British League 1968

1968 British League
New edition to the league were Leicester. Long Eaton had closed and Edinburgh had relocated to Coatbridge to become the Coatbridge Monarchs. Coventry were crowned champions winning the league in the last heat of their last match away from home at King's Lynn
M W D L F A Pts
Coventry Bees 36 22 0 14 1436 1369 44
Hackney Hawks 36 21 2 13 1421 1383 44
Exeter Falcons 36 20 1 15 1556.5 1248.5 41
Sheffield Tigers 36 20 1 15 1463.5 1337.5 41
Newcastle Diamonds 36 20 0 16 1454 1350 40
West Ham Hammers 36 19 1 16 1454 1348 39
Halifax Dukes 36 19 1 16 1424 1379 39
Coatbridge Monarchs 36 18 1 17 1404 1397 37
Wimbledon Dons 36 18 0 18 1411 1384 36
Belle Vue Aces 36 18 0 18 1387 1417 36
Swindon Robins 36 17 1 18 1448 1353 35
Leicester Lions 36 17 1 18 1373 1430 35
Newport Wasps 36 17 1 18 1348 1457 35
Cradley Heath Heathens 36 15 4 17 1373 1430 34
Oxford Cheetahs 36 17 0 19 1319 1487 34
Wolverhampton Wolves 36 16 0 20 1388 1413 32
Poole Pirates 36 13 2 21 1327 1478 28
King's Lynn Stars 36 13 1 22 1330 1473 27
Glasgow Tigers 36 13 1 22 1312 1495 27
Fixtures & Results
22/03/1968 Hackney 42-36 Wolverhampton
29/03/1968 Hackney 47-31 Glasgow
30/03/1968 King's Lynn 36-42 Glasgow
30/03/1968 Swindon 48-30 Halifax
30/03/1968 Coventry 53-25 Cradley Heath
04/04/1968 Oxford 37-41 Swindon
05/04/1968 Hackney 41-37 King's Lynn
05/04/1968 Wolverhampton 43-34 Newport
06/04/1968 Cradley Heath 37-41 Coventry
06/04/1968 Swindon 45-33 Oxford
06/04/1968 Halifax 49-29 Wolverhampton
08/04/1968 Exeter 61-16 Cradley Heath
09/04/1968 West Ham 41-36 Belle Vue
09/04/1968 Leicester 48-30 King's Lynn
11/04/1968 Sheffield 42-36 Halifax
12/04/1968 Swindon 43-34 Coventry
12/04/1968 Wolverhampton 45-33 Cradley Heath
12/04/1968 Glasgow 47-31 Leicester
13/04/1968 Coatbridge 42-36 Sheffield
13/04/1968 Halifax 45-33 Swindon
13/04/1968 Coventry 48-30 Glasgow
13/04/1968 Belle Vue 52-26 Wimbledon
15/04/1968 Newcastle 45-33 Glasgow
15/04/1968 King's Lynn 50-28 Coatbridge
15/04/1968 Halifax 52-26 Belle Vue
16/04/1968 Leicester 39-37 Sheffield
17/04/1968 Poole 45-32 Wimbledon
18/04/1968 Wimbledon 51-26 Coatbridge
18/04/1968 Sheffield 51-27 Newport
18/04/1968 Oxford rained off West Ham
19/04/1968 Wolverhampton 43-35 Oxford
19/04/1968 Glasgow 47-31 Coventry
19/04/1968 Newport 47-31 Cradley Heath
19/04/1968 Hackney 47-31 Swindon
20/04/1968 Belle Vue 41-37 Wolverhampton
20/04/1968 Cradley Heath 42-36 Exeter
20/04/1968 Coventry 47-31 King's Lynn
20/04/1968 Halifax 47-31 Leicester
20/04/1968 Coatbridge 54-24 Oxford
20/04/1968 Swindon 61-17 Glasgow
22/04/1968 Newcastle 40-38 King's Lynn
22/04/1968 Exeter 50-28 Glasgow
23/04/1968 Leicester 41-37 Halifax
23/04/1968 West Ham 43-35 Coatbridge
24/04/1968 Poole 38-40 Coatbridge
25/04/1968 Wimbledon 43-34 Swindon
25/04/1968 Oxford 43-35 Belle Vue
25/04/1968 Sheffield 50-27 Newcastle
26/04/1968 Glasgow 39-39 Cradley Heath
26/04/1968 Newport 42-36 Coventry
