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The award-winning theatre and film actor Antony Sher has died aged 72 after suffering from cancer, the Royal Shakespeare Company announced on Friday.
South Africa-born Sher was widely considered to be one of Britain´s finest contemporary actors, playing almost all the great Shakespearean roles from King Lear to Shylock.
In 1985, he won an Olivier Award for his energetic portrayal of Richard III as a villainous hunchback, propelling himself around the stage on crutches.
He was in several successful movies, including "Shakespeare In Love" and was once described by Prince Charles as his favourite actor.
While at the RSC, Sher met his husband, Gregory Doran, who would become the company´s artistic director. They were one of the first gay couples to enter a civil partnership in Britain in 2005.
Doran stepped back from his role in September to care for his husband after his condition was diagnosed as terminal.
RSC executive director Catherine Mallyon and Erica Whyman, acting artistic director, said they were "deeply saddened" at Sher´s death.
"Our thoughts and sincere condolences are with Greg, and with Antony´s family and their friends at this devastating time," they said.
"Antony had a long association with the RSC and a hugely celebrated career on stage and screen."
RSC chair Shriti Vadera said the actor was "beloved" in the organisation "and touched and enriched the lives of so many people"...AFP
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The Royal Shakespeare Company has appointed Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey as their new co-artistic directors
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Tamara Harvey becomes the RSC’s first ever permanent female artistic director
Daniel Evans returns to the RSC after making his acting debut there in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Royal Shakespeare Company has appointed Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey as their new co-artistic directors.
The pair replace acting artistic director Erica Whyman, who was appointed following the departure of Gregory Doran in April 2022, whose husband, actor Antony Sher, died last year
Harvey has been artistic director of Theatr Clwyd since 2015, and also worked with Mark Rylance as an assistant director at Shakespeare’s Globe. She makes history in the role, being the first woman to take up the permanent role of artistic director of the RSC. Evans has been artistic director of Chichester Festival Theatre since 2016, and was formerly a successful actor. He made his acting debut at the RSC in a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Harvey and Evans are friends, and currently working with each other on a co-production of Enid Blyton Famous Five The Musical, which opens in Theatr Clwyd this week before transferring to Chichester.
They take up their new positions at the RSC in June 2023, and in the meantime Erica Whyman will continue as acting artistic director.
The RSC currently has Matilda The Musical playing in the West End, at the Cambridge Theatre; and major new show My Neighbour Totoro starts performances next month at the Barbican Theatre.
Shriti Vadera, Chair of the RSC Board, said in a statement: “The Board is delighted to appoint Daniel and Tamara as Co-Artistic Directors from an exceptionally strong field of candidates. They bring a brilliant track record of artistic achievement with a strong commitment to education, communities and championing diverse talent and voices, alongside a proven strategic ability to lead major companies. Their partnership heralds an exciting vision for the future of the RSC to attract world-class artistic talent, captivate today’s audiences with Shakespeare, classics and new work, and increase radically the reach and impact of our pioneering learning, partnerships and digital work.”
Vadera went on to say that: “We are enormously grateful for Erica’s generous and inclusive leadership and significant contribution to the Company over the last decade, including her championing of new work, her commitment to the RSC as a truly national organisation with our ground-breaking national partnerships, and of course as director across all our stages.”
Daniel Evans said:”I was fortunate to see so many inspiring performances at Stratford during my teenage years; and later celebrated my 21st birthday there during my first professional job post-drama school. So, to be returning to the RSC as its Co-Artistic Director is immensely meaningful to me. To do so alongside Tamara is a joy and a privilege. We share deep-rooted values and an ambitious vision for the Company, and we’re both looking forward to working with Catherine and the team to begin this new, exciting chapter in the RSC’s story.”
Tamara Harvey said: “Being taken to Stratford to see Murder in the Cathedral at the Swan when I was fifteen was one of the most vivid moments of my childhood. A sense of awe, but even then, a desire to get in there and start making plays: two feelings I continue to hold today. Stepping into this job is both the most exciting and the most daunting thing I’ve ever done. The great joy of working in partnership with Daniel, an artist I admire beyond measure, is that we share both that excitement and that awe at becoming the next custodians of this amazing company. We bring a shared belief in all that the RSC can be – a home for radical, relevant theatre made by artists from across the UK and the wider world. A global community inspired by Shakespeare, bringing together myriad voices to tell the stories of our time – and of all time.”
Catherine Mallyon, Executive Director, said: “I am excited to start a new leadership relationship with Daniel and Tamara who have a profound understanding of the RSC as a theatre and learning charity, combined with the high levels of the skill, imagination, talent and commitment required to make captivating theatre, unlock potential and inspire change.”
The recruiting panel for the position was led by the RSC’s chair Shriti Vadera, and included Noma Dumezweni, Nicholas Hytner, Genista McIntosh, Ayanna Thompson and Mark Thompson. Observers to the process were Neil Darlison (Arts Council England) and Donna Munday.
The RSC has past form in appointing joint artistic directors, with Trevor Nunn and Terry Hands running the RSC between 1978 to 1986.
The company’s new 2023 season will be announced next week.
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I have two indelible images of my life with Tony which oddly correspond. One of them is just a week old. Big Rock is a white granite outcrop that squats like a giant toad, at the end of a beach in Sea Point, the suburb of Cape Town in which Tony was born. At high tide, you can jump from the rock into a pool below, as green as malachite, and as exhilarating as a cool flute of Pol Roger. Tony loved that jump. That’s why he chose this place. That’s why we are here. His family and I clambered up, each scooped a handful of his ashes, and scattered them scintillating in the bright sea air.
The other image is from a soggy December morning in Islington in 2005 when, after 18 years together, we were made legal. We became civil partners on the first day that same-sex couples were allowed to do so. Tony couldn’t believe that within his lifetime, gay rights should have come so far. As we emerged on to the steps of the Town Hall, our friends and family pelted us with rice and confetti.
Confetti and ashes. In fistfuls, flung into the air.
We discovered that Tony had cancer out of the blue, in June, just before his 72nd birthday. There were two lesions, one the doctor said, which was the size of a satsuma.
Tony told me he was going to write about this whole experience, to keep a journal (as he had so many times before). He would call it “The Year of the Satsuma”, and he said he had the first line: “When the theatres closed, I was playing an old Shakespearian actor dying of cancer. Now I am an old Shakespearian actor dying of cancer. Who says actors don’t take their work home with them.”
Tony knew what was coming. During the preparation for that play, John Kani’s Kunene and the King, he spent many hours researching what cancer did to you.
That research informed Tony’s decision not to take any treatment – drugs that might extend his life a few weeks, but which would inevitably bring distressing side-effects: nausea, diarrhoea, etc. He had seen his late sister Verne go through just that too recently. Rather than go into hospital, he wanted to spend the brief time allotted to us at home, in our beloved house, on the Welcombe Hills, in Stratford-upon-Avon.
By the end of August, we knew the cancer was inoperable and terminal, (one prognosis gave him three to four months), and at the start of September I requested compassionate leave.
On my birthday in November, as he woke up, he took both my hands and said, in the hoarse whistle that that great voice of his had become: “I made it to your birthday”. He had written two cards, just in case: one if he did, one if he didn’t get there. He died a fortnight later.
In truth, the RSC allowing me to take compassionate leave gave us time. But not enough time. We did manage to sort his archive, a 50-year career of his annotated play scripts, now all collected in the cabin trunk he brought over with him, as a shy 19 year old, from South Africa in 1968.
We collected together all the manuscripts of his novels, the typescripts of his journals, and stored a lifetime of diaries in a very large case. His artwork is now all catalogued too, from some precociously accomplished biblical scenes drawn as a teenager, to the sketches scribbled in rehearsal, to the portraits and the oil paintings.
The Audience is a huge 6ft x 7ft canvas of an auditorium filled with important people in his life: heroes and villains: Mandela, Tutu, Albie Sachs; as well as monsters (many of whom he played) like Hitler. Artists he idolised: Dalí, Bacon, Hockney, Michelangelo. Actors he admired: Marlon Brando in The Godfather, Meryl Streep in Sophie’s Choice, Peter Sellers in Dr Strangelove, Fiona Shaw, Mark Rylance, Simon Callow, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen. And there, glowering from the canvas, Olivier as Richard III. He called it a dream map of his life. And there are parts he played, too. Arnold the drag queen in Torch Song Trilogy; Singer in Peter Flannery’s play, Stanley in Pam Gems’s play at the NT. Macbeth (with Harriet Walter), Leontes, and Shylock.
Tony was playing Shylock in Bill Alexander’s production of The Merchant of Venice in the 1987 season at Stratford when we first met. Tony gave a volcanic performance, a white heat which I witnessed in close-up every night. I was just a young actor, playing Solanio, and I spent much of my time voiding my rheum on Shylock’s beard, and trying to beat him up with a stick. Until one wet Thursday matinee, when I was clearly (as they say in the business) “phoning it in”. Before I knew it, Shylock had grabbed my stick and was chasing me around the stage.
That taught me a lesson, to be in the moment. One of Tony’s great gifts as an actor was to be completely there, utterly present on stage and thus mesmeric, with the compelling quality of compression, of always having more power held in reserve.
During the shortening days of autumn, we were able to look back on some shared memories. We walked together on the Great Wall of China (on the RSC tour of Henry IV and Henry V).
And we walked together in one of the first ever gay pride marches in Johannesburg (during a National Theatre Studio visit to the Market Theatre), as American zealots (shipped in specially for the occasion) held up their bibles and shouted “Perish!” at us from the sidelines.
But our souls always lifted together watching wildlife. Trekking into the forests of Uganda, on our honeymoon to sit in the presence of mountain gorillas. Bathing elephants in a tributary of the Ganges.
Tony meant a great deal to a great many people. Many of them wrote to tell him how much he had inspired them: as an actor, in his writing, in his life. I am glad he got to hear some of those tributes before he left. When news that he was ill broke in the papers, many printed appreciations of his talent. “It’s a bit creepy,” he said, “like reading my own obituaries”. “Maybe,” I said, “but at least they are all five-star raves.”
As I try to come to terms with Tony’s loss, it is Lear’s line about Cordelia that makes most sense to me. “Thou’lt come no more. Never, never, never, never, never.” I can still hear Tony saying that line: each repetition an attempt to articulate and comprehend the finality of death. Now that he is gone, it’s not consolation I yearn for, but acceptance.
An evening of programmes dedicated to Antony Sher begins at 7pm tonight on BBC Four
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Terence Mervyn Rattigan was born in London on June 10, 1911, the son of a career diplomat and serial philanderer whose indiscretions resulted in his being cashiered by the Foreign Office. As a member of the lower upper-middle class in the inter-war period, the young Rattigan received a first-rate education at Harrow and Trinity College, Oxford. His was a privileged, intellectual background that is reflected in his plays. For a decade after the Second World War, he was one of England's leading playwrights, but the eruption of the "kitchen-sink" school of English drama in the mid-1950s scuttled his critical reputation.
Rattigan achieved his first success as a playwright at age 25 with the light comedy "French Without Tears" (1936), which was a smash in the West End. Determined to do more serious work, he wrote the satirical social drama "After the Dance" in 1939, which skewered the failure of the class of "Bright Young Things" to prevent another war. The advent of World War II truncated the play's run, but Rattigan would continue to taste sweet success for a full generation, alternating between comedies and dramas.
In the post-war period, he established himself as a major English dramatist with "The Winslow Boy", "The Browning Version", "The Deep Blue Sea", and "Separate Tables", all of which were made into successful motion pictures. A Rattigan play displayed keen craftsmanship and finely-structured plots; emotion was hidden in the best English middle-class tradition, but was lurking in the depths. The typical Rattigan play was a sympathetic, witty study of middle-class people in emotional distress. There was often a love triangle or a general conflict in which decent people found themselves embroiled. These characters sublimated their emotions and passions; the psychic cost of repression was a focus and theme of Rattigan's work.
Rattigan's themes were personal: the illogicality of love; the conflict between idealized love and love as realized in the here and now; the pain of lost promise; and the defeat of potential greatness by human weakness. The themes and leitmotifs in Rattigan's plays were found beneath the surface; nothing was worn on the sleeve. They were elucidated by the playwright's craft, through a well-constructed story and skillfully-observed characters.
According to Rattigan's biographer Geoffrey Wansell, he had learned how to mask his feelings from his father, whose multiple love affairs, carried on in secret behind his wife's back, appalled his son. Also, Terence was a homosexual in an era rife with anti-gay sentiment; the persecution of those suffering from what was once termed "inversion" was all too real.
Rattigan lived behind a mask (he was very discreet about his own same-sex affairs), as did the characters in his plays. Emotions were buried lest their display cause even more pain, or scandal. Wansell believes that his reticence stemmed from a deeply-rooted aversion to emotional engagement. "Behind the apparently carefree mask lived a man crying out to be loved and appreciated," Wansell wrote, "but a man who was also incapable of demonstrating that need."
For a run of almost five straight years in the 1940s, Rattigan had plays appearing simultaneously on the boards of three adjacent West End theaters. In 1956 the English stage was revolutionized by John Osborne's "Look Back in Anger," in which emotions were (in the parlance of a later generation) allowed to "all hang out." Overnight, Rattigan's dreams of emotional repression were deemed old-fashioned. Dramatists, directors, and actors who stuck with the old "well-crafted", more subtle paradigm of drama were also deemed "old-fashioned" and suffered a professional eclipse. (Laurence Olivier, who had starred in Rattigan plays and movies made from his work, kept himself relevant by offering himself to Osborne, who crafted "The Entertainer" for him. It would be many years before his contemporaries John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson would make it out of the woods, outside of Shakespeare, in terms of contemporary drama. They appeared together in Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land" 20 years after the changing of the guard).
"Look Back in Anger" was a cultural broadside against everything the Establishment represented, and Rattigan was very much part of that Establishment. In the introduction to his collected plays, published in 1959, Rattigan wrote of an archetypal playgoer, "Aunt Edna," whom he characterized as a "nice, respectable, middle-class, middle-aged maiden lady" to whom playwrights had to be responsive as she was the person who spent her money to go to the theater. What Rattigan was trying to say is that the theater must be responsive to its audience; to the new Turks, many of whom would later thrive in non-commercial, state-subsidized theater. Rattigan was a shameless old fart, pandering to the very class of people, the Aunt Ednas and the Miss Grundys, whom they despised and whose tastes, and the drama and comedies written to suit those tastes, debased the theater as an art form.
Rattigan's reputation declined and, overnight, his plays were derided by the critics. A very sensitive man who had a terrible fear of failure, Rattigan's confidence declined along with his critical reputation. He retaliated the new kitchen-sink school in interviews and via dialogue in his new plays, with the result that he underscored the new generation's contempt of him. Rattigan transformed himself into a caricature of the kind of playwright the new English theater was rebelling against: conservative, staid, old-fashioned, valuing craft above feeling, with no empathy for the modern world or for the majority of Britons. To them, he represented the complacency of a moribund Tory- and toff-dominated Britain that was no longer relevant after the Suez debacle of 1956.
Truthfully, among the post-1956 Rattigan plays are some of his finest work, including "Ross," "Man and Boy," and "Cause Celebre," but it didn't matter to the critics: he was considered hopelessly passé. Like the post- "The Night of the Iguana" Tennessee Williams, he was cruelly discarded as a contemporary artist of any relevance. He was a phantom of a past that vanished with Britain's world-power status after Suez.
Rattigan was first diagnosed with leukemia in 1962; it went into remission in 1964, but he suffered a relapse in 1968. Despising the "Mod" Britain of the 1960s, he moved to Bermuda. In that decade he supported himself by writing screenplays, and for a while he enjoyed the status as the world's highest-paid screenwriter. He was knighted in 1972 and moved back to England. His critical reputation saw a minor revival shortly before his death from cancer in 1977, and a major revival in the early 21st century after Karel Reisz staged a revival of "The Deep Blue Sea." Although he was never as successful in the United States as he was in Britain, Rattigan is increasingly being viewed in his homeland as one of the 20th century's finest playwrights.
Veteran entertainer Sir Bruce Forsyth had a career spanning eight decades, in which he went from struggling variety performer to Saturday night TV stardom. On the way, he became one of the most recognisable entertainers in the business, driven by what appeared to be inexhaustible energy. He became synonymous with the plethora of game shows that seemed to dominate television light entertainment in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, although he often felt he had become typecast as the genial quizmaster. And at an age when most performers would have put their feet up, his career enjoyed a huge revival with the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing (2004). Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson was born in Edmonton, north London, on 22 February 1928. His father owned a local garage and both his parents were Salvation Army members who sang and played music at home.
Bruce was a direct descendant of William Forsyth, a founder of the Royal Horticultural Society, whose name was given to the plant forsythia. His interest in showbusiness was kindled at the age of eight and he was reportedly found tap-dancing on the flat roof after watching his first Fred Astaire film.
He made his stage debut at the age of 14 as Boy Bruce, the Mighty Atom, appearing bottom of the bill at the Theatre Royal, Bilston. Live entertainment was a way of escaping the pressures and dangers of wartime Britain, and there was a huge demand for acts, no matter how bad they were.
But there was to be no fast track to success. For the next 16 years he performed in church halls and theatres across the country, sleeping in train luggage racks and waiting for the big break. It came in 1958, at a time when he had been unemployed for more than three months and was seriously considering giving up on showbusiness. He was asked to present Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1955), a televised variety show, made by Lord Grade's ATV company for the ITV network. He'd finally found the fame he had always craved, appearing not in front of a couple of hundred people in a theatre, but the more than 10 million who regularly tuned in to the show.
Originally booked for two weeks, he stayed five years, by which time he was Britain's highest-paid entertainer, earning £1,000 a week (£18,700 in today's money). But he continued touring with his variety show and the strain of combining this with his Palladium appearances took a toll on his private life. He divorced his first wife, Penny Calvert, a dancer he'd met in the theatre, and she wrote an account of her husband's perpetual absence, called Darling, Your Dinner's in the Dustbin. A popular element in his Palladium show was a feature called Beat the Clock, in which contestants, egged on by Forsyth, had to complete quirky tasks as a huge clock ticked down.
The segment gave a hint of his future television role and he went on to host some of the most popular television game shows of the 1970s and 80s. With his catchphrases of "Nice to see you, to see you nice" and "Didn't he do well?" he reigned supreme at the helm of the BBC's Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game (1971) for six years from 1971, and again at the beginning of the 1990s. At its peak, the programme attracted 20 million viewers, who tuned in to watch Forsyth seemingly having more fun than the competitors, enthusing over the mundane prizes on the conveyor belt. The presenter argued with his BBC managers about the show's early evening timeslot but he eventually accepted his role as the "warm-up man" for Saturday night television.
His co-host on the show, Anthea Redfern, was each week encouraged to "give us a twirl". The couple married in 1973 but divorced six years later. It was on Bruce Forsyth and the Generation Game (1971) that he introduced his famous "thinker" pose, appearing in silhouette at the beginning of each show. The idea came from the classic circus strongman pose, something he'd perfected during his days in variety. He repeated his success on ITV's Play Your Cards Right (1980), where the audience joined in the cries of "higher" or "lower" as the contestants tried to guess the value of a series of playing cards.
In 1995, a year after his final Generation Game appearance, he received a lifetime achievement award for variety at the British Comedy Awards and began hosting ITV's Der Preis ist heiß (1972). The entertainer was, by this time, a Rolls-Royce-driving multimillionaire and married since 1983 to Wilnelia Merced, a former Miss World. He later claimed that he regretted becoming so associated with game shows and wished he'd done more variety work on TV.
Play Your Cards Right (1980) was axed in 1999 and, with changing tastes in entertainment, his TV career began to slide. He returned to the theatre - but experienced an unexpected revival after his wife watched an edition of the satirical quiz, Have I Got News For You, and suggested he could present the programme. After calling show regular Paul Merton, he landed the gig and offered to be "a little bit deadpan". "But the team said, 'No, be Bruce Forsyth,'" he said. He used the occasion to parody some of his old game shows, much to the ill-disguised disgust of team captain Ian Hislop. But the appearance led to Forsyth, an accomplished tap dancer, being offered the job of hosting Strictly Come Dancing (2004), which began a year later. Viewed with scepticism when it launched, the celebrity dance show became one of the most-watched programmes on TV by the time it reached its fifth series in 2007. He brought his own brand of avuncular good humour to the proceedings - reassuring many of the contestants with the phrase "you're my favourites".
After missing a handful of episodes because of illness, he decided to "step down from the rigours" of presenting Strictly in 2014.
He continued to host the Christmas and charity editions of Strictly until 2014 - all of which were taped, as opposed to live broadcasts. Away from entertainment, Forsyth's biggest passion was golf and he took part in many pro-celebrity tournaments. His house was next to the course at Wentworth, where he played with many of the world's best players, practising in the bunker in his own back garden.
During his career, Forsyth's multiple talents and years of application sparked an enduring appeal. In 2011 he was knighted after years of campaigning by his fans and a parliamentary Early Day Motion signed by 73 MPs. But he suffered from ill health towards the end of his life, and in 2016 his wife revealed he still had "a bit of a problem moving", following major surgery a year earlier. Sir Bruce was one of the last entertainers from the tradition of music hall to be working on British television. In many ways his act barely changed. The same corny gags, the same toothy smile and, above all, the same manic enthusiasm. He is particularly remembered for his ability to transform run-of-the-mill party games into glorious moments of mayhem that enthralled contestants and audiences alike.
He died in August 2017 at his home in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, UK following a period of ill health. He was 89. He was survived by his third wife.
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Sir Antony Sher has been diagnosed with a terminal illness, the Royal Shakespeare Company has confirmed.
The classical actor joined the company in 1982 and has starred in productions like Richard III and Macbeth.
The RSC’s Artistic Director and Sir Antony’s husband, Gregory Doran, had taken compassionate leave to care for him.
Doran said: ‘I am very sorry to say that my husband, Tony Sher, has been diagnosed with a terminal illness, and in order to look after him, and with the agreement of the Board, I will be taking a period of compassionate leave with immediate effect.
‘I expect to return in early 2022.’
Deputy Artistic Director, Erica Whyman, will take on the role of Acting Artistic Director until Doran’s return.
Sir Antony began his acting career in the 1970s, and worked at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre before joining the RSC in 1982.
He appeared in various productions before winning a Laurence Olivier Award in 1984 for his role in Richard III.
Sher went on to play King Lear from 2016 to 2018, making him the only person to have ever played The Fool and King Lear at the RSC.
He has also played Johnnie in Athol Fugard’s Hello and Goodbye, Iago in Othello, Malvolio in Twelfth Night and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice.
In 1997, he won his second Laurence Olivier Award for his role in Stanley.
Sher’s most recent role was in Kunene and the King from 2019 to 2020. He played Jack Morris.
MORE : Sir Ian McKellen says Hamlet is bisexual, so happy Pride to Shakespeare lovers
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Some folks on a Shakespeare Facebook group had questions and opinions about Shakespeare’s musical stage directions, and when I said I had done one of my masters’ theses on this topic, they wanted to know more. Apologies in advance. If you read Shakespeare’s plays, particularly the histories, you’ll quickly notice stage directions like, “Sound trumpets […]
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Some folks on a Shakespeare Facebook group had questions and opinions about Shakespeare’s musical stage directions, and when I said I had done one of my masters’ theses on this topic, they wanted to know more.
Apologies in advance.
If you read Shakespeare’s plays, particularly the histories, you’ll quickly notice stage directions like, “Sound trumpets alarum” or “sennet.” You might wonder what those mean. Good news: They have specific meaning. You might assume they’re interchangeable or ignorable. I’m here to tell you why they most definitely are not.
A few key points, before I get rolling:
We don’t know if Shakespeare himself wrote those stage directions (or any of the stage directions). They could have been added by a prompter or compositor or…another person. So I might say “Shakespeare calls for drums,” but what I mean is “The text of this play, of which Shakespeare was the primary author, includes a notation calling for drums.” Don’t make me say the whole thing every time.
I did all this research in 2006, and maybe there are new discoveries in this tiny subfield that I’m not aware of.
I’m not interested in songs, my research was focused on incidental music, so…don’t ask, I don’t know.
Anyway, here’s the short version of my thesis. If you want a longer explanation of the trumpet bit specifically, I wrote a chapter on that in a book called Shakespeare Expressed, which includes a number of better chapters.
Shakespeare uses specific auditory signals to tell his story. These can be atmospheric, like storm sounds to accompany a shipwreck or hautboys (sort of like an oboe) to create a spooky feeling. What I’m more interested in, though, are the uses that are about conveying specific information.
What did the music sound like?
Well. Nobody really knows. We have some good guesses.
Because military and naval trumpeters on leave could make extra money playing for the theatres, the trumpet calls used in battle scenes were likely authentic (remind me another time to nerd at you about the relationship between theater history and naval history). Shakespeare’s most outstanding and effective use of music is evident in his depiction of battles.
The early modern audience would have been familiar with at least the most basic signals. The plays almost never require a complicated series of calls.
Wait, why would they have known military signals?
You’re forgetting, this was before Animal Crossing. People would take a picnic on a nice afternoon and go watch the soldiers drilling at Mile End Green. It was A Thing. A place to see and be seen, not unlike the theater. Also, lots of people were veterans.
One of the great difficulties of studying sound in the early modern theater
is that no one at the time wrote it down. Military signals were probably authentic, taken straight from contemporary battlefields. Military musicians did not write their music down, either, because new recruits learned it by rote. Military musicians would not have needed or used sheet music. They didn’t start writing this stuff down for 100+ years after Shakespeare.
My wonderful thesis adviser, the dearly departed Frank Southerington, told me I should contact British regimental museums. Turns out, they have military music historians! Two of them—David Edwards, of the Life Guard, and Major Richard Powell, of British Forces Broadcasting—were super excited to hear from me. I guess people don’t ask them about their work that often. They sent me some CDs and sheet music of their best guesses. Unfortunately, while they have been able to work backward from their regiments’ current music, and have made educated guesses based on the musical traditions of other western European countries, their findings are largely speculative.
Operas of the time are entirely pastoral, and offer no hints of battle music. William Byrd’s My Ladye Neville’s Booke has a few supposedly military moments, but the book is full of music for the virginal, and any relationship to actual battle sounds is purely conjectural.
In other words, what exactly did they sound like? We’re guessing.
The theatres used legitimate naval and military musicians, as well as civil
waits for their productions. They would have used legitimate military signals, because otherwise they would have had to extemporize, which would have been much more difficult than playing music they already knew.
No record of music written specifically for theaters survives.
So if we don’t have those records, what can we do? My advice to theaters is to make a set of calls specific to their company, and then use them. All the time. Your audiences will learn them. Think about the number of musical signals you learned from Looney Tunes as a kid. Audiences internalize this stuff. At the very least, make sure you have internal consistency within a show, or preferably a season. Maybe you’re doing Henry V and you decide that the English use violas and the French use clarinets because those sound pretty different and you happen to have people around who spent their summers at orchestra camp. Was that what Shakespeare did? Not quite. Does it still allow Shakespeare’s sounds to help you tell the story? YEP.
Don’t have musicians? Do your best. Most people can beat out a good rhythm on a drum, with a little instruction and encouragement. I’ve had a few productions where we used the pBuzz to substitute for a trumpet, and it’s pretty convincing.
What instruments were used?
For battles, primarily trumpet and drum. The choice of instrument tells a great deal about what kind of battle is going on in the imaginary world behind the frons scenae. Trumpets historically signaled cavalry or naval battles, while drums were more of an infantry instrument. In theatrical use, particularly in battles that involve both infantry and cavalry, the stage directions often indicate trumpet and drums collectively. Because of the specific use of each instrument, there are some calls, like “Mount horses” that are unique to the trumpet. Most calls, however, could be performed on either instrument.
Maybe you’re wondering, how could the same call be performed on two instruments as different as a trumpet and a drum? Consider, for a moment, “Shave and a hair cut, two bits.” You probably had a tune (with different pitches) associated with that in your head—but if someone knocked it at a single pitch on your door, you’d understand it was the same thing. We’re pretty sure it was like that. A distinctive rhythm, that probably had pitch variation on instruments that could do it.
Other instruments show up here or there—the indoor playhouses had coronets instead of trumpets, fifes and flutes (meaning recorders, basically, not the transverse flute) are called for from time to time. Horns appear when there is a hunt. Stringed instruments, other than the occasional lute, are notably absent from the plays. Maybe they wouldn’t be loud enough, or couldn’t be expected to stay in tune. Mostly, though, it’s a trumpet and drum world.
What kinds of information did Shakespeare encode in sound?
Time of day: Some types of music, or specific instruments, were specific to a given time of day. The city waits, or night watch, often played hautboys in the streets to signal the end of the night. Shakespeare could have just as well had Romeo and Juliet argue about whether they heard the fiddle or the hautboys, as the whole nightingale vs. lark business.
Place or formality: Instruments like the fiddle and tabor would indicate a pub or informal setting. Recorders would be very fancy and courtly. Coronets meant you were watching a foppish little boy’s company do one of their silly theatricals. Etc.
How a battle is going—not just what military actions are taking place, but who is winning: This is one of my favorites. Countries had distinct marches, by which one could tell which army one was hearing. In I Henry VI, the stage directions indicate a distinct “English march,” followed shortly by a “French march” (3.7.30-33). No one knows exactly what the differences between these two would have been, although they would almost certainly have been a difference in the melody, speed, or rhythm, and not in the instrument that played it. Francis Markham, in his Five Decades of Epistles of Warre (1622), asserts that “divers countries have diverse Marches.” The French march seems to have been slow—Dekker, in “Seven Deadly Sinnes of London” (1603?), talks about a man moving as slowly “as if hee trodde a French March.” Dekker also reports that, for James’ coronation, musicians played a Danish march in honor of Queen Anne. They sounded it “sprightly & actively,” so it must have been a fairly up-tempo piece. The only English march extant from the period is in fact a very old one, which Prince Henry revived and published in 1610. Military signals must have been similar and yet distinct across national lines, because an English officer named Bayard recognized the Spanish army’s alarum behind him during a surprise night attack and managed to escape. He recognized both the signal and the fact that his own army was not playing it.
Position of an incoming person or army: Some calls say, “Trumpets afar off,” meaning that they are meant to signal that an army is far away, but coming soon. At Shakespeare’s Globe (that is, the reconstruction presently operating), the musicians create this effect by playing in different parts of the tiring house, to seem farther away.
The calls
Alarum
This basically means, “Get up, let’s go, time to fight!” It’s often coupled with “excursions,” which is a direction that is the subject of some debate. I usually interpret “excursions” as little two- or three-person fights. But maybe that’s not what Shakespeare meant? He’s dead, so it’s hard to ask him.
Peal
Sounded by hunters when they’ve cornered their prey. This is used to particularly icky effect in Titus Andronicus. Look it up.
Sennet
Trumpets played long “sennets” when large groups of people had to enter or exit. This seems to be a usage that was specific to the theatre, especially as no extant music for a sennet exists. Playing music as a large group entered would have allowed the aural sense of the play to be continuous—there would not be a long silence.
In Fair Maid of the West, for example, the stage direction “Sound hautboys long” appears twice. Both appearances are immediately before scenes set in the court of Fez. This unusual stage direction hints that the court was especially elaborate and would have required significant set-up time. Similarly, scripts often call for a “sennet” when a large group of people needs to enter the stage.
Flourish/Tucket
Trumpet flourishes announced royal entrances. King James I tried to capitalize on the wide use of trumpet flourishes, decreeing that all playhouses had to get his permission to use them, and even then, they had to pay 12d., except, of course, for “his servants.” That’s right, he demanded a royalty.
James’ possessiveness over trumpet flourishes might not have been purely entrepreneurial. Trumpet calls were often personal, something one’s family owned. Noble families or individuals often had specific trumpet calls, known as “tuckets.” A tucket was “a sort of heraldic badge in sound,” according to Phyllis Hartnol. Using the King’s fanfare without permission would have been as offensive as giving James’ arms to a player-king.
Just as twenty-first century people can identify commercial jingles, seventeenth-century people would have recognized the tune that indicated a certain family. Shakespeare uses tuckets frequently in his plays. In The Merchant of Venice, Lorenzo tells Portia, “Your husband is at hand. I hear his trumpet” (5.1.121). Iago similarly identifies “the Moor” by his trumpet (Othello 2.1.177). There are no extant English tuckets from the period, but some Italian and French ones survive.
You’ve heard a tucket before. Think about watching Star Wars and hearing Darth Vader’s theme. That little piece of music tells you who to expect. You know, before he appears on camera. That’s a tucket.
Parley
It’s an invitation to discuss this whole thing like civilized folks.
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The award-winning theatre and film actor Antony Sher has died aged 72 after suffering from cancer, the Royal Shakespeare Company announced on Friday.
South Africa-born Sher was widely considered to be one of Britain's finest contemporary actors, playing almost all the great Shakespearean roles from King Lear to Shylock.
In 1985, he won an Olivier Award for his energetic portrayal of Richard III as a villainous hunchback, propelling himself around the stage on crutches.
He was in several successful movies, including "Shakespeare In Love" and was once described by Prince Charles as his favourite actor.
While at the RSC, Sher met his husband, Gregory Doran, who would become the company's artistic director.
Doran stepped back from his role in September to care for his husband after his condition was diagnosed as terminal.
RSC executive director Catherine Mallyon and Erica Whyman, acting artistic director, said they were "deeply saddened" at Sher's death.
"Our thoughts and sincere condolences are with Greg, and with Antony's family and their friends at this devastating time," they said.
"Antony had a long association with the RSC and a hugely celebrated career on stage and screen."
RSC chair Shriti Vadera said the actor was "beloved" in the organization "and touched and enriched the lives of so many people".
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I am very sad to hear of the untimely death of Tim Pigott-Smith at the age of 70.
Tim was educated here in Stratford-upon-Avon, becoming Head Boy at King Edward School. He returned to play the Chorus in their production of Henry V in the Swan Theatre in 2013, to mark the lives of those KES Boys lost in the Great War. Tim even worked part-time in the RSC paint-shop.
Tim was the most versatile of actors, working across all media and for all the major companies. He was probably most famous for his role as Merrick, the sadistic Army colonel in the ITV series, The Jewel in the Crown (1984), and his most recent success was as King Charles III in a production which started at the Almeida Theatre, before moving to the West End and Broadway. For those who did not catch it, luckily the play has been filmed for BBC2.
He joined the RSC in 1972, playing small roles in the Roman Season. Then in 1974 he played Posthumous Leonatus in John Barton’s Cymbeline, and Dr Watson in the now famous production of Sherlock Homes with John Wood. Tim was a febrile Cassius for Ed Hall in Julius Caesar in 2001.
His last appearance with us was in 2006 in Laurence Boswell’s production of Middleton’s Women Beware Women (pictured) opposite Penelope Wilton.
Elsewhere Tim had a full and varied career. In the Shakespeare canon, he played Leontes and Iachimo in Peter Hall’s productions of Shakespeare’s Late Plays at the National; Angelo and Hotspur in the BBC Shakespeares. He was King Lear at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2011, and Prospero for Adrian Noble at Bath in 2012.
Tim became an RSC Associate Artist in 2012, and served on both the RSC board (from 2005 until 2011) and as a governor from 2005 until he retired in 2016.
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A Final Haunt
After 33 extraordinary years, Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black will haunt the stage of the Fortune Theatre for the final time, as the production ends in the West End on Saturday 4th March 2023. PW Productions announce that after 33 extraordinary years in London’s West End, the theatrical sensation that is Susan Hill’s THE […]
Reaching for the Moon
Susan Elkin paid a visit to Half Moon theatre in London’s East End to chat with CEO Chris Elwell about their extensive education outreach and innovative theatre programmes. Half Moon Theatre sits in the heart of Limehouse in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, spitting distance from the DLR and mainline station. Formerly a pretty […]
National Youth Theatre Rep Company
The National Youth Theatre’s Rep Company is celebrating its first ten years and Susan Elkin paid a visit to learn more. Each year a group of fifteen or so talented NYT members, aged 18 to 25, are selected by audition to join this company. In just a few months they rehearse three shows, many of […]
Apprenticeships
An important and often overlooked route into the industry, especially for many non-performing roles. Susan Elkin has some suggestions. Theatre is like an iceberg. For every role on stage there are probably at least half a dozen technicians you can’t see. And the industry has been telling us for decades that there are skills shortages […]
School Shows
Never underestimate the power of a school production – for every single person involved. When you meet former students, sometimes from decades back in my case, it’s usually taking part in Oliver! or A Midsummer Night’s Dream that they reminisce about with shining eyes. Most importantly it’s a terrific bonding exercise. We hear a lot […]
New Perspectives
With three separate Lucian Freud exhibitions currently on, Graham Hooper took time to visit and here is his review of these contrasting shows. LLucian Freud would have been 100 this year, and that’s a good excuse to look back over his life and work, but especially his work, as the two have a rather nasty […]
Grandad Anansi – Half Moon Theatre
Predicated partly on Black History Month, Elayne Ogbeta’s muliti-layered play presents Grandad (Marcus Hercules) and his primary school age granddaughter, Abi (Jazmine Wilkinson) in his garden. Like everything else in this show, the garden designed by Sorcha Corcoran, is beautiful with lots of colour, light and plants that Grandad knows by name and talks to. […]
Theatre Review – The King of Nothing – Little Angel Theatre
Ben Glasstone’s charming, witty account of The Emperor Who Has No Clothes works well for two main reasons. First it is one of the most perceptive stories ever written, dealing as it does with vanity, self delusion, conformity and truth. It’s both topical and timeless. Second, we have a cost of living crisis and the […]
Book Review – Activist
by Louisa Reid Published by Guppy Books Cassandra, narrator of this powerful verse novel, is a reluctant sixth former in a prestigious mixed school, formerly all boys, where toxic culture simmers. Driven by her own experience, and by nature a feisty “shouter” she campaigns forcibly for acknowledgement that some of the boys at school treat […]
Book Review – A Poetry Pedagogy for Teachers: Reorienting Classroom Literacy Practice
by Maya Pindyck and Ruth Vinz, with Diana Liu and Ashlynn Wittchow The thrust of this detailed, well-researched, quite academic book about the poetry in classrooms is that we shouldn’t teach students to search for meaning so that “the poem becomes a specimen for examination under the microscope of interpretative practices”. Instead we should experience […]
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“We decided he was an alcoholic, because there are several sections in part one where he says he’s got to clean up his act and then, a few moments later, he’s doing exactly what he was doing before . . .”
Antony Sher was speaking to Claudia Winkleman (8 May, 10pm) about playing Falstaff for the RSC and somewhat automatic-pilotly covering the same areas that his just-published diary of the production covered, recently abridged for Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4. Pre-first-night dreams, coping with nerves . . .
The British have a fondness for this sort of memoir. It provides that comforting sense of the extended family – casts, crews, intense shared experiences in touring theatre or on movie sets – that actors seem to thrive in. Yet it can sometimes feel that the BBC has handed the airwaves over to certain people. What with Falstaff, a new production of Death of a Salesman (in which he plays Willy Loman) and the burial of Richard III, it seems that Sher is never not speaking on the radio or being spoken about. The Today programme’s coverage of that absurd funeral culminated with Sher reciting, “Now is the winter of our discontent . . .” introduced forelock-tuggingly, as though he were Olivier.
In truth the actor, now 65, can sound fairly tremulous. But even if Sher’s voice is not what it was, his Loman is something to behold. Thickening the meaning, he makes you believe that Arthur Miller’s play is actually all about charisma-envy. College educations and Studebakers, giant refrigerators and paid-up mortgages – they are nothing compared to being “rugged, well liked, all round”. That’s the American dream – to be liked! (Richard wanted to be liked, too. “But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks . . .” he concedes, limping towards villainy.)
There was a nice, spontaneous bit in the interview with Winkleman in which Sher recalled finding one of the crutches he had used in his 1984 production of Richard III, so many years later, in the rehearsal room for Falstaff.
“It isn’t life and death,” shrugged Sher to Winkleman of all that effort and panic and memory, in a moment that sounded far more self-effacing than anything that had gone before. “It’s just a dusty prop.”
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As breakthrough performances go, Antony Sher’s as Richard III at Stratford-upon-Avon in June 1984 was beyond astounding. He gatecrashed this play’s performance history and threw down an audacious gauntlet to the hallowed shades of Edmund Kean, Henry Irving, Laurence Olivier and, on that same Stratford stage, Ian Holm.
Just as Irving’s bells stopped ringing on “the lascivious pleasing of a lute” in the opening soliloquy, so did Sher’s background music, and he instantly produced, with an obscene flourish, a pair of black medical crutches, resuming the speech with two swinging, ape-like hops to the front of the stage, an unforgettable creepy arachnoid.
That, in a lesser actor, might have been that. But Sher, who has died aged 72, developed this spitefully animated cartoon into a complicated study of pathology, unctuousness and glistening malevolence way beyond anything revealed in the role, arguably, before or since. In Year of the King, the first of his many books, Sher told the story of Bill Alexander’s RSC production, accompanied by a plethora of remarkable drawings – he was a fine artist, an accomplished writer and an indisputably great actor.
And, as with all great actors, there were areas of critical dispute, of “going too far” or of “hogging the stage”. You could equally argue that there is far too little of that sort of thing in the theatre these days, and more’s the pity. Sher was a great admirer of Steven Berkoff, in whose expressionist, balletic adaptation of Kafka’s The Trial he appeared as a bespectacled Joseph K at the National Theatre in 1991; in the same season, he referenced his RSC crutches by surging manically down stage on a pair of upended tommy guns as Brecht’s Arturo Ui, for which Shakespeare’s hunchbacked toad was a prototype.
Most of his career was at the RSC after he joined in 1982 to play a capering, clownish Fool to Michael Gambon’s mighty King Lear. He stole a few notices there, too, and allegedly had to be reminded by Gambon that Shakespeare’s play was called King Lear, not “King Lear plus a cunt in a red nose”. He was the first Fool ever killed on stage by his master; not without feeling, one imagined, this act of smother-love.
Richard was followed by a flurry of extraordinary performances rooted in Sher’s innate sense of not-quite-belonging as a gay, Jewish South African. In some ways you could see that his long struggle with his own identity paid off more than handsomely in a savagely embittered Shylock, a Greek Orthodox-style Malvolio, a murderous, full-throttle Vindice in The Revenger’s Tragedy and a grubby, unpleasantly perverse Iago to the refined South African Othello of Sello Maake ka-Ncube in 2004. Recrimination and vengeance were his forte.
He was less successful as Falstaff, and perhaps saw with hindsight the wisdom of Olivier in never having played the role. But he strode magnificently through The Winter’s Tale as Leontes; as Macbeth (opposite Harriet Walter, the best RSC pairing since Ian McKellen and Judi Dench in 1976), both of these in 1998-99; as a wizened old Prospero (2009) in another pertinent South African reimagining; and finally as King Lear (2016), appearing first enthroned in a glass cage, swathed in furs, prone to violent mood swings and, said Michael Billington, “unbearably moving” with David Troughton’s blinded Gloucester on the Dover cliff. He was a marvellous Willy Loman, too (Walter, again, as his stoically forbearing wife), in Arthur Miller’s tragedy Death of a Salesman (2015).
Sher’s grandparents were Jews who experienced persecution in Lithuania in the 1890s and fled to Cape Town, where he grew up insulated against the injustices of apartheid. His father, Emmanuel Sher, was an exporter dealing in animal skins and hides, and he remained particularly close to his mother, Margery, who encouraged and enjoyed his success.
Along with his two brothers and sister, he was well educated – at Sea Point boys’ junior and high schools in Cape Town – and the household had black servants. From the beach at Sea Point he could see Robben Island, where Nelson Mandela was incarcerated.
After his compulsory year in the South African army, he came to the UK – it was reading the monthly magazine Plays and Players that ignited his theatrical ambitions – and he took a BA acting course at Manchester Polytechnic (now Manchester Metropolitan University), where he was briefly married to an American fellow student. He trained at Webber Douglas – other London drama schools rejected him – from 1969 to 1971, and plunged into repertory theatres in Liverpool, Nottingham and Edinburgh.
At the Liverpool Everyman, where I first saw him, he played Ringo Starr in Willy Russell’s John, Paul, George, Ringo … and Bert (1974). Then he donned a leopardskin as Enoch Powell in Tarzan’s Last Stand, a withering and unnerving impersonation. This now legendary Everyman company – the theatre had been co-founded in 1964 by the director Terry Hands, who would become Sher’s key mentor at the RSC – included Julie Walters, Alison Steadman, Bill Nighy and Jonathan Pryce.
He blossomed further in the London new plays explosion of the 1970s, notably with the pioneering company Gay Sweatshop alongside his friend and rival Simon Callow, and in significant early pieces by David Hare (Teeth ’n’ Smiles, 1975, with Helen Mirren and a rock band) and Caryl Churchill (Cloud Nine, 1979, with Julie Covington, Miriam Margolyes and Jim Hooper) at the Royal Court. He was in a partnership of 17 years with Hooper, who featured in Characters, his 1989 sketchbook of favourite performers and performances.
Sher achieved an early prominence on television as the leering, lecherous academic Howard Kirk in Malcolm Bradbury’s The History Man in 1981 (in line with the 70s setting, Sher sported kipper ties, flares and an afro haircut) and followed through on stage in Mike Leigh’s hilarious Goose-Pimples (1981) at the Hampstead theatre and the Garrick; his character was a small-time entrepreneur who mistakenly thinks he’s arrived in a brothel in Dollis Hill, north London, when he fetches up with a nightclub croupier (Marion Bailey) whose landlord is a house-proud car salesman (Jim Broadbent).
When he collected several theatre awards in 1985, Sher said he was proud to be nominated as both king and queen in the same year: Richard III and Arnold Beckoff, the drag queen hero of Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song Trilogy at the Albery (now the Noël Coward), to whom he lent a restrained, almost melancholic, suburban glamour.
He was now increasingly interjecting his classical triumphs – a barbaric and overweening Titus Andronicus co-presented by the Market theatre in Johannesburg and the National (1995), a tremendous, moving Cyrano de Bergerac at the RSC (1997), using the Anthony Burgess translation – with some telling adventures in the contemporary repertoire.
For the RSC, he played leads in David Edgar’s Maydays (charting the classic journey of leftwing agitators moving rightwards), Peter Barnes’s farcical medieval pandemic epic Red Noses and, the first contemporary play in the new Swan at Stratford in 1989, Peter Flannery’s Singer, a furious caricature of the 60s London landlord Peter Rachman. Later, in 1997, he delivered one of his sweetest, most obsessional performances as the painter Stanley Spencer, the priapic mystic of Cookham, in a play by Pam Gems at the National.
By then he had kicked a self-confessedly serious cocaine habit. He went into a rehab clinic in 1996, supported by his partner, the RSC director Gregory Doran, whom he had met when they first worked together in Stratford in 1987.
The first, and most acclaimed, of Sher’s several novels, Middlepost (1988), was a fictional saga of his grandfather’s journey from the Russian shtetl to South Africa. Part critical love affair, part exorcism, his relationship with his home country seeped further into his work with every passing year. His first play, I.D., at the Almeida in London in 2003, was about the assassination of Dr Hendrik Verwoerd, the South African prime minister and architect of apartheid, by a Greek Mozambican immigrant in 1966.
Two other plays reflected his passion and commitment to politics and aesthetics: Primo (2004), a one-man show for himself set in Auschwitz and based on the writings of Primo Levi; and The Giant (2008), which fascinatingly fictionalised a struggle between Michelangelo (John Light) and Leonardo da Vinci (Roger Allam) over the commission for the David statue in Florence, with their mutual apprentice a catalytic agent in Renaissance gay culture.
His film career was virtually nonexistent, though he was an excellent Benjamin Disraeli in Dench’s belated breakthrough movie, John Madden’s Mrs Brown (1997), and popped up as Dr Moth in Shakespeare in Love (1998) and as Adolf Hitler in Peter Richardson’s ribald spoof Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004).
Sher worked with Doran as his director at every opportunity, before and after the latter succeeded Michael Boyd as the RSC’s artistic director in 2012. They formed a civil partnership in 2005 and were married in 2015, sharing homes in Islington, north London, and outside Stratford-upon-Avon.
Sher’s last stage appearance in Stratford-upon-Avon, in April 2019, was as a bibulous old thespian with terminal liver cancer cared for by a black South African nurse – played by John Kani, the play’s author. Kunene and the King, a co-production by the RSC and the Fugard theatre in Cape Town, was directed by Janice Honeyman. Its transfer to the West End in January 2020 was closed by the pandemic two months later.
Sher was knighted in 2000, and held honorary doctorates from the universities of Liverpool, Warwick and Cape Town.
He is survived by Doran.
Antony Sher, actor, writer and artist, born 14 June 1949; died 2 December 2021
This article was amended on 7 December 2021, to make it clear that Sher’s grandparents’ reason for leaving Lithuania, then part of Russia, was to escape persecution. On 8 December 2021 it was further amended: Sher took his BA course at Manchester Polytechnic (now Manchester Metropolitan University) rather than Manchester University.
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Sir Antony Sher is currently playing Falstaff in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s four-play cycle “King and Country: Shakespeare’s Great Cycle of Kings,” comprising the history plays Richard II, Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV Part 2, and Henry V, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music through May 1. It is directed by Gregory Doran, Sher’s partner and the artistic director of the RSC.
Sher’s illustrated journal about creating and playing the role in the initial RSC run in 2014 is now a Nick Hern book called Year of the Fat Knight: The Falstaff Diaries. Sher will sign copies and read from the book at Drama Book Shop in New York City on Thursday, April 28. Following are excerpts from the book, including a slideshow of Sher’s illustrations.
Tuesday 10 September
“How do you learn all those lines?”
This question is the one that the public most frequently ask of actors. We laugh about it, laugh at them for being so shallow—as though learning lines were the great mystery in acting.
Well, I’ve stopped laughing. It’s an age thing. In recent years, I’ve started doing something which I’d have disapproved of before: learning all the lines before rehearsals begin. It’s the only way now. How, as a younger actor—as one of the Dirty Duckers in Stratford in ’82, partying all night, rehearsing all day, performing in the evening—how I found time to learn lines as well, I’ve absolutely no idea.
When you’re young, it seems so straightforward: You learn the lines and that’s that. But when you’re older, you’re aware of a series of tests and obstacles ahead, each of which will put pressure on you, and the lines will often be the first casualty. So…
You have to know them alone in your room.
You have to know them when you speak them aloud with the other actors.
You have to know them when the ante is upped in the rehearsal room (such as a run-through).
You have to know them in front of the first audience at the first preview.
You have to know them in front of the critics.
You have to know them on a wet Wednesday matinee three months later, when the house is thin and you’re thinking about the shopping…
This morning, I carefully put out the things I’d need. This is in my painting studio in our London house, a rear basement room with a conservatory glass roof. I set my drawing board at an angle to the wall, and prop the script on it. I’ll learn from our A4 version, but on the shelf at my side are two published editions—the RSC and the Arden—for reference.
And it’s those published editions that are the most intimidating, those smart, scholarly paperbacks—two pairs for the two plays: I have to transfer rather a lot of the material from inside them to inside my brain.
How? Today, I’m like the most naïve member of the public. How will you learn all those lines?
I begin with the first Falstaff/Hal scene (Act One, Scene Two). I say Falstaff ’s first line: “Now Hal, what time of day is it, lad?” I say it again, and again, pacing round. I move on to his next line—“Indeed, you come near me now, Hal…”—and I practice that. Then I try the two lines together—but I’ve already forgotten the first. I start again. And so—the process is under way.
To an actor, dialogue is like food. You hold it in your mouth, you taste it. If it’s good dialogue the taste will be distinctive. If it’s Shakespeare dialogue, the taste will be Michelin-starred. Falstaff ’s dialogue is immediately delicious: You’re munching on a very rich pudding indeed, savory rather than sweet, probably not good for your health, but irresistible.
If you’re learning lines before rehearsals, you have to learn in neutral, in a way that won’t cut off the creative choices that will happen when the director and other actors are involved. So I’m speaking Falstaff in my own voice, I’m not attempting any characterization. At the same time, I can’t help noticing things about the man, and becoming drawn to certain ones. He’s well-educated, I see (he knows about Phoebus, Diana, similes, and iteration), and he’s a thief, a highwayman. A gentleman rogue, then? That breed of privileged, public-school Englishmen, who can be both monstrous and charming, both powerful and self-destructive. The kind that believe the world belongs to them. They can break the law—it’s only a bit of fun. They can drink themselves senseless—it’s what we chaps do. And they’d be totally at ease hanging out with the future King—I’ll teach him a thing or two. This country is full of men like that. Maybe that’s why Falstaff is so loved—he’s so familiar.
When I finish the session, I realize I’ve been at it for three hours. God. Time flying like when I’m writing or painting. But this is acting. Which I love less. It’s too much like hard and boring graft: doing a run of eight shows a week is a conveyor-belt job. Anyway, today’s work was pure pleasure.
Friday 18 April
It’s 7 p.m. The performance is about to start. From my dressing room, there’s a fine view across the river: a sunny evening, the big green lawns, the long blue shadows of the willows, people strolling along the paths. It’s a bank holiday—Good Friday—and Stratford is packed with visitors. It’s like the whole world is at leisure, except for us in this theatre. Part I tonight, both parts tomorrow. But I feel peaceful, I feel good.
We’ve had four-star reviews across the board. The show is deemed a success, as is my performance.
Ahead, there are exciting things: the two Live-from-Stratford broadcasts, the move to our new house, and then in July a fortnight’s holiday. A holiday? Impossible. But it’s when Two Gentlemen of Verona opens and starts to share the repertoire. Until then, we’re holding it on our own, eight times a week; until then, for me it’s just Falstaff, Falstaff, Falstaff…
Now that I’m playing it, the question is: Why is the role not considered one of those which the classical actor measures himself against? Shakespeare has mapped out the career of the (male) classical actor very sumptuously: In his youth, he can play Romeo, Hamlet, Richard II, Hal/Henry V; a few years later there’s Macbeth, Richard III, Coriolanus, Iago, Benedick, Petruchio, Leontes, Timon; and in his mature age, Lear, Prospero, Titus, Shylock, Antony, Othello. Falstaff isn’t automatically on the list. Why not? We know that Olivier turned it down—yet think of what his powers of transformation and comic inventiveness would have brought to the part. Or Gielgud—think of his wit, his melancholy dignity, the seediness he had in No Man’s Land; he would truly have been the Don Quixote of Falstaffs. Yet of that generation of actors—probably the greatest that has been—only Richardson and Wolfit played it. What a pity. And think of Scofield (I’d have paid in blood to see him do it), think of Donald Sinden, and indeed think of Ian McKellen…! Why have these actors not tackled Falstaff ? It’s a mystery to me.
Over the Tannoy: “Henry IV company, this is your beginners’ call…”
I must get ready. Go downstairs to the stage. Crawl into position in the dark. Have the bedding piled on top of me. Feel the truck move down. Then I’ll hear Alex do a big stretching yawn and jump off the bed. It’s my cue. I’ll throw back the quilts, and say:
“Now Hal, what time of day is it, lad?”
Tuesday 23 April
A day in the life of a show:
8.30 a.m. My cough is definitely real, and at its worst in the morning—awful, hacking spasms. Greg suggested I try antibiotics. Trouble is, they can cause stomach upsets. If peeing is tricky in a body suit, can you imagine diarrhea? Anyway, there’s good cause to put my woes aside. This is a great and important day: Shakespeare’s birthday—his 450th! There’s a firework display after tonight’s performance. The organizers could probably wish for better weather. It’s grey, sometimes drizzly.
10.45 a.m. Good news. Ages ago, the publisher Nick Hern got in touch and asked if I’d like to write one of my theatre journals about playing Falstaff. I said we’d have to wait and see how the shows were received. This morning, he emailed with an unequivocal yes! I’m delighted. A new focus for my mind during the long run ahead.
12.15 p.m. Greg pops home, suddenly appearing at the French windows. “Come outside,” he says excitedly. I shake my head, indicating my throat. “Oh, just for a moment!” he insists. I step onto the lawn. The bells of Trinity Church are pealing away. “They started at 11, and will go on till 3,” he says, his face alight, “for Shake- speare!” It’s called a Stedman Peal, apparently, and is reserved for only the most special occasions, like royal weddings. We picture those bell-ringers we saw in November—most of them ladies and gents of a certain age—and smile at the thought of them engaged in this Herculean task. Probably makes our matinee days seem easy.
4.45 p.m. Arriving at the stage door, I find a card from my grandnephew and theatre nut Josh. (He’s over from South Africa with his family—Randall’s daughter Heidi and her husband Ed—and saw Part I a couple of days ago.) In neat, carefully schooled handwriting, he says: “As I arrived at the theatre the adrenaline kicked in as I saw, on this momentous building, a sign that said RSC!” He calls the show “phenomenal,” says to me, “I loved the way you played your charac-ter,” and thanks us both for letting him see “a Shakespeare show at the RSC!” It’s very touching. If we could have this effect on all 12-year-olds…
7.15 p.m. The show. Part I again. There’s an unmistakable feeling of celebration in tonight’s audience. To do with Shakespeare’s birthday primarily, but the warmth extending to us, and our work. (Even my cough was better—no emergency situations at all.)
10.20 p.m. As the curtain call finishes, Greg bounds onstage and invites the audience to come outside with us for the fireworks. I race to my dressing room. Rachel takes off the wig as quickly as possible, and my dresser Rafiena helps me out of the costume and body suit, and then, leaving on most of my makeup, I jump into my civvies and go out into the night. I don’t want to miss the next bit. An extraordinary sight greets me: hundreds of people standing behind barriers, gazing up at the theatre expectantly. It’s like the end of Close Encounters. Something miraculous is about to happen.
And indeed, as a little divine sign, the drizzle that had fallen all day is no more; the heavens are clear. I find Greg in one of the control tents. There are squads of health and safety people, security people, fire officers. Greg goes onto a podium on the lawn, and, speaking into a mic, asks the crowd to bellow, “Happy Birthday, Shakespeare!” The RSC band strikes up with alarum calls—trumpets and drums—familiar from a thousand productions here, and then someone, somewhere, starts pressing buttons. The first fireworks are disappointing, half out of view, behind the building. I bite my lip: Oh no, don’t let this be feeble. But then bigger and better explosions of color begin to light up the sky above the roof—in high-leaping sprays of gold, silver, blue, and red—and in front of the theatre a huge wrought-iron portrait of Shakespeare slowly takes shape in flames, a fire drawing, while behind it an arc of tumbling white sparks gushes down the building like a waterfall. Meanwhile the RSC band has been supplanted by a soundtrack of music: now Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, now Cole Porter’s Brush Up Your Shakespeare, now Walton’s score from Olivier’s Henry V film.
I turn to Greg. We’re both grinning, both in tears. The feeling is of wonder, total wonder. Fireworks find the child in us all. Music stirs the adult. Together the mixture is intoxicating. The crowd cheers again and again. Shakespeare’s giant face is fully alight now—how pagan, we’re burning our god!—yet his expression remains as still and unreadable as ever. Though I like to think that in the church down the road, his bones are tapping along to the tunes.
11 p.m. Walking home to Avonside, I feel dazed. How wonderful to be here, in this town, on this particular night. I have just played one of drama’s classic roles in a production which Greg directed, in the theatre that he runs, and then we joined all those people to pay homage to the playwright who made it all possible, the local boy made good. It’s one of those moments when I realize I’ve been sleepwalking through my job, and then suddenly wake up, and see it for what it truly is, and it’s completely bloody amazing. Sartre said that there’s a God-shaped hole in all of us. Greg fills his with Shakespeare; the other day he said, laughing, “I’m not the director of a company, I’m the priest of a religion!”
And me? I have Falstaff inside me now—I can say it confidently at last—and that great, greedy, glorious bastard leaves no room for anything else at all.
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The award-winning theater and film actor Antony Sher has died aged 72 after suffering from cancer, the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) announced on Friday.
South Africa-born Sher was widely considered to be one of Britain's finest contemporary actors, playing almost all the great Shakespearean roles from King Lear to Shylock.
In 1985, he won an Olivier Award for his energetic portrayal of Richard III as a villainous hunchback, propelling himself around the stage on crutches.
While at the RSC, Sher - once described by Prince Charles as his favorite actor - met his husband, Gregory Doran, who would become the company's artistic director.
They were one of the first gay couples to enter a civil partnership in Britain in 2005.
In September, Doran stepped back from his role to care for his husband after his condition was diagnosed as terminal.
RSC executive director Catherine Mallyon and acting artistic director Erica Whyman, said they were "deeply saddened" at Sher's death.
"Our thoughts and sincere condolences are with Greg, and with Antony's family and their friends at this devastating time," they added.
Sher was born in Cape Town into a migrant Lithuanian Jewish family on June 14, 1949, a year after the National Party came to power and began introducing the apartheid system.
"I had an ordinary childhood among white people," Sher said in 2000.
"My parents weren't politically aware which meant I grew up in the middle of the atrocity of apartheid without even noticing it. It sounds terrible but it's the truth."
But he never really felt at home and came to Britain in 1968 aged 19 after national service in the South African army.
"I was a real wimp, very out of place in South Africa, in that whole macho sports society. I felt very uncomfortable with all that. All my tendencies were towards the arts."
But things did not go to plan at first when he was turned down from the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in central London.
Instead, he got into another drama school and went on to work at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre.
His time on stage, which in the 1970s and 1980s forged a reputation for groundbreaking politically charged performances, was an education in both theater and life.
"For a few years I tried to be straight, had several relationships with women, before I said 'this is ridiculous,'" he told Monocle online radio.
"I knew I was gay but didn't want to be. I had to come out as gay and as a white South African and Jewish. I had a lot of closets to come out of."
To moviegoers, Sher was not a huge household name, despite featuring in the Oscar-winning Shakespeare In Love (1998), starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes.
The previous year, he was British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli in Mrs Brown, for which Judi Dench - another RSC stalwart - was Oscar-nominated for her portrayal of queen Victoria.
The movies came out after he had kicked a cocaine addiction that put him in hospital in 1996.
Sher said he was grateful for his time as a Shakespearean actor, but regretted never playing Hamlet, assessing he was not tall, handsome or blond enough.
He became "Sir Antony" after receiving a knighthood in 2000, and said having his mother in attendance at Buckingham Palace was one of his proudest moments.
But he also struggled to come to terms with that, calling himself "a bit of a closet knight."
"I have come out in many areas of my life, but I have yet to manage this one," he said later that year.
The honor positioned him firmly inside the British establishment, but he told The Times in 2015: "In my soul, I'm the boy in Cape Town, growing up and feeling uncomfortable in the world."
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Today (Friday) we announced the death of Sir Antony Sher, Honorary Associate Artist and husband of Artistic Director, Gregory Doran.
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Catherine Mallyon, RSC Executive Director and Erica Whyman, Acting Artistic Director, said: We are deeply saddened by this news and our thoughts and sincere condolences are with Greg, and with Antony’s family and their friends at this devastating time.
'Antony had a long association with the RSC and a hugely celebrated career on stage and screen. Antony’s last production with the Company was in the two-hander Kunene and The King, written by his friend and fellow South African actor, writer and activist, John Kani.
'Other recent productions at the RSC include King Lear, Falstaff in the Henry IV plays and Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman. Earlier landmark performances included Leontes in The Winter’s Tale, Iago in Othello, Prospero in The Tempest and the title roles in Macbeth, Tamburlaine the Great, Peter Flannery’s Singer, Cyrano de Bergerac, as well as his career defining Richard III. He also attracted critical acclaim for his performances at the National Theatre in his one man show Primo, Pam Gems’ Stanley (Olivier Award and TONY nominated) and Uncle Vanya with Ian McKellen. In the West End in Torch Song Trilogy (Olivier award winning for this and Richard III), at the Royal Court in Carol Churchill’s Cloud Nine and his first big hit playing Ringo Starr in Willy Russell’s John, Paul, George, Ringo and Bert; and on film in Mrs Brown and on television in Malcolm Bradbury’s The History Man.
'Antony was a widely exhibited artist and author of multiple books including the theatre journals Year of the King, Woza Shakespeare!, co-written with Gregory Doran, four novels including Middlepost, three plays, a television screenplay and his autobiography Beside Myself.
'Antony was deeply loved and hugely admired by so many colleagues. He was a ground-breaking role model for many young actors, and it is impossible to comprehend that he is no longer with us. We will ensure friends far and wide have the chance to share tributes and memories in the days to come.'
RSC Chair Shriti Vadera added: 'Our hearts go out to Greg today, as on behalf of all RSC Board members, past and present, we express our deep sadness, affection and condolences to him and other members of Antony’s family. Antony was beloved in the RSC and touched and enriched the lives of so many people.'
Susie Sainsbury, Artists’ Associate and former RSC Deputy Chair said: 'Tony and Greg were together for over 30 years, and their careers as actor and director have brought them international acclaim, both individually and in the many productions where they worked together so productively.
'Tony will be remembered for many exceptional roles on stage and screen, but also for his passion for painting and drawing, which occupied his days increasingly in recent years. The last decade – with Greg as Artistic Director of the RSC – has been spent mainly in Stratford-upon-Avon, where Tony was delighted to have his own studio at their house, and we will remember them together not only in the theatre but as genial and generous hosts, with endless good food and fascinating conversations.
'Their many friends and colleagues will each have particular memories - mine is an image of the two of them, bearded and smiling, on the window seat in their sitting room, utterly content in each other’s company. It is impossible to imagine one without the other, and our thoughts and deep sympathy are with Greg and their families.'
Actor and Playwright John Kani writes: 'Both Tony Sher and I were born when our country South Africa was the worst place a child could be born let alone to be raised by parents who worked very hard to prepare their children for a difficult future - Apartheid South Africa. By the Grace his God and my Ancestors, like Romeo and Juliet, we found each other in 1973. We travelled together as compatriots, comrades in the struggle for a better South Africa, as fellow artists and we both had the honour of celebrating together 25 years of South Africa’s Democracy in my latest play Kunene and the King. I am at peace with you my friend and myself. Exit my King. Your Brother.'
Gregory remains on compassionate leave and is expected to return to work in 2022.
Read further tributes to Sir Antony Sher by RSC artists
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Antony Sher. Actor: Shakespeare in Love. Born in 1949, Antony Sher was raised in South Africa before going to London to study at the Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art between 1969 and 1971. After performing for the Gay Sweatshop theatrical group in "Thinking Straight" (1975), "The Fork" (1976), and "Stone" (1976), he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982. Three years later, his performance in the title role of "Richard...
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Born in 1949, Antony Sher was raised in South Africa before going to London to study at the Webber-Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art between 1969 and 1971. After performing for the Gay Sweatshop theatrical group in "Thinking Straight" (1975), "The Fork" (1976), and "Stone" (1976), he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982. Three years later, his performance in the title role of "Richard III" won him a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and, in 1997, he won another Laurence Olivier Award for "Stanley".
Although he spent more time onstage, Sher appeared in a number of films and TV series, including The History Man (1981), Shadey (1985), Das Handbuch des jungen Giftmischers (1995) and Sturm in den Weiden (1996). He gave a charming performance as Benjamin Disraeli in Ihre Majestät Mrs. Brown (1997), and played "Dr. Moth" in Shakespeare in Love (1998).
Sher was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2000.
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The theatre was founded in 1972 by Margaret Booker, a Fulbright Scholar who studied in Sweden and named her new company Intiman—which means “the intimate” in Swedish—after August Strindberg’s theatre in Stockholm. Booker programmed her early seasons with an emphasis on Scandinavian drama and international dramatic literature. The debut 1972-1973 Season launched with Ibsen’s Rosmersholm in the Creative Arts League, a 65-seat theatre in Kirkland, Washington. Ibsen’s drama was followed by Strindberg’s The Creditors, Sternheim’s The Underpants and Tabori’s Brecht on Brecht, and Intiman officially incorporated as a non-profit theatre in 1973.
In its early years, Intiman’s company featured such notable actors—many of whom continue to perform on stages both in Seattle and nationally—as Dennis Arndt, Megan Cole, Clayton Corzatte, Ted D’Arms, the late John Gilbert, Patricia Healy, Patricia Hodges, Lori Larsen, Richard Riele and Jean Smart. Under Booker’s leadership during the theatre’s first decade, the company regularly participated in international arts festivals and engaged in “hands on” collaborations with artists from foreign countries to learn new perspectives and styles. Intiman has maintained this deep connection to international collaborations throughout its history.
In Seattle, however, Intiman was without a permanent home, producing seasons at the Cornish Institute (1974), the Second Stage Theatre (1975-1984) and the Broadway Performance Hall (1985-1986).
In 1985, Peter Davis, the theatre’s first Managing Director, succeeded General Manager Simon Siegl. A former scenic designer, Davis negotiated a plan for Intiman to operate and manage the Playhouse at Seattle Center, the cultural heart of Seattle. Originally built for the 1962 World’s Fair, the Intiman Playhouse opened in 1987 after a $1.2 million renovation, with all of the company’s operations—the performance, rehearsal, production, shop and administrative areas—in one location for the first time. The first production in the Playhouse was Shaw’s Man and Superman, directed by the Elizabeth Huddle, an actor and director who had joined Intiman as its new Artistic Director in 1986.
Among the highlights of her six-year tenure, which also brought a new emphasis on modern classics and contemporary plays to “Seattle’s Classic Theatre,” Huddle developed the Living History arts-in-education program with Intiman teaching artists and Roosevelt High School drama teacher Ruben Van Kempen, for whom Intiman’s VK Award is named. This award-winning program continues to reach thousands of students annually in high schools from Seattle to rural communities across the state.
Under the leadership of Huddle and Davis, Intiman’s budget and number of annual performances grew and, in 1988, the theatre produced its first world premiere—Peter S. Beagle’s ambitious dance/theatre stage adaptation of his own novel The Last Unicorn, which was directed by Huddle and choreographed by the founding Artistic Director of Pacific Northwest Ballet, Kent Stowell, and featured members of the PNB company.
Two years later, Intiman presented the Sovremennik Theatre of Moscow’s production of Into the Whirlwind—which involved hosting 60 Russian artists for six weeks, and was the Sovremennik’s free-world debut—at the Goodwill Arts Festival in Seattle. In addition to this production, which The New York Times called the “theatrical coup of the festival,” Intiman (the only theatre in Seattle to participate in the Festival) also presented the Sovremennik’s staging of Chekhov’s Three Sisters as part of its 1990 season; both productions, which were in Russian with simultaneous translation, sold out.
In 1991, undertaking another huge project, Intiman produced the world premiere of The Kentucky Cycle, Robert Schenkkan’s two-part drama spanning the lives of three families during 200 years of American history. The Fund for New American Plays awarded the largest grant in its history to Intiman for this production, and Schenkkan went on to win the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama—the first time the award was given for a play not yet produced in New York. The Kentucky Cycle opened to rave reviews at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in 1992 and played both at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and on Broadway in 1993 and 1994.
Warner Shook, director of The Kentucky Cycle, became Intiman’s new Artistic Director in 1993. During his six-year tenure, Intiman built a national reputation for productions of plays by such bold contemporary writers as Edward Albee, Athol Fugard, Lynn Nottage, Anna Deavere Smith, Paula Vogel and Chay Yew. Shook and Victor Pappas, Intiman’s Associate Artistic Director, also supported writers through the New Voices series, which focused on new-play development. Leslie Ayvazian’s Nine Armenians, Jeffrey Hatcher’s Smash and Ellen McLaughlin’s Tongue of a Bird all began as New Voices readings and had their world premieres at Intiman; these and other plays developed through the series have subsequently been produced across the country, including at the Mark Taper Forum, Manhattan Theatre Club and The Public Theater.
In 1994, Intiman became the first regional theatre company in the country awarded the rights to produce Tony Kushner’s two-part epic Angels in America after it won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play. Part One: Millennium Approaches closed the 1994 season, and Part Two: Perestroika opened the 1995 season. Directed by Shook, the complete Angels in America—with a large ensemble cast including Peter Crook, Gina Nagy, Jeanne Paulsen, Robynn Rodriguez and Laurence Ballard as Roy Cohn—reached more than 63,000 patrons over its two-year run and remains one of Intiman’s most enduring achievements.
Laura Penn succeeded Peter Davis as Managing Director in 1994 and, during a tenure that would last 14 seasons, guided the company’s efforts to advocate for civic dialogue and community building in the Puget Sound region and nationally. In addition to extending Intiman’s education and community programs, Penn oversaw the establishment of the Intiman Theatre Foundation and a remodel of the public spaces at the Playhouse.
Bartlett Sher joined Intiman as the theatre’s new Artistic Director in 2000 and directed his first production, Shakespeare’s Cymbeline, for the opening of the 2001 Season. Sher went on to direct a new production of the play, produced by Theatre for a New Audience, at the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon—where it was the first American production of a Shakespeare play ever presented at the RSC—and in New York, where it had an award-winning Off-Broadway run.
During his 10 years as Intiman’s artistic leader, Sher directed 16 productions, including the world premieres of Prayer for My Enemy and Singing Forest and new adaptations of Chekhov’s Three Sisters and Uncle Vanya by Craig Lucas, the playwright and screenwriter who was Intiman’s Associate Artistic Director during Sher’s tenure. Other notable productions directed by Sher include the world premiere of Nickel and Dimed, Joan Holden’s commissioned adaptation of the nonfiction bestseller by Barbara Ehrenreich, and plays by Chekhov, Goldoni and Tony Kushner.
In recent years, Sher has received national and international acclaim for his visionary productions, in Seattle and elsewhere, of classics, world premieres and operas. Now Intiman’s Artistic Director Emeritus, he is the Resident Director of Lincoln Center Theater, which produced The Light in the Piazza, a musical by Lucas and composer/lyricist Adam Guettel, after it premiered as a co-production between Intiman and Chicago’s Goodman Theatre in 2003-2004. The Lincoln Center production, which received six 2005 Tony Awards, returned to Seattle as part of its National Tour in 2007, in a special “homecoming” engagement at the Paramount Theatre that was co-presented by Broadway Across America–Seattle, Intiman and Seattle Theatre Group.
Under Sher and Penn’s leadership, Intiman received acclaim for its American Cycle series of classic American stories and outreach programs for multigenerational audiences. This large-scale wide initiative, which launched in 2004 with Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, directed by Sher and starring Tom Skerritt in the role of the Stage Manager, has served tens of thousands of King County audiences and students, bringing our community together through civic dialogue and public participation. In addition to large-scale mainstage productions of great American stories, the Cycle has included free programs that take place beyond Intiman in coffeehouses, centers for youth, libraries, living rooms and many other unexpected locations across King County, all with the goals of cultivating curiosity, advocating for literacy, encouraging an informed citizenry and understanding interconnectedness.
The American Cycle productions have included Linda Hartzell’s iridescent staging of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, adapted by Frank Galati (2005); Kent Gash’s searing world-premiere adaptation of Richard Wright’s Native Son (2006); and Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, adapted by Christopher Sergel and directed by Fracaswell Hyman, which became the best-selling production in Intiman’s history (2007); Robert Penn Warren’s novel of political and ambition, All the King’s Men, adapted by Adrian Hall and directed by Pam MacKinnon, coinciding with the presidential election season (2008); and Robert Sherwood’s Abe Lincoln in Illinois (2009), about the making of an American hero—and what it means to be an American hero today. This critically acclaimed production was directed by Seattle artist Sheila Daniels, Intiman’s Associate Director for two seasons.
In recent years, Intiman’s achievements have been saluted nationally and locally. In 2004, the theatre was the first Washington State company to be honored as a Leading National Theatre by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The Municipal League of King County named Intiman Organization of the Year (the first arts organization to be so honored) at its 2006 Civic Awards, recognizing its outstanding contributions to the community. That same year, Intiman was honored with the Tony Award® for Outstanding Regional Theatre, the most prestigious award given in the nonprofit theatre field.
Kate Whoriskey, one of the most adventurous directors in the American Theatre today, became Intiman’s Artistic Director in 2010. Her production of Lynn Nottage’s Ruined, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about violence against women in the Democratic Republic of Congo, became the second-best-selling show in the theatre’s history after its extended run this summer. Inspired by the play’s message of unlikely hope and indomitable spirit, Intiman’s staff and community came together for numerous programs designed to raise awareness about this conflict, including a successful Run/Walk for Congo Women.
In 2011, Intiman Theatre recognized the need to pause, reflect and relaunch with a financially sustainable and artistically vibrant new model. After listening to input from artists, audiences, funders and the community, Intiman launched its first summer theatre festival in July and August of 2012 under the leadership of Artistic Director Andrew Russell and Managing Director Keri Kellerman. The festival, curated from the impulses of an artist collective, featured four plays and a repertory company of 17 actors who stretched through over 40 roles. For the first time, Intiman also produced one of the 2012 plays in its intimate studio space, offering a fresh perspective that tantalized both actors and audiences.
Today, Intiman Theatre continues to produce work that is surprising, relevant and encourages conversation, activism and a personal connection between the theatre and its audiences. Intiman supports diverse voices and unique collaborations that allow audiences to experience worlds that are different from their own, and then make a connection back to themselves through dialogue both at the theatre and in the community. In all of its activities, Intiman remains dedicated to making well-crafted work that speaks to our times.
In 2017, Intiman welcomed Phillip Chavira as the first Executive Director, and first person of color to lead this organization. At the end of 2017, Andrew Russell completed his tenure as Producing Artistic Director and Intiman welcomed Jennifer Zeyl as the seventh Artistic Director. Intiman produced Robert O’Hara’s BARBECUE and Sara Porkalob’s DRAGON LADY.
In 2018, Intiman co-produced with ArtsWest HIR by Taylor Mac, then produced Allison Gregory’s WILD HORSES and closed the season with Karen Zacarias’s NATIVE GARDENS. Intiman retired a historical $2.7m in debt and obligations at the end of 2018.
In 2019, Intiman produced Christopher Chen’s CAUGHT, David Grieg’s THE EVENTS, and Eisa Davis’s BULRUSHER. Intiman created the Community Ticket Project, which supports free tickets to shows.
In 2020, Amy Zimerman was welcomed as Managing Director. Together with Jennifer Zeyl, they oversaw the company’s move to Capitol Hill and established Intiman as the professional theatre-in-residence at Seattle Central College. Zimerman was succeeded by Wesley Frugé in early 2022, who stepped into the role following three years as Intiman’s Development and Communications Director.
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"There's nowhere else to go," Antony Sher says with a hint of sadness in his voice.
Over the course of his nearly 50-year career, this South African native, who has become one of Britain's most esteemed classical actors, has tackled most of the major male roles that Shakespeare wrote, more often than not at his longtime artistic home, the Royal Shakespeare Company. Sher's still-legendary Richard III in 1984, on crutches that made him look like a spider, earned him an Olivier. He has played Shylock, Titus, Macbeth, Prospero, and Falstaff. Now, Sher has reached his final Shakespearean part, the titanic title character of King Lear.
Sher first played Lear in 2016, in a production directed by his longtime partner in life and art, RSC artistic director Gregory Doran. Now, timed alongside the release of his latest journal-memoir, Year of the Mad King: The Lear Diaries, Doran's staging is coming to Brooklyn Academy of Music April 7-29 before a victory lap at the RSC's Stratford-upon-Avon home May 23-June 9.
Once you play Lear, there's really "nowhere else to go," Sher says. Admittedly, he's a little melancholy. But he's mostly proud to have traveled the tremendous journey of the Shakespeare canon, and thoroughly grateful to the Bard for being there every step of the way.
This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.
The press materials for this production are calling this your "final Shakespearean role." Is that true?
For the male actor, Shakespeare really marks out a fantastic career of parts, taking him through each of his ages: Romeo and Hamlet in the beginning, Macbeth and Iago and Leontes in the middle range, and then, eventually, three great parts for the older actor: Prospero, Falstaff, and Lear. And now I've done them. There's nowhere else to go, Shakespeare-wise.
As an actor, how do you feel about that? Do you look at it as an accomplishment? Are you sad?
Both. There's a melancholy and a sense of "gosh, I've gone the journey." Looking back now, I wish I'd played Hamlet, which I didn't do out of a sense of self-oppression.
What do you mean?
I thought I wasn't what Hamlet looked like. There was an old-fashioned idea that he had to be tall and handsome and blond. But that's nonsense, of course. I missed it and it's my own fault. But otherwise, Shakespeare served me very well. I'm very grateful.
In rapid succession over the course of two years, you went from playing Falstaff to Willy Loman, back to Falstaff, and then to Lear. How hard was it to keep all of that straight in your head? Is returning to a role easier or harder than working on it the first time?
The human brain is an extraordinary thing. I had played Falstaff for at least a year, and then left off and did Willy Loman, at which stage I started learning Lear, and then brushed up on Falstaff, which is really two parts. So that's four huge parts. I mean, how does the brain do that? [laughs]
Generally, coming back to a part…it's a bit like cooking. The part has marinated in a way that makes it feel much more inside you than when you did it originally. There's an almighty battle about whether you can do this great part or not, and whether the decisions that you're making are right. If you've done the part, leave it alone, and come back to it, you have a sense that you can do it, because you have done it, and now it's in your blood in a different way, which is a feeling I like. It's not perfect, but it feels right inside you.
Even with your classical and Shakespearean background, is the idea of playing Lear intimidating?
The part of Lear is the Everest of acting. There is something completely epic about it. It's no accident that at the heart of the play is a huge storm scene. In that storm scene, Lear is there alone, shouting at, arguing with, a storm. In a way, that is what you're up against when you take on the part. The part requires not so much an actor as a force of nature, another "storm." You do come to it feeling inadequate. It's very intimidating.
How does your King Lear differ from the other recent Lears that we've seen here in New York and abroad?
There have been some very successful chamber-piece Lears in recent years, some of which have indeed come to BAM: the Donmar Warehouse one with Derek Jacobi; the Chichester Festival production with Frank Langella. But Greg and I said we're going to try and go for the full epic scale of this, and that's what we've done. It has meant taking on the combat of this great play as a heavyweight match. We're going to do it big, as we think it should be done.
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I have two indelible images of my life with Tony which oddly correspond. One of them is just a week old. Big Rock is a white granite outcrop that squats like a giant toad, at the end of a beach in Sea Point, the suburb of Cape Town in which Tony was born. At high tide, you can jump from the rock into a pool below, as green as malachite, and as exhilarating as a cool flute of Pol Roger. Tony loved that jump. That’s why he chose this place. That’s why we are here. His family and I clambered up, each scooped a handful of his ashes, and scattered them scintillating in the bright sea air.
The other image is from a soggy December morning in Islington in 2005 when, after 18 years together, we were made legal. We became civil partners on the first day that same-sex couples were allowed to do so. Tony couldn’t believe that within his lifetime, gay rights should have come so far. As we emerged on to the steps of the Town Hall, our friends and family pelted us with rice and confetti.
Confetti and ashes. In fistfuls, flung into the air.
We discovered that Tony had cancer out of the blue, in June, just before his 72nd birthday. There were two lesions, one the doctor said, which was the size of a satsuma.
Tony told me he was going to write about this whole experience, to keep a journal (as he had so many times before). He would call it “The Year of the Satsuma”, and he said he had the first line: “When the theatres closed, I was playing an old Shakespearian actor dying of cancer. Now I am an old Shakespearian actor dying of cancer. Who says actors don’t take their work home with them.”
Tony knew what was coming. During the preparation for that play, John Kani’s Kunene and the King, he spent many hours researching what cancer did to you.
That research informed Tony’s decision not to take any treatment – drugs that might extend his life a few weeks, but which would inevitably bring distressing side-effects: nausea, diarrhoea, etc. He had seen his late sister Verne go through just that too recently. Rather than go into hospital, he wanted to spend the brief time allotted to us at home, in our beloved house, on the Welcombe Hills, in Stratford-upon-Avon.
By the end of August, we knew the cancer was inoperable and terminal, (one prognosis gave him three to four months), and at the start of September I requested compassionate leave.
On my birthday in November, as he woke up, he took both my hands and said, in the hoarse whistle that that great voice of his had become: “I made it to your birthday”. He had written two cards, just in case: one if he did, one if he didn’t get there. He died a fortnight later.
In truth, the RSC allowing me to take compassionate leave gave us time. But not enough time. We did manage to sort his archive, a 50-year career of his annotated play scripts, now all collected in the cabin trunk he brought over with him, as a shy 19 year old, from South Africa in 1968.
We collected together all the manuscripts of his novels, the typescripts of his journals, and stored a lifetime of diaries in a very large case. His artwork is now all catalogued too, from some precociously accomplished biblical scenes drawn as a teenager, to the sketches scribbled in rehearsal, to the portraits and the oil paintings.
The Audience is a huge 6ft x 7ft canvas of an auditorium filled with important people in his life: heroes and villains: Mandela, Tutu, Albie Sachs; as well as monsters (many of whom he played) like Hitler. Artists he idolised: Dalí, Bacon, Hockney, Michelangelo. Actors he admired: Marlon Brando in The Godfather, Meryl Streep in Sophie’s Choice, Peter Sellers in Dr Strangelove, Fiona Shaw, Mark Rylance, Simon Callow, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen. And there, glowering from the canvas, Olivier as Richard III. He called it a dream map of his life. And there are parts he played, too. Arnold the drag queen in Torch Song Trilogy; Singer in Peter Flannery’s play, Stanley in Pam Gems’s play at the NT. Macbeth (with Harriet Walter), Leontes, and Shylock.
Tony was playing Shylock in Bill Alexander’s production of The Merchant of Venice in the 1987 season at Stratford when we first met. Tony gave a volcanic performance, a white heat which I witnessed in close-up every night. I was just a young actor, playing Solanio, and I spent much of my time voiding my rheum on Shylock’s beard, and trying to beat him up with a stick. Until one wet Thursday matinee, when I was clearly (as they say in the business) “phoning it in”. Before I knew it, Shylock had grabbed my stick and was chasing me around the stage.
That taught me a lesson, to be in the moment. One of Tony’s great gifts as an actor was to be completely there, utterly present on stage and thus mesmeric, with the compelling quality of compression, of always having more power held in reserve.
During the shortening days of autumn, we were able to look back on some shared memories. We walked together on the Great Wall of China (on the RSC tour of Henry IV and Henry V).
And we walked together in one of the first ever gay pride marches in Johannesburg (during a National Theatre Studio visit to the Market Theatre), as American zealots (shipped in specially for the occasion) held up their bibles and shouted “Perish!” at us from the sidelines.
But our souls always lifted together watching wildlife. Trekking into the forests of Uganda, on our honeymoon to sit in the presence of mountain gorillas. Bathing elephants in a tributary of the Ganges.
Tony meant a great deal to a great many people. Many of them wrote to tell him how much he had inspired them: as an actor, in his writing, in his life. I am glad he got to hear some of those tributes before he left. When news that he was ill broke in the papers, many printed appreciations of his talent. “It’s a bit creepy,” he said, “like reading my own obituaries”. “Maybe,” I said, “but at least they are all five-star raves.”
As I try to come to terms with Tony’s loss, it is Lear’s line about Cordelia that makes most sense to me. “Thou’lt come no more. Never, never, never, never, never.” I can still hear Tony saying that line: each repetition an attempt to articulate and comprehend the finality of death. Now that he is gone, it’s not consolation I yearn for, but acceptance.
An evening of programmes dedicated to Antony Sher begins at 7pm tonight on BBC Four
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Shylock
It is impossible to know how Shylock was first played. Since the early nineteenth century, Shylock has usually been played with dignity and a measure of understanding of why he does what he does. Perhaps the role was originally played by Will Kemp, the leading comic actor in the group, and the portrayal was harshly comic and influenced by the traditions of commedia dell'arte, or, perhaps, played in the red wig and false nose worn by villainous Jewish characters in the medieval Mystery plays. Perhaps Richard Burbage, the actor building a reputation for himself in tragic roles took the part - we simply don't know.
The Jew of Venice
The Jew of Venice was the title given by George Granville to his adaptation in 1701. The comedian Thomas Doggett played Shylock and provoked laughter with his absurd miserliness, in a characterisation more akin to the commedia dell'arte's Pantalone. This comic approach became so entrenched over the next 40 years that in 1741 Charles Macklin felt it necessary to keep his preparations for the role secret from his fellow actors. He restored much of Shakespeare's text in his acting version and, on his opening night, his ferocious Shylock astonished and terrified all beholders, causing young men in the packed benches to faint with fright. Macklin's success in this star role continued for many years: he acted the role until he was nearly 90.
Edmund Kean
Edmund Kean was the next great Shylock, first playing the role at Drury Lane in 1814. He electrified his unprepared audience with the intelligence and pathos of his interpretation. His Shylock could still terrify but this portrayal never let the audience forget what had brought him to this pass. Before anything else, this man was a wronged father and a deeply feeling human being. Kean's son, Charles produced the play to great acclaim 50 years later at the Princess's Theatre. His success was not so much due to the acting as to the magnificence of the sets and scenic illusion. Audiences gathered to marvel at the vivid, crowded stage, the sumptuous costumes, and the gondolas floating on real water.
Henry Irving
Henry Irving, the actor-manager of the Lyceum Theatre in the nineteenth century, had huge success playing a dignified, superior Shylock. He studied Jewish traders in the Levant, noting their dress, movement and speech. In Irving's hands, the role became decidedly tragic, after some necessary careful editing of the text to preserve Shylock's moral high ground. According to Irving, Shylock was 'the type of a persecuted race; almost the only gentleman of the play, and the most ill-used'. Irving's most affecting moment was not to be found in Shakespeare's play at all. His brilliantly sentimental invention showed the weary, dignified patriarch returning home across a picturesque Venetian bridge, complete with gondola beneath it, to find his house empty and his beloved daughter gone.
As with many subsequent portrayals of the role, it was this betrayal and loss that pushed Shylock into his murderous course of action. It was no easy task to keep a balance in the play between this dominant Shylock and the other main plot line of Portia and Belmont.
Ellen Terry
Great actor that she was, Ellen Terry still made her mark in the role. Her Portia was the epitome of warmth and charm, so much so that, for some of her Victorian reviewers, her eagerness to be won by Bassanio was considered downright unladylike.
William Poel
An exception to this overwhelming trend towards sympathy for Shylock was William Poel's 1898 production for his Elizabethan Stage Society. Poel's aim in all his Shakespearean productions was to recreate the simple fluid staging of the original playing conditions. The thoroughly unsentimentalised Shylock of this production accordingly wore a red wig and false nose and presented a harshly comic reading of the part.
Jonathan Miller
In 1970 Jonathan Miller directed Laurence Olivier at the National Theatre in a successful production, set in the late 19th century, which was later filmed. Olivier's Shylock appeared initially in the dark frock coat of a late-Victorian businessman and only later, under the enormous stress of his daughter's betrayal, did he take out a prayer shawl from a drawer in his desk and wrap it around his shaking body. After his final exit from the trial scene he gave a shocking, animal howl of pain from the wings, ensuring that the remainder of the play could not escape his shadow. At the end of the play Jessica kept apart from the happy couples, as she gravely paced the stage to the sound of the Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead.
Modern Shylocks
The Merchant of Venice continues to be one of the most frequently performed of Shakespeare's plays. Dustin Hoffman played Shylock in Peter Hall's production at the Phoenix Theatre in London in 1989, transferring to New York the following year.
In 1994 Peter Sellars brought his production for Chicago's Goodman Theatre to the Barbican Theatre in London. The play was set in the contemporary technological sophistication of California's Venice Beach. Banks of TV monitors showed footage of the Los Angeles race riots during the trial scene as the black Shylock demanded justice from the white Duke of Venice.
In 1999 Henry Goodman won great praise for his performance as Shylock in Trevor Nunn's production at the National Theatre, set in a Venice which resembled 1930s Berlin. This production was later filmed.
Jack Gold directed the play, with Warren Mitchell as Shylock, as part of the BBC series of Shakespeare's plays in 1980. In 2004 Al Pacino starred as Shylock in Michael Radford's handsome film version.
Staging The Merchant of Venice at the RSC
Gregory Doran (1997)
This production opened with a darkly atmospheric scene on the wharves of a Renaissance Venice, with merchants and prostitutes busy trading their wares. In contrast, Belmont was a bright and glittering place, presided over by a brisk Portia who appeared in a splendid new dress in every scene. Philip Voss was a soberly dressed, intelligent and deeply feeling Shylock whose grief at his daughter's escape was clear to see. On discovering her flight, he stood in the dark tower of his prison-like house, clutching his head as the structure spun madly around him. At the trial, Bassanio spilled out a great flood of gold coins (provided by Portia) in his offer of payment of the debt. The coins were left unheeded as the action proceeded until Shylock and Antonio both knelt on them, facing one another, the one having escaped death, the other spared it at the cost of his faith. Shylock repeatedly slipped back as he tried to get up from such a treacherous floor and no-one was prepared to help him, The same dangerous carpet of gold remained on the floor for the final scene in Belmont, adding an appropriately ominous note to the betrayals and reconciliations of the lovers.
David Thacker (1993)
The text in this modern-dress production had been carefully editorialized to allow an unambiguously wronged Shylock, driven to retaliate against an unjust society. In a manner reminiscent of the nineteenth-century Shylock of Henry Irving, David Calder's Shylock made a poignant return to his abandoned house, having fought his way through the bawdy carnival revellers, behind whose pig masks were hidden his daughter and her clandestine lover. This Shylock was first seen as a smartly suited businessman at his computer desk in an ultra-modern City bank. After the desertion of his daughter, he abandoned all attempts to be assimilated into Venetian society and adopted, instead, an explicitly different and Jewish style of dress.
Bill Alexander (1987)
This Portia was complacently accustomed to wealth and privilege, blithely dismissing her Moroccan suitor with the slur on his race which is so often cut. The frequent spitting and physical violence dealt out by the Christians to Antony Sher's exotic, Levantine Shylock clearly showed a society ruled by a sadistically bigoted group. At the trial, Shylock approached his victim with terrifying energy and determination, donning his prayer shawl and chanting Jewish prayers. This Antonio wanted nothing more than to be killed in such a sensational way, thus ensuring that he would bind his beloved Bassanio to him even after death. In the production's final moments, Antonio lingered in order to help Jessica retrieve her fallen crucifix (a gift from her new husband), only to hold it deliberately out of her reach as the stage went to black.
John Barton (1981)
This was a revival of the 1978 production, recast and restaged for the RSC's main house. Shylock, played by Davd Suchet, was now an opulently dressed, cigar-smoking business man, confidently moving among the Christians, sure of his superiority. Portia, played by Sinead Cusack, sat with a symbolic golden chain across her lap as she waited for her suitors to choose among the caskets. Portia was the only character to show compassion to Shylock in his defeat at the end of the trial. She stretched out to help him stand up after he had stumbled to the floor, but he ignored her hand and stoically got up by his own means.
John Barton (1978)
Since this production was staged in the RSC's studio theatre, The Other Place, there could be little in the way of scenery. A few pavement café tables and the late-nineteenth-century costume suggested an Italy where women and Jews might well be oppressed. Patrick Stewart's Shylock spoke with the carefully precise enunciation of a non-native speaker. Only his yarmulke and the glimpse of a yellow sash under his shabby black waistcoat indicated any cultural difference, both of which were ostentatiously on show in the trial scene. Despite his wealth, this Shylock was too mean to spend any of it on outward show; he smoked miserly little hand-rolled cigarettes, the stubs of which he kept in a tin for future use. At the end of the trial he himself knocked off his yarmulke and exited on a forced laugh at his own expense in response to Gratiano's brutal joke. This Shylock was survivor, whatever the personal cost might be. Portia's household had a strongly Chekhovian atmosphere. She was first seen wrapped in her dead father's black greatcoat, contemplating the caskets as the key to freedom and happiness, the unlocking of which was not in her power.
Terry Hands (1971)
The opening of this production addressed the play's strange mixture of Venice and Belmont - the one an urban trading centre, the other a fairy-tale world of riddles and captive virgins. It began with the fantastical spectacle of toy galleons being moved about the patterned stage floor according to the fall of the dice thrown by Antonio and his companions in what looked like a giant game of snakes and ladders. The casket by which Portia was won contained a life-sized golden effigy of the woman herself (played by Judi Dench). Emrys James's Shylock was the bogey man of fairy tales, described by the critic of the Daily Telegraph as 'a stage villain, barefoot, robed in old curtains, with a mouthful of spittle and plenty of oi-yoi-yoi'.
Clifford Williams (1965)
Eric Porter gave a tough, unsympathetic reading of the role of Shylock in this production set in the Elizabethan period, in which Janet Suzman played Portia. Audiences were given the opportunity to see the play in an unfamiliar context by the season's scheduling of Christopher Marlowe's play, The Jew of Malta. Eric Porter played the leading character in this production, too - the unscrupulous Jew, Barabas. For the first time at Stratford there was the unmistakeable suggestion of a homosexual dimension to the relationship between Bassanio and Antonio.
Michael Langham (1960)
The compelling performance of Peter O'Toole as Shylock dominated this production. With irresistible authority, O'Toole commanded the stage, drawing the audience's eye even if only sitting and sharpening his knife on the sole of his shoe. His was a tragic, very human Shylock, giving a grimly ironical laugh at the sparing of his own life at such a cost and still priding himself on his sense of what is right as he promised to sign the deed if it were sent after him. Dorothy Tutin's girlish Portia was a tiny figure set against this tall man; when they faced each other at the end of the trial it was clear that the two were irreconcilable.
Theodore Komisarjevsky (1932)
The comedy of the play was emphasized in this production. The director defied the old conventions of sentimentality and the picturesque with a bold stylization of design and acting style. An exuberant Venice of higgledy-piggedly hump-backed bridges and toppling bell towers split down the middle to usher in Belmont. Bruno Barnabe's Launcelot Gobbo was central to the carnival spirit of the production. Flamboyantly dressed as Harlequin, he led a masque of pierrots to open the show and his clowning with his father was full of inventive and dextrous physical comedy. Randle Ayrton as Shylock managed to bring out the comedy of the role and its humanity in a complex, unsentimental performance.
A full list of RSC productions with details of cast and production team can be found in the RSC Performance Database on the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust website.
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To commemorate the 10th anniversary of his death, the Jamie Lloyd Company will be putting on Pinter At The Pinter: a season that showcases Harold Pinter’s one-act plays. This celebration of the Noble Prize-winner and, arguably, the most influential playwright of his time will take place at the theatre that’s been dedicated to him, the Harold Pinter Theatre, and kicks off tonight (6 September).
In remembrance of the extraordinary writer, actor, and director, we’re looking back over his life and exceptional career.
Who was Harold Pinter?
Often cited as one of the most influential modern British dramatists, Harold Pinter was a prolific playwright, screenwriter, actor and director whose career spanned 50 years.
Inspired by Samuel Beckett, he created his own distinct style of writing which consisted of terse dialogue and marked pauses. These pauses were coined as Pinter Pauses – a moment of silence where words are not spoken but the meaning is abundant.
In 2005, he won the Nobel Prize for literature just three years prior to his tragic death. Along with this prestigious award, he also received over 50 other awards and accolades including the Laurence Olivier Special Award in 1996.
1930 – Harold Pinter was born in Hackney, East London. Growing up, he believed his family was actually Spanish – an erroneous belief held by his aunt. This is why he used the pseudonyms Pinta and de Pinto on some of his earlier work.
1940-1941 – After witnessing some of the Blitz bombings, he and his family were evacuated to Cornwall and Reading during World War II. This experience fuelled his work leading him to themes of loneliness, bewilderment, separation and loss.
1942 – He began writing poetry. His work was first published in his school paper in 1947. In 1950, it was published in Poetry London.
1944-1948 – Harold Pinter’s time at the Hackney Downs School grammar school taught him the importance of male friendship. He also found a mentor in his teacher Joseph Brearley, who directed him in school plays and would take long walks with him to talk about literature.
1948 – After refusing to enlist in the military at age 18, he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After discovering that he hated the school, he feigned a nervous breakdown and left after just two terms.
1949-1954 – After appearing in the pantomime Dick Whittington And His Cat at the Chesterfield Hippodrome, he attended the Central School Of Speech And Drama. He then went on tour in Ireland with the Anew McMaster repertory company where he appeared on stage before joining the Donald Wolfit Company, at the King’s Theatre, Hammersmith, as an actor.
1954-1959 – Harold Pinter took the stage name David Baron and supplemented his acting career by being a waiter, postman and a bouncer.
1956 – He married his first wife, actress Vivien Merchant. They had a son named Daniel in 1958.
1957-1968 – In 1957, he wrote a short play, The Room, and wrote his first full-length drama, The Birthday Party. In 1958, it was staged in London where it received negative reviews and closed within a week. In the same year, he also wrote The Hothouse which he abandoned for 20 years. During this time, he also wrote some of his most notable works including The Caretaker, as well as starting his career as a screenwriter.
1968-1982 – During the next decade, he focused on writing about the complexity and ambiguity of memory. The collection of work was coined as the “memory plays”. During this time, he started to direct more and more, as well as continuing his acting career.
1980 – He and Vivian parted ways and Harold married his second wife, Antonia Fraser.
1983-2000 – Following a three-year break, he started writing shorter and more politically-charged pieces. He also rediscovered his manuscript for The Hothouse which he revised and produced at the Hampstead Theatre. He was awarded the Society’s Award Special at the 1996 Olivier Awards. He continued to be a prolific writing, actor and director. His last stage play, Celebration, was written in 2000.
2001-2002 – In 2001, he was diagnosed with cancer and underwent treatment in 2002. Despite going through treatment, he directed a production of his play No Man’s Land. He also became increasingly active in political causes, writing and presenting politically charged poetry, essays, and speeches. He also worked on his final screenplays – adaptations of The Tragedy Of King Lear and Sleuth.
2005 – As his health declined, he completed his work on Sleuth and his last dramatic work for radio, Voices, was aired. Just three days after his 75th birthday, it was announced that he had won the Nobel Prize In Literature.
2006 – Harold Pinter confirmed that he’ll no longer write plays but will continue with poetry. He appeared in a production of Samuel Beckett’s one-act monologue Krapp’s Last Tape. The sold-out production lasted just nine performances and saw him perform in a motorised wheelchair.
2008 – In late 2008, he was admitted to hospital and on Christmas Eve, he passed away from cancer.
The Pinter At The Pinter – celebrating the exceptional life and work of Harold Pinter – will start later this week. The season will have an all-star cast including Keith Allen, Ron Cook, Phil Davis, Danny Dyer, Paapa Essiedu, Lee Evans, Martin Freeman, Rupert Graves, Tamsin Greig, Jane Horrocks, Celia Imrie, Gary Kemp, John Macmillan, Emma Naomi, Tracy Ann Oberman, Kate O’Flynn, Jonjo O’Neill, Abraham Popoola, Antony Sher, John Simm, Hayley Squires, Maggie Steed, David Suchet, Meera Syal, Luke Thallon, Russell Tovey, Penelope Wilton and Nicholas Woodeson.
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To most people, he was Sir Antony Sher, one of Britain’s finest stage actors who was internationally renowned for tackling the toughest Shakespearean roles with successful stints on the big and small screen.
To his beloved family in South Africa, he was “just Ant”, not a “Sir” knighted by the Queen for his contribution to theatre or a celebrated thespian who graced the world’s most famous playhouses. They just saw him as a humble, reserved, and warm man who loved Cape Town with all his heart and visited as often as he could.
Sher died last week of cancer at the age of 72. His illness was reported in September, when the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) announced that its artistic director, Sher’s husband, Greg Doran, would be taking compassionate leave to care for him at the couple’s Stratford-upon-Avon home.
“In the United Kingdom [UK], they called him Tony. Here he was Antony, a loved son, brother, uncle, cousin, and friend,” said his niece, Monique Sher, this week.
“I fondly referred to him as ‘Sir Uncle’. He once jokingly teased I should be calling him ‘Sir Doctor Uncle’ because I think he received three honorary doctorates,” she said.
While the theatre world mourned Sher’s untimely passing, his family took time to reflect on his “magnificent life well lived”.
“He was a very lucky man whose passion became his job, and he was good at it,” said Monique. “He died too young at 72, but he had an amazing, wonderful, full life.”
She said Sher and Doran, who directed him in many plays, loved to travel and went everywhere together.
“From the gorillas in Uganda to my late great-grandfather’s village in Lithuania, they travelled a lot.”
Not only was Sher a hugely celebrated actor, he was a fine artist and the accomplished author of several books.
“He got to do it all. What a great life he had!” she said.
Monique’s father, Randall Sher, said he was hoping to see his late brother soon in London. “Antony and I were very close – as close as brothers could be,” he said.
“Antony called me from the UK most Sundays at about 18:00. We were always on the same page. I cannot remember having any disagreements with him,” he said.
Sher was one of four siblings including Randall, the eldest, then their sister Verne, Antony in the middle, followed by Joel, the youngest.
The children were born and raised in Sea Point, where the boys attended Sea Point Primary and High School.
Their parents, Mannie and Margery, were very supportive of Sher, visiting him annually in London and accompanying him when Sher was knighted.
“There was a big leaning towards the theatre in our home because our mother was mad about it,” said Randall. “We were very much a theatre-going family although my father fell asleep from the minute the curtain was raised until the end. He would often attend Antony’s performances in London only to sleep through the entire show.”
As a child, he said Antony was “withdrawn and quiet”.
“He was very artistic and liked to do his own thing. He had one or two good friends. but liked to stay pretty much to himself. He was very talented, and it was often a toss-up over whether he should pursue acting or art as a career,” he said.
After completing compulsory military service, Sher moved to London at the age of 19 to study drama and acting. After stints with various performance schools, his professional career began at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre before he moved to the RSC in 1982.
It took him years to forge an identity he was comfortable with. He’s quoted in The Times as saying, “Gay, Jewish, white South African, that’s three minority groups. I wasn’t ready to come out as gay. Jewish I was a bit worried about because I couldn’t see any examples of great leading classical actors who were Jewish, and white South African was a problem because my political education didn’t really start until I got here [Britain] and I suddenly realised I’d been part of one of the most abhorrent societies on earth.”
From the RSC, a career as one of the greatest stage actors of his time began. His many tributes all mention his astounding 1984 performance as the titular king in Shakespeare’s Richard III as his breakthrough. He would win the Laurence Olivier Award – the most prestigious theatre award in the UK – for the performance as well as for his diverse portrayals including a drag artist in Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song Trilogy. In his acceptance speech, he quipped, “I’m very happy to be the first actor to win an award for playing both a king and a queen.”
Sher went on to win once more in 1997. He toured the country performing with the RSC, and also appeared in television and film productions.
One of Sher’s favourite longstanding family traditions was to jump off the imposing granite rocks into the icy sea at Saunders’ Rocks Beach in Bantry Bay.
“Once he did it on the way to the airport after one of his visits,” said Monique.
Though the family wasn’t religious, they would always get together for meals on Friday nights and high holidays.
Upon hearing the news of his passing, Prince Charles paid tribute to Sher, calling him a “great man and an irreplaceable talent”. In a statement posted on his official website, he wrote that he was “deeply saddened” by the news.
“As the president of the Royal Shakespeare Company, I had the great joy and privilege of knowing him for many years, and admired him enormously for the consummate skill and passion he brought to every role,” Prince Charles wrote. “My most treasured memory of him was as Falstaff in a brilliant production of Greg Doran’s. I feel particularly blessed to have known him, but we have all lost a giant of the stage at the height of his genius.”
Sher was a prolific writer, with novels such as Middlepost (1989) named after the blink-and-you-miss-it town founded by his grandfather when the family arrived in South Africa in the early 1900s; an autobiography titled Beside Myself (2001); and theatre-diaries-cum-acting manuals for young actors including Year of the King (1985), chronicling his role in Richard 111; Year of the Fat Knight (2015) about working on Falstaff; and Year of the ‘Mad King’ (2018) after his portrayal of King Lear which earned him the 2019 Theatre Book Prize.
His lifelong “work-and-life” friend, well known South African theatre director Janice Honeyman, described Sher as her “theatre-hero”, her “soul-brother, buddy, colleague, thinker, perfectionist, personal teacher, inspiration, and consummate artist” whom she had known since childhood.
In a tribute to her friend in the Sunday Times, she said, “You have always been pure pleasure to direct – you showed willingness to go anywhere I led you, you were greedy for direction, for exploration, for personalising the role, internalising, finding the intimate and infinite detail in the writing, every aspect of your character, and ever-eager for more and more notes to work on! Have you any idea, Tony, how stimulating and gratifying that is for any director?”
Another of his closest friends and colleagues, celebrated actor, activist, and playwright, John Kani, said he was “gutted and left breathless” by the news.
Ironically, Kani last worked with Sher on Kani’s Kunene and the King, the story of an actor trying to get to play King Lear while dying of liver cancer, directed by Honeyman.
Sher’s great-nephew, Joshua Maughan, posted on Facebook, “Not only was he a great uncle, but a mentor and role model who helped me to navigate some of the most transformative moments in my life. It seems more pertinent than ever that the first text we worked on together was Richard II where we sat, overlooking Cape Town’s endless oceans, discussing the stark reality of mortality and how tangible life feels. I will always carry an indescribable amount of love and gratitude for all you were and all you did. I have no doubt that you’re sipping a strong [as it should be] G&T with the Bard upstairs. I miss you already.”
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Sir Antony Sher, one of the great Shakespearean actors of his time, passed away December 3 at the age of 72 from cancer, The Guardian reports. Mr. Sher was married to Royal Shakespeare Company Artistic Director Gregory Doran, who directed the actor in many productions and also announced in September he would take compassionate leave to care for the ailing performer.
Born June 14, 1949, in South Africa, Mr. Sher studied his craft at London's Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and would go on to win two Olivier Awards. His first was in 1985 for his work on two separate productions: the title role in Shakespeare's Richard III and drag performer Arnold Beckoff in the London debut of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy. In his acceptance speech at the time, the actor quipped, “I’m very happy to be the first actor to win an award for playing both a king and a queen.” He would win a second Olivier in 1997 for his portrayal of English painter Stanley Spencer in Pam Gems' Stanley, the play that would bring him to Broadway for the first time.
His five-decade career included an eclectic list of roles that spanned the entire range of the human experience. Among them: Ringo Starr in John, Paul, George, Ringo and Bert, Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, Falstaff in the Henry IV plays, Leontes in The Winter’s Tale, Iago in Othello, Prospero in The Tempest, and the title roles in King Lear, Kean, Macbeth, Tamburlaine the Great, Arturo Ui, Joseph K, and Cyrano de Bergerac.
Mr. Sher made his Broadway debut in 1997 in the aforementioned Stanley, earning a Tony nomination for his performance and a Theatre World Award.
The actor also penned several novels and memoirs. His first play, I.D., which debuted at the Almeida Theatre in 2003, concerned South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, who was stabbed to death in Parliament by messenger Demetrios Tsafendas. Sher, who grew up in Cape Town, played the assassin to Marius Weyers' Verwoerd.
He also enjoyed a hit with the solo show Primo, which he also wrote, at the National's Cottesloe Theatre in 2004. The production subsequently played Cape Town before returning to London at the Hampstead Theatre and opening on Broadway in July 2005. The play, which cast the actor as Italian chemist and Holocaust survivor Primo Levi, was filmed and later broadcast on PBS in 2008. Mr. Sher won the 2006 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance.
On screen, he received a BAFTA nomination for his performance in Primo and won the Evening Standard British Film Award for his work in Mrs. Brown. He and the company of Shakespeare in Love were also awarded the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance (Mr. Sher played Dr. Moth in the film). Other screen credits include Marple, God on Trial, Murphy's Law, Home, The Jury, Macbeth, The Miracle Worker, The Winter's Tale, The Moonstone, Alive and Kicking, Look at the State We're In, Genghis Cohn, The History Man, One Fine Day, Superman II, and The Madness.
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A statement from the organisation said he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer earlier this year.
His husband, Gregory Doran, the RSC’s artistic director, announced in September that he was taking a period of compassionate leave to care for Sir Antony.
The South African-born actor tied the knot with Doran on December 21 2005, the first day same sex couples could legally form a civil partnership in the UK.
RSC executive director Catherine Mallyon and acting artistic director Erica Whyman said in a statement: “We are deeply saddened by this news, and our thoughts and sincere condolences are with Greg, and with Antony’s family and their friends at this devastating time.
“Antony had a long association with the RSC and a hugely celebrated career on stage and screen.
“Antony’s last production with the company was in the two-hander Kunene And The King, written by his friend and fellow South African actor, writer and activist, John Kani.”
The statement added: “Antony was deeply loved and hugely admired by so many colleagues.
“He was a ground-breaking role model for many young actors, and it is impossible to comprehend that he is no longer with us.
“We will ensure friends far and wide have the chance to share tributes and memories in the days to come.”
Sir Antony starred in a number of RSC productions, including a role in 2016 in King Lear, as well as playing Falstaff in the Henry IV plays and Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s Death Of A Salesman.
He was the Prince of Wales’ favourite actor – a fact the royal revealed during his 2017 Commonwealth Tour.
Earlier landmark performances included Leontes in The Winter’s Tale, Iago in Othello, Prospero in The Tempest and the title roles in Macbeth and Tamburlaine The Great, as well as his career-defining Richard III.
He moved to Britain to study drama in the late 1960s and joined the RSC in 1982. His breakthrough role came two years later in Richard III, a part which earned him the best actor accolade at the Olivier Theatre Awards.
His theatrical skills were not limited to the West End, and his adaptation of If This Is A Man, by Primo Levi, into a one-man show titled Primo, ran on Broadway.
Off stage he had roles in films including Shakespeare In Love and Mrs Brown, and played Adolf Hitler in 2004’s Churchill: The Hollywood Years.
His final production with the RSC was Kani’s Kunene And The King, which saw him star opposite Kani as Jack, an actor acclaimed for his roles in Shakespeare who is diagnosed with liver cancer.
Kani said in a tribute: “Both Tony Sher and I were born when our country, South Africa, was the worst place a child could be born let alone to be raised by parents who worked very hard to prepare their children for a difficult future – Apartheid South Africa.
“By the grace of his God and my ancestors, like Romeo and Juliet we found each other in 1973.
“We travelled together as compatriots, comrades in the struggle for a better South Africa, as fellow artists, and we both had the honour of celebrating together 25 years of South Africa’s democracy in my latest play, Kunene And The King.
“I am at peace with you my friend and myself. Exit my King. Your Brother.”
The National Theatre posted a statement on Twitter from director Rufus Norris, saying: “With the tragic passing of Antony Sher, one of the great titans has left us.
“His contribution and example to our theatre world was exemplary, and his standing within the ranks of National Theatre actors could not be higher.”
Brian Blessed, who performed alongside Sir Antony in Richard III in Stratford-upon-Avon, paid tribute on the BBC’s PM programme.
He said: “He revolutionised Richard III entirely. Amazing imagination, amazing vocal power. He hobbled around the set like a great bottled spider. He would terrify the audience in the first few rows.”
Blessed said to be on stage with Sir Antony was “mind-blowing” and added: “It was from another century. It was from another galaxy.”
The RSC said Doran will remain on compassionate leave and is expected to return to work in 2022.
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Antony Sher, who sadly died this week, was one of the most respected actors of his generation. Most closely associated with the Royal Shakespeare Company – with whom he performed many of the most famous roles in the Shakespearean canon including Richard III, Macbeth, Lear, Prospero, Iago, Falstaff, Shylock, Malvolio and Leontes, as well as other classical and contemporary roles, and for whom he was an Honorary Associate Artist – he enjoyed a hugely successful career on stage and screen that spanned nearly fifty years. He was awarded a knighthood in 2000, for services to theatre.
In addition to skill as a performer, Sher also possessed many other talents, including as an artist and writer. Nick Hern Books is incredibly proud to publish many of his books and plays, including Year of the King – his gripping account of his breakthrough performance in Richard III for the RSC in 1984 – which has gone on to firmly establish itself as a classic of theatre writing.
Here, to mark the sad occasion of his passing, we share an extract from Sher’s autobiography Beside Myself, in which he reflects how he first fell in love with performing. And NHB’s founder and publisher, Nick Hern, remembers his own relationship with Antony – as author, interlocutor, passenger and gift-giver…
This is an edited extract from Beside Myself: An Actor’s Life by Antony Sher.
I owe Esther Caplan my career.
Esther was known as Auntie Esther to all her pupils, though I had a special claim to this name, for my brother Randall had married her daughter Yvette. Esther was officially a teacher of Elocution. This word was more respectable than Acting and more comprehensible to any parents sending their little darlings for tutelage. To learn to speak nicely made sense; to learn to act made none. Who would anyone in Sea Point [a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, where Antony Sher grew up] become an actor? There was the Cape Performing Arts Board, which did occasional shows at the Hofmeyr [a theatre in Cape Town], and there was Maynardville, which did an annual Shakespeare in its leafy open-air auditorium, but there was little other theatre, no film industry whatsoever and television didn’t yet exist. There was some radio work, yes. In other words employment for about five and a half actors in Cape Town. It certainly wasn’t a career for me.
Esther had been an actress herself, during her youth in Johannesburg, and even worked with the most famous Jewish South African actor there’s ever been, Solly Cohen (later known as Sid James, the lovable Cockney of Carry On fame), but now she was a teacher: this had become her Great Role. She was an outrageously theatrical figure, Sybil Thorndike with a touch of Ethel Mermen thrown in. Tall, proud, big-bosomed, with a crash helmet of lacquered blond hair, skin darkly tanned and quite leathery, splashed with turquoise eyeshadow and bright-pink lipstick. She didn’t talk, she boomed and trilled. She didn’t walk, she strode. She didn’t gesture, she carved the air – thumb arched, forefinger splayed from the rest. Ballet dancers use their hands like this to compensate for not being allowed to speak. Esther was sometimes lost for words too, but only after emptying the dictionary: ‘Oh, my darling, that monologue was so outstandingly, brilliantly marvellous that… it was so superbly, fantastically, unbelievably amazing that… oh my darling, I don’t know what to say!’
She called everyone ‘my darling’. She was the warmest of warm springs; she bubbled, she gushed, she overflowed.
Given her style, the surprising thing is that she was fascinated by modern drama. By improvisation, by the Method School in New York, by the new plays coming from England by Osborne, Pinter and Wesker. So my first lessons in acting were not one might expect from a grand dame elocution teacher in some former corner of the empire – not Rattigan, Coward or even Shakespeare – but something altogether more contemporary.
I quickly developed an appetite for my weekly visit to Auntie Esther’s studio: a bare room above some Main Road shops. I ceased to be Little Ant, hopeless at sport, mocked in the showers. Instead I became anyone I wanted to be.
At first the work was very private – just me and Auntie Esther – but I soon grew greedy for the next phase: a public audience.
Every year there was a local Eisteddfod [performing arts competition] in Cape Town’s City Hall. Along with Esther’s other pupils I entered several categories, Monologues, Duologues, and my favourite, Improvisation. You’d be given a subject, five minutes to think about it and then you were on. I used to cheat. I’d prepare situation, speeches and characters, usually based on favourite film performances – Oskar Werner in Ship of Fools, Harry Andrews in The Hill – and somehow adapt these to whatever subject I’d been landed with. No one seemed particularly fazed by the arrival of world-weary Viennese doctor or sadistic British RSM into a scene entitled ‘A quarrel on Clifton Beach’ and I did well; I won prizes.
In my penultimate year at school the English teacher, Quinn, mounted a production of the Whitehall farce Simple Spymen. I got one of the two leads: the Brian Rix role, the dupe, the clown. The gales of laughter that night were overwhelming; a storm of approval from the same people who’d scoffed at us in the playground. I was hooked.
The drug of laughter, the megalomanic thrill of the cheering crowd…
As I hear the tinny echo of cliché drift into the story, it strikes me that I’m not being altogether fair to myself. The attraction in acting is more deep-seated. I recall one late afternoon, finishing a game of Cowboys and Indians in the garden – me aged about ten or eleven – and my sister Verne unwittingly playing the critic again. She said, ‘You’re going to stop this soon, y’know, it’s puerile.’ I had no idea what the second half of her statement meant, but the first was unequivocal. You’re going to have to stop this soon. I remember staring at the churned black soil under a hedge where I’d been hiding and thinking how beautiful that place looked – a dark and dreamy place of make-believe – and how I didn’t want to leave it. Ever. Was there really no way to cheat fate: this inevitable business of growing up, of becoming sensible, of stepping politely on the earth instead of rolling in it? Was there no way of playing on?
Well, yes, there was, I discovered during that performance of Simple Spymen; yes, there were people – adult people – who did this for a living.
I decided I should go to drama school in London. When I told Esther she swelled her great bosom, gestured with balletic poise and boomed assurances: ‘You’re going to make it, my darling, I know you will, I promise you will. And in England, in London – the very heart of world theatre! Oh, it’s so incredibly, marvellously, fantastically exciting that… oh, my darling, I don’t know what to say!’
We started making enquiries about London drama schools and working on audition speeches.
NHB’s founder and publisher, Nick Hern, reflects on his forty-year relationship with Antony Sher.
Tony was a bit of a wonder. A magnetic actor, of course, but also and equally an artist and author. I published five books by him, and in every case the vivid words were illuminated by equally vivid sketches. Also two plays, and a whole volume of his paintings and drawings. Furthermore, he was a delight to work with: punctilious, of course, but open to and eager for comment and improvement. If only every author were as receptive!
I first met him in 1980 in the wake of publication of his first, and most famous, book Year of the King. I had kicked myself for not having had the idea myself of asking him to keep a diary of his preparations for what turned out to be an iconic performance of Richard III. But the paperback rights were still available, so I seized them with both hands. Several equally illuminating diaries followed, on Falstaff, on Lear, on playing Primo Levi – and an eye-opening autobiography, Beside Myself.
With each publication came obligatory appearances at ‘author events’, and I was flattered that Tony, rightly nervous of being interviewed by someone he didn’t know, would ask me if I’d step in. We began to refer to ourselves as the Abbott and Costello of the literary circuit. I was also his chauffeur (Tony didn’t drive and admitted to a total lack of sense of direction), and I would ferry him up and down the country to satisfy the many fans who would congregate at such events – often clutching an ancient, dog-eared copy of Year of the King for him to sign.
As I delivered him back home at the end of what was to be the last of such tours – for Year of the Mad King – we were met at the door by his husband, Greg Doran, clutching a bottle of Bollinger. ‘For you,’ said Tony, ‘for all your hard work’. If only every author were as appreciative!
All of us at NHB are devastated to learn of the death of Antony Sher, who has died at the age of 72. May his memory be a blessing.
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Beloved Shakespearean actor Antony Sher has died at the age of 72 following a diagnosis of terminal cancer earlier this year.
Sher was born to Lithuanian-Jewish parents in Cape Town, South Africa, and made his way to London at the age of 19 in 1968. He studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and worked early in his career at venues like the Liverpool Everyman and with companies including Gay Sweatshop. Early turns included playing Beatles drummer Ringo Starr in the Willy Russell play John, Paul, George, Ringo…& Bert in 1974.
He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982, beginning a legendary classical career that would take him through all the great roles. First up was the Fool to Michael Gambon's King Lear in 1982, followed quickly by the eponymous leading man in Moliere's Tartuffe. In 1984, Sher stunned audiences with a career-defining turn as Richard III, performing the role on crutches to live up to the character's description as a "bottled spider." The next year, he played Arnold in Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song Trilogy, earning an Olivier for both of these performances. His Shakespeare resume would go on to include Shylock (1987), Titus Andronicus (1994-95), Leontes (1998-99), Macbeth (1999-2001), Prospero (2008), Falstaff (2014), and King Lear (2016-2018).
On Broadway, Sher earned a Tony nomination (in addition to another Olivier) for his work in the Pam Gems play Stanley in 1997, and brought his solo show Primo to the Music Box Theatre in 2005, receiving a Drama Desk Award. He had a frequent New York City home at Brooklyn Academy of Music, which presented many of the Royal Shakespeare Company productions in which he appeared.
Other roles included Willy Loman in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Death of a Salesman, Nicholas in Pinter's One for the Road in the West End, and finally, Jack Morris in Kunene and the King, which was written by his longtime friend and collaborator, John Kani. That production opened prior to the pandemic and would mark his final stage role.
Sher was also a widely exhibited artist, having turned to art therapy while in rehab for cocaine addiction in the 1990s. He was also the author of the now-legendary theater diaries Year of the King, Year of the Fat Knight, and Year of the Mad King, as well as four novels, three plays, a screenplay, and an autobiography.
Knighted in 2000, Sher is survived by his husband and partner for more than 30 years, Royal Shakespeare Company artistic director Gregory Doran, whom he married in 2015.
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This year, National Theatre Live broadcast its 100th title, Nye, live from the Olivier stage.
Now buckle up as we’re going to take you on a journey through all 100 NT Lives (you heard that right).
From our first to our most recent, join us to recount all the incredible plays that have made it from the stage to the screen – with some fun facts thrown in for good measure!
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Arthur Hughes playing Richard III for the Royal Shakespeare Company is the latest disabled actor to reclaim Shakespeare’s disabled character from a tradition of able-bodied actors “cripping up” to play disabled. Performances like Hughes’s illuminate the logic of “cripping,” a term of empowerment for acts that reconfigure stigmas associated with disability based on knowledge gained from disability activism and disability studies. The cripping of Richard III opens up discussions about the relationship between an actor’s and character’s identities while illustrating the recent push for fair hiring practices in theatre.
Cripping is distinct from “cripping up,” a tradition that stretches from Richard Burbage to Laurence Olivier, in which actors, though costumed in physical disability, bounded around the stage as Richard III with an energetic athleticism that rarely suggested mobility impairments. The portrayal of Richard only really became disabled in the 1980s with the rise of disability activism and disability studies as an academic discipline, though for some time he was still played by non-disabled actors.
The first major disabled Richard III was played by Antony Sher in the early 1980s in a Royal Shakespeare Company tour in England. As recounted in Sher’s memoir of the performance, Year of the King (1985), a few years before playing Richard, his Achilles tendon snapped during an accident onstage. His leg placed in a plaster cast for six months, Sher used arm crutches to walk, finding the experience frustrating. Those emotions came rushing back when he was cast to play Richard. He used his arm crutches, emphasizing the text’s description of a “bottled spider.” Drawing a distinction between the “deformity” that characterizes Richard in Shakespeare’s text and disability as understood in the 21st century, Sher concluded: “I had set out to look for a physical shape, but maybe what I found is something about being disabled.”
Although Sher had experience with disability before his run as Richard, his casting still involved an able-bodied actor cripping up to play disabled. It took a second wave of disability activism—marked in the United States by the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990 and in the United Kingdom by the Disability Discrimination Act in 1995—to inaugurate a new age in the casting of Richard III.
The Czech star Jan Potměšil played Richard in a wildly popular production in 2000 in Prague. A hot, young, rising actor in Czech theatre and film, Potměšil was injured in a 1989 car accident during the Velvet Revolution. His Richard III juxtaposed historically specific medieval costumes and sets with his modern wheelchair, swapped at times for a palanquin throne or a horse moved by an able-bodied actor hidden under the saddle.
In October 2001, the Nouveau Theatre Experimental in Montreal, Quebec, staged Dave Wants to Play Richard III in the basement of the Sainte-Justine Children’s Hospital. With the patients upstairs in mind, audiences saw Dave Richer, an actor with cerebral palsy who uses a wheelchair, adapt Shakespeare’s play into a reflection on the relationship between a disabled actor’s body and the English language’s most famous disabled character. In one account, “The focus for the spectator is not so much what the lines are saying but how they are made to read on Dave’s body.”
When Kathryn Hunter played Richard in 2003 at the Globe, a woman playing a man put the intersection of disability-based stigma and gender-based stigma on display. Walking with a limp, her right arm askew because it was once reset improperly after a break, Hunter was motivated by a sympathetic reading of Richard’s disability: “By finding his heart and his mind and what drives him, I hope we’ll begin to see how the disabled person can be unreasonably maligned and marginalized, and then begin to see Richard as a complex human being rather than a cursed person whose external deformities explain his inner evil.”
Peter Dinklage’s 2004 performance as Richard at the Public Theater in New York saved an otherwise flat production. In a fascinating approach, Dinklage explained to director Peter DuBois that society’s impulse not to stare at people with disabilities—to turn away, to pretend one doesn’t see them—allows someone like Richard III to get away with things when people aren’t looking.
The invisibility of people with disabilities in everyday life was also a central concern for Henry Holden, who played Richard III in 2005 at the Spoon Theatre in New York. Holden’s Richard was an exhausted employee in the workplace who grew increasingly frustrated with day-to-day discrimination.
Holden’s crutches were swapped for Rene Moreno’s wheelchair in a 2008 Richard III at the Kitchen Dog Theatre in Dallas. Moreno’s only requirement for the role was that the set be ADA-compliant, except for a small staircase that Moreno couldn’t climb, meant to indicate Richard’s sense of exclusion. Like Holden, Moreno’s performance was informed—in his portrayal of the character and in press coverage of the production—by his experience working in a theatre industry often unwelcoming to people with disabilities.
Stephen Madigan performed Richard, also in a wheelchair, in an amateur 2015 production at the Portland Stage Company in Maine. Not a professional actor but a practicing doctor, Madigan wanted to inspire people with disabilities to achieve success. Perhaps this was not earth-shattering theatre, but it was life-affirming for him and many in his audience.
The tone was not triumphant but indignant in a 2016 Richard III in Winnipeg staring Debbie Patterson, which was advertised as “a disability revenge play.” Her Richard was not sinister but “justifiably resentful.”
Michael Patrick Thornton could use a walker but preferred a wheelchair, which is how his Richard appeared onstage in a 2016 production at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago. He pinned his enemies in his walker, symbolizing Richard’s willingness to use disability to gain leverage over his enemies. In the scene of his coronation, Thornton’s Richard employed a ReWalk exoskeleton procured from a partnership with the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago—a robotic suit allowing Richard to stand and walk, so that physical ability represented Richard coming into power.
The discovery of Richard’s skeleton in 2012 led Australian actor Kate Mulvany to play the role for the Bell Shakespeare Company in 2017. “I saw his skeleton on TV and it was like looking at an X-ray of my own spine,” Mulvany said, referring to cancer treatments she underwent in childhood. “I have the same condition as Richard, severe scoliosis. I know exactly the kind of pain he suffered.”
These themes culminated in Mat Fraser’s Richard III at the Hull Truck Theatre in the U.K. in 2017. Fraser saw himself as an ambassador for disabled actors, and press coverage of his Richard III was filled with his calculated anger over the lack of disabled actors in mainstream media: “Every single theatre in Britain should be able to answer yes to the question: Have you employed one disabled actor in the last year? If the answer to that question is no, then the theatre should hang its head in shame and know that it is a relic of the past.” From this angle, the most inspired casting in Richard III at Hull wasn’t Fraser as Richard; it was Dean Whatton, an actor with dwarfism who doubled as one of the young princes and one of Richard’s murderers—roles that don’t call for disability.
When the Royal Shakespeare Company cast Arthur Hughes in 2022, the headline in the Guardian was “‘There’s a truth to it’: RSC Casts Disabled Actor as Richard III.” The motive behind the cripping of Richard III in recent years, however, is not simply that a disabled actor can connect with and portray Shakespeare’s disabled king better than an able-bodied actor. If we see this attitude as the aesthetic motivation behind the cripping of Richard, the political motivation has exerted more force: A disabled actor playing Richard III exemplifies the recent push for fair hiring practices in the English-speaking world.
Every time an able-bodied actor plays Richard, that’s one less role available for a disabled actor. Since disabled actors are less likely to be cast in roles for able-bodied characters, employment opportunities are limited. This dynamic has the look and feel of structural discrimination on the basis of disability, which laws and standards since the 1990s have sought to curb. In the main, having disabled actors play Richard III isn’t about offering a radically new interpretation of the play or even a better, more realistic performance; it’s about enhancing the visibility and status of disabled actors in the hopes that they will secure more roles, including roles for characters that don’t have disability as a centerpiece. The political goal of disabled actors is to bring the way the world looks and feels onstage closer into line with reality. This means having disabled actors portraying characters in stories about disability, as well as disabled actors playing characters in stories having nothing to do with disability.
