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Grandstand

on BBC One London

Featuring the First Rugby League Test Match: Great Britain v Australia
Introduced by Frank Bough direct from the Empire Stadium, Wembley

12.40* Football Preview
Sam Leitch introduces the popular lunchtime football spot-action from home and abroad, news and the views of Jimmy Hill.

1.5; 1.40; 2.10* Racing from Haydock Park
1.15 Tote Roll-Up Handicap Stakes (1J miles)
1.50 Vernons Organisation Stakes (Handicap) (1 mile and 40 yards)
2.20 Vernons Sprint Cup (6 furlongs)

1.20* International Boxing from the Royal Albert Hall
The pick of the bill from this week's promotion, which features John H. Stracey, the British welterweight champion.

1.55; 2.25; 4.30* Rallycross from Lydden Hill
The final round of the Embassy European Rallycross Championship. After six rounds John Taylor of England is in the lead, but the top seven drivers from England, Holland, Austria and Sweden are all in a position to win.
Organised by the Thames Estuary Automobile Club

2.50* Rugby League from Wembley: The First Test Match: Great Britain v Australia
Great Britain are defending the 'Ashes' which they won in Australia in 1970. This is the first Test Match played at Wembley Stadium since Australia beat Great Britain in 1963 when they went on to win the 'Ashes.'

4.40* Final Score
Classified football results, rugby and racing results, including a recording of the final race of the flat race season: The Vernons Finance Nursery Handicap.

Today's Timetable:
12.40 Football Preview; 1.5 Racing; 1.20 International Boxing; 1.40 Racing; 1.55 Rallycross; 2.10 Racing; 2.25 Rallycross; 2.50 Rugby League; 4.30 Rallycross; 4.40 Final Score

Timings are subject to alteration in order to keep up to date with events.

Contributors

Presenter:
Frank Bough
Presenter (Football Preview):
Sam Leitch
Analysis (Football Preview):
Jimmy Hill
Commentator (Racing):
Peter O'Sullevan
Commentator (Racing):
Clive Graham
Reporter (Racing):
Julian Wilson
Boxer:
John H. Stracey
Commentator (International Boxing):
Harry Carpenter
Commentator (Rallycross):
Murray Walker
Commentator (Rugby League):
Eddie Waring
Television Presentation (Racing):
Bob Duncan
Television Presentation (Rallycross):
Richard Tilling
Grandstand Producer:
Brian Venner
Grandstand Editor:
Alan Hart

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