26/04/1968 Wolverhampton 46-31 Leicester
26/04/1968 Hackney 52-26 Wimbledon
27/04/1968 King's Lynn 38-40 West Ham
27/04/1968 Cradley Heath 43-35 Poole
27/04/1968 Coventry 45-33 Wolverhampton
27/04/1968 Belle Vue 52-26 Oxford
27/04/1968 Swindon rained off Sheffield
29/04/1968 Newcastle 50-28 Exeter
30/04/1968 Leicester 44-34 Belle Vue
30/04/1968 West Ham 46-32 Coventry
01/05/1968 Poole 45-33 King's Lynn
02/05/1968 Oxford 30-47 Cradley Heath
02/05/1968 Wimbledon 42-35 Halifax
02/05/1968 Exeter 59-19 King's Lynn
03/05/1968 Hackney 46-32 Oxford
03/05/1968 Glasgow rained off Wimbledon
04/05/1968 Coatbridge 13-05 (a) Newcastle
04/05/1968 King's Lynn 36-42 Hackney
04/05/1968 Cradley Heath 42-35 Sheffield
04/05/1968 Swindon 53-24 Poole
04/05/1968 Belle Vue 55-23 Coventry
04/05/1968 Halifax rained off Glasgow
06/05/1968 Exeter 58-19 Halifax
06/05/1968 Newcastle 59-19 Belle Vue
07/05/1968 West Ham 39-38 Cradley Heath
07/05/1968 Leicester 43-35 Glasgow
08/05/1968 Poole rained off West Ham
09/05/1968 Sheffield 45-33 Leicester
09/05/1968 Wimbledon 54-24 Coventry
09/05/1968 Oxford rained off Wolverhampton
10/05/1968 Wolverhampton 29-19 (b) Newcastle
10/05/1968 Hackney 43-35 Leicester
10/05/1968 Glasgow 49-29 Oxford
10/05/1968 Newport rained off Swindon
11/05/1968 King's Lynn 40-38 Newport
11/05/1968 Coventry 43-35 Exeter
11/05/1968 Coatbridge 51-27 Cradley Heath
11/05/1968 Swindon 56-22 Belle Vue
11/05/1968 Halifax rained off Hackney
13/05/1968 Newcastle 46-32 Sheffield
13/05/1968 Exeter 51-27 Hackney
14/05/1968 West Ham 45-33 Poole
15/05/1968 Poole 39-39 Cradley Heath
15/05/1968 Oxford 43-35 Wimbledon
16/05/1968 Wimbledon 37-41 Oxford
16/05/1968 Sheffield 51-27 Glasgow
17/05/1968 Glasgow 38-40 Coatbridge
17/05/1968 King's Lynn 39-39 Cradley Heath
17/05/1968 Hackney 42-36 West Ham
17/05/1968 Newport 46-32 Belle Vue
18/05/1968 Cradley Heath 38-40 Newcastle
18/05/1968 Belle Vue 40-38 King's Lynn
18/05/1968 Coventry 43-35 Swindon
18/05/1968 West Ham 50-28 Leicester
18/05/1968 Halifax rained off Sheffield
20/05/1968 Exeter 46-31 Belle Vue
21/05/1968 Leicester 39-39 Hackney
21/05/1968 West Ham 52-25 Wolverhampton
23/05/1968 Oxford 41-37 Coventry
24/05/1968 Newport 14-10 (c) Newcastle
24/05/1968 Glasgow 31-47 West Ham
24/05/1968 Hackney 40-36 Coatbridge
24/05/1968 Wolverhampton 48-30 Poole
25/05/1968 Coatbridge 44-34 Poole
25/05/1968 Cradley Heath rained off Hackney
01/06/1968 King's Lynn 41-37 Newcastle
01/06/1968 Halifax 42-36 Coventry
03/06/1968 Newcastle 38-40 Halifax
03/06/1968 Exeter 53-25 Newport
04/06/1968 West Ham 44-34 Newcastle
04/06/1968 Leicester 44-34 Oxford
05/06/1968 Poole 39-39 Hackney
06/06/1968 Oxford 43-35 Coatbridge
06/06/1968 Sheffield 50-28 Wimbledon
07/06/1968 Wolverhampton 33-44 Coventry
07/06/1968 Glasgow 40-38 Wimbledon
07/06/1968 Newport 43-35 Coatbridge
07/06/1968 Hackney 43-35 Cradley Heath
08/06/1968 Halifax 39-39 Sheffield
08/06/1968 King's Lynn 40-38 Wolverhampton
08/06/1968 Swindon 43-35 Leicester
