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Sharks narrowly beaten by Warwickshire in One Day Competition

Yesterday I was invited into the Sussex boardroom for a one day game against Warwickshire. Top of the second division of the Championship and in the quarter finals of the T20, our resources are stretched by another competition and it showed. After a platform of 54-0, our batting collapsed. This [...]

July 29, 2024 // 0 Comments

Saturday sports watch

I decided that today my post would centre more on sports coverage than the sports themselves. TMS with ball-by-ball commentary on the third day at Edgbaston was on my radio all day. It threw up such statistical gems as that a Warwickshire player had never scored a century at their own ground [...]

July 28, 2024 // 0 Comments

The Merry Widow/Glyndebourne

Franz Léhar’s operetta, written in 1905, is actually a musical and really marked the end of one genre (the operetta) and beginning of another (the musical). The story is simple. Hanna Glawari (Danielle de Niese) is the rich widow from Pontevedro, in Paris for a party at the Pontevedro [...]

July 27, 2024 // 0 Comments

The Crusades/PBS

I was taught history to a high level at my school, so much so that a fellow pupil who later achieved a first at Oxford said he was able to rely upon his school tuition in the first year of university. However, in the teaching of the Crusades, I do not believe we had an accurate assessment. The [...]

July 26, 2024 // 0 Comments

The Paris Olympics

Suddenly the Olympics are here. With the Rugby World Cup and the Euros we have not been deprived top notch international sporting competition this year. However, the array of summer sports in Britain have been spoiled by the appalling weather. Paris and France are appropriate stages. Baron de [...]

July 25, 2024 // 0 Comments

County cricket‘s state of play

Though it would perhaps be going too far to say that county cricket is in crisis it certainly feels unloved and marginalised. I am particularly concerned for the county I support Middlesex. Between 1919 and 1947 Middlesex were the only county of the south to win the Championship. Lancashire and [...]

July 24, 2024 // 0 Comments

Schauffele’s Open

Xander Schauffele won his second Major of the year, seeing off the challenge of Trystan Lawrence and Justin Rose. Yorkshireman Dan Brown, who up to the tournament some might have thought wrote The Da Vinci Code, faded away as did West Ham supporter Billy Horshel who had led on the third day. He [...]

July 23, 2024 // 0 Comments

Arundel

Sunday I finally got to Arundel to watch some cricket. Sadly Arundel Week disappeared after the pandemic but a Sussex XI were playing the national county Hertfordshire. Years ago I remember seeing Hertfordshire, then called a minor county, dismissed by Middlesex for 111 runs. The standard has [...]

July 22, 2024 // 0 Comments

Sharks reach quarter finals

On Friday evening Sussex Sharks sealed a quarter final spot after beating Middlesex. They will play Lancashire Lightning at home on September 6th. A home game seemed unlikely last Thursday after Somerset beat the Sharks comfortably. A win by Somerset at Glamorgan on Friday would mean Somerset [...]

July 20, 2024 // 0 Comments

A passenger on a train

Yesterday I was travelling back by train to my home town from Victoria. An attractive woman placing her case on a rack sat temporarily next to me and then moved. Initially I was hopeful of her company but grateful subsequently she sat elsewhere. She got on her mobile phone to reveal the latest [...]

July 18, 2024 // 0 Comments

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ITV COVERAGE OF CHELTENHAM

March 14, 2026 // 0 Comments

I am in the camp of watching on tv rather than attending for the 3 Cs: cost , convenience and comfort. With the cost of travelling and attending Cheltenham and last [...]
Max Schmelling/ The Good German

March 4, 2026 // 0 Comments

In the unlikely event that I would be asked to nominate a Great Life on Matthew Parris ‘ show my choice would be the Black Uhlan Max Schmelling. In the 1930s thee [...]
The Tanner Report : Fulham 2 spurs 1

March 3, 2026 // 0 Comments

Prior to Fulham ‘s comfortable win over Spurs (2-1) I watched the big match Revisited featuring Chelsea 1 Arsenal 2 i guess in the early 70s It would be foolish to [...]
The Six Nations

February 24, 2026 // 0 Comments

The Six Nations continues to throw up surprises. England could not bounce back against Ireland , a resurgent Wales gave Scotland à close game with the Millennium Stadium [...]
Brentford 0 Brighton 2

February 23, 2026 // 0 Comments

The heat is off Fabian Hürzeler with Brighton ‘s 1st win in 13 games. Club owner Tony Bloom was not at the G Tech stadium due to a long planned family engagement but had [...]