3rd Test South Africa v Australia at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Day 5
Australia resume at 178 for 6, trailing by 100 runs with 4 2nd innings wickets remaining
Australia 2nd Innings 219 all out (Cowper 83, Goddard 5-97, Proctor 2-25)
South Africa won by an innings and 59 runs
4 March 1967
Football League Cup Final
Queens Park Rangers 1 West Bromwich Albion 2 (aet, 1-1 at full time) (RL 3-2)
English Division 1
Arsenal 2 Manchester United 3 (HT 2-3)
Leicester City 1 Everton 3 (HT 0-2)
English Division 3
Reading 1 Shrewsbury Town 2 (HT 1-0)
Swindon Town 0 Torquay United 0 (HT 0-0)
Watford 3 Bristol Rovers 1 (HT 1-1)
English Division 4
Crewe Alexandra 4 Hartlepools United 1 (HT 3-1)
Southend United 2 Southport 1 (HT 1-0)
Stockport County 2 Tranmere Rovers 1 (HT 1-1)
Wrexham 2 Barrow 0 (HT 1-0)
Rugby League International
Great Britain 13 France 15 (HT 8-5) (RL 13-23)
5th March 1967
Fireball 300 at Weaverville, North Carolina (real finishing positions in brackets)
| 1st | Richard Petty (1) | '67 Plymouth |
| 2nd | Bobby Allison (3) | '66 Chevrolet |
| 3rd | Wendell Scott (10) | '65 Ford |
| 4th | Jim Paschal (DNF) | '65 Plymouth |
| 5th | Jim Conway (DNF) | '65 Plymouth |
| 6th | James Hylton (DNF) | '65 Dodge |
| 7th | Paul Dean Holt (13) | '66 Ford |
| 8th | Neil Castles (DNF) | '66 Chevrolet |
| 9th | Roy Mayne (DNF) | '66 Chevrolet |
| 10th | J.T. Putney (6) | '66 Chevrolet |
Points Leaders after Round 6
| 1st | James Hylton | 1764 |
| 2nd | Richard Petty | 1356 |
| 3rd | Paul Goldsmith | 1288 |
7th March 1967
English Division 3
Middlesborough 2 QPR 0 (HT 2-0)
11 March 1967
English FA Cup 5th Round
Nottingham Forest 2 Swindon Town 0 (HT 1-0)
Sunderland 3 Leeds United 3 (HT 1-3)
Everton 1 Liverpool 0 (HT 0-0)
Tottenham Hotspur 4 Bristol City 0 (HT 1-0)
Manchester City 1 Ipswich Town 1 (HT 1-0)
Norwich 2 Sheffield Wednesday 1 (HT 0-1)
Chelsea 1 Sheffield United 1 (HT 1-1)
Birmingham City 2 Arsenal 1 (HT 0-0)
English League Division 3
Bristol Rovers 0 Queens Park Rangers 0
Middlesborough 2 Reading 2 (HT 1-0)
Shrewsbury Town 0 Torquay United 0
Shrewsbury Town go top with Watford having not played due to Swindon's participation in the FA Cup
English League Division 4
Barrow 1 Hartlepools United 0 (HT 1-0)
Crewe Alexandra 4 Southend United 3 (HT 4-1)
Southport 0 Tranmere Rovers 2 (HT 0-0)
Stockport County 0 Wrexham 1 (HT 0-1)
Crewe remain top unbeaten in 3 games
5 Nations Rugby Union International
Wales 9 Ireland 10 (HT 3-5) (RL 0-3)
13th March 1967
FA Cup 6th Round Draw
Nottingham Forest v Everton
Chelsea or Sheffield United v Norwich
Sunderland or Leeds United v Manchester City or Ipswich Town
Birmingham City v Tottenham Hotspur
14th March 1967
FA Cup 5th Round Replays
Ipswich Town 2 Manchester City 2 aet (HT 2-2)
Sheffield United 2 Chelsea 1 (HT 2-1)
Sheffield United face Norwich City at Home in the 6th Round
English 3rd Division
Swindon Town 1 Watford 1 (HT 1-0)
Watford go top on goal average
15th March 1967
FA Cup 5th Round Replays
Leeds United 2 Sunderland 0 (HT 0-0)
Leeds United face Manchester City or Ipswich Town at home in the 6th Round
18 March 1967
English Division 1
