HAPPY BIRTHDAY

VIRGINIA WADE, 73. Three times a Grand Slam singles champion, the Bournemouth-born tennis star’s most famous success was winning Wimbledon in 1977 — the tournament’s centenary year and the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. The Queen, who is famously uninterested in tennis, made a rare visit to SW19 to watch the game and present the trophy to Wade (pictured), who banked £13,500 for the win. JOHN MOTSON, 73. The retired football commentator covered ten World Cups, 29 fA Cup finals and over 200 England games in his 50 years at the BBC but wasn’t averse to the occasional gaffe, once saying: ‘for those of you watching in black and white, Spurs are in the all-yellow strip.’ A 2001 study found that ‘Motty’ had the ideal voice for commentary, speaking at double the speed of the average person.