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Swindon v New Cross..1960


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1 hour ago, iris123 said:

Ah that explains how he got an NZ cap!!!

Tracked it down. Sweetman rode for NZ v USA in 1972. Next season he was still riding and rode against NZ in 73...

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8 hours ago, Sidney the robin said:

I note Tommy rode for Aldershot in 1954 and California 54 -56 his best season was in 1966 averaging 9.11 for the Exeter Falcons scoring six full maximums.

And in 1966 he was riding against British League opposition. He finished well up in the averages that season and just look at some of the names beneath him:

http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/03/british-league-averages-1966.html

 

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I agree-Tom finished top of the averages for Exeter in 1966-ahead of such luminaries(I like that word) as Colin Gooddy, Neil Street, Jack Geran and Jim Squibb. He was one of the Prov. League riders who more than held his own against the NL riders- Charlie Monk was another as was Eric Boocock and Dave Younghusband. I recall being at Wimbledon on July 2 1966 (had to look at my programme) when Tom top scored for Exeter and beat Olle Nygren in the second half for the Silver Sash (what happened to that BTW-does anybody have it in storage) in a very fast time. Glad to hear Tom is enjoying his retirement in NZ

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4 hours ago, BOBBATH said:

 Glad to hear Tom is enjoying his retirement in NZ

Tommy's son Chris is a regular poster on some of the Facebook speedway groups, so there is certainly still a family interest.

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