The political motives behind the cripping of Richard III are most fully present not in performances of Shakespeare’s play but in adaptations, which activate the aesthetic motives for cripping Richard by infusing a “nothing about us without us” disability sensibility into the artwork from its inception.
In 2012, Gregg Mozgala—founder and artistic director of the Apothetae, a New York theatre company exploring the disabled experience—commissioned Mike Lew to write an adaptation of Richard III set in an American high school. A proponent of Asian American theatre, the able-bodied Lew saw parallels between barriers to disability in the theatre world and racist exclusions he had experienced himself. A note at the start of their play—with its un-Google-able title, Teenage Dick—doesn’t mince words: “Cast disabled actors for Richard and Buck. They exist and they are out there. Also cast diverse actors.”
Similarly, richard III redux, written by Kaite O’Reilly and Phillip Zarrilli and first performed by Sara Beer in 2018, is “a one-woman show about Richard III from a disability perspective, performed by someone with the same physicality as the historical Richard.” O’Reilly’s political motives are strategic, precise, and explicit: “As a counter to the tradition of ‘cripping up’ in Shakespeare’s Richard III, we offer the rights to this text solely to the atypical performer: those who identify as disabled.” Ultimately, richard iii redux reveals the inseparability of the political and aesthetic motives of cripping and the priority of the political: Casting people with disabilities is necessary for an accurate dramatic representation of the disability experience.
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Antony Sher, who has died at the age of 72, was a man of staggering versatility. As well as being a brilliant actor, he was an accomplished artist and writer. But, far from being separate, his three careers all fed into each other: you only to have to look at his sketches of Richard III in his book Year of the King to see how his draughtsman’s eye enriched his performance. Gifted in numerous ways, Sher also saw his acting career as one that evolved from impersonation to embodiment of a character.
Sher once told me that, when growing up as a boy in South Africa, his idols were Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers: what he envied, and initially sought to emulate, was their capacity for physical transformation. He also said that, when he left Cape Town at the age of 19 to make a career in the UK as an actor, he was aware, as a gay, Jewish South African, of being a triple outsider. He was even unsure whether he was cut out to be an actor; in his autobiography, Beside Myself, he describes himself arriving in London as a “short, slight, shy creature in black specs” understandably rejected by Rada, who strongly urged him to seek a different career.
Happily, he persevered, but in much of his early work you feel Sher was relying as much on his imitative skills as his inner self. That didn’t stop him being totally persuasive as the Beatles’ legendary drummer in John, Paul, George, Ringo … & Bert, which transferred from the Liverpool Everyman to the West End: he was equally good as the lecherous redbrick sleazeball Howard Kirk in the TV version of Malcolm Bradbury’s The History Man. But it was his stage performance as an exploited Arab visitor in Mike Leigh’s Goose-Pimples that marked his development as an actor: the performance, based on meticulous research, was mimetically brilliant but also called on Sher’s own experience as an outsider struggling to fit into an alien culture.
Sher’s career really took off, however, when he joined the RSC in 1982. He was an eccentric Fool to Michael Gambon’s Lear and was magnetically malevolent as the eponymous hero of Molière’s Tartuffe. It was his performance as Richard III in 1984 that showed his talents working in perfect harmony. With a writer’s zeal, he explored with orthopaedic surgeons the exact nature of Richard’s disability. As an artist, he was able to find a precise visual image for Richard. And, as an actor, he broke away totally from the Olivier template: fleet and demonic, Sher was the fastest mover in the kingdom, making wickedly inventive use of twin crutches that variously became phallic symbols or a cross to betoken Richard’s seeming saintliness.
It was a career-changing performance, which, over the years, gave Sher the chance to play all the great Shakespearean roles, almost invariably in Stratford-upon-Avon. He was a dazzling Shylock, driven to revenge by Christian physical abuse, in Bill Alexander’s The Merchant of Venice. Directed by Gregory Doran, his partner and eventual husband, he also gave a series of performances that combined abundant physicality with psychological penetration. His Macbeth in 1999 was a supreme fighting machine fatally undone by Lady Macbeth’s taunts about his virility. His Falstaff in the two parts of Henry IV was a rivetingly unsentimental portrait of a pub charmer and ruthless operator with a casual disregard for human life: when Sher dismissed his ragged recruits as “food for powder, they’ll fill a pit as well as better”, Alex Hassell’s Prince Hal reacted with a look of appalled horror.
By the time he came to play King Lear in 2016, Sher was a consummate Shakespearean able to bring a lifetime’s experience to the part. He was first seen enthroned like a secular god in an elevated glass cage. Once brought to earth, Sher captured perfectly the emotional volatility that is the key to Lear: having shown a beatific gentleness towards Cordelia, he rounded on her captors with a downright violence as if to remind us that this is a play of irreconcilable contradictions.
Intensely self-analytical, Sher wrote in his autobiography that at the start of his career he was obsessed by his characters’ “casual dress of flesh whereas I’m now more interested in their visible souls”. You could see that in his approach to modern drama. His Ringo Starr in the Beatles’ musical gave us the outward flourish of the man. But by the time he played a New York drag-queen in Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song Trilogy in 1985, he was totally within the character: above all, he caught the shape-shifting quality of Fierstein’s Arnold, who could switch in a second from gossipy camp to anxious mother-hen depending on who he was with.
Sher was also able, as much in modern drama as in Shakespeare, to convey the contradictions in a character. His Willy Loman, in the RSC’s 2015 revival of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman was, on one level, a dapper spring-heeled joker who used the old vaudevillian trick of extending his hands as if seeking applause. Yet, the more Willy became trapped in his dreams, the more Sher relapsed into sudden, brick-red rages. And Sher’s last great performance came in John Kani’s Kunene and the King, which called on his emotional memories of South Africa. Sher played a cantankerous old actor physically dependent on a black carer and hoping to overcome illness to play King Lear. Shuffling around the stage in rubberised slippers and swigging forbidden liquor, Sher was not only memorably testy but showed his character experiencing a Lear-like moral awakening.
Sher was a man of many parts and of diverse talents. But, for me, there was a unity about his skills as actor, artist and writer, in that he approached each part with an intense creative fervour, as if it had to be understood equally on the performative, visual and psychological level. And, having started out as a gifted chameleon, Sher became a supreme actor unafraid, whether in Shakespeare or modern drama, to exhibit his own soul.
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Guest post by Emer Murphy
As the centenary year marking William Shakespeare’s death nears its close, audiences around the world continue to delight in the wonders of his work. Despite the evolution of both time, and culture, his plots and characters demonstrate true resilience as they poignantly reflect the most basic of human instincts and injustices. But while the twenty first century moves into unchartered territory, there remains an almost striking familiarity. With millions of people displaced as a result of violent conflict and western politics catapulted into a state of chaos, history appears to be repeating. It is against such a backdrop that the RSC production of King Lear, directed by Gregory Doran, becomes all the more resonant for its audience, as the story of the great King’s fall offers lessons to even the most sophisticated of cultures.
With the stage awash with golds and browns, Lear’s downfall is instantly foreshadowed by the overt use of autumnal colours as he makes his magnificent entrance, wrapped in huge furs and hoisted aloof. He is instantly set apart from everyone else, elevated to a god-like position and encased in a glass box to highlight his utter detachment from his subjects (much like the political elite of today). Anthony Sher’s Lear speaks with controlled authority, almost complacency, as it becomes clear that he is significantly removed from reality. He has become too comfortable atop his throne, something Sher captures so perfectly with his body language, sinking into it with such effortless ease as it appears to be an extension of his being. Lear clearly occupies a realm of his own and is seemingly untouchable, until the moment he makes his most fatal mistake – the banishment of his beloved Cordelia – the catalyst for his fall.
As Lear succumbs to his baser instincts, letting jealousy and egotism rule him, winter colours of grey and black come to prominence on stage and the set becomes more barren and bare. The leaves have withered and gone, just as Lear’s reign has rotted from its roots, leaving him to the mercy of those he scorned. While Sher’s performance displays an understanding of the wayward king, it lacks a little chaos and, to echo Susannah Clapp, it remains contained. He never loses control. He never truly gives into the flames of passion, despair and madness, and because of that the performance lacks a certain spark. Even at his lowest points – his isolation in the forest, his suffering through the storm, and the death of Cordelia – he remains somewhat detached from his emotions, bottling up his inner turmoil instead of releasing it. In short, the explosion never came. But for all that Sher was not, he nonetheless remains an intriguing Lear, spitting venom at his daughters, sitting in despairing silence with his Fool and muttering lovingly to Cordelia’s limp corpse. He captures the quiet, contemplative Lear with the ease of a skilled and experienced actor, and instils in the audience powerful human emotions that can only be triggered by the demise of a great character.
The stand-out performance, however, goes to Paapa Essiedu for his stunning portrayal of the calculating Edmund. Essiedu brings a refreshing burst of villainy to the role with his mocking irony and humorous disdain, transforming Edmund instead into a most likeable villain. His tantrum-like foot stamping and immature jealousy make him a character the audience can relate to as he manipulates his way into his father’s favour. Strangely, but most satisfyingly, it is he who prompts the most laughter. Likewise, Oliver Johnstone excels as Edgar/Poor Tom. His agile, nimble movements allow him to move energetically around the stage in the image of a wild animal as Edgar slowly transitions to Poor Tom. His startled facial expressions and fleeting looks capture the peril of his situation as he appears more mad than Lear ever does. Covered in a layer of dirt and dust, wearing only a filth-stained loincloth, Poor Tom makes Lear, in his white undergarments, appear as though he is merely on a hike through the wilderness.
In a similar vein, Goneril’s progression from decent daughter to murderous villain is fluid and measured. She the product of Lear’s contempt, moulded from his cruel, hateful words as she refuses to be governed by his dictations. She does little to warrant or provoke such anger in her father and yet he rejects her so thoroughly, cursing her with infidelity in a scene that would make even the harshest of critics flinch. Her distress is palpable and resounds throughout the theatre as Lear’s treatment of her forces her to become cold and unforgiving in nature. Regan’s progression, by comparison, is not near as convincing. In the most vicious and violent of all Shakespearean scenes, Cornwall and Regan tear out Gloucester’s eyes, but here their actions seem too rushed and instead take from the horror of the scene. Regan maintains her distance from the action and is more of a spectator than an active participant in the violence. The glass box in which Gloucester is bound has echoes of Lear’s opening entrance, but this time the sentiment was very different. It comes to symbolise the utter destruction of his reign as, ultimately, it comes to be stained and spattered in the blood of his closest acquaintance.
Overall, the production captivates from the moment of Lear’s entrance to the moment he breathes his last, but somehow it fails to fully ignite.
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Rolf Hong, retired FSO/IG passed away August 12, 2024.
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Syed Aamir Hussain
Syed Aamir Hussain, senior budget analyst with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), died May 12, 2024, in Glen Burnie, Maryland, at the age of 61. From 1992 to 2010, Mr. Hussain served as a Foreign Service national and financial specialist in Kuwait. He then worked as a contractor in the Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services in Charleston, North Carolina, as a financial management officer. He joined the Civil Service in 2018 in the Bureau of Budget and Planning as a senior budget analyst. His last assignment was at USAID. Mr. Hussain enjoyed mentoring, completing Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, and solving challenging problems. Mr. Hussain is survived by his wife, Ambreen Zehra; and three children, Sana Zehra, Syed Asad, and Zainab.
Reprinted from the DACOR Bulletin of September 2024
Seth Bloom, 49, Clown Who Brought Laughter to the Rubble of War, Dies
By Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, published Aug. 15, 2024, updated Aug. 21, 2024
A virtuoso of physical comedy, he performed around the world with his wife. Most notably, he helped stage clown shows in Afghanistan.
Seth Bloom, a blue-haired clown and physical comedy virtuoso who helped outreach organizations in Afghanistan and other remote places stage circuses that roused smiles from children while also teaching them important life skills, like how to avoid land mines, died on Aug. 2 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. He was 49.
He died by suicide, said his wife, Christina Gelsone, with whom he performed in two-person clown shows around the world, including at the Big Apple Circus in New York City.
Based in Harlem, the duo, who performed as the Acrobuffos, were renowned for “Air Play,” a wordless one-hour show for children and families featuring balloons, giant swatches of silk and Styrofoam packing peanuts that floated around the theater.
Like his purple-haired wife, Mr. Bloom renounced garden-variety clown props — floppy shoes, honking horns, rubber chickens — for artistic comedy that blended physical tomfoolery with music and expressions of curiosity, wonder and love.
“Seth was like a jazz musician of physical comedy and clowning,” said David Kilpatrick, the director of education at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, which staged “Air Play” two years ago in one of its largest theaters. “He was clearly an extraordinary artist who leaned into a kind of connective, communal laughter that was really transformative.”
Mr. Bloom’s career, and his relationship with Ms. Gelsone, began in one of the world’s most humorless and unromantic places: Afghanistan in 2003, during the aftermath of the United States’ overthrow of the Taliban.
“Two clowns meet in Afghanistan — it sounds like a joke,” Mr. Bloom often said.
Mr. Bloom, who had studied at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College, traveled there on the recommendation of his mother, an international aid worker. She had heard about an organization, the Mobile Mini Circus for Children, that was trying to stage educational clown shows in remote areas of the country. Ms. Gelsone was in Kabul, the Afghan capital, doing similar outreach for Bond Street Theater, a New York company.
“We wanted to make a circus, but we had no background in this,” David Mason, the founder of the Mobile Mini Circus for Children, said in an interview. “We got some equipment together, like juggling clubs. We tried our best, but we had bruises all over our bodies because we were throwing the clubs, and they were beating us on the head and nose and body.”
Mr. Bloom taught the group how to use clown equipment (safely) and helped Mr. Mason craft scripts and costumes that entertained children and taught them about the dangers that surrounded them. A script about malaria explained the proper use of bed nets. Another one taught children how to freeze if they walked near an area that might have land mines.
“The country is stark and beautiful,” Mr. Bloom told The Widow Stanton, a circus blog. “I was going to areas that no media was going to, and no one was taking positive pictures of kids laughing and mullahs laughing and old guys with donkey carts pulling up to watch our shows.”
He saw himself as helping to rebuild the country in ways that many aid organizations and politicians had overlooked. His work there made him an early pioneer of the social circus movement, in which clowns entertain and educate children in the world’s most troubled places.
“Hospitals and infrastructure are part of what’s needed,” he told The New York Times in 2009. “But people need to be people. What we do lets kids dream. What we do lets them imagine a future.”
Mr. Bloom and Ms. Gelsone eventually began dating. They returned to Afghanistan for seven straight years, including for their honeymoon after they married in China while performing there in 2007. The bride wore a dress made from hundreds of tiny white balloons.
“It’s not the best place for a honeymoon, in case anyone’s curious,” Mr. Bloom told the Pennsylvania newspaper The Morning Call. “Most often you’re sleeping in rooms with other people.”
The original scripts that Mr. Bloom helped create are still being used in Afghanistan. Mr. Mason said that at least 4.3 million children have seen the shows. Mr. Bloom and his wife also started a program in Egypt for Darfur refugees and children living on the streets, as well as teaching social circus in Mexico, Chile, Taiwan and other places.
“Seth was strong — not only his body, but his voice,” Mr. Mason said. “He knew exactly what he knew and what he wanted us to do. That gave us a kind of security that we were in the right hands, that this guy knows what’s right.”
Seth Allan Bloom was born on Jan. 4, 1975, in Washington. His father, Peter Bloom, was a foreign service officer in the U.S. Agency for International Development. His mother, Gretchen (Brandow) Bloom, worked for the World Food Program.
Seth grew up around the world — in India, Kenya and Sri Lanka, among other places. He learned to juggle after moving back to Washington for high school.
“When I was applying to college, I saw I could either go to regular college and keep learning English and French and math, or I could go to clown college and learn to throw pies, wear big shoes and fall down,” he told The Widow Stanton. “And I thought that would be fun.”
At age 19, he enrolled at the Ringling clown college, graduating in 1993 with a bachelor’s in fun arts (seriously). He then toured the country as a professional juggler and studied at the Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theater in Northern California. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in dance from Wesleyan University in 2000 and a master’s in physical theater from the London International School of Performing Arts in 2005.
His wife used to introduce him at clown workshops as “the most overeducated clown in the world.”
The Acrobuffos act took the couple around the world. For part of “Air Play,” which was probably their biggest hit, they jumped around in giant balloons, with only their heads visible.
“The most important thing we’ve learned about climbing inside balloons is not to fart,” Mr. Bloom once said.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Bloom is survived by his father and his sister, Claire Bloom.
In recent years, Mr. Bloom experienced debilitating foot pain, most likely as a result of performing. After shows, he submerged his feet in ice baths. More than 40 foot specialists examined him, but the pain didn’t react to treatments.
“He had to be so careful onstage,” Ms. Gelsone said. “We would climb in these giant balloons and hop in them, and that was like the worst thing for his feet. And so there would be days where I’d be like, ‘Don’t hop today. I’ll hop twice as high for you.’”
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A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 19, 2024, Section D, Page 8 of the New York Times edition with the headline: Seth Bloom, Clown Who Brought Laughter Amid War, Is Dead at 49. Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe
John M. “Jack” Miller
John M. Miller (Jack) of Green Valley, Arizona, 85614, passed away on May 8, 2024, at home from complications of COPD. He would have been 83 in June. Jack was born the second of three children, on June 20, 1941, in Orange, California to Kathleen and Eugene Miller. He graduated from California State University at Long Beach (CSULB) in 1964 with a BS degree in Industrial Relations. Jack married Patricia Lynne Ellis, daughter of J. Sidney Ellis Jr. and Mary Lynne (Pruett) Ellis on September 2, 1963, in Las Vegas, Nevada. They both worked to complete college. Jack would return to CSULB to obtain his MBA in 1970. With the Viet Nam War heating up, Jack enlisted in the army in February 1966 and was accepted into Officer’s Candidate School at the Army Training Center at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Nine months later, he received his commission: second lieutenant, Army Armor. During the training cycle from February to April 1966, when he was Acting Corporal, he was cited for his training of the Outstanding Platoon. He was posted to Fort Lewis, Washington as a Tank Commander training recruits for two years. He was relieved from active duty on December 16, 1968, as a First Lieutenant.
After receiving his MBA, where he graduated 13th out of a class of 64, he applied to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and was accepted into its International Development Intern Program, including 3 months of Portuguese, and was posted first to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and subsequently to Brasilia for four years as Assistant Program Officer. Patrick John Miller, a son, was born on July 9, 1974, in Gramado, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. After serving 4 years in Brazil, Jack and his family were assigned to Seoul, Korea in December of 1974 as Assistant Program Officer. While stationed in Seoul, he attended the Department of State’s intensive economics course in Washington D.C. The intensive course is the equivalent of a Bachelor of Science Degree in economics. Following a several year posting to D.C., Jack was assigned to 4 years as Program Officer in both Sri Lanka and Honduras. However, before arriving in Honduras, Jack took the Foreign Service Institute’s Conversion to Spanish from Portuguese course, polishing up his Spanish. Later, based in Pakistan, Jack was the Deputy Representative for Afghan Affairs from 1986 to 1990. Jack’s work to develop a significant bilateral program was recognized by John Bolton and others. Mozambique, where he served as deputy director, was his final tour. He retired in 1994. In the 2000’s he did consulting in Eastern Europe, including Moscow and later in Mozambique.
Jack retired a second time to the deserts of Arizona at the foothills of the beautiful Santa Rita Mountains, pursuing his interest in music appreciation and filling multiple iPods with over 5000 pieces of music. He leaves his wife Patricia, their son Patrick, his sister Julie, and two grandchildren. His brother Larry pre-deceased him. He and Patricia were married 60 years, and he loved his job. He had a good life.
Roger Allen Bloom
On Sunday, July 28, 2024, Roger Allen Bloom of Alexandria, VA passed away unexpectedly at the age of 74. Born in Port Clinton, OH, he is survived by his wife, Carol A. (Wagner) of 45 years.
A graduate of Ohio State University, a Peace Corps Vol. from 1973-76 in Upper Volta. Received his M.S. in Ag Econ at Michigan State Univ. In 1979, joined U.S.A.I.D, for 6 posts in Africa and Asia for 21 yrs. Retiring in 2006.
A memorial service will be held at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 8009 Ft. Hunt Rd., Alexandria, VA on Friday, August 9 at 11 a.m. To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
Published by The Washington Post on Aug. 3, 2024.
Norman Cohen
On July 31, 2024, Norman Cohen, 90, passed away peacefully. He is survived by his beloved wife and soulmate of nearly 68 years, Marilynn Weitz Cohen, and his loving children, Dr. Evelyn Cohen Reis (Dr. Steven Reis) and Jordan Cohen. He will be dearly missed by his three grandchildren and his many nieces and nephews. He was the cherished brother of the late Ruth Orleans (Arnold) and brother-in-law of Alan Weitz (Cynthia) and the late Barbara Weitz.
Born in Norfolk, he lived in Washington, DC, Potomac, MD, and recently, Pittsburgh, PA. After graduating from George Washington University, he earned a law degree from Georgetown University. In addition to a long career at the U.S. Agency for International Development, he was a volunteer Commissioner for the Montgomery County Housing Commission for 20 years. He served as a visionary leader of the Lafayette Federal Credit Union Board for over 45 years and was honored by their naming their headquarters building after him. He demonstrated his strong belief in Tikkun Olam through his work in Asia, Africa, and Central America and his many years as a volunteer. He leaves behind a legacy of love, compassion, and a commitment to repairing the world. He will be deeply missed and forever remembered by those whose lives have been touched by his kindness, acts of service, and passion for uplifting communities.
Funeral services will be held at Congregation Har Shalom in Potomac, where he was a founding member, on Sunday, August 4 at 12 p.m. Internment will follow at Judean Memorial Gardens in Olney. Memorial contributions may be made to Congregation Har Shalom or the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation. To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
Published by The Washington Post from Aug. 2 to Aug. 4, 2024.
Mary Kathleen Huntington
10/24/1932 – 4/5/2024
Mary Kathleen Huntington died in her Washington, DC residence on April 5, 2024, after an extended illness. Through a long career with the U.S. Agency for International Development, she gave a lifetime of service to making the world a better place.
Mary was born in 1932 in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, the third of four children of Dr. Robert H. and Kathleen Butt Huntington. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Arkansas in 1954 and went on to earn a Masters in Advanced International Studies from Johns Hopkins University. In addition, Mary studied at the Sorbonne as a Fulbright scholar, and completed a fellowship at the Princeton School of International and Public Affairs.
With her sharp mind and a desire for public service, Mary began her decades-long career with the US Foreign Service. She would eventually find her home with the newly established U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), instituted by the Kennedy administration in 1962. Born out of the post WWII Marshall Plan and various initiatives from Truman’s Point Four Program, USAID’s mission was to provide technical knowledge to improve social, economic, and political conditions in ‘underdeveloped’ nations.
Known for her administrative skill in a diplomatic world dominated by men, Mary garnered the respect and admiration of her peers. Over the course of her distinguished career, she served as USAID Director of Laos Affairs (1974), Program Officer in Damascus, Syria (1982), and Deputy Director in Swaziland (1991).
To her family and friends, Aunt Mary was at once both a formidable intellect and a quick- witted bon vivant with an infectious laugh and a talent for stimulating conversation. She had refined tastes in art and music and entertained with an epicurean flourish. She is remembered as a loyal and generous friend and a shining example of independence and achievement to her extended family. She was a treasure.
She is pre-deceased by her brother, Dr. F. K. Huntington, and sister, Lynn Premselaar. She is survived by her brother Robert H. Huntington of Portland, OR and eight nieces and nephews. A private memorial celebration was held in Washington, DC on July 20, 2024. To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
Published by The Washington Post on Jul. 28, 2024.
Marjorie Anne Koblinsky
Marjorie (“Marge”) Anne Koblinsky, a pioneering figure in the field of maternal and neonatal health, passed away at home in Washington, DC on July 1, 2024, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 79 years old.
A public health scientist, world traveler, lifelong learner, and artist, Marge was born in Hartford Connecticut to Chester and Marjorie Koblinsky. She showed an early aptitude for leadership and teamwork as Senior Class President and head cheerleader at Manchester High School. Marge graduated from Simmons College and earned a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Columbia University, furthering her education with a Certificate of Community Medicine and Health.
Dr. Koblinsky dedicated her life to improving health outcomes for mothers and infants throughout the world. As Project Director of MotherCare at John Snow, Inc., she led initiatives to develop, implement, and evaluate community-based approaches to maternal and infant health in developing countries, including Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, and Guatemala. Marge connected and collaborated with local community members and public health professionals to understand women’s experiences and develop best practices for improving their healthcare. Her work significantly reduced maternal and infant mortality and newborn illness in these regions.
Marge contributed her leadership, research, and mentoring skills in many other influential positions. As Senior Maternal Health Advisor at USAID, she led the agency’s development of a global initiative to “End Preventable Maternal Mortality.” As Director of the Public Health Sciences Division at the International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, she worked closely with Bangladeshi researchers and policy makers for almost a decade to improve the health of Bangladeshi women and children. Her extraordinary vision, passion, and expertise also enriched her work at Save the Children, the Ford Foundation, and the Canadian International Development Research Center.
A mentor to countless public health students and professionals, Marge’s research, books, and publications have advanced knowledge of how to define and measure maternal mortality, achieve healthy pregnancies and safe deliveries, and implement effective reproductive health programs. These contributions have been recognized with prestigious awards, including the NCIH International Health Award (1993) and the World Health Day Award of the American Association for World Health (1998).
Beyond her professional achievements, Marge was a magnificent and caring mother, sister, and friend. She inspired others with her intellect, creativity, warmth, and generosity. Marge loved spending time with family and friends, walking her faithful dog Raffi at neighborhood parks and Rock Creek, attending Osher courses, practicing yoga, and tending her garden. She created beautiful watercolor paintings and unique beaded jewelry that are treasured gifts.
Marge leaves behind her son Evan Henrich and wife Paige; sister Sharon; brother Chet (Sally); nephew John (Rachel; sons Otto and Hugo); former husband Richard Henrich, and countless friends. The Koblinsky family especially appreciates Marge’s wonderful friends and caregivers who lifted her spirits daily, attended medical appointments, and prepared delicious meals throughout her illness. Marge will forever be remembered for her keen wit, joyful spirit, and loving kindness, as well as her legacy as a trailblazer who brought hope and better health to women and children around the world.
Services are private but memorial donations can be made to BRAC, an international nonprofit that has established a public health scholarship for Bangladeshi women honoring Marge. https://bracusa.org/donation/?form=Marge A Celebration of Life is planned for July 29. To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
Published by The Washington Post on Jul. 27, 2024.
Roberto Justino Castro Suarez
Roberto Justino Castro Suarez, 90, of Fairfax City, Virginia, passed away on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, after a courageous battle with Parkinson’s. Roberto was born on April 14th, 1934, in Jauja, Peru. Roberto was the son of the late Pedro Nemesio Castro Villarreal and Dolores Teodora Suarez Chavez. Roberto graduated from the National Agrarian La Molina University in Lima, Peru, where he met Marcela Carmen Acevedo whom he married in January 1959. In 1967, Roberto came to America and settled in Raleigh, North Carolina to pursue a new life in a new country with a new dream, together with his wife and two children where they soon welcomed their third and fourth child. Coming from a region with little education beyond 8th grade, Roberto graduated from North Carolina State University with a Masters in Economics and a Doctorate in Philosophy in 1973. Roberto then established a successful and storied career with the United States Agency for International Development, where his 25 years of service made a profound impact throughout Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Roberto served as the wise, patient, and kind patriarch of the larger Castro family and was a devout follower of Christ and member of St. Leo the Great Catholic Church. Roberto’s love of God and Peru led to establishing multiple Hermandades de los Señor de los Milagros in the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, and America. An avid traveler and epicurean, Roberto visited over sixty countries throughout the world and had many stories to tell from his adventures. From the jungles of the Amazon to the peaks of Nepal to the beaches in the Caribbean and plains of Africa, Roberto loved experiencing other cultures and societies. He enjoyed hiking the Inca Trail in the Andes and often spoke fondly of his time in The Dominican Republic where the family spent time at Boca de Yuma and Boca Chica snorkeling, kayaking, windsurfing, and fishing.
A passionate agriculturalist, Roberto altruistically shared his time and knowledge which made a dramatic change not only in his hometown of Jauja, where he planted thousands of trees through a non-profit agricultural-based initiative, but also in shaping the next generation of agriculturalists and farmers in Central America and the United States.
Roberto’s kind nature was welcome everywhere he went and no one knew it better than his children, grandchildren, and great grandchild. Roberto embodied a strength of spirit and perpetual determination to advance in all that he did, which his children took to heart in their own lives, leading them to great success. Most importantly, Roberto always emphasized to everyone to honor and love God, to cherish the people in our lives, to appreciate the earth – the trees, the beaches, the mountains, and the fresh air, and to always give back.
Roberto is pre-deceased by brother Pablo Landeo Suarez and survived by his wife of 65 years, Marcela Carmen Castro Acevedo, brother Pedro Castro Suarez of Lima, Peru, sister Violeta Castro Suarez of Lima Peru, brother Fernando Luis Landeo Suarez of Pflugerville, Texas, sister Alejandra Zenaida Ormeño of Pflugerville, Texas, son Ricardo Antonio Castro (Delia Farfán Decerra) of Rockville, Maryland, grandson Antonio Alejandro Castro-Ossorio (Gizem Yucel), great-granddaughter Vanessa Imani Castro-Yucel, daughter Carmen Margarita Castro (Juan Carlos Surinach) of Fairfax, Virginia, grandson Juan Enrique Surinach, grandson Daniel Alexander Surinach, daughter Marcela Elizabeth Curtis (Daniel) of Annandale, Virginia, grandson Nathaniel Peter Curtis, daughter Susana Patricia Douglas (Jimmy) of Columbia, Maryland, granddaughter Marissa Leilani Douglas, granddaughter Coral Sierra Douglas, and granddaughter Adalae Miriam Douglas.
The family will receive friends to celebrate Roberto’s life at Demaine Funeral Home (Main St) in Fairfax, Virginia on Monday, May 6th from 6:00-8:00 pm. The Funeral Mass will be held at Saint Leo the Great Catholic Church on Tuesday, May 7th at 1:00 pm followed by burial at Pleasant Valley Memorial Park at 2:30 pm.
In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to Roberto Castro’s Tree Reforestation Program in the Andes and Amazon Rainforest.
Judith Davis Johnson
Judith “Judy” Davis Johnson passed away peacefully on June 11, 2024, from complications of dementia. Judy was born in Washington, DC, in 1942 to Howard and Ruth Davis and grew up in Arlington, Va. She graduated from William & Mary in 1964, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, before marrying fellow alum Edward Q. Johnson in 1966 and embarking on a 30-year career with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Rising from secretary to contracting officer and ultimately to division chief, she oversaw contracts for civilian foreign aid and development assistance in the Asia-Near East bureau. Highlights of her career and post-retirement consultancy included trips to Pakistan and Afghanistan following the end of the Soviet-Afghan War in 1989, as well as assignments in Kenya, Ghana, Egypt, Iraq, and beyond.
Judy retired to Charleston, SC, where she lived for 20 years and remained active in music, arts, history, and conservation. She is survived by her children Capt. Edward Davis Johnson, USN (Stephanie), and Katherine Johnson Gordon (Quin); three grandchildren; her former husband, Edward Johnson; and her sister, Katherine Richardson (William). A memorial service will be held at Grace Church Cathedral in Charleston on Sept. 14 at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to South Carolina’s Coastal Conservation League. To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.
Published by The Washington Post from Jul. 5 to Jul. 7, 2024.
Ambassador Howard Dean Pittman
Ambassador Howard Dean Pittman (Dean), 67, passed away suddenly at his residence in Washington D.C. on June 4, 2024. Dean touched many lives, leaving a legacy reflective of his gentle manner and southern charm. Born in Norfolk, Virginia on August 31, 1956, to Paul Howard Pittman and Betty Pittman, Dean was six when the family moved to his father’s hometown of Tylertown, Mississippi. Growing up in a small town with his sisters Shane and Elise, his childhood was filled with Sunday dinners at his grandmother’s house, neighborhood games of kick the can, scouting adventures, school, and sneaking off to the bakery in the wee hours of the morning.
Perhaps working as a cub reporter and photographer for the family business, the Tylertown Times, sparked his interest in politics. Considered one of the nation’s best small-town newspapers, the Tylertown Times was a principled voice for equality and progress during the tense civil rights movement. Through her many efforts to promote tolerance and fairness, his mother was a voice of reason in this era. Moved by the example of his parents, Dean developed a love for political participation, a strong sense of place, service, and ethics.
While earning a B.A. in political science from Millsaps College in Mississippi, Dean interned with Senator Ted Kennedy. After graduation, Dean entered the Peace Corp teaching English in a remote village in Gabon. Heading to Washington, D.C., Dean dove into the flurry of political life, working as a Legislative Assistant for U.S. Congressman Wayne Dowdy for eight years and subsequently as his reelection campaign manager. Propelled by a keen interest in politics and international affairs, Dean received an M.A. from The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies before joining the Department of State in 1989.
Throughout his career, Dean served in numerous senior leadership positions within the State Department, at the National Security Council, and overseas. He quickly became known as a talented leader with significant policy and management expertise. He sought out opportunities to serve in conflict prone states, promoting peacebuilding, and reconciliation, and taking difficult stances guided by his core ethical principles. His early postings included Guyana, Mozambique, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, as well as a year as a diplomat in residence with the National Democratic Institute (NDI), focusing on democracy-building initiatives.
From 2000 to 2002, Dean served at the National Security Council as the Director for Balkan Affairs, coordinating all of U.S. Government efforts bringing stability to this conflict-affected region. While special assistant to Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, Dean volunteered to go to Iraq when few others would consider such a risky mission. Once in the Green Zone, as the Deputy Director in the Governance Office of the Coalition Provisional Authority, Dean assisted Iraq’s transition to an Interim Iraqi Government and engaged with provincial teams to improve governance throughout the country. It was in Iraq that Dean met his future husband, Chris Milligan, a USAID Foreign Service Officer.
Dean served as Consul General in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 2004 to 2007, where he furthered peace and reconciliation actively engaging with political and community leaders and building intercommunity cooperation. His efforts contributed to a power sharing arrangement and increased stability, a legacy which is still felt today. While a member of the Secretary’s Office of Policy Planning, Dean was appointed Senior Diplomacy Advisor to the Department’s First Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review instituting reforms that improved the effectiveness of the State Department and USAID. First as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and then as the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Dean leveraged the contributions of multilateral organizations and allies to advance U.S. foreign policy goals. Dean returned to Mozambique as the U.S. Ambassador in 2016. He was thrilled to be back in a country that meant so much to him, embracing the cultures, music and its natural beauty, travelling extensively to connect with communities across the country.
Retiring in 2019, Dean read extensively, particularly about American history. He enjoyed travelling, tennis, and cooking with and for friends. Always generous with words and smiles, he will be remembered for his gumbo and martinis, wit and intelligence, and warmth and character. He is survived by his husband, Chris Milligan, his mother, Betty Pittman, and his sisters, Shane Pittman and Elise Pittman, his mother-in-law, Ann Milligan, his brothers-in-law, Mike McLenagan, Peter Milligan, Mark Milligan, sister-in-law Liz Milligan, and nieces and nephews (Callie, Erin, Hayley, Devin, Harper, Ava, Maggie, Gabriel, and Luke).
A Celebration of Life will take place at a later date this year.
Susan Collins Russell
Susan Collins Russell, age 86, a resident of Washington, DC, died on February 2, 2024, at Georgetown University Hospital. The cause of death was a hemorrhagic stroke resulting from a fall. Born on April 24, 1937, she was the daughter of Joseph Kinney Collins and Grace Mullowney Collins. She spent her childhood and young adult years in Boston, Massachusetts. She attended Newton College of the Sacred Heart, graduating in 1959.
She met her husband, Ron, while teaching elementary school students in the Boston area. Upon marriage she joined Ron in Sabah, Malaysia, where he had moved to work for the Ford Foundation. They started a family in Malaysia, and their life of travel continued when Ron joined the U.S. Agency for International Development. During his career with USAID, he was posted to Argentina, Bolivia, and Panama. She was active all these years in the communities where they lived, while simultaneously running a household.
As her children grew older, she returned to teaching. Following a permanent move back to Washington, she worked at the Department of State, processing freedom of information requests. In retirement she and Ron travelled widely, including to Australia, Thailand, France, and Mexico.
She is survived by her sons Thomas, Andrew and Michael and by her grandchildren Sarah, Aaron, Michael and Melanie. Her husband, Ron, died in 2020. A private memorial service will be held at a later date.
Published by The Washington Post on Jun. 16, 2024.
Sarah Evelyn Wright
Sarah Evelyn Wright, retired education specialist with U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), died January 28, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois, at the age of 75. Ms. Wright was born December 9, 1948, in Marianna, Arkansas. She received a bachelor’s degree in 1974 and a master’s degree in multicultural and bilingual education in 1976 from California State University, Hayward. She joined the Peace Corps in 1982, serving in Gabarone, after which she worked for the Botswana Council of Women. Upon returning stateside, she attended Columbia University Teacher’s College and received a master’s and doctorate in education in 1988. After a brief stint working for the Anti-Defamation League in New York City, she joined the School of Education faculty at California State University, Fresno, in 1989. She joined USAID in 1991. Ms. Wright served as a regional education officer in Guatemala City (1995-1998), Lilongwe (1998-2002), Islamabad (2002-2005), Nairobi (2005- 2009), and Washington, D.C. She retired from USAID in 2011. In retirement, Ms. Wright settled in Chicago. She was an active member of the University of Chicago Service League, a parishioner and volunteer of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, and a regular book club member. Ms. Wright is survived by her sisters Samella Johnson and Dorothy Lazard, and a brother, Al-Pierre El. DA
From DACOR, June 2024
David Henry Mandel
David Henry Mandel, retired Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), died January 24, 2024, in Tucson, Arizona, at the age of 82. Mr. Mandel was born April 29, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York. He joined USAID in 1965. In a 35-year career, Mr. Mandel served in Nepal, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Colombia, Lebanon, Oman, Côte d’Ivoire, Botswana, and Uzbekistan. He retired in 1998. In retirement, Mr. Mandel volunteered with the Arizona attorney general’s office, Tucson Botanical Gardens, and as a U.S. Forest service patrol member. Mr. Mandel is survived by his wife of more than 60 years, Jill; their children Jennifer, Elizabeth, Douglas, and Duncan; and 5 grandchildren.
From DACOR, June 2024
Elizabeth Schoenecker
November 9, 1945 – May 1, 2024
On May 1, 2024, Elizabeth Schoenecker peacefully passed away at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore with her husband, Lee, and two sons, Steven and John, at her side. She also had five grandchildren.
Elizabeth, or “Liz,” Schoenecker was born November 9, 1945, and raised in Neenah, Wisconsin. She has an undergraduate major in economics from Marquette University and a graduate degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University. From 1966 to 1974 she worked as a housing economist with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban development. When her husband went to the State of Wisconsin on a federal employee exchange program, she was very active in the Madison League of Women Voters, including programs on the future of the Presidency.
In her return to Washington, she became heavily involved in an effort to secure one voting Congressman and two United States Senators for the District of Columbia under Article V of the Constitution. It passed the U.S. Congress but failed to get the required three-fourths approval from the 50 states. During most of the 1980s she was involved in numerous civic affairs, including serving as President of the Lafayette Elementary School Home and School Association in northwest Washington, DC.
In the late 1980s she went to work for the U.S Agency for International Development (AID), focusing on family planning in developing countries. In that job, she served as a Division Chief for Policy, Evaluation, and Communication until retirement in 2012. In her 2012 retirement, she received the AID Administrators Distinguished Careers Service Award. In retirement she was appointed to the Board of the Population Reference Bureau, including serving as its Chair for two years.
A reception will be held at Joseph Gawler’s Sons Funeral Home, 5130 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20016 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM on Monday, June 3. The funeral Mass will be held at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, in Georgetown, 3513 N Street NW Washington, DC 20007, starting at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, June 4, 2024.
Dignity Memorial
Susan Chuwa Easley
It is with great sadness to share that our dear colleague, Susan C. Easley, passed away unexpectedly in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2024. Susan, a career Foreign Service Officer, was in the United States following her assignment in the USAID/Sudan Mission as the Supervisory Executive Officer, and was on her way to serve in a critically important role in South Sudan. Susan leaves behind her two sons whom she absolutely adored and admired, Devin and Gavin Easley, and mother, Mary Kintu. Our deepest sympathies are with them and all of her family and friends during this devastating time.
For more than 37 years, Susan dedicated her life to service, including 22 years in the U.S. Army as a Commissioned Officer. During that time, she worked on DoD-sponsored HIV/AIDS programs in Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. She joined USAID in 2009 as an Executive Officer and served overseas in Ghana/West Africa, Afghanistan, Uganda, South Sudan, Haiti, and Sudan. While in Washington, D.C. beginning in 2018, she was the Acting Division Chief for the Overseas Management and Travel and Transportation Divisions supporting Executive Officers in the field and travel customers around the globe. USAID benefited greatly from her enduring commitment to public service and the steady leadership she demonstrated throughout, particularly in times of crisis.
Susan was a trusted colleague and friend to many and she was clearly proud of her two sons, Gavin and Devin. In conversations with her colleagues during trips to the field or over a meal, she always lit up when speaking about them. As a mother, she spoke of how much she wanted to instill a sense of empowerment and proactivity in them, to not wait for others to solve problems. She was so proud of how they grew into adulthood – a testament to their characters and the relationships they cultivated.
Susan’s legacy will live on through the many USAID colleagues and friends who deeply admired her ability to keep the big picture in view while demonstrating unrelenting service to others. We extend our deepest sympathies to Susan’s family, friends, and community.
Susan is carried in the memories and hearts of all who knew her. You can reflect on and honor her memory by signing this virtual memorial book or the physical book that will be located in the lobby of the USAID Annex at 500 D Street starting on May 17, 2024.
Office of Origin: M/MS/OMD, Notice Category: General Personnel
Date of Announcement: May 16, 2024, Distribution: USAID/General Notice
Any questions concerning this notice may be directed to:
— Everton J. Palmer, M/MS/OMD, (202) 921-5024, evpalmer@usaid.gov
Marion Horace “Tex” Ford
Marion Horace Ford, known as “Pug” or “Tex” to his friends, passed away on Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Tyler, Texas. Tex, a valued member of the USAID Peru Alternative Development team, was always focused on helping the poor, the downcast, and the persecuted.
He was born in Paris, Texas, on March 28, 1935, to parents Morris Ford and Sallie Brown. He attended Paris High School, Paris Junior College, and East Texas State University, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Sciences.
After college, Tex worked at the Department of Agriculture in Dallas. Then, he joined the inaugural class of Peace Corps volunteers the year it was created by President Kennedy, saying he might as well since everything he owned already fit in one suitcase. After his first two years overseas in the Dominican Republic, he went on to have a remarkable thirty-three-year career as a foreign service officer with USAID (the United States Agency for International Development), where he designed and implemented agricultural and development projects in Bolivia, Peru, Panama, Vietnam, Cameroon, Morocco, Haiti, and Sudan, before retiring in Cochabamba, Bolivia with his wife, Mariela, and their two daughters, Mariana and Melissa.
Tex’s life was a testament to dedication and service, and he is considered a legend by many for his transformative work in economic development and agricultural projects.
He is survived by his wife Mariela, two sons, Morris and Marion, two daughters, Mariana and Melissa, and oldest sister, Ann Ford.
Tex was preceded in death by his parents, his two brothers Jack and Billy, and his two sisters Delma and Myra.
A memorial service will be held on Saturday, May 4th at 10:30am in Fry Gibbs Funeral Home, 730 Clarksville Street, Paris, Texas.
Obituary published on Legacy.com by Fry-Gibbs Funeral Home – Paris on Apr. 26, 2024.
I. Austin Heyman
On Monday, April 15, 2024, I. AUSTIN HEYMAN, of Bethesda, MD. Son of the late Irving A. Heyman and Madeleine Strauss Heyman Sliosberg. Beloved husband of the late Barbara (LeVine) Heyman. Devoted father of Stephen M. (Susan Steinman) and David F. (Victoria White) Heyman. Dedicated grandfather of Madeline, Henry and Miles Heyman. Dear brother of the late Marilyn Heilprin. Austin was born in 1931 in New York, NY. He graduated from Harvard College, Harvard Law School, earned a Certificate from the Academy of International Law at the Hague, and a Master’s Degree in International Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). After law school, he served in the U.S. Army and was stationed at Ft. Sheridan outside Chicago, IL, where he met his future wife, Barbara He returned to New York City to practice law before moving with Barbara to Washington, DC to join the U.S. government as part of President Kennedy’s Alliance for Progress. He served as the U.S. representative in Paris for the U.S. Agency for International Development on the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD). After 25 years of federal service, and at a time when his volunteer life and civic engagement in his local community advocating for and bringing younger and older people together became his calling, he founded Interages and served as its first Executive Director until 1997.
His community service included serving as the first Chair of the Montgomery County Commission on Children and Youth, President of the Montgomery County Council of PTAs, member of the Maryland Task Force on Guidance and Counseling, and founding board member and Vice-Chair of the Volunteer Partnership Montgomery. He initiated and chaired the Montgomery County Vital Living Steering Committee and twice served as a delegate to the White House Conference on Aging. He also served as moderator for two county cable television programs—’Seniors Today’ and ‘Montgomery Citizens Agenda.’ For his more than 50 years of service to Marylanders of all ages, he was awarded the AARP Maryland Lifetime Achievement Award. He earned many other honors, including the Award for Distinguished Service to Public Education from the Montgomery County Board of Education and the Montgomery County Paths of Achievement Award and was inducted into the Montgomery County Human Rights Hall of Fame in 2008 and the Maryland Senior Citizens Hall of Fame in 2009.
Services will be held at Temple Sinai in Washington, DC on Sunday, April 21 at 10:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the JCA Heyman Interages Center at the Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington, 12320 Parklawn Drive, Rockville, MD 20852. Arrangements entrusted to TORCHINSKY HEBREW FUNERAL HOME, 202-541-1001.
Richard Elliot Benedick
Richard Elliot Benedick passed away on March 16, 2024, at the age of 88 after battling advanced dementia. Ambassador Benedick retired from the U.S. Department of State after serving 35 years primarily as a Foreign Service Officer with diplomatic postings in Iran, Pakistan, France, Germany and Greece. He played a pivotal role in global environmental affairs as chief U.S. negotiator and a principal architect of the historic 1987 Montreal Protocol on protection of the ozone layer, and he also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Environment, Health and Natural Resources and Coordinator of Population Affairs. He joined the International Cooperation Administration (ICA), Washington, DC, in 1958 and served as the Greece/Turkey/Iran Desk Officer in Tehran, Iran 1959-1961, Program Economist, USAID/Karachi, Pakistan 1962-1964, and Program Economist, USAID, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris 1965-1967 (detailed from USAID).
He was Special Advisor to the Secretaries General of the 1992 UN Earth Summit (UNCED) and the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, served on Battelle’s International Advisory Board before becoming Deputy Director in the Environmental and Health Sciences Division and then Senior Advisor to the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory-University of Maryland Joint Global Climate Change Research Institute, and was named President of the Committee for the National Institute for the Environment.
Over his illustrious career, Ambassador Benedick also was a Senior Fellow at World Wildlife Fund, Honorary Fellow of the Population Reference Bureau, Visiting Fellow at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, and Stimson Fellow in International Relations at Yale University. He received the highest presidential career public service honors: the Distinguished (1988) and the Meritorious (1983, 1990) Service Awards. He also received the State Department’s John Jacob Rogers medal (1993) and was elected to the World Academy of Art and Science (1992) and American Academy of Diplomacy (2002) and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Toenissteiner Kreis (Germany).
Ambassador Benedick is the author of several publications, most notably his book Ozone Diplomacy: New Directions in Safeguarding the Planet (Harvard University Press) which was selected for an anthology of twentieth-century environmental classics and has frequently been cited as the definitive work on the Montreal Protocol.
Dr. Benedick holds an A.B. summa cum laude from Columbia University, an M.A. in economics from Yale University, a doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and was Evans Fellow at Oxford University in metaphysical poetry.
Born and raised in New York City, Richard would say “you can take the boy out of the Bronx but you can’t take the Bronx out of the boy”. He was an intrepid explorer, had an insatiable quest for knowledge, and loved nature and animals. He enjoyed yoga and lap swimming, music from The Beatles and Barry White to Offenbach and J.S. Bach, poetry by Rumi and Billy Collins, and was known to eat chocolate ice cream daily.
Richard Elliot Benedick is survived by his son Andreas Peter Anselm Benedick, his daughter Julianna Valeska Benedick, and his granddaughter Vanessa Oria Benedick Guerrero and two great-grandchildren Xander and Serina. He was predeceased by his long-time lady friend, Irene Federwisch. His surviving family will honor Richard privately.
Published by The Washington Post on Apr. 5, 2024. (Edited to include USAID service.)
William Topolsky
William Topolsky, born in 1932 in Pittsburgh, PA, passed away on March 12, 2024, in Rockville, MD with his beloved wife, Linda, at his side. He is preceded in death by his parents, Morris and Henrietta Topolsky, and brother Boris Tarpell. Surviving are his wife, Linda Pryor; her children Howard Pryor and Gesine Pryor-Azevedo (Jason); brother David Topolsky (Susan), sisters Joan Sweet and Frances Santore (John); sister-in-law Noreen Tarpell, and a host of cousins, nephews, a niece, great-nephews and great-nieces.
Bill was an alumnus of the University of Pittsburgh and American University, and lived most of his adult life in Washington, DC working for the State Department’s Agency for International Development (USAID) and Institute of International Education (IIE) as a Program Officer writing the programs for and often escorting visiting Fulbright and other scholars during their tours of the U.S. In the sixties, he also taught English to Congolese at the Universite’ Lovanium in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Bill was culturally curious, linguistically focused, fluent in three languages with knowledge of many, a voracious reader and had an acerbic wit. He will be sorely missed by all who knew him.
Though Bill traveled widely for his work and in retirement with his wife Linda, he always considered Pittsburgh his home, and it is fitting that he returned there for his last voyage, where he was interred on March 15, 2024.
Published by The Washington Post on Mar. 31, 2024.
Kurt Keith Kunze
Kurt Keith KUNZE, retired Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), died December 14, 2023, in Salem, Virginia, at the age of 80. Mr. Kunze was born March 6, 1943, in Chicago, Illinois. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Elmhurst College in 1965, and a master’s degree from Northern Illinois University in 1968. From 1967 to 1977, he was active duty in the United States Air Force, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Reserves before his honorable discharge in 1992.
In 1977, Mr. Kunze joined USAID and served as a regional inspector general in Panama City (1977-1981), Nairobi (1985-1989), and Cairo (1992-1995). He was USAID’s special agent in charge of central offices, Eastern Europe, and the Near East when he retired in 1997.
After retirement, Mr. Kunze settled in Buchanan, Virginia. Over the next 26 years, he renovated his 19th century home with his wife, cultivating a welcoming space for hosting family and friends. Mr. Kunze’s love of nature, classical music, culinary pursuits— including gardening, foraging, and canning—and the companionship of his dogs defined his retirement years.
Mr. Kunze is survived by his wife, Amparo; three children, Erik, Emily, and Katia; and his brother Donald (Eleanor Smith). He was predeceased by Bessie Church, Hattie Meyers, Otto Kunze, and Muriel Johnson.
Peter W. Shirk
Peter Wesley Shirk was born on April 4, 1942, in Findlay, Ohio. He passed away from this life on May 19, 2023, from Cookeville Regional Medical Center, Cookeville, TN. In January 2023, he suffered a stroke which affected his ability to swallow. The cause of death was aspiration pneumonia.
He graduated from Ohio State University in 1968. He joined the foreign service and worked for USAID from 1971 until he retired in 1996. Overseas postings include: DaNang, Vietnam; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Sana’a, Yemen; Nairobi, Kenya; Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire; and Jakarta, Indonesia. Later, Peter Shirk worked for MacFadden in Washington, D.C. as a senior grants specialist until 2013.
In retirement, enjoyed traveling around the United States visiting Mount Rushmore, seeing the Giant Redwoods, the Grand Canyon, fishing, and occasionally, a slice of prime rib and a glass of wine.
Peter is survived by his siblings, A.V. and Leslie; two sons, Andy and Aaron; and two grandchildren.
The links below will take you to a virtual celebration of life video for Peter W Shirk on his memorialized Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/1146039497/videos/3707198282892655/ or:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j5aAxlyjtHVwhejyBGQBrBzI6S7O9wzU/view?usp=drive_link
Contact Information: Andrew Shirk, Relation to deceased: Son, shirk.andrew654@gmail.com
Amy Ada Haratani
Amy Ada Haratani (nee Ada Kiyeko Yamasaki) born May 27, 1926 — renowned artist, persistent educator, courageous activist, inquisitive befriender of new acquaintances, and situational socialite has journeyed onward on March 1, 2024. The last surviving Nisei of eight children born to Harumi and Shizuka Yamasaki, immigrants from Japan, she was so small her siblings carried her around their cooperative San Joaquin Valley farm in a bucket and compared her to a bird, especially after a spill broke her arm, prompting a wing- like splint.
As a teenager her entire family was incarcerated due to their ancestry without any legal trial or formal charges (despite the 14th Amendment guaranteeing her the full rights of American citizenship). Ada chose to focus on the positive aspects of imprisonment (behind barbed wire with armed guards facing inward) and, socializing with a larger peer group than farm life would allow, her new clique of ‘sophisticated girls’ called themselves “the Continentals.” She recounted prewar, Depression era farm life sitting on the water tower cross-brace watching distant trains, dreaming of traveling far away from scrubbing carrots in freezing ditch water for market. Camp prisoners were allowed to leave confinement if they could secure a job on the East Coast and Ada traveled days alone by train having acquired a job in a frozen vegetable processing plant. Upon arrival she found the company had gotten “Yamasaki” typed as “Yamaski” – once seeing she didn’t seem to be Polish, they told her the position wasn’t available. Fortunately, her older sisters already back East were able to help her find another job as a domestic worker. (Learning later that the FBI mistakenly identified her as “Amy” in her war file, she adjoined that typo to her birth name, saying she tired of childhood teasing of being called “Aduh….”).
The wartime experiences and lifelong prejudices she experienced scarred her deeply, but Amy Ada persevered and demonstrated grace and fortitude in maintaining a positive outlook on life. Postwar she returned home and attended Modesto Junior College where she met Joe Haratani, a gangly 442nd Regimental Combat Team mortar squad veteran, who had been incarcerated with his family in the same camp as the Yamasakis. Holding 8,000 displaced souls, they never met at ‘Camp Amache’, “Granada War Relocation Center”, in the sand blown Colorado desert; but in Modesto they fell in love and Joe gave her the world. His engineering career with the United States Agency for International Development enabled them to travel the globe while Amy Ada pursued her dreams of motherhood, teaching, painting, socializing, and enjoying life on a level of sophistication that the Continentals would swoon over.
Morphing into the first ever Peace Corps Volunteer family (3 dependents) she set up house in a wood & lava rock shack in the Galápagos Islands. Amy Ada demonstrated her own adaptability to living with rudimentary water, power & resources. She befriended many from all walks and even spent weeks camping on remote Hood Island assisting two female researchers from the Charles Darwin Station. This rugged lifestyle enabled her to adjust to her third quarter of life when the Haratani family settled near the gold rush town of Columbia, California. Nixon scuttled their retirement plans, leaving them cash strapped while Joe sought a stopgap federal job (thank you USFS !). While dealing with harsh winters, power outages (no water) and woodstove heat, Amy Ada continued her work ethic with a variety of jobs ranging from roadside fruit selling, receptionist at the local junior college, to office work at the Employment Development Department (where she sadly encountered racism by an administrator which resulted in her leaving the job but eventually winning a protracted legal suit).
Weathering adversity, both parents rebounded over time to become a successful overseas consultant (Joe), and a beloved painter of landscapes and abstracts. Amy Ada also continued her education earning her Masters degree in education. Joe and Amy Ada consistently worked the long hours required of poll workers near their final Sonora home, not for the minimal pay, but because they knew the vital necessity of participating in a hard-won democracy. From each sons’ birth, Amy Ada instilled a passion for reading, justice and knowledge…
Amy Ada is survived by sons Guy (Joyce), Richard (Kathleen), and Saji (Nicole) and their daughter Jazmine and son Jean-Patrik and myriad nieces and nephews and their families. She was preceded in death by her husband Joe. She was well cared for by her second husband Heinie. A Celebration of Life will be held March 23, 2024, in Tuolumne County in conjunction with a tribute to Joe whose memorial was postponed due to the pandemic. In lieu of flowers and gifts please vote to preserve equal rights and opportunity. (The dual Amy and Joe remembrance will immediately follow a “Pebbles in a Pond” presentation on community engagement, including a story from their life. Resilience Center 18241 Bay Avenue, Tuolumne, California. Full program begins at 2 p.m., Amy & Joe portion will start after 3:45 p.m.)
Published by The Washington Post on Mar. 17, 2024.
Achsah Nesmith
Achsah Nesmith, a former journalist who covered the Civil Rights Movement and later became a speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter, died March 5, 2024, after a brief illness. Mrs. Nesmith, who lived in Alexandria, VA, was 84.
One of the first women to be hired as a speechwriter for a U.S. president, she worked for President Jimmy Carter for all four years of his administration. She collaborated with him and Rosalynn Carter on the book Everything To Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life and also wrote his Nobel speech in 2002. Rolling Stone magazine said she was President Carter’s favorite scribe.
Mrs. Nesmith prided herself in finding the right words, free of government-speak and cliches, to help the president express himself – in his own words. “It’s not that you put these great words in his mouth and he spouts them out like a puppet,” she once told a journalist. “Speechwriters are not ventriloquists—they are helpers.”
Eudora Achsah Posey was born on Nov. 16, 1939, in Atlanta, Georgia, daughter to Eudora and Frank Posey, a nurse and a storekeeper. She attended Southern Methodist University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1961. While at SMU, she worked as a freelancer and talent scout for Mademoiselle magazine and was featured in a photo spread on the fashion of college “coeds.” After university, she worked for the Atlanta Constitution, covering federal courts, the legislature and key moments in the Civil Rights Movement. That’s where she met a peanut farmer named Jimmy Carter who was running for governor. She covered his campaign, following him all over the state of Georgia.
She also wrote Martin Luther King’s front-page obituary for the Constitution and covered several Apollo missions. It was in the Constitution parking lot where she met Jeff Nesmith, a journalist who would become her husband of nearly 57 years and with whom she covered those Apollo missions. Mr. Nesmith died last year. Achsah was extraordinarily proud of the day that President-elect Carter’s chief of staff called and offered her a job, which she turned down because she said she was busy raising two little children. She recounted how when she told her husband about the call that evening, he insisted that she try to get that chief of staff back on the phone and take that job. She cherished the fact that, at a time when many men would not have considered uprooting their own careers because of their wife’s career, Mr. Nesmith insisted on it, telling her “I can raise babies.” Their partnership taught their children more than any book could have, and they insisted their children read all the books.
The family moved to Washington in 1977. After the Carter administration ended after one term, Mrs. Nesmith spent several years freelancing and volunteering in their church, the Old Presbyterian Meeting House. She later worked as a speechwriter for Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia and as a writer in the communications office of the United States Agency for International Development.
“Achsah had a quiet and caring but very strong voice, with a depth of knowledge across many areas,” said former Sen. Nunn. “She was a talented and wonderful partner for those of us in the arena of public service. I was very proud to be the beneficiary of Achsah’s wonderful character, her wisdom and her sound judgment. She was able to read a room on every occasion.”
Mrs. Nesmith was proud of her professional accomplishments, but also of the life she and Jeff built together. She always said that the greatest gift she gave her children was choosing the right father for them. Mrs. Nesmith loved to travel, visiting Tanzania in the early 1960s with Crossroads Africa. She and Jeff continued to travel, climbing Machu Pichu in Peru as a young couple, and traveling as a family to Mexico, Greece, Vietnam, Cambodia, and most recently France, a few months before Covid locked down travel.
She also shared Carter’s dedication to service and went on several Habitat for Humanity home-building blitzes with the Carters. Mrs. Nesmith also enjoyed the time she volunteered at the Old Presbyterian Meeting House, working to establish a bag lunch program for homeless residents of Alexandria. When she called all of the other Alexandria churches and told them that OPMH was going to start a bag lunch program, the other churches told her they didn’t think there was sufficient demand for that. So, Mrs. Nesmith and a few friends made the lunches, and when they ran out of meals the first week, she called the other churches back with her evidence of the need. With her push, the other Alexandria churches stepped up. Mrs. Nesmith also worked to secure the funding and political support to open Carpenter’s Shelter, which serves the unhoused in Alexandria.
Later in life, Mrs. Nesmith earned a Master of Arts degree in Liberal Studies in 2000 from Georgetown University. She also volunteered to help teach children in City of Alexandria Public Schools to read. In her final years, she became concerned about the disparity that African American mothers faced in health care outcomes. When she was no longer in a position to give her time, she donated to Mamatoto Village, which helps mothers and their babies in Ward 7 of the District of Columbia.
She is survived by her daughter, Susannah Achsah Nesmith (Charles Rabin), of Miami, FL; her son, Hollis Jefferson Nesmith, III, (Tara Ronzetti), of Arlington, VA; her grandchildren, Siena Kaya Nesmith and Dominic Nesmith; and her cherished niece, Debbie Middleton. Arrangements are being handled by Everly-Wheatley Funeral Home in Alexandria. The family is holding a private service. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Mamatoto Village, the Carter Center or the Nuclear Threat Initiative.
Published by The Washington Post on Mar. 12, 2024.
Wade F. Gregory
Wade F. Gregory died peacefully on November 7, 2023, at Goodwin House Alexandria. Born in Weatherly, PA on June 30, 1924, Wade grew up on the family farm. He graduated from Penn State University receiving undergraduate and masters’ degrees in agricultural economics, followed by all but dissertation from the University of Chicago. The greater part of Wade’s professional career focused on international development, working with the Economic Research Service (USDA), World Bank, Organization of American States, Harvard Institute of International Development and Pragma Corp, to name a few. This work provided the opportunity to live and travel extensively throughout the world, visiting remote areas and sampling local fare. A member of the University of Chicago team setting up an economic research center in Santiago, Chile, Wade and his family lived there for three years. They also lived in Bogota, Colombia, while Wade worked on an AID contract with the Ministry of Agriculture. After retiring from USDA, Wade and his wife lived in Nairobi, Kenya, working with the Harvard Institute of International Development.
Wade was predeceased by his wife and life partner of over 73 years Ann B. Gregory, on July 26, 2023. Their courtship began while they attended Penn State. They moved to Arlington, VA in 1961, and were active in their community, church, and local and national politics. Wade was particularly engaged in expanding Arlington County’s Sister Cities program. Wade and Ann were avid and adventurous travelers visiting many domestic and international “off the beaten track” destinations.
Wade is survived by his son Gregory (Becky), and daughters Charlotte and Molly; five grandchildren; and five great grandchildren. Wade will be remembered for his loving, kind, and compassionate nature, his rich green thumb, and his wonderful sense of humor. He loved gardening, prolifically growing flowers and vegetables that he shared generously with family, friends and neighbors. His ability to insert one-liners with perfect timing was impeccable and very endearing, defusing and diverting awkward situations masterfully. He was truly a prince of a guy and a wonderful human being.
Memorial service information for Ann and Wade Gregory are being finalized and will be provided once available. In lieu of flowers, kindly make donation to The Parkinson’s Foundation.
Published by The Washington Post on Mar. 10, 2024.
Elmer Melvin “Mel” Cook
Elmer Melvin “Mel” Cook (CW-4 U.S. Army Retired) passed away peacefully in his sleep on Leap Day, February 29, 2024, at home in Alexandria, VA, with his wife Bette, well-known in USAID, and son Joe by his side. He succumbed, at age 97, to congestive heart failure.
Born on October 7, 1926, in Delavan, IL, Mel was a descendant of military men who fought in every war this country has been engaged. Mel continued the legacy and served 32 years in the U.S. Army through three wars – World War II, Korea, and Viet Nam – entering the military as a Private in 1945 and retiring in 1980 as a Chief Warrant Officer W-4. Among the many medals and awards he received during his military career were the Distinguished Flying Cross, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service, Air Medals, Army Commendation, and Purple Heart. The capstone of Mel’s career was induction into the Army Aviation Hall of Fame where he was cited as “the epitome of the finest traits and capabilities of our flying warrant officers.” In 2000, he was invited by President William J. Clinton to accompany his final Presidential delegation to visit Vietnam. In Mel’s mind, however, his most important honor was being the father of his son Joseph and a loving husband to Bette. Of their 67 years together, Bette remembers Mel’s romantic side and their special times like horseback riding on a Caribbean beach.
Some highlights from Mel’s exceptional career include:
• In 1945-46 during WWII in the Asian-Pacific Theater, he later found he was scheduled to participate in the invasion of Japan, which was negated by Japan’s surrender, thus ending the war, and saving millions of lives, including Mel’s!
• He returned to the Army in 1950 after a five-year civilian stint to further his education. This time, Mel was assigned to Japan under different circumstances and enjoyed meeting the people and learning their culture.
• Mel was accepted into the U.S. Military Attache service and assigned to the American Embassy in Tunisia in 1959-61. There, in his off-duty pursuit, he earned the first private pilot license – Tunisian Government License #4 (the first three licenses were honorary) – issued by the newly independent country. In 2019, he was invited to meet with staff, students, and spouses of the Attache course at Fort Meade, MD, to talk about the differences 60 years ago in the Attache field!
• Mel was also granted an age waiver (he was five years over the 30-year age cap) to attend the first class of the re-opened U.S. Army Primary Helicopter School in 1961. As a graduate rotary-wing pilot, he trained at Fort Knox, KY, and deployed as the advance party to set up camp in Vietnam for the 114th Aviation Company, the first air mobility unit in combat. For a Master Paratrooper trained to jump from airplanes into combat, this was a welcomed way to be transported into battle.
• Mel was quickly transferred from Vinh Long to the U.S. Army Support Command headquarters in Saigon to serve as Assistant Aviation Officer and personal pilot for Commanding General Joseph Stilwell, son of the famous WWII “Vinegar Joe.” Stilwell chose not only to command the air missions but also to be Mel’s aircraft door gunner. Holes in the aircraft after combat missions were not uncommon.
• During two assignments (1965-68 and 1970-74) with the Aviation Warrant Officer Branch at the Pentagon, Mel participated in the rapid expansion of the Warrant Officer aviation program from 1,700 to 7,000 pilots, and the development of studies and plans that resulted in the creation of a new W-5 rank. In 2019, Mel was invited to meet with W-5 officers at a professional development session at the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command headquarters at Fort Belvoir and was pleased to learn the impact his work had on the Warrant Officer Corps was still being felt today.
• While a dual-rated fixed wing pilot at the Priority Air Transport Division, Fort Belvoir, VA, Mel served as a personal pilot for Secretary of the Army, Clifford Alexander, the first Black Army secretary, who granted him a waiver of the 30-year retirement requirement for Regular Army personnel. While mandatory retirement was not waived at that time, it has become more common today.
• After retirement, Mel served 18 years as the Director of Play at Army Navy Country Club, Arlington, VA, where he was privileged to become a friend and golf partner with a President. On September 11, 2001, while standing on the first tee, he witnessed an airplane fly low overhead and down the hill into the Pentagon. In shock and distress, Mel spent the day sending staff in golf carts down the hill to assist workers leaving the Pentagon for the clubhouse to call their families, rest, and recover.
• Mel continued military camaraderie through professional associations such as the Army Aviation Association of America (AAAA), the National Museum of the U.S. Army (founding member), Friends of the National World War II Memorial in Washington DC, U.S. Army Warrant Officer Association, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association, 114th Aviation Company “Knights of the Air”, American Legion (Auxiliary Post 39), and Army Navy Country Club.
Mel will be dearly missed by his family and friends. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Bette Mayes Cook, and son Joseph Cook of Alexandria, VA; nephews Gale Johnson and wife Karen, Douglas Johnson, Dennis Johnson and wife Tina, Patrick Baillargeon, and Christopher Baillargeon; nieces Patricia Nelson Halper and husband Wayne, and Cynthia Oryall Gregg; and many loving grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his mother Josephine Van Buskirk and father Joseph Melvin Cook, sister JoAnn VanBuskirk Johnson and husband George Johnson, and nephews Robert Nelson and James Leroy Tauberschmidt.
Relatives and friends will be received at Jefferson Funeral Chapel, 5755 Castlewellan Drive, Alexandria, VA 22315 on Friday, March 8, from 4:00 – 8:00 pm. Mel’s funeral service will be convened at Old Post Chapel with interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA, at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in his honor to a charitable organization of your choice or to the National Museum of the U.S. Army at Fort Belvoir, VA, or the American Red Cross (Service to the Armed Forces). All are invited to view and sign the family guestbook at www.jeffersonfuneralchapel.com.
Melvin Raymond Chatman, Jr.
Melvin Raymond Chatman, Jr., retired Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Agency for International Development, died December 2, 2023, in Aldie, Virginia, at the age of 83. Mr. Chatman was born September 28, 1940, in Chandler, Oklahoma. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Western Michigan University in 1962. After serving in the U.S. Army for six years, Mr. Chatman joined the Foreign Service.
At the beginning of his career with USAID in Vietnam, Mr. Chatman coordinated the Saigon evacuation transportation for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor. In addition to his post in Vietnam, he also served in Bangladesh, El Salvador, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, and Washington.
Mr. Chatman retired in 1998 after almost 30 years with the Department of State. In retirement, he wrote a book detailing his family roots, pursued a master’s degree in creative writing, and spent years working with his wife to establish an urgent care clinic in South Riding, Virginia.
Mr. Chatman is survived by his wife of 40 years, Anita; a son, Farouk; two siblings, Whit and Susan; and his mother, Joan Taylor.
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James Elliott
James Albert Merten Elliott died January 12, 2024, at home in Arlington, VA, after a long battle with cancer. He was 79 years old. Jim was born in Seattle on September 9, 1944, and attended the Seattle public schools K-12. He completed an AB degree at Yale University in 1966 and graduated Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, with a double major (a special program) in political science and economics. He won a Marshall Scholarship to the London School of Economics, where he completed an MS degree in Economics in 1968.
Jim returned to Yale University for a Ph.D. in economics in 1972. His doctoral research was published that year by Yale University as International Comparisons of Social Welfare: A Factor Analytic Approach (282 pages). He then joined the University of Michigan’s Center for Research on Economic Development (CRED) and taught economics in Cameroon at the University of Yaounde in French, which he had to learn from scratch. From 1976 to 1980 Jim served as Assistant Professor of Economics at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. He joined the U.S. Agency for International Development in 1981 as a Foreign Service Officer and served in various capacities there for 28 years until his retirement in 2009. He served overseas for 4 years in Bamako, Mali, where he worked on budget reform and civil service reform, among other issues, as the USAID Mission Program Economist.
In Washington he served in the Bureaus for Africa, for Latin American & the Caribbean, and for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade. His work took him to USAID field missions throughout the world. His return to USAID/Washington coincided with the collapse of Communism in general and the USSR in particular. Jim had taken introductory Russian in summer school between his freshman and sophomore years in college (back in the 1960s) could still use it which, of course, made him the exception to the rule in AID and resulted in several short trips to Moscow.
As a USAID economist, Jim brought analytical excellence to the Agency’s understanding of the development challenges. His insights helped raise the quality of the debate on economic issues among USAID’s economic growth community. Many USAID economists sought Jim’s input to their research in progress, collaborations that he cherished. Notable among Jim’s many contributions to USAID’s work were his economic analyses of coca production and alternative crop development in South America, which were used and cited by the interagency, and his editorship (and frequently authorship) of EGAT (now IPI) Bureau’s EG Technical Briefings and Economist Working Papers on economic growth topics important to USAID programs. Jim at times sparked controversy when his thorough economic analyses pointed in directions at odds with conventional wisdom, but his gentle way of getting needed points into the conversation made USAID’s work better. Jim was a valued mentor and friend to the USAID economist community.
Jim is survived by his wife of 52 years, Robin Gates Elliott, cousins Kathryne Shaw, Barbra Mage, and Jack Morgan, and by a large number of former USAID friends and colleagues who will miss his constant good humor and brilliant mind. James’s inurnment was held at Acacia Memorial Park in Seattle, WA, on Saturday, February 17. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that donations be made to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle.
Frances Brigham Johnson
1927 – 2024
Frances Brigham Johnson, age 96, died peacefully at home in Alexandria, VA, on January 27, 2024, surrounded by her children. Throughout her life, she maintained her Christian faith and good spirits. She loved her family.
Frances was born in Evanston, IL, daughter of Erwin Risley Brigham and Hortense Garthwaite Fish, fourth among five children. She was a Mayflower descendant. Her family moved to Williamsburg, VA, in the early 1930s, and then to Champagne, IL, during World War II, where she graduated from University High School in 1945.
After two semesters at William & Mary College, she moved to Connecticut College for Women, graduating in 1949 with a BA degree in Government. After graduate work at Syracuse Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, she moved to Washington in 1950 to join the Economic Cooperation Administration, administering the Marshall Plan, where she met her future husband.
Her work in the Marshall Plan and succeeding agencies over the next forty years included the Central Secretariat of the Administrator, Women in Development, Congressional Relations, and country desks for Turkey, Brazil, Afghanistan and Senegal, culminating as the first Private Sector Coordinator in the USAID Africa Bureau. Her work as the architect of the “Turn-Around Strategy” that revamped the U.S. aid program in Brazil from 1963-1968 was key to being named “Woman of the Year for Career Professional Achievement in Foreign Affairs” in 1973,
Raising a family of four children and helping citizens in developing countries prosper (“Food for All through Enterprise”) were only two of her missions. Active in her community, she helped start a successful pre-school for disadvantaged children in Alexandria in 1984, organized a state-wide conference on Pre-School Education for Disadvantaged Children held at the U. of Virginia in Charlottesville. She also served on the boards of the Urban League of Northern Virginia and Research for Better Schools, a 5-state national research laboratory.
She loved to ski, swim and play tennis, and traveled extensively, bicycling in Europe in 1948, traveling for five months in seven Asian countries in 1954-55, followed later by trips to Israel, China (twice), Russia, Turkey, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Senegal, Mauritania and South Africa.
She is survived by her husband of 72 years, Gordon O.F. Johnson, three children, Gordon F.B. Johnson and Susan C.J. Gildersleeve, both of Alexandria, VA, and Brigham N. Johnson of Delray Beach, FL, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her youngest son, Christian, who died at Stanford University in 1982.
There will be a memorial service at Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill in Alexandria, on Sat. February 24, at 12 noon. In lieu of flowers, gifts in her memory may be made to The Child & Family Network Centers, 3700 Wheeler Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22304. See: https://cfnc-online.org/
Published by The Washington Post on Feb. 22, 2024.
Joseph Coolidge Wheeler
Joseph Coolidge Wheeler, Age 97, died in his sleep, at home in Concord, Massachusetts on February 11, 2024. Born in Concord November 21, 1926, to Caleb Henry Wheeler and Ruth Winifred (Robinson) Wheeler, Joe studied at Concord High School (1945), Bowdoin College (1948), the Graduate Institute of International Studies of Geneva and Harvard’s Littauer School (MA/MPA 1951). A distinguished career in international development included posts in Jordan, Pakistan, Kenya, Paris and Geneva. Returning to Concord after retirement, he was active in town affairs.
Joe described boyhood on Thoreau Farm as idyllic. A brother’s $20 gift to attend a Quaker conference on World Federalism launched his international career at age 15. Becoming a World Federalist student leader, he organized national and international conferences to promote world governance and an end to war. Joe worked for the U.S. foreign aid program (USAID), Peace Corps, United Nations Environmental Program and Organization for Economic Development. He was USAID Mission Director to Jordan (1965-1967) and Pakistan (1969-1977) and USAID Assistant Administrator from 1980 to 1982.
Deeply committed to environmental issues, he organized the 1992 Earth Summit. Joe introduced himself to his first wife, Jean (Huleatt) Wheeler, after their pictures appeared together in the Boston Globe as winners of Globe scholarships for international study. They married as students in Geneva. While Joe worked at the state department and Jean wrote her PhD thesis, they shared family responsibilities for five children. Abroad, they took the family on camping road trips throughout the Middle East. After losing Jean and son, Daniel, in a 1969 car accident, Joe married M. Verona (Farness) Wheeler, beginning a joyful 44-year marriage, living in Islamabad, Washington, Nairobi, Paris and Geneva. Between adventures, they hosted innumerable diplomatic and family gatherings.
His children and grandchildren will always remember visits to Paris and Kenya, fabulous holiday meals and intensely competitive family croquet games. Joe became blind in his eighties, yet found ways to manage his blindness with remarkable grace, always describing his quality of life as very good. He leaves five children, Juliet Wheeler and Rachel Wheeler of Concord, MA, Deborah (Wheeler) Burk of Annandale, VA, Caleb Henry Wheeler of St. Louis, MO and Margaret Jeanne Kane of Walnut Creek, CA; sons-in-law, Kenneth Turkington and John Myers; five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his four brothers, both wives; son, Daniel Lincoln Wheeler; and stepdaughter Marilee Kane.
A Memorial Service will be held in May. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Thoreau Farm Trust, P.O. Box 454, Concord, MA 01742. For more, see complete obituary, at www.DeeFuneralHome.com
Published by Boston Globe from Feb. 16 to Feb. 18, 2024.
William “Bill” Ignatius Rodier III
October 21, 1942 – December 18, 2023
William “Bill” Ignatius Rodier III died at the Adler Center for Caring in Aldie, Virginia after coping with dementia for several years. He was the oldest of four children born in Bronx, New York to William Ignatius Rodier Jr and Martha Marie Stoelting.
After rowing for the New York Athletic club during high school, Bill entered Virginia Military Institute where he ran track and with his usual discipline running became part of his life. At VMI he earned a BS in Chemistry followed by an MA in Psychology from Hollins University and a Ph.D in Psychology from The University of Virginia.
The following two years he served in the Viet Nam War. Promoted from First Lieutenant to Captain, he commanded a civil affairs platoon of ten specialists and several senior enlisted men. He was awarded the Bronze Star.
Returning to Charlottesville, Virginia Bill completed a variety of ‘Post Docs’ built around the study of endocrinology and psychology. Subsequently, he spent a year contracting with USAID in seven countries around the developing world, researching the acceptability of a new supplement for children, pregnant and lactating mothers.
Taking stock of his experiences and interests, Bill then joined the CIA as an analyst in what was the Political Psychology Division in the Directorate of Intelligence. In the early 1980’s he was asked to lead the Directorate’s Insurgency analysis which he did for some years. Another career turn came when he joined the Directorate of Operations where he served throughout Africa and the Middle East. Unsurprisingly he was one of the first to go into Afghanistan after 9/11.
Always retaining a love for the Army, he accepted an appointment to The Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania as Senior Intelligence Representative from 1995-1998. As a member of The Department of National Security and Strategy he helped integrate intelligence issues into the curriculum. The Commandant of The Army War College awarded him A Superior Civilian Service Award for exceptionally meritorious service after Bill’s efforts helped prove instrumental for the College being recognized as the Army’s center for strategic thought.
Bill completed his professional career when requested to serve as the De Serio Chair of Strategic Intelligence for the academic year 2011 at the Army War College. Bill viewed the Army War College as another great institution much like Virginia Military Institute in its dedication to disciplined learning and thinking.
Bill will be missed greatly by his wife, Karen Walborn, his siblings, other family members and friends. He leaves us with his dry sense of humor, many kindnesses, and a deep commitment to patriotism. Services will be held at a later date.
Published by The Washington Post from Feb. 16 to Feb. 17, 2024.
Paul Christian Tuebner
Paul Christian Tuebner passed away on November 16, 2022, surrounded by friends and family at Physicians Regional hospital in Naples, Florida.
Born on April 6, 1950, in Atlanta, Georgia, to Alice Atchison Tuebner and Harry Tuebner, the family moved to Tokyo, Japan, shortly after his birth. Military orders then took the family to Thailand and Spain before they ultimately settled down in Orange Park, Florida, where Paul attended high school and his beloved University of Florida. After college, Paul joined the Peace Corps and moved to Costa Rica to serve as an Agriculture Volunteer. It was there where he met Annette, a fellow Peace Corps Volunteer who would end up being his wife for 44 years. After serving in the Peace Corps, Paul went on to get two Master’s degrees from Ohio University.
Paul spent 35 years as a Foreign Service Officer with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). With his wife and two sons, he lived an exciting and varied life, which took him and his family to Botswana, Panama, Guatemala, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Honduras and Haiti. He loved going on safari in Africa, deep sea fishing in Central America and lounging on the beach in the Caribbean. Passionate for weekend barbeques, Paul was famous for his smoked ribs and steaks cooked to perfection. As an impassioned football fan, Paul enjoyed watching his Gators on Saturdays and the Commanders on Sundays. Following their exciting Foreign Service life, Paul and Annette retired to a beautiful community in Naples, Florida. He was a great friend to so many people all over the world and will be missed by everyone that knew him.
Paul is survived by his wife Annette, sons Robert and Nathan, Daughter-in-Law Anna and two Grandchildren Clara and Eric, as well as his Brothers Kenneth, Peter, David and their families. He will be missed dearly.
Manuel Carl Zenick
Manuel “Mick” Zenick, a longtime resident of the Washington area, died at age 97 from complications of a fall. Born in Hudson, New York of immigrant parents from Czarist Russia, Mick was educated in public schools in Hudson and Brooklyn, NY. He received a BS from Baruch College at City University in New York. Mick interrupted his college studies at 17 to join the Navy during WWII and served at various domestic bases at Guantanamo Bay before his final assignment as the sole medic aboard the USS ATR5, a seagoing tugboat. Following the war, he resumed his college education which included a summer program in Europe to study the Marshall Plan. Mick later completed studies at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.
Passing the Junior Professional examination was the beginning of Mick’s challenging and interesting overseas assignments. He first started in the US State Department as an economist before transferring to the US Foreign Aid Program. His first overseas assignment was in Paris where he served on the US Delegation to NATO and OEEC. Returning to the US in 1963, he received a Ford Foundation Fellowship to study economics under Milton Friedman at the University of Chicago. Mick then accepted an offer from the World Bank working primarily with the Caribbean and Colombia. In 1969 he was selected to open the first Resident Bank Mission in Kabul, Afghanistan. Under the King, Afghanistan at the time was a peaceful, but extremely poor, country with a government eager to accept developmental assistance from the World Bank and other international agencies. Having a Resident Mission resulted in the country’s receipt of critical economic assistance. Once back in Washington, Mick realized how much he missed hands-on work in developing countries. Inspired by the stories of his wife Linda’s Peace Corps service as a nurse midwife volunteer in Malaysia, Mick sought employment with the Peace Corps. For five years, he served as Country Director in Thailand and Guatemala. He took great pride in supporting and assisting dedicated volunteers in health, education, and agricultural projects. Mick returned to the World Bank headquarters in 1979 where he served as Chief of the Korea Division. He was delighted with his last assignment as Chief Loan Officer in the World Bank Mission in Indonesia until his retirement in 1988.
In his long retirement, he visited “paths less traveled” including Tibet, Easter Island, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu, and PNG. Besides travel, he designed and built a vacation home in Berkeley Springs, WVA; answered the comment line in the Clinton White House; taught a course on the 1920s at American University’s Institute of Learning in Retirement; and actively participated in the Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe Societies. He loved 1920s big band jazz, card playing, the theater, dim sum, and political banter. Mick treasured the many friendships from his overseas posts and keeping in touch with people he met in his travels. A few months before his death, he self-published a memoir and some poetry. Mick leaves behind his wife of 55 years Linda, their daughters Emily (Tom), Jenny (Eddie), and their children Benjamin and Henry Bergeron and Miles and Cora Wexler. He also leaves children from his first marriage Pamela Zenick, Jeffrey Zenick, Melanie Lynch (Tom), Andrew Zenick, four grandchildren – Jeremy, Sara, Mollie and Nadia – and numerous friends and neighbors who enriched his life. A celebration of life for family and friends will be held in March; an interment at Arlington National Cemetery will take place next year. Donations in his memory can be made to Doctors Without Borders or Heifer International.
Published by The Washington Post on Feb. 13, 2024.
Francis Redmond “Tony” Smoot
Francis Redmond Smoot, a sixth generation Washingtonian, passed away on January 13, 2024. He was 80. Mr. Smoot, known to friends and family as “Tony,” was born in Washington in 1943. He attended Gonzaga College High School and graduated from Georgetown University. He served one tour in the Army. Mr. Smoot worked as an accountant for USAID in many foreign countries, including Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. In retirement, he divided his time between his homes in Washington and Lewes, Delaware, and authored two books: a treatise on astrology and a collection of poetry.
Mr. Smoot will be remembered for his generosity, lively sense of humor, love of opera, and kindness toward animals. Survivors include his two sisters, Marie Adele Curtis of Surrey, England, and Regina Francesca Smoot of Washington, and their children. Mr. Smoot will be buried at Rock Creek Cemetery. Close friends and family will celebrate his life in a private ceremony at a location and date forthcoming.
Published by The Washington Post on Feb. 8, 2024.
Ernest C. Kuhn
Ernest “Ernie” Clarence Kuhn passed away peacefully after a long illness on December 29, 2023, in Washington, DC surrounded by immediate and extended family members. He was 83 years old.
Though born and raised in Newark, Ohio, a place he returned to regularly throughout his life, Ernie was an avid traveler at heart who immersed himself in the history, cultures and languages of Southeast Asia and the Middle East over decades of devoted international public service and love of history.
He served as a tour director on excursions to Asia, Europe and the Middle East during his undergraduate studies. Upon graduating from Ohio State University with a BA in history, he joined the Peace Corps as a Volunteer to Thailand as part of Group VII from 1963-1965. He later served over 30 years as a Foreign Service Officer with the US Agency for International Development in Laos, the Philippines, Egypt, Indonesia, and finally in Washington, DC. An extensive interview with Ernie as part of the Oral History Project covers his USAID career.
While serving in Laos he met his beloved wife, Phaythoune neé Sengchanh, who was by his side throughout his life and at the end. They were married in Sam Thong in 1969.
He was an adventurous traveler, avid photographer, bird watcher and fisherman. He freely provided photographs for a guidebook to Egypt, supported eagle conservationists in the Philippines, hosted a team of National Geographic wildlife experts for two weeks at his home, and competed in deep sea fishing competitions. He took his family on rugged weeks-long trips to discover and explore the countries they lived in including the terraced rice fields of Mindanao, the Sahara Desert in western Egypt, the Sinai, and Hindu and Buddhist temples on the islands of Java and Sumatra. He taught his daughters how to develop film in the dark room he built and supported their interests as budding photographers. He also greatly loved returning to Ohio during summer home leaves and spending time in the family cabin that his parents built with him and his brother when he was a teenager.
He had a passionate and deep interest in the history and culture of the places he lived—but most particularly Laos whose language, culture and history he loved and studied throughout his life. In recognition of his services to Laos, Ernie received the Order of the Million Elephants and the White Parasol from King Savang Vatthana in 1968, the kingdom’s highest knighthood order.
He provided authors and television productions not only his time but also photographs and film recordings about Laos. The Ernest and Phaythoune Kuhn Image Collection—a curated collection of photographs of Laos and Thailand during the 1960s-1970s—is available online at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries.
He is survived by his beloved wife Phaythoune Kuhn, daughters Christine (Jonathan) Kuhn-Patrick, and Kimberly (Brian Kaplan) Kuhn, grandchildren Imogen Kuhn-Patrick and Quincy Kaplan, sister-in-law Emily (Chin) Kuhn and nieces Bailey and Taylor Kuhn. Ernie was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and Hallene (Fulke) Kuhn, and his brother, James Kuhn.
Ernie was passionately engaged in life, touching many lives across the globe. He will be deeply missed by family and friends. A memorial will be held on February 11 in Washington, DC. Condolences may be shared with the family on his memorial website at ErnieKuhn.net.
Wilma Louise Ditter
Wilma Louise DITTER, retired Foreign Service Staff with U.S. Agency for International Development, died October 18, 2023, in Merced, California, at the age of 91. Ms. Ditter was born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. on August 21, 1932. After graduating from Ambridge High School in 1950, she spent 15 years working for Pittsburgh Steel Forgings.
She joined the Foreign Service as an administrative aide for the U.S. Agency for International Development. Ms. Ditter’s overseas assignments included Nigeria, Laos, Jordan, and Burkina Faso. After 24 years of service, she retired in 1990, after which she moved to Los Banos, California.
For almost 30 years, Ms. Ditter was an active member of United Methodist Women, and she also served for many years as the church collection secretary. Ms. Ditter is survived by nephews Kent O’Donnell, Jay (Maryellen) Giese, and Roy (Kathy) Giese, and multiple great nieces and nephews.
Caryle E. Cammisa
Caryle E. Cammisa, retired Foreign Service officer with U.S. Agency for International Development, died peacefully on October 24, 2023, in Tampa, Florida, at the age of 66, after fighting multiple myeloma for 17 years. Ms. Cammisa was born in Derby, Connecticut, on May 22, 1957. She earned a bachelor’s degree in social welfare from Temple University in 1980 and a master’s degree in public policy from SUNY Albany in 1984.
She began her professional life as a social worker in Philadelphia before joining USAID in 2000. Ms. Cammisa served in Georgia, Romania, Bangladesh, Kenya, Yemen, Jordan, and Washington, D.C. During her more than 20 years as a Foreign Service Officer with USAID, she was a champion of the children’s television show “Sesame Street” and persuaded the Children’s Television Workshop to consider the potential of airing such a show in Bangladesh, which ultimately aired as Sisimpur in 2005.
In retirement, Ms. Cammisa lived in Tampa, where she was an active volunteer with the League of Women Voters and the Sierra Club and was an instructor at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Caryle’s indomitable spirit and passion for defeating injustices left a lasting impact on all who knew her. Her heartwarming presence and enduring resilience will be remembered and cherished by her beloved daughter, Natalie. Caryle’s influence and love continue on through Natalie and those who were lucky enough to have known her.
During her lifetime, Caryle displayed an unfaltering strength and conviction that will forever serve as an inspiration to all. She was able to see the world extensively and had unique life experiences that she shared with all her loved ones. We bid farewell to a passionate woman of the world, whose memory will live on in our hearts forever.
Ms. Cammisa is survived by her daughter, Natalie, mother Kathryn, siblings Kathee Cammisa, Joe Cammisa, and Laurie Green, three nieces and a nephew, and two grand nephews.
Ellsworth “Butch” Amundson
It is with saddened hearts that we announce the passing of my father Ellsworth ‘Butch’ Amundson, on December 19, 2023. Born on March 21, 1944, in Vicksburg Mississippi to his parents Ellsworth M. Amundson and Mildred Chisholm. Butch lived a full, vibrant life of adventure with his dearly beloved wife Wanida. His spirit, charm, and sense of humor left an indelible mark in the hearts of all those he encountered in life.
Butch started his life in Vicksburg where he was born, then travelled with his parents due to his father’s Army assignments to Park Forest Illinois, Fayetteville North Carolina, then New Port News Virginia where he graduated high school from St. Stevens and went to college at Virginia Tech where he majored in agriculture. Upon graduation he joined the Peace Corps because he wanted to see the world and help those who were less fortunate. He accepted an assignment to Nepal where he gained an appreciation for humanity, foreign worlds and which made him realize the person who he wanted to become. ‘I felt my contribution to the Nepalis had been so small compared to what they had given to me’. After his assignment he returned to Washington D.C. where he decided to enroll and was accepted to Georgetown University’s International Affairs graduate program. Within only a few days he met Wanida ‘the most beautiful girl in the world’ who was enrolled in the linguistics pr
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Music's Biggest Band Breakups — Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, N.W.A.
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Rolling Stone
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https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/biggest-band-breakups-all-time-1234714654/
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No matter how massively popular a boy band becomes, there are relentless forces that almost always break them apart in the long run. The members grow up. They become enormously wealthy. The relentless schedule of touring, recording, and promotion beats them down. They yearn for control. They dream of going solo. Musical trends change. Tween fans grow up and move onto new types of music. One member starts getting more attention than the others, leading to tension and bitterness. Younger teen idols emerge onto the scene. There’s often one member who leaves first. In the case of One Direction, it was Zane Malik, who quit the group in 2015. “There was never any room for me to experiment creatively in the band,” he told Fader magazine. “If I would sing a hook or a verse slightly R&B, or slightly myself, it would always be recorded 50 times until there was a straight version that was pop, generic as fuck, so they could use that version.” One Direction split up later that year. “I think I always wanted to go, from like the first year, really,” he told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe. “I never really wanted to be there, like in the band. I just gave it a go because it was there at the time, and when I realized the direction we were going in — mind the pun — with the music, I instantly realized it wasn’t for me, because I realized I couldn’t put any input in.” A couple of years later, Malik revealed that he’s not on speaking terms with his former bandmates.
The Beach Boys put aside decades of resentments and bruising legal battles in 2012 to reunite for a 50th anniversary tour. Fans were overjoyed to see estranged cousins Brian Wilson and Mike Love finally sharing the stage and belting out the classics alongside Al Jardine, David Marks, and Bruce Johnston. But in September of that year, Love announced a series of shows with his own version of the Beach Boys, meaning the reunion was over before much of the world had a chance to see it. “As we move on, Bruce and I look forward to performing live for Beach Boys fans everywhere,” Love said in a statement. “The 50th reunion tour was designed to be a set tour with a beginning and an end to mark a special 50-year milestone for the band.” Brian Wilson responded with an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times. “What’s confusing is that by Mike not wanting or letting Al, David and me tour with the band,” he wrote, “it sort of feels like we’re being fired … I’m left wondering why he doesn’t want to continue this great trip we’re on. Al and I want to keep going because we believe we owe it to the music.” The surviving Beach Boys appeared together a handful of times for promotional events in the years that followed, but they’ve yet to play a single song. Odds are high they never will again.
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel’s success grew exponentially throughout the Sixties thanks to their 1965 breakthrough single, “The Sounds of Silence,” the soundtrack to 1967’s The Graduate, and a string of hits like “Scarborough Fair/Canticle,” “Homeward Bound,” and “A Hazy Shade of Winter.” They headed into the Seventies with incredible momentum thanks to 1970’s Bridge Over Troubled Water, which won a Grammy for Album of the Year and sold by the millions. But Simon resented the attention Garfunkel generated for singing “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” and Garfunkel was equally bitter that Simon was seen as the group’s lone genius for writing the songs. Shortly before they cut their last album, tensions boiled over when they were both cast in the Mike Nichols movie Catch-22, but Simon’s part was eliminated shortly before filming started. He seethed with jealousy when Garfunkel went down to Mexico to film the movie, writing “The Only Living Boy In New York” in response. There was huge pressure on Simon to write another collection of songs for the duo after Bridge Over Troubled Water, but he refused. “At that point,” he said, “I just wanted out.” There were numerous reunion tours in the years that followed (and they played in front of nearly 500,000 people in Central Park in 1981), but a new studio album from the most beloved folk-pop duo of all time never happened.
The Pussycat Dolls started as a burlesque troupe in the mid-Nineties, but they became a pop act in the early 2000s thanks to Jimmy Iovine. Led by Nicole Scherzinger, the group scored a series of suggestive hit singles like “Don’t Cha” and “Buttons” and landed a slot opening for Britney Spears. But Iovine eyed Scherzinger as a potential solo star from the Dolls’ earliest days, and in a move straight out of the Supremes playbook, they began billing themselves as Pussycat Dolls Featuring Nicole Scherzinger. This did not sit well with the others. “Thank you for supporting me even though I’m not featured!” Pussycat Doll Melody Thorton told the crowd at one gig. “You know what I’m saying?” Scherzinger tried to shrug the whole thing off. “That doesn’t take away from anybody else in the group,” she said. “That’s my role.” Nobody was buying this, of course. They split in 2010. The group attempted to head back on the road in 2020, but the tour was put on hold when Covid hit early that year. They finally called the whole thing off in 2022, though the members of the group not named “Nicole Scherzinger” only learned about the end of the final demise of Pussycat Dolls via Instagram.
Many Destiny’s Child fans were stunned to turn on MTV in 2000 and see the new video for the R&B group’s new single, “Say My Name,” a clip in which original members LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson were nowhere to be found. Without any prior announcement, they had been replaced by Michelle Williams and Farrah Franklin. It turns out the news was just as shocking to Luckett and Roberson themselves. “I hate even talking about it, and it’s been 20 years — but it is what it is,” Roberson said in 2016. “We saw the ‘Say My Name’ video on TV, and that’s how I found out I was no longer in the group.” The original Destiny’s Child quartet emerged in 1997, landing big hits with early singles “No, No, No” and “Bills Bills Bills.” But they were managed by Matthew Knowles, Beyoncé’s father, and Luckett and Roberson made moves to bring in their own manager in 2000. Knowles responded by kicking them out of the group. Twisting the knife even further, new members Williams and Franklin lip-synced their vocal parts in the “Say My Name” video. The ousted DC members filed a civil lawsuit against Matthew Knowles months later, alleging that he “made money from the girls’ work while the girls themselves made virtually no money.” The matter was settled out of court, though they sued again in 2001 over the lyrics to “Survivor” (“You thought that I’d be stressed without you/ But I’m chillin’/ You thought that I wouldn’t sell without you/ Sold 9 million”), which they felt were aimed at them. In 2018, Beyoncé met privately with Luckett and Roberson on her 2014 On the Run Tour and finally made peace.
Dennis DeYoung formed the band that became Styx in the early Sixties with his elementary school buddies Chuck and John Panozzo. Guitarist J.Y. Young joined in 1970 and Tommy Shaw, another guitarist, rounded out the classic lineup in 1975. DeYoung and Shaw wrote and sang all of the group’s hits, including “Come Sail Away,” “Renegade,” and “Mr. Roboto,” but personal and musical differences led to the group splintering in the early Eighties. They reformed in 1996 for a successful reunion tour, but in 1999 DeYoung contracted a viral illness that made him sensitive to light, delaying their touring plans. Frustrated by waiting and the difficult process of creating their 1999 LP Brave New World, the group kicked DeYoung out and replaced him with keyboardist-singer Lawrence Gowan. DeYoung sued them the following year. “They have taken the band’s name and excluded me from the decision-making process,” he said. “I have asked for a meeting since July of ’98, and the response I’ve gotten is there is no interest in talking.” A deal was eventually worked out where the band could carry on without him. And even though DeYoung recovered many years ago and has said he would love to come back for one last tour, that doesn’t seem likely. “In retrospect, we weren’t even happy working with each other in our heyday,” Shaw told Rolling Stone in 2011. “We’re just different people with different desires and different visions of how things should be. God, it was such an unhappy place. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. We’re crazy, but we’re not insane.”
Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge were teenage best friends and had near identical visions for the band throughout their first decade together. But once they hit their thirties and found themselves multi-millionaires, things started to change. Hoppus felt they should stick to the winning pop-punk formula, and DeLonge wanted to expand into more ambitious U2-like sounds. He was also hopelessly addicted to painkillers and busy raising a young daughter. “For me, it all got very toxic,” DeLonge told Rolling Stone in 2011. “It was all about money. It was all about ego. It was all about fame … we weren’t even communicating. We were communicating through other people.” They announced an “indefinite hiatus” in 2005 and totally severed all lines of communication. “The reality is, at the end, when we decided to take this break, our priorities were mad, mad different,” DeLonge said in 2005. “My priority was my family, and my life had to be structured in a way where I had to be around for my daughter … The last words that were said to me by my band members were, ‘If your family is going to be your priority, then you better be cool with the repercussions,’ whatever that means. That was the last thing that was said to me. And I think there was a lot of paranoia and a lot of bitterness between all of us.”
Pearl Jam were at the pinnacle of their success when Cameron Crowe met up with them for a 1993 Rolling Stone cover story. What he found was a band very uncomfortable with their success, unwilling to release singles or even shoot a video for MTV. The sole exception was drummer Dave Abbruzzese, who joined Pearl Jam in 1991 shortly after the recording of Ten. “To me, when I was younger and I heard about a band selling a million records, I thought the band would get together and jump up and down for at least a minute,” he said, “and just go, ‘Wow, I can’t believe it.’ But it doesn’t happen that way [in this band]. Me, I flip out. I jump up and down by myself.” Abbruzzese remained an outsider throughout his time in Pearl Jam, which came to an abrupt end in 1994 when he was fired. “Dave was a different egg for sure,” bassist Jeff Ament said. “There were a lot of things, personality wise, where I didn’t see eye to eye with him. He was more comfortable being a rock star than the rest of us. Partying, girls, cars. I don’t know if anyone was in the same space.” The firing left Abbruzzese shattered, and the wound was reopened in 2016 when he learned he wouldn’t be entering the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with his former bandmates. “The members of Pearl Jam have got to know what’s the right thing to do,” he wrote online. “They can’t justify ignoring my contributions. Like me or not.” When the big night came, Abbruzzese was nowhere to be seen.
For a brief moment in the late Sixties and early Seventies, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young were the most important band in America. They embodied the “peace and love” ethos of Woodstock with hits like “Our House” and “Teach Your Children,” and they channeled the collective rage the country felt after Kent State into their protest anthem “Ohio.” But they were four very distinct and strong personalities with different goals for the band. They were also taking very heavy drugs. And in the case of Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, they were both in love with Rita Coolidge. Throw in Neil Young’s tendency to save his best songs for his solo albums and inability to commit to much of anything for more than a few months, and you have a very combustible situation. By July 1970, tensions were so thick among all four members that they simply decided to go on indefinite hiatus. “I think Stephen always felt that Nash and I were resentful or trying to obstruct him,” David Crosby wrote in his memoir Long Time Gone. “I felt that he didn’t really give us credit where it was due. In a thoughtless moment, he’d say things like, ‘They’re just my backup singers’ to people. That would naturally piss us off. I don’t think he ever really meant it.”
In 1987, near the height of Journey’s success, frontman Steve Perry decided he didn’t want to be in a rock band anymore. He came back a little under a decade later for the successful reunion album Trial by Fire. A massive arena tour was in the early stages of development when Perry went hiking in Hawaii and experienced severe hip pain, and soon learned he’d likely require hip replacement surgery. For the next several months, Perry considered his medical options and put the tour on indefinite hold. The wait was agonizing for his bandmates. “They wanted me to make a decision on the surgery,” Perry told Rolling Stone in 2018. “But I didn’t feel it was a group decision. Then I was told on the phone that they needed to know when I was gonna do it ’cause they had checked out some new singers.” Perry felt that his bandmates were trying to corner him. “I said to them, ‘Do what you need to do, but don’t call it Journey,’” he said. “If you fracture the stone, I don’t know how I could come back to it.’” It’s now a quarter century later, and Perry has stuck to his word.
The late Seventies were a very difficult time for Black Sabbath. They were not only competing with a new generation of hard rock and heavy metal bands they inspired, but also dealing with Ozzy Osbourne’s drinking problem, drug use, and overall unreliability. This led to two underwhelming albums (1976’s Technical Ecstasy and 1978’s Never Say Die!) and a tour where opening act Van Halen blew them off the stage every night. “It was sad,” Tony Iommi wrote in his memoir Iron Man. “We had been together for a decade, but it got to a point where we couldn’t relate to each other any more. There were so many drugs flying around, coke and quaaludes and Mandrax … Somebody had to make a move, somebody had to do something, otherwise we’d still be there and we’d all be out of it. So that was that.” Osbourne flipped out when Iommi delivered the news that he was out. “We were like family, like brothers,” Osbourne wrote in his book I Am Ozzy. “And firing me for being fucked up was hypocritical bullshit. We were all fucked up. If you’re stoned and I’m stoned and you’re telling me that I’m fired because I’m stoned, how can that be? Because I’m slightly more stoned than you are?”
David Ruffin began his career in the Temptations as a backup singer, replacing founding member Elbridge “Al” Bryant, but Smokey Robinson recognized his talents and began writing songs for him, starting with “My Girl.” It was the start of an amazing run of Temptations hits with Ruffin on lead vocals, including “Since I Lost My Baby,” “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg,” and “I Wish It Would Rain.” But with each new hit, Ruffin’s ego swelled. He also developed a significant cocaine problem and began showing up late to practice and concerts. By 1967, he was demanding that the group pull a Supremes and rename themselves “David Ruffin and the Temptations.” None of this sat well with the rest of the Tempts, and they fired him 1968 even though he’d essentially become the public face of the band. “For a guy who acted like he wanted to be away from us, he took it very hard,” Temptations leader Otis Williams wrote in his memoir. “In his mind, I guess, he was the key to the Temptations, so much so that the four of us would put up with anything.” A dejected Ruffin began showing up at Temptations gigs and storming onto the stage, desperate to get his job back, but the gambit didn’t work. They’d already hired Dennis Edwards to replace him.
Talking Heads didn’t formally break up until 1991, but their last record was 1988’s Naked, and their last tour was the 1983-84 run behind their album Speaking in Tongues. Those final few years were a tumultuous time in which David Byrne took over nearly every aspect of the band, leaving his group’s other three members increasingly frustrated. And when they tried to tour as Heads in 1995 with a new vocalist, Byrne took them to court. “[David] is a man incapable of returning friendships,” bassist Tina Weymouth said in 2005. “Cutting off attachments when a thing/person is perceived to have served its purpose or there is a perceived threat to ego is the lifelong pattern of his relations.” The group’s only live performance of the past 30 years took place at their 2002 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In recent years, Byrne staged a highly successful Broadway musical where he performed many songs from the Talking Heads catalog. None of his bandmates saw it. “I would have liked to go, but I wasn’t going to just drop in uninvited,” drummer Chris Frantz told Rolling Stone in 2020. “I think that would have been peculiar. And no invitation came, so I haven’t seen the show. I’ve seen little bits on YouTube. I think it’s highly unlikely that without Talking Heads songs he would have even had a Broadway show.”
New Order were in a pretty cushy situation at the turn of the millennium. While most of their 1980s peers were playing casinos and state fairs, struggling to find any traction, they were scoring genuine hits like “Crystal” and headlining massive festivals. All they had to do was keep their shit together and the three of them could have kept raking it in for decades. But bassist Peter Hook was still bitter that guitarist-singer Bernard Sumner formed the side project Electronic with ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr in 1991, and Sumner and drummer Stephen Morris were pissed that Hook bought the rights to the music recorded at Manchester’s iconic Hacienda club and released it as part of a 2006 compilation. All of this contributed to tension on their tour that year. When it wrapped, Hook said the band was ending via a MySpace post. “After 30 years in a band together we are very disappointed that Hooky has decided to go to the press and announce unilaterally that New Order have split up,” Sumner and Morris said in a group statement. “We would have hoped that he could have approached us personally first. He does not speak for all the band, therefore we can only assume he no longer wants to be a part of New Order.” When New Order returned to life in 2011 without Hook, a nasty legal battle kicked off. And over a decade later, they still haven’t spoken.
The Smiths existed for a scant five years (1982-87), and looking back at their chaotic story, it’s kind of a miracle they even lasted that long. That’s because they never had a proper manager, bassist Andy Rourke became a heroin addict, guitarist Johnny Marr’s urge to work with outside artists rankled his bandmates, and singer Morrissey is … well, Morrissey. “The differences in personalities are what often make for interesting chemistry,” Marr told Rolling Stone in 2018, “and inevitably the differences in personality comes a point when those things are gonna stop forward motion, I guess. I suppose as well, me and Morrissey just saw our futures differently.” They sniped at each other in the press a bit after the breakup, but things didn’t grow catastrophically ugly until 1989 when Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce sued Morrissey and Marr over royalties. Things finally reached a courtroom in 1996, and a judge awarded the rhythm section £1 million in back royalties and 25 percent of band profits going forward. Morrissey said the legal battle ruled out any chance of a reunion. “The court case was a potted history of the life of the Smiths,” he said. “Mike, talking constantly and saying nothing. Andy, unable to remember his own name. Johnny, trying to please everyone and consequently pleasing no one. And Morrissey under the scorching spotlight in the dock being drilled. ‘How dare you be successful? How dare you move on?’ To me, the Smiths were a beautiful thing and Johnny left it, and Mike has destroyed it.”
When Oasis and the Black Crowes hit the road together in the summer of 2001, they jokingly called the tour Brotherly Love. That’s because the brothers at the core of both bands had spent the past decade fighting like maniacs. Chris and Rich Robinson dissolved the band just a few months later, reunited it three years after that, and then saw it collapse yet again in 2015. Rich Robinson said it came down to a business dispute. “I love my brother and respect his talent,” he said, “but his present demand that I must give up my equal share of the band, and that our drummer for 28 years and original partner, Steve Gorman, relinquish 100 percent of his share, reducing him to a salaried employee, is not something I could agree to.” In 2017, Chris Robinson told Rolling Stone he had no interest in a reunion. “I plan on, at some point, singing those songs,” he said. “But not with any of those people. Family’s family, business is business. But music is music. And that music has been tainted to me by behavior and attitudes. Actions. You know what I mean? Money’s never motivated me. It’s not gonna start now. No matter what happens.” The band came back two years later for a reunion tour. Tickets were not cheap.
David Crosby was an incredible songwriter and singer, but he wasn’t always the best bandmate. The Byrds learned this pretty early into their run during the 1960s. “I had a large ego and Roger and I started having conflicts with each other over material, business, expenses,” Crosby wrote in his memoir Long Time Gone. “Everything we did was a potential source of disagreement.” Things came to a head in 1967 when Crosby sat in with Buffalo Springfield at the Monterey Pop festival and went on an onstage rant about the JFK assisination that embarrassed the other Byrds. There were also major battles during the recording of their album The Notorious Byrd Brothers. By the end of 1967, they’d simply had enough. “[Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman] came over and said that they wanted to throw me out,” Crosby said in 1980. “They came zooming up in their Porsches and said that I was impossible to work with and I wasn’t very good anyway, and they’d do better without me. And frankly, I’ve been laughing ever since. Fuck ’em. But it hurt like hell.”
In the early days of the Pixies, the band pretty much understood that Charles Thompson (a.k.a. Black Francis) wrote all the songs. The formula led to classic albums like Surfer Rosa and Doolittle, but bassist Kim Deal eventually felt some understandable resentment, especially after proving her songwriting chops when she co-wrote their classic “Gigantic.” The formation of the Breeders in 1990 gave her a creative outlet, but that made it harder to return to the Pixies where she had only had a supporting role. Deal didn’t have any songs on 1991’s Bossanova and 1992’s Trompe le Monde. Making matters worse, she wasn’t getting along with Thompson offstage, and the Pixies 1992 tour opening for U2 turned into a miserable slog, as the unhappy band soldiered through gigs in front of oceans of indifferent fans who’d never heard of them. “We were not getting much of a reaction and feeling a little tense, especially me,” Thompson said. “I needed to get away from that band and those people.” He did that a few months later when he broke up the band via fax. “If I would have called a meeting or something, then it would have just kind of devolved into this big discussion,” Thompson said in 2004. “And I just wasn’t up for that. I was just, like, ‘I’m done. I’m done. Goodbye. There’s no discussion,’ you know what I mean?”
As S Club 7 learned the hard way, it’s a very bad idea to tell the world exactly how many members you have when picking your name. It means that any one disgruntled member can turn you into a punchline at any moment, simply by walking out. That’s what happened to the made-for-TV group Fifth Harmony in 2016 when Camila Cabello quit to focus on her solo career. “We have been informed via her representatives that Camila has decided to leave Fifth Harmony,” the remaining foursome wrote in an icy public statement. “We wish her well.” They wished her so well that when they played at the MTV Video Music Awards the next year, they started their performance by making it look like a fifth member took a violent fall off the stage. “It definitely hurt my feelings,” Cabello told The New York Times. “I wasn’t expecting it, I wasn’t prepared for it — especially because at that point I’d moved on from it. I was just like, ‘What? Why?’ ” The group responded by saying that they wanted to “show the world in an artistic way that, hey, the four of us are Fifth Harmony.” Turned out, the world didn’t much care. The group disbanded in 2018 after their lone Cabello-free LP failed to generate a hit.
Despite releasing tranquil songs like “Peaceful Easy Feeling” and “Take It Easy,” Don Henley and Glenn Frey were anything but mellow dudes back in the Seventies. They were the undisputed leaders of the Eagles due to their domineering personalities and the fact they wrote and sang the majority of the band’s songs. This created a very tense dynamic that contributed to the departure of original guitarist Bernie Leadon in 1975 and original bassist Randy Meisner in 1977. By 1980, they were one of the most popular bands in rock, and one of the most bitterly divided. Things came to a head at a 1980 fundraiser for California Sen. Alan Cranston. Frey thought that guitarist Don Felder was rude to Cranston’s wife backstage, causing a fight that spilled over to the stage. “I’m going to kick your ass when we get off the stage,” Felder told Frey near the end of the set. This marked the end of the band until their Hell Freezes Over reunion tour in 1994, but they were still obligated to deliver the concert LP Eagles Live. As a not-so-subtle message to fans that the world of the Eagles was about to blow up, the record cover shows a bird’s nest filled with grenades.
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel patched up their extremely rocky relationship in 2003 when they agreed to perform “The Sounds of Silence” at the Grammy Awards, and they followed it up with a series of reunion tours over the next seven years. They may not have been best friends, but they made an absolute fortune when they got together, and the sporadic schedule gave both of them plenty of time to pursue their own projects. Everything was fine until Garfunkel briefly choked on a chunk of lobster while in Nicaragua to play a private show. It left him with vocal cord damage, and he was unable to sing during the duo’s headlining set at the New Orleans Jazz Fest a few weeks later. They were subsequently forced to postpone an upcoming tour. Garfunkel slowly regained his singing voice, but Simon, claiming that Garfunkel wasn’t being 100 percent forthright about his recovery, refused to rebook the tour. In 2015, a frustrated Garfunkel blasted Simon in an interview with the Telegraph. “How can you walk away from this lucky place on top of the world, Paul?” he said. “What’s going on with you, you idiot? How could you let that go, jerk?” He went on to say that Simon had a “Napoleonic Complex,” and that he befriended him in grade school since he felt bad for him due to his height. “And that compensation gesture,” he said, “has created a monster.” Garfunkel later said that he regretted the comments, but it was too late. Simon has ruled out any future reunions. “Quite honestly, we don’t get along,” he said in 2016. “So it’s not like it’s fun. If it was fun, I’d say, OK, sometimes we’ll go out and sing old songs in harmony. That’s cool. But when it’s not fun, you know, and you’re going to be in a tense situation, well, then I have a lot of musical areas that I like to play in. So that’ll never happen again. That’s that.”
Van Halen was a band in name only when they reunited with Sammy Hagar (see #14 below) for an arena tour in 2004. It was more like an experiment where two bitter factions – the Van Halen brothers on one side, and Hagar and bassist Michael Anthony on the other – trying to see if they loved making money and pleasing their fans more than they hated each other. It possibly might have worked if Eddie Van Halen was sober at this time. But he wasn’t. He was also incredibly angry that Hagar tried to advertise his Cabo Wabo tequila on the tour, even tattooing the logo onto his arm. Tensions boiled over at the last show in Tucson, Arizona. “He came up to me before the show and rolled my sleeve down over my Cabo Wabo tattoo,” Hagar wrote in his memoir Red Rocker. “I rolled it back up. ‘Don’t be fucking with my shirt, dude,’ I said. ‘That thing ain’t gonna last,’ he said, showing me his Van Halen tattoo. ‘See that? That’s better. That’s going to last longer.’ It was the worst show we’d ever done in our lives. Eddie played so bad …They tell me he pulled some crazy shit on the plane home. My man was completely gone and out of it.” Hagar and Van Halen made peace shortly before the guitarist died in 2020, but they never played together again.
Rage Against the Machine spent the entire Nineties raging against capitalist greed, racist police officers, an American foreign policy they deemed heartless and imperialist, and a legal system stacked in favor of the powerful. But at the start of the 2000s, they began raging against each other. They’ve never fully articulated why things broke down, though bassist Tim Commerford’s decision to create a spectacle at the MTV Video Music Awards by climbing on some stage scaffolding, resulting in his arrest, certainly didn’t help matters. There were also major disagreements about releasing the covers collection Renegades, and even fights about band merchandise. On October 18, 2000, Zack de la Rocha announced that the band was over. “I feel that it is now necessary to leave Rage because our decision-making process has completely failed,” he said in a statement. “It is no longer meeting the aspirations of all four of us collectively as a band, and from my perspective, has undermined our artistic and political ideals. I am extremely proud of our work, both as activists and musicians, as well as indebted and grateful to every person who has expressed solidarity and shared this incredible experience with us.” They reunited for a series of shows between 2007 and 2011, and there was another run in 2022, but they’ve yet to release a note of new music.
Guns N’ Roses parted ways with original drummer Steven Adler in 1990 due to his severe heroin addiction, and founding guitarist Izzy Stradlin left the following year due to burnout from heavy touring and tension with his bandmates. Despite the defections, the band was still one of the biggest acts on the planet by the time they finished the two-and-a-half year Use Your Illusion tour in the summer of 1993. Crafting a proper follow-up album after the 1994 covers collection The Spaghetti Incident, however, ultimately destroyed the group. A big source of tension was singer Axl Rose’s decision to bring in childhood buddy Paul “Huge” Tobias as a new guitarist despite his lack of songwriting chops, a move that met heavy resistance from founding guitarist Slash. “He was, without a doubt, the least interesting, most bland man holding a guitar I’d ever met,” Slash wrote in his memoir. “I felt like we were being force-fed with no innate qualities who didn’t deserve and couldn’t handle the gig.” They also simply could not agree on the sound for the new album, and the sessions were extremely tense. They eventually tried to bring in former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Zakk Wylde into the mix, but it was hopeless. “After a while, I could barely show up because the animosity was so crippling,” Slash wrote. “It was so negative.” Slash left the band in 1996; bassist Duff McKagan followed in 1997. When they reemerged in 2001, Rose was the last remaining member, and it was a band in name only. Slash and Duff came back in 2016 for an extremely lucrative reunion tour that is still going.
Unlike many great bands, the Police did not grow up together. Sting and guitarist Andy Summers are nearly a decade apart in age, and drummer Stewart Copeland is an American who the frontman didn’t meet until shortly before the band formed in 1977. They formed a tight bond during their early days on the club circuit, but began splintering apart once they started scoring hits singles and raking in big money. Copeland and Summers resented Sting for dominating the songwriting process, causing major tension. “Part of the frustration was that Stewart and Andy were driven to write,” Sting said in 2007. “It’s difficult to tell somebody it’s not a good song, and it was usually me.” They were the biggest band on the planet in 1983 thanks to hits like “Every Breath You Take” and capable of selling out stadiums, but they were fighting like crazy behind the scenes. “At first it is a kind of democracy, and then it becomes not a democracy,” Sting said in 2020, “it becomes a benign dictatorship.” The benign dictatorship came to an end when they concluded the 105-show Synchronicity tour in 1984.
Tom DeLonge wasn’t on speaking terms with his Blink-182 bandmates in 2008 when drummer Travis Barker nearly died in a plane accident that killed four people. The tragedy put their personal problems in perspective, and the band reunited in 2009 for a series of tours that kept them busy for the next five years. But old problems began resurfacing when DeLonge refused to commit to recording a new record. He also forced the band to work almost entirely around his schedule. By 2015, Mark Hoppus and Barker had had enough and announced that Barker was leaving the band to be replaced by Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio. “It’s hard to cover for someone who’s disrespectful and ungrateful,” Barker told Rolling Stone in 2015. “You don’t even have the balls to call your bandmates and tell them you’re not going to record or do anything Blink-related. You have your manager do it … When we did get back together after my plane crash, we only got back together, I don’t know, maybe because I almost died. But he didn’t even listen to mixes or masterings from [our 2011 LP Neighborhoods]. He didn’t even care about it. Why Blink even got back together in the first place is questionable.”
British reggae band UB40 had a long run of hits in the Eighties and Nineties by putting their own spin on classics like Neil Diamond’s “Red Red Wine,” Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love,” and Sonny and Cher’s “I Got You Babe.” But they fell apart in 2008 when lead singer Ali Campbell left the band. “Ali made a very simple decision; he chose to pursue and put his solo career over and above continuing to work with UB40,” the band said in a statement. “It’s as simple as that.” Later that year, the remaining members brought in Ali’s brother Duncan Campbell to replace him, causing a horrible family schism that only grew worse when Ali put together a competing version of UB40. “I sat back for five years and watched my brother Duncan murdering my songs,” Ali said. “We’re saving the legacy.” This led to a protracted battle in the British court system that ultimately led to a settlement. Duncan Campbell left UB40 due to a stroke, but he still hasn’t patched things up with his brother. “Not really,” Ali told Good Morning Britain when asked if he was going to make peace with his ailing sibling. “I have no contact with him.”
Eight years before they broke down at the end of their 2004 reunion tour (see #24 above), Van Halen went through an even more bruising battle. It was caused by, of all things, the soundtrack to Twister. When they were asked to make a song for the tornado action movie, they’d just finished a long tour, and Hagar told his bandmates that he was exhausted. It led to a bitter fight. “That was the temperature of the band at that time,” Hagar told Rolling Stone in 2022. “It didn’t matter what we were going to do. We were fighting about everything.” The Van Halen brothers claimed that Hagar quit in the aftermath, but the singer tells a different story. “Oh, I was fired,” he said. “I was told that I quit by Eddie. It was Father’s Day, Sunday morning, 9 a.m. The phone rings and I’m laying there with my brand new baby. He goes, ‘You know, you always just wanted to be a solo artist, so go ahead and be one. We’re going to get Dave back in the band.’ ” Things weren’t nearly that simple. The band hired Gary Cherone in 1997, fired him after one unsuccessful album and tour, and spent much of the next decade in a state of absolute chaos.
Determining a single accurate breakup date for Fleetwood Mac isn’t easy. The band spent its entire 50 year career in a state of perpetual dissolution. Even before they hit it big in the mid-Seventies, they’d jettisoned Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, Jeremy Spencer, and Bob Welch. The Mac lineup that made Rumours and defined California rock kept that chaotic spirit alive, from the divorce of John and Christine McVie, to the breakup of Stevie Nicks’ and Lindsay Buckingham, to Buckingham’s decision to walk away from the band after their 1987 LP Tango in the Night, to Christine McVie’s departure in 1998 (she’s return in 2014). Nicks and Buckingham did manage to reach a fragile truce in 1996, which allowed them to stay on the road for another two decades. But when it came to gear up the Mac again for another tour in 2018, everything fell apart. It began at New York’s Radio City Music Hall when the band was honored by MusiCares. Nicks gave a long speech that night, and she felt that Buckingham was smirking behind her in a disrespectful fashion. Days later, manager Irving Azoff called Buckingham to say that Nicks was unwilling to remain in the band with him. “The irony is that we have this standing joke that Stevie, when she talks, goes on a long time,” Buckingham told Rolling Stone. “I may or may not have smirked. But I look over and Christine and Mick are doing the waltz behind her as a joke.” Buckingham filed suit against the band for wrongful termination, which was ultimately settled out of court. “It breaks my heart that we spent 43 years always finding a way to rise above our personal differences and our difficulties to pursue and articulate a higher truth,” Buckingham said. “That is our legacy. That is what the songs are about. This is not the way you end something like this.”
Florence Ballard started the Primettes in 1958 when she was still in junior high school, inviting her friend Mary Wilson and eventually Diana Ross to join the group. With a little help from Smokey Robinson, the trio signed with Motown in 1960 and changed their name to the Supremes. They originally took turns singing lead, but Motown head Berry Gordy Jr. pegged Ross as the leader and began placing her in front of the others in their performances and on the Supremes’ singles as well. As time went on, the public saw Wilson and Ballard as little more than Ross’ background singers. This was codified by Motown in 1967 when they changed the name of the group to Diana Ross and the Supremes. Around this time, Ballard developed a drinking problem and started showing up late for gigs. Without her knowledge, Gordy had Patti LaBelle & the Blue Belles singer Cindy Birdsong follow the group on tour to learn their act so she could eventually join them. Ballard had no clue this was happening until she saw clothing fitted for Birdsong backstage at a Las Vegas gig. She quit the group and tried to start a solo career, but it went nowhere and she was forced to apply for welfare in the early Seventies. She died practically penniless in 1976. She was just 32.
Queensrÿche only had a brief moment of mainstream acceptance when their power ballad “Silent Lucidity” reached Number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1990. But they’ve been plugging away on the metal scene ever since dropping their classic debut single “Queen of the Reich” back in 1983. Geoff Tate was their frontman from the beginning, though the other members of the band grew dissatisfied with him in the 2000s when he installed his wife as their manager and his stepdaughter as the head of their fan club. Things boiled over backstage at a Brazil gig in 2012 after a tense meeting where Tate’s bandmates voted to fire his family from their roles in the band. “[Drummer] Scott [Rockenfield] looks at me and he smirks and says, ‘We just fired your whole family, and you’re next,’ ” Tate told Rolling Stone in 2012. “I just lost it. I tried to punch him. I don’t think I landed a punch before somebody grabbed me and hauled me to the side.” The singer denied reports that he pulled a knife on Rockenfield, but what’s undoubtedly true is that Tate left the band when this tour ended. It kicked off a long and nasty legal battle with his bandmates. In 2017, Rockenfield left the band as well.
Before Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill began their romantic affair near the height of the Fugees’ success in 1996, they should have gone back and studied the history of bands like Fleetwood Mac to learn that this was a spectacularly bad idea. “It was like we were two outlaws in love,” Jean wrote in his 2012 memoir Purpose: An Immigrant’s Story. “We had flights on planes. We had huge fights, and a few times when it went down, she started swinging at me right there in the seats. People would scatter. We never got arrested, but we came close a few times in Europe.” The situation grew worse when Hill discovered that she was pregnant and told Jean that he was the father, even though the pregnancy was actually the result of an affair with Rohan Marley, son of Bob Marley. “In that moment something died between us,” Jean wrote. “I was married and Lauryn and I were having an affair, but she led me to believe that the baby was mine, and I couldn’t forgive that … She could no longer be my muse. Our love spell was broken.” Needless to say, this is merely Jean’s account of what happened. The few times Hill has addressed the breakup directly, she points to creative disagreements and battles over credit. “The Fugees was a conspiracy to control, to manipulate, and to encourage dependence,” Hill said in 2005. “I was not allowed to say I was great; that was considered arrogance, conceit.”
Just one year after the release of their breakthrough 1988 LP Straight Outta Compton, Ice Cube quit the group because he felt manager Jerry Heller and the other members were denying him proper royalties. He didn’t speak much about the situation at the time, saving all the venom for his 1991 solo track “No Vaseline.” “I started off with too much cargo,” he raps. “Dropped four niggas now I’m makin’ all the dough.” He then rips apart Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, MC Ren, and DJ Yella, all by name. (Sample line: “You’re gettin’ fucked real quick/Eazy’s dick is smellin’ like MC Ren’s shit.”) The most controversial line in the song was aimed at Heller. “Get rid of that devil real simple, put a bullet in his temple,” he wrote. “ ’Cause you can’t be the Nigga 4 Life crew with a white Jew tellin’ you what to do.” N.W.A broke up right around this time, and Eazy-E and Dre exchanged their own diss tracks. They eventually forgave each other, right around the time that Eazy-E died of AIDS in 1995. But “No Vaseline” still stands out today as one of the nastiest diss tracks in the history of recorded music.
In early December 2004, Pantera frontman Phil Anselmo unloaded on guitarist Dimebag Darrell in an interview with Metal Hammer magazine. The group had been inactive for three years at this point, and both sides blamed the other for the impasse. Anselmo said that Dimebag had developed a crippling drinking problem, and the guitarist turned around and said the singer was using heroin. “There was never a point when [Dimebag] could not get drunk,” Anselmo said. “Which was pretty much every day. And now I’m hearing it’s worse than ever…. He would attack me, vocally. And just knowing that he was so much smaller than me I could kill him like a fuckin’ piece of vapor, you know, he would turn into vapor — his chin would, at least, if I fuckin’ smacked it. And he knows that. The world should know that. So physically, of course, he deserves to be beaten severely.” Days after this interview hit, a deranged fan murdered Dimebag during a concert in Columbus, Ohio. It would be deeply unfair to pin any blame for the tragedy on Anselmo. The gunman is 100 percent responsible. But the heated rhetoric in the final days of Dimebag’s life caused deep divisions between Anselmo and Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul, Dimebag’s brother, that were never resolved. Paul died in 2018. Earlier this year, Anselmo and Pantera bassist Rex Brown revived the band with guitarist Zakk Wylde.
Long before Oasis, the Black Crowes, and even the Kinks, there was the Everly Brothers. They were the original feuding-brothers rock act, though few fans knew about their personal issues during the Fifties and Sixties as they landed hits like “Bye Bye Love,” “Wake Up Little Susie,” and “Cathy’s Clown.” As Phil Everly said in 1970, “We only ever had one argument. It’s been lasting for 25 years.” By the Seventies, they were coasting on past success and fighting worse than ever. Complicating matters was Don Everly’s addiction to ritalin, which he claimed led to him having a nervous breakdown and receiving electroshock therapy treatments. In 1973, they decided to end things with a pair of shows at Knott’s Berry Farms. “I was half in the bag that evening — the only time I’ve ever been drunk onstage in my life,” Don Everly told Rolling Stone. “I knew it was the last night, and on the way out I drank some tequila, drank some champagne — started celebrating the demise. It was really a funeral.” Phil Everly was enraged that his partner was drunk and screwing up song lyrics, so he smashed a guitar Pete Townshend-style and stormed off the stage. They wouldn’t play again for 10 years.
As Richard and Linda Thompson, Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett, and Sonny and Cher can attest, forming a musical act with your spouse is a very dangerous proposition. It can be a lot of fun when the marriage is thriving, but what happens when you hit a bumpy path or separate? Who wants to be in a band with their ex? This didn’t seem like it would ever be an issue for Sonic Youth because the marriage of Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore lasted for decades. But in 2010, Gordon discovered text messages on Moore’s phone from another woman, leading to their divorce after 27 years of marriage. “One morning I got up to do yoga,” Gordon wrote in her memoir Girl in a Band. “Thurston was still asleep, and I looked down at his cell[phone]. It was then that I saw her texts about their wonderful weekend together, about how much she loved him, and his writing back the same things.” She eventually went onto his laptop and discovered many more exchanges and even a “porno-like” video. The band carried on for a couple more months, but called it quits a few months later.
Liam and Noel Gallagher had a combative relationship before the two brothers even formed Oasis in 1991, but they managed to stick together throughout the group’s many ups and downs over the next two decades. “[Liam is] the angriest man you’ll ever meet,” Noel once said. “He’s like a man with a fork in a world of soup.” It wasn’t until a backstage incident August 28, 2009, in Paris that the partnership finally splintered for good. They were at the end of a long tour, and had recently had to cancel an appearance because Liam had laryngitis (Noel claimed he was merely hungover). That night in Paris, Liam lunged at Noel with a guitar in hand as they waited to go on. “He started wielding it like an ax, and I’m not fuckin’ kidding,” Noel said in 2015. “And I’m making light of it because it’s kind of what I do, but it was a real unnecessary violent act, and he’s swinging this guitar around, he nearly took my face off with it. And it ended up on the floor, and I put it out of its misery.” After smashing the guitar, Noel stormed out of the venue. They didn’t play that night, and they haven’t played since.
The Beatles essentially invented the concept of a band breaking up, and the ugliness surrounding it set the tone for every breakup that followed. Rock historians have been arguing about the exact cause of their split for over 50 years, and even the members of the band can’t agree on what did it. “After Brian died, we collapsed,” John Lennon told Rolling Stone in December 1970, in reference to manager Brian Epstein, who had guided the band through most of the Sixties until his death in 1967. “Paul took over and supposedly led us. But what is leading us, when we went round in circles? We broke up then. That was the disintegration.”
