It has been another delightfully fine day. This morning “Australia” defeated the Swedish yacht, “Sverige”, by fifty seconds after Alan Bond’s boat had trailed by a sizeable three minutes and fifty-four seconds at one stage.
At 6.00 p.m., on Channel Two, we watched the final edition in the series, “Wild, Wild World Of Animals”, which is about the elephant seals of the Argentine coast. At seven o’clock, “Willesee” has Paul Makin as its presenter. “The Muppet Show” followed, after which I retired to bed at half past eight. Tiki awakened me as she came to bed after having watched the British comedy, “The Admirable Crichton”. The film was produced in 1957 and includes Kenneth More, Diane Cilento, Sally Ann Howes and Cecil Parker among its cast.
England is 9-181 at stumps on the second day after play on the opening day was completely washed out. Australian paceman, Mick Malone, has the impressive figures of 5-53, in this his first appearance in a Test.