After seeing Australia select 36 players for two separate tours in the coming months, Citrus Bob has his (rather outraged) say on the decision to enlist so many troops.
AFLW Round 1 – Carlton v Collingwood: Loves a paddle.
January 29, 2021 by 3 Comments
Paddy Grindlay relives the moments that caught his eye during last night’s AFLW season opener.
Almanac Memoir (and Music): Fool For You Anyway
January 29, 2021 by 1 Comment
Patrick White Award-winning novelist, short story writer and essayist, Carmel Bird described this autobiographical KD piece about youthful love as ‘a beautiful story. So simple, so sad, so true’.
AFLW Round 1 – Carlton v Collingwood: And it’s back!
January 29, 2021 by 1 Comment
The AFLW’s season opener had a sluggish first quarter, but turned into an exciting contest which was up for grabs. Collingwood were determined all night writes Anne Cahill Lambert.
Almanac Footy Tipping: AFLW 2021 (all welcome)
January 28, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Crikey, AFLW starts tonight, so you better nominate quick smart the Footy Almanac AFLW 2021 tipping comp. Details in this post. All welcome of course. Spread the word.
Almanac Book Launch: ‘Born Lucky: The story of Jack Potter, Australia’s finest 12th man’
January 28, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Get along to the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club for the official book launch and lunch of the autobiography of Jack Potter, one of Australia’s finest cricketers never to play Test cricket.
Almanac Cricket: Footscray Cricket Premiers
January 28, 2021 by 5 Comments
Glen! remembers the Footscray Cricket Club winning their first VCA premiership in season 1979/80.
Almanac Books: Launch – ‘Crops, people, Money & You’ by Dr Kate Burke
January 27, 2021 by 1 Comment
The Zoom launch of Dr Kate Burke’s new book, ‘Crops, people, Money & You’ will be held on the 28th January 2021 at 5.30pm.
Almanac Cricket: Headingley 1930 – the first triple century in Test cricket
January 27, 2021 by 3 Comments
From the Footy Almanac archives we reprise Andrew Starkie’s wonderful account of Don Bradman’s history making first triple century in Test cricket in 1930.
Almanac Poetry: ‘White Owl’ – Tommy Mallet
January 27, 2021 by 1 Comment
A wise old owl is the focus of Tommy Mallet’s poem, ‘White Owl’.
Almanac Cricket: Should I go to the cricket on Tuesday?
January 26, 2021 by 3 Comments
With all that is still currently in play concerning the Covid-19 virus, and in light of the now annual debate that surrounds Australia Day, Michael Viljoen wrestles with what might otherwise be a straightforward question – should he go to the cricket on Tuesday?
Almanac Poetry: The Decline of Western Civilisation
January 26, 2021 by 3 Comments
This week’s poem from Kevin Densley is a short poem about a very big subject. He hopes that readers will find it ‘wonderfully pithy’.
Almanac Footy History – The Crapp Chronicles Part 7: A Crapp Excuse
January 25, 2021 by 3 Comments
At the turn of the last century, VFL representative sides played exhibition games against regional powerhouse Ballarat. Ivo Crapp was slated to umpire, but he came to miss the match in contested circumstances. Tim Ghys shares a few theories of the day.
Almanac Teams: More Fours (1980- )
January 22, 2021 by 7 Comments
Rodney Boyd follows up his best ever team of players who wore Number 4 with a slightly more obscure selection to play in the same number.
Almanac Footy: Jim Krakouer – the magic
January 22, 2021 by 4 Comments
Matt Watson looks back at the career of Jim Krakouer, who with his brother Phil was a trailblazer for indigenous footballers in the VFL of the 1980’s.
Almanac Short Fiction: ‘A Pest Exterminator’s Tale’
January 22, 2021 by 1 Comment
KD describes ‘A Pest Exterminator’s tale’ as “a short story originally drafted a couple of decades ago and worked upon here and there ever since. It’s about many issues, including phobias, and has echoes of ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’. The environment is very much Geelong’s waterfront of decades ago, when it was still seedy and run-down and just starting to undergo the process of gentrification and renewal.”
North Melbourne’s 15 top Home and Away victories 1997-2020
January 21, 2021 by 5 Comments
In his latest monumental effort, Phil Mendes recounts the matches he considers to be North Melbourne’s 15 greatest triumphs since he started following them in 1997.
Almanac Cricket (and life): Jack Lihou
January 21, 2021 by 1 Comment
A notice in the newspaper this morning set Almanac editor Ian Hauser thinking back over the years. It might even be enough to get him started on a long-delayed project.
The Trivia in the Travesty: 10 Things to Appreciate About the 1990 AFL Grand Final
January 21, 2021 by 8 Comments
Adam Fox revisits the 1990 Grand Final between Collingwood and Essendon, taking the time to point out any number of oddities about those times in general and that game in particular.
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