Michael Sexton’s biography of Jack Broadstock will be launched on May 25 in Adelaide. Details about the event and the book are included in this post.
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Almanac Flashback – ‘Swish’ Schwerdt’s review of Michael Sexton’s ‘Chappelli’s Last Stand’
October 17, 2019 by 1 Comment
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.)
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.
An Anzac Story: The Death of Mark McGrath
April 25, 2022 by 4 Comments
This Anzac Day West Adelaide will honour Mark McGrath along with eight other former players who made the supreme sacrifice during the two World Wars. Michael Sexton shares the story of McGrath’s footy career and RAAF service.
Almanac Cricket Literature: How Vic Richardson and Ian Chappell helped John Lysikatos breathe again
February 19, 2022 by 10 Comments
Michael Sexton tells the story John Lysikatos, the author of the recently published ‘Victor Richardson: A Great Australian All Round Cricketer’ explaining the mission John was on and the friendships he developed with the Chappell family who encouraged and supported the project. [This is a wonderful story – JTH]
Almanac Footy: A Grand Final week postcard from the Tiwi Islands where a whisper of history is at play
September 19, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Mention the Tiwi Islands and you immediately think football, and haven’t they produced some greats! Michael Sexton presents a postcard from the islands in the lead up to the Grand Final.
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 27 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.
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