SURE OF WIN
Confident U.K. Riders j (N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) SYDNEY. i The English speedway test ! team became supremely confii dent of victory when told on i arrival at Sydney yesterday, !the names of the Australian i team. ; “We’ll beat the pants off I them,” said the team leader, K. McKinley, of Leicester. He said the Australian leader, J. Airey, was an excellent rider, but other team I members were not up to his I standard. I Asked about the Australian I tracks, which are longer than (the English ones, McKinley said it would take his team only one lap to get used to I them. I The other English riders are: C. Pratt (Essex), R. Wilson (Leicester), T. Betts ! (Essex) and R. Trigg (South ; Norwood). j The test series will comI prise three matches in Syd- [ ney, two in Adelaide, three in Brisbane and a possible one in Rockhampton. Later, the Englishmen will jride in two matches in NewZealand.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31522, 9 November 1967, Page 17
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160SURE OF WIN Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31522, 9 November 1967, Page 17
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