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ODI World Cup – India October 2023
by Kobe Jacobs, ACS Literary Scholar Given that Australia are statistically the most successful team to ever grace the One Day International scene, our expectations are for the very best from our boys each time they step onto the field. The Aussies couldn’t get the...
Notice of 2023 AGM
Dear Member, Please find downloadable below details of our Annual General Meeting which is to be held on Friday, 27th October at William Angliss starting at 11.30am. An electronic version of the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the 2022~2023 Financial Year...
Pavilion coming this October!
The new magazine is out mid October with contributions from editor Ken Piesse, Mark Browning, Pam Bishop, Charles Davis, Ken Davis, Mark Dunstan, Ric Finlay, Peter Glenton, Kobe Jacobs, Peter Lloyd, Greg Morrissey, Barry Nicholls, Pam Payne, Geoff Poulter, Wayne Ross...
The Ashes 2023 – a series to long remember
by Kobe Jacobs, ACS Literary Scholar This 2023 Ashes series will be long remembered. Not just because of the captivating cricket that was on display throughout all five Test matches, but also because of the controversies, storylines and bitterness the series generated...
Vale Ken Woolfe
Extremely sad news - Ken Woolfe has passed away, aged 95. Ken, ACS Life Member, played an instrumental role in the formation of The Australian Cricket Society in June 1967 along with 22-year-old rising lawyer, Andrew Joseph. Ken was a keen wicketkeeper, cricketer and...
An anticlimactic end to a thrilling Ashes series
by Kobe Jacobs, ACS Literary Scholar In the end, England’s ultimate demise was the result of their weather. It isn’t an English summer without a bit of rain and the timing couldn’t have been any more cruel for the hosts. As an Australian, retaining the Ashes in this...
Are the England fans getting to the Australians?
by ACS literary scholar, Kobe Jacobs In a do-or-die situation, England stood up to the task of keeping this current Ashes series alive. Their three-wicket win at Headingley was fuelled by constant barracking from the England fans over the four days, which might just...
Bairstow’s brain fade causes English uproar
by Kobe Jacobs, ACS Literary Scholar On Day 5 of the Lord's Test, the Australians somehow managed to turn the home of cricket into one of the most hostile environments we have seen in the history of cricket. It was at no fault of their own. Alex Carey only did what...
An Ashes Classic – Australia win day five thriller at Edgbaston
by Kobe Jacobs, ACS Literary Scholar Those in Australia who stayed up until the early hours of Wednesday morning witnessed arguably the greatest Test match ever played between England and Australia and goodness hasn’t there been a few? The First Test at Edgbaston must...
Vale Tom Roper (6 March 1945−21 June 2023)
It is with great sadness that the Australian Cricket Society notes the death of Hon. Tom Roper, a long time ACS member (since 2006) and supporter. Although wheelchair-bound he made every effort to attend Society functions - the latest being the Celebration of the...
One down, one to go – Aussies too good in the World Test Championship
by Kobe Jacobs, ACS Literary Scholar This is it. This might just be one of the strongest Australian Test sides we have seen in quite some time. After securing the right to now be named the best Test team on the planet, the Australians will feel a win against India in...
Footy Almanac – Rick Darling dinner in Melbourne June 29
Footy Almanac founder John Harms is assisting the ACS by mentoring our Journalism Scholar, Kobe Jacobs. John invites you to dinner on June 29 as per below: You are invited to dinner with former Test cricketer Rick Darling, as we celebrate his book Bush to Buckingham...