Yoshi Imagawa’s love affair with all things Australia and New Zealand continues. Having fallen for Australian Rules and the All-Blacks, is siren song of Test cricket now calling to Imagawa-san?
Purchase The Footy Almanac 2014
December 23, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Order your Footy Almanacs now. Postage is free inside Australia.
Joe Burns’ debut century: a win for the little guys
December 23, 2014 by 10 Comments
Joe Burns century on debut is a victory for the traditional understanding of club cricket and its link to first class cricket, writes Norths’ team-mate Wally Wright.
Summer of Tennis : The Top 15 Australian Mens Tennis Players 1974 – 2014
December 23, 2014 by 12 Comments
Following on from yesterday’s top 15 Mens players, Philip Mendes declares his best 15 Australian Mens players from 1974 – 2014. Did he get it right?
Les Everett’s Tops in 2014 series
December 22, 2014 by 3 Comments
Les Everett is a friend of football, and a friend of the Almanac. He loves all the good stuff in life. Each year he invites people to contribute their Best of the Year across various categories for his website www.australianrules.com.au
Here’s mine.
Cricket Italia Team of the Century
December 22, 2014 by 19 Comments
Damian Balassone builds on recent Almanac conversation around sports players of Italian heritage with this: the Italian cricket team of the century. Did he miss anyone?
International Christmas Foods and Christmas in Japan
December 22, 2014 by 6 Comments
Imagawa-san shares an insight into how Christmas Day is spent in Japan, as well as taking us all on a culinary tour of traditional Christmas dinners from all corners of the globe.
[Warning: do not read if hungry. You have been warned – Ed]
Crio’s Q? Sporting Verbs
December 22, 2014 by 23 Comments
Crio ponders the place of the verb in sports-talk. What’s some of your favourite sporting verbs?
Dear Almanac: Thanks for the gift that’s kept on giving
December 22, 2014 by 12 Comments
Sean Curtain, as honest and self-effacing as ever, pays tribute to the writing and reading community that is the Almanac.
[Thanks for these words Sean, and especially for all the words you have penned over the last three years – Ed]
Summer of Tennis : The Top 15 Tennis Players 1974 – 2014
December 21, 2014 by 9 Comments
Philip Mendes has seen a lot of tennis. As we get prepared for the 2015 Australian Open, Philip ranks his 15 greatest players of the ‘modern’ era.
SPD Smith: shake it off
December 21, 2014 by 3 Comments
E.regnans spots similarities between the bearing of SPD Smith and that of Taylor Swift.
The spirit of the game – off the long run, on the high horse
December 21, 2014 by 9 Comments
Dave Brown is off the long run to mount his high horse and dig one into the ribs of weak-kneed, lily-livered cricket umpires not enforcing rules against time wasting and sharp practice.
Gabba Test, Australia v India – Day Four: Apologies to Ian Healy
December 21, 2014 by 1 Comment
Bob Utber’s wrap of the final day at the ‘Gabba – complete with a Mea Culpa on his all-time Six Best Queensland Cricketers.
Gabba Test, Australia v India – Day Four: Indians Not Tough Enough in the End
December 21, 2014 by 35 Comments
Rulebook has one eye on the Pembroke Kings and one eye on the Test match and gives this neat appraisal, concluding the Indians lacked fight in the second dig.
Sister Olive Raceday Recap, Yea, 2014
December 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Glen heads to the Yea picnics which are full of character and helps celebrate Sister Olive’s 1921 Cup win with a nod to a decent old distance race. [Lovely day out – Ed]
‘Gabba Test, Australia v India – Day Four : The Chase is On (live comments)
December 20, 2014 by 9 Comments
The run chase is on at the ‘Gabba with Australia needing 128 for an outright win. Despite some resistance from Dharwan, who made 81 before being caught leg before by Nathan Lyon and Yadav with a cavalier 30, the Indians were all out for 224. Share your thoughts below as the Australian chase down a [Read more]
Almanac Weekend Reading: Twas the [Weekend] Before Christmas
December 20, 2014 by 2 Comments
Enjoy a collection of some great writing from around the world of sport with The Footy Almanac’s Weekend Reads
Gabba Test, Australia v India – Day Three: A Symphony in Four Movements
December 19, 2014 by 5 Comments
Peter Baulderstone watched Day 3 at the Gabba dazzle like a Mozart symphony. Can we cancel the 50 over World Cup flog, and make this an 8 Test series?
Gabba Test, Australia v India – Day Three : The Generation Gap
December 19, 2014 by 6 Comments
Bob Utber lays claim to being the Almanac’s official ‘Grumpy Old Man’. Why is the Big Bash attracting 30,000 people to the Adelaide Oval, while just 9,000 people turn up to a day’s Test cricket at the Gabba?
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