by Ken Piesse | Feb 21, 2019 | News
Australian Cricket Society cricket book lovers are welcome to see our cricket book exhibition at the Junction Oval on Sundays from 9.30 a.m. We are set up in the foyer of the CitiPower Centre, next to the refreshment stand. Mr Cricket, the Warren Saunders story, $50...
by Ken Piesse | Feb 11, 2019 | News
Australia’s finest early captain – and certainly the most militant – Billy Murdoch was a cultured technician, quick on his feet and at his best, impossible to contain when set. Scorer of the first two double-centuries in Australian-first-class cricket, in 1881-82, he...
by Ken Piesse | Feb 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Australian Cricket Society has back-to-back charity bookstalls at the Junction Oval St Kilda on Sunday, February 24 for the Sheffield Shield match between Victoria and Queensland and the following Sunday during the International between the Australian women and...
by Ken Piesse | Jan 3, 2019 | News
Harsha Bhogle delighted at our 2018 Christmas dinner at Kooyong. He spoke passionately and most eloquently of the rise and rise of Indian cricket. Geoff Lemon proved the toast to cricket.
by Ken Piesse | Dec 31, 2018 | News
KEN PIESSE SAYS: Those in control of Australian cricket can blame only themselves for the loss of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, even before Friday’s Sydney Test. They were stood over and bullied by their Indian counterparts. Downgrading Brisbane to also-ran status — and...
