The Mighty Greys 2025 AGM
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Conditions: Very dry ground, overcast and muggy day in the woods Location: Cricket Ground Stage at One Love festival Set List Steyning Rebels Innings 1st Wicket – opener gloved behind […]
Date: Sunday 7/8/22, 1.30pm start Weather: Hot, sunny with a nice breeze Game conditions: 35 overs a side, a new ball for each innings, max 7 overs per bowler Wicket: […]
The Copthorne pitch was slow and spicy – definitely a track that required batting in a helmet. The slowness maybe favoured the batters who play square of the wicket and […]
House of Greys TMG, PSM & DFWTMG Committee Concussion in Sport Findon Report of 24/07/2022 Report, together with informal minutes relating to the Report Ordered by Chairman Shadow To be […]
“These are men of integrity and skill” not if you had seen us last week i thought but managed to enjoy the accolade bestowed upon the Greys by Jane in […]
Streat. 8:05 pm. Game on. The sun is setting behind the trees and the shadows are creeping inexorably across the square. At mid-wicket it is beginning to be difficult to see the ball. Streat are eight […]
Weather: it turned out lovely. Ground: splendid ground surrounded by some epic trees and allotments in the distance. Opposition: not sure really as we were under strict instructions to stay on the other side […]
9PM Friday 11th June After loosing the inaugural Friday T20 tour game on the last ball, when an edged run took Tale Millers to victory, The Mighty Greys returned to the Hayloft tour house and […]
From Luppitt with loveHad a wonderful time at last game of the tour. Scored a run and got the final wicket after being uncomfortable slogged! But all the same with […]
Bodle-aaay-eeee-hoooo! By Hat Rick Arriving at Bodle Street is for Sunday cricketers what that bit in The Beach where Leonardo DiCaprio sees the mythical beach for the first time is […]
“Goldstone Caners? We’ll show ‘em” purred Chiefy as we surveyed our opposition. 9 men of a similar demographic to TMG’s. I don’t know if we won or lost the toss […]
Almost immediately my suspicions were confirmed. This shed nonsense was just a cover; we were on some sort of spy mission. Le Clunc had barely gone to the trouble of […]
Cricket , eh , bloody hell…….. WHAT A GAME ; This has to go down as one of TMG’s best victories in all the years I’ve been playing . A […]
The Greys are more aptly named with each passing week it seems. Elderly people benefit hugely from keeping what is left of their minds active and so a big welcome […]
The Greys got off to a good start of the season with two wins in a row as we convincingly beat Upper Beeding by 76 runs. The Greys batted first. An inconsistent wicket […]