Of course – Piping Lane, 1972. (Apologies if you have had trouble posting comments)
I just heard a most surprising thing. So surprised was I that I just had to do some quick checking around and share my findings with you. And what, I can hear you ask, was this surprising thing? Between 1922 and 2013 no Tasmanian bred thoroughbred raced in the Cox Plate. I know. Mind boggling. So […]
Much has been written about the South Sydney ‘Rabbitohs’ in the lead up to tonight’s National Rugby League Grand Final – and now doubt much more will be written now they have won their first flag in forty three years. But here’s a little curiosity I dug up from 1969, the year South Sydney finished […]
It has been decided: Scotland The Brave will remain part of the United Kingdom. And with all the talk of Caledonia these last few weeks, it was inevitable my attention would turn to a great Caledonian sporting invention – Curling. In its modern form teams of four (called rinks) slide 20 kilo-ish stones across 40 yards […]
Since the Tiger Train crashed so spectacularly at the Adelaide Oval eight days ago, I’ve been preoccupied. WHICH BANDWAGON SHOULD I JUMP ON NOW? I’m torn between North Melbourne and Port. While I love the way Port Power (cliche alert) ‘go about their football’, I feel that any team that can dispense with the Axis […]
On the 27th of September 1980 I began to hate the Richmond Football Club. Over the last 34 years my views have softened – there was a time in the mid ’90s when I quite liked the Tiges – but for the most part I have regarded them as a mildly annoying football team with a […]
I’m a bit late posting this week. I’ve been distracted, waiting for the announcement of the teams. And finally, this morning, the order was named and I am pleased to tell you that Chris Kennedy and the Reverend Rob Glenny will be opening the batting. Huh? Haven’t you heard? The Vatican XI representing the St Peter’s […]
Thanks to the inter-web we can feel so well travelled, and one of the best bits about this blog is that it takes us to different times and places. But every once in a while, I get sent a for real photograph taken by one of you for real readers who have actually been to one of […]
Let’s get the bad news out of the way first: New Zealand are out. Shocking, but true. Four time champions New Zealand have been knocked out of the Womens Rugby World Cup, currently underway in France. Didn’t even make it to the finals, coming second in their pool to Ireland. (Australia is out too, but […]
I’ve got Closing-Ceremony-Syndrome. Widespread, but rarely acknowledged, the CCS affliction occurs every two years at the conclusion of international, multi-sport festivals. It’s the downer one experiences after two weeks of Commonwealth – or Olympic – sports on TV. The emptiness. The gap, when you turn on the telly and there’s only re-runs of M*A*S*H. I […]
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