It was a fine late August morning and I put my arms up and to the surprise of everyone at Dutton Park the fullback miskicked it straight onto my chest! Still in shock I put the ball back over his dismayed head for the lead. Shaking his hand after the siren, I felt sorry for my ...
I see some Blues scarves easing down the stairs of the Sir Edwin Smith Stand. A mate texts to announce that ‘the Tigers have done it!’ I can’t relax. Not yet. The ball spends long, agonising minutes at the wrong end. Like a constipated mathematician without a pencil, we can’t w...
“I haven’t brought my pen. Is the pencil okay?” I asked. In fact I knew they wouldn’t refuse. I just wanted to show a well-known writer’s good manners to the common readers.“Certainly,” the young girls readily agreed. I could see they were very excited. Of course, their ...
A Cornish pasty The view from the 1st tee-block at Victor Harbor Golf Club A band at The Wheaty on a Sunday afternoon Buying (another) Glenelg Footy Club premiership stubby holder Four Larks and a Wren, Tuesday mornings on Three D Radio (with Stu) The joyful approach to cricket shown by...