1974–75 National Basketball League season

1974–75 National Basketball League season
League National Basketball League
Sport Basketball
Number of teams 10
Roll of Honour
National League champions Islington Embassy All-Stars
  National League runners-up Sutton & Crystal Palace
National Cup champions Islington Embassy All-Stars
  National Cup runners-up Sutton & Crystal Palace

The 1974–75 Clarks Men's Shoes National Basketball League season was the third season of the recently formulated National Basketball League.[1]
The league was sponsored by Clarks Men's Shoes and the number of teams increased again from eight to ten. Three new teams appeared in the form of Coventry Granwood, Exeter St Lukes and Cleveland StrongArm but Liverpool did not take part.
The Islington Embassy All-Stars team (devoid of the London Latvian merger) completed the double of National League and Cup. There were no play off's for the League during this era.

League Standings

Pos Team P W L F A Pts
1 Islington Embassy All-Stars 18 17 1 1799 1458 35
2 Sutton & Crystal Palace 18 16 2 1606 1407 34
3 Doncaster Wilson Panthers 18 11 7 1473 1393 29
4 Avenue (Edmonton) 18 10 8 1413 1472 28
5 Coventry Granwood 18 8 10 1490 1457 26
6 London YMCA Metros 18 8 10 1498 1503 26
7 Loughborough All-Stars 18 8 10 1446 1402 26
8 Manchester ATS Giants 18 7 11 1359 1352 25
9 Exeter St Lukes 18 3 15 1344 1628 21
10 Cleveland StrongArm 18 2 16 1439 1795 20

Clarks Men's Shoes National Cup Final

05 April 1975
Islington Embassy All-Stars 82–81 Sutton & Crystal Palace
Pts: Pete Sprogis 36, Dave Shelley ??, Steve Schmidt ??, Nigel Acres ??, Stuart Turpie ?? Pts: Jim Guymon ??, Ian Day ??, Mike Stewart ??, Martin Hall ??, Bob Mackay ??
Wembley
Attendance: 5,000

Leading Scorers

Player Team Pts
Steve Schmitt Embassy All-Stars 530
Peter Sprogis Embassy All-Stars 506
Jim Guymon Sutton & Crystal Palace 501
Bob Howell Coventry 446
Mike Dudfield Exeter 440
Ricky Cassey Doncaster 410
Steve Latham Manchester 382
Richard Pearce Loughborough 344
Rick Mann Avenue 328
Carl Olsson Loughborough 327

References

  1. ↑ Matthews & Morrison, Peter & Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records & Results. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.

See also

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