Nice Faulkie, really nice. Up There Cazaly just resonates more with me, but maybe it’s that it lacks that overt jingoism you mention. The swinging arms in the video are disgraceful but gee do we miss the marking or what!!?? I was shocked that Up There Cazaly and My Sharona are similar in age. I’ll email you about copies.
Didn't know or perhaps have forgotten the reason behind Up their Cazaly. A reminder that there were plenty of distractions when you are young and not long in the big smoke.
I vaguely recall the Australian cricket team doing a song (Here come the Aussies) early to mid-70s perhaps, it was the Ian Chappell era. I think it did pretty well in the charts. (I wanted to trust my memory but gave into temptation and looked it up, it was 1972, it’s still a vague memory though. I thought it was a bit later than '72).
Outstanding piece. But I always liked one day in September better than up there Cazaly. Maybe it was more for the participants (albeit what level) than the spectator. Just think if Mike Brady would have imagined a week or two of cashies still being done nearly 50 years later
Nice Faulkie, really nice. Up There Cazaly just resonates more with me, but maybe it’s that it lacks that overt jingoism you mention. The swinging arms in the video are disgraceful but gee do we miss the marking or what!!?? I was shocked that Up There Cazaly and My Sharona are similar in age. I’ll email you about copies.
Glad my cousin got a mention 'keeper! Ossie Vincent (Carlton) throwing the ball in the face of Richmond's "Swampy" Patterson. Keep up the good work AF
"Marshy's taking wickets" has always annoyed me, when "... keeping wickets" with the same footage of Marsh taking a catch would have worked better.
But then poor Lennie Pascoe’s contribution was only making divots in the green.
Surely Dennis Compton assisted by Godfrey Evans showing Buddy Holly the rudiments of batting was cricket's first brush with popular music https://www.pinterest.com/pin/buddy-holly-with-the-crickets-and-cricketers-godfrey-evans-and-denis-compton-photographed-by-harry-hammond1958-m--396387204680473419/
Being a big Buddy Holly fan, there are precious few images of him for obvious reasons, and these are priceless.
It’s as odd as Jim Laker (I think it was) appearing on the American version of This Is Your Life for Boris Karloff in the late-50s.
I can attest it’s a great read!! One of my faves of the summer.
What about ‘Our Don Bradman’ song, from the 30’s I believe; also a Paul Kelly song about Bradman I believe?
Great read. Do yourself a favour and buy it.
Didn't know or perhaps have forgotten the reason behind Up their Cazaly. A reminder that there were plenty of distractions when you are young and not long in the big smoke.
I vaguely recall the Australian cricket team doing a song (Here come the Aussies) early to mid-70s perhaps, it was the Ian Chappell era. I think it did pretty well in the charts. (I wanted to trust my memory but gave into temptation and looked it up, it was 1972, it’s still a vague memory though. I thought it was a bit later than '72).
Outstanding piece. But I always liked one day in September better than up there Cazaly. Maybe it was more for the participants (albeit what level) than the spectator. Just think if Mike Brady would have imagined a week or two of cashies still being done nearly 50 years later