Australian Society for Sports History - SA

11/10/2023

A new study tracks the number of history academics and history students in Australia. The results are alarming.

14/04/2023

You won't ever see me at an AFL game or pretty much anywhere where crowds are.

COVID-19 hasn't gone away - far from it - but our political leaders are behaving like it has, with authorities obscuring data that was previously readily available, writes Matthew Abraham.

03/05/2020

Gavin Pearce has sent the following quiz to help you keep the brain active.
1. Jack McCarthy coached North Adelaide to a premiership in 1960 and Bruce Winter coached the Eagles to one in 1993. Between 1961 and 1992 the premiership coaches all shared an unusual record which McCarthy and Winter did not share. What was that?
2. Which of these races did Makybe Diva not win? A Melbourne Cup B WS Cox Plate C Sydney Cup D Caulfield Cup
3. St George won 11 successive rugby league premierships in the 1950s and 1960s. What years did they win the premierships?
4. Which former footballer for Norwood and Collingwood was also a city mayor and is presently a member of a state parliament?
5. Which current Australian Cabinet minister had a father who fought an epic three-way battle in the 1956 Olympic Games high jump before finally coming second?
6. Which city was going to host the 1940 Olympic Games before they were cancelled because of World War II?
7. Lady Hilda Madeline Britten-Jones was the South Australian champion in which sport in the 1920s? (Just couldn't resist that name)
8. Who wrote the foreword to Adelaide Sporting Sites edited by Bernard Whimpress and published by Santo Caruso?
9. At which sporting landmark would you be if you were at Tea Olive?
10. Which Australian Test cricketer of the 1970s who died late last year played four Tests with a top score of 105?

That's a beauty, Gavin. My score is 4.

28/04/2020

Can I ask anyone who wants to comment to do so on the Footy Almanac site rather than here. Do both, of course, if you're energetic.

When asked if he had played much cricket, Bernard Whimpress would normally reply, ‘not a lot.’ But as Bernard is an author, historian and former curator of the Adelaide Oval Museum, that wasn& #8217…

23/04/2020

An Australian friend based in London (Chelsea supporter from his youth) sent me this pic from his corner paper shop stating that it was an apt summary of the English Premier League season. He added that the stickers had been snaffled up - probably become collectables.

19/04/2020

18/04/2020

A fresh look at some of the sculptures yesterday - Ebert was out of action due to construction of the White Elephant Hotel.