KB Hill recalls the football and cricket careers of legendary Wangaratta sportsman Alec Fraser who spurned ‘the big time’ to return to his roots.
Almanac Footy: From the Arctic to a Grand Final at the Gabba, who would have thought?
October 21, 2020 by 1 Comment
To say Richard Marlow has travelled a long way in 2020 would be understating it. He’s pretty happy to score tickets to Saturday’s Grand Final.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life: Semi Final review
October 21, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Cam Hooke applies the full stop to another season of Collingwood Life.
Finals Week 2 – Haiku Bob – a bit of life ends
October 21, 2020 by 1 Comment
Haiku Bob reflects on the end of Collingwood’s season.
Almanac Rugby – Bledisloe 2: ‘Rennie-vation’
October 21, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Brian the Ruminator reviews the second match of the Bledisloe Cup 2020 which was not a good result for the Wallabies.
Finals Week 3 – Brisbane v Geelong: Put to the Sword
October 20, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Some thoughts from Sasha Lennon as the Lions were overpowered by the Cats in the preliminary final.
Almanac Book Launch – ‘Lament’ by Nicole Kelly: A time to toast!
October 20, 2020 by 12 Comments
The social gathering limitations imposed by COVID-19 might be a wet blanket for some, but for Nicole Kelly it provides an opportunity to invite the whole Almanac community to the online launch of her novel ‘Lament’ next month.
Almanac Music: Dave Kimber – Herb Alpert, Buffy St Marie, and deer antlers!
October 20, 2020 by Leave a Comment
More wonderful musical tales from Dave Kimber during his time at the Guitar Centre in Los Angeles, including Herb Alpert and a deer.
Almanac Poetry: ‘The Whitsun Weddings’ – Philip Larkin
October 20, 2020 by 1 Comment
‘The Whitsun Weddings’ is another much loved poem by Philip Larkin.
Almanac Rugby League: NRL Finals Week 3 wrap – A week of anticipation ahead
October 20, 2020 by 1 Comment
Liam Hauser reviews the weekend’s NRL and NRLW clashes and looks ahead with anticipation to this weekend’s Grand Finals.
Almanac Music: The music of New Orleans – Allen Toussaint
October 20, 2020 by Leave a Comment
During his lifetime, Allen Toussaint was a dominant and legendary figure in the music of New Orleans, that still continues to this day.
Almanac Poetry: In a Kelly town museum
October 20, 2020 by 6 Comments
In today’s poem, Kevin Densley goes ‘a bit abstract’, to use his own words, with a Ned Kelly theme about going to a museum in Kelly Country as a kid and seeing two particularly interesting artefacts side by side.
Almanac Footy – Famous VAFA Club XVIII/Clubbies footballers
October 19, 2020 by 4 Comments
Kevin Pollard keeps working his way down the Victorian footy leagues tree of individuals with notable careers who had a crack at playing – this time in the VAFA’s Club XVIII league or ‘Clubbies’. Can you add any more names to the list?
Almanac Art: A prelude to the 2020 AFL Grand Final from DJ Williams
October 19, 2020 by 2 Comments
They’re the last teams standing in 2020, but as the artwork of Darren ‘DJ’ Williams shows, Richmond and Geelong have been standing for a very long time.
Finals Week 3 – Brisbane v Geelong: Prelude to a Jig
October 19, 2020 by 5 Comments
Jamie Simmons gets to the Preliminary Final at the Gabba where he is left contemplating football expressions, football experience and football expectations.
Finals Week 3 – Brisbane v Geelong: Small mercies
October 19, 2020 by 11 Comments
After a year of superb Brisbane coverage, Shane Reid used last night’s preliminary final loss to reflect on better games and premiership moments.
1931 Grand Final – Geelong v Richmond: Cats shine in hard times
October 19, 2020 by 15 Comments
John Harms’s account of the 1931 Grand Final – between Geelong and Richmond – was first published in Grand Finals Volume 1 1897-1938 (published by Slattery Media Group). It tells the tale of a memorable match where one of the smallest players ever to pull on footy boots, Mickey the Mouse Carney, was the star, all at the height of the Great Depression.
Almanac Life: How to establish footy on a continent (in three parts)
October 18, 2020 by 7 Comments
Rob Spurr tells the story of Australian football in Chile and across the South American continent. [Great yarn – JTH]
Finals Week 3 – Port Adelaide v Richmond: The better angels of our nature
October 17, 2020 by 8 Comments
I didn’t realise mild-mannered John Green had this in him. He reports on the Port-Richmond match which seems to have added bonuses.
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