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Suzanne Lenglen claims Wimbledon treble. France’s Suazanne Lenglen won the women’s singles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles titels to become the first female player to win three championships at Wimbledon in the same year. In her second consecutive singles titel,
India struggles with lowest Lord’s total in cricket. Following-on, 327 runs behind England in the 2nd Test at Lord’s, India made just 42 for their lowest ever Test score, and the lowest ever total in a Lord’s Test. England quicks
The World Cup cricket semifinal between Australia and South Africa at Edgbaston has been labeled the greatest one-day match in history, and arguable the greatest game of cricket ever. The match was tied at 213 and Australia went through to the final because of their superior run-rate in the earlier Super Six stage. In an unbelievable finish, with two balls to spare and one run required, Lance Klusener set off on a fateful run only to find Allan Donald was less decisive, and South Africa’s World Cup was over.
Oxbridge boat race sets off. The first of the famous Oxford-Cambridge boat races for heavyweight eights was rowed on the River Thames in England. The race between the two premier universities is conducted over a course from Putney to Mortlake
Great to see the new athletics stadium opened and that sense prevailed on the naming (see Blog), now all we need is the rectangular stadium and Perth can claim to be a city that caters for all sports fans! On
