Footy is over, cricket is here and it’s time to hone up those cricketing skills! Philip Hodgins (1959 – 1995), in his poem ‘The Practice Nets’, reflects upon the role the nets play in the life of cricketers.
Almanac Rugby: Bledisloe Glory…in 1979
November 9, 2020 by 1 Comment
Despite the famous recent victory, the Wallabies rarely take the chocolates over the All Blacks, let alone claim the Bledisloe Cup. Brian the Ruminator takes us back to a rare golden moment some 41 years ago…
Almanac Teams: Return to sender
November 9, 2020 by 9 Comments
Here’s a new Almanac Team from Rodney Boyd, it’s his best list of players who returned to a former club (from the 1980s onward). [A surprisingly long list of fine players! Ed.]
Almanac Cricket: Finding Frank Tarrant under the grape vines
November 9, 2020 by Leave a Comment
With summer here, the sultana grape vines provide Michael Sexton with a wonderful shady backdrop for listening to Test cricket, and for reading. A book he recommends for reading in such a place is Mike Coward’s ‘Cricket’s Forgotten Pioneer: The Frank Tarrant Story’.
Almanac (Local) Cricket: Pomborneit Cricket Club 2020/21 Season- October Review
November 6, 2020 by 6 Comments
All the October action from the Pomborneit Cricket Club.
Almanac Food: KD’s Kitchen – The Jaffle
November 6, 2020 by 10 Comments
Kevin Densley is back in the kitchen for more culinary delights; this time he is making jaffles.
Almanac Rugby League – 2020 State of Origin, Game 1: (Unlikely) History repeats
November 5, 2020 by 5 Comments
John Harms reports on State of Origin I, which reminded him of 2001.
Almanac Rugby League – 2020 State of Origin Game 1: Setting Origin alight
November 5, 2020 by 1 Comment
Sean Mortell has catholic tastes when it come to sport in general and football in particular. Here he offers his perspective on last night’s Game 1 of the 2020 rugby league State of Origin series.
Almanac Footy: John Gallus – The journey through football
November 5, 2020 by 7 Comments
Matt Watson examines the football journey of former Melbourne footballer John Gallus.
Almanac Rugby League – Cameron Smith: A legend in his own time
November 5, 2020 by 2 Comments
Liam Hauser makes the case that, over the 30 years he’s followed rugby league, Cameron Smith is the greatest player he has seen.
Balcony Banter: Ready to return
November 5, 2020 by Leave a Comment
It’s been a very different year for the MCG. MCC Library sleuth Lynda Carroll writes about previous occasions when the ‘G’ coped with unusual circumstances resulting from a variety of causes.
Almanac Rugby League – 2020 State of Origin, Game 1: Flickering start, high beam finish
November 5, 2020 by 2 Comments
The NRL’s 2020 State of Origin series got underway in Adelaide last night. The Almanac’s rugby league editor Ian Hauser tells us how he saw it unfold.
Almanac Footy: From AFL football to tattoo guns
November 4, 2020 by 1 Comment
Trying to follow his football dream, Hal Hunter found himself at Essendon’ during the peptide scandal. He has gone on to forge a career in a completely new field. Emile Pavlich spoke to him.
FEARLESS 2020 Finals Week 3: Review and post-season thoughts
November 4, 2020 by 3 Comments
Paul Thompson was writing his review of the AFL Preliminary Finals when rumours of events at North Melbourne gave him pause for reflection. He offers his thoughts on what has transpired.
Almanac Footy History – The Crapp Chroicles Part 3: A Crapp First League Game
November 4, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Henry ‘Ivo’ Crapp umpires his first game of VFL football in the very first round of the competition, in 1897. As Tim Ghys reports, some rule tweaks were soon required.
Almanac Poetry: ‘Chicken’ Smallhorn
November 4, 2020 by 9 Comments
A poem about the legendary Fitzroy champ, Wilfred ‘Chicken’ Smallhorn, by Stephen Whiteside.
Almanac Rugby League: 2020 State of Origin, Game 1 – It seems different to me
November 4, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Rugby league’s centrepiece series, State of Origin, kicks off in Adelaide tonight (Nov 4). For our rugby league editor Ian Hauser, the 2020 edition of Origin seems like a lot of other things in 2020 – different.
The Footy Almanac Melbourne Cup Soiree Trifecta and Sweep (assigned horses and results)
November 3, 2020 by 2 Comments
Following an afternoon of discussion and debate, here’s the Almanac trifecta for the 2020 Melbourne Cup. And the draw for the four Cup sweeps. Results now notified.
Almanac Poetry: The Quest of the Holy Grail – in a Nutshell
November 3, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Not quite Monty Python, but certainly not ‘straight’ either, this week’s poem from Kevin Densley concerns the most famous knightly quest of them all.
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