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Mike Whitney was recently inducted into the Cricket NSW Hall Of Fame and now sits alongside some of the best cricketers of all time including Sir Donald Bradman, Victor Trumper, Richie Benaud, Ray Lindwall, Keith Miller, Bill O'Reilly, Doug Walters, Steve & Mark Waugh and Glenn McGrath. "Sugar" Ray Nosti & Andrew "Dawsey" Dawson chat to "Big Roy" about how he feels about his induction, his boyhood idol Doug Walters and a fiery clash with Australian wicketkeeping legend Rod Marsh!
The Australians head to England attempting to win their fourth consecutive series against the old enemy. The atrocious weather conditions cause havoc for most, but not Victor Trumper, who will emerge from this tour having played some of the most astounding cricket the game had seen, whilst the final two tests of the series would go down in history as some of the finest ever played. This is part 2 of 2 episodes covering the 1902 series. Part 1 was released last week. Series Scorecards: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-tour-of-england-1902-61340
The Australians head to England attempting to win their fourth consecutive series against the old enemy. The atrocious weather conditions cause havoc for most, but not Victor Trumper, who will emerge from this tour having played some of the most astounding cricket the game had seen, whilst the final two tests of the series would go down in history as some of the finest ever played. This is part 1 of 2 episodes covering the 1902 series. Part 2 will be released next week. Series Scorecards: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-tour-of-england-1902-61340
In Episode 61, Chops, Sameer, Mohan, Krtgrphr and Murali gather around to listen to Bits and Pieces' newest friend: the legendary cricket writer and South Yarra CC's premier batter, Gideon Haigh. Listen in as Gideon holds court from Indore on the ongoing India vs Australia Test series, Victor Trumper, Shane Warne, Ian Chappell, Wasim Akram and World Series Cricket while describing how he wrote his books, how he plays his cricket and how he sees the myriad changes afoot in cricket right now. Listen till the end for a surprise Andy Murray cameo. Find us on Twitter: 1. Bits and Pieces: https://twitter.com/bnp_cricket 2. Sameer Mohan: https://twitter.com/sleepyhead148 3. Chops: https://twitter.com/el_chopernos 4. Mohan K: https://twitter.com/mohank 5. Krtgrphr: https://twitter.com/krtgrphr 6. Murali S: https://twitter.com/muralisatagopun 7. Gideon: Nice try, he ain't on Twitter Show Notes: 1. Gideon Haigh's website: https://www.gideonhaigh.com/ 2. Gideon Haigh's significance for cricket writing: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2014/jan/20/gideon-haigh-cricket-writer 3. Gideon's Bradman Oration in 2012: https://youtu.be/9h4I6reP2vg 4. Gideon pays tribute to Shane Warne on his death: https://youtu.be/XrTZ1hGMSJM 5. Bookworm book store in Bangalore goes full Akramam mode: https://twitter.com/bookworm_Kris/status/1605458021932417024
To mark his sesquicentenary (28 January 2023), we release Part 2 of this episode on the life and career of Montague Alfred Noble (1873–1940), middle-order batsman, early exponent of swerve bowling, and Australia's twelfth Test captain. Once again, biographer Peter Lloyd joins host Tom Ford to discusses Monty's life and career, including Noble's qualities as a captain, his relationship with cricket crowds, the SCG Grandstand named in his honour and his legacy today. Furthermore, we dissect Noble's Test, First Class and Grade statistics in detail.Peter's self-published Limited Edition book Monty Noble: Cricketing Nobility (2022) was much sought after. Good luck finding a copy!ABOUT PETER LLOYD:After a long and wide-ranging career as an academic and consultant in public health, drew on his life-long passion for cricket literature and turned to writing. In 2020 and 2021, in collaboration with Peter Schofield, he produced two self-published pictorial narratives on Victor Trumper and Don Bradman, with the former awarded runner-up in The Australian Cricket Society Book of the Year. Turning to the 'Golden Age', in 2021 Peter self-published a biography of the NSW left-handed opening batsman Warren Bardsley, which was subsequently announced last August as the ACS Book of the Year.CREDITS:Presenter & Producer: Tom FordAll music used in podcast comes from the University of California Santa Barbara's remarkable collection of wax cylinder's from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which are free to download and use. You can donate to the upkeep of these recordings via their website.