Manchester United 1 Leicester City 2 (HT 1-0)
English Division 2
Millwall 1 Huddersfield Town 3 (HT 1-1)
English Division 3
Queens Park Rangers 1 Shrewsbury Town 1 (HT 1-1)
Reading 2 Swindon Town 3 (HT 0-2)
Torquay United 0 Bristol Rovers 0
Watford 1 Middlesborough 2 (HT 0-1)
English Division 4
Hartlepool United 0 Southport 1 (HT 0-1)
Southend United 2 Stockport County 2 (HT 2-1)
Tranmere Rovers 1 Barrow 2 (HT 0-1)
Wrexham 2 Crewe Alexandra 0 (HT 2-0)
Manchester United missed an opportunity to go 4 points clear with their home loss to Leicester. Huddersfield went joint top following their win over Millwall.
Shrewsbury retained top spot in Division 3 with their away draw at Queens Park Rangers.
Wrexham defeated Crewe to take top spot with Division 4.
Rugby League Challenge Cup Quarter Finals
Dewsbury 10 Wigan 26 (HT 8-13)
Wakefield 0 Castleford 15 (HT 0-8)
Hull 20 Liverpool City 10 (HT 10-10)
Leeds 3 Swinton 2 (HT 0-2)
Rugby Union 5 Nations
England 27 Scotland 21 (HT 8-9) (RL 27-14)
Scotland missed their opportunity to take out the Grand Slam and Triple Crown. England need to defeat Wales in Cardiff to take the Championship and Triple Crown otherwise Scotland will be title holders.
19th March 1967
NASCAR Southern 500 @ Bristol, Connecticut (real finishing positions in brackets)
1st Donnie Allison (7) '67 Chevrolet
2nd Roy Mayne (DNF) '66 Chevrolet
3rd Jimmy Helms (12) '65 Plymouth
4th Wayne Smith (DNF) '66 Chevrolet
5th Darel Dieringer (3) '67 Ford
6th Elmo Langley (6) '66 Ford
7th G.C. Spencer (DNF) '66 Plymouth
8th Larry Manning (DNF) '66 Ford
9th Earl Brooks (DNF) '66 Ford
10th Bob Pickell (11) '66 Chevrolet
Points after Race 7
1st James Hylton 2464
2nd Darel Dieringer 1924
3rd Elmo Langley 1788
4th Roy Mayne 1540
5th Wendell Scott 1522
Rugby League Challenge Cup Semi Final Draw
Castleford v Leeds
Hull v Wigan
21st March 1967
NBA Finals Western Division Semi Finals
Warriors 121 Lakers 109
Hawks 117 Bulls 132
NBA Finals Eastern Division Semi Finals
76ers 127 Royals 133
Celtics 131 Knicks 94
FA Cup 5th Round 2nd Replay
Manchester City 2 Ipswich Town 1 (HT 0-1)
Manchester City will face Leeds United away in the 6th round
22nd March 1967
NBA Finals Eastern Division Semi Finals
Royals 118 76ers 126 Series level 1-1
English Division 1
Everton 1 Tottenham Hotspur 0
Everton move to 2nd on Goal Aggregate with their win, 2 points behind Manchester United
23rd March 1967
NBA Finals Western Division Semi Finals
Lakers 116 Warriors 110 Series level 1-1
Bulls 113 Hawks 112 Bulls lead series 2-0
24th March 1967
NBA Finals Eastern Division Semi Finals
76ers 125 Royals 119 76ers lead the series 2-1
25th March 1967
NBA Finals Eastern Division Semi Finals
Knicks 101 Celtics 105 Celtics lead the series 2-0
NBA Finals Western Division Semi Finals
Hawks 106 Bulls 97 Bulls lead series 2-1
English Division 1
Liverpool 2 Manchester United 0 (HT 1-0)
Leicester City 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1 (HT 0-1)
Manchester United missed a huge opportunity to tighten their grip on the Championship with their 1-0 loss whereas Spurs leapt into 2nd just 1 point behind but with 3 games in hand.
