Peter Newlinds

Peter's Bio
Peter Newlinds grew up on the northern fringes of Sydney. Like so many kids growing up in the sixties and seventies, his love of sport was fired by listening and watching commentators who are now legends of the Australian sports media: Alan MacGilvray calling cricket on the ABC, Frank Hyde doing rugby league on 2SM, Rex Mossop dominating his kingdom on Channel 7, and the Big Match beaming in games from atmosphere-laden soccer stadiums in England. Peter even watched VFL games from suburban Melbourne! His spare time was spent devouring rugby league magazines and trading footy cards.
During a routine meeting in late high school to determine where he would best spend two weeks of work experience Peter had a simple epiphany: ‘Why not go to work where the best sport is played?”
An imaginative letter to the Sydney Cricket Ground trust lead to an offer of two weeks’ work experience which later converted to a sports-mad teenager’s dream job, working the numbers inside the majestic edifice of the SCG scoreboard.
A keen amateur cricketer, Peter packed his bags and bat in early 1986 and spent two summers playing the game in and around South Eastern England. On his return home, with the small matter of a career to consider, he found the perfect combination of his two passions: radio and cricket.
From the littlest things big things do actually grow and through persistence, dedication and a great desire to be part of a great national sporting and broadcasting institution, Peter worked his way patiently around the grounds before spending 18 wonderful, event-filled years at ABC Grandstand watching and commentating on a passing parade of stars and personalities, many who (unlike Peter himself) became household names.
Peter lives in Hobart with his family. This is his first book.
Peter's Blogs

What a weekend of sport! By Peter Newlinds
The weekend that was ended at 1.30am on Monday morning. The four-part act of sporting theatre unfolded across various time slots and four different locations;

Magic moments in the fifth Ashes in Hobart?
January 5 was the fortieth anniversary of the ‘Dyson catch’ as described in the opening passages of Around the Grounds. A moment in time I

Looking forward to Christmas …. and the cricket! By Peter Newlinds
The adage ‘like a kid on Christmas Eve’ evokes a feeling of wonder and excitement, a sort of innocent anticipation. Most of us hopefully still

A long hot summer is on the way… or is it? by Peter Newlinds
Right now is a brief and wonderful phase of the cricket season where the best is yet to come, there’s plenty already to reflect on

Sometime, about now…
Ricky Ponting as imperious as ever in the last days of his first class career. Sometime soon (as I write) the Sheffield Shield for 2019/20

History on the shoulder
Author Peter Newlinds could barely contain his excitement over the AFL final last Saturday which saw his team GWS get over the line, he recaps
Around the Grounds has it’s own spotify channel. Yes, you can now listen along to some of the key musical memories listed in the book! From World Cup anthems to ‘Up there cazaly’, there are some sporting anthems that just never leave us!
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