08/06/1968 Coventry 46-32 Newport
08/06/1968 Belle Vue 47-31 Cradley Heath
08/06/1968 Coatbridge 48-30 West Ham
08/06/1968 Halifax 50-27 Glasgow
10/06/1968 Cradley Heath 39-39 Swindon
10/06/1968 Newcastle 41-37 Oxford
10/06/1968 Exeter 52-26 Poole
11/06/1968 West Ham 41-37 Hackney
11/06/1968 Leicester 44-34 Newcastle
12/06/1968 Poole 43-35 Coventry
13/06/1968 Sheffield 53-25 Cradley Heath
14/06/1968 Glasgow 34-44 Halifax
14/06/1968 King's Lynn 41-37 Belle Vue
14/06/1968 Hackney 42-35 Sheffield
14/06/1968 Newport 47-31 Swindon
15/06/1968 Cradley Heath 46-32 King's Lynn
15/06/1968 Coatbridge 46-32 Wimbledon
15/06/1968 Coventry 49-29 Poole
15/06/1968 Swindon 50-28 Exeter
15/06/1968 Belle Vue 50-28 Glasgow
17/06/1968 Exeter 41-37 West Ham
17/06/1968 Newcastle 43-35 Poole
18/06/1968 West Ham 48-30 Exeter
19/06/1968 Poole 43-35 Newport
20/06/1968 Oxford 38-40 Swindon
20/06/1968 Wimbledon 46-32 Hackney
20/06/1968 Sheffield 51-27 Coventry
21/06/1968 Glasgow 38-40 Sheffield
21/06/1968 Newport 45-33 Halifax
22/06/1968 Coventry 41-36 Hackney
22/06/1968 Belle Vue 45-33 Poole
22/06/1968 Swindon 46-32 Wolverhampton
22/06/1968 Halifax 47-31 Newport
24/06/1968 Newcastle 40-38 Cradley Heath
25/06/1968 West Ham 43-35 Wimbledon
25/06/1968 Leicester 45-33 Swindon
27/06/1968 Oxford 46-32 West Ham
28/06/1968 Glasgow 43-35 Swindon
28/06/1968 Hackney 47-31 Poole
28/06/1968 Newport 49-29 Sheffield
29/06/1968 Coventry 37-41 Belle Vue
29/06/1968 Swindon 38-39 Newcastle
29/06/1968 King's Lynn 41-37 Leicester
29/06/1968 Coatbridge 48-30 Newport
29/06/1968 Cradley Heath 49-29 Wolverhampton
29/06/1968 Halifax 52-26 Oxford
01/07/1968 Newcastle 09-02 (d) Newport
02/07/1968 Leicester 40-38 Exeter
02/07/1968 West Ham 48-30 King's Lynn
04/07/1968 Oxford 43-35 Leicester
04/07/1968 Wimbledon 49-29 Newport
04/07/1968 Sheffield 51-27 Poole
05/07/1968 Wolverhampton 43-35 Swindon
05/07/1968 Glasgow 46-32 Poole
05/07/1968 Hackney 48-30 Belle Vue
06/07/1968 Swindon 39-38 Wimbledon
06/07/1968 Coatbridge 53-23 Wolverhampton
06/07/1968 Cradley Heath 53-25 Glasgow
06/07/1968 King's Lynn 54-24 Coventry
08/07/1968 Newcastle 40-38 Leicester
08/07/1968 Exeter 50-28 Oxford
09/07/1968 Leicester 40-38 Wolverhampton
09/07/1968 West Ham 42-35 Halifax
10/07/1968 Glasgow 49-29 Wolverhampton
12/07/1968 Wolverhampton 41-37 West Ham
12/07/1968 Newport 46-32 Hackney
13/07/1968 King's Lynn 50-28 Poole
13/07/1968 Halifax 50-28 Wimbledon
13/07/1968 Cradley Heath 54-24 Coatbridge
13/07/1968 Oxford 54-24 Newport
13/07/1968 Belle Vue 55-23 Swindon
15/07/1968 Exeter 53-25 Coatbridge
16/07/1968 West Ham 24-18 (e) Sheffield
16/07/1968 Leicester 37-41 Coventry
17/07/1968 Belle Vue 49-29 Halifax
18/07/1968 Oxford 41-37 Newcastle
18/07/1968 Wimbledon 41-37 West Ham
19/07/1968 Hackney 42-36 Newcastle
19/07/1968 King's Lynn 42-36 Swindon
19/07/1968 Wolverhampton 45-33 Glasgow
19/07/1968 Newport 46-32 Wimbledon
20/07/1968 Halifax 44-34 King's Lynn
