Grass. Lovely fresh natural beautiful useful abundant aromatic joy-giving grass. From its historic importance in making us a rich country through wool to its ubiquitous presence in our lives and […]
I have done a placeholder match summary for Buxted Park. Full match report to follow. Game:Buxted Park vs the Mighty Greys Date: 26/4/26 Game format: 35 over Win/Lose Weather: Warm […]
After a little shall we, shan’t we? and then some can we, can’t we?, TMGs first game of the season was finally agreed on and arranged at the beautifully appointed Temple Grove cricket […]
Location: Thatched Inn, Hassocks Date/time: 1 November 2025 19:00 Agenda and minutes Part One: Officers Reports: Skipper’s Report 2025 Season Outline: Started out with a great win against RAM CC […]
A lyrical end to the season. [Sung] To the tune of Piano Man…… It’s one o’clock on that SundayMighty Greys had stumbled inThere’s some Greysmen sitting next to meEach nursing […]
CCWCC 207-6, 35 overs TMG 143-9, 35 overs CCWCC win by 64 runs “Yes”, “No”, Yes, come on”, “Two there…Ricky? Ricky!” The game was long gone but the show was […]
Most mornings, I take young Reggie round to the park and he runs around with his pals with a big smile and a wagging tail. For a few moments every […]
Greys lose by six wickets. Achtung! Back by popular demand it is mein goodself, Zer Interrogator from Kentisbeare Revisited and mein alter-ego, der Sexy Grossfärter, your live commentary team for […]
Slopes, LBW appeals, Hamstrings & Mortgage Yields “Some balls hold the line going up the slope, others hit the wicket and come back down. Batsmen didn’t really know which one […]
“It’s bloody health and safety gone mad! Banning sixes in a game of cricket?!” Inspired by Southwick Cricket Club introducing their well publicised “no-sixes” ban*, the Mighty Greys now conduct […]
Kentisbeare Revisited/The Interrogation Like poor old in Chazzer in Brideshead Revisited, having to write this Tour Report has forced me to reflect through the gauzy curtain of intervening time on […]
A busy week for skipper QB, with a number of regulars unavailable, notably a trio of Ds, Diamond Dan, Dom Ash(die) Back problem and Dave Covid Mary Day, left TMGs […]
Greys score 182 and win by 40? runs Where to start? No seriously, where to start? No massive knocks, no glorious fifers, no dirty cheating, no hilarious injuries, no world-class […]
A Wonderful Day’s Cricket Hartfield CC vs. The Greys CC, 18th May 2025 Weather: Fine, mostly sunny, 19 degrees c Format: 35 overs win/lose Toss won by The Greys CC, […]
walking wounded noun Word History and Origins Origin of walking wounded1 First recorded in 1915–20 Example Sentences Statto’s reportThe sound of one hand stat-ing.After a tremendous season starter The Mighty […]
Easter Sunday Quick Read Batting first on a green pitch in a thirty over game, TMGs started the new season with their long-standing opening pair of Line and Brasher, though […]
Location: Alex’s house Date/time: 15 November 2024 19:30 Agenda Part One: Officers Reports: The new nomadic netting alliance proved to be a big success, we managed to bring the cost […]
In a game with more turning points than a Gladys Knight* and the Pips gig, the Greys ran out winners in a thrilling last over of the season finish. There […]
Reality dawns on all dreams. Mine involved sliding in saving a boundary and flicking the ball up to my assisting fielder who tosses it in over the bails. Reality involved […]
Just like THE D-day landings did for the Generals of the allied forces, the uncertainty of the weather occupied the minds of the Greysman in the days and hours running up […]
Those of you who struggling with the impending doom of computers taking over. I am hoping that this match report will allay those fears. Below you will see a cartoon […]
A Match for the Ages On a day as hot as Biff’s temper, The Mighty Greys took on Chipstead Coulsdon & Walcountians CC (CCWCC) in a match that will be […]
Positively Bodle Street. Ooh! … a Bob Dylan-themed report? No. (I reserve that for future use though.) There has been a lot of water under the bridge since 16th June. […]
Sonder is defined as ‘The profound feeling of realising that everyone, including strangers passing in the street, has a life as complex as one’s own, which they are constantly living […]
The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us… Imagine if you can Alex as Laurence Fishburne (not that difficult, bald head aura of wisdom) and yours truly as Keanu […]
So apparently a wicket-keeper does at least 210 squats in a 35 over innings. The kind of workout only undertaken by those steroid-enhanced Instagram ‘fitness-influencer’ bellends who always want you […]
Decibels – A unit used to measure the power of a signal, such as an electrical signal or sound, relative to some reference level. An increase of ten decibels in […]
The Greys had an eventful match against Hove tennis club, The Grasshoppers. Despite some ups and downs, they achieved a convincing victory. Tim and Biff both scored unbeaten 50s, leading the team to their fourth consecutive win. As they celebrated at the Station in Hove, they reflected on their impressive streak and looked forward to future matches.
