Test cricketer Doug Walters handed over some of his gear to his 16-year-old brother, Terry, after playing in his last match before going into the Army on Wednesday. The Herald reported that “Walters arranged the match for his home town of Dungog, and persuaded a number of Test players to join the local cricketers. He scored 88 runs in 7 minutes before being caught.”
0 to 166 mph in seconds
Australian driver Ash Marshall builds up speed in his giant Chrysler V8 “The Vandal” at yesterday’s drag meeting. He reached 166 miles per hour in the quarter-mile run. Marshall is wearing an asbestos mask to protect him against smoke and fumes, most of it from burning tyre rubber. A record Australian drag-racing crowd of 12,000 saw American Bobby Mayer hit his top speed, 187.88 miles per hour.
$12m betting week
Punters in NSW. placed about $12 million in bets with bookmakers and totalisers during the four-day autumn race carnival at Randwick. This included $1,544,202 with TAB, and $1,477,000 with the on-course totalisator. Bookmakers are estimated to have handled about $9 million. The record totalisator figure of $3,021,202 easily topped last year’s autumn carnival of $1,995,842. It illustrates the growth of TAB.
Last match before service
