A repetition of “Holiday” is viewed, from 6.00 p.m., on Channel Two. It conveys the viewer to Surfers Paradise and Hayman Island before embarking on a journey by raft near New Zealand’s largest lake, Lake Taupo.
After “Willesee” and the “Dick Emery Show” we watched the final programme in the current series of “In The Wild”, with Harry Butler. This evening’s edition is the conclusion to the trilogy on Barrow Island, which is located just off Australia’s north-west coast.
The commencement of the fourth day’s play in the Second Test was beamed live from Old Trafford, in Manchester, from half past eight. Australia required seven balls to claim the last English wicket. Nevertheless, England’s score of 437, in its first innings, means that it now has a lead of 140 runs.
Australia’s pursuit of these has proven to be a disastrous one. Rick McCosker was dismissed when playing an undisciplined hook, before a run had been scored. His fellow opener, Ian Davis, was dismissed in a similar fashion when the score was on thirty-one. Craig Serjeant contributed eight and the tall, lanky Tony Greig trapped Doug Walters leg before wicket in the last over before lunch, after the right-handed batsman had scored but ten.
Thankfully, Greg Chappell has batted exceedingly well and at lunch Australia is 4-92, of which Chappell has scored fifty-two.