Barry Nicholls of ABC WA alerted us to this gem. American comedian Reginald D. Hunter has a fine grasp of cricket’s finer points. He explains the game here: http://www.gadling.com/2012/01/16/video-of-the-day-an-american-explains-cricket/
Imagniation.Dreams.Possibilities
January 17, 2012 by 7 Comments
by Domenic Favata “The man who has no imagination has no wings” Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali’s words of inspiration, our team motto, flashed repeatedly before my eye as I led my teammates up the race and on to the lush, green grass of the Melbourne Cricket Ground. I spun the bright yellow football through [Read more]
Melbourne University Cricket Club Business Breakfast
January 17, 2012 by 1 Comment
I hope the following may be of sufficient interest to attract some of you to support Melbourne University Cricket Club. Should be an interesting morning… Regards Kevan Carroll ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Melbourne University Cricket Club Business Breakfast The Annual MUCC Cricket Breakfast will be held at on Friday 3rd February 2012 to coincide with the Australia vs [Read more]
Bowlers do the job again
January 16, 2012 by 8 Comments
Australia v India, Perth – Day Three by Patrick O’Keeffe It’s a sunny Melbourne day. Though I’m sitting in near darkness; feeding my cricket addiction away from judgmental eyes. I turn on the television and Mark Nicholas is interviewing Micky Arthur. The interview appears laid back. I see Mark Nicholas’s hand, a microphone pointed [Read more]
Purgatory
January 12, 2012 by 6 Comments
By Simon Dalton November, 1995 This is my first attempt at confronting the devil since the last Saturday in September, 1995. He has been chiding me and probably kindred souls of the same ilk. Come April he will undoubtedly crank it up. The worst insult has been implanting in my subconscious a song, not unlike [Read more]
A Magpie Life
January 9, 2012 by 29 Comments
So here’s my story. I heard FootyAlmanac.com.au being plugged on SEN 1116 and thought “this is for me”. I love my footy and with my great mate Chubba I started a parenting resource, a blog with a sporting flavour, called TackleNappy.com. I’m a tragic Collingwood supporter. I once stood next to Lee Walker at [Read more]
Why the hoops?
January 9, 2012 by 4 Comments
‘WE ARE GEELONG, THE GREATEST TEAM OF ALL…’ Now this, for so long the most ‘cringeworthy’ line in any AFL team song, finally rang true at the end of the 2011 Grand Final when we were able to belt it out with gusto and conviction. Beautiful! Dear Family, In light of this magnificent [Read more]
IT IS A GAME OF MILLIMETRES
January 9, 2012 by 3 Comments
In a clash between the Queensland Country side and the SA Outbacks in the Australian Country Cricket Championships in Geelong – this delivery seams to defy logic and missed the stumps by millimetres. Delivered by off-spinner Andrew Frick, in the Twenty20 fixture at South Barwon Reserve, the ball deceived the batsman, but frustratingly didn’t [Read more]
North Melbourne-Flemington triumphant in 2nd Australian Somali Football Championships
January 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Date: January 3, 2012 It was a day for the underdogs as North Melbourne-Flemington fought back from a 2-1 deficit and being reduced to 10 men to defeat defending champions Heidelberg 5-2 in front of 1500 screaming fans in the Final of the 2nd annual Australian Somali Football Championships. The event took place [Read more]
Detrimental as anything
January 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
from Troy Thompson Thought this sounded very familiar – but of course it is about gaelic football rather than Aussie rules. http://www.kerryman.ie/sport/gaelic-football/influence-of-afl-and-rugby-is-having-a-detrimental-effect-on-gaelic-football-2969859.html
Who said white boys couldn’t fly?
January 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
by Peter Argent This shot is of a competitor doing a reverse lay-up during the “3-Ball basketball tournament”, which was a part of the Bay Sports Festival held from Boxing to Proclamation Day (December 26-28) in the Adelaide seaside suburb of Glenelg. This young man was up with the birds.
Australian Somali National Football Championships finale
December 30, 2011 by 1 Comment
The cream of Australia’s refugee football talent is on display for the final stages of the 2nd annual Australian Somali Football Championships at JJ Holland Park in Kensington on 29-30 December 2011. This year’s event saw the Australian Somali Football Championships grow from 8 to12 teams featuring four (4) interstate teams, seven (7) [Read more]
Boxing Day Blog
December 26, 2011 by 12 Comments
Play is under way at the ‘G. Gloomy skies but no substantial rain. Will Australia’s questionable batsmen get the better of an Indian attack with several question marks of their own hovering? Fire away sports fans.
The (almost) Best XI
December 17, 2011 by 11 Comments
With so many press columnists, Almanackers and media commentators picking their best 11 for Boxing Day, it got me thinking about other celebrated best elevens. Not the best 11 with red hair, or left handers, or all starting with B. I was thinking about players who have represented Australia at Test level, but on just [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – 2012 Indigenous All Stars Team Named
December 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
From Peter Hulthen The 2012 Indigenous All Stars team is: 1. Ben Barba (Bulldogs; Goreng Goreng) 2. Jharal Yow Yeh (Broncos; Margany) 3. Greg Inglis (Rabbitohs; Dunghutti) 4. Justin Hodges (Broncos; Indigenous tribes of the Cairns region) 5. Nathan Merritt (Rabbitohs; Wiradjuri) 6. Johnathan Thurston (c) (Cowboys; Gungarri) 7. Chris Sandow (Eels; Bigambul/ Gubbi Gubbi) [Read more]
One millionth visitor to footyalmanac.com.au
December 14, 2011 by 21 Comments
We’re happy to announce that some time later this week we will register our 1,000,000th visitor to footyalmanac.com.au We’d love to know who it is. However the precise moment is a little like predicting flood peaks in Oakey Creek. At the moment it looks like being some time on Sunday. We’ll keep the tally happening (on the [Read more]
Rescinding a decision
December 13, 2011 by 7 Comments
by Sean Curtain It takes a big man to admit when he is wrong, and on this occasion, I am both of those. Last week, after many reds worth of soul searching, I declared that I no longer wished the selectors to include me in their considerations for a position in the Australian Test [Read more]
Evading a bouncer
December 13, 2011 by 1 Comment
It is often said the only thing crazier that being a fast bowler is being the person facing them. This image is a good case in point! In a SACA district cricket game at Glandore Oval (now Called Revolution Reserve) the Buffaloes Batsman is evading a fearsome bouncer from the West Torrens quick. The [Read more]
‘Black Gold’ presents the Arthur Beetson Radio Tribute
December 12, 2011 by Leave a Comment
‘Black Gold’, produced by Koori Radio (Sydney-93.7FM) and 3KnD (Melbourne-1503 AM), will present a special live 3-hour tribute show for Indigenous rugby league legend, Uncle Arthur Beetson OAM. We will be celebrating the life and times of the first ever Aboriginal captain of a major national sports team, who won two premierships as captain [Read more]
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