Walters’ Double Century: Saturday, 19th February, 1977

Last night’s concert, at the Showground, featuring Rod Stewart, had to be cancelled, due to the storm which struck Sydney. Today was quite chilly, with a maximum of twenty-four degrees Celsius.

At the orchard, Glenburnie, in Darkes Forest, between Sydney and Wollongong, we bought three pounds of “green” grapes for a dollar, three pounds of “red” grapes for a dollar and thirty-five cents and three pounds of large plums for a dollar and fifty cents.

From 6.30 p.m., “Space 1999”; 7.30, and also on Channel Seven, “Morecambe And Wise”, with the pair’s guest being the celebrated British actor, John Mills.

At stumps, in Christchurch, New Zealand is 3-106 in reply to Australia’s 552. Doug Walters amassed 250 and the left-handed all-rounder, Gary Gilmour, one hundred and one.

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