... RUGBY INTERNATIONAL G. P. S. Macpherson, son of Sir Stewart and Lady Macpherson, of Newtonmore, who was capped 26 times for Scotland, was married to Miss Bettie A. Smail, younger daughter of Principal and Mrs. James Cameron Smail of Edinburgh LAWN TENNIS PLATER Miss Rosemary Sandilands, daughter of Lt. -Colonel and Mrs. Prescott Sandilands, and 2nd Lieut. David Verey were married at St. James' ...

... I (Left) ELLEN DREW, the candy store Cinderella, who got her big chance as Huguette in If I Were King, with Colrnan, is to be seen now in a real plum of a part. The film version of Terence Ratligan's enormously successful comedy, French Without Tears, had its premiere at the Plaza last week. Any number of top-flight stars had their eye on the role that Kay Hammond played so long and so ...

... THE FIELD NEARING THE FINISH Here Flying Cloud III. (No. 27), in the centre of the picture, leads the 27 runners. No. g on the right is Azam Pasha, No. 33 is King Henry. Behind Flying Cloud III. is T. Lowrey, in Mr. J. S. Norton's cerise ant white diamond colours, riding Never Surprised which finished third. Nearest the camera on the left is Eran Bird; Dark Tolly, Roderick Dhu and Quartier ...

... rhe Cambridgeshire Class I There was a good field for the Class I. race, Meadow being the favourite at 10 to Coming to the dip Olein, drawn on the far side from the stands (nearest the camera) was well placed with Gyroscope in the middle of the course. Meadow was most prominent on the stands side and going easily. Suddenly Olein was heaten and Meadow failed to go on, leaving Gyroscope, No. 34, ...

... THE CROWD ALONG THE RAILS: Though favourites fared badly, the crowd were delighted to be racing again. A few soldiers and sailors were to be seen and a few gentlemen in statu pupillari, over from Cambridge in search of knowledge. AS USUAL STEEL HELMET: Prince Ras Monolulu is mighty glad to be racing again. Winners proved hard to find despite the tipsters. NO TOTE COMPETITION Bookmakers turned ...

... KJ EARLY 200,000 people saw the 40 matches in the eight regional competitions last Saturday. This is not as many as were expected for real competitive football but 4,000 at a match will give a gate of about £200, which is enough to allow clubs to pay their way. No doubt gates will get bigger when the regional scheme has been working a little while. A Match of 12 Goals at Tottenham COMPETITIVE ...

... HENRY COTTON ON GOLF My Match with the Open Champion AT Sale last week, Richard Burton and I played a 36-holes exhibition match; not one of those advertised £5000 world-supremacy affairs, but just a friendly 36-holes game, with both of us playing as well as we could. In support of such a cause as the British Red Cross funds about 2500 spectators turned up, and with a fine, dry October day to ...

... -1 T THE CARDIFF CLUB D. J. Rees is driving, and Cotton, in the extreme left of the picture, seems to be saying to himself That's a pretty useful one to beat. Rees, playing seme of his best golf, won this 36 holes match by one hole. CO TTON PLA TS AN IRON SHO T It was sparkling golf by both men-- particularly at Clyne on the Saturday, for Cotton was round in approximately 64 10 shots fewer ...

... British Boxing Board Behind the Times An Irate Australian Farr and Manuel Abrew A Reminder to Harvey-- Strickland Joins Up By B. Bennison FRED HENNEBERRY, the Australian middleweight, will probably hear on his journey home to join his country's forces, that the British Board of Control have agreed to recognise a match between him and Jock McAvoy, our champion, as a fight for the Empire title. ...

... Day and Night Service When you Travel wear a three-piece and save luggage space. Companion tweeds are newer than an all-matching outfit, so Jay's have planned the ensemble above in a mottled, tweed for the suit and a herringbone pattern for the coat, all in black and white. Black accessories make it right for town, coloured scarves and gloves for the country. This outfit costs eleven guineas ...

... By Ashley Courtenay The Granby at Elms Cross, Bradford oil-Avon. OF recent weeks I have been faced with the upheaval caused by so many of our best hotels being taken over by the Government. So much has been written of the wrongs that hotels have suffered in this respect that no useful pur pose would be served by enlarging on it, though I have heard of many instances of hardship caused by ...

... THE fjo Dfvtt TripIeX -tU0flcLotU iZd d-afcA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1939. The Illustrated SPORTUtd and DRAMATIC News ...