In a 2018 interview with Howard Stern, Paul McCartney said that Lennon was the actual cause of the breakup. “There was a meeting where John came in and said, ‘Hey guys, I’m leaving the group,’ ” Paul said. “All that money we’d earned, and all that fame we earned, was going down the pan. There was this guy that was going to take it all. It was that close. I was going, ‘No guys. We can keep it. We don’t have to give it to this guy.’ ”
He was talking about Epstein’s eventual replacement, Allen Klein, an incredibly divisive figure in rock history who briefly managed both the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. McCartney was the one member of the group opposed to bringing him on board. The others would eventually realize that McCartney was right to have doubts, but not before Klein’s negative influence drove a major wedge between McCartney and the other Beatles. McCartney was especially upset at Klein’s decision to let Phil Spector come in and complete what would become Let It Be, adding strings to “The Long and Wind Road” without his permission.
Yoko Ono has been wrongly accused of breaking up the group up at several points in the past. And while there’s no doubt that her presence alongside Lennon at recording sessions late in the band’s career rankled the other members, pinning the entire dissolution on Ono is grossly unfair and simply ahistorical. “She certainly didn’t break the group up,” McCartney said in 2013. “I don’t think you can blame her for anything.”
“I don’t think you could have broken up four very strong people like them,” Ono said, “even if you tried. So there must have been something that happened within them — not an outside force at all.”
In the end, what broke up the Beatles was being the Beatles. They were four men who were simply exhausted by fame, fights over money and control, and, sadly, each other.
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‘So, how should I address you?” I asked the actor, the skinny gay Yid from Sea Point, as he liked to call himself, as I shook his hand and slid onto my seat at Lola’s in London.
He had only recently been knighted by the Queen for his services to the stage, and I wanted to be sure of the protocol before the interview began.
“Oh please,” he demurred, peering up through his frameless spectacles, “there’s no need for formalities. Just call me Sir.”
My encounter with Sir Antony Sher, the great Shakespearean thespian, who has taken his final bow, as they say in the theatre, at the age of 72, lasted only as long as a fish ’n chips lunch at a fancy joint.
But it has stayed with me, as all encounters with greatness do, in part because it felt like my own private performance.
When the waiter enquired discreetly whether Sir Antony would like vinegar or ketchup with his meal, the actor widened his eyes and said: “Good heavens, no. Why would I want to spoil a perfectly good chip?” Before popping one, naked and steaming, into his mouth.
And in part, because it revealed to me that Sir Antony was just as flawed, as insecure, as mortal as the rest of us.
When I suggested, by way of tiny talk, that his family back home must be basking in the glow of his achievements – the triumphant reviews, the Olivier Awards, the knighthood – he went “hmmmm”, delivering the line with narrowed eyes and an air of regal gravitas.
He told me how his father, Emmanuel Sher, had flown over from Cape Town to watch his boy in his defining role as Richard III at the Old Vic.
In a stroke of physical acting genius, Sher had equipped the troubled king – “rudely stamp’d, deformed, a bottled spider” – with metal crutches, which he wielded almost as weapons in a performance of staggering intensity.
At one point in the play, the actor cast his gaze into the front row of the auditorium, where he caught sight of his father, head lolled to the side, mouth wide open, fast asleep in the midst of the high drama and intrigue of a Shakespearean tragedy.
It was a harsh reminder that even those who occupy the pantheon of the gods can be brought back down to Earth by the silent judgement of a jet-lagged parent. And yet, it came as no real surprise.
Mannie Sher, as everyone called him, was a hard-drinking hide-and-skin merchant – Antony’s childhood memories were clouded by the interweaving smells of whisky and tanning salts – whose own father, fleeing persecution in Lithuania, had set up shop as a general trader, a “smous”, in the middle of nowhere: Middelpos in the Upper Karoo.
But if Mannie, at best, was indifferent to his son’s burgeoning creative talents, it was a different story when it came to Ma. As an actor-artist-writer in the making, the young Antony heard the legend of the miracle of his birth, told over and over by his mother, Margery, to anyone who would listen.
The baby emerged from the womb with a thin membrane, a cowl, wrapped around its head. To ease the mother’s fears, the doctor told her: “Mrs Sher, you’ve just given birth to a great man.”
It was nothing but an old midwive’s tale, but the prophecy would weigh heavily on Anthony’s head, setting him up for disappointment rather than greatness. As much as his mother lavished love and praise on him, he felt that he could never live up to his father’s expectations. He felt tortured too, he told me, by the thought that he was competing with his father for his mother’s affections. “I cannot begin to imagine what that must feel like, for a parent,” he said. He would later spend years in psychotherapy, with bouts in rehab for his addiction to cocaine, eventually submitting to hypnosis in a bid to clear the phone-number of his dealer from his brain. But he found his true catharsis in his art.
He once painted a work called The Male Line, in which the recurring subject was himself, first as a mewling infant, then as a gangly schoolkid in running vest and shorts, then as a jowly, naked adult, scratching his head in bewilderment.
On the far side of the frame we see his father, in pyjamas, and his grandfather, in top hat and tails. But the real message was in the medium. “Oil, cocaine, and my dead father’s ashes.”
Towards the end – Mannie died in a hotel room in Herzliya, Israel, shortly after watching his son performing “Now is the winter of our discontent” at a fundraising reception at Buckingham Palace – the two Shers enjoyed a more cordial, easygoing relationship. At the time, he was much more bothered by the Queen.
When he was introduced to her as “one of our leading Shakespearean actors, Your Majesty”, she shot what he took to be a withering glance, and said, in a voice that could cut glass: “Oh, are you?”
He felt again, as he had throughout his career, that he was an imposter, a trespasser, a skinny gay Yid from Sea Point, who had wandered onto the wrong stage by mistake.
When he left home to try his luck in London, he failed his audition for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, and was told it would be decades before he was good enough to act. He sought refuge in denial, plastering clipped Hampstead vowels over his thick Boerejood accent, and getting married, briefly, to a woman with the wonderful name of Jo Jelly.
When he finally landed a role on the West End, it was as Ringo Starr, the most Jewish-looking of The Beatles. But for Sir Antony Sher, the prophecy of the cowl did come true.
Even so, he would temper the effusive praise of the world’s toughest critics by kvetching that he never was offered the quintessential Shakespearean role of Hamlet, because, as everyone knows, the Prince of Denmark is tall, blond and good-looking, albeit with serious daddy issues.
“What utter bollocks,” Sir Antony spluttered. He made his mark by playing the Ugly Ones: Richard III, Shylock, Cyrano, Titus Andronicus, that Scottish King in the play that actors never mention by name. He took on their bodies, and he found their souls.
Acting is the art of revealing yourself by pretending to be somebody else, and Sir Antony’s greatest gift was his ability, for a couple of hours in the dark, to make the rest of us feel that we were dreaming the same dream, and that we were soaring to the heavens in the company of greatness. DM
See announcements of sir Antony’s death: the BBC here, and The Guardian here.
Gus Silber is a journalist, author and digital technology fetishist, based in Johannesburg. He holds a Master of Arts in Journalism and Media Studies from Rhodes. His thesis was on the ways in which Boomers and Millennials, living in the same family households, consume and share news. He considers himself a Boomerllenial.
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I.D. , a new play written by and starring British stage star Antony Sher, will begin performances at Almeida Theatre in London's West End on Aug. 28.
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Sher is known for his Olivier Award-winning performances in the London productions of Torch Song Trilogy and Stanley, and Richard III, for which he claimed an Evening Standard Award. He has written several novels and a couple memoirs, but this is his first play. I.D. concerns a piece of South African history. On Sept. 6,1966, South African Prime Minister Hendrick Verwoerd was stabbed to death in Parliament by messenger Demetrios Tsafendas. Sher, who grew up in Cape Town, will play the assassin to Marius Weyers' Verwoerd. Nancy Meckler directs.
Antony Sher's numerous theatrical credits also include his breakthrough roles in John Paul George Ringo and Bert and Mike Leigh's Goose Pimples. His Richard III put him on the map as a leading actor of his generation and led to a book about his experiences playing the evil king. Other roles include The Glad Hand, Prayer for My Daughter, Cloud Nine, King Lear, Moliere, Tartuffe, Maydays, Red Noses, The Merchant of Venice, The Revenger's Tragedy, Hello and Goodbye, Singer, Tamburlaine the Great, Travesties, True West, The Trial, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Uncle Vanya and Titus Andronicus. He has spent two decades with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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Writing Glad To Be Gay, social background and police oppression, creative inspiration; Edward Bond's play Stone and Hot Peaches' production The Divas of Sheridan Square, the 'Glad To Be Gay' badges, Ray Davies' influence, recording the demo version of the song
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Interview with Tom Robinson, part 2
The follow-up song, Sing If You’re Glad To Be Gay, how soon was that written after Good To Be Gay?
Eighteen months I’d say.
What do you remember about the writing of that?
Oh, anger. Sheer anger. Various things had happened in between. Primarily, the police – the Met – had become seriously out of control, their use of the ‘sus’ laws [powers permitting officers to stop and search citizens on a whim with mere ‘suspicion’ being enough excuse] was widespread and pretty much indiscriminate by 1976.
Was that not the case in 74 and 75, did it just kick in at that time?
Maybe it was simply that the reaction against the sus laws was becoming stronger by 76 – the lid had been on that particular pressure cooker for some time.
But the summer of 76 was sweltering hot, and tempers were fraying. There was a race riot at the Notting Hill Carnival – The Clash later wrote ‘White Riot’ about that – and a lot of active discontent at the way the Met were behaving.
They also started raiding the gay pubs in Earls Court – coming in mobhanded in vans and arresting people for just standing on the pavement – ‘causing an obstruction’. Denis Lemon, the editor of Gay News, tried to photograph them doing it and they immediately took the camera off him and said ‘have you got a receipt for this, sir?’. He said no, and they arrested him under the sus laws on suspicion of having stolen it.
Outrageous shit was going on. There were Surrey bankers dressed up in leather getting handcuffed and kicked in the backs of Black Marias, who’d then plead guilty to causing an affray so as not to cause a fuss and get their face in their local paper back home. Running in a gay man on trumped-up charges was apparently known as a ‘soft’ arrest – they could be pretty sure of a conviction and no trouble afterwards.
With all that going on as background, two further things raised my political awareness that summer.
Gay Sweatshop theatre group, founded a year or two earlier, had been given Arts Council funding for a season of three plays at the ICA. One of them was ‘Stone’ by Edward Bond, which included lyrics, which a wonderful gay songwriter called Robert Campbell had put to music. He needed an extra musician to help perform them, and as the only other out gay musician anyone had heard of at the time, I was invited to come and play bass for Robert, which I was happy to do. The cast included a brilliant unknown South African actor called Antony Sher.
Edward Bond’s lyrics were savagely, bitterly political. Though not gay himself, he accepted the commission because he perceived homosexual oppression as part of a much wider picture of a generally oppressive society. I still remember the opening song:
‘Men are not asked who they are but ordered to be
Cut to the shape of a square world
As surely as old China bound women’s feet.
The toolmaker makes tools for his purpose,
They work – no questions
They break – get new ones.
Just make enough noise to drown your voice,
Turn on enough light to blind you.
Run long enough till you can sleep on the run…’
It was this ANGER, such powerful, angry lyrics – which Robert Campbell sang with a passion. The combination of Edward Bond’s bleak, exquisitely written script and Robert’s beautiful, subtle music made a deep impression on me.
And then – because people knew I’d been part of that – someone offered me the gig of accompanist for a New York theatre troupe called Hot Peaches. This was across town at the Oval House theatre – which was run by yet another group of former GLF stalwarts. The Hot Peaches publicity pictures showed them all in faux-glitter drag with stick-on spangly stars on their high platform-soled boots and over-the-top makeup. And in my blinkered, ignorant arrogance I thought ‘ugh no, this is just a tacky low-budget drag show.’
How wrong could I be – our first rehearsal together blew me AWAY. There was nothing like it, it was rocket fuel. It just had an incendiary effect on my life, my consciousness and everything.
Greenwich Village in New York was the only place in pretty much the whole of America where gay people could be tolerated. Kids used to run away from farms all over the eastern side of the United States and arrive – these teenagers who’d been thrown out of their homes or who were running away – and live rough in the streets of Greenwich Village, particularly along Christopher Street. Their uniform was to kind of drag up, so you had this thing that on the one hand they were impersonating women but at the same time they were 17 years old and they were sleeping rough like tramps in Sheridan Square.
Hot Peaches kind of embodied this whole thing of it being drag but very tacky drag and not meant to be realistic. It was kind of radical drag, and genderfuck drag.
The version of Gay Liberation I’d imbibed in London had all been watered-down second-hand stuff compared with this life-affirming energy, talent and humour – laced with sheer righteous anger – that fuelled the Hot Peaches’ incendiary stage show.
What was the show like?
The songs crackled with life and resonated with hard-bitten experience – TRB later covered one of them called ‘Getting Tighter’. The show – scripted by Jimmy Camicia – was called The Divas Of Sheridan Square and played to packed houses for its whole run. It told at first hand the story of the Stonewall and how – only seven years earlier – the camp queens and diesel dykes of Christopher Street had battled New York’s police and sent them packing. And how by 1976 ‘everybody done forgot who done what – for who – and why’ as their respectable brothers and sisters ‘in all their liberated glory’ now denounced them from the very platform those same pioneers had helped to build. It was aggressively gay. Night after night, Hot Peaches sent their audiences out into the night feeling proud, uplifted – and angry.
I’d never seen anything like it – the coy ambiguous imagery of Hunky Dory just paled by comparison. Suffice it to say Hot Peaches blew my middle class white English mind and made me see gay liberation as something that could – and should – be proud and aggressive and in-your-face.
So with Glad To Be Gay it was, right, fuck you. With the government falling apart, the NF and religious right on the rise, queerbashing on the increase and the police out of control in that hot summer of 1976 it just felt like there was no room for compromise any more.
The new song was named after the big yellow ‘Glad To Be Gay’ badges that were in circulation. [These had been around for several years. A late 1972 issue of Gay News reports someone having a ‘Glad To Be Gay’ badge confiscated by a police officer in Pont Street, Chelsea. When challenged, the officer replied that the badge was an offensive weapon].
Many of the people who wore the badges to CHE discos used to prudently take them off before venturing out onto the late-night London streets afterwards. You could hardly blame them, but how glad was that? There was no communal reaction against the police brutality, in fact the whole Stonewall spirit Hot Peaches had been singing about was nowhere in evidence. So the song was meant as an attack on complacency, a sarcastic wake-up call to our own community at the time.
I originally wrote the lyric to the tune of Sara by Bob Dylan [released on Desire, January 1976]. It’s an old songwriters’ trick – you take a favourite tune and write new lyrics to it, then take away the tune and write new music. hey presto – a new song. It’s like building a brick arch. You put up a wooden arch, lay the bricks around it, then take away the wood. Once I had the verse lyric on the page it was, well, ‘how can we sing that now?’, and suddenly the other rhythm came in. Again, I was still musically influenced by The Kinks: Sunny Afternoon, Well Respected Man, those sorts of songs. To be sung at the Pride rally, it had to be a song that would work with one acoustic guitar.
The use of irony is quite a Kinks thing too, it gives it that bit of remove.
It was just the sum of my influences at the time, for the want of anything subtler. At the same time I went and demoed that with Café Society, as a Café Society song. The others were a bit edgy about it cos they were happily married heterosexuals and wanted the band to be known for its music. Not for the fact that one of the members was gay, which had already attracted unwelcome attention in the small amount of press we’d had to date. They really thought that was going to damage their chances of ever getting famous if we did death-wish songs like that. The piano player on that early demo actually refused to join in on the backing vocals.
Ray Davies himself said at the time, ‘it’s too bald a statement, it’s always better to tease your audience and keep them guessing. It works much better if you keep it ambiguous’.
Which is the opposite of what he says he said.
Is it? What does he say he said?
In an interview a couple of years ago [Q magazine, October 2005] he said you have to write what you know and stuff like that. He said, ‘there was this one guy I used to know and he was a militant gay, and I said if that’s what you know you’ve got to use it’.
Oh, he’s such a lying git, bless him. But Ray’s such a canny master at the media game himself and playing the ‘oh keep them guessing’ thing apart from anything else. He’s always said stuff more for effect than out of any strong desire for candour.
The song was debuted at Gay News’ 100th issue party in July 1976 and then played at Pride in August. Did it get performed with Café Society?
Live? No. It was them helping me out making a demo of my song. I sang it in a twee Kinksy kind of way, it took a while before I found my own authentic voice for that song.
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Sir Antony Sher, one the greatest Shakespearean actors of the 20th and 21st centuries, died in December, 2021, in Stratford-Upon-Avon. He was 72. In 2018, we were lucky enough to record an interview with Sir Antony and, to honor his life and work, we’re bringing it to you again.
What does it take to be a great Shakespearean? For Sher, the answer was preparation. On this podcast episode, Sher talks about his experiences with the Royal Shakespeare Company and his roles as Lear in 2016, Falstaff in 2014, and Richard III in 1984. In preparing for these roles, Sher kept meticulous diaries, which he later published as books. There was Year of the King for Richard, Year of the Fat Knight for Falstaff, and Year of the Mad King, published by Nick Hern books in 2018, which chronicles his doubts, his fears, his marriage proposal, his illnesses, and all of the life and death that swirled around him as he prepared for the most grueling role Shakespeare ever wrote for an older actor. Sher is interviewed by Barbara Bogaev.
Listen to Shakespeare Unlimited on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Soundcloud, NPR One, or wherever you find your podcasts.
FolgerShakespeareLibrary · Sir Antony Sher (Rebroadcast)
From the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast. © Folger Shakespeare Library. All rights reserved. This podcast episode, “Go Get It Ready,” was originally published April 3, 2018 and was rebroadcast December 7, 2021. It was produced by Richard Paul. Garland Scott is the associate producer. It was edited by Gail Kern Paster and Esther Ferington. Ben Lauer and Esther French are the web producers. We had help from Armani Ur-Rub and Philippa Harland at the Royal Shakespeare Company and Jon Barton at Nick Hern Books. We had technical help from Paul Luke at Voice Trax West in Studio City, California, and Dan Stirling and Cathy Devlin at The Sound Company in London.
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Excerpt: The Year of the Mad King
Read an excerpt from Antony Sher’s book about playing King Lear on our Shakespeare and Beyond blog.
Transcript
MICHAEL WITMORE: Sir Antony Sher, one the greatest Shakespearean actors of the 20th and 21st centuries, died last week in Stratford Upon Avon. He was 72. In 2018, we were lucky enough to record an interview with Sir Antony and, to honor his life and work, we’re bringing it to you again. May his memory be a blessing.
WITMORE: What does it take to be a great Shakespearean? Well, many of them will give you many different answers. For one though, it seems that the key – above all else – is preparation.
[CLIP of Antony Sher as Lear in King Lear]
LEAR: Howl, howl, howl! O, you are men of stones! / Had I your tongues and eyes, I’d use them so / That heaven’s vault should crack. She’s gone forever. I know when one is dead and when one lives.
From the Folger Shakespeare Library, this is Shakespeare Unlimited. I’m Michael Witmore, the Folger’s director. That was Antony Sher in the 2016 Royal Shakespeare Company production of King Lear. As he prepared for Lear – just as he did getting ready for Richard III in 1984 and Falstaff in 2014 – Sir Antony kept a meticulous diary, focusing – above all else – on his preparation. All three of those diaries have been published – Year of the King for Richard, Year of the Fat Knight for Falstaff, and now Year of the Mad King, which chronicles his doubts, his fears, his marriage proposal, his illnesses, and all of the life – and death – that swirled around him as he prepared for the most grueling role Shakespeare ever wrote for an older actor.
Sher came in recently to talk to us in detail about just how he prepares. We call this podcast Go Get It Ready. Sher is interviewed by Barbara Bogaev.
BARBARA BOGAEV: You have such a long association with Lear. Not only did you play The Fool twice, you write in your book that Lear happened to be the very first play you ever saw performed by the RSC, and that was when you came to England from South Africa with your mother, I think. Is that right?
ANTONY SHER: That’s right. On the very first weekend of being in the UK—this is in 1968—I implored my mother to come with me to a place that I regarded as kind of a mythic place, Stratford-upon-Avon. And so we traveled up on that Saturday and had booked a ticket for the matinee, and it happened to be King Lear. And it was absolutely extraordinary because back in South Africa there hadn’t been much Shakespeare.
BOGAEV: Well, Shakespeare wasn’t such a big part of your schooling or your life in South Africa. Why were you so wild to go to Stratford-upon-Avon?
SHER: There was a magazine, a British magazine, called Plays and Players, which I, sort of, pored over at home in Cape Town, and it was absolutely gold dust to me. So I knew all about the RSC; I knew all about their legendary productions. And it was part of the whole, sort of, fantasy, if you like, of coming to England, was that I was going to finally see these theaters that I had read so much about.
BOGAEV: And then you went on to experience this play, Lear, day after day as The Fool in two different productions. I imagine just hundreds, and hundreds, and hundreds of hours of Lear. So, finally, when you set about to preparing to play the role itself, how were you able to approach the play with fresh eyes and fresh ears? How do you shake off what you know already?
SHER: Well, it’s not a bad thing to know a Shakespeare play well because, you know, they take an awful lot of getting acquainted to. And over those previous productions where I’d been The Fool, I’d certainly developed ideas about Lear. But you sort of learn from seeing great actors play a part. You know, you have seen it work, you know it works, and yet, you have your own instincts about playing it. So I found that kind of helpful really.
BOGAEV: Well one of the things, and I suppose one of the instincts you had about it when you read the first act of Lear again, was just how much happens in that first scene. And that always strikes me too, as an audience member. There’s just such speed to the action. It’s almost comical.
[CLIP of Antony Sher as Lear in King Lear]
LEAR:
Give me the map there.
Know that we have divided
In three our kingdom, and ’tis our fast intent
To shake all cares and business from our age,
Conferring them on younger strengths, while we
Unburdened crawl toward death. Our son of
Cornwall…
BOGAEV: You noticed that, and you got the idea to go with the comedy, to get the audience to see that it’s absurdist theater, rather than tragedy. Tell me more about that and whether that initial insight survived all the way to opening night.
SHER: Well, you know, when Peter Brook did his legendary production of Lear, he was much influenced by an essay called Lear or End Game. And he reckoned that somehow kind of the spirit of Samuel Beckett was alive in Lear, which makes the play all the more poignant in the moments where it has to be. So it seemed like a very good way of looking at the piece. And, of course, The Fool is key to that. You know, that Shakespeare has chosen to put into the middle of this tragedy a character called The Fool.
[CLIP of Graham Turner in King Lear]
THE FOOL:
Mark it, nuncle:
Have more than thou showest.
Speak less than thou knowest,
Lend less than thou owest,
Ride more than thou goest,
Learn more than thou trowest,
Leave thy drink and thy whore
And keep in-a-door,
And thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score.
SHER: He’s not called Touchstone like the clown in As You Like It, he’s called The Fool.
BOGAEV: Yeah, he’s an archetype.
SHER: Yeah. And he’s there in the middle of the action. So, Shakespeare clearly has this idea that there’s a kind of touch of absurdity to what’s happening. And it’s a very good way of approaching the play.
BOGAEV: Oh, that’s wonderful. You have so many influences in your work on Lear, and you write about reading John Gielgud’s anthology of wit, wisdom and infamous gaffs, called Gielgoodies!, while you were preparing Lear. And Gielgud of course played Lear way back in 1955, in a costume designed by the furniture designer, Isamu Noguchi. Gielgud said he was terribly worried because it made him look like a Gruyere cheese, right?
SHER: That’s right. And if you look at the photographs, that’s absolutely accurate. There’s this strange costume with big, kind of, holes in it. What I found strange about the story, and slightly worrying, is that it was Gielgud’s fourth Lear, and he was co-directing it with George Devine. So he was completely in control of what was happening. So you have to ask how such a very experienced actor-director could end up looking quite so foolish. But there you are, you see. That happens in theater. Sometimes good ideas are close to bad ideas, and it’s your job to try to figure out which one it is.
BOGAEV: I can see how you would be worried. I mean, here your partner is Greg Doran, he’s directing this Lear. It could all go wrong, just in very basic ways.
SHER: Well, any Shakespeare can go wrong ‘cause they’re such great plays. You know, each time you come to do one of the great ones, you’re pitting yourself against this masterpiece. You know, how are you going to fulfill the challenge that it throws you? It’s incredibly stimulating of course, ‘cause you’re working on the best plays that exist in the English language. But it’s also quite scary.
BOGAEV: Well there are so many things that can go wrong. And one of the biggest hurdles, of course, in working on Lear, is what to make of his madness. And you write about this a lot. And, in fact, you asked a number of people about this over the course of the year that you spent preparing. So what answers did you get, and which of them finally clicked for you into something you could use?
[CLIP of Antony Sher in King Lear]
LEAR:
No, they cannot touch me for coining. I am the
King himself.
SHER: It’s become perversely fashionable in recent years to say that Lear has Alzheimer’s. Both me and my partner, Greg, had very painful close-up views of the real thing because my mother and Greg’s father both had Alzheimer’s. I couldn’t reconcile the way Lear behaves with Alzheimer’s.
[CLIP of Antony Sher in King Lear]
LEAR:
Draw me a clothier’s yard. Look, look,
a mouse! Peace, peace! This piece of toasted cheese
will do ’t.
SHER: I ended up interviewing a professor of psychology, and I was immediately encouraged at the beginning of our meeting when he sat down and he said, “Now, look. Let me just make it clear, I do not believe that Lear has dementia.” And I thought, “Right. That’s interesting.” So what did he believe? Well he said, “The reason why I rule out dementia is there are three things. First of all, at the beginning of the play Lear is making big plans for the future. Planning is not something that someone with dementia is really capable of doing. The second thing is that he’s in very robust health for an 80 year old.” And then the third thing was that in the last section of the play Lear is saner, and gentler, and more loving than we’ve seen throughout the piece, and again this was simply not consistent with somehow waking up out of Alzheimer’s or dementia. So the professor’s theory was that the condition is delusional, rather than dementia.
[CLIP of Antony Sher in King Lear]
LEAR:
Bring up the brown bills. O, well flown, bird!
I’ th’ clout, i’ th’ clout! Hewgh!
SHER: He’s out in a wild storm. The script says that he tears off the outer layer of clothing. And so he would catch a chill; this would turn into a fever, which would go into the brain. And at that exact point in the play he starts to hallucinate and starts to see all sorts of things that aren’t there.
[CLIP of Antony Sher in King Lear]
LEAR:
When the rain came to wet me
once and the wind to make me chatter, when the
thunder would not peace at my bidding, there I
found ’em, there I smelt ’em out. Go to. They are
not men o’ their words; they told me I was everything.
SHER: So that just made complete sense to me. I love it when we can apply, sort of, modern thinking about medicine to Shakespeare.
BOGAEV: It does seem though that the madness is like a key to moderating, for instance, your rage throughout the play, Lear’s rage. There’s rage in the beginning and then there’s rage during the storm.
SHER: Yeah.
BOGAEV: And I found it really interesting in your book that you decided that you needed to create a scale of rage as a performer. What kind of scale did you come up with? Is this, you know, on a scale of one to 10? And how did you use it?
SHER: Well, you know, it’s one of those things that you, sort of, plan to do beforehand when you’re thinking very calmly about the part. So, you know, you think, “Well, he’s got so many tantrums in the first part of the play that I’d better hold back a bit in this scene and just do his rage up to the level of six.”
[CLIP of Antony Sher in King Lear]
LEAR:
Peace, Kent.
Come not between the dragon and his wrath.
I loved her most and thought to set my rest
On her kind nursery. Hence and avoid
my sight!—
SHER: So that I can go to seven in the next scene, and keep some in reserve, so that in the storm it can be a 10. But, actually, when the part is really flowing through you and the whole production is at top gear and galloping along, you no longer think in those terms, you just commit yourself to every scene. It’s one of those parts that you really do just have to absolutely go with it.
[CLIP of Antony Sher in King Lear]
LEAR:
Hear me, recreant; on thine allegiance, hear me!
That thou hast sought to make us break our vows—
Which we durst never yet—and with strained pride
To come betwixt our sentence and our power,
Which nor our nature nor our place can bear,
Our potency made good, take thy reward…
BOGAEV: But I do think it’s so interesting in prep that you spent a good amount of time, at least in your book, talking about how hard it was to deal with Lear’s famous lines where he’s arguing with the storm. So what was giving you such a hard time? Can you give us a insight into that line and your solution?
SHER: Well, it’s simply true of all Shakespeare’s roles. You know, try standing on stage and saying, “To be or not to be.” These lines are so famous that you’re terrified that if you pause for a second between the words, the audience will simply finish the line for you and, sort of, chant, you know, “To be or not to be.” So it just happens with those famous lines. But again, it’s something you worry about beforehand, but it’s rather like what we were saying before about in the actual moment, it’s no longer a problem. You have to. The character is impelled to shout at the storm, “Blow winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage, blow!” And you’ve forgotten that it’s a famous line. You’ve come to the point where your character is in this situation and, as you’ve said, is arguing with the storm.
BOGAEV: You came up with an ingenious backstory though to this scene, that maybe it’s about the winds aren’t blowing yet, and the speech is a desperate plea.
SHER: Yes.
BOGAEV: Which is a different motivation. You could of come up with something else that gives different velocity.
SHER: It helped me, that, because it’s a difficult scene to rehearse because the other character is the storm.
[CLIP of Antony Sher in King Lear]
LEAR: Blow winds, and crack your cheeks! Rage, blow!
You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout
Till you have drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks.
You sulph’rous and thought-executing fires,
Vaunt-couriers of oak-cleaving thunderbolts,
Singe my white head. And thou, all-shaking thunder,
Strike flat the thick rotundity o’ th’ world.
BOGAEV: Well, Lear, of course, is not the only king in your repertoire. You’ve played so many roles in Shakespeare and so many of them, of course, are kings. One of the kings that you played was Leontes in The Winter’s Tale.
SHER: Yes.
BOGAEV: And I loved your story about a key bit of insight that you gained on a chance visit to Buckingham Palace where you saw the real thing in action, which is what you guys in England get that we can’t get here. So tell us about that 50th birthday party. What did you learn about kings that you were able to use?
SHER: Well, the audience sees Leontes cracking up badly with a condition, that again through talking to psychiatrists, I discovered there’s something called morbid jealousy or sexual jealousy, where someone becomes obsessed that their partner is being unfaithful to them when they’re not. And yet, he has to carry on being the king, trying to put a, sort of, normal face on things. And in that visit to Buckingham Palace, I was just struck by how royalty is protected by a small army of attendants round them at all time. That if you were experiencing what Leontes is experiencing, there’s kind of like these attendants that act like a buffer, a cushion, that, kind of, protect you, so that it would be possible to both be carrying on your duties and suffering this, kind of, inner trauma.
BOGAEV: Well, King Leontes, King Lear. Your first role, your breakthrough role, also a king. A king and a villain.
SHER: Yeah.
BOGAEV: And you also wrote a book about the year that you spent working on Richard III, The Year of the King.
SHER: Yeah.
BOGAEV: And Richard, of course, it’s very different kind of king, very different kind of man. Every role is different. I understand that. But looking back, do you see any through-line in, particularly, these three portrayals of royalty, and Shakespeare’s insight into what that entailed?
SHER: But, you see, I think that Shakespeare’s genius is that he writes those three kings completely differently. Richard III is fighting to become king, is fighting for the crown, and indeed, murdering people along the way in order to get it. You know, he’s ruthlessly ambitious for the crown. Leontes, he has the crown but he’s cracking up within it and having to deal with that tension. Lear begins the play by giving away the crown. He wants to retire. And then all those disasters ensue from him giving away power. So they’re three completely different and completely fascinating studies of kingship.
BOGAEV: Yeah. You very clearly explained it in terms of the three ages of humankind, right? You are acquiring as a youth, you’re trying to get to your place. And then you have it, but it’s not working out. And then at the end, the end life stage all about giving things away.
SHER: Yeah.
BOGAEV: Loss.
SHER: Yeah, yeah.
BOGAEV: Can we talk about physical presence on stage and, particularly, obviously, as Richard III, dealing with Richard III’s physicality, what was your process to find the right way to move as Richard? What choices did you make or how did it follow, flow, through your interpretation of the play? And I notice, just small things, the director, Terry Hands, and this is a quote, warned you off “sustaining a crippled position all evening.” Not a PC way to say it, but anyway. He said, “Alternate legs for God’s sakes, or you’ll go lame.”
SHER: Well, you know, the part is famous for crippling the actors that play it because it’s the third largest part in Shakespeare, and he’s very much driving the action throughout. So it’s a part that has to be played with extra energy.
[CLIP from Richard III]
RICHARD:
Villains, set down the corse or, by Saint Paul,
I’ll make a corse of him that disobeys.
GENTLEMAN:
My lord, stand back and let the coffin pass.
RICHARD:
Unmannered dog, stand thou when I command!—
SHER: And to do that with a part that size while holding your body in some kind of twisted position, which, you know, his opening speech he describes himself in very graphic terms. So, in fact, together with a physiotherapist, I worked on ways that we could play his disability in a way that wouldn’t hurt me. And at the same time in rehearsals, I was noticing that whenever people curse him, particularly when the women curse him, they use animal imagery.
[CLIP from Richard III]
ANNE:
Never hung poison on a fouler toad.
Out of my sight! Thou dost infect mine eyes.
RICHARD:
Thine eyes, sweet lady, have infected mine.
ANNE:
Would they were basilisks’ to strike thee dead.
SHER: And most interestingly, he’s called a bottled spider. So I began to wonder if there was a way of giving the illusion of him having more than two legs. And so the idea came about of playing him on crutches. And then the designer said that he could add extra limbs, if you like, to the image. The costume could have these long pieces coming from the elbows that almost touch the ground.
BOGAEV: This is fascinating. And so productive for that production. But that makes it even more interesting that you say in your introduction to your book about playing Richard that all the worrying about the physical challenges was partly to compensate for your feelings of inadequacy with Shakespeare’s language.
SHER: Yes. Yes.
[CLIP from Richard III]
RICHARD:
Lady, you know no rules of charity,
Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses.
ANNE:
Villain, thou know’st nor law of God nor man.
No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity.
RICHARD:
But I know none, and therefore am no beast.
ANNE:
O, wonderful, when devils tell the truth!
RICHARD:
More wonderful, when angels are so angry.
Vouchsafe, divine perfection of a woman,
Of these supposèd crimes to give me leave
By circumstance but to acquit myself.
ANNE:
Vouchsafe, defused infection of a man,
Of these known evils but to give me leave
By circumstance to curse thy cursèd self.
RICHARD:
Fairer than tongue can name thee, let me have
Some patient leisure to excuse myself.
SHER: Being brought up in South Africa without a lot of Shakespeare around me, so that when I arrived in this country, I felt disadvantaged. I felt I was several steps behind. And I’m just eternally grateful that I’ve spent most of my career at the Royal Shakespeare Company. When I joined the RSC I kept thinking, you know, I’m being paid to be in this company. I should be paying them. I’m getting these master classes in Shakespeare. And it has served me well.
BOGAEV: But coming to Shakespeare as an outsider, and you’re a triple threat as an outsider—you’re from South Africa, you’re Jewish, you’re gay.
SHER: Yeah. Yeah.
BOGAEV: Wasn’t that paradoxically a way into Richard III for you?
SHER: Oh yeah.
BOGAEV: I mean, a help for getting over your insecurity about the language?
SHER: Sure. Yes. No, I’ve played a lot of outsiders. And my own personal life experience of being an outsider has, you know, helped enormously. It’s interesting, isn’t it, that when you’re growing up these things that differentiate you from everybody else you’re self-conscious about, and you wish you were like everyone else. And then, if you’re lucky enough to be in one of the arts, you learn that those very same things, you know, give you a different insight.
[CLIP from Richard III]
RICHARD:
These eyes, which never shed remorseful tear—
Not when thy warlike father, like a child
Told the sad story of my father’s death
And twenty times made pause to sob and weep,
That all the standers-by had wet their cheeks
Like trees bedashed with rain—in that sad time,
My manly eyes did scorn an humble tear;
And what these sorrows could not thence exhale
Thy beauty hath, and made them blind with weeping.
Teach not thy lip such scorn, for it was made
For kissing, lady, not for such contempt.
If thy revengeful heart cannot forgive,
Lo, here I lend thee this sharp-pointed sword,
Which if thou please to hide in this true breast
And let the soul forth that adoreth thee,
I humbly beg the death upon my knee.
BOGAEV: I don’t know if this exactly applies, but you do talk about using your life experience in relation to playing Falstaff, who—we were talking about kings—I don’t know, Falstaff is a kind of anti-king, I think, in my mind.
SHER: Lord of Misrule. He is, yes.
BOGAEV: Right. And you write about using your struggle with serious dependency on cocaine to inform your role. And you play Falstaff as a serious alcoholic. That was your take on him.
SHER: Yeah.
BOGAEV: So how did that shape your performance?
SHER: Well, you know, he’s clearly drinking a lot, and there’s a way of playing him just as a jolly old chap who likes his drink. But because of my own experience with dependency that was cocaine, I just started to recognize patterns of his behavior. There are a couple of scenes, and he hasn’t had a drink, and he’s very irritable and very aggressive. And then, at a certain point in those scenes, he gets given a drink, and he changes, his personality changes.
[CLIP from Henry IV, Part 1]
FALSTAFF:
Give me a cup of
sack to make my eyes look red, that it may be
thought I have wept, for I must speak in passion,
and I will do it in King Cambyses’ vein.
PRINCE:
Well, here is my leg.
FALSTAFF:
And here is my speech. Stand aside, nobility.
SHER: What I liked it about it, it kind of took… You know, the role is known as a great comic role, which I found intimidating because I’m not specifically a comic actor. But I am a character actor. And by making him an alcoholic and various other things, I was able to just see him as this fantastically rich character, and getting the laughs was simply an added bonus.
BOGAEV: That makes so much sense. Because I’ve seen so many actors do Falstaff and play him more like a kind of clown. And in contrast, your Falstaff has a dignity.
[CLIP from Henry IV, Part 1]
FALSTAFF:
Shall the son of England
prove a thief and take purses? A question to be
asked.
HOSTESS:
O Jesu, he doth it as like one of these harlotry
players as ever I see.
FALSTAFF:
Peace, good pint-pot. Peace, good tickle-brain.—
There is a thing, Harry, which thou hast
often heard of, and it is known to many in our land
by the name of pitch.
SHER: The great American Shakespeare scholar Harold Bloom says that Falstaff, along with Hamlet, are two of Shakespeare’s greatest creations. It’s because Shakespeare does give him three dimensions. And there’s his fear of aging, his fear of dying, and then of course the whole play builds up towards that very poignant last scene where he is rejected by his best buddy, a pal who has now become King Henry V and cannot have the Lord of Misrule at his side anymore. And it’s a very powerful and very sad scene. But the whole play’s been building to that. It is in the writing. So I think actors who don’t play all his dimensions are simply losing out because it’s so fantastically well written.
BOGAEV: I want to step back for a moment from specific roles to just the more general observation about Shakespeare’s language. And you’ve written about how Shakespeare’s language feels very different in your mouth as an actor from Marlowe’s words or other writers of the period, their language. Tell me more about that. How so?
SHER: Well, it’s something that, as an actor, you simply can sort of taste them, almost like food. And there’s something absolutely particular to the taste of Shakespeare’s language. Now I happen to have played not only Marlowe, but several of the other Jacobean playwrights, Massinger, Marston. And it’s so interesting how they almost struggle with the iambic pentameter—Marlowe by making it very regular. You know, that da-dum, da-dum, da-dum, da-dum, da-dum beat.
BOGAEV: Yeah. They call it Marlowe’s mighty lines.
SHER: Marlowe’s mighty lines, which can become mightily monotonous after several hours. But the other ones, their use of the verse structure becomes quite awkward and jagged. And it’s not that they don’t write terrific plays and terrific characters, but when you’ve played them and you come back to Shakespeare, it’s simply remarkable.
BOGAEV: I know I have to let you go, but just one more question. You’ve done Prospero, Leontes, Richard, Lear, Macbeth, Falstaff. What’s left in the repertoire that you would be burning to do?
SHER: [LAUGH] Well, there isn’t. Because, you know, Shakespeare wrote three great roles for older actors, and I have done them now. So there’s nothing left in the Shakespeare canon. I don’t know. Maybe some terrific modern play will come along and I’ll do that, or maybe I’ll just start to take things a bit easier and write more books and paint more paintings.
BOGAEV: Is that freeing then?
SHER: Well, it’s been such a rich experience. I’ve been very, very lucky. But I think it has sort of come to a natural end.
BOGAEV: Well, sadly, so has our conversation. Thank you so much.
SHER: Oh, well, thank you.
BOGAEV: It was a pleasure talking with you and getting to hear about your work. Thanks so much.
SHER: Thank you very much.
WITMORE: Sir Antony Sher, painter, author, and member of the Royal Shakespeare company, died last week in Stratford upon Avon. May his memory be a blessing.
Shakespeare Unlimited comes to you from the Folger Shakespeare Library. You can find more about the Folger at our website, folger.edu. Thanks for listening. For the Folger Shakespeare Library, I’m Folger Director Michael Witmore.
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From July 2021, until further notice, only the audio of the in courtroom oral arguments will be archived here. In the near future we anticipate having the ability to livestream and archive our oral arguments in both audio and video.
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August 2024 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
August 1, 2024
John Richards v. Kimberly Slack
August 1, 2024
Alegbeleye v. Noell
July 2024 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
July 3, 2024
Alegbeleye v. Noell
June 2024 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
June 14, 2024
New Life Evangelical Baptist Church Inc., et al., v. William Hallam
June 14, 2024
Damon Lawson v. State of Maryland
June 14, 2024
Monica Gorman v. John Gorman
June 14, 2024
In the Matter of Iris Maggio, et al.,
June 14, 2024
In the Matter of the Petition of Karla J. Chimick
June 12, 2024
Estate of Jai Seong Cho Hewick et al., v. Walter Hewick
June 12, 2024
In the Matter of Christopher Gendell, et al
June 12, 2024
Nicole Gilbert v. Kurt Gilbert
June 12, 2024
Hakim Jordan-El v. State of Maryland
June 12, 2024
James Perkins v. Amir Eyal, et al
June 12, 2024
David T. Buckingham v. Virginia Commerce Bank N.A., et al.
June 12, 2024
Maryland Indoor Play, LLC, et al. v. Snowden Investment LLC et al.
June 12, 2024
State of Maryland v. Leon Copeland, Jr.
June 12, 2024
Evans Realty Company, Inc. v. The Town of Lonaconing
June 10, 2024
State of Maryland v. Anthony Brooke
June 10, 2024
Rosalie V. Buck v. Mark W. Steele, et al.,
June 10, 2024
St. Charles Towne Plaza LLC v. Sanahead Inc, et al.,
June 10, 2024
R.B. v. Nina Hinting, M.D., et al
June 10, 2024
In the Matter of Fernando Berra, III
June 10, 2024
Brandon Beshore v. State of Maryland
June 10, 2024
Frank Leo Zarrelli v. Hiscox Insurance Company Inc.
June 10, 2024
In the Matter of Kenneth Cosgrove, et al.
June 10, 2024
Jose Eugenio Escobar-Argueta v. State of Maryland
June 4, 2024
Thomas Leroy Brown v. State of Maryland
June 4, 2024
Melvin Joseph Tucker v. State of Maryland
June 4, 2024
Keith Jones v. State of Maryland
June 4, 2024
In the Matter of Trust of Dorothea K. Lanier
June 4, 2024
Kyree Nasir Gregory v. State of Maryland
June 4, 2024
Malik Rashad Gregory v. State of Maryland
June 4, 2024
Brij Bhargava et al v. PG Co Public Schools et al
June 4, 2024
Roy Joseph v. Thomas Howes
June 4, 2024
Megan Evans v. Mark Dredze
June 3, 2024
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Sanjeev Varghese
June 3, 2024
Douglas Ah-Lan Drax v. State of Maryland
June 3, 2024
Corman Marine Construction, Inc., et al v. Matthew F McGeady et al
June 3, 2024
Kevin Tracy, et al, v. 107 Terrapin Lane LLC, et al
The Cove Creek Club, Inc. v. 107 Terrapin Lane LLC
June 3, 2024
Jermaine Stagg v. State of Maryland
June 3, 2024
Tyron Devon Borges v. State of Maryland
June 3, 2024
Keith A. Bradford, et al., v. Maryland State Board of Education
June 3, 2024
Shuvani Dhingra Bajaj v. Rueben Bajaj
May 2024 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
May 10, 2024
In the Matter of State of Maryland, et al
May 10, 2024
Shantasia Tyrene Johnson v. State of Maryland
May 10, 2024
Kelly Marie Harrigan Campbell v. Kevin John Campbell
May 10, 2024
Kristian Sandor v. Huyen Thanh Truong
May 10, 2024
Brandon Eugene Riddick v. State of Maryland
May 9, 2024
David Lee Ray Jr. v. State of Maryland
May 9, 2024
Ruth Maria Karin Tunney v. Shane Hastings Tunney
May 9, 2024
2200 14th Street Inc., et al., v. Jemals 14th Street Lumens LLC
May 9, 2024
Michael P. O’ Malley v. Matthew J. O’Malley, et al.,
May 9, 2024
Michael P. O’ Malley v. Matthew J. O’Malley, et al.,
May 9, 2024
Markel Lamar Barkley v. State of Maryland
May 8, 2024
Trusted Science and Technology Inc v Nicholas Evancich, et al
May 8, 2024
In the Matter of Dawn Cousins
May 8, 2024
Xavier Kopp v. State of Maryland
May 8, 2024
Scott Harman v Patricia Harman
May 7, 2024
Jane Doe v. University of Maryland Faculty Physicians, Inc., et al.
May 7, 2024
Maxwell Dundore v. State of Maryland
May 7, 2024
Devon Murray v. State of Maryland
May 3, 2024
Adrian Lewis v. State of Maryland
May 3, 2024
Sheriff Ricky Cox v. American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland
May 3, 2024
Syed Asif Rahman v. David S Roth
May 3, 2024
Krystal Lucado v. Peter Oetker
May 2, 2024
Arthur Holt v. State of Maryland
May 2, 2024
James Keen v. State of Maryland
May 2, 2024
Jose Onan Alvarez-Garciz v. State of Maryland
May 2, 2024
Christian Boykin v. State of Maryland
May 2, 2024
Marco Moseley v. State of Maryland
May 2, 2024
Darryl R. Wormuth v. State of Maryland
May 2, 2024
Janice Hollabaugh v. MRO Corporation
May 2, 2024
Esau Antonio Orellana Velasquez v. Celia Del Carmen Carranza Fuentes
May 2, 2024
State of Maryland v. William A. Garlic
May 1, 2024
Zuri Kelly v. State of Maryland
May 1, 2024
Joseph Smith v. State of Maryland
May 1, 2024
Arlene Guagliano v. Queenstown Outlets LP
May 1, 2024
Martin Hawkins v. Empire Today LLC
May 1, 2024
511 South Central Avenue LLC v. Cooper Carry, Inc., et al.
May 1, 2024
Miquan Rashad Broadus v. State of Maryland
May 1, 2024
Michael R. Huntley v. Cape Arthur Improvement Association
May 1, 2024
Retreat Road LLC v. Miscellaneous Metals Inc.
April 2024 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
April 10, 2024
Pattison v. Pattison
April 10, 2024
White v. Town of North Beach
April 10, 2024
Canty v. State of Maryland
April 9, 2024
Diggs v. State of Maryland
April 9, 2024
Simmons v. Simmons
April 9, 2024
ASAP Roofing v. Daniel Myers et al
April 9, 2024
Venus L. Jackson v. William W. Carter, Jr., et al.
April 9, 2024
Radie Junior Wright, Jr., v. State of Maryland
April 9, 2024
Lucy Keyser v. Goucher College
April 5, 2024
Anthony Maurice Tarpley v. State of Maryland
April 5, 2024
James Asokere, et al., v. Danielle Renee Waldrop, et al.,
April 5, 2024
Sergey S. Danshin v. State of Maryland
April 5, 2024
Richard Lee Edwards v. State of Maryland
April 4, 2024
Brian King v. State of Maryland
April 4, 2024
In the Matter of The Ferndale Volunteer Fire Company, Inc.
April 4, 2024
Hillard D. Williams v. State of Maryland
April 3, 2024
In the Matter of Comptroller of Maryland
April 3, 2024
Vernon Smith v. State of Maryland
April 3, 2024
DeAndre Marquis Allen v. State of Maryland
March 2024 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
March 12, 2024
Brian Adams v. State of Maryland
March 12, 2024
In the Matter of the Petition of 901, LLC
March 12, 2024
In the Matter of HRVC Limited Partnership
March 12, 2024
Lisa Kim v. Jennifer Solpietro
March 12, 2024
Daryl Antony Hurwitz v. Veronica Lynn Harper Esque
March 12, 2024
Sanders Wright, Jr. v. State of Maryland
March 11, 2024
Mark C. Reisinger v. Stephanie Chase Sams
March 11, 2024
Rahzir Meyers v. State of Maryland
March 11, 2024
Timothy Leiweke, et al., v. Craig E. Bernstein, et al.,
March 11, 2024
In the Matter of Diane Terrell
March 7, 2024
Hakeen M Evans v. State of Maryland
March 7, 2024
709 Plaza LLC v. Plaza Condominium, Inc et al.,
March 7, 2024
In the Matter of Ashley Riley, et al.,
March 7, 2024
Denise Cannon-Earl v. SSC Silver Spring Operating Company LLC
March 7, 2024
Laura Jean Everngam-Price v. Richard Allen Price
March 7, 2024
Blue Heron Cove Condominium Association Inc., et al. v. Jessica L. Pachler, et al.
March 7, 2024
Francisco Barrales-Aguirre v. State of Maryland
March 7, 2024
David Wagner v. Jessica Cygan, et al.
March 7, 2024
Corelife, Inc., et al. v. Peninsula Health Ventures, Inc.
March 6, 2024
Gregory Jones v. State of Maryland
March 6, 2024
In the Matter of Cheryl Lewis, et al
March 6, 2024
Bobbie Sue Hodge v. State of Maryland
March 6, 2024
Kevin Cleveland v. State of Maryland
March 6, 2024
Blue Ocean Realty LLC s/o Elliott Engle, RA v. GC6609LLC
March 5, 2024
Harford Memorial Hospital, Inc. v. Josephine Jones, et al
March 5, 2024
David Peacock v. William Debley et al
March 5, 2024
Palmer St Clair Sasscer et al., v. Town of Upper Marlboro
March 5, 2024
In the Matter of the Petition of York Road Partnership
March 5, 2024
In the Matter of the Petition of Hunter Cochrane
March 4, 2024
Diann Martin v. 21st Mortgage Corporation
March 4, 2024
Brenda Mitchell v. Waterford Cove Homeowners Association, Inc.
March 4, 2024
Lemuel Lee Roberts v. State of Maryland
March 4, 2024
Grant Lewis v. State of Maryland
March 4, 2024
Derron Daley v. State of Maryland
March 1, 2024
Angelo Reno Harrod v. State of Maryland
March 1, 2024
Randolph Whipps MD et al., v. Christine Farelly et al
March 1, 2024
Hough et al v. County Council of Prince George’s Co MD
March 1, 2024
Dixon v. Dixon
March 1, 2024
State of Maryland v. Tyler Allen Mailloux
February 2024 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
February 12, 2024
In the Matter of the Petition of Maryland Bio Energy, LLC, et al.
February 12, 2024
George B. Anderson, Jr. v. State of Maryland (Pt. 1)
February 12, 2024
George B. Anderson, Jr. v. State of Maryland (Pt. 2)
February 12, 2024
In the Matter of Carol Mosca
February 12, 2024
Markey Deaz Davis v. State of Maryland
February 8, 2024
Joel Lewis v. State of Maryland
February 8, 2024
Latonja Carrera v. National Congress of Parents and Teachers
February 8, 2024
In the Matter of Tanya Bradshaw
February 8, 2024
Cars Plus, LLC, et al. v. Shaid Raja, et al.,
February 8, 2024
Sabrina Kiebler v. John Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Inc.
February 6, 2024
Piney Narrows Yacht Haven v. Walter Corson
February 6, 2024
Karl J. Tomanek v. State of Maryland
February 6, 2024
In the Matter of Effect Inc.
February 5, 2024
Delonte Teshawn Howard v. State of Maryland
February 5, 2024
Eva Asabre v. Retail Services & Systems, Inc.
February 5, 2024
Cicade Investments, LLC v. Harbour Portfolio VII LP, et al.,
February 5, 2024
In the Matter of Montgomery County, Maryland
February 2, 2024
State of Maryland v. Marlon Jermaine Marshall
February 2, 2024
Mesack Kemajou, et al., v. Emmanuel Mbankeu, et al.,
February 2, 2024
In the Matter of Iva Johnson
February 2, 2024
Crystal Renae Constantine v. Baltimore Washington Emergency
February 1, 2024
Alan Cornfield v. Elizabeth Feria
February 1, 2024
Sarina Harrison v. State of Maryland
February 1, 2024
Jane Doe v. Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School of Greater Washington
February 1, 2024
Anibal Perez v. around the Clark Trucking, LLC, et al.
February 1, 2024
Clennie Murphy, III, et al., v. Government Employees Insurance Company
January 2024 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
January 11, 2024
Council of Unit Owners of Chelsea Woods Courts Condominium v. Gates BF Investor LLC
January 11, 2024
AXE Properties & Management LLC v. Leonard Merriman, IV
January 11, 2024
Kamau Stokes v. The Sports & Entertainment Group PLLC
January 11, 2024
Margaret Messina v. James Messina
January 11, 2024
In Re: Z.A., K.P.
January 11, 2024
Maryland Department of Health v. Shawn Orland Myers, Jr., et al.
January 11, 2024
Scott Miller-Phoenix v. Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners
January 10, 2024
Jabez Digiorno Johnson v. State of Maryland
January 10, 2024
Damien Mickens v. State of Maryland
January 10, 2024
Matthew Paul Edwards v. Taylor Lynn Denner
January 10, 2024
Joanna Wiggins v. Ward, Bierman, Geesing, Lele, Monto and Coleman
January 10, 2024
Jamal Antonie Williams v. State of Maryland
January 9, 2024
PC Real Estate Investment LLC v. Bay-Vanguard Bank
January 9, 2024
Martique Vanderpool v. State of Maryland **
January 9, 2024
Simon VanLeuven v. Prince George’s County Police Dept.
January 9, 2024
Waterworks Restoration Baltimore LLC v. Shine Home Improvements
January 9, 2024
In the Matter of Luckricia Olivacce
January 8, 2024
In Re: Interstate Subpoena for Jamie Leigh Thompson
January 8, 2024
Clinton Maurice Gantt v. State of Maryland
January 8, 2024
Seifullah A Ali v. State of Maryland
January 8, 2024
Sophia A Negroponte v. State of Maryland
January 8, 2024
James Black, et al v. The Bowman Group, LLC, et al
January 8, 2024
In the Matter of Seoul Gym & Cafe, Inc.`
January 8, 2024
Francisco S. Diaz v. Eugina I. Diaz
January 8, 2024
In Re: D.O.
January 8, 2024
State of Maryland v. Michael Wiggins
January 8, 2024
Jesus Torres, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jacy Ponce v. State of Maryland
January 8, 2024
Abraham Jacob Douglas v. State of Maryland
January 5, 2024
Homer Walton, et al v. Premier Soccer Club, Inc., et al.
January 5, 2024
In the Matter of Stacy Scott-McKinney
January 5, 2024
Asplundh Tree Expert LLC v. Jonathan M Metzger ***
January 4, 2024
Jamal McDaniel v. State of Maryland
January 4, 2024
Jamel Phillips v. State of Maryland
January 4, 2024
Wendy Lee Lang v. State of Maryland
January 4, 2024
Amy E Brown v. Washington Suburban Sanitary Comm.
January 4, 2024
Moira E. Akers v. State of Maryland
January 4, 2024
Arron William Saunders v. State of Maryland
January 4, 2024
Arrow Parking Corp, et al v. Jacqueline Cade, et al
** The argument begins around 1:08 in the video
*** The argument begins around 2:22 in the video
December 2023 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
December 12, 2023
Zak Gillani, et al v. Akram Gilani
December 12, 2023
State Center LLC, et al v. Department of General Services
December 12, 2023
Shaquille Austin v. State of Maryland
December 12, 2023
Shawndel A Weems v. State of Maryland
December 12, 2023
Levar Montez Brown v. State of Maryland
December 12, 2023
Khalil Cloude v. State of Maryland
December 12, 2023
Mayor & City Council of Baltimore v. William Snyder v. PDL Pratt Associates, LLP
December 12, 2023
Thomas William Hitt v. Dimensions Healthcare Corporation, et al.,
December 8, 2023
Temitope Amusa v. Maryam Amusa
December 8, 2023
David A. Boyd, et al., v. Goodman-Gable-Gould Company
December 8, 2023
In the Matter of Samantha Raszewski, et al.
December 8, 2023
Gary D. Howes v. Stephen T. Howes
December 8, 2023
Shore Restorations LLC, et al., v. Larry J Fee
December 8, 2023
Thurman Spencer, Jr. v. State of Maryland
December 8, 2023
Eric M Shapiro v. Hyperheal Hyperbarics, Inc., et al.,
December 8, 2023
Lacree Thomas Ramsey v. State of Maryland
December 8, 2023
In the Matter of Kashef Khan
December 6, 2023
In Re: J. B.
December 6, 2023
Sanjeev Jatain v Poonam Malik
December 6, 2023
Melissa Jerro Hencken v. ServPro of Carroll County; Professional Restorations et al.,; USAA Casualty Insurance Company
December 6, 2023
Kara Decicco v Ouida Fluck
December 4, 2023
Mitra Rahmi, et al., v. Behrouz Rahmi, et al.
December 4, 2023
In Re: K.E.
December 4, 2023
Corey Hannah v. State of Maryland
December 4, 2023
Steven Anthony Taylor v. State of Maryland
December 1, 2023
Adam Solomon v. Caryn Solomon
December 1, 2023
Samantha Samayoa v. Luis A Samayoa
December 1, 2023
In the Matter od Daniel Hall
December 1, 2023
John Poteat v. Maryland Transit Administration
December 1, 2023
Adonis A Hernandez-Lovo v. State of Maryland
November 2023 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
November 13, 2023
Virgil Anthony Profili v. Dana Marie Profili
November 13, 2023
Theresa R. Basil-Flippen v. General Electric Company, et al
November 13, 2023
Greenmark Properties, LLC v. Parts, Inc. et al
November 13, 2023
Terell William Scipio v. State of Maryland
November 13, 2023
Amit Chennagiri Rao v. State of Maryland
November 13, 2023
John Doe, et al. v. Ilana Stern Klein, et al.
November 13, 2023
Janet L. Darvish v. Ralph J. DiPietro, et al.
November 13, 2023
Isiah A. Hollins v. State of Maryland
November 13 , 2023
9103 Basil Court Partners, LLC v. Monarc Construction Inc., et al.
November 9, 2023
Bay City Property Owners v. County Commissioners of Queen Anne’s
November 9, 2023
Jeffrey Beahm v Erie Insurance Exchange
November 9, 2023
16 Willow Avenue LLC v Bozzuto Homes Inc
November 9, 2023
Mario Staten v. Mercedes Johnson
November 8, 2023
Dallas Fenton v. Dept of Public Safety and Correctional Svcs
November 8, 2023
Rosana Bailey v. Queens Landing Council of Unit Owners
November 8, 2023
Ryshon M. Kelly v. State of Maryland
November 8, 2023
Markell D. Purnell v. State of Maryland
November 8, 2023
Nicholas Janvier, et al. v. Greyhound Lines, Inc.
November 8, 2023
Kyeem Antonio King v. State of Maryland
November 8, 2023
Denorris Evans v. State of Maryland
November 8, 2023
Steven Durity v. Prince George’s County Police Department
November 7, 2023
Shane Hastings Tunney v Ruth Maria Karin Tunney
November 7, 2023
In the Matter of Julia and Ryan King, et al
November 7, 2023
Erica J Hall House v Nicholas A Houser
November 7, 2023
State of Maryland v. Richard A. Edwards
November 7, 2023
In the Matter of Brenda Batchelor
November 7, 2023
Arif Ahmad v. Elena Marie Ali
November 7, 2023
Richard Eugene Middleton, Jr. v. State of Maryland
November 3, 2023
Gary Stoltz v. Tina Stoltz
November 3, 2023
The Estate of H. Gregory Brown v. Carrie M. Ward, et al.
November 3, 2023
Ksenija Grgac v. Paul David Dash, et al.
November 3, 2023
Sherri Katz v. State of Maryland
November 1, 2023
Ashwini Vinod Sabnis v. Saurav Kumar Mohanty
November 1, 2023
Alexi E Ortiz v. Alfred D Walsh, Jr.
November 1, 2023
In the Matter of Maryland Office of People's Counsel, et al.
November 1, 2023
Trustee of The Walter Art Museum, Inc., et al. v. Walter Workers United, et al.
November 1, 2023
Julie Wolf, et al., v. The Planning Board of Prince George's County
November 1, 2023
In the Matter of Carol Wallace
November 1, 2023
Aaron Victor Seivers v. State of Maryland
November 1, 2023
SVAP II Pasadena Crossroads LLC v. Fitness International LLC
November 1, 2023
In Re: The Estate of Michael Gerard Schappell
October 2023 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
October 12, 2023
Helen Mueller v. Steven Mueller
October 12, 2023
Stephanie Coppel v. Brad Coppel
October 12, 2023
Jamie Bennett, et al., v. Katherine Grace Porter, et al
October 12, 2023
Jose Enrique Calero Medrano v. State of Maryland
October 11, 2023
In the Matter of the Petition of Eric A. Payton
October 11, 2023
Kye-Ree Kenneth Martin Young v. State of Maryland
October 11, 2023
In the Matter of the Petition of Blue Water Baltimore, Inc., et al. & In the Matter of Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc., et al
October 11, 2023
Ohi Asset Hud Delta, LLC v. REIT Solutions II, LLC, et al.
October 11, 2023
Bradley E. Heard v. County Council of Prince George’s County, Maryland, et al.
October 11, 2023
Craig Mercier v. Porter Parking Solutions Inc.
October 11, 2023
Empirian Village of Maryland LLC, et al. v. G B Mall Limited Partnership, et al.
October 10, 2023
Summer Ledford v. Jenway Contracting, Inc
October 10, 2023
Cynthia Farmer, et al v. Maurice Bowie
October 10, 2023
The Abell Foundation v. Baltimore Development Corporation, et al.,
October 10, 2023
Dale Cecil v. American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees
October 10, 2023
Doris Scott v. Universal Protection Service, LLC
October 10, 2023
Stephen George Whiteside v. Leila Whiteside
October 10, 2023
Cadman Atta Mills v. Laura H.G. O’Sullivan, et al.
October 10, 2023
Ancil Tony Hamrick v. State of Maryland
October 10, 2023
In Re: The Estate of Edmund Anthony Cutts, Jr.
October 6, 2023
Mihret Teklemichael v. Haile Sida
October 6, 2023
Bobby Van Wilson, II v. Ariel Triplett Wilson
October 6, 2023
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Jamie Wallace
October 6, 2023
Dominic Cole Davis v. State of Maryland
October 6, 2023
David Miller v. State of Maryland
October 6, 2023
Amy Browning v. Duane Browning
October 4, 2023
Baltimore County, Maryland v. Theodore C Priester, Jr.
October 4, 2023
In the Matter of NAMKEB, LLC, et al.,
October 4, 2023
Stephon Nathaniel Beale v. State of Maryland
October 4, 2023
Yolonda Bryant v. Trayvon Berry
October 4, 2023
Sylvia Kiruri v. Andrew Nyombi
October 4, 2023
Davon Nathaniel Fields v. State of Maryland
October 4, 2023
Michael Lewis v. Pedro Romero
October 4, 2023
Heba Helal v. Gamal R Helal
October 3, 2023
In Re: G. W. III
October 3, 2023
Kirby Carpenter, et al. v. Richard W. Jenkins, Jr., et al.
October 3, 2023
Quioly Shikell Demby v. State of Maryland
October 3, 2023
Robert Reese v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore
October 2, 2023
State of Maryland v. Garrett Lee Holsen
October 2, 2023
Christopher Nguyen v. State of Maryland
October 2, 2023
Michael T Masterson v. Kay Lynn Masterson
October 2, 2023
Tionn Casey. v. State of Maryland
October 2, 2023
Ennio Rodriguez v. Joseph C. Gray, Jr. et al. & Ennio Rodriguez v. Alice Gray, et al.
September 2023 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
September 13, 2023
Nicholas Greg Smith v. State of Maryland
September 13, 2023
Thomas Pham v. Jaime Crespin
September 13, 2023
Gwendolyn Jones, et al. v. Caruso Builder Washington Overlook, LLC
September 13, 2023
Bryan Donte Byrd v. State of Maryland
September 13, 2023
State of Maryland v. Robert Lee Meadows
September 12, 2023
Gregory Deshawn Collins v. State of Maryland
September 12, 2023
Michael Zulauf v. Maria Zulauf
September 12, 2023
Janis Jarvis Street et al, v. Upper Chesapeake Medical Center Inc, et al.
September 12, 2023
Yangtze Railroad Fasteners International v. MD Core Inc., et al.
September 12, 2023
State of Maryland v. Jermaine Cordell Lewis
September 12, 2023
HSU Contracting LLC v. Holton-Arms School Inc., et al
September 12, 2023
In the Matter of the Petition of Mount Vernon Belvedere Improvement Association, Inc.
September 11, 2023
Chris Bourdeau v. State of Maryland
September 11, 2023
Angel Pieraldi v. Kristine D Brown, et al.
September 11, 2023
Tom Brown Contracting LLC, et al. v. Amador Vargas Cano
September 11, 2023
In the Matter of Red Maple Place Limited Partnership
September 11, 2023
Iya Dammons v. Prince George’s County, MD, et al.
September 11, 2023
In the Matter of Montgomery County Department of Health & Human Services
September 11, 2023
Denise J. Grimes v. James Alain Laplanche
September 11, 2023
In Re: I. Q.
September 8, 2023
In Re: D.T.
September 8, 2023
Douglas Ford Bey, III v. State of Maryland
September 8, 2023
Joshua Lamine Toure v. State of Maryland
September 8, 2023
Terrance L. Pyles v. Roshanda M. Pyles
September 7, 2023
MLS Equity, LLC v. Pirate, LLC, et al.
September 7, 2023
Andrea Slaughter v. Deshawnatiz Johnson, et al.
September 7, 2023
Crystal Nichole Banks v. State of Maryland
September 7, 2023
Brian Hayden Taylor v. State of Maryland
September 7, 2023
John M Garrison v. State of Maryland
September 7, 2023
Brian Cooke, et al. v. Matthew Lancelotta, et al.
September 7, 2023
Adrienne Congo v. Maryland Department of Health
September 7, 2023
John A Galbreath v. State of Maryland Department of Budget and Management Central
September 7, 2023
John A Galbreath v. State of Maryland Department of Budget and Management Central
September 6, 2023
In the Matter of Michael Dennis
September 6, 2023
Standard Coatings and Construction, et al. v. Sabin Swickard, et al
September 6, 2023
Montray Eugene Williams v. State of Maryland
September 6, 2023
In the Matter of Ellen Elbert, et al.,
September 6, 2023
In the Matter of Rebecca Keegan
September 6, 2023
Quanel Brown v. State of Maryland
September 6, 2023
Ronald Maurice Peterson, Jr. v Avyka Nycole Peterson
September 6, 2023
In Re: J.F.
September 5, 2023
Todd Feathers v. Abigail Feathers
September 5, 2023
Prince George's County Memorial Library System v. Jeffrey Naftal
September 5, 2023
Michael G Knoepfle, et al. v. Lower Magothy Community Association
September 5, 2023
Joanna Benjamin Gibson v. Ernest Jean Francois
September 5, 2023
Lance Brasher v. Catherine A. Brasher
September 5, 2023
Brandon Maurice Hudson v. State of Maryland
September 5, 2023
Elise Monroe, et al. v. University of Maryland Medical Center LLC, et al.
September 1, 2023
Christopher Gross v. Jeffrey Souder
September 1, 2023
Elton M Bland v. EMCOR Facilities Services Inc, et al.,
September 1, 2023
In the Matter of Morgan Stanley and Co Inc, et al.,
September 1, 2023
Ronald Junior Francois v. State of Maryland
September 1, 2023
James Joseph Sidler v. Anne Kathryn Allor
September 1, 2023
Guy Young, Jr. v. State of Maryland
September 1, 2023
In Re: Expungement Petition of Francis A.
September 1, 2023
Sara S. Shaw v. Scott R. Shaw
September 1, 2023
Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners v. Angel Lewis
September 1, 2023
Davon Maurice Little v. State of Maryland
August 2023 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
August 3, 2023
Coleen H. Hayback v. Michael A. Bonnell
August 2, 2023
Miguel Jesus Cavallini v. Ewelina Chabowska
July 2023 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
July 6, 2023
Ford v. Ford
July 6, 2023
In Re: D.T.
June 2023 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
June 16, 2023
Svetlana Bunina v. Daniel J. Schneider
June 16, 2023
In the Matter of Charles Shindle
June 16, 2023
Antonio E. Gonzalez v. State of Maryland
June 16, 2023
Jeffrey S. Miller v. Lauren M. Miller
June 15, 2023
In the Matter of Nu Liquor, LLC, t/a Faulkner Wine & Spirits, et al.
June 15, 2023
In the Matter of the Petition of Featherfall Restoration LLC
June 15, 2023
In the Matter of Anne Arundel County
June 15, 2023
Mario Curiale, et al. v. Mary A. Scampton
June 15, 2023
Erik A. Hasenboehler v. Kimberly Hasenboehler
June 15, 2023
Samia L. Gore v. Anthony B. Gore
June 15, 2023
Shauntice Skye v. Jonathan Patton
June 13, 2023
Jocelyn P. v. Joshua P.
June 13, 2023
Gregory Alexander White, II v. Jacqueline Naomi James
June 13, 2023
In Re: G.M. & S.M.
June 13, 2023
Shelly Blackston v. Doctors Weight Loss Centers Inc., et al.
June 13, 2023
Darryl Donnell Moore v. State of Maryland
June 13, 2023
Heather M. Chisholm v. John A. Chisholm
June 5, 2023
CELINK v. William R Pyle
June 5, 2023
Sara Ashley Stefanides, et al., v. Matthew Andrew Warns
June 5, 2023
Caitlin Nichole Stanton v. State of Maryland
June 2, 2023
Sharon Saunders v. Ellen Gilman, et al.
June 2, 2023
Zhuldyz Anatolevna Mizina v. Douglas Tice
June 2, 2023
Christina Keating Sami v. Adil Sami
June 2, 2023
Tariq Rushdan v. Junior Miller
June 2, 2023
Andre Pearson v. State of Maryland
June 1, 2023
Daryl Green v. Diane S Rosenberg, et al
June 1, 2023
Terry Lee Kent, Jr. v. State of Maryland
June 1, 2023
Baltimore Cotton Duck, LLC v. Insurance Commissioner of the State of Maryland, et al.,
June 1, 2023
Roseberline Turenne v. State of Maryland
June 1, 2023
In the Matter of the Petition of Roshawn Taylor
June 1, 2023
F Zata, Inc., et al. v. Yongjun Guan
June 1, 2023
In Re: The Estate of Adam Brandon
May 2023 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
May 10, 2023
Katelyn S. McMorrow v. Jeanette King, et al.
May 10, 2023
Ronald Lorenzo Davis v. State of Maryland
May 10, 2023
Terry James v. Baltimore Gas and Electric Company, et al.
May 10, 2023
Simon Tusha v. Gretchen Tusha
May 10, 2023
Kiray Walker v. State of Maryland
May 9, 2023
Dajuan Reeder v. State of Maryland
May 9, 2023
David Esteppe v. Baltimore Police Department, et al.
May 9, 2023
Francis Akande v. State of Maryland
May 9, 2023
In Re: Su. N., Sa. N., & So. N.
May 8, 2023
Gwendolyn Hardy v. National Spine and Pain Centers LLC, et al.
May 8, 2023
In the Matter of Comptroller of Maryland
May 8, 2023
Al Czervik, LLC v. Mayr and City Council of Baltimore, et al.
May 8, 2023
Terrell Dawson v. Barbara Snipes
May 3, 2023
Justin Holder v. Jeffrey Young
May 3, 2023
Rpbert G. Genung v Cynthia Genung
May 3, 2023
In the Matter for Friends of Ten Mile Creek, et al
May 3, 2023
Daniel Read v. State of Maryland
May 3, 2023
Troy Wayne Mason v. State of Maryland
May 3, 2023
Sheldon Lyvonne Curtis v. State of Maryland
May 3, 2023
Thomas Zadnik v. Johns Hopkins Medicine, et al.
May 3, 2023
Grace Nyblade v. Adam Santo
May 2, 2023
Duance Corey Johnson v. State of Maryland
May 2, 2023
Deandre Sleet v. State of Maryland
May 2, 2023
Bryant Strong v. State of Maryland
May 2, 2023
Tayaun Woodard v. State of Maryland
May 2, 2023
Lando Nesbitt Alston v. State of Maryland
April 2023 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
April 12, 2023
In the Matter of the Petition of Cricket Wireless LLC, et al.,
April 12, 2023
Isaiah Norman Ransom v. State of Maryland
April 12, 2023
Lamont M. Smith v. State of Maryland
April 12, 2023
Rosalee Francesca Sanchez v. Michael Elosh
April 12, 2023
Dominic Gardener v. State of Maryland
April 12, 2023
Omil Ilkhan v. Critical Care Professionals, Inc. et al.,
April 12, 2023
Ricky Davis v. State of Maryland
April 12, 2023
Michael Charles Casey v. State of Maryland
April 12, 2023
Brandon Haw v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
April 10, 2023
Perri Lynn Mateyka v. State of Maryland
April 10, 2023
Deploy HR, Inc., et al v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company
April 10, 2023
David Cochran v. State of Maryland
April 10, 2023
Pasquale Carannante, et al v. Steuart Pittman, Jr., et al.
April 10, 2023
Jeffrey Reichert v Sarah Hornbeck
April 5, 2023
Richard Eugene Cartnail, Jr. v. State of Maryland
April 5, 2023
Juwan Howard Campbell v. State of Maryland
April 5, 2023
Susan Weikers v. Eleven Slade Apartment Corporation, et al.,
April 5, 2023
In the Matter of Paul & Catherine Murphy
April 5, 2023
Isis Benton v. Lewis Benton, III
April 5, 2023
In Re: M.M.
April 5, 2023
Dirck Bartlett, et al., v. Talbot County, Maryland, et al.,
April 3, 2023
Board of County Commissioners of Somerset Co. v. Howard K. Anderson, et al.
April 3, 2023
Christopher Abangma v. Michael Pulliam, et al.
April 3, 2023
Calvin G. Bratten v. State of Maryland
April 3, 2023
Andrew Payne v. Laura Zywicki Payne
April 3, 2023
In the Matter of Mark Zukowski, et al
March 2023 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
March 10, 2023
In Re: D.G
March 10, 2023
Brian Michael Billings v. State of Maryland
March 10, 2023
Jonathan Solomon, et al., v. Thomas Cothren
March 10, 2023
County Commissioners of Caroline County v. Wood Farm, LLC
March 10, 2023
In the Matter of Capital Express Mobility Partners
March 10, 2023
Thomas William Hart v. Prince George's County Police Department
March 10, 2023
Martha Copeland v. Brian E Rehm
March 10, 2023
Craig A McCubbin v. Jennifer M McCubbin
March 9, 2023
Carl Avery v. Kristy Avery
March 9, 2023
Charlestown Manor, LLC v. Kimberlee Lloyd
March 8, 2023
Terrance McNatt v. State of Maryland
March 8, 2023
Edward G. Foster v. State of Maryland
March 8, 2023
Tony D. DiJulio v. Charles R., Inc.
March 8, 2023
Jennifer S. Horne v. Robert M. Horne
March 7, 2023
Lewin Carlton Powell, III v. State of Maryland
March 7, 2023
In the Matter of Supervisor of Assessments of Baltimore County
March 7, 2023
HBC US Propco Holdings LLC v. Federal Realty Investment Trust
March 7, 2023
Andy K. Panton v. State of Maryland
March 7, 2023
Mandana Mirghahari v. Ovrang Sohrabi
March 6, 2023
In the Matter of the Petition of The Maryland Office of People's Counsel
March 6, 2023
In the Matter of Mark McCloy
March 3, 2023
Tammy J. Williams, et al., v. Board of Education of Prince George’s County
March 3, 2023
Paige Blair v. Robert W. Blair
March 3, 2023
Nicholas Forman, et al., v. Spirit Airlines, Inc
March 2, 2023
In the Matter of Joseph Conrad
March 2, 2023
Corey Cunningham v. Baltimore County, Maryland, et al.,
March 2, 2023
In the Matter of Pardeep Dhillon
March 2, 2023
Pennsylvania MFG Association v. William Cree, et al.,
March 1, 2023
Timothy Ingram, et al., v. Cantwell Cleary Co Inc
March 1, 2023
Austin Howard v. Larissa Howard
March 1, 2023
William Lloyd McDonald v. State of Maryland
February 2023 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
February 10, 2023
Winmar Construction, Inc v. Academy of the Holy Cross, et al.
February 10, 2023
Ashton Stroud v. State of Maryland
February 10, 2023
Jeffrey Bohling v. Jennifer Segree
February 9, 2023
Devonte Lamont Farmer v. State of Maryland
February 9, 2023
Malik Mungo v. State of Maryland
February 9, 2023
Kent MCAP Holidngs LP v. Leadtec Services Inc, et al
February 9, 2023
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Amadihe Kennon
February 7, 2023
Christine Marie Nolan v. Michael W Nolan, Jr.
February 7, 2023
In Re: O. T.
February 7, 2023
Dorothy C Mergner v. Estate of John G. Mergner Sr.
February 6, 2023
Youhong Zhang v. PayPal Inc.
February 6, 2023
In the Matter of the Petition of Michael Pool
February 6, 2023
Al Czervik LLC, et al. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, et al.
February 6, 2023
Louis Nicassio v. Bekman, Marder & Adkins, LLC, et al.
February 3, 2023
Myron Dowell v. Leigh Blackburn
February 3, 2023
Kimberleigh Murray v. Thomas Murray, et al.,
February 3, 2023
Taylor Fowler v. State of Maryland, et al.,
February 3, 2023
Vimel Masta v. Sakshi Gambhir
February 3, 2023
Raymont Albert Womack v. State of Maryland
February 2, 2023
Young Lee, As Victim's Representative v. State of Maryland
February 2, 2023
In the Matter of Montgomery County, Maryland
February 2, 2023
Crescent Investment Group LLC v. Thomas Burke, et al.
February 2, 2023
Anthony Leon Brooks v. State of Maryland
February 1, 2023
Eliot Dackman, et al., v. Deshawn Fisher
February 1, 2023
In Re: C. R., D. R., & P. R.
February 1, 2023
Lavetta Jackson v. Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development
January 2023 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
January 11, 2023
Clarence R. Ottey, III v. Michele Ottey
January 11, 2023
Kevin Hamilton Manning v. State of Maryland
January 11, 2023
Velesha Beauchamps v. Ivan Beauchamps
January 11, 2023
In the Matter of G.G.
January 11, 2023
Alan Worden, et al v. 3203 Farmington, LLC
January 10, 2023
Robert Eugene Hammond, IV v. State of Maryland
January 10, 2023
K. David Meit v. Aneta M. Kondratowicz, et al
January 10, 2023
In the Matter of St. Andrews United Methodist Church, et al
January 10, 2023
Michael Herman Timberlake v. State of Maryland
January 9, 2023
Robert Dann Catello v. Betsy Jo Policicchio
January 9, 2023
Tammy Holloway v. Stephen Holloway
January 9, 2023
Nicole Peters-Humes v. Diana C. Theologou
January 9, 2023
Nicole M. Peters Humes v. Lafayette Federal Credit Union, et al
January 9, 2023
Demetric Rico Simon v. State of Maryland
January 6, 2023
Mercedes Lewis v. Olayinka Olasimbo, et al
January 6, 2023
Deion Furr v. State of Maryland
January 6, 2023
State of Maryland v. Brett Russell Molter
January 6, 2023
Rachel Burke v. Kidz Jungle World, LLC
January 6, 2023
XL Insurance America, Inc. v. Lithko Contracting, LLC, et al
January 6, 2023
Ernest L Stanley v. State of Maryland
January 5, 2023
Tammie Jo Wagoner v. Daniel Lewis, et al
January 5, 2023
In the Matter of Abigail Sulerzyski
January 5, 2023
Wildewood Operating Company, LLC v. WRV Holdings, LLC, et al
January 5, 2023
Kiya Jamar Amajioyi v. Murray K. Hoy
January 5, 2023
Joseph Wendell Edwards, Jr. v. State of Maryland
January 4, 2023
Opening Remarks – Appellate Court of Maryland
January 4, 2023
Tracy Hylton v. Stephen M. Swedo, Jr., et al
January 4, 2023
In the Matter of Calvary Temple of Baltimore, Inc. et al
January 4, 2023
In the Matter of Keith Diehm
January 4, 2023
Yifat Levy-Yurista v. Albert Finger, et al
January 4, 2023
Pearnell Wilson v. State of Maryland
December 2022 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
December 12, 2022
Haissaun Mitchell, et al v. Rite Aid of Maryland, Inc., et al
December 12, 2022
In Re: T.D
December 12, 2022
EBC Properties, LLC v. Urge Food Corporation
December 9, 2022
Estate of Norman J. Carter v. R&M Enterprises, Inc., et al
December 9, 2022
Paul Lamar Green v. State of Maryland
December 9, 2022
Steven Gadow v. Joseph J. Gamble, et al
December 9, 2022
In the Matter of the Estate of Marlin Ray Lawson
December 9, 2022
Sarem Mokri v. Fahimeh Salimi
December 8, 2022
Jamie Bennett v. Ashcraft & Gerel LLP
December 7, 2022
In the Matter of Green Thumb Industries, Inc., et al
December 6, 2022
Mutual Benefit Insurance Company, et al v. Mack Trucks Inc, et al
December 5, 2022
In the Matter of the Petition of Ghenretnsae G. Mangisteab, et al
December 5, 2022
Carlton Stewart, et al v. GB Mall Limited Partnership, et al
December 5, 2022
In the Matter of the Petition of Donald Graff
December 2, 2022
Susan Maharaj, et al v. Smith Ballooning LLC, et al
December 2, 2022
Charles Edwin Proctor, Jr. v. State of Maryland
December 2, 2022
Rich Mortons Glen Burnie Lincoln Mercury, Inc. v. Jamila Williams Moore
December 1, 2022
James M Phillips v. State of Maryland
December 1, 2022
Prince George's County, Maryland v. Anthony Brooke
December 1, 2022
Mayor and City Of Havre De Grace, et al v. Barbara Pensell, et al
December 1, 2022
In Re: J. S.
December 1, 2022
James Daily v. Red Roof Inns, Inc., et al
December 1, 2022
Henry Porter, et al v. Jeffrey Jacobson, et al
November 2022 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
November 10, 2022
Joshua Chamber v. Phoebe Larned (Audio Only)
November 10, 2022
Melissa Gail Milligan v. Ronal Jay Milligan, Jr.
November 10, 2022
Carlos Saul Viera-Aparicio v. State of Maryland
November 10, 2022
Justin Andrew Randall v. State of Maryland
November 10, 2022
Bradley Heard v. County Council of Prince George’s County, et al
November 10, 2022
KKPP LLC v. First Mountain Land LLC
November 7, 2022
Hussain Ali Zadeh v. State of Maryland
November 7, 2022
Reiko Asano v. Molefi Asante
November 7, 2022
In Re: The Estate of Bernhard A. Espenkotter
November 7, 2022
Standard Construction & Coatings LLC v. Belmore Properties
November 4, 2022
Berry Road Partners, LLC v. Janearl, LLC
November 4, 2022
James Summers, et al v. Beltway Builders, Inc.
November 4, 2022
Darryl Baccus v. Prince George's County Board of Education
November 4, 2022
Javonna Andrews v. Laura H.G. O’Sullivan, et al
November 4, 2022
Nicholas Shanefelter v. James Edward Hood, Jr.
November 4, 2022
Sheila R. Caldwell v. Marquita Sharrice Sutton
November 4, 2022
In Re: Z.A., A.A., K.A., K.P., T.P.
November 3, 2022
Sierra L Ison v. Joseph L Jaskiewicz, et al
November 3, 2022
In the Matter of the Petition of Betelehem Dejene
November 3, 2022
Joyce Madden v. Sheehy Ford Inc
November 3, 2022
Ulises Lopez v. State of Maryland
November 2, 2022
Edson Robert Mondragon v. State of Maryland
November 2, 2022
John Critzos, II v. David Marquis, et al
November 2, 2022
Michael Marks v. Craig Rivers, et al
November 2, 2022
Marco Darrin Lomax v. State of Maryland
November 2, 2022
Ronalda Sullivan v. Caruso Builders Belle Oak LLC
November 2, 2022
In the Matter of Montgomery County, Maryland, et al
November 2, 2022
Lawrence Gamble, et al v. NLG Insulation, Inc., et al
November 2, 2022
SMS, LLC v. Coherent Technical Services, Inc.
November 2, 2022
Jan Boyer v. Extra Space Management, et al
November 1, 2022
In the Matter of Bernard McFadden
November 1, 2022
Valerie Rovin v. State of Maryland
November 1, 2022
Ricky Knight v. State of Maryland
November 1, 2022
Paul C Clark, Sr. v. Council of Unit Owners of the 100 Harborview Drive Condominium
November 1, 2022
Cory Dixon v. Kathi Edwards
November 1, 2022
In Re: K.H.
November 1, 2022
Homespire Mortgage Corp. v. Fouad H. Naghmi
November 1, 2022
In the Matter of the Petition of Mary Nowlin, et al
November 1, 2022
In the Matter of Hayford Amey
October 2022 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
October 12, 2022
Daniel Solee v. Sonovia Solee
October 12, 2022
Anthony D'Angelo Wilkins v. State of Maryland
October 12, 2022
6525 Belcrest Road LLC v. Dewey LC, et al
October 12, 2022
Tami Browne v. State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Company
October 12, 2022
Kourosh Mehrabian v. Anahita Norouzi
October 11, 2022
David Grant Orndorff v. Erie Insurance Exchange
October 11, 2022
Michael Wallman v. State of Maryland
October 11, 2022
Brian Wynne, et al v. Comptroller of Maryland
October 11, 2022
Wynton Sanders v. SM Landover LLC
October 11, 2022
Xavier Damon Byrd v. State of Maryland
October 11, 2022
Reginald Turner v. Beverly Ann Jones
October 7, 2022
Thorton Mellon LLC, et al v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, et al
October 7, 2022
Joel Thomas Milburn v. State of Maryland
October 7, 2022
German Karl Penaranda v. State of Maryland
October 6, 2022
Charles E. Saylor, et al v. SN Servicing Corporation, et al
October 6, 2022
Melange Shamell Davis v. Peter M. Ferraro
October 6, 2022
In the Matter of CASH-N-GO, INC., et al
October 6, 2022
Housing Opportunities Comm'n of Mont. Ct. v. Adebayo
October 6, 2022
In the Matter of John Homick, et al
October 6, 2022
Donald E Harrison v. Nehdia-ut-zuhra Mumuni
October 6, 2022
Selective Way Insurance Company v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, et al
October 6, 2022
In the Matter of Laurell Aiton, et al
October 5, 2022
Anthony Michael Westerman v. State of Maryland
October 5, 2022
Jimmy Mcravin v. State of Maryland
October 5, 2022
Harold A. Logan Trustee etc. v. Wesley J. Dietz, et al
October 5, 2022
Martin Edward Goodwin, Jr. v. State of Maryland
October 5, 2022
Big Pig MD LLC, et al v. Gary r. Hash, et al
October 4, 2022
Natalie Thomas v. Mai Nguyen, et al.
October 4, 2022
In the Matter of the Petition of Frederick County, Maryland
October 4, 2022
Felicia Dantzler v. Croydon Pet Hospital LLC, et al
October 3, 2022
Teivon Johnson v. J’Vaughn Holmes
October 3, 2022
In the Matter of Donna Carter, et al.
October 3, 2022
In the Matter of Capital Express Mobility Partners
October 3, 2022
In Re: R. W
October 3, 2022
Antoine Sheldon Davis v. State of Maryland
October 3, 2022
Maria Garcia Diaz v. Prince George's County Department Of Social Services
September 2022 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
September 13, 2022
State of Maryland v. Andre Michael Beasley
September 13, 2022
Melissa Phillips Jordan v. Elyassi's Greenbelt Oral and Facial Surgery, P.C., et al
September 13, 2022
Antony S Dimitrov v. Alice Barile
September 13, 2022
Kyvelle Jamaas Martin v. State of Maryland
September 13, 2022
Cedar Hill Development Inc, et al v. Blackjack Trucking LLC
September 13, 2022
Daniel MacDonald v. AutoFlex Inc, et al
September 13, 2022
4607 LLC v. 1788 Holdings LLC, et al
September 13, 2022
In the Matter of Andrea Jacobson
September 12, 2022
In Re: D.R.
September 12, 2022
Janice Outen v. Maryland Department of the Environment
September 12, 2022
Alan Cornfield v. Elizabeth Feria
September 12, 2022
Kimberly A Cragg v. Kyle D Cragg
September 12, 2022
In The Matter of The Petition of Kellie Ballard
September 12, 2022
Calvert County Board of Commissioners v. David Gilbert
September 12, 2022
Harbor Hospital Inc., et al v. Jordan Biggs
September 12, 2022
Lance Bennett v. State of Maryland
September 9, 2022
South Miami Pension Plan v. Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust, et al
September 9, 2022
Panagiota Stagia v. Dimitrios Moshovitis
September 8, 2022
In Re: N.A.
September 8, 2022
Advanced Pain Management LLC v. Ali Razi
September 8, 2022
Daniel Mcdonnell v. State of Maryland
September 7, 2022
In the Matter of Smartenergy Holdings LLC
September 7, 2022
Robert J Brown v. State of Maryland
September 7, 2022
Welton Simpson, Jr. v. State of Maryland
September 7, 2022
State of Maryland v. Lateekqua Jackson & State of Maryland v. Garrick Powell
September 7, 2022
In Re: E. C.-L.
September 7, 2022
In the Matter of the Petition of Dominick Watters
September 7, 2022
In the Matter of the Petition of Karl Johnson
September 6, 2022
State of Maryland v. Kory J. Fabien
September 6, 2022
Timothy E Koch, et al v. Rochelle B Hollander, et al
September 6, 2022
State of Maryland v. Stacey Eric Wilburn
September 6, 2022
Rykwon Edward Hall v. State of Maryland
September 6, 2022
Christie Ademiluyi v. Maryland Farms Community Service Association, Inc., et al
September 6, 2022
David Lee Williams v. State of Maryland
September 6, 2022
Eli A. Del Solar v. Doug Vann Excavating Inc., et al.
September 6, 2022
Omid Ilkhan v. Critical Care Professionals, Inc., et al.
September 6, 2022
In the Matter of Donald Excavating, Inc.
September 2, 2022
Clucksters LLC, et al v. D&L Urban Holdings, LLC, et al
September 2, 2022
Andy E. Reyes v. State of Maryland
September 2, 2022
Valbona K DaSilva v. Todd J Lowber
September 2, 2022
Mir Sadat v. Leeza Rahimi
September 2, 2022
Aaron Lamont Brice v. State of Maryland
September 2, 2022
Brandon Lee Mohan v. State of Maryland
September 2, 2022
In Re: S.B.
September 1, 2022
Republic - Franklin Insurance Company v. Ewing Oil Company, Inc., et al
September 1, 2022
Gwendolyn Nesbitt, et al v. Mid Atlantic Builders of Davenport Inc
September 1, 2022
James C. Braswell v. Anne Arundel County, et al
September 1, 2022
Lancaster Neighborhood Association, Inc. v. Lancaster Townhomes Association, Inc.
September 1, 2022
Jonathan D. Smith, Sr. v. State of Maryland
September 1, 2022
Cartrina Lawrence v. University of Maryland Medical Center LLC, et al.
September 1, 2022
Ronald Eaton Cornish v. State of Maryland
September 1, 2022
Mary Ayers v. Tina Marie Loane Peterson
August 2022 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
August 3, 2022
John Basciano v. William R. Foster, et al.
August 3, 2022
Rami Zackaria v. Daleen Zackaria
July 2022 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
July 6, 2022
A.L. v. F.K.
July 6, 2022
In Re: I.M., S.M.
June 2022 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
June 15, 2022
In Re: R.L.-H., A.L
June 15, 2022
Cinnamon Trail Property LLC v. Anne Arundel County, et al.
June 15, 2022
Presidential Title LLC v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, et al.
June 15, 2022
Dwight Adrian Eppes v. State of Maryland
June 15, 2022
Covanta Montgomery, Inc. v. Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority
June 15, 2022
Chelsea Woods Court Condominium v. Gates BF Investor LLC
June 15, 2022
Meghan Handy, et al v. Box Hill Surgery Center LLC, et al
June 15, 2022
Steven Hemstreet, et al v. Gregory Caldwell
June 15, 2022
Ernest Dupree v. A.F. Whitsitt Center, et al
June 15, 2022
In Re: A. W.
June 15, 2022
Shenglin Wang v. Siu Wai Mak
June 14, 2022
Matthew Scott Davis v. Sarah Ruth Davis
June 14, 2022
Steven Albert Woodall v. State of Maryland
June 14, 2022
Lester Andrew Huff v. M&J Construction and Remodeling LLC
June 14, 2022
Anthony Brad Spicer v. State of Maryland
June 14, 2022
In Re: P. N.
June 13, 2022
In the Matter of Frances Briddell
June 13, 2022
Jennifer S. Horne, et al v. Law Office of J. Calvin Jenkins, Jr.
June 13, 2022
Jerry Weems v. State of Maryland
June 13, 2022
Quantae Richardson v. State of Maryland
June 9, 2022
In Re: W.K.
June 9, 2022
Joel Andrew Arthur v. Shelbie Lynn Sylvanie
June 9, 2022
KAJ Enterprises Inc v. Gerard F Miles, Jr.
June 9, 2022
Christopher Andrew Linz v. Montgomery County Maryland
June 8, 2022
Carol R. Wolff v. Charles P. Magal, M.D., et al.
June 8, 2022
Julie Kennell v. Walter Kennell
June 7, 2022
Charles Blessing, Jr. v. Sandy Spring Bank, et al.
June 7, 2022
Joseph Alphonse Dumonchelle v. Melinda Ann Dumonchelle
June 7, 2022
In the Matter of William Rounds
May 2022 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
May 11, 2022
University of Maryland Global Campus v. Holder Construction Group, LLC
May 11, 2022
Filadelfo Benitez Flores v. State of Maryland
May 10, 2022
Michael Young v. State of Maryland
May 10, 2022
Timothy Schnupp v. Annapolis Engineering Services, Inc., et al.
May 9, 2022
Joseph Daniel Parrish v. State of Maryland
May 9, 2022
In Re: D.E.
May 9, 2022
Glen K. Doty v. Office of the Comptroller of Maryland
May 6, 2022
Thomas L. Lloyd v. Anna Cristina Niceta
May 6, 2022
State of Maryland v. Damien Gary Clark
May 5, 2022
In the Matter of the Petition of Cliff Ransom, et al.
May 5, 2022
Christopher Michael Snyder v. State of Maryland
May 4, 2022
Lloyd A. Malech v. Rori Malech
May 4, 2022
Michael H. Reeves v. Anne Arundel County, Maryland. et al.
May 4, 2022
Maria Teresa Echeverria Molina v. Virgilio Antonio Mendoza Pineda
May 4, 2022
A.A. Bogert, et al. v. Thomas A. Thompson, Jr., et al.
May 3, 2022
Eric Vincent Bishop, III v. State of Maryland
May 3, 2022
State of Maryland v. Darrion Mallette
May 3, 2022
Robert Williams v. Eryka Williams
May 3, 2022
Alonta Borrell Johnson v. State of Maryland
May 3, 2022
Gregory Tyrone Holden, Jr. v. State of Maryland
May 2, 2022
Jonathan Escobar-Hernandez & Hugo Portillo-Chavez v. State of Maryland
May 2, 2022
David Stone v. State of Maryland
April 2022 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
April 12, 2022
Jamie Bennett, et al v. Katherine Grace Porter, et al
April 12, 2022
Shawn Christopher Malley v. State of Maryland
April 12, 2022
In Re: M. B
April 12, 2022
M. Scott Heise, et al v. Ocean Aerial Ads, Inc.
April 12, 2022
Helen Mrose v. Samuel Boles
April 12, 2022
In the Matter of Kelly McConkey
April 12, 2022
Carl Michael Matulewicz v. Indian Acres Club of Chesapeake Bay, Inc.
April 11, 2022
Queens Manor Gardens LLC, et al v. Park Charles Office Associates LLC, et al
April 11, 2022
Qiana Latisha Johnson v. State of Maryland
April 11, 2022
Francis E Anusiem v. Janelle S Anusiem
April 11, 2022
Seamus Anthony Coyle v. State of Maryland
April 11, 2022
Marie F. Lombardi v. Kevin M. Lombardi
April 11, 2022
Christopher D. Alexander v. State of Maryland
April 11, 2022
Alexander & Cleaver, P.A. v. Maryland Association for Justice, Inc.
April 11, 2022
Tiffany Covington v. EVS Realty LLC, et al.
April 8, 2022
Delmel Doznell Johnson v. State of Maryland
April 8, 2022
John H. Hubbard, Jr. v. Amanda M. Macey
April 8, 2022
Thomas Cothren v. Jonathan D. Solomon, et al
April 7, 2022
Eric King v. Jeanne King
April 7, 2022
Garry Leonard Parker, Jr. v. State of Maryland
April 7, 2022
Steven Anthony Thomas v. State of Maryland
April 6, 2022
Joan M. Sullivan, et al v. Rebecca Ann Wyatt
April 6, 2022
Joshua Michael Boraz v. Laurel Boraz
April 6, 2022
Francois Browne v. State of Maryland
April 6, 2022
Moea Goron-Futcher v. John Lopes, et al
April 6, 2022
John William Liccione v. Moea Goron Futcher
April 6, 2022
Michael Luciotti v. Town of Bladensburg, et al
April 6, 2022
Michael J. Hinman, Sr. v. Accohannock Indian Tribe, Inc., et al
April 6, 2022
Cornelius H. Harcum v. State of Maryland
April 5, 2022
Thomas Alston v. State of Maryland
April 5, 2022
Delondre Mason v. State of Maryland
April 5, 2022
Patrice D Forehand v. Planned Parenthood of Maryland, et al
April 5, 2022
In the Matter of the Petition of The Council of Unit Owners of The Millrace Cond., et al
April 4, 2022
State of Maryland, et al v. Daquan M Wallace, et al
April 4, 2022
Green Healthcare Solutions LLC v. Natalie M Laprade Maryland Med. Cannabis Commission
April 4, 2022
Kimberly Kowalchik v. Koebel Price
April 1, 2022
In the Matter of The Petition of Frederick County, Maryland
April 1, 2022
Richard Jamison v. Access World (USA) LLC
April 1, 2022
Madhabi Sheth v. Salema Horn
April 1, 2022
6525 Belcrest Road LLC v. Prince George’s County Council, et al
April 1, 2022
In Re: A.C.
April 1, 2022
U238 LLC v. The William Samuel Barnes Sr. Memorial Apostolic Church, et al
April 1, 2022
Parkway Neuroscience and Spine Institute, LLC v. Katz, Abosch, Windesheim, Gershman & Freedman, P.A., et al
March 2022 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
March 10, 2022
Edward Cole v. Auto Dent Care Inc, et al
March 10, 2022
Carl Little, Jr. v. Kevin Pohanka
March 10, 2022
Tyrie Washington v. State of Maryland
March 9, 2022
Earl D. Poe v. State of Maryland, et al
March 9, 2022
Abraham Porat, et al v. Randy Sager, et al
March 9, 2022
Genna McLean v. Ryan Joy
March 8, 2022
Peterbilt of Baltimore LLC v. Capitol Gateway Properties LLC
March 8, 2022
In Re: The Estate of Mehdi Ahmad
March 8, 2022
Chima Maximus Amakiri v. Chika Beatrice Okoronkwo
March 7, 2022
Scott Perry v. Maryland Department of Health
March 7, 2022
St. Frances Academy, et al v. Gilman School Inc.
March 3, 2022
Bernard Eugene Alexander v. State of Maryland
March 3, 2022
Vincent P. Mona, et al v. Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services, Inc., et al
March 3, 2022
Jonathan West v. Teressa West
March 3, 2022
James Angelo Ruggieri v. Paul K. Piontkowski, DDS
March 2, 2022
Miranda S. Kadish v. Craig M. Kadish
March 2, 2022
Melissa Candolfi v. Allterra Group, LLC
March 1, 2022
Concerned Citizens of Cloverly, et al v. Montgomery County Planning Board, et al
March 1, 2022
Keon Gray v. State of Maryland
March 1, 2022
In Re: D.S.
February 2022 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
February 10, 2022
Nialjul Miller v. State of Maryland
February 10, 2022
Marleny Market LLC v. Johnny & Prum Inc
February 10, 2022
State of Maryland v. Artiis Ricardo Williams
February 10, 2022
In Re: J.D. & In Re: R.W.
February 4, 2022
Aaron Turner v. Kimberly Turner
February 4, 2022
Park Sutton Condominium Inc, et al v. Dora C Johns
February 4, 2022
Denise Lynn Bozarth v. Rams Head Tavern, et al
February 4, 2022
In Re: X. R. & In Re: K. D.
February 3, 2022
In the Matter of Timothy M. & Amy E. Dent, et al
February 3, 2022
State of Maryland, et al v. John Doe
February 3, 2022
Krystal Gagliardi v. Matthew Gagliardi
February 3, 2022
Grammatiki Avramidis v. Dimitrios Theo
February 2, 2022
In the Matter of the Petition of Jennifer Rowe
February 2, 2022
Qi Feng Zheng, et al v. Richard Ke
February 2, 2022
In the Matter of Bradley Kline, et al
February 1, 2022
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Jason Gregory Guest
February 1, 2022
Jay Geco LLC, et al v. City Properties 3 LLC, et al
February 1, 2022
Baltimore Washington Raid Rail, LLC v. Westport Capital Development, LLC, et al
February 1, 2022
Sean Urbanski v. State of Maryland
January 2022 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
January 12, 2022
Mamadu Sall v. State of Maryland
January 12, 2022
Frank W. Manning, Jr. v. State of Maryland
January 12, 2022
Belor Mbemba v. State of Maryland
January 12, 2022
Leon H Haughton v. William Katcef, et al
January 12, 2022
A+ Government Solutions LLC, et al v. Comptroller of Maryland
January 12, 2022
Timothy Dwan Jarvis v. State of Maryland
January 12, 2022
County Council of Prince George's County v. Robin Dale Land LLC, et al
January 11, 2022
Deborah Marie Pattison v. Todd Alan Pattison
January 11, 2022
Tortilla Werks, Inc. v. Town of Elkton
January 11, 2022
Rocon, LLC v. Jerome Gerstein, et al
January 10, 2022
In the Matter of Emanuel Nwaeke
January 10, 2022
Roxbury View, LLC, et al v. Edward T. McCauley, III, et al
January 10, 2022
Jared Ross v. Jennifer Ross
January 7, 2022
In the Matter of John M. Homick, et al
January 7, 2022
David Antonio Hooker, et al v. Autumn Hills Homeowners Association, Inc.
January 7, 2022
Comptroller of the Treasury v. Leadville Insurance Company
January 7, 2022
Masharne Nixon, Jr. v. Amanda Nixon
January 7, 2022
Anne Arundel County, et al v. National Waste Managers, Inc.
January 6, 2022
Roundtable Wellness LLC v. Natalie M. Laprade Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission
January 6, 2022
Adrian Francis Lewis v. State of Maryland
January 5, 2022
William R. Walker, et al v. Charlotte Walker
January 5, 2022
In the Matter of Tracey M. Ingram
January 5, 2022
Tracey Lenhardt McQuaid v. Steve Iverson, et al
January 5, 2022
Jimmy Traettino, et al v. Angela Traettino
January 5, 2022
In the Matter of Concerned Citizens of PG County District 4, et al
January 4, 2022
GPL Enterprise LLC v. Lloyds of London, et al
January 4, 2022
State of Maryland v. Kason Lee
January 4, 2022
Majdi Shomali v. Eniware LLC, et al
January 3, 2022
John William Sawyer v. State of Maryland
January 3, 2022
Kristen Mendarte v. State of Maryland & Jonathan Adrian Mendarte v. State of Maryland
January 3, 2022
In the Matter of the Petition of Guilford Avenue LLC
January 3, 2022
In Re Expungement Petition of Trey H.
December 2021 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
December 10, 2021
Deborah H. Vogelstein v. Alto Dale, LLC, et al
December 10, 2021
Michael Levengood v. Saskia Inwood
December 10, 2021
Emmanuel D Bot v. Megan McFarland
December 9, 2021
Takami Oka, et al v. Catherine Schulz, et al
December 9, 2021
Mark Edmund Christian, II v. State of Maryland
December 9, 2021
Maryland State Board of Physicians v. Kayvon Modjarrad, M.D.
December 8, 2021
Phyllis M. Jones v. Carrie Ward, et al
December 8, 2021
Christian Healthcare Ministries, Inc v. Maryland Insurance Commissioner
December 8, 2021
Gholam Motamedi v. Mina Adnani
December 6, 2021
Nicholas Bush v. State of Maryland
December 6, 2021
Ibrahim Sheikh, et al v. M. Ali Farooq
December 6, 2021
Sheree C Fuqua v. New Life Evangelical Baptist Church
December 3, 2021
Cherington Condominium v. Heather Kenney
December 3, 2021
H&H Rock, LLC, et al v. Morris & Ritchie Associates Inc
December 3, 2021
Steven J. Grebow v. Client Protection Fund
December 2, 2021
Richard John Tallant v. State of Maryland
December 2, 2021
Robert Michael Bridges v. State of Maryland
December 2, 2021
Renison Blackman v. Jasmine Davis
December 2, 2021
Md. Multi-Housing Assoc. Inc., et al v. Mayor and City Council
December 2, 2021
Matthew Shubert v. Kathleen Shubert
December 1, 2021
Gary Shaw, et al v. Litz Custom Homes
December 1, 2021
Ancel Ekpenyong v. Ema Ekpenyong
December 1, 2021
State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, et al v. Sharon Moreland, et al
December 1, 2021
John Woodlin v. State of Maryland
November 2021 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
November 10, 2021
Jamaiya Oglesby v. Baltimore School Associates, et al
November 10, 2021
Trevor Michael Dentz v. Sumithra Raghu Dentz
November 10, 2021
State of Maryland v. Antonio McGhee
November 10, 2021
Yvon Resplandy v. Irina Chayka
November 9, 2021
Michelle Shapiro v. Hyperheal Hyperbarics, Inc.
November 9, 2021
Norino Properties, LLC, et al v. Josephy J. Balsamo
November 9, 2021
Julio Jacome-Rosales v. State of Maryland
November 9, 2021
Stewart, et al v. Prince George’s County Planning Board, et al
November 9, 2021
Rockville City Police Department v. Rita Michelle Trotter
November 9, 2021
State of Maryland v. James Andre Reddick, Jr.
November 9, 2021
Kind Therapeutics USA, LLC, et al v. Mari Holdings MD, LLC, et al
November 9, 2021
Crystal Linton, et al v. Access Funding LLC, et al
November 8, 2021
Blyden Davis v. Toni Turner
November 8, 2021
Brian J. Rowe, et al v. Baltimore County Maryland, et al
November 8, 2021
Anne Arundel County v. Rita Schindler
November 8, 2021
In Re: Estate of Raymond Lee McLaughlin
November 8, 2021
Katelyn McMorrow v. Jeanette King, et al
November 4, 2021
In Re: S.M.
November 4, 2021
Mansoor Khan, et al v. Iqvia Inc.
November 4, 2021
Melissa Jerro-Hencken v. John Hencken
November 4, 2021
Nancy Lee Kathryn Thompson v. Robert M. Horne, et al
November 3, 2021
Robert A. Podles v. Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Maryland Attorney General
November 3, 2021
Aris Compres v. Luz Maria Campusano Charles
November 3, 2021
Alivia Harrison Franzone v. John B. Franzone
November 3, 2021
Steven G. Carver v. State of Maryland
November 2, 2021
David E. Welch, et al v. Hassan Nazzel
November 2, 2021
Sean Wesley Ledbetter v. Tiffany S. Ledbetter
November 2, 2021
Eric Greenberg, M.D. v. Maryland State Board of Physicians
November 1, 2021
Rene Mitchell v. US Bank National Association, et al
November 1, 2021
Leslie Williams v. Ewrit Filings LLC
November 1, 2021
Nancy R. Thornton v. Montgomery General Hospital Inc., d/b/a Medstar Montgomery Medical Center
November 1, 2021
Giselle Young v. Ryan Vieira
October 2021 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
October 19, 2021
Montgomery Park LLC, v. Maryland Department of General Services, et al
October 19, 2021
Montgomery Park LLC, v. Maryland Department of General Services
October 13, 2021
Breona Cloyd v. Rodney Derose
October 13, 2021
Moustafa M. Moustafa v. Miriam M. Moustafa
October 13, 2021
Matthew Hogan v. Lindsay Payne
October 13, 2021
Owens Landing Council of Unit Owners Inc., et al. v. 12 River LLC, et al.
October 13, 2021
Franklin G. Harris v. Maryland State Retirement and Pension System
October 13, 2021
Charles D. Conley, et al v. Trumbull Insurance Company t/u/o and t/o/u Mars Super Markets, Inc.
October 13, 2021
Chidozie Emenuga v. Ihuoma Emenuga
October 12, 2021
Susan Dzurec, et al v. Board of County Commissioners of Calvert County, Maryland, et al
October 12, 2021
Cyrus Clinton v. Debbie Jones
October 12, 2021
The Jacobs Company Inc. v. Innovative Insurance Solutions LLC
October 12, 2021
Maryland Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicle Administration, et al v. Harbel, Inc.
October 8, 2021
Board of Education of Anne Arundel County v. Key Systems, Inc.
October 8, 2021
Dwanshanye Johnson v. Baltimore Schools Associates, et al
October 7, 2021
Sheila F. Brous v. Farideh Mirmiran & In Re: Estate of Fred F. Mirmiran
October 7, 2021
State of Maryland v. Larry L. Ross, Sr.
October 7, 2021
Howard County, Maryland v. Russell A. McClain, et al.
October 6, 2021
Sagres Construction Company v. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
October 6, 2021
Donald Excavating Inc. v. Commissioner of Labor and Industry
October 5, 2021
Cody N. Leister v. Jordan Leister
October 5, 2021
Robert Zeman v. State of Maryland
October 5, 2021
Kim Hartley Bartman v. Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc, et al
October 5, 2021
In the Matter of David Mayne
October 4, 2021
State of Maryland v. James D. Proctor
October 4, 2021
In the Matter of Steven M. Van Bennekum
October 4, 2021
Dwayne Saunders v. Stephen Markey, III, et al.
October 4, 2021
Brent Sharp v. State of Maryland, et al
October 4, 2021
Kanishk Sharma v. Anne Arundel County, Maryland
October 4, 2021
Estill Properties, LLC., et al v. Michelle D. Simmons
October 1, 2021
Angela C. Stoltz v. Charles C. Clark, VI
October 1, 2021
Jeanette Reyes v. State of Maryland
October 1, 2021
Bridget Romeka v. RadAmerica II, LLC, et al
October 1, 2021
Anthony Fludd v. Donielle Kirkwood
October 1, 2021
In the Matter of Iva E. Johnson
October 1, 2021
John W. Green, III v. State of Maryland
October 1, 2021
Vernon Cox v. State of Maryland
September 2021 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
September 13, 2021
Xochtil Gamez v. David Lopez
September 13, 2021
Peter Ferraro v. L. Cabrera Inc, et al
September 13, 2021
Theresa Collins v. State of Maryland
September 13, 2021
Christine Craig v. Costa Management, LLC, et al.
September 13, 2021
Casey R. Gaines v. Kindra N. Gaines
September 13, 2021
Emily J. Hammann v. Charles Hammann, III
September 10, 2021
Maria Auxiliadona Rodriguez Yilo v. Lin Gan
September 10, 2021
Baltimore Action Legal Team, et al. v. Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City, et al
September 10, 2021
Everett Smith, et al v. State of Maryland
September 10, 2021
Brandon Sykes v. State of Maryland
September 10, 2021
Lynn E. Ajster v. State Highway Admin. of the Md. Dept. of Transportation
September 10, 2021
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Friends of Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park, Inc., et al.
September 9, 2021
VS Clipper Mill, LLC v. The Council of Owners of The Millrace Condominium, Inc., et al
September 9, 2021
United Parcel Service, et al v. David Strothers
September 9, 2021
In Re: T. K
September 9, 2021
In Re: J.W., N.H., A.S., T.H.
September 9, 2021
Christi Sterling v. Maryland Department of Transportation
September 9, 2021
Steve Custis v. Sheila Custis
September 9, 2021
Jerome Fleming v. State of Maryland
September 9, 2021
Dan’s Mountain Wind Force, LLC v. Jennifer Shaw, et al
September 8, 2021
State of Maryland v. Richard Morse
September 8, 2021
Catherine Lohr v. Eric Shea
September 8, 2021
Ryan Ead v. Hagerstown Reproductive Services, et al.
September 8, 2021
In Re: H.J., P.J., D.J.
September 8, 2021
Laura H.G. O’Sullivan, et al v. Joan Kimmett, et al
September 8, 2021
Patrick Orrie Vetra v. State of Maryland
September 8, 2021
Edward J. Norris v. Kathleen K. Norris
September 7, 2021
Juvenal Goicochea v. Rosa Goicochea
September 7, 2021
Jacqueline V. Cador v. YES Organic Market Hyattsville, Inc.
September 7, 2021
Kory Whitmore v. Michelle Rivest, et al
September 7, 2021
Danilo Portillo v. Stanley Pearlman Enterprises, Inc., et al
September 7, 2021
City of Hyattsville, et al v. Prince George’s County Council, et al
September 3, 2021
Stephen McDowell v. State of Maryland
September 3, 2021
Kevin Lamont Reaves v. Leya Wilks Reaves
September 3, 2021
Cleanwater Linganore Inc, et al v. 5703 Urbana Pike LLC
September 3, 2021
Audrey A. Creighton v. Montgomery County
September 3, 2021
Christopher S. Stanton v. Reena Eapen
September 2, 2021
Amanda J. Tracy v. Samuel P. Friend
September 2, 2021
William Jones v. State of Maryland
September 2, 2021
NRG Energy, Inc., et al. v. The Maryland Public service Commission, et al.
September 2, 2021
Clifford W. Cuniff v. Davonne Evans, et al.
September 2, 2021
Alhaji Bah v. State of Maryland
September 2, 2021
Leonard Greenberg, et al v. Ronald Grudziecki, et al
September 2, 2021
4607, LLC v. Cobbler-Friendship Holdings, LLC, et al
September 2, 2021
Vincent Reed, Jr. v. State of Maryland
September 2, 2021
Michael Harrison, et al v. Marcus Johnson
Baltimore City Police Department, et al v. Dominique Wiggins
Baltimore City Police Department, et al v. Wanda Johnson
September 2, 2021
Jamal Timothy Williams v. State of Maryland
September 1, 2021
James A Caldwell v. Liberty Insurance Corp, et al
September 1, 2021
Building No. 2, LLC v. Stanley S. Fine, et al
September 1, 2021
Gisell Paula, et al v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, et al
September 1, 2021
Comptroller of Maryland v. FC GEN Operations Investments LLC
September 1, 2021
Willow Construction, LLC v. The John R. Crocker Company
September 1, 2021
Dinorah Dominguez v. Government Employees Insurance Company
August 2021 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
August 3, 2021
State of Maryland v. Troy Somerville
August 3, 2021
Bridget A. Loar v. Christopher K. Loar
August 3, 2021
Christopher Cody v. Aubrey Cody
August 2, 2021
Daniel Zeriselassie v. Sara Crawford
August 2, 2021
Heidi Michele Weaver v. Brandon Weaver
August 2, 2021
In Re: J. D.
July 2021 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
July 6, 2021
Roozbeh Badii, MD v. Maryland State Board
July 6, 2021
In Re: G.N.
July 6, 2021
In Re: D. T.-O.
July 6, 2021
In Re: A.P
July 6, 2021
Stephen A. Geppi v. Richard S. Pineau
June 2021 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
June 17, 2021
Brandon Troy Higgs v. State of Maryland
June 17, 2021
Nigel Williams v. Velinda Parker
June 17, 2021
Brandon Shaut v. Robinwood Dental Care, P.C., et al
June 17, 2021
Optimum Construction, Inc., et al v. RE/MAX Realty Centre, Inc., et al
June 16, 2021
Lionel Best v. Sheron Fraser, et al
June 16, 2021
Lamont Gordon v. State of Maryland
June 16, 2021
Calvin Okeyo-Odera v. State of Maryland
June 16, 2021
James D. Miller v. Barrett Business Services, Inc.
June 16, 2021
Energy Policy Advocates v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, et al.
June 16, 2021
CX Reinsurance Company Limited, et al v. Devon Johnson, et al
June 16, 2021
Elsa Dorothy Newman v. State of Maryland
June 15, 2021
Gateway Terry, LLC v. Prince George’s County, Maryland
June 15, 2021
David J. Marc, et al v. Richmond American Homes of Maryland Inc., et al
June 15, 2021
Lafayette Remoine Crutchfield v. State of Maryland
June 15, 2021
Dennis Cross v. State of Maryland
June 15, 2021
The Town of Upper Marlboro v. The Prince George’s County Council
June 15, 2021
Intermoor, Inc. v. U.S. Wind Inc.
June 15, 2021
Xuan Cao v. James J. Zalucki, M.D., et al
June 15, 2021
Dominic A. Celano, et al v. Anthony J. Longo, Jr.
June 14, 2021
Patricia M. Watts-Dowd v. SJH Property Management, LLC
June 14, 2021
James G. Sweet v. Thorton Mellon, LLC et al
June 14, 2021
Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc., et al v. BTC III I-95 Logistics Center LLC, et al
June 14, 2021
Brandi Hooker, et al. v. JN Property Solutions LLC
June 14, 2021
Sarah Koontz v. Nathan Tyler Koontz
June 14, 2021
Jeffrey Reichert v. Sarah Hornbeck
June 14, 2021
Patrick Orrie Vetra v. State of Maryland
June 4, 2021
Christopher Preston v. Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
June 4, 2021
Shawn Gritz v. 1116 Dunoon Rd LLC, et al
June 4, 2021
Edward Williams v. State of Maryland
June 4, 2021
Mark W. Russell v. State of Maryland
June 4, 2021
Chauncey Randolph, Sr. v. State of Maryland
June 4, 2021
Robert A. Gunter, Jr. v. State Retirement and Pension System of Maryland
June 4, 2021
Sarah Jurovich, et al v. Harford County Department of Social Services
June 3, 2021
John Thomas Moran, Sr. et al v. Hunter Modular Construction Company, Inc., et al
June 3, 2021
J. Whitson Rogers, et al v. Windward Land Development, LLC et al
June 3, 2021
Tax Lien Law Group, LLC, et al v. EagleBank
June 3, 2021
Altassa LLC, et al v. EagleBank
June 3, 2021
Lemonjuice Capital Partnership I LLC, et al v. Lakewood Resorts et al
June 3, 2021
Allegany Neighbors & Citizens for Home Owners Rights, Ltd., et al v. Dan’s Mountain Windforce, LLC
June 3, 2021
Danny Noonan, LLC v. Anne Arundel County Sheriff
June 3, 2021
K. Hovnanian’s Four Seasons at Kent Island II, LLC, et al v. Hal and Molly McGlashan Fischer, et al
June 3, 2021
Scott Naugle v. Lelin Chao
June 2, 2021
Organic Farmacy Management, LLC v. Four Green Fields, LLC
June 2, 2021
Brittany O'Brien v. Sade O'Brien
June 2, 2021
Andrew Ucheomumu v. Esther Peter, et al.,
June 2, 2021
Andrew Ucheomumu v. Esther Peter, et al.,
June 2, 2021
Batsheva Avissar v. Westlake Terrace Condominium, et al
June 2, 2021
Columbia Association, Inc. v. Downtown Columbia Arts and Culture Commission, Inc., et al
June 2, 2021
Martin Katz v. Colleen Katz
June 1, 2021
Shawnta Purnell v. Robert Green, Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services
June 1, 2021
Joe the Grinder, Riva Road LLC v. Riva LLC
June 1, 2021
Alfasigma USA, Inc. v. Exegi Pharma, LLC., et al
June 1, 2021
Open Justice Baltimore v. City of Baltimore, et al
June 1, 2021
Maurice Alonzo Briscoe v. Maggie Real Estate, LLC.
June 1, 2021
Robert Cowger, Jr. v. Pocomoke City, et al
June 1, 2021
Alaina Robbins v. State of Maryland
June 1, 2021
Jeffrey S Baer, et al v. Wicomico County Board of Appeals, et al
June 1, 2021
Mee Ran Yu v. Larry Morgan
June 1, 2021
Kari Sherbert v. Jay S Seymour
May 2021 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
May 12, 2021
WAMCO, Inc. v. Northeast 400, LLC, et al
May 12, 2021
Joseph Perez v. Prince George’s County Police Department
May 12, 2021
Daquan Little v. State of Maryland
May 12, 2021
BWI II LP v. Supervisor of Assessments of Anne Arundel County Maryland
May 12, 2021
Thomas G. Breard, et ux v. Homeland Association, Inc.
May 11, 2021
Julio Jacome-Rosales v. State of Maryland
May 11, 2021
James Ptomey v. State of Maryland
May 11, 2021
I’Maya Kelly v. CFNA Receivables, Inc.
May 11, 2021
Patrick Spevak v. Montgomery County, Maryland
May 10, 2021
James Troy Durham v. State of Maryland
May 10, 2021
Lawrence Sylvester Rogers v. State of Maryland
May 10, 2021
Prince George’s County Department of Social Services v. Taharaka Akeem
May 10, 2021
In Re: M.H.
May 7, 2021
Roger Garcia v. State of Maryland
May 7, 2021
David Hines, et al v. Aleksandr Petukhov, et al
May 7, 2021
Department of Juvenile Services v. Justin T. Hershberger
May 6, 2021
Dustin Thomas Rogers v. State of Maryland
May 6, 2021
Alberta Manley v. Prince George’s County Maryland, et al
May 5, 2021
Kenneth D. Caulley v. Dolores Caulley
May 5, 2021
Diontae Lamont Potter v. State of Maryland
May 5, 2021
Kelite Ferreras v. State of Maryland
May 5, 2021
In Re: J.T.
May 4, 2021
Melvin Johnson v. State of Maryland
May 4, 2021
LinkIT, LLC v. The Midtown Group Personnel, Inc.
May 3, 2021
Ebrima Nying v. Hujayja Nying
May 3, 2021
Nancy Werner, et al v. Paramount Construction, Inc.
May 3, 2021
Anita Smith v. Bay Front, LLC
May 3, 2021
Diane Goodman v. Ryan Drewniak & Upshaw PA, et al.
April 2021 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
April 12, 2021
Nicholas Jabbar Williams v. State of Maryland, et al
April 12, 2021
Anthony Foster V. Jewel Lee Blackmon
April 12, 2021
Raphael Battle v. State of Maryland
April 9, 2021
Dale Livingston v. Harford County Board of Elections
April 9, 2021
William Lee Lucas v. State of Maryland
April 9, 2021
David Thorne v. Cynthia Thorne
April 9, 2021
Debra Walker v. Seton Medical Group, Inc., et al
April 8, 2021
C. Eugene Garrett, et al v. Edna F. Holloway, et al
April 5, 2021
Lafayette Pharmaceuticals v. Comptroller
April 5, 2021
Benson Thorne v. State of Maryland
April 5, 2021
Hayden Allen v. State of Maryland
April 5, 2021
Funiba Abongnelah v. State of Maryland
April 5, 2021
Winston Cook, Jr. v. State of Maryland
April 5, 2021
Motor Vehicle Administration v. Arielle Crudup
April 5, 2021
Scott Naugle v. Lelin Chao
April 2, 2021
Jaymon Simpson v. State of Maryland
April 2, 2021
M. Abraham Ahmad v. Mehdi Ahmad & Giti Ahmad Revocable Trust, et al
April 2, 2021
Shaun Barringer v. Lynn Renee Barringer
April 2, 2021
Easton Blickenstaff v. State of Maryland
April 2, 2021
In Re: D.M., J.M.
April 2, 2021
Rita Michelle Trotter v. Victor Brito, et al.
April 1, 2021
Daniel Holt v. Laurie Holt
April 1, 2021
Mary Staubs v. CSX Transportation, Inc.
April 1, 2021
Peronica Fleming v. Mamie Scott
April 1, 2021
Andrew Wasyluszko v. Lisa Wasyluszko
March 2021 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
March 31, 2021
Martha A. Akers v. State of Maryland
March 10, 2021
Nyghee Johnson v. State of Maryland
Norwood Thomas Johnson, Jr. v. State of Maryland
March 10, 2021
Darlene Rainey, et al v. Simone Smith
March 10, 2021
Playmark, Inc. et al v. James P. Perret
March 10, 2021
Star Management Group, LLC v. Robert Greenberg, P.A.
March 10, 2021
Rachel Lee Burley v. Yvonne Dawkins
March 10, 2021
Gamal Helal v. Heba Helal
March 9, 2021
Matthew A Little v. State of Maryland
March 9, 2021
Jordan Guy v. Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Inc., et al
March 9, 2021
Janae Collins v. Randy Mitchell
March 9, 2021
Tami Yu v. Youngjin Yu
March 8, 2021
PayPal, Inc. v. Youhong Zhang
March 8, 2021
Robert J. Riccio, et al v. Richard A. Morelli
March 8, 2021
Andrea Jo Hancock, et al v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, et al
March 8, 2021
Mary Bonura v. University of Maryland College Park
March 8, 2021
Standard Construction & Coatings, LLC v. Belmore Properties
March 8, 2021
John Allen Wilkinson v. Board of County Commissioners of St. Mary’s County, Maryland
March 5, 2021
Joseph Heid, et al v. Sammie Johnson, Jr., et al
March 5, 2021
Rodney Lee Harris, Jr. v. State of Maryland
March 5, 2021
Jerry Jewell v. Maryland Real Estate Commission
March 5, 2021
Charles Fitzpatrick, et al v. University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center, LLC.
March 5, 2021
Teresa Neal v. Earnest Neal, Jr.
March 5, 2021
Edward J. Brown v. Roger R. Munn, Jr.
March 5, 2021
Huntley Square Condominium v. Audrey Stephens
March 5, 2021
Bettye Carol Johnson, et al v. Mayor and City Council of Gaithersburg, et al
March 4, 2021
N&J Excavating v. Dustin O Shelor
March 4, 2021
G&S Association Services, LLC, et al v. Homex Construction, LLC
March 4, 2021
Winston Martin Holding Group, LLC., et al v. Freddie L. Winston, Jr., et al
March 4, 2021
Jonathan Aaron Brown v. Jennifer E D Brown
March 4, 2021
Redeemed Christian Church of God v. County Council of Prince George’s County Sitting as District Council
March 4, 2021
Falls Road Community Association, et al v. Arthur Becker, et al
March 4, 2021
Wayne Conrad Mckenzie v. State of Maryland
March 4, 2021
Adrian Mayo, Jr. v. State of Maryland
March 3, 2021
Casey Lou Deane v. Southern Maryland Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, P.A., et al
March 3, 2021
Kimberly A. Greco, et al v. Harvey O. Riley
March 3, 2021
Ernesto Cesar Torres v. State of Maryland
March 3, 2021
Dawnta Harris v. State of Maryland
March 3, 2021
Mark Rosenthal v. Gina Rosenthal
March 3, 2021
In Re: D.D.
March 3, 2021
Amie Liely-Baker, et al v. Frank Todd Taylor, Jr., et al
March 2, 2021
Rodney Pitts v. State of Maryland
March 2, 2021
Marcus Logan Vaughn v. State of Maryland
March 2, 2021
Geico Indemnity Company v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
March 2, 2021
Darrelled Westley v. State of Maryland
March 2, 2021
Derrick Medley v. State of Maryland
March 2, 2021
Thomas F. Burke, M.D. v. Maryland Board of Physicians
March 2, 2021
Rahim Gibson v. State of Maryland
March 2, 2021
Baye J. Parker v. State of Maryland
March 1, 2021
Chase Montgomery v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
March 1, 2021
WKW Partners, LLC v. John E. Driscoll, III, et al.
March 1, 2021
Gene Uzoukwu v. State of Maryland, et al.
March 1, 2021
Ty Webb, LLC v. Baltimore City, Maryland
March 1, 2021
Comptroller of Maryland v. William Atwood
March 1, 2021
Steven Hicks, et al v. The Royer House LLC
March 1, 2021
Circle 21 Cattle Company, LLC v. Laurance D. Casler
March 1, 2021
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, et al v. Aliza Hertzmark
February 2021 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
February 10, 2021
Karl Peck v. State of Maryland
February 10, 2021
Sandra Watson v. Rodney Timberlake, et al.
February 10, 2021
Nico Banquet Hall v. County Council of Prince George's County
February 10, 2021
Montgomery County, Maryland v. Clark Van Leer
February 10, 2021
Terence Williams v. Dimensions Health Corporation, et al
February 10, 2021
Alexander D. Shushan v. Tracey R. Shushan
February 9, 2021
Falls Road Community v. CR Golf Club, LLC
February 9, 2021
Gregory Haines v. Gretchen Vogel
February 9, 2021
Damieon Reaves v. Lorita Tetteh
February 9, 2021
Brigthon Court LLC v. Lori Ciociola, et al.,
Alan Klatsky, et al., v. Patrick Ciociola, et al.,
February 9, 2021
Clarence Henry v. State of Maryland
February 9, 2021
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Sade Barnett
February 9, 2021
Richard P. Thornell, et al. v. Leisure World Community Corporation, et al.
February 8, 2021
Bruce Elliott v. Prince George's County
February 8, 2021
Anahita Norouzi v. Kourosh Mehrabian
February 8, 2021
Board of Education Harford Co. v. Linda Sanders
February 8, 2021
Sayo Ebrahim v. Taju Osman
February 8, 2021
Legends Sales and Marketing, LLC., et al. v. Arena Ventures, LLC
February 8, 2021
Nijah Daionne Johnson v. State of Maryland
February 8, 2021
Brian Kelley v. Laura H.G. O’Sullivan, et al.
February 5, 2021
Ryan Hazel v. State of Maryland
February 5, 2021
Sabrina Colbert v. Capital One National Association
February 5, 2021
Byung Cho v. Chong Lim
February 5, 2021
Alivia Franzone v. John Franzone.
February 4, 2021
David Boyd v. The Goodman-Gable-Gould Co.
February 4, 2021
Claudia Grier v. Marguerite Heidenberg, et al.
February 4, 2021
Thorton Mellon, LLC v. Adrianne Dennis Exempt Trust
February 3, 2021
Antonio Owens v. State of Maryland
February 3, 2021
Rene Mitchell v. Keith Yacko, et al.,
February 3, 2021
Anne Arundel County v. PPE Casino Resorts
February 3, 2021
First Tennessee Bank v. Kevin Jay, et al.,
February 3, 2021
Baltimore Wholesalers, LLC v. Michael Kuhn, et al. Subs. Trustees
February 2, 2021
Eugene James, II v. State of Maryland
February 2, 2021
Council of Unit Owners of Normandie-On-The-Lake II Condominium, et al v. Montgomery Village Foundation, Inc.
