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Sixes in Sulus – The Story of a Forgotten Cricketing Nation and Their 1959/1960 Tour of New South Wales

To play, press the orange button in the top left hand corner. Scroll down for photos, statistics and other information. If you’d prefer to read this piece, I’ve linked the script here, with recorded quotes included. Fiji Squad, including ages and occupations at the beginning of the tour Nacanieli “Nat” Uluiviti (Captain), 27, civil servant,Continue reading “Sixes in Sulus – The Story of a Forgotten Cricketing Nation and Their 1959/1960 Tour of New South Wales”

Sixes in Sulus Script

The recording you’ve just heard was broadcast live from the Cooma Ex-Services Club, late on the night of Wednesday January 13, way back in 1960. The local Monaro Cricket Association team is set to play against an international side for the first time on the upcoming weekend, and, despite getting lost on the way throughContinue reading “Sixes in Sulus Script”

Reflections from a Narrative Interview with a Storyteller, Sports Fan and Friend

For my narrative interview I was able to line up friend and Illawarra Mercury sports journalist Mitch Jennings, feeling that he was a good option as he is someone who works in the field I aspire to enter after university, and is also someone I know well and have worked alongside in a professional sense.Continue reading “Reflections from a Narrative Interview with a Storyteller, Sports Fan and Friend”

How Looking to the Past Helped me Aim for the Future During COVID Lockdowns

I have held a number of jobs since graduating from school at the end of 2019, working mostly in hospitality, media and sport, but none have been disrupted as quickly and as drastically as my journalism cadetship in 2020, where I worked for independent newspaper The Monaro Post in Cooma. My main role was asContinue reading “How Looking to the Past Helped me Aim for the Future During COVID Lockdowns”

How The Castle bought both significance, and serenity, to Aussie Cinema and Culture

First things first, I adore The Castle. It was first shown to me by my neighbours when I was nine or ten, and the whole thing went a mile over my head, except for Dennis Denuto (as seen on TV) swearing at his faulty photocopier. But around me everyone was in hysterics; “tell him he’sContinue reading “How The Castle bought both significance, and serenity, to Aussie Cinema and Culture”

When the Windies Came to Town: The Australian Summer of ’84/85

As they arrive for two Tests this Australian summer, I look back on the West Indies 1984/85 tour of Australia, where they played not only five Tests and over a dozen ODIs, but tour games from Wangaratta to the WA Wheatbelt, which I will look to revisit in this piece. The West Indies will foreverContinue reading “When the Windies Came to Town: The Australian Summer of ’84/85”

BCM 241 Final Report

This report aims to introduce the niche of cricket writers on Substack to a new audience, and the ways in which different creators reach an audience in traditional and new ways. In this report, the autoethnographic methods undertaken across the semester will be discussed, and how it can assist in the creation of a personaContinue reading “BCM 241 Final Report”

Steps towards the Research Report on Online Cricket Writing

Timezones and Target Markets are related to Indian cricket tend to receive more views, as they are directed to an enormous market of cricket fans, as well as often being timely and released while they are playing in a series or recently after. Something I have noted about Jarrod’s work is that it is oftenContinue reading “Steps towards the Research Report on Online Cricket Writing”

Mapping the Outfield of My Cricket-Themed Field Site

In the above video I discussed my mindmap, and following on from that I will discuss my field site in this blog post. I feel that I will be able to bring a range of skills to study my niche ethnographically, through my knowledge of the sport itself and my involvement in sports media asContinue reading “Mapping the Outfield of My Cricket-Themed Field Site”

Practicing What I Preach – Reviewing the Feedback I Gave to my BCM241 Peers

The three blogs that I provided feedback on as a part of this exercise were all ideas and concepts that I really enjoyed viewing. All three were well written and formatted, and I felt that they are all on the right track so there was no pulling them back to old content, only looking aheadContinue reading “Practicing What I Preach – Reviewing the Feedback I Gave to my BCM241 Peers”