MARGARET SHEPHERD
HONOURED
Glasgow, January 15.-
15. For ser- vices rendered, and the esteem in which she is held, Margaret She- pherd, the well-known swimmer, has been made a life member of Portobello Women's Club. She is the first to receive this honour. Twice she has won both the 50 and 100 yards district championships, as well as having been placed in several Scottish title races.
Selected for international trials, she is one of the Portobello team which holds the 250 yards Scottish record, and which for two years in succession have won the E.C.A.S.A. team championship, and the Nay- smith Trophy, which the club re- tained this year,
SEEING RED
THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 21, 1988. ;
RED AT TENNIS!
January 8.
Bright red tennis balls have re- cently been given an official try-out in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia.
The innovation received a fairly favourable reception amongst the eight crack players who were select- ed to make the experiment.
The only unanimous verdict was A factor which to a certain ex- passed by the spectators who found tnet spoilt the value of the experi- they could follow the ball against ment was that the balls, which had any background.
been imported, were not at the cor- Most of the players admitted that rect pressure for Rhodesian condi- the visibility was better than that tions. At the altitude of the South- which is of the white ball, but they were not ern Rhodesian plateau, enthusiastic. Two or three said 4000 feet or more above sea level, that there was no difference as far balls should be lighter than at sea.
level.
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GRIMMETT AND BRADMAN ABUSED IN MELBOURNE
Sydney, January 20, Dick Whitington, chief scorer in S.A.'s first innings against Victoria, was much perturbed in Melbourne by the "most objectionable barrack- ing I have heard in Shield cricket matches."
Some spectators referred to the South Australian players "cheats," following the dismissal of Lee c. and b. Grimmett. Clarrie and Don Bradman were the chief butts for abusive comments dur- ing the afternoon.
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