February 2, 2021
No. 79, Sept. Term, 2020
Note: This case was referred to by the wrong case number in the video, the correct case number is 79
Shammy, Inc. v. Board of County Commissioners for Calvert County, MD
February 2, 2021
In Re: The Estate of Adam Brandon
February 2, 2021
David Russell v. State of Maryland
February 2, 2021
Eric Hinton v. State of Maryland
February 2, 2021
Board of Education v. Washington County Education
February 1, 2021
Judith Koenick v. State of Maryland
February 1, 2021
W.F. Gebhardt & Co. v. American European Insurance Co.
February 1, 2021
Allied Propane v. James Corder
February 1, 2021
In re: A.S. & In re: E.B.
February 1, 2021
Dionte Dutton v. State of Maryland
February 1, 2021
Shirley Ann Bolton v. Bonnie Queen, et al.
February 1, 2021
Matthew Huff v. Lindsey Huff
January 2021 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
January 13, 2021
Martha Ann Akers v. State of Maryland
January 13, 2021
Government Accountability & Oversight, P.C. v. Brian Frosh
January 13, 2021
Ronald Fishkind v. De'Angelo Anthony
January 13, 2021
E & R Services, Inc. et al. v. Delaney Thompson
January 13, 2021
Asher B. Carey, III, et al. v. Kingsport Community Association, Inc.
January 13, 2021
Patricia Robinson v. Michel Darbeau
January 13, 2021
The Hamish Group, LLC v. WAMCO, Inc.
January 12, 2021
Kathy Hudson v. Mayor and City Council
January 12, 2021
Matthew Petrus v. Mayor and City Council
January 12, 2021
Al Czervik LLC v. Howard County Sheriff
Thornton Mellon LLC v. Frederick County Sheriff
Thornton Mellon LLC v. Baltimore County Sheriff
Thornton Mellon LLC v. Anne Arundel County Sheriff
January 12, 2021
Carlton Maple v. State of Maryland
January 12, 2021
Elizabeth Blair Redding v. State of Maryland
January 12, 2021
James E. Bailey v. Kathleen Buchanan, et al.
January 12, 2021
Kevin Jiggetts v. Michelle Jiggetts
January 11, 2021
Catherine Hoggle v. State of Maryland
January 11, 2021
Tenae Smith v. Westminster Management LLC
January 11, 2021
Jocelyn Pope v. Joshua Pope
January 11, 2021
William Chalk v. Christina Chalk
January 11, 2021
Craig Francis Christie v. Kaitlin Marie Christie
January 11, 2021
Hasan Muhammad v. Annie Louise Bolyard
January 11, 2021
Shane Serrant, et al. v. HLG Custom Homes, LLC
January 11, 2021
Beverly Jane Gazmen v. Steven M. Shimoura, M.D., PA
January 8, 2021
Board of Education v. Key Systems, Inc
January 8, 2021
Mariah Coleman v. Emanuel Taylor
January 8, 2021
Felicia Maxsam v. David Maxsam
January 8, 2021
Hilario Sanchez v. State of Maryland
January 8, 2021
Mark Jessee, et al. v. State of Maryland
January 8, 2021
Tyrone Fredrick General, Sr. v. State of Maryland
January 7, 2021
Comptroller of Maryland v. James Myers
January 7, 2021
Jeffrey Telep v. Judy Steele
January 7, 2021
Robert Candy v. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc., et al.
January 7, 2021
Heather Gardner v. Robert Kayser
January 7, 2021
Luciano Cristofaro Contractors, Inc. v. Daniel Dewberry
January 7, 2021
Rudolf Kamper v. Marcia Kamper
January 7, 2021
Samantha Fountain v. State Highway Administration
January 7, 2021
Huhra Homes, LLC v. M W Pride, Inc. & Huhra Homes, LLC v. Sean M. McLaughlin, et al.
January 6, 2021
Lorenzo Terry v. State of Maryland
January 6, 2021
Penguin Random House LLC v. Mayor and Common Council
January 6, 2021
Bertin Ngamy Noutchang v. Sidone Feutcha
January 6, 2021
Michael Ariosa v. MD Department Of Environment
January 6, 2021
William Brown, II v. Peter Murtaugh, et al.
January 5, 2021
Betty Jean Roebuck v. Geico Casualty Co.
January 5, 2021
Wilhelmina Watnoski v. Maryland Home Improvement Guaranty Fund
January 5, 2020
Michael W. DePasquale, Jr. v. Frank Blomquist
January 4, 2021
Georgakopoulos v. Georgakopoulos
January 4, 2021
Sparks v. Ward
January 4, 2021
Dept. of Gen’l Svcs. V. Peterkin
January 4, 2021
Errol Cruz v. Maryland State Police
January 4, 2021
Michelle Spencer v. Stephen Kavic, et al.
January 4, 2021
Harford County Housing Agency v. Tiffany Knox
January 4, 2021
Karunaker Aleti, et al. v. Metropolitan Baltimore, LLC, et al.
December 2020 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
December 10, 2020
Mariam Stangenberg v. Elhamy Ibrahim
December 10, 2020
City Homes, Inc v. Dilan Sumpter
December 10, 2020
Ronalda Sullivan v. Caruso Builder Belle Oak, LLC
December 10, 2020
Kevin Middleton v. Board of Ed of Montgomery County,
December 9, 2020
Christopher Eric Glanden v. State
December 9, 2020
Hasib LLC v. Douglas Jones
December 9, 2020
Christopher Mee v. Annapolis Pulmonary
December 9, 2020
Montgomery County, Maryland v. CC Home Associates, LLC
December 9, 2020
Earl Davis v. Regency Lane, LLC,
December 9, 2020
Ali Kalarestagi v. Catonsville Eye Associates, LLC
December 9, 2020
Camp Springs Allentown, LLC v. Kingdom Work Construction
December 8, 2020
Nicole Comegys v. Laura O'Sullivan
December 8, 2020
Brenda Allen v. Board of Education for Prince George's County
December 8, 2020
Patrice Watson v. Prince George's County Board of Ed
December 8, 2020
Michael Maker v. United Healthcare Insurance
December 8, 2020
Marquis Foster v. Baltimore Police Department
December 8, 2020
Dancing Marlboro, LLC v. Council, Baradel, Kosmerl & Nolan
December 8, 2020
Kelly Wells v. Trevor Wells
December 8, 2020
Patricia Ruffin v. Merlene Forde
December 7, 2020
Judith Clarke v. Carrie Ward
December 7, 2020
Mark Vogel v. The Estate of David Hillman
December 7, 2020
Annette Blake v. David Chadwick
December 7, 2020
Lynette Silverberg v. Alan Cohen
December 7, 2020
Freddy Freeman v. State of Maryland
December 7, 2020
Alan Holt v. Thomas Ellis
December 7, 2020
Juan Rojas v. F.R. General Contractors
December 7, 2020
Mario Amaya v. DGS Construction, LLC,
December 4, 2020
Michael Raeder v. Laurie Hanley
December 4, 2020
Anthony Adams v. State of Maryland
December 4, 2020
Administrative Office of the Courts v. Abell Foundation
December 4, 2020
Christ the Truth Ministries v. Mountain of Fire and Miracles
December 4, 2020
Grape and Grain, LLC v. Thomas Quick
December 4, 2020
Allan Simmons v. Rockwell Collins
December 3, 2020
Lidl US Operations, LLC v. Buffalo Structural Steel Corp.
December 3, 2020
9 Dorsey Cooch v. The Wallace & Gale Asbestos
December 3, 2020
Joseph Sniadach v. Nationwide Mutual Ins. Co.
December 3, 2020
Leo Shaw v. State of Maryland
December 3, 2020
Joseph Rayman v. Wayne Rayman
December 3, 2020
Stephen Downey v. State of Maryland
December 3, 2020
Six Flags America LP v. Nicholaus Mims
December 3, 2020
Eric Alarcon-Ozoria v. State of Maryland
December 2, 2020
Michael O' Sullivan v. State of Maryland
December 2, 2020
Stanley Faison v. State of Maryland
December 2, 2020
Maryland Small MS4 Coalition v. Maryland Dept. of Environment
December 2, 2020
Laura Bertram v. Shawn Yuthsakdidecho
December 2, 2020
Brinker of Baltimore County v. Caresa Smith
December 2, 2020
Anne Arundel County, Maryland v. John Crum
December 2, 2020
Robert Rainey v. State of Maryland
December 2, 2020
Marlon Koushall v. State of Maryland
December 1, 2020
Oscar Tejada v. Nery Barrios
December 1, 2020
Brittany Simmons v. The Maryland Management Co
December 1, 2020
Sher Chaudry v. Nantara Chaudry
December 1, 2020
Brittany Towsend v. Jeanette Derry
December 1, 2020
Chicago Title Insurance Co. v. Allynnore Jen
December 1, 2020
Keith Yacko v. Rene Mitchell
December 1, 2020
Tiia Karlen v. Birgitta Karlen
December 1, 2020
Bernadette Lamson v. Montgomery County, Maryland
November 2020 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
November 12, 2020
RCD Resorts S.A. de C.V. v. Stroud Group
November 12, 2020
Robert Craig v. B&R Design Group, Inc.
November 12, 2020
Walter Adcock v. Queen’s Landing Council
November 12, 2020
Miguel Santana v. State of Maryland
November 12, 2020
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Thornton Mellon, LLC
November 12, 2020
Wesley Warnick v. Doreen Mary Urie
November 12, 2020
Trimechiah v. Md. Reception and Diagnostic
November 12, 2020
Security Wards, LLC v. Ste the Captives Free Church
November 10, 2020
Curtis Knott v. Carrie Ward
November 10, 2020
Calvary Temple of Balt. V. Anne Arundel Cty.
November 10, 2020
Mark Heim v. Anne Arundel Cty.
November 10, 2020
Aimee Price v. Debra Hamby
November 10, 2020
Edgard Bradford v. Brooke Grove Rehab.
November 10, 2020
In re: G. O.
November 10, 2020
Aemero Ashenafi v. Yeshimebet Ayana
November 9, 2020
Erin Skerkavich v. Steven Skerkavich
November 9, 2020
Michael Chavira v. Erin Taylor
November 9, 2020
Frederick P. Winner, LTD v. Pabst Brewing Co.
November 9, 2020
Arthur Sheflyand v. Diana Sheflyand
November 9, 2020
Neil Jefferson v. James Wood
November 9, 2020
Farhana Bhuiyan v. Mohammad Bhuyian
November 9, 2020
Craig Mahrle v. Board of County Comm’rs.
November 6, 2020
Monroe Smith v. Aretta Pinkett
November 6, 2020
Frederick Smith v. Ester Smith
November 6, 2020
J P Morgan Chase Bank v. Truist Bank
November 6, 2020
Md. Dept. of Human Svcs. V. Oluchi Akunne
November 6, 2020
Marcella Holloman v. Marilyn Mosby
November 6, 2020
Theodore Logan v. State of Maryland
November 6, 2020
Md. State Hwy Admin. v. Brawner Builders, Inc.
November 6, 2020
William Van Evans v. St. Pleasure Cove Marina, LLC
November 6, 2020
Lisa Dekoomen v. Joost Dekoomen
November 5, 2020
Trevor Michael Dentz v. Sumithra Raghu Dentz
November 5, 2020
Richard M. Hanson v. Joseph R. Densford
November 5, 2020
State of Maryland v. Kevin Younger
November 5, 2020
Charles Castronovo v. Paul Godwin
November 5, 2020
Jason Mercer v. Thomas B. Finan Center
November 5, 2020
Six Flags America LP v. Stephanie Gonzalez-Perdomo
November 5, 2020
Desmond Harley v. Mark Devan et al.
November 4, 2020
Gestamp Wind North America, Inc. v. Alliance Coal, LLC
November 4, 2020
Michael Gentil v. State of Maryland
November 4, 2020
In Re: A.N.N.W.
November 4, 2020
Eric Woods v. Md. School for the Deaf
November 4, 2020
Brad Respondek v. State of Maryland
November 4, 2020
Kevin Vaugh v. State of Maryland
November 4, 2020
Louis Easter v. State of Maryland
November 2, 2020
Ae Suk Ko v. Anna Prayer Counseling, Inc.
November 2, 2020
Akinbobola Akinkoye v. Patricia Sweeney
November 2, 2020
De’Shon Rodgers v. State of Maryland
November 2, 2020
Estate of Andrew Harding v. Howard Bierman
November 2, 2020
Scott Wadsworth v. Poornima Sharm
November 2, 2020
Donegal Assoc. v. Christie Scott LLC
November 2, 2020
Jared Ross v. Jennifer Ross
November 2, 2020
Eric Harley v. State of Maryland
November 2, 2020
Maisha Jones v. Alonzo Jones
October 2020 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
October 13, 2020
Pedro S. B. De Macedo v. The Automobile Ins. Comp. of Hartford
October 13, 2020
Kathleen Ford v. Edmondson Village Shopping Ctr. Holdings
October 13, 2020
Marcos D. Seiquiera v. State of Maryland
October 9, 2020
Sallmon Soltani v. Sofia Soltani
October 9, 2020
Gergory M. Jimenez v. Michelle Lee Long-Jimenez
October 9, 2020
Jabarai Ibrahim Bolden v. State of Maryland
October 8, 2020
Fernando Barnes v. State of Maryland
October 8, 2020
City Homes, Inc. v. Savon Johnson
October 8, 2020
Morgan Willey v. Baltimore City Bd. Of School Comm’rs
October 8, 2020
David Stone v. State of Maryland
October 8, 2020
E. David Hoskins v. Circuit Court for Baltimore City
October 8, 2020
M.O. v. State of Maryland, et al.
October 7, 2020
Shamar Hamm v. State of Maryland
October 7, 2020
Ronald Austin Carson v. State of Maryland
October 7, 2020
Brent Loveless v. Christopher Scovitch
October 7, 2020
Deanna McElwee v. Doris Williams
October 7, 2020
Corey Donnell Blount v. Dir., Office of Budget and Finance
October 6, 2020
Daniel Villanueva v. Carrie M. Ward, et al.
October 6, 2020
Stephan Leroy Lunningham v. State of Maryland
October 6, 2020
The Board of Appeals of Montgomery Cty v. Larry J. Crews
October 6, 2020
Christine Pifer v. Irwin Industrial Tool Co.
October 6, 2020
Fort Meyer Construction Co. v. Bannecker Ventures, LLC
October 6, 2020
John David Mueller v. State of Maryland
October 6, 2020
Nakia Pope v. Noldon Pope
October 6, 2020
Colin Sime Black v. State of Maryland
October 5, 2020
Katherine Packett v. Univ. of Maryland Medical Ctr.
October 5, 2020
Jose Maria Alfaro v. Christine Johnson, et al.
October 5, 2020
Camelia Styles v. Carrie M. Ward, et al.
October 5, 2020
Wanda Daughtry v. Jeffrey Nadel, et al.
October 5, 2020
Havtech Parts Division v. Advanced Thermal Solutions
October 5, 2020
Longmead Crossing Comm. Svcs. Assoc. v. Derek Hypolite
October 5, 2020
Maria Isabel Saravia De Hernandez v. Wotorson
October 5, 2020
Donald Gaff v. State of Maryland
October 2, 2020
Zamere Dashawn Purnell v. State of Maryland
October 2, 2020
Brandon Gambrill v. Bd. Of Education of Dorchester Cty
October 2, 2020
Shelter Senior Living IV, LLC v. Balt. County, MD.
October 2, 2020
Kriti E. Heffington v. State of Maryland
October 2, 2020
Linda Sanders v. MSRPS
October 2, 2020
Tayon Wright v. Briana Adams
October 2, 2020
Harsh Prakash v. Briana Adams
October 2, 2020
Ronald Sand v. Heather Sand
October 1, 2020
John Andrew Ferdock, III v. State of Maryland
October 1, 2020
Jua’Drek Addison v. Baltimore School Assocs. LLLP
October 1, 2020
Venus Jackson v. Baltimore City Board of School Comm’rs.
October 1, 2020
Harold Junior Morris v. State of Maryland
October 1, 2020
Sunja Song v. State of Maryland
September 2020 Schedule
Date
Docket Number
Title
September 11, 2020
Leon Blair, Sr. v. Jeanette Blair
September 11, 2020
Donald McDowell v. Disability Review Board of Prince George's County Fire Service Pension Plan
September 11, 2020
Stacy Godfrey v. Joel Godfrey
September 11, 2020
Sherrie Lynn Smith v. Tammy Sue Keyser
September 11, 2020
Willie James Barton, Jr., et al v. Advanced Radiology P A, et al
September 11, 2020
Archie Rich v. Sharifa Changa Gregory
September 11, 2020
RDC Melanie Drive, LLC v. Mark R. Eppard, et al
September 11, 2020
Mark Hollingsworth v. State of Maryland
September 11, 2020
Dayawnis Mason v. State of Maryland
September 10, 2020
Jessica Lea Bafford v. Kelly Lee Bafford
September 10, 2020
Trina Moore v. Donegal Mutual Insurance Company
September 10, 2020
Mahmoud Elgibali v. Housing Authority, City of College Park
September 10, 2020
Mary Paone Latz v. Jacob Parr
September 10, 2020
Anne Arundel County Maryland v. 808 Bestgate Realty LLC
September 10, 2020
Amanda Capoen v. Brendon Capoen
September 10, 2020
In Re: S.N.
September 9, 2020
Diamond Development Corp. v. Community Rescue Svc.
September 9, 2020
Nancy M. Leiter v. Liberty Mobile Home Park, et al
September 9, 2020
Mervin Rivas-Chang v. State of Maryland
September 9, 2020
David Charles Mayne v. Stacey Ann Reed
September 9, 2020
Toufic Melki v. Cynthia Melki
September 9, 2020
Caroline County Educators Assoc. v. Caroline County Bd of Ed.
September 9, 2020
MD Tax Properties 2016 LLC v. Olive Realty Management, LLC
September 9, 2020
Todd Allen Canter v. Victoria D. Canter
September 8, 2020
Roberto Facey, Sr. v. Esther Facey
September 8, 2020
9 Darius Johnson v. State of Maryland
September 8, 2020
Sean Gourlay, et al v. Brian Buchner, et al
September 8, 2020
Maryland Property Management, LLC., et al v. Helena Peters-Hawkins, et vir
September 8, 2020
Jamal Ford v. State of Maryland
September 8, 2020
Colbert Carter, Jr. v. Charles County, Maryland
September 8, 2020
B W Hovermill Co Inc, et al v. Steven Jameson
September 4, 2020
Henry Umana v. State of Maryland
September 4, 2020
Gabrielle Buck v. Cecil County Board of Zoning Appeals, et al
September 4, 2020
Sheldon Duke White v. State of Maryland
September 4, 2020
K. David Meit v. Aneta M. Kondratowicz, et al
September 4, 2020
Ardeshir Shawn Shirani v. State of Maryland
September 4, 2020
Diedra Schaefer, et al. v. James A. Franzoni
September 4, 2020
Navinder Singh Sethi, M.D., et al v. Patricia Bent, et al
September 4, 2020
Everett William Johnson v. State of Maryland
September 4, 2020
Maria Fulgencia Corea v. Ingrid Suyapa Humbert Corea, et al
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"Examples of British Brecht discussed here include George Devine’s production of The Good Woman of Setzuan, Sam Wanamaker’s The Threepenny Opera and William Gaskill’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle. (Throughout this book all the play titles given reproduce exactly the translations used for the particular productions discussed.) The chapter also includes a brief assessment of the relationship between the work of Brecht and that of key British playwrights: John Arden, Arnold Wesker, John Osborne, Robert Bolt and Edward Bond. Chapter 3 describes the ways in which the political upheavals of 1968 and the social and artistic developments in Britain made Brecht eminently suitable and accessible to radical theatre groups. It analyses the impact of politically committed theatre practitioners’ attempts to take on all aspects of Brecht’s dramatic theory, political philosophy and, as far as possible, theatre practice. Detailed analyses of Brecht productions by some key radical companies (e.g. Foco Novo, Belt and Braces Roadshow, Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre, Manchester’s Contact Theatre and Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre) demonstrate how their commitment to the integra-tion of political meaning and aesthetic expression contributed to the growing understanding and acceptance of Brecht’s theatre in Britain. This achievement is contrasted in Chapter 4 with the ways in which Brecht’s plays were incorporated into the classical repertoire by the national companies – the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre – in the 1970s and 1980s. Here there is an assessment of the damaging impact on these Brecht productions of the companies’ hierarchical structure and organisation, the all-too-frequently non-collaborative approaches to production, and the undue emphasis placed on performance style and set design, often in isolation from a genuine commitment to the intrinsic, socio-political meaning of the texts. The chapter centres on the productions of Brecht in the 1970s and 1980s for the Royal Shakespeare Company directed by Howard Davies, and on those at the National Theatre directed by John Dexter and Richard Eyre. Chapter 5 presents three case studies, that is, detailed accounts based on access to rehears-als and on interviews with the relevant directors and performers, of three major British productions of Brecht plays in the early 1990s. The first case study is of the award-winning production of The Good Person of Sichuan at the National Theatre in 1989/90, directed by Deborah Warner, with Fiona Shaw as Shen Te/Shui Ta. The second is of the Citizens Theatre’s 1990 production of Mother Courage, directed by Philip Prowse, with Glenda Jackson in the title role. And the third is of the National Theatre’s The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, directed in 1991 by Di Trevis, with Antony Sher as Ui. The main focus of this chapter and its case-studies is the relationship in practice between Brechtian theory, and the aesthetics and the politics of the texts, in both the rehearsal process and the finished performances." In Performing Brecht, 16. Routledge, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203129838-12.
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Ham & High’s Alex Bellotti talks to Hysteria’s Antony Sher about Freud, Shakespeare and the benefits of self-analysis.
The two-time Oliver Award winner delves into a combustive re-imagining of when Freud met Dali in Hampstead
When Terry Johnson began to write Hysteria in 1993, he struggled to find a way to structure its central meeting between Sigmund Freud and Salvador Dali. It was only when he visited Hampstead’s Freud Museum and saw the psychoanalyst’s former study and couch that he realised this was where it had to be set.
Twenty years on, the play is returning to its spiritual home. Hampstead Theatre’s revival not only hails the return of Johnson as director, but also one of the country’s finest actors as the 81-year-old Freud.
Sir Antony Sher excelled by all accounts when Hysteria was performed at the Theatre Royal Bath last year, his natural gravitas perfectly capturing one of the 20th century’s most ground-breaking minds. Sher too is glad the play has returned to north London.
“It sort of gives me a thrill,” he says, as we sit down in one of the Hampstead Theatre dressing rooms. He leans back in his chair slowly, purposefully, as if in the Freudian hot seat itself. “It’s a bit like performing Shakespeare at Stratford.”
The play’s brilliance, he continues, is in imagining how Freud’s obsession with the unconscious might collide with Dali’s world of surrealism. “And the perfect place for that to occur of course is Freud’s study.”
The meeting between these two cultural stalwarts is based upon a real life incident in 1938, where a young Dali visited Freud at his home in Maresfield Gardens a year before the Austrian’s death.
In truth, the meeting was brief and quiet – as Dali noted, little was said, but “we devoured each other with our eyes”. In Johnson’s reimagining however, the connection is combustive and triggered by the fictional appearance of a woman who forces Freud to reconsider some of his oldest theories.
“It’s a terrific part,” says Sher. “Freud is one of my heroes, he was so brave, such a pioneer, exploring the dark continent of the mind at a time when it was not thought proper to explore issues like sexuality. So it was just terrific researching him and then leaving all that behind to play the part Terry Johnson has actually written, which is what you must do.”
He speaks highly of Johnson and compares the writing to that of Shakespeare’s history plays, in the sense that historical accuracy comes a clear second to artistic licence. Considering some of Sher’s most celebrated roles are Shakespearean protagonists like Richard III, he believes there is in fact a great overlap of themes between the two forward-thinking philosophers.
“Shakespeare’s understanding of our psychology is incredible and can be explained so perfectly in Freudian terms. There is one character I played recently, Leontes, in A Winter’s Tale, where the character suffers wildy irrational jealousy, believing his wife to be unfaithful. Researching that role, I discovered a condition called morbid jealousy that point by point matches what Shakespeare wrote. It was very liberating to find that even though Shakespeare didn’t call it morbid jealousy, he knew it down to the last detail just by studying mankind.”
Playing such a deep thinker seems natural to Sher and one wonders what might have been if he and Freud were to have ever met. Sher was born to a South African Jewish family, before eventually. like Freud, settling in England. He is clearly enthralled by both Freud and Dali and enthusiastically shows me a folder of his research for the part, which include the painter’s distinctly hazy sketches of Freud on display at the Freud Museum.
Revealing that he personally underwent psychotherapy – a “lower, less scientific” level to psycohanalysis – for years, Sher believes everyone, even Freud, can benefit from self-analysis. Understandably, he is reserved about going into specifics, but admits much is revealed in his autobiography.
“It was about all sorts of issues, a hundred different things that probably a lot of us have. I found it helpful to get it sorted out though and at the very least become aware of them.”
On or off the analyst’s counch there is always a part to play for Sher.
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Ball, John Agee (2009) Missed Connections: Antony Sher's Titus Andronicus in Johannesburg. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. (Unpublished)
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This dissertation is a production history and reception study of the Market Theatre's controversial presentation of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus in 1995. Although directed by Gregory Doran, the star attraction and creative force behind this event was Antony Sher, a celebrity actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company and a luminary in the United Kingdom's South African expatriate community. Johannesburg theatre audiences initially welcomed Sher's self-described "homecoming" and the prestige his performance of Shakespeare would bestow upon that city's traditional Anglophile elite. For his part, Sher saw this event as a stepping stone towards repatriation and the beginning of a more ambitious career as a South African public intellectual. These mutual expectations were disappointed, however, when Johannesburg critics and audiences responded unfavorably to the actual staging of Titus, which featured South African stage accents instead of traditional Received Pronunciation. After Sher publicly countered public antipathy by writing a column accusing Johannesburgers of "philistinism," a bitter quarrel erupted on editorial pages of both South African and British newspapers. It reignited two years later with the release of Sher and Doran's apologia Woza Shakespeare! Titus Andronicus in South Africa. To date, this polemical work has served as the primary history of this affair. Drawing on communitarian philosopher Michael Walzer's theory of "connected criticism," this dissertation offers an alternative reception narrative that locates the failure of this production in the rhetorical mismatch between Sher's advertised intention to celebrate the achievement of racial "reconciliation" in that country and the aesthetic formation of "relevance," (as theorized by Alan Sinfield) that governed Sher and Doran's conceptual efforts to make Titus more accessible to a contemporary South African audience. I argue that Sher's professional immersion in the working methods of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and belated local knowledge of controversial new African National Congress cultural policies (such as the restructuring of the English-language radio station SAfm) diminished his ability to gauge the critical force of his production concept. The result was an inadvertent act of "bait-and-switch" that subsequent rancor over Sher's support for the apartheid-era "cultural boycott" and defensive appeals to "post-colonial Shakespeare" did little to illuminate.
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Date: 29 June 2009 Date Type: Completion Defense Date: 11 January 2009 Approval Date: 29 June 2009 Submission Date: 21 April 2009 Access Restriction: 5 year -- Restrict access to University of Pittsburgh for a period of 5 years. Institution: University of Pittsburgh Schools and Programs: Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Theater Arts Degree: PhD - Doctor of Philosophy Thesis Type: Doctoral Dissertation Refereed: Yes Uncontrolled Keywords: ; Alan Sinfield; Antony Sher; Communitarianism; Connected Criticism; Market Theatre; Michael Walzer; Royal Shakespeare Company; South African Theatre; William Shakespeare Other ID: http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-04212009-232813/, etd-04212009-232813 Date Deposited: 10 Nov 2011 19:40 Last Modified: 15 Nov 2016 13:41 URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/7440
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A remarkably candid autobiography, utterly involving and often startlingly revelatory, Antony Sher's Beside Myself is an inspiration to young actors and a treat for seasoned theatregoers.
'I wish I'd read this book when I was starting out. Not only is Antony Sher one of the all-time greats of classical theatre, he also manages to be a writer of enormous skill and insight' David Tennant
Actor, author, artist Antony Sher grew up in the Old South Africa with a profound sense of being an outsider. Small, Jewish and secretly gay, he found refuge in theatre and escaped to London aged just nineteen.
In Beside Myself, Sher takes us to the heart of what it is to be an actor today, describing the journeys he undertakes in order to inhabit the roles for which he is famous – including The History Man (his TV breakthrough), Macbeth, Tamburlaine, Cyrano, Stanley Spencer and Richard III.
This edition, published to mark the author's 60th birthday, includes a new foreword and epilogue.
'The most unsparingly honest actor's autobiography I have ever read' Michael Billington, Guardian
'An extraordinary work of self-exploration' Irish Times
'A human, funny, nakedly direct memoir, beautifully written' Financial Times
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Danbury
Albert Anderson , 92
Albert Anderson was a World War II Army veteran who served in the Pacific theater and commanded a local Veterans of Foreign Wars post. âHe also remained active in his local community taking the role as the fire commissioner for the Georgetown Fire Department and was a deacon at the Sacred Heart Church in Georgetown, CT.,â his obituary said.
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Michael âMickeyâ Ross , 71
After high school, Michael âMickeyâ Ross âserved in the United States Air Force as a medic during the Vietnam War, where he received many medals and awards,â according to his obituary. He had âa diverse career in marketing and computer technology,â and taught as a substitute at local elementary schools. Along with his wife and son, Ross is survived by âmany extended family members and close friends,â family members said in his obituary.
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Jeanne Hammond Byrnes , 97
Jeanne Hammond Byrnes lived most of her life in New York. She grew up on a farm with family tales of her grandfather, an English sea captain, her obituary says. An accounting whiz in high school, she went to business school and later ran a communications business in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., that she'd founded with her husband.
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Fred Simon , 71
Fred Simon, remembered for his âsense of humor and jolly laugh,â was a âtalented chefâ for more than four decades in his professional life, and enjoyed rebuilding electronic devices and watching classic movies, according to his obituary.
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Frank Bonomo , 94
Frank Bonomo joined the Navy at age 17 and served during World War II. He worked for the Perkin-Elmer Corporation for 20 years and enjoyed woodworking.
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Louis A. Haddad , 72
A lifelong Danbury resident, Louis A. Haddad graduated from Danbury High School with the Class of 1966 and was vice-president of the former Sun Trading Corp. established by his father Al.
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Louis Joseph Tambone , 89
Louis Joseph Tambone was a U.S. Army veteran who received two bronze stars. He was a mainstay in the Danbury bowling community and was passionate about the New York Yankees and Notre Dameâs football team, according to his obituary.
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Jonathan Coelho , 32
Jonathan Coelho worked for the stateâs judicial system since 2010, when he started as a judicial marshal in Danbury. He was a die-hard New England Patriots fan and loved his two children, Penelope and Braedyn.
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Howard Lee Dines , 65
Howard Lee Dines was an avid reader who loved all animals, especially cats, according to his obituary. A former member of the Danbury Drum and Bugle Corps, he had attended West Virginia University.
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Joan White Schmiedel , 90
Joan Schmiedel worked at Southern New England Telephone after graduating from Danbury High, her obituary says. She was set up on a blind date with a coworker's brother who became her husband. She worked 17 years in Danbury town clerk's office, retiring as an assistant town clerk.
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Leahdell âLeaâ Davis , 90
Leahdell âLeaâ Davis knew everyone in Danbury. She and her late husband, Jerrold Davis, came from a long line of Danbury residents and raised their own four children in the Hat City. âThey were involved with everything in Danbury,â their daughter Jill Davis Adams said. Davis was a hairdresser for 40 years, and even opened her own salon, Shear Designs by Lea, which she ran from her home for 20 years.
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Rosemary Hughes , 90
Rosemary Hughes and her husband, Harold, lived in the same Hillside Avenue house for almost 60 years, her obituary says. They were married 69 years; he died on Dec. 30. She worked at the Danbury Public Library and in the library at Western Connecticut State University.
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James Joseph Ross , 57
Jim Ross was born in Bristol but lived in Danbury for 30 years. He was also 30 years sober, his obituary says, and was an AA leader. "Jim was a very fun, loving, goofy and charismatic guy," his family says.
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Roberta Gulick , 90
Roberta "Bobbie" Gulick was dedicated, her obituary said, to the Alliance for the Mentally Ill, an organization important to her. "From a very early age," her family wrote, "Roberta showed great strength and fortitude. She carved herself a life with an amazing career, extensive travel, a loving husband, family and many friends."
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Fairfield
James Ercolani , 85
James Ercolani was a 1956 graduate of Fairfield University and devoted Stags supported throughout his life. His son, James, described his father as a popular and gregarious man. He was a retired banker who still maintained a good support network, as well as close ties with his family and St. Thomas Church, where he was a longtime active member.
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John J. Corsano , 93
John J. Corsano founded Ceramic Tiles of Fairfield, his own business, and worked in the trade for years, according to his obituary. He served in the Navy during World War II, and married his loving wife, Lorraine Vallone, in 1953. He is survived by his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and his partner Rose Masi, who was his companion after his wifeâs passing for the last 26 years, according to his obituary.
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Phyllis Beatrice Antonetz , 103
At 103 years old, Phyllis Beatrice Antonetz constantly emanated âa feeling of sunshine.â Her parents were Italian immigrants and Antonetz worked at Macy's for many years before becoming an elementary school teacher on Long Island, according to her obituary. She moved to Connecticut in 1999, where she served as a classroom volunteer at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School in Fairfield.
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Julia Chan Lee , 85
Julia Lee had degrees from three schools, her obituary says, including a 1974 master's from Columbia. Born in Hong Kong, she taught English as a Second Language at PS 151 in Woodside, Queens. She enjoyed traveling and all kinds of athletic endeavors.
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Marian Marie Gasper , 93
Marian Marie Gasper graduated from Bridgeportâs Bassick High School. She lived in Fairfield for more than 50 years, according to her obituary. Gaspar worked at her daughter Susanâs dance studio, Dance With Susan in Fairfield, well into her 80s.
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Dorothy DâOstilio , 95
Dorothy DâOstilio taught home economics in New York and Wilton before coming to Fairfield, where she lived for nearly 70 years, according to her obituary. In Fairfield, she was a devoted member of Our Lady of the Assumption Church, an active member of AAUW which honored her 50 years of membership, an avid reader and book club member who frequently visited the Fairfield Public Library and a member of a monthly bridge group for nearly 60 years, where she developed many lasting friendships and memories, her obituary said.
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Matilde âLiaâ Fichman Simmons , 97
Matilde âLiaâ Fichman Simmons, a native of Brazil, worked as a real estate broker and managed properties for Arbee Associates while also doing translation work in the Bridgeport area. âLia loved a good Connecticut lobster, a cold beer, playing bridge and Buraco, cooking, creating needlepoint pillows and art, Star Trek and MacGyver, a spin on the dance floor, the thrill of a flea market hunt," her obituary said.
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Victor Gurvits , 89
Born in Odessa when it was part of the U.S.S.R., Victor Gurvits learned to come up with âcreative solutions around the lack of livable space,â according to his obituary. Gurvits was a licensed building official, working that job to high praise for more than 20 years in Norwalk and Fairfield. He graduated from Odessa Hydrotechnical Institute as a civil engineer in 1953. He moved with his family to the United States in 1977, becoming a citizen in 1981.
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Helen Kiraly , 96
Daughter of Hungarian immigrants, Helen Kiraly liked to say that she had four children, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, her obituary says. She devoted herself especially to the needs of her Special Olympics medal-winning daughter, Teresa.
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Joanne C. Mastropietro , 78
Born in the Bronx, Joanne Mastropietro was raised in Fairfield and later worked in accounting and finance. She and her husband, Michael, moved to Florida in 1986 soon after marrying. "Joanne will be best remembered by her smile, sense of humor, stubborn resolve, love of song, practical jokes and love of family and friends," her obituary said.
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Stephen Katai , 88
Born in Hungary, Stephen Katai left soon after the Revolution of 1956 and settled in Fairfield. He was a tool and die maker at Scan Tool in Trumbull, his obituary says. He'd moved to New Haven two years ago and enjoyed reading and gardening.
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Regina Scharf , 96
A Holocaust survivor, Jean Scharf was born in Romania. She and her husband, Charles, came to the United States in 1949. "They started with nothing, building a life," her obituary says, "and a family who can only dream of filling the shoes they've left behind."
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Lynne Zebrowski ,
Lynne Zebrowski, formerly of Fairfield, was born and raised in Fairfield, attended Fairfield Public Schools and graduated from Central Connecticut State Teachers College with a Degree in Education and then obtained her Master's Degree in Education from Fairfield University. She taught students in the Trumbull Public School system, inspiring the minds of nearly three generations, her obituary said. Lynne retired permanently to Arizona in 2012, and enjoyed her days with a wonderful circle of friends. She was an avid card game and mahjong player, and continued teaching by instructing others to how to play numerous card games, according to her obituary.
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Greenwich
Kevin Duffy , 87
Judge Kevin Duffy retired from the federal bench in 2016 after 44 years as a district judge in the Southern District of New York. He presided over the trial in the 1993 truck bombing of the World Trade Center, as well as the radicals who took part in a murder and armed robbery of a Brinks truck in Nanuet, N.Y. in 1983.
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Lawrence T. Chiaramonte , 82
Dr. Lawrence T. Chiaramonte was a respiratory specialist trained in family practice, pediatrics, allergy and immunology. He did groundbreaking research in treating asthma and allergies. Chiaramonte also worked with 9/11 emergency-responders and inner-city youngsters. He was an author, educator and sought-after speaker who had a gift for healing, according to his family.
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Matthew Barclay Brown III , 70
Matthew Barclay Brown III was a gifted athlete who enjoyed golf, tennis, and skiing, according to his obituary. "'Tam' will be remembered for his gentle, kind and loving heart, and his quick wit. His legacy is one of hope and courage," said his family of him.
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Diane Gill Fraker , 68
A Greenwich native, Diane Marie Gill Fraker reared three children in Richmond, Va., before coming back to her hometown. She was a women's studies major at Goddard College in Vermont and worked as a paralegal, according to her obituary.
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Samuel L. Trachtenberg , 86
Sam Trachtenberg had to help support his family even as a young boy after his father died. He ran errands, his obituary says, for legendary gangster Bugsy Siegel, a quarter a piece. He was later an Army paratrooper in the Korean War, drove a taxi in New York and was co-owner of a store in Old Greenwich, among many other endeavors.
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Richard C. "Dick" Johann , 87
Richard C. "Dick" Johann was a lifelong Greenwich resident. He served his country during the Korean conflict as a seaman in the United States Navy aboard the USS Darby DE-218, according to his obituary. Mentored by the late Theodore Greeff, of Greenwich, he became national sales manager and then succeeded Mr. Greeff as president of the then-renowned luxury fabric company Greeff Fabrics.
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Norma Mary Hubert Carlson , 91
Norma Mary Hubert Carlson worked as a bookkeeper at Aero-Nautical Boats and Rings End and volunteered with the Red Cross. âShe loved to sew, bowl, ice skate, travel and spend time with family. Norma was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt and friend,â her obituary said.
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Ronald George Frangipane , 75
Ron Frangipane had a career in music as a songwriter, arranger, performer and many other roles; he played keyboard on "Sugar, Sugar," a No. 1 song in 1969. "Iâve never heard a piano sound more exquisite or seen a man so passionate while making it sing," his son, Greg, wrote in his obituary. He was living in New Jersey, where he'd been a music professor at Monmouth.
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James Condaris , 68
James Condaris "was loved [and] adored by the Abilis community and anyone who met him,â according to the Greenwich-based organization that provides support, services and residential facilities for the developmentally challenged community and their families. Condaris moved into one of Abilisâ residential homes in Greenwich 23 years ago. He resided at the Cross Ridge home in Old Greenwich.
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Silvio Archino , 88
A son of Italian immigrants, Silvio Archino, nicknamed Sal, served in the United States Army in the Korean War. He and his wife, Mary, had been married more than 65 years, his obituary says. He and his brother owned a restaurant in Port Chester, N.Y., and he also worked in Greenwich's highway department.
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John Maciejewski , 77
John Maciejewski liked to say he was educated at the College of Hard Knocks, his obituary says. "He loved his hometown of Old Greenwich," his family wrote, "and was fiercely proud to be a third generation resident of the town and the house that his grandfather originally settled in when he immigrated to America." His wife, Lois, died on March 27.
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William Richardson , 68
A lifelong Greenwich resident, William Richardson was the building inspector and the fire marshal for the town of North Castle, which encompasses Armonk, Banksville and North White Plains. His wife, Jinny, said of her husband, âHe loved his family and loved to work outside. And he was very committed to the fire department.â He previously owned and operated Babco Automotive in Banksville. The retired civil servant served on the Representative Town Meeting in Greenwich and was a member of the Cos Cob Revolver and Rifle Club.
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Peter O. Rupprecht , 80
Born in Budapest, Hungary, and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Peter Rupprecht came to Greenwich in 1979, his obituary says. He had lots of experience in international trade. He was also a soccer fan.
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Billy Farrell , 84
Billy Farrell was a longtime Greenwich resident and longtime head professional at The Stanwich Club. âMy dad was quite the golfer, quite the competitor,â said Bobby Farrell, Billy's son. âBut a big part of him that people didn't really see was how big his heart was and what a family man he was.â Billy enjoyed telling the story of playing in tournaments with Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. He also played with President Bill Clinton.
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Henry A. Leigh III , 88
Harry Leigh lived in Old Greenwich for 60 years and was a lifelong member of the Rocky Point Club, fishing and enjoying the Sound on his boat "Lighthorse," according to his obituary. He was once a shellfish warden for the town. He died on his 88th birthday. He'd had a career in the paper industry.
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Bernice Mary Wachnicki , 90
Bernice Wachnicki, born Faszewski, was "Fuzzy" to her family and friends, her obituary said. She was a receptionist at a dentist's office for many years. She enjoyed reading, rooting for the UConn women's basketball team and spending time with her pets and her family.
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Samuel Wiggins , 85
Sam, also known as Sammy, was born in Greenwich where he lived for 85 years, his obituary said. Sam was an active member of Jehovah's Witnesses and served as a zealous and tireless minister. He will long be remembered for the encouragement and assistance he gave his spiritual family. Sam was with the U.S. Postal Service for 30 years. As a letter carrier in Greenwich, he made many, many lasting friendships, according to his obituary.
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Manchester
Nancy Krupp , 87
Nancy Krupp lived in a group home in Manchester under âthe kind, nurturing careâ of MARC Inc. employees for more than 25 years, according to her obituary. Krupp, who treasured wristwatches, radios and getting mail, also loved going to Shady Glen with her family for a grilled cheese sandwich and a strawberry milkshake, her obituary said.
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Mary Eastwood , 89
Mary Eastwood was a retired nurse who worked 20 years for a family medical practice in Manchester, according to her obituary. She graduated from Manchester High School and then attended Middlesex School of Nursing. She was a great storyteller who visited many spots throughout Manchester to brighten peopleâs days. She often took her mom, âAunt Mag,â for a cup of coffee at Shady Glen.
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Alan F. Krupp , 83
Alan F. Krupp was the head of the medical staff at Manchester Memorial Hospital where he spent his time there improving the quality of care for patients. Before that he served two years in the Navy in the 1960s. He remained physically active throughout life and completed his first century bike ride at age 80.
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Maurice Chirico , 87
Moe Chirico was born in upstate New York but grew up in Pianopoli, in southern Italy, before coming back to the United States at age 20. According to his obituary, he was a member of the Mt. Carmel-St. Cristina Society since 1956, a member of the Sons of Italy Ella T. Grasso Lodge for more than 50 years and a member of the Elks Lodge in East Hartford.
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Jorge F. Casals , 75
Jorge F. Casals was born in Cuba during the Cuban Revolution and takeover by the Communist Party of Fidel Castro. He and his family emigrated and became citizens of the United States, his obituary said. He retired in 2002 after 28 years at Connecticut General/Cigna as a financial applications specialist.
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Mae T. Roser , 92
Mae Roser, her obituary says, had a knack for bringing together her extended family. She added to it, too, taking in foster children, "Fresh Air Kids" from New York and an exchange student from Brazil. She was, says her obit, a "nationally recognized quilter."
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Midge Leon , 83
Midge Leon bred and showed Great Danes. "These dogs were taller than she was and outweighed her by 70 pounds at least, but that did not stop her from allowing them to sit on her lap, sleep with her and comfort her," her obituary says. She lived most of her life in northeastern Connecticut but spent nine years in Bridgeport.
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Ruby Bechtold , 90
Ruby Bechtold traveled around the country and around the world but stayed active at home, too. Born on a dairy farm in Maryland, according to her obituary, she was active in 4-H and sang in her church choir and with the Manchester Orchestra and Chorale. She loved the Baltimore Orioles, UConn basketball and the Boston Celtics, not to mention her kids' and grandkids' teams.
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Diane Christine Juracka , 69
After training to be a dental hygienist, Diane Juracka opened a temp agency in New York, Hi-Tec Temps. The Schenectady, N.Y., native retired to Manchester. "Diane loved animals above all else and was constantly concerned with their welfare," her obituary said. "She had a full contingent of pets -- dogs, cats, turtles, to name a few."
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Cecile A. Mulherin , 85
Cecile Mulherin lived in Manchester for 51 years and was the recreation program director at the South Windsor Nursing Home for several years, her obituary says. She later started a homemaker companion business. She taught CCD, sang in the choir and raised money for various parishes in and around Hartford.
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Sandra C. Orcutt , 80
Sandy Orcutt had to stop working outside her home for health reasons, but then she was able to help her husband, David, with his business, Advanced Pipe Pushing. David died earlier this year. Sandy "had a love for collecting angels, doing crafts and decorating her house for the holidays, especially Christmas," her family wrote in her obituary.
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New Haven
Betty Bennett , 70
Betty Bennett loved and long refused to leave New Haven, but agreed to move south last summer to stay with her daughter, Violet, and numerous other family members there. The former New Hallville resident loved her neighbors and community at the Faith Temple Deliverance Center, and the doctors and nurses at Yale New Haven Hospital where she received cancer treatment years ago. âShe loved Connecticut. It really broke her heart to leave,â her daughter, Santia Bennett said.
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Pauline Corrigan , 90
Pauline Corrigan was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, having been based at Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport, Louisiana, according to her obituary. After her years of service in the military, Corrigan worked at Norwalk Hospital for three decades in the communications department.
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Charles Krigbaum , 91
Yale's Institute of Sacred Music commissioned an organ in Marquand Chapel that was dedicated in 2007 to Charles Krigbaum, professor emeritus of music. He was Yale's University Organist for 25 years, his obituary says. He liked hiking and had visited six continents.
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Jennie Kliger , 93
Jennie Kliger moved from her native Quebec City to New Haven in 1946, her obituary says. She worked for the American Cancer Society, then was an auditor for the state's Department of Social Services. She enjoyed watching hockey and UConn women's basketball.
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Theresa F. Szemanczky , 89
Theresa Szemanczky had an artistic youth, beginning with a decade of classical piano lessons, her obituary said. She became one of the first women hired by Aetna as insurance claims adjuster. Her family called her a great problem-solver: "'I wrote the book,' she commanded when she detected cowardice or fear when someone stared abjectly looking down at the floor."
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Kathleen Paranteau , 70
Kate Paranteau had just turned 70 not three weeks before she died. "Kate was a catalyst in the New Haven arts community and women's rights community," her family wrote in her obituary. It said she leaves a sister, a cousin, a nephew "and a large, loving network of friends."
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Robert Bachinski , 83
Bob Bachinski was a design engineer for Pratt and Whitney. He held patents and worked on designs for NASA and the military, including the SR-71, his obituary said. He died six days after his 83rd birthday and exactly two months after his wife, Carol, with whom he'd been living in Florida.
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Jorge Diaz Valdivia , 69
Jorge Diaz Valdivia "had two passions in his life," his family wrote in his obituary, "his family and his cars." He ran the barbecue grill at every family event, they said. He worked as a civilian for the air force of his native Peru before coming to the United States in 1983.
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Margaret Holloway , 68
New Haven's 'Shakespeare Lady,' Margaret Holloway was "a great thespian" reciting Shakespeare's works often outside Willoughbyâs coffee shop at the corner of Church and Grove streets downtown, according to Hearst Connecticut columnist Randall Beach. Holloway received a master of fine arts degree from Yale in 1980 and saw herself "in a career in avant garde theater, mostly as a director,â but she didn't make it. In the 1980s she was diagnosed with schizophrenia and became homeless in 1983.
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Mary Sutcliffe , 86
Mary was born in New Haven on April 18, 1934 to the late Mary Coyle and John Malley, her obituary said. Mary was predeceased by her Sister Jean (Edward) Filanowski and her only grandson Vincent Hosker. She is survived by her Husband Alan and three daughters: Evelyn Sutcliffe (Viren) Amin, Valerie Sutcliffe, Christine Sutcliffe and two granddaughters Emily Hosker and Sapna Amin, several cousins, nieces and nephew.
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Norwalk
Mary Roman , 83
Mary Roman, a childhood polio survivor and world-record-holding senior Olympian, was active in the community for decades and served as a city clerk in Norwalk, according to her family and friends.
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Robert Klein , 74
Born in the Bronx, Robert Klein went to Queens College and then worked for IBM for 30 years. He was later a real estate broker in Norwalk. "He was a warm friend with a quirky sense of humor, quick wit and the ability to find a song for every occasion," his family wrote in his obituary.
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Gilbert Baker , 73
Married for 40 years, Gilbert Baker died two days before his wife, Barbara Baker. The couple is survived by two children, Ja-Asia and Laquita Baker.
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Alfred F. Buchetto , 88
Alfred Buchetto "was a humble, honest man with a humorous funny bone,â his obituary said. âHe was a gentleman that would help you before he helped himself.â His family said he was a watchmaker and precious stone setter, served overseas in the United States Army and is survived by his son, his daughter, his daughter-in-law and his two grandchildren.
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Burton Henry Harwood Jr. , 99
Burton Harwood, born in 1920, was a graduate of Glastonbury High School in Glastonbury and Amherst College in Massachusetts. He served as a naval officer during World War II, his obituary said. From there, he went on to serve in the United States Navy Reserve. He reached the rank of commander before his retirement.
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Barbara Baker , 75
Barbara Baker worked as an aide on a special-needs bus for ECS Transportation in Norwalk up until schools closed, according to her son. She and her husband Gilbert Baker died two days apart. The couple is survived by two children, Ja-Asia and Laquita Baker.
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John Verel , 72
John Verel was a "fully formed Renaissance man in his own right," his oldest child said. He had two masterâs degrees, according to his obituary, and he founded his own firm. He ran four marathons, sang with the New York Grand Opera in Carnegie Hall and published a crossword puzzle in a Los Angeles Times syndicate venue. He was known around Norwalk for his community service. He also made time for his family including his wife, Mary, his high school sweetheart and partner of nearly 50 years.
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Joseph Hawley , 67
Joseph Hawley had an entrepreneurial spirit and love of family and traveling. He had a "successful career as a senior sales and marketing executive leading global beauty and fashion accessories firms," according to his obituary. He is survived by âthe love of his life,â his wife, Susan; his children; and grandchildren.
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Marcia Louise Sanchez , 81
Marcia Sanchez worked at Greenwich, Stanwich and Rockrimmon Country Clubs, among other jobs. Her family said in her obituary that she was creative, a gifted arranger of flowers, and enjoyed cooking and decorating. Born in New Hampshire, she'd also lived in Stamford.
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George Anthony DiScala Jr. , 89
Born on March 25, 1931, George Anthony DiScala Jr. grew up on Yew Street in the Silvermine area of Norwalk. âGeorge had a strong work ethic and aspired to expand his real estate interest, and started Silvermine Realty at 126 East Ave. in 1966, where his business stayed for the next 30 years."
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Mark Fallo , 57
Mark Fallo â remembered as a talented musician, a loving husband and a great dad â was a lifelong sports fan and beloved former employee of the Wine Basket in East Norwalk, according to his obituary. âHe played the accordion before Weird Al made it cool, studied piano for many years, and rocked a mean air guitar,â his obituary said.
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Dan Spano , 30
Dan Spano, a personal trainer, graduated from Ridgefield High School in 2008, his family said. A high school football player, he volunteered with Pop Warner and graduated from Coastal Carolina University in 2012 with a bachelorâs degree in sports recreation and management.
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Virginia Thompson , 78
Virginia Thompson was an avid bingo player and a popular member of the Autumn Lake nursing home community, according to her family. She served on the nursing homeâs resident board.
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Karen Robidoux Thifault , 64
A lifelong Norwalk resident, Karen Thifault graduated from Norwalk High and went on to work at the offices of Clairol and FAG Bearings in Stamford. âHer varied hobbies included writing, stamping and scrapbooking,â family members said in her obituary.
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Laszlo V. Nandori , 74
Born in Gyoma, Hungary, Laszlo Nandori was a talented stone mason who worked endless hours creating beautiful stone structures and custom homes for many in Fairfield County, his obituary said. His meticulous work has been done on the homes of Keith Richards, Loretta Swit, Ace Frehley, Michael Bolton, Frank and Kathy Lee Gifford and J.P. Morgan Jr., to name a few. He loved to spend his days off fishing and clamming the shores of Connecticut, tending his garden of vegetables and flowers and making fresh sausage, prosciutto and salami.
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Phyllis Ehrenthal , 84
Longtime Norwalk teacher Phyllis Ehrenthal had a passion for painting and produced dozens of oil paintings as part of a Weir Farms group of artists, according to her obituary. Upon her retirement from teaching, Ehrenthal pursued a career in family therapy. She "always strove to maximize the authentic potential of every student, and by doing so, earned the respect of parents, her peers and school administrators,â her family said of her.
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Sheryll âSherâ Enriquez , 21
âShe was a lovely, sweet, artistic young woman who brought much joy and kindness to our little community,â Brien McMahon High Schoolâs Center for Global Studies Director Julie Parham wrote. âWe are lucky we had a chance to spend four lovely years with her.â
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Lenore Chaice Mintz , 94
Lenore Chaice Mintz, a longtime Norwalk resident, is credited with helping start the Norwalk Community College, according to her obituary. Mintz also served as the Norwalk Board of Education chairman from 1966 to 1972. She valued and loved her family and her community, her family said of her in her obituary.
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Douglass Cornwell , 77
An Air Force air traffic controller in Spain in the 1960s, Douglass Cornwell liked to tell the story of being one of the last in contact with one of the planes that, after a crash, lost a hydrogen bomb in the Mediterranean, his obituary says. He came home to a career in finance and accounting. He'd been a soccer goalie in high school and later enjoyed playing for an over-35 team.
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George L. Engel , 92
George Engel got the nickname "Flash" as a truck driver for L.J. Gardella Transportation in Norwalk, a career he undertook after serving in the United States Army in Korea. He loved jazz and was a drummer in local clubs, his obituary says. People still remember his Christmas decorations, his family says.
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Sandra Porter , 73
Sandra Porter "excelled at camping," her obituary says. She also liked playing Bingo and "making others laugh while still driving them crazy."
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Barbara Mary Vota , 79
Barbara Vota worked in the Norwalk school system for over 15 years, her obituary said. A Stamford native, she volunteered at the senior center in Norwalk and at her church, St. Philip's. "Barbara loved talking to everyone and had an uncanny ability to connect with others," her family wrote.
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Rita Robidoux , 91
Rita Robidoux lived all her life in Norwalk, her obituary said. Working for the old Southern New England Telephone Company, she helped them go from manual to computerized switchboards. She leaves several nieces and nephews; one niece, Karen Thifault of Norwalk, died 16 days before she did.
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Lawrence W. Littig , 81
Larry Littig led Bible study at Stanwich Congregational Church, "where his detailed examination of The Old Testament was admired by many," his obituary says. He volunteered at Norwalk Hospital and at the New Covenant Soup Kitchen in Stamford. He made a career trading municipal bonds, which first drew him East from his native Michigan.
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John Leland Swindler , 69
The son of a Marine, John Swindler was born in Norfolk, Va., and had lived in 12 places by the time he finished high school. He'd also owned his own coin shop by then, his obituary says. He had his left leg amputated when he was 21 after a hunting accident but later ran a marathon for charity. He took part in several clinical trials for Parkinson's Disease.
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Diana DeVito Swist , 80
"Deede" Swist worked at Clairol until her daughters were born, then later worked at Olin Corporation. Later in life, her obituary says, she returned to the church at St. John in Darien where "she sat in front to hear Mass and the choir, as well as joining the choir and friends for breakfast after Mass every Sunday."
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William F. Catugno , 86
Bill Catugno worked as a self-employed carpenter, his obituary says. He is survived by a son and six siblings; a son and three wives died before him.
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Robert K. Johnson , 81
Bob Johnson grew up in Norwalk, "where he developed his love of sports and the outdoors," his family wrote in his obituary: He enjoyed fishing and was a New York Rangers and Brooklyn Dodgers fan. Bob joined the Navy and served on the USS Forest Royal, a destroyer based in Guantanamo Bay, which served in the Cuban Missile Crisis blockade. He earned an MBA from Columbia and spent 40 years in finance.
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Stamford
Anthony Spadaccini , 54
Anthony Spadaccini was a well-liked and respected former Stamford representative known for asking tough questions and working across party lines for the good of his constituents. He and his wife, Stefanie, raised their two sons, Anthony and Paul, now grown, in the district Spadaccini went on to represent.
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John Michael Cappucci , 79
John Michael Cappucci, a retired accountant, battled âmany major illnessesâ over the last 19 years. His most recent battle, the obituary said, was with prostate cancer. Cappucci is survived by his wife, his two children, his niece, his mother-in-law, his brother-in-law and four grandchildren.
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Luisa Inez Rodriguez , 75
Luisa Inez Rodriguez was born in Bogota, Colombia, her obituary said. She once worked for Clairol and also worked for Unicco Cleaning Company.
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Bryson Kent Bowman , 59
Bryson Kent Bowman, of Stamford, was a school bus driver in Greenwich for the Student Transportation of America since 2017. He was an avid sports fan and always a cheerful person, colleagues said.
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Angelica Aparicio , 82
Angelica Aparicio was born in Iquitos, Peru, in 1938. She married Santiago Aparicio in 1966. He died in 2008. Her obituary said she was a cancer survivor. âShe loved to nurture friends, family and spread her devout faith as a Jehovahâs Witness,â the obituary said. Aparicio loved to cook and share recipes from her upbringing.
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Angelina âAngieâ Moccia , 91
Angelina Moccia, a longtime Stamford resident, loved spending time with her family, crossword puzzles, knitting and gardening, according to her obituary. She worked as an administrative clerk at The Property Group of Stamford until 2018. Moccia previously worked at St. Josephâs Hospital as a medical secretary, at Pitney Bowes and at several family businesses, including a deli, laundromat and hair salon. She also loved to travel, celebrating her 80th birthday with a trip to Las Vegas, and visiting family in Florida last year, her obituary said.
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Annette Possidento , 84
Annette Possidento was a woman who put others before herself and, according to her obituary, had a generous, kind-hearted spirit. âA smile was always brought to her face from time spent with her family, especially her grandchildren,â the obituary said. âShe enjoyed talking with her sisters, playing a good game of cards with her friends and always loved a warm, cozy sweater.â
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Gloria Dicosola , 91
Gloria Dicosola loved music and dancing. The New York native, and most recently a Stamford resident, loved hearing big bands near Times Square as a teenager, where she once met Frank Sinatra and eagerly demonstrated ballroom dancing âwith the least encouragement,â her obituary said. Dicosola also enjoyed playing the organ, trips to the casino and was known for sewing many of her own clothes.
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Gloria Dicosola , 91
Gloria Dicosola's lifelong love of dancing and music spanned decades and genres. She loved hearing big bands near Times Square as a teenager, where she once met Frank Sinatra, and eagerly demonstrated ballroom dancing âwith the least encouragement.â In December, she danced along with a hip-hop DJ at The SoNo Collection in Norwalk.
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William Trabakino , 63
Bill Trabakino saw his son, Carter, graduate from Syracuse recently. Friendships from the families of Carter's lacrosse and hockey teams were important to him, his obituary says. He worked in education, including 18 years at Fordham's Gabelli School of Business.
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Sean Evans , 44
Sean Evans was the proprietor of Cut Masters Barbershop in Stamford. He was an All-FCIAC football player at Stamford High. He leaves three daughters, his parents and other family, according to his obituary.
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Marilyn Rosalia Cumiskey , 88
Marilyn Rosalia Cumiskey, of Stamford, worked hard throughout her life; starting her professional career at NBC in New York City, and eventually spending many years as an office manager at Blaikie, Miller & Hines before retiring from General Reinsurance Company in 1993, according to her obituary. âShe loved the ocean, Ireland, dancing, chocolate, ice cream, white wine âwith ice,â animals of all kinds, the New York Rangers, the New York Yankees and any of her grandchildren's activities, especially Irish dance," her family said in her obituary.
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Mercedes Kulish , 93
Mercedes Kulish worked for the Navy as a teenager at the end of World War II. Born in Puerto Rico, she later worked for the City of Stamford and its board of education, her obituary said.
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Lorraine Russo , 91
Lorraine Russo lived in Stamford for all of her life, worked at Yale during World War II and raised two sons, according to her obituary. "She was a devoted wife and mother and took pleasure in being active in her children's lives, volunteering for various school and church functions,â family members said in her obituary.
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Jack Bryant , 63
Jack Bryant was elected to the Stamford Board of Education in November of 2019 and led the local chapter of the NAACP for a decade. A Westhill High School graduate, he would spend April Spring Break Week traveling with high school students to visit historically black colleges and universities. His stepson, Jamar Greene, is the head football coach at Stamford High School. Bryant never missed a game and was a regular on the Black Knights sidelines.
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Laurie Appell , 70
Laurie Appell received a nationally recognized Governor's Victory Award for her work in mental health advocacy. âLaurie was an excellent poet, but more than anything, she will be remembered for her kind heart and gentle soul and for her determination that all people should be treated with respect and dignity,â her obituary said.
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Ina Shaw Mirviss , 93
Ina Shaw Mirviss, a chemistry teacher at Westhill High School for 25 years, was a lifelong student and a devoted teacher, fondly remembered by students decades after they left her classroom. Mirviss was born in New York City, grew up in the Bronx and graduated from Hunter College in 1947. She earned a masterâs in biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin, where she met her husband Stan, also a graduate student in chemistry. A trained scientist, she was passionate about the subject, and devoted to sharing that with her students, her son said. Her efforts earned her state and national teaching honors, including work with the American Chemical Society on a new chemistry curriculum.
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Joseph Emilio Revolus , 79
Born in Haiti, Joseph Emilio Révolus came to New York City in 1976 and earned a degree in secondary education at Brooklyn College, his obituary says. He founded the Haitian Community Center of Stamford and was involved in many community organizations. He is survived by nine daughters and a son.
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Vito Frank Bova , 83
Vito Frank Bova, who was born on July 4, worked for 38 years at the Stamford Housing Authority. He was an avid NY Yankees fan, loved spending time with family, taking care of his cat and outdoor wildlife, according to his obituary.
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Roger Watts , 91
Monsignor Roger Watts was a longtime pastor of St. Cecilia Church in Stamford, but was originally from Fall River, Mass. He and his brother, the Rev. Albert Watts, were ordained together in 1959, and they were known as the âbrother priestsâ in the Diocese of Bridgeport. Roger Watts was an educator who also served as the spiritual director of the diocese. Early in his career, he was the principal at St. Mary School in Ridgefield, as well as a priest in the parish there. He also taught at Central Catholic High School in Norwalk.
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Richard Nowlin , 75
Richard Nowlin lived in Stamford all his life, his obituary says. He graduated from the old Rippowam High School in 1963. He joined the U.S. Navy soon after.
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Sue Colucci , 86
Sue Colucci was a lifetime resident of Stamford. âSue worked at Pitney Bowes where she retired in 1995. As well, Sue worked at the Italian Center in Stamford for several years as a banquet waitress,â her death notice said. âSue loved and was beloved by her family and friends for her sense of humor, kindness and generosity to others. While she loved a good card game, bingo, holidays and cooking, her favorite pastime was spending time with her family."
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Raquela Mesa-Acosta , 97
Raquela Mesa-Acosta was a sister for more than 70 years. At 19, Mesa-Acosta joined the religious order founded by Saint Laura Montoya, who is the first saint of Colombia, and even served as a personal assistant to Montoya in the saintâs later years.
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Vito DeVito , 94
MLB star Vito DeVito devoted himself to coaching in the area, serving as a teacher, coach and athletic administrator in the Milford school system and Yale University for four decades. In 1986, Foran named its athletic complex in his honor. DeVitoâs other awards include a West Haven Twilight League Gold Bat, the Connecticut High School Coaches Associationâs Lifetime Achievement Award, the Greater New Haven Diamond Club and New Haven Tap-Off Club Hall of Fame.
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Charles Bowler , 94
Charles Bowler owned Bowler's Cocktail Lounge, a music and entertainment spot, from 1966 to 1977, his obituary said. He served in the United States Army during World War II. He lived in Stamford for more than 70 years, buying a home there in 1965.
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Susan M. Colello , 62
Susan Colello never missed a Yankee game. She loved her cats, Princess and Baby, and she loved listening to Queen. Her family wrote about her eight-year battle with breast cancer in her obituary.
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Angela Canneto , 56
Angela Canneto was born in Girifalco in southern Italy. She moved to Stamford in her teens. She became an assistant branch manager for Patriot National Bank, her obituary says.
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Sylvia Corsi , 84
Sylvia Corsi was a medical assistant before she got married and reared two children. After that, she worked as a teacher's assistant in Stamford. She was a lifelong Yankees fan, her obituary says, and she liked following politics.
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Albert W. Watts , 88
Rev. Canon Albert W. Watts was a priest for over 60 years in Diocese of Bridgeport. His brother Roger Watts, who was also a monsignor in the Diocese of Bridgeport, died nearly a week earlier. The two brothers had been residing in the Queen of Clergy Residence in Stamford since their retirements in 1999. Both men, known to many as the âBrother Priests,â were ordained on the same day, June 5, 1959, in St. Augustine Cathedral in Bridgeport. Watts served as a pastor of St. Ambrose Parish in Bridgeport from 1977 to 1980.
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Mary Lou Oestmann Canning , 85
Mary Lou Canning was an office manager and bookkeeper for Educational Dimensions and Designs by Lee, and she "displayed a wonderful knack for solving problems," her obituary says. She lived in Stamford all her life, but she enjoyed going to Europe with her friends, too.
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Concetta Prisco , 98
Concetta Prisco was born in New York. Three daughters survive her, along with 10 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren, her obituary says.
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Arthur P. Mostel , 85
Dr. Arthur Mostel was an obstetrician, first in private practice, then at Metropolitan Hospital in New York. He served two years in the military after his residency. He was involved in several community groups.
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Dolores Marie Jacobs , N/A
Dolores Jacobs' grandson, according to her obituary, said "she would laugh and tell stories, share family photos, and you never left hungry or empty handed or without a life lesson -- whether you wanted it or not." She worked at Pitney Bowes in graphic arts, then later at the information desk at Stamford Hospital. She was vice president of the Rosary Society at Holy Name of Jesus Church in Stamford.
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Octavio Bessa Jr. , 88
Born in Brazil, Dr. Octavio Bessa Jr. went to medical school in Curitiba and came to the Bronx to do a residency. He met his wife, Wanda, there, and they had four children. "He was always most happy sailing on his boat, 'En Passant,'" his family writes in his obituary.
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Robert Noack Parker , 97
Bob Parker was a tank gunner during World War II and participated in the Battle of the Bulge, his obituary said. He worked in the family travel business. Born in Norwalk, he moved to Stamford as a boy and lived there the rest of his life.
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Waterbury
Ronald Anthony Amicone , 76
Ronald Anthony Amicone served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, his obituary said. He was employed at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft âfor many years until his retirement,â and also enjoyed hunting and fishing.
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Elizabeth Batista , 57
Elizabeth Batista was a devout parishioner of Waterbury's Catholic churches, lately All Saints/Todos Los Santos after the recent reorganization. She sang in the choir, her obituary says.
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Torrin Howard , 26
Torrin Howard had plans of proposing to his high school sweetheart next month, on their 10-year anniversary. He also planned to return to Southern Connecticut State University in the fall to resume work on a bachelor's degree in social work. His dream was to earn a master's degree in counseling psychology and make a difference in the world. Howard was the bass player in a local gospel band called the Spiritual Souls along with family and friends.
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Yasmin Pena , 18
Yasmin Pena, a senior at Waterbury Arts Magnet School, was vivacious, involved in just about everything and passionate about art. She loved performing, and in her last production, "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)," âyou could just see her bubbly personality, her just pure energy,â her sister recalled.
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Domingos Henriques , 69
Domingos Henriques was a business owner and former Danbury resident. Originally from Portugal, he was a hard-working and skilled carpenter, according to his obituary.
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John Joseph Thompson Jr. , 75
A graduate of Kaynor Tech, John Thompson Jr. worked at Rafferty Brown Steel and St. Pierre Faux Painting, his obituary said. He was also a bartender. He leaves a son and three daughters among other family.
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Rita Noonan , 91
Rita Noonan was the youngest of 13 children from a family from far-northern Maine, her obituary says, and she'd host picnics for the family when they'd come down here. "These events were full of yodeling, dancing, laughter and singing." She was a quality control inspector for Pfizer for 34 years.
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Mary Eileen Byrnes , 91
Eileen Byrnes worked several jobs after graduating from Wilby High School, then took over as owner-operator of Connecticut Precision Electro Plating in 1973 after her husband, George Byrnes Sr., died. She sang with a swing band as a teenager, her obituary says, and she enjoyed the theater, especially musicals.
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Santina DeLucia , 87
Dolly DeLucia lived in Waterbury most of her life until a recent move to Torrington, her obituary says. The youngest of nine, she worked for 35 years at Stop & Shop. She and her husband, Pat, who died in 1990, enjoyed a vacation cabin in Vermont. Her family says she'd bring them together for Sunday dinners.
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Elizabeth "Tina" Kelly , 91
A lifelong Waterbury resident, Elizabeth "Tina" Kelly was the daughter of immigrants from Calabria, Italy, her obituary said. She was an administrative assistant at Craftsman Litho for 35 years and later was the receptionist for Mayor Michael Jarjura's office. Her family wrote about her famous lasagna and pies.
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Mariah Reid Daly , 77
Born in Waterbury, Mariah Daly lived most of her life in Boston after studying nursing there. She was in nursing for 45 years, but she was also involved in the arts, honored more than once at the Beacon Hill Art Walk, her obituary says. She was on the board of her local branch of the Boston Public Library and she wrote a book for children with diabetes.
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Morgan J. Costello , 75
A graduate of Sacred Heart High School in his native Waterbury, Morgan Costello attended Boston College, then served in the United States Marine Corps in Vietnam, his obituary says. He helped start a Vietnam veterans group at his alma mater. He taught for 35 years at Milton (Mass.) High School and was once football coach there.
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Carmella Gilda Rinaldi , 86
Before she retired in 1996, Carmella Rinaldi worked as a seamstress at LeClair Bridal Salon, her obituary said. A native of Italy, she was a former member of the South Congregational Senior Center and, her family wrote, an "avid cook."
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Ronald LeBlanc , 68
Ronnie LeBlanc worked many years as a machinist for the Draher Machine Company, his obituary said, but he also had a few other jobs. He liked playing and listening to music. He leaves his mother and sister, among other family.
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Helen M. Poplis , 94
Helen Poplis "had a great fondness for cats," her family wrote in her obituary. "She was a sweet, gentle person who always saw the good in everyone." She grew up in Watertown and worked at a couple of manufacturing companies over her career.
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Jeanne Farrell , 84
A longtime Waterbury teacher, Jeanne Farrell "liked to joke that she could never make it out of first grade," her family wrote in her obituary. She later moved to Massachusetts to be nearer her daughter. "Nothing made her happier than a Red Sox win and Yankee loss," her obituary says.
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Richard T. Stack , 86
Richard Stack served in the United States Army during the Korean War, then worked as a design drafting checker for Eaton Corporation, his obituary said. He enjoyed history documentaries, especially on World War II, and rooted for the New York Yankees.
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Carmela D'Amico , 71
Carmela D'Amico "was always happiest surrounded by her family," they write in her obituary. She was born in Italy and came to the Waterbury area in 1969. She leaves her husband of 55 years, Antonio, among other family.
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Peggy Anne Perry McIntosh , 60
Peggy McIntosh was born in New Haven and earned an associate degree in early childhood education, her obituary says. She worked in Waterbury's public schools. She leaves two children and her husband; her daughter Natasha died on March 24.
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Ophelia Laroux Vanasse , 86
Ophelia "Sis" Vanasse grew up in the woods of northwest Louisiana and became high school valedictorian, her obituary says, then went to nursing school and met her husband at his Air Force base. They settled in Naugatuck. She volunteered widely, gave blood often, and co-owned the Naugatuck Driving School with husband Jim.
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Frank Tirino , 77
Frank Tirino was married to his wife, Teresa, for 55 years. She died nine days before he did. A native of Italy, he worked for Platt Brothers in Waterbury, his obituary says. He and Teresa enjoyed watching their grandsons' high school football games and family trips to Ocean City, Md.
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West Hartford
Nicholas Michael Staphos Jr. , 76
Nicholas Michael Staphos Jr., who lived in Hartford for much of his life, excelled in music, writing and drawing and was a linotype operator by profession, his obituary said. He was living at Saint Mary Home before he died.
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Pola Goldsher , 97
Pola Goldsher was born in Poland at the end of 1922. "She was the quintessential stubborn 'my way or the highway' Holocaust survivor-mother," her family wrote in her obituary. "An immigrants' immigrant: work, cook dinner, wash, iron, clean, then do it again, again... Everything looted by Nazis, so Non-tactile love was provided in form of clothing, food, shelter."
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Joyce Ann Christiana , 86
Joyce Ann Christiana opened two hair salons, her obituary said. She then went on to become a distinguished jewelry designer and wholesaler. âFamily, holidays and traditions were most important to Joyce. Most notably, the entire family would come together to make homemade ravioli at Christmas and (that) has been carried on by her children,â according to her obituary.
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Andrea Ruth Ludgin , 81
Raised in West Hartford, Andrea Ludgin was born in Boston to parents from Hartford and lived on the Upper East Side of Manhattan for 50 years. Ludgin worked in Manhattan as a secretary at Merrill Lynch, then as the personal secretary to family and copyright lawyer Alexander Lindey. She earned two master's degrees.
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Jim William Walker , 78
Jim Walker came from a big family that will remember him as a "loyal brother, father and friend," his obituary says. Once a machinist at a tool and die shop, he liked working on cars and enjoyed fishing.
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Paul E. Tausche , 93
Working in international sales and international programs for General Electric, Paul Tausche visited more than 140 countries. "He would share with the family exciting stories of his journeys that spanned most cultures of the world, geographical wonders," his family wrote in his obituary, "and experiencing a collection of coups and even the start of one war."
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Arthur French , 92
Art French moved to Maryland in 1969 to work for Wiremold, his obituary says, but grew up in Connecticut. He attended what was then the Kingswood School and captained the 1945 team that scored 143 points and allowed only six (and those six came late in the last game of an undefeated season). He served in the U.S. Army in Japan at the end of World War II, then came home to attend Trinity College.
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Arlene MacIntyre , 84
A lifelong West Hartford resident, Arlene MacIntyre had a career as a medical secretary, her obituary says. She was also in many community organizations. She enjoyed crafts and crocheting and trips to Maine in the summers.
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Norma Bursack , 92
Norma Bursack "always marked special occasions with personalized poems," her obituary says. Born in Connecticut, she moved to Israel in 1949, a year after the country was born. She was later a single mother who worked at the Jewish Foundation of Greater Hartford.
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Reyna B. Meltzer , 92
Reyna Meltzer came back to Connecticut in 1964 with her husband, Dick Feldman, where they raised their three sons. She was "a superb needlecrafter," her obituary says. "She shared her expertise with friends and customers in her business The Crafty Needle."
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Samuel T. Tellar , 83
A Hartford native, Samuel Tellar worked for the Hartford Courant for 30 years, then started a hot dog business. He liked to play cards at the Knights of Pythias, his obituary said. He leaves four children and a large extended family.
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Fannie Mildred Gaston , 87
Fannie Gaston worked for Aetna in Middletown, the Salvation Army Marshall House in Hartford and at her daughter-in-law's day care. "She had a love for butterflies, mugs and candy, but her greatest love was her family!" they write in her obituary. She loved reading, travel and, her family emphasized, shopping.
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Patricia Juers , 91
Pat Juers was a nurse at McCook Hospital, then became a bookkeeper at several companies in the Hartford area. She enjoyed traveling around the country. "She was a fashionista and a stickler for proper English, followed politics and enjoyed a well-made Manhattan," her family wrote in her obituary.
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LeRoy Joseph Spaniol , 81
Born in Milwaukee as one of 10 children, LeRoy Spaniol worked for more than 40 years in mental health in various roles, including 31 years as a Boston University professor. He wrote 18 books, founded the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal and co-founded the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.
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Augusta V. Apter , 104
Gus Apter taught blind high school and college students using a braille typewriter to create educational material. She taught at several schools around the Hartford area, spending almost 20 years at Solomon Schechter Day School. She was once a vice president in charge of Jewish education for Hadassah, and was a puppeteer for HARC's "Kids on the Block" program, her obituary said.
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Joan E. Baird , 88
Joan Baird and her family moved from Queens to Connecticut in 1968 after her husband's job brought them here. "She made West Hartford her new hometown," her family wrote in her obituary, "although she remained an avid Yankees fan." She worked for Lord and Taylor, then for America Nuclear Insurers.
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West Haven
Joseph Collucci , 88
Joseph Collucci, a bowling and golf enthusiast, was a New York Yankees fan; a tough man who worked in machine shops when he was younger. Then he owned Joeâs Wine & Spirits, a liquor store on George Street in New Haven, for 20 years, before unloading it and spending 15 years commuting to Groton to work as a submarine inspector at Electric Boat.
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Mary Nestor Radziszewski , 83
Mary Nestor Radziszewski, of West Haven, grew up in New Havenâs Cedar Hill neighborhood and lived her life in service to others, family members said in her obituary.
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Richard Louis Rettig , 86
Richard Rettig met his wife, Catherine, at a bus stop in 1952, and they were together ever since, his obituary said. He was a 40-year volunteer fireman and a 35-year postal employee. He also served in the United States Navy during the Korean War.
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Victor M. Borras , 71
Victor M. Borras moved to West Haven in 2011. He liked to take photos of the beach and flowers.
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Alexander Stamatien , 93
Alexander Stamatien lived in West Haven for his entire life, raising five children with Doreen, his wife of 45 years. He learned his trade in the electrical field by fixing arcade machines at Savin Rock Amusement Park, then went on to work in his professional life by âcreating and operating the West Haven Electric Company, serving as the Electrical Inspector for the City of West Haven for 30 years, and instructing for the CT Board of Education 90 IBEW,â his obituary said.
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George Forte , 86
George Forte was a fan of the Baltimore Orioles, UConn basketball and the WNBA. "Due to the cancellation of college basketball and (Major League Baseball), George thought it best to depart this world," his obituary says. He worked at FMR Grinding Wheel Corp. in West Haven and later was a restaurant associate.
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Peter Crisanti , 84
Peter Crisanti served in the Army in Fort Knox, Kentucky, and in Germany. After his service, he worked for many years as a shipping and receiving manager, his obituary said. âHe was a lifelong Yankees fan and enjoyed entertaining his family by playing his guitar and mandolin at family gatherings,â his obituary said.
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June D. Battista , 86
June Battista's obituary calls her "a dedicated homemaker," raising her family, helping raise her grandchildren and finally getting to enjoy eight great-grandchildren. She and her late husband, Albert, were married 60 years.
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Anna (Masserelli) Barone , 100
Anna Masserelli Barone was born in Patterson, NJ and recently celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by family and friends, her obituary said. She was a loving mother and wife, and a devout Catholic parishioner of Saint Anthony Church. She and her late husband Pasquale ran many fundraisers and enjoyed maintaining the rectory, the church, and the grounds. Additionally, Anna was a member of several societies and looked forward to the annual feast where she made peaches and wine, and espresso; she ran that booth for several years. She was a dedicated volunteer for the Cooley's Anemia Foundation, according to her obituary.
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Antony Sher, one of the most acclaimed Shakespearean actors of his generation, has died aged 72, the Royal Shakespeare Company said Friday.
Sher had been diagnosed with terminal cancer earlier this year. His husband, Royal Shakespeare Company Artistic Director Gregory Doran, took leave from his job to care for him.
Born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1949, Sher moved to Britain in the late 1960s to study drama. He joined the RSC in 1982 and had a breakthrough role in 1984 as the usurping king in "Richard III."
He went on to play most of Shakespeare’s meaty male roles, including Falstaff in the "Henry IV" plays, Leontes in "The Winter’s Tale," Shylock in "The Merchant of Venice," Iago in "Othello" and the title characters in "Macbeth" and "King Lear."
Non-Shakespearean roles for the company, based in the Bard’s hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon, included Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s "Death of a Salesman" and the title role in Moliere’s "Tartuffe."
Sher also performed with Liverpool’s innovative Everyman Theatre and at many of London’s main theaters, getting his first West End starring role as a drag artist in Harvey Fierstein’s "Torch Song Trilogy." He won the 1985 best-actor Olivier Award jointly for "Torch Song Trilogy" and "Richard III."
He gained a second Olivier, as well as a Tony Award nomination for playing artist Stanley Spencer in Pam Gems’ "Stanley" at the National Theatre and on Broadway.
After winning acclaim as a pillar of British theater, Sher began to explore both his Jewish and his South African heritage.
He adapted Primo Levi’s powerful Auschwitz memoir "If This is a Man" into a one-man stage show, "Primo," that ran on Broadway in 2005.
He created the solo show despite being afflicted with debilitating stage fright.
"If you suffer from stage fright, is it a good idea to perform a one-man show? The answer, surprisingly, turns out to be yes," Sher told the Associated Press in 2005. "It is the best cure for stage fright in the world, because it’s make or break. There’s no middle ground."
Sher’s last role for the RSC came in 2019 in South African writer John Kani’s "Kunene and The King." Sher played a veteran actor diagnosed with cancer, looked after by a Black South African carer.
Kani, who starred opposite Sher, said the two men had been "comrades in the struggle for a better South Africa."
On television, Sher starred as a memorably sleazy university lecturer in 1981 BBC series "The History Man." His film roles included Dr. Moth in "Shakespeare in Love," Benjamin Disraeli in "Mrs Brown" and Adolf Hitler in "Churchill: The Hollywood Years."
Sher also wrote several novels and theatrical memoirs, along with an autobiography, "Beside Myself," and exhibited his paintings and drawings in galleries. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2000, becoming Sir Antony Sher.
"I think he always felt like an outsider and his outsider’s vision was his strength," said Harriet Walter, who starred opposite Sher in "Macbeth" and "Death of a Salesman."
"He had abundant creative energy and protean powers and an almost clinical curiosity about what makes people tick," she said.
Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro said Sher’s performances "profoundly deepened my understanding of Shakespeare."
"He was a brilliant actor and an incredibly kind and thoughtful person," Shapiro said. "Hamlet put it best: "take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.’"
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Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Nickname Smiley, Hector, Geronimo Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Batting style Right-handed Bowling style Right-arm medium Role Batsman International information National side Australia ODI debut (cap 195) 16 March 2012 v West Indies Last ODI 2 November 2013 v India ODI shirt no. 2 T20I debut (cap 55) 1 February 2012 v India Last T20I 10 October 2013 v India Domestic team information Years Team 2002– Tasmania (squad no. 10) 2007–2010 Scotland 2009–2012 Chennai Super Kings 2011–2012 Melbourne Stars 2012– Hobart Hurricanes 2013– Hampshire Career statistics Competition Test ODI T20I FC Matches 2 35 19 100 Runs scored 90 1,539 298 6,154 Batting average 30.00 54.96 22.92 37.98 100s/50s 0/1 2/11 0/1 14/31 Top score 53 156 63 160* Balls bowled – – – 84 Wickets – – – 0 Bowling average – – – – 5 wickets in innings – – – – 10 wickets in match n/a n/a n/a – Best bowling – – – – Catches/stumpings 4/– 21/– 8/– 91/– Source: [1], 8 December 2013
George John Bailey (born 7 September 1982) is an Australian cricketer who has captained the Australian ODI and T20 International teams. He represents the Tasmanian cricket team in Sheffield Shield and Ryobi One-Day Cup matches, and also plays Twenty20 cricket for the Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League and the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League. Bailey was announced as Twenty20 captain of the Australian national cricket team in 2012, succeeding Cameron White, in a series that ended 1–1. He became the second ever Australian to captain an international game, without having played an international game before, after Dave Gregory in the first ever Test match. On 1 May 2013, Bailey was announced the vice-captain of the Australian ODI team for the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. He captained the Australian team in India in the absence of Michael Clarke, and on 12 November 2013 was named in the Australian team for the first Test against England.
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After playing his junior cricket with the South Launceston Cricket Club, Bailey was first selected to play for Tasmania 2005/06, due to injuries to regular players. The season saw him score 778 runs, hitting three centuries in the process. Further prominent performances in the coming seasons saw Bailey play for Australia against the All Star team in the All Star Twenty20 match in 2009. Bailey was appointed as the permanent captain of Tasmania for the 2009/10 season, replacing Daniel Marsh.
On 14 February 2011, Bailey led Tasmania to a remarkable five wicket Sheffield Shield win over Victoria where he scored an unbeaten 160. Needing 130 in the final session, he and James Faulkner pushed the Tigers past the total in the 91st over of play on the final day to lift Tasmania to second on the table behind New South Wales. He captained Tasmania to its second Sheffield Shield title against New South Wales at Bellerive Oval in 2010/11.
On 10 January 2013, Bailey scored 89 runs and led Australia to a 107 run victory in his first ODI as captain during a match against Sri Lanka. On 3 February 2013, Bailey scored his ODI first century in a match against the West Indies. Australia had been in a difficult situation at 56/4 when Bailey came in, but his 125* from 110 balls took Australia to a challenging total of 266. Bailey continued this form during Australia's ODI series in India where he made 478 runs at an average of 95.60. This included a brilliant 156 from 114 balls during the 6th match and put his name firmly in the minds of the Australian Test selectors.
On 21 November 2013, Bailey made his Test debut for Australia when he was selected in first Ashes Test against England. During the second test match in Adelaide, Bailey made his first half-century with a score of 53.
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George Bailey's One Day International Centuries No. Runs Match Against City/Country Venue Date Result [1] 125* 20 West Indies Perth, Australia WACA Ground 3 February 2013 Won [2] 156 34 India Nagpur, India Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium 30 October 2013 Lost
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Early in Siddle's career he faced injury problems, but he overcame them in 2009 to be named the ICC Emerging Player of the Year. Though injuries continued to plague him throughout his career, he rose to prominence in the 2010–11 Ashes series when he became the ninth Australian to take a Test hat-trick and the first Australian since Shane Warne in 1994–95 to do so in an Ashes test. He remained a regular fixture in Australia's team until his bowling pace started to drop in 2014, with Australia's selectors beginning to focus on younger, faster bowlers.
Siddle became a vegan in 2012, subsequently receiving criticism that suggested his diet had a negative effect on his performance, which he disputed. He announced his international retirement on 29 December 2019, effective immediately.
Early life and career
Siddle was born in Traralgon, Victoria and grew up in nearby Morwell in the Gippsland region. Originally a competitive woodchopper, he began playing cricket at the age of 14 for the Latrobe Cricket Club. As a teenager he experienced success, taking 11/47 in a state match at under-17 level. It was in that match that Siddle broke the Victorian state record set by John Scholes.
In 2003, Siddle attended the Australian Cricket Academy and made his first-class debut playing for Victoria against a touring West Indian side at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in November 2005. In 2006, he attended the academy again and was offered a full contract with the Victorian Bushrangers for the 2006–07 season. Shoulder injuries began to hamper Siddle, with a shoulder reconstruction sidelining him for most of the 2006–07 season and further problems interrupting the 2007–08 season. Despite his injury problems he made himself an important part of Victoria's bowling attack, returning figures of 6/57 in an innings against South Australia and taking nine wickets in Victoria's Pura Cup final loss to New South Wales. Siddle required a second shoulder reconstruction at the end of the season and, despite missing more than half of the season due to shoulder injuries, took 33 wickets at an average of 15.75 to attract attention from national selectors.
Test career (2008–2019)
Emerging Player of the Year (2008–2009)
After touring India with Australia A, Siddle was named in the national 15-man squad for the four-Test tour of India on 12 September 2008, as back up to established bowlers Brett Lee, Stuart Clark and Mitchell Johnson. When Clark injured his elbow prior to the second Test, Siddle was selected in the match squad. He made his Test debut at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali on 16 October 2008. His first ball was a bouncer which hit Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir in the head and his maiden Test wicket was that of Sachin Tendulkar. He picked up figures of 3/114 in the first innings and finished the match with figures of 4/176.
Siddle lost his position when Clark recovered, but he got back into the side for the first Test against South Africa at the WACA due to Clark's elbow injury recurring, and during Australia's back-to-back series against South Africa he solidified his place in the team. He broke through with three wickets in front of his home crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground during the Boxing Day Test Match against the Proteas on his way to figures of four for 81 in the first innings. Siddle backed this performance up in the next Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, taking five for 59 in South Africa's first innings. His efforts were not enough, however, to prevent Australia from succumbing to a historic home series defeat.
Siddle also gave a fine account of himself on the South African leg of the rubber, in which the Australians triumphed 2–1. Going into the 2009 Ashes series, he had notched up 29 Test wickets at an average of 27.65. The fact that it had come in six Tests against the South Africans and one in India, with an economy rate of only 2.57 an over, helped make his record look even more impressive.
In the first Test of the 2009 Ashes series against England, Siddle took 2/97 on the first day's play. Siddle then took 5/21 on the first day of the fourth Test of the 2009 Ashes series which, to that point, were his career best bowling figures in an innings in Test cricket. After the Ashes, Siddle was named the ICC Emerging Player of the Year for 2009.
Hat-trick and injury problems (2009–2013)
Siddle had a relatively quiet 2009–10 season before a back stress fracture ruled him out of cricket in January 2010. He recovered from the injury in time for the 2010–11 Ashes series in Australia the next summer.
In his first Test match back, on 25 November 2010, Siddle's 26th birthday, he became the ninth Australian to take a Test hat-trick. Siddle had been controversially brought into the Australian side ahead of Doug Bollinger, despite not having played since January, but he proved doubters wrong early in the match by taking the key wickets of Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood early in England's first innings. When England had reached 4/197, Siddle was brought back into the attack and took the wickets of Alastair Cook and Matt Prior in consecutive balls to be on a hat-trick. Stuart Broad came to the crease for the hat-trick ball, for which Siddle bowled a yorker. Broad missed the ball with his bat, so it hit his foot and he was given out leg before wicket. Broad referred the decision to the third umpire, but the wicket was not overturned. Siddle went on to dismiss Graeme Swann for his sixth wicket of the innings and almost took a seventh when wicket-keeper Brad Haddin dropped James Anderson off his bowling. He finished with figures of six wickets for just 54 runs, his best-ever in Test match cricket, having bowled 16 overs in total.
Despite a heavy series loss to England, Siddle had another successful match in the Boxing Day Test Match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, taking 6/75 in an innings loss. Siddle started to enjoy more consistent success, starring against India the next summer with 23 wickets at an average of 18.65. During the series, he took his 100th Test wicket at the SCG on 3 January 2012 and rose to a career-high seventh in the ICC's Test bowler rankings. In the final match of the series he took impressive innings bowling figures of 5/49 on a batting wicket at the Adelaide Oval, even being on a hat-trick at one stage in the match. For this performance he was named the man of the match.
During Australia's tour of the West Indies in early 2012, Siddle suffered another back injury and had to fly home early. Siddle had signed for English county Essex for the 2012 Friends Life t20, England's premier Twenty20 competition, but due to his injury he was unable to fulfill his contract with the club. Siddle returned to the Australian Test team for their series against South Africa at the end of 2012. Whilst out injured, he decided to become a vegetarian. The series was very difficult for Siddle because of the very heavy workload he faced. In the first Test of the series at the Gabba, he was forced to bowl 53 overs in a draw and in the second Test at the Adelaide Oval he bowled 63.5 overs — the most by any Australian fast bowler in a single Test match in the 21st century, as his workload had been compounded by an injury to teammate James Pattinson mid-match. Australia needed to bowl South Africa out in the final two days of the Test match to avoid a second consecutive draw and Siddle was the most successful Australian bowler with four wickets. Whilst showing clear signs of exhaustion throughout the final day, Siddle pushed through and took wickets late in the match but was unable to get Australia the win.
Following his heavy workload in the first two Tests of the series, Siddle was rested for the final match. Some of his critics blamed this on his new vegetarian diet, though Siddle denied that his diet was responsible for the fatigue. When Siddle returned to the Test team for the series against Sri Lanka, he registered his career-best bowling figures in Test cricket, taking nine wickets across both of Sri Lanka's innings. His spell of 4 for 50 at Hobart was nominated to be one of the best Test bowling performance of the year by ESPNCricinfo. Siddle then struggled to make an impact with his bowling in India, though he did make history by becoming the first number 9 batsman to score a half century in both innings of a Test match.
Back-to-back Ashes series (2013–2014)
Despite nearly constant speculation about his place in the Test team, Siddle was the only Australian bowler to play all ten Tests across the 2013 and 2013–14 Ashes series against England, bowling reliably throughout the two series. At Trent Bridge, in Australia's first bowling innings of either series, Siddle took figures of 5/50 to help bowl England out, proving his value to the team. But his form waned towards the end of the season and he only took one wicket across the last two Tests of the series, which Australia lost 3–0. Again, there were critics who blamed Siddle's poor form on his diet and Siddle continued to deny that his diet had anything to do with his poor form.
Siddle was also an important part of Australia's bowling attack when they won the second series in Australia 5–0. He had particular success through both series against English batsman Kevin Pietersen. He dismissed Pietersen 6 times during the two series, making it 10 times in total that Siddle had dismissed Pietersen in Test cricket. Pietersen said that the reason for this was that he didn't have the patience to work through Siddle's 'robotic' and 'suffocating' tactics and Siddle would bowl with consistently good line and length for long periods of time, resulting in Pietersen scoring much slower against Siddle than against any of the other bowlers in the Australian team. No other bowler dismissed Pietersen on more occasions in Test cricket than Siddle did.
More Test matches (2014–2016)
Siddle became a victim of the Australian selectors' changing policy, focusing more on outright pace than consistent line and length, resulting in him being dropped from the team when he started to lose some of his bowling speed in early 2014. Siddle had lost weight over the last two years, making it difficult for him to bowl as fast as he had previously, so when Australian coach Darren Lehmann emphasized the importance of him bowling at speeds of around 140 kmph, he worked hard to rebuild his frame and improve his pace. There were again critics who blamed his weight loss and slower bowling on his diet, but Siddle blamed it on the fatigue associated with bowling regularly for long periods of time. No longer a regular part of the Test team, Siddle lost his contract with Cricket Australia in early 2015.
Siddle signed to play for Nottinghamshire in 2014, making himself available for all of the LV County Championship and 50-over matches, but not the Twenty20s. In July 2014, he played for the Rest of the World side in the Bicentenary Celebration match at Lord's.
Siddle started to make a comeback to Test cricket in 2015, being brought into Australia's team for the 2015 Ashes series. He subsequently became a regular part of the Australian bowling lineup due to the retirement of Mitchell Johnson and an injury to Mitchell Starc. He played enough Test cricket to get himself back on a Cricket Australia contract, but in February 2016 he again had stress fractures in his back. As a result, he was sidelined for most of 2016, with a likely implication being that he had played his final Test match.
Despite the stress fractures in his back keeping him out of cricket for most of 2016, Siddle still retained his contract with Cricket Australia for the 2016–17 season. He returned from injury in October to play for Victoria in three one-day games and a Sheffield Shield match and was selected to play another Test match against South Africa at the WACA. He had bowling figures of 1/36 and 2/62 in the two innings, as Australia lost the match by 177 runs. This looked like being his final Test match for Australia, as he was dropped from the side for the second Test with a back injury. During this summer, the Australian selectors worked on reshaping their bowling attack by focusing more on youth and outright pace, which left Siddle off of their radar moving forwards.
Injury and return to Test cricket (2016–2019)
Siddle's injury kept him out of cricket for a year but, when he returned for the 2017–18 season, he was told that he was still in contention to play Test cricket as James Pattinson was injured and the selectors were looking to protect their young pace attack from being overworked in the upcoming 2017–18 Ashes series. He played every game for Victoria in the 2017–18 JLT One-Day Cup, including an impressive 2/20 performance against the Cricket Australia XI at the tiny Hurstville Oval, a difficult ground to bowl at due to its short boundaries. He then played four of Victoria's first five matches in the 2017–18 Sheffield Shield season, but he only took four wickets and was not included in Australia's squad for the Ashes. This was the first Ashes series he had missed since the 2006–07 Ashes series before his Test debut.
In July 2019, he was named in Australia's squad for the 2019 Ashes series in England. On 29 December he retired from international cricket, effective immediately.
Player profile
Siddle is a right-arm fast-medium bowler who also bats right-handed. He has primarily been used as a workhorse, bowling for long periods of time, such as bowling the most overs by an Australian fast bowler in a 21st-century Test match against South Africa in 2012. His charging run-up and powerful delivery is followed by worrying bounce off the pitch.
Siddle is a Test cricket specialist, bowling with great consistency over long periods of time, worrying aggressive batsmen like Kevin Pietersen. Though he did have a brief stint in Australia's limited overs team, issues with his playing style made it difficult for him to make the same mark that he has had in Test cricket. His consistent line and length was easy for batsmen to predict in One Day Internationals and he did not have enough variations in his bowling to succeed in Twenty20s. He has now toured on 4 Ashes Tours to England.
Veganism
Siddle has been a vegan since 2012 when his partner, Anna, an animal rights activist, convinced him to adopt the lifestyle. He is well known for his diet, which involves him eating as many as 20 bananas a day. After becoming a vegan, Siddle faced criticism that his change of diet led to fatigue and slower bowling speeds.
In India [at MRF Pace Foundation], our guys have got to eat protein even if they are considered vegetarian - they have got to eat fish and chicken. I think you have to rebuild muscle after you have had a 50-over Test. I know there is more to it than clouds and grass but I have not seen too many (vegetarian fast bowlers) survive. [Colin] Croft tried it for 18 months and couldn't do it. Sidds is trying it and good luck to him.
Siddle has always denied that his poor form was related to his diet change. When he was rested from the third Test against South Africa, he said that it was because of the heavy workload he had faced in the previous two Tests, which had been one of the heaviest workloads of any Australian fast bowler in the 21st century.
I struggled to bowl over 50 overs [before becoming vegetarian] so, to bowl 64, I think that's an improvement. So I'm probably in a better place than I ever was. For people to say that's the problem and that's the reason why [I withdrew], they're the ones kidding themselves. They're not the ones out there having to do it and having to go through it. To still be bowling 140 kmph in my 64th over at the end of the fifth day in a Test match, that probably shows the improvements.
Siddle is also an animals rights activist, doing charity work for Animals Australia's campaign against factory farming, Edgar's Mission (a sanctuary for farm animals) and the Penguin Foundation, which protects penguins living on Phillip Island.
Personal life
Siddle was married to Anna Weatherlake. They became engaged in 2015 after being together for about four years, but split in 2022.
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Australian Twenty20 legspinner Cameron Boyce has quit Queensland cricket to make the fulltime move to Tasmania. Boyce, who already plays for the Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League, played just one Sheffield Shield match for the Bulls last summer following the emergence of rookie Mitchell Swepson.
The 26-year-old will likely become Tasmania’s first-choice wrist-spinner as he looks to press for further international honours. “As a coach you don’t like to see players leave the squad but you also don’t want to stand in the way of people pursuing their goals and making the best of their skills,” Queensland coach Phil Jaques said.
Boyce has played seven T20 internationals for Australia, but was controversially overlooked for Australia’s doomed World T20 campaign in India last month. He has taken 92 wickets in 45 first-class matches for Queensland and Australia A, including a five-wicket haul in the final of his rookie 2009-10 season.
Boyce will be joined in Tasmania by fellow Queenslander Simon Milenko, the all-rounder having made the decision to leave the Bulls after four first-class matches. The Tigers also confirmed the signing of Victorian Premier League cricketers Cameron Stevenson, Andrew Perrin and Jake Hancock, ACT allrounder Mac Wright and locals Corey Murfet and Cameron Wheatley.
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End of Season Awards (2)Women's Domestic Player of The Year Sheffield Shield Player of The Year One-Day Cup Player of The Year One-Day Cup Player of The Year Big Bash League Player of The Year WNCL Player of The Year WBBL Player of The Year
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The Tigers were still 37 runs away from making the Redbacks bat again, after the home side was all out for 345 after taking first innings points.
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THE Tasmanian Tigers might have landed themselves the chunky former Australian one-day batsman Mark Cosgrove.
Cricket Tasmania operations manager David Boon confirmed the former South Australian has been offered a contract for next season.
"He is obviously in the round-one transfer pool and we've had a chat to him and his management," Boon said.
"We've made the offer of a contract but it hasn't been confirmed as yet."
The Mercury believes the Tigers are well placed to beat Western Australia in signing him before Thursday's cut off for state contracts.
Cosgrove, 25, is in England playing county cricket for Glamorgan.
There has never been any doubting Cosgrove's talent, with the aggressive left-hander averaging 40 in both Sheffield Shield and one-day cricket last season.
He averaged 30 in the Redbacks Twenty20 campaign that took them to the Big Bash final and a spot in the lucrative Champions Trophy, and his inclusion would be a huge boost for the Tigers who have struggled in the shortest, highly profitable form of the game in the past two seasons.
But after disciplinary issues about his weight, he was cut by the Redbacks last month.
Boon said CT was not concerned with these issues.
"I think he would be good for Tasmania," he said.
"He's obviously very talented, so if we can procure him in the next couple of days I think it will give us a pretty strong squad to go into the next season."
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Good signing. Although I never rated him as a potential Australian Test player as many did when he burst onto the scene, I think his actual performances in recent times have been extremely under-rated. He became a bit of a joke and there's been a lot said about him under-performing over the past few seasons but his numbers last season were perfectly fine. There seems to be this stigma about him suggesting his weight problems are making him bat like a clown but he's performances matched his quality last season IMO. Maybe it's just because I don't actually think the guy is good enough to average 65 in the Shield regularly but I wouldn't be complaining with his output last season at all - he averaged high 40s IIRC.
Ratio of 100's to 50's overall suggests some fitness issues there, though. If you're good enough to make it regularly past 50 at FC level, you're good enough to get past 100 regularly. Comes down to fitness and mindset, Cosgrove has a heap of scores either just past 50 or just below 100. That's the difference between averaging 45 and 55+.
For mine, the guy is uber-talented and if Tassie beat him into shape, good luck to them., reckon he'll be pushing hard for a ODI spot with a good start next year. As long as he scores a pair against SA, I'm happy.
Newcastle eyeing berth in T20's bigger bash CHLOE SALTAU
May 12, 2010
NEWCASTLE has emerged as a second serious bidder for a franchise in Cricket Australia's expanded domestic Twenty20 league.
A group known as the Newcastle Cricket Promotion Committee, of which former Newcastle Knights chairman Michael Hill is a member, wants one of two new licences expected to become available when Cricket Australia finalises the structure of its expanded Big Bash competition.
The Herald reported in March that a group of influential business leaders in Geelong is preparing a similar bid. The preferred model for the expanded league was a topic of fierce debate among CA board members at a meeting last week, but Newcastle and Geelong have leapt on to the front foot to be ready when the Big Bash is re-launched, possibly for the post-Ashes summer of 2011-12.
The Newcastle bid comes three years after Cricket NSW recruited league hero Andrew Johns, drawing a crowd of 10,500 to a Blues match in Newcastle. As a marketing ploy, the Johns experiment worked - but it also trivialised a form of the game that even then was commanding greater importance and more dollars.
Now Big Bash games in Sydney and Melbourne draw crowds in excess of 30,000, international stars capture the public imagination and the finalists compete for a multi-million-dollar prize at the Champions League Twenty20.
Newcastle thinks a local team would attract private investors and tribal interest, and hopes to install drop-in pitches at Energy Australia Stadium, home of the Knights in the NRL and the Jets in the A-League.
''If you take the Hunter Valley and the Central Coast, we've got a drawing area of over a million people,'' said group spokesman Graham Faraday.
''We have a possible venue which has the infrastructure, the grandstands, the big screen, a ground that isn't huge but fits that kind of format, with lots of sixes and attractive cricket. You've got a huge supporter base of the Knights and the Jets football club as well, and we believe we would attract 20,000-plus to our games.''
CA is weighing up whether to bring the two new teams under the umbrella of state associations or seek full-scale private ownership, which would rely on significant investment from India and potentially push back the starting date.
The Australian board is also moving towards the implementation of a designated window for the Big Bash tournament from 2011-12, thus allowing Australia's international cricketers to participate in the tournament. Brad Haddin last week said he would support the disruption to the Australian international program to participate in the Big Bash.
''In the perfect world that would be outstanding,'' Haddin said. ''We've got a great tool in the Big Bash … It's one of the best Twenty20 comps in the world. If we get our international players playing that with a couple of overseas players, it's going to go from strength to strength.
Tassie and the SA squads finalised, expect the other states to have their squads finalised very soon aswell. I'm pretty sure victoria's were finalised like a week ago because when they signed Mark Cleary and confirmed Keath was staying that finalised it for them. We will wait and see.
It has been confirmed that Mark Cosgrove has signed with Tasmania. ( has hit some form with Glamorgan aswell.
PKF Tigers 2010-11 contracts finalised
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
The PKF Tasmanian Tigers have today finalised their contract list for the 2010-11 cricket season which will see four new faces join the squad amongst a total of 19 full contracts and six rookie contracts.
The first-round contract list released last week confirmed the signing of some new faces to the PKF Tigers squad with New South Welshman and successful Sydney grade cricketer Steven Cazzulino granted a full contract and 19-year-old Tasmanian bowler Hamish Kingston added to the rookie list for 2010-11.
Cazzulino was the leading run scorer in the New South Wales grade cricket competition last season with 19 matches, 24 innings including three centuries with a high score of 204 and 1289 runs at 71.61.
PKF Tigers new rookie Hamish Kingston will be joined by another exciting recruit in 20-year-old batsman Ashton May, who played in six Futures League matches for the ACT last season making 352 runs at an average of 50.28 with a high score of 135 not-out.
The PKF Tigers will also bring back 2009-10 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash Player of the Year Rana Naved, who will join the full contract list, while ex-South Australian left-handed batsman Mark Cosgrove has also recently signed with Tasmania.
25-year-old Cosgrove is currently overseas playing county cricket for Glamorgan where he recently helped lift his side to a five-wicket win recording his best one-day score for the side with 86 from 78 balls.
PKF Tasmanian Tigers' coach Tim Coyle said the 2010-11 squad looks strong and is confident the team can contend in all forms of the game.
"We are very pleased with our new inclusions to the squad which overall has a really good mix of youth and experience," Coyle said.
Changes to the PKF Tigers squad from 2008-09 include the loss of Dan Marsh to retirement and the promotion of Tim Paine to a Cricket Australia contract, while Michael Dighton, John Rogers and Wade Irvine have all been de-listed.
Cricket Tasmania has until the 24th of December to sign their international KFC Twenty20 Big Bash player for the 2010-11 competition.
PKF Tasmanian Tigers 2010-11 Contract List
Full Contracts
George Bailey
Travis Birt
Luke Butterworth
Steven Cazzulino (NEW)
Ed Cowan
Mark Cosgrove (NEW)
Gerard Denton
Xavier Doherty
Alex Doolan
Brendan Drew
James Faulkner
Brett Geeves
Adam Griffith
Jason Krejza
Rhett Lockyear
Tim MacDonald
Adam Maher
Rana Naved (NEW)
Jonathan Wells
Rookies
Brady Jones
Tom Triffitt
Jeremy Smith
Hamish Kingston (NEW)
Matthew Day
Ashton May (NEW)
Cricket Australia Contracts
Ricky Ponting
Ben Hilfenhaus
Tim Paine (NEW TO CA LIST)
Redbacks full 2010 - 2011 list released.
Experienced fast bowler, Ben Edmondson (WA) and all-rounder, Tim Lang (NSW) have been added to the squad, rounding out the list that was submitted to Cricket Australia today.
Mr Cox said Edmondson, 31 and Lang, 29 were selected to boost the Redbacks’ fast bowling stocks and provide support to younger members of the team.
In addition to the full-contracted players, the Redbacks have named six rookies, including exciting young all-rounder Kane Richardson.
Mr Cox said all players will meet in Adelaide shortly, with the squad to begin pre-season fitness training later this month.
Redbacks 2010-11 contracted players:
1. Cullen Bailey
2. Aiden Blizzard
3. Cameron Borgas
4. Rob Cassell
5. Daniel Christian
6. Tom Cooper
7. Chris Duval
8. Ben Edmondson
9. Callum Ferguson (CA)
10. Peter George
11. Jake Haberfield
12. Daniel Harris
13. Michael Klinger
14. Tim Lang
15. Tim Ludeman
16. Graham Manou
17. Aaron O’Brien
18. Kieron Pollard
19. Gary Putland
20. James Smith
21. Shaun Tait (CA)
Rookies:
1. Kane Richardson
2. Michael Delaney
3. Joel Davies
4. Tom Moffat
5. Tom Brinsley
6. Michael Cranmer
Also, listen to Jamie Cox and coach Mark Sorrell answer questions on the squad.
http://helium.saca.com.au/helium/library/05-120510%20Cox%20re%20final%20squad%202010-11.MP3
Cox said that Cleary was offered a first round contract but turned it down and then signed for Victoria .
Thoughts?
Newcastle eyeing berth in T20's bigger bash CHLOE SALTAU
May 12, 2010
NEWCASTLE has emerged as a second serious bidder for a franchise in Cricket Australia's expanded domestic Twenty20 league.
A group known as the Newcastle Cricket Promotion Committee, of which former Newcastle Knights chairman Michael Hill is a member, wants one of two new licences expected to become available when Cricket Australia finalises the structure of its expanded Big Bash competition.
The Herald reported in March that a group of influential business leaders in Geelong is preparing a similar bid. The preferred model for the expanded league was a topic of fierce debate among CA board members at a meeting last week, but Newcastle and Geelong have leapt on to the front foot to be ready when the Big Bash is re-launched, possibly for the post-Ashes summer of 2011-12.
The Newcastle bid comes three years after Cricket NSW recruited league hero Andrew Johns, drawing a crowd of 10,500 to a Blues match in Newcastle. As a marketing ploy, the Johns experiment worked - but it also trivialised a form of the game that even then was commanding greater importance and more dollars.
Now Big Bash games in Sydney and Melbourne draw crowds in excess of 30,000, international stars capture the public imagination and the finalists compete for a multi-million-dollar prize at the Champions League Twenty20.
Newcastle thinks a local team would attract private investors and tribal interest, and hopes to install drop-in pitches at Energy Australia Stadium, home of the Knights in the NRL and the Jets in the A-League.
''If you take the Hunter Valley and the Central Coast, we've got a drawing area of over a million people,'' said group spokesman Graham Faraday.
''We have a possible venue which has the infrastructure, the grandstands, the big screen, a ground that isn't huge but fits that kind of format, with lots of sixes and attractive cricket. You've got a huge supporter base of the Knights and the Jets football club as well, and we believe we would attract 20,000-plus to our games.''
CA is weighing up whether to bring the two new teams under the umbrella of state associations or seek full-scale private ownership, which would rely on significant investment from India and potentially push back the starting date.
The Australian board is also moving towards the implementation of a designated window for the Big Bash tournament from 2011-12, thus allowing Australia's international cricketers to participate in the tournament. Brad Haddin last week said he would support the disruption to the Australian international program to participate in the Big Bash.
''In the perfect world that would be outstanding,'' Haddin said. ''We've got a great tool in the Big Bash … It's one of the best Twenty20 comps in the world. If we get our international players playing that with a couple of overseas players, it's going to go from strength to strength.
Interesting. What would the make up of the team be? I'd suggest it would have to be made up of mainly Sydney grade players with major signings thrown in, not local Newcastle players.
Have played a bit of cricket against Newcastle teams. They have some handy players but couldn't possibly compete.
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Steady decline and fading desire lead to 34-year-old’s retirement; he departs the game with 313 Test and 239 ODI wickets.
The end is upon us. Batsmen around the world can breath a sigh of relief. Mitchell Johnson has hung up his spikes for the 73rd and final time.
In the end his retirement had become public knowledge long before his announcement ahead of the final day’s play at the WACA. The whispers had grown louder; the desire had grown no longer and the career of a great enigma had reached its conclusion.
Ahead of this week’s WACA Test, Johnson had mooted the possibility that it could be his last. When he was blazed around the park by Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor on a scorching third day, he knew it was a wrap. First innings figures of 1-157 from 28 overs (the most expensive by an Australian bowler at the venue) certainly didn’t advocate for pretty viewing or a fairytale finish. However, as often symbolic with Johnson, his perseverance eventually came to the fore. In one final hurrah both Tom Latham and Martin Guptill were bumped out in emblematic fashion.
Once the doubts over retirement had set in during the six weeks preceding the failed Ashes retention, it appeared only a matter of time before the cricketing spark would fizzle away in favour of an easier life spent at home with both wife and daughter.
After deep discussions with wife Jessica and his mentor Dennis Lillee had taken place, it was decided that the opportunity to go past his idol Brett Lee’s haul of 310 Test wickets, would prove too enticing to walk directly away from.
Evidently, after passing Lee’s mark during his treacherous bowling display on Monday, the lack of desire to re-approach his bowling style – that has seen him only ever bowl fast and intimidating – came over in waves. He decided to pull the curtains on a career that had spanned 73 Tests and seen him take an impressive 313 Test wickets at 28.40.
Fittingly it would all end at the WACA. Over the years Perth and its famous old cricket ground have become a home from home for Johnson. His record there is outstanding too. After relocating to Western Australia from Queensland in 2007, his seven Tests at the venue have fetched him 45 wickets at just 22.77.
But the flatness of the wicket during this November match with New Zealand, along with the emergence of Mitchell Starc as the team’s new go-to-man, had both conspired to leave the Townsville-native somewhat underwhelmed.
It’s been difficult times for Johnson of late. His 1-157 at the WACA was the sixth time in the past cricketing year and the second time in just three innings that he had conceded more than 100 runs. In fact since his heroic efforts against both England and South Africa – now 20 months and 14 Tests ago – his average, strike rate and economy rate have all risen sharply in a sure sign his star was on the wane.
Sure, there have been glimpses of that magical time since, but only glimpses. During this year’s Ashes, the fourth afternoon at Lord’s springs to mind, as do the consecutive ripsnorters to fell Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow at Edgbaston. Likewise in more recent times the deliveries to dismiss Taylor, BJ Watling and James Neesham at the Gabba also stood out for their intimidating qualities.
This past year, though, has taken a huge emotional toll on Johnson. His aggression and general demeanour were both understandably down after the death of teammate Phillip Hughes last summer, while he also admitted to considering retirement after lifting the World Cup in early April.
Nevertheless he carried on alongside a corpse of aging teammates, with the shared burning desire to retain the Ashes on British soil – something which hadn’t been achieved by his fellow countrymen since 2001.
But despite glimmers of light along the way, he never did quite conquer England or the English crowds. For a tearaway bowler – who relies on aggression, pace and bounce – the slow seaming conditions conjured up in the motherland were never truly to his taste.
In the eyes of the English supporters Johnson was most commonly renowned as the ultimate pantomime villain. At times the Barmy Army stood in awe, at others they derided, heckled, abused and mocked him until his confidence and bowling action were shot to the ground.
And when the action fell away, things rapidly spiralled out of control. If the chips were down, his natural slingy low-arm action would creep even further off and the radar would disappear completely. The once threat of wicket taking deliveries would simply turn into an incomprehensive haemorrhaging of runs.
His bowling against England certainly fluctuated from the sublime to the ridiculous. Regardless, his overall numbers certainly speak volumes among modern day Ashes contemporaries: In 19 Tests he captured 87 wickets at 25.21.
But those numbers only tell half of the story. For three out of the four Ashes campaigns he was bordering ordinary, for the other, he was quite simply breathtaking.
Johnson’s Ashes series
2009 in England. (5 Tests, 20 wickets at 32.55)
2010/11 in Australia. (4 Tests, 15 wickets at 36.93)
2013/14 in Australia. (5 Tests, 37 wickets at 13.97)
2015 in England. (5 Tests, 15 wickets at 34.93)
With Johnson, nostalgia will always harp back to the 5-0 whitewash series of 2013/14. The fear inside the eyes of the English can still clearly be pictured to this day. The left-armer simply couldn’t put a foot wrong. Bone-shattering accuracy was mixed with a fierce determination to right previous Ashes wrongs and of course pace, serious pace.
With a throwback-handlebar-moustache – drawing back to the good old days of Lillee and Merv Hughes, Johnson terrorised the England batsmen – neither top order nor tailender were spared his jaw dropping velocity.
Johnson, with some help from Brad Haddin along the way, fired Australia to their second Ashes whitewash in three home campaigns. He would later be awarded both the Allan Border Medal and the ICC International player of the year accolades for his achievements.
Showing this new found confidence was no fluke, he destroyed the South Africans in their own backyard just months later. Spread across the aforementioned eight Tests, he had hustled 59 wickets at an average of just 15.23 including five 5-wicket hauls.
This sudden resurgence was all the more remarkable given that he faced five months out enduring a lengthy rehabilitation following toe surgery in 2011. During which at times he even questioned whether he had the ability or desire to return to international cricket.
While he would never again scale such heights as he did in those few months against England and South Africa, Johnson had done enough to ensure he would go down in Australian fast-bowling folklore alongside the likes of Lillee and Jeff Thomson.
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Although it’s been a tremendous journey, it certainly hasn’t been an easy one. His perseverance shown during the times of adversity should serve as inspiration to any young fast bowler out there.
Growing up in the northeast Queensland coastal town of Townsville, for a while as a teenager, he had aspirations of becoming a professional tennis player. Bourne out of his admiration for American Pete Sampras, he would regularly put tennis ahead of cricket in the sporting ranks. Aged 14 he was offered a tennis scholarship in Brisbane, eventually turning it down to concentrate on becoming a scary fast bowler – Oh how many batsmen, the world over, would have wished he’d chosen the racket avenue?
At 17, he was spotted by Lillee at a fast bowling camp in Brisbane. The former Australian quick was so impressed that he immediately arranged for Johnson to spend time with Rod Marsh at the Australian cricket academy in Adelaide, from there he progressed to the U19’s before injury struck.
He went on to suffer four separate back stress fractures – symptomatic with fast bowlers in the modern era – either side of making his first-class debut for Queensland during the 2001/02 summer. Although Queensland knew they had a talent on their hands, he was still raw and very much injury plagued so it was no real surprise when he was released from his playing contract in 2004.
Never one to quit, Johnson persevered; driving a plumbing van whilst often playing as a specialist batsman in the Brisbane Grade scenes, all the while getting himself fit and firing before re-entering state cricket with Queensland.
The hard yakka and resilience paid off in late 2005 when he made his ODI debut against New Zealand at Christchurch. His first introduction to Test cricket was during the 5-0 Whitewash Ashes campaign of 2006/07. Although, intitally, he couldn’t force his way into the side ahead alumni’s such as Glenn McGrath, Stuart Clark and Lee, he did eventually made his debut against Sri Lanka at the Gabba in November 2007.
Aside from the devastating spells produced in 2013/14, he will also look back with fondness at other memorable bowling displays such as the 11-159 against South Africa at Perth in 2008 and the 8-137 against the same opponents in Johannesburg, just months later.
Johnson can certainly sit down with wife Jessica and daughter Rubika and be proud of his career. He’s been a mercurial force, an enigma, a thoroughbred, a champion, at times a lost soul, at others a throwback moustache-wielding destroyer.
And he leaves the game trailing only Shane Warne (708), McGrath (563) and Lillee (355) as the most prolific Test wicket-taker in the history of Australian cricket.
Farewell Mitch.
In what was being heralded as a new beginning for Australian cricket, the home side portrayed similar qualities of old to dominate the visiting New Zealanders during a 208-run victory at the Gabba.
What was all the fuss about Eh?
This was supposed to be a new summer, a new beginning, and a new era in Australian cricket. The five post-Ashes retirements wouldn’t be easily replaced overnight and the Blackcaps genuinely had their best chance to end a 30-year wait without a series win over their Tasman rivals. But in the end it was the “same old” for Australia as they clinically demoralised yet another visitor at the “Gabbatoir”.
Their record at the Gabba is unrivalled by any nation, at any venue. Not since the great West Indies side triumphed there by nine-wickets in 1988, have the home side been defeated in Brisbane. That was 27 years ago. The stats make for profound reading: 27 matches, 20 wins, seven draws and zero defeats.
This was a textbook Gabba performance from the Australians too – the batting in particular. Win the toss – check. Bat first – check. Solid opening foundation – check. Accelerate – check. Grind the opposition into the dirt – check. And then declare 550-600 runs to the good – check.
The bowling held up well too. If it weren’t for the exceptional Kane Williamson (140 & 59) then it could well have been far worse for the visitors. Especially in the first innings where he looked to be playing on a different wicket to his compatriots, regularly repelling the Australian quicks as often as the wickets tumbled around him.
So far ahead was Australia after three days that even the inclement Brisbane weather – which wiped out big chunks of the fourth day – couldn’t hold them back. In the end a 208-run victory, achieved around lunchtime on the fifth day, was a fair reflection of the gulf between the two sides in this Test match.
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum will rue the failure to make inroads with the new ball on the opening morning as paramount to his side’s failings in the match. He certainly wasn’t helped with injuries to both spearhead Tim Southee and allrounder James Neesham along the way, while not many would have forecasted such inept bowling displays from both Trent Boult and Doug Bracewell.
But a large portion of credit must go to Joe Burns, David Warner and Usman Khawaja at the top of the Australian order. The first day’s play really set the tone for further dominance across the course of the remaining four. Never has Australia had a better first day’s batting at the Gabba than the 2-389 they racked up here.
Khawaja was without doubt the biggest positive to emerge from the Gabba success. The 28-year-old, beginning his third stint in the side after failed launches in both 2011 and 2013, began this summer very much at the crossroads of a career that has regularly promised much but seldom produced enough.
It’s a well known fact that Australia has gone almost five years without an established number three. Since Khawaja debuted in January 2011, thirteen players (excluding nightwatchman) have tried and subsequently failed to hold down the position. But while Steven Smith could have carried on in the role after batting there with reasonable success during the winter tours of the West Indies and England, promoting Khawaja, instead, was justified with verve against the Kiwi’s. The languid left-hander’s style and class made him perfectly suited to the number three berth; although his real test will come when he has to walk out at 1-0 and not the untroubled 1-161 and 1-237 he was duly provided with here.
The victory, in its entirety, has acted as a huge fillip for Rod Marsh and his selection panel. Marginal calls were made to bolt for Burns and Khawaja, as opener and number three, ahead of Western Australian pair Cameron Bancroft and Shaun Marsh. Hindsight is of course a wonderful thing, but these judgements are now looking particularly vindicated, as is the call to keep faith with Adam Voges at number five after much clamour was made to jettison him in favour of fellow veteran Michael Klinger.
As the aforementioned trio were “getting their feet under the Test cricket table,” over in Adelaide, Bancroft (111) and Marsh (92) were putting on 172 for Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield. South Australian captain Travis Head, profoundly built up by both Darren Lehmann and Ricky Ponting prior to the summer, won that match with his maiden first-class hundred and he too remains firmly on the periphery of national honours. Maybe there is more batting depth than many of us had originally considered.
The bowling too reaffirmed the Australian swagger of old. A key quandary going into the first Test of the summer was the debate over whether both Mitchell’s could line up in the same bowling attack. While both Johnson and Starc possessed moments of brilliance during the Ashes, they at times, also leaked runs at an alarming rate. Even though Johnson went at over five-runs-an-over in the first innings here, he did snare the vital wickets of McCullum, Ross Taylor and BJ Watling with his usual emblematic aggression.
Quite how long Johnson, 34, continues in the Test side is a question for another day. With inconsistency still often following Starc and Josh Hazelwood and injuries still blighting the young careers of James Pattinson and Pat Cummins, Australia and Smith very much need their spearhead to continue a little longer yet.
Starc’s six wickets were a match high and moreover his economy rate of 3.32 was an improvement on the 3.85 he averaged across five Ashes Tests earlier in the year. As mentioned on these pages before, this could very much be a breakout summer in Test cricket for the quick.
Often an afterthought in the Australian side, Nathan Lyon continued to quietly do his thing in Brisbane. He’s come a long way since bowling his country to success against India in Adelaide last summer. His new found fourth-innings confidence was there for all to see as he removed the obdurate Martin Guptill, the enterprising Williamson and the regularly dependable Watling. Outside of perhaps Ravichandran Ashwin, it’s difficult to reason of a finer current offspinner in the world game.
Lyon is becoming a reliable and instrumental figure in this new Australia set up. He’s now not just a senior in the side, only Johnson (72) and Peter Siddle (57) among the current setup have more Test caps than his 47, but also a senior member of the leadership group governed by Smith and Warner.
While this Australian side is by no means the finished article, they have made significant strides over the first Test of the summer to suggest that the old swagger isn’t far away, on their own turf anyhow.
Almost four years since they made their Test debuts, the left-arm duo finally get another chance to faceoff – this time as vital ingredients in their respective nation’s chances of success.
It’s been 1,424 days since Trent Boult and Mitchell Starc last faced off in a Test match. Tomorrow they will go full circle as they prepare to draw battle once more, this time at The Gabba.
The previous and only time the two have met in Test cricket was during a humdinger in Hobart, as long ago as December 2011. Coincidently that match also marked the debut of Boult and just the second Test for Starc. New Zealand would eventually come out on top, claiming a nail biting 14-run victory to level the series at 1-1.
That match remains the last Test meeting between the Trans-Tasman rivals and things will be much different this time around. In Brisbane on Thursday, New Zealand will field seven of the same line-up from that Hobart encounter; Australia will retain just four of theirs.
As Australia begins their home summer a side very much in transition, their little neighbours from across the pond remain a settled unit under the sound tutorage of Brendon McCullum.
Many are making the Kiwi’s favourites for the three-Test series, but for them to overcome the barrier – which has seen them not win a series against the old enemy for 30 years – they must get into the inexperienced Australian middle order with early strikes.
For the home side, who have already made the decision to omit Peter Siddle from their line-up, it’s imperative that they regain the control in their bowling which was largely missing when they surrendered the Ashes during the winter.
With two of the three Tests being played on the fast and bouncy wickets of The Gabba and the WACA – this is set to be a series for the quicks. Moreover the tantalising battle between the left-arm speedsters Boult and Starc is set to be at the forefront of the excitement.
Both men have been in scintillating form this year. And four years out from their debut series, they rightfully come into this campaign with high expectations on their shoulders.
The bar was set exceedingly high earlier in the year. Although it was in white ball format, the two World Cup duels between Boult and Starc at both Eden Park and the MCG – were not for the fainthearted.
Witnessing that low scorer at Eden Park firsthand will live long in the memory. Australia looked dead-and-buried after Boult blew them away during his 5-27. But Starc, not to be outdone, almost singlehandedly hauled his country out of a huge crater with a combination of successful bumpers and inswinging yorkers. His 6-28 eventually wasn’t to be enough that night, but he would gain his revenge in the final a month later.
Another perfect Starc yorker accounted for McCullum in the first over at the MCG and his side never recovered. Despite dismissing Aaron Finch for a duck in the second over of the reply, defending just 183 never really looked plausable for Boult and his fellow Black Caps.
It was a World Cup to savour for both men. Starc was named man-of-the-tournament for his outlandish achievements; 22 wickets at 10.18 in all. Boult spent the six weeks hanging onto the Australian’s coattails, eventually matching him wicket for wicket, his 22 victims coming at a modest 16.86 apiece.
But while both men have enjoyed sustained success in limited overs cricket (Starc sits #1 and Boult #3 in the latest ICC ODI bowler rankings), they have endured contrasting Test careers thus far.
Boult’s 123 Test wickets at 27.12 – represent an excellent return for a fast bowler in this era. He’s been a near-everpresent alongside fellow new-ball partner Tim Southee and the pair have benefitted from and thrived under the imaginative captaincy of McCullum.
Starc on the other hand has often flattered to deceive with the red ball in tow. His career has at times resembled more the Hokey Cokey than Sir Paul McCartney’s Ever Present Past. At one stage he had failed to play any back-to-back matches since the two he played after debuting in late 2011.
Injuries, a perceived lack of consistency and the Mitchell Johnson factor, have all played there part in Starc’s lack of continuity in the Test side since. Despite debuting before Boult, he has played ten fewer matches. His 78 wickets at 31.80 are by no means terrible in today’s game, but the general consensus is, that he could be a much better bowler than those figures suggest.
It’s also worth pointing out the opposing economy rates between both Boult and Starc as a way of calibrating one man’s success and another’s lack of continuity. Boult gives away, on average, a stingy 2.86 runs per over, while Starc goes for significantly more at 3.42. This highlights Boult’s ability to do a containing job when required by his captain – something Starc, up until now, hasn’t been able to offer either Michael Clarke or Steven Smith.
The pair have encountered contrasting build ups to this series. Boult has been relatively held back after recovering from a stress injury of the back – sustained during the ODI leg of the Black Caps tour of England in June. He missed the subsequent tour of Africa to focus on getting himself 100% right for this series and has participated in just one first-class match since; albeit taking 5-97 for Northern Districts in a Plunkett Shield fixture against Wellington.
Starc, meanwhile, has been in breathtaking form – crushing through any batsman put in front of him. He shrugged off the postponed tour of Bangladesh with alarming ease – claiming a record 26 wickets at the scarcely believable average of 8.11 in the recently concluded Matador one-day Cup.
If that wasn’t enough he then picked up eight wickets in his one and only Sheffield Shield appearance, swinging the pink ball considerably throughout that match as he warmed up for a return to the Adelaide Oval in a little over three weeks time.
Away from the game, it’s fair to say the two men share plenty of similarities. Boult is Starc’s senior by just six months and one senses both men are relatively quiet characters when compared to their often more exuberant teammates.
Boult has gone on record saying this series is to be the highlight of his career. He will again be expected to spearhead the Black Caps pace attack, whilst offering McCullum both control and penetration in equal abundance.
Since his debut against the Australians, the Rotorua-born seamer has taken more Test wickets (123) than any other left-arm quick in the game, even Mitchell Johnson (116) trails in his wake. More of the same and Smith’s men could be in real trouble.
For Starc this summer offers a chance to finally make his mark and dominate a Test series after a stellar year in domestic and ODI cricket. He showed glimpses of his potential during the Ashes, but more often than not, he has proved much too expensive in a side already affording the added luxury of Johnson.
It’s not unreasonable to suggest that Starc has the correct tools to dominate Test cricket much like his teammate Johnson has done for the past two years. However whether he can finally make the evolution from white to red ball, remains to be seen.
Still, one thing’s for certain. Come The Gabba on Thursday morning we’re sure to expect some left-arm fireworks.
I, for one, can’t wait.
Ridiculed by many, the Australian selectors find themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place as they try to find the right balance in their batting lineup.
