Graham Lewis has spent months compiling the history of a rather unusual and unlikely Australian cricket club. Student Teacher and Teachers College Cricket Club played top level District cricket in the SACA A Grade competition for two decades. This is Graham’s story of this remarkable club.
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Almanac Cricket: Eighteen Summers at the Top – Teachers in SACA A Grade District Cricket
July 16, 2025 by 10 Comments
Round 17 – Sal’s Preview: Is there beauty in symmetry?
July 4, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Sal Ciardulli has picked his selections for Round 17, a crucial round for teams vying for a place in the top 8.
Almanac Footy: Western District Football Wrap
June 24, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Dandy Andy reviews last weekend’s results from the major country leagues in Western District of Victoria football.
State of Origin – Game 2, 2025: Origin at the Tanunda Club – the 1971 BRL Rothman’s Medallist, a (former) Cowboys cheer leader, a Rockford red, and the Maroons square the series
June 21, 2025 by 1 Comment
Rabbit in the Vineyard caught up with John Harms and a dozen or so lovers of rugby league to cheer on the mighty Maroons.
Almanac Footy: Western District Football Wrap
June 17, 2025 by 2 Comments
Dandy Andy reports the weekend’s round of matches recorded a couple of turn ups across two leagues in the Western District, one instilling life into the competition.
Almanac Teams: Surprise Sharpshooters (Part 2)
June 16, 2025 by 6 Comments
A plethora of players who didn’t make the cut in Rodney Boyd’s first team of those who kicked big bags despite being less well known for kicking majors in numbers.
Almanac Footy Teams: Old Dog’s Team of (Modern-day) Characters
June 13, 2025 by 5 Comments
Old Dog has picked a team of modern-day characters. Do you agree with him? Any of your own?
Round 10 – Gold Coast v Hawthorn: They spoilt me.
May 20, 2025 by 5 Comments
With an ice-pack at his back, Old Dog enjoyed the Gold Coast v Hawthorn match as he recovered from a crook back.
NRL Round 11 – Prop by the Sea: You gotta love footy!
May 15, 2025 by 1 Comment
Prop leaves the Pacific and heads to the inland sea, to Quilpie in the far south-west of Queensland, where he punts like a Watson, and takes in the superb football of Round 10.
Almanac Footy – Western District Football Wrap: Round 4 and Round 3
May 5, 2025 by 6 Comments
More updates from Victoria’s west by Dandy Andy sees the return of a former Docker and Sun as well as a shock loss to a reigning premier.
Round 3 – Sal’s Preview: Saturday Night’s Alright for Footy – on Free-to-air
March 27, 2025 by 2 Comments
Sal is previewing the footy and the big racing while letting us know what he thinks of no free-to-air footy on the Saturdays.
Round 1 – Sydney v Brisbane: Unfamiliar Parameters
March 18, 2025 by 8 Comments
Mathilde de Hauteclocque returns with a heartfelt rumination on her feelings for the red and white
Almanac Teams: Debuts with different happenings/milestones!
March 10, 2025 by 25 Comments
Rodney Boyd has created a team made up of players who made their AFL debut based on unsual or different circumstances.
Almanac Footy: Following Geelong 1980-88
February 26, 2025 by 18 Comments
Cats fan Paul Harman recalls his experience of following Geelong during the footy seasons from 1980 – 1988, and some life experiences along the way and later.
Almanac Books: ‘It’s in the Genes’ – Machine Team Siblings: Part 3 – The Coventrys
February 25, 2025 by 2 Comments
Part 3 of an extract from Des Tobin’s book ‘It’s in the Genes: Australian Football Families’ features famous Collingwood FC brothers Syd and Gordon ‘Nuts’ Coventry part of the Collingwood’s ‘Machine Team’ of the 1920s.
Almanac Teams: Debuts in South Africa
February 3, 2025 by 3 Comments
Just a short flight over the Indian Ocean for these Test debutants in Rodney Boyd’s teams of the week.
NFL Week 7 – The Brian Branch Cup
October 24, 2024 by 4 Comments
Earl’s Detroit Lions chalked up another win but can they match it with the best and get to the Super Bowl without ‘Hutch’? Is a trade the answer?
Almanac (Creative) Footy: In the lockers with the small forward pockets
September 25, 2024 by 3 Comments
Carolyn Spooner continues her creative take on footy playing positions. This time Carolyn looks at some of the small forwards and resting rovers who have made their mark on the position, and she identifies the appropriate apparel each should wear.
2024 NRL Finals – Week 2: You gotta love footy!
September 19, 2024 by 5 Comments
Week 1 Finals Well, after the first five minutes of the first final Penrith certainly looked on song and serious about their finals series. To’o scored a try that was just too easy and clearly the Panthers had no hang ups from the previous weeks as they rushed to their second try through Tago in [Read more]
Almanac (Creative) Footy: In the drinks break with the rovers
September 18, 2024 by 6 Comments
Carolyn Spooner matches the game’s best rovers with a drink that expresses their unique qualities as players. (Creative and clever – Ed.)
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