December 13 is the fiftieth anniversary of the first day of the Perth Test in 1974-75, the much-remembered Doug Walters century-in-a-session Test. It was an important Test for John Harms. He remembers the week here.
Almanac Cricket Memories: Perth, Dougie and Mowing
Filed Under: A Year in the Barossa, Almanac Cricket, Almanac Life, Harms, Memoir (general), Not Just Sport
Almanac Rugby – Old Collegians v Barossa Rams: `Appy Birthday
The day the Barossa Rams came to town to take on Collegians, a celebration of South Australian Third Division rugby (and other things).
Filed Under: A Year in the Barossa, Almanac Other Sports, Harms, Old Collegians, rugby union Tagged With: Barossa Rams, Collegians, Florian Bousignac, Fraser Vivian
Almanac Country Footy – Tanunda v Kapunda: Does this make me a Magpie?
John Harms attended the opening match of the Barossa and Light Football League season, Tanunda v Kapunda, at Tanunda Oval. It seems he’s become a Magpie.
Filed Under: A Year in the Barossa, Country footy, General Footy Writing, Harms, Local Footy Tagged With: A Year in the Barossa, Barossa and Light Football eague, Kapunda FC, Tanunda FC, Tanunda Oval
Round 1 – Adelaide v Geelong: An afternoon of fine theatre
John Harms went to the Adelaide Oval to see Geelong open its 2021 account, but the script went a different way.
Filed Under: 2021, A Year in the Barossa, Adel v Geel (01/2021), Harms, Round 01 (01/2021) Tagged With: Adelaide Crows, Rory Sloane, Shane McAdam, Tex Walker
Almanac Life – A Year in the Barossa: “Glory to the Barossa!”
John Harms and his family have moved from The People’s Republic of Northcote to the Barossa Valley. He hopes to write regularly about their year. This is his story about the Declaration of Vintage ceremony.
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