At a time when Michael Cheika and the Wallabies’ coaching staff face potential life changing selection dramas ahead of their World Cup final showdown with the All Blacks, back home their compatriots of the cricketing kind are faced with their own selection issues as they try to regenerate a team with the present and future in mind.
Chairman of selectors Rod Marsh and his four-man committee comprising of himself, Mark Waugh, Trevor Hohns and coach Darren Lehmann were faced with difficult selection decisions to make ahead of their three-match Test series with Tasman rivals New Zealand.
While they were never likely to please everybody with their 12-man squad for the first two Tests of the series, one has to symphonize with the panel after they came in for criticism over their decisions to omit Western Australian duo Cameron Bancroft and Michael Klinger in favour of Queenslanders Joe Burns and Usman Khawaja.
It’s been a tough year for Marsh and his panel. The former Test wicketkeeper admitted to making some fundamental selection blunders during the catastrophic Ashes campaign earlier this year. Now he and his fellow selectors must make sure they make the correct calls during a vital period for Test cricket in the country.
But while Marsh must now “live and die” by his selection decisions made in the wake of a huge transitional period in Australian cricket, you can’t help but have some symphony towards him and his fellow selectors. Especially at a time when all and sundry have had their say on who should replace the five retiring mainstays of Australia’s recent past.
While the four quicks somewhat pick themselves for the first two Tests after solid recent domestic form. Getting just three from the four of Siddle, Josh Hazelwood, Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc, won’t be such a no brainer.
This decision was of course made easier due to injuries sustained to Pat Cummins and Nathan Coulter-Nile, as well as the continuous workload concerns surrounding James Pattinson. Although where Andrew Fekete now stands in the pecking order, is anybody’s guess.
On the other hand, selecting the batting order is, and has been of much greater concern in recent years.
The batting has for long been a contentious source for debate ever since Chris Rogers, Michael Clarke, Shane Watson and Brad Haddin decided to call it a day at the conclusion of the recent Ashes disappointment.
In fact, it most probably goes back much further to a time when Australia could call upon many batsmen regularly churning out 1,000 run Sheffield Shield seasons. Men like Stuart Law, Jamie Siddons and Brad Hodge would undoubtedly all have been mainstays of this current Australian batting outfit.
Sadly for Marsh and co the current domestic system is not in such rude heath. The selectors have in recent times found themselves stuck between and a rock and a hard place.
On one hand, they wish to have an eye to the future. On the other, they need in-form batsmen who can perform in the present. Bancroft and Klinger are two batsmen at different ends of this spectrum.
On the third hand, there is Burns and Khawaja. Where Shaun Marsh now fits into this way of thinking is perhaps still unclear. I’d have a guess at somewhere between the veteran’s Klinger and Adam Voges and the mid-twenty something’s Burns and Khawaja.
There is almost a good argument for each category of batsmen.
Bancroft is a solid opener in the mould of his mentor Justin Langer. At just 22-years-of-age, he has the potential to open the batting for Australia for over a decade – What’s not to like about that? On the flipside, has he done enough to warrant instant selection? (An average of just 36.25 across 25 first-class matches, suggests perhaps not).
There is definitely evidence of something promising there though. You don’t score a first-class double hundred against New South Wales or a 150 in India, without having something about you as a batsman.
Bancroft’s time will come. It would have come earlier than expected had the Test tour of Bangladesh not been postponed, but with David Warner now fully recovered from a thumb injury and Burns getting the nod to be his opening partner; instead Bancroft will have to head back to Shield cricket to improve on his game. Perhaps it’s not such a bad move.
Klinger’s case is an interesting one. If selection was based purely on runs and hundreds scored across the past year, then he would be a shoo-in. But there’s the age factor to take into account.
He was clearly in the discussion – Rod Marsh said as much. His sheer volume of recent runs across all formats demanded it would be impossible not to discuss him. Only Steven Smith and Kumar Sangakkara have scored more runs in the past twelve months.
Despite these highly impressive feats, you can understand why the selectors would be weary of picking another veteran in the top five.
With Voges, 36, already cemented in at five for the time being at least, justifying a place for Klinger in the top order would have been problematic for the selectors. If both men were to be selected and then fail, it would place the selectors in a difficult position. After all, when in bad form, older players are spared much less leeway.
Picking older players has worked for Australia in the recent past, most noticeably with Rogers and to an extent Voges, but now is the perfect opportunity to introduce the mid-twenty something’s – otherwise Australia will constantly find themselves in a phase of transition.
And Marsh was adamant he and his selection committee had chosen the right options in selecting Burns and Khawaja, whilst looking beyond Klinger:
“Of course we’ve looked at Michael Klinger,” Marsh said. “He’s got to keep making runs.
“Have you looked at Michael Klinger’s batting average in first-class cricket? It’s not as good as the other boys.
“Part of our selection policy is if you’ve got two blokes that are absolutely equal, you go for the younger bloke and I think that’s very fair.
“If one bloke is noticeably better and is more likely to influence the outcome of a game, then you pick the old bloke.
“But if they’re not noticeably better and they’re not likely to influence the outcome of a game, then you must always go with your youth.
“That’s our policy and whether you agree with it or not, it’s irrelevant.”
In many ways, it’s certainly hard to argue against such a policy. But what now for Burns and Khawaja?
Both are solid and relatively unsurprising selections. Burns was unfortunate to be overlooked (in favour of Voges) for the winter touring parties to the West Indies and England after scoring back-to-back fifties in his second Test against India last summer.
After starting out as a middle-order batsman for Queensland, it’s at the top of the order in which Burns has impressed in recent times. Opening for the Bulls he averages 46.58 compared to his overall first-class average of 40.40.
Furthermore the 26-year-old has already gained two-years of experience in English conditions after county stints with Leicestershire and Middlesex – A deed that won’t have been overlooked by the selectors.
Khawaja, 28, on the other hand is a relative veteran of Test cricket. Having debuted against England almost five years ago, the classy left-hander has long been earmarked as a potential star, but he never quite being able to reach the heights many have expected of him, playing his last Test during the 2013 Ashes campaign in England.
After fighting his way back from a serious knee injury, sustained last summer, Khawaja has impressed the selectors with his run scoring and leadership qualities and will now primed to add to his nine Tests – with the potential to finally make the number three position his own this summer.
While there will still be those who criticise the selectors for their decisions to look beyond Klinger, arguably the country’s most in-form batsman after Smith, and the younger and rawer Bancroft – the expectations have to be realistic. Young batsmen are no longer growing on the Sheffield Shield trees they once were 15 years ago.
Since Rogers played his first Test in early 2008 – then as a 30-year-old, a total of 13 specialist batsmen have debuted for Australia with an average age of over 27.
Between them Burns and Khawaja have an average age of 27. While in an ideal world the selectors would love to pick batsmen in their early twenties, circumstances deem they can’t.
Marsh and his men seem damned if they do, and damned if they don’t.
Six months after losing his world record, The Prince of Port-of-Spain was back leading redemption over England to the small tune of 400 not out.
When Brian Lara broke Sir Garfield Sobers 36-year-old world record Test score in 1994, he achieved something all of us could only ever dream of. When he regained his own record ten years later, he achieved greatness.
It was the Easter weekend of 2004; War-torn Iraq was implicated in more conflict as it marked the first anniversary of Saddam Hussein’s fall as president, Nepal witnessed protestors lining the streets of Kathmandu pleading against the suspension of democracy and Phil Mickelson celebrated victory in the 68th Golf Masters at Augusta.
Meanwhile over in Antigua, Brian Charles Lara, a month shy of his 35th birthday, was once again being hailed as the saviour of West Indies cricket. Maybe it was fate. How else can you explain the freaky circumstances in which he regained the world record Test score? It was ten years to the week since he first achieved the feat, at the same ground and against the same opposition.
Much had changed in West Indian cricket since Lara made 375 in 1994. They entered that series a domineering presence under the guidance of Richie Richardson, however just a year down the line they began a steady decline towards the lower reaches of the cricketing hierarchy, which was now dominated by the Australians.
Revisiting a young Lara back in 1994 and it was already abundantly clear that here was a batsman destine for great things. Already four years into his international career, he was certainly no stranger to big scores. His maiden Test hundred, in early 1993, was a monumental 277 against a strong Australian attack in Sydney and his appetite for batting long and scoring heavily was already evident among those in the game.
This was eminently underlined during his epic 538-ball knock in Antigua, an innings that was compiled against a solid English attack including; Angus Fraser, Andrew Caddick, Chris Lewis and Phil Tufnell. It shot the talented Trinidadian to instant international recognition and fame, and just two months later he followed it up with another record marathon innings.
Batting for county side Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston, he belted an unbeaten 501. Twenty years on and Lara still remains the only player to pass 500 in the history of first-class cricket. An individual innings of half a thousand runs still defies belief, even in a day and age when batting usually tips the balance of fairness in the sport.
Lara’s highest Test score record of 375 would go on to last for 3,464 days before it was eventually broken by Australian Matthew Hayden. The powerful Queenslander contrived a brutal 380 against a weak Zimbabwean attack at Perth in October 2003.
The 2004 Brian Lara vintage was a markedly different proposition to the model of 1994. The classy southpaw had endured a decade of West Indian decline that was intertwined with board interferences, heavy expectation and several difficult stints as team captain and spokesman.
In early 2004, they came up against a quickly improving English outfit. Under the relatively new stewardship of Michael Vaughan, the English were at the start of their 18-month ascendency towards the top table of Test cricket.
After three heavy defeats in Jamaica, Trinidad and Barbados, West Indies cricket was in complete chaos. Never had the Windies been whitewashed by the mother country, however this was now a realistic proposition heading into the fourth and final Test in Antigua. Furthermore it coincided with Lara being in the midst of a rare barren patch, with his six previous innings yielding just a combined 100 runs.
Stephen Harmison had the wood over Lara and the West Indians. His 7-12 had destroyed the home side for just 47 at Kingston, and he returned to contribute heavily to English success in Port-of-Spain, this time dismissing Lara for two single figure scores. While the West Indies captain improved his form at Bridgetown, hitting a pair of gutsy 30’s, he was still looking a far cry from the fluent strokemaker we had become to expect.
But that was all to change at the Antigua Recreation Ground. Lara would be no Easter bunny for Harmison and co on this occasion. Instead he would unfurl misery on a tired English attack and send the streets of the Antiguan capital into utter jubilation. In the process he became the first man to pass 400 in 127 years of Test cricket history.
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Good Friday April 10th 2004 – Antigua Recreation Ground, St. Johns, Antigua
Brian Lara strolls out to bat at the fall of the first wicket as opener Darren Ganga is dismissed an hour into the fourth and final Test of the series with the score on 33.
He looks calm and determined, as if to say: “Today is gonna be my day!”
Greeting The Prince to the crease is his nemesis Harmison.
The wicket looks as flat as a pancake, typically with the Recreation Ground of late; England needs to strike while the ball is still hard and newish.
After an early optimistic LBW shout from Harmison, he has Lara nicking off fourth-ball. Or so he thought. So convinced is Harmison that the batsman has feathered through to the keeper, he doesn’t even turn around to check Darrell Hair’s finger go up before celebrating.
Hair, an umpire who would go on to surround himself with controversy in later years, is having none of it and duly rebuffs the bowler’s pleas.
Lara turns away and looks suspiciously back at a despondent Harmison and England’s chances of a second dismissal have disappeared.
Typically with such passages of play, the very next ball is put away through backward point. Lara is away with his first boundary.
He begins toying with the English bowlers, regularly cutting them to the vacant third man boundary before and after a rain delay scuppers the start of the second session until just after 4pm.
A fierce cut shot is slashed through the covers as Lara begins to show more authority in moving through the 30’s
He canters to a half century just moments later with a crushing pull through midwicket from his 61st delivery. Simon Jones is the bowler taking the punishment on this occasion.
As the twilight closes in on the picturesque Caribbean venue, play is abandoned for the first day with a relieved Lara trudging off with 86 unbeaten runs to his name.
Saturday April 11th 2004
A healthy crowd gathers into the ground as Lara begins day two greeting Matthew Hoggard with a dreamy off drive down the ground. One ball in and Lara moves into the 90’s.
He moves along to 98, bisecting midwicket with a clip off Hoggard and a 25th Test hundred follows shortly with a couple into the offside against the same bowler. Lara raises the bat with a brief smile – but you can tell he’s not nearly satisfied with just a hundred.
One hundred runs in and already comparisons are being made amongst the commentators of Lara’s previous record on this ground; there is a resounding sense that something special is once again unfolding.
With Lara on 127, this notion is briefly forgotten as Hoggard fires in a direct hit from the deep. For a moment it looks as though his innings will be cut short. Lara doesn’t show the mannerisms of a worried man, but direct hits are often closer than they first appear to the batsman…
Turns out he was in by an inch, maybe two inches.
Another Hoggard throw, this time much more wayward, brings Lara a bonus five runs and the two-hundred-run partnership is soon brought up between himself and Ramnaresh Sarwan, its shortly followed by 150 for the skipper.
Like the first ball of the morning, Lara starts the afternoon session by dispatching Hoggard to the fence, this time through point.
His first six of the innings is a supremely timed straight hit down the ground off spinner Gareth Batty. It was vintage Lara, all majestic high back lift and whistle clean follow-through – it pushes him into the 190’s.
Just two balls later and Lara is leaping for joy as a clip into the legside takes him past two hundred for the seventh time. This one comes off just 260 deliveries.
With England now a bowler short after a stomach bug struck down Hoggard; they are forced into using the military medium bowling of Marcus Trescothick, alongside the even friendlier offerings of captain Vaughan’s offspin.
Flat-pitch, dead rubber and a bowler light – if ever there were at time to make hay as a batsman, it was now.
And Lara duly delivers by blazing his second maximum – a near on replica of his previous effort against Batty.
The procession continues as he begins to sweep everything the spinners have to offer into submission. At one stage he his strike rate is over 150.0 while playing such strokes.
Two hundred and fifty comes and goes, with Batty bearing the brunt of the carnage once again. This time Lara shimmies down the track before backing away to leg and driving inside out over the covers.
He takes 12 off an Andrew Flintoff over including consecutive boundaries, the first a pull in front of square and the second a textbook square drive. Three hundred approaches.
Just seven runs shy, Lara blasts a fierce one through the fingertips of Batty. To call it a chance would be to shameful. It was simply too fierce.
A quick single brings 299. The great Martin Crowe once made 299, so did Sir Donald Bradman. Crowe never made a triple hundred. Bradman made two.
Lara makes sure he joins The Don; a second triple century is secured. Another single brings the elation. It takes him just 404 balls.
He celebrates a third hundred with a third six to finish the day – Vaughan the unfortunate soul this time around. 313 not out.
Easter Sunday April 12th 2004
An electric buzz enriches the ARG on this fine Sunday morning. Anticipation is high and the excitement is one of a nervous kind.
The 330’s are an intriguing beast in cricket.
Hanif Mohammad, Walter Hammond, Mark Taylor, Graham Gooch, Chris Gayle and Bradman – are all names who have never gone on beyond the 330’s. Perhaps there is a curse.
As Lara reaches the 330’s on this occasion he is greeted with a bouncer brigade from Harmison armed with the third new cherry.
As he breaks through the curse of the 330’s, he now has his sights set on 350. This is achieved 494 balls and 681 minutes into his innings with a couple through the onside.
The atmosphere begins to anticipate further. The locals can touch the tumbling records. Sir Leonard Hutton’s 364 is next in his sights. The field now has an ODI feel to it, there are ones and twos aplenty.
He goes past Sobers again, and then toys with Vaughan’s mind and the field once more.
Now the nerves begin to set in. On any other given day, he could well have nicked Batty to the keeper, on this day he missed it by a whisker.
It must then have been simply nervous energy/tension when he launches Batty downtown for a fourth six – 380 not out. He equals Hayden’s record.
A sweep, a beautiful sweep down to the fine leg boundary and HE’S DONE IT. Brian Charles Lara has retained his world record highest Test score.
The ARG erupts. Lara is greeted on the field by the great Sir Vivian Richards and Antiguan Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer.
He fist bumps with partner Ridley Jacobs, but this isn’t over, he wants 400.
England’s bowlers are understandably spent by now. Harmison is forced out of the attack after repeatedly running on the pitch, while Hoggard is back at the team hotel trying to convince the doctors he’s still unwell.
It is quite fitting in a way when Lara finally brings up his 400th run with another well timed sweep off the unfortunate Batty.
Five hundred and eighty two balls later and Brian Lara is 400 not out.
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What happened next?
Upon reaching 400, Lara duly declared the innings in a bid get the game moving along, but despite following on, England clung on for a draw to win the series 3-0.
Lara received criticism from some quarters, including Australian captain Ricky Ponting – who claimed he was selfish in batting too long instead of pursuing victory for his side.
Lara would go on to play international cricket for another three years before he retired from all formats after he captained the WI during a home World Cup in early 2007.
His record of the highest Test score is still intact, with Sri Lanka’s Mahela Jayawardene since coming the closest to breaking it with 374 against South Africa in 2006.
In theory the idea to include a Cricket Australia XI for the ongoing Matador Cup was a great concept, but in hindsight the blueprint was all wrong.
Yes, justifiably, we’re only two matches into the existence of the new CA XI – a two-year trial project side – but still, it’s already difficult to vindicate what good can to be gained from record thrashings at the hands of international-laden New South Wales and Victorian sides.
Sure, exposure to international-quality opposition isn’t a bad thing for this group of youngsters, but will they really benefit from being overwhelmed by the superior qualities of Mitchell Starc and James Pattinson on a regular basis?
While no one was expecting the CA XI to pull up any trees in their first couple of outings, to be bowled out for just 59 and 79 in their two innings just goes to show the vast bridge in quality and more importantly experience between themselves and the rest of the field.
The team that took to the paddock for Monday’s fixture with New South Wales consisted of an average age of just 21. Five of those men were making their List-A debuts with Ryan Lees also debuting against Victoria in the second fixture. While the CA XI boasted just 67 List-A appearances between them, the Victorian’s collective count was 884, in fact six members of their side had individually played more matches than the entire CA XI playing eleven.
Furthermore, Victoria included ten players with international experience with a further two in Peter Siddle and Clint McKay who couldn’t make the side. Fawad Ahmed, an Ashes tourist just two months ago, wasn’t even included in the squad.
Although the postponement of Australia’s Test tour to Bangladesh has strengthened the overall standard of the Matador Cup, it has also heavily disrupted the preparations of the teams with players selected for that tour. This left many players unsure of whom they were going to represent up until a few days before the competition began on Monday.
For the CA XI squad; Will Bosisto, Marcus Harris and Lees were not part of the original squad, while Jimmy Peirson was sent back to Queensland for injury cover before returning when Joe Burns was declared available.
One also wonders if the squad selected was anything near as strong as what Cricket Australia National Talent Manager Greg Chappell had envisaged before its original make up. He practically said as much upon the squad’s announcement last month:
“There are probably three or four players that we thought we might have in the CA XI side who have gone on and been selected by their states and would expect to play prominent roles in their state squad.
“So maybe we have frightened some of the states into thinking they needed to pick some of their young players and, if that’s the case, that’s terrific.”
But while captain Bosisto was adamant that his side would improve in their final four fixtures, it’s hard not to foresee further mismatches if the squad remains the same.
“We’ve got the talent, we just haven’t performed to the best of our ability,” said Bosisto after top-scoring with 21 against Victoria.
“I’ve heard people say ‘do you need an experienced player in your line-up?’ and I guess that would be one approach.
“But I think the whole idea of having a Cricket Australia XI in the tournament is to give 11 young guys exposure and the opportunity to see what it’s like at the next level and what we need to do to be able to perform at this level.”
It’s abundantly clear the CA XI could benefit from further guidance in their side – starting with the inclusion of a few more experienced faces along the way – something in which Cricket Australia will inevitably look into at the conclusion of this year’s tournament.
Surely more could have been done to include the likes of veteran legspinner Fawad Ahmed and batsman Mark Cosgrove who were both omitted from their respective State squads.
Cosgrove, who has just returned from the UK after captaining Leicestershire in the County Championship, could certainly have offered plenty of support and guidance to the young CA XI squad. Likewise, could names such as David Hussey or Chris Rogers – still active players – have been sort out by Cricket Australia to play a role in the development of a youthful and inexperienced CA XI outfit?
Another route Cricket Australia could go down is to follow a concept derived by the ECB. The model was based under the name ‘Unicorns,’ and was a team made up of the best Minor Counties players along with promising youngsters and un-contracted County pros. By including Minor Counties players, the most of whom have at some point played County cricket, the team at least had some experience and knowhow to guide them through the difficult times that often occur against stronger opposition.
While the Unicorns no longer participate in the English one-day cup tournament – they instead exist in the County second XI competition – they are a model in which Cricket Australia could at the very least acknowledge going forward.
In the meanwhile it is hoped that the current CA XI will start to show greater signs of improvement as the tournament progresses into its second week – although it won’t get any easier as they face a Tasmanian side, containing three World Cup winners in their ranks, next.
Improvement is needed, if only just for the creditability of the tournament or else the CA XI’s name could one day become a trivia question like that of the Canberra Comets.
Tour cancelled due to security concerns, leaving the newcomers to wait a little longer for an opportunity.
It was being billed as the start of a new era in Australian cricket. The Ashes were gone, but not all was lost as new skipper Steven Smith was given an almost-blank canvas in which to begin his reign. However, in the end safety concerns put pay to the tour of Bangladesh, with the questions still far outweighing the answers.
The wait for a new beginning in the Australian Test setup will have to wait a little longer. Their next fixture isn’t until the start of November – when they host the first of three Tests against a strong-looking New Zealand outfit at the Gabba in Brisbane. Nevertheless a lot can happen in cricket in the space of a month – Could there be mass changes when the squad for that series is announced in a couple of weeks?
Other questions remain too. Where do people like Cameron Bancroft and Andrew Fekete now stand within the setup with the likes of David Warner, Josh Hazelwood and Mitchell Johnson due back into the side against the Kiwi’s?
Bancroft, it seemed, was vying for an opening berth alongside the more experienced pair of Shaun Marsh and Joe Burns. While Warner’s broken thumb was to rule him out of contention for the Bangladesh tour – meaning two new openers were to be found to fill the void left by Warner and the newly-retired Chris Rogers. Now when Warner, if as expected, regains full heath for the New Zealand series – only one other opening spot will be vacant.
While it’s hard to guess which of the three mentioned above is ahead in the selector’s mind, one suspects that Joe Burns could be given first refusal after he was chosen to open the batting in the recent ODI series in England. Burns performed admirably in his two Tests against India last summer and was unfortunate to be excluded from the winter tours to the Caribbean and the United Kingdom, and now could be his chance to solidify his place in the side. A lot could now also depend on how each batsman performs in the upcoming Matador Cup.
The selection of Melbourne-born Fekete for the Bangladesh series surprised many. The 30-year-old has only played two summers of first-class cricket in his short career with Tasmania and his subcontinental inclusion somewhat echoes that of the horses-for-courses selection of New South Wales’ seamer Trent Copeland for Michael Clarke’s first tour in charge in Sri Lanka four years ago. Copeland played three matches on that tour and was never seen in a Baggy Green again.
Fekete isn’t a bad bowler of course. He was the leading quick in last season’s Sheffield Shield campaign where he took 34 wickets at 24, and his versatility and ability to find reverse-swing on dry pitches impressed the selectors during the recent A tour of India enough to warrant his inclusion for Bangladesh. That all being said, it seems unlikely, with other younger and faster options available, that he will be in the squad for the first Test of the summer at the Gabba.
The postponement of the tour is also disappointing for the likes of batsman Adam Voges and wicketkeeper Peter Nevill. With Warner out injured, Voges was appointed vice-captain for the tour, and due to turn 36 in the next few days, he will know that his opportunities to lay stake to a regular berth in Australia’s middle order aren’t going to last forever.
Nevill’s case is different, unlike Voges he has more time on his side. The 29-year-old made a solid if not spectacular start to his international career after replacing Brad Haddin one match into the Ashes series and would therefore have looked at the Bangladesh series as one where he could really nail down his spot in the side with Matthew Wade hot upon his heels after an impressive showing in the ODI series that preceded the Ashes.
On a whole the series would have been a great opportunity for a young and regenerating Australian side to test themselves against a fast improving Bangladeshi outfit in difficult conditions, but in the end common sense had to prevail with the safety of players and support staff taking precedence.
The wait will have to continue a little longer.
The folk from Yorkshire and Australia have shared cricketing links for over a century.
Watching England play Australia in the recent ODI at Headingley really got me thinking. Why as an Englishman do I have such a soft spot for the Australian’s and their never say die attitude?
As Glenn Maxwell pulled off two miraculous catches – one a full length grab at point to get rid of the dangerous Eoin Morgan, the other a seemingly impossible piece of work in front of the Western Terrace boundary to take down Liam Plunkett – It finally came to me. We’re pretty alike us Yorkshiremen and those Australians.
Even though some from “God’s Own County” might be too proud or stubborn to admit it, there are plenty of similarities between themselves and their compatriots from Down Under. Maybe it’s the shared shear bloody-mindedness to win at any cost, or perhaps the nature of the personalities. Both are assumed to be brash and uncomplicated people at times – certainly on the cricket field. But make no mistake about it, win or lose, there will always remain a sense of pride and respect between them.
Many of the same values are shared between t’Yorkshire folk and those ‘Stralian’s, and not just on the cricket field. Rugby League has shared strong links between Yorkshire and Australia for generations with players and coaches regularly moving between the Super League (of which six teams are based in Yorkshire) and Australia’s NRL. Furthermore in football, Australian-born pair Harry Kewell and Mark Viduka were paramount to Leeds United’s success at the turn of the century.
The association with Yorkshire and Australian cricket goes back afar. Look through the Wisden archives and you will find many a tough battle between an unshakable and assured Yorkshireman and his Aussie counterpart. Think Hedley Verity against Sir Donald Bradman or Ray Illingworth against Ian Chappell or even Geoffrey Boycott verses Dennis Lillee – there is a world of history between England’s biggest county and the former British colony and to this day the pair continue to have strong links.
Certainly for this Yorkshireman, many of my early cricketing memories are intertwined with my first vague cognizance of the land Down Under. Be it the soothing and easily recognisable voice of Richie Benaud or stories from my grandmother – who watched on as Bradman led his invincibles side against an HDG Leveson-Gower’s XI at Scarborough in 1948.
Bradman of course had his own special connection with Yorkshire. It was at Headingley, in which he scored his highest Test score of 334 on the Ashes tour of 1930. Three hundred and nine of those runs were made on the opening day as t’Yorkshiremen flocked in from all around to witness the beginning of the greatest career of them all. The Don would go on to average 192 at the famous Leeds ground.
When Yorkshire CCC announced in 1991 that they were to abandon their unwritten policy of only allowing those born within the borders of the county to represent them, they originally turned to an Australian.
Before Sachin Tendulkar, then just 18, famously became the first non-Yorkshireman to play for the county, Australian seamer Craig McDermott was initially lined up for the role, however when injury ruled him out Yorkshire instead went down a different route.
McDermott would have become the first of a long list of Australians to represent the White Rose but instead that mantle went to Michael Bevan. The Pyjama Picasso signed in 1995 and played for two summers. Whilst he scored nine centuries and averaged 58 in his first-class assignments, typically with Bevan, it was the limited overs stuff in which he really excelled. In fact no Yorkshire cricketer – who has appeared in at least ten List-A matches, has bettered his average of 61.82.
Once Bevan was selected for Australia’s 1997 Ashes campaign, opener Michael Slater was originally intended as an overseas replacement, but when he was surprisingly involved on that same tour, Yorkshire were led to the services of a 27-year-old South Australian going by the name of Darren Lehmann. The rest, as they say is history.
For seven summers between 1997 and 2006, ‘Boof’ dominated the shires, scoring over 14,000 runs across his 88 first-class matches in the process. Yorkshiremen don’t easily accept outsiders but boy did they respected this one. Lehmann’s first-class average of 68.76 is higher than anyone else with at least 500 runs for the Tykes.
His 1,416 Championship runs in 2001 marshalled Yorkshire towards their first title in 33 painfully barren years. For this inspiring deed, Lehmann’s name will be forever sketched into Yorkshire folklore. The ideal overseas player, he was also the original Australian flag bearer for Yorkshire cricket. He famously went on to sign off with an innings of 339 against Durham at Headingley in 2006, helping his adopted county save face and starve off relegation in the process.
Of the 30 overseas players employed by the county since 1992, 14 have been Australians. After the early successes of Bevan and Lehmann the county had a substantial pulling power when it came to attracting the Aussies and prominent names arrived in the following summers: Greg Blewett (1999), Matthew Elliott and Simon Katich (2002), Damien Martyn (2003), Phil Jaques (2004-05/2012-13), Ian Harvey (2004-05), Mark Cleary (2005), Jason Gillespie (2006-08), Clint McKay (2010), Mitchell Starc (2012), Aaron Finch (2014-15) and Glenn Maxwell (2015) have all served Yorkies cricket with varying degrees of success since.
For Gillespie, a late career flourish was never really in the offering as his two summer’s mustered just 59 wickets at 34; howbeit his appointment as first team coach in 2012 has led the county to new highs not seen in these pastures since the late 1960’s. It appears no coincidence that the three and only times Yorkshire have won the County Championship since the teams of Brian Close five decades ago, they have been under the keen watch of an Australian. Wayne Clark led the way in 2001, before Gillespie emerged with consecutive honours in 2014-15 to reinstate Yorkshire as the powerhouse of old.
After being overlooked for the England coaching position earlier in the summer, it’s not out of the question that Gillespie will one day follow Lehmann into leading his country – Is it too early to suggest that Yorkshire is now a breeding ground for Australian cricket?
Maxwell has certainly benefitted from his short stint at Headingley this summer, originally just signed for the NatWest Blast; ensuing injuries sustained to compatriot Finch opened the door for his involvement in red ball cricket and a solid showing has subsequently led to a Test recall for next month’s tour of Bangladesh.
Maybe the old saying should now read “A strong Yorkshire, strong Australia.”
After all, we’re pretty alike us Yorkshiremen and those Australians.
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At the end of another Ashes and World Cup cycle, along with the retirement of key players, times are changing for Australian cricket and with an exciting summer ahead; CaughtOutCricket looks at nine key highlights to look out for.
New captain and deputy
With Michael Clarke now fully retired from international cricket, the time has come for Steven Smith to take over the captaincy on a full time basis for both ODI and Test cricket. Despite having captained for three Tests against India last summer and being appointed as Clarke’s ODI successor after the World Cup triumph in March, Smith now has the time to put his own stamp on the side with the next Ashes and World Cup campaigns not for another two and four years respectively.
Smith’s promotion to leader left the side with a lieutenant short and that void has been promptly filled by David Warner. Just a year ago, such a move would have seemed highly unlikely, but the dashing lefthander has since made a conscious effort to improve his on and off field behaviour – even giving up sledging and alcohol during the recent Ashes campaign. Such maturity, coupled with Warner’s previous leadership grooming and a lack of serious alternatives, has led Cricket Australia to make such a decision.
A return to Bangladesh
It’s been over nine years since Australia last visited Bangladesh for a Test series. On that occasion Jason Gillespie was the hero as he became the first nightwatchman to score a double hundred – in what turned out to be his final Test appearance.
That previous series resulted in a 2-0 whitewash – but not without the odd hairy moment as Ricky Ponting led his side to a three-wicket face-saving success in Fatullah before an innings victory followed at Chittagong. Obviously much has changed since then, and with the retirement of Clarke, not a single Australian from that tour now still plays international cricket.
This time they return for Tests at both Chittagong and Mirpur against a competitive and improving Tigers – who will have reason to feel confident after a string of impressive recent home results, albeit in limited overs matches. After recent failings in both India and the UAE, all eyes will be on the Australian batsmen as they look to combat their spin woes against the likes of Shakib Al Hasan and Jubair Hossain.
New opening partner for Warner
With the retirement of Chris Rogers after a brief but successful two-year Test career, Warner is now on the hunt for a new opening comrade for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh. Despite Shaun Marsh being the reserve opener for the recently concluded Ashes campaign, his inability to play the moving ball looks to have put pay to his chances of long term shot at the job and other candidates are currently being looked at.
Joe Burns looks to be an early frontrunner for the opening having being selected as Warner’s partner in an auditioning role during the ongoing ODI series in England. Although the 25-year-old made his Test debut as a number six last summer, he has recently fulfilled the opening role with plenty of success for Queensland.
Another option for the opening role is Cameron Bancroft. The Western Australian was third on the Sheffield Shield run scoring charts last summer with 896 runs at 47 and recently scored an impressive 150 during an A tour of India. A solid batsman in the Rogers mould, at 22, Bancroft is very much one for the future.
Bowling attack changes
Much was made of the exclusion of Peter Siddle during the business-end of the Ashes, when it seemed the pitches provided were tailor made for his style of bowling and a good showing in The Oval match could yet revive his stuttering Test career.
Siddle is of course part of an impressive battery of pace bowlers assembled by Australia in recent years and their depth is certain to be tested by a demanding schedule which will include ten Tests, eight ODIs and three T20Is before the summer is out. Such scheduling is sure to mean that the fast bowlers will have to be carefully managed as and when the selectors see fit.
Already there has been suggestions that both Mitchell Johnson and Josh Hazelwood will be rested for the tour of Bangladesh next month with an eye on the series with New Zealand that follows. Luckily for Australia their fast bowling stocks remain high with the likes of Siddle, Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, James Pattinson, James Faulkner, Gurinder Sandhu and Nathan Coulter-Nile all waiting in the wings should changes be made. Keeping them all fit remains another matter.
New glovesmen
Whether you agree with the way in which it was handled or not, the call made on Brad Haddin during the Ashes looks to have ended his Test career. It had been assumed for some time now that Haddin would indeed call it a day in Test cricket after the Ashes – much like he did in the limited overs form after the World Cup in March – but circumstances did not allow for the graceful ending that someone of Haddin’s stature undoubtedly deserved.
All the same, sport moves on and Peter Nevill has been entrusted with first dibs on the Test wicketkeeping position. After coming into the side at Lords, Nevill did a steady if not spectacular job both in front and behind the stumps, but it’s too premature to simply declare the position as a closed shop this early on.
There are other strong contenders should Nevill’s form dip drastically over the summer months. Matthew Wade, is at 27, two years Nevill’s junior and already a scorer of two Test hundreds across his twelve matches. Should he continue to make waves in the ODI arena – he scored a match winning unbeaten 71 at Southampton in his previous ODI – then there is no reason why he can’t challenge Nevill for a Test berth. Further down the line is the talented 23-year-old Sam Whiteman of Western Australia – who has impressed the Australian cricket hierarchy for a couple of years now – his time will surely come sooner rather than later.
A return to the Trans-Tasman rivalry
After a near four-year exile, Australia and New Zealand will again meet to compete for the Trans-Tasman Trophy this summer with five Tests scheduled across both countries. The duel will begin in Australia at the beginning of November with Tests set for: The Gabba, The WACA and a day-night game at the Adelaide Oval (More of that next). It will then conclude in New Zealand in February with matches at The Basin Reserve in Wellington and Christchurch’s Hagley Oval.
The previous encounter between the pair was a competitively fought two-Test contest that finished one-each in December 2011. That series marked the debuts of Pattinson, Starc and Warner for Australia and Trent Boult for New Zealand and that same quartet will all be looking to make an impact this time around.
Furthermore the two sides will also meet for the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy prior to the return leg of their Test clash in New Zealand. The famous named trophy – currently belonging to the Black Caps after their World Cup group triumph at Eden Park in February – is back up for grabs across three matches as it is set to be played more frequently under the new future tours programme.
The trophy was originally contested annually from 2004–05 until 2009–10 as a three- or five-match series with Australia currently holding the upper hand with four victories to New Zealand’s two.
The first day-night Test match
After years of uncertainty and debate, the first ever day-night Test match will finally be staged at the Adelaide Oval on November 27th.
The historic event will mark the first Test to be played under lights with the new, heavily trailed, pink Kookaburra ball and will begin at 2pm ACDT time.
Much intrigue and scepticism surrounds the move for day-night Test cricket, with issues such as notwithstanding the traditions of the game and the condition and behaviour of the pink ball under lights, being the most prominent.
The move was brought about of course to improve attendances and television audiences across Australia with CA chief exclusive James Sutherland having campaigned for the move for seven years. Like Sutherland, Coach Darren Lehmann and CA board member Mark Taylor have both supported the move, but it hasn’t been everyone’s cup of tea with players like Mitchell Starc being unsure how the new pink ball will replicate the mannerisms of its red counterpart.
It seems nobody truly knows how the pink ball will react under the rigors of day-night Test cricket. So watch this space.
New Matador Cup team
The Matador BBQs One-Day Cup has had mixed success since its change of format in 2013-14, with the limited overs competition now being played in Sydney to its entirety in one three-week block at the beginning of the Australian summer.
Some argue that it’s good to play the one-day format in a single block, while others argue that it should be played continually throughout the summer so to lead up to the annual ODI series played in the New Year.
Either way this year’s competition is set to include a seventh side in the form of a Cricket Australia XI. The team to be simply known as the CA XI is a two-year trial project, with the 15-man squad set to be comprised of un-contracted state players and national youth squad members.
The squad will be selected by State Talent Managers and guided by the National Selection Panel, while former England bowling coach and Bupa National Cricket Centre head coach Troy Cooley will coach the side with assistance from High Performance Coach Graeme Hick.
It is hoped that the team will include the likes of Australian U19 starlet Jake Doran, an 18-year-old wicketkeeper batsman who has dominated his age group over the past year.
Cricket set to leave The WACA for Burswood
And finally, although technically it won’t directly come into effect until 2018, the changing of the guard in Perth is a huge one for cricket in Australia.
International cricket has been played on the fast and bouncy pitches of The WACA for over forty years, but although that will remain the case for the foreseeable, the cities’ premium international and Big Bash fixtures will now be moved to a brand new 60,000-capacity stadium across the Swan river at Burswood.
Visiting teams from England, India and South Africa will play all of their Perth fixtures at the new Burswood ground from 2018 onwards as the old WACA ground will be downsized to a “boutique” venue with a capacity of 10,000-15,000.
While all other countries, barring those mentioned above, will still play international fixtures at The WACA and Western Australia will continue to play Shield fixtures there – it seems a somewhat sad chapter in the history of Western Australian cricket with the great Dennis Lillee among those opposing the move.
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Investec Ashes 2015 review
In a bizarre Ashes series of one sided matches, (not to mention the shortest ever five match Test series in terms of number of day’s play), it was England who won the key important moments – despite only having one player in each of the top four run makers and wicket takers.
However, when you look at the contributions of those two players: Joe Root (460 runs at 57) and Stuart Broad (21 wickets at 20) then it’s easier to put England’s series victory into perspective. Root top scored in the first innings in each of the three Tests that England won, including hundreds at both Cardiff and Nottingham. Broad on the other hand was easily England’s most impressive bowler throughout. His breathtaking 8-15 at Trent Bridge was ample reward for his efforts earlier in the series – where he didn’t necessary get the riches he deserved.
Where England really dominated the Australians was with each of their fast bowler’s abilities to come to the party at critical junctions of the series. During the two week period where the Ashes were won and lost at Edgbaston and Trent Bridge, England restricted Australia to totals of just: 136, 265, 60 and 253. Across those four innings, four different bowlers took at least six wicket hauls. At Edgbaston James Anderson took 6-47 and the returning Steven Finn 6-79, while at Trent Bridge, Broad shrugged off the absence of the injured Anderson to blast out the Australians with a career best 8-15. Ben Stokes also claimed his Test finest figures whilst wrapping the Ashes up with a second innings haul of 6-36.
England’s 2015 Ashes campaign very much mirrors that of 2009 – where they prevailed despite being very much behind the Australians on individual honours. But in a series where both sides by and large lacked the hunger and technique to bat long periods when behind the game, England found enough runs in three out of the five matches.
Moeen Ali, who is a regular no.3 for Worcestershire, made a huge difference to the balance of the England side whilst batting at number eight. Batting when his country found themselves under the cosh he snatched the game away from Australia at both Cardiff and Birmingham, where he blazed first innings knocks of 77 and 59. That his batting partnerships with Broad were England’s most fruitful of this freakish series, tells its own story.
How did they win the Ashes?
Despite going into the series as relative underdogs, a disciplined yet courageous England took advantage at Cardiff, where they played the type of aggressive cricket they had promised before the series began. After winning the toss and finding themselves in a spot of bother at 3-43, England breathed a huge sigh of relief when Brad Haddin dropped Root on nought. It would be a turning point in not just the match but also the series as Root went onto make 134 and England 430. Despite five of the Australian top six making at least 30, a procession of starts were not built upon and they could only muster 308 in reply. A pair of 60’s from Ian Bell and Root set the Australians a difficult 412 to win but they collapsed to 6-122 before Mitchell Johnson’s brisk 77 delayed the inevitable for the visitors as they eventually succumbed to a 169-run defeat.
After a huge 405-run mauling at the hands of a rejuvenated Australia at Lords, both coach Trevor Bayliss and captain Alastair Cook summoned for more “English type” wickets after their fast bowlers struggled on a flat deck at the home of cricket. Their wish was granted at Edgbaston as they were confronted with a heavily green tinged wicket and grey overhead conditions. It was a good toss to lose for Cook as Michael Clarke opted for first use on a rain hit morning in Birmingham. It all started to go wrong for Clarke and his men thereafter as Anderson, along with help from Broad and Finn, made perfect use of the conditions to bundle the tourists out for just 136.
In reply both Bell and Root again made half centuries but the innings was beginning to fizzle out until Moeen and Broad batted the Australians out of the contest with an eight-wicket stand of 87. Finn then took over, reducing Australia to 5-92 before some late order resistance from Peter Nevill and Mitchell Starc eventually set England 121. After both openers fell cheaply it was Bell and Root again doing the damage as they put on an unbroken 73 to seal an eight-wicket victory.
After seeing the Australians struggle to play the moving ball at Edgbaston, Cook had no hesitation in inserting the visitors under grey skies at Trent Bridge. What followed next was one of the most outlandish first sessions in Test history. The ciaos began when Australia were reduced to 2-10 after just one over from Broad and things soon went from bad to worse as Broad and England jumped all over Australia’s feeble middle order to dismiss them for just 60 – their lowest Ashes total since 1936.
England found themselves batting half an hour before lunch and eventually finished the day with a 214-run lead thanks to an unbeaten hundred from Root – who added 173 with Jonny Bairstow for the fourth wicket. Facing a first innings deficit of 331, Australia’s openers Chris Rogers and David Warner put on a solid hundred partnership for the first wicket before Stokes removed them both amidst a superb spell of swing bowling – that eventually reaped him his second six-wicket Ashes haul. The last rites were orchestrated by Mark Wood who bowled both Josh Hazelwood and Nathan Lyon to hand underdogs England redemption.
What next for England?
Despite seemingly winning the Ashes at ease with a match to spare, there remain a few questions to be answered over the performances of some players.
There’s no doubting that it was a bowlers series and England will be pleased with the efforts of their fast men in particular. Anderson, Broad, Finn, Stokes and Wood all form a solid pace battery featuring both experience and youth and barring injury they should all go on to play Test cricket for at least another year.
Beneath them in the standings there also remains decent depth: Liam Plunkett, Chris Jordan, Mark Footitt and Chris Woakes have all not being called upon to make an appearance during the Ashes, but England will be confident that each of them wouldn’t let the side down if they were given a chance for future assignments.
But with a Test series against Pakistan in the UAE next up, the fast bowling shouldn’t be so much an issue as that of the spin resources. While Moeen has provided England with valuable depth in the batting order at number eight, his primary role is as front line spinner and his performances in the past six months haven’t quite been up to the standards required to bowl sides out in Test cricket. The problem for England is who else they can turn to when they will need to play two spinners in the UAE?
Legspinner Adil Rashid will be in the reckoning to play alongside Moeen in the UAE, but it will be a daunting task for a man who will be expected to bowl out Pakistani batsman despite not being given any previous Test experience this year. In hindsight Rashid should have played in the West Indies on England’s there earlier this year, when he wasn’t given an opportunity then, it looked very unlikely that he would have been given a chance during the Ashes unless it was as a last resort if England were going badly.
Other names that have been doing the rounds as potential touring inclusions in the past week are 18-year-old Hampshire legspinner Mason Crane and Surrey’s Zafar Ansari, 23. Out of the pair Ansari, a Cambridge University graduate who is capable of batting in the middle order and bowling tidy slow left arm, looks the most likely to be selected after earning good reviews from many who have watched him at Surrey this summer. As for Crane, it seems highly unlikely that a usually conservative English selection panel would go with an 18-year-old legspinner who has at the time of writing only played two first-class matches in his short career thus far.
After the recent failings of Adam Lyth, it looks like the England merry-go-round search for a second opener to accompany Cook, will go on. Since Andrew Strauss retired after the summer of 2012, six men have been asked to fill his void and so far none have made a sustainable case for themselves. Nick Compton, Michael Carberry, Sam Robson and Jonathan Trott have all been tried and jettisoned, while Root has quite rightly moved back down the order, and with Lyth seemingly not have taken his chance, the search continues.
One option that remains a real possibility for the Pakistan tour at least is to move Moeen up from eight to open alongside Cook. This would of course be a short term measure to allow England to play either Rashid or Ansari at number eight as a second spinner whilst not weakening the batting. While Moeen might thrive opening the batting on the slow and low pitches of the UAE, England’s next assignment to South Africa at Christmas might not be so forthcoming for the flashy left-hander. That’s where Nottinghamshire’s Alex Hales comes into the equation. The tall right-hander has already cemented his place in England’s limited overs sides and another strong showing in the ODI series with Australia, coupled with his fine recent first-class form for his county and he could well be given a Test debut this winter in either the Emirates or South Africa.
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Archived News : September-October 2009
31.10.2009
ONOFORO LEADS PERTH TO GRAND FINAL GLORY
Perth SC captain David Onoforo turned in a best on ground performance to guide his team to a 2-0 Grand Final victory - and the title of State Champions for 2009 - over Western Knights on a sunny afternoon at Clipsal Stadium. Ian McMurray put one Perth hand on the trophy when he opened the scoring early in the second half with Onoforo sealing the win after 72 minutes. It was a great all-round team performance from us today, said Onoforo, clearly delighted with his teams performance. We spoke about it in the week, about being focused and every player, including the subs, contributed to a great victory for the club today.
The bumper crowd of 1,720 had hardly time to settle into their seats when the Knights threatened for the first time through Anthony Campbell whose cross-shot from the right drifted wide of the post. Perth werent to be outdone and four minutes later a crisp first time shot by Matt Danskin brought a good low save out of Frazer Siddall. There was no let up in the tempo with the two teams trading attacks in search of an opening goal. On the quarter hour Andy Bourakis long-range attempt was held by the Knights custodian, the ball was quickly spirited to the opposite end where Campbell flashed a header wide from Barry Devlins cross.
Perth had the benefit of a swirling breeze for the first half and in the 30th minute Bourakis 25-metres free-kick was caught by the wind, forcing Siddall to back pedal and tip the ball on to the crossbar at the last moment. Five minutes later Siddall again came to his sides rescue, saving well from Danskins long-range shot. At the other end, Perth youngster Luke Martino had to be alert to punch clear a David Micevski in-swinging corner. But it was Perth who ended the half on top with another Bourakis free-kick tipped over by Siddall, then minutes later Danskins shot from the right whistled narrowly the wrong side of the upright.
The second half was given a crackerjack start with Dom De Felice crashing the ball into the base of the post with Siddall well beaten, and soon after Greg Sharlands first time strike whizzed just wide. The Knights should have taken a 53rd minute lead through Devlin but after driving inside the 18-yard box the midfielder blazed high from 10-metres. It was a costly miss as, three minutes later, Bourakis superbly released Onoforo whose low centre from the by-line was rammed into the net at close-range by McMurray. Controversy reigned soon after when Stuart Fergusons header was prevented from entering the net by De Felice, despite Knights claims the Perth midfielder was over the line.
With the Knights committing players forward they were always running the risk of being caught out at the back. And thats exactly what happened on 72 minutes when Sharlands terrific diagonal long ball found Onoforo, who expertly skipped around Ivan Zuvela before angling his low shot beyond Siddalls reach to double Perths lead. Campbell and Danskin were fortunate to remain on the park following a heated clash that sparked an ugly melee, however, referee Mathew Cheeseman was quick to defuse the situation. Craig Simpson had a header clear off the line by Zuvela as Perth attempted to add a third to their tally
The Knights werent ready to throw in the towel by any means and bombarded their opponents goal throughout the closing stages. Marco Warmt-Murrays low shot was well saved by Martino, then David Annall should have done better that lift over the bar from 8-metres. 82 minutes were on the clock when Daniel Micevski teed up brother David but the midfielder blazed disappointingly high from the edge of the box. David Micevski almost made amends soon after with a cracking volley from 15-metres which cannoned back off the bar, before the final chance of the day saw Martino deny Daniel Trim.
With the final whistle came the beginning of a long night of celebrations for Perth, whose coach Graham Normanton was over the moon with his teams performance. We played really well today. We were primed for it and ready to go, he said. The conditions were difficult, the wind caused us problems. But we played some good football and the goals really speak for themselves, both were well set up and well finished. We could have scored a couple more but to win 2-0 in a final - Im delighted!
Knights coach Paul Price was disappointed to have fallen at the last hurdle. Perth was the better side on the day, we had some chances but it wasnt our day, said Price, who rued the decision not to award a goal for Fergusons second half header. The boys were convinced the ball was over the line which would have made it 1-1. Those things can change matches, but to be honest we had a few players that didnt perform particularly well today, and Perth deserved their win.
Perth SC: Luke Martino, Trent Kay, Michael Icanovski, Craig Simpson, Matt Danskin (Andres Oliveira 84), Greg Sharland, Gary Greenhill (Michael Black 75), Dom De Felice, Andrew Bourakis, David Onoforo, Ian McMurray
Western Knights: Frazer Siddall, Ivan Zuvela, Stuart Ferguson, David Annall, Cormac Dawson (Stanford Hepburn 70), Daniel Micevski, Barry Devlin, David Micevski, , Marco Warmt-Murray (Karl OReilly 87), Anthony Campbell, Daniel Trim
Bookings: Devlin (41), Campbell (75), Danskin (75)
Dismissals: Nil
Referee: Mathew Cheeseman
Attendance: 1,720
31.10.2009
BRISBANE WOMEN THRASH GLORY
Defending champions Brisbane Roar have confirmed their status as W-League pacesetters with a clinical 6-0 thrashing of third-placed Perth Glory at Ballymore Stadium. The home team came out firing and had secured the three points on offer inside the quarter hour by slotting in three unanswered goals. Lana Harch started the rout in the 8th minute by going around Collette McCallum before unleashing a powerful strike that goalkeeper Emma Wirkus could do little about. The margin was doubled as Wirkus failed to take cleanly Kate McSheas looping cross, which was sent into the net by Courtney Beutel. And another scrap inside the 18-yard box on 13 minutes ended with Ellen Beaumont firing sharply in the hosts third.
The second half started much like the first, Brisbane piling the pressure on their opponents. It was Harch who found the back of the net on 54 minutes by calmly sliding the ball under Wirkus after getting on the end of a cross. Casey Dumont was little more than a spectator for much of the afternoon but on 77 minutes was beaten by Alex Singer, who was denied a consolation by Pam Bignolds clearance. Beaumont grabbed her second, beating several defenders before putting a sweet left-footed strike into the net ten minutes from the end. But Brisbane werent yet finish and in stoppage time substitute Sasha McDonnell rounded off the win with a spectacular shot from just inside the box to bringing the final margin to six goals, the biggest of this W-League season.
31.10.2009
GLORY CROWDS UP!
The perception is A-League crowds are falling - but that is certainly not the case with Perth Glory. Western Australias national league representative has gone back in time to the National Soccer League days with the number of spectators attending home games this season well and truly up. Glorys average for the first five games of the 2009/10 summer is 9,843 - a 24% increase over last season and the biggest of any A-League club. The climb was capped with a season-high 12,872 for the round nine outing with North Queensland Fury.
Owner Tony Sage said he was ecstatic with Glorys attendances ahead of tomorrows game against second-placed Melbourne Victory at ME Bank Stadium. The FFA is very happy with the off-field performances of Perth Glory in relation to is crowds, so that was a ringing endorsement since last year when they were hammering me every week to try and entice more crowds, said Sage, who took the off-season gamble of bringing Jacob Burns, Mile Stejovski, Chris Coyne, Andy Todd and Branko Jelic to the club. I think the fans out there realise now that Perth Glory is here to stay.
A-League crowds are up for four of the clubs who were in the league last season, and down for the other four. Glorys 24% rise is mirrored by New Zealand outfit Wellington Phoenix (13%). However, the news is not all rosy with Brisbane Roar shedding around 25% of their 2008/09 average attendance, while at Newcastle the drop off is a staggering 38%. Newcomers Gold Coast United have brought with them the competitions smallest average crowd, as well as heavily criticised plans to cap their attendance at 5,000 to save money.
31.10.2009
MRDJA FIGHTS FOR HIS FUTURE
Nik Mrdja accepts he is fighting for his A-League future as he battles to show Lawrie McKinna and other possible suitors that he is worth a fresh deal. Mrdja, 30, is out of contract at the end of the season and the injury-riddled striker needs some big performances to convince coach McKinna he is worth keeping for another year. His statistics this season do not make great reading - he still hasn't found the back of the net at first team level this campaign - but Mrdja is likely to be included in the Mariners squad for this evening's match with Adelaide United.
Mrdja received a much-needed confidence when he netted a hat-trick for in the National Youth League game against Newcastle United last week and he believes a goal in the A-League is not far away. "Eventually I'll come good," Mrdja said. "I'd like to keep playing in the A-League and I would like to stay on the coast. I haven't had a great record with injuries - that's what has stopped me. But I feel I've got on top of that now." McKinna has shown great faith in Mrdja while he has been out for long periods with injury and still believes he has the potential to be a consistent scorer at national league level.
31.10.2009
GLORY YOUTH BEEF UP (courtesy Perth Glory)
Perth Glory Youth will be close to full strength for tomorrows home clash with Melbourne Victory as the clubs horror run of injuries finally looks to be behind them. The young West Australians have struggled to field a side this season and relied on replacement players for the most part, at one stage having eleven of sixteen contracted players unavailable. Despite those setbacks Glory Youth have shown plenty of character to be equal on points with third placed Adelaide United. Utility players Ryan Pearson and Adam Taggart return to the squad this week and follow five of their team mates who returned in a thrilling 4-3 win against the Australian Institute of Sport last weekend.
Defender Dean Evans, one of those to return to action last weekend, says it has been a big confidence boost to have the majority of the squad back up and running. Weve had a lot of injuries but were slowly getting everyone back in the side, Evans said. We had quite a few guys come back last week and they did really well and it just adds more strength to the side when the coach has a fit squad to pick from. That said, the boys that come in and covered did really well and stepped up to the plate when we needed to get the job done.
Pegging back the AIS after falling behind on numerous occasions showed a resolve that will benefit the young Glory side for the remainder of the season according to Evans. Coming back from two-nil down last week showed good character among the boys. We stuck to our tactics and never gave up. We just played our game and worked really hard to get back in there and got the result in the end which was great, commented Evans, who concedes a home record of a win, a draw and a loss needs improvement. We think we can win every game with the squad weve got. Weve got to start making our home ground a fortress and make it tough for every team that comes over here.
After making an impressive debut in the inaugural National Youth League season, Evans was looking forward to backing that up this season but has endured a frustrating injury battle and missed the opening six rounds with a knee complaint. He made an impressive comeback against the AIS and cant wait to get back onto the pitch this weekend as he and the rest of the squad test themselves against a quality Melbourne side. There are a well organised side and we know what theyre capable of from what they achieved last year. Were definitely expecting a tough game but well be ready for Melbourne, he said. Its great to be back. I always like playing in front of our home crowd and I know the boys are pumped up to get another win on the board.
30.10.2009
FAMILIAR FOES GO ROUND ONE FINAL TIME
Perth SC v Western Knights (Referee: Mathew Cheeseman)
The 2009 season comes to a close tomorrow afternoon when Western Knights takes on long-time rival Perth SC in the Grand Final of the Flexible Signage Solutions at Clipsal Stadium (3.00pm). The Knights won through to the season finale with a hard fought 2-1 win over Floreat Athena last week and will be hoping to turn end a three-game losing streak to Perth. The teams met for the first time this year in late June when Perth ran out 3-1 winners at Nash Field courtesy of goals from Genaveo Human, David Onoforo and Phil Arnold, with Mario Marcinko on target for the hosts. Then on the final day of the regular season Onoforo scored both goals in the Blues 2-0 win at Dorrien Gardens.
The teams met again only a fortnight ago in the Major Semi-Final when Graham Normantons side came out on top 3-2. Perth started the year by winning the Night Series and their coach is hopeful of adding the Top Five series trophy to the cabinet at Dorrien Gardens. We have beaten them three times this year but that all counts for nothing especially when it comes to a Grand Final, commented Normanton. We are confident that we can do well but we are not over-confident. We fully respect Western Knights and their achievements this year so there is no way we can go into this game over confident or complacent in anyway shape or form.
Normanton expects Saturdays game to be a true spectacle for the neutral observer. There will be two distinctly different styles of football being played so it will be interesting to see which of us can impose ourselves over the other. Both sides are capable of scoring freely so Im sure that it will be a very entertaining game with lots of chances, he said. The Knights have some very good players that we will have to take care of but we cant concentrate on just those players as every player can hurt you if you dont show them the respect that they deserve. David Micevski proved last week what ability he has to turn a game on his own he is a player that we cant allow to have a major influence on the game.
Paul Price, coach of the Knights, was glad to get back in the winners circle last week after going three games without sampling victory. It was nice to win a game after losing two and drawing one since we won the League in September, so were looking forward to the game on Saturday and go into it full of confidence, said Price. Perth has beaten us three times this season but thats in the past. We hope Inglewoods ground is in good condition and it will be a showpiece for West Australian football. You have to take your chances in all games you play, especially finals, or you are put under pressure. Fortunately we did that against Floreat (and) Saturday will be know different, the side that converts their chances will win.
There may be a trophy riding on the outcome of Saturdays game but as far as Price is concerned its just another game they want to win. Were treating the game like any other as a number of our players have set routines, especially Stuart Ferguson who has to be last out of the dressing room, so we will not change a thing for Saturday, he the former Welsh international. Its a Cup Final so I shouldnt have any problems getting the players ready for the game. Weve worked on a few things this week in training, we conceded two goals from free-kicks against Perth in the Preliminary Final - one was an unstoppable shot but the other was just poor defending - so we have to watch that on Saturday.
30.10.2009
MICEVSKI AND SHARLAND HAVE THE FINAL WORD
Just how great an influence David Micevski and Greg Sharland can assert on tomorrows Top Five play-off final will go a long way to determining which clubs has their hands on the trophy at days end. The pair are no strangers to the pressures of football, Micevski having played professionally for Perth Glory and at youth international level with Australia whereas Sharland spent a season with English club Charlton Athletic either side of season-long stints with Wollongong Wolves and Glory.
Micevski was best on ground when the Knights downed Floreat Athena in last weeks Preliminary Final, scoring once and setting up the other for Anthony Campbell. We have played Perth four times this season and only beaten them once - a 1-0 win in the opening round of the Night Series, said the talented midfielder. You could say Perth has had the wood on us but its finals football and the best team on the day will win. We finished the regular season on top for a reason and well all be going into Saturdays final full of confidence.
Sharland, who has been outstanding this season, strongly believes the best two teams of 2009 are meeting in Saturdays showcase. It is a great way to end the season with the top two teams from the season fighting out for the major title, he said. One confidence booster I feel is the game being played on a pitch like Perths, we have been training all year on a large ground we will be able move the ball around how we like. The Knights have had an outstanding season at their ground, so Im very happy it is away from Nash Field.
Theres a rat deal of mutual respect between Micevski and Sharland, with both well aware of the others capacity for turning a game. Dave has had a great year, said Sharland. I have only seen him three times this year, however, a lot of talk from the Knights has been about him hopefully he can get another crack at the big leagues soon. Those sentiments were echoed by Micevski, Greg is a player you cant give a lot of space to. His crossing and delivery from set pieces are dangerous, so we have to make sure we dont give him much time on the ball.
Perths hopes of lifting the final piece of silverware on offer this year received a blow with the suspension of Phil Arnold, however, Micevski says his former club have several players capable of causing problems. Obviously Phil is a loss for Perth as he gives them that extra pace going forward. But they have other players who can step up and do a job, he explained. Both sides like to attack which will hopefully make it an exciting game for the supporters. Last time we met the majority of goals were scored from dead ball situations and again I feel this could be the difference between on the day.
The Knights enter the game with pretty much a full compliment of players for coach Paul Price to select from. Sharland feels that, in all likelihood, the final game of 2009 will go down to the wire. I agree with David, in a major Final there probably wont be many chances. Whichever team can make the most of their chances will come out on top by the end, and I hope its us, he said. The live and exclusive broadcast of the Flexible Signage Solutions Grand Final commences from 2.30pm on 107.3 Heritage FM, with match highlights available on footballwest.tv from Monday afternoon.
29.10.2009
LEGENDS TO KICK OFF GRAND FINAL
A host of retired State League champions will don their boots in the curtain raiser to Saturdays Top Five play-off Grand Final. The West Australian Ex-State and International Masters will take on a Football West Legends Select side prior to the season finale between Perth SC and Western Knights at Clipsal Stadium. The Masters team, joint winners of the Seniors World Cup in April, features one-time Perth Glory striker Bobby Despotovski, dual Gold Medallist Norrie Sutton and the versatility of Alan Pottier. Amongst the Legends number are inaugural Glory captain Gareth Naven, former Socceroos defender Robbie Dunn and goalkeeping extraordinaire Willie McNally. The West Australian Ex-State and International Masters go head-to-head with the Football West Legends Select side from 1.30pm.
29.10.2009
KERR FAMILY SHINES AS CODE-BREAKERS (courtesy the 'West Australian')
Their respective football codes may be rivals, but siblings Sam and Daniel Kerr save their competitive instincts for the field. Sam, a member of Perth Glory Women, is proving her older brother and Eagles player is not the only talented athlete in the family. The teenager returned home from Myanmar last week fresh from scoring two goals in Australia's 8-0 victory over Thailand in the ASEAN Football Federation Under-16 women's championships final. The performance enhanced the 16-year old's growing reputation, with the youngest member of the Kerr household having made her international debut for the Matildas in February.
Sam, an attacking midfielder, showcased her credentials by starring in last weekend's 1-0 victory over Adelaide United, just days after returning from international duty. Despite the best on ground performance, she readily admits her game is not without faults. "I'm a lazy defender," she joked. "I like running with the ball, running at people. It's fun and I like scoring goals, but I hate defending." Sam left Perth on Wednesday to join Australia's squad for the Asian Football Confederation's under-16 titles in Thailand. The competition will double as the qualifiers for next year's Under-17 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Daniel, who returns to pre-season training with the Eagles next week, said he shared a love for the round-ball sport. "Probably if I had my time again, I wouldn't mind having a crack at it myself," he said. "It's probably a little bit easier on the body. It's a very interesting game to watch. I follow a lot of international soccer and the Glory men as well, so I love her playing soccer. It gives me more of an opportunity to watch the game." Daniel is happy to shelve any protective big brother instincts when it comes to watching Sam in action. "She's big enough and old enough to handle herself against other women now," he said.
29.10.2009
UWA-NEDLANDS THE NEW FORCE IN FOOTBALL
There's a new football power emerging in the western suburbs with the formation of UWA-Nedlands. An amalgamation of amateur giants University of WA and the juniors of Nedlands, the new club will be one of the largest in Western Australia and is expected to become a major player on the local scene in the years ahead. "We're very excited by growing the club through this merger," said UWA-Nedlands president Guy Hattersley. "UWA were the most successful club in the Amateur competition this year and with this union we hope to build a very strong youth development program which will drive are progression into the top echelons of WA football."
The establishment of UWA-Nedlands is very much a win-win situation for both foundation clubs. "Nedlands were looking for a progression for their talented juniors and UWA needed a youth structure to progress to Saturday State League competition, so a merger was the natural response to meeting both clubs desires," commented Hattersley. "The club will provide a 'cradle to grave' opportunity for players of all levels of ability. Our long-term plans include developing a quality facility in the UWA sports complex as well as providing a variety of football levels within the club."
29.10.2009
GUESS WHOS COMING TO DINNER? (by Ashley Morrison, Not the Footy Show )
The Football West Gold Medal dinner has quite rightly become the main event in the football calendar in Western Australia, and congratulations must go to Anthony Green and Jodie MacCullum for raising the bar during their time with the association. Also to Ben Fitzpatrick and Kiera Treloar for picking up the baton and continuing to maintain and improve the standard set. All we have to do now is make sure that the players respect the event and dress appropriately.
It is a measure of how big the event is now that decisions have had to be made as to how many people receive invitations to attend free of charge. During my brief time at Football West that number was reduced from close to 200 free tickets to under 100 as we tried to claw back a $35k loss on the night from the previous year. This year it appears that the administration is trying to do the same, as again they are limiting the number of free tickets issued - or are they?
We have been advised that the board have taken a decision to invite only the mainstream media, at the expense of some of the local outlets who have supported the game. By mainstream media it is supposed that this will mean the West Australian and the Sunday Times. The latter has, to be fair, given the league coverage - the West has not but will be the best way of giving major sponsor McInerney Ford exposure as they are bound to give the winner exposure in the Saturday edition. And, ultimately, that is good for the game.
We hear that Heritage FM, who covered the league on the radio all season, have not been given free tickets, which if true is downright embarrassing. The same applies to the team at footballwa.net - these guys gave the only internet coverage to the State League for many years and are still the first point of call to many followers of the game so to shun them now is rude and downright foolish. What we do hope we will not see on the night are the board members attending with their partners and having claimed two tickets free of charge.
It is also hoped that we do not see commercial television and radio stations who refuse to acknowledge the existence of the State League being given tickets ahead of people dedicated to the game, who work week in week out trying to promote it on community radio. These people have kept the game alive and it is wrong to ignore that fact. If the commercial media are invited and there is no extra coverage gained next season we as stakeholders in the game need to look at why they were invited, and if was it for footballs gain or for their own or the board members business gain?
As annoying and unjust as this whole ticket issue appears to some, the stakeholders need to start looking inward. The stakeholders appoint the standing committees who in turn appoint the board. Are the right people on the standing committees? Are the standing committees doing what the Crawford Report gave them power to do? This has to be brought into question as two of the standing committees at the last board election, had no representation - and one still does not to this day. Should one person be allowed to be a representative on two standing committees? Does a standing committee of two people represent the views of the whole state, and if their views differ how do they vote? These are all questions that the stakeholders need to address.
The whole idea of the Crawford Report was to give the power to the stakeholders, however, it appears that the stakeholders in a lot of cases show little regard in the processes, and then are very quick to moan when their voices are not heard. The stakeholders appoint the board and trust them to oversee the running of the game by those employed by Football West. Too often the board interferes with the day to day running of the game, and that is why I believe the structure needs to be reviewed, but if we are sticking with the same structure a strong CEO appointed. The latter is unlikely as the board are not going to what a strong CEO who stands up to them.
One question that still has not been answered is Why, when the last CEO left in June of 2009, are we waiting for a new CEO to be appointed after the end of the season? Luke Martin appears to be trying very hard to run Football West but it is not right for the game to be run by a board member. Mr Martin inherited an organisation short on finances and is looking to minimise the losses on the Gold Medal night, a commendable and understandable. However, it is a tightrope that is being walked in regards to looking after those who have genuinely assisted with the promotion of the league in 2009 and who honestly merits a free ticket to our gala night.
29.10.2009
STERJOVSKI 90% CHANCE OF PLAYING AGAINST MELBOURNE
Socceroo Mile Sterjovski is almost certain to take part in Perth Glorys vital home game against Melbourne Victory this weekend. Sterjovski missed Glorys past two games due to an ankle problem but has made steady progress in his recovery and trained solidly with the team today. Its definitely better than it was last week, Sterjovski said. I thought I was going to be fine for the game against North Queensland (last Saturday) but after the final training session I pulled up a bit sore. We didnt want to risk it and cause any further damage so thats why Ive rested it until now. The way Im feeling Id say Im about a 90% chance of playing, Ive got about four or five days to give it a good test so well see how it goes. Im pretty confident that its going to be okay.
Getting back to full fitness has taken on added importance for Sterjovski, who revealed he missed the chance to join the Socceroos recent camp in Melbourne due to the injury. Pim (Verbeek) asked me to come into the camp on the Sunday, but unfortunately I was injured after the Adelaide game on the Friday night and couldnt make it, he explained. That was the most disappointing thing for me because it might have given me a chance to play but the World Cup is still a long time away and Ive got plenty of time to make it into the squad. The same thing happened to me last time (2006 World Cup) and I ended up making the team in the final selection so Im not too worried at the moment. The most important thing is to keep playing regularly, play well and to win games.
28.10.2009
AMPHLETT IS JOONDALUPS TOP PLAYER
Livewire attacker Tommy Amphlett could not have been happier with the outcome of ECU Joondalups annual presentation evening. Amphlett picked up his clubs highest individual honour, the Players Player of the Year, along with the trophy as Top Goal Scorer. Dale McCulloch picked up the Coaches Award with versatile teenager Jake Benson-Cooper was voted the Young Player of Year. Former State Schoolboys representative Damien Houston was voted the Players Player of the Year at Reserve team level where the other awards went home with Craig Cheeseman (Coaches Player of the Year) and Joseph Lado (Top Goal Scorer). Australian Under-17 international Alex Grant was installed as Youth team Players Player of the Year, Brandon ONeill collected the Coaches Player of the Year with the Top Goal Scorer shared by Jonathan Stynes, Josh Brook and Robert Rixer.
28.10.2009
MATILDA DE VANNA SUSPENDED
Star striker Lisa De Vanna has been slapped with a two-match suspension after being found guilty of offensive behaviour and intimidation of a match official during Perth Glory's W-League win over Adelaide on Saturday. De Vanna was angry when Glory coach John Gibson decided to substitute her in the 31st minute, prompting her to swear at the coaching staff and a fourth official as she made her way off the pitch. She then raised her middle finger towards a few members of the crowd as she went down the tunnel to the change room.
Football Federation Australia found De Vanna guilty of bringing the game into disrepute on two fronts. FFA deemed she displayed "offensive behaviour, including offensive, obscene, provocative or insulting gestures or language" as well as "intimidation of match officials, including derogatory or abusive words toward a match official". One match of De Vanna's two-game ban will be suspended for a period of six months, meaning she will only miss this weekend's away match with Brisbane Roar unless she re-offends before 24 April.
28.10.2009
STRACHAN WILL HELP BORO: WILLIAMS
Rhys Williams has revealed that the arrival of a new manager has brought a spring to the step of the entire Middlesbrough squad. This weeks appointment of former Scotland international Gordon Strachan, who took over at the Riverside from Gareth Southgate this week, has had an immediate effect on the clubs players. Nobody is guaranteed a place. We know that every spot is up for grabs. We have to work hard if we want to be in the team, commented Williams, who spend the past few days training under Strachan and his assistant Garry Pendrey. The new gaffer and Garry are putting their stamp on things and I think it can only benefit the team. Training has been good - its disciplined and at a higher tempo.
Williams revealed that Strachans playing pattern, which he wants the Boro players to adopt, was already beginning to emerge. The gaffer likes us to play. He wants everyone to have the ball. You can tell that he is a good coach. We are a young set of lads and you can see that he believes he can help us, added Williams, who is looking forward to improving his game under the new coaching team. I want to be more comfortable on the ball, and effecting the game more, and hopefully he will help me with that. So everybody is working hard. If I work hard then hopefully I will be given my chance.
Boro, currently fourth in the English Championship, entertain second-from-bottom Plymouth Argyle this weekend. Victory on Saturday in combination with other results go in Boros favour could propel them to the top of the table. We could be better placed, but top spot is not too far off and thats what we have to aim for, said Williams. If you go on a good run of games without losing then you will end up at the top. Burnley lost just two out of 17 when I was there last season and that was the secret of their success. The league is just as tight as it was last season. Thats why a run of games will make all the difference.
28.10.2009
INJURY GETS THE BETTER OF SIKORA
Perth Glorys injury woes have continued with striker Victor Sikora to miss the clubs next two matches with a hamstring tear. The 31-year old Dutch international injured his right hamstring during Saturdays 2-1 loss to North Queensland Fury soon after netting midway through the first half. Sikora, who has scored twice in three games, was replaced just before the interval after feeling tightness in his leg. I thought it was feeling tight only but the scans showed there were two tears, it really was a nasty surprise, Sikora said. I have felt more tightness in games before and nothing has happened, but unfortunately this time something was there. He is expected to return for the 22 November game with A-League leaders Sydney FC at ME Bank Stadium.
28.10.2009
PETKOVIC CONSIDERS AUSTRALIAN RETURN
Socceroos goalkeeper Michael Petkovic could be tempted to don the gloves of A-League newcomers Melbourne Heart in their inaugural campaign. Petkovic, currently with Turkish Super League outfit Sivasspor, has voiced a desire to return home and play in the A-League, possibly following next year's World Cup. "It's something that I've always wanted to do," said 33-year old Petkovic, who comes off contract at Sivasspor after this European season. "I started my career in Australia in the national league back then, so with the new league that's been formed there, I'd like to go back and play as long as I can before I finish my career. We'll see, we've still got time, we'll see what happens after this season."
Ideally, Petkovic would prefer to return home to Perth and follow in the footsteps of older brother Jason, who played 177 times for Perth Glory between 1999 and 2008. "I would like to go home and actually play in my hometown where I grew up," said Petkovic, who would need to unsettle youngsters Tando Velaphi and Aleks Vrteski in order to occupy the role between the posts. "I played most of my career in Melbourne and overseas so going home and playing in Perth would be something nice and something that I would love to do. But, there's only ten teams there so I don't think you can pick and choose where you want to go."
Petkovic would also fancy a return to Melbourne, where from the 2010/11 season there will be twice as many A-League goalkeeping spots up for grabs. "I had some great success in Melbourne and have a lot of friends and family there as well," added Petkovic, whose career blossomed at South Melbourne where he was a key contributor to the club's back-to-back National Soccer League titles of 1998 and 1999. "I want to play in the A-League and wherever it is, I'd love to take the opportunity. To play and with a Melbourne team, it'd be a great opportunity." Newly-appointed Heart coach John vant Schip has yet to sign any players to his foundation roster since his appointment on 12 October.
27.10.2009
GLORY OUT FOR VICTORY (courtesy Perth Glory)
Jacob Burns says his team will be looking to extend their unbeaten home run and continue an excellent record against Melbourne Victory in Sundays all-important clash at ME Bank Stadium. Perth Glory has taken maximum points from Victorys last four trips to the west, however, Burns says they wont be banking on past results to get them over the line this weekend. Everyone keeps saying that were good against Melbourne and in the past weve done this and weve done that but this is a crucial clash and we cant take anything for granted, Burns said. Well take a positive attitude into the game and are looking forward to taking on Melbourne however past results means little, theyre a great side and we need to be on our toes.
Glory are coming off back-to-back losses away at Brisbane Roar and North Queensland Fury, results which were not a true reflection of their performances. The side remains in fourth place, only five points away from top spot, after several weekend results fell their way. Burns says its time Glory takes their destiny into their own hands and start reaping the rewards that recent on-field efforts deserve. Weve been very fortunate with some of the results that have gone our way so its kept us there, but we cant keep slipping up and relying on other results. We need to look at our own game, tighten up the areas that we need to and really put on a good performance to keep us up there, commented Burns.
27.10.2009
CANNING SALUTE CAPTAIN VAN DONGEN
Paul Van Dongen has been rewarded for a superb season in the middle of the park for Canning City by winning the club's two highest awards - the Players' Player of the Year and Coaches Player of the Year. "Paul had probably his best ever season and thrived in the attacking central midfield role that he prefers," said club president Malcolm Watson. "His work rate and distribution have always been top notch but this year his runs from midfield really showed what an intelligent player he is. Paul has the potential to do even more and is already rated in top five midfielders in the state."
Star in the making Nathan Hubbard was awarded the Mitchell Allomes Memorial Trophy. "Nathan's progress from our Under-16s to making his first team debut in the space of a season reflects his great attitude and commitment to go with his natural talent," commented Watson. Midfielder Emlyn Whetnall went home with his second successive Players' Player of the Year for the Reserves, where the Coaches Player of the Year was presented to Dave Evans. Michael Everett's efforts were recognised with the Youth team Players' Player of the Year, while Simon Correia was named Coaches Player of the Year.
26.10.2009
YOUNG SOCCEROOS CALL-UP FOR WA TRIO
Three of Western Australia's brightest young talents will wear the green and gold for next month when the Young Socceroos line-up in the AFC Under-19 Championship qualifiers in Indonesia. Adelaide United's Mark Birighitti is one of two goalkeepers in the 23-player squad where he's joined by striker Eli Babalj and defender Trent Sainsbury, both currently at the Australian Institute of Sport and part of the Next Young Socceroos squad that finished as runners-up at the recent AFF Under-19 Youth Championship.
Birighitti is looking forward to the chance of once again representing his country after putting behind him the disappointment of narrowly missing out on a place in the Australian for the recent Under-20 World Cup. Missing out on the Under-20 World Cup was obviously disappointing but Im thrilled to get another chance to represent my country and I look forward to helping the team do well, Birighitti said, who was an integral part of the Next Young Socceroos squad that finished runners-up at the ASEAN Football Federation Under-19 Championship in August.
The Young Socceroos will assemble for a short training camp in Sydney prior to departure for Indonesia. Their opening game is against Hong Kong on 7 November, and over the course of the following week and a half Australia plays Chinese Taipei, Singapore, Indonesia and Japan at the Si Jalak Harupat Stadium in Bandung, Indonesia. The top two ranked teams will progress to the 2010 AFC Under-19 Championship next November. The host nation for the tournament will be determined next month with the Competitions Committee considering bids from China, Thailand and Indonesia.
The Australia squad for the AFC Under-19 Championship 2010 qualifiers is Mark Birighitti, Matthew Leckie (Adelaide United), Eli Babalj, Chris Bush, Jared Lum, Trent Sainsbury, Nikola Stanojevic, Lawrence Thomas (Australian Institute of Sport), Daniel Bowles, Thomas Oar (Brisbane Roar), Steven Lustica (Gold Coast United), Dylan McGowan (Hearts), Petar Franjic, Kliment Taseski (Melbourne Victory), Benjamin Kantarovski, Robbie Kolak, James Virgili (Newcastle Jets), Jason Davidson (Pacos de Ferreira), Karem Bulut, Kofi Danning, Sam Gallagher, Rhyan Grant and Dimitrios Petratos (Sydney FC).
26.10.2009
FAIREST AND BEST AWARD HAS BOWYER STUMPED
Armadale captain Andy Bowyer is still coming to terms with being named his club's Fairest and Best player of 2009. "To be honest I'm shocked at receiving the 'Fairest and Best' because the name itself does not represent the player that I am," he commented. "I struggled to come to terms with the new FIFA ruling of no swearing on the pitch. I was penalised for it early on in the season and from there it escalated and before you know it I had three red cards and spent seven games on the sidelines, hence why I should not have won the Fairest and Best award. If the award was renamed the "Go out there, wrap your sleeves up and put your body on the line for Armadale" award then I wouldn't have been so surprised."
Even so, Bowyer says he'll cherish his first Fairest and Best win. "I am honoured as it is the fans and committee members who pick the award so they obviously believe in me as much as I believe in the club ... and for that reason alone I feel that I have to play on next year," said 34-year old Bowyer. "Armadale is too good a club to be fighting relegation and the quality of 'the boozer' (Brad Hassell) as coach is recognised by all. We just need a few more players who are going to put their hands up to win the "Go out there, wrap your sleeves up and put your body on the line for Armadale" award. And I owe the club a season of discipline and if that can be accompanied with a team of fighters, then look out league - Armadale are on the move!"
25.10.2009
SAMMUT SIGNS WITH SWAN
Paul Lincoln has strengthened his squad for 2010 with the recruitment of former Perth Glory Youth player James Sammut. The talented midfielder, who has played locally with Inglewood United, Floreat Athena and ECU Joondalup, has agreed terms on a two-year deal having been top of Lincolns wanted list. James is a player Ive been trying to sign for a while, explained the Swan United coach. He has a great engine and has a great football brain. Were delighted he chose to come to Francis Street and he is the first of a number of new faces we are hoping to get to the club for next season.
Establishing himself in a new home is a challenge Sammut is looking forward to. Ive spoken to Lincs on a few occasions and he showed a great deal of interest on getting me down at the club, said the youngster. Ive heard a lot of good things about the club and know a few of the lads that are playing there. The club has a good future ahead of them and hopefully I can bring something to the team. Paul has spoken to me about the way he wants his side to play football and they are very similar to the style of game I like to play.
Swan surprised many last season and Sammut is keen to take the successes of 2009 and build on them. Swan played some good football the style of football Lincs wants his team to play is how I enjoy playing so hopefully my attacking game will fit in well, he said. Just talking to Lincs you can tell he has a good understanding of the game. Im a player who likes to get on the ball and play football which Lincs wants his team to do so I think I will fit right in. Hopefully next season I can get back to scoring goals and make 2010 the best season I have had.
Last season was one of frustration for Sammut who failed to make an impact at Floreat before a mid-season move to Joondalup. Obviously last year was very disappointing for me. At Floreat it was difficult not getting a lot of game time with not doing any of the pre-season because of Glory commitments and then making the move to ECU, he said. That move was one that I needed to make because I needed to be getting game time I just wanted to enjoy the second half of the season with ECU and starting getting back to playing the good football I know I can.
25.10.2009
MICEVSKI PUTS KNIGHTS INTO GRAND FINAL
Western Knights captain David Micevski turned in a best on ground display to lead his team to a 2-1 victory over Floreat Athena on a windy afternoon at Nash Field. Micevski scored one goal and laid on the other for Anthony Campbell as the Knights set up a date with Perth SC in next weekends Flexible Signage Solutions Grand Final. Coach Paul Price had nothing but praise for this his teams performance after the game, but hailed the performance of his captain in particular. David Micevski played his best game of the season today, he said. But I dont want to single anybody out because the whole team played well.
The opening exchanges produced little in terms of chances on goal as the teams sounded each other out on a poor quality surface. Floreat created the first opening after 13 minutes when John Migas deflected drive forced Frazer Siddall into saving well down low. It took only a minute for the hosts to reply via a David Micevski free-kick that curled just beyond the far post. Migas should have put his side ahead when he charged through on the quarter hour but the midfielders lob was weak and far too close to the goalkeeper. The action soon switched to the opposite end where Daniel Trims firm header flashed wide from Daniel Micevskis cross.
Adam Bachillers under hit back pass let in Anthony Campbell but thankfully Alex Dun was alert, however, the keepers clearance was straight to David Micevski who was denied a shot on goal but the Floreat defence. Jason Barrera slammed a half-volley over the crossbar on 34 minutes and shortly after Migas driving run was illegally halted by David Micevski, who became the first player in the referees book. The Knights should have taken the lead five minutes out from half-time when Campbell shook off his marker and squared to Daniel Trim, who in turn laid the ball into the path of David Micevski but his effort was deflected wide.
The tempo was taken up a notch for the second half as Barry Devlins free-kick from distance rattled the Floreat bar. Daniel Neiderberger then played in for Branimir Mikulic but after rounding Siddall the attacker was pulled up for offside. The Knights hit the front on 53 minutes, David Micevski beating two opponents in making his way down the right from where he delivered a fine low cross which Campbell turned into the net at the front post. This triggered a lengthy period of pressure from Floreat, however, the visitors failed to create many clear-cut chances. Barrera fired over after a strong run by Mikulic, who not long after had a cross plucked off his head by Siddall.
There was not such wastage from David Micevski who, on 76 minutes, Micevski fired the ball wide of Dunn from the edge of the area after Floreat failed to sufficiently deal with a Daniel Micevski cross in from the right. Floreat werent about to let their season end without a fight and five minutes later Neiderbergers shot was parried by Siddall with Mikulic reacting quickest to head in from close-range. This set up a tense final ten minutes but the closest Floreat would come to adding a second was a weak Mirco shot that was gratefully scooped up by Siddall. Despite some red-hot pressure, the Knights defence held firm until David Costellos final whistle signalled the start of celebrations.
24.10.2009
ANOTHER PAINFUL AWAY LOSS FOR GLORY
North Queensland Fury have put their goal scoring problems behind them and secured a first home A-League win by defeating Perth Glory 2-1 at Dairy Farmers Stadium. The early signs were positive for Glory with Victor Sikora slotting in midway through the first half. However, Robbie Fowlers quickly taken 65th minute free-kick brought the sides level with a stunning effort six minutes later from Dyron Daal securing the home team victory. I think it has been building (the win), I said before that North Queensland have be looking very good at home and tonight they played very well and deserved to win, said Glory boss David Mitchell. It was disappointing to have a one-nil lead and then conceded a goal off a free-kick. They deserved to win, they fought well and had a quite a few players missing from their team and they came at us and caused all sorts of problems.
Glory sounded their intentions in the 4th minute when Branko Jelics diving header smacked into the crossbar on the end of a flowing move that featured Victor Sikora, Adriano Pellegrino and Todd Howarth. With that lucky escape behind them, Fury lifted the tempo and on the quarter hour James Robinson found Fowler but his powerful long-range attempt was high. Against the run of play Glory took the lead on 24 minutes, Howarths long ball down the left appeared to have gone out of play when Jelic exploded past John Tambouras to whip in a cross which Sikora stroked into the net at close-range. The home side almost drew level on 33 minutes with Jason Spagnuolo sending in a cross to James Robinson, whose desperate shot bounced over the bar. And shortly after Chris Tadrosse delivered the ball to an unmarked David Williams but the youngster headed wide when well placed.
The home side were out quickly for the second half, Ufak Talay sending a free-kick straight at Tando Velapi and minutes later Robinson flashed wide from distance. Glory went close on the hour, Jelic cutting in from the right but shooting wide, and a few minutes later the Serbians volley from 5-metres was narrowly over the bar. Chris Coynes foul on Robinson presented Fury with a free-kick on top of the 18-yard box, and with Glory lining up their wall Fowler drilled in the equaliser. Fury then took the lead via Daal who, after being found by Fowler, twisted and turned away from two defenders before unleashing a powerful drive into the top corner. The final margin could have been greater but Jeremy Brockie curled past the post.
24.10.2009
VITTIGLIA BRILLIANCE SECURES GLORY
A stoppage time strike by returning midfielder Reece Vittiglia earned Perth Glory Youth a nail-biting 4-3 win against the Australian Institute of Sport at McKellar Park in Canberra. The three points gained moves Glory into fourth on a congested Youth League table, much to the delight of captain Steve Hesketh. It was good performance from the side today and to come back from two-nil down to win showed the side has great character, said Hesketh. It was a case of deja vu as we did the same against the AIS earlier in the season. Its great to get Reece Vittiglia back today from injury and he popped up late with the winner so it made the flight home a little more enjoyable.
The AIS and Glory both pressed early on but found the opposing defensive lines held the upper hand. The hosts got the breakthrough in the 16th minute when Eli Babalj fired into the net from a tight angle after goalkeeper Alex Pearson had blocked his initial effort. The former Stirling Lions striker added his and the teams second just two minutes later by heading in a well-flighted John Martinoski cross. Play was pretty much one-way with the AIS, looking for their first victory of the season, pilling on the pressure and if not for Pearson they would have had a third goal in the 26th minute. Glory came back into the contest late in the half, however, they were unable to find the back of the net before the half-time whistle blew.
Glory opened the second period determined to reel in the deficit, and after a prolonged period in control thats exactly what they did. Cameron Edwards brought the difference back to a single goal by converting at a 66th minute corner, and a couple of minutes later set-up the equaliser struck by Josh Risdon. The home side hit back with John Matrinovski curling in a free-kick from the edge of the 18-yard box after 75 minutes. With eleven minutes to play Ludovic Boi intercepted a poor back pass by Nikola Stanojevic before applying a clinical finish to restore parity. The decider arrived three minutes into stoppage time when Glen Trifiros pass sent clear Vittiglia, who manoeuvred his way through traffic and struck a final blow into the heart of the AIS.
24.10.2009
GLORY WOMEN JUMP TO THIRD
Sam Kerr came off the bench to inspired Perth Glory Women into joint third on the W-League table courtesy of a tight 1-0 victory over Adelaide United at Hindmarsh Stadium. The visitors were indebted to goalkeeper Emma Wirkus and some terrific defending by Dani Calautti and Sadie Lawrence as the home team dominated the opening passages. Kerr made her entry as a 31st minute replacement for Lisa De Vanna and was immediately in the thick of the action, dancing past Ebony Weidenbach to go one-on-one with goalkeeper Sian McLaren who made the save.
The second half was only three minutes old when Kerrs bouncing cross was sent into the roof of the net by American import Alex Singer from 7-metres. Elisa DOvidio almost doubled Glorys lead minutes later but her effort from the top of the 18-yard box crashed off the crossbar. Rachael Quigley was lively up front for the home side and in the 58th minute sent the ball goalward only to have Calautti clear off the line. Kerr was at the heart of Glorys better attacking moves but three times was prevented from adding her name to the scoresheet in one-on-one situations with McLaren. DOvidio also went close on a handful of occasions as Glory sought to finish the day with a few more goals to their credit.
24.10.2009
GARCIA PATIENT OVER PREMIER RETURN
Hull City midfielder Richard Garcia is hoping to force his way back into first team contention after a successful return in the reserves. But the 28-year old Socceroo accepts he still has some way to go and says he would be happy to secure a Premier League recall within the month. Garcia's versatility ensured he played a key role in the Tigers' first top flight season, making 23 appearances in total, but hasn't featured at all this term after rupturing knee ligaments weeks out from the start of the new campaign. He took the first steps on the road to recovery with a 60 minute run out for Hull's second string in the 2-1 defeat at Wigan Athletic last week.
With World Cup selection to play for, Garcia is reluctant to rush back into the first team until he knows his knee is 100%. "Hopefully I'm not too far off and I'd say within the next month," he told sporthull.co.uk. "I'm saying a month as although I feel I can play now, it's one of those thing that you have to be a bit careful with. I have to make sure I'm fully fit and don't pull a hamstring or anything that will put me out for longer. It's good to get some playing time under my belt. Hopefully I'll be available for selection sooner rather than later. If I'm called upon, I'm more than happy to give whatever I've got but I'm still trying to work my way back into it and slowly build up to 90 minutes."
24.10.2009
WILLIAMS EYES VICTORY
Matildas goalkeeper Lydia Williams and Melissa Barbieri will be at opposite ends of the park this afternoon when Canberra United hosts Melbourne Victory. The pair will battle for superiority as both look to be Australias first choice with a number of important international fixtures on the horizon. Every game we go up against each other theres a point to prove and a little bit more individual competition rather than a team competition so Im really excited to play against her, Williams told Chris Gottaas of canberraunited.com.au
Last season it was Williams who claimed the honours in both encounters with Canberra defeating Melbourne 1-0 away followed by a thrilling 4-3 home win. But previous encounters will mean little though as Melbourne go into the match in good form whereas Canberra are still looking for their first win of the campaign. I think were pretty desperate for a win this weekend, Williams said. Melbourne is going to be a really tough game so to get a win against them will really boost our confidence for the rest of the season.
23.10.2009
FLOREAT OUT TO END THE KNIGHTS CHARGE
Western Knights v Floreat Athena (Referee: David Costello)
The season goes on the line for Western Knights and Floreat Athena when they meet in Saturday's Flexible Signage Solutions Preliminary Final at Nash Field (3.00pm). To the victors will go a Grand Final showdown with Perth SC next weekend, however, for the vanquished it'll be mothballs and time to start planning in earnest for 2010. The two sides have met on three previous occasions this year with the Knights holding the balance of power two-one. Floreat snatched a 2-1 semi-final Night Series win, however, both regular season fixtures ended in the Knights favour, 3-1 at Nash Field in Round Four with August's return match being 3-1.
While midfield maestro David Micevski has been the standout performer this season, Paul Price's team have major strengths all over the park. David Annall and summer recruit Frazer Siddall are at the heart of the State League's tightest defensive unit, Daniel Micevski and Cormac Dawson are constant threats out wide in providing an endless supply of ammunition for import striker Anthony Campbell. The Knights are as near to full strength as possible with David Price and Mario Marcinko, whose contributions were vital to their regular season success, the only absences due to Perth Glory Youth commitments.
The Knights went down at home to Perth SC last week with goalkeeper Siddall contributing his teams rusty performance to a lengthy lay-off. "Not playing as a squad for three weeks, and as a full team for five weeks turned out to be a disadvantage for us," he said. "The break caused us to lose the match sharpness we've had all season - you can't keep match sharp only by training, you need to be playing at a high level each week. The lads have come to training this week with the bad taste of defeat in our mouths, we all hate losing with a passion and that makes us want all the more to win on Saturday."
Siddall says his team's strong record against Floreat this year means very little in the context of finals football. "It's true we have a good record against Floreat this season but on Saturday past results count for nothing. Both teams are very even and the games between the two clubs this year could have gone either way," said Siddall, who is already plotting the downfall of Perth in the season finale. "It's going to be a very entertaining game on Saturday and, hopefully, we'll come out on top and get the opportunity for revenge on Perth in the Grand Final."
Floreat boast one of the strongest squads on the local stage. Branimir Mikulic, Daniel Neiderberger and Johnny Mirco have shown themselves capable of winning games off their own boot with great support from Jason Barrera, John Migas and Dean Apelgren. While Miki Vujacic and Jovo Pavlovic come back into the squad, coach Michael Roki is without the services of Josip Madgic (foot), Callum Roberts (shoulder) and Miro Akeksic (returned to Serbia) while former New Zealand international Brad Scott remains doubtful with an ankle injury.
It's been an intense week of rehab at Floreat after enduring 120 minutes played in stifling 37-degree temperatures before seeing off Mandurah City. "It was pretty heartbreaking when we lost to Perth in extra-time (a fortnight ago) and when it went to extra-time against Mandurah we knew we had that little bit more in the tank," said Alex Dunn. "We had a thin squad that day due to some of the boys having other commitments and we didn't falter even through Mandurah pushed us for 120 minutes. And it was great to see David Foster get the winner because it shows the sort of quality we have coming off the bench."
Dunn readily acknowledges the psychological advantage the Knights hold going into Saturday's game but feels the time is right for Floreat to turn the tables. "The Knights have had a great season - they're solid defensively and scoring at will with David Micevski pulling the strings in midfield," commented the Floreat 'keeper. "They definitely have the wood over us this year but we're confident and playing some really good football at the moment. We know we can play 120 minutes in really hard conditions if needed, and we are read for nothing less than a real battle."
23.10.2009
SELECTION DILEMMAS FOR MITCHELL (courtesy Perth Glory)
You wont hear too many complaints from David Mitchell over current dilemma. The Perth Glory coach has been wrestling with a variety of combinations available to him plus the expected addition of striker Mile Sterjovski leading into Saturdays A-League showdown with North Queensland Fury. There are options for this game and were looking at a few scenarios which we think can turn the outcome in our favour, thats what selection time is all about, said Mitchell, who was pleased with his teams second half against Gold Coast United last weekend. The boys that came in last week have done well and we have good players who are vying for a spot, there is a bit of selection headache but that is a good thing and it is healthy to have that competition in the squad.
19-year old attacker Howard Fondyke has been rewarded for some outstanding performances with Glory Youth by being added to Mitchells extended match day squad. Glory has enjoyed an ideal preparation for their game against Fury by staying on the east coast rather than fly to and from Queensland twice in a week. The players have enjoyed it and with everyone together in the same place weve been able to go through things in depth and theyre all looking forward to the challenge this week, Mitchell said. I was really pleased with our second half last week and will be looking for another performance like that over the 90 minutes against the Fury. Itll be a tough game, I dont think North Queensland has been getting their just rewards from their performances and theyre due a win, so well be doing everything to make sure it doesnt come at our expense.
23.10.2009
BOOST FOR GLORY YOUNG GUNS (courtesy Perth Glory)
Perth Glory Youth will finally start to resemble the side Gareth Naven had planned with the injury hampered side welcoming back five players for Saturdays clash against the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. Glory was without eleven of their sixteen contracted players last weekend, leaving the side desperately short on numbers. Despite drafting in replacements they were forced to play Gold Coast United with just one outfield substitute on the bench.
Saturdays match though is a different proposition with experienced pair Dean Evans and Reece Vittiglia returning alongside Australian representative Cameron Edwards, while rookies Sam Mitchinson and Josh Risdon came in for their first games of the season. Anthony Skorich, now a senior listed player, is also set to take to the field after shaking off a long run of injuries that has plagued him since playing a starring role for the youngsters in their 2008/09 campaign.
Glory Youth physiotherapist, Sarah Cunningham, is delighted the majority of the side are again ready for action. We have been careful in managing their recovery and, if anything, we have been more cautious because we want to ensure they dont suffer any relapse, said Cunningham. Our primary concern is to get them healthy and give them the best opportunity to spend as much time as they can on the pitch. Glory Youth followers can tune in to 990am Information Radio from 12.00noon tomorrow for Ashley Morrisons play-by-play account of the AIS fixture.
23.10.2009
WOMEN ON THE HUNT FOR THREE POINTS (courtesy Perth Glory)
Perth Glory Women are in the national spotlight this Saturday when victory over Adelaide United could propel them to within striking distance of the finals. Glory Women are currently fifth but only two points outside the top four. It is a must win for us this weekend, we want to continue our recent form, play a solid ninety minutes and its a game that we go into really wanting to win said coach John Gibson. We were disappointed to drop two points last week (against Canberra United), it was one of our best performances for the year, our first half was outstanding. We had a few lapses of concentration in the second half and that cost us.
Although exciting teenager Sam Kerr returns from international duty, Gibson says its no guarantee shell play. We have a pretty settled line up this week, Sam (Kerr) is back into the squad after her international duties but overall we should be very, very similar in squad composition to the Canberra game Gibson added. We will assess tomorrow when we get to Adelaide and see how Sam has pulled up and how she goes in training. She has done a fair bit of travelling recently so we dont want to push her too hard ... Whenever she comes on she makes a positive difference to the team.
Gibson realises that in a short ten-game season, each win is crucial in the teams finals aspirations. After this week we are half way through the season. It is a must win game, and going into the next few weeks, the games will get tougher so we need to capitalise this weekend. Most of the Adelaide squad are home grown and very similar to us so it should be a great game he said. Home town fans can watch Glory Womens game with Adelaide tomorrow from 3.00pm on ABC 1.
22.10.2009
MAKAROUNAS FIRES FOR NATIONAL TEAM
A series of sparkling performances for the national youth side has served to underline how much teenager Jessie Makarounas has to offer Australian football. The 15-year old striker scored three goals in four games last week as the Joeys swept through qualifiers for next years AFC Under-16 Championship unbeaten. I was very happy with the way I played in Canberra, commented Makarounas, Australias joint top goal scorer at the qualifying tournament. I feel I played well in every game, I helped my team by scoring a few goals and also setting up a few more.
Makarounas is understandably over the moon at having played his first recognised game for Australia, having previously lined-up in a practice match with the Japan Under-15s in April. It felt amazing to pull on the green and gold shirt for the first time, it gave me a terrific sense of achievement knowing that I was representing my country in the sport I love, he said. And Im thrilled to have scored my first three goals for Australia. I hope I get the chance to play and score a few more for my country in the future.
Australia completing the Group H qualifiers in Canberra without loss to book a spot at the 2010 AFC Under-16 Championship. The team played some very good football during the tournament, said Makarounas. Over the past year weve been travelling to Canberra for training camps and I believe all the hard work showed in the way the team performed. We controlled and dictated both games against Laos, but found it a bit harder against Malaysia as they were pressing us and not giving us much time on the ball.
Having done his bit to get Australia to the finals tournament, Makarounas is now more determined than ever to press on and take his development to the next level. For the next twelve months I plan to keep working and training hard to improve myself in every aspect of my game, said Makarounas, who honed his considerable skills with the National Training Centre over the winter months. Im waiting to hear whether Ill be offered a scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport and, hopefully, Ill get the chance to move there and be in a 24/7 football environment.
22.10.2009
HOWARTH TAKES HIS CHANCE
Todd Howarth says he's determined to take any chance that comes his way as Perth Glory strives to qualify for their first A-League finals. Despite playing in just his eighth national league game, the former Perth SC player demonstrated his quality last weekend by slotting in his first goal at the top level, firing home a 54th minute equaliser against Gold Coast United. And while it was only a temporary reprieve - Gold Coast reclaimed the lead inside a minute of the restart - but for many it was conclusive evidence Howarth belonged at this level.
And there appears plenty more in store from Howarth as he looks to make the best of an opportunity he thought had passed him by. "I'd had a few trials with the Glory a few years before and that didn't work out," said Howarth from the club's temporary base on the Gold Coast. "I was always hoping they'd come knocking at my door again (but) I thought my chance had passed me by, so I went overseas for a couple of years and had a bit of a break from football and then came back and got into it. I just pretty much concentrated on the game and played State League and the opportunity came up and I knew that if I was ever given a chance, it only comes around once in a lifetime, I thought I would be stupid if I said no to it."
However, when opportunity did come knocking there were still some issues to be deal with such as Howarth leaving his day job and Glory squeezing him in under the salary cap. "The weeks leading up to it were a bit iffy, because of the salary cap and we had some pretty good players coming into the team and they came in quite late so I was notified quite late that I'd be signed," Howarth said. "It took me a few weeks to get up to speed (but) I suppose I've got a few minutes under my belt and got a little bit more confident and things are going okay now. I'm just pleased that it worked out well because it sort of looked like I wouldn't get in there."
22.10.2009
SOCCEROO EXPERIENCE TO BOLSTER WOMEN (courtesy Football West)
Shaun Murphy has been confirmed as assistant coach to Perth Glory Women for the remainder of the 2009 W-League season. Murphy played over 400 games during a decade-plus career with Notts County, West Bromwich Albion, Sheffield United, Crystal Palace and Perth Glory, who he captained to Grand Final victory in 2003/04. "I've known (head coach) John (Gibson) for quite a number of years, we went to the AIS together and he was looking for an assistant, and I'm not doing much at the moment so have decided to get on board," said the former Socceroos defender. "I have been looking to do some real coaching. I haven't been doing a lot of hands on coaching in the men's game, so John has promised some hands on coaching opportunities which I am really looking forward to."
Despite not having experience in the women's game, Murphy is excited at having the opportunity to positively impact Glory players and the W-League as a whole. "I haven't been involved with the women's game at all previously, but I like what I see so far, the girls want to learn," said Murphy. "The women's league is in its infancy, it's only the second season so hopefully I can impart a bit of my experience on the girls and help to improve the league and get it on a par with some of the other women's leagues such as the US and Swedish leagues. I think realistically we have got to try and make the top four this season, which would be a massive step forward after last season."
22.10.2009
MITCHELL STANDS BY NEVILLE
Perth Glory coach David Mitchell will keep faith in his remodelled defence for Saturday's away game with bottom-of-the-table North Queensland Fury. Young defender Scott Neville was included in the starting line-up against Gold Coast United last Sunday in the absence of the suspended Andy Todd, but played an unfortunate role in the 2-1 defeat. The former Sorrento player put the ball in his own net for Gold Coast's opener after 12 minutes and his collision with fellow defender Jamie Coyne after 56 minutes allowed Shane Smeltz to score the decisive goal.
Mitchell said the spirit among the squad had been good despite the defeat. He reiterated his view that Neville was a "fantastic talent" and said the 20-year old would learn from his mistakes. "There were really just unfortunate errors that happened and from a coaching point of view, it's just a communication thing with the players," he told Dale Miller of the 'West Australian'. "There's nothing fundamentally wrong. I'm pretty happy with the way we played and like I said, I'm just disappointed with the outcome."
Former Socceroo Shaun Murphy delivered a vote of confidence in Glory's defence, labelling it as the key to their A-League title hopes. "Glory have got firepower up front and you just know if they hang on in games where they're defending well, they'll pinch things," Murphy said. "I think Andy Todd has been a big plus for them. I think Chris Coyne is probably finding his feet a little bit, but he'll be a really good player for them as well and I can't see them conceding too many goals."
Saturday's game with North Queensland looms as a crucial fixture for fourth-placed Glory with Mitchell warning his players not to take their hosts lightly. "The situation is that everyone says we're playing the bottom team, but they're due a win," Mitchell said. "They're a tough team with the conditions starting to heat up up there. They've been very, very unlucky with some of their results and this'll be a very, very tough game for us. It's by no means a foregone conclusion."
21.10.2009
CANNING VIBES RIGHT FOR RUSSELL
A couple of years out of the coaching spotlight have done nothing to dim Billy Russells enthusiasm for the game. Russell says the sense of belonging he experienced during discussions with newly demoted Canning City played a big part in him taking on the senior coaching position for 2010. After a meeting with the Canning president, Malcolm Watson, I have a similar feeling to when I joined Armadale - the club was filled with nice people and there was a good atmosphere about the place, commented Russell, who selected Tom Kilkelly as his assistant. Its good to be involved again, both Tom and myself will give our all for this club.
While Cannings inaugural season in the Premier League didnt go quite as the club had planned, several players proved themselves more than capable of matching it with the best the State League has to offer. As such, Russell accepts that the squad hell work with next year may be considerably different to that he inherited from out-going coach Frank Longstaff. I think we will lose some players to Premier League clubs but we have already started asking players down, explained Russell. There are also some good young players at the club whore looking forward to working with and progressing to the first team.
Russell is looking forward to his new job after a spell as Stuart Curries assistant at Mandurah City. I spent last two years at Mandurah as assistant and - being honest - it didnt suit me 100%. Through no fault of Stus, it seemed something happened every week and we spent more time in the board room than the training ground, said Russell, who in 1987 moved from Glasgow to Perth. His coaching successes include guiding Rockingham City (1999) and Armadale (2004) into the Premier League, at which level hes coached Cockburn City and Armadale.
21.10.2009
SUBIACO OVAL TOO SMALL FOR WORLD CUP SEMIS
Football Federation Australia is warning that Perth will have no chance of hosting a World Cup semi-final unless the State Government urgently commits to significantly increasing Subiaco Oval's capacity. The sports national body is demanding the Government confirm its plans for Subiaco Oval in the next few weeks to help finalise a "bidding agreement" by the 11 December deadline set by FIFA. The FFA's demands increase pressure on Premier Colin Barnett to either resurrect the Carpenter government's plan for a new $1.1 billion multi-purpose stadium or embrace the WA Football Commission's Subiaco Oval "rebuild" option which would cost about $300 million.
Australia is among ten nations bidding for the rights to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup but the $45 million bid needs considerable co-operation from the States to comply with FIFA's venue requirements. It is understood FFA chief executive Ben Buckley is seeking urgent talks with Barnett to settle issues surrounding the Perth venue which, because of the time zone, may be an attractive place to host high-profile games. Under FIFA's rules World Cup group games must be played in stadiums with a capacity of at least 44,000, and to be in the reckoning for a semi-final game the venue must hold 60,000 fans. Subiaco Oval's maximum capacity is 43,000 with its yet-to-be-finalised redevelopment plans likely to take it to 50,000.
21.10.2009
SCALI, COLE SHARE TOP HONOURS AT SWAN
Swan United legend Damian Scali has bowed out of football by sharing his clubs Fairest and Best award with defensive mainstay Aaron Cole. It really was a night to remember for Scali, the veteran picking up his fifth successive and club record ninth Golden Boot trophy before finishing level with Cole in the club's highest individual award. "Sharing the trophy with the icon of Swan is an honour and privilege that I will always treasure," commented Cole, who became first player in Swan history to win the award two years in a row. "Winning any Fairest and Best is great but to do it back-to-back makes it even more special for me." The trophy as Reserve team Fairest and Best player was won by defensive mainstay Ben Lees. It was a three-way tie for Runner-Up Fairest and Best between Matt Wood, Andrea Terni and Niall Hughes, that latter also going home with the Golden Boot. Dara McNally collected the Youth team Fairest and Best ahead of Tim Hill.
21.10.2009
MITCHELL DISMISSIVE OF FRICTION SUGGESTIONS
David Mitchell has denied there's bad blood between midfielders Jacob Burns and Victor Sikora after the pair argued during Perth Glory's weekend loss to Gold Coast United. Burns ran over to Mitchell on the sideline asking for Sikora to be taken off just before half-time after the Glory captain was forced to mop up a mistake by the former Dutch international. But Mitchell said Burns' merely over-reacted to the error, saying there were no issues between the players off the pitch. "That's a heat of the moment scenario but nothing to do with how Victor was playing," said Mitchell from the club's temporary base on the Gold Coast this week. "I think it was a situation where Jacob had to make a long run because Victor let a ball run through his legs and then Jacob had to run 70 metres and he was frustrated. He was just a bit annoyed (but) next time it could be Victor shouting at Jacob. When someone doesn't do something when they expect them to do it, they get on their back."
20.10.2009
MUSEUM GETS NORMANTONS BLESSING
Western Australias most successful coach, Graham Normanton, is a strong supporter of the Football Hall of Fames push to establish a Football Museum. Its a marvelous idea - and something, I believe, is long overdue, Normanton said in the the Fame Game Issue 7 (pdf, 656kb). The Committee of the Hall of Fame have to be commended for what they have done to help preserve the history of the game in WA. But that now needs to go a step further. Football is part of the heritage of this State. It reflects the immigration and deserves to be showcased. Establishing a Museum is certainly something that would get my full backing. Normantons record of winning seventeen trophies during a decade as coach of Perth SC were saluted with entry into the Hall of Recognition at last years Football Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
20.10.2009
GONZALES NAMED BAYSWATERS BEST
Columbian import Cesar Gonzales has marked his first winter in Perth by winning Bayswater Citys Fairest and Best player award. Gonzales made his Bayswater debut in round seven and near no time at all had cemented his place in the line-up. Midfielder Paul Hickey came in as Runner-Up Fairest and Best with Damir Kuduzovic collecting the Coaches Award. Andy Reale was awarded the Reserve team Reserves Fairest and Best ahead of Josh Pirone, and the Coaches Award went home with Alex Duncan. The Youth team Fairest and Best was presented to Amer Kujovic, Jordan Mitasch came in Runner-Up and Blaise Pillera collected the Coaches Award.
20.10.2009
VALE MAL BROWN
Mal Brown, one of state's most accomplished and respected coaches, passed away yesterday at the age of 79. Born in Scotland, Brown arrived in Western Australia in the late 1960's and within a few years had taken on the role of State Director of Coaching. He commenced what would be a two-year spell as coach of Perth Azzurri in 1973, winning the Night Series and D'Orsogna Cup in his first year and guiding the side to second in the Premier League twelve months later. Brown later coached Kingsway Olympic, Cracovia and Inglewood Kiev as well as the State Under-18 team. In 1998 he was awarded the WA Junior Coach of the Year, and in 2008 was inducted into the Football Hall of Fame Western Australia.
19.10.2009
DYSON SCOOPS ROCKINGHAM'S POOL
Defender Danny Dyson went home a happy man from Rockingham City's annual presentation evening at Golden Ponds Function Centre in Baldivis. Dyson picked up his club's highest individual honour, the Player of the Year, and was also voted the Players' Player of the Year by his peers. Summer signing Peter Kuzet was runner-up in th main award, Ryan Stewart collected the Coaches Player of the Year and Tom Downes the Shield Award. The trophy as Reserve team Player of the Year went to Cameron Harvey, who also received the Players' Player of the Year. Runner-Up Player of the Year was Jake Murray with the Coaches Player of the Year presented to Liam Harvey. The Youth team trophies were shared between Elliott Jones (Player of the Year), Brad Burton (Runner-Up Player of the Year), Brad Lewis (Players' Player of the Year) and Hilario Nunes (Coaches Player of the Year).
19.10.2009
TOMBIDES SCORES ON WEST HAM DEBUT
Teenager Dylan Tombides made a stunning debut for West Ham Uniteds Under-18 side by getting on the scoresheet in the 2-0 FA Premier League win over Portsmouth on Saturday. Tombides, 15 and the son of former Kingsway Olympic player Jim Tombides, had been in red-hot form for the Hammers Under-16 team and made the most of his first start at the next level. Were going to blood a young schoolboy who has done very well for us, said coach Tony Carr prior to the game of Dylan. Hes a striker and is not 16 till March, hes had a couple of sub appearances so this will be his first start. Weve had a few injuries so its an opportunity for Dylan to show us what he can do.
Tombides started out as a junior at Wembley Downs and played academy football at Stirling Lions and Perth SC prior to taking up trials with West Ham in 2008. What an amazing start to young Dylans career at West Ham, said Stirling president Don Evans. His parents, Jim and Tracy Lee, are so proud of their son as our club is of this first big and important step in Dylans dream for a pro league contract. It proves that the local talent in WA can mix it in one of the best leagues in the world and we hope Dylan is the tip of the development iceberg for the Stirling Lions youth development focus.
The name Tombides is synonymous with football in this state, the family heavily involved in the game since the formation of the Western Australian Soccer Federation in 1960. Peter Tombides, Dylans grandfather, was a prolific goal scorer in the 1950s and 1960s with Olympic Macedonia while his father, Jim, was also handy at finding the back of the net at Olympic Kingsway. Steve and Paul Tombides, uncles to Dylan, were part of the powerful Kingsway side that won two State League titles and two Night Series trophies in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
19.10.2009
STERJOVSKI SET TO RETURN
Perth Glory coach David Mitchell expects to welcome back Mile Sterjovski for this Saturday's away game with North Queensland Fury after the marquee player missed yesterday's 2-1 setback at Gold Coast United. The Socceroos international pulled out of the game just hours before kick-off after succumbing to a leg injury picked up the previous week against Adelaide United. "Mile trained the day before the game and did well but woke up on Sunday feeling sore and we thought it best not to push it for this game," Mitchell said. "Mile knows his body better than any one else and felt that he'd be able to shake off the knock but on Sunday morning we spoke about it together and decided not to risk it. Mile didn't want to start the game and after twenty minutes have to be replaced if he was hurting because that would disrupt our flow during the game. He is a team man and wanted what was best for his team mates." Glory will stay on the east coast this week as they look to get their finals push back on track after yesterday's loss.
19.10.2009
GOLD COAST GO TOP AFTER CONTROVERSIALLY DOWNING GLORY
A fortunate Gold Coast United moved to the top of the A-League ladder with a 2-1 win over a spirited but luckless Perth Glory at Skilled Park. Glory had every reason to feel robbed of at least a draw after striker Branko Jelic was denied a goal midway through the second half for what replays showed was an incorrect offside call. We got the (second half) goal we justly deserved and then a couple of decisions went against us that cost us the game, said Glory coach David Mitchell, who was critical of the decision. The linesman or referees are supposed to go in favour of the strikers - certainly when you are level, youre onside - but I think theres a lot of grey mist with decisions with offside. I think FIFA or the FFA should come out and made a rule saying if there is clear daylight between the striker and the defender then youre offside because this level is confusing everyone.
Jelic should have put Glory ahead after just 90 seconds but failed make the most of a sweetly timed through ball from Adriano Pellegrino. It was a miss that was compounded in the 13th minute when a Jason Culina free-kick struck Scott Neville, stranding Tando Velaphi with the ball deflecting into the goalkeepers net. Glory didnt dwell too long on either event and remained very much in the game, although it did take until the second half for them to really get into rhythm with star striker Mile Sterjovski watching from the bench. The visitors best chance came shortly before the interval when Wayne Srhoj attempted to beat Jess Van Strattan at his near post when they better option would have been to shoot across the goalkeeper.
Glory emerged from the break a different proposition but was left wondering what they had to do when referee Matthew Breeze ignored appeals for a penalty after Kristian Rees had dragged down Jelic. Their answer arrived on 55 minutes, Todd Howarth showing great poise in slotting under Van Strattan after being played into the box by Victor Sikora. However, Glory were again chasing the game just moments later when a collision between Jamie Coyne and Neville allowed Joel Porter to deliver a perfect cross which Smeltz netted at close-range. Jelic continue to threaten and on 67 minutes the striker tucked away the loose ball after Van Strattan spilled a shot at goal by Jamie Coyne only to be controversially ruled offside.
18.10.2009
DE FELICE SENDS PERTH INTO GRAND FINAL
Perth SC became the first team through to the Flexible Signage Solutions Grand Final by defeating Western Knights 3-2 in today's Major Semi-Final at Nash Field. Blues midfielder Dom De Felice grabbed a brace to compliment Andrew Bourakis' opening goal in an entertaining match that went right down to the wire. Despite the loss, the Knights have another chance to make the Final after finishing top of the table in 2009 and they will take on Floreat Athena next weekend in the Preliminary Final.
Perth were given the best possible start when, with 2 minutes on the clock, Bourakis clipped a delightful free-kick over the defensive wall and into the bottom corner, beyond the diving goalkeeper. The margin was very nearly doubled soon after as Okwy Diamondstar's mis-kick allowed in Phil Arnold, but having danced between two defenders he dragged across the face of goal. The Knights drew level in the 10th minute through David Micevski's well-flighted a corner into the 6-yard box which Anthony Campbell headed powerful into the net. Duuane Hepburn spurned a golden opportunity to put the Knights in front by failing to connect cleanly with a centring ball from the left by Campbell, giving Bourakis ample time to get back to concede the corner.
The Knights would pay dearly for that missed opportunity in the 22nd minute when a De Felice was permitted to drift into the area and arrow in his header from a deep Bourakis corner. Hepburn was guilty of wasting another good opening, blasting well high of the crossbar after skipping away from Trent Kay after he lost his footing. Perth posted their third goal in the 33rd minute, David Onoforo playing down the right to Matt Danskin who cleverly switched play to the opposite flank where Arnold nodded the ball back across the top of the area for an unmarked De Felice to sidefoot precisely in from 12-metres.
Appeals for a legitimate Perth penalty were waved away by referee Paul Anderson after Onoforo appeared to be tripped by Annall shortly after the interval. Perth were eager to kill the game off with a fourth goal and Danskin's rasping drive was parried by Fraser Siddall, whose had his gloves stung again soon after by Arnold's effort from 16-metres. The Knights were also attacking at every opportunity, however, their preference for playing the ball long to Campbell and Hepburn did them no favours as it cut the creativity of David Micevski out of the game.
Even so, the hosts did have claims for a penalty dismissed after Barry Devlin went down under Michael Icanovski, while David Micevski's shot in a congested area was deflected wide off defender. The Knights were eventually rewarded in the 79th minute when David Micevski's corner was cleared only as far as substitute Daniel Trim, who clipped the ball back to the top of the 6-yard box where Annall neatly headed past a flat-footed 'keeper. Craig Simpson came to the rescue when Luke Martino failed to take Trim's ball into the area, while late in the piece the young 'keeper punched a speculative long ball clear under pressure from Daniel Micevski.
18.10.2009
SUPER SUB KERR HELPS AUSTRALIA WIN CHAMPIONSHIP
Perth Glory Women midfielder Sam Kerr scored twice as Australia clinched the ASEAN Football Federation Under-16 Women's Championship by thrashing Thailand 8-0 in this evenings final. "I am very pleased with the team performance tonight and through the tournament," said coach Robbie Hooker upon conclusion of the tournament played in Yangon, Myanmar. "I still think there are some things we need to work on including finishing, but it was a good result and valuable experience heading into the AFC Championships."
The Young Matildas made commanding start to their ASEAN Cup push, hitting six first half goals before plundering a further eight to whallopping the Philippines 14-0 on Saturday 10 October. Alanna Kennedy lead the way with four, substitute Caitlin Friend grabbed a hat-trick, there were two each for Teigen Allen and Heidi Markillos with Kerr, Ashlee Faul and Brittany Whitfield getting the remainder. Kerr played the first half before being replaced by Rebekah Stott.
A place in the semi-finals was secured two days later when Australia overwhelmed Vietnam 5-0. Nicola Bolger's opportunistic strike after 18 minutes got the ball rolling and soon after Friend tore down the centre, side stepped a couple of defenders and lashed into the net. Foord was on target again on the half hour with early second half strikes from Brittany Whitfield and Friend sealing the win.
Despite the hot conditions of a mid-afternoon start, Australia hit another twelve goals without reply in accounting for Myanmar 'B'. Faul scored twice with Allen and Whitfield also on the scoresheet to give the Young Matildas a handy four-goal half-time buffer. Makrillos then went on a goal-scoring spree, scoring five times in twenty minutes, before Whitfield completed her hat-trick and captain Hannah Brewer converted a penalty. Kerr watched the entire game from the bench as an unused substitute.
The Young Matildas were hardly troubled in defeating Myanmar 'A' 6-1 in the semi-finals. The scene was set early with Friend putting Australia ahead inside a minute, and Myanmar losing goalkeeper Zar Zar Myint to injury. To their credit, Myanmar conjured up an equaliser soon after but found themselves under pressure for lengthy periods before Kerr and Kennedy scored late in the half, with Tara Andrews, Whitfield and Emily Van Egmond netting after the break.
Australia's total dominance of this evening's final was underlined by the 8-0 winning scoreline over Thailand, who contested the first half strongly but fell of the pace after the interval. Whitfield scored the only goal of the first half and it wasn't until Foord netted in the 59th minute that the floodgates opened. Kerr came off the bench on the hour and scored twice in fifteen minutes, between which Makrillos netted the teams fourth. Foord picked up her second, Allen scoring directly from a corner before Van Egmond completed the scoring with the last kick of the game.
18.10.2009
SIBLING RIVALRY IN THE PAST FOR COYNE BOYS
After growing up as the fiercest of rivals Chris and Jamie Coyne are now the best of friends. Having spent almost their entire careers on opposite sides of the world the brothers will on Sunday stand side by side. The pair were reunited at Perth Glory this season when older sibling Chris returned home from a 13-year career in the United Kingdom. Despite being a little more than two years between them, the pair never played in the same junior team, giving this season extra significance. "We've always got on well as mates off the pitch and it's a good experience," Chris said. "Once you cross that white line the nepotism goes out the window. It's just two players trying to do a good job.''
A heated sibling rivalry played a significant part in firing the competitive instincts that have spurred both Coyne boys on during their professional careers. "I think every time we went for a kick the ball got left over at the school or the park, because we ended up having a fight with each other and that was it," 28-year old Jamie told Braden Quartermaine of the 'Sunday Times' newspaper. "There are a lot of similarities in our attitude. We're both very committed and very aggressive and we have a win at all costs attitude."
Both brothers credit their father John, who played for the Socceroos in the 1970s, as a big influence on their early development. "He was teaching us stuff at a young age that you don't even realise," Jamie said. "Things other people weren't learning till they were 16, 17 and you were learning when you were six years old. I think that was great. When we were growing up you'd cop a bit of stick off your mates, we maybe knew only three or four other kids in our whole neighbourhood who sort of liked soccer."
Chris, 30, joined his father in the Socceroos club when Pim Verbeek selected him to make a belated national team debut aged 29 last year. "I always said to my old man I'd get there eventually so to get that initial call-up was a dream come true and hopefully one the little fella (Jamie) can emulate," said the former Luton Town and Colchester United captain. The Coyne brothers are likely to partner each other in the heart of the Glory defence against Gold Coast United this afternoon as a result of a two-game ban handed to central defender Andy Todd.
Jamie, who played in two National Soccer League championship sides with Glory, said playing alongside his brother has been a long held goal. "We always talked about it over a few beers, that it'd be nice to play the last couple of years of our careers together and obviously it's ended up happening a bit earlier," he said. "We get on really well and to have the opportunity to live in the same city again is great and the old man doesn't have to run home from my games and then stick the TV or radio on to listen to Chris' (overseas) games at night."
17.10.2009
FOSTER FIRES FLOREAT INTO LAST THREE
Floreat Athena kept their play-off dreams alive with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Mandurah City on a warm afternoon at Litis Stadium. Substitute David Foster grabbed the decisive goal after 107 minutes of play to send Floreat into next weekends Preliminary Final with regular season winners Western Knights. The home side had taken the lead early through Daniel Neiderberger and looked set for victory until Jake Loreto snatched the equaliser in the 91st minute of a game that was played in near 37-degree heat.
Christian Paschkewitz was gifted a great opportunity to give Mandurah a dream start but headed tamely at goalkeeper Alex Dunn inside a couple of minutes. It was a miss that would prove costly as with 5 minutes on the clock Mark Walshs under-hit back-pass was pounced on by Daniel Neiderberger who, although forced wide by Phil Straker, stroked neatly into the net from a narrowing angle. Mandurah then had appeals for what looked a legitimate penalty dismissed by referee Ton Klaver, whose only response was to speak sternly to Stephen Payne after he went down under the challenge of Adam Bachiller.
The match official saw it differently in the 20th minute by awarding a Mandurah penalty for James Isaias soft foul on Nicky Platt, however, justice was seen to be done when Paynes explosive spot kick rebounded back into play off the post. Floreat were playing with greater composure and fluency, and Mikulic really should have done better than push the ball straight into goalkeeper Phil Straker after meeting a low John Migas cross on top of the 6-yard box. The halves final opening came in stoppage time at the opposite end with Paschkewitz heading high a long ball into the area by Payne.
The main talking point of a sluggish start to the second half was the inconsistency of Klaver, the referee awarding Mandurah a free-kick on top of the 18-yard box despite a clear handball by Payne and yet ignored a succession of bone-jarring challenges on Mikulic. The game didnt spark back into life until the 69th minutes when Migas blazed over the bar following a neat exchange of passes with Foster down the left. Four minut
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After the first three Sheffield Shield games last season yielded an average first innings score of less than 100, Cricket Australia introduced an inspection policy to ensure wickets were up to scratch, with states potentially stripped of points for substandard offerings.
But if England's effort on day one of the tour match against Australia A is any indication, the days of the pitch being dubbed "The Incredible Hulk" - because it had such a strong green tinge to it - are long gone.
The tourists cruised to 0-318 on Wednesday, with skipper Alastair Cook (154) and Michael Carberry (153) largely untroubled throughout the day on a deck that after the first hour was as flat as a pancake.
It is almost a throwback to the mid to late 1990s and early 2000s, where often it seemed the only way to manufacture a Shield result was through multiple declarations and a large fourth innings run chase.
Six of the eight highest successful fourth innings domestic run chases at Bellerive came prior to 2009-10.
In fairness, the resurfacing of Bellerive ahead of the start of last season meant the wicket took time to settle down, with Australia A gloveman Tim Paine declaring Wednesday unfolded similar to the end of Tasmania's 2012-13 campaign.
"The last half of last season it started to play that way, the start of last year it was obviously a brand new wicket, they cut the top off the ground so it played quite strangely for four or five Shield games," Paine said after day one.
"But towards the end of the season that's what we started to get a lot of.
"We certainly would like to see a bit more bounce and evenness in it, but that's what it is at the moment and we have to learn to play well on it, it was hard to get wickets today.
"We probably didn't use the new ball as well as we could of, we didn't bowl badly but certainly we were probably a fraction short.
"They (England) also played very well."
A look at statistics from Tasmania's past four years also dispel the myth the venue has been a nightmare for batsmen and heaven for bowlers.
Since crossing from NSW Ed Cowan has scored 1728 runs at an average of 59.5 at Bellerive - significantly better than his 874 at 31.2 on the road.
In fact, of the Tigers' leading run scorers in the past four years, only Alex Doolan has a better average away from Hobart.
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"Tasmanian Tigers" redirects here. For the animal, see Thylacine. For the women's cricket team of the same name, see Tasmanian Tigers (women's cricket).
Tasmanian TigersPersonnelCaptain Matthew Wade[1]Coach Jeff VaughanTeam informationColours Green Gold RedFounded1851; 173 years ago ( )Home groundBlundstone ArenaCapacity19,500HistoryFirst-class debutVictoria
in 1851
at LauncestonSheffield Shield wins3 (2007, 2011, 2013)Matador BBQs One-Day Cup wins4 (1979, 2005, 2008, 2010)KFC Twenty20 Big Bash wins0Official websiteTasmanian Tigers
First-class
One-day
The Tasmania men's cricket team, nicknamed the Tigers, represents the Australian state of Tasmania in cricket. They compete annually in the Australian domestic senior men's cricket season, which consists of the first-class Sheffield Shield and the limited overs Matador BBQs One-Day Cup.
Tasmania played in the first first-class cricket match in Australia against Victoria in 1851, which they won by three wickets. Despite winning their first match, and producing many fine cricketers in the late 19th century, Tasmania was overlooked when the participants in Australian first-class tournament known as the Sheffield Shield were chosen in 1892. For nearly eighty years the Tasmanian side played an average of only two or three first-class matches per year, usually against one of the mainland Australian teams, or warm-up matches against a touring international test team.
Tasmania were finally admitted to regular competitions when they became a founding member of the Gillette Cup domestic one day cricket tournament upon its inception in 1969. They have performed well in it, winning it four times, and having been runners-up twice. It took a further eight seasons before Tasmania were admitted into the Sheffield Shield in 1977–78, and it was initially on a reduced fixtures list, but by the 1979–80 season, they had become full participants, and slowly progressed towards competitiveness within the tournament, first winning in the 2006–07 season—after almost 30 years in the competition. In the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash the Tigers have yet to win, but were runners-up in 2006–07.
Tasmania play their limited overs cricket in a predominantly green uniform, with red and gold as their secondary colours, and have a Tasmanian tiger as their team logo. They play home matches at Bellerive Oval, Clarence on Hobart's Eastern Shore, though matches are occasionally played at venues in Devonport and Launceston.
History
[edit]
Introduction of cricket to Tasmania
[edit]
Cricket almost certainly has been played in Tasmania since the time of European settlement in 1803. It was a popular pastime among marines, who were responsible for security in the fledgling colony. The first recorded match is known to have taken place in 1806, although it is most likely that unrecorded matches were already being played at this time. According to the colony's chaplain, and famed diarist, Robert Knopwood by 1814 the game had become very popular, especially around the festive season at Christmas.[2]
By the 1820s there had still not been any official club organisation, but matches were being played on a regular basis. Cricket is recorded as having been played in the settlements at Richmond, Clarence Plains, Kempton, Sorell, in the Macquarie Valley west of Campbell Town, Westbury, Evandale, Longford and Hadspen.[3]
Many of these matches seem to have been organised between hotel licensees, in order to create profits through the sale of food and beverages, and through betting on the outcome. One such match that was arranged in March 1826 by Joseph Bowden, the hotelier of the Lamb Inn on Brisbane Street was played for a winner's purse of 50 guineas between "Eleven Gentlemen from the Counties of Sussex and Kent against the choice of the whole Island of Van Diemen’s Land".[4]
There is no evidence to suggest an "official cricket season" during the first two decades of the colony, and many of these games initially seem to have been played around June and July, to coincide with the traditional English cricket season, rather than the Tasmanian summer. Accounts of such matches suggest games were often played in atrocious conditions due to winter rains and cold conditions. But by the 1830s, logic had prevailed and cricket seems to have reverted to the southern summer months. Club cricket had also become well-established by the 1830s. One of the earliest men responsible for organising cricket within the colony was John Marshall, who was established the Hobart Town Club soon after his arrival from England. Soon after in 1835 the Derwent Cricket Club was formed making it the oldest surviving cricket club in Tasmania, and in 1841, the Launceston Cricket Club was formed, making it the second oldest surviving cricket club in Tasmania, and third oldest in Australia. Cricket had soon also spread into many regional settlements throughout the Colony of Tasmania, making it one of the most popular pastimes there. Some matches were played as part of district festivals, with large banquets following play.[4]
Beginnings of first-class cricket in Australia
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By the late 1840s organised cricket was doing well in both Hobart and Launceston, and was spreading throughout the colony. In 1850 the first "North" versus "South" match was held in Oatlands, midway between Hobart and Launceston, and won by the South. The success of the match prompted promoters to organise an inter-colonial match, and the inaugural first-class cricket match played in Tasmania, which was also the first ever first-class cricket match in Australia, was played in 1851 between Victoria and Tasmania in Launceston at the Launceston Racecourse. The game was billed as "The Gentlemen of Port Phillip versus the Gentlemen of Van Diemen's Land". The game featured four-ball overs and no boundaries, attracted a crowd of about 2500 spectators, and it was a timeless match, but only lasted for two days. Tasmania emerged victorious by three wickets.[3][5]
Geographic and social isolation
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Despite winning the first ever first-class match in the Australian colonies, Tasmania felt its geographic isolation in the form of a lack of competition. Few touring sides wished to undertake the long sea journey to the island in the late 19th century. The game also developed more slowly, with Tasmanian clubs maintaining a belief in amateurism at a time when mainland clubs were turning to professionals to further their development. Also a lack of innovation stymied progress. The Victorian side that visited in 1858 had adopted the new round arm form of bowling, and it demolished the Tasmanian batting order unused to the technique. The population decline of the 1850s as Tasmanians moved to the Victorian goldfields also had a negative effect on the quality of players Tasmania could select.[3]
Despite the problems facing Tasmanian cricket, local teams did occasionally play against competitive sides. The English tourists of 1861–62, played against Tasmania, winning by four wickets. Tasmania played against Victoria three times in the early 1870s, but lost all three matches, convincing the Victorians that Tasmania was not suitably competitive. Tasmania did not play another first-class match until 1877, when it travelled to Adelaide to take on South Australia.