To mark his 150th birthday (28 January 2023), we launch the podcast with a double episode on the life and career of Montague Alfred Noble (1873–1940), middle-order batsman, early exponent of swerve bowling, and Australia's twelfth Test captain. For this episode, biographer Peter Lloyd joins host Tom Ford to discusses the challenges he faced writing the first full-length account of Noble's life, his early cricket career, the various controversies surrounding Noble's bowling action, and how exactly we should address him (Monty? Alf? Mary-Ann? MAN?).In Part 2, Peter discusses Noble's qualities as a captain, his relationship with cricket crowds, the SCG Grandstand named in his honour and his legacy today. Furthermore, we dissect Noble's Test, First Class and Grade statistics in detail. Peter's self-published Limited Edition book Monty Noble: Cricketing Nobility (2022) was much sought after. Good luck finding a copy!ABOUT PETER LLOYD:After a long and wide-ranging career as an academic and consultant in public health, drew on his life-long passion for cricket literature and turned to writing. In 2020 and 2021, in collaboration with Peter Schofield, he produced two self-published pictorial narratives on Victor Trumper and Don Bradman, with the former awarded runner-up in The Australian Cricket Society Book of the Year. Turning to the 'Golden Age', in 2021 Peter self-published a biography of the NSW left-handed opening batsman Warren Bardsley, which was subsequently announced last August as the ACS Book of the Year.CREDITS:Presenter & Producer: Tom FordAll music used in podcast comes from the University of California Santa Barbara's remarkable collection of wax cylinder's from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which are free to download and use. You can donate to the upkeep of these recordings via their website.
Welcome to ‘The Golden Age of Cricket', a podcast which explores one of the most fascinating eras in the history of the game. Loosely defined as the twenty five years immediately preceding the outbreak of the First World War, the so called ‘Golden Age' (1890—1914) saw some of the most legendary cricketers of all time: WG Grace, Victor Trumper, CB Fry, Monty Noble, Wilfred Rhodes, Warwick Armstrong, KS Ranjitsinhji, Hugh Trumble, Sydney Barnes, Archie MacLaren, Clem Hill, Gilbert Jessop and many, many more. Join me, Tom Ford, as each episode I invite a guest to discuss a player, series or event from the Golden Age, in an attempt to resurrect this often forgotten chapter of cricket history. This is the antithesis of most cricket podcasts which focus on the modern game, and is for anyone interested in learning a little more about one of cricket's most fascinating periods. Save or subscribe to the podcast now so you'll never miss an episode.
In this week's episode, Phil and Alison re-cap a memorable Sydney Derby, dissect Josh Kelly's final goal and the mystery of post-goal rotations.0:00 - This week's episode• Fun facts of the week• The view from high up in the Victor Trumper Stand5:43 - From the west of the town• Why Phil wasn't stressed• The Buddy v Taylor duel• The final goal: How each team set up• Josh Kelly's new role14:57 - Around the grounds• VFL wrap• A regulation round• “It just sort of worked out like that”• Looking ahead to another big round20:15 - Phil me in: Rotations• Is it mandatory to rotate after a goal?• The new rotation cap• Tom Green's substitution issue24:57 - The final countdown• This week's recommendations:- Sherpa on Netflix- 30 for 30: Hillsborough on Kayo
On This Day in 1911 Aussie cricketer Victor Trumper scored a double century against South Africa and on this day in 2004, Lindsay Davenport and James Blake claim the Hopman Cup title for the USA as we Celebrate This Day for Tobin Brothers Funerals- Celebrating Lives.
On This Day in 1911 Aussie cricketer Victor Trumper scored a double century against South Africa and on this day in 2004, Lindsay Davenport and James Blake claim the Hopman Cup title for the USA as we Celebrate This Day for Tobin Brothers Funerals- Celebrating Lives.
