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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

Sharks are toothless

Sussex form continues to worry. There is a lack of spine and spirit. Skipper Ed Joyce has complained  that the county side has lost all four pacemen but this does not explain  the batting failures not least of Joyce himself. Last night the Sharks lost to Essex Eagles. They could only set a target [...]

June 13, 2015 // 0 Comments

Celebrating Barry McGuigan and Irish featherweights

Yesterday I had to pick up a prescription from a pharmacy in Hove. The chief pharmacist is a friendly Irishman called Paddy. He is a short fellow and I was surprised to learn was once the All Ireland featherweight  champion.  Conversation turned to Barry McGuigan ( “The Clones [...]

June 11, 2015 // 0 Comments

Shark attack

It was chucking it down all afternoon, by six a sun so fierce emerged that spectator and player had difficulty seeing the ball and once the sun dipped below the Spen Cama pavilion we felt the cold.  Middlesex posted a total of 221 runs, their highest ever score, with Dawid Malan contributing 115. [...]

May 30, 2015 // 0 Comments

Looking back and forward

BRIGHTON With play off places achieved in the previous two seasons, the highest gates in the division and a stadium fit for the premier, we did not expect to struggle at the other end. True our best players over the last two years -Bridcutt, Bridge, Barnes, Buckley, Ulloa and Upson – all went [...]

May 28, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sussex triumph in thriller

I know that some prefer the shorter form of cricket to the county game of 4 days but Sussex’s victory over Warwickshire proves that the latter can set up a sporting treat. One of the features of Sussex games at Hove this season is the poor quality of the pitch, so much so that we may well be [...]

May 27, 2015 // 0 Comments

The Brighton Tigers

I have written before that Brighton and Sussex sporting-wise punch beyond their weight. Brighton and Hove have a well supported football team in a wonderful stadium, the oldest professional cricket club, Sussex CCC founded in 1839, a dog track and race course.  In the county we have Goodwood, [...]

May 25, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sussex stutter

So far this season Sussex three games against Hampshire, Worcestershire and Durham could have gone either way. It was much the same against Middlesex at Hove yesterday. Sussex dominated the day dismissing Middlesex for 269. However we lost 3 wickets for 66 runs in the final hour and the game is [...]

May 11, 2015 // 0 Comments

Brighton beached

Brighton’s defeat by Watford followed predictable form. We scuffed an early chance, the game became an attritional midfield battle which we might have won if we had a goalscorer. Watford did and broke the deadlock. We had better chances in the second half which we did not convert and Watford [...]

April 26, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sussex win again

It was a good day yesterday for Sussex sport. Millwall’s defeat at Blackburn meant the Seagulls are all but safe. Sussex won their second game in succession when we beat Worcestershire by 61 runs. Worcestershire needed 200 runs to win but wickets soon began to tumble. Ajmal Shahzad, recruited [...]

April 23, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sussex start well then stall

I have spent the last two days at Hove watching Sussex play Worcestershire. Our season started well with a win over Hampshire. On Sunday Matt Machan, essentially a one day player, was called up with injuries to Chris Nash and Mike Yardy. He clearly decided to make his mark, reaching 50 in 27 balls [...]

April 21, 2015 // 0 Comments

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