After his extensive account of football in Woomera, David Turpin turns his attention to the history of cricket in Woomera from 1947 – 2014.
Almanac Cricket: A History of Cricket in Woomera 1947 – 2014, Part 1: 1947 – 1951
November 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Almanac Cricket: Tassie’s own
November 12, 2025 by 6 Comments
Jake Weatherald’s likely selection for the First Test in Perth has Dan Hoban looking at Tasmanian cricket since the Islanders entered the first class scene in the late 1970s.
Almanac (Club) Cricket – Round 3: West Warrion v Colac
November 10, 2025 by 3 Comments
The Panthers are in the pink again as Liam McCullagh outlines their win over Colac to continue their perfect start to the season.
Almanac Cricket: An appreciation of Ian Chappell (Part 1)
November 10, 2025 by 5 Comments
Chappelli has had an extraordinary impact on Australian cricket and here Reject Phil recounts some of his own experiences with one of the best skippers Test cricket has ever seen.
Almanac Cricket – WG Grace and …
November 7, 2025 by 6 Comments
Through a fascinating trail of impressive connections, Peter Crossing unfolds his own connection to the great Dr WG Grace.
Almanac Cricket: Calling all cricket scribes
November 7, 2025 by 2 Comments
Citrus Bob Utber will open the batting reporting each day during the coming Ashes series. He encourages fellow Almanackers and friends to pad up and join the batting line up with him.
Almanac (Club) Cricket: Round 2 – West Warrion v Tomahawk Creek
November 4, 2025 by 7 Comments
Country cricket at its best! Liam McCullagh reports on the Round 2 Colac District Cricket Association match between West Warrion CC and Tomahawk CreekCC resulting in a convincing win for the home side.
Almanac Book Review – ‘Mark Waugh: the biography’ by James Knight
October 30, 2025 by 3 Comments
Cricket enthusiast Dan Hoban revisits the 2002 biography of Mark Waugh (since updated in 2023) which sets out to provide an insight into this enigmatic, wonderfully gifted player.
‘The day the Poms arrived in town…’ by KB Hill
October 30, 2025 by Leave a Comment
As the 2025/26 Ashes series approaches, KB Hill takes us back to the 1958/59 Tour when the Poms came to Wangaratta to play the Victoria Country XI.
Book Events: Meet Greg Chappell and Ken Piesse for the Adelaide launch of ‘The Chappell Chronicles’ (Nov 18)
October 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Join Greg Chappell for the home-town launch of his latest book ‘The Chappell’ Chronicles’ (with Ken Piesse) on Tuesday 18 November.
Almanac (Club) Cricket – West Warrion v Deans Marsh: Cars, cypress pines and Swamp Rats all cop a hiding in the season opener.
October 28, 2025 by 5 Comments
After his impressive year as the ACS Scholar in 2024, cricket enthusiast and emerging writer and broadcaster Liam McCullagh returns to the Almanac to tell the story of West Warrion’s opening round clash against Deans Marsh. This has everything from viewing couches to leftover lamb sandwiches, chicken farmers to big-hitting left-handers. As he writes: ‘A picturesque ground, new recruits, childhood mates, massive sixes and a good win. Cricket doesn’t get much better.’ [Great to have you back at the Almanac, Liam – JTH]
Almanac Cricket – ACS Literary Scholar Report: An Opening Conundrum
October 27, 2025 by 5 Comments
All eyes on the first players out to face the Poms and for the summer in general, Lorenzo Di-Mauro Hayes surveys the field and makes his case.
Almanac Cricket – Kim Hughes and his Merry Men: a morality play
October 24, 2025 by 4 Comments
Warwick Hadfield recalls the rebel tours to South Africa in the 1980s and their impact on the game both there and in Australia.
Almanac Cricket: ‘Tigers among the Lions’: A reflection on the 1972 Ashes
October 21, 2025 by 2 Comments
The Ashes series of 1972, and in particular Ian Chappell’s account of the series in his book ‘Tigers among the Lions’, had a profound influence on Barry Nicholls at the time as he recalls..
Almanac (New) Books – An invitation to provide a review
October 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment
The release this week of a new book on World Cup cricket by regular Almanac contributor Liam Hauser offers an opportunity to readers of the Almanac to provide a review for our site. Read here for details.
Almanac Books: Is sports publishing in Australia in a death spiral?
Main stream publishers have ‘dropped the ball’ when it comes to publishing sporting books argues Barry Nicholls in his thought provoking piece.