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.
Australia v India – Fourth Test, Day 5: Chaos, defiance, pirates and unicorns
January 21, 2021 by 6 Comments
On the decisive day of an enthralling test, E. Regnans was happy just to take it all in. (A lovely expression of the joy of cricket watching – Ed).
Almanac (Sports) History: It all happened on January 21 (with a bit of music thrown in)
January 21, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Some big names feature in memorable sporting moments that happened on January 21; a couple Poms display a sense of fun; and it wouldn’t be The Almanac if it didn’t feature a bit of music!
Australia v India: Has Australia lost its way?
January 20, 2021 by 7 Comments
The series is done. Now it’s time for the post-mortems. Who better to deliver one than ‘Citrus’ Bob Utber, who reported on every day of this series for the Almanac.
Almanac Cricket: What is happening with fourth innings in Australia?
January 20, 2021 by 17 Comments
Prompted by a tweet from an English statistician, John Butler examines an interesting trend in fourth innings in Australian tests.
Pub Review: Mount Mary
January 20, 2021 by 13 Comments
‘As we all know life is better with goat’. Mickey Randall offers another classic pub review.
Australia v India – The Gabba Test: A scene for history to be changed for the better
January 20, 2021 by 2 Comments
Sean Mortell recaps a fascinating Fourth Test in Briabane.
Australia v India – Fourth Test, Day 5: Incredible India are fantastic (and a win for cricket)
January 19, 2021 by 15 Comments
‘Citrus’ Bob Utber completes his coverage of the Australia v India series having witnessed history being made at the Gabba.
Almanac Music: Mixed memories in music
January 19, 2021 by 4 Comments
Following his death earlier this week, just how do we go about dealing with the dichotomy that was Phil Spector?
Almanac Cricket: Arthur Morris, one of the greatest
January 19, 2021 by 3 Comments
Arthur Morris was one of Australia’s best ever opening batsmen, one of our greatest left-handed batsmen, one of the 1948 Invincibles – in short, one of our very best!
Almanac Poetry: Jack Bradshaw and ‘Lovely’ Riley
January 19, 2021 by 3 Comments
This week, it’s ‘back to bushranging’ in the poetry of Kevin Densley – but his subjects, in this instance, Jack Bradshaw and ‘Lovely’ Riley, are not your typical bushrangers. His poem is about the exploits of a pair of oddballs who ‘were more like a bad vaudeville act than a duo to be feared.’
Almanac Baseball: Tribute to a legend, Pride of the LA Royal Blue
January 18, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Richard Marlow pays his respects to a colossus of baseball, LA Dodgers hero Tommy Lasorda, reflecting upon a chance meeting in Sydney over 20 years ago.
Australia v India – Fourth Test, Day 4: Rain threatens to stop a victory to either side
January 18, 2021 by 2 Comments
Australia eventually set India a target on the fourth day, before the predicted rain intervened. Bob Utber reports on the penultimate day of the test summer.
Comparing the VFL and the AFL: 1978 v 2021
January 18, 2021 by 21 Comments
There haven’t been many footballs kicked with passion in 2021, but Philip Mendes has jumped the gun to ponder what the season ahead will look like compared to the nature of the game in 1978 when he was just 13 years old.
Grand Final – Dreams of 1967, Flashbacks of 1992
January 18, 2021 by 5 Comments
After what many have deemed a ‘historic’ 2020 season due to the circumstances around it, Adam Fox leans into Grand Final history to add context to his own experience of the Tigers’ victory over his favoured Cats.
Beach Footy
January 18, 2021 by 2 Comments
Damian Balassone shares a seasonally-appropriate poem from his collection: ‘Strange Game in a Strange Land’.
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