Thursday morning, December 2010. I am at the table in my Melbourne terrace house, reading a very Melbourne newspaper, The Age. Despite the urbanity it assumes, the pages remain parochial in that black T-shirt, black polo-neck, macciato sort of way. Already there are football stories – in December. There are always football stories: trivial and [Read more]
Premier Cricket – Round 12 review
January 23, 2012 by 2 Comments
A controversial end to proceedings, two outright results, a couple of maiden tons (same team seven days apart) and an “Eight for” headlined the Round 12 action of Premier Cricket. Richmond (5/139) & Hawthorn Monash University (191) got the afternoon off when umpires deemed the Monash University pitch “unfit for play” after less than [Read more]
Crio’s Q: Moments Measured in Time
January 23, 2012 by 13 Comments
Barry Nicholls* mused: “I measure life’s key moments through cricket. The end of primary school spells Australia – West Indies 1975-76 (when) we hammer them 5-1. Year Nine the Centenary Test, Hookesy’s five fours in a row and Mr Davis making history at least accessible. So my question is how do you measure moments in [Read more]
Herschelle Gibbs
January 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Photo by Peter Argent Big Bash League: Herschelle Gibbs – even his teammates are in danger when he gets going.
Into temptation: the extended mix
January 23, 2012 by 26 Comments
Vin Maskell presents an extended mix of a music pilgrimage story. I’ve got to be careful when I visit the CD shop at lunchtime. I’ve got to make sure I don’t reach for my wallet every time I make my weekly visit. Down from the 16th floor, along Queen St, into Little Lonsdale, then [Read more]
Is having a 20/20 team the real question?
January 21, 2012 by 10 Comments
Ok, having just read the Almanac article by Chris Riordan piece and the responses, I thought this occasion called for another fuller response. My thought is, who cares about the team, just join the party. You see, I have witnessed a 20/20 game on Thursday night, the Melbourne Stars versus the Adelaide Strikers in fact, [Read more]
Standing on the outside lookin’ in
January 21, 2012 by 7 Comments
Things have been hectic in the H of S with the tennis rapidly approaching the pointy end of the tournament. Predictably, most of the top ranked players are still in the draw. Perhaps unpredictably, some would argue to the contrary, “our Sam” is not amongst them. This makes Ms Stosur the first seed in women’s [Read more]
Graham Yallop v India @ the Adelaide Oval
January 21, 2012 by 4 Comments
As we head across to Adelaide for the final test of this series, my mind drifts back to my youth; last century. In the fifth test of the Australian India series of 1977-78, the sides were tied two tests all heading into the Fifth and final test. We had won the first two tests, India [Read more]
Crio’s Racing: Not Happy Jan…mid January racing
January 19, 2012 by 1 Comment
Imagine if, say, Delfin built a new estate (sorry – lifestyle possibility), then bought the first few lots on offer at inflated prices and crowed about the great returns and investment opportunities? Welcome to the wacky old world of Magic Millions.
2012 Australian Open: Day 2
January 19, 2012 by 8 Comments
It’s that time again to get the racquet out of the wardrobe and dream about how good you were in your youth. The Australian Open is here again in all its glory, and after a previous week of winter weather a ferocious sun is out, ready to burn spectators and players to a crisp. I [Read more]
Cricket Explained
January 18, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Barry Nicholls of ABC WA alerted us to this gem. American comedian Reginald D. Hunter has a fine grasp of cricket’s finer points. He explains the game here: http://www.gadling.com/2012/01/16/video-of-the-day-an-american-explains-cricket/
From Purgatory to Redemption
January 18, 2012 by 5 Comments
From Purgatory to Redemption: Dear Saints, Bulldogs and Demons, ‘For those people destined never to experience joy, happiness and fulfilment in their lives, God created the Geelong Football Club’ Couldabeen Champions,1996 At the end of the 1995 season I felt like you do. My wounds were raw and my football team had [Read more]
Imagniation.Dreams.Possibilities
January 17, 2012 by 7 Comments
by Domenic Favata “The man who has no imagination has no wings” Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali’s words of inspiration, our team motto, flashed repeatedly before my eye as I led my teammates up the race and on to the lush, green grass of the Melbourne Cricket Ground. I spun the bright yellow football through [Read more]
The birth of the UWS Giants
January 17, 2012 by 16 Comments
by Rod Gillett When Sydney University play the UWS Giants in the eastern conference of the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL) this season it won’t actually pit two uni teams against each other. The UWS Giants are not necessarily representing the University of Western Sydney, they’re just playing under their name. That’s because [Read more]
4 – 0? WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT?
January 17, 2012 by 4 Comments
Two and a half days! That was all the time it took for Australia to twice lay waste to the once-mighty Indian batting line-up. And doesn’t it all suddenly feel like such an anti-climax? The series started so promisingly, with a brilliant and closely-fought match in Melbourne. Immediately, Australia had the momentum, and with nostrils [Read more]
Melbourne University Cricket Club Business Breakfast
January 17, 2012 by 1 Comment
I hope the following may be of sufficient interest to attract some of you to support Melbourne University Cricket Club. Should be an interesting morning… Regards Kevan Carroll ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Melbourne University Cricket Club Business Breakfast The Annual MUCC Cricket Breakfast will be held at on Friday 3rd February 2012 to coincide with the Australia vs [Read more]
Must we have a team?
January 17, 2012 by 19 Comments
by Chris Riordan I haven’t minded the BBL. Certainly no TV boycott in our house, though no plans have been built around it. I’ll take it as a regular TV presence rather than the old summer staple of Gary Wilkinson and Allan Stone butchering the tennis every afternoon! Contrary to the marketers’ hype, part [Read more]
GIGSTUFF 66: Australian Open Special
January 16, 2012 by 11 Comments
by Andrew Gigacz A SPANIARD FOR EVERY RUSSIAN AT THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN Ever had the feeling that Russian women are just like Spanish men? Or vice versa? Well, actually, neither had I, at least not until the seedings for the 2012 Australian Open were published in last Tuesday’s Age. It was then that [Read more]
Bowlers do the job again
January 16, 2012 by 8 Comments
Australia v India, Perth – Day Three by Patrick O’Keeffe It’s a sunny Melbourne day. Though I’m sitting in near darkness; feeding my cricket addiction away from judgmental eyes. I turn on the television and Mark Nicholas is interviewing Micky Arthur. The interview appears laid back. I see Mark Nicholas’s hand, a microphone pointed [Read more]
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