Two games featuring clubs from Melbourne’s southeastern second city piqued Luke Radziminski’s attention this week in the NPL.
Almanac Soccer – NPL Round 1: An All-Croatian Affair and a Thunderous Late Show in Dandenong
February 21, 2022 by 4 Comments
Almanac Music: Mystery Train
February 21, 2022 by 2 Comments
Peter Crossing takes a trip down memory lane with Elvis’s lesser known – but no less brilliant – song, “Mystery Train’, looking at the history of the song, its lyrics and other iterations.
Almanac Rugby: Super Rugby Pacific Round 1
February 21, 2022 by 1 Comment
A new season, a new name and two new sides mark what is (hopefully) a more sustainable model of Super Rugby – Brian the Ruminator wraps up the first hitouts of the 12-team comp.
Almanac Poetry: Lunch with Terrie and Bernadette
February 21, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This poem from Kevin Densley speaks of his time as a young playwright and performing arts student, and the ‘end’ of raffish, arty-farty Carlton in the early 1980s.
Memorial: Olsen Filipaina (includes link to live stream)
February 21, 2022 by Leave a Comment
A service in memory of Olsen ‘Big O’ Filipaina will be held today in Sydney – for those unable to attend, there is a remote option available to pay your respects to a life that inspired many.
Almanac Cricket Literature: How Vic Richardson and Ian Chappell helped John Lysikatos breathe again
February 19, 2022 by 11 Comments
Michael Sexton tells the story John Lysikatos, the author of the recently published ‘Victor Richardson: A Great Australian All Round Cricketer’ explaining the mission John was on and the friendships he developed with the Chappell family who encouraged and supported the project. [This is a wonderful story – JTH]
Almanac Footy: Back in the Red, White and Black
February 18, 2022 by 2 Comments
Allan Grant reports from St Kilda’s intra-club practice match at Moorabbin and provides an analysis of each player’s performance in the match.
KG Cunningham: South Australian Sporting Legend
February 18, 2022 by 48 Comments
Rulebook returns with a profile of South Australian legend KG Cunningham, cricketer, footy umpire and broadcaster extraordinaire.
Balcony Banter: The Maiden Summer
February 17, 2022 by Leave a Comment
From the MCC’s members blog ‘Balcony Banter’, Nick Richardson recalls the Women’s Ashes Tour of 1934/35. It was an eagerly anticipated tour following the infamous Bodyline series in the men’s Ashes just a few years previously.
Almanac Rugby League: Whistle blows for female refs
February 17, 2022 by Leave a Comment
For the first time in one-referee NRL matches, two female whistle-blowers have been appointed to officiate in this weekend’s trial matches; the All Star matches have come and gone; and the NRLW is now just 10 days away. Ian Hauser brings us up to date with rugby league.
Almanac Golf: House Rules
February 17, 2022 by 3 Comments
Mark Poustie recalls improvised games of golf in the lounge room and his family’s backyard – always creative, sometimes dangerous, and not without the odd catastrophe!
Almanac Footy: Most VFL/AFL Reserves Games
February 16, 2022 by 7 Comments
Big Kev needs your help! By composing a database of players that have made appearances in the VFL/AFL games, advice or contributions would be appreciated to add missing players from the late 80’s and throughout the 1990’s era.
Almanac Soccer: South Raring To Go In Their Curtain Raiser Derby
February 16, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Luke Radziminski returns to photographing soccer matches with some pics and a match report from the Dandenong Thunder and South friendly match.
Almanac Comedy: ‘Yes, What?’ – Radio Serial
February 15, 2022 by 3 Comments
Col Ritchie remembers a classic radio serial, ‘Yes, What?’ he listened to while stuck in peak hour traffic driving home from work in the 70s.
Almanac Football History – 1858 and all that: the origins of Australian Rules Football
In this extract from his publication on the economics and economic history of the football codes, Tim Harcourt finds that Aussie Rules Football really is ‘a game of our own’ and a social phenomenon that Australians can be truly proud of.