A beautiful game of cricket with temperatures reaching 26 degrees was played out at Horsdean rather than Twineham due to *checks notes* the waterlogged (artificial) pitch at Twineham. The Greys […]
At 9000m, higher than Everest, the symptoms of altitude sickness are listed as: HeadacheLethargyA drop in performanceLack of coordinationInsomniaAppetite lossDizzinessNausea Uncannily similar to attitude sickness at 9000 runs for the […]
On Saturday, 28 August 1624, according to the entry in Wikipedia, Horsted Keynes hosted what is believed to be the earliest known organised cricket match in Sussex. Knowledge of it […]
Present and apologies: Present: Terry, Dom, Diamond, Benny QB, Duncan, Robbie, Alex, Dave Day, Trev, EO, Biffo, Del. Absent: Chiefy (he’s working), Hatrick who is being a wetty, Robor sent […]
LA is one of the spiritual homes of music in the good ole US of A so it was maybe fitting that a few hours before the Mighty Greys alighted […]
Match Report – Greys v Mayfield – Sunday 3rd September 2023 Thursday, 31st August, 12.36. In the office. The wettest of days. Cricket prospects looking grim. Any hope of a […]
Cricket by nature is largely adversarial. Across the day, two teams battling to win the game, and within that structure, a series of shorter 1-on-1 moments where individual batters and […]
TMG v The Headliners @ Coleman’s Hatch Sunday, 20th August 2023 Match Reporter this week – Bananaman. (Bananaman is a parody of traditional superheroes, a schoolboy who is transformed into […]
Sunday August 6th and the dawn of a new era for TMG, for it was this day our intrepid cricketers played their first game playing out of our new HQ […]
Vs Streat 23rd July 2023 The Mighty Greys jumped through a hole in the jet stream’s relentless deluges and found themselves in Streat, its ground nestling resplendently at the foot […]
Probably better start writing this before I forget what happened. I already don’t have any memory of the moment for which I’m writing this, so I can’t forget that as […]
TRANSPORT MODES GAZETTE Welcome to the TMG test track at WGG’s excellent facility at Isfield, we’ve tested these different modes of transport to find which performs best. Two tests […]
This week’s match report is a stunning audio visual masterpiece…
As ever, Hartfield is about 15 degrees colder than Brighton. I’ve forgotten to pack a jumper. The drive there is actually very pleasant as we talk about Jerry’s bum. I […]
I fell into a swampy hole and now I can’t get out I cannot bat I cannot bowl oh someone help me out! I only mustered one single run for […]
The Mighty Greys Vs Horley Strollers By QB 30th April 2023 A soggy pitch prevented TMGs from starting their 2023 season at Upper Beeding, so it fell upon Horley to […]
MIGHTY GREYS AGM 2022 – live from Ben’s workshop 7:30 start, 11th November, 2022 Present: EO, Dave Day, Bif, Dom, Tel, Duncan, Chiefy, QB, Robbie H, Alex, Diamond Dan, Jerry, […]
Car tzaring… Dom’s broken bail… Our replacements in the pub?… Robur Putin… A scoreboard and a fence… The scoreboard and a fence sometime later… Littlehampton scorebook – innings 1 TMGs […]
Preamble: “I say, Charles, don’t you ever crave To appear on the front of the Daily Mail Dressed in your Mother’s bridal veil?” And so I checked all the registered […]
Schadenfreude – noun – pleasure derived by someone from another person’s misfortune It’s always funny when it happens to someone else… “What do any of these have to do with […]
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