This week’s roundup also features spectacular bow and arrow work, the SCG, FA Cup and the Golden Horseshoe Crokinole tournament
1) The BDO World Darts Championship starts this weekend. Here’s 25-year-old Terry Down throwing as slowly as possible in 1985, much to the disgust of Jocky Wilson; Paul Lim’s 1990 nine-darter, the first in the world championship; also that year but from the World Youth Championship, an interview with a 16-year-old Wayne Mardle; and a bonus: Mardle not knowing he’s on telly and choosing his language accordingly.
2) The Sydney Test match is in full swing. Here are highlights of the 1995 classic, in which England wisely declared with Graeme Hick on 98 not out, then narrowly failed to record a win; here’s the 1975 version, won easily by Australia; the Aussies return to the dressing room after completing the 2013-14 whitewash; behind the scenes in 2011; England fans give Mitchell Johnson aggravation; and fan footage of England securing the urn at the end of that match.
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