English Division 2
Blackburn Rovers 1 Coventry City 2 (HT 0-1)
Crystal Palace 2 Millwall 0 (HT 1-0)
Things remain fairly static in Division 2, although Palace's win puts them within a point of the 3 way tie for top
English Division 3
Bristol Rovers 4 Reading 2 (HT 4-1)
Torquay United 3 Queens Park Rangers 1 (HT 2-1)
Shrewsbury Town 1 Middlesborough 2 (HT 1-1)
Watford 0 Swindon Town 0
Middlesborough's win at Shrewsbury takes them above their rivals into top spot by a point followed by Town, Watford and Bristol Rovers
English Division 4
Barrow 1 Southend United 0 (HT 1-0)
Tranmere Rovers 1 Hartlepool United 2 (HT 0-1)
Southport 1 Crewe Alexandra 1 (HT 0-1)
Wrexham 0 Stockport County 1 (HT 0-1)
Crewe's draw at Southport takes them top of the table, a point clear of Wrexham and Barrow. Hartlepool recorded their first win
NASCAR
Grenville 200 @ Grenville, South Carolina (real position in brackets)
1st Bill Ervin (DNF) '66 Ford
2nd Jim Paschal (DNF) '65 Plymouth
3rd Harold Stockton (DNF) '65 Oldsmobile
4th Neil Castles (8th) '66 Chevrolet
5th Bill Vanderhoff (DNF) '65 Plymouth
6th David Pearson (1st) '66 Dodge
7th Curly Mills (9th) '66 Ford
8th Richard Petty (DNF) '67 Plymouth
9th Wendell Scott (10th) '65 Ford
10th Buddy Baker (4th) '66 Chevrolet
Leaders after 8 races
Total
1st James Hylton 2560
2nd Darel Dieringer 1924
3rd Elmo Langley 1900
4th Wendell Scott 1658
5th Richard Petty 1600
26th March 1967
NBA Finals Eastern Division Semi Finals
Celtics 130 Knicks 107 Celtics win series 3-0
NBA Finals Western Division Semi Finals
Warriors 127 Lakers 113 Warriors lead series 2-1
27th March 1967
NBA Finals Eastern Division Semi Finals
Royals 100 76ers 107 76ers win series 3-1
NBA Finals Western Division Semi Finals
Bulls 108 Hawks 110 Series level 2-2
English Division 1
Tottenham Hotspur 1 Everton 1 (HT 0-1)
Liverpool 2 Arsenal 0 (HT 0-0)
Spurs go top with their home draw, but only on goal average. Everton moved to 3rd and Liverpool to 5th, 3 points behind Spurs.
English Division 2
Huddersfield Town 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 (HT 0-1)
Wolvers jumped above Huddersfield into 2nd, in a tie with 4 other teams with Crystal Palace still a point clear. The teams play again on Tuesday with the winner likely to go top.
