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Ivan Conway will be reporting on Sussex sport. He is a member of the 1901 club at Brighton HAFC, Sussex County Cricket Club and an enthusiastic horse race goer. After selling his freight forwarding and conference business he settled in Hove. His other interests are bird watching, brass rubbing and bridge. More Posts

Welcome to the Premier: Brighton 0 Manchester City 2

All week the city of Brighton has been agog with the opening game of our Premier campaign against Manchester City. It’s the hottest ticket in town and not even T20 skipper and Kiwi international Ross Taylor could get one. In the end Brighton were well but not decisively beaten. We held City [...]

August 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

Brighton 2 Atletic Madrid 3

After this game from which, thanks to the incompetence of Southern Railway, I had one and a half hour journey home which could have been accomplished in 15 minutes by road I was more anxious to contribute to the attendance v tv debate than review Brighton’s chances of survival as the campaign [...]

August 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

Another Wash Out at Hove

It’s now the fourth rain-affected T20 game endured by Sussex Sharks, meaning that we have only 5 points from them, one being a tie. Clubs invest heavily in that select group of players that tour the World playing T20. Ross Taylor In our case we have the Kiwi Ross Taylor. I was some 20 minutes [...]

July 29, 2017 // 0 Comments

Rain spoils play

The Sussex Sharks have now had three t20 games spoiled by rain. Yesterday there was play but we were reduced to 8 overs. I do feel that the ECB have not paid sufficient consideration to the vagaries of British weather in the new metro franchise. Yesterday I went to Hove to see the Sussex Sharks [...]

July 24, 2017 // 0 Comments

Sussex Sharks lose to Hampshire in T20

For the second time in 4 days Sussex Sharks lost a T20 game by 18 runs, this time to Hampshire. We were confident with the opening England T20 speedsters, Chris Jordan and Tymal Mills, Kiwi Ross Taylor leading the side, and Luke Wright – a prolific T20 cricketer – we would be a force in [...]

July 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

Sussex v Leicestershire at Arundel

Yesterday I returned to Arundel with a friend. Nancy rightly praised the proximity of beautiful countryside to the coast in Sussex and Arundel with its castle dominating is as fine example as any. Some 1,500 were there to see Sussex play lowly Leicestershire in a game we have to win to rein in [...]

July 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

Sussex CCC v Gloucestershire / day night game

Yesterday I went to the first day of the Championship match between Sussex and Gloucestershire – all of the 4 day cricket games began at 2pm and played with a pink ball. No one knew quite what to expect especially in the final hour or so when play was under the floodlights. When I had my [...]

June 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

Cricket at Arundel

There can be few better places to be on perfect summer’s day than Arundel Castle to watch cricket. Somerset Maugham said that as we have so few of them it’s only right that an English summer’s day should be better than anyone else’s or some such words. I had invited a local [...]

June 15, 2017 // 0 Comments

What do I know?

When I first was approached to write for the Rust I raised the question of reporting accuracy. We are not a national newspaper where facts are checked and copy ‘leagled’. I was concerned I might make some factual error. The editor told me not to worry as firstly it’s unlikely that [...]

May 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

Watching cricket at Tunbridge Wells

Yesterday I went for the first time to the Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells to see the first day of a championship match between Sussex and Kent. I had been told it was one of the most beautiful grounds in the country but that hardly prepared me for it. It’s situated in a park and totally [...]

May 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

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