John Harms is taking charge of the next Odd Friday Lunch. John, as well as running the Almanac, is a well known local writer, broadcaster, publisher, historian, speaker, MC and lunch host. He appears on the ABC’s Offsiders and has recently...
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Rodney Hogg, Australian fast bowler – debuted in the 78/79 Ashes series of 6 Tests with 41 wickets at an average of 12.85. He came into the team when Lillee and Thompson moved to World Series Cricket. He was an aggressive and sometimes...
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Peter Hudson, a proud Tasmanian, is arguably the game’s all time best Full Forward. He is the most prolific goalkicker who won the Coleman Medal four times while at Hawthorn, and holds numerous goalkicking records. He made his VFL debut...
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Malarkey Publications and The Footy Almanac invite all Drop-kicks, Misfits and Ratbags to huddle at the North Fitzroy Arms this coming Thursday (March 17) to be blessed by bon vivant (second) ruckman and pub philosopher, Percy Jones. You can see...
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Friday 11 th March 1:05pm As Regular as the Calendar, although odd, and with a ‘Mystery’ Guest Speaker! We must first apologies for the late notice of next Fridays lunch. However, Percy has been waiting on a yes from a couple of possible guest...
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As Regular as the Calendar, and with Special Guest Speaker John Birt A superb rover at Essendon, John Birt was selected in 2002, by an expert Essendon panel, as number twenty-one of the 25 “Champions of Essendon” He won the Dons best and...
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Dean Jones “wrote the book” on one day cricket (Dean Jones:One-Day Magic). A showman, brilliant fieldsman and runner between wickets he was regarded as one of the best one day cricketers in the world – ahead of his time. His ODI batting...
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