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Growing up with the Game – ACS Literary Scholar 2026: Liam Grima
By Liam Grima, incoming ACS Journalism Scholar (mentored by The Footy Almanac‘s John Harms). Cricket has always played a pivotal role in my life. Like many kids in Australia, my summers were spent watching Test cricket on TV, while taping one half of...
Could the USA succeed as a Test playing nation?
By Lorenzo Di-Mauro Hayes, ACS Journalism Scholar (mentored by The Footy Almanac‘s John Harms). Could the USA succeed as a Test playing nation? Perhaps more importantly, would the American public be open to the addition of cricket in the US summer sporting schedule?...
It’s been a crazy Ashes series.
By Lorenzo Di-Mauro Hayes, ACS Journalism Scholar (mentored by The Footy Almanac‘s John Harms). It’s been a crazy Ashes series. Australia has not fielded their best XI in this Ashes campaign. Josh Hazelwood will not play.. Steve Smith captained the side through the...
Dinner with Dizzy – Saturday 27th December @ Kooyong
The annual ACS Boxing Day dinner for 2025 was held at Kooyong on Saturday 27th December, the second and unexpectedly last day of the Ashes Test match. Our special guest was Australian fast bowling great Jason “Dizzy” Gillespie. Members and their guests, 78 in...
Celebration of Cricket Carnival – Barossa
The Australian Cricket Society is again fielding a team in the Celebration of Cricket Carnival in the Barossa Valley next year the same week as the Echuca Carnival. Barossa: 26 caters for Over 60 and O70s players who were missed selection in club teams for Echuca. The...
An Amazing Women’s World Cup
By Lorenzo Di-Mauro Hayes, ACS Journalism Scholar (mentored by The Footy Almanac‘s John Harms). When Tayla McGrath doesn’t take a catch to dismiss Jemimah Rodrigues, no Australian on the field seems fazed. They are behind in this do-or-die semi-final; India is batting...
An Opening Conundrum
By Lorenzo Di-Mauro Hayes, ACS Journalism Scholar (mentored by The Footy Almanac‘s John Harms). The Ashes series is just weeks away and the questions surrounding the openers are about to grow louder. For those in the conversation, it’s time to stand up and be counted....
A NAME TO REMEMBER
By Lorenzo Di-Mauro Hayes, ACS Journalism Scholar (mentored by The Footy Almanac‘s John Harms). On the eve of the 2025-26 season, LORENZO DI-MAURO HAYES spoke with Victoria’s rising young champion Campbell Kellaway Remember the name Campbell...
West Indies v Australia
By Lorenzo Di-Mauro Hayes, ACS Journalism Scholar (mentored by The Footy Almanac‘s John Harms). If what we wanted from the Australian-West Indies Test series was a little more confidence going into the Ashes series this summer, then it wasn’t much of a success. That...
Notice of Annual General Meeting
Notice of Meeting Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting is to be held at William Angliss Restaurant, 550 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne on Thursday, August 28th, at 10.30 am. (Prior to our Neil Balme Footy Finals Event.) Business:...
Footy Almanac Lunch – Kelvin Templeton
Our friends at the Footy Almanac have a lunch coming up on Friday 25 July, and welcome ACS members. Malarkey Publications invite you to another fine Footy Almanac Lunch, this one featuring champion footballer, Brownlow Medallist and author, Kelvin Templeton - to be...
Sun shines on Proteas – South Africa win WTC Final
By Lorenzo Di-Mauro Hayes, ACS Journalism Scholar (mentored by The Footy Almanac‘s John Harms). The South African men’s cricket team has waited for this moment for a very long time. The wait doesn’t just include the two-year cycle of the World Test Championship. It...