The 1880s provided better progress for the colony. In 1880 the TCA Ground had been established, providing a permanent ground to play on in the colony's capital, Hobart. The establishment of an organised regular local competition led to improvement in the quality of players. John Davies, owner of local newspaper The Mercury, was a keen cricket fan, and through personal connections, he arranged various touring English sides to visit the colony, and victory for Tasmania against the English tourists in 1887–88 led to Victoria resuming competition with Tasmania.[3]
In the 1890s, the colony was playing representative cricket against Victoria almost every year, and occasionally against New South Wales as well. The colony could also boast genuinely first-class quality players, such as Kenneth Burn,[6] Charles Eady,[7] and Edward Windsor,[8] the first two of whom played test cricket for Australia.[3] However, the retirement of Eady and Burn by 1910, and in-fighting between Hobart and Launceston again threatened first-class cricket in Tasmania. The outbreak of World War I also saw a large loss of playing talent, killed on the battlefields. Cricket was suspended during the war, and did not resume until 1923, albeit with severe financial problems.[3]
Sheffield Shield wilderness
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Following World War I, Tasmanian representative sides usually had to content themselves with matches against touring international sides during brief stopovers, while they travelled by ship to mainland capitals. Occasionally Tasmania would play the odd game against mainland state sides, but it was usually only one first-class match per season.
The inter-war years proved a period of consolidation for Tasmania, as the state struggled to recover from the devastation of the war. Club cricket was hampered by rivalry between the south, north and north-west. Several exceptional cricketers emerged in this period, such as Laurie Nash, Jack Badcock, though a lack of opportunity led many to pursue cricket careers on the mainland. The quality of cricket in Tasmania varied from time to time, but after World War II the standard was high. Cricket resumed much faster than it had done after World War I, and excellent players such as Ronald Morrisby, Emerson Rodwell, and Bernard Considine emerged. This prompted moves to be made by the Tasmanian Cricket Association for further matches and recognition.
Despite the skills of Rodwell and Terence Cowley, Tasmania struggled to beat Victoria in the 1950s. As a result, the Victorian Cricket Association decided to end the regular matches against Tasmania, and the English tourists also decided to downgrade matches against the state to second-class status. As a result, the Tasmanian Cricket Association made a first attempt to join the Sheffield Shield in 1964, but was rejected. The Australian Cricket Board of Control outlined areas in which the state's administration would need to be improved before Tasmania could participate in the Shield. Despite this, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia supported Tasmania by sending full-strength sides to take on the state as warm-ups to their Shield campaigns over the following few years. When the domestic one day competition was established in 1969, Tasmania was granted full playing status.
The arrival of Lancashire all rounder Jack Simmons in the 1972–73 season proved a turning point in the fortunes of the team. His inspirational captaincy lifted the competitiveness of Tasmania. In the 1974–75 and 1975–76 seasons, Tasmania were losing semi-finalists in the Gillette Cup. The Tasmanian team was finally admitted to the Sheffield Shield by the Australian Cricket Board in 1977 on a two-year trial basis, although it played a reduced roster in comparison to the other states. Tasmania's points on the ladder were calculated at x5 and /9 due to the fact they only played each other state once (instead of twice) during the season. A famous victory by 84 runs at the TCA Ground against the Indian tourists in 1977[9] helped the TCA to convince mainland cricket authorities that Tasmanian cricket was nationally competitive.
National competitiveness
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Simmons had proved an inspirational captain for Tasmania, and although the side only won one of the twelve first-class matches under his leadership, that had more to do with the quality of the homegrown players at the time. His List A cricket record was more successful, leading Tasmania to six victories in eleven matches. He also assisted the TCA in modernising the administration of cricket in the state.
After making the Gillette Cup semi-finals in the 1974–75 and 1975–76 seasons, Tasmania qualified for the final for the first time in the 1977–78 season, but lost to Western Australia at the WACA Ground by seven wickets. A surprise victory came the following year in the 1978–79 Gillette Cup domestic one-day competition, in a repeat of the previous year's final. The game was played at the TCA Ground in Hobart, and the home ground advantage proved decisive, with Tasmania beating Western Australia by 47 runs. Within a fortnight Tasmania had won their first Sheffield Shield match, again beating Western Australia, this time by four wickets in Devonport. The victory showed the mainland states Tasmania was capable of competing among the nation's best.[10]
The presence of Simmons, and the 1978–79 Gillette Cup victory, had brought attention to Tasmanian cricket, and soon other international professionals joined the state for brief stints to both help out Tasmania's development, and gain further experience in Australian conditions. Michael Holding, Winston Davis, Patrick Patterson, Richard Hadlee and Dennis Lillee were among the more notable players to represent Tasmania in the late 1970s and early '80s.
After finally being admitted to the Sheffield Shield permanently, the Tasmanian side initially struggled for success and consistency, and were the competition's whipping-boys throughout the 1980s and early 90s. The rise of a local hero in the form of David Boon, who by 1984 had achieved international fame, showed the country, and the world, that Tasmanian cricket was here to stay. Wicket-keeper Roger Woolley also briefly rose to prominence, representing Australia in two tests, and four One Day Internationals in 1983–84.[11] The pair had become the first Tasmanians to represent Australia at test level since Charles Eady in 1910.
Despite their skills, the Tasmanian side struggled to win throughout this period. Regardless of the lack of competitive success, one exceptionally bright point came with the unearthing of a rare talent in Ricky Ponting, who would go on to become one of the world's best batsmen.[12][13]
Tasmanian Tigers era
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A reshuffle in the administration and organisation of the TCA in 1991 did not have an immediate effect, but the mid-1990s brought a more professional approach, and the state's side re-branded as the Tasmanian Tigers, and with a new headquarters in the renovated Bellerive Oval, the state finally started to achieve more regular success. The side surged to the final for the first time in 1993–94, only to lose to New South Wales, but showed they were capable of successes at first class level. The 1997–98 season saw the Tigers qualify for the final off the back off a remarkable six straight victories, and they were desperately unlucky not to win the competition after such dominance.
In the late 1990s Tasmania continued to produce top level cricketers. Players such as Jamie Cox, Dene Hills, Shaun Young and Michael Di Venuto became stars of the state side, and can all be considered unlucky not to have found a place in the Australian side.
Recent success
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The Tigers continue to remain competitive in all forms of the Australian domestic game, and in 2006–07 were successful in claiming their first-ever Sheffield Shield title. Five years later, they won the Shield a second time in 2010–11, and again in 2012–13. The Tigers have also qualified for the final on four other occasions in 1993–94, 1997–98, 2001–02 and 2011–12, but had to settle for second place.
The Tigers have fared better in the Ford Ranger Cup, winning it four times in 1978–79, 2004–05, 2007–08, and in 2009–10. They have also been runners-up twice in 1977–78, and 1986–87. The Tigers were also unlucky to finish as runners-up in the second season of the Australian domestic Twenty20 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash competition in 2006–07.
Tasmania's recent successes at domestic level have been reflected in selection for the Australian national cricket team. Spinner Jason Krejza played two tests on the back of solid performances for the state, but failed to impress at international level. Brett Geeves was selected in the One Day International squad for 2008, and has since gone on to also play in the Indian Premier League. Fast-bowler Ben Hilfenhaus was included in the national squad for the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 and a tour of India, before making his test cricket debut in South Africa in 2009. During the 2009 Ashes series, wicket-keeper Tim Paine was called into the squad as a late replacement for injured reserve wicket-keeper Graham Manou.[14]
Cricket Australia encouraged the state sides to recruit a foreign star for the 2009/10 season, in order to boost the appeal of the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash internationally. Tasmania pulled off one of the biggest coups in this recruitment programme, when they signed Sri Lankan star Lasith Malinga.[15] Disappointingly for the Tigers, Malinga was forced to withdraw due to a change in international commitments for the Sri Lankan side. On 16 November 2009, Cricket Tasmania announced that Dimitri Mascarenhas would replace Malinga as Tasmania's overseas player for the 2009/10 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash.[16] However Rana Naved-Ul-Hasan played instead of Mascarenhas. Ul-Hasan also played the following season of the Big Bash.
Home grounds
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Main article: Bellerive Oval
Main article: TCA Ground
Tasmania have traditionally played cricket both in the state capital Hobart, and Launceston which is the largest city in the north of the state. Cricket was first played on open ground in Hobart, but soon dedicated fields began to be laid out. One such field was the TCA Ground on the Queens Domain. Although it wasn't officially opened until 1880, cricket had been played on the site prior to this. From the 1880s however, it became home to both the Tasmanian Cricket Association and the state's first-class side. To ensure equal access to the population in the north, Tasmania would often also play home matches at the NTCA Ground in Launceston, which had also hosted the first-ever first-class match in Australia, between Tasmania and Victoria in 1851.
When Tasmania was admitted to the Gillette Cup for the 1969–70 season, they began to spread the matches to a third venue, Devonport Oval in Devonport. The TCA Ground had remained the Tasmanian team's official home ground though.
During the re-branding process of the early 1990s, the TCA was faced with a dilemma about their ground. The TCA Ground had a reputation for poor soil and windy conditions, and games were often played in blustery condition with chilly winds blowing off nearby Mount Wellington. The decision was made to move both the offices of the Tasmanian Cricket Association, and the official home ground to Bellerive Oval in Clarence. The decision was a wise one, as it saw test cricket introduced to the state for the first time, and coincided with an improvement in results for the Tasmanian side.
Logos, colours and shirts
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It is not known what colour caps the first first-class sides of Tasmania wore, although claret and red examples survive from the 19th century. Sometime towards the middle of the 19th century, the state had also adopted dark green, red, and gold as the state's unofficial colours, and these have persisted in use by state representative sporting teams since then. Bottle green and light green have occasionally been used in the place of dark green.
The cricket team quickly adopted dark green as their cap colour, and although this is similar to the more iconic Baggy green cap worn by the national side, the use of it by Tasmania pre-dates the national side doing so. Soon after the development of the flag of Tasmania in 1876, the red lion-passant that is featured in the state badge upon the fly was also adopted to feature upon the cap badge.
This cap, in dark green with a red lion upon a white disk was in use throughout the late 19th, and most of the 20th centuries. In 1991 the Tasmanian Cricket Association re-branded and modernised its business structure, at the same time taking on a new logo to publicly show the modernisation of its organisation. The new logo featured a thylacine, a well known symbol of the state in front of a red and dark green background, with three strips rising from its back, symbolic of three stumps in front of a large golden ball. This logo was used to replace the lion on the front of the cap that had served for 120 years.
In the 1995–96 season, all of the domestic sides in Australia re-branded with nicknamed monikers in the style of American sports franchises. It was a practice common in the countries football codes, but previously never done in cricket anywhere in the world. The Tasmanian cricket team naturally chose to adopt the Tasmanian tiger as its animal representation, and changed the cap badge once again. The new logo featured a thylacine's face on a triangular logo, with three strips across one of the ears.
Squad
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Players with international caps are listed in bold:
No. Name Nat Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters 9 Charlie Wakim (1991-07-09) 9 July 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm off break 14 Jordan Silk (1992-04-13) 13 April 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain 11 Jake Weatherald (1994-11-04) 4 November 1994 (age 29) Left-handed Right-arm leg break 33 Mac Wright (1998-01-22) 22 January 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm leg break 61 Tim Ward (1998-02-16) 16 February 1998 (age 26) Left-handed – All-rounders 16 Mitch Owen (2001-09-16) 16 September 2001 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm medium 20 Beau Webster (1993-12-01) 1 December 1993 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm off-break/medium 30 Brad Hope (1999-07-13) 13 July 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium – Nivethan Radhakrishnan (2002-11-25) 25 November 2002 (age 21) Left-handed Right-arm off break/Slow left-arm orthodox Rookie contract Wicket-keepers 2 Jake Doran (1996-12-02) 2 December 1996 (age 27) Left-handed Left-arm medium 32 Caleb Jewell (1997-04-21) 21 April 1997 (age 27) Left-handed — 13 Matthew Wade (1987-12-26) 26 December 1987 (age 36) Left-handed Right-arm fast-medium Bowlers 5 Gabe Bell (1995-07-03) 3 July 1995 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm medium 12 Riley Meredith (1996-06-21) 21 June 1996 (age 28) Left-handed Right-arm fast 27 Lawrence Neil-Smith (1999-06-01) 1 June 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast 37 Billy Stanlake (1994-11-04) 4 November 1994 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm fast 43 Sam Rainbird (1992-06-05) 5 June 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Left-arm medium-fast 72 Nathan Ellis (1994-09-22) 22 September 1994 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 35 Iain Carlisle (2000-01-05) 5 January 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Spin Bowlers 19 Jarrod Freeman (2000-06-15) 15 June 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm off-break 48 Paddy Dooley (1997-05-17) 17 May 1997 (age 27) Left-handed Left-arm wrist spin
Source: Cricket Tasmania
Notable players
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Tasmanian captains
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Main article: Tasmanian cricket captains
All former players
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Other notable former players
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Tasmanian Hall of Fame
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Jack Simmons (1972–1979)
Roger Woolley (1977–1988)
David Boon (1978–1999)
Brian Davison (1979–1988)
Peter Clough (1980–1984)
Danny Buckingham (1983–1992)
Jamie Cox (1987–2006)
Rod Tucker (1989–1996)
Dene Hills (1991–2001)
Shaun Young (1991–2001)
Colin Miller (1992–2000)
Ricky Ponting (1992–2013)
Michael Di Venuto (1992–2008)
Gillette Cup Team (1978–79)
Pura Cup Team (2006–07)
Daniel Marsh (1996–2010)
Coaches
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Greg Shipperd
Brian McFadyen (2002–2005)
Tim Coyle (2005–2013)
Daniel Marsh (2013–2017)
Adam Griffith (2017–2022)[17]
Records
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Team records
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Honours
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Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup Champions: 3
2006–07, 2010–11, 2012–13
Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup Runner-up (since introduction of final in 1982–83): 4
1993–94, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2011–12
Domestic One-Day Cup Champions: 4
1978–79, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2009–10
Domestic One-Day Cup Runner-up: 3
1977–78, 1986–87, 2011–12
Domestic Twenty20 Cup Champions: 0
Domestic Twenty20 Cup Runner-up: 1
2006–07
References
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Further reading
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R Page, A history of Tasmanian cricket, Hobart, [1957]
R Finlay, Island Summers, Hobart, 1992.
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In recent years Victoria has won the Sheffield Shield in the 2009-10, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2018-19 seasons, while making the final in 2005-06 and 2007-08. Victoria most recently claimed the 2018 JLT One-Day Cup title and JLT Sheffield Shield title in front of home crowds at the CitiPower Centre, Junction Oval.
Victoria’s rich history of success includes winning 36 women’s National titles – a competition that has since been replaced by the Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL). Victoria has won the WNCL title on two occasions (2002-03 and 2004-05) and 3 T20 titles (now replaced by the Women’s Big Bash League) in 2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12.
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Cricket Australia has today released the remaining international and domestic fixtures, with the domestic first-class competition to play a pivotal role in conjunction with the national team's interests.
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Adelaide to host first day-night Test
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The pink Kookaburra ball will be used for the opening round of the 2015-16 season ahead of the first-ever day-night Test match a month later.
Adelaide was confirmed as the venue for the first ever day-night Test match, against New Zealand, and the West End Redbacks will host New South Wales in a match that will give as many of the Australian Test team experience of playing at Adelaide Oval under lights.
The KFC T20 Big Bash League and inaugural Women’s Big Bash League fixtures will be announced this later week.
Other matches being played under lights will be the Commonwealth Bank Bushrangers against the MyFootDr Queensland Bulls at the MCG and the Tasmanian Tigers against the Alcohol.Think Again Western Warriors at Hobart's Blundstone Arena.
Round one of the Shield will begin on Tuesday, October 27, with all matches starting at 2pm AEST. The SA v NSW match will start at 2.30pm local time.
The third Test between Australia and New Zealand will be the historic day-night match, taking place at the Adelaide Oval from November 27, meaning the large New South Wales contingent in the Australia squad will get a taste of the conditions in the build-up to the clash.
Pink balls will be used in the round one clashes, as they were in last season’s day-night round of Shield action, and will also be used in the day-night Test.
Meanwhile, the round six match between NSW and WA, beginning on February 3 in Lincoln, just outside of Christchurch in New Zealand, will be the first-ever Shield clash played outside Australia.
The historic fixture has again been scheduled with the intent of adequately preparing a sizeable contingent of Australian players for the first-class conditions across the Tasman ahead of the opening match of the two-Test series against the Black Caps.
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However, some of the Test-playing squad will be with Australia's limited-overs team in the midst of a Chappell-Hadlee series, and Cricket Australia's Executive General Manager Team Performance Pat Howard said a unique solution was required.
"The upcoming schedule in New Zealand presents us with a few challenges when looking to prepare our players for the first Test against the Black Caps," said Howard.
"If we were to schedule a warm-up game, it would have to happen in parallel with the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy and Sheffield Shield. That would obviously have a negative impact on the Shield because we’d have to pull extra players out of that competition.
"Therefore we thought bringing a Shield match, involving a number of international players, to New Zealand was a different option that gives us some strong preparation in local conditions.
"Obviously we can't cater for everyone in that scenario, and a number of our Test players will be playing in the Chappell-Hadlee Series, but for those who aren't we'd make plans for them to get the right preparation by playing a Shield match on the east coast of Australia at that time."
In round eight of the Shield, Coffs Harbour will play host to the inaugural Phillip Hughes Tribute match between NSW and SA, Hughes’s two former states.
"Phillip was a wonderful player for NSW, South Australia and Australia, and a proud representative of Macksville and North Coast cricket," Cricket NSW chief executive Andrew Jones said.
"Cricket NSW is delighted that with the support of the Coffs Harbour City Council, we are able to play a tribute match in a region where Phillip was and will forever remain a favourite son."
Elsewhere, reigning champions Victoria begin their new era under David Saker against the Phil Jaques-led Queensland Bulls.
The Bushrangers drew last season’s Shield final at Blundstone Arena in Hobart against the Warriors to claim their third title in seven years.
Past 10 Sheffield Shield champions
2014-15: Victoria
2013-14: New South Wales
2012-13: Tasmania
2011-12: Queensland
2010-11: Tasmania
2009-10: Victoria
2008-09: Victoria
2007-08: New South Wales
2006-07: Tasmania
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Steven Peter Devereux Smith (born 2 June 1989) is an Australian international cricketer and former captain of the Australian national team in all three formats of the game. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Test batsmen since Don Bradman. Smith was a member of the Australian teams that won the 2015 and 2023 Cricket World Cup, the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup, and the 2023 ICC World Test Championship final.
Although he was initially selected for Australia as a leg-spinning all-rounder in 2010, Smith was always earmarked as a batting prospect following successful batting campaigns in domestic cricket early in his career. Smith now plays primarily as a batter who bowls occasionally. After playing five Test matches from 2010 to 2011 as a bowling all-rounder, he was recalled to the Australian Test team in 2013 as a batter and took over the captaincy from Michael Clarke in late 2015, after which he predominantly batted at number 3 or 4 across formats.
Awards he has won include the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year) in 2015; ICC Test Player of the Year in 2015 and 2017; ICC Men's Test Player of the Decade for 2011–2020; the Allan Border Medal for the best player in Australian Cricket in 2015, 2018, 2021 and 2023; Australian Test Player of the Year in 2015 and 2018, and Australian One Day International Player of the Year in 2015 and 2021. He was named by Wisden as one of their Cricketers of the Year in the 2016 Wisden Almanack.
In 2014, New Zealand batsman Martin Crowe described Smith as one of the young Fab Four of Test cricket along with Joe Root, Kane Williamson and Virat Kohli. On 30 December 2017, he reached a Test batting rating of 947, the second-highest of all time, only behind Don Bradman's 961.
In March 2018, Smith as captain was widely criticised for the ball tampering in the third Test against South Africa that Cameron Bancroft performed and David Warner planned, during which he stood down from the team captaincy and was replaced by Tim Paine. Following an investigation by Cricket Australia, Smith was banned from all international and domestic cricket in Australia for one year starting from 29 March 2018, and from consideration for any leadership role for an additional year.
In November 2021, he made his Australian captaincy return in the 2021–22 Ashes series when Pat Cummins was unavailable. He has captained in 4 Tests (including Australia's only Test victory in India since 2017 when he was captain) and 7 ODIs, winning the 2022-23 ODI series vs India and the 2023-24 series vs West Indies as captain since his return. Since 2021, he has been Australia's vice-captain in Tests. He was ODI official vice-captain from 2021 to 2023 while also standing in as ODI captain in 2024, despite no longer being official ODI vice-captain.
In January 2024, Smith moved from No.4 to opening the batting for the first time in Test Cricket, having had success previously opening the batting in the IPL, BBL and for Australia in T20Is and ODI warm up matches.
Early and personal life
Steve Smith was born on 2 June 1989 in Kogarah, Sydney to an Australian father, Peter, who has a degree in chemistry, and an English mother, Gillian. Smith attended Menai High School, and left at age 17 to play cricket in England where he played club cricket for Sevenoaks Vine in the Kent Cricket League. His outstanding performances for Sevenoaks resulted in being selected to play for Surrey County's second XI. In a Q&A with Virat Kohli in 2020, Smith stated during his junior years of cricket he had "primarily seen himself as a batter, who bowled quick until the age of 14 or 15, before switching to spin".
Because his mother was born in London, Smith has dual British and Australian citizenship. In 2011, Smith started dating Dani Willis, a commerce and law student at Macquarie University. In June 2017, the couple announced their engagement while on holiday in New York. The couple married at Berrima, New South Wales on 15 September 2018.
Smith supports the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League.
Youth and domestic career
Steve Smith was a member of the Australian team at the 2008 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia. In the tournament he scored 114 runs and took seven wickets in four matches.
Smith made his first-class debut for New South Wales against Western Australia at the SCG on 25 January 2008. He scored 33 in his only innings as New South Wales defeated Western Australia outright. He was part of the New South Wales team that won the 2009 Twenty20 Champions League. In the final against Trinidad and Tobago at Hyderabad, Smith made 33 with the bat and took two wickets.
By the end of the 2009–10 domestic season, Smith had a first-class batting average of over 50 after 13 first-class matches. While his first-class bowling average in the high forties was not as impressive, his bowling appeared to be steadily improving following some well-publicised mentoring and praise from Shane Warne. In the final match of the season he took 7 for 64 in the second innings against South Australia.
Big Bash League
Smith made his Twenty20 cricket debut for New South Wales in a match against South Australia at Adelaide on 1 January 2008 during the six team KFC Big Bash competition. Smith was the leading wicket taker at the 2008 Big Bash tournament. He took 4/15 against Queensland and finished with 9 wickets overall. He was also named the second-best player of the tournament. In 2011–12, the Australian T20 competition became the city-based Big Bash League featuring eight teams. Smith joined the Sydney Sixers and filled in as captain when Brad Haddin could not play due to Test duties, subsequently leading the team to victory in the inaugural season. As an all-rounder, he scored 166 runs with the bat from nine matches with a strike rate of 130.71, including one half century. With the ball, he took 6 wickets at an economy rate of 8.06 per over. He also took nine catches throughout the tournament. In the final match, the Sixers beat Perth Scorchers by 7 wickets while chasing down the target of 157 within 18.5 overs after the Scorchers made 5/156 in 20 overs. Smith's good form during the Big Bash League, attracted the attention of former India Captain Sourav Ganguly, and was recruited to play for the Pune Warriors India team captained by Sourav Ganguly in the 2012 Indian Premier League. Smith was also made captain of the team for one match, when Ganguly was rested, despite Australian captain Michael Clarke being the vice-captain. He continued to play for the same franchise in 2013, under the captaincy of Angelo Mathews. Smith reunited with the Sydney Sixers in 2023 after missing two years of the Big Bash, rejoining in BBL12. In his second match, against Adelaide Strikers, he scored 101 runs off 56 deliveries as the Sixers won by 59 runs. In the next match, Smith score 125* runs off 66 deliveries against Sydney Thunder.
Indian Premier League
Smith was first bought by Royal Challengers Bangalore for the 2010 Indian Premier League as a replacement for Jesse Ryder. During the 2011 IPL player auction, he was bought by Kochi Tuskers Kerala for $200,000, but he had to have an ankle operation and was not available to play for them that season.
The next season, Kochi Tuskers were dropped from the IPL and Smith was put up for auction. He went unsold at the 2012 IPL Players Auction, but was later bought as a replacement for Mitchell Marsh by the Pune Warriors India. In his first match for his new team, he scored 39 runs off 32 balls to lead his team to victory against the Mumbai Indians. He received the Man of the Match award for this effort.
In the auction for IPL 2014, Smith was bought by Rajasthan Royals for $600,000. Smith was given the captaincy of the Royals in the latter half of the 2015 season and led the team to significant victories, thus ensuring a berth for his team in the play-off part of the tournament.
During the 2016 IPL Auction, Smith was bought by new franchise, the Rising Pune Supergiants for the same price as in the previous auction ($600,000), and struggled early for form. Smith finally broke a run of low scores against Sunrisers Hyderabad, scoring 46*. His form continued as he registered his maiden T20 century against the Gujarat Lions, scoring 101 off 54 balls. He then went on to score a further 45 against the Mumbai Indians, before being ruled out of the remainder of the tournament with a wrist injury.
The Supergiant management axed MS Dhoni as captain and named Smith as captain for the 2017 season. In RPS's first game against Mumbai Indians, Smith led his team to victory in style, scoring 84* and was rewarded with the Man of The Match award. Three consecutive losses, however, left his team in last position on the points table. A run of 8 wins in 10 matches helped Supergiant finish in the second position, and thus qualify for the playoffs, with Smith receiving praise for his captaincy from renowned cricketers and experts like Sunil Gavaskar and Kevin Pietersen. He led his team to the final with a 20-run victory over Mumbai Indians in Qualifier 1. In the final Smith's men faced Mumbai yet again. He scored 51 off 50 balls but could not lead RPS to victory. Pune lost the match by one run. Smith was RPS's highest run scorer in the tournament, scoring 472 runs at an average of 39.33, including three fifties.
In February 2018, he was named as captain of Rajasthan Royals for the IPL 2018. However, following his admission of involvement in the Australian test side's ball tampering controversy in the Third Test in South Africa in March 2018, it was announced by the team that Smith has stood down from that role and Ajinkya Rahane took charge as the new captain for Rajasthan Royals team.
On 28 March 2018, after being banned by Cricket Australia for his involvement in a ball tampering incident, Smith's player contract with the Royals was terminated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India as Steve Smith and fellow Australian batsman David Warner were banned from playing for their respective teams for the upcoming 2018 IPL edition.
In November 2018, Smith was retained by Rajasthan Royals for the 2019 Indian Premier League. After losing six out of first eight matches of the season, Smith was appointed as the captain of the Rajasthan Royals by replacing Ajinkya Rahane. In the tournament, he scored 319 runs at an average of 39.87, including three fifties.
He went unsold in the 2022 IPL auctions.
Other T20 franchise cricket
In May 2018, Smith was named as one of the ten marquee players for the first edition of the Global T20 Canada cricket tournament. On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Toronto Nationals in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the tournament. In his first representative match since his conviction for ball-tampering, Smith scored 61 runs from 41 balls alongside Anton Devcich as the Toronto Nationals won by six wickets against the Vancouver Knights. In the tournament he scored 167 runs in six matches at an average of 33.40, including two fifties.
In July 2018, Smith was named in Barbados Tridents's squad in the sixth edition of Caribbean Premier League.
In September 2018, Smith returned to Australian club cricket by scoring 85 off 91 balls for Sutherland in a one-day match against Mosman. In October 2018, he was named as one of the fourteen Platinum category players for the fourth edition of the Pakistan Super League.
In December 2018, Smith was named in Comilla Victorians's squad in the sixth edition of Bangladesh Premier League. He played only two matches of the tournament before returning to Australia for elbow surgery.
International career
2010–2011: Debut and early international career
Steve Smith made his international cricket debut in a Twenty20 International match playing as a leg spinner against Pakistan at Melbourne in February 2010. The same month, he made his One Day International debut against the West Indies also at Melbourne, playing in the fifth match of the series.
In the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 competition held in the West Indies, Australia finished runners up to England. Smith took 11 wickets in seven matches at an average of 14.81 to finish as the equal-second-highest wicket-taker of the tournament.
Smith made his Test debut at Lord's in July 2010, playing both Tests against Pakistan in the 2010 Test series played in England. He was selected mainly for his bowling, and batted down the order, although his bowling was not required in the first innings. In the second innings, he took 3 wickets for 51 as Australia won by 150 runs. In the second Test he was called to bowl only ten overs and took no wickets, although he played an impressive role with the bat in the second innings. Batting with the tail, he scored 77 including nine fours and two sixes off successive balls, helping Australia to set a competitive target after having been bowled out for 88 in the first innings.
Smith's fielding attracted attention during the 2009–10 season with some spectacular catches in the outfield.
In the 2010–11 Australian summer, Smith played three Tests in the 2010–11 Ashes series, this time playing more as a batsman, taking the number six spot in the order. His performances were solid during the series, getting a number of starts and scoring two half centuries. Following the 2010–11 Ashes, Smith did not play another Test for two years, his next Test series coming against India in March 2013.
2013–15: Return and breakthrough
Tour to India and back-to-back Ashes 2013–14
Smith's return to the test team came during the 2013 tour of India. In the previous two Sheffield seasons his form had been middling, averaging 37, but he was chosen for the 17-man squad, primarily as a backup batsman, rather than an allrounder as he had been in the Test team previously. Smith was selected for the third test in Mohali, his first in over two years, when four players were dropped for "not doing their homework", in a scandal known as Homeworkgate.
In his first match innings in India he scored 92 before being stumped by Dhoni from a delivery by Pragyan Ojha, and in the second innings he managed 5 runs. In the final Test match at Delhi, Smith made 46 and 18 runs, respectively, but Australia was unable to win the Test match as India secured a 4–0 series win.
Following the defeat to India, Australia's next series was against England in the British Isles in July. Although the squad for the 2013 Ashes was finalised in April, Smith was the vice-captain of Australia's A team and was later called into the main squad after showing some promise in the Australia's A tour to the United Kingdom in June where he made 133 runs against Ireland in Belfast but also as a backup batsman due to Michael Clarke's fitness concerns. He played his first-class tour match with the main squad on 2 July 2013 in Worcester making 111 runs in both innings combined. In the first Test match at Trent Bridge he made a half century in his first innings but fell cheaply in the second innings getting out lbw to Graeme Swann. While making little impact at Lord's, Smith produced a century at Hove against Sussex on 27 July.
In the third Test being 2–0 down to England, Australia moved up north to Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester needing to win or draw to save the series. Smith made 89 and 19 runs, respectively, but the third Test match stirred controversy about the on-field umpire's decisions and DRS (Decision Review System) causing Smith to survive on two occasions and his teammate Usman Khawaja to be dismissed. In the final Test, Smith scored his maiden Test century, which came in the first innings of the last Test of the series at The Oval, reaching the total in style by hitting a six off the bowling of Jonathan Trott. He remained unbeaten on 138. Smith became only the sixth Australian to reach his maiden Test 100 with a six. At the end of the series, the urn was retained by England after winning the series 3–0. Smith played in all five Tests, scoring 345 runs at an average of 38.33.
Smith remained in the team for the first Test of 2013–14 Ashes series in Brisbane. Despite starting slowly in the first two Tests, Smith produced his first Test century on home soil in the third Test at Perth, scoring 111 from 208 balls, helping Australia display a total of 6–326 at stumps on the second day to later win the Test match and be awarded man of the match. It was during this innings at the WACA which he decided to take a "prelim movement back and across" to counter short-pitched bowling and has even exaggerated it, according to Smith, "I was probably batting on middle and leg and going to middle at that point ... I've sort of moved things a little bit across to leg stump and now I'm going just outside off stump". Smith remarked "Everything sort of just clicked into place and it felt really good so I've continued doing it". Despite his success in the first innings, he mistimed a pull shot in the second innings, the ball caught in the deep by substitute fielder Bairstow off Ben Stokes' bowling, being dismissed for 15 from 50 deliveries.
In the fourth Test at the MCG he was dismissed on 19 by Stuart Broad, but made another century with 115 runs from 154 deliveries in the first innings of the fifth and final Test at the SCG. His 128-run partnership with Brad Haddin helped Australia come back from 5–97 to 326 all out in the first innings and eventually went on to win the Test match by 281 runs. The victory in Sydney marked a 5–0 victory towards Australia after a dismal 3–0 loss during the winter period of 2013. Smith made two centuries with a total of 327 runs at an average of 36. Smith played just one ODI match during England's tour during 2013–14, in the 4th ODI at Perth where he made 19 runs.
Tour of South Africa 2014
Following a 5–0 victory against England in the Ashes, Australia were scheduled three Test matches and three T20 matches in South Africa. In the first Test at Centurion, Johannesburg, Smith made his fourth century and first in South Africa, where he and Shaun Marsh made a 233 run partnership from 4–98. Smith was not required in the second innings and Australia won the Test by 281 runs. The second Test in Port Elizabeth saw a slower pitch as Smith made 49 and a duck and South Africa levelled the series 1–1. In the deciding Test match in Cape Town, Smith made 89 runs in the first innings and finished 36 not out in the second innings as Australia won the series 2–1. Steve Smith produced 269 runs at an average of 67.25, the third-best in the series and the second-best by an Australian, second to David Warner.
Tri-Series in Zimbabwe and the UAE 2014
The five-month break from cricket activity saw a surprise pick of Smith called up for the 2014 Zimbabwe Tri-Series on the August 2014. Smith prior to the tour had two ODI matches in the last two years. In his first match against Zimbabwe, he was run out by Sikandar Raza. He made scores in his thirties in his participating matches but only made 10 runs in the final against South Africa on 6 September, where South Africa went on to win the Tri-Series.
The squad later travelled to the UAE to face Pakistan in a T20 Match, three ODIs and two Tests. In the first and only T20 match, Pakistan won the toss and made 96 runs in their allotment of 20 overs, setting Australia a target of 97 runs to win. Smith made three runs before being dismissed. Despite this, Australia won by six wickets.
Following the T20 came the 3-match ODI series. In the first ODI at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Smith made his first ODI century scoring 101 runs off 118 balls to push the visitors to a 1–0 lead in the series. In the second ODI he made 12 runs and in the third and final ODI he made 77 runs off 105 balls to win the ODI match by 1 run. However, during the match, Steve Smith's catch on Fawad Alam questioned whether his catch was within the ICC laws. The incident occurred when in the 18th over of Pakistan's chase of 231 where Xavier Doherty delivered the ball and before Fawad made contact with his paddle sweep, Smith had moved from first slip towards leg slip to intercept the shot. The legality of the catch continued to be the main talking point after the ODI Series and afterwards ICC made a press statement stating that: "As long as the movement of a close catching fielder is in response to the striker's actions (the shot he/she is about to play or shaping to play), then movement is permitted before the ball reaches the striker. On the day, if umpires believe any form of significant movement is unfair (in an attempt to deceive the batsman), then the Law still applies." The win saw Australia rise back to number one in the ICC ODI Rankings and Steve Smith was made man of the series for his batting performances.
Transitioning into the Test series saw Australia's continued failure against reverse swing and spin in the subcontinent. In the warm-up match against Pakistan A in Sharjah, Australia lost by 153 runs where Smith made 58 but retired out. In the first Test in Dubai, Smith made 22 runs in the first innings and 55 runs in the second innings but collectively lost the Test match by 221 runs. In the second Test, Smith made a duck and 97 runs but Australia's woes against spin continued as Australia lost by 356 runs. In the series he made 174 runs at an average of 43.5 runs.
South Africa and India in Australia 2014–15
Arriving back from the subcontinent following their 2–0 Test defeat against Pakistan. Smith played in the series against South Africa where Australia defeated South Africa 4–1 in the ODI Series. He missed the first match due to selectors picking Shane Watson over Smith but later joined the remainder of the games due to Michael Clarke's hamstring injury. In his first match in Perth he registered 10 runs but in the following games he made 73*, 104 and 67 runs. His hundred in the 4th ODI at the MCG was Smith's first on Australian soil. Smith scored 254 runs at an average of 84.66, the highest Australian total in the series and consequently receiving the man of the series award.
India arrived in Australia to play the Border-Gavaskar Test match series and a tri-series ODI competition with England. The first Test was scheduled to begin on 4 December in Brisbane, but was later postponed because of the death of Phillip Hughes. The first Test was later rescheduled to the Adelaide Oval on 9 December and Brisbane would be hosting the second Test on 17 December. In the first Test match in Adelaide, the Australian players wore Hughes' Test cap number 408 on their playing shirts for the match as well as black armbands in honour of their former teammate. In the first Test match in Adelaide, Smith scored 162* from 298 balls in the first and made 52* in the second innings, defeating India by 48 runs into day five. This also marked Steve Smith's first Test century against India and at the Adelaide Oval.
On 15 December, Smith was named Australia's new vice-captain and following an injury to Michael Clarke, he was appointed stand-in skipper against India with Brad Haddin as his deputy. He made his captaincy debut for Australia in the Second Test match against India at the Gabba. He continued his batting form and made 133 runs in the first innings before being run-out in the second innings with a score of 28. Smith was awarded man of the match as Australia defeated India by 4 wickets. Australia were then up 2–0 in the series. In the third Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Smith made his third consecutive century in the first innings of the Test match scoring 192 runs in 433 balls. He also scored his 1,000th run in the 2014 calendar year, and became the eighth-fastest Australian to reach 2000 Test runs, beating previous Australian captains such as Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting.
The final Test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground saw Smith in his fourth consecutive century against India. The achievement saw Smith join Don Bradman (6), Neil Harvey, Jack Fingleton and Matthew Hayden (4 each) as Australian centurions in four or more consecutive Tests, a streak Smith started during the 1st Test at Adelaide. Smith also became the first Australian skipper to open their captaincy with three consecutive centuries, and the second batsman since Jacques Kallis against West Indies to score a century in every match of a Test series. The Test match ended in a draw as Australia defeated India 2–0 in the series, thus returning the Border–Gavaskar Trophy to Australia. The conclusion of the Test series saw Smith be given the man of the series award, scoring 769 runs at an average of 128.16, the highest aggregate score in a four-test match series in Australia and also marked the highest number of runs scored against India by an Australian, surpassing Donald Bradman.
Following the Test series, an ODI tri-series with India and England was confirmed in preparation for the upcoming Cricket World Cup hosted by Australia and New Zealand. In his first ODI match against England in Sydney, he was dismissed at 37 runs by Moeen Ali but continued to provide runs in the following matches leading to the final against England. En route to the tri-series final, Smith was handed his first ODI match on 20 January as the skipper after George Bailey was suspended for a slow-over rate earlier in the series. Three days later, Smith scored his first ODI century against England producing 102 runs in 95 balls; the win saw Australia qualify for the final and later defeating England to win the Carlton Mid Triangular Series in Australia 2014–15.
Cricket World Cup in Australia 2015
Main article: 2015 Cricket World Cup
In the World Cup, Smith played a vital role as versatile batsman as he played in numerous batting positions from number three down to as a middle-order batsman. In Australia's opening match of the World Cup, against England, he was dismissed early on 5 but later improved as the tournament progressed. After making half centuries against Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, he later steered Australia into the final after making a century against India in the semi-finals at the Sydney Cricket Ground. In the final, Australia drew against fellow neighbours New Zealand after defeating South Africa. Australia's target to chase 183 runs after a New Zealand collapse saw Steve Smith score 58 not out alongside the skipper, Michael Clarke as Australia won by 7 wickets with 101 balls remaining. Smith was Australia's highest run scorer in the tournament, scoring 402 runs at an average of 67, including a century and four fifties. He was named in the team of the tournament for the 2015 World Cup by the ICC. He was also named in the team of the tournament by ESPNcricinfo and Cricbuzz.
Tour of the West Indies 2015
Main article: Australian cricket team in the West Indies in 2015
After winning the World Cup in March, Australia's winter schedule was later released with the Test team returned from their short break towards their two Test series against the West Indies in the Caribbean. Due to IPL commitments, Smith missed out on Australia's maiden warm up match against the West Indies Cricket Board President's XI on 27 May. He later joined the Test squad in the first Test match in Windsor Park, and scored 25 and 5 runs, respectively. In the second Test match in Sabina Park, Smith steered Australia to a first innings score of 399, where he made 199 and became the eighth man in Test history to be dismissed on 199. Australia later won the match in positive fashion, beating the West Indies by 277 runs within four days and retained the Frank Worrell Trophy. After his man of the match effort against the West Indies in the second Test, Smith became the second-youngest player ever to reach the number 1 ICC Test batsmen ranking and just the eighth Australian to do so.
Ashes in England 2015
Main article: 2015 Ashes series
The 2–0 victory against the West Indies gave Australia some momentum into the long-awaited Ashes series in the British Isles. While Australia's last Ashes tour was in 2013, the emergence of England's Joe Root and Australia's Steve Smith saw an awaited clash to determine the better batsman in the upcoming series. With the Australians in good form and England drawing to New Zealand and West Indies gave Australia some confidence to the countdown to the first Test in Cardiff. Smith started positively in his first-class match with a century against Kent in Canterbury. He was rested for the second first-class match and in the first Test match in Cardiff, Smith made 33 in both innings as England took a 1–0 lead in the series. In the second Test in Lord's, Smith produced 215 runs in his first innings, his highest Test score and became the first Australian to score a double-ton at Lord's since the Second World War. His double century also made Smith pass 3000 Test runs, the third-youngest Australia to reach the feat. In his second innings he made 58 runs before Australia levelled the series in a 405 run rout.
In the third Test in Edgbaston, Smith made 7 and 8 runs, respectively, both dismissed by Steven Finn, but Smith's low scores saw England take a 2–1 lead into the series. In the fourth Test in Trent Bridge, Australia needed a win to draw the series. With overcast conditions and a green top, Alastair Cook won the toss and elected to field. In the first innings, Smith was dismissed again cheaply by Stuart Broad with a score of 6, as Australia capitulated in the first session of a total 60 runs from 18.3 overs—is the quickest—in terms of balls faced—a team has been bowled out in the first innings of a Test match. In the second innings, Smith was again caught by Ben Stokes in the slips from Stuart Broad with a meagre score of 5. England within three days regained the Ashes and took an unassailable 3–1 lead and critics began to question Smith's performances in seaming conditions. Into the fifth and final Test match back at The Oval, Smith made his second century in the series registering 143 runs off 252 balls before being bowled by Finn. Australia later defeated England by an innings and 46 runs. However, England regained the Ashes 3–2 after winning in Nottingham in early August and later saw the Test retirements of Australia's senior players: Michael Clarke, Chris Rogers and later Shane Watson, Ryan Harris and Brad Haddin. Overall, Smith made 508 runs at an average of 56.44, the most runs scored in the series.
2015–2018: Australian captaincy
Steve Smith's record as captain Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied No result Win % Test 38 21 10 7 0 – 55.26% ODI 58 30 25 0 0 3 54.55% T20I 8 4 4 0 0 – 50.00% Last updated: 18 March 2024
The retirement of Michael Clarke following Australia's 3–2 defeat in the 2015 Ashes series saw Smith appointed as the full-time captain of the Australian Test team. Fellow New South Welshman David Warner was appointed as his vice-captain.
New Zealand, West Indies and ascension to captaincy 2015–16
Next followed a three Test home series against New Zealand. Smith's output in the first Test in Brisbane was modest, scoring 48 and 1, as the team romped home for a win in a high scoring game. During the second Test, Smith scored 27 in the first innings before breaking the shackles with 138 in the second innings. This was Smith's first-ever second innings century; all previous centuries having been scored in the first innings of a Test match. Australia went on to draw the second Test. In the third Test, significant for being the first-ever day-night Test held at the Adelaide Oval, Smith defied difficult batting conditions to register 53 in the first innings, before falling for 14 in the second innings. Australia won the match in a tight contest.
Shortly after the series against New Zealand, a three Test series was to be held against the West Indies. During the first innings of the first Test, Smith was caught behind on 10, and did not bat again, due to Australia's dominance. The second Test was successful for the captain, scoring 134* and 70* in each respective innings, as Australia went on to seal a series victory. Due to poor weather conditions, the third Test was a wash out, with very little play able to be held.
In 2015 Smith was awarded the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year) and ICC Test Player of the Year award and named in ICC Test Team of the Year and ICC ODI Team of the Year by the ICC. In the same year, he also received the Allan Border Medal, Australian Test Player of the Year and Australian One Day International Player of the Year award. He was also named in the Test XI of the year 2015 by ESPNcricinfo.
Tour of New Zealand and T20 World Cup 2016
A two Test return tour against New Zealand took place in February 2016. Smith looked to be in fine touch, registering 71, 138, and 53* in the three innings in which he batted, as the Australian team won 2–0.
During the T20 World Cup 2016, held in India, Smith struggled with form early, before registering 61 against Pakistan in a must-win pool match for Australia. Smith went on to score only 2 against India, as Australia were knocked out of the tournament. It was believed that Smith was incorrectly given out, having clean missed a ball the umpires deemed to have been edged.
Tour of Sri Lanka 2016
Smith then led the Australian Cricket Team on their tour of Sri Lanka. The three Test series was a disaster for the Aussies, losing 3–0. Smith was Australia's highest run scorer in the series, scoring 247 runs at an average of 41, including one century and one fifty. Throughout the following ODI series, Smith averaged in excess of 40 across the first two matches, before leaving early for a rest.
ODI Tour of South Africa 2016
Australia's disappointing run of form continued into their ODI tour of South Africa. They lost the first 3 matches, largely attesting to their young bowling attack's inability to contain a strong South African batting line-up. Smith was disappointing in output across the first two ODIs, before scoring 108 off 107 balls in the 3rd match, as he and David Warner helped Australia to 371. Despite the large total, it was chased down by South Africa in the 50th over. Australia lost the 5-match series 5–0.
South Africa, New Zealand and Pakistan in Australia 2016–17
Following the 5–0 ODI defeat in South Africa, the Australian team returned home for a 3 Test series against South Africa. In the first Test Smith made a duck and 34 runs, and Australia lost the Test match. In the second Test at Hobart, Smith made 48 not out in the first innings but the team capitulated, only making a total score of 85 runs and ending up losing the Test. Following the defeat, criticism of Smith's captaincy and the team's performance emerged which saw the influx of young players such as Matt Renshaw, Peter Handscomb and Nic Maddison for the last Test. After losing five consecutive Tests, Smith made 59 and 40, respectively, with the addition of his team performances to win the day-night Test match in Adelaide. The win in Adelaide avoided a 3–0 whitewash at home, as the 2–1 defeat marked Smith's first series defeat at home.
After the Test series against South Africa, New Zealand played 3 ODIs in between the two Test series against South Africa and Pakistan. In the first ODI, Steve Smith registered 164 runs at the SCG, marking the highest ODI score at the ground, beating the previous score of 162 set by AB De Villiers during the 2015 World Cup. He was awarded "man of the match". In the second ODI he made 72 runs and in Melbourne of the final ODI he was dismissed for a duck. The Australian team won the contested Chappell-Hadlee Trophy 3–0 and returned the trophy to Australia.
Pakistan was scheduled to have three Test series and 5 ODIs. In the first Test in Brisbane, Smith made 130 and 63 runs. His century in Brisbane marked his 16th Test century and his first against Pakistan. Despite Pakistan being bowled out for a low score of 142 in the first innings, Smith's captaincy tactics sparked a mixed response from critics when the on-field umpires made the decision to increase the fourth day evening session for another thirty minutes, believing a result would be determined. Pakistan made a 4th innings total of 450, as Australia won by 39 runs. The second Test match was held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Smith later placed his seventeenth century, the fourth-fastest to do so and also reaching 1000 runs in the calendar year—his third consecutive achievement of this since 2014. Despite intermittent rain, Australia managed an unlikely victory into the last session of day five, resulting in a 2–0 win for Australia. The final Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground marked Steve Smith's 50th Test match, as Australia whitewashed Pakistan 3–0 . Following the victory, he was awarded "Man of the Series" after making a total of 441 runs—the most in the series from both sides.
Smith was once again featured in ICC's 2016 Cricket Awards as a 12th man for the ICC Test team of the year. In the ODI Series against Pakistan, Smith experienced mixed results but played a vital role, with Australia later ending up routing Pakistan 4–1. On 19 January 2017, Steve Smith produced his 8th ODI century against Pakistan at the WACA Ground—becoming the quickest Australian to reach 3000 ODI runs within 79 innings. Following the home series, Smith was scheduled to tour three ODI matches against New Zealand for the Chappell–Hadlee Trophy but later sustained a mild sprain to the medial ligament in his left ankle, so he headed to Dubai in preparation for the upcoming four Test tour of India.
Tour of India 2017
Main article: Australian cricket team in India in 2016–17
Following the training at ICC's Cricket Academy Centre in Dubai, Smith began the tour of India with a century in their maiden warm-up match in Mumbai. He replicated his ton in the first Test in Pune where he produced his first century in the Indian Subcontinent, accompanied by the support of his bowlers to win their first Test match in India since 2004 and breaking India's 19 match undefeated streak, stretching back from 2012. Veteran commentator Harsha Bhogle and other Indian Media rated Smith's third innings hundred at Pune as one of the best ever by a visiting player in India. The Wisden described Smith's ton as an impossible hundred on a minefield of a pitch at Pune where all other batsman from both sides struggled to get a decent score.
In the 3rd Test match in Ranchi, which is the first-ever Test match hosted at this venue, Steve Smith scored yet another century, 178 not out. This is the third-highest score by an Australian cricketer in Test matches played in India and the highest by an Australian Captain. In the fourth Test in Dharmasala, Smith scored 111 in the first innings which helped Australia to a first innings score of 300. In the second innings, Smith played a ball onto his stumps after scoring a rapid and threatening 17 runs off 15 balls. Smith was the highest run scorer in the series, scoring 499 runs at an average of 71.29, including three centuries.
Ashes in Australia 2017–18
Main article: 2017–18 Ashes series
In the first Test at Brisbane, Smith scored the first century of the series, 141*, which was his 21st Test century in his 105th innings—making him the third-quickest to score 21 Test centuries behind Donald Bradman and Sunil Gavaskar.
On 16 December 2017, Smith scored 239 in the final Ashes match at the WACA Ground. He was quick to score his 22nd century at the WACA, his century coming from 138 balls, including sixteen fours and a six, before he converted that into a career-best 239. It was his second double-hundred and his first as captain.
In the fourth Ashes test at Melbourne, Smith continued his prodigious form when he scored 76 in the first innings before he was bowled by England debutant Tom Curran, providing him with his first wicket in test cricket. A series best 244* by England's Alastair Cook then placed Australia in a tense situation that saw them trail by 164 at the start of the fourth day. Coming in at 2/65 before lunch on a rain affected day four, Smith batted until the closure of play on day five and scored yet another century, finishing with a defiant 102* from 275 deliveries to guide Australia to a draw and denying England of its first victory in Australia since 2011.
Smith concluded the 2017 calendar year with six centuries and three fifties, along with an average of 76.76 and a total of 1,305 runs, the highest of any player that year. During the final Ashes match in Sydney, Smith reached the milestone of 6,000 Test runs in 111 innings, becoming the equal second-fastest player and also the youngest Australian, ever to do so.
Smith garnered praise from opponent captain Joe Root for leading the team from the front, and in Root's opinion Smith was the difference between the two teams during 2017–18 Ashes series. Smith was the highest run scorer in the series, scoring 687 runs at an average of 137.40, including three centuries and two fifties.
In 2017 Smith was awarded the ICC Test Player of the Year award and named in the ICC Test Team of the Year by the ICC. In February 2018 he received the Allan Border Medal and Australian Test Player of the Year award.
2018: Tour of South Africa, ball-tampering incident and suspension
Tour of South Africa 2018
Main article: Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2017–18
Smith was rested for the T20 series against New Zealand and England so he could prepare for the South African Test series. The series was marred by controversial incidents on and off field. Australia won the first Test by 118 runs with Smith making scores of 56 and 38 runs. The result was overshadowed by a stairwell confrontation between Australian vice captain David Warner and South African wicket-keeper Quinton de Kock. Footage emerged showing Warner having to be physically restrained after words were spoken between the two. This led to Smith and opposing captain Faf du Plessis being called to a meeting with umpires and match officials, where they were reminded of their responsibility to control their teams. South Africa won the second Test by 6 wickets, with Smith's contributions being only 25 and 11 runs. Smith's diminishing returns with the bat and lower than average strike rate suggested that he may have been struggling somewhat. During the match South African fast bowler and player of the match Kagiso Rabada was suspended for the following Test after he made physical contact with Smith after he dismissed him. Rabada successfully appealed the ban; a decision that annoyed Smith.
Ball-tampering incident and suspension
Main article: 2018 Australian ball-tampering scandal
Australia lost by 322 runs in the third Test, with Smith barely contributing to the score. However, the match result was overshadowed by illegal ball tampering by players of the Australian team on the third day. Cameron Bancroft, the second-youngest and most inexperienced member of the team, was captured by television cameras surreptitiously using sandpaper to rough up the cricket ball. He then hid the sandpaper in his underwear before being confronted by the on-field umpires. When attending the press conference at the conclusion of the third day's play with Bancroft, Smith admitted that the "leadership group" of the team discussed tampering with the ball to influence the result of the match during the lunch break. He admitted that he was part of the "leadership group" but did not identify the other members. Smith and vice-captain David Warner stood down from the team leadership the morning after the incident, but still played on, and wicketkeeper Tim Paine took over as interim captain for the rest of the Test match. Subsequently, match referee Andy Pycroft for the ICC banned Smith for one Test match and fined him 100% of his match fee. He handed Bancroft three demerit points and fined him 75% of his match fee.
Cricket Australia launched an independent investigation, charging Smith with bringing the game into disrepute. He was suspended and sent home from the tour. The report stated that, while he did not develop the plan, Smith was found to have misled match officials and others, and as captain did not act to prevent it. He was therefore banned from all international and domestic cricket for 12 months starting from 29 March 2018. He was also debarred from consideration for any team leadership role for an additional 12 months. Warner and Bancroft also received bans. Smith also had his contract with the Rajasthan Royals IPL team for the 2018 season terminated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India as a consequence of the sanctions.
Smith arrived in Sydney on 29 March. In a press conference at Sydney Airport, a tearful Smith started by saying that he had nothing to add to Cricket Australia's report. He said that as captain of the Australian cricket team, he took full responsibility (even though he did not devise the plan to change the condition of the ball or actually perform the act), and that he had made a serious error in judgement: "It was a failure of leadership, my leadership." As well as apologising to his "teammates, to fans of cricket all over the world and to all Australians who are disappointed and angry", he specifically referred to the effect that the incident had had on his parents and implored others faced with questionable decisions to consider their parents. He added, "I know I will regret this for the rest of my life. I'm absolutely gutted. I hope in time I can earn back respect and forgiveness."
2019: Return to international cricket, dominant Ashes series
ODI World Cup in England 2019
Main article: 2019 Cricket World Cup
In April 2019, he was named in Australia's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. After missing the 2018–19 season, Smith was awarded a national contract by Cricket Australia for the 2019–20 season. On 1 June 2019, Smith played in Australia's opening match of the Cricket World Cup, against Afghanistan, at the County Ground in Bristol. On 11 July 2019, in the semi-final match against England Smith scored 85 runs, becoming the second batsman after Sachin Tendulkar to score four 50+ scores in Cricket World Cup knockouts. In the tournament, he scored 379 runs at an average of 37.90, including four fifties.
Ashes in England 2019
Main article: 2019 Ashes series
In July 2019, he was named in Australia's squad for the 2019 Ashes series in England. In the first Test at Edgbaston, Smith scored centuries in both innings, his ninth and tenth Ashes centuries and his 24th and 25th overall. Smith's first innings hundred was hailed as one of his finest ever by British Media as he was returning from a year-long suspension and was batting with the tail for a large part of his innings under tricky conditions. His 25th came in his 119th innings, second only to Don Bradman (who took 69 innings). Smith also rated his first innings hundred at Edgbaston as his best ever.
In the first innings of the second Test, his innings was interrupted on 80, when he was hit by a 148.7 km/h ball on the left side of his neck, under the ear from Jofra Archer. He later returned to complete his innings after passing the concussion tests and was out, lbw, for 92. On 18 August 2019, the final day of the Test, Smith was replaced by Marnus Labuschagne, after further tests showed he had actually suffered concussion due to the blow the previous day. Therefore, Labuschagne became the first player to become a concussion substitute in a Test match following a change in the International Cricket Council's (ICC) rules. The concussion then ruled him out of the third Test, though this did not stop him reclaiming the number one position in the Test batting rankings on 3 September 2019.
In the first innings of the fourth Test at Old Trafford Smith scored his third double-century in Test matches and third century in the series and became the first batsman to score 500 or more runs in three successive Ashes series.
Smith registered his tenth consecutive Ashes fifty-plus score in the first innings of the fifth Test, breaking Inzamam Ul Haq's record for the most consecutive Test 50+ scores against a single opposition. He finished the series with 774 runs at an average of 110.57, by far the most on either side. Smith made 3 hundreds and 3 fifties. He was awarded his second consecutive Compton–Miller Medal as the man of the series.
British Media along with former cricketers rated his dominating batting in the series as one of the greatest batting displays in a test series.
2019–2021: Form slump
Sri Lanka, Pakistan and New Zealand in Australia 2019–20
Main articles: Sri Lankan cricket team in Australia in 2019–20, Pakistani cricket team in Australia in 2019–20, and New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2019–20
After retaining the Ashes in England, the Australian team returned home for two back to back T20I series against Sri Lanka and Pakistan. In the first T20I against Sri Lanka, Smith did not bat, but made 53 not out and 13 in the second and third matches respectively. Australia went on to win the three match series 3–0. Although Smith was not required to bat in the first and third T20Is against Pakistan, his valuable contribution of 80 not out in the second match helped Australia win the match by seven wickets, and go on to win the T20I series 2–0.
Following the T20I series', Australia played Pakistan and New Zealand at home in two and three match Test series respectively. In contrast to the preceding Ashes tour, Smith made little contribution with the bat throughout the test series against Pakistan, scoring 4 and 36 in the first and second matches respectively. Despite this, Australia went on to win the Test series 2–0, winning both matches by an innings margin. During the second test match of the series at Adelaide, Smith overtook Donald Bradman as the 11th highest run scorer for Australia in tests. Smith also became the fastest test batsman to score 7,000 test runs in his 126th innings, bettering the 73-year-old record of Walter Hammond (130 innings).
In the first day-night Test match at Perth against New Zealand, Smith struggled, scoring 43 and 16, and was dismissed both innings to the short-pitched bowling of fast-bowler Neil Wagner. Australia went on to win the first Test by 296 runs. In the second test at Melbourne, Smith continued to find form when he scored 85 in the first innings before he was again dismissed by Neil Wagner, denying Smith of a record fifth consecutive Test century at the MCG. Although Australia bowled New Zealand out for 148 and progressively built on their large first innings lead, Smith was dismissed for 7 in the second innings, giving Neil Wagner his 200th Test wicket and fourth consecutive dismissal of Smith in the series. Despite this, Australia comfortably won the match by 247 runs and retained the Trans-Tasman Trophy. On Day 1 of the Melbourne test, Smith also went past Greg Chappell's tally of 7,110 moving into 10th position as highest run-scorer for Australia in Tests. The 3rd Test saw Smith reach the half-century mark again, reaching 63 from 182 balls, taking 45 minutes to get off the mark. Australia won the match by 279 runs, completing a clean sweep of the Test series.
In a similar vein to Bodyline devised by England in the 1930s to disrupt Bradman's scoring, which was largely employed by Harold Larwood, New Zealand devised a set of tactics to curb Smith's scoring. It involved left-arm fast-medium bowler Neil Wagner pitching short to Smith attempting to get him out caught on the leg side. The plan enjoyed good results, with Wagner dismissing Smith all four times in Perth and Melbourne, however Colin de Grandhomme claimed Smith's wicket in the Test at Sydney. Smith himself said after the first Test, "The pink one's a little bit different - it just sort of comes off the wicket at different paces ... I couldn't quite time the ball where I wanted to at certain times but no doubt I'm going to get a little bit (of short-pitch bowling) in Melbourne, I dare say, on probably a different wicket. We'll see how we go." Despite Smith scoring 214 runs from 5 innings at an average of 42.80, and atypically for Smith a low strike rate of 34.13—who just three months earlier in the 2019 Ashes scored at a rate of 64.71 per 100 balls—Australia managed to win all three Tests by a margin of over 200 runs, largely thanks to Labuschagne's batting.
Tours of India and South Africa 2019–20
Main articles: Australian cricket team in India in 2019–20 and Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2019–20
Australia travelled to India to play three ODI matches between 14 and 19 January 2020. Smith was not required in the first match. In the second match, Smith came in at 1/20 and looked set to reach another hundred, but was dismissed for 98 as he played on to his stumps off Kuldeep Yadav. In the 3rd match, Smith made 131 off 132 balls as Australia reached a total of 286 from the 50 overs. However, Smith's hundred was in vain as India chased down the target in the 48th over, India winning the series 2–1.
Australia travelled to South Africa to play a 3 ODI matches and 3 T20I matches between 21 February and 7 March 2020. The first match of the T20I series in Johannesburg saw Smith topscore with 45, helping Australia to a total of 196 winning by 107 runs. Australia was sent in to bat in the 3rd match at Cape Town, making 193 runs from their 20 overs, Smith remaining not out on 30 from 15 balls. South Africa was bowled out for 96, Australia winning by 97 runs, and winning the T20I series 2–1.
Smith topscored in the first ODI match with 76, but the rest of the team could only manage 134 between them, getting bowled out in the 46th over for 217. Smith failed to make any significant scores for the remaining games as Australia lost the ODI series 0–3.
New Zealand in Australia 2020
Main article: New Zealand cricket team in Australia in 2019–20
New Zealand returned to Australia after the Test series, with games scheduled to be held on 13, 15 and 20 March 2020. The first match was won by Australia, with a winning margin of 71 runs; Smith getting bowled for 14 by Santner. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2nd and 3rd matches were cancelled without a ball being bowled due to travel restrictions.
Tour of England 2020
Main article: Australian cricket team in England in 2020
On 16 July 2020, Smith was named in a 26-man preliminary squad of players to begin training ahead of a possible tour to England following the COVID-19 pandemic. On 14 August 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed that the fixtures would be taking place, with Smith included in the touring party.
Smith's scoring was unremarkable in the 3 T20I matches. Between the last T20I match and first ODI match, Smith was struck on the head at training, and subsequently missed the first two ODIs. Smith was still feeling the effects before the 3rd ODI, and was left out again, missing all three matches in the series.
India in Australia 2020–21
Main article: Indian cricket team in Australia in 2020–21
India's tour began with a 3-match ODI series. In the first match in Sydney, Smith came to the wicket after a large opening partnership, and put on a 108-run partnership with Aaron Finch. Smith brought up his hundred off 62 deliveries, the third fastest by an Australian and finished with 105 runs off 66 balls. Smith made a second century in the second match at Sydney, again requiring only 62 deliveries. He was dismissed on 104 from 64 deliveries. Smith and Labuschagne put on a 136-run partnership. Australia won the match by 51 runs, and Smith was again awarded Player of the Match for his performance. Australia won the series 2–1. Smith was awarded Player of the Series for his efforts.
Following the ODI series was a 3-match T20I series. Smith made a respectable 46 in the second match, but his scores in the other matches were unremarkable. Australia lost the series 1–2.
In November 2020, Smith was nominated for the Sir Garfield Sobers Award for ICC Male Cricketer of the Decade, and the award for Test cricketer of the decade.
Smith's poor form for his standards continued as he scored 1 and 1* in the opening Test of the Border-Gavaskar trophy in Adelaide, Australia winning the match after bowling India out for 36, their lowest total in Tests. Smith scored 0 and 8 at Melbourne as India won by 8 wickets in contrast to his previous seven Tests at the ground where he had averaged 113.50. Since the 2019 Ashes, Smith had averaged 26.40. Ex-Australian captain Ian Chappell noted "He doesn't look as comfortable at the crease because India have given him things to think about" and "In trying to avoid one way of getting out, you can create another one, and I think that's happened a bit with Smith."
Smith was able to break his 14-innings century drought since the 2019 Ashes at his home ground in Sydney with a 226-ball 131 in the first innings. He followed that up with a 167-ball 81 in the third innings, helping to set India a target of 407 in the fourth innings. The match ended in a draw as the series was poised 1 all.
In the fourth and final match of the series at the Gabba, Smith made 36 in the first innings and topscored for Australia with 55 in the third innings. Australia set India a target of 328 to win. India took the game into the 5th day as they chased the target with three wickets remaining as Australia lost the series 1–2.
T20 World Cup in the UAE 2021
Main article: 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
Smith was ruled out of the tours to West Indies and Bangladesh with an elbow injury in his left arm — a recurrence of an injury that prohibited him from playing domestic cricket for a month during February and March in 2021. National selection panel chair Trevor Hohns said of the injury - "I can't tell you how long or how serious it is but it's something that he's had before, and it definitely flared up again whilst playing in the IPL ... How long it'll take to get it completely right, I can't tell you that at the moment … the main thing from our point of view with Steven is to make sure he is fit for the T20 World Cup and of course the Ashes next season." In August 2021, Smith was named in Australia's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
Smith played a "floating position" in Australia's win in the T20 World Cup. He scored 69 runs at a strike rate of 97.18.
2021–present: Australian vice captaincy
Ashes in Australia 2021–22
Main article: 2021–22 Ashes series
In November 2021, following Tim Paine's resignation from the Test captaincy amid allegations of improper conduct in 2017, Pat Cummins was promoted to captain of the Test side, as Smith returned to a leadership position with the vice captaincy. In the first Test in Brisbane, Smith fell to 'a lazy shot' to Mark Wood for 12.
Smith captained Australia for the second Test in Adelaide, when Cummins was ruled out for the match after he was deemed to be a close contact of someone with COVID-19. Smith passed 50 in the first innings, but was trapped leg before wicket on 93 to James Anderson to a ball that kept low. In the second innings, Smith survived multiple chances (including a first-ball drop by Buttler) but was out on 6, gloved down the leg side to Robinson. Smith had also picked up his first test wicket in 6 years, dismissing Jack Leach, who was caught by David Warner.
After the Test, Smith said "It brought back some old memories in a way and I had fun out there, but it's Patty's team. I'm the vice-captain and I will help him any way I can. That's my job. Hopefully we can keep the momentum going into what should be an amazing Boxing Day Test."
Tour of Pakistan 2022
Main article: Australian cricket team in Pakistan in 2021–22
Australia toured Pakistan in 2022 to play three tests, three ODIs and a one off T20I. Smith played during the three tests, but did not play in the ODIs and T20Is. This tour was the Australia's first tour of Pakistan since 1998. Smith performed well against Pakistan, averaging 56.50 in 4 innings and achieving a top score of 78, but did not manage to fully take advantage of the "dead" and "benign" pitch at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium during the first test, unlike his Pakistani contemporaries. During the series, Smith had also become the fastest man to reach 8,000 test runs, achieving it in 151 innings, one less than the previous title holder, Kumar Sangakkara and three innings faster than Sachin Tendulkar. Smith was also the first person to achieve this feat with a batting average over 60, reaching 8,000 test runs with a 60.1 average at the time.
Tour of Sri Lanka 2022
Main article: Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2022
In 2022, Australia toured Sri Lanka for 3 T20Is, 5 ODIs and 2 tests. Smith did not play during the first T20I, but played in the second and third, where he scored 5 runs in the second match and 37 runs off of 27 balls and remained not out in the third match. Smith finished the T20I series with a 42.0 batting average, with a high score of 37. Smith played during the first two ODI matches, but was unable to play during the last three due to a quad injury. He scored 53 runs off 60 balls during the first match and scored 28 runs off of 35 balls during the second match. He finished the ODI series with an average of 40.50, a high score of 53 and scored 81 runs in 2 innings.
Smith played during both of the tests, and scored 6 runs off of 11 balls before being run out by Niroshan Dickwella. This mix up had caused Smith to lose his temper against his batting partner at the time, Usman Khawaja, where he was visibly irritated. However, Smith states that there is no lingering fallout between the two of them. Smith did not bat during the second innings, as Australia bowled Sri Lanka out for 212 and 113, and had a target of 5 runs, winning the match by 10 wickets. During the second test, Smith scored 145 runs off of 272 balls and remained not out. This was his first century since January 2021; a time span of 547 days, as well as being his 28th Test century. During the second innings however, Smith was dismissed for 0 and Australia collapsed, as Sri Lanka beat Australia by an innings and 39 runs. During the second innings, Smith had reviewed the original "out" decision by the umpire, only to confirm the umpire's decision. This review was called "comical" and "appalling" by multiple news sources. Smith finished the test series with 151 runs from 3 innings, an average of 75.50 and with a high score of 145*. He was the second highest run scorer during the series, behind Sri Lankan batsman, Dinesh Chandimal.
T20 World Cup in Australia 2022
Main article: 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup
England and the West Indies in Australia 2022–23
Main articles: English cricket team in Australia in 2022–23 and West Indian cricket team in Australia in 2022–23
In October 2022, Smith was named in the Australian ODI squad for the three-match home ODI series. He scored 195 runs including two half centuries in 3 matches at an average of 97.50 as Australia won the series in a 3–0 whitewash.
In November 2022, he was named in the Australia Test squad for the series against the West Indies.
In the first Test in Perth, Smith scored 200 not out from 311 deliveries, his fourth double-century in his Test career. Smith said after his innings: "I think from the first one-dayer against England, where I sort of implemented the work that I've been doing, it felt really good straightaway." He went on to say "I suppose the reason for my slight change in technique is because I was unhappy with where I was at with my batting ... But I think now with the way I'm able to play and the way teams have bowled against me, I've had to adapt a bit and where I'm at with my body and my hands I feel like I'm opening up the whole ground as opposed to probably just behind square on the leg side, and I'm able to hit the ball in different areas, which I probably was able to hit previously. So I feel in a good place."
Home series against South Africa
Main article: South African cricket team in Australia in 2022–23
In December 2022, Smith was named in Australia's Test squad as the vice-captain for their home series against South Africa. In the third Test, on 5 January 2023, he scored 104 runs and moved past Matthew Hayden and Michael Clarke to become the fourth highest Australian Test run-scorer. This was also his 30th Test century, the equal third most by an Australian.
2023 ICC World Test Championship Final and The Ashes
Main articles: 2023 ICC World Test Championship Final and 2023 Ashes series
In May 2023, Smith was named in Australia's squad for the final, which was set to take place at The Oval, Kennington on 7 June 2023. During the final, Smith consolidated Australia's position in the first innings with a 285 run partnership with Travis Head, ending the innings scoring 121 runs which marked his 31st century in Test cricket. With his contribution, Australia defeated India in the final by 240 runs, making Smith the first men's cricket player (along with David Warner and Mitchell Starc) to win the ICC World Cup, ICC Men's T20 World Cup, and the ICC World Test Championship.
2024: Opening Batsman
On 10 January 2024, Smith was named by Chief Selector George Bailey as an opener in Tests against West Indies after David Warner retired in Tests and ODI's, with Cameron Green replacing Smith at the no.4 spot. Smith also reiterated that he would not seek to return to the no.4 spot for the foreseeable future, as he wants to also replace Warner as opener for New South Wales.
On 12 January 2024, Smith returned as an opening batsman for Sydney Sixers. He was out for 0. The game coincided with David Warner's season debut for Sydney Thunder.
In May 2024, Steve Smith was dropped from Australia's squad for the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup tournament.
Playing style
Smith is a right-handed batsman with a technique that has been compared to Don Bradman and has attracted attention for its unorthodoxy. Smith is considered to be a fidgety batter whose mannerisms and idiosyncrasies have gained global attention. He moves around frequently in the crease, especially during bowlers' run-up, and ends up with the toes of his feet outside off stump against right-handers, controls the bat with his bottom hand (that is, the hand closest to the blade of the bat), and is capable of playing unconventional cricket shots like the reverse sweep. Playing in a club match in January 2010, right-handed Smith took guard left-handed and hit a six. Due to his unorthodox style, Smith was initially labelled as a limited-overs batsman who might struggle in the longer form of the game, especially early in his career when he was vulnerable outside off stump. However, Smith compensates for his unique technique with outstanding hand-eye co-ordination, focus, and his footwork, especially to spin bowlers, is exemplary. Smith spontaneously experimented with his technique during the Perth Test match in the 2013–14 Ashes, during which he decided to take a "prelim movement back and across" to counter short-pitched bowling. This change took his batting average from 33 in 2013 to 64.95 in 2019. As of 2024, it is 58.01. At the time of delivery, Smith's stumps are fully covered, making bowled dismissals unlikely. This position also allows him to play to either the on or off side with ease.
Much of the credit for Smith's success can also be attributed to batting coach Trent Woodhill, who coached Smith as a junior and noted his abundant talent. He has also defended Smith's unique batting style, and has long argued that in Australia, many naturally talented cricketers who may not necessarily have an orthodox technique are let down by over-coaching; in the years between leaving school and his elevation into international cricket, Smith had his technique picked apart by a number of well-intentioned coaches. Since re-establishing his working relationship with Woodhill, Smith appears to have regained calm and confidence in his cricket, which has since produced results over the last few seasons. Smith is also known for his concentration, being able to bat for long periods of time, even through a whole day's play.
As a bowler, however, after his quick rise up the batting order (until he became captain, and settled in at 4), the comparisons to Shane Warne never gathered momentum. He was an able option as a leg spinner early in his career, but was under-used because he was described as a very defensive bowler.
As a fielder, Smith has widely been regarded as one of the best slip fielders ever to play cricket. He holds the record for the fastest player to take 300 catches in the history of international cricket and currently holds the highest catches per innings ratio for players with over 120 catches in international cricket. Smith has also displayed exceptional ground fielding skills, capable of producing sharp run-outs as well as athletic outfield catches and boundary saves.
When he was captain for Australia, he had been initially tagged as the second "Captain Grumpy" since Allan Border early in his captaincy reign, having to warn Mitchell Starc for unsportsmanlike behaviour, and being highly critical of the team's bowling and fielding despite beating New Zealand by over 200 runs in 2015. Later, in 2017–2018, he publicly criticised Glenn Maxwell's training regimen when Maxwell was dropped from the Australian ODI squad. He was also criticised for having too much influence over team selections.
Smith is consistently rated as one of the top-ranked Test batsmen in the world, according to the ICC Player Rankings.
Career best performances
Main article: List of international cricket centuries by Steve Smith
Centuries against different nations Test ODI T20I England 12 1 - India 9 5 - New Zealand 2 2 - Pakistan 2 2 - South Africa 2 2 - Sri Lanka 2 - - West Indies 3 - - Total 32 12 -
As of December 2022 , Smith has made a total of 48 first-class centuries, 15 List A centuries and 3 T20 centuries. Of these, 32 of his first-class centuries were scored in Test matches and 12 of his List A centuries scored in One Day Internationals. His best bowling figures of seven wickets for the cost of 64 runs (7/64) were taken for New South Wales against South Australia in the Sheffield Shield.
Smith's highest score in Test and first-class cricket is 239 scored against England at the WACA Ground, Perth in 2017.
His highest score in ODI and List A cricket is 164 scored against New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 2016.
His highest score in Twenty20 International matches is 90 runs, scored against England at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff in 2015.
He has scored three T20 centuries. The first was for Rising Pune Supergiants against Gujarat Lions at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune in the 2016 Indian Premier League, the second was when he scored 101 off 56 balls against the Adelaide Strikers for the Sydney Sixers at C.ex Coffs International Stadium and the third against the Sydney Thunder for the Sydney Sixers at the SCG in the 2022–23 Big Bash League season, where he scored 125 off 66 balls.
Test match performance
Records and achievements
Second-fastest batsman (after Kumar Sangakkara), fourth Australian overall to reach 9,000 runs in Test cricket.
Fastest Australian batsman and sixth-fastest batsman in the world to reach 10,000 runs in International cricket.
Fastest batsman to reach 7,000 and 8,000 runs in Tests.
Joint second-fastest batsman (after Don Bradman), youngest Australian and fourth youngest overall to reach 6,000 runs in Tests.
Second batsman to score more than 1,000 runs in Test cricket in four consecutive calendar years.
First batsman to register ten successive scores of 50 or more against a single opponent in Test history.
The second-highest Test batting rating (947), behind Don Bradman's 961, reached on 30 December 2017.
Only player to win the ICC Test Player of the Year award more than once.
Second youngest batsman to top the ICC Test batting rankings.
Joint most consecutive 50+ scores in World Cup history with five such scores in the 2015 Cricket World Cup.
Joint most 50+ scores (four) in Cricket World Cup knockout matches.
During the 2018 Australian tour to South Africa, he equalled the world record by taking five catches as a non-wicketkeeper in a Test innings and was the 11th fielder to achieve this feat.
Youngest player to win the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year award).
Fastest batsman after Donald Bradman (68 Innings) to reach 25 test centuries (119 Innings).
Fifth player to win the Allan Border Medal more than once.
First cricketer to win the McGilvray Medal four times.
Named as ICC Test batsman of the 2010s.
Fastest Australian batsman to reach 14,000 runs in International cricket.
First player to score a century in the Big Bash League for the Sydney Sixers. Smith scored 101 runs of 56 deliveries at C.ex Coffs International Stadium in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales against the Adelaide Strikers in their 59 run win. He was also named Man of the Match.
Third player to win the Allan Border Medal four times, a record alongside former captains Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke.
Least number of innings to reach 32 centuries in Test cricket, with 174 innings.
Fastest player to take 300 catches in the history of international cricket and currently holds the highest catches per innings ratio for players with over 120 catches in international cricket.
Awards
Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year): 2015
ICC Test Player of the Year: 2015, 2017
ICC Men's Test Player of the Decade: 2011–2020
ICC Men's Test Team of the Decade: 2011–2020
ICC Test Team of the Year: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
ICC ODI Team of the Year: 2015
Allan Border Medal: 2015, 2018, 2021, 2023
Australian Test Player of the Year: 2015, 2018
Australian One Day International Player of the Year: 2015, 2021
Compton–Miller Medal: 2017–18, 2019
McGilvray Medal: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Steve Waugh Award: 2009–10, 2011–12
Wisden Cricketers of the Year: 2015
See also
In Spanish: Steve Smith (criquetero) para niños
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State selectors went back to the future in anointing keeper Graham Manou to replace out-of-form batsman Nathan Adcock as Pura Cup skipper.
Veteran Adcock continues as one-day leader. It is understood SACA will pursue a headline act who can rebuild respect for SA cricket eroded through a decade of under-achievement. Addressing a systemic inability of batsmen to conquer quality bowling on or around off-stump must be a priority for SACA and high performance manager Rod Marsh, currently in Dubai.
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Filling the leadership void left by Darren Lehmann will not be easy, while SA cricket's record of internal instability will make it hard to attract a quality general.
Interim skipper Manou will command the fourth-placed Redbacks for the final three games of the 2007-08 campaign. "Choc" Manou returns to favour a year after being dropped as vice-captain and custodian in favour of Deitz.
SA has long coveted the services of Victorian run machine David Hussey but, now on the verge of Test selection, he is unlikely to switch states.
A hardened first-class warrior like Hussey, Western Australia's injured skipper Marcus North or a white knight in the mould of former Test opener Justin Langer would be ideal candidates to steer SA.
Younger leaders like Tasmania's George Bailey or Victoria's Cameron White would represent bold, exciting leadership options.
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The sports that are popular in Australia can be very different to elsewhere around the world, and in addition there are regional differences in the popularity of sports, for example the most popular football code in Sydney is Rugby League, while in Melbourne it is Australian Football. Here is a discussion and lists of the most popular sports in Australia. See more lists of top sports by country.
Aussie Rules is the most popular sport to watch
We have three lists of popular sports in Australia that can be compared, the list of the most popular sports search terms, the list of attendance figures for sports in Australia, and the number of participants in sports and activities. Australian Rules Football is clearly the most popular spectator sport in Australia with huge crowds attending matches each Winter throughout Australia. However, in terms of participation more men play golf, cricket and tennis. Rugby league is another popular sport, but not as a sport to play.
It is also interesting to see that what people are interested in and search for online can be quite different to what they actually go to watch. It also highlights the difficulty in defining 'popular' sport - is it what people are most interested in, what they play the most or what they watch? The lists are summarized below.
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Other top 10 lists of the world's most popular sports
All about sport in Australia
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AUSTRALIA has the chance to lift the ICC Under-19 World Cup trophy for the first time since 2010 when they take on India at Tauranga’s Bay Oval in New Zealand on Saturday.
It has been eight years since Australia claimed their last U19 title, when Mitch Marsh captained the team to a 25-run win over Pakistan.
Marsh was one of three players in the final XI, alongside player-of-the-final Josh Hazlewood and Nic Maddinson, to go on and represent Australia at Test level.
South Australian speedster Kane Richardson has also featured for his country in senior ranks, playing 15 One-Day Internationals and three Twenty20s.
But what happened to the rest of them?
2010 Under-19 World Cup final at Lincoln, New Zealand.
Australia 9-207 (K. Richardson 44, T. Armstrong 37, J. Floros 35) defeated Pakistan 182 (J Hazlewood 4-30, L Doran 3-32)
NIC MADDINSON
Tests: Three matches, 22 runs at 6.75
T20Is: Two matches, 38 runs at 19
First-class: 70 matches, 4040 runs at 34.52
List A: 66 matches, 2324 runs at 38.09
T20s: 73 matches, 1549 runs at 23.11
The hard-hitting left-hander made his Sheffield Shield debut for New South Wales nine months after Australia’s World Cup win, his first of 70 first-class appearances.
Maddinson’s Test career was brief, playing three consecutive Tests against South Africa and Pakistan in the summer of 2016-17 before getting the axe.
While he has fallen well down the pecking order in Australia’s red-ball cricket plans, Maddinson’s Big Bash performances for Sydney Sixers suggest he’s not far away from adding to his two Twenty20 internationals.
TOM BEATON
First-class: 12 matches, 345 runs at 17.25
List A: 11 matches, 268 runs at 26.8
T20s: 22 matches, 301 runs at 23.15
A former captain under-19s level, Beaton has been in the domestic cricket wilderness for the past couple of seasons after losing his WACA contract.
The West Australian burst onto the domestic scene with a vital 71 on debut against Queensland in the Ryobi Cup one-day tournament, putting on 141 with captain Adam Voges.
Beaton performed better in white-ball cricket than Sheffield Shield, where he averaged just 17.25 in 11 matches.
He more recently played for Big Bash side Melbourne Renegades as a middle-order batsman, but lost his spot on their list this summer.
Beaton, who also works as a fitness professional, is back playing for Mt Lawley in the WACA first grade competition after a stint in Melbourne.
MITCH MARSH (CAPTAIN)
Tests: 24 matches, 994 runs at 29.23, 29 wickets at 42.03
ODIs: 53 matches, 1428 runs at 35.7, 44 wickets at 35.54
T20Is: Nine matches, 133 runs at 22.16, four wickets at 36.25
First-class: 3809 runs at 32, 116 wickets at 30.06
List A: 2875 runs at 37.33, 84 wickets at 30.05
T20s: 1320 runs at 32.19, 40 wickets at 26.32
Mitch Marsh had already made his first-class, domestic one-day and Twenty20 debut by the time he captained the Australian under-19s to victory.
One of two current Test players to feature in the world cup triumph, Marsh cemented his spot with a brilliant 181 in the third Ashes Test at the WACA Ground last month.
The hard-hitting allrounder also took over the captaincy at WA from long-term skipper Adam Voges at the start of the summer, leading the Warriors to victory in the JLT One-Day Cup final with a player-of-the-match performance.
Marsh has played for Australia in all three formats, with 24 Tests, 53 ODIs and nine T20Is under his belt.
ALEX KEATH
First-class: Seven matches, 174 runs at 17.4, four wickets at 18.25
List A: 16 matches, 250 runs at 19.23, three wickets at 32.66
T20s: Five matches, 30 runs at 13.33
Keath has had a remarkable sporting career for someone his age, playing professionally at both cricket and footy.
While he was still in high school, the talented allrounder turned his back on an AFL career with the Gold Coast Suns to sign a three-year deal with Victoria.
But he struggled to make an impact at domestic level and eventually lost his Bushrangers contract after seven first-class and 16 List A appearances.
He has since moved to South Australia where he was picked up by the Adelaide Crows as a Category B rookie, playing seven AFL matches as a key defender.
JASON FLOROS
First-class: 15 matches, 524 runs at 22.78, 26 wickets at 44.46
List A: 28 matches, 380 runs at 23.75, 17 wickets at 34.88
T20s: 27 matches, 225 runs at 15, three wickets at 93.33
A Canberra native, Floros moved to Queensland ahead of the 2009-10 season after getting a Bulls rookie gig.
He was important with bat and ball in the under-19 final at Lincoln, making 35 before an economical 1-19 off eight overs.
The off-spinning allrounder is still contracted at Queensland and captained the state’s one-day side last summer.
Floros has struggled for opportunities this season, featuring twice in the JLT One-Day Cup to go with the solitary appearance with Brisbane in the BBL.
TIM ARMSTRONG
List A: Two matches, one run at 0.5, one wicket at 53
T20s: Six matches, 54 runs at 13.5
Australia’s leading run-scorer in the tournament with 240 runs at 48, Armstrong held a New South Wales rookie contract for one season before moving west in search of more first XI opportunities.
The allrounder played for the Warriors and Perth Scorchers without ever getting a WACA contract.
Armstrong was sanctioned by the WACA after an incident involving Tom Triffitt on a Future’s League trip to Queensland, with both players withdrawn from the match.
He’s currently working in London for Stocks Digital, a media investor platform, and playing cricket for Teddington Cricket Club in the Middlesex Premier League.
TOM TRIFFITT (WICKETKEEPER)
First-class: 24 matches, 1036 runs at 25.9, 96 dismissals
List A: 13 matches, 154 runs at 14, 17 dismissals
T20s: 30 matches, 202 runs at 12.62, 23 dismissals
The talented wicketkeeper-batsman endured a rollercoaster first-class career with Tasmania and Western Australia.
A member of the Tigers’ 2010-11 Sheffield Shield-winning team, Triffitt left Tasmania for WA after the following season.
Triffitt was released from his Warriors contract after an alcohol-fuelled incident in Brisbane in 2014, where he was charged with one count of wilful damage and two counts of stealing.
He returned to Tasmania’s first-class ranks after a successful stint with the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash, earning a Tigers contract for 2015-16 and playing eight of a possible 10 Shield games.
The 27-year-old has since lost his contract and longer plays cricket at any level.
He currently works in the real estate industry in Hobart as a residential sales consultant.
KANE RICHARDSON
ODIs: 15 matches, 21 wickets at 33.23
T20Is: Three matches, one wicket at 82
First-class: 28 matches, 90 wickets at 31.32
List A: 65 matches, 105 wickets at 28.1
T20s: 70 matches, 75 wickets at 26.26
While he is yet to reach great heights at international level, Kane Richardson has been a mainstay of South Australia’s bowling attack for many years.
The Northern Territory product has been in dominant form for Melbourne Renegades in BBL07, including back-to-back four-wicket hauls, after crossing from Adelaide Strikers on a five-year deal.
He was rewarded with a spot in Australia’s Twenty20 side for their trans-Tasman series against England and New Zealand this month.
A right-arm fast-bowler and handy lower-order batsman, Richardson top-scored in Australia’s Under-19 World Cup final win with a run-a-ball 44 batting at No. 8.
His best performance at in the ODI arena came against India in Canberra in 2016, where he took 5-68 in a man-of-the-match effort.
JOSH HAZLEWOOD
Tests: 36 matches, 139 wickets at 25.77
ODIs: 41 matches, 69 wickets at 24.27
T20Is: Seven matches, eight wickets at 33.62
First-class: 68 matches, 255 wickets at 24.74
List A: 86 matches, 140 wickets at 26.37
T20s: 30 matches, 37 wickets at 24.35
Josh Hazlewood was Australia’s best-performed bowler in the tournament, taking 13 wickets at 15 including 4-26 in player-of-the-match effort in the final.
Like his under-19 captain Mitch Marsh, the reliable fast-bowler has gone on to represent Australia in all three formats.
The New South Welshman is has formed an exciting pace attack alongside Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins.
He had an impressive Ashes campaign this summer, grabbing 21 wickets at 25.9 in Australia’s 4-0 series triumph.
LUKE DORAN
List A: Three matches, eight wickets at 17.62
T20s: 15 matches, eight wickets at 35.87
The left-arm spinner was a New South Wales rookie when he featured in Australia’s under-19 success.
Doran, who took 3-32 in the final against Pakistan, played in three domestic one-day matches for the Blues before losing his contract after the 2012-13 season.
He also lined up in the Big Bash for the Sydney Thunder and Sydney Sixers, with his last appearance in 2014.
The older brother of Tasmanian wicketkeeper Jake Doran also lives in the Apple Isle where he captains Lindisfarne in the Cricket Tasmania Premier League and works for cricket equipment brand Icon Sports.
ALISTER MCDERMOTT
First-class: 20 matches, 75 wickets at 24.77
List A: 27 matches, 48 wickets at 24.7
T20s: 25 matches, 29 wickets at 23.1
The son of former Australian quick Craig McDermott looked destined to forge an international career of his own when he debuted as a teenager for Queensland in a Twenty20 match back in 2008-09.
A red-headed Queenslander with pace the burn, McDermott held a rookie contract at the Bulls while he was still in high school.
He played a vital role in Brisbane Heat’s first Big Bash title in Perth back in 2012-13, grabbing 2-21 from four overs in his side’s upset win over Perth Scorchers at the WACA.
But, despite averaging less than 25 with the ball in all three formats, he was cut alongside his younger brother Ben, who now plays for Tasmania, at the end of 2014-15.
McDermott also had a stint at Sydney Thunder but has since disappeared into the domestic cricket wilderness.
He still plays first-grade club cricket in Brisbane for Wynnum Manly as well as working in commercial real estate.
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Nathan Michael Hauritz ( ; born 18 October 1981) is a former Australian cricketer who has represented Australia in Tests, One-dayers and Twenty20 Internationals. He is mainly noted for his off spin bowling. He was a part of the Australian squad which won the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
After representing Australia at Under-19 level and making his ODI debut in 2002 at the age of 20, Hauritz made his Test debut in 2004 in India, where he turned out a credible performance. Upon his return to Australia, however, his form at first class level did not live up to expectations and as a result he found himself out of the Australian side and struggling to hold a place in the Queensland side. As a result, he switched to playing State cricket for New South Wales in the 2006–07 season. Nevertheless, even after the move Hauritz's opportunities to play regularly in senior cricket were limited.
On the eve of the 2nd Test against New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval in November 2008, Hauritz found himself unexpectedly called into the Australian side, four years after making his debut, as Australia searched for a spinner to replace Shane Warne. He went on to play three Tests during the 2008–09 Australian home season and was subsequently selected for Australia's tour to South Africa. Although he did not play in any of the Tests, he played in all of the One Day Internationals. Later during Australia's one-day series against Pakistan, Hauritz was Australia's leading wicket-taker. These performances were enough for the Australian selectors to include Hauritz in the squad for the 2009 Ashes series.
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Tasmanian George Bailey made headlines when he led his state to a title victory in his first stint as captain in 2009-10. Over the years, he became an important asset to Tasmania's middle-order. Bailey has also represented Australia at the Under-19 level. After making headlines, he then surprised the cricketing fraternity when the Australian selectors named him Australia's T20I captain for 2011-2012. 'Hector' became only the second to captain Australia in his first-ever international game, after Dave Gregory in 1877, in the first-ever Test match.
The right-hander made his first-class debut in 2004-05 and in the next season, scored 778 runs that included three centuries. The summer of 2008-09 brought him many more domestic runs (673 runs in Sheffield Shield) and also a place in the Australian A tour of India in late 2008. Eventually, he was handed over the captaincy in 2009-10 and in his first season itself, led his team to the FR Cup title, being the competition's second-highest run-scorer (538 runs) at a staggering average of 59.77. He was then included in Australia's squad for the Chappell-Hadlee series in 2010. However, an international debut came only two years later, in a T20I against India. ODI debut followed against the West Indies.
Bailey was signed by Chennai in 2009 for the Indian T20 League and was re-signed in 2011. The following year, he succeeded Cameron White as Australia's Twenty20 captain. He had a prolific 2013 where he scored 1098 ODI runs averaging in the mid-60s. After an impactful performance against India where he notched up 478 runs at an average of 95, Bailey was handed his Test cap in the first Ashes Test in Brisbane, 2013. Indian T20 League captaincy followed when Mohali picked Bailey during the 2014 auction and assigned him the role of captain of the side.
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State skipper Sam Whiteman and allrounder Amy Edgar were the toast of the WA Cricket Awards this evening, taking out the prestigious Laurie Sawle and Zoë Goss medals, respectively.
Whiteman earned his maiden Laurie Sawle medal after a dominant individual campaign which saw him captain WA to their third successive Marsh Sheffield Shield and One-Day Cup titles.
The classy left-hander was consistent atop the order in Shield cricket, amassing 770 runs at 40.52 including three centuries and two half-centuries.
This tally saw him finish third among the competition’s leaders, trailing only Tasmania’s Beau Webster (938 runs at 58.62) and teammate Cameron Bancroft (778 at 48.62).
Whiteman’s output in 50-over cricket was equally significant, striking 419 runs at 69.83, including a match-winning 137 not out against South Australia at the WACA Ground – his first ever century in List A cricket.
Highlighting the 32-year-old’s durability, Whiteman was the only WA player to feature in every Shield and One-Day Cup match in 2023-24.
Meanwhile, Twenty-six-year-old Edgar earned her second Zoë Goss Medal, which rewards performances in the Women’s National Cricket League and Weber Women’s Big Bash League to crown WA’s most influential female player that season.
After claiming the award for the first time in 2021-22, She becomes the fourth WA Woman to win the award on multiple occasions, following in the footsteps of past players Rene Farrell (2008-09,2009-10), Heather Graham (2016-17, 2018-19) and Nicole Bolton (2012-13,2013-14,2015-16,2019-20,2020-21).
Edgar was also named WA’s WNCL Player of the Year after a strong season in the 50-over format, with her ability to provide match-winning contributions with both bat and ball helping a young and exuberant WA side to a third-place finish.
Showing a perfect blend of power and skill, the dynamic allrounder finished with 227 runs at 28.37 and 17 wickets at 24.05 across a fruitful WNCL campaign.
WBBL|09 represented a breakout tournament for Edgar, ending as the team’s leading wicket-taker with 20 at 16.1 including a best of 4-19, with an impressive economy of 6.75.
Her on-field exploits saw her earn selection in the WBBL Team of the Tournament for the first time, alongside teammates Sophie Devine, Beth Mooney, and Chloe Ainsworth.
Opener D’Arcy Short earned One-Day Player of the Year honours for an excellent all-round season that yielded 238 runs at 29.75 – including a season-defining century against Tasmania – and six wickets at 31.16.
Swing bowler Joel Paris claimed the Four-Day Player of the Year Award, after producing a career-best season as part of WA’s triumphant Sheffield Shield squad.
As the leader of the pace attack, Paris finished with 39 wickets at a miserly average of 15.2, including an 11-wicket masterclass against South Australia at Adelaide Oval.
Captain and New Zealand superstar Sophie Devine was recognised as Perth Scorchers’ most impactful WBBL player during WBBL|09, after a destructive allround season with bat (489 runs at 37.62, strike rate 140.92) and ball (14 wickets at 24.85).
Star allrounder Aaron Hardie (337 runs at 37.11, strike rate 127.96) claimed the Simon Katich Medal as Perth’s most influential male player, stamping his mark as one of the competition’s rising stars.
Hardie also took on captaincy duties for the first time following Ashton Turner’s season-ending knee injury, with the 25-year-old showcasing his tactical nous and calm demeanour when games were there to be won.
Wicketkeeper-batter Maddy Darke was rewarded for another outstanding WNCL season atop the order, earning Female Rising Star honours.
Darke’s 458 runs at 50.88 ranked sixth best in the competition, with her five half-centuries across 12 innings only bettered by Victoria’s Meg Lanning (six).
The rising star also debuted in Scorchers colours this summer, playing all 15 matches and quickly establishing herself as a key cog in the batting lineup for years to come.
Jayden Goodwin’s breakthrough Sheffield Shield season saw him recognised as the Male Rising Star Award winner, with the young batter cementing himself as a vital part of WA’s title-winning Shield side.
The 22-year-old finished with 421 runs at 32.38 in 14 innings, including his maiden Shield century (115) against Queensland at the WACA Ground.
Experienced pair Piepa Cleary (Legacy Award) and Cameron Bancroft (Excalibur Award) were honoured for living by team values and making exceptionally positive contributions to squad culture.
Meantime, superstar allrounder Mitchell Marsh was recognised by media as WA’s most influential player on the international stage, taking home the Gold Cup following several match-winning performances for Australia’s Test, ODI and T20I teams.
During the 12-month voting period, Marsh plundered 346 runs at 69.2 in T20 Internationals, 858 runs at 47.66 in ODIs, and 750 runs at 46.88 in Tests.
Trailblazers George Parker and Bertha Rigg were formally inducted into the WA Cricket Gallery of Greats, acknowledged for their unique and impressive contributions to cricket in Western Australia.
WA Cricket also paid tribute to outgoing Chief Executive Officer Christina Matthews AM, who called time on her remarkable 12-year tenure at the helm.
Over her time at WA Cricket, Matthews has presided over a transformative and successful period that has made WA Cricket truly a sport for all.
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12 June 2013 Still Joan’s feet
Off around the park listening to the Navy Lark, oh dear oh dear. Leslie is to have a test on Navigation because Troutbridge keeps on hitting things. But the tester is an old Flame of Mrs Povey’s Priceless.
Another quiet day Joan’s feet still bad. Mary rings the Doctor and the Carers I email Sandy and test and talk to June.
We watch The Pallaisers The rise and rise of Mr Finn MP
Mary wins at scrabble but she gets under 400 perhaps I can have my revenge tomorrow.
Obituary:
Aubrey Woods
Aubrey Woods, who has died aged 85, was a versatile actor as much at home on the musical stage as he was in films and on television.
Photo: FREMANTLEMEDIA/REX
5:18PM BST 10 Jun 2013
He appeared in several popular series, including Z-Cars, Doctor Who, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Blake’s 7, but perhaps his most notable role was that of the sweetshop owner who sings The Candy Man in the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971). In that film, starring Gene Wilder in the title role, Woods played Bill, the man who sells Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) the Wonka bar with the golden ticket.
On the stage Woods appeared in many successful productions, including the 1991 revival of Joseph and his Technicolor Dreamcoat with Phillip Schofield and Jason Donovan. Cast as Potiphar, he was praised by the critic Milton Shulman for “a disdainful, funny” portrayal. On television he was in the “Day of the Daleks” adventure in Doctor Who (1972) as the Daleks’ puppet-governor after they had taken over the Earth in the 22nd century.
For three years in the 1960s Woods was a memorable Fagin in the musical Oliver!, having taken over the part from Ron Moody . For BBC radio, Woods wrote and appeared in numerous plays. A vice-president of the EF Benson Society, he adapted Benson’s Mapp and Lucia novels for the Corporation, narrating a radio version of Queen Lucia which was released as an audio tape.
Aubrey Harold Woods was born on April 9 1928 in Palmers Green, north London. After the Latymer School in Edmonton, where Bruce Forsyth was a contemporary, he studied at the Hornsey College of Art with intentions of becoming an architect, but on reflection determined on a stage career and, in 1945, won a scholarship to Rada.
His debut on the London stage came in 1947, in Peter Brook’s production of Jean-Paul Sartre’s Men Without Shadows (Lyric, Hammersmith). In the same year he was cast as Smike in Alberto Cavalcanti’s film Nicholas Nickleby. During his career Woods would return to Dickensian character roles: on television he was Toby Jobling in an adaptation of Bleak House, and in 1962 played Mr Chuckster in The Old Curiosity Shop.
On stage at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1952, he appeared fleetingly in Macbeth, directed by John Gielgud, and in 1955 joined a touring production of Hamlet in Moscow.
Woods’s first part in musical theatre was in Sandy Wilson’s Valmouth (Lyric, Hammersmith, and later Saville, 1958), followed by The Lord Chamberlain Regrets (Saville, 1961), a revue about censorship that misfired in spite of a strong cast headed by Joan Sims and Millicent Martin. After taking over as Fagin in Oliver! (Albery, 1963-1966), he played Cardinal Richelieu in The Four Musketeers (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 1967) starring Harry Secombe as D’Artagnan.
Woods was a friend of the composer Julian Slade, with whom he wrote Trelawny, a musical version of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero’s Trelawny of the Wells. First produced in 1972 at the Bristol Old Vic, it transferred to London, to Sadler’s Wells and then to the Prince of Wales, where it was one of Cameron Mackintosh’s earliest West End shows.
Also in 1972, Woods appeared as both Palmerston and Gladstone in I and Albert (Piccadilly), a musical about Queen Victoria and her German consort; the music was by Charles Strouse, whose later scores included Annie. Woods’s other musical credits from the 1970s included the flamboyant role of M Le Grand in Mardi Gras (Prince of Wales, 1975), and Strouse’s Flowers for Algernon (Queen’s, 1979), which starred Michael Crawford.
In 1981, at Chichester, he played Sir Edward Carson cross-examining Tom Baker as Oscar Wilde in Feasting with Panthers.
Woods continued to make television appearances into the 1990s, in series such as My Honourable Mrs (1975), Blake’s 7 (1979), Nice Work (1980), Till We Meet Again (1989) and London’s Burning (1995).
Aubrey Woods is survived by his wife, Gaynor, whom he married in 1952.
Aubrey Woods, born April 9 1928, died May 7 2013
Guardian:
Following the speeches on the economy and welfare given by Ed Balls and Ed Miliband over the past week (Labour ponders further rise in retirement age, 10 June), I would be grateful if anybody could explain to me in what respects, if any, the Labour party could be considered as being to the left of the coalition.
Glyn Evans
Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
• Like many others, I have adopted the strategy of boycotting companies that fail to pay corporation tax (Report, 11 June). How can I boycott the latest miscreant – Thames Water – which has a monopoly in supplying my water?
John Geleit
Epsom, Surrey
• Plans to commemorate the first world war (Report, 11 June) include a “large-scale cultural programme funded by £10m of lottery funds” (poor people’s money) “matched” by fundraising (even more poor people’s money). Didn’t they give enough with their lives? I will remember quietly but cheaply reading my copy of the war poets.
Anne Orton
Nottingham
• Interesting to read that Israel “reclaimed” the Western Wall in 1967 (Victory for Israel’s women of the wall, 10 June). I’d been under the impression that Israel illegally occupied the area.
Alan Gray
Brighton, West Sussex
• With the much improved weather, my daughter and I took the opportunity on Saturday to visit the last remaining snow patches on Cheviot.
Gordon Dalziel
Kelso, Borders
• Has anyone actually seen a lawn being manicured (Letters, 10 June)? Yes, I have. When my daughter was a child she lost a precious complex-prescripion contact lens in the garden. Her father spent several hours on his knees cutting the grass with nail scissors in an attempt to find it. He didn’t.
Gabriella Falk
Dulverton, Somerset
• Provincial civil servants are, at best, faceless, while the ones in Westminster are always mandarins.
Steve Vanstone
Wolverhampton
On Wednesday, 12 June, the Drone Campaign Network will deliver a petition, signed by 10,000 people, calling on the UK government to end the secrecy surrounding the use of British drones in Afghanistan.
According to Ministry of Defence figures, the RAF has launched at least 365 drone strikes in Afghanistan since May 2008 (the month of the first attack). Yet its claim that only four civilians have been killed is literally unbelievable, eg an analysis of 350 CIA drone strikes in Pakistan put the civilian death toll there at at least 475.
What proportion of weapon firings by UK drones are pre-planned and how many are done on-the-fly? How does the UK confirm that its targets are not civilians? And does it ever launch strikes against people not directly participating in hostilities?
We simply don’t know, and attempts to use the Freedom of Information Act to get such information have been rebuffed on the spurious grounds that its release would be “likely to prejudice the defence of the British Island”.
As the RAF starts launching drone strikes from British soil (Report, 25 April), the British government must lift the veil of secrecy surrounding this deadly new form of remote-control warfare.
Joanne Baker Child Victims of War, Warren Bardsley Friends of Sabeel, West Midlands, Chris Cole Drone Wars UK, Andy Cope SPEAK Network, Rona Drennan Hastings Against War, Helen Drewery Quaker Peace & Social Witness, Maya Evans Voices for Creative Non-Violence UK, Ann Feltham Campaign Against Arms Trade, Pat Gaffney Pax Christi, Javier Garate War Resisters’ International, Jill Gough CND Cymru, Richard Johnson Leicester CND, Millius Palayiwa Fellowship of Reconciliation, England, Dr Stuart Parkinson Scientists for Global Responsibility, Lindis Percy CAAB, Dr Tomasz Pierscionek Medact, Milan Rai Peace News, Harry Rogers Bro Emlyn For Peace and Justice, Professor Noel Sharkey International Committee for Robot Arms Control, Uma Sims Cardiff Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Dave Webb CND
I have never picked out problems with the GP contract as the only reason for pressures on A&E (Report, 6 June). I have always been clear that there are many different factors that led to problems in A&E this winter. The lack of trusted out-of-hours care is one. The ageing population, the lack of integration between health and social care services and the lack of ability to make information about the patient flow around the system are also problems we must address. I am by no means the first to highlight the fact that out-of-hours care needs attention. Eminent experts from the College of Emergency Medicine, the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal College of GPs and the Family Doctors Association have said the same. By highlighting the problem with out-of-hours care – a problem put to me by many in the health service – I am accused of playing politics, but if I did not, I would be failing in my duty to respond to the real issues the NHS faces.
Jeremy Hunt MP
Secretary of state for health
What is most interesting about the reaction to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists report giving warnings to pregnant women is the way in which important academics and officials leap to the defence of the chemicals industry instead of supporting the precautionary principle (Royal college’s advice to pregnant women fails commonsense test, says health chief, 8 June). Reporting has also trivialised the content by focusing on shower gels while ignoring much more serious chemicals such as fire retardants. Ensuring good indoor air quality by reducing emissions from chemicals in the home should receive far more attention in the UK. In other European countries emissions levels are monitored and measured and regulated, but in the UK we seem happy to breathe in a toxic cocktail everyday. The Royal College should be congratulated for raising these issue and encouraged to go further in protecting the health of future babies and pregnant mothers.
Tom Woolley
Downpatrick, Co Down
• The row between Dame Sally Davies, the government’s chief medical officer, and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists about whether pregnant women should avoid chemicals in processed food and canned drinks also shines a spotlight on the risks posed by chemicals used in cosmetics, such as moisturisers, shower gels and perfumes.
The advice that pregnant women should avoid these products is right, given that the ingredients in non-organic cosmetics are often also found in antifreeze, oven cleaners and car oil. Many cosmetics contain parabens and phthalates, hormone-disrupting chemicals that could have negative impacts on human fertility and foetal development. Phthalates have been banned in children’s toys because of the dangers they pose, but pregnant women are also particularly vulnerable. Although these ingredients are covered by EU safety regulations, as European consumer groups recently pointed out, each chemical is looked at separately, and most users are exposed to higher than permitted levels of these chemicals on a daily basis, because they regularly use more than one product at a time.
The chief medical officer says she will not be avoiding cosmetics, but common sense suggests both she and pregnant women would be better off buying certified organic health and beauty products, where such ingredients are prohibited.
Peter Melchett
Policy director, Soil Association
The human right to a family life is recognised in domestic and international law. Strong and stable families are central to our society. The cross-party report into the impacts of recent family migration rules, however, shows that hundreds of British citizens and permanent residents have been kept apart from their family members since July 2012 (Report, 10 June). The rules now require that people wishing to bring a spouse, partner or child to the UK from outside the EU earn at least £18,600 a year – higher than the income of almost half the UK working population.
Many children, including British children, have been indefinitely separated from a parent, with implications for their wellbeing and development. In addition, skilled professionals, including NHS consultants, wishing to care for an elderly relative at their own expense in the UK are now unable to do so. These rules are unfair and damaging, and we urge the government to reconsider them.
Paul Blomfield MP
David Ward MP
Pete Wishart MP
Bishop Patrick Lynch Archdiocese of Southwark
Dr Maggie Atkinson Children’s Commissioner for England
Professor Vivienne Nathanson British Medical Association
Peter Carter Royal College of Nursing
Don Flynn Migrants Rights Network
Shami Chakrabarti Liberty
Jasvir Singh City Sikhs Network
• We are stunned by the Ministry of Justice’s proposal that abused and neglected children must in future satisfy a one-year residency test or else be legally unrepresented in their own care proceedings. Our family justice system is founded on the principle that the child must be independently represented in child protection proceedings. Since the death of Maria Colwell in 1973, it has been recognised that the child’s welfare can too easily come second to the needs of parents or councils. There are 67,000 children in care. Hundreds currently in care proceedings would not be able to satisfy the new test because they have arrived here too recently, or because their carers’ relationship to the child or immigration status is in question.
Victoria Climbié would not have qualified under the new test. She was brought to London in April 1999 by Marie-Therese Kouao, who falsely claimed to be her mother. Victoria was starved, neglected and tortured by Kouao and her partner Carl Manning until she finally died in February 2000, aged eight. The Laming inquiry into her death found terrible failures by four local authorities as well as by the NHS. If just one of those agencies had taken protective action, Victoria would have been removed from Kouao and care proceedings would have been initiated, with Victoria represented by a specialist solicitor who was a member of the Law Society’s children panel. If the residency requirement for children is introduced, another Victoria Climbié would not be entitled to legal aid, as they would be here unlawfully.
Maud Davis
Nicola Jones-King
Martha Cover
Association of Lawyers for Children
• The requirement under the proposed legal aid changes to be here for 12 months will automatically exclude all children who are under one year old as, of course, they cannot have been anywhere for 12 months. This will cover all UK citizens’ children. That will mean that no baby will be represented in care proceedings or in any other family or clinical negligence case until they are at least one year old. Even if the child or adult can show that they have been here 12 months, they still have to prove they are British citizens. The government is proposing that solicitors will have to have proof on their file before they can apply for legal aid. Many UK citizens may struggle to prove this if they live on the margins and do not have any documents to prove who they are. It will affect women fleeing from domestic violence who have left their paperwork behind. It will affect children of all ages where there simply may be no paperwork at all or it is in the hands of an opponent. Therefore, the likelihood is that it will prevent many UK citizens from accessing the law for their protection.
Jerry Bull
Member, Law Society’s children panel
While undoubtedly of public interest, the focus on the civil liberties issues surrounding the NSA revelations seems to miss a more important point (Europe demands answers from Obama over surveillance by US, 11 June). I have no illusions that the US government or GCHQ have any interest in my personal activities. Indeed, governments have always employed espionage and it is probably, to some extent, necessary for the public good. What is truly disturbing is when the revelations are placed in the wider context of the US administration’s conduct. The extrajudicial killing of political opponents, drone strikes and the pursuit of terrorist suspects and whistleblowers through all available means shows a disregard for human rights and international law. Whether guilty or not, terrorist suspects deserve due legal process and the protection that it entails.
Simon Samuroff
Harrow
• William Hague (Report, 10 June) says “law-abiding citizen[s] … have nothing to fear” from the security services – the slogan of tyrants everywhere. Why worry if unnamed agencies log your every call, every email, open your post, film you on CCTV, track your movements via your mobile and ANPR, bug your computer, infiltrate your political group – after all, only the guilty have anything to fear (a statement with which the families of Mr De Menezes or Mr El Masri, and many victims of MI5/CIA cockups, might take issue). Privacy is dead, learn to love Big Brother! Terrorists want to subvert our liberty, our law, our values – the things that set us apart from them. Sometimes it feels like they have already won.
Julian Le Vay
Oxford
• The revelation of secret NSA surveillance practices is also a revelation of the actions of a whistleblower and the journalists through whom he chose to speak. Instead of readily becoming admirers of these newly proclaimed defenders of a transparent society, it might be useful to ask pertinent questions about their conduct and motives as well. For not asking such questions would imply that we leave unaccountable any individuals with self-declared motivations of not having done anything wrong and acting only on behalf of their understanding of what is in the public interest. Should we really have a healthy distrust in government lead us to a blind faith in individuals of whom we know so little? It may be more than a not so clever pun to ask who is guarding the Guardian and how we can guard ourselves from whistleblowing becoming just another avenue to achieve celebrity status, whether intended or not.
Mathieu Deflem
Columbia, South Carolina
• In their prolonged attempts to secure the extradition of Gary McKinnon, the argument put forward by the US government was that the actions were against the laws of the US, and so the person responsible should be tried by a US court irrespective of the fact that the alleged offence had been perpetrated from another country. If it appears likely that the NSA has accessed personal information of UK citizens in contravention of UK laws, I hope our government will pursue those responsible with equal vigour.
Nik Randall
London
• Now we know that governments can get any information they need by eavesdropping, it would be of huge benefit to taxpayers around the world if they could put this to good use by providing the information that the same governments claim to lack – namely, the identity of companies lurking in tax havens.
Rod White
Uley, Gloucestershire
• Like Michael Burgess (Letters, 10 June), most of us would not worry much if the government knew how often we visited the B&Q or John Lewis websites. We would worry if the NSA trawled the emails of British companies and leaked them to US competitors. We would worry if GCHQ gave our government email correspondence of the shadow cabinet or trade unions. Unaccountable power always corrupts, in time.
Michael Hurdle
Woking, Surrey
• It is good to know that our email letters to the Guardian that do not make it into your paper are at least being read by somebody, somewhere, sometime.
Rod Logan
Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
Michael Adler writes: I had the great pleasure of working with Sir Patrick Nairne as a fellow trustee of the National Aids Trust. Even though he had many calls on his time, he was a diligent attender of the trust’s meetings; he read every paper in detail and always offered sharp analytical comments. I subsequently became the chairman of the trust and relied on him as a friend and adviser.
I particularly looked forward to Patrick’s beautifully crafted post-meeting letters discussing what had happened and what should happen. His italic script was a joy and put my doctors’ writing to shame. Patrick offered wise advice with charm and could see through difficult problems with ease. I treasured the time we worked together and proudly own one of his watercolours, which he gave to me as a wedding present.
Richard Jameson writes: Sir Patrick Nairne was responsible for the 1975 referendum on our future membership of the European Union. As an undersecretary from the Department of Education, I was seconded to head a referendum unit of six people under Nairne’s supervision in the Cabinet Office, responsible to Ted Short (then lord president of the council), for the four months between Harold Wilson’s decision to hold a referendum and the vote itself. The work included passing an act through parliament and supporting secondary legislation, as well as a host of administrative decisions. Without the leadership of Short and Nairne, the vote would not have taken place on 5 June 1975.
Derek Wyatt writes: Sir Patrick Nairne was a brilliant master at St Catherine’s College, Oxford. He was uncannily ahead of most curves, unfailingly courteous, generous with his time for students and clever at putting different people together; above all, he was so approachable. And yet he still had time to do so many others things too. A brave man and a rare treasure.
It’s all too typical of Australian PM Julia Gillard that, when faced with annihilation at the upcoming election, she should prioritise ridding herself of the independents and Greens who put her into office (Gillard asks for a chance, 31 May).
A quintessential political careerist, her professed “Labor vision for Australia” has never meshed with her performance, which has regularly poached on the ideological territory of her Tea-Party-ish Liberal party opposition. She has attracted UN opprobrium for her government’s callous treatment of seaborne refugees, her virtual abandonment of a meaningful carbon tax and her capitulation to mining industries over protection of the World Heritage-listed Barrier Reef.
It would probably not be unfair to describe her as a typical conservative careerist, attracted to the power and advancement offered by machine politics, but without any real allegiance to or understanding of the original progressive values of the now decrepit Labor party she chose as a vehicle for her ambitions.
John Hayward
Weegena, Tasmania, Australia
Solutions for Afghanistan
In your leader Transitional relief you accurately describe the current situation in Afghanistan (17 May). You are less persuasive when advocating solutions. Beefing up the UN, sustained mediation, neighbourhood guarantees, a lesser role for Washington and impartiality have been tried before and rely largely on the goodwill between participants that has previously been lacking. They form part of the smart bombs/stupid policy of Kabul – fed to us incessantly by the regime in power.
Afghanistan has always been a federation of gun-wielding, poppy-cultivating, greedy, feudal warlords bound only by religion. New ways must be found to break their grip.
Education appears to be one way out of the impasse: a system of boarding schools in regional centres where security can be guaranteed by coalition forces. The brightest children from across the country would be offered fully paid scholarships. Studying with their peers from other regions would promote friendships, networks and common goals, which would last far into adulthood, eventually undermining feudalism.
Of course, this will take time and should have begun years ago. Money would be needed to operate such a scheme but the costs would be minuscule compared to that already spent on armaments. Will it ever happen? Probably not: it is far too simple a proposition for global powers intent on enhancing their spheres of influence.
It seems the Afghanis are left with the same old choice between nationhood and feudalism.
Graham Allott
Perth, Western Australia
Who defines aggression?
The repeated justification of Toru Hashimoto, the rightwing mayor of Osaka, that the terrible treatment of the comfort women by the Japanese in the 1930s and 40s is explainable in terms of the realities of war, while otherwise objectionable, does have some basis in truth (Mayor says war brothels were necessity, 24 May). We pretend it’s otherwise but, regrettably, prostitution on all sides involving women being forced into it by economic or physical coercion has long been a feature of wars.
On a broader front, the mayor’s claim aligns with the recent questioning of whether Japan’s wartime conduct in Asia could be described as aggression by the nationalist Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe: “The definition of what constitutes aggression has yet to be established in academia or in the international community. Things that happened between nations will look different depending on which side you view them from” (Japan backs off revision of war apology, 17 May).
Again: unpalatable though it is, there is something in this claim. The Tokyo trial, the biggest and most important allied war crimes trial arising out of the Pacific war, tried and failed to arrive at a clear and authoritative assertion of what constituted “aggression” and “defence” in that conflict. It was a victors’ trial that lacked moral authority.
Our definitions of aggressor and defender still vary according to which side we are on. Still, as we look to our future we mustn’t be misled by these extremist Japanese pronouncements on the reality of war. They are self-serving and as such we need to be wary of them.
In an increasingly fractious Asia, we must temper realpolitik in international relations and do our utmost to avoid wars by using diplomacy to settle our differences.
Terry Hewton
Adelaide, South Australia
Zimbabwe’s bad old days
Bill Mathew’s letter reminded me of the story about the Egyptologist who had never been to Egypt (Reply, 31 May). He ignores the corruption, the innumerable deaths, Mugabe’s part in the war in Congo that cost so many lives and only enriched his henchmen, the disappearance not only of people but most of education and development in rural Zimbabwe, to mention just a few things. The system Mugabe replaced with a one-party set-up had opened up voting for blacks, the first university was multiracial then and closed most of the time now because the students are vigorously against him.
The white farmers had bought their farms from the Mugabe government, after having done all the development in the first place, the same as in Kenya, where they were not been evicted afterwards; nothing like the kind of murderous violence and destruction that was done by Mugabe’s thugs occurred there.
During one post-independence visit some years ago, when one independent (black) newspaper was still allowed and its (equally black) reporters had not yet fled the country to save their lives, as most of the others had had to do, we bought one copy that we have kept since. The front-page headline reads: The Good Old Days. Guess when that was deemed to be in the article? The time of Ian Smith, of all things.
Observations based on nothing but blinkered prejudice surely should have no place in a paper like the Guardian, which claims to bring the truth.
Ellen Pye
Delta, British Columbia, Canada
• Simple mathematics and the opportunity costs are missing from Bill Mathew’s letter justifying Robert Mugabe.
A loss of, say, 90% of the productivity of white farmers is not the same as a gain of 9% on what was left, even if the west is now pleased that there is a turnaround.
Only a fatalist would argue that other strategies could not have been implemented, including by Mugabe, without destroying the existing farm base.
Darian Hiles
Adelaide, South Australia
French language is in decline
Andrew Gallix pretty well sums up the debates that we have been reading in the French press about a possible revision of the Toubon law to allow a few university classes to be taught in English (31 May). I agree: the French language has been under threat lately, but not from the borrowing of any foreign word. Any language will shine by and dazzle with what it produces, but sadly, we have made nihilistic literature our speciality, to cite only literature.
I still cannot figure out why our critics bask in such books as the ones by Michel Houellebecq or Christine Angot, to name but two authors. Reading the last by Angot, the depiction in minute detail of an incest, one realises that Marcel Pagnol and the nostalgia of his childhood are definitively over, as is the wit of Astérix. The enthusiasts of the French language, like Claude Hagège, mainly regret that French is not in the dominant position – our lost American future. Hagège states that English implies economic liberalism, and hence the capitalism bias. But this thesis forgets that English also was the language of Henry David Thoreau and Emily Dickinson.
Now, with the possible new law, I would rather be concerned about the poor English that French university professors might soon impose on their students: oh no …
Marc Jachym
Paris, France
• The historical irony of the French tongue is that, were it not for imperialistic Latin, it would have turned out something like Breton or Gaelic (or even possibly German, judging from appropriated nouns). Romance French began as a Latin superimposed on the subjugated (and preliterate) Celts. And, were it not for Julius Caesar’s scribe’s ear, we would have no first record of Celtic culture: no Lutetia (Paris), no plucky chieftains like Vercingetorix and Dumnorix, nor any British Boudicca, druids and naked warriors in woad. And alas, no Astérix and Obelix, sprung from Goscinny’s head.
Andrew Gallix (delightfully Astérixesque name, that) formidably defends besieged French as a medium of instruction against the steamroller of American English, but quixotically. Even former African colonies are beginning to relinquish French pedagogy for English. Like Latin, French is fated to become an antiquarian, literary language, a historical cul-de-sac, its vestiges living on through English (as Latin lives on through French).
Marianne Faithfull saw it coming on in the 80s: “Don’t say it in Russian, don’t say it in German, say it in – broken English.”
R M Fransson
Denver, Colorado, US
Humans are the real danger
Your article on New Zealand’s attitude to cats highlights the fact that “pests” have become the villains for continuing loss of both fauna and flora (Not so cool for Kiwi cats, 24 May). It diverts attention from the true exterminator: people.
Though cats are a serious predator, their contribution to species loss pales compared to the damage caused by the human race. Gareth Morgan himself highlights the issue; he has organised a campaign called The Million Dollar Mouse to rid the Antipodes islands of mice. The intention is to saturate the islands with the most deadly rat poison of all, brodifacoum; it will be spread by helicopter as mouse-sized baits, just the right size for birds. The programme uses questionable techniques condemned by the US Ornithological Council following the Rat Island eradication programme in the Aleutians, which was supervised by New Zealand department of conservation “experts”.
That programme destroyed 46 of the resident bald eagles, showing people could achieve something on those islands that cats cannot: extinctions of birds found nowhere else in the world.
W F Benfield
Martinborough, New Zealand
Briefly
• The spread of US drone technology to other countries, fanatics and enemies is only a matter of time (31 May). Already unmanned aerial vehicles have spread from war zones to toy shops. Now anyone can use a drone to point a camera into your private spaces; laws can’t stop them.
From good purposes, such as surveillance of surf beaches in Queensland, to attacking the innocent, no holds are barred. Drones are like boomerangs in this respect.
Valerie Yule
Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia
• Kory Stamper evidently believes Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was “the monster”, but he was not (31 May). Frankenstein was the wretched doctor discovered constructing a gothic monster from various bits and pieces. But a combination of the dreaded collective unconscious plus the neologisms of popular culture have melded monster and doctor into a grotesque unity represented by Boris Karloff, but unrecognisable to those who have read Shelley’s book.
Paul Lindsey
Seville, Victoria, Australia
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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown’s article (10 June) ends: “The historical truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth matters.” She precedes this with three canards about the conduct of the First World War which cry out to be answered now, in the hope that they will not be repeated as the juggernaut of the Great War centenary looms into view.
First: “After 1916, soldiers were conscripted from the poorest of families.” There is no evidence for this, but there is evidence that the vast majority of the volunteers (pre-1916) came from the working classes. Enlistment meant regular wages and an escape from drudgery and a weak economy. In fact conscription was introduced in 1916 partly because the Government previously had no method of controlling the flow of working-class volunteers from vital industries.
Second: “The officer classes saw them as fodder.” Over the decades since the Great War, this view that the troops were treated with contempt has swollen to include not only the General Staff, secure behind the lines, but the officers in the trenches. Neither the generals nor the subalterns deserve this. There are numerous instances of senior officers’ concern to ensure that their battalions were not uselessly sacrificed, and of junior officers (who could expect to be casualties within six weeks) caring tirelessly for their men.
Third: “Traumatised soldiers … were shot.” In all, 3,080 British soldiers were sentenced to death for desertion, cowardice, and mutiny, but only 346 were shot (266 for desertion). The reality was that more and more traumatised men would be diagnosed as suffering from shellshock (neurasthenia) as the war continued. Special Neurasthenic Centres were set up and, as late as 1938, disability war pensions were being paid out to 25,000 men suffering from nervous disorders.
Ms Alibhai-Brown is right – nothing but the truth matters. We owe that to the 1.8 million casualties of the Great War.
Liz Wade, Oxford
Should we not remember the First World War as the ultimate dreadful warning against over-reaction to an act of terrorism?
Richard Humble, Exeter
Speak out about depression
Thank you to Stephen Fry for highlighting, yet again, mental health issues (6 June). We so need to educate the whole population so that those around us can help. I now feel well enough to share this publicly.
I had prepared what I needed to commit suicide, and faltered. I told my husband, who gave me a brief hug and said he would talk to me later about it. He never did (he walked out for another woman six months later) and it was another instance of him not coping with what I now know was a long depression which started after the birth of my third child. It needs to become common knowledge that this is an illness, not a state of mind, and being told to get over it, or to stop crying, is not a remedy; nor a help. Those symptoms are signs that the sufferer needs some medical attention. There is also no shame in being ill.
I am now fully recovered – I went into therapy once my husband left, and was on anti-depressants for some years. I keep in touch with my mood swings carefully, and return to counselling irregularly, but as often as I need it to keep on an even keel. Speaking about it can only be of benefit to our communities.
Sue Stewart, Horley, Surrey
Thank you to Stephen Fry and Alastair Campbell (8 June) for giving us an insight into their lives with depression. I read the articles with a pounding heart, as I discovered many familiar situations.
My husband suffered from a very severe episode that started last October. He did get professional help and just as we thought that he was over the worst he took his own life four weeks ago. Depression killed him and even our two children aged 19 and 13 couldn’t prevent that.
Depression affects many people; we need to talk about it more frequently in an open and informed way. Alastair Campbell’s last sentence was the exact words my husband had said to me only recently.
Dorothea Seibold, York
Targets of the snoopers
William Hague claims people can “have confidence in the work of UK security agencies and their adherence to the law and democratic values” and that “law abiding citizens have nothing to fear” from invasions of our privacy by US and British Security Services on the grounds that it “had saved many lives”. In the words of Mandy Rice-Davies, “He would say that wouldn’t he?” There are two reasons why ordinary citizens need to fear these abuses by Britain’s security services.
First, there is no guarantee these powers will not be used against anyone opposing government policies, or anything security chiefs think is against the interests of the country – even if they are not involved in any terrorism or violence. This could apply to protesters against new roads, HS2, wind farms, or nuclear power-stations; trade unionists, or even political parties – but probably not employers’ organisations such as the Consulting Association.
Second and more important is that abuses by the security services undermine the legitimacy of Britain’s criticism of other governments’ abuses of human rights, from African and Middle Eastern dictators to Russia and China. This abandoning of the “moral high ground” drives a small number of people, even some in this country, into the arms of terrorist extremists, and this increases the threat to our security.
Julius Marstrand, Cheltenham
It’s all very well being assured by William Hague and David Cameron that any surveillance is perfectly legal, and law-abiding citizens have nothing to fear. We don’t have to go very far back in history to remind ourselves that information is power, and can be misused.
The question is not whether we citizens are law-abiding, but whether the Government and its intentions are – and can be trusted to remain – benevolent.
Christine Lehman, High Ellington, North Yorkshire
Just imagine that it had been a European security agency spying on the communications of British citizens. The howls from Ukip would have been deafening and Nigel Farage would have been on every possible news programme. So can we presume from his silence that UK independence stops at Europe? We can be subservient to and ruled by the US without any qualms.
This is obviously far less important to Ukip than the shape and size of our bananas.
Peter Berman, Wiveliscombe, Somerset
Worried drivers in the middle lane
Perry Rowe and Ray Chandler (Letters, 10 June) use the same argument to defend their proprietorial use of the middle lane. Mr Rowe cites the “risk” of “moving from lane to lane” and Mr Chandler’s states: “Staying on the middle lane is good because it avoids constantly moving in and out of the slower-moving inside lane” which “road safety experts tell us … is hazardous”.
By such curious logic Messrs Rowe and Chandler should drive in the outside (overtaking) lane for their entire journey, where they wouldn’t have to manoeuvre to overtake anything at all. If they find overtaking so worrying they can avoid it by driving in the inside lane at a lower speed and by taking lessons in motorway driving. There’s no shame in either course and everyone would be happier.
Jan Cook, South Nutfield, Surrey
I wonder if the traffic police are going to be able to cope with the proposed reforms. Yesterday evening around 4.45pm I drove from junction 26 to junction 25 on the M5. It seemed to me that a huge number of drivers were offending. People driving at outrageous and illegal speeds on the outside lane, people hogging the middle lane, people tailgating and lorries passing each other taking up two lanes. I was quite relieved to arrive in Taunton.
Have we enough police to correct these misdemeanours?
Nick Thompson, Cullompton, Devon
Will those readers who advocate driving in the middle lane please include their number plate rather than their address?
Hugh Burchard, Bristol
Can I hog the outside lane?
John Naylor, Sunningdale, Slough
Mothers who work
The very question, do children whose mothers work suffer academically (report, 11 June), is based on a profound misunderstanding. Mothers have worked ever since we came out of trees – very, very hard.
The salient feature of human parenting is that it is a team activity; in the village, human babies attach to multiple adults. The idea that mothers alone are responsible is a product of the industrial revolution, which created a highly anomalous situation of small family units and labour separated from the domestic domain. That is now history.
Children do suffer if they don’t get enough care from any adult, but if the care is shared around, the child is fine – and how much mothers provide is simply not the key question.