On This Day in 1911 Aussie cricketer Victor Trumper scored a double century against South Africa and on this day in 2004, Lindsay Davenport and James Blake claim the Hopman Cup title for the USA as we Celebrate This Day for Tobin Brothers Funerals- Celebrating Lives.
In this conversation the Australian journalist and cricket writer Gideon Haigh discusses the ways in which cricket, and sport more generally is political. Gideon Haigh's work includes regular columns for The Australian and The Times, biographical essays about Jack Iverson, Victor Trumper and Shane Warne, reviews and reflections on series, teams, eras and controversies. He does not tweet, use facebook or any other form of social media. I tweet @cricketingview --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cricketingview/message
The eloquent and encyclopaedic Gideon Haigh joins Diana and Donald to chat all things cricket. We learn about when and why cricket started in Australia, its greasy foothold in America and its unabating grip within the Indian sub continent.Gideon reads a passage from his profile on Shane Warne featured in The Monthly in September 2005 ('Beach Boy'), which preceded a legendary Test match that summer and Gideon's book, On Warne.We cover a lot of ground (sorry) in this special Christmas edition of Greenland, in which we zero in on one of the great Australian pastimes - playing or watching cricket. The Boxing Day Test is one of the fixtures on our national sporting calendar, played on the hallowed turf of the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).Links to some stuff we refer to/further reading:The enduring legacy of Phillip Hughes, article in The Australian by Gideon Haigh, 27 November 2019. This is a stunning reflection on a post-Hughes cricket world.Gideon Haigh's most recent book, This is How I Will Strangle You is out now. It examines the tortuous experience of Natasa Christidou who was sexually abused by her father.If (like Diana) you can't get enough of Gideon's writing, here's a link to all of his published work and website so you can devour it there. A word about our cover art Australia is currently experiencing raging bushfires across New South Wales and Queensland. Our fire brigades and volunteers have been absolutely stretched to the hilt and our whole community is trying to support them. A small way we're helping out at Greenland is to use this epic photo taken by John Donegan as our promo artwork for this episode on social channels. All proceeds of the sale of the photo are being donated to the NSW Rural Fire Service. It's a beautiful photo that captures the spirit of our firefighters and the role of cricket in Australian life - in good and tough times. If you'd to purchase the photo (and support the NSW Rural Fire Service) you can do so here for A$55.
Victor Trumper and Reggie Duff, pictured, how the bowlers wished to see the back of them, they open for my team of the decade, it does not get easier for the bowlers with Clem Hill, Johnny Tyldesley, Monty Noble, FS Jackson, John Bart King, Ernie Vogler, Percy Sherwell, SF Barnes and Colin Blythe rounding out the side, but who did you pick and did you follow my left of field pick for Captain?
Victor Trumper - “a new star of unsurpassed brilliance and charm had joined the cluster of the southern cross”
Gideon Haigh was born in London but is now based in Melbourne. With over 30 years experience as a journalist, Gideon's passion is cricket. His latest book Stroke Of Genius looks at the career of cricketer Victor Trumper who was not only legendary on the pitch, but behind the lens of the camera. Timeline featuring the main topic change 0 - 2:58 minute mark – Luke and Susie intro and commercial. 2:59 minute mark – regular guest Author, Executive coach and Keynote speaker Muffy Churches talks about overreaction, frustration on unexpected outcomes, understanding what upsets us and makes us defensive, take the knowledge and be prepared of the trigger when it comes up, try anticipate things. 10:59 minute mark – commercial. 11:28 minute mark – guest Australia's favorite Cricket writer Gideon Haighs talks about Victor Trumper and the shot that changed the Cricket in his new book Stroke of Genius. 12:12 minute mark – Why Trumper (1905 Cricketer) and not Bradman who is the face of the Cricket? 16:04 minute mark – capturing Cricket moments before technology took over compared to now. 17:30 minute mark – being a Cricket lover his whole life. 19:22 minute mark – Shane Warne gave us the ball of the century but Trumper gave us the stroke of the century! – Gideon 20:00 minute mark – Stroke of Genius, a book for a Cricketer and fans, a book for photographers and a book for history lovers! 21:57 minute mark – Trumper demonstrates a man of moral and high ethical standards and one of the best Cricketers. 24:25 minute mark – the man behind the amazing Trumper photograph, pioneer photographer Eadward Muybridge. 27:00 minute mark – There hasn't been any Cricketer like Trumper. - Gideon 30:06 minute mark – Closing part. Sponsor's link/s: Learn Radio: http://learnradioclub.com/go/learn-radio-com-au/ Guest's link/s: Gideon Haigh: http://www.gideonhaigh.com/
