimbledon Dons	60 - 36	Coventry Bees
Olle Nygren 15*		Nigel Boocock 16

Final (First Leg)

Scorers
Halifax Dukes

• 1) Eric Boothroyd 3 2* 3 3 1 - 12 (1)
• 2) Bob Jameson 1 2 0 2* 1 - 6 (1)
• 3) Dave Younghusband 3 3 3 3 3 - 15*
• 4) Dennis Gavros 2* 2* 3 1 1 - 9 (2)
• 5) Tommy Roper 3 1 2* 2* 3 - 11 (2)
• 6) Eric Boocock 2* 3 3 3 3 - 14 (1)*
• 7) Maury Robinson 1* 1 - 2 (1)

Wimbledon Dons

• 1) Jim Tebby 0 Ef 0 0 2 - 2
• 2) Olle Nygren 2 3 2 2 2 - 11
• 3) Trevor Hedge F 1 2 1 2 - 6
• 4) Reg Luckhurst 1 1* 2 0 0 - 4 (1)
• 5) Bob Dugard 1 1 1 1 0 - 4
• 6) Tony Childs 0 0 0 0 0 - 0
• 7) Peter Jackson F 0 - 0

Heat by Heat

• Ht 01: Boothroyd, Nygren, Jameson, Tebby 69.8
• Ht 02: Younghusband, Gavros, Luckhurst, Hedge (f) 70.0
• Ht 03: Nygren, Jameson, Robinson, Jackson (f) 71.0
• Ht 04: Younghusband, Boothroyd, Hedge, Tebby (ef) 70.4
• Ht 05: Roper, Boocock, Dugard, Childs 71.0
• Ht 06: Boothroyd, Hedge, Luckhurst, Jameson 70.4
• Ht 07: Younghusband, Gavros, Dugard, Childs 71.2
• Ht 08: Boocock, Nygren, Roper, Tebby 70.2
• Ht 09: Gavros, Luckhurst, Robinson, Jackson 72.0
• Ht 10: Boothroyd, Jameson, Dugard, Childs 72.0
• Ht 11: Boocock, Roper, Hedge, Luckhurst 71.0
• Ht 12: Younghusband, Nygren, Gavros, Tebby 71.4
• Ht 13: Boocock, Roper, Dugard, Childs 70.8
• Ht 14: Younghusband, Nygren, Boothroyd, Luckhurst 71.0
• Ht 15: Boocock, Hedge, Jameson, Childs 70.0
• Ht 16: Roper, Tebby, Gavros, Dugard 71.8

Final (Second Leg)

Scorers
Wimbledon Dons

• 1) Olle Nygren 3 3 3 3 3 - 15*
• 2) Jim Tebby 1 3 1 0 1 - 6
• 3) Trevor Hedge 2* 2* 3 3 0 - 10 (2)
• 4) Bob Dugard 3 1 3 1 1* - 9 (1)
• 5) Reg Luckhurst 2 2 2 2 2 - 10
• 6) Tony Childs 0 0 0 N N - 0
• 7) Peter Jackson 0 1 1* 0 - 2 (1)

Halifax Dukes

• 1) Eric Boothroyd 2 0 3 2 3 - 10
• 2) Bob Jameson 0 1* 1 0 1* - 3 (2)
• 3) Dave Younghusband 1 1 2 3 3 - 10
• 4) Dennis Gavros 0 0 2 1 2 - 5
• 5) Tommy Roper 1 0 1* 0 0 - 2 (1)
• 6) Eric Boocock 3 2 2 3 2* - 12 (1)
• 7) Maury Robinson 2 0 - 2

Heat by Heat

• Ht 01: Nygren, Boothroyd, Tebby, Jameson 68.9
• Ht 02: Dugard, Hedge, Younghusband, Gavros 72.4
• Ht 03: Tebby, Robinson, Jameson, Jackson 73.4
• Ht 04: Nygren, Hedge, Younghusband, Boothroyd 71.0
• Ht 05: Boocock, Luckhurst, Roper, Childs 71.1
• Ht 06: Nygren, Younghusband, Tebby, Gavros 72.1
• Ht 07: Hedge, Boocock, Dugard, Roper 71.8
• Ht 08: Boothroyd, Luckhurst, Jameson, Childs 73.2
• Ht 09: Dugard, Gavros, Jackson, Robinson (f rem) 73.2
• Ht 10: Nygren, Boocock, Roper, Tebby 70.9
• Ht 11: Younghusband, Luckhurst, Gavros, Childs 71.6
• Ht 12: Hedge, Boothroyd, Dugard, Jameson 72.4
• Ht 13: Boocock, Luckhurst, Jackson, Roper 73.1
• Ht 14: Nygren, Gavros, Jameson, Hedge 72.8
• Ht 15: Younghusband, Boocock, Tebby, Jackson 72.4
• Ht 16: Boothroyd, Luckhurst, Dugard, Roper 73.2

See also

• 1966 British League season
• Knockout Cup (speedway)

References