Almanac Funny Teams: A team of players from our wide brown land and all its features
I’ve been thinking about the lay of the land, our landscape. I remember Leonard Teale’s recitation of Dorothea McKellar’s, My Country with all its imagery. The land; what grows on it,what flows through it, what it’s built upon.
Then I thought, hey, pronto, let’s try compiling a team of players from our wide brown land, players whose names can reflect the land, with its features.
So here we go.
B: J Hay, (NM/Haw). Brian Lake, (WB/Haw). P Wood, (Fitz).
HB: P Hay, (Haw). J Rivers, (Melb/Geel). E Wood, (WB).
C: B Wood, (Rich/Ess). S Hill, (Freo). R Flower, (Melb).
HF: M Wood, (NM). H Clover, (Carl). E Lake, (Ess).
F: S Mount, (Rich). Bruce Lake, (Ess/Foot). A Rock, (NM/Haw).
Foll: M Hill (Haw). T Waters, (Coll). S Hill, (Freo).
Int, from: D Clay, (Rich). T Mountain, (Melb/Geel). T, Flower (Melb). P Hills, (Ess). B Hill, (Haw/Freo). W Wood, (Foot).
Is this the best team in the land ?
Glen!
Bradley Plain from Essendon/Coll.
Ta Col, Bradley Plain was an option.
Glen!
Dean Rice ?
Hmmmm, i think i’ve reached a hill too far. Trying to defer to our colleagues from the the Indian Ocean coast line i’ve mixed up my hills.
What if we read B Hill centre, S Hill rover,with J Hill on the extended bench ? Hopefully that reads better.
Glen!
Glen!
A couple from way, way back. Ted Pool (Haw); Jack Garden (Ess)
Sundry Fords. Most recently Alister (Foots & SK); Michael (Ditto)
If some liberty is allowed in spelling. Mark Bayes (Swans); Brian Peake (Cats); Michael Kol (Cats)
Cheers, Burkie
G Raines, A Raines, D Flood
Staying on the misspelt weather: D Hale, all the Gales, A McLeod, J Clement. Directionally: D Southern, P Northeast, S West. Fauna: P Roos, P Salmon, M Pike, F Ray, M Roach. Australian Rivers: K Murray, L Franklin, G Todd. Australian Deserts: A Simpson, J Gibson. Avian: D Hawkins, N Eagleton, D Swan. European names for landmarks: G. Ayres. Water things: G. Wells, D Wade. Forestry: T Morwood
Got a love any team that includes Stephen Mount and Horrie Clover, Glen !
I’m gunna have to start asking Harms and O’Donnell for a commission soon !
Bervyn Woods – Coll
Tony Woods – Fitz/Coll/Haw
Les Primrose – University
Kevin Heath – Haw/Carl
Cockatoo can only have been omitted for hamstring problems.
Gary Cowmeadow
Phil, can you really count Les Primrose? It’s a classic English flower which was introduced to the Wide Brown Land. You might as well include Bob Rose or Geoff Leek.
I can’t tell you how much I love these …