Also, to get right through your article without a single reference to all the fathers (like me) who have changed their whole lives to care for their children and support their partners’ careers is an insult.
Duncan Fisher, Crickhowell, Powys
In an article on 11 June about the departure of creative director Emma Hill from Mulberry you helpfully described her as “42-year-old mother of one”. Yet on the preceding page, when writing about the pay rise of Thames Water’s Chief Executive Martin Baggs, you completely failed to tell us either how old he is or how many children he has.
Prue Bray, Wokingham
Trust in politics
The lobbying scandal reminds me of a conversation I had at the time of the expenses scandal. As a lay preacher, I was visiting a church in a community which had just voted in a BNP county councillor. I discovered that my godly and devout friends had voted for this person. Very surprised, I asked why they had voted this way. They told me – quite sincerely, I think – that it was out of disgust for the goings on at Westminster. I don’t suppose these further revelations of bad behaviour by the elite will change my friends’ voting behaviour.
Andrew McLuskey, Staines, Middlesex
Pippa pipped
Is Pippa Middleton a front? What really went on concerning Deborah Ross, The Independent and Howard Jacobson’s wry Jewishness? Please let us know and end the speculation. Could be the scoop of the week.
Joy Helman, London W8
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We should not be trying to fit children into a one-size-fits-all educational philosophy when it comes to GCSEs and A levels
Sir, The bright new future Mr Gove sets out in his changes to the GCSE system (Opinion, June 11) is based on prejudice and will be destructive. Giving greater emphasis to final rather than modular preparation will make little difference to the “cram-and-forget” teaching the minister criticises. There is no such thing as an exam which does not foster cramming and swift forgetfulness. The system encourages teaching to enhance performance at the inevitably superficial level anyone is capable of producing in the timed silence of an examination hall.
The only worthy alternative is to lay greater emphasis on coursework. I can attest that coursework at both GCSE and A level was crucial in preparing me for an English degree: it teaches research, structuring and redrafting skills, and permits deep consideration without the pressure of a time limit.
I took my GCSEs in one of the last years that coursework still featured significantly. Contrary to Mr Gove’s wild claims, I read and interpreted an entire Shakespeare play. I have since sat in on a class where only shards of Macbeth were required in order to survive controlled assessment — it was feared that attempting to consider the whole work would distract from the focus of the exam.
Hattie Induni
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Sir, As a young head of English in the early 1980s, I introduced coursework-assessed O-level English literature and language papers, a pilot scheme approved by a Conservative government.
Students could submit their best pieces of work, repeated as often as they wished to ensure that their work was of the highest standard. Results improved dramatically.
Coursework is a less reliable measure of success than traditional exams in subjects such as maths and science where the learning of factual knowledge is central to measuring a student’s understanding of those facts. In other subjects, such as English or history, a strong element of coursework should be retained to allow students to refine and redraft their work to produce a considered response to the question.
The unspoken problem is that teacher and parental assistance in coursework has made objective assessment very difficult.
Hence the demise of coursework and the return of the terminal examinations — and a one-size system that will not fit all students.
Jonathan Forster
Principal, Moreton Hall
Oswestry, Shropshire
Sir, Michael Gove is to be commended wholeheartedly for his determination to ensure that children should be challenged rather than constrained by GSCE programmes. It is good to know that the low hurdles races which have characterised our examination system will be replaced by more demanding courses which emphasise the academic qualities that our students should be developing.
It is also encouraging to see, with his recognition of the importance of practical and technical subjects, his apparent willingness to break free from the one-size-fits-all philosophies which have restricted the education of our children for far too long. All that many schools and the examination boards will need is a little time to help them prepare for this courageous new world.
Dr Chris Ray
High Master, Manchester Grammar School
Chairman, Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference
After decades of neglect and over-exploitation, the seas surrounding England are in a state of serious decline
Sir, We have united as leading nature charities to submit more than 350,000 pledges to Downing Street today (Wednesday, June 12), calling for the urgent designation of Marine Conservation Zones and the establishment of an ecologically coherent network of Marine Protected Areas. After decades of neglect and over-exploitation, the seas surrounding England are in a state of serious decline, highlighted in the recently published State of Nature report.
A two-and-a-half-year consultation process involving a million stakeholders recommended the establishment of 127 Marine Conservation Zones in English seas. However, the Government is currently planning to designate a first tranche of only 31. This is far from sufficient to make up the ecologically coherent network so vital to ensure the future of our seas. The sites put forward so far do not protect some of our best-loved sealife such as whales, dolphins, basking sharks and seabirds.
There has never been a better opportunity to put in place the protection our seas so urgently need. A healthy marine environment will also have significant long-term economic, social and environmental benefits. We, therefore, call on the Government to commit itself to a clear timetable for the swift designation of Marine Conservation Zones, in order to meet the UK’s international obligations to reverse biodiversity loss and protect our marine wildlife for the future.
Mike Clarke, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds; Sam Fanshawe, Marine Conservation Society; Stephanie Hilborne, The Wildlife Trusts; David Nussbaum, WWF-UK
Clean power is the best option for bill payers, and is also the way forward for creating jobs in the energy industry
Sir, While it is flattering that Matt Ridley (Opinion, June 6) thinks that with just two lawyers on staff Friends of the Earth is “really just a big law firm”, he has got four things wrong.
First, a clean power target is the best option for bill payers — the Committee on Climate Change says it could save consumers up to £100 billion on fuel bills in 2020-2030, compared to relying on gas.
Second, it’s not a question of green jobs versus non-green jobs. Rather, as the world transitions to low-carbon energy, we can either create skilled jobs in Britain or lose them abroad. Why not make turbine parts and solar panels here instead of importing?
Third, Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland relies on the support of individuals and charitable trusts for more than 95 per cent of our income — EU funding accounts for less than 1 per cent. So the EU did not pay for our legal challenge over solar power.
In addition, while we have argued to the Environment Agency that water remaining in wells after fracking should be regulated as waste — it contains harmful chemicals which could pollute drinking water — we have not lobbied the European Commission on this at any stage. Neither is there any conclusive evidence that shale gas will provide cheaper energy in Britain.
Our best hope for affordable fuel bills long term is through clean power and energy saving.
Andrew Pendleton
Friends of the Earth
This reader was always given a simple answer when asking one of the age-old questions: “who is your favourite?”
Sir, My mother, who lived to be 99, knew she had a favourite among the four of us (report, June 11). It was, she firmly stated, the one she was with.
Iona Wake-Walker
Bemerton, Wilts
We must eradicate the idea that dogs are fashion accessories and can be picked up and put down again as style dictates
Sir, It is a great concern that French bulldogs are the latest to join the long list of dogs seen as “… the real must-have accessory of the season” (“Short, fat and out of breath: why everyone adores the Frenchie”, June 8).
From huskies to Chihuahuas, the attitude that dogs are fashion accessories to be picked up and put down again as the seasons’ style changes has led to ever increasing numbers being abandoned at Blue Cross re-homing centres. Dogs are dogs, not the latest must-have off the catwalk.
Kim Hamilton
Chief Executive, Blue Cross
Burford, Oxon
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SIR – Christopher Howse’s article about Oliver Bernard (Comment, June 7) reminded me of my first encounter with his brother Jeffrey back in the late Seventies, when I went to the Coach and Horses in Greek Street, Soho to buy him a drink. This came about because of my love of his weekly column, “Low Life”, in the Spectator, in which he painfully exposed his exploits.
Jeffrey was initially wary of me (as I was bedecked in pinstripe, he thought I was an Inland Revenue inspector), but after a couple of large vodkas, he warmed to me.The afternoon descended so much so that he mentioned our encounter in his next Spectator entry. It was then that I realised that it was dangerous to mix with his clan.
Vincent Shanahan
Northwood, Middlesex
SIR – Christopher Howse’s lament over Oliver Bernard and Soho was superbly evocative and accurate, until the final sentence: “Now he is dead, and so is Soho”. In my opinion, he is quite wrong about Soho being dead.
While we all cherish a memory of a time when for us, Soho was truly golden, its abiding joy is that it always somehow manages to reinvent itself without apparent fundamental change, in order to charm and seduce successive unsuspecting generations, while still continuing to sustain the diehards.
In that sense, it is much like Rome: eternal, a glory to behold, and not without its ruins.
Joseph Connolly
London NW3
SIR – The state pension is not a welfare benefit (“Labour to cap state pension”, report, June 10). It is a system based on National Insurance contributions from both employees and employers over the pensioner’s working life. No contributions, no pension.
No doubt there is now a shortfall, as successive governments have raided the NI receipts for other purposes, but that is no defence against the shadow chancellor’s proposed breach of contract. No private insurance company would be allowed to behave in this way.
Barry Hughes
Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
SIR – Work pension and state pension are now added together for tax purposes. I pay roughly 25 per cent of my pension to the UK Treasury – so I am still contributing.
Capping pensions is just another way of targeting the middle classes.
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Taunton, Somerset
SIR – Labour are now proposing a cap on “unsustainable” state pensions.
Perhaps Ed Balls would like to consider the other state pensions that are also unsustainable: over-generous public-sector pension schemes. These are paid for out of taxes and pose no risk for the recipients, while the rest of us have to take our chances on the financial system.
Privatise public-sector pensions, then we are all in it together.
Bill Parish
Bromley, Kent
SIR – A woman born on the same day as me will already be receiving a state pension, while I, and all other men of my age, will have to wait until 2018.
A woman on a full state pension will receive £28,500 before I receive a penny, even though on life expectancy she will live considerably longer than me. So much for equality.
Alan Belk
Leatherhead, Surrey
SIR – My wife and I worked full time in Britain from 1945 to 1975, and then moved to Canada. Our British pensions were frozen when we reached retirement age in 1992. We have cost Britain nothing in health care, housing allowances or other benefits received by our fellow pensioners who are still living in Britain.
The Exchequer should put us on to the current pension scale. After all, we paid into the government’s pension scheme throughout our working lives.
Maurice and Shelagh-Ann Hedges
Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada
SIR – If £63.1 billion was paid out last year in basic state pensions, how much was paid in?
Pam Maybury
Bath, Somerset
SIR – Will this cap also apply to the pensions of politicians?
Dr Peter Islip
Sanderstead, Surrey
State surveillance
SIR – Am I alone in thinking how great it is that Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and other services are monitoring us so closely (“MPs fear US could be snooping on Britons”, report, June 8)? I have nothing to hide and nor do 99.9 per cent of the population, so we should be grateful that they are actively seeking out threats to our country.
Only those who are paranoid or who have an inflated opinion of the importance of what they say have any need to be concerned.
Russ King
London N11
SIR – What bothers me about all this snooping is: who’s watching the watchers? Can they all be trusted, or are some likely to set people up to make themselves look good?
It’s all right claiming that honest people have nothing to fear from GCHQ, but I think everyone should worry about loose cannons rolling about the decks – the surest way to lose freedom, and a back door to authoritarianism.
Joseph G Dawson
Chorley, Lancashire
SIR – The security and intelligence services were criticised for allowing the Woolwich suspects to “drop off their radar”. Now these same services are being criticised for snooping. You can’t have it both ways.
Malcolm Allen
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
Improper umbrellas
SIR – There is a time and a place for umbrellas. I was appalled to see the selfishness of the spectators at the French Open. Rain did not stop play, yet umbrellas went up, blocking the view of those behind them who had paid a considerable sum for their seats.
Hats and hoods are more than adequate to keep oneself dry. Surely an umbrella must be an offensive weapon where health and safety are concerned, and for that reason alone they should be banned from sports arenas.
Miriam Bolger
Bath, Somerset
Facing the music
SIR – Peter Daggett (Letters, June 10) claims that people attending Benjamin Britten concerts are trapped in a hall and can’t walk away from the “cacophony”. He could always attend one of the performances of Britten’s opera Peter Grimes on Aldeburgh beach this month.
Not only could he walk away, but if he took his swimsuit he could take a jump in, or bury his head in the sand.
Alex Smith
Orford, Suffolk
SIR – A year ago, I was fortunate enough to purchase tickets for a performance of Billy Budd at the Met in New York – I had never attended a Britten opera before, preferring older, more melodic structures from Europe.
I left the Met at midnight choking back tears wrought by the emotional intensity of this work. In fact, I cannot remember being more moved by a piece of dramatic music.
There is more to music than being able to whistle a pretty tune.
Peter Maddox
Swansea, Glamorgan
SIR – I agree that Britten’s music is less than tuneful. However, I long ago found the solution. When I see that a programme includes a piece by Benjamin Britten, I find I somehow fail to buy a ticket. This leaves me free for other things.
Jinny McLeod-Hatch
London SW6
Seven ailments…
SIR – Tesco’s current lacklustre economic performance (report, June 6) has spawned its “customer first” policy.
Recently, after a visit to my GP, the only place I could get a prescription processed at 8pm was in my local Tesco store. Perhaps an “out-of-hours” GP service could be a good way of putting some flesh on to the bones of this policy?
Such a service would have wide electoral appeal, as voters of all political hues seem to shop at Tesco. GPs are self-employed so a bit of extra work on a Tesco rota might seem to be more socially manageable than any out-of-hours “call-out” system.
It might even take the heat off accident and emergency departments if minor injuries could be treated as well.
David Gray
Wimborne, Dorset
SIR – Last week, my wife telephoned our doctors’ practice for a repeat prescription, only to be told that this was not possible. She was advised to ask our local chemist to request one on her behalf.
I reminded my wife that you could in fact email the practice, which would then allow our chemist to collect and indeed deliver her prescription. She did this and it was sorted out within 24 hours.
My wife has been registered with that practice for 41 years – but an anonymous email made all the difference.
J Eric Nolan
Blackburn, Lancashire
Reigning cats and dogs
SIR – Maybe Andrew Copeman (Letters, June 10) doesn’t know that cats were brought to this country by the Romans in their ships carrying corn, especially to kill rats and mice and other vermin, which here in the countryside, they still do.
However, one thing cats don’t do is attack and kill human beings, as has happened recently with dogs. They don’t bark incessantly either.
Julie Juniper
Bridport, Dorset
SIR – The oft-quoted numbers of song-birds killed by cats is neither believable nor, I think, relevant: bird numbers in my garden are much more closely related to the amount of food my wife puts out than the number of cats patrolling.
Christopher Heneghan
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
SIR – As is well known, dogs have owners but cats have staff.
Hilary Jarrett
Norwich
Faith schools are an asset to a diverse society
SIR – I was disappointed to read about the Fair Admissions Campaign (“Call to end faith school ‘discrimination’”, report, June 7). Today’s society is multicultural and we are proud of that. Faith schools play a hugely positive role in ensuring that we as a society are able to preserve the individual cultural identities that make up our diverse way of life.
Education is something that the Jewish community has had a strong commitment to for thousands of years. Indeed, the school where I am head teacher, JFS, opened in England in 1732, almost 150 years before primary education became compulsory in this country.
Within our school, one of the vital messages we promote to our students is to be respectful, thoughtful and caring to others and their faiths, and they are more likely to do this due to their strong Jewish identity.
The educational quality we are able to offer our students is only enhanced by the school’s faith status and many parents recognise and value this. The special nature of faith schools is the reason thousands of parents and students choose to attend them every year. How fair would it be to deny them this choice?
Jonathan Miller
Harrow, Middlesex
Irish Times:
Sir, – The Question 8 in Paper II (Leaving Cert higher level maths) was unanswerable, and hence all students will be given full marks. This guarantees all those who sat the paper an extra five points which, with the bonus marks now available for an honour in higher level, could even correspond to a gain of 30 points for some students. However, despite this seemingly good news for students, there are two points I would like to raise.
First, students were supposed to spend approximately 15 minutes on this question. How many spent significantly longer, in an attempt to solve a problem with no solution, and were left unable to finish the rest of the paper due to this time was ted? Second, seeing such a question, and trying to decipher it could certainly cause students to panic, and unsettle them enough to affect their performance in the rest of the paper.
It seems inconceivable such a mistake could be made, as surely countless checks and rechecks of the paper are carried out before it is issued. It seems a horrendous oversight by the Department of Education, and one which is completely unacceptable.
We can only hope that only a minority of students suffered from their problems raised above, but I fear that that may not be the case. – Yours, etc,
DONNACHA BOLGER,
Ferguson Road,
This Government’s readiness to use its huge majority – the largest in the history of the State – to foreshorten debate and to short-circuit the time for deliberation of legislation is a recipe for bad law.
In recent times, there has been a significant number of Bills passed by the Dáil with real defects and, as a result, these Bills have had to be subsequently amended in the Seanad. This list includes the Personal Insolvency Bill, the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Adults) Bill, the Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill, the Nurses and Midwives Bill and the Credit Union Bill.
So far, in the lifetime of the current Oireachtas (up to May 2013), the Seanad has made a total of 529 amendments to 14 different Bills that had been passed by the Dáil in an inadequate or incorrect fashion.
The Government is now trying to persuade people to abolish the Seanad on the basis that they will fundamentally improve the way the Dáil does its business. This is despite the fact that the Government’s own chief whip has admitted that its track-record in relation to Dáil reform is, in fact, “deplorable” (Irish Times June 10th).
This hardly inspires confidence; indeed, on the contrary, it highlights the stark reality that there is little credible basis to believe that the Dáil will suddenly stop making mistakes or show a new-found capacity for properly vetting legislation.
Bad law affects everyone in our society. It damages trust in politics, it undermines economic renewal and it impacts negatively on the way we all lead our lives.
Before voting to abolish the Seanad, I would urge people to ask themselves a couple of fundamental questions – who will monitor and, where necessary, amend the legislative work of the Dáil?
And who will correct the next 529 mistakes? – Yours, etc,
Senator FEARGAL QUINN,
Sir, – One does not need to be a signed-up conspiracy theorist to wonder about the steady stream of stories about Public Accounts Committee chairman John McGuinness that have appeared in the media in recent weeks.
This has all the hallmarks of a well-orchestrated attempt by inconvenienced vested interests to rid themselves of this turbulent priest – to borrow Eliot’s words. Fired up by the joy of the witch hunt, certain media pundits are all too happy to help.
It seems that for some people, even raising the question of whether the State should pay for spouses to accompany ministers on government trips is a hanging offence.
Hopefully Micheál Martin will have the courage to face down the self righteous outrage of some commentators and politicians on this matter. – Yours, etc,
FRANK E BANNISTER,
Morehampton Terrace,
Sir, – Sarah Glennane (June 11th) complains of the possible impact of “gardaí in full riot gear” on some of Ruairí Ó Brádaigh’s grandchildren at his funeral.
I knew Ruairí Ó Brádaigh (not terribly well) but well enough to have occasionally played cards with him about 60 years ago when he lived beside Croke Park in Jones’s Road. At that time, he was a pleasant, if single-minded, young man.
I am compelled to contrast Ms Glennane’s concern with that of Ruairí Ó Brádaigh himself. Many years later I heard him being asked on radio for his reaction to the fact that some innocent children had just been killed in a savage and, no doubt, cowardly bomb outrage in Northern Ireland. My earlier impressions of him plummeted when he informed the country that there always were “inevitable casualties in war”. Is it possible that those dead children might have been somebody’s grandchildren? – Yours, etc,
LIAM O’ MUIRI,
Sir, – What a debacle with the maths Paper 2!
No, I do not refer to the mathematical error on the Leaving Certificate honours maths paper – but to the spelling mistake in the first nationwide Project Maths Junior Certificate Paper 2.
Question 2 (c) reads, “What other measure of central tendancy could have been used when examining this data?” I won’t insult Irish Times readers by pointing out the error, but let’s just say that there is usually a tendency to spell accurately in public examination papers.
Who is writing these new Project Maths papers? And haven’t they heard of SpellCheck? Or don’t they approve of the Department’s National Strategy to improve literacy in young people? – Yours, etc
Dr CLAIRE TUTTLEBEE,
Sir, – We have received the final payment in the mobility allowance we are going to get and I think it a disgrace that nothing else has been put in its place.
We are being messed around by these cuts and we are going to be prisoners in our own homes.
I was in receipt of the mobility allowance (about €200 a month) and that money was used for taxis to get us from A to B. I am very angry over this cut and the cut in our phone rental allowance and the ESB units as well. I need the phone and I need my heating on 24/7 because I have very bad circulation as I suffer from cerebral palsy. I used to get home help five days a week, but this has been cut down to three days a week.
We are all trying to cope in our own ways – the best ways we can. Life is hard enough for us and we do not need this from this government. From a very angry young man. – Yours, etc,
GERARD KIERNAN,
A chara, – As a Chernobyl worker, I found myself agreeing with John Gibbons (“Science does not support critics of nuclear power”, Opinion, June 5th).
There was as a increase in the incidence of thyroid cancer for the first few years, but no evidence of major public health impact attributable to radiation exposure 25 years after the event. This is not a popular thing to say, but its based on scientific fact.
Our charity was founded in 1993 to aid Belarusian children who were affected by the Chernobyl disaster. However over a period of 20 years we came to the realisation that the illnesses affecting many of the children of Belarus were primarily due to the consequences arising out of poverty, deprivation and the ignorance of basic hygiene standards to maintain a healthy standard of living. Poverty is the big problem in Belarus in 2013: I have seen children with physical and intellectual disabilities (whose parents sometimes are ashamed of them), living in appalling conditions, with mothers in dire straits. They have no home help, no respite, no hoists, and very little assistance from the state.
I am neutral in the nuclear debate. As a nurse in care of the elderly, I see the results of breathing air contaminated by fossil fuel burning. My final point is that all Chernobyl charities should be realistic, and tell it as it is. – Is mise,
MARY FINNEGAN,
Irish Independent:
* The forthcoming referendum on the abolition of the Seanad is a good illustration of the type of insidious politics we have to deal with in Ireland nowadays.
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There is no doubt whatsoever that the Seanad is in dire need of reform – even senators admit as much.
Yet the Government, in its determination to centralise power in the Dail, is refusing to consider reforming the upper house.
The proposal being put to the people is a stark choice between abolishing the Seanad altogether, or retaining it in its current form.
I suspect this is a very deliberate attempt on the Government’s behalf to take advantage of the public disillusionment with the Seanad in order to increase support for the abolition amendment.
In the absence of a true democratic choice with regard to the future of the Seanad, I believe we should opt for the safest course of action and reject its abolition.
Especially when one considers the proposal that was mooted briefly last week, whereby a group of ‘experts’ – handpicked by the Government – would effectively replace the Seanad.
Even though that proposal appears to have been abandoned, the fact that it was even discussed is a disturbing development.
Such centralisation of legislative and executive power in an ever-decreasing number of individuals is a serious threat to healthy democracy. Retaining the Seanad is important for democracy in the State.
Once we have ensured its existence, it must then be reformed to make it fit for purpose.
Simon O’Connor
Crumlin, Dublin 12
PERFECT SMILE
* Under a blue sky, with the sun on my back, while walking through the streets of the capital this weekend, I witnessed a strange phenomenon.
It came about through a strange configuration of muscles in a beautiful woman’s face. It was transformational, something akin to what we once called a smile. Alas, it has been so long since I have seen such a positive display of emotional contentment I could not be sure.
This is post-crash Ireland after all.
I wonder might any of your readers be in a position to confirm similar sightings?
Ed Toal
Monkstown, Co Dublin
DAIL REFORM THE PRIORITY
* Only two reasons have been given by recent contributors for retaining the Senate: it provides a platform for influential public voices and future leaders; and we also need it to contain a “dysfunctional Dail” and a “discredited political system”.
If it is abolished, then Dail reform becomes a “vital priority”, with special attention to the disconnection between the Executive and Parliament.
Realistically, Dail reform should precede the Senate referendum. The final solution must include electoral reform. Conforming to the constitutional requirement to elect one TD per 30,000 people has turned reform into superficial, regressive patchwork.
Multi-seat constituencies – by crossing local authority boundaries – downgrade local government. Ministers should not be burdened by local duties or be appointed on the basis of local voting success rather than suitability. Many suitable candidates – including some senators – are deterred from contesting.
A properly reformed Dail could lead to a new definition of the purpose, function and structure of the Senate, as an alternative to its abolition. Reform remains within the gift of career politicians. We may have to ask them to take back and don the green jerseys they gave us in 2008 and 2010.
Tom Martin
Celbridge, Co Kildare.
TAXING TIMES
* I have just taxed my car for three months.
In a time of huge financial difficulty for Irish people, our Government is creaming profits from folk like me who can’t afford to pay for 12 months. It costs me €90 extra a year to pay quarterly. There is no justification for this since I logged in and did the administrative work myself.
When I printed the payment page to place on my dashboard until the disc arrived, the page was set up to print over two pages. I know how to print only the page that I want but my mother, for example, wouldn’t know how to do this.
It is inconceivable at a time when austerity and eco-friendly are the buzzwords that every person who taxes their car should print two pages instead of one. The public system is still so out of touch with the needs of the ordinary citizen. It is incredible.
Sarah Nic Lochlainn
Ardee, Co Louth
THE LIONS STILL BITE
* A recent letter writer observed that the words of Aesop, from ancient Greece, are still relevant today. May I add that ancient Rome still applies – the senators are in revolt and the lions still bite!
Sean Kelly
Tramore, Waterford
RETHINKING THE CRISIS
* A first indicator of hope appears on the horizon as the IMF and European Commission squabble about action taken on the Greek collapse. Each questions the other’s diagnosis and remedial action of the problem and both are actually correct. The diagnosis was wrong then and is still wrong, and perhaps logical thinking is at last about to break out.
The economic problems of the 21st century are basically not financial at all. They derive from a transformation of production capacity that is unprecedented and unrecognised.
There is now an ability to produce more than the world can consume, which is causing chaos in markets, investment, banking, employment, growth and practically every aspect of economics.
Technology has taken economic activity to a new place, where sterile economic policies of a bygone age are futile, counterproductive and no longer fit for purpose.
Employment will not be restored until it is understood that work is diminishing as every hour passes and jobs must be reconsidered as a means of distributing wealth rather than creating it.
Advancing technology can and will produce more wealth; indeed more of everything than the world needs or can consume.
It must be the task of the IMF and the European Commission to devise methods of administering such phenomenal and unprecedented technological success for the benefit of humanity. Instead they treat the crisis as financial failure because their obsolete philosophy is unable to keep pace with the phenomenal technological advances. Perhaps the developing spat between two very powerful but misguided heavyweights of world administration will force them to rethink their fundamental misjudgments and begin proper administration of the best economic time there ever was for the benefit of all.
Padraic Neary
Tubbercurry, Co Sligo
COST OF GREEN SHOOTS
* I am curious as to whether I am the only person who is cutting back entirely all the hedging/greenery that I am (was) fortunate enough to have growing in my garden? The reason that I am doing so is that the cost of disposing of the off-shoots when cutting back has become too expensive, with the ‘green bins’ being weighed by the waste management companies.
I felt particularly bad yesterday when I discovered an empty bird’s nest in the Butterfly bush I totally cut down – but I can no longer afford to have the privilege of growing such wonderful greenery. Next job: concreting over the grass.
Name and address with editor
Irish Independent
13 June 2013 Joan in hospital
Off around the park listening to the Navy Lark, oh dear oh dear.
There is a French frigate parks in Troutbridge’s usual bearth and they are ordered to tie up in the middle of the harbour. Pertwee is desperate to get ashore. There is a hidden barrel of rum involved/ Priceless.
Another quiet day Joan’s feet still bad she goes into hospital and we see the Lawyer about Mary’s living will.
We watch The Pallaisers Bye bye Mr Finn MP the Duke is ill and some hussy appears with diamonds
Mary wins at scrabble but she gets under 400 perhaps I can have my revenge tomorrow.
Obituary:
Serena Allott
Serena Allott, who has died aged 56, was a Daily Telegraph journalist who in recent years expanded her life to include founding the Isle of Wight Literary Festival and, with her husband Robin Courage, setting up Made on the Isle of Wight, a business marketing and selling a vast range of products grown or made on the island.
Serena Allott Photo: CAMERA PRESS
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She had an unusual start to her career in journalism. In the early 1980s she worked as a Girl Friday for TE (Peter) Utley, the leader writer and columnist who, although totally blind, managed to choose a series of beautiful women to make his office life possible. Her job would start when Utley’s wife deposited him at the Telegraph, which was then in Fleet Street, and finish at the end of the day when she came to collect him.
Her duties included reading the newspapers out loud to him; taking him to leader conferences; organising and sometimes attending lunch engagements — always in the Strand — discussing the leader that he was going to write and then typing it out as he dictated it, ready to take to the editor.
From there she moved to Vogue, where among other things she wrote what in those days was a revered column called Shop Hound. This required considerable skill, given that she hated shopping. She moved on to be travel editor of Working Woman, a magazine aimed at the women in the title, but the magazine was short-lived.
She rejoined the Telegraph in 1986 as a commissioning editor and feature writer or, as she jokingly called it, “the gloom correspondent” on the Magazine. She was far too dismissive of her own writing skills, for she was actually something of a rarity in those days: a “posh” girl doing serious journalism — a soldier’s daughter with an arty bent.
Perhaps it was her own sympathetic nature that gave her the knack of encouraging the people she interviewed to open up to her in a way which made her articles, both in the Magazine and the paper, stand out. She could also conduct difficult interviews with people who had suffered great grief and loss without ever making people think that she was prying.
Although she became an assistant editor, after the birth of her second son she decided to become a freelance writer for the Magazine and the newspaper, where among other things she wrote the weekly column My Mufti.
In 2001 Serena Allott had a life-changing heart attack which she only just survived thanks to the extraordinary care she received at St Thomas’ Hospital. She wrote an article about her survival and in it she remembered that on about day six of her stay one of the doctors had told her it was still impossible to tell whether her quality of life would be “reasonable or very poor”. Her immediate reaction was “Bugger very poor” and indeed she went on to enjoy a remarkable quality of life. Two years after her recovery the family moved out of London to the Isle of Wight. There she continued to write for the Telegraph and was a regular contributor to Saga magazine and the Mail on Sunday, as well as ghosting two books.
In 2010 she and her husband, Robin Courage, acquired a nursery near Seaview where they built their new home while launching a successful shop — Made on the Isle of Wight — beside it. She emailed a colleague about the experience as opening day drew near: “Who would have thought that in my Fifties I would be doing an Advanced Food Hygiene course … It is all so scary. How do you decide how many packets of biscuits to buy? Which sort of sausages will our customers prefer? And what is a reasonable commission to take from our artists?”
Last year she got the first Isle of Wight Literary Festival off the ground, injecting much needed life into 19th century Northwood House in Cowes where the festival was held. Before her death she had already lined up an impressive series of speakers for this year’s festival including two former editors of the Telegraph, Sir Max Hastings and Charles Moore.
Serena Elizabeth Allott was born on October 4 1956 in Munster, Westphalia, where her father, Brigadier David Allott, was serving in the 17th/21st Lancers. She had two siblings, her older brother Nick, who is managing director of Cameron Mackintosh Ltd, and her younger sister Lulu. They lived the peripatetic life of an army family until her father was appointed Commandant of the Army Centre at Bovington Camp in Dorset. However in 1969, when she was 12, her father was killed in a tragic accident when two army helicopters collided — both pilots were also killed.
She went to Whispers School in West Dean, Sussex, followed by Eastbourne College where she was head girl, and she then went on to read English at Exeter University.
She is survived by her husband Robin, whom she married in 1990; their two sons, Kit and Caspar, two step-children, Marcus and Camilla, and five step-grandchildren.
Serena Allott, born October 4 1956, died May 24 2013
Guardian:
Simon Jenkins has certainly changed his tune about the effectiveness of popular protest (From Trafalgar to Taksim, the politics of the square puts the wind up power, 12 June). After the large TUC-led march in London in March 2011 he contemptuously argued that demonstrations “are mostly boosts to group morale, childish festivals, obsessions with the media and desperate to cause a genteel nuisance without breaching the law”. Fast forward two years and Jenkins now says: “If the ballot fails and the bullet is lacking, the way to reach a stubborn or corrupt leader remains where it has since Coriolanus – through the language of the street.” On the 1832 Great Reform Act, in 2011 Jenkins was clear “it was in parliament that the great debates of 1831-32 took place”. Two years later he tells us “parliament … still worries, as it did in 1832, over what happens outside”. Will Jenkins will now take heed of freed slave Frederick Douglass’s wise words from 1857: “Power concedes nothing without a demand; it never did and it never will”?
Ian Sinclair
Author, The March That Shook Blair: An Oral History of 15 February 2003
I doubt that David Omand (How to make surveillance both ethical and effective, 12 June) will convince many of the benign intent of the NSA (or GCHQ) in trawling vast amounts of internet traffic from ordinary citizens in the hope that occasionally they will uncover genuine miscreants, including “arms proliferators”. This is rich, since the US is by far the biggest arms proliferator of all. Not only the “official” arms trade, but, for example, in the CIA’s arming of the mujahideen in Afghanistan, from which we are still suffering the blowback. A world where no illegal wars were fomenting hatred, where justice rather than might is right prevailed, would have no need for such intrusions into people’s everyday lives.
Frank Jackson
Harlow, Essex
• One thing I don’t understand about Prism’s supposed secret access to Facebook and Twitter: aren’t these open to all anyway? Couldn’t the spooks just go online and become everybody’s friends, saving them a lot of trouble and expense?
Professor Philip Steadman
University College London
John Pilger notes the catastrophic health effects of war in Iraq (Comment, 26 May), touching on what is a critical global health emergency. Iraq is poisoned by toxic war pollutants. Sterility, repeated miscarriages, stillbirths and severe birth defects are increasing. In March 2013, a high-ranking official at the Ministry of Health in Baghdad discussed an unreleased World Health Organisation report with the BBC. He said: “All studies done by the ministry of health prove with damning evidence that there has been a rise in birth defects and cancers.”
This report by the WHO and Iraqi health ministry was due to be published in November 2012, yet it still hasn’t been released. In response to this delay, 58 scientists, health professionals and human rights advocates recently wrote asking for the immediate release of their report. We requested that this report be released at once. We received no response. The letter was signed by Iraqi, Iranian, Lebanese, Japanese, European, Australian and North American academics and public figures. Why is this important report being held up?
Mozhgan Savabieasfahani
School of public health, University of Michigan
• Phil Shiner’s article about the UK courts’ exposure of abuses of civilians in the Iraq war (An end to brutality, 10 June) notes that “these terrible acts have occupied the attention of the courts for the last decade”. Persistent litigation by dedicated lawyers has cast light into some of the most shameful corners of state activity, such as the murder of Baha Mousa and others who died or were tortured in the custody of British forces. Under proposed “reforms” to legal aid, no such litigation would have been possible, because Baha Mousa and the others would fail the residence test (which will require recipients of legal aid to have been lawfully resident in the UK for a year). Those responsible for these abuses would never have been held accountable. Could these two facts by any chance be related?
Helen Mountfield QC
London
The sudden decision to close the Greek state television and radio company ERT and dismiss up to 3,000 journalists and technicians is the culmination of a series of attacks on free speech. This symbolic move, as the government put it in a non-paper, means that private interests have used the financial crisis as a pretext to destroy the main source of non-partisan information and cultural programming in Greece. Journalists and media professionals all over the world must resist this act of cultural vandalism.
Professor Costas Douzinas Birkbeck College, Professor Joanna Bourke Birkbeck College, Maria Margaronis The Nation, Dr Dimitris Papanikolaou Oxford University
• TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady (Comment, 3 June) advocates “using EU membership to rebuild and rebalance our economy, tackle the crisis in living standards and give our young people a future”. Well, good luck with that. The EU’s Eurostat agency reports average youth unemployment at a staggering 23.5% across the 27 EU member states (24% in the 17-member eurozone). All the signs, so familiar to British trade unionists since the 1980s, of a neoliberal economic experiment destroying good-quality jobs and slashing the social wage in a compulsive hunt for global competitiveness, are there. Far from turning their back on austerity policies, the leaders of the EU last week announced a modest extension of the timescale in which France’s Socialist government must cut public spending, coupled with a requirement for a wholesale scrapping of French legislation that protects workers from hire-and-fire policies.
The answer to chronic unemployment will not be found in the EU, which binds its members into low-wage and deflationary policies through successive treaties from Maastricht to Lisbon that British governments have signed up to without a referendum. Neither does a EU-US free trade agreement offer a break with these policies, but opens Europe’s public services up to US corporations seeking profits from taxpayer funding. The fight against low-wage employment and joblessness requires a fight against EU policies and structures, not collusion in a discredited “European project”.
Alex Gordon
Chair, No2EU – Yes to Democracy Trade Union Advisory Group
Aditya Chakrabortty is wrong when he says we were shown weeks ago the numbers in the TUC-backed report on rail, published last Friday (G2, 11 June). Despite requests to meet the TUC to discuss its figures, we were first given sight of the report a week last Monday when it was already printed and about to be circulated to journalists. If the TUC had given us more advance notice, we could have fed back that we believe its data is used selectively, resulting in a misleading analysis. Britain’s railway has been transformed in the last 15 years, thanks to the public and private sectors working successfully together to deliver for passengers and taxpayers.
Michael Roberts
Chief executive, the Association of Train Operating Companies
• According to the Institute of Fiscal Studies Britain is in “the longest and deepest slump in a century” (Report, 12 June). Are we now allowed at last to use the word “depression” instead of the innocuous “recession” (defined by the Chambers Dictionary as “a slight temporary decline in a country’s trade”)?
Andrew Green
Swansea
• Happily, the Suffolk town of Aldeburgh does a better job of remembering Millicent Garrett Fawcett than does Cambridge (Letters, 10 June). The plaque on the wall of Uplands reads: “Leader of the women’s suffrage movement Millicent Fawcett 1847-1929 was born here”. And immediately above it, her sister Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (Britain’s first female mayor and the first woman to qualify as a physician) is also remembered.
Tony Green
Ipswich, Suffolk
• How many “last-remaining wildernesses” are there? I seem to keep reading about new ones (Letters, 12 June).
Joseph Cocker
Leominster, Herefordshire
• Hardly a days goes by when we don’t learn of yet another sportsperson “picking up” an injury. You would have thought that after all this time they would have learnt to leave the damn things alone!
Joy Lamb
Your criticisms (Editorial, 12 June) of Michael Gove’s reactionary “reforms” of GCSEs are fair enough – although making the exam more dependent upon short-term recall will do nothing to address the problem of grade inflation – but you fail to consider the more pertinent question of why Britain persists in spending a small fortune on public examinations which have long outlived their purpose. Britain’s 16-plus examinations were designed for a time – long since gone – when most pupils left school at 16 and went into employment. With the majority of pupils now remaining in education, the GCSE is redundant.
Gove’s argument that his reforms are essential to make our system “world-class” is ludicrous. No system of education which is driven by the exigencies of high-stakes exams can ever be world-class. What characterises those systems that really can be described in this way is not a set of hopelessly outdated exams, but a highly educated and highly trained teaching force – something which Gove is extremely unlikely to create. Like the rest of his idiotic policies, these “reforms” will merely take us back to the 1950s, where, mentally at least, Gove appears to dwell.
Michael Pyke
Shenstone, Staffordshire
• Gove’s proposals (No coursework, more Shakespeare, 12 June) take me back to the heady 60s, when I was training to be a teacher. I read studies about the effect of streaming, of the failure to develop pupils’ creative talents and of their lack of interest in schoolwork.
One of the impulses behind the development of coursework, in CSE, then GCE and then in GCSE, was to find ways of giving pupils more control over their work, and more enthusiasm for it. Marking and moderation was always complex, but so too was the assessment of terminal exams.
Politicians can argue about whether or not Gove will deliver the extra rigour he desires, and it’s far from certain that the examination system will provide consistent, reliable results. What is predictable, though, is the impact on styles of learning. More teacher dictation, less initiative; no room for groupwork, choices or innovation, and lots of time devoted to examination technique. For many pupils, this will amount to pointless repetition and certain failure. Maybe that’s the survival of the fittest and most rigorous, but it’s a pattern we’ve tried before, and it’s not one whose return we should welcome.
Paul Francis
Much Wenlock, Shropshire
• Neuroscientific research clearly indicates a need to nurture a wide variety of individual learning styles in order to achieve the maximum potential of all young learners. As parent of three neuro-atypical young people, until recently described as “dyslexic”, I strongly oppose Gove’s shallow and hasty proposals for inflexible exam-based learning, which will deprive our country of significant intellectual contributions.
My oldest gained a first-class degree; the second, with an MA, is a national journalist; the youngest is progressing well on a history degree. None of them would have achieved their intellectual or performance potential without flexibility from empowered teachers, hard work and an exam systems that offer equal opportunities.
Name and address supplied
• What still underpins Gove’s thinking is the belief that education should be based on the “three Rs – reading, remembering and regurgitating”. However, for many educationalists, the three Rs stand for something quite different: “reading, reflecting and responding”. If we are to equip students “to win in the global race” what 21st-century society needs are independent critical thinkers, not parrots.
Dr Brian Lighthill
Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire
• Dumbing down our exam system by abolishing the rigour of modules and coursework will damage the life chances of our young people, undermine excellence and damage our economy.
Modularity brings out specialists, with a passion for a subject. This is essential to support UK research and development. Clearly, Gove has not consulted any universities, else he will have discovered that undergraduate courses are taught using a modular approach.
Coursework is rigorous, and requires students to deliver throughout their training and learning period. Simply regurgitating facts in a two-hour exam is insufficient to demonstrate true understanding of a topic, and the ability to apply that learning.
Eric Goodyer
Colsterworth, Lincolnshire
• Without coursework I would have failed all my GCSEs, and Gove’s plans will end up excluding students with dyslexia and other learning difficulties. They will end up with nothing, and will probably not even bother to go to college (if they get in with this new grading system). The government needs to look at the bigger picture, with 20% of children in UK leaving school unable to read properly, and 10% of children of all social groups having dyslexia. The government will end up alienating a lot of children.
Children and teenagers with learning difficulties such as dyslexia do better with coursework. I know first-hand how exams can ruin your grade more dramatically than coursework. If GCSEs were graded like this when I was in high school I wouldn’t be where I am today – finishing my first year at university studying hospitality management.
Hope Barnes
Blackburn, Lancashire
• A former Conservative secretary of state for education, Keith Joseph, was known in some quarters as “the mad monk”. And yet he built a broad consensus in support of a new exam system for 16-year-olds – the GCSE – to meet the needs both of individual students and of the economy. Has his successor, Michael Gove, learned nothing from history?
Richard Daugherty
Swansea
• Diane Abbott effusively endorsing Michael Gove’s latest plans is presumably the same MP who sent her son to the City of London School in 2003, “because he wanted to go private”?
Fr Alec Mitchell
Manchester
• Our obsession with testing reminds me of Virginia Woolf, and the lecture she gave at Girton College, Cambridge in 1928, which grew into her famous essay, A Room of One’s Own. “I do not believe that gifts” she said, “whether of mind or character, can be weighted like sugar and butter”. Sadly, Gove’s proposals appear to show great faith in the ability of a final exam-based system to accurately take the measure of a person.
Jessica Kilburn
London
Aquaculture alone can’t solve Africa’s fishing crisis, just as growing cattle alone can’t solve the problem of the hunger and protein deficiency.
You still have to feed the fish something, and as of yet humanity has not progressed enough to understand how to build the infrastructure necessary to do it on an industrial scale, without being destructive.
Aquaculture does not have enough of established infrastructure to truly hold its own, when it logically should be able to.
Considering two-thirds of Earth is covered in water, what is keeping us from growing enough algae and seaweed to use as feed for fish? The fish feed currently used on an industrial scale is degraded and polluted, and contributes heavily to the environmental resource drain. Similarly, for the shale oil scheme more energy is spent extracting shale oil than the oil that is extracted has within it. More money is spent on feeding fish than the value of the fish themselves.
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We consider that the Government’s approach to the teaching of history, as outlined both in statements made by the Education Secretary and the Prime Minister, and in the draft history curriculum, runs contrary to the statutory duties set out in the Education Acts of 1996 and 2002.
The 1996 Act, Section 406 states: “The local education authority, governing body and head teacher shall forbid… the promotion of partisan political views in the teaching of any subject in the school.” The Act of 2002 at Sections 78 and 79 requires the Secretary of State, local education authorities, governing bodies and head teachers to secure a “balanced and broadly based curriculum”.
In defiance of these legal obligations, the Government’s attitude to the teaching of history is underpinned by an unbalanced promotion of partisan political views. The Education Secretary has gone on record stating that the purpose of the changes which he proposes is to make history teaching “celebrate the distinguished role of these islands in the history of the world” and to portray Britain as “a beacon of liberty for others to emulate”. He spoke in Parliament of history lessons which focused on “British heroes and heroines”. The Prime Minister has referred to the teaching of “our island story in all its glory”.
The draft curriculum document reflects this unbalanced national triumphalism. This is evident in the emphasis which it places on “how Britain influenced the world” (to the exclusion of the reverse) and on the importance of “the concept of nation and of a nation’s history” – second in the list of concepts required to be imparted to five- to seven-year-old infants. It is also evident in more subtle ways such as its handling of slavery, which is not mentioned as part of “the development of a modern economy” and which is listed elsewhere as “the slave trade and the abolition of slavery”, implicitly giving equal weight to the two.
Given that the new history curriculum has been widely criticised for its Anglocentric focus, in its marginalising of the role of women and non-white ethnic groups, and its wholesale failure to reflect the views of those appointed originally to advise the Government, it falls well short of the requirement to be “balanced and broadly based”. The presence in the draft curriculum of the occasional individual such as Mary Seacole, herself a late addition to it, has rightly been described as a “garnishing of tokenism” by an original adviser to the Education Secretary on the history curriculum, Professor Simon Schama.
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Tasmania 389 and 4 for 129 (Bailey 64*, George 3-47) drew with South Australia 363
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Rain and bad light kept the final day to 31 overs at Bellerive Oval, where Tasmania took the only points in the draw due to their first-innings lead. When play was called off the Tigers had 4 for 129 in what had become a meaningless second innings with George Bailey on 64 and Luke Butterworth on 29.
Rain delayed the start substantially and when play finally resumed Tasmania added 90 to their overnight total for the loss of one wicket. Much of the interest on the final day was in how many victims Peter George would end up with for the match, having grabbed eight wickets in the first innings.
He finished with three in the second innings, making the only breakthrough on the fourth day when he had Daniel Marsh caught for 4. It meant George ended up with match figures of 11 for 131, the best analysis by a South Australia bowler in a Sheffield Shield/Pura Cup match since Paul Rofe picked up 13 in a game in 2001-02.
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THE Australian home summer of cricket returns this weekend with the JLT One-Day Cup kicking off in Townsville.
The tournament will see matches at suburban grounds around Queensland, Western Australia, New South Wales and Victoria, with the final taking place at the revamped Junction Oval in St. Kilda.
This year’s edition sees the tournament return to being a six-team competition that no longer
features the Cricket Australia XI. The experimental side of encouraging, young players will instead face international teams – South Africa, India and Sri Lanka – in tour matches during the home summer.
Find out everything you need to know in our Ultimate Guide.
HOW TO WATCH
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TOURNAMENT FORMAT
This year’s competition utilises a slightly tweaked format – each state qualifies for the finals knock-out after a round-robin. The top two teams on the ladder advance straight through to the semi-finals, with the other four sides competing in qualifying matches – 3v6, 4v5. What follows are the traditional semi-finals and grand final on October 10.
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Missing a cluster of their most influential players – including Steve Smith, David Warner, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Mitch Starc, Pat Cummins – New South Wales enter the tournament with an assortment of old and new faces in their squad. With plenty of potential to win the Cup, the Blues will rely on depth within their team to get them over the line this season. New South Wales have won two of the last three one-day domestic tournaments.
Star Player: Stephen O’Keefe – the controversial tweaker has been in-and-out of the Test team for a few years, the highlight of his international career being an unforgettable 12-70 against India in 2017. While his List A record may not read well – he averages 55.89 with the ball in 48 matches – his experience will assist in keeping opposition scoring rates low in what will be a high-scoring competition.
Player to look out for: Jason Sangha – a teenage Sangha turned heads last season when he scored a gritty 133 off 226 balls against the touring English side, with a bowling attack that featured Stuart Broad, Chris Woakes and Moeen Ali. While the 19-year-old may not play in the opening match of the tournament, NSW coach Phil Jacques has openly praised his batting ability.
Last season result: 4th
Previous One-Day Cup Title: 2016-17
Squad: Peter Nevill (c), Sean Abbott, Harry Conway, Trent Copeland, Jack Edwards, Mickey Edwards, Ryan Gibson, Moises Henriques, Daniel Hughes, Nick Larkin, Stephen O’Keefe, Kurtis Patterson, Daniel Sams, Jason Sangha
QUEENSLAND
Eight members of the Queensland squad just arrived back in the country after touring India on the Australia A tour, five of which have been announced in the Test squad to play Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates. This depth of international standard within the Bulls camp highlights their potential to win the one-day domestic cup this season.
Star Player: Chris Lynn – the big-hitting Queensland captain has played T20 cricket around the world, making headlines in the IPL, the CPL and of course, the Big Bash. The first player to hit 100 Big Bash sixes, Lynn is an intimidating threat to any opposition, and – fitness permitting – could finish the competition the leading run-scorer. This will be his first one-day domestic competition for Queensland in five years.
Player to look out for: Billy Stanlake – the tallest player to ever represent Australia, Stanlake can strike fear into the minds of the world’s best batsmen. Fast and fierce – it’s easy to draw comparisons to Shaun Tait – the Queenslander has been a regular in the national one-day side after making his debut against Pakistan in 2017 at the age of 22.
Last season result: 5th
Previous One-Day Cup Title: 2013/14
Squad: Chris Lynn (c), Xavier Bartlett, Max Bryant, Joe Burns, Luke Feldman, Sam Heazlett, Charlie Hemphrey, Lachlan Pfeffer, Jack Prestwidge, Billy Stanlake, Mark Steketee, Mitch Swepson, Sam Truloff, Jack Wildermuth
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Runners-up in the 2017 tournament, South Australia are strong contenders to win the Cup this season. The Redbacks – lead by their new captain Jake Lehmann – will undoubtedly miss their star batsman Travis Head, who is flying to the United Arab Emirates with the Australian Test team. Since 1987, South Australia has only once (2011/12) won the 50-over domestic cup.
Star Player: Alex Carey – recent selections would suggest Carey is the second-choice keeper for the national side. The 26-year-old made his ODI debut against England in January and only four months later was handed the T20 international vice-captaincy. Despite boasting an impressive T20 record – he averages 40.61 at a strike rate of 135.38 – Carey will be looking to improve on his skills in the 50-over format this season.
Player to look out for: Callum Ferguson – the 33-year-old batsman recently spoke of his aspiration to re-join the national side; Ferguson played his only Test in November 2016 against South Africa, and the last of his 30 one-day internationals was back in 2011. However, the South Australian has enjoyed a fruitful stint for Worcestershire in the off-season, scoring 377 runs at an average of 94.25 across his five one-dayers for the county.
Last season result: 2nd
Previous One-Day Cup Title: 2011/12
Squad: Jake Lehmann (c), Alex Carey, Tom Cooper, Callum Ferguson, Spencer Johnson, Joe Mennie, Harry Nielsen, Kane Richardson, Alex Ross, Chadd Sayers, Cameron Valente, Jake Weatherald, Daniel Worrall, Adam Zampa
TASMANIA
Under the captaincy of veteran George Bailey, Tasmania head into the JLT Cup as unlikely victors – they finished sixth on the ladder last year, after winning only two of their six matches. The inexperienced squad features a handful of promising up-and-comers, and will undoubtedly be one of the more entertaining teams of the tournament. Tasmania were finalists in the Sheffield Shield last Summer and will aim to continue that form in the 2018/19 season.
Star Player: James Faulkner – arguably Australia’s best short-format all-rounder since Shane Watson, Faulkner plays a vital role in balancing the Tasmanian line-up. Dropped from the international side last year, the World Cup-winner will be eager to prove his capabilities with both bat and ball during the death overs.
Player to look out for: Ben McDermott – son of legendary Test paceman Craig, Ben McDermott will be hoping to cement his spot in the Tasmanian one-day team. Having played only seven List A matches, he may not be the most experienced, but his memorable 114 off 52 balls against the Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash last year highlights his potential.
Last season result: 6th
Previous One-Day Cup Title: 2009/10
Squad: George Bailey (c), Jackson Bird, Nicholas Buchanan, Jake Doran, James Faulkner, Ben McDermott, Riley Meredith, Simon Milenko, Tom Rogers, Clive Rose, Jordan Silk, Aaron Summers, Matthew Wade, Beau Webster
VICTORIA
Victoria boasts an imposing squad leading into the tournament. Led by the experienced Peter Handscomb, the Victorian team features a cluster of players currently pushing for national selection. Coached by ex-Test player Andrew McDonald, they will be looking to vastly improve on their 2017 season, where they were knocked out by South Australia in the qualifying final. Victoria has surprisingly won the one-day domestic cup only once since the turn of the millennium.
Star Player: Glenn Maxwell – the big-hitting superstar was shockingly omitted from the Test squad to tour the United Arab Emirates, much to the advantage of the Victorian team. Renowned for his explosive short-format batting, 29-year-old Maxwell will be keen to show the national selectors that they’ve made a terrible mistake.
Player to look out for: Nic Maddinson – it’s been a tough couple of seasons for Maddinson; he was dropped from the Test team in early 2017, only to then be denied a contract with New South Wales earlier this year. After taking a break from the game and featuring in a handful of T20 international matches over the winter, the 26-year-old has been offered a fresh start with the Victoria Bushrangers.
Last season result: 3rd
Previous One-Day Cup Title: 2010/11
Squad: Peter Handscomb (c), Scott Boland, Jackson Coleman, Travis Dean, Sebastian Gotch, Marcus Harris, Mackenzie Harvey, Nic Maddinson, Glenn Maxwell, Tom O’Connell, Matt Short, Will Sutherland, Chris Tremain, Cameron White
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
The returning champions, Western Australia remain red-hot contenders to reclaim the cup this season. Losing only one match in the 2017 competition, the Warriors are now without some of their biggest stars that pushed them to the final last year, including Cameron Bancroft and the Marsh brothers – Shaun won Player of the Series. However, they have secured star all-rounder Ashton Agar for the first two matches before he flies to the United Arab Emirates with the Test side.
Star Player: D’Arcy Short – the 28-year-old big-hitter was awarded Player of the Big Bash last season, after scoring 504 runs at an average of 56 with a strike rate of 147.80. He featured in three ODIs during Australia’s recent tour of England and will undoubtedly enjoy targeting the short boundaries in the JLT Cup.
Player to look out for: Cameron Green – in February last year, 17-year-old Green became the youngest Sheffield Shield player to take a five-for on debut, when he took 5-24 against Tasmania. After working with Chris Rogers at the National Performance Squad during the off-season, the young right-arm paceman will look to continue his domestic cricket success under the guidance of WA coach Adam Voges.
Last season result: 1st
Previous One-Day Cup Title: 2017/18
Squad (first two games): Ashton Turner (c), Ashton Agar, Hilton Cartwright, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Cameron Green, Josh Inglis, Matt Kelly, Joel Paris, Josh Philippe, Jhye Richardson, D’Arcy Short, Marcus Stoinis, Andrew Tye, Jonathan Wells
FIXTURES
Match 1 - 16 September 2018, 10:00 AM Local Time
QLD vs VIC
Riverway Stadium, Townsville
Match 2 - 18 September 2018, 2:00 PM Local Time
WA vs NSW
WACA Ground, Perth
Match 3 - 19 September 2018, 10:00 AM Local Time
TAS vs VIC
Riverway Stadium, Townsville
Match 4 - 20 September 2018, 2:00 PM Local Time
SA vs NSW
WACA Ground, Perth
Match 5 - 22 September 2018, 2:00 PM Local Time
WA vs SA
WACA Ground, Perth
Match 6 - 22 September 2018 10:00 AM Local Time
QLD vs TAS
Riverway Stadium, Townsville
Match 7 - 23 September 2018, 9:30 AM Local Time
NSW vs VIC
North Sydney Oval No.1, North Sydney
Match 8 - 25 September 2018, 2:00 PM Local Time
NSW vs TAS
North Sydney Oval No.1, North Sydney
Match 9 - 25 September 2018, 9:30 AM Local Time
SA vs QLD
Hurstville Oval, Hurstville
Match 10 - 26 September 2018, 10:00 AM Local Time
VIC vs WA
Junction Oval, St. Kilda
Match 11 - 27 September 2018, 9:30 AM Local Time
SA vs TAS
Bankstown Oval, Bankstown
Match 12 - 28 September 2018, 9:30 AM Local Time
WA vs QLD
Hurstville Oval, Hurstville
Match 13 - 30 September 2018, 10:00 AM Local Time
VIC vs SA
Junction Oval, St. Kilda
Match 14 - 1 October 2018, 2:00 PM Local Time
NSW vs QLD
Drummoyne Oval, Drummoyne
Match 15 - 1 October 2018, 9:30 AM Local Time
TAS vs WA
Hurstville Oval, Hurstville
Qualifying Final (3v6) - 3 October 2018, 2:00 PM Local Time
TBD vs TBD
North Sydney Oval No.1, North Sydney
Qualifying Final (4v5) - 4 October 2018, 2:00 PM Local Time
TBD vs TBD
Drummoyne Oval, Drummoyne
Semi-Final 1 - 6 October 2018, 2:00 PM Local Time
TBD vs TBD
Drummoyne Oval, Drummoyne
Semi-Final 2 - 7 October 2018, 10:30 AM Local Time
TBD vs TBD
Junction Oval, St. Kilda
Final - 10 October 2018, 10:30 AM Local Time
TBD vs TBD
Junction Oval, St. Kilda
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Birthday boy Daniel Hughes keeps knocking at the door for national selection after he hit another century as NSW demolished Tasmania's Cup final hopes with a 102-run win at North Sydney Oval. Hughes, who turned 34 on Thursday, plundered a brilliant 126 off 130 balls to help NSW to a score of 291 all out after winning the toss.
Tasmania were seeking a win to grab second spot on the ladder couldn't muster a challenge as they were dismissed for 189 off 40 overs. NSW were imperious and Hughes once again led the charge.
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Incredibly, Hughes joins an elite group of players with his latest century. The 34-year-old surpassed Usman Khawaja to be the fastest player to score 2,000 runs at domestic level in 37 innings.
He also moves past players such as Matthew Hayden and Steve Waugh on that illustrious list. His four centuries in the Marsh Cup season equals the record set by Phil Jaques in 2002/03 and Brad Hodge in 2009/10.
Hughes also holds the second highest average (60.74) in Australian one-day domestic cricket, which sits only behind Michael Bevan (61.18). The batter also leads the run-tally this season with 526 from six innings. He is also seeking 158 runs to pass Jaques' 17-year record to become the man with the most runs in a single season.
New South Wales rose to fourth with the bonus point win. Hughes has been in prominent form in the Sheffield Shield as well after he scored 178 and 63 not out between the two teams at the SCG earlier in the week.
And he followed up his long-format form with an explosive innings as he struck 15 fours and three sixes. He was the mainstay of the NSW innings with no other player scoring more than 36 as NSW were dismissed in the final over.
The cricket world has rightfully gone wild for Hughes, which has seen him receive plenty of attention for a national call-up in the near future. National selector George Bailey was in attendance at North Sydney Oval for the outstanding innings.
Daniel Hughes moves clear as Marsh Cup scorer
Hughes sits clear at the top of the list for NSW having scored his 10th domestic-one day century. David Warner, Steve Waugh, Nic Maddison, Phil Jacques and Brad Haddin sit on five each. Hughes also boosted his competition-leading season run tally to 526 from six innings - an average of 87 - with four centuries.
He was part of partnerships of 66 with Oliver Davies (36 off 41), 75 with Daniel Sams (33 off 45) and 65 with Ben Dwarshuis (34 off 25). The last two stands helped NSW recover from 5-140 and 7-216.
It was also a fruitful day for the competition's leading wicket-taker, with Tom Rogers (4-62 off 10 overs) moving eight clear of his closest rivals and swelling his season swag to 19. Fellow Tasmania pacemen Nathan Ellis (4-59 off 10) and Jackson Bird (1-43 off 10) also bowled well.
Tasmania suffered a big blow off the second ball of their chase with Australia white ball representative Ben McDermott caught behind down the legside for a duck off Sean Abbott (2-39 off 8).
Hughes is yet to play for Australia in any format. He was selected in the Australia A squad for the South African tour in 2017, but the matches were cancelled due to a pay dispute.
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Capital city of South Australia, Australia
This article is about the Australian metropolis. For the local government area, see City of Adelaide. For other uses, see Adelaide (disambiguation).
Adelaide ( AD-il-ayd,[8][9] locally [ˈædəlæɪd]; Kaurna: Tarntanya, pronounced [ˈd̪̥aɳɖaɲa]) is the capital and most populous city of South Australia,[10] and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The traditional owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna.[11][12][13] The area of the city centre and surrounding Park Lands is called Tarndanya in the Kaurna language.[14]
Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east. Its metropolitan area extends 20 km (12 mi) from the coast to the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, and stretches 96 km (60 mi) from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south.
Named in honour of Queen Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, wife of King William IV, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for the only freely-settled British province in Australia.[15] Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide's founding fathers, designed the city centre and chose its location close to the River Torrens. Light's design, now listed as national heritage, set out the city centre in a grid layout known as "Light's Vision", interspaced by wide boulevards and large public squares, and entirely surrounded by park lands.
Early colonial Adelaide was shaped by the diversity and wealth of its free settlers, in contrast to the convict history of other Australian cities. It was Australia's third most populated city until the post-war era. It has been noted for its leading examples of religious freedom and progressive political reforms, and became known as the "City of Churches" due to its diversity of faiths. The city has also been renowned for its automotive industry, as well as being the host of the first series of the Australian Grand Prix in the FIA Formula One World Championship from 1985 to 1995. Today, Adelaide is known by its many festivals and sporting events, its food and wine,[16] its coastline and hills, its large defence and manufacturing sectors, and its emerging space sector, including the Australian Space Agency being headquartered here. Adelaide's quality of life has ranked consistently highly in various measures through the 21st century, at one stage being named Australia's most liveable city, third in the world.[17] Its aesthetic appeal has also been recognised by Architectural Digest, which ranked Adelaide as the most beautiful city in the world in 2024.[18]
As South Australia's government and commercial centre, Adelaide is the site of many governmental and financial institutions. Most of these are concentrated in the city centre along the cultural boulevards of North Terrace and King William Street.
History
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Main article: History of Adelaide
Before European settlement
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The area around modern-day Adelaide was originally inhabited by the Indigenous Kaurna people, one of many Aboriginal tribes in South Australia. The city and parklands area was known as Tarntanya,[19] Tandanya, now the short name of Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Tarndanya,[20] or Tarndanyangga, now the dual name for Victoria Square, in the Kaurna language.[21] The name means 'male red kangaroo rock', referring to a rock formation on the site that has now been destroyed.[22]
The surrounding area was an open grassy plain with patches of trees and shrubs which had been managed by hundreds of generations. Kaurna country encompassed the plains which stretched north and south of Tarntanya as well as the wooded foothills of the Mt Lofty Ranges. The River Torrens was known as the Karrawirra Pari (Red Gum forest river). About 300 Kaurna populated the Adelaide area, and were referred to by the settlers as the Cowandilla.[23]
There were more than 20 local clans across the plain who lived semi-nomadic lives, with extensive mound settlements where huts were built repeatedly over centuries and a complex social structure including a class of sorcerers separated from regular society.[24]
Within a few decades of European settlement of South Australia, Kaurna culture was almost completely destroyed. The last speaker of Kaurna language died in 1929.[25] Extensive documentation by early missionaries and other researchers has enabled a modern revival of both,[26] which has included a commitment by local and state governments to rename or include Kaurna names for many local places.[27][28]
19th century
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Based on the ideas of Edward Gibbon Wakefield about colonial reform, Robert Gouger petitioned the British government to create a new colony in Australia, resulting in the passage of the South Australia Act 1834. Physical establishment of the colony began with the arrival of the first British colonisers in February 1836. The first governor proclaimed the commencement of colonial government in South Australia on 28 December 1836, near The Old Gum Tree in what is now the suburb of Glenelg North. The event is commemorated in South Australia as Proclamation Day.[29] The site of the colony's capital was surveyed and laid out by Colonel William Light, the first surveyor-general of South Australia, with his own original, unique, topographically sensitive design. The city was named after Queen Adelaide.[30]
Adelaide was established as a planned colony of free immigrants, promising civil liberties and freedom from religious persecution, based upon the ideas of Edward Gibbon Wakefield. Wakefield had read accounts of Australian settlement while in prison in London for attempting to abduct an heiress,[31] and realised that the eastern colonies suffered from a lack of available labour, due to the practice of giving land grants to all arrivals.[32] Wakefield's idea was for the Government to survey and sell the land at a rate that would maintain land values high enough to be unaffordable for labourers and journeymen.[33] Funds raised from the sale of land were to be used to bring out working-class emigrants, who would have to work hard for the monied settlers to ever afford their own land.[34] As a result of this policy, Adelaide does not share the convict settlement history of other Australian cities like Sydney, Brisbane and Hobart.
As it was believed that in a colony of free settlers there would be little crime, no provision was made for a gaol in Colonel Light's 1837 plan. But by mid-1837 the South Australian Register was warning of escaped convicts from New South Wales and tenders for a temporary gaol were sought. Following a burglary, a murder, and two attempted murders in Adelaide during March 1838, Governor Hindmarsh created the South Australian Police Force (now the South Australia Police) in April 1838 under 21-year-old Henry Inman.[35] The first sheriff, Samuel Smart, was wounded during a robbery, and on 2 May 1838 one of the offenders, Michael Magee, became the first person to be hanged in South Australia.[36] William Baker Ashton was appointed governor of the temporary gaol in 1839, and in 1840 George Strickland Kingston was commissioned to design Adelaide's new gaol.[37] Construction of Adelaide Gaol commenced in 1841.[38]
Adelaide's early history was marked by economic uncertainty and questionable leadership.[dubious – discuss] The first governor of South Australia, John Hindmarsh, clashed frequently with others, in particular the Resident Commissioner, James Hurtle Fisher. The rural area surrounding Adelaide was surveyed by Light in preparation to sell a total of over 405 km2 (156 sq mi) of land. Adelaide's early economy started to get on its feet in 1838 with the arrival of livestock from Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania. Wool production provided an early basis for the South Australian economy. By 1860, wheat farms had been established from Encounter Bay in the south to Clare in the north.
George Gawler took over from Hindmarsh in late 1838 and, despite being under orders from the Select Committee on South Australia in Britain not to undertake any public works, promptly oversaw construction of a governor's house, the Adelaide Gaol, police barracks, a hospital, a customs house and a wharf at Port Adelaide. Gawler was recalled and replaced by George Edward Grey in 1841. Grey slashed public expenditure against heavy opposition, although its impact was negligible at this point: silver was discovered in Glen Osmond that year, agriculture was well underway, and other mines sprung up all over the state, aiding Adelaide's commercial development. The city exported meat, wool, wine, fruit and wheat by the time Grey left in 1845, contrasting with a low point in 1842 when one-third of Adelaide houses were abandoned.
Trade links with the rest of the Australian states were established after the Murray River was successfully navigated in 1853 by Francis Cadell, an Adelaide resident. South Australia became a self-governing colony in 1856 with the ratification of a new constitution by the British parliament. Secret ballots were introduced, and a bicameral parliament was elected on 9 March 1857, by which time 109,917 people lived in the province.[39]
In 1860, the Thorndon Park reservoir was opened, providing an alternative water source to the now turbid River Torrens. Gas street lighting was implemented in 1867, the University of Adelaide was founded in 1874, the South Australian Art Gallery opened in 1881 and the Happy Valley Reservoir opened in 1896. In the 1890s Australia was affected by a severe economic depression, ending a hectic era of land booms and tumultuous expansionism. Financial institutions in Melbourne and banks in Sydney closed. The national fertility rate fell and immigration was reduced to a trickle.[40]
The value of South Australia's exports nearly halved. Drought and poor harvests from 1884 compounded the problems, with some families leaving for Western Australia.[40] Adelaide was not as badly hit as the larger gold-rush cities of Sydney and Melbourne, and silver and lead discoveries at Broken Hill provided some relief. Only one year of deficit was recorded, but the price paid was retrenchments and lean public spending. Wine and copper were the only industries not to suffer a downturn.[41]
20th century
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Adelaide was Australia's third largest city for most of the 20th century.[42][43][44] Electric street lighting was introduced in 1900 and electric trams were transporting passengers in 1909. 28,000 men were sent to fight in World War I. Historian F. W. Crowley examined the reports of visitors in the early 20th century, noting that "many visitors to Adelaide admired the foresighted planning of its founders", as well as pondering the riches of the young city.[45]
Adelaide enjoyed a postwar boom, entering a time of relative prosperity. Its population grew, and it became the third most populous metropolitan area in the country, after Sydney and Melbourne. Its prosperity was short-lived, with the return of droughts and the Great Depression of the 1930s. It later returned to fortune under strong government leadership. Secondary industries helped reduce the state's dependence on primary industries. World War II brought industrial stimulus and diversification to Adelaide under the Playford Government, which advocated Adelaide as a safe place for manufacturing due to its less vulnerable location.[46] Shipbuilding was expanded at the nearby port of Whyalla.
The South Australian Government in this period built on former wartime manufacturing industries but neglected cultural facilities which meant South Australia's economy lagged behind.[42] International manufacturers like Holden and Chrysler[47] made use of these factories around the Adelaide area in suburbs like Elizabeth, completing its transformation from an agricultural service centre to a 20th-century motor city. The Mannum–Adelaide pipeline brought River Murray water to Adelaide in 1955 and an airport opened at West Beach in 1955. Flinders University and the Flinders Medical Centre were established in the 1960s at Bedford Park, south of the city. Today, Flinders Medical Centre is one of the largest teaching hospitals in South Australia. In the post-war years around the early 1960s, Adelaide was surpassed by Brisbane as Australia's third largest city.[42]
The Dunstan Governments of the 1970s saw something of an Adelaide 'cultural revival',[48] establishing a wide array of social reforms. The city became noted for its progressivism as South Australia became the first Australian state or territory to decriminalise homosexuality between consenting adults in 1975.[49] Adelaide became a centre for the arts, building upon the biennial "Adelaide Festival of Arts" that commenced in 1960. The State Bank collapsed in 1991 during an economic recession. The effects lasted until 2004, when Standard & Poor's reinstated South Australia's AAA credit rating.[50] Adelaide's tallest building, completed in 2020, is called the Adelaidean and is located at 11 Frome Street.[51]
21st century
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In the early years of the 21st century, a significant increase in the state government's spending on Adelaide's infrastructure occurred. The Rann government invested A$535 million in a major upgrade of the Adelaide Oval to enable Australian Football League to be played in the city centre[52] and more than A$2 billion to build a new Royal Adelaide Hospital on land adjacent to the Adelaide Railway Station.[53] The Glenelg tramline was extended through the city to Hindmarsh[54] down to East Terrace[55] and the suburban railway line extended south to Seaford.[56]
Following a period of stagnation in the 1990s and 2000s, Adelaide began several major developments and redevelopments. The Adelaide Convention Centre was redeveloped and expanded at a cost of A$350 million beginning in 2012.[57] Three historic buildings were adapted for modern use: the Torrens Building in Victoria Square as the Adelaide campus for Carnegie Mellon University, University College London, and Torrens University;[58] the Stock Exchange building as the Science Exchange of the Royal Institution Australia; and the Glenside Psychiatric Hospital as the Adelaide Studios of the SA Film Corporation. The government invested more than A$2 billion to build a desalination plant, powered by renewable energy, as an 'insurance policy' against droughts affecting Adelaide's water supply.[59] The Adelaide Festival, Fringe, and Womadelaide became annual events.[60]
Geography
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Adelaide is north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, on the Adelaide Plains between the Gulf St Vincent and the low-lying Mount Lofty Ranges. The city stretches 20 km (12 mi) from the coast to the foothills, and 90 km (56 mi) from Gawler at its northern extent to Sellicks Beach in the south. According to the Regional Development Australia, an Australian government planning initiative, the "Adelaide Metropolitan Region" has a total land area of 870 km2 (340 sq mi), while a more expansive definition by the Australian Bureau of Statistics defines a "Greater Adelaide" statistical area totalling 3,259.8 km2 (1,258.6 sq mi).[2] The city sits at an average elevation of 50 metres (160 ft) above sea level. Mount Lofty, east of the Adelaide metropolitan region in the Adelaide Hills at an elevation of 727 metres (2,385 ft), is the tallest point of the city and in the state south of Burra. The city borders the Temperate Grassland of South Australia in the east, an endangered vegetation community.[61]
Much of Adelaide was bushland before British settlement, with some variation – sandhills, swamps and marshlands were prevalent around the coast. The loss of the sandhills to urban development had a particularly destructive effect on the coastline due to erosion.[62] Where practical, the government has implemented programs to rebuild and vegetate sandhills at several of Adelaide's beachside suburbs. Tennyson Dunes is the largest contiguous, tertiary dune system contained entirely within Metropolitan Adelaide, providing refuge for a variety of remnant species formerly found along the entire coastline.[63] Much of the original vegetation has been cleared with what is left to be found in reserves such as the Cleland National Park and Belair National Park. A number of creeks and rivers flow through the Adelaide region. The largest are the Torrens and Onkaparinga catchments. Adelaide relies on its many reservoirs for water supply with the Happy Valley Reservoir supplying around 40% and the much larger Mount Bold Reservoir 10% of Adelaide's domestic requirements respectively.
Geology
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Adelaide and its surrounding area is one of the most seismically active regions in Australia. On 1 March 1954 at 3:40 am Adelaide experienced its largest recorded earthquake to date, with the epicentre 12 km from the city centre at Darlington, and a reported magnitude of 5.6.[64][65] There have been smaller earthquakes in 2010,[66] 2011,[67] 2014,[68] 2017,[69] 2018[70] and 2022.[71]
The uplands of the Adelaide Hills, part of the southern Mount Lofty Ranges to the east of Adelaide, are defined on their western side by a number of arcuate faults (the Para, Eden, Clarendon and Willunga Faults), and consist of rocks such as siltstone, dolomite and quartzite, dating from the Neoproterozoic to the middle Cambrian, laid down in the Adelaide Rift Complex, the oldest part of the Adelaide Superbasin.[72]
Most of the Adelaide metropolitan area lies in the downthrown St Vincent Basin and its embayments, including the Adelaide Plains Sub-basin, and the Golden Grove, Noarlunga and Willunga Embayments. These basins contain deposits of Tertiary marine and non-marine sands and limestones, which form important aquifers.[73] These deposits are overlain by Quaternary alluvial fans and piedmont slope deposits, derived from erosion of the uplands, consisting of sands, clays and gravels,[74] interfingering to the west with transgressive Pleistocene to Holocene marine sands and coastal sediments of the shoreline of Gulf St Vincent.[75]
Urban layout
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Further information: William Light
Adelaide is a planned city, designed by the first Surveyor-General of South Australia, Colonel William Light. His plan, sometimes referred to as "Light's Vision" (also the name of a statue of him on Montefiore Hill), arranged Adelaide in a grid, with five squares in the Adelaide city centre and a ring of parks, known as the Adelaide Parklands, surrounding it. Light's selection of the location for the city was initially unpopular with the early settlers, as well as South Australia's first governor, John Hindmarsh, due to its distance from the harbour at Port Adelaide, and the lack of fresh water there.[76]
Light successfully persisted with his choice of location against this initial opposition. Recent evidence suggests that Light worked closely with George Kingston as well as a team of men to set out Adelaide, using various templates for city plans going back to Ancient Greece, including Italian Renaissance designs and the similar layouts of the American cities Philadelphia and Savannah–which, like Adelaide, follow the same layout of a central city square, four complementing city squares surrounding it and a parklands area that surrounds the city centre.[77]
The benefits of Light's design are numerous: Adelaide has had wide multi-lane roads from its beginning, an easily navigable cardinal direction grid layout and an expansive green ring around the city centre. There are two sets of ring roads in Adelaide that have resulted from the original design. The inner ring route (A21) borders the parklands, and the outer route (A3/A13/A16/A17) completely bypasses the inner city via (in clockwise order) Grand Junction Road, Hampstead Road, Ascot Avenue, Portrush Road, Cross Road and South Road.[78]
Suburban expansion has to some extent outgrown Light's original plan. Numerous former outlying villages and "country towns", as well as the satellite city of Elizabeth, have been enveloped by its suburban sprawl. Expanding developments in the Adelaide Hills region led to the construction of the South Eastern Freeway to cope with growth, which has subsequently led to new developments and further improvements to that transport corridor. Similarly, the booming development in Adelaide's South led to the construction of the Southern Expressway.
New roads are not the only transport infrastructure developed to cope with the urban growth. The O-Bahn Busway is an example of a unique solution to Tea Tree Gully's transport woes in the 1980s.[79] The development of the nearby suburb of Golden Grove in the late 1980s is an example of well-thought-out urban planning.
In the 1960s, a Metropolitan Adelaide Transport Study Plan was proposed to cater for the future growth of the city. The plan involved the construction of freeways, expressways and the upgrade of certain aspects of the public transport system. The then premier Steele Hall approved many parts of the plan and the government went as far as purchasing land for the project. The later Labor government elected under Don Dunstan shelved the plan, but allowed the purchased land to remain vacant, should the future need for freeways arise. In 1980, the Liberal party won government and premier David Tonkin committed his government to selling off the land acquired for the MATS plan, ensuring that even when needs changed, the construction of most MATS-proposed freeways would be impractical. Some parts of this land have been used for transport, (e.g. the O-Bahn Busway and Southern Expressway), while most has been progressively subdivided for residential use.
In 2008, the SA Government announced plans for a network of transport-oriented developments across the Adelaide metropolitan area and purchased a 10 hectare industrial site at Bowden for $52.5 million as the first of these developments.[80][81]
Housing
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Main article: Australian residential architectural styles
Historically, Adelaide's suburban residential areas have been characterised by single-storey detached houses built on 1,000-square-metre (1⁄4-acre) blocks. A relative lack of suitable, locally-available timber for construction purposes led to the early development of a brick-making industry, as well as the use of stone, for houses and other buildings. By 1891, 68% of houses were built of stone, 15% of timber, and 10% of brick, with brick also being widely used in stone houses for quoins, door and window surrounds, and chimneys and fireplaces.[82]
There is a wide variety in the styles of these houses. Until the 1960s, most of the more substantial houses were built of red brick, though many front walls were of ornamental stone. Then cream bricks became fashionable, and in the 1970s, deep red and brown bricks became popular.[citation needed] Until the 1970s, roofs tended to be clad with (painted) corrugated iron or cement or clay tiles, usually red "terracotta". Since then, Colorbond corrugated steel has dominated. Most roofs are pitched. Flat roofs are not common.[83]
Up to the 1970s, most houses were of "double brick" construction on concrete footings, with timber floors laid on joists supported by "dwarf walls". Later houses have mainly been of "brick veneer" construction – structural timber or, more recently, lightweight steel frame on a concrete slab foundation, lined with Gyprock, and with an outer skin of brickwork,[83] to cope with Adelaide's reactive soils, particularly Keswick Clay, black earth and some red-brown earth soils.[84] The use of precast concrete panels for floor and wall construction has also increased.[83] In addition to this, a significant factor in Adelaide's suburban history is the role of the South Australian Housing Trust.[why?]
Carclew House
Two-storey house in North Adelaide. Much of Adelaide's early housing was built with bluestone.
Heritage-listed bluestone 19th-century house in the city centre
Tudor Revival house in Unley Park
House in Lockleys with two distinguishing features that characterise Adelaide houses: a brush fence and red brick veneer.
Climate
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Main article: Climate of Adelaide
Adelaide has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen climate classification.[85] The city has hot, dry summers and cool winters with moderate rainfall. Most precipitation falls in the winter months, leading to the suggestion that the climate be classified as a "cold monsoon".[86] Rainfall is unreliable, light and infrequent throughout summer, although heavy falls can occur. The winter has fairly reliable rainfall with June being the wettest month of the year, averaging around 80 mm. Frosts are occasional, with the most notable occurrences in 1908 and 1982. Hail is common in winter.
Adelaide is a windy city with significant wind chill in winter, which makes the temperature seem colder than it actually is. Snowfall in the metropolitan area is extremely rare, although light and sporadic falls in the nearby hills and at Mount Lofty occur during winter. Dewpoints in the summer typically range from 8 to 10 °C (46 to 50 °F). There are usually several days in summer where the temperature reaches 40.0 °C (104.0 °F) or above; the frequency of these temperatures has been increasing in recent years.[87] Temperature extremes range from −0.4 °C (31.4 °F), 8 June 1982 to 47.7 °C (117.9 °F), 24 January 2019. The city features 90.6 clear days annually.
The average sea temperature ranges from 13.7 °C (56.7 °F) in August to 21.2 °C (70.2 °F) in February.[88]
Liveability
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Adelaide was consistently ranked in the world's 10 most liveable cities through the 2010s by The Economist Intelligence Unit.[93][94][95][96] In June 2021, The Economist ranked Adelaide the third most liveable city in the world, behind Auckland and Osaka.[97] In June 2023, Adelaide was ranked the twelfth most liveable city in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit.[98]
In December 2021, Adelaide was named the world's second National Park City, after the state government had lobbied for this title.[99][100]
It was ranked the most liveable city in Australia by the Property Council of Australia, based on surveys of residents' views of their own city, between 2010 and 2013,[101][102][103] dropping to second place in 2014.[104]
Governance
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Main article: Government of South Australia
Adelaide, as the capital of South Australia, is the seat of the Government of South Australia. The bicameral Parliament of South Australia consists of the lower house known as the House of Assembly and the upper house known as the Legislative Council. General elections are held every four years, the last being the 2022 South Australian state election.
As Adelaide is South Australia's capital and most populous city, the State Government co-operates extensively with the City of Adelaide. In 2006, the Ministry for the City of Adelaide was created to facilitate the State Government's collaboration with the Adelaide City Council and the Lord Mayor to improve Adelaide's image. The State Parliament's Capital City Committee is also involved in the governance of the City of Adelaide, being primarily concerned with the planning of Adelaide's urban development and growth.[105]
Reflecting South Australia's status as Australia's most centralised state, Adelaide elects a substantial majority of the South Australian House of Assembly. Of the 47 seats in the chamber, 34 seats (three-quarters of the legislature) are based in Adelaide, and two rural seats include Adelaide suburbs.
Local governments
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Further information: Local government areas of South Australia
The Adelaide metropolitan area is divided between nineteen local government areas. At its centre, the City of Adelaide administers the Adelaide city centre, North Adelaide, and the surrounding Adelaide Parklands. It is the oldest municipal authority in Australia and was established in 1840, when Adelaide and Australia's first mayor, James Hurtle Fisher, was elected. From 1919 onwards, the city has had a Lord Mayor, the current being Lord Mayor The Right Honourable Jane Lomax-Smith.
Demography
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Adelaide's inhabitants are known as Adelaideans.[106][107]
Compared with Australia's other state capitals, Adelaide is growing at a rate similar to Sydney and Hobart (see List of cities in Australia by population). In 2020, it had a metropolitan population (including suburbs) of more than 1,376,601,[108] making it Australia's fifth-largest city. 77%[109] of the population of South Australia are residents of the Adelaide metropolitan area, making South Australia one of the most centralised states.
Major areas of population growth in recent years have been in outer suburbs such as Mawson Lakes and Golden Grove. Adelaide's inhabitants occupy 366,912 houses, 57,695 semi-detached, row terrace or town houses and 49,413 flats, units or apartments.[110]
About one sixth (17.1%) of the population had university qualifications. The number of Adelaideans with vocational qualifications (such as tradespersons) fell from 62.1% of the labour force in the 1991 census to 52.4% in the 2001 census.
Adelaide is ageing more rapidly than other Australian capital cities. More than a quarter (27.5%) of Adelaide's population is aged 55 years or older, in comparison to the national average of 25.6%. Adelaide has the lowest number of children (under-15-year-olds), who comprised 17.7% of the population, compared to the national average of 19.3%.[110]
Ancestry and immigration
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Country of Birth (2021)[111] Birthplace[note 1] Population Australia 953,200 England 78,486 India 42,933 Mainland China 24,921 Vietnam 16,564 Italy 15,667 Philippines 12,826 New Zealand 10,238 Scotland 9,381 Malaysia 8,509 Afghanistan 7,909 Germany 7,680 Greece 7,590 Nepal 7,055 South Africa 6,983 Pakistan 5,432 Iran 5,147
At the 2021 census, the most commonly nominated ancestries were:[111]
Overseas-born Adelaideans composed 31.3% of the total population at the 2021 census. The five largest groups of overseas-born were from England (5.7%), India (3.1%), Mainland China (1.8%), Vietnam (1.2%) and Italy (1.1%).[113]
Suburbs including Newton, Payneham and Campbelltown in the east and Torrensville, West Lakes and Fulham to the west, have large Greek and Italian communities. The Italian consulate is located in the western suburb of Hindmarsh.[114] Large Vietnamese populations are settled in the north-western suburbs of Woodville, Kilkenny, Pennington, Mansfield Park and Athol Park and also Parafield Gardens and Pooraka in Adelaide's north. Migrants from India and Sri Lanka have settled into inner suburban areas of Adelaide including the inner northern suburbs of Blair Athol, Kilburn and Enfield and the inner southern suburbs of Plympton, Park Holme and Kurralta Park.[citation needed]
Suburbs such as Para Hills, Salisbury, Ingle Farm and Blair Athol in the north and Findon, West Croydon and Seaton and other Western suburbs have sizeable Afghan communities. Chinese migrants favour settling in the eastern and north eastern suburbs including Kensington Gardens, Greenacres, Modbury and Golden Grove. Mawson Lakes has a large international student population, due to its proximity to the University of South Australia campus.[115]
At the 2021 census, 1.7% of Adelaide's population identified as being Indigenous — Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders.[N 2][113]
Language
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At the 2016 census, 75.4% of the population spoke English at home. The other languages most commonly spoken at home were Italian (2.1%), Standard Mandarin (2.1%), Greek (1.7%) Vietnamese (1.4%), and Cantonese (0.7%).[116] The Kaurna language, spoken by the area's original inhabitants, had no living speakers in the middle of the 20th century, but since the 1990s there has been a sustained revival effort from academics and Kaurna elders.[117]
Religion
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Adelaide was founded on a vision of religious tolerance that attracted a wide variety of religious practitioners. This led to it being known as The City of Churches.[119][120][121] But approximately 28% of the population expressed no religious affiliation in the 2011 Census, compared with the national average of 22.3%, making Adelaide one of Australia's least religious cities.[122] According to 2021 census, 39.8% population of Adelaide identifies as Christian, with the largest denominations being Catholic (16.4%), Anglican (7.0%), Uniting Church (3.9%) and Greek Orthodox (2.4%). Non-Christian faith communities representing 9.5% from Adelaide's population, includes Islam (2.8%), Hinduism (2.7%) and Buddhism (2.3%).[123]
The Jewish community of the city dates back to 1840. Eight years later, 58 Jews lived in the city.[124] A synagogue was built in 1871, when 435 Jews lived in the city. Many took part in the city councils, such as Judah Moss Solomon (1852–66). Three Jews have been elected to the position of city mayor.[125] In 1968, the Jewish population of Adelaide numbered about 1,200;[126] in 2001, according to the Australian census, 979 persons declared themselves to be Jewish by religion.[124] In 2011, over 1,000 Jews were living in the city, operating an Orthodox and a Reform synagogue, in addition to a virtual Jewish museum. Massada College, a Jewish primary school opened in the city in 1975 and closed in 2011.[127][128]
The "Afghan" community in Australia first became established in the 1860s when camels and their Pathan, Punjabi, Baluchi and Sindhi handlers began to be used to open up settlement in the continent's arid interior.[129] Until eventually superseded by the advent of the railways and motor vehicles, camels played an invaluable economic and social role in transporting heavy loads of goods to and from isolated settlements and mines. This is acknowledged by the name of The Ghan, the passenger train operating between Adelaide, Alice Springs, and Darwin. The Central Adelaide Mosque is regarded as Australia's oldest permanent mosque; an earlier mosque at Marree in northern South Australia, dating from 1861 to 1862 and subsequently abandoned or demolished, has now been rebuilt.
Economy
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South Australia's largest employment sectors are health care and social assistance,[130][131] surpassing manufacturing in SA as the largest employer since 2006–07.[130][131] In 2009–10, manufacturing in SA had average annual employment of 83,700 persons compared with 103,300 for health care and social assistance.[130] Health care and social assistance represented nearly 13% of the state average annual employment.[132] The Adelaide Hills wine region is an iconic and viable economic region for both the state and country in terms of wine production and sale. The 2014 vintage is reported as consisting of 5,836 t (5,744 long tons; 6,433 short tons) red grapes crushed valued at A$8,196,142 and 12,037 t (11,847 long tons; 13,269 short tons) white grapes crushed valued at $14,777,631.[133]
The retail trade is the second largest employer in SA (2009–10), with 91,900 jobs, and 12 per cent of the state workforce.[132]
Manufacturing, defence technology, high-tech electronic systems and research, commodity export and corresponding service industries all play a role in the SA economy. Almost half of all cars produced in Australia were made in Adelaide at the Holden Elizabeth Plant in Elizabeth.[134] The site ceased operating in November 2017.
The collapse of the State Bank in 1992 resulted in large levels of state public debt (as much as A$4 billion). The collapse meant that successive governments enacted lean budgets, cutting spending, which was a setback to the further economic development of the city and state. The debt has more recently been reduced with the State Government once again receiving a AAA+ Credit Rating.[135]
The global media conglomerate News Corporation was founded in, and until 2004 incorporated in, Adelaide and it is still considered its "spiritual" home by its founder, Rupert Murdoch.[136] Australia's largest oil company, Santos, prominent South Australian brewery, Coopers, and national retailer Harris Scarfe also call Adelaide their home.
In 2018, at which time more than 80 organisations employed 800 people in the space sector in South Australia, Adelaide was chosen for the headquarters of a new Australian Space Agency.[137] The agency opened its in 2020. It is working to triple the size of the Australian space industry and create 20,000 new jobs by 2030.[138]
Defence industry
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Adelaide is home to a large proportion of Australia's defence industries, which contribute over A$1 billion to South Australia's Gross State Product.[139] The principal government military research institution, the Defence Science and Technology Organisation, and other defence technology organisations such as BAE Systems Australia and Lockheed Martin Australia, are north of Salisbury and west of Elizabeth in an area now called "Edinburgh Parks", adjacent to RAAF Base Edinburgh.
Others, such as Saab Systems and Raytheon, are in or near Technology Park. ASC Pty Ltd, is based in the industrial suburb of Osborne and is also a part of Technology Park. South Australia was charged with constructing Australia's Collins-class submarines and more recently the A$6 billion contract to construct the Royal Australian Navy's new air-warfare destroyers.[140]
Employment statistics
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As of November 2015 , Greater Adelaide had an unemployment rate of 7.4% with a youth unemployment rate of 15%.[141]
The median weekly individual income for people aged 15 years and over was $447 per week in 2006, compared with $466 nationally. The median family income was $1,137 per week, compared with $1,171 nationally.[142] Adelaide's housing and living costs are substantially lower than that of other Australian cities, with housing being notably cheaper. The median Adelaide house price is half that of Sydney and two-thirds that of Melbourne. The three-month trend unemployment rate to March 2007 was 6.2%.[143] The Northern suburbs' unemployment rate is disproportionately higher than the other regions of Adelaide at 8.3%, while the East and South are lower than the Adelaide average at 4.9% and 5.0% respectively.[144]
House prices
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Over the decade March 2001 – March 2010, Metropolitan Adelaide median house prices approximately tripled. (approx. 285% – approx. 11%p.a. compounding) In the five years March 2007 – March 2012, prices increased by approx. 27% – approx. 5%p.a. compounding. March 2012 – March 2017 saw a further increase of 19% – approx. 3.5%p.a. compounding.[145][146][147][148]
In summary:
March 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Median $140,000 $170,000 $200,000 $250,000 $270,000 $280,000 $300,000 $360,000 $350,000 $400,000 % change 21% 18% 25% 8% 4% 7% 20% −3% 14% March 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Median $400,000 $380,000 $393,000 $413,000 $425,000 $436,000 $452,000 $470,000 $478,500 % change 0% −5% 3% 5% 3% 3% 4% All numbers approximate and rounded.
Since March 2012, the REISA[149] no longer release a median house price for the Adelaide Metropolitan area, so figures retrieved are from Dept of the Premier and Cabinet.[148]
Each quarter, The Alternative and Direct Investment Securities Association (ADISA) publishes a list of median house sale prices by suburb and Local Government Area.[citation needed] (Previously, this was done by REISA[149]) Due to the small sizes of many of Adelaide's suburbs, the low volumes of sales in these suburbs, and (over time) the huge variations in the numbers of sales in a suburb in a quarter, statistical analysis of "the most expensive suburb" is unreliable; the suburbs appearing in the "top 10 most expensive suburbs this quarter" list is constantly varying. Quarterly Reports for the last two years can be found on the REISA website.[150]
Education and research
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Main article: Education in South Australia
Education forms an increasingly important part of the city's economy, with the South Australian Government and educational institutions attempting to position Adelaide as "Australia's education hub" and marketing it as a "Learning City".[151] The number of international students studying in Adelaide has increased rapidly in recent years to 30,726 in 2015, of which 1,824 were secondary school students.[152] In addition to the city's existing institutions, foreign institutions have been attracted to set up campuses to increase its attractiveness as an education hub.[153][154] Adelaide is the birthplace of three Nobel laureates, more than any other Australian city: physicist William Lawrence Bragg and pathologists Howard Florey and Robin Warren, all of whom completed secondary and tertiary education at St Peter's College and the University of Adelaide.
Adelaide is also the hometown of mathematician Terence Tao.
Primary and secondary education
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There are two systems of primary and secondary schools, a public system operated by the South Australian Government's Department for Education, and a private system of independent and Catholic schools.[155] South Australian schools provide education under the Australian Curriculum for reception to Year 10 students. In Years 10 to 12, students study for the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE). They have the option of incorporating vocational education and training (VET) courses or a flexible learning option (FLO).[156] South Australia also has 24 schools that use International Baccalaureate programs as an alternative to the Australian Curriculum or SACE. These programs include the IB Primary Years Programme, the IB Middle Years Programme, and the IB Diploma Programme.[157]
For South Australian students who cannot attend a traditional school, including students who live in rural or remote areas, the state government runs the Open Access College (OAC), which provides virtual teaching. The OAC has a campus in Marden which caters to students from reception to Year 12 and adults who haven't been able to complete their SACE.[158][159] Guardians are also able to apply for their child to be educated from home as long as they provide an education program which meets the same requirements as the Australian Curriculum as well as opportunities for social interaction.[160]
Tertiary education
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There are three public universities local to Adelaide, as well as one private university and three constituent colleges of foreign universities. Flinders University of South Australia, the University of Adelaide, the University of South Australia and Torrens University Australia—part of the Laureate International Universities are based in Adelaide. The University of Adelaide was ranked in the top 150 universities worldwide. Flinders ranked in the top 250 and Uni SA in the top 300. Torrens University Australia is part of an international network of over 70 higher education institutions in more than 30 countries worldwide. The historic Torrens Building in Victoria Square[161] houses Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College Australia, and University College London's School of Energy and Resources (Australia), and constitute the city's international university precinct.[162]
The University of Adelaide, with 25,000 students,[163] is Australia's third-oldest university and a member of the leading "Group of Eight". It has five campuses throughout the state, including two in the city-centre, and a campus in Singapore. The University of South Australia, with 37,000 students,[164] has two North Terrace campuses, three other campuses in the metropolitan area and campuses in the regional cities of Whyalla and Mount Gambier. The University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia have had multiple proposals to merge into a single university. A proposal in 2018 failed due to uncertainty as to the new name and leadership of the merged university.[165] In 2022, the universities announced a new merger proposal, with the name and leadership issues settled and support from the South Australian government.[166]
Flinders University, with 25,184 students,[167] is based in the southern suburb of Bedford Park, alongside the Flinders Medical Centre, with additional campuses in neighbouring Tonsley and in Victoria Square in the city centre.
The Adelaide College of Divinity is at Brooklyn Park.
There are several South Australian TAFE (Technical and Further Education) campuses in the metropolitan area that provide a range of vocational education and training. The Adelaide College of the Arts, as a school of TAFE SA, provides nationally recognised training in visual and performing arts.
Research
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In addition to the universities, Adelaide is home to research institutes, including the Royal Institution of Australia, established in 2009 as a counterpart to the two-hundred-year-old Royal Institution of Great Britain.[168] Many of the organisations involved in research tend to be geographically clustered throughout the Adelaide metropolitan area:
The east end of North Terrace: SA Pathology;[169] Hanson Institute;[170] National Wine Centre.
The west end of North Terrace: South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), located next to the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
The Waite Research Precinct: SARDI Head Office and Plant Research Centre; AWRI;[171] ACPFG;[172] CSIRO research laboratories.[173] SARDI also has establishments at Glenside[174] and West Beach.[175]
Edinburgh, South Australia: DSTO; BAE Systems (Australia); Lockheed Martin Australia Electronic Systems.
Technology Park (Mawson Lakes): BAE Systems; Optus; Raytheon; Topcon; Lockheed Martin Australia Electronic Systems.
Research Park at Thebarton: businesses involved in materials engineering, biotechnology, environmental services, information technology, industrial design, laser/optics technology, health products, engineering services, radar systems, telecommunications and petroleum services.
Science Park (adjacent to Flinders University): Playford Capital.
The Basil Hetzel Institute for Translational Health Research[176] in Woodville the research arm of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide
The Joanna Briggs Institute, a global research collaboration for evidence-based healthcare with its headquarters in North Adelaide.
Mitchell Building, University of Adelaide
The Hawke Building, part of UniSA's City West Campus
Flinders University buildings from the campus hills
Torrens University
South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI)
Cultural life
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See also: South Australia § Cultural life, Department of the Premier and Cabinet (South Australia) § Arts and culture, and List of festivals in Australia § South Australia
While established as a British province, and very much English in terms of its culture, Adelaide attracted immigrants from other parts of Europe early on, including German and other European non-conformists escaping religious persecution. The first German Lutherans arrived in 1838,[177] bringing with them the vine cuttings that they used to found the acclaimed wineries of the Barossa Valley.
The Royal Adelaide Show is an annual agricultural show and state fair, established in 1839 and now a huge event held in the Adelaide Showground annually.
Adelaide's arts scene flourished in the 1960s and 1970s with the support of successive premiers from both major political parties. The renowned Adelaide Festival of Arts was established in 1960 under Thomas Playford, which in the same year spawned an unofficial uncurated series of performances and exhibits which grew into the Adelaide Fringe. Construction of the Adelaide Festival Centre began under Steele Hall in 1970 and was completed under the subsequent government of Don Dunstan, who also established the South Australian Film Corporation in 1972 and the State Opera of South Australia in 1976.
Over time, the Adelaide Festival expanded to include Adelaide Writers' Week and WOMADelaide, and other separate festivals were established, such as the Adelaide Cabaret Festival (2002), the Adelaide Festival of Ideas (1999), the Adelaide Film Festival (2013), FEAST (1999, a queer culture), Tasting Australia (1997, a food and wine affair), and Illuminate Adelaide (2021). With the Festival, the Fringe, WOMADelaide, Writers' Week and the Adelaide 500 street motor racing event (along with evening music concerts) all happening in early March, the period became known colloquially as "Mad March".
In 2014, Ghil'ad Zuckermann founded the Adelaide Language Festival.[178][179]
There are many international cultural fairs, most notably the German Schützenfest and Greek Glendi. Adelaide holds an annual Christmas pageant, the world's largest Christmas parade.
North Terrace institutions
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As the state capital, Adelaide has a great number of cultural institutions, many of them along the boulevard of North Terrace. The Art Gallery of South Australia, with about 35,000 works, holds Australia's second largest state-based collection. Adjacent are the South Australian Museum and State Library of South Australia. The Adelaide Botanic Garden, National Wine Centre and Tandanya National Aboriginal Cultural Institute are nearby in the East End of the city. In the back of the State Library lies the Migration Museum, Australia's oldest museum of its kind.
Further west, the Lion Arts Centre is home to ACE Open, which showcases contemporary art; Dance Hub SA; and other studios and arts industry spaces. The Mercury Cinema and the JamFactory ceramics and design gallery are just around the corner.
Performing arts and music venues
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The Adelaide Festival Centre (which includes the Dunstan Playhouse, Festival Theatre and Space Theatre), on the banks of the Torrens, is the focal point for much of the cultural activity in the city and home to the State Theatre Company of South Australia. Other live music and theatre venues include the Adelaide Entertainment Centre; Adelaide Oval; Memorial Drive Park; Thebarton Theatre; Adelaide Town Hall; Her Majesty's Theatre; Queen's Theatre; Holden Theatres; and the Hopgood Theatre.
The Lion Arts Factory, within the Lion Arts Centre, hosts contemporary music in a wide range of genres, as does "The Gov" in Hindmarsh. The city also has numerous smaller theatres, pubs and cabaret bars which host performances.
Live music
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Further information: Music of Adelaide
In 2015, it was said that there were now more live music venues per capita in Adelaide than any other capital city in the southern hemisphere,[180][181] Lonely Planet labelled Adelaide "Australia's live music city",[182] and the city was recognised as a "City of Music" by the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.[183]
In addition to its own WOMAD (WOMADelaide), Adelaide attracts several touring music festivals, including Creamfields, Laneway and Groovin'.
Adelaide has produced musical groups and individuals who have achieved national and international fame. These include the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, the Adelaide Youth Orchestra, rock bands The Angels, Atlas Genius, Cold Chisel, The Superjesus, Wolf & Cub, roots/blues group The Audreys, internationally acclaimed metal acts I Killed The Prom Queen and Double Dragon, popular Australian hip-hop outfit Hilltop Hoods, as well as Aussie Rules legend/rapper Chris Rodger, moniker (Chrissy Boiyo), to pop acts like Sia, Orianthi, Guy Sebastian, and Wes Carr, as well as internationally successful tribute act, The Australian Pink Floyd Show.
Noted rocker Jimmy Barnes (formerly lead vocalist with Cold Chisel) spent most of his youth in the northern suburb of Elizabeth. Paul Kelly grew up in Adelaide and was head prefect at Rostrevor College. The first Australian Idol winner, Guy Sebastian, hails from the north-eastern suburb of Golden Grove.[184]
Television
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Adelaide is served by numerous digital free-to-air television channels:[citation needed]
ABC
ABC HD (ABC broadcast in HD)
ABC TV Plus
ABC Me
ABC News
SBS
SBS HD (SBS broadcast in HD)
SBS World Movies HD
SBS Viceland HD
SBS Food
NITV
SBS WorldWatch
Seven
7HD (Seven broadcast in HD)
7Two
7mate
7Bravo
7flix
Racing.com
Nine
9HD (Nine broadcast in HD)
9Gem
9Go!
9Life
9Gem HD
9Rush
Extra
10
10 HD (10 broadcast in HD)
10 Bold
10 Peach
10 Shake
TVSN
Gecko TV
C44 Adelaide (Adelaide's community TV station)
All of the five Australian national television networks broadcast both high-definition digital and standard-definition digital television services in Adelaide. They share three transmission towers on the ridge near the summit of Mount Lofty. There are two other transmission sites at 25 Grenfell Street, Adelaide and Elizabeth Downs.[185] The two government-funded stations are run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC South Australia) and the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS). The Seven Network and Network Ten both own their Adelaide stations (SAS-7 and ADS-10 respectively). Adelaide's NWS-9 is part of the Nine Network. Adelaide also has a community television station, Channel 44.
As part of a nationwide phase-out of analogue television in Australia, Adelaide's analogue television service was shut down on 2 April 2013.[186]
The Foxtel pay TV service is also available via cable or satellite to the entire metropolitan area.
All the major broadcasting networks also operate online on-demand television services, alongside internet-only services such as Stan, Fetch TV, Netflix, YouTube, Disney+, and Kayo Sports.
Radio
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For a more comprehensive list, see List of radio stations in Australia § Adelaide.
There are 20 radio stations that serve the metropolitan area, as well as four stations that serve only parts of the metropolitan area; six commercial stations, six community stations, six national stations and two narrowcast stations.[187]
DAB+ digital radio has been broadcasting in metropolitan Adelaide since 20 May 2009, and currently offers a choice of 41 stations all operated by the existing licensed radio broadcasters, which includes high-quality simulcast of all AM and FM stations.
Sport
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Main article: Sport in South Australia
The main sports played professionally in Adelaide are Australian Rules football, soccer, cricket, netball, and basketball. Adelaide is the home of two Australian Football League teams: the Adelaide Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club, and one A-League soccer team, Adelaide United. A local Australian rules football league, the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), is made up of 10 teams from around Adelaide. The SANFL has been in operation since 1877 when it began as the South Australian Football Association (SAFA) before changing its name to the SANFL in 1927. The SANFL is the oldest surviving football league of any code played in Australia.[citation needed]
Adelaide has developed a strong culture of attracting crowds to major sporting events.[188] Until the completion of the 2012–14 renovation and upgrade of the Adelaide Oval, most large sporting events took place at either Football Park (the then home base of the Adelaide Crows, and the then Port Adelaide home game venue), or the historic Adelaide Oval, home of the South Australia Redbacks and the Adelaide Strikers cricket teams. Since completion of the upgrade, home games for Adelaide Crows and Port Adelaide now take place at Adelaide Oval.
Since 1884, Adelaide Oval has also hosted an international cricket test every summer, along with a number of One Day International cricket matches. Memorial Drive Park, adjacent to the Adelaide Oval, used to host Davis Cup and other major tennis events, including the Australian Open and the Adelaide International. Adelaide's professional association football team, Adelaide United, play in the A-League. Founded in 2003, their home ground is Coopers Stadium, which has a capacity of 16,500 and is one of the few purpose-built soccer stadia in Australia. Prior to United's foundation, Adelaide City and West Adelaide represented the city in the National Soccer League. The two sides, which contest the Adelaide derby against one another, now play in the National Premier Leagues South Australia.
For two years, 1997 and 1998, Adelaide was represented in Australia's top level rugby league, after the New South Wales Rugby League had played a single game per season at the Adelaide Oval for five years starting in 1991.[189] The Adelaide Rams were formed and played in the breakaway Super League (SL) competition in 1997 before moving to the new National Rugby League in 1998. Initially playing at the Adelaide Oval, the club moved to the more suitable Hindmarsh Stadium late in the 1998 season. As part of a peace deal with the Australian Rugby League to end the Super League war, the club's owners News Limited (who were also owners of the SL) suddenly closed the club only weeks before the start of the 1999 season.
Adelaide has two professional basketball teams, the men's team being the Adelaide 36ers which plays in the National Basketball League (NBL) and the women's team, the Adelaide Lightning which plays in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL). The Adelaide 36ers play at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre while the Adelaide Lightning play at the Adelaide Arena (Previously Titanium Security Arena). Adelaide has a professional netball team, the Adelaide Thunderbirds, which plays in the national netball competition, the Suncorp Super Netball championship, with home games played at Netball SA Stadium. The Thunderbirds occasionally play games or finals at the Titanium Security Arena, while international netball matches are usually played at the 10,500 seat Adelaide Entertainment Centre. The Titanium Security Arena has a capacity of 8,000 and is the largest purpose-built basketball stadium in Australia.
Since 1999 Adelaide and its surrounding areas have hosted the Tour Down Under bicycle race, organised and directed by Adelaide-based Michael Turtur. Turtur won an Olympic gold medal for Australia in the 4000 m team pursuit at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. The Tour Down Under is the largest cycling event outside Europe and was the first event outside Europe to be granted UCI ProTour status.
The 2024 Women's Tour Down Under cycle stage race was held in and around Adelaide, South Australia from 12 to 14 January 2024
Adelaide maintains a franchise in the Australian Baseball League, the Adelaide Giants. They have been playing since 2009, and their home stadium (until 2016) was Norwood Oval. From 2016 the team moved to the Diamond Sports Stadium located near the Adelaide International Airport due to renovations at Norwood.[190]
Adelaide also has an ice hockey team, Adelaide Adrenaline in the Australian Ice Hockey League (AIHL). It was national champions in 2009 and plays its games at the IceArenA.[191]
The Australian Grand Prix for World Championship Formula One racing was hosted by Adelaide from 1985 to 1995 on the Adelaide Street Circuit which was laid out in the city's East End as well as the eastern parklands including the Victoria Park Racecourse.[192] The Grand Prix became a source of pride, and losing the event to Melbourne in a surprise announcement in mid-1993 left a void that has since been filled with the Adelaide 500 for V8 Supercar racing, held on a modified version of the same street circuit. The Classic Adelaide, a rally of classic sporting vehicles, is also held in the city and its surrounds.
Adelaide formerly had three horse racing venues. Victoria Park, Cheltenham Park Racecourse, both of which have now closed, and Morphettville Racecourse that remains the home of the South Australian Jockey Club. It also has Globe Derby Park for Harness racing that opened in 1969, and by 1973 had become Adelaide's premier harness racing venue taking over from the Wayville Showgrounds, as well as Greyhound Park for greyhound racing that opened in 1972.
The World Solar Challenge race attracts teams from around the world, most of which are fielded by universities or corporations, although some are fielded by high schools. The race has a 20-years' history spanning nine races, with the inaugural event taking place in 1987. Adelaide hosted the 2012 World Bowls Championships[193] at Lockleys Bowling Club, becoming the third city in the world to have held the championships twice, having previously hosted the event in 1996.
Dirt track speedway is also popular in Adelaide with three operating speedways. Adelaide Motorsport Park, located adjacent to the Adelaide International Raceway road racing circuit at Virginia (24 km (15 mi) north of the city centre) has been in continuous operation since 1979 after the closure of the popular Rowley Park Speedway. Gillman Speedway located in the semi-industrial suburb of Gillman, has been in operation since 1998 and caters to Motorcycle speedway and Sidecars, while the Sidewinders Speedway located in Wingfield is also a motorcycle speedway dedicated to Under-16 riders and has been in operation since 1978.
In 2016, backed by South Australia's Peregrine Corporation opened up a multi-purpose facility; a state-of-the-art motorsporting park and a hotel alongside its newer OTR service station outside a small township of Tailem Bend currently named The Bend Motorsport Park. Design for thrill seekers and rev-heads the facility currently host South Australia's second Supercars motoring event during a round in August.[194]
Adelaide is home to the Great Southern Slam, the world's largest roller derby tournament. The tournament has been held biennially over Australia's Queen's Birthday holiday weekend since 2010. In 2014, and 2016 the tournament featured 45 teams playing in two divisions. In 2018, the tournament has expanded to 48 teams competing in three divisions.
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Transport
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Main article: Transport in Adelaide
Being centrally located on the Australian mainland, Adelaide forms a strategic transport hub for east–west and north–south routes. The city itself has a metropolitan public transport system managed by and known as the Adelaide Metro. The Adelaide Metro consists of a contracted bus system including the O-Bahn Busway, 6 commuter rail lines (diesel and electric), and a small tram network operating between inner suburb Hindmarsh, the city centre, and seaside Glenelg. Tramways were largely dismantled in the 1950s, but saw a revival in the 2010s with upgrades and extensions.
Road transport in Adelaide has historically been easier than many of the other Australian cities, with a well-defined city layout and wide multiple-lane roads from the beginning of its development. Adelaide was known as a "twenty-minute city", with commuters having been able to travel from metropolitan outskirts to the city proper in roughly twenty minutes. However, such arterial roads often experience traffic congestion as the city grows.[195]
The Adelaide metropolitan area has one freeway and four expressways. In order of construction, they are:
The South Eastern Freeway (M1), connects the south-east corner of the Adelaide Plain to the Adelaide Hills and beyond to Murray Bridge and Tailem Bend, where it then continues as National Highway 1 south-east to Melbourne.
The Southern Expressway (M2), connecting the outer southern suburbs with the inner southern suburbs and the city centre. It duplicates the route of South Road.
The North-South Motorway (M2), is an ongoing major project that will become the major north–south corridor, replacing most of what is now South Road, connecting the Southern Expressway and the Northern Expressway via a motorway with no traffic lights. As of 2024 the motorway's northern half is complete, connecting the Northern Expressway to Adelaide's inner north-west; the section running through Adelaide's inner west and inner south-west will begin major construction in 2025 with completion estimated for 2031.[196]
The Port River Expressway (A9), connects Port Adelaide and Outer Harbor to Port Wakefield Road at the northern "entrance" to the metropolitan area.
The Northern Expressway (Max Fatchen Expressway) (M2), is the northern suburbs bypass route connecting the Sturt Highway (National Highway 20) via the Gawler Bypass to Port Wakefield Road at a point a few kilometres north of the Port River Expressway connection.
The Northern Connector, completed in 2020, links the North South Motorway to the Northern Expressway.
A Custom Coaches bodied Scania bus on King William Street.
An Adelaide Metro Alstom Citadis and Flexity Classic
The Mount Osmond Interchange on the South Eastern Freeway; like many cities with urban sprawl, Adelaide has been criticised for car dependency.
Airports
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The Adelaide metropolitan area has two commercial airports, Adelaide Airport and Parafield Airport. Adelaide Airport, in Adelaide's south-western suburbs, serves in excess of 8 million passengers annually.[197] Parafield Airport, Adelaide's second airport 18 kilometres (11 miles) north of the city centre, is used for small aircraft, pilot training and recreational aviation purposes. Parafield Airport served as Adelaide's main aerodrome until the opening of the Adelaide Airport in February 1955. Adelaide Airport serves many international and domestic destinations including all Australian state capitals.
Adelaide is also home to a military airport, known as Edinburgh Airport, located in the northern suburbs. It was built in 1955 in a joint initiative with the United Kingdom for weapon development.
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Adelaide's two largest hospitals are the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) in Adelaide Parklands, a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Adelaide (800 beds), and the Flinders Medical Centre (580 beds) at Bedford Park, affiliated with Flinders University. The RAH also operates additional campuses for specialist care throughout the suburbs including the Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre (150 beds) at Northfield and the Glenside Campus (129 beds) for acute mental health services.
Other major public hospitals are the Women's and Children's Hospital (305 beds), at North Adelaide; the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (340 beds) at Woodville; Modbury Hospital (178 beds) at Modbury; and the Lyell McEwin Hospital (198 beds) at Elizabeth Vale. Numerous private hospitals are also located throughout the city, with the largest operators being not-for-profits Adelaide Community Healthcare Alliance (3 hospitals) and Calvary Care (4 hospitals).
In 2017, the RAH was relocated from the city's East End to a new AU$2.3 billion facility built over former railyards in the West End.[198] The state-of-the-art hospital forms part of a new biomedical precinct called BioMed City that collocates the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), the University of Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences building, the University of South Australia's Health Innovation Building, and the state's Dental Hospital.[199][200] SAHMRI is building a $300 million second facility due to be completed by 2022 to house the Australian Bragg Centre with Australia's first proton therapy unit.[201] Construction is underway for the Women's and Children's Hospital to be relocated to the precinct adjacent the RAH by 2030.[202]
The largest provider of community health care within Adelaide is the not-for-profit Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS), which provides out of hospital care and hospital avoidance care.
Energy
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Adelaide's energy requirements were originally met by the Adelaide Electric Supply Company, which was nationalised by the Playford government in 1946,[203] becoming the Electricity Trust of South Australia (ETSA). Despite significant public opposition and the Labor party's anti-privatisation stance which left the Liberal party one vote short of the numbers needed to pass the legislation, ETSA was privatised by the Olsen Government in 1999 by way of a 200-year lease for the distribution network (ETSA Utilities, later renamed SA Power Networks) and the outright purchase of ETSA Power[clarification needed] by the Cheung Kong Holdings for $3.5 billion (11 times ETSA's annual earnings) after Labor MP Trevor Crothers resigned from the party and voted with the government.[204][205]
The electricity retail market was opened to competition in 2003 and although competition was expected to result in lower retail costs, prices increased by 23.7% in the market's first year.[206] In 2004, the privatisation was deemed to be a failure with consumers paying 60% more for their power and with the state government estimated to lose $3 billion in power generation net income in the first ten years of privatisation.[207] In 2012, the industry came under scrutiny for allegedly reducing supply by shutting down generators during periods of peak demand to force prices up. Increased media attention also revealed that in 2009 the state government had approved a 46% increase in retail prices to cover expected increases in the costs of generation while generation costs had in fact fallen 35% by 2012.[citation needed] South Australia has the highest retail price for electricity in the country.[208]
Privatisation led to competition from a variety of companies who now separately provide for the generation, transmission, distribution and retail sales of gas and electricity. Electricity generation comes from a range of technologies and operators. ElectraNet operates the high-voltage electricity transmission network. SA Power Networks distributes electricity to end users. The largest electricity and gas retailing companies are also the largest generating companies.
The largest fossil fuel power stations are the Torrens Island Power Station gas-fired plant operated by AGL Energy and the Pelican Point Power Station operated by Engie. South Australia also has wind and solar power and connections to the national grid. Gas is supplied from the Moomba Gas Processing Plant in the Cooper Basin via the Moomba Adelaide Pipeline System[209] and the SEAGas pipeline from Victoria.
In 2011, South Australia generated 18% of its electricity from wind power, and had 51% of the installed capacity of wind generators in Australia.[210]
Due to almost universal blackouts within the city during September 2016,[211] the state worked with Tesla to produce the world's largest electricity battery at Hornsdale Power Reserve which has increased that state's electrical security to the extent in which large blackouts are no longer an event.[212]
Water
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The provision of water services is by the government-owned SA Water. Adelaide's water is supplied from its seven reservoirs: Mount Bold, Happy Valley, Myponga, Millbrook, Hope Valley, Little Para and South Para. The yield from these reservoir catchments can be as little as 10% of the city's requirements (90GL per annum[213]) in drought years and about 60% in average years. The remaining demand is met by the pumping of water from the River Murray.[213]
A sea-water desalination plant capable of supplying 100GL per annum was built during the 2001–2009 drought; however, it operated at about 8% of its capacity until 2019. In December 2018, the State and Federal Governments agreed to fund a $2m study to determine how the plant could be used to reduce reliance on river water, in an effort to help save the Murray River basin and mouth (including the Coorong) from further ecological damage.[213]
Communications
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AdelaideFree WiFi is a citywide free Wi-Fi network covering most of the inner city areas of Adelaide, primarily the Adelaide CBD and Northern Adelaide precincts.[214] It was officially launched at the Adelaide Central Markets on Tuesday 25 June 2014.[214][215][216] It is provided by Internode,[217] with infrastructure provided by outdoor Cisco WiFi N access points attached to the top of lighting poles, as well as inside cafes and businesses across the city.
See also
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South Australia portal
Adelaide Hills
City of Adelaide
Music of Adelaide
Port Adelaide
Lists
Images of Adelaide
List of Adelaide obsolete suburb names
List of Adelaide parks and gardens
List of Adelaide railway stations
List of Adelaide suburbs
List of films shot in Adelaide
List of people from Adelaide
List of protected areas in Adelaide
List of public art in South Australia
List of public transport routes in Adelaide
List of South Australian commercial icons
List of sporting clubs in Adelaide
List of tallest buildings in Adelaide
Sister cities of the City of Adelaide (the Local government area that governs the city centre)
Tourist attractions in South Australia
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Objective: To establish if consistent concepts exist amongst sports medicine professionals working within elite cricket when developing a multi-disciplinary performance team. Design: An exploratory research design was adopted and the findings were coded using a thematic analysis approach. Method: 6 semi structured interviews were conducted: England and Wales Cricket Board (n=3) Board of Control for Cricket in India (n=3). Each board comprised of Head of Physiotherapy, Head of Strength and Conditioning Coach and Head Coach. Data sets were analysed utilising thematic analysis. Results: Thematic analysis generated 226 codes, 9 sub-themes and 3 main overarching themes. Each theme was defined. The main themes were: ‘communication’, ‘performance parameter’ and ‘structure and governance’. Conclusion: Communication is key to collaborative work within a multidisciplinary team. However, several other factors must be considered when developing an MDT, which include innovation and strong struct...
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Cricket Australia on Tuesday announced the summer's domestic schedule, which will feature 31 Sheffield Shield matches, 31 one-dayers and 17 Twenty20 clashes.
The Sheffield Shield will also start in October, when South Australia host Tasmania from October 13.
Victoria, last summer's Shield winner, will open their four-day campaign against the Redbacks in Adelaide on October 30.
The Bushrangers and NSW will make later starts to their domestic seasons because of their participation in the Twenty20 Champions League in India, scheduled to be staged from October 8-23.
The Australian domestic Twenty20 tournament will begin in late December and conclude on January 23.
The Shield final has been scheduled for March 17-21 and the one-day final has been set for February 28.
The Women's National Cricket League will begin on October 23, when the ACT and South Australia play in Canberra and Western Australia host Victoria in Perth.
SHEFFIELD SHIELD:
Oct 13-16 South Australia v Tasmania, Adelaide Oval
Oct 13-16 Western Australia v Queensland, WACA
Oct 30-Nov 2 South Australia v Victoria, Adelaide Oval
Nov 1-4 Queensland v Tasmania, GABBA
Nov 3-6 NSW v Western Australia, SCG
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Nov 17-20 Victoria v Western Australia, MCG
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Nov 27-30 Victoria v Queensland, MCG
Nov 27-30 Western Australia v NSW, WACA
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Dec 10-13 Victoria v South Australia, MCG
Dec 11-14 Queensland v NSW, GABBA
Dec 18-21 NSW v Victoria, Newcastle
Dec 18-21 South Australia v Western Australia, Adelaide Oval
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Jan 29-Feb 1 NSW v Queensland, SCG
Feb 8-11 Tasmania v Queensland, Bellerive Oval
Feb 8-11 Western Australia v South Australia, WACA
Feb 12-15 Victoria v NSW, MCG
Feb 19-22 South Australia v NSW, Adelaide Oval
Feb 19-22 Western Australia v Tasmania, WACA
Feb 22-25 Queensland v Victoria, GABBA
March 3-6 Tasmania v NSW, Bellerive Oval
March 3-6 Queensland v South Australia, GABBA
March 3-6 Western Australia v Victoria, WACA
March 10-13 NSW v South Australia, SCG
March 10-13 Queensland v Western Australia, GABBA
March 10-13 Victoria v Tasmania, MCG
March 17-21 Final, TBC
FORD RANGER CUP:
Oct 11 Western Australia v Queensland, WACA
Oct 18 South Australia v Tasmania, Adelaide Oval
Oct 21 Queensland v South Australia, GABBA
Oct 24 Queensland v Western Australia, GABBA
Oct 30 Queensland v Tasmania, GABBA
Nov 1 NSW v Western Australia, North Sydney Oval
Nov 4 South Australia v Victoria, Adelaide Oval
Nov 7 Victoria v Tasmania, MCG
Nov 14 South Australia v Queensland, Alice Springs (TBC)
Nov 14 Victoria v Western Australia, MCG
Nov 15 NSW v Tasmania, North Sydney Oval
Nov 25 Western Australia v NSW, WACA
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Dec 5 Tasmania v NSW, NTCA Ground, Launceston
Dec 5 Western Australia v Victoria, Hands Oval, Bunbury
Dec 9 Queensland v NSW, GABBA
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Dec 23 NSW v Victoria, SCG
Jan 26 NSW v South Australia, North Dalton Park, Wollongong
Jan 27 Tasmania v Victoria, Bellerive Oval
Jan 30 South Australia v Western Australia, Adelaide Oval
Feb 3 NSW v Queensland, SCG
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Feb 13 Tasmania v Queensland, Bellerive Oval
Feb 17 Western Australia v Tasmania, WACA
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TWENTY 20 BIG BASH: Dec 28 Queensland v Victoria, GABBA
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Jan 19 2nd v 3rd TBC
Jan 23 1st v Winner 2nd v 3rd TBC.
TOUR MATCHES:
Nov 18-21 Queensland v West Indies, Allan Border Field
Dec 19-21 Tasmania v Pakistan, Bellerive Oval
PRIME MINISTER'S XI:
TBC Prime Minister's XI v West Indies, Manuka Oval
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Oct 31 Western Australia v Victoria, WACA
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Nov 1 Western Australia v Victoria, James Oval (UWA) Perth
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Nov 8 NSW v Queensland, Sydney
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Marsh Sheffield Shield
The Marsh Sheffield Shield is one of the oldest cricket competitions in the world. Beginning in 1892-93 as a three-state contest between New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, the Sheffield Shield continues to be the breeding ground for Australian Test cricketers. First-Class cricket was played as far back as 1850 between the colonies though a formal competition would be more than 40 years away. The Shield itself was struck just prior to the competition beginning when Lord Sheffield donated £150 for the trophy’s creation. Queensland entered the competition for the 1926/27 season, with Western Australia admitted in 1947/48 and Tasmania in 1977/78. The competition was suspended during the First and Second World Wars, however First-Class cricket continued to be played amongst the states.
Until the 1982/83 season, the first-placed side after all home and away matches was declared the winner. Since then, the Sheffield Shield Final was introduced as a five-day match between the top two placed sides hosted by the higher-ranked team to decide the winner of the Sheffield Shield. In 120 completed seasons, New South Wales have won the most titles with 47, followed by Victoria (32), Western Australia (16), South Australia (13), Queensland (nine) and Tasmania (three). The Player of the Year Award was first presented in the 1975/76 season with the Chappell brothers Ian and Greg named joint winners.
The Sheffield Shield occupies a revered place in the history of Australian Cricket and is recognised as one of the strongest First-Class cricket competitions in the world.
Women's National Cricket League (WNCL)
The Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) is the premier 50-over domestic cricket competition in Australia. Contested between the six states and the ACT, the WNCL’s first season was 1996/97. Prior to then, state sides competed in the Australian Women’s Cricket Championships dating back to the 1930s. The current format is a full 43-game fixture with teams playing each other twice over the course of the season.
The top two sides then compete in a Final to determine the winner of the Ruth Preddy Cup. The trophy was struck prior to the 1972/72 season and named after Preddy who represented New South Wales in the first inter-colonial match against Victoria. Preddy went on to become Team Manager for the first Australian Women’s Cricket Team.
The WNCL began as a five-team competition before expanding in 2009/10 and again in 2010/11, with the ACT and Tasmania respectively joining to competition to make it a seven-team competition. In the 25. completed seasons, New South Wales have won the most titles with 20. Victoria have won two with South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia each winning one. The Player of the Year Award has been presented to the competition’s best player each season. South Australia’s Karen Rolton has won the award on five occasions whilst Belinda Clark (New South Wales & Victoria) and Western Australia’s Nicole Bolton have each won the award three times.
The WNCL continues to produce world class players for the Australian team whilst providing excellent opportunities for Australia’s younger talent to test themselves against the best.
Marsh One Day Cup
The Marsh One-Day Cup is Australia’s List-A domestic cricket competition. The 50 overs-per-side competition was first played as a seven-team knockout tournament that included New Zealand in the 1969/70 season. New Zealand won three of seven titles before leaving the competition prior to the 1974/75 season. The competition format changed from knockout to a two-pool competition with a Final in 1979/80 which lasted until season 1992/93 when it became a Round Robin plus Final format. The competition also had teams from the ACT and a Cricket Australia XI play for brief periods in the 1990s and 2010s. The Domestic One Day Cup has had many variations in scheduling at times with matches played either just before or after Sheffield Shield matches. The competition has also taken the form of a tournament format with all matches and Finals completed in short spaces of time.
In the 53 completed seasons, Western Australia have been the most successful winning 15 titles. New South Wales have won 12, Queensland 10, Victoria six, Tasmania four and South Australia three.
KFC BBL
The KFC Big Bash League (BBL) is Australia's premier domestic T20 cricket competition.
The League was formed in 2011 with eight teams based in six cities. Sydney and Melbourne each have two teams, while Brisbane, Hobart, Adelaide and Perth have a single team each.
The most recent champions of the BBL are the Perth Scorchers, who won their fifth title after beating the Brisbane Heat in the final of BBL|12 in February 2023.
In the 11 completed KFC BBL seasons, the Perth Scorchers have won five titles, the Sydney Sixers three, the Adelaide Strikers, Brisbane Heat, Melbourne Renegades and Sydney Thunder one each.
Prior to the BBL, the men's Domestic T20 competition was a state-based, six-team round robin tournament with the top two placed sides contesting a Final. Victoria won four of those titles, New South Wales and South Australia each won a title.
Weber WBBL
The Weber Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) is the Australian women's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition. The WBBL replaced the Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup, which ran from the 2007–08 season through to 2014–15. Teams are made up of current and former Australian national team members, the country's best young talent, and up to three overseas marquee players. The league, which originally ran alongside the BBL, has experienced a steady increase in media coverage and popularity since its inception, moving to a fully standalone schedule for WBBL|05.
The Adelaide Strikers are the current champions, winning back-to-back titles in WBBL|08 and WBBL|09. The collective performance of the Sydney Sixers and the Sydney Thunder in the league's initial years - combining for four championships in the first six seasons - has partially echoed the dominance of New South Wales in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL), the 50-over counterpart of the WBBL.
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“Their name shall be M.U.C.C.” 1967-72
The formation of the Macquarie University Cricket Club in September 1967 was largely due to the work of Professor G.A.“Blue” Barclay and Jim “Colonel” Campbell. Their links to the fledgling Sports Association and interest in the sport enabled a platform for cricket at Macquarie University. At a staff barbeque they convinced a member of the university staff, Bob Vagg, who had previously had cricket connections at the University of New South Wales, to captain this team. The very first team at Macquarie had a prominent smattering of rugby players looking for something to occupy their time during non-rugby periods of the year. The team was entered in the Municipal and Shires competition at the ‘C’ Grade, current Third Grade level.
An account of the initial match against Pennant Hills, from the very first student publication, named appropriately enough Premiere (October 1967), in the sporting section entitled This Sporting Life, records that “their name shall be M.U.C.C., something that had been decided before the match”. Macquarie made 79 and 61. Pennant Hills replied with 100 and were 9 for 21 in their second innings when a light appeal was upheld- “ the umpires from our own team yet! “Captain Bob Vagg's match return was 7 for 16 and 7 for 6, but still insists this was largely due to the fact there was no-one else in the side who could bowl. Amid references to “green power” and the “cads from Pennant Hills” Macquarie University Cricket Club was under way.
The first season was a difficult one, with only one victory, against Ryde-Balmain. The second season, 1968-69, was more successful results-wise, with a second team competing in the City and Suburban competition, a pattern the club was to maintain for the next four seasons. Even though the club finished tenth, core-players like Bob Vagg and Peter Barclay were strengthened by the arrival of new talent like Michael Redden, players who were to see the club’s strength rapidly expand.
The second season also saw the arrival of an interested, elderly spectator who drove a Mercedes, nearly always wore a cloth cap, smoked a pipe and was what we’d term today “a cricket tragic” - Ross Gwilliam. Ross was to be an enormous influence on cricket at Macquarie. He was President from 1969 to 1979. He donated a trophy to the club, to be awarded to the season’s best-performed player. The original ground is now named the Gwilliam Field in recognition of his invaluable contribution to our development. His considered opinions were always valued.
The 1969-70 season saw continued improvement. Peter Saunders enshrined himself in Macquarie folklore by hitting the last ball of the match against the University of New South Wales for six to tie the match. Paul Smith made the club’s first century with 108 against Lindfield. Michael Redden had an excellent season with the ball taking 50 wickets at 8.48. Playing strength was increasing with players joining the club of the calibre of Bob Porter, John Slack, Martyn Mills and John Stokes. The side finished sixth and things were definitely improving.
Season 1970-71 saw a continued improvement, although maybe not in our outward appearance. Australian Cricket magazine described us as “having more bearded, long-haired and bewhiskered players per capita than any in Sydney”. The club welcomed the arrival of talented all-rounder Peter Miller, who was to take over 300 wickets for the club, and the mercurial Frank Alley. After round three, the side lost no more matches. Alley took 42 wickets at 7.50 and Paul Smith was again amongst the runs with 459 at 35.30. The team finished fourth. The general feeling was that premiership success was now a distinct possibility. No-one realized how soon or emphatic it was to be.
