John Harms attended the opening match of the Barossa and Light Football League season, Tanunda v Kapunda, at Tanunda Oval. It seems he has become a Magpie.
Almanac Life: Quick hands at Uncle Stan’s in Grantham
January 11, 2021 by 26 Comments
On the tenth anniversary if the 2011 floods, we reprise John Harms’s story about his Uncle Stan and Aunty June who survived the Grantham devastation.
“My wonderful, wonderful uncle, Stan Schulz, died in 2015. He was a great man – a truly great man. He and Aunty June survived the catastrophic Grantham flood in January 2011. At the time, I wrote this story about him.”
Balcony Banter: Fifty years on
December 2, 2020 by 5 Comments
John Harms recalls the first summer of Test cricket he can remember properly. (This piece is from the MCC’s Balcony Banter blog)
Almanac Cricket (Memoir): Headingley, 1993
November 17, 2020 by 4 Comments
Recently T.G. White found some old photos of the Headingley Test in 1993. John Harms was at that Test with him.
Almanac Rugby League – State of Origin: What are we playing for?
November 10, 2020 by 10 Comments
John Harms says that the Maroons are playing for the Queensland way of life. [This piece was first published on the Queensland TattsBet website in 2014]
Almanac Rugby League – 2020 State of Origin, Game 1: (Unlikely) History repeats
November 5, 2020 by 5 Comments
John Harms reports on State of Origin I, which reminded him of 2001.
Almanac Footy: The Lions, The Cats, The Gabba and The Divine
October 23, 2020 by 32 Comments
Brisbane v Geelong in a Preliminary Final at the Gabba is massive for John Harms. He explains why.
Almanac Rugby League: Oakey – premiers of 1975
October 12, 2020 by 2 Comments
Recently John Harms was sent a Facebook post recognising the 45th anniversary of the Oakey Bears premiership of 1975. These are some of his memories of those great sides of the mid-`70s (This is an edited extract from his book ‘Loose Men Everywhere’)
Almanac (Country) Footy: Boyhood days watching Lemnos at Princess Park
October 3, 2020 by 2 Comments
In this extract from his book ‘Loose Men Everywhere’, John Harms remembers going to Princess Park in Shepparton in the early 1970s to watch Lemnos play.
Almanac Horseracing: Revisiting Murtoa Cup Day 2008 – Danga’s got the gout
October 3, 2020 by 2 Comments
It’s Murtoa Cup day to start the Spring Carnival. And John Harms re-visits he party that was Methodical Boy’s cup in 2008. [This is a version of a story first published in The Age. – Ed]
Almanac Poetry: Country Football
October 3, 2020 by 10 Comments
‘Country Football’ by Philip Hodgins. Such a brilliant poem we quoted it in ‘Footy Town’. [This post is reprised from 2013]
The Footy Almanac 2007 Week 3 Finals – Geelong v Collingwood: Fate, nerves, Otto
September 15, 2020 by 6 Comments
Some nights in footy are etched into your brain, whether it be for the good or the bad. John Harms recounts a memorable night – the Geelong/ Collingwood 2007 Preliminary Final, and his experience of watching it from the bowels of the ‘G.
Almanac (Footy) Reminiscence: Planting a blue and white garden
September 5, 2020 by 6 Comments
It’s the first week of the finals in 2007 and John Harms and The Handicapper are contemplating the colour of the plants for their spring garden. [A version of this was published in The Age – Ed]
Almanac Rugby League: Yes, Virginia, there is meaning in rugby league
September 1, 2020 by 7 Comments
We reprise John Harms’ George Lovejoy Memorial Lecture to provide a context to our rugby league feature piece on Thursday. Enjoy this insight for its own intrinsic value and then, on Thursday, see how the theory plays out in regional Queensland.
Everyday Obituaries: T.E. Harms, my father (1931-2010)
July 22, 2020 by 37 Comments
When, recently, John Harms reprised his piece about the 2010 Preliminary Final between Geelong and Collingwood, the night his father T.E. Harms died, he mentioned that he would go looking for the eulogy from his father’s funeral. Numerous people contacted him to encourage him to publish it. Well, this is it, published today, July 21, his father’s birthday.
Almanac Golf: Memories of St Andrews
July 11, 2020 by 9 Comments
KN Dole’s piece is bringing back memories of a magnificent golf course. JTH just had to go looking for these old photos.
Almanac Golf: A Game of Golf with…Ox, DHS and Matty Finish
July 11, 2020 by 3 Comments
John Harms reports on a hard-fought match at Metropolitan Golf Club, one of Melbourne’s famous Sandbelt courses. [First published in 2012]
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