Introduced by Frank Bough
11.5
Equestrian
Cross Country from Hickstead
The Wills Hickstead
Cross Country Team Event
The second staging of this exciting competition in which riders from every branch of equestrian-ism compete over a challenging 1½ mile course. The five members of each team-show jumpers, jockeys, eventers, hunters, Army riders-jump simultaneously for prize money of £1,000 and the BBC Grandstand Trophy.
Commentators DORIAN WILLIAMS
RAYMOND BROOKS-WARD and DAVID VINE
12.40
Football Focus with BOB WILSON
Action, personalities and the latest news on the first day of the holiday fixtures.