NASCAR
Winston-Salem 50 @ Winston-Salem, North Carolina (real position in brackets)
1st Don Stives (8th) '66 Chevrolet
2nd Buck Baker (DNF) '66 Oldsmobile
3rd Wendell Scott (9th) '65 Ford
4th Curly Mills (DNF) '66 Ford
5th Earl Brooks (DNF) '65 Ford
6th David Pearson (DNF) '65 Dodge
7th Clyde Lynn (4th) '66 Ford
8th Bobby Allison (1st) '65 Chevrolet
9th Henley Gray (7th) '66 Ford
10th Harold Stockton (DNF) '65 Oldsmobile
28th March 1967
NBA Finals Western Division Semi Finals
Lakers 130 Warriors 117 Series level 2-2
English Division 1
Arsenal 2 Liverpool 0 (HT 1-0)
English Division 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 Huddersfield Town 2 (HT 1-1)
Wolves go top of Division 2 with their home draw and lead by a point
29th March 1967
NBA Finals Western Division Semi Finals
Hawks 122 Bulls 101 Hawks win series 3-2
Warriors 140 Lakers 197 Warriors win series 3-2
30th March 1967
NBA Finals Western Conference Final
Warriors 131 Hawks 124 Warriors lead series 1-0
31st March 1967
NBA Finals Eastern Conference Final
76ers 123 Celtics 109 76ers leads series 1-0
Tables
Division 1 Pld W D L For Ag GA GD Pts
Tottenham Hotspur 12 7 2 3 19 11 1.73 8 16
Manchester United 14 7 2 5 19 17 1.12 2 16
Everton 13 5 5 3 15 10 1.50 5 15
Nottingham Forest 13 5 4 4 15 16 0.94 -1 14
Liverpool 11 5 3 3 21 12 1.75 9 13
Leeds United 12 5 3 4 16 18 0.89 -2 13
Leicester City 13 4 0 9 15 25 0.60 -10 8
Arsenal 12 2 1 9 10 21 0.48 -11 5
Division 2 Pld W D L For Ag GA GD Pts
Wolverhampton Wanderers 11 4 5 2 16 11 1.45 5 13
Crystal Palace 12 5 3 4 16 16 1.00 0 13
Huddersfield Town 13 5 3 5 17 17 1.00 0 13
Ipswich Town 12 5 2 5 15 14 1.07 1 12
Carlisle United 13 5 2 6 19 22 0.86 -3 12
Coventry City 9 5 0 4 18 11 1.64 7 10
Blackburn Rovers 12 4 2 6 14 18 0.78 -4 10
Millwall 9 3 1 5 6 12 0.50 -6 7
Division 3 Pld W D L For Ag GA GD Pts
Middlesbrough 5 3 1 1 11 8 1.38 3 7
Watford 5 2 2 1 8 5 1.60 3 6
Shrewsbury Town 5 2 2 1 6 5 1.20 1 6
Bristol Rovers 5 2 2 1 9 8 1.13 1 6
Swindon Town 5 1 3 1 5 5 1.00 0 5
Torquay United 5 1 3 1 4 4 1.00 0 5
Queens Park Rangers 5 1 2 2 5 7 0.71 -2 4
Reading 5 0 1 4 8 14 0.57 -6 1
Division 4 Pld W D L For Ag GA GD Pts
Crewe Alexandra 5 3 1 1 10 7 1.43 3 7
Wrexham 5 3 0 2 5 2 2.50 3 6
Barrow 5 3 0 2 4 4 1.00 0 6
Southport 5 2 1 2 5 5 1.00 0 5
Stockport County 5 2 1 2 5 6 0.83 -1 5
Tranmere Rovers 5 2 0 3 6 6 1.00 0 4
Southend United 5 1 2 2 9 10 0.90 -1 4
Hartlepools United 5 1 1 3 5 9 0.56 -4 3
NASCAR
Total
1st James Hylton 2632
2nd Darel Dieringer 1924
3rd Elmo Langley 1900
4th Wendell Scott 1842
5th Richard Petty 1656
6th Earl Brooks 1650
7th Roy Mayne 1540
8th David Pearson 1492
9th Jim Paschal 1348
10th Donnie Allison 1346
5 Nations
Pld W D L For Ag PD Pts
Scotland 4 3 0 1 52 43 9 6
England 3 2 1 0 44 33 11 5
Ireland 3 1 0 2 17 29 -12 2
France 2 0 1 1 17 18 -1 1
Wales 2 0 0 2 14 21 -7 0