"A girlfriend once dumped me because she didn't like how enthusiastic I was about..."I love this quote from Gideon. This level of enthusiasm, as long as it's not criminal behaviour of course, should be celebrated! Sharing your enthusiasm and is the reason for this podcast and Gideon Haigh is as passionate as they come. Once the footy season ends, the Australian sporting focus turns pretty sharply straight on to cricket! I love this time of year. The smell of fresh cut grass, the extra daylight hours, and people everywhere wearing all white clothes that will, by days end, be covered in red, green, brown and who knows what other coloured stains. No man articulates everything cricket means than Gideon Haigh. A master of the English language - what blokes drinking at the bar may only exclaim as "GOT HIM! YES!", Gideon is able to contextualise and describe that moment's significance in far greater detail with supreme use of words. His latest book, Stroke of Genius, investigates the myth behind Australian cricketer Victor Trumper - and the shot that changed cricket. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Gideon's managed to get 315 pages from this one. Stroke of Genius was launched at Gideon's cricket club, Yarras, a few days after recording this. Tim Rogers of You Am I fame was on hand to lead the launch and had some real inspiring words to say. In this photo, Tim is imitating the viper-like bowling pose of the great Dennis Lillee.Gideon pains to be thought of as simply a cricket writer, but 21 of his books have been somehow related to cricket! He explains this in our chat. "I think it changes your relationship to something when you rely on it for your livelihood. I always want cricket to be something that I go back to for solace and reinforcement and joy and satisfaction; not simply because it pays the bills." His principals are spot on.In this chat I'm reminded of my own passion for cricket. The summers spent glued to radio commentary outside or the TV inside. Playing. Watching my dad play and learning how to score. Playing and not really excelling but still loving it. Being part of a community, a club and an association of similar clubs. Contemplating history. Seeing my name on honour boards. Inspiring my own travel to the West Indies.Of course we have a quick preview of the upcoming Australian summer and what we can expect from our Test opponents, South Africa & Pakistan.When asked to name three songs that make him happy, "I'm not sure about joy..." was his initial response, but the songs he chose bring feelings of excitement, vitality, enthusiasm and other fantastic reactions. When I stopped the podcast recording, Gideon and I continued chatting. He took out his ipod and scrolled through the entire menu, naming every artist on it. We discussed many, I wrote many down of who I wasn't familiar with, and have been schooling myself deep into the world of post-punk born and spread from the second half of the 1970s. In that world, Gideon definitely out nerds me. The passion was and is infectious. What caught my surprise was Gideon's passion for music! The quote at the top of this page was related to his love of music. "If someone stole my ipod it would be of no use to them whatsoever; it's so totally contoured to the interior of my head."Music, writing and sport all things we discuss in great detail and I really enjoyed recording this episode - I hope you also do. Please share your thoughts with me @TheSongNerd.https://play.spotify.com/user/thesongnerd/playlist/1PjMUX8R9cwbvl62O0HFpT Feedback, banter or recommendations @TheSongNerd!
We are fortunate to be joined this week by the world's greatest cricket writer Mr Gideon Haigh. Things we blabbered on about included: Gideon's new book on Victor Trumper called "Stroke of Genius" - Australia's spin woes - Is anyone watching the West Indies v India series? - or the Zimbabwe v New Zealand one? - What is Dennis ranting about this week - Is Gideon Smarter Than A 5th Grade Cricketer - Listener Questions where someone won a wallet courtesy of The Game - plus the famous Muller Award.