The excitement and the roar of the crowd was the first thing that Les recalled as he told me about that day in 1956 when he watched the Olympics at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. I was having an all too rare day with relations in a country town in the western district of Victoria and had been expecting a day of sharing photographs and family stories. I was not expecting to hear … [Read more...] about 56 Since ’56 – The Crowd at Olympic Games
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Top 10 Posts for 2011
Blogs and cricket have something important in common - statistics! This week I've enjoyed spending lots of time with my family visiting from interstate and watching the exciting Boxing Day test match between India and Australia. It was a great example of test cricket - four days of see-sawing between the teams until Australia finally won. I tried to write a blog post while … [Read more...] about Top 10 Posts for 2011
Cricket in Sydney 1876
When fossicking in the archives I have at times come across fascinating and totally irrelevant material. It seems to be a shame not to share this, so I have created the 'Lucky Dip' category. 'Lucky Dip' contains what I regard as ephemera but what may be central to the interests of others. What better time than the start of the current Ashes encounter to reflect on the … [Read more...] about Cricket in Sydney 1876
