Yesterday we featured a review of Michael Sexton’s ‘Border’s Battlers’. Today we revisit his previous offering, ‘Chappelli’s Last Stand” via a review penned by ‘Swish’ Schwerdt. (Both books are readily available at all good bookstores.)
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Almanac Flashback – ‘Swish’ Schwerdt’s review of Michael Sexton’s ‘Chappelli’s Last Stand’
October 17, 2019 by 1 Comment
Almanac Book Review – ‘Border’s Battlers’ by Michael Sexton
October 16, 2019 by 2 Comments
Michael Sexton’s ‘Border’s Battlers’ gives an incisive insight into ‘the other tied Test’ in 1986 between Australia and India. Dan Hoban provided this review.
1964 A Game, A Season, A State by Michael Sexton
February 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
1964 A Game, A Season, A State by Michael Sexton $30 (+ $5 postage) Michael Sexton looks at the characters and the times which made for a golden period in South Australian football. Review by Chris Riordan
Almanac Rewind – Mike Sexton in India: Finding Cricket and Space in Delhi
December 16, 2020 by 7 Comments
With the test series against India beginning tomorrow, let’s revisit this piece from Mike Sexton, published late last year. A taste of modern Dehli, and an insight into modern Indian cricket. (If you didn’t get a copy of Border’s Battlers at the time, it’s well worth it – Ed).
Almanac Cricket: Remembering Dean Jones in the Tied Test (an extract from Mike Sexton’s book ‘Border’s Battlers’)
September 25, 2020 by 1 Comment
Dean Jones died in September 2020 while in India, the country where he played (arguably) his greatest innings. We relive this innings and the Madras (now Chennai) tied Test through these two extracts from Mike Sexton’s fine book ‘Border’s Battlers’. Vale Dean Jones.
Almanac Tennis: Ant bed nation – why Australian tennis owes the termite
March 9, 2021 by 7 Comments
With the topic of ant bed tennis courts running hot on the Almanac in recent weeks, Michael Sexton delves into the career of one of Queensland’s finest tennis players in Mal Anderson, and the influence growing up of the famous ant beds.
Almanac Cricket: Finding Frank Tarrant under the grape vines
November 9, 2020 by Leave a Comment
With summer here, the sultana grape vines provide Michael Sexton with a wonderful shady backdrop for listening to Test cricket, and for reading. A book he recommends for reading in such a place is Mike Coward’s ‘Cricket’s Forgotten Pioneer: The Frank Tarrant Story’.
Talking to Archie Roach about Sir Doug Nicholls
August 19, 2020 by 10 Comments
With Indigenous Round now renamed in honour of Sir Doug Nicholls, we revisit this 2016 piece from Michael Sexton, as he chats with Archie Roach about Sir Doug’s impact upon aboriginal people.
The anxious look of a ruckman – the true story of ‘Bub’ Smith
April 24, 2020 by 18 Comments
For Anzac Day, Michael Sexton brings us the story of Stan ‘Bub’ Smith – West Torrens footballer, soldier, club administrator. ‘Smith had every reason to be sour on life and football, but he acted against the darkness and embraced the light the game could provide.’
Almanac Cricket: A Pair of Aces – The Caribbean Bromance of 1973
April 10, 2020 by 26 Comments
Michael Sexton recalls the 1973 Test series between the West Indies and Australia. The role Jeff Hammond and Max Walker played in achieving a series win was vital as Michael explains.
Proof: Why Living in the `70s was the best
June 12, 2018 by 15 Comments
Michael Sexton looks at some comparative studies around the game of the last 50 years thanks to James Coventry and friends – and the results so far are very interesting.
Round 2 – Adelaide v Richmond: Welcome Home Bryce Gibbs
March 31, 2018 by 5 Comments
Michael Sexton remembers Bryce Gibbs as a 17-year-old from Glenelg with a drop punt that made you purr, and a Zen calmness that defied his age, and has watched him with pride in becoming the champion footballer he is today.
Neil Sachse, the Bulldogs, and spinal cord research
November 12, 2017 by 1 Comment
On the eve of the Project Discovery Classic #2, a ride to raise funds for the Neil Sachse Centre – Spinal Cord Research, Michael Sexton gives us some background.
Seeing Ken Farmer
September 27, 2017 by 22 Comments
On Friday evening before the Crows-Swans match a statue of Ken Farmer was unveiled at the northern end of the Adelaide Oval. He is cast in perfect form – roosting the ball through for another goal. It was a dominant pose familiar to football lovers during the Depression. Michael Sexton wonderfully recalls the Bradmanesque career of South Australian goal kicking great, Ken Farmer. [Brilliant story of a son wanting to see his father – JTH] *** 27/9/17 A link to the footage is now available ***
Almanac Cricket (and Food): Finding Duleep Mendis in Colonel Light’s Cafe
October 29, 2016 by 7 Comments
In Adelaide’s innovative suburb of Colonel Light Gardens, a new cafe has opened up. It serves Sri Lankan food. It’s owned by the Mendis family. Michael Sexton tells this tale of food and cricket.
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