20/07/1968 Cradley Heath 45-33 Belle Vue
20/07/1968 Coventry 47-31 Coatbridge
22/07/1968 Newcastle 46-32 Hackney
22/07/1968 Exeter 51-27 Wolverhampton
23/07/1968 West Ham 50-28 Newport
24/07/1968 Poole 36-42 Belle Vue
25/07/1968 Sheffield 43-35 Hackney
25/07/1968 Wimbledon 49-29 Glasgow
25/07/1968 Oxford 51-26 Halifax
26/07/1968 Wolverhampton 34-44 Wimbledon
26/07/1968 Glasgow 44-34 Belle Vue
26/07/1968 Newport 53-25 Oxford
27/07/1968 Swindon 36-42 Cradley Heath
27/07/1968 Halifax 40-38 Newcastle
27/07/1968 Coventry 42-36 West Ham
27/07/1968 King's Lynn 49-29 Sheffield
27/07/1968 Coatbridge rained off Leicester
29/07/1968 Exeter 49-29 Wimbledon
31/07/1968 Poole 40-38 Exeter
01/08/1968 Wimbledon 41-37 Poole
02/08/1968 Glasgow 36-42 Hackney
02/08/1968 Wolverhampton 49-29 Sheffield
03/08/1968 Belle Vue 44-34 West Ham
03/08/1968 Coatbridge 53-25 Hackney
05/08/1968 Newcastle 49-29 West Ham
05/08/1968 Exeter 51-27 Coventry
08/08/1968 Sheffield 41-37 West Ham
08/08/1968 Wimbledon 54-24 Belle Vue
08/08/1968 Oxford rained off Hackney
09/08/1968 Leicester 41-37 West Ham
09/08/1968 Newport 42-36 King's Lynn
10/08/1968 Cradley Heath 44-34 Wimbledon
10/08/1968 Coventry 45-33 Leicester
12/08/1968 Newcastle 52-26 Coventry
14/08/1968 Poole 41-37 West Ham
15/08/1968 Sheffield 46-32 Coatbridge
16/08/1968 King's Lynn 43-35 Halifax
16/08/1968 Wolverhampton 51-27 Coatbridge
17/08/1968 Halifax 42-36 Poole
17/08/1968 Swindon 51-27 King's Lynn
17/08/1968 Coventry 56-22 Oxford
20/08/1968 Leicester 51-27 Newport
21/08/1968 Poole 37-41 Swindon
21/08/1968 Coatbridge 41-36 Belle Vue
21/08/1968 Coatbridge 49-29 King's Lynn
22/08/1968 Sheffield 49-29 Oxford
23/08/1968 Newport 44-33 Leicester
23/08/1968 Wolverhampton 54-24 Halifax
24/08/1968 Belle Vue 40-38 Leicester
24/08/1968 Halifax 43-35 Exeter
24/08/1968 Coventry 43-35 Newcastle
24/08/1968 Coatbridge 43-35 Swindon
26/08/1968 Newcastle 40-38 Wolverhampton
26/08/1968 Exeter 56-22 Leicester
27/08/1968 West Ham 36-42 Glasgow
27/08/1968 Leicester 41-37 Poole
28/08/1968 Poole 45-33 Glasgow
29/08/1968 Oxford 42-36 Glasgow
29/08/1968 Wimbledon 50-28 Exeter
29/08/1968 Sheffield 51-27 King's Lynn
30/08/1968 Newport 39-39 West Ham
30/08/1968 Hackney 42-36 Coventry
30/08/1968 Glasgow 44-34 King's Lynn
31/08/1968 Belle Vue 45-33 Hackney
31/08/1968 Coventry 46-32 Halifax
31/08/1968 King's Lynn 47-26 Wimbledon
31/08/1968 Cradley Heath 50-28 Oxford
31/08/1968 Swindon 54-24 Newport
02/09/1968 Newport 45-33 Wolverhampton
02/09/1968 Newcastle 48-30 Coatbridge
02/09/1968 Wimbledon 55-22 Sheffield
02/09/1968 Halifax rained off Cradley Heath
03/09/1968 Leicester 43-35 Wimbledon
03/09/1968 West Ham 48-29 Sheffield
04/09/1968 Poole 42-36 Halifax
05/09/1968 Oxford 43-35 Exeter
05/09/1968 Wimbledon 47-31 Leicester
05/09/1968 Sheffield 50-28 Swindon
06/09/1968 Glasgow 41-37 Newcastle
06/09/1968 Hackney 43-35 Exeter
06/09/1968 Wolverhampton 45-32 Belle Vue
06/09/1968 Newport 48-29 Poole
