In the Dark

One of my fellow Heads of School at the University of Sussex yesterday pointed out to me a fact that I’d somehow missed for all these years which prompted me to make a quick post about it. Here’s a short video showing the Wimbledon Ladies’ Singles Final in 1977.

Although I’m not really a fan of tennis I remember watching this match, between Virginia Wade and Betty Stove, on the telly. I particularly remember the priceless commentary of the great Dan Maskell who at one point remarked “Miss Stove seems to have gone off the boil…”

Anyway, the reason for posting this clip as that the winner of this match, and thus of the Ladies Singles Championship in 1977 was Virginia Wade. A lot of fuss was made at the time because “Ginny” is British and her victory took place in the year of the Queen’s Silver jubilee. Please note all those who think Andy Murray is the first British Champion since before the Second World War.

More relevantly, given my current job, I learned yesterday that in 1966 Virginia Wade graduated from the University of Sussex with a degree in Mathematics and Physics…..

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