Ian ‘Harry’ Hildebrand, a Wangaratta native, is also the face (and heart) of cricket in Peru. A little while back he chatted with KB Hill and GP Rosser.
‘Tension galore as old rivals battle for flag…’ by KB Hill
March 30, 2023 by 1 Comment
The final scoreboard didn’t tell the full story of last week’s gripping WDCA cricket final between Rovers-United-Bruck and the Wangaratta Magpies but KB Hill relates the tense encounter as it unfolded.
Almanac Poetry: An Historian reads Sports Poetry A to Z
March 28, 2023 by 4 Comments
Historian Bernard Whimpress discusses the A – Z of sports poetry in an article recently published in Australian Society for Sports History Bulletin.
Almanac (Test) Cricket – Border/Gavaskar Trophy Series 2023: What could have been
March 16, 2023 by 4 Comments
The 2023 Border/Gavaskar Trophy Series is over. India won 2-1. But what might have been? Ian Hauser gives his perspective.
Almanac Cricket: What I was reminded of while watching the AB doco
March 10, 2023 by 11 Comments
Like many, John Harms has the cricket on in the background. As the rain kept falling during the Sydney Test he reckons he saw the Allan Border docos umpteen times. Here’s some things the doco reminded him of.
India v Australia – Third Test Review: Aussies Bounce Back in Tremendous Fashion
March 10, 2023 by 2 Comments
Australian Cricket Society literary scholar Kobe Jacobs looks at the impressive win of the Australians in Indore, and discusses the possibility of drawing the series.
Almanac (Junior) Cricket: That time when you believe anything is possible
March 10, 2023 by 5 Comments
In response to a question from his son, Craig Dodson was taken back to his days as an under age representative cricketer for the Riverina.
Almanac Cricket – The 2023 Border/Gavaskar Trophy Series, Fourth Test: A change of pace or more of the same?
March 9, 2023 by 2 Comments
The Fourth Test of the 2023 Border/Gavaskar Trophy Series starts this afternoon. Ian Hauser offers a perspective.
Almanac Cricket (History/Trivia): Thank goodness, we’re not alone anymore
March 2, 2023 by 5 Comments
New Zealand’s incredible win over England this week has adjusted the record books – and helped Australia avoid being ‘the only side to…’ It’s a funny old game.
Almanac Cricket – The 2023 Border/Gavaskar Trophy Series, Third Test: Can the Kiwis show Australia the way?
March 1, 2023 by 4 Comments
The Third Test between India and Australia starts this afternoon in Indore. Ian Hauser offers this preview in which realism wins out over hope.
India v Australia – Second Test Review: An opportunity lost for the Australians
March 1, 2023 by Leave a Comment
The Australians had their chances but the Indians fought back every time they needed to. Australian Cricket Society Scholar Kobe Jacobs looks back at the Second Test in Delhi.
Almanac Cricket – The 2023 Border/Gavaskar Trophy Series, Second Test: I just don’t get it!
February 23, 2023 by 2 Comments
You don’t get too many chances to win a Test match in India these days. The Aussies just showed how to blow one such opportunity with a most puzzling third day collapse.
Almanac Book Review: ‘The Bodyline Fix – How Women Saved Cricket’ by Marion Stell
February 20, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Citrus Bob Utber reviews Marion Stell’s ‘The BodyLine Fix: How Woman Saved Cricket’, a book full of wonderful stories about the Australian women cricketers who toured England after the infamous Bodyline series and helped restore the credibility of the game.
Almanac Cricket: Cricket’s Hat Trick Of Revolutions
February 17, 2023 by 2 Comments
Braham Dabscheck examines the ‘hat trick’ of revolutionary changes in cricket that have affected and developed the game in modern times.
Australia v India – First Test Review: Embarrassing
February 17, 2023 by 3 Comments
2023 Australian Cricket Society scholarship holder Kobe Jacobs makes his Footy Almanac debut with an analysis of the First Test in the current India v Australia series. (Welcome aboard, Kobe! – Ed.)
Almanac Cricket – The 2023 Border/Gavaskar Trophy Series: Second Test
February 16, 2023 by 8 Comments
The Second Test in the Border/Gavaskar series begins tomorrow. Ian Hauser runs his (despondent) eye over the possibilities.
Almanac Cricket: The 2023 Border/Gavaskar Test Series
February 9, 2023 by 4 Comments
The 2023 India v Australia Test series for the Border/Gavaskar Trophy gets underway today in Nagpur. Ian Hauser offers a background to the series.
‘Sporting Administration…it’s not all beer and skittles…’ by KB Hill
February 9, 2023 by 1 Comment
KB Hill draws on his long memory of local legends to take a look at the valuable but often fraught world of sports administration.
O Me Miserum: the genesis and revelations of an offie
February 7, 2023 by 29 Comments
With the chat about Tim May on our site, it’s timely to get into the mind of an offie…
Chris Harms, whose bowling action was highlighted in a recent piece by John Harms, replies to his cousin.
[first published 2014]
‘Boy from Everton followed in family’s sporting footsteps…’ by KB Hill
February 2, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Robin Kneebone might have gone far in cricket but he plied his trade in Wangaratta where KB Hill caught up with him recently.
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