Australia scored an outstanding win in the third and final one-day game of the series, in spite of knowing that England had already secured the Prudential Trophy. It was pleasing to hear that the tourists had battled so hard in such trying conditions to obtain the victory. England had been dismissed for 242, which were scored from 52.4 overs. Dennis Amiss and Mike Brearley had set the foundation for this by scoring 108 and 70 respectively.
Australia replied by amassing 8-246 from 53.2 overs. Despite the fact that five of the last six had been bowled in torrential rain. Ritchie Robinson scored 70 and earned the award for ‘Man of the Match’, in spite of his captain, Greg Chappell, having remained unbeaten on 125. It is his fourth century of the current tour.
The morning broke nice and sunny although by midday it had threatened to rain, yet did not. The New Zealand galloper, “Oranmore”, won the Pacesetters’ Handicap at Gosford this afternoon. This evening’s edition of “Willesee” includes a report by Paul Makin about how animals can be sponsored at Sydney’s Taronga Park Zoo. It costs five thousand dollars per annum to sponsor a koala.
Following “Good Times” we briefly switched to the live coverage of the service from St. Paul’s Cathedral, which forms a part of the celebrations for the Silver Royal Jubilee. We noted that Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, looked resplendent in pink before we turned to Channel Nine for the latter half of “Charlie’s Angels”. “The Vampire Lovers”, a film from 1970, which stars Peter Cushing, Ingrid Pitt and Dawn Addams, screens from half past eight.