The remarkable season of 1971-72 saw the promised breakthrough. The facts: ten out of thirteen matches won outright, one first innings loss, Auburn brushed aside by ten wickets in the final. The squad was Michael Redden (captain), Frank Alley (vice-captain), John Guiffre, Peter Miller, Martyn Mills, Peter Barclay, Bernie Clifton, Andrew Faulks, Phil Flynn, Mick Mittiga, Bob Porter, Tony Reading, John Slack and Paul Smith. In a season of outstanding performances, it is no wonder the side won so convincingly. Peter Miller 494 runs, including a 155 against Burwood carrying his bat in the semi-final, and 58 wickets at 6.92, John Guiffre 380 runs and 42 wickets, including match figures of 11 for 72 against Burwood in the semi-final, at 9.50, Bob Porter 410 runs at 68.34 and Frank Alley, a mind-numbing 86 wickets at 8.52 including the club’s first hat-trick. At the time of publication (October 2019) Frank’s performance has not been surpassed by any bowler at Third Grade level. The club was simply a juggernaut at this standard of cricket.
It is also worthy of note that the cricket club’s only Full Blue was awarded to Kerry Mackay in 1971. Although he didn’t play for the club, he did represent us at Intervarsity level, scoring 96 against Newcastle University. At that time, Kerry was also representing New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield competition.
While being disappointed at not being elevated to A and B level shires, the following season was anything but an anti-climax. The club was to repeat the premiership victory of the previous season, emphasizing its dominance by playing a second Macquarie side in the Final on the new main oval, now known as Roger Sheeran Oval. John Guiffre with 547 runs, including a power laden 148 against Burwood in the semi-final and 44 wickets, Peter Miller 405 runs and 42 wickets, Frank Alley 329 runs and 62 wickets, Geoff Frankish 493 runs, Bob Porter 353 runs, with 110 in the semi-final against the University of New South Wales and Mick Redden’s 42 wickets, all reflected the club’s awesome power at this level of cricket. "We were too strong for C Shires but too weak for A Shires", Frank Alley reflected recently. The final itself was a little disappointing being a rain-affected game and containing a great deal of tension.
Under Frank Alley’s inspirational captaincy, including a renowned pre-match “psyche-up”, Macquarie finished a very creditable fourth out of twelve at the Inter-Varsity carnival held in Adelaide at Flinders University in 1973, with victories over La Trobe and a strong Melbourne University that contained a then current Shefffield Shield player. Some players admitted to Frank, some years later, that his pre-match "talks" were both inspirational and frightening! Season 1972-73 found a third Macquarie team playing in the Gordon District competition, something that was to be renewed two decades later. A women’s team competed in the Sydney Metropolitan Women’s Cricket competition, something that which was not to be repeated for nearly twenty years. Macquarie had come from being a new, struggling club to a powerhouse in six seasons, a remarkable achievement.
The only sadness in this momentous season was the tragedy involving the Sports Association’s Head Groundsman, Stanley Moss, in September 1972, while on duty. He took pride in his work and the number one oval remains a lasting tribute to the man who did so much to create it. His replacement, Charles “Charlie” Seaton was to prepare the pitches for the next decade and a half and it’s fair to say that Stan’s standard was more than capably maintained. It’s amazing to think that Charlie never had a sit-on roller, he worked with a push-roller, but his wickets were of an excellent standard. His routine was always the same. On Friday the last job was always the mowing of the outfield after the wickets had been completed. His departure was certainly felt by the club who have not enjoyed the same dedication and cricket sense by the groundstaff that have followed Charlie. On more than one occasion a sometimes-desperate Macquarie captain could get Charlie to turn up early on a Saturday after rain had affected wicket preparation during the week. The cost for this extra work-generally a case of VB! One wonders what he could have produced had he had the equipment we enjoy today!
“Full Shires Status” 1973-79
Because of the success of the previous two summers, the club was rightfully given full representation in A, B and C Shires cricket in the 1973-74 season. The first few seasons did not reflect the dominance of the previous ones but there were some significant steps in the club’s development. Brian Croke scored B grade’s first ‘ton’, 120 against Roseville in 1973-74. Off-spinner Steve Wiblin recorded A grade’s first hat-trick against Roseville in 1975-76. Peter Barclay’s 1975-76 C grade team were runners-up after finishing minor premiers, Frank Alley, returned from retirement to take 48 wickets and score 460 runs proving that he still ‘had it’. That same season, Neville Castle scored A grade’s first century, 101 not out against Pennant Hills.
In 1976-77 Laurie Ager joined from Dubbo and took 398 wickets for the club. Although he assured us, repeatedly, that his best cricket was behind him, “Tenny” Ager proceeded to take 55 A grade wickets in his first season at Macquarie, with a best of 8 for 17 against Roseville. Bowling with an economical “kangaroo jump” action, Laurie bowled prodigious and accurate in-swing. Many opposing batsman at different levels of cricket paid the price for underestimating his seemingly unthreatening bowling.
Cricketers in the mid-seventies who couldn't get enough cricket, often had the opportunity to play matches on Sundays against various opposition. District sides, clubs like the 729 club (people associated with working for channels 7, 2 and 9), different university sides, visits to the country to participate in seven-a side matches, were all chances for players to break into playing for the club, try and regain some form or just travel to the country for a "different" cricket experience. Peter Clarke was a driving force in making these extra matches possible.
The end of season 76-77 saw the first stage of the construction of what was to become the Blue Barclay Pavilion. When the second stage was completed, the club enjoyed one of the finest and most envied facilities in the competition.
From 1976 to 1979 the club had two C grade sides, these games often being some of the most hard-fought and bitterly contested games of the season. Seldom, if ever, did the fancied, more credentialed C team emerge victorious, sending the selectors into confusion about which players should be in the more ‘powerful’ team. In 1977-78 performances were on the upswing. All three grades, Andrew Faulks’ A team, Graeme Blues’ B team and Warrick Folkard’s C team all made the semi-finals, As and Bs for the first time. All finished in fourth position. Again, like the early seventies, the momentum seemed to be building.
The season of 1978-79 was, and has been, the club’s most successful one, with successful campaigns in both B and C grades. Graeme Bleus’ B grade premiers did so from fourth position.The side scraped in to fourth position position on percentages, were not in, were back in, were back out and then finally awarded fourth position. Secretary John Wickham worked frantically and successfully to ensure our participation. The strength of the side was decidedly in the bowling with Mick Leslie, Andy Hercus, the perennial Bob Vagg and leg-spinner Andy Corish the mainstays of the attack. In the first semi-final we defeated minor premiers Canterbury, the side's innings being "inspired" by the oppostion's captain "Mankading" one of our batsmen in the over before lunch. With rain threatening our charge for victory on the second day, at 5.25pm Canterbury were 5 for 135, the target of 321 being well beyond them. Ten minutes later, they were all out at the same score! In the final, 209 at Mona Park against Auburn-Lidcombe was always going to be difficult for the home team and an overnight score of 4 for 91 became 121 all out. Batting a second time, they could muster only 90. Leslie, Hercus and Vagg were the destroyers. We caught brilliantly on the second Saturday and by early afternoon we had gained our highest-ranking silverware. Bleus put it down to the fact that we “played better at the end of the season than during the season”.
The ‘C’ Grade premiers defeated two Epping sides on their way to victory.In a see-sawing final, Gerry Quinn and Brian Van Zuylen played under pressure to steer the side to victory. Gerry Quinn 335, Peter Garty 380 and Brian Jones 291 were the main contributors with the bat. In the bowling, Sheffield-born Mark ‘Wes’ Hall with 36 wickets, Dave Baker with 28 wickets, Andy Pavlov with 24 wickets and Laurie Wiblin with 24 wickets were the stars with the ball. The Annual Dinner at the end of the year at the University Function Rooms was one of the best and most joyous we’ve had, reflecting two premiership victories.
During this period of success, it is worth noting that the club’s playing success reflected the fruits of a sound and stable administration. Ross Gwilliam had been President for a decade, John Wickham had been a keen and efficient Secretary since 1976 and Chris Welsby had begun his twelve-year reign as Treasurer in 1978. We were in possession of probably the most impressive facility in the competition, the Blue Barclay Pavilion. The Roger Sheeran Oval was generally kept in excellent condition and the wickets that Charlie Seaton produced week after week were also excellent. In the club's first Annual Report of 1972-73, the first page optimistically stated that "our long-term goal must be promotion to Grade cricket" and just six seasons later, the New South Wales Cricket Association offered us participation in the prestigious Sydney Grade Cricket competition! But there were some strings attached.
“The Grade Experience” 1979 – 1985
For most club members, the prospect of pitting skills against grade players was greeted with a nervous enthusiasm. There was some hesitancy expressed by some members about this quantum leap in the development of the club. Could we ‘cut it’ in grade? Would we attract new players and the quality players we required if we were to perform well? Would there ever be another"offer" to play Grade Cricket? What would happen to our non-grade teams? We joined with fellow grade debutants Southern Districts but only at Third and Fourth Grade level. With no immediate prospect of playing First or Second Grade, and most significantly, no announced plan for our future development or ultimate evolution, we were caught in a not immediately obvious but dangerous bind. We couldn’t attract First or Second Grade standard players from other clubs, and the players we could attract and develop would obviously want to go on to a higher level. We were left to ‘bumble along’ as best we could. We were a youthful club, with a youthful executive and the professional approach of the nineties was not an obvious solution to us, or indeed many other clubs in the early nineteen eighties.
On the positive side, we certainly fulfilled the criteria the grade committee required for participation. We had a magnificent home ground, a second ground, with a third in prospect, turf practice wickets, excellent change rooms, the palatial Blue Barclay Pavilionand excellent tea-time facilities, all the requirements that they were demanding. Potentially, we had a potent cricket-drawing population, many distinguished cricketers attending the University. The club’s administration was in excellent hands, with Allan Mahoney as Secretary and Chris “Grizzle” Welsby as Treasurer. The financial condition of the club was sound and getting stronger.
It is interesting to contemplate who were the main instigators for our promotion. Certainly, the other Universities would have been supportive of it. Ross Gwilliam was very complimentary of Allan Barnes and Bob Radford. Fred Bennett, as a local resident, was very aware of our facilities Ultimately our case for retention in the grade competition failed. There were calls, quite justified, for a “re-organisation” of grade cricket. Why were we the ones, along with Sydney Cricket Club, the ones to go? Some members of the Grade Committee were very anti-university claiming that universities did not do anything to develop young cricketers. Some felt there was an over-emphasis on northern Sydney teams, the game had to spread to the west where the expanding population was, even though the population may not have reflected a corresponding interest in cricket. Despite a club submission, a detailed and logical case for our retention put forward by Secretary Mahoney and Treasurer Welsby that the Association acknowledged was “impressive”, we were uninvited after season 1984-85. What is particularly irritating is that despite all its plans, all its leaked pronouncements, all its submissions and time-consuming meetings, there has been almost no change in the structure of Grade Cricket in the intervening period.
In fairness our on-field results did not assist our cause. We needed impressive performances to secure our precarious foothold. One wonders had we achieved this or got somewhere near this, would it have made a difference? Regardless, the best we could offer was a seventh out of twenty teams for Third Grade in 1983-84 and a tenth out of twenty teams for the Fourth Grade in 1981-82. Individually there were some performances that rank among the club's best. Third Grade captain John Guiffre’s 108 at a rain-sodden Penrith was our first Third Grade century in our first season. Ian Harding’s 113 against Sydney was our first Fourth Grade century in 1980-81. In 1981-82, former New Zealand 1972 schoolboy tourist, Grant Craighead, took a staggering 59 wickets at 14.53 in Fourth Grade. Grant was to captain the Fourth Grade and Third Grade teams in later seasons and was a thoroughly professional medium-pacer who was a very awkward proposition especially if the pitch offered any sort of encouragement. Despite knee problems in the latter part of his career that necessitated a shorter run-up, Grant continued to take wickets at Third Grade level. In 1981-82 wicket-keeper Phil Dignan, with a total of 40 dismissals, enjoyed an excellent season.
Former First Grade Shires captain, Tony Monaghan, was responsible for Macquarie’s most outstanding individual performances in batting. After a moderate first season in mainly Fourth Grade, in his second season for the club in 1982-83, he aggregated 771 runs in eleven matches, at 55.07, and batted as well as anyone has seen at Third Grade level. Tony’s batting was characterized by aggressive but smoothly orthodox stroke play and like all class players when he was set he inevitably amassed big scores. Anyone who witnessed his breath-taking batting that season knew he was bound for higher honours. He was later to play First Grade at Western Suburbs in a strong side that contained then current test players Dirk Wellham, Greg Mathews and Dave Gilbert. Three big hundreds- 189 against Balmain on Ryde Oval, ended by a catch at fine leg that was heading for another six, 150 not out against Manly at Graham Reserve on a wicket that was very wet, and 137 against the University of New South Wales on the main oval ( Roger Sheeran oval ) left an indelible imprint. It is worth noting that Tony missed two matches that season! Tony was to return a decade later to captain First Grade Shires to its first and only Premiership victory.
Treasurer, club stalwart and reliable opener, Chris “Grizzle” Welsby aggregated 620 Third Grade runs in a tremendous 1983-84 season. That same season, Andrew Lindsay achieved a wonderful all-round double of 516 runs and took 44 wickets with his left-arm orthodox. Mark Denny, later to play First Grade at Penrith, was a “quickie” we unearthed and due to his extreme pace had great difficulty in helping him in the slip cordon! During our five-season grade stint, Laurie Ager was still rolling along, totalling 143 Third Grade and 94 Fourth Grade victims. We encounted a number of players who were later to make their name at state or national level. The 1980-81 Third Grade side were lucky enough to pit their skills against a sixteen year old who enjoyed himself to 138 not out at our expense - his name - Stephen Waugh! Ironically enough, Third Grade’s proud record of never losing outright was to end at home in our very last match against Sutherland, when we were caught on a “sticky” at home. During this final Grade season, two Third Grade matches were covered by the film and television school with "guest" commentator Kerry"Skull" O'Keefe covering the first of these matches played against the University of New South Wales. The second of these matches was against Sydney Cricket Club and the games were taped.
Mention must be made of the Shires’ situation during the Grade period. Apart from a surprising ‘B’ grade semi-final appearance in 1979-80, the era is littered with constant defeat, many of them huge. Our initial feeling was that players who could cope with ‘A’ Shires could more than cope with Fourth Grade, and therefore A and B Shires was worth persisting with. While this was certainly the case, the fact was that few players emerged unscathed from constant defeat. Our Third and Fourth teams were confronting sides that could probably hold their own in at least Fourth Grade. We were a club that had got used to a degree of success, now, we had a generation of players who had seldom experienced victory. Understandably, many would not take the prospect of almost inevitable defeat. In retrospect, maybe ‘C’ Grade Shires would have been a better alternative for the club’s third and fourth teams. It was announced that for season 1985-86, Sydney grade club was to be dissolved, Southern Districts / Fairfield gained First Grade status, Macquarie University were to return to Shires, the "experiment" was over. Concerned club members wondered what sort of impact this would have.
“Post-grade malaise and re-building” 1986-90
The club lost a number of players but thankfully a reliable core of experienced players remained to try to re-establish ourselves as a force in Shires. Improvement tended to come in the lower grades at first, there now being an official fourth tier of Shires cricket - D Grade. During this re-building phase, the A’s finished no higher than sixth, this being no fault of Steve O’Reilly who established himself as A Grade’s most consistent and reliable batsman. Chris Welsby’s B Grade teams consistently threatened the semi-finals but the limited-over, end-of-season trophy of 1986-87 was the only success. Nick Rountree’s C Grade team of 1986-87 finished third, while Craig Anderson’s 1987-88 C Grade team finished runners-up. Chris Cohen, although primarily an opening bowler of some considerable pace, made D Grade’s first century with 101 against Strathfield in 1986-87. On the First of February 1987, the club held a combined Old Boys versus the Present Players on the Main Oval and the Gwilliam Oval to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the club. Ross Gwilliam spoke to the audience during the luncheon interval. In 1987-88 the club gained its third ground, what was to become known as the Northern Oval. It was also the debut season for a young player from Epping who was to become the club's greatest wicket-taker and has taken over a thousand wickets for the club, Greg Brown. In 1988-89 Michael “Roy” Denlow became the first player in the club’s history to play over 200 games. Allan Mahoney’s 1989-90 D Grade team were minor premiers by 18 points. Day one of the Final was washed out. On the second day when no other cricket was played in other parts of Sydney, the umpires decided that some cricket would be possible. As it turned out we lost the toss and Burwood got the opportunity to exploit a terribly under-prepared wicket. They were well motivated and maybe we were contemplating our first silverware in over a decade without making sure it had to be defended for an important couple of hours. The result was an absolute catastrophe and still galls the players involved. Their highly controversial loss in a rain-sodden final by a team they had belted in the competition proper, seemed to epitomise the frustration of the eighties for the club in general. Something was required to mesh the desire for credibility, the influx of new players and the desperate desire to win some sort of title. The catalyst was to be the club’s most ambitious project-a tour to the home of cricket- the United Kingdom.
“U.K. Tour and improved fortunes” 1990-2000
The prime motivator/ organiser of the tour was new President, Allan Davies. His dreams reached fruition in June 1990, when a party of seventeen left Sydney bound for the English midlands and Wales. Among the “cricketing highlights” were matches on some picturesque grounds, playing at “The Parks”- Oxford University’s home ground, a tour of Lords and the famous cricket museum and a photo session at the Cricketers Club London with England “great” Dennis Compton, who, as I recall, had very fond memories of Adelaide in 1947-48, “ They drink West-End there you know ”, and was pleased old mate Keith Miller was arriving soon, “ Do you know Keith?” We sadly had to inform him we didn’t but Craig Anderson did spend some time in Adelaide!
We were blessed with generally very good weather although it did get very cold at places like Shifnal. Most of the fourteen-match tour ended in victory for the tourists. Paul Notaras, with two centuries and Craig Edwards, the leading wicket-taker were the stand-outs, although it’s fair to say that everyone chipped in with some performance of note at some stage of the tour. In the final match of the tour in Cardiff, players noticed a very impressive car with blackened windows pull up at the ground. Its owner emerged- Issac Vivian Richards, who was moving from Somerset to Glamorgan. Luckily, he wasn't here for a mid-week net! The ground is now the test ground in Cardiff. We played so frequently that players actually began to look forward to a game off and join the non-players on some trip to various parts of the U.K. usually noting that an Australian soap opera would inevitably be playing in a pub at lunch time!
The impact of the tour was immediate and dramatic. Along with the acquisition of a professional coach/player, Greg Gavin, hardened by many years of First Grade at Penrith, the tour galvanised the club for a committed effort for 1990-91. Seventeen centuries were scored that season, eight in the top grade. Three batsmen - Steve O’Reilly 669, Greg Gavin 634 and Paul Notaras 626 - smashed the previous A Grade record aggregate. Paul hammered a new high individual score for Macquarie - a thumping 201 not out (34 boundaries) against Canterbury. His partner appropriately enough was Steve O’Reilly in a team score of 2-342, after Canterbury batted 14 overs into the second week. A Grade finished fourth, their first semi-final appearance since 1977-78. Chris Welsby, passing the 200 game mark, led his B Grade side into the semi-final series after being clear minor premiers. They finished a disappointing third after being surprisingly beaten in the semi-final. Allan Mahoney, also passing the 200 game mark, saw his team finish a creditable fourth.
The University Sports Association recognised our achievements by awarding us the “Club of the Year Award “ but the crowning glory was the attainment of the treasured Club Championship trophy. Few will forget the excruciating wait for the C Grade to return to the Blue Barclay Pavilion with news of their match. We learned that six points from a first innings win would not be enough, Roseville would head us by two points. They meandered in at about 8.00 p.m. oblivious of what their result meant. They had been involved in an outright tie, via a Trevor Lockett leg-bye, - we had stalled Roseville’s charge by a miniscule number of points. We’d done it ! Our first major trophy for many, many seasons. The sense of relief was immense. The euphoria lasted long into the night and even the wizened club coach was seen to shed a few quiet tears.
Season 1991-92 was another step forward. Acquisitions for A Grade were Dave Budge, a left-arm medium pacer, Peter Murphy a competitive cricketer with years of grade experience and lanky David Webb, who gave us a preview of things to come with 31 wickets at 10.22. Over a decade later, the lynchpin of Macquarie’s First Grade attack took 479 wickets in First Grade, a great achievement. Greg Gavin’s As and Mark Ramsland’s Cs were unluckily affected by rain in the first semi-finals. Both teams were in excellent positions until the elements intervened. Todd Ritchie’s Bs cemented their position in the final with a slow but purposeful 6-308 against Warringah in the semi-final only to finish second due to a drastically shortened final due to rain. The club also expanded its teams to six with an additional men’s team in the N.D.C.A. and a women’s team. Barry Brien re-wrote the record books for individual bowling excellence, damaging Roseville Bs to the extent of 9 for 63 . Dave Webb registered our first century at Frank Gray level with an undefeated 104 against Pennant Hills.
The 1992-93 season saw Greg Gavin’s A Grade make the semi-finals for the third successive season, this time reaching the final for the first time. After a rain-delayed beginning the As reduced Lindfield, containing former Australian test batsman Peter Toohey, to an even hundred after they had been 3 for 70 at one stage. Dave Webb starred with 6 for 31 from 14 menacing overs. The wicket was not a good one, especially for a Final and we knew our work would be cut out obtaining these runs. However, our mood was sobered by the loss of three late wickets, our position deteriorating from 0-21 to 3-21 overnight. Sunday saw more than a slight deterioration, the side crashing to a disastrous 8 for 38. A recovery to 9 for 86 and then a gut-wrenching 95 all out meant that we had fallen five short of our first A Grade title.
Allan Mahoney’s B Grade finished minor premiers and took no chances. They made two huge scores. The first was 8 for 415 against Baulkham Hills in the first semi-final. Records now reveal that a young Simon Taufel was the umpire for this club record score. They followed this with 7 for 329 against Lindfield, not allowing their opponents to bat for the last four days of the season. So consistent was the scoring that in neither match was a century scored. We had equalled our victory of 1978-79 at the second highest level of Shires cricket. For the premiers, Mahoney 413, Greg Brown 323 had good seasons with the bat, while Barry Brien, 31 wickets, was the outstanding bowler. The performances of the women’s team were also on the improve and a fifth men’s team renewed our association with the Gordon district competition.
Season 1993-94 saw Ken Dixon’s C Grade, undefeated all season, fall to Burwood in the final. The captain led the way with a 49 wicket season. Doug Latto’s D Grade won our first title at this level, batting consistently and purposefully to set Roseville the impossible task of obtaining 350 in half a day. Simon Burchett with 343 runs led the batting effort and Mark Smith with 22 wickets led the bowling. As an indication of the club’s growth, the number of male teams rose to six, with the entry of two teams in the Gordon competition.
A pleasing development for the club was the initial success of our women’s team. Janine Newby’s Fifth Grade team reaped the benefit of gradual improvement in their third season. They defeated Blacktown, a team they hadn’t previously beaten, in a memorable final. Coach Amanda Pearton, averaging over seventy an innings and Betina Langerhuus, averaging forty seven, were the batting stars. Angela Woods, 31 wickets and Kerri Yule, 22 wickets, were the bowling stand-outs in a team where the strength of the side was its bowling.
Season 1995-96 was to be one long remembered as the club's First Grade team collected its only premiership to date, winning the final against Holroyd. With Tony Monaghan returning to the club as captain, this team had many strong performers, but it was the bowling of David Webb with 67 wickets, a new First Grade record, who led the way. Jamie Breden (571 runs) and Monahan (517), did most of the damage with the bat. After a tense semi-final against Lindfield, containing former Test batsman Peter Toohey, the Grand Final at Weldon Park was played on a very thick and slow outfield, with a total of 190 being a great deal more challenging than it looked. Skipper Monaghan with 60, was the the lynch-pin of the innings. Holroyd faced a testing spell before stumps, with Paul Notaras and Dave Webb bowling with great speed and intimidation. Holroyd were 6 for 33 at stumps and never really recovered. This was the club's second appearance in a First Grade Grand Final and the relief of victory was enormous. Season 1997-98, the 30th Anniversary of the club, was celebrated with a black-tie evening at the Australian Museum, an event that was enjoyed by the full house that attended. Ian Jessup composed an "Ode to Macquarie" as a 30th Anniversary dedication and can/should be read on the last page of Annual Report 1997-98. The final flings of this most productive decade were the Second Grade competing in the Grand Final of 1997-98 and the Women's team finishing third in 1999-00. In retrosrect, the nineties were an epoch in our history.
The new millenium, 2000 and beyond"
The new millennium began with our entry into the Metropolitan Cup for season 1999-00, a competition played on turf for players not selected in the first four Shires’ sides. While it was a tough initiation, it did mean our fifth team was playing on turf and in theory would find playing at higher levels a little easier. The following season the side made the semi-finals, with Paul Batten making 305 runs and taking 28 wickets. Ashley Robinson made our first century, with 153 not out against Canterbury-Bexley in 2001-02. Season 2001-02 saw our first participation in the Sydney Masters competition. Former First Grade captain Neil Howlett made 87 against Penrith, still our highest individual score in this competition and also made 303 runs, averaging over 75 per innings. This season also saw Ash Singh take a record 44 wickets in the Gordon competition.
In 2002 the club ventured to the UK for the second time. Unfortunately, the weather was not so kind as the previous visit, with rain intervening in the early part of the tour. One of the wash-outs was against Ramsbottom, containing future Australian Captain, Michel Clarke. Despite this, the trip was still greatly enjoyed. Dave Smith was the leading wicket-taker and Chris Savage recorded our highest individual score in the UK with 148 against Kiveton Colliery and also made 299 runs. One of our tourists was mistaken for Kerry Packer in the Lords Museum! Maybe the team photo might provide a clue!
The following season 2002-03 saw a premiership in the GordonJunior District Cricket Association. Viv Samdarshi with 384 runs led the batting.Steve Johnson made a tremendous 142 not out when the side was deep in trouble. Tony Barnes with 30 wickets was the most successful bowler. Kain Walker impressed with 28 dismissals as keeper and supplemented this with a touch under 300 runs.
Mention must be made of the highly controversial demise of two potential finalist sides of the season 2003-04. Mark Hughes’ Fourth Grade side as lower finishing team, had to win the qualifying final scheduled for St. Lukes. They bowled the opposition out for 206 and were none for 28 at the close of day one. Day two was impacted by a very unusual rain pattern that manifested itself in the wicket being used unusually affected by water. The bone dry square was in contrast to a water-logged wicket. While we were no certainties, the situation was aggravated by the groundsman’s decision to roll the wet wicket. The team was then confronted with a don’t play/take your chances option which ultimately led to defeat. Despite a protest, nothing resulted. The pitch “vandalism” was a very unusual one with the “vandals” knowing where the St. Luke’s watering system was located, an amazing capability due the lack of light during the night, no violent vandalism was committed on the system to break into it, which generally characterises most senseless acts of antisocial behaviour, and an amazingly accurate selection of the correct wicket on the square to impact the current match. Mark Hughes commented that Third Grade, who were to play the following week against the same opposition at the same venue, should have someone camp overnight if things got “interesting”. Forward a week, and Third Grade made the “mistake” of setting the home team over 250 to win and taking a wicket prior to stumps. Come Day Two, the same “vandalism” occurred with the identical characteristics. Half the day was lost, the wicket received hours of rolling so any natural deterioration in the wicket was negated. Dave Smith's Third Grade took seven wickets but had to accept that their season had come to a cruelly premature end. Unfortunately, this was not the last time a final was affected by “outside” intervention against the same opposition. Warringah also were affected by “odd” happenings against the same opposition at St. Lukes.
The Masters broke through for their first of four premierships in 2004-05 winning without dropping a match. Steve O'Reilly with 333 runs powered the batting with Danny McVey leading the way with the ball as he had in the previous season. In 2005-05 Second Grade Captain Brent McKnee broke Second Grade's batting aggregate with 580 runs and surpassed this the following season with 620, a remarkable 1200 runs in two seasons! In the same season our Metropolitan Shield side made its first Grand Final. Batsmen Ron Roussetly 335 runs and Michael Cooke 305 runs, had good batting seasons while Paul Nelson 29 wickets and Ash Singh 23 wickets were the leading bowlers. The side fell at the final hurdle against Auburn.
The season of 2005-06 saw the first Shires' premiership of the new century with Paul McInnes' Fourth Grade side. Mark Hughes, Paul McInnes and John Sutton all had 300 plus runs seasons. Four bowlers, Tim Spencer, Andrew Tosolini, John Sutton and Paul McInnes, all had wicket totals in the twenties. Chris Anstiss set a new bench mark for keepers in all grades, with a season total of 43 victims which was also a Shires' record for Fourth Grade. Undoubtedly the undisputed player of the season was Paul Chapman. He made 479 runs at the top of the order, with a century against South Sydney, took 10 slip catches and 50 wickets at 7.24. Paul's continued improvement over the proceeding years was enormous. Paul, who had taken 4 for 21, and Mark Hughes, who made 81, put on 88 for the first wicket in the chase for 168 for victory which was achieved for the loss of 5 wickets. The following season Greg Brown's Fourth Grade took all before them not losing a game until the last afternoon of the competition. Dave Gracie and Milon Biswas both passed 500 runs for the season with Dave setting a new benchmark of 539 for Fourth Grade. The skipper had a useful year with 461 runs and 45 wickets. The following season of 2007-08 saw Fourth Grade win again. Dave Gracie and Steve O'Reilly both made over 400 runs and Greg Brown led the way with the ball with 45 wickets. That season's campaign was highlighted by the "Great Escape" in the semi-final against Auburn. Auburn ended day one at 4-310 and continued batting into Sunday calling it quits at 384 leaving a tired and uneasy side to survive 96 overs. At 8 down with 23 overs left the situation looked dire. However, Greg Brown and young Jehan Bilimoria repulsed everything Auburn could hurl at them both physically and verbally and survived the 23 overs unparted.
Fourth Grade were primarily responsible for keeping Macquarie’s successful profile in Shires in the early part of the new century, with victories in 2005-06, 2007-08 and 2010-11. In addition, they were runners up in 2006-07, losing just one match, and also 2009-10. Our Gordon District side won their first premiership in 2001-02 and won again in 2010-11. The Frank Gray side played its first Grand Final in 2009-10 but unfortunately were not successful. To supply cricket for the more mature cricketers 40 and over, the club entered the Sydney Masters competition in 2001-02 and the Masters recorded 4 premierships along the way, their most recent in 2008-09. The side has been very competitive and at one stage were unbeaten for 37 matches! Third Grade won their fifth premiership with victory in a low-scoring Grand Final in 2013-14. Premiership victories were obtained in the Tim Creer Cup were recorded in 2009-10 and 2015-16. The Chappelow Cup side of 2019-20 were our most recent premiers, the finals being affected by the arrival of the Corona virus. Nigel Castellino broke Steve O’Reilly’s First Grade aggregate record setting a new benchmark with 729 runs in season 2014-15. In 2015-16 Greg Brown took his 1000th wicket for the club, with an incredible fifty-four 5-wicket halls. Steve O’Reilly, with 9 centuries, is our leading all-time run-getter, with fewer than 100 runs to reach the outstanding 10,000 mark.
The Macquarie University Cricket Club faced some major challenges particularly from the 2010s onwards. These revolved around financial and facility issues.
The Main Oval and its accompanying Facilities were viewed as a financial “opportunity”. It had a few incarnations as a restaurant, one name being, appropriately enough, The Middle of Nowhere. It was used as a golf driving-range. Because of these new roles the use of changing facilities was now something that was not a given. The biggest disappointment was the loss of the clubhouse which had been the envy of visiting teams since its construction in the late seventies. It was built for university sporting teams and was now no longer freely accessible. The main ground itself was slowly but gradually losing its attraction as our prime cricket resource. The outfield lost its predominantly couch grass basis and became thicker and consequently, the loss of speed made scoring slower and matches more attritional. The things that had been some decisive factors in our elevation to Grade cricket in previous decades were now weaknesses, our player/umpire change room facilities questionable and our major playing area unconducive to enjoyable cricket.
A move to the Northern Oval was seen as the best solution to improve the situation. Used since season 1987-88, the outfield was still largely couch-based and was reasonably quick. The wicket was generally excellent. However, the major concern was the lack of any player facilities. Despite encouraging noises about possible developments, none materialised. This had a demoralising impact on club members and was a source of irritation to visiting umpires and teams. One visiting player was heard to remark that, “This is where cricket comes to die”. This was an understandable sentiment and a sad refection on the situation. In later seasons there were some unique ground staff practices such as covering the wicket-square all week, even if there was little prospect of rain which seemed to contradict most usual wicket-production practices! What it did for grass growth on the wicket-square is also questionable. Practice wickets became an increasingly continued source of frustration. Despite the availability of what seemed like an adequate number of staff and the availability of two wicket blocks, they sadly reflected a lack of effort put into their preparation. They were often soft, dangerous and too readily unavailable for use. This was particularly so after the season had commenced. This took the oxygen out of too many trainings and meant players gave up on training after a minimal amount of precipitation entrenched an expectation of “unavailability”.
Shires Cricket at Macquarie University was now viewed as an unsustainable financial burden not worth supporting. The only “answer” suggested was to increase already exorbitant player fees to cover the costs of the grounds. With no player facilities on the Northern and only minimal on Gwilliam Field, most potential players would view the cost as a less than satisfactory return on their not unsubstantial season financial charges. Of great concern was the fact there was no guarantee of a limit to escalating ground hire charges. Comparative costs at other Shires clubs were also not flattering. Various business models proposed by the cricket committee were all rejected.
Consequently, the grave result was the end of Macquarie University’s existence as a Shires’ cricket club. Our relationship with this competition had existed for over half a century, beginning in the summer of 1967-68 with the beginning also of Macquarie University.
The club continues with a faint pulse in the Northern Cricket Union competition but would benefit from participation in a turf potential competition. Hopefully, a renewed interest from Campus Life would be highly significant in sustaining the club’s existence, one which has continued for over fifty-five years.
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Australia has the chance to lift the ICC Under-19 World Cup trophy for the first time since 2010 when they take on India at Tauranga’s Bay Oval in New Zealand on Saturday.
It has been eight years since Australia claimed their last U19 title, when Mitch Marsh captained the team to a 25-run win over Pakistan.
Marsh was one of three players in the final XI, alongside player-of-the-final Josh Hazlewood and Nic Maddinson, to go on and represent Australia at Test level.
South Australian speedster Kane Richardson has also featured for his country in senior ranks, playing 15 One-Day Internationals and three Twenty20s.
But what happened to the rest of them?
2010 Under-19 World Cup final at Lincoln, New Zealand.
Australia 9-207 (K. Richardson 44, T. Armstrong 37, J. Floros 35) defeated Pakistan 182 (J Hazlewood 4-30, L Doran 3-32)
NIC MADDINSON
Tests: Three matches, 22 runs at 6.75
T20Is: Two matches, 38 runs at 19
First-class: 70 matches, 4040 runs at 34.52
List A: 66 matches, 2324 runs at 38.09
T20s: 73 matches, 1549 runs at 23.11
The hard-hitting left-hander made his Sheffield Shield debut for New South Wales nine months after Australia’s World Cup win, his first of 70 first-class appearances.
Maddinson’s Test career was brief, playing three consecutive Tests against South Africa and Pakistan in the summer of 2016-17 before getting the axe.
While he has fallen well down the pecking order in Australia’s red-ball cricket plans, Maddinson’s Big Bash performances for Sydney Sixers suggest he’s not far away from adding to his two Twenty20 internationals.
TOM BEATON
First-class: 12 matches, 345 runs at 17.25
List A: 11 matches, 268 runs at 26.8
T20s: 22 matches, 301 runs at 23.15
A former captain under-19s level, Beaton has been in the domestic cricket wilderness for the past couple of seasons after losing his WACA contract.
The West Australian burst onto the domestic scene with a vital 71 on debut against Queensland in the Ryobi Cup one-day tournament, putting on 141 with captain Adam Voges.
Beaton performed better in white-ball cricket than Sheffield Shield, where he averaged just 17.25 in 11 matches.
He more recently played for Big Bash side Melbourne Renegades as a middle-order batsman, but lost his spot on their list this summer.
Beaton, who also works as a fitness professional, is back playing for Mt Lawley in the WACA first grade competition after a stint in Melbourne.
MITCH MARSH (CAPTAIN)
Tests: 24 matches, 994 runs at 29.23, 29 wickets at 42.03
ODIs: 53 matches, 1428 runs at 35.7, 44 wickets at 35.54
T20Is: Nine matches, 133 runs at 22.16, four wickets at 36.25
First-class: 3809 runs at 32, 116 wickets at 30.06
List A: 2875 runs at 37.33, 84 wickets at 30.05
T20s: 1320 runs at 32.19, 40 wickets at 26.32
Mitch Marsh had already made his first-class, domestic one-day and Twenty20 debut by the time he captained the Australian under-19s to victory.
One of two current Test players to feature in the world cup triumph, Marsh cemented his spot with a brilliant 181 in the third Ashes Test at the WACA Ground last month.
The hard-hitting allrounder also took over the captaincy at WA from long-term skipper Adam Voges at the start of the summer, leading the Warriors to victory in the JLT One-Day Cup final with a player-of-the-match performance.
Marsh has played for Australia in all three formats, with 24 Tests, 53 ODIs and nine T20Is under his belt.
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ALEX KEATH
First-class: Seven matches, 174 runs at 17.4, four wickets at 18.25
List A: 16 matches, 250 runs at 19.23, three wickets at 32.66
T20s: Five matches, 30 runs at 13.33
Keath has had a remarkable sporting career for someone his age, playing professionally at both cricket and footy.
While he was still in high school, the talented allrounder turned his back on an AFL career with the Gold Coast Suns to sign a three-year deal with Victoria.
But he struggled to make an impact at domestic level and eventually lost his Bushrangers contract after seven first-class and 16 List A appearances.
He has since moved to South Australia where he was picked up by the Adelaide Crows as a Category B rookie, playing seven AFL matches as a key defender.
JASON FLOROS
First-class: 15 matches, 524 runs at 22.78, 26 wickets at 44.46
List A: 28 matches, 380 runs at 23.75, 17 wickets at 34.88
T20s: 27 matches, 225 runs at 15, three wickets at 93.33
A Canberra native, Floros moved to Queensland ahead of the 2009-10 season after getting a Bulls rookie gig.
He was important with bat and ball in the under-19 final at Lincoln, making 35 before an economical 1-19 off eight overs.
The off-spinning allrounder is still contracted at Queensland and captained the state’s one-day side last summer.
Floros has struggled for opportunities this season, featuring twice in the JLT One-Day Cup to go with the solitary appearance with Brisbane in the BBL.
TIM ARMSTRONG
List A: Two matches, one run at 0.5, one wicket at 53
T20s: Six matches, 54 runs at 13.5
Australia’s leading run-scorer in the tournament with 240 runs at 48, Armstrong held a New South Wales rookie contract for one season before moving west in search of more first XI opportunities.
The allrounder played for the Warriors and Perth Scorchers without ever getting a WACA contract.
Armstrong was sanctioned by the WACA after an incident involving Tom Triffitt on a Future’s League trip to Queensland, with both players withdrawn from the match.
He’s currently working in London for Stocks Digital, a media investor platform, and playing cricket for Teddington Cricket Club in the Middlesex Premier League.
TOM TRIFFITT (WICKETKEEPER)
First-class: 24 matches, 1036 runs at 25.9, 96 dismissals
List A: 13 matches, 154 runs at 14, 17 dismissals
T20s: 30 matches, 202 runs at 12.62, 23 dismissals
The talented wicketkeeper-batsman endured a rollercoaster first-class career with Tasmania and Western Australia.
A member of the Tigers’ 2010-11 Sheffield Shield-winning team, Triffitt left Tasmania for WA after the following season.
Triffitt was released from his Warriors contract after an alcohol-fuelled incident in Brisbane in 2014, where he was charged with one count of wilful damage and two counts of stealing.
He returned to Tasmania’s first-class ranks after a successful stint with the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash, earning a Tigers contract for 2015-16 and playing eight of a possible 10 Shield games.
The 27-year-old has since lost his contract and longer plays cricket at any level.
He currently works in the real estate industry in Hobart as a residential sales consultant.
KANE RICHARDSON
ODIs: 15 matches, 21 wickets at 33.23
T20Is: Three matches, one wicket at 82
First-class: 28 matches, 90 wickets at 31.32
List A: 65 matches, 105 wickets at 28.1
T20s: 70 matches, 75 wickets at 26.26
While he is yet to reach great heights at international level, Kane Richardson has been a mainstay of South Australia’s bowling attack for many years.
The Northern Territory product has been in dominant form for Melbourne Renegades in BBL07, including back-to-back four-wicket hauls, after crossing from Adelaide Strikers on a five-year deal.
He was rewarded with a spot in Australia’s Twenty20 side for their trans-Tasman series against England and New Zealand this month.
A right-arm fast-bowler and handy lower-order batsman, Richardson top-scored in Australia’s Under-19 World Cup final win with a run-a-ball 44 batting at No. 8.
His best performance at in the ODI arena came against India in Canberra in 2016, where he took 5-68 in a man-of-the-match effort.
JOSH HAZLEWOOD
Tests: 36 matches, 139 wickets at 25.77
ODIs: 41 matches, 69 wickets at 24.27
T20Is: Seven matches, eight wickets at 33.62
First-class: 68 matches, 255 wickets at 24.74
List A: 86 matches, 140 wickets at 26.37
T20s: 30 matches, 37 wickets at 24.35
Josh Hazlewood was Australia’s best-performed bowler in the tournament, taking 13 wickets at 15 including 4-26 in player-of-the-match effort in the final.
Like his under-19 captain Mitch Marsh, the reliable fast-bowler has gone on to represent Australia in all three formats.
The New South Welshman is has formed an exciting pace attack alongside Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins.
He had an impressive Ashes campaign this summer, grabbing 21 wickets at 25.9 in Australia’s 4-0 series triumph.
LUKE DORAN
List A: Three matches, eight wickets at 17.62
T20s: 15 matches, eight wickets at 35.87
The left-arm spinner was a New South Wales rookie when he featured in Australia’s under-19 success.
Doran, who took 3-32 in the final against Pakistan, played in three domestic one-day matches for the Blues before losing his contract after the 2012-13 season.
He also lined up in the Big Bash for the Sydney Thunder and Sydney Sixers, with his last appearance in 2014.
The older brother of Tasmanian wicketkeeper Jake Doran also lives in the Apple Isle where he captains Lindisfarne in the Cricket Tasmania Premier League and works for cricket equipment brand Icon Sports.
ALISTER MCDERMOTT
First-class: 20 matches, 75 wickets at 24.77
List A: 27 matches, 48 wickets at 24.7
T20s: 25 matches, 29 wickets at 23.1
The son of former Australian quick Craig McDermott looked destined to forge an international career of his own when he debuted as a teenager for Queensland in a Twenty20 match back in 2008-09.
A red-headed Queenslander with pace the burn, McDermott held a rookie contract at the Bulls while he was still in high school.
He played a vital role in Brisbane Heat’s first Big Bash title in Perth back in 2012-13, grabbing 2-21 from four overs in his side’s upset win over Perth Scorchers at the WACA.
But, despite averaging less than 25 with the ball in all three formats, he was cut alongside his younger brother Ben, who now plays for Tasmania, at the end of 2014-15.
McDermott also had a stint at Sydney Thunder but has since disappeared into the domestic cricket wilderness.
He still plays first-grade club cricket in Brisbane for Wynnum Manly as well as working in commercial real estate.
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Marsh Sheffield Shield
The Marsh Sheffield Shield is one of the oldest cricket competitions in the world. Beginning in 1892-93 as a three-state contest between New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, the Sheffield Shield continues to be the breeding ground for Australian Test cricketers. First-Class cricket was played as far back as 1850 between the colonies though a formal competition would be more than 40 years away. The Shield itself was struck just prior to the competition beginning when Lord Sheffield donated £150 for the trophy’s creation. Queensland entered the competition for the 1926/27 season, with Western Australia admitted in 1947/48 and Tasmania in 1977/78. The competition was suspended during the First and Second World Wars, however First-Class cricket continued to be played amongst the states.
Until the 1982/83 season, the first-placed side after all home and away matches was declared the winner. Since then, the Sheffield Shield Final was introduced as a five-day match between the top two placed sides hosted by the higher-ranked team to decide the winner of the Sheffield Shield. In 120 completed seasons, New South Wales have won the most titles with 47, followed by Victoria (32), Western Australia (16), South Australia (13), Queensland (nine) and Tasmania (three). The Player of the Year Award was first presented in the 1975/76 season with the Chappell brothers Ian and Greg named joint winners.
The Sheffield Shield occupies a revered place in the history of Australian Cricket and is recognised as one of the strongest First-Class cricket competitions in the world.
Women's National Cricket League (WNCL)
The Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) is the premier 50-over domestic cricket competition in Australia. Contested between the six states and the ACT, the WNCL’s first season was 1996/97. Prior to then, state sides competed in the Australian Women’s Cricket Championships dating back to the 1930s. The current format is a full 43-game fixture with teams playing each other twice over the course of the season.
The top two sides then compete in a Final to determine the winner of the Ruth Preddy Cup. The trophy was struck prior to the 1972/72 season and named after Preddy who represented New South Wales in the first inter-colonial match against Victoria. Preddy went on to become Team Manager for the first Australian Women’s Cricket Team.
The WNCL began as a five-team competition before expanding in 2009/10 and again in 2010/11, with the ACT and Tasmania respectively joining to competition to make it a seven-team competition. In the 25. completed seasons, New South Wales have won the most titles with 20. Victoria have won two with South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia each winning one. The Player of the Year Award has been presented to the competition’s best player each season. South Australia’s Karen Rolton has won the award on five occasions whilst Belinda Clark (New South Wales & Victoria) and Western Australia’s Nicole Bolton have each won the award three times.
The WNCL continues to produce world class players for the Australian team whilst providing excellent opportunities for Australia’s younger talent to test themselves against the best.
Marsh One Day Cup
The Marsh One-Day Cup is Australia’s List-A domestic cricket competition. The 50 overs-per-side competition was first played as a seven-team knockout tournament that included New Zealand in the 1969/70 season. New Zealand won three of seven titles before leaving the competition prior to the 1974/75 season. The competition format changed from knockout to a two-pool competition with a Final in 1979/80 which lasted until season 1992/93 when it became a Round Robin plus Final format. The competition also had teams from the ACT and a Cricket Australia XI play for brief periods in the 1990s and 2010s. The Domestic One Day Cup has had many variations in scheduling at times with matches played either just before or after Sheffield Shield matches. The competition has also taken the form of a tournament format with all matches and Finals completed in short spaces of time.
In the 53 completed seasons, Western Australia have been the most successful winning 15 titles. New South Wales have won 12, Queensland 10, Victoria six, Tasmania four and South Australia three.
KFC BBL
The KFC Big Bash League (BBL) is Australia's premier domestic T20 cricket competition.
The League was formed in 2011 with eight teams based in six cities. Sydney and Melbourne each have two teams, while Brisbane, Hobart, Adelaide and Perth have a single team each.
The most recent champions of the BBL are the Perth Scorchers, who won their fifth title after beating the Brisbane Heat in the final of BBL|12 in February 2023.
In the 11 completed KFC BBL seasons, the Perth Scorchers have won five titles, the Sydney Sixers three, the Adelaide Strikers, Brisbane Heat, Melbourne Renegades and Sydney Thunder one each.
Prior to the BBL, the men's Domestic T20 competition was a state-based, six-team round robin tournament with the top two placed sides contesting a Final. Victoria won four of those titles, New South Wales and South Australia each won a title.
Weber WBBL
The Weber Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) is the Australian women's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition. The WBBL replaced the Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup, which ran from the 2007–08 season through to 2014–15. Teams are made up of current and former Australian national team members, the country's best young talent, and up to three overseas marquee players. The league, which originally ran alongside the BBL, has experienced a steady increase in media coverage and popularity since its inception, moving to a fully standalone schedule for WBBL|05.
The Adelaide Strikers are the current champions, winning back-to-back titles in WBBL|08 and WBBL|09. The collective performance of the Sydney Sixers and the Sydney Thunder in the league's initial years - combining for four championships in the first six seasons - has partially echoed the dominance of New South Wales in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL), the 50-over counterpart of the WBBL.
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Cobden is a city in Brown County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 36 at the 2010 census.[6]
Contents
1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
3.1 2010 census
3.2 2000 census
4 Notable people
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
History
A post office was established as Cobden in 1886, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1972.[7] Cobden was platted in 1901, and incorporated in 1905.[8] The city was named for Richard Cobden, a British statesman.[9]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.96 square miles (2.49 km2), all of it land.[10]
Demographics
Historical population
Census Pop. %±
1910 87 —
1920 108 24.1%
1930 108 0.0%
1940 136 25.9%
1950 118 −13.2%
1960 114 −3.4%
1970 113 −0.9%
1980 72 −36.3%
1990 62 −13.9%
2000 61 −1.6%
2010 36 −41.0%
Est. 2017 36 [3] 0.0%
U.S. Decennial Census[11]
2010 census
As of the census[2] of 2010, there were 36 people, 18 households, and 7 families residing in the city. The population density was 37.5 inhabitants per square mile (14.5/km2). There were 20 housing units at an average density of 20.8 per square mile (8.0/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 91.7% White, 2.8% Native American, and 5.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.1% of the population.
There were 18 households of which 27.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.3% were married couples living together, 5.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 61.1% were non-families. 50.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.00 and the average family size was 2.86.
The median age in the city was 45.5 years. 19.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 2.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25% were from 25 to 44; 41.6% were from 45 to 64; and 11.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 63.9% male and 36.1% female.
2000 census
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 61 people, 23 households, and 18 families residing in the city. The population density was 63.7 people per square mile (24.5/km²). There were 29 housing units at an average density of 30.3 per square mile (11.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.36% White, and 1.64% from two or more races.
There were 23 households out of which 34.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.9% were married couples living together, 4.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.7% were non-families. 17.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 2.83.
In the city, the population was spread out with 26.2% under the age of 18, 11.5% from 18 to 24, 32.8% from 25 to 44, 11.5% from 45 to 64, and 18.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.7 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $43,750, and the median income for a family was $48,750. Males had a median income of $29,375 versus $20,625 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,179. There were 11.1% of families and 6.6% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and none of those over 64.
Аноним 07/05/20 Чтв 17:56:14 №219644088101
Goodhue is a city in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,176 at the 2010 census.[6]
Contents
1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
3.1 2010 census
3.2 2000 census
4 Notable people
5 References
6 External links
History
James M. Goodhue.
Goodhue was incorporated in 1889.[7]
Goodhue formerly had a rail line running through the eastern edge of the incorporated area, roughly parallel to and west of State Highway 58.
The Goodhue Area Historical Society was responsible for the construction of a museum in the community, which was named in honor of James M. Goodhue,[8] a newspaperman who was the first editor of the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Since the mid-1990s, Goodhue, like many Midwestern municipalities with medium to large elevator operations, has seen its housing base and population grow.
The first significant growth in 20 years began with construction of several homes in an annexed area north of Third Avenue and west of Sixth Street known as "East side".
Goodhue started their first website as http://www.cityofgoodhue.com in 2004
The Goodhue Wildcats won Class A State Championships in football in both 2003 and 2007. Also Goodhue Girls Basketball won Class A State Championship in 2016 and 2017.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.94 square miles (2.43 km2), all of it land.[9]
Minnesota State Highway 58 and County Highway 9 are two of the main routes in the community.
The Goodhue K-12 High School is located on 510 3rd Ave. Goodhue, MN 55027[10]
Demographics
Historical population
Census Pop. %±
1900 241 —
1910 408 69.3%
1920 398 −2.5%
1930 467 17.3%
1940 480 2.8%
1950 489 1.9%
1960 566 15.7%
1970 539 −4.8%
1980 657 21.9%
1990 533 −18.9%
2000 778 46.0%
2010 1,176 51.2%
Est. 2018 1,178 [3] 0.2%
U.S. Decennial Census[11]
2010 census
As of the census[2] of 2010, there were 1,176 people, 415 households, and 307 families living in the city. The population density was 1,251.1 inhabitants per square mile (483.1/km2). There were 443 housing units at an average density of 471.3 per square mile (182.0/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 89.9% White, 0.3% African American, 0.9% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 7.7% from other races, and 1.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.8% of the population.
There were 415 households of which 47.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.2% were married couples living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 26.0% were non-families. 23.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.83 and the average family size was 3.37.
The median age in the city was 30.6 years. 32.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 32.1% were from 25 to 44; 17.8% were from 45 to 64; and 9.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.8% male and 49.2% female.
2000 census
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 778 people, 293 households, and 196 families living in the city. The population density was 853.8 people per square mile (330.1/km²). There were 298 housing units at an average density of 327.0 per square mile (126.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 95.37% White, 0.13% Native American, 0.13% Asian, 3.34% from other races, and 1.03% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.01% of the population.
There were 293 households out of which 35.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.0% were married couples living together, 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.8% were non-families. 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.28.
In the city, the population was spread out with 29.2% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 17.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.1 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $43,250, and the median income for a family was $49,531. Males had a median income of $32,031 versus $21,765 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,873. About 1.0% of families and 3.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 11.3% of those age 65 or over.
Notable people
Gerald Heaney, United States federal appellate court judge, was born in Goodhue.[12]
Аноним 07/05/20 Чтв 17:56:34 №219644110102
Virgil Lee Peterson (22 September 1882 – 15 February 1956) was an Inspector General of the United States Army. Peterson graduated third in the United States Military Academy class of 1908, and much of his early career was spent in the United States Army Corps of Engineers, including serving as the district engineer of the Los Angeles District and commander of the 3rd Engineers.
During World War I, he was Commanding Officer, Engineer Officers' Training Camp at Camp Lee, Virginia, from April to August 1918; and Director of Training at Camp Humphreys, Virginia, until October 1918. He was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal twice, once for his service during World War I, and again for his work as Inspector General during World War II.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Military service
2.1 Junior officer
2.2 Rise and infrastructure work
2.3 Inspector General
3 Later life
4 References
5 Bibliography
Early life
Peterson was born on 22 September 1882 in Raywick, Kentucky, and attended Centre College, where he played football and received a Bachelor of Science in 1902. He then taught until 1904, when he entered the United States Military Academy. He was made a cadet corporal, cadet first sergeant, and eventually cadet captain. Peterson was a skilled rifleman and played for the school's polo team.[1] He graduated third of 108 in the United States Military Academy class of 1908. Upon graduation, Peterson was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Army Corps of Engineers.[2]
Military service
Junior officer
United States Army Corps of Engineers logo
From February to May 1908, Peterson was stationed at Fort Leavenworth. Until September, he was at Fort Riley, when he was assigned to map work in Fort Benjamin Harrison. From 30 June to 13 July 1909, he was at the military tournament in Toledo, Ohio. Peterson then attended the engineering school at Fort Lesley J. McNair, graduating on 5 November 1910. He was stationed with the 3rd Battalion of Engineers at Fort Leavenworth until 9 March 1911, during which he performed various duties and embarked on several short map-making tours in Ohio and Indiana. Peterson was then stationed in San Antonio with the Maneuver Division until 4 November 1911, when he was sent to the Philippines. First at Camp Stotsenburg, Peterson worked on a topographical survey of Luzon from 5 February to 1 May 1912. He was in charge of construction of a mechanical and electrical plant on Corregidor Island until 1 September 1913. Peterson then served as an aide-de-camp to J. Franklin Bell until 15 September 1914. He also supervised the construction of a hydroelectric plant and officers barracks. He then returned to the United States in late 1914.[3][4]
On February 28, 1915, Peterson was made a captain.[5] From February 1915 to August 1918, Peterson commanded groups; including the 9th Engineer Battalion and the 8th Engineer Mounted Battalion, at various camps; including in Brownsville, Texas, the Washington Barracks, and in El Paso, Texas. He then commanded the Fourth Engineer Officers' Training Camp at Camp Lee until 10 August 1918 and at Camp A. A. Humphreys, he was a director of Military Training until October 1918.[6][7][8] At Camp Lee and Camp A. A. Humphreys, he directed the training of 4,500 engineer officers and 20,000 enlisted soldiers. For his service he received the Army Distinguished Service Medal.[9]
Rise and infrastructure work
Peterson left Camp A. A. Humphreys to attend the United States Army War College to November 1918.[8] Peterson was then the commandment of the engineering school at Camp Humphreys from November 1918[3] to June 1920, and served as the assistant to the District Engineer in Boston until 31 December 1920.[8] During his tenure he was credited with increasing the quality of education for engineers, while shortening the course length. After 1920, he spent his time in New England, in various engineering districts, with the majority as Providence, Rhode Island district engineer.[7]
At the United States Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Peterson was a student from August 1924 to June 1925. Until 1929, he was an instructor at the school. He then was Assistant Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the Capitol in Washington D.C. until 30 March 1930. Peterson next was an assistant to the United States Army Corps of Engineers Chief of Engineers, as chief of the Miscellaneous Civil Section from April 1930[7][8] to August 1932, during which he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 November 1931.[10] As chief of the section, he oversaw the study of projects, preparation of correspondence, and recommendations in all matters relating to the establishment of and changes in harbor lines; the removal of wrecks and other obstructions to navigation; the bridging of navigable waters; the supervision of New York Harbor; the lakes survey; the water supply and the public buildings and grounds of Washington, D.C.; the preservation of Niagara Falls; the national parks; and other miscellaneous matters.[11]
He spent a year at the United States Army War College, where upon graduating he was appointed district engineer of the Los Angeles Engineering District. From February 1934 to February 1936, Peterson commanded the 3rd Engineers at Schofield Barracks. From May 1936 to March 1938, he served as the district engineer of the Detroit River and Harbor District.[10] From March 1938 to February 1940, Peterson was chief of staff at the headquarters of the Sixth Corps Area in Chicago.[12]
Inspector General
On February 27, 1940, Peterson was appointed to Inspector General of the United States Army.[10] As Inspector General, he was credited with "seeing more men, maneuvers, and facilities than any other officer in the Army."[7]
In this role, he helped instill a number of policies that would guide the military through coming cultural shifts. In the spring of 1942, he recommended forming fewer black units due to slow deployment of black units because staff at overseas theaters often refused to accept them. Peterson argued that it was more important to focus on supplying the army with adequate combat forces. The suggestion was not acted upon.[13] He investigated the treatment of Japanese American soldiers at Fort Riley and in Arizona.[14][15]
He was charged by George Marshall to investigate whether training and maneuvers knowledge were adequate among soldiers.[16] Peterson advocated for forecasting the construction of cantonments so that there would be fewer material shortages, which was successfully incorporated.[17] He was hesitant towards the Psychological Warfare Division in its early stages, feeling it provided unclear value to the army; Peterson's recommendations led to changes in the structure of the department.[18]
Later life
The amount of work began to affect his health, and after having a heart attack, was reassigned to the Army Service Corps.[7] Peterson retired from the Army on 28 February 1946.[19] He received the Army Distinguished Service Medal (presented as an oak leaf cluster) for his work as Inspector General.[6] In his column Washington Merry-Go-Round, Drew Pearson claimed that Peterson was "not a brilliant success," and he received his post of Inspector General as a result of his friendship with Edwin Watson.[20] Peterson lived in Washington, D.C. until his death on 15 February 1956.[21]
Аноним 07/05/20 Чтв 17:57:34 №219644191105
Ghost Trouble: The Casefiles of Eli Mothersbaugh is a collection of mystery fantasy short stories by American writer Richard Parks, gathering together the stories featuring his ghost hunter character Eli Mothersbaugh. It was first published as an ebook on Kindle in October 2011; a trade paperback edition was issued by Canemill Publishing in January 2013.[1]
Contents
1 Summary
2 Contents
3 Reception
4 References
Summary
In an alternate near future, the existence of "bio-remnants" (ghosts) has been scientifically proven, making humanity cognizant of the paranormal and the problems sometimes associated with it. A government agency, the Bureau of Bio-Remnant Reconciliation, has been established to deal with them, and that's the job of field agent Eli Mothersbaugh, physically sensitive to ghosts' psychic energy fields and possessed of the latest high tech detection gear. He is aided in four of the last six cases by academic Bonnie Simmer, whom he meets in the story "Diva." The book collects all twelve of Eli's adventures, including five previously unpublished.
Contents
"Wrecks" (from Odyssey, issue 2, 1998) – High-tech ghost hunter Eli Mothersbaugh tries to bring peace to a ghost haunting a train station—and the ghost's living daughter.
"The God of Children" (from Asimov's Science Fiction, v. 24, no. 12, Dec. 2000) – Eli is summoned to Japan by his old friend Hiro Yamada, whose mother is haunted by an unusual spirit.
"A Respectful Silence" (from Realms of Fantasy, v. 8, no. 2, Dec. 2001) – At an abandoned airfield, Eli assists a pilot's ghost in making her final report.
"A Hint of Jasmine" (from Asimov's Science Fiction, v. 28 no. 8, Aug. 2004) – Eli is commissioned to solve a mystery involving the ghosts of Water Oaks Plantation.
"Voices in an Empty Room" (from Haunted Holidays, Oct. 2004) – Eli investigates the ghostly mystery behind a terrorist attack that rocked the town of Canemill, Mississippi.
"Hanagan's Kiyomatsu, 1923" (from Worshipping Small Gods, 2007) – A rare Japanese print has been destroyed by the ghost of its late owner; Eli must discover why.
"Diva" (from Worshipping Small Gods, 2007) – Eli is asked to exorcise a ghost of an opera singer haunting the auditorium of Armfield State University. But should he?
"Beacons" – Eli investigates a report of a phantom storm hitting a barrier island, only to find no evidence of its energies—until he realizes he's looking in the wrong place.
"Muramasa's Rage" – Hiro Yamada calls Eli and Bonnie back to Japan to look into the threatened theft of a legendary sword—by a ghost. Which, they discover, has been making the attempt the past four hundred years. But it's getting stronger...
"His Hour Upon the Stage" – Larry Williams, key actor of the Cobblestone Players, is dead, and his ghost is apparently disrupting their latest production. It's up to Eli to find out why.
"Souvenirs" – Susan Christensen must auction off her late father's World War II memorabilia to avoid foreclosure on her home, which seems to disturb her father's spirit. Looks like another job for Eli.
"The Missing Ghost" – On sabbatical, Eli is happily teaching Bio Remnant Behavior 101 at Armfield State when he, Bonnie and promising student Toni Jackson all dream of the college's resident ghost, Madame Caldwell, in peril. As she has gone missing, a rescue expedition is in order—but the rescuers soon find they need rescuing themselves.
Reception
Reviewer Don D'Ammassa puts "'The God of Children' [among] my two personal favorites" in the stories that appeared in Parks's first short story collection, The Ogre's Wife.[2] He cites the four Eli Mothersbaugh tales appearing in Parks's second collection, Worshipping Small Gods, as evidence their writer is not "a one note author," noting their "contemporary settings and a much more somber tone ... closer to horror fiction, [though] the approach is more matter of fact and there is little actual menace, though certainly considerable mystery. ... I liked 'A Hint of Jasmine' and 'Diva' the best of these."[3]
Publishers Weekly highlights "Voices in an Empty Room" as among the stories particularly noteworthy in its review of Worshipping Small Gods, finding it "[t]he most compelling entry" in the collection.[4]
Ray Olson of Booklist calls the "stories [that] feature benevolent ghostbuster Eli Mothersbaugh of Canemill, Mississippi, ... so fine, sensitive, and southern that Eudora Welty might approve of them."[5]
Richard Larson calls the Mothersbaugh stories "about truth, as any good mystery story should be: the visible truth, the hidden truth, the false truth, and the real truth ... often conflicting, especially when people don't want to know the truth at all ... they want the ghosts gone, but they rarely want to deal with why the ghosts are there in the first place." He notes that the series "creates a hybrid genre—science fiction/fantasy/mystery—that convincingly and delightfully creates a world ... in which the past is a bothersome but ever-present encroachment upon daily life." Regarding the individual tales, he feels "A Hint of Jasmine" "clips along like any solid mystery with a steady drip of clues," while rating "Voices in an Empty Room" a "weaker story" and "Hanagan's Kiyomatsu, 1923" "a simple trotting out of Parks's developing formula." "Diva," on the other hand, is "sweet and unabashedly sentimental, a journey to restore things to the way they once were, and it functions strongly as an end to the arc by commenting on what has come before." Larson praises it for combining "all the notable aspects of Parks's skill set: compassion for his protagonist, a mystery to be solved, an endearing love story, a past to uncover, and the quirkiness that is painfully lacking in some of the more minor stories."[6]
Аноним 07/05/20 Чтв 17:58:54 №219644283108
The All Sky Automated Survey (ASAS) is a Polish project implemented on 7 April 1997 to do photometric monitoring of approximately 20 million stars brighter than 14 magnitude all over the sky.[1] The automatic telescopes discovered two new comets in 2004 and 2006. The ASAS-South, located in Chile and ASAS-North, located in Hawai'i, are managed by Grzegorz Pojmański of the Warsaw University Observatory via the internet.[not verified in body]
The idea was initiated by the Polish astronomy Professor Bohdan Paczyński of Princeton University. The prototype instrument and data pipeline were designed and built by Grzegorz Pojmański. The work on the ASAS program began in 1996 with a mere $1 million budget. The automatic telescope, located in Las Campanas Observatory, Chile, was designed to register the brightness of circa one million stars in the Southern Hemisphere. However, it proved very efficient and helped to find many new variable stars. The project was then expanded, and now operates four telescopes located in Las Campanas Observatory. The Chilean observatory is operated by the Carnegie Institution of Washington.[2]
So far, ASAS has discovered 50,000 variables located south of declination +28°, which means that it has covered 3/4 of all the sky. Pojmański comes to Chile only once every year. The telescope works automatically. Routine work such as exchanging of the data is done by the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) observers. Such an intervention is needed once a week. On each starry night when an OGLE observator opens or closes the dome, the ASAS booth is opened or closed automatically.[3]
Grzegorz Pojmański is supported in the project by the State Committee for Scientific Research, Poland. The project is assisted by OGLE observers. Paczyński was supported by William Golden.[citation needed]
Contents
1 The ASAS 1-2 systems
2 The ASAS-3 system
3 Selected discoveries
3.1 Comets
3.2 Novae
3.3 Dwarf Novae
4 ASAS Alert System
5 ASAS publications
6 References
7 External links
The ASAS 1-2 systems
The prototype ASAS instrument, equipped with 768x512 Kodak CCD and 135/1.8 telephoto lens, and mounted on the computer controlled robotic mount, operated from 7 April 1997 until 6 June 2000. Prototype took about 15 3-minute exposures (covering 90 sq. deg.) per hour (over 120 per night) with limiting I-magnitude 13 and resolution of 14 arcsec/pixel. Initial setup consisted of 24 fields covering 150 sq. deg. (later increased to 50 fields - 300 sq. deg) monitored few times each night.[4]
ASAS 2 results obtained during 1997-2000 available at the ASAS website contain:[citation needed]
The ASAS-2 Photometric I-band Catalog - giving interactive access to over 50 million measurements of over 140,000 stars,
Sky Atlas - graphic interface to the I-band Catalog,
The ASAS-2 Catalog of Variable Stars containing over 350 Periodic and 3500 Miscellaneous variables,
The ASAS Gallery presenting collection of the variables' light curves.
The ASAS-3 system
On 6 June 2000 the ASAS-3 system replaced the low-cost prototype. It consists of two wide-field 200/2.8 instruments, one narrow-field 750/3.3 telescope and one super-wide 50/4 scope. Each of them is equipped with the Apogee 2Kx2K CCD camera, located in the custom-made automated enclosure.[citation needed]
In April 2002 ASAS-3 was expanded and is now housing four instruments. The fourth one is a very-wide-field scope equipped with the 50 mm lens and another AP-10 camera. It features 36x26 deg. FOV and observes only a few selected fields in purpose to test instrument sensitivity for fast transient events.
ASAS-3 is directly connected to the BACODINE network and is ready for immediate follow-up observations of GRB events.[5]
ASAS-3 results obtained since the year 2000 are available at the ASAS website:[citation needed]
The ASAS-3 Catalog of Variable Stars containing over 10,000 eclipsing binaries, almost 8,000 periodic pulsating and over 31,000 irregular stars found among 15,000,000 stars on the sky south of the declination +28.
Selected discoveries
Number of stars observed by ASAS[when?]: approx. 15 million. Number of detected variables: approx. 50,000. Number of new variables: approx. 39,000.[citation needed]
Comets
C/2006 A1 (Pojmański) - the new comet was discovered by the ASAS Alert System on 2 January 2006 on the image taken on 1 January. Confirmation images were taken on 4 January, and one prediscovery image was identified on 29 December 2005.[6]
C/2004 R2 (ASAS) - the new comet was discovered by the ASAS Alert System on 7 September 2004. Confirmation images were taken on 8 September and one prediscovery image was identified on 1 September.[7]
Novae
Nova SMC = ASAS 011500-7325.6 (predisc. autom. detect.)
V1663 Aql = Nova Aql = ASAS 190512+0514.2 (ASAS discovery)
V378 Ser = Nova Ser 2005 = ASAS 174924-1300.0 (ASAS discovery)
V5114 Sgr = Nova Sgr 2004 = ASAS 181932-2836.6 (predisc. autom. detection)
V2574 Oph = Nova Oph 2004 = ASAS 173845-2328.3 (predisc. autom. detection)
V1186 Sco = Nova Sco 2004 = ASAS 171251-3056.6 (ASAS discovery)
V1188 Sco = Nova Sco 2005 = ASAS 174422-3416.5 (ASAS discovery)
V477 Sct = Nova Sct 2005 Number 2 = ASAS 183843-1216.3[8]
Dwarf Novae
ASAS 160048-4846.2 - UGSU in Nor (ASAS discovery) (= V453 Normae)
ASAS 091858-2942.6 - CV in Pyx (ASAS discovery) (= DT Pyxidis)
ASAS 153616-0839.1 - UGWZ (ASAS discovery) (= QZ Librae)
ASAS 002511+1217.2 - UGWZ/UGSU ? (ASAS discovery) (= FL Piscium)
(predisc. autom. detection) = object was independently detected by the ASAS Alert System before official discovery, but was not verified by a human until later.[1]
ASAS Alert System
Since 1 March 2003 the ASAS data reduction pipeline is working in real time. All photometric data is available through a web interface within 5 minutes after exposure.[9]
Аноним 07/05/20 Чтв 18:00:03 №219644367111
Last Days of Coney Island is a 2015 American adult animated short film written, produced, directed and animated by Ralph Bakshi. The story concerns a NYPD detective, the sex worker he alternately loves and arrests, and the seedy characters that haunt the streets of New York City's run-down amusement district.
Contents
1 Production
1.1 Development
1.2 Casting
1.3 Animation
2 Release
3 References
4 External links
Production
A still from an earlier version of the project.
Animation on Last Days of Coney Island was drawn traditionally and completed digitally.
Development
Ralph Bakshi had previously pitched the film to major studios such as Pixar and DreamWorks, but was unable to find anyone who wanted to take on the project.[2] When technology began advancing to the point where Bakshi could begin the project on a lower budget, he decided to take on the project himself and produce it independently working with a small development crew in New Mexico. Bakshi is quoted as saying that the animation is "probably higher quality than anything I ever made, at a cost so low it's embarrassing. Everything I used to do in my old movies that required hundreds of people and huge salaries is now done in a box. It took 250 people to make Heavy Traffic, now I'm down to five. I kiss the computer every morning — f-----' unbelievable!"[2]
Production was announced in 2006, attracting much interest, but no official funding, and according to Bakshi, "I had about eight minutes of film and a completed script. I thought budget was a slam dunk. For a Bakshi comeback film, it seemed like a no-brainer. [...] I asked one guy [in Hollywood], 'Should I have a budget of $150 million and pocket the rest?' He said, 'Yeah, but you have to make it PG'".[3] Bakshi ended the production to rethink his approach towards the film. Its production status was left uncertain.[4]
On October 20, 2012, at Dallas Comic-Con: Fan Days, Ralph Bakshi participated in a Q&A where it was stated that he would take Last Days of Coney Island to Kickstarter in an attempt to crowdsource the funding.
A Kickstarter campaign was launched on February 1, 2013 to complete funding for the first short in the film.[5][6][7] On March 3, the film was successfully funded and raised $174,195 from 1,290 backers, and Bakshi confirmed production had begun.
Casting
When the project was first announced on Kickstarter, voice actress Tina Romanus, who had previously worked with Baskhi on Wizards and Hey Good Lookin', was confirmed to play the role of Molly, the main character's love interest.[5] In February 2013, actor Matthew Modine was cast in the film after coming across the film's Kickstarter campaign online in the role of Shorty, described as "a 4-foot-tall mafia collector who thinks he's Elvis Presley and sings like Chet Baker".[8][9]
Omar Jones ended up replacing Matthew Modine in the lead role of Shorty.[10] Other voices include Ralph himself, Eddie Bakshi, Jess Gorell, Jonathan Yudis, Joey Camen and Ron Thompson.
Animation
Much of the production was aided with the use of Toon Boom Studio, computer software designed to assemble 2D animation. Ralph Bakshi is quoted as saying "Eddie [Bakshi's son] began some coloring and refining of artwork in Photoshop then gradually moved over to doing this in Toon Boom Studio. The crossover was relatively painless. The programs worked well together. [...] I set up the picture in a traditional manner then Eddie uses Toon Boom Studio to do everything else. My animator Doug Compton also uses Toon Boom Studio to assemble and send pencil tests and animatics. Toon Boom Studio essentially becomes the studio."[11]
Early on, Colleen Cox was announced to be the lead animator of the film. Tsukasa Kanayama was also hired as a storyboard artist, with Joseph Baptista helping with the storyboarding and also helping with some of the character designs. Animator Elana Pritchard was also hired to contribute a sequence in January 2014.[12] British illustrator Ian Miller was hired to help with the background art for the film; Miller had previously worked with Baskhi on Wizards and Cool World.[5]
Release
Last Days of Coney Island premiered on Bakshi's 77th birthday on October 29, 2015 on Vimeo.[10] Bakshi released the film for free on YouTube on October 13, 2016.[13][14]
Аноним 07/05/20 Чтв 18:00:31 №219644407113
Delegation theory refers to the process by which a manager shifts some of the responsibilities for a given task implementation to another team member with the view of achieving maximum result.
Contents
1 Applications of Delegation Theory
1.1 Independent Central Banks and Non Majoritarian Institutions
1.2 The European Union
2 Delegation in Spain
3 References
4 Sources
Applications of Delegation Theory
Independent Central Banks and Non Majoritarian Institutions
One of the most important areas where delegation theories have been applied has been in the debate over the merits of Independent Central Banks (ICBs) such as the Bank of England or the European Central Bank. This debate has corresponded to the theories of credible commitments and can be understood as a solution to problems posed by the two democratic pressure problems mentioned above where monetary policy is concerned. Those in favour of the creation of ICBs have primarily focused on interest rates and have argued that democratic pressures tend to have an inflationary effect as governments will often be tempted to advocate lower interest rates immediately prior to an election so as to manufacture short term booms in the economy and boost their support - but to the detriment of long term economic health. A variant of this argument is that as most democracies incorporate two main parties split on economic policy between left and right, the party of the left winning power will often result in damaging inflation raising policies immediately after the election in an effort to distance itself from the previous government. A solution to these problems has naturally been sought in the creation of an independent institution which can decide interest rates outside of the influence of democratic pressures - the ICB.
This argument has been highly influential and the number of ICBs has risen dramatically since the 1980s however it is not without its critics. Many scholars (for instance Kathleen Mcnamara) have questioned the premises of the ICB argument, making the case that democratic pressures will not result in high inflation and that high inflation is not inherently bad for the economy long term. Broadly speaking the empirical evidence on these points has tended to be inconclusive for both sides. An alternative criticism has come from certain branches of New institutionalism who have sought to explain the increase in ICBs not by the 'rational' argument outlined above, but as a process of symbolism, where governments will create ICBs because they are seen to be respectable institutions by other actors, particularly by foreign investors who, it is argued, will view a country with an ICB as a modern state worthy of investment.
The European Union
Delegation theories have also been applied extensively in studies of the European Union. The dominant approach has undoubtedly been the principal-agent approach, but there have also been variations from the classic form by intergovernmentalist approaches and the fiduciary model laid out by Giandomenico Majone.
Andrew Moravcsik is perhaps the most prominent intergovernmentalist theorist who has written on delegation and his work can essentially be thought of as applying the principal-agent model in a manner which stresses minimal agency loss. The model is not a simple principal-agent model however, as he conceives of the EU as delegation on three levels. Firstly there is the delegation from European electorates to national governments (who in this sense act as agents), secondly there is the delegation from national governments (who now act as principals) to European institutions such as the European Commission. Moravcsik has been particularly interested in the informational asymmetries which arise from delegation in the European Union and has argued that whilst there is minimal agency loss between the national governments and the European institutions, the national governments gain significant informational advantages over European electorates which allow them to carry out policies at home which they would not be able to do in the absence of the European Union. In this sense the delegation process strengthens the national governments rather than weakening them (as is traditionally assumed where the European Union is concerned). This has nevertheless been seen as inconsistent by some scholars (for instance Mark Pollack) who take issue with the assertion that informational advantages only allow national governments to gain freedom from European electorates and that the same principle applies with European institutions gaining an advantage over their principals through informational asymmetries.
In contrast Giandomenico Majone has formulated a theory of delegation which stresses the importance of credibility problems in the decision to delegate to European institutions. Not only is this explained as a mechanism to ensure member states comply with treaty obligations, but employing similar logic as that used in the ICB debates he makes a defence against democratic deficit arguments which advocate a directly elected European Commission. Much in the same way as in the ICB debate democratic pressures are seen as impacting negatively on what is a primarily regulatory institution and as such for Majone the Commission should be insulated from democratic pressures if it is to fulfil its functions effectively.
Delegation in Spain
A delegation (of Latin deputatione) is, in a broad sense, a body of deputies of an assembly (persons to which the assembly delegates its authority) and its respective activities. In Spain, the term is used in a stricter sense in order to designate the administration of some provinces on behalf of the central authority, be it the King or, in modern times, a democratically elected Parliament.
The delegations (in Aragonese deputazions, in Catalan diputacions, in Basque aldundia and in Galician deputación) have territorial character and their function is to manage the economic and administrative interests of the provinces. In the Canary islands the functions of the delegations are exerted by each island's town halls (delegaciones insulares), and in the Balearic islands insular councils (in Catalan consells insulars).
The history of the delegations traces back to 1812 with the enactment of the Constitution of Cadiz, the first democratic Constitution in Spain, having had different roles over the centuries, such as tight control from central government in Francoist Spain.
The members of the delegations are elected in an indirect way, by computing the total result of local elections in each province. However, the members of the town halls and insular councils always have been chosen in direct election, in elections separated from the autonomic or joint with the autonomic elections in the Balearic islands, until the Statute of Autonomy reform in 2007.
The three Basque delegations (and previously also the Delegation of Navarre) are known with the name delegaciones forales, since these four territories still preserve their fueros or Medieval privileges. The Delegación foral is an executive branch that depends on the General Meetings (the legislative). The General Meetings are the parliaments of each historical territory whose members (junteros or solicitors) are chosen by popular voting, expressed during local elections.
Аноним 07/05/20 Чтв 18:09:35 №219645089127
Hancocks & Co is a retail jeweller in London, founded on 1 January 1849 by Charles F. Hancock, a former partner of Storr and Mortimer. The first shop was opened at a corner of Bruton Street and New Bond Street, in London. It has moved several times since then. Hancocks has become notable for the manufacture of the Victoria Cross medals and also for the various Royal Warrants that it holds. It has been based in The Burlington Arcade in London since 1998.
Contents
1 History
2 Royal Appointments and Warrants
3 S.J.Rood
3.1 The "For..." series of rings
4 Current business
5 References
6 External links
History
The Great Exhibition at The Crystal Palace.
Hancocks first gallery opened at a corner of Bruton Street and New Bond Street, in London in 1849. Hancocks subsequently moved in 1917 to Vigo Street, in 1970 to Burlington Gardens and 1998 to its current location at 52 & 53 Burlington Arcade. Hancocks has exhibited at several renowned exhibitions. The first exhibition that Hancocks attended was The Great Exhibition of 1851 at The Crystal Palace in London. It then participated in exhibitions in Paris in 1867 and Vienna in 1873 where Hancocks was awarded medals of excellence. Hancocks continues to participate in major exhibitions such as Grosvenor House, Maastricht and New York.[1]
In 1998, Hancocks acquired the business of S.J.Rood, diamond merchants and jewellery manufacturers. S.J.Rood were themselves awarded The Royal Warrant by Queen Mary (wife of King George V) in 1921 and are famous as the creators of the “For....” series of rings which were gifted to Queen Mary’s ladies-in-waiting on their marriage.[2] Hancocks currently occupy the former S.J.Root premises in Burlington Arcade.
Royal Appointments and Warrants
On 13 August 1849, after only eight months in business, Hancocks received the Royal Appointment of Queen Victoria. Many of the principal sovereigns of Europe also became regular patrons. There can be little doubt that the rapid expansion by Charles Hancock during the formative years of the Company led to Hancocks being entrusted with the design and production of the Victoria Cross on the inception of the award in 1856.[3] This medal is still made exclusively by Hancocks.[4]
In 1962 the Company was granted the Royal Warrant as Goldsmiths and Silversmiths to Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother.
S.J.Rood
S.J. Rood was established in London’s Burlington Arcade in 1873 and operated independently until they were acquired by Hancocks in 1998. Hancocks then took over the Rood premises in Burlington Arcade from where they remain trading today.
S.J.Rood was established by the Allen family who were diamond merchants in addition to their primary role as jewellery manufacturers and retailers to the rich and famous. From 1900 onwards the firm enjoyed great success with affluent Londoners and was awarded the Royal Warrant by Queen Mary, wife of George V, who reigned from 1910 until 1936 (and was then Queen Mother from 1936 until her death in 1952).
Queen Mary was an excellent customer and commissioned many pieces with S.J.Rood, both for herself and as gifts for others. Many of these pieces now sell for hefty premiums when they (all too rarely) come onto the open market.
S.J.Rood are perhaps most famously known as the manufacturers of the historic “For.....” series of rings which were created for Her Majesty Queen Mary and which were presented to her ladies-in-waiting on the occasion of their engagement. At least twelve rings are known to have been presented between 1918 and 1952. As Queen Mary was of German descent, her staff were a mixture of English and German ladies. As a consequence, many of the “For.....” rings are now located in either London or Bavaria.
The "For..." series of rings
In total, S.J.Rood made 12 rings in the "For...." series which are known to have been presented by Queen Mary to her ladies-in-waiting on the occasion of their engagement. These are:-
The ring "For Mary" - presented by Queen Mary in 1918. Currently on display in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
The ring "For Victoria" from 1930 sold at auction in US for $74,000 in 2014
The ring "For Elizabeth" - presented by Queen Mary in 1921. Present whereabouts unknown.
The ring "For Anna" - presented by Queen Mary in 1925. Still owned by family descendants in Munich, Germany.
The ring "For Constantine" - presented by Queen Mary in 1927. Currently on display in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
The ring "For Victoria" - presented by Queen Mary in 1930. Present whereabouts unknown..
The ring "For Jana" - presented by Queen Mary in 1931. Sold at auction in 2018. Owner unknown.
The ring "For Alexandra" - presented by Queen Mary in 1934. Still owned by family descendants in London.
The ring "For Rosemary" - presented by Queen Mary in 1935. Sold at auction in 2014. New owner is based in US.
The ring "For Hannah" - presented by Queen Mary in 1937. Present whereabouts unknown.
The ring "For Sophia" - presented by Queen Mary in 1938. Still owned by family descendants in Munich, Germany.
The ring "For Maria" - presented by Queen Mary in 1946. Currently on display in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
The ring "For Stephania" - presented by Queen Mary in 1951. Sold at auction in 1993. Owner unknown.
Many of these rings now sell for hefty premiums when they (all too rarely) come onto the open market.
Current business
Hancocks, founded in 1849, is still family owned by Stephen and Janie Burton, and is one of London's oldest specialist dealers buying and selling rare and collectable jewels.[5] They are based in historical premises in The Burlington Arcade in London.
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In mathematics, a Lie groupoid is a groupoid where the set {\displaystyle \operatorname {Ob} }{\displaystyle \operatorname {Ob} } of objects and the set {\displaystyle \operatorname {Mor} }{\displaystyle \operatorname {Mor} } of morphisms are both manifolds, the source and target operations
{\displaystyle s,t:\operatorname {Mor} \to \operatorname {Ob} }{\displaystyle s,t:\operatorname {Mor} \to \operatorname {Ob} }
are submersions, and all the category operations (source and target, composition, and identity-assigning map) are smooth.
A Lie groupoid can thus be thought of as a "many-object generalization" of a Lie group, just as a groupoid is a many-object generalization of a group. Just as every Lie group has a Lie algebra, every Lie groupoid has a Lie algebroid.
Contents
1 Examples
2 Morita Morphisms and Smooth Stacks
2.1 Examples
3 External links
Examples
Any Lie group gives a Lie groupoid with one object, and conversely. So, the theory of Lie groupoids includes the theory of Lie groups.
Given any manifold {\displaystyle M}M, there is a Lie groupoid called the pair groupoid, with {\displaystyle M}M as the manifold of objects, and precisely one morphism from any object to any other. In this Lie groupoid the manifold of morphisms is thus {\displaystyle M\times M}M\times M.
Given a Lie group {\displaystyle G}G acting on a manifold {\displaystyle M}M, there is a Lie groupoid called the translation groupoid with one morphism for each triple {\displaystyle g\in G,x,y\in M}g \in G, x,y \in M with {\displaystyle gx=y}gx = y.
Any foliation gives a Lie groupoid.
Any principal bundle {\displaystyle P\to M}P\to M with structure group G gives a groupoid, namely {\displaystyle P\times P/G}P\times P/G over M, where G acts on the pairs componentwise. Composition is defined via compatible representatives as in the pair groupoid.
Morita Morphisms and Smooth Stacks
See also: differentiable stack
Beside isomorphism of groupoids there is a more coarse notation of equivalence, the so-called Morita equivalence. A quite general example is the Morita-morphism of the Čech groupoid which goes as follows. Let M be a smooth manifold and {\displaystyle \{U_{\alpha }\}}\{U_{\alpha }\} an open cover of M. Define {\displaystyle G_{0}:=\bigsqcup _{\alpha }U_{\alpha }}G_0:=\bigsqcup_\alpha U_\alpha the disjoint union with the obvious submersion {\displaystyle p:G_{0}\to M}p:G_0\to M. In order to encode the structure of the manifold M define the set of morphisms {\displaystyle G_{1}:=\bigsqcup _{\alpha ,\beta }U_{\alpha \beta }}G_1:=\bigsqcup_{\alpha,\beta}U_{\alpha\beta} where {\displaystyle U_{\alpha \beta }=U_{\alpha }\cap U_{\beta }\subset M}U_{\alpha\beta}=U_\alpha \cap U_\beta\subset M. The source and target map are defined as the embeddings {\displaystyle s:U_{\alpha \beta }\to U_{\alpha }}s:U_{\alpha\beta}\to U_\alpha and {\displaystyle t:U_{\alpha \beta }\to U_{\beta }}t:U_{\alpha\beta}\to U_\beta. And multiplication is the obvious one if we read the {\displaystyle U_{\alpha \beta }}U_{\alpha\beta} as subsets of M (compatible points in {\displaystyle U_{\alpha \beta }}U_{\alpha\beta} and {\displaystyle U_{\beta \gamma }}U_{\beta\gamma} actually are the same in M and also lie in {\displaystyle U_{\alpha \gamma }}U_{\alpha\gamma}).
This Čech groupoid is in fact the pullback groupoid of {\displaystyle M\Rightarrow M}M\Rightarrow M, i.e. the trivial groupoid over M, under p. That is what makes it Morita-morphism.
In order to get the notion of an equivalence relation we need to make the construction symmetric and show that it is also transitive. In this sense we say that 2 groupoids {\displaystyle G_{1}\Rightarrow G_{0}}G_1\Rightarrow G_0 and {\displaystyle H_{1}\Rightarrow H_{0}}H_1\Rightarrow H_0 are Morita equivalent iff there exists a third groupoid {\displaystyle K_{1}\Rightarrow K_{0}}K_1\Rightarrow K_0 together with 2 Morita morphisms from G to K and H to K. Transitivity is an interesting construction in the category of groupoid principal bundles and left to the reader.
It arises the question of what is preserved under the Morita equivalence. There are 2 obvious things, one the coarse quotient/ orbit space of the groupoid {\displaystyle G_{0}/G_{1}=H_{0}/H_{1}}G_0/G_1 = H_0/H_1 and secondly the stabilizer groups {\displaystyle G_{p}\cong H_{q}}G_p\cong H_q for corresponding points {\displaystyle p\in G_{0}}p\in G_0 and {\displaystyle q\in H_{0}}q\in H_0.
The further question of what is the structure of the coarse quotient space leads to the notion of a smooth stack. We can expect the coarse quotient to be a smooth manifold if for example the stabilizer groups are trivial (as in the example of the Čech groupoid). But if the stabilizer groups change we cannot expect a smooth manifold any longer. The solution is to revert the problem and to define:
A smooth stack is a Morita-equivalence class of Lie groupoids. The natural geometric objects living on the stack are the geometric objects on Lie groupoids invariant under Morita-equivalence. As an example consider the Lie groupoid cohomology.
Examples
The notion of smooth stack is quite general, obviously all smooth manifolds are smooth stacks.
But also orbifolds are smooth stacks, namely (equivalence classes of) étale groupoids.
Orbit spaces of foliations are another class of examples
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Sami Amin Al-Arian (Arabic: سامي أمين العريان; born January 14, 1958) is a Palestinian civil rights activist who was a computer engineering professor at University of South Florida. During the Clinton administration and Bush administration, he was invited to the White House. He actively campaigned for the Bush presidential campaign in the United States presidential election in 2000.
After a contentious interview with Bill O'Reilly on The O'Reilly Factor following the September 11 attacks, Al-Arian's tenure at University of South Florida came under public scrutiny.
He was indicted in February 2003 on 17 counts under the Patriot Act. A jury acquitted him on 8 counts and deadlocked on the remaining 9 counts. He later struck a plea bargain and admitted to one of the remaining charges in exchange for being released and deported by April 2007. However, as his release date approached, a federal prosecutor in Virginia demanded he testify before a grand jury in a separate case, which he refused to do, claiming it would violate his plea deal. He was held under house arrest in Northern Virginia from 2008 until 2014 when federal prosecutors filed a motion to dismiss charges against him.[1]
He was deported to Turkey on February 4, 2015.[2]
Contents
1 Early life and education
1.1 Kuwait and Egypt
1.2 United States
2 Tenured at University of South Florida
3 Activism
3.1 Community involvement and WISE
3.2 Emerson film and investigation
3.3 Citizenship
3.4 Mazen Al-Najjar
3.5 Political involvement
3.6 Education
4 O'Reilly controversy
4.1 Television interview
4.2 Academic freedom
4.3 Loftus Lawsuit
5 Indictment
5.1 Indictment
5.2 Trial
5.3 Plea agreement
5.4 Sentencing
6 Civil and criminal contempt prosecutions; 2006–present
6.1 Grand jury subpoenas, refusal to testify, civil contempt, and hunger strikes
6.2 Criminal contempt proceedings; house arrest; deportation
7 Personal life
7.1 Film
8 Notes
9 See also
10 References
11 External links
Early life and education
Kuwait and Egypt
Al-Arian was born on January 14, 1958 in Kuwait. His parents, Amin and Laila Al-Arian, were Palestinian refugees after the creation of Israel in 1948.[3][4] After the 1948 Palestine war, Amin had to leave behind the family soap factory in Jaffa and flee towards the Gaza Strip's refugee camps.[5] Amin's family migrated to Kuwait in 1957 where Sami Al-Arian was born.[5] Under Kuwaiti law, his parents had legal resident status but he was not eligible for citizenship.[6] In 1966, his family was expelled from Kuwait after refusing to become informants for Kuwaiti intelligence.[4] He received his primary and secondary education at Cairo, Egypt.[6][7] During the early 1970s, Sami learned English from American TV shows, including Kojak, Starsky and Hutch, Baretta, and The Fugitive.[5] He left Egypt in 1975, and returned in 1979 for a visit when he married Nahla Al-Najjar.[6]
United States
Amin Al-Arian used all of his life savings to send Sami to America for an education.[5] In 1975, Al-Arian came to the United States to study engineering at Southern Illinois University.[8] In 1978, he graduated with a major in Electrical Sciences and Systems Engineering.[9] At North Carolina State University, he earned his master's degree in 1980 and doctorate in 1985.[6][9]
Tenured at University of South Florida
He moved to Temple Terrace after he was hired as an assistant professor to teach computer engineering at University of South Florida on January 22, 1986.[6][7][10] He was granted permanent resident status for United States in March 1989.[11] He was promoted from an assistant professor to an associate professor with tenure.[6] He received many accolades relating to teaching including the Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teacher Award in 1993 and a salary raise based on merit grades via the Teaching Incentive Program in 1994.[6]
Activism
Community involvement and WISE
He was very involved in the local community. He served as an imam for a local mosque and as a charter officer for the local religious school.[5][6] In 1992, he hosted a local cable-access show — Peace be upon you.[5]
He rose to national prominence for his pursuit of civil rights of Muslim-Americans and raising awareness of the Palestinian plight. Al-Arian criticized the peace process led by Palestinian Authority president Yasser Arafat and advocated support for the Palestinian uprisings against Israeli occupation during the 1980s and early 1990s.[12][13] On October 20, 1988, Al-Arian established the Islamic Concern Project, which included a committee devoted to raising charity for Palestine.[8][14] In 1990–91, his continued involvement in promoting dialogue between the West and Middle East[15] led to the creation of World and Islam Studies Enterprise (WISE), which served as a think tank that promoted public policy initiatives.[6][8] WISE and University of South Florida formally agreed to cooperate on March 11, 1992.[6][16][17] WISE published journals, supported graduate student education, and held seminars between American and Middle Eastern scholars.[18]
Emerson film and investigation
Steve Emerson published a controversial film in November 1994 that accused WISE as a terrorist front organization which Al-Arian vehemently denied.[19] In May 1995, Michael Fechter of the Tampa Tribune expanded on Emerson's film. Fechter's articles were criticized by fellow journalists for instigating bigotry through reckless journalism.[18][20] Sami Al-Arian's daughter, Laila Al-Arian, lambasted Emerson and the Tribune for publishing photographs of their home, school, and family car.[21] In November 1995, federal agents investigating "violations of perjury and immigration laws" searched Sami Al-Arian's home for six hours to seize bank statements dating as far back as 1986, airline passes, telephone bills, AAA travel maps, family videotapes, audiotapes, and computer disks.[8][22] A three-month independent inquiry was led by prominent Tampa lawyer and former USF President William Reece Smith that involved hundreds of documents and 59 interviews.[23] The investigation reported in May 1996 that there was "no evidence" to support the allegation that Al-Arian or WISE supported terrorism.[23] The report went on to conclude that University of South Florida officials acted appropriately in collaborating with WISE.[23] The 99-page report was lauded by USF President Betty Castor for its "comprehensive, thoughtful, and detailed analysis".[23] In June 1996, Florida universities Chancellor Charles Reed also said their investigation found no links between WISE and terror organizations.[24]
In May 1996, Villanova University canceled a seminar that involved many speakers including Al-Arian after the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) complained about the possibility of riots.[12] The Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA), the United States's largest association of Middle East scholars, approved a resolution that rebuked ADL for "creating an atmosphere of intimidation that resulted in the cancellation of an academic event".[25] USF placed Al-Arian on paid administrative leave in May 1996 pending the outcome of a federal investigation which had an indefinite time frame.[8] Students complained in August 1997 after a graduation requirement course taught by Al-Arian was cancelled.[26] After consultation with authorities who brought no charges after a three-year federal investigation,[27] USF decided to reinstate him in August 1998.[28]
Citizenship
He applied for U.S. citizenship in January 1994. Although he was informed that he passed all of the requirements to obtain citizenship in September 1994, he was neither granted nor denied citizenship. Federal law requires notification within 120 days after the citizenship examination. In October 1995, he filed suit for a judge to award him citizenship directly.[29] His petition for citizenship was denied in March 1996 under the pretense of unlawfully voting in a 1994 Hillsborough County local election.[30][31] But a state investigation discovered no discrepancies and vindicated him because voter registration deputies gave Al-Arian the voter registration card via mail to vote in the 1994 local election.[citation needed][clarification needed]
Mazen Al-Najjar
Sami Al-Arian's brother-in-law Mazen Al-Najjar was jailed for nearly five years, accused of having links to Palestinian terrorists.[32] In May 1997, Al-Najjar was incarcerated in Miami, Florida without charge and was held in jail indefinitely on the basis of secret evidence.[13][33] Although Judge McHugh found Al-Najjar to be a respected member of a community, McHugh denied bail on the basis of secret evidence in May 1997.[13] In May 2000, U.S. district judge John A. Leonard ordered a rehearing because Al-Najjar's right to due process had been violated when the government did not cede evidence in order for Al-Najjar to defend himself.[34][35] During the first day of the rehearing in August 2000, the government called Al-Arian to testify. Several legal analysts and Al-Arian were convinced that Al-Arian, not Al-Najjar, was the focus of the Al-Najjar's court case.[36] On the advice of his attorney, Al-Arian cited the 5th Amendment to 99 of 102 questions.[34] Because Al-Najjar was a Palestinian born in Gaza during Egyptian control of the region, Al-Najjar essentially had no citizenship anywhere and the allegations that he was connected to terrorists had ruined attempts to find a country to take him, his wife, and three young daughters.[35] Al-Najjar was released in December 2000 after a judge ruled the government had no evidence to continue holding him.[37][38][notes 1] He overstayed his US student visa, and was deported in August 2002.[32]
Political involvement
Inspired by Al-Najjar's predicament, Al-Arian co-founded the Tampa Bay Coalition for Peace and Justice, which focused on the use of secret evidence and other civil rights issues in Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 and Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. In 2000, Al-Arian co-founded and led the National Coalition to Protect Political Freedom.[39] Newsweek named him as a "premier civil rights activist" for his efforts to repeal the use of secret evidence in trials.[7]
Al-Arian visited the White House four times from 1997 to 2001.[40]
During the 2000 presidential election, Al-Arian contacted Al Gore's campaign and Bush's campaign to address the use of secret evidence to detain U.S. citizens without charge.[5] Al-Arian met Bush during a campaign stop at the Florida Strawberry Festival to remonstrate against the Clinton administration's use of secret evidence.[41] After presidential debates in which Bush decried the use of secret evidence as a form of racial profiling against Arab-Americans, Al-Arian began campaigning for Bush as the candidate most likely to end discrimination.[5] During the White House briefing that announced Bush as the winner of the election, Al-Arian received a spot in the front row for his voter outreach efforts in Florida.[5] On June 20, 2001, Al-Arian joined 160 Muslim-American activists in a White House briefing with Bush senior adviser Karl Rove.[42] But in a separate White House event on June 28, his son Abdullah – a congressional intern – made national headlines when he was escorted out by Secret Service without explanation. Twenty four Muslim community leaders walked out also to protest Abdullah's ejection.[39][40] The Secret Service later apologized for the incident citing "confusion by one of its guards".[40] President Bush personally apologized in a letter to Nahla and thanked the family for their charitable contributions to the Muslim communities around the world.[5]
The Tampa Bay Muslim Alliance (TBMA) and Al-Arian had helped the resettlement of 50 families fleeing from the Bosnian War. Al-Arian and other leaders of TBMA condemned the September 11 attacks in the immediate aftermath. Al-Arian encouraged the nation to pursue those responsible but simultaneously discouraged acts of war that might impact innocent people. He discouraged radio talk show hosts from spreading hate-filled rhetoric and called for national unity.[43] Al-Arian led the local Muslim community in organizing a blood drive in solidarity with the victims of September 11.
Al-Arian had opposed the War in Iraq and even spoke at an anti-war rally against the war. He had also been critical of neoconservatism and the Zionist movement.[44]
Education
Al-Arian co-founded the Islamic Academy of Florida. After his criminal indictment, the school dissolved itself in 2004, with the new American Youth Academy using the former Islamic Academy buildings and equipment, with most of the students remaining.[45]
O'Reilly controversy
Television interview
On September 26, 2001, Al-Arian was invited to appear on The O'Reilly Factor to discuss Arab-American reactions to the 9/11 attacks.[5][46] O'Reilly never addressed the reactions of Arab-Americans[5] and confronted Al-Arian with a 1988 recording of him shouting "death to Israel".[47]
O'REILLY: In – in 1988, you did a little speaking engagement in Cleveland, and you were quoted as saying, "Jihad is our path. Victory to Islam. Death to Israel. Revolution. Revolution until victory. Rolling to Jerusalem." Did you say that?
AL-ARIAN: Let me just put it into context. When president Bush talked about crusade, we understand what he meant here. The Muslim world thought he is going to carry a cross and go invade the Muslim world and turn them into Christians. We have to understand the context. When you say "Death to Israel", you mean death to occupation, death to apartheid, death to oppression, death to ... (sentence interrupted)
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Primavera De Filippi is a legal scholar, Internet activist and artist, whose work focuses on the blockchain, peer production communities and copyright law. She is permanent researcher at the CNRS[1] and Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.[2] She is author of the book Blockchain and the Law published by Harvard University Press.[3] As an activist, she is part of Creative Commons, the Open Knowledge Foundation and the P2P Foundation, among others.
Contents
1 Education
2 Career
3 Activism and art
3.1 Activism
3.2 Community building
3.3 Art and journalism
4 Work
4.1 Scientific and social recognitions
5 Selected works
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Education
Her interdisciplinary background is grounded in a wide range of academic studies. She holds an undergrad and Masters studies in Economics and Management (Bocconi University, Milan), a Masters in Intellectual Property (Queen Mary University of London), and a PhD in Law (European University Institute, Florence).[4]
In her PhD thesis,[5] she explored the legal challenges of copyright law in the digital environment, with special attention to the mechanisms of private ordering (e.g. Digital Rights Management systems, Creative Commons licenses).
Career
During her PhD (2006–2010)[5] at the European University Institute, she was visiting scholar in both the University of Buffalo (New York) working with Barry Smith, and the University of California at Berkeley working with Molly Shaffer Van Houweling.[2][6]
In 2010,[7] she joined the Centre for Administrative Science Research (CERSA) at CNRS and Universite de Paris II,[7] working with Danièle Bourcier. She has been affiliated with the center since then, first as postdoctoral researcher, and since 2017 as a permanent researcher.[8]
In 2013, she became a fellow of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society (Harvard University), and during two years[9] she researched there the concept of "governance by design" and its relation with cloud computing and peer-to-peer technologies.[10] In 2015, she was promoted to the role of faculty associate at the center,[11] which she holds nowadays.[12]
She has held status of visiting researcher in several institutions: in 2014, in the Institute for Technology & Society of Rio de Janeiro,[13] and in 2017 in both the WZB Berlin Social Science Center[14] and the European University Institute.[15] She was also one of the leading researchers in P2Pvalue, the leading European project on Commons-based peer production,[16][17][18] and is part of the editorial board of several journals, including: Digital Finance (Springer),[19] Frontiers in Human Dynamics[20] and the Journal of Open Hardware[21]
In 2019, she received an ERC grant with the project "BlockchainGov" to research blockchain governance.[22][23]
Activism and art
Activism
Beyond her academic work, De Filippi has engaged in several activist and practitioner activities promoting the expansion of openness, democratic governance, peer-to-peer, or blockchain. In 2010, she joined the Open Knowledge Foundation as the coordinator of the public domain working group, through which she actively contributed to the making of the Public Domain Calculators.[24] In 2012, she co-established the French chapter of the Open Knowledge Foundation.[25] Since 2011, she is co-founder of the International Communia Association for the promotion and the preservation of the digital public domain,[26] and legal expert for Creative Commons France.[27] Since 2016, she joined the advisory board of the P2P Foundation.[28] In the frame of the Internet Governance Forum, she has co-founded the dynamic coalitions on platform responsibility,[29] network neutrality[30] and blockchain technology.[31]
Community building
Since 2015, she is the director and co-founder of the international organization Coalition for Automated Legal Applications (COALA)[31] which promotes the use of blockchain technologies for the social good. Under this frame, she has co-organized series of workshops around blockchain technologies in multiple international venues, including Harvard, Stanford, London, Hong Kong, Sidney, EU Parliament, NYU, Kenya and Davos.[31]
In 2015, she co-founded the Backfeed project,[32] a decentralized reputation and value system built on the blockchain.[33] She is currently part of the DAOstack project,[34] a framework for blockchain-based decentralized autonomous organizations.
Art and journalism
De Filippi has been also a reputed artist, combining several forms of art with concepts around free culture and blockchain.[35] Her latest and most popular works revolve around the plantoid, a "blockchain-based life form".[36][37] She has also written Op'Eds in mainstream media such as Harvard Business Review,[38] Wired[39][40] or Vice's Motherboard.[41]
Work
She has published more than 70 papers in the topics of blockchain, commons, cloud computing, peer-to-peer technologies and copyright law.[42] Her works on the interactions of blockchain and law are regarded as substantially relevant in the young field of blockchain. In fact, her book Blockchain and the Law[43] (Harvard University Press) was considered "an important new book" and a "deeply-researched book that can be expected to show up on law school syllabi for years to come" by Fortune, and was valued as a critical lense in The New York Times Book Review.[44] Her research in blockchain is often considered a reference on the field by popular media, such as Forbes,[45] Al Jazeera,[46] Le Point,[47] or France 24.[48] She is also one of the 25 leading figures on the Information and Democracy Commission launched by Reporters Without Borders.[49]
Scientific and social recognitions
Fortune 40 under 40 on fintech [50]
Member of the Global Future Council on Blockchain Technologies at the World Economic Forum [51]
TEDx Cambridge speaker [52]
Commission recipient by Triple Canopy [53]
Selected works
De Filippi, P., Wright, A. (2018) Blockchain and the Law: The Rule of Code. Harvard University Press
Davidson, S., De Filippi, P., & Potts, J. (2018). Blockchains and the economic institutions of capitalism. Journal of Institutional Economics, 14(4), 639-658.
De Filippi, P. & Loveluck, B. (2016). The invisible politics of Bitcoin: governance crisis of a decentralized infrastructure. Internet Policy Review, Vol. 5, Issue 4.
De Filippi, P. & Hassan, S. (2016). Blockchain Technology as a Regulatory Technology: From Code is Law to Law is Code. First Monday, Vol. 21, Number 12.
De Filippi, P., (2016). The interplay between decentralization and privacy: the case of blockchain technologies, Journal of Peer Production, Issue n.7
De Filippi, P. (2014). Bitcoin: a regulatory nightmare to a libertarian dream. Internet Policy Review, 3(2).
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The Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi Memorial Lecture was started by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 6 February 2013. It was established to honour the former Indian captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, who died in 2011.[1][2] The inaugural Lecture was delivered by former captain of the Indian cricket team Sunil Gavaskar on 20 February 2013, at the Taj Coromandel hotel in Chennai. The BCCI indicated that the lecture would be an annual event.[3]
Contents
1 History
2 First lecture
3 Second lecture
4 Third lecture
5 Fourth lecture
6 Lecturers
7 See also
8 References
History
Mansur Ali Khan was an Indian cricketer and former captain of the Indian cricket team. He was Nawab of Bhopal until 1971, when India abolished royal entitlements through the 26th Amendment to the Constitution of India.[4] He was an Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year in 1962, and a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1968. He published an autobiography, Tiger's Tale, in 1969. He was the manager of the India team in 1974–75, and referee for two Ashes Tests in 1993. He was later a member of the council of the Indian Premier League.[5] Mr. Pataudi was admitted to New Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on 22 September 2011 with an acute lung infection caused by chronic interstitial lung disease which prevented his lungs from exchanging oxygen properly. He died of respiratory failure the same day.[6]
The BCCI decided to start the memorial lecture after Mr Pataudi's wife and Bollywood actress Sharmila Tagore wrote a letter to the BCCI President N. Srinivasan. In the letter she criticised the BCCI for delaying the decision to institute the lecture. She also requested that the 2012 India-England cricket series be named after her husband. But the BCCI at that time expressed its inability to do so since the series had already been named the Anthony De Mello Trophy to honour the first BCCI secretary Anthony de Mello.[1][7]
On the day of the memorial lecture's institution, the BCCI said in a press release,
"The annual lecture will be a part of the Indian Cricket season. It has been envisaged as a forum for a speaker from across the world to share his thoughts on the glorious game, as a way to help evolve it further. The audience will comprise like-minded individuals and other key stakeholders of the sport."[1][7]
First lecture
The inaugural Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi Memorial Lecture was delivered by former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar at the Taj Coromandel hotel in Chennai on 20 February 2013. In his lecture Gavaskar spoke at length about Mr Pataudi. He praised him for improving Indian cricket, saying, "His adventurous style of play, his charisma, and his fondness for a practical joke changed how the game was played and perceived in the country." Several Indian and Australian cricketers who were part of the India-Australia cricket series were also present in the audience. Gavaskar wished the teams luck, and asked them to "introduce a smile or two to what was sure to be a hard-fought series." The lecture was broadcast live on the website bcci.tv.[8] Gavaskar also asked the cricket administrators to give Test cricket what it truly deserves.[9]
For various reasons, none of the family of Mansur Pataudi could attend the lecture. Mrs Tagore could not attend because of food poisoning. She later said,
"I am really very sad that I couldn't make it to Chennai for the inaugural lecture. I am suffering from severe bout of food poisoning and it became impossible for me to attend the event. I fell so ill that I have been admitted to a local nursing home. Saif is shooting for Bullet Raja while Soha is promoting her film Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster. Saba was also busy on the day with her event. So, I was the only one who was free to attend the event today but I unfortunately fell ill."[10]
Second lecture
Anil Kumble gave the second Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi Memorial Lecture on 13 November 2013 at the Crystal Room, The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Mumbai. The lecture was attended by members of the Pataudi family, former India captains, current and former office-bearers of the BCCI, senior representatives of the BCCI’s Affiliated Units and the Indian and West Indian teams.[11]
Third lecture
VVS Laxman gave the third Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi Memorial Lecture on 12 November 2014 at The Taj Bengal, Kolkata.[12]
Fourth lecture
Former Indian captain Rahul Dravid gave the fourth MAK Pataudi Memorial Lecture on 1 December 2015. He spoke about the junior level of the game and the "need to invest as much energy, time and focus into India's youngest cricketers as we do for those at the elite level".[13]
Lecturers
Number Lecturer Year
1 Sunil Gavaskar 2013
2 Anil Kumble 2013
3 VVS Laxman 2014
4 Rahul Dravid 2015
5 Farookh Engineer 2017
6 Kevin Pietersen 2018
7 Virender Sehwag 2019
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The Siege of Diaoyu Castle was a battle between Song dynasty China and the Mongol Empire in the year 1259.[1] It occurred at the Diaoyu Fortress in modern-day Hechuan district, Chongqing. Möngke Khan, the fourth khan of the Mongol Empire, lost his life in this battle, making it the only battle where the Mongols lost their khan during their campaigns of conquest. This battle was preceded by the Siege of Baghdad in 1258. The siege of Diaoyucheng was a setback for the Mongol conquest.
Contents
1 Background
2 In Sichuan
3 Defense by Yu Jie
4 Offensive by Möngke
5 Siege of Diaoyu Castle
6 Aftermath
7 References
Background
The Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan conquered vast lands and subjugated nations. Genghis Khan's last battle was fought in Western Xia but his life had come to an end before he was able to conquer it. His successors carried on his ambition. In the year 1234, the Mongols conquered the Great Jin with the assistance of the Song dynasty.[2]
In the same year, Song China attempted to take back its northern territories originally occupied by the Jin. In September 1234, the Mongols responded with the siege of Luoyang. The Song army holding Luoyang was short of food supplies. Additionally, the Mongols led the water of Yellow River into the city causing great casualties among the Song army.[3]
The fall of Luoyang was simply a prologue of a series of upcoming battles which lasted decades. The Mongols blamed the Song for "breaking the alliance". However, it was more of an excuse for further Mongol expeditions.
In Sichuan
After 1234, the Mongols launched an all-out war against the Song dynasty. They attacked from both the east and west flanks, crippling the Chinese defenses. Despite these initial military successes, the Song army managed to retaliate. No significant advancement was made.
Under the command of Meng Gong, Yu Jie, and other generals, the Song army fended off the advancing Mongols. In Sichuan, Meng Gong led the Song army as it held its position against the Mongols in 1239 and 1240.
Defense by Yu Jie
In 1243, Yu Jie was appointed the commander of the Song army in Sichuan.[3] When he actually came to Sichuan, he discovered that, due to the Mongol invasion, the Sichuan region was in a state of anarchy. The Song army was able to defend itself by forming smaller military units that did not have superiority over each other. In order to reverse the dire situation in Sichuan, Yu sought the advice of the people under his command. Ran Lian and Ran Pu, two hermits of Bozhou, came to his office and offered him the plan of building a castle in Hechuan. Specifically, the plan was to build a castle on Diaoyu mountain of Hechuan. Hechuan sits at the eastern entrance of Sichuan region, the Mongols had to pass it before advancing further into the interior of Sichuan. Thus, the Diaoyu mountain was a great defensive vantage point for the Song army.
Yu Jie ordered the construction of dozens of castles in different counties and made these castles the administrative centre of local government. All the castles that were built were situated on the tops of mountains which made them extremely formidable against any offensive.[3] Diaoyu Castle was built in March 1243 and became the administrative center of Hechuan county.[4]
Meanwhile, the Mongols began to cultivate lands in occupied territories in Sichuan. This action distressed the Song army since they would not be able to recover these lost territories once the Mongols acquired a permanent source of food and supplies.
Offensive by Möngke
The long-term standoff between Song and Mongols lasted till 1258. After receiving the news of Hulagu reporting the demise of Baghdad and its Khalifa, Möngke Khan decided to break the standoff by leading a large army into Sichuan himself.[1] He also ordered his younger brother Kublai to march towards Hangzhou, the capital of Song. The offensive consisted of three waves of armies. Möngke led his troop across Dasan Pass and entered the city of Hanzhong while the other two waves of advancing forces made their way to Micang pass and Mianzhou.
The resistance of the Song army in Sichuan was ineffective. By the spring of 1259, Möngke reached the city of Hechuan. In order to take Hechuan, the Mongols had to capture Diaoyu Castle.
Siege of Diaoyu Castle
Möngke's siege of Diaoyu Castle began sometime between 24 February and 25 March 1259. The siege lasted for approximately five months.
The commander of the Song forces in the castle was Wang Jian. Möngke sent his general Wang Dechen as the vanguard of the Mongol army. The Mongols initially tried to break the castle's gates. When this strategy was proven ineffective, they started night raids on the outer part of the castle on minor defensive structures. Although these raids surprised the Song army at first, the Mongols were not able to break into the castle. During these attempts, Wang Dechen was killed by a Song mangonel.[5]
In the seventh month of the first year of Kaiqing, Möngke had given up the plan of capturing the castle before sending the remaining forces to attack Chongqing. In the fifth month, Möngke caught an illness. His illness went on untreated. On August 11, 1259, Möngke died of disease in the Diaoyu Mountain, Hechuan. The siege ended before his death.
After receiving the news that his brother died, Kublai decided to withdraw his troops. He threatened the Song that he would attack Lin'an, the capital of Song, to deter any possible retaliation by the Song armies.[6] His strategy proved effective. The prime minister of Song Jia Sidao soon sent his ambassador to negotiate a peace treaty.
Diaoyu Castle remained in the hands of Song armies. Mongols under Kublai tried to take it in 1263 but failed again. In the following decade, the Mongols routinely returned to the castle every autumn.[7] In 1279, the garrison of Diaoyu Castle surrendered to the Mongols two months before the end of the Song dynasty.[8]
Aftermath
From 1246 to 1279, the Chinese resistance to Mongol conquest in the region of Sichuan lasted 36 years. The unexpected stubborn defense of the Chinese garrison in Diaoyu Castle caused the Mongols much trouble, such as the Mongol defeat in Egypt as a result of Hulagu's sudden retreat after the death of Möngke.[9]
The death of Möngke led to the division of the Mongol Empire. Hulagu remained in Persia permanently while Kublai and Ariq Böke tried to seize the title of Khan for themselves. The Song dynasty was temporarily rescued from the brink of destruction. However, Kublai eventually marked the end of Song dynasty in the year of 1279, 20 years after the siege of Diaoyu Castle. Both events were irreversible and had great significance in Chinese, Mongolian, and world history.
Аноним 07/05/20 Чтв 18:16:58 №219645628147
Peter J. Cutino (April 3, 1933 – September 19, 2004) was an American swimming and water polo coach and educator for over 40 years and the author of several books and numerous articles on coaching aquatic sports. In his 26 years as head coach at the University of California, Berkeley, his Cal teams won eight NCAA titles. He was the all-time winning coach in U.S. water polo history. His efforts for water sports training, development of facilities for competition and philanthropic support of athletes earned him national recognition. In 1999, the Peter J. Cutino Award was established in his honor by the San Francisco Olympic Club, and is presented annually to the top American male and female collegiate water polo players.
Contents
1 Coaching
2 Awards and honors
2.1 Won by Peter Cutino
2.2 Named for Peter Cutino
3 Quotes
4 Personal
5 References
6 External links
Coaching
Cutino attended college at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and received a master's degree in education in 1959. At Cal Poly, he made the varsity water polo and swimming teams, was selected three-time water polo all-conference and held multiple school records. From 1958 to 1963, Cutino was head water polo and swimming coach at Oxnard High School, where his swim teams compiled a 64–8 record and five county championships and several Southern California championships, while his water polo team went 80–12.
In 1961, his team played El Segundo High School coached by 1964 Olympic coach Uri Saari. The El Segundo team had several Olympians-to-be on its team. But Pete had home pool and the refs. Home pool had a shallow end, and both the goalie and O hole defender of Oxnard skillfully used the bottom. In a classic momentum shifting tug of war, Oxnard won.
In 1963 Cutino became head coach of both the UC Berkeley men's water polo and swimming programs. In 1974 Hall of Fame coach Nort Thornton took over the swim program, leading Cal swimmers to two national championships.
Cutino directed Golden Bear water polo teams to eight national championships and a 519-172-10 career record during his 25-year tenure. His last team in 1988 won a school-record 33 games on the way to a second straight NCAA title. Cutino coached 68 All-Americans, six Pac-10 and NCAA Players of the Year, and five Olympians.
The Cutino presence at Cal water polo matches was both showmanship and strategy. Known for his passion, he would pace the edge of the pool, shouting and a congratulating, and constantly working the officials. His athletes learned quickly about his training system. "He taught us that anything worth accomplishing would not come without discomfort," recalls Kirk Everist, who played for Cutino at Cal and is now the head coach there. "And he was always there to administer the discomfort."
Cutino served as head coach of the US National Team (1972–76), the US Olympic Team (1976), and the US team at the World University Games in Yugoslavia (1987). He was elected to the FINA Technical Water Polo Committee, the international governing body of the sport, as well as leadership roles in the NCAA and USA Water Polo.
After retiring as Cal head coach in 1989, Cutino continued to conduct clinics and coached Olympic Club teams. He participated at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, as a water polo official and served as chairman of the Men’s International Olympic Committee. His special interest was advocating for construction of pools suitable for water polo and swimming training and competition. To recognize his role promoting and raising funds for Cal Aquatics, the Peter J. Cutino Scholarship Fund was established in 2003 to provide financial support to qualified UC Berkeley athletes.
Awards and honors
Won by Peter Cutino
College Swim Coaches Association Master Coach Award, considered the most distinguished accolade in aquatics.
Four-time NCAA and Pac-10 Coach of the Year.
UC Berkeley Alumni Centennial Award and Chancellors Commendation.
AIA Gold Pin award from the Association International des Arbitres
Silver Pin Award from FINA
Cal Poly Athletics Hall of Fame, 1989.
US Water Polo Award, highest honor in the sport
University of California Athletic Hall of Fame, 1994
USA Water Polo Hall of Fame, 1995
Italian Hall of Fame 2002
US Congressional Award, as an educator and a coach
Olympic Club Hall of Fame 2007
Monterey Peninsula Hall Of Fame 1999
Named for Peter Cutino
Peter J Cutino Award (presented annually to outstanding collegiate male and female water polo player)
Cutino Cup Channel Islands Award (high school league swim champion)
Peter Cutino Award (given annually to the Athlete of the Year at Monterey Peninsula College)
Quotes
"Imagine for a moment that you are an athlete on a team that I coach. This is what I would say to you: youth only comes once in a lifetime. The opportunity to compete in sport is short lived, and to compete at this level is truly extraordinary. So it is important to pause for and reflect on the values and principles inherent in what you do. These principles can, depending on you, guide your future."
"Make your luck."
"To compete in sports is to eliminate the comfort zone."
"The opportunity to compete in sports is short-lived, and to compete at this level is truly extraordinary. So it is important to pause and reflect on the values and principles inherent in what you do. These principles can, depending on you, guide your future."
"If you are a champion, you become the standard, the target, and that is as it should be - in order for you to constantly develop towards excellence."
"Do not trade long-term values like character and dignity for temporary bravado and the in-your-face mentality."
"Do sports build character? I contend they reveal it."
"You pay a price to get there, you pay a price to stay there."
Personal
Pete Cutino grew up in and around Monterey Bay, the second of four children in Sicilian fishing family of Paul and Rose Cutino. Young Pete wanted to become a fisherman like his father, and worked on board the boat frequently as a boy. He later said many of the coaching techniques he used were learned working with his father's crew. "They had ways of just motivating you on the boat. Everything was competition," he said. "It was a macho thing...but it was exciting as hell." He recalled that when he was in his 40s, he came home to find his father needed another hand on the boat. "I said, I went to the greatest university in the world, they call me professor, I'm going to take my vacation." There was silence. Then his father said, You gonna go fishing or you gonna be a bum?"
Monterey was home. He starred on the swim team at Monterey High School, where his wife, Louise, was a cheerleader. Leon Panetta, the former congressman and White House chief of staff, grew up, like Cutino, in the section of Monterey between Calle Principal and the Presidio, the neighborhood Cutino wrote about in his memoir Monterey: A View from Garlic Hill, a book on the local Italian-American community. In 1989 when he stepped down as UC Berkeley's head water polo coach, he returned to run the Monterey Sports Club, promoting athletics in the local community. When Pete Cutino died in 2004 at age 71, some 1200 of his former players —along with friends, family, local and national sports and community leaders — attended his memorial service.
His son, Peter J. Cutino Jr. was a two-time All-American at UC Berkeley, and helped lead the Bears to the NCAA National Championship. He was also named Pac-10 Conference Player of the Year, 1983 NCAA Collegiate Co-Player of the Year, and Co-MVP of the NCAA Tournament. Peter Cutino Jr. is the president of the Seville Water Polo Foundation.
His brother, Bert Cutino, is a successful local restaurateur, distinguished executive chef of the American Academy of Chefs and co-sponsors a national hospitality scholarship program.
Аноним 07/05/20 Чтв 18:18:48 №219645785152
Ghost Stories is an American paranormal television series that premiered on October 16, 2009 on the Travel Channel. The program is produced by MY Tupelo Entertainment. As its title implies, the series features ghost stories. Each episode showcases stories, legends and tales of different reportedly haunted locations in the United States.
Contents
1 Synopsis
2 Syndication
3 Series overview
4 Episodes
4.1 Season 1 (2009)
4.2 Season 2 (2010)
5 See also
5.1 Similar TV programs
6 References
7 External links
Synopsis
The series is narrated by Jay Thomas, a television and film actor best known for his Emmy-award-winning role as Jerry Gold on Murphy Brown and Eddie LeBec on Cheers. Each episode combines historical footage, re-enactments, and interviews with eyewitnesses and local historians to tell ghost stories from personal experiences, encounters and paranormal activity in an allegedly haunted location. These stories also include cold cases or unsolved murder cases where the victims are claimed to come back as a spirit to haunt the living many years later after their death. Every episode ends with narrator Jay Thomas saying, "Nighty night!"
Syndication
The show currently aired on the Travel Channel Saturday nights at 10pm EST. At the beginning of each episode a parental advisory warning was shown.
Series overview
Season Episodes Originally aired DVD and Blu-ray release date
Season premiere Season finale Region 1 Region 2
1 4 October 16, 2009 October 23, 2009 September 6, 2011 N/A
2 12 June 18, 2010 November 6, 2010 September 6, 2011 N/A
Episodes
Season 1 (2009)
Code Ep # Title Location Airdate
1.01 1 "Trans-Allegheny" Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, Weston, West Virginia, USA October 16, 2009
The one-hour series premiere tells the tales of Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, which is reportedly haunted by a little girl named Lilly who is still looking for her mommy after her death. The first half of the episode explores an old abandoned train tunnel called the "Flinderation Tunnel", also in Weston, West Virginia.
1.02 2 "Boise Theater" Egyptian Theater, Boise, Idaho, USA October 16, 2009
Stories of the Egyptian Theater, which is said to be haunted by its past performers, former stagehands, and theater-goers who like to watch the ghostly performances on stage.
1.03 3 "Axe Murder House" Villisca Axe Murder House, Villisca, Iowa, USA October 23, 2009
The tale of an unknown axe murderer who massacred an entire family in their home in the summer of 1912 that's claimed to have caused the house to be haunted.
1.04 4 "Moundsville Penitentiary" West Virginia State Penitentiary, Moundsville, West Virginia, USA October 23, 2009
West Virginia State Penitentiary is claimed to be home to the ghost of William "Red" Snyder, a former inmate who murdered his parents and met a violent death while serving time.
Season 2 (2010)
Code Ep # Title Location Airdate
2.01 1 "Peter Shields Inn" Peter Shields Inn, Cape May, New Jersey, USA June 18, 2010
Season two begins with the tale of an old seaside bed and breakfast named the Peter Shields Inn that's alleged to be haunted by Mr. Shield's son, Earle who accidentally shot himself in the face with his own shotgun during a duck hunting trip on his boat in the summer of 1907.
2.02 2 "Emma Sands" Manhattan Bistro, New York City, New York, USA June 18, 2010
Emma Sands was a young woman who was murdered by her fiancé when she was pushed down a water well in the winter of 1799. Today, the same well can be found in a New York City restaurant named Manhattan Bistro that is said to be haunted by Emma's ghost.
2.03 3 "Fort Mifflin" Fort Mifflin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA June 25, 2010
The "Screaming Lady" - allegedly a ghost upset by the death of her infant son and young daughter - is said to be heard at the oldest fort in America.
2.04 4 "USS Hornet" USS Hornet (CV-12), Alameda, California, USA June 25, 2010
A World War II naval aircraft carrier is said to be haunted by a rear admiral named J.J. "Jocko" Clark and his ghostly crew.
2.05 5 "Sammie Dean" Town of Jerome, Arizona, USA July 2, 2010
Sammie Dean was found strangled to death in her apartment by an unknown assailant and her murder has been a cold case ever since.
2.06 6 "El Fumador" The Cuban Club, Ybor City, Florida, USA July 9, 2010
The Cuban Club is said to be the home to a ghost called El Fumador, a.k.a. "The Smoker" because he always liked to smoke Cuban cigars, killed for skimming club funds.
2.07 7 "J.J. Stark" Moon River Brewing Company, Savannah, Georgia, USA July 16, 2010
The ghost of James Jones Stark allegedly haunts a building at the Moon River Brewing Company.
2.08 8 "Prince Suleymam" The Sultan's Palace, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA October 2, 2010
A Turkish man called The Sultan was allegedly found "buried alive" in a courtyard.
2.09 9 "Sister Katherine" Hotel Galvez, Galveston, Texas, USA October 9, 2010
The ghost of Sister Katherine allegedly haunts the historic Hotel Galvez.
2.10 10 "Toni Jo Henry" Calcasieu Court House, Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA October 16, 2010
The ghost of Toni Jo Henry allegedly haunts the court house where she was sentenced to death.
2.11 11 "Joel Clough" Burlington County Prison, Mount Holly, New Jersey, USA October 22, 2010
Joel Clough allegedly haunts the Burlington County Prison death row jail cell in solitary confinement.
2.12 12 "Dr. Edwards" Linda Vista Community Hospital, East Los Angeles, California, USA October 22, 2010
Dr. Edwards allegedly haunts the Linda Vista Community Hospital.
Аноним 07/05/20 Чтв 18:20:46 №219645933155
Robert Williams Daniel (September 11, 1884 – December 20, 1940) was an American banker who survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, and later became a gentleman farmer and served in the Virginia Senate.[1]
Contents
1 Early and family life
2 Career
3 Survivor of the RMS Titanic
4 Bank executive, gentleman farmer and subsequent marriages
5 Political career
6 Death and burial
7 References
Early and family life
Daniel was born on September 11, 1884 in Richmond, Virginia, the son of James Robertson Vivian Daniel, a Richmond lawyer, and Hallie Wise Daniel (née Williams).[2] Daniel was educated in the local schools and graduated from the University of Virginia in 1903. He married fellow Titanic survivor Eloise Hughes Smith in 1914, but divorced in 1923. [3] On December 6, 1923, Daniel married Margery Durant, daughter of automobile executive William C. Durant, and they had one daughter, Margery Randolph Daniel (November 2, 1924 – May 23, 2013). They too divorced and Daniel married Charlotte Bemiss Christian, a widow, who survived him. They had one son, Robert Williams Daniel, Jr. (March 17, 1936 – February 4, 2012).
A descendant of William Randolph, his great-grandfather Peter V. Daniel, was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, his great-great-grandfather Edmund Randolph, was the seventh Governor of Virginia, the first Attorney General of the United States and later served as Secretary of State.
Career
After graduating from the University of Virginia, Daniel embarked on a career in banking and management. His first job was in the traffic manager's office of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad. His grandfather, Peter V. Daniel, Jr., had been president of the railroad from 1860 to 1871. About 1905, Daniel left RF&P and entered the insurance business, becoming attached to the firm of Williams and Hart. He eventually succeeded Williams as district superintendent for the Maryland Life Insurance Company. In 1906, Daniel and a fellow district manager of Maryland Life, Charles Palmer Stearns, formed the insurance firm Daniel and Stearns.
By 1911, Daniel was employed as a banker and living in Philadelphia. Business travel sometimes took him to Europe. In late 1911 while staying at the Carlton Hotel in London, the building caught fire and Daniel managed to save the life of a friend who was also staying at the hotel.[2]
Survivor of the RMS Titanic
Daniel boarded the RMS Titanic in Southampton as a first-class passenger on the morning of 10 April 1912 to return to Philadelphia from a business trip to London. He paid £30 10s (approximately USD$3,855 in 2020) for his ticket and was assigned one of the first-class staterooms at the forward end of Titanic's A-Deck.[4] He brought along his champion French bulldog, named Gamin de Pycombe, which he had recently purchased for £150 (the equivalent of about $18,960 in 2020).[5][6][7][8] Later that evening when the ship stopped in Cherbourg, Daniel sent a brief three word telegram to his mother in Richmond to let her know he was "on board Titanic."[9] His dog was lost in the sinking.[2]
Daniel survived the tragedy, though the exact manner of his escape from Titanic remains a mystery and there is confusion over what lifeboat Daniel was rescued in. Press reports varied; at least one account claimed that he swam completely nude in the frigid North Atlantic for a number of hours before being hauled aboard a lifeboat barely conscious. It is much more plausible, given the below freezing water temperature, that Daniel simply climbed into one of the early lifeboats being launched from the starboard side of the stricken liner.
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