Briton Virginia Wade defeated Betty Stove of The Netherlands, in the early hours of this morning, to claim the Ladies’ Centenary Singles crown at Wimbledon. Virginia — despite having won the corresponding event at the U.S. Open, in 1968, and that of the Australian Open, in 1972 — was considered to have been by far the outsider of the pair to win the title. Virginia Wade recovered from having lost the first set by 4-6 to take the next two: 6-3, 6-1. Virginia is only a week shy of her thirty-second birthday.
We called at Rayworths, which is located opposite Miranda Railway Station, to price the Slumberland ‘Gold Seal’ mattress. The fast talker, who served us, tried to talk us out of buying one and settle (no pun intended), instead, for a cheaper variety, the Sealy ‘Flex-o-Firm’. We laid upon a number of different makes and styles. The salesman also told us that one should never buy fitted sheets, for the bottom sheet is always on the bottom and, therefore, they do not last for as long as conventional sheets.
Whilst in Miranda, we did buy a new (paint) roller cover as well as a Sabco roller. The former cost $3.80 and the latter, two dollars and seventy cents.
“Maybe Mahal”, ridden by Roy Higgins — whose nickname is ‘The Professor’ — and “Romantic Dream”, ridden by Darby McCarthy, finished first and second respectively in the Doomben Ten Thousand, which was run at Brisbane’s Doomben Racecourse, at 3.00 p.m. The result meant that trainer, J.B. (Bart) Cummings, made the event his own personal triumph for both the winner and the runner-up ran under his livery. “Maybe Mahal” started at the odds of 8/1.
It is now 5.00 p.m. and a nice sunny day has given way to the cold. “Jeopardy” and “It’s Academic” fill in the hour before six o’clock. Both quiz programmes are on Channel Seven and compered by Andrew Harwood. Teams, consisting of school children, compete against one another and for the honour of representing their respective schools successfully.
The “Barry Manilow Special” airs from half past six. It includes Barry performing his hits “I Write The Songs” and “Mandy”. The latter had previously been a hit for Scott English, in 1972, only then it was entitled “Brandy”. We watched another programme of the series, “Baa Baa Black Sheep”, on Channel Nine, from half past seven, and, an hour later turned to Channel Two to view another edition of the perennial investigative series, “4 Corners”, currently presented by the slender Caroline Jones. This evening’s programme focuses upon the politician, Don Chipp. The series first appeared in 1961.