07/09/1968 Swindon 36-42 Hackney
07/09/1968 Cradley Heath 36-42 Leicester
07/09/1968 Belle Vue 37-41 Sheffield
07/09/1968 Coatbridge 38-40 Coventry
07/09/1968 Halifax 43-35 West Ham
07/09/1968 King's Lynn 45-33 Exeter
09/09/1968 Newcastle 50-28 Halifax
10/09/1968 West Ham 37-40 Swindon
10/09/1968 Leicester 50-27 Cradley Heath
10/09/1968 Coatbridge 52-26 Halifax
11/09/1968 Poole 43-35 Leicester
11/09/1968 Swindon 47-31 Sheffield
12/09/1968 Oxford 43-35 King's Lynn
13/09/1968 Glasgow 36-42 Exeter
14/09/1968 Belle Vue 34-44 Exeter
14/09/1968 Coventry 44-34 Sheffield
14/09/1968 King's Lynn 48-30 Oxford
14/09/1968 Swindon rained off Coatbridge
14/09/1968 Cradley Heath rained off West Ham
16/09/1968 Newcastle 49-28 Wimbledon
16/09/1968 Exeter 49-29 Swindon
16/09/1968 Newcastle 53-24 Newport
17/09/1968 Leicester 49-29 Coventry
18/09/1968 Poole 44-34 Newcastle
18/09/1968 Halifax 51-27 Coatbridge
18/09/1968 Glasgow 55-23 Newport
19/09/1968 Sheffield 44.5-33.5 Exeter
19/09/1968 Wimbledon rained off Newcastle
20/09/1968 Hackney 46-32 Halifax
20/09/1968 Newport 49-29 Glasgow
20/09/1968 Newport 51-27 Newcastle
21/09/1968 Coatbridge 39-39 Exeter
21/09/1968 Coatbridge 43-35 Leicester
23/09/1968 Cradley Heath 37-41 Halifax
23/09/1968 Exeter 50-28 Sheffield
23/09/1968 Newcastle rained off Swindon
24/09/1968 West Ham 41-37 Oxford
25/09/1968 Poole rained off Sheffield
26/09/1968 Oxford 42-36 Poole
26/09/1968 Sheffield 54-24 Belle Vue
27/09/1968 Wolverhampton 40-38 Hackney
27/09/1968 Newport 41-37 Exeter
28/09/1968 Swindon 36-42 West Ham
28/09/1968 Belle Vue 41-37 Newcastle
28/09/1968 Cradley Heath 42-36 Newport
28/09/1968 Coatbridge 48-30 Glasgow
28/09/1968 Coventry 50-28 Wimbledon
28/09/1968 Halifax 54-24 Hackney
30/09/1968 Exeter 47-31 Newcastle
01/10/1968 Leicester 40-38 Coatbridge
02/10/1968 Poole 49-29 Oxford
02/10/1968 Swindon 57-20 Coatbridge
03/10/1968 Wimbledon 42-36 Cradley Heath
03/10/1968 Sheffield 44-34 Wolverhampton
03/10/1968 Oxford 45-33 Hackney
04/10/1968 Wolverhampton 43-35 Exeter
04/10/1968 Hackney 48-30 Newport
05/10/1968 King's Lynn 37-41 Coventry
05/10/1968 Cradley Heath 40-38 West Ham
05/10/1968 Cradley Heath 46-32 Hackney
05/10/1968 Belle Vue 51-27 Newport
07/10/1968 Newcastle 46-32 Swindon
09/10/1968 Belle Vue 41-37 Coatbridge
09/10/1968 Poole 42-36 Wolverhampton
10/10/1968 Oxford 44-34 Wolverhampton
10/10/1968 Wimbledon 49-29 King's Lynn
11/10/1968 Wolverhampton rained off King's Lynn
11/10/1968 Wolverhampton rained off Newcastle
12/10/1968 Coatbridge 46-32 Newcastle
12/10/1968 Halifax 56-22 Cradley Heath
16/10/1968 Poole 43-35 Sheffield
17/10/1968 Wimbledon 41-37 Wolverhampton
17/10/1968 Oxford 42-36 Sheffield
24/10/1968 Wimbledon 46-31 Newcastle
25/10/1968 Wolverhampton 47-31 Newcastle
25/10/1968 Wolverhampton 50-28 King's Lynn
(a) abandoned heat 3 (b) abandoned heat 8 (c) abandoned heat 4 (d) abandoned heat 2 (e) abandoned heat 7

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