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Sunday Grandstand

on BBC Two England

Introduced by Frank Bough

2.0* International Tennis: The Stella Artois Grass Court Championships from The Queen's Club, London
Last year JOHN MCENROE won his third consecutive title without dropping a set and went on to win his first Wimbledon singles title. Commentators DAN MASKELL JOHN BARRETT and MARK COX

2.45* Cricket: The John Player League
The seventh round of this popular competition which began in 1969. Commentators JIM LAKER and CHRISTOPHER MARTIN-JENKINS

3.30* International Athletics: The U-BIX Challenge Cup from Gateshead
ENGLAND V AUSTRALIA V YUGOSLAVIA V CZECHOSLOVAKIA
The opening England match of this year features formidable opposition from Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia. STEVE CRAM and MIKE MCLEOD are included in a strong England team.
Commentators RON PICKERING and STUART STOREY
Organised by the AAA in association with U-BIX Copiers

4.30* International Show Jumping: The World Championship from Dublin
After a week of intense competition, four competitors have emerged to contest the individual final. Each rides his own horse and those of his three rivals to decide who will become, World Champion. Commentators RAYMOND BROOKS-WARD and STEPHEN HADLEY
Plus the latest World Cup news from Spain.
* The above timings indicate only the first of several transmissions

Television presentation
Tennis JOHNNIE WATHERSTON Athletics JOHN SHREWSBURY
Cricket BILL TAYLOR and JEFF GODDARD Show jumping RTE
Assistant editor Grandstand JOHN ROWLINSON
Producer Grandstand MARTIN HOPKINS Editor Grandstand MIKE MURPHY

Contributors

Introduced By:
Frank Bough
Unknown:
John McEnroe
Commentators:
Dan Maskell
Commentators:
John Barrett
Commentators:
Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Commentators:
Mike McLeod
Commentators:
Ron Pickering
Commentators:
Stephen Hadley
Unknown:
Johnnie Watherston
Unknown:
John Shrewsbury
Unknown:
Jeff Goddard
Editor:
Grandstand John Rowlinson
Unknown:
Mike Murphy

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