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Brighton sport update

Last week we received a memory stick from the Albion with the information on renewal of the 1901 Club. My granddaughter Chloe had to explain to me how to use it. I had spent much of last season trying to convince my neighbour that we would better off in more standard seats. The Seagulls were having [...]

October 11, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sussex Awards Dinner

The end of season dinner took place two days after we were relegated. Any thoughts that it might turn into a wake were dispelled as it was a celebration of the careers of Matt Prior and Mike Yardy who both retired last season. Although the party line was the table does not lie, various excuses were [...]

September 27, 2015 // 0 Comments

Squeaky bums at Sussex

The relegation issue of the County Championship between Hampshire and Sussex goes to the last day of the last match. Hampshire at Nottingham look set for victory, they need 110 runs with 10 wickets remaining. Sussex need 9 points to be safe. We already have 4 bowling and batting points so a draw at [...]

September 25, 2015 // 0 Comments

Reasons to celebrate

As I raised my pint of Harvey’s local brew over a sunlit Hove ground I had three reasons to celebrate. Firstly, Hampshire’s defeat after a contrived declaration by Yorkshire and themselves forfeiting their second innings meant that that our status should be secure. Secondly, Sussex were [...]

September 18, 2015 // 0 Comments

The art of catching

Earlier this week I wrote a short appreciation of the life of cricketer Brian Close upon the news of his death. There have been many words spoken and written since on the same theme and reviewing the illustrious career of the sometime England captain. Today I spotted another, written by Mike Selvey [...]

September 17, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sussex recover

They say Melbourne has all 4 seasons in one day. Brighton gave a passable impersonation of the Australian city yesterday as we had high wind, driving rain and sunshine affecting play in the crucial bottom of the table clash with Somerset. After a jittery start in which we were at onestrage 172-6 , [...]

September 15, 2015 // 0 Comments

Female presenters

I was listening to TMS when the storm broke over the Stokes dismissal. The story will dominate the back pages as the cricketing press love controversy and confrontation as much as their football writers. I was struck by how acute the analysis of Australian cricinfo journalist Melinda Farrell was. [...]

September 6, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sussex swim to safety

Sussex won the key relegation clash with Worcestershire by an innings and 63 runs. We dominated the game from start to finish with Luke Wright a double centurion. We did not get off to the best of starts when captan Ed Joyce was injured in the warm up amd Chris Nash took over as skipper. On a [...]

September 5, 2015 // 0 Comments

World War Two and cricket

On September 1st 1939 the Nazis invaded Poland. Two days later Britain declared war. All but one cricket county championship was abandoned.  Sussex and Yorkshire played on as it was George Cox’s benefit. Hedley Verity took 7-9 in dismissing Sussex for 60. By the time Yorkshire had won there [...]

September 2, 2015 // 0 Comments

the Ladies Ashes

I went to the second game at the Hove for the Ladies Ashes with an open mind. Perhaps I have been too harsh in criticising the BBC for promoting women’s sport in general and cricket in particular. My conclusion was I have not. Why do spectators attend a sporting event? One obvious reason, [...]

August 29, 2015 // 0 Comments

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