E.regnans is back with the next chapter of his Daz Cooper series. The cricket flag has been won and we are into footy pre-season. But is there trouble in the Cooper household?
VAFA Premier B – Round 2, Fitzroy v Old Haileybury: Snagged
April 19, 2016 by 5 Comments
D Wilson and Buds take in snags, on-field chaos and artistry, as Fitzroy go down in the last. [Includes a link to book your spot for the Fitzroy FC ANZAC Day lunch. By C.O.B. Wednesday – Ed].
Round 4 – Collingwood v Melbourne: Early settlers
April 18, 2016 by 15 Comments
David Wilson ducks off to the Collingwood v Melbourne match. Seated amongst the Collingwood throng, he finds a team in more trouble than McCubbin’s Pioneer.
Matilda, Boyle, Ranieri, Murphy: On playing, criticising (when I grow up)
April 12, 2016 by 15 Comments
Some win, some lose. Some are injured, some are not. That’s life. You are now entering David Wilson’s rant-free zone. [Includes links to Matilda the musical, Timothy Boyle’s Sunday Age article, Claudio Ranieri’s Player’s Tribune piece and Bob Murphy’s AFL Life member speech.]
The trouble with treating citizens as consumers
March 1, 2016 by 22 Comments
David Wilson says strange things happen when we treat citizens as consumers. In sport, life.
New Zealand v Australia – Christchurch Test, Day 1: BB McCullum Day in pictures from afar
February 23, 2016 by 9 Comments
Good grief. BB McCullum’s turns on the ultimate farewell. At stumps on Day 1, DJ Wilson attempts to report via phone screenshot pictures and photos from afar.
Almanac Fiction – Daz Cooper Chapter 2: Back to school
February 10, 2016 by Leave a Comment
David Wilson’s next instalment of Daz; the young fella we met having summer dreams. School is back.
The MJ Clarke “Competitive Side of the Game” Memorial Book Club: a leg-up
February 2, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Two people in the front bar brainstorm; how to help retiree MJ Clarke? [All ideas welcome – Ed].
Gayle, Briggs and the ongoing battle of women to be
January 5, 2016 by 18 Comments
David Wilson wonders why some men have so much trouble allowing women the freedom to be. Change is happening. But we have a responsibility to call out the laggards.
Australia v West Indies – SCG Test: Call for writers
January 1, 2016 by 6 Comments
Nominations welcomed – writers for the Sydney Test.
Australia v West Indies – MCG Test, Day 2: Beyond a boundary
December 27, 2015 by 10 Comments
David Wilson on MCG Day 2, social order, expectations, governance, cricket, competition and opportunity.
Australia v West Indies – MCG Test: Call for writers (and predictions)
December 24, 2015 by 7 Comments
MCG Test. We’d love to publish your story of a day’s play. Nominate a day and make your predictions here.
Almanac cricket: Club v country and a future of All-Star Tests
December 22, 2015 by 12 Comments
All-star sport is the way of the world. It is the great money-spinner. So if Test cricket in its current format is struggling… David Wilson draws the logical inference.
Round 16 – Collingwood v West Coast: Aberrations
December 15, 2015 by 3 Comments
David Wilson didn’t see this game, Collingwood v West Coast, as he was tied up in Fitzroy (“exactly the right place to be”). [This story appears in the 2015 Footy Almanac – Ed].
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