Adelaide Oval – Dr D in Oz

Ashes to ashes

By drdblogs on December 6, 2017January 3, 2018

THE RELUCTANT CRICKET FAN I’ve always attributed my antipathy to cricket as being down to my Scottish nationality rather than, say, to my inability to bowl straight, score any runs, or throw or catch a ball. I can still hear the schoolyard cries of derision following the dropping of the easiest of catches, or being

Posted in: Adelaide, Adelaide Oval, Australia v England, cricket, test match, The Ashes

South Australia

Adelaide, Amor & the A-League

By drdblogs on May 3, 2016January 4, 2018

A League Final 2016, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide United, Western Sydney Wanderers

Football fairytale in the city of soccer – and I don’t mean Leicester…

Posted in: A-League, Adelaide, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide United, Admiration, champions, football, grand final, photo challenge, premiers, soccer, Western Sydney Wanderers, World game, WPC

South Australia

Proper football

By drdblogs on March 25, 2016March 25, 2016

Australia v Tajikistan World Cup Qualifier, Adelaide Oval On the eve of Easter, and the eve of the AFL (Aussie Rules) season, thirty five thousand football fans turned up to watch the Socceroos versus Tajikistan in a World Cup qualifier at the Adelaide Oval. Not bad for a country that only just embraces the world