TMGs vs Findon 24th May 2015 by Biffo Line
Bright sunshine in the West Sussex countryside as a happy band of exhausted heroes once again take the field in the cause of the Mighty Greys cricket club. The second […]
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TMGs vs Cutters Choice 17th May 2015 by Zack Dyke
It was a bright, sharp day; a stiff British wind swept up off the frigid sea, howling across the lush grass (for it is in East Brighton Park that our […]
TMGs vs Twineham 10th May 2015 by Ben Newland (QB)
“We are Greysmen of the Peoples’ Republic of Brighton, Southern England’s last bastion of brotherly solidarity, beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the Tyranny of […]
TMGs vs Brunswick Village – 3rd May 2015 – by Robbie Hoare
The fixture card said Warninglid, Alex said Brunswick Village Who were we to argue… Off to St James’ we toddled, fielding on paper a strong looking side, no Double D, […]
TMGs vs Hartfield 26th April, 2015 – by Delbert
TMGs vs Hartfield 26th April, 2015 by Delbert Overs or time? The Hartfield transcript and a tribute to the great man (and his mate). (end of KFC commercial where family lick […]
Your chairman writes! by Terry Burgess
Your chairman writes! The new season is upon us! Like the model Greysman that I am, I’ve spent many a challenging evening braving sub zero temperatures at Plumpton perfecting my […]
2015 fixtures list is now up!
Thanks to our mighty fixtures secretary Alex Fenton, we have another fantastic year of fixtures planned for 2015. Here’s the list, and while you’re there scroll down and recall some […]
Rally behind our good friends at Staplefield! Note: Victory has now been given to the people!
It appears there is a real threat that existing subsidies for one of our most beloved opponents (Staplefield cricket club) will be withdrawn by the local council. This has the […]
Nets 2014/15 start Wednesday 12th November 6.25-7.25pm
hi all, nets for this year are on WEDNESDAYS 6.25-7.25pm, starting on Wednesday 12th November 2014 going thru until 22nd April 2015. Note though there are no nets on 17th, […]
TMGs vs Balcombe 21st September 2014 by Terry Burgess (in for Joggi)
The Missing Balcombe Match Report What usually happens is that we start the season well – everyone is available, Robbie and Rikki have had a winter to rest up their […]
GreyGM 2014 at Alex’s place – minutes, images, actions and decisions.
TMGs AGM 2014 at Ian’s Alex’s house 17th October 2014. Dinner! yum! NO DINNER> Present and apologies. Present: Del, Riki, Dave Day, Biff doggy biff, Chiefy, Dave Hadrill, Ian – […]
Gr-AGM venue change!
We’re only a week away, it’s time to start putting away those pints to get the tolerance levels up. There’s been a venue change to the AGM this year, it’s […]
Gr-AGM 2014 is at Ian’s house on Friday 17th October 2014 at 7.30pm
It’s that time of year again, and this year’s AGM will be held at Ian’s house in lofty Hanover (that’s former disgraced Treasurer Ian -not the new golden boy hopalong […]
TMGs vs Arundel 14th September 2014 by Jerry Brasher
Due to the increase in professionalism of match reports I would like to return us to the heady days of crap, ungrammatical badly spolt affairs with the added bonus of […]
The mighty greysmen
Our club hasn’t become the most beloved, sought after cricket club in the world for nothing. The Mighty Greys (TMGs) is a collection of extra-ordinary individuals. The following link is […]
TMGS vs Poynings C.C. September 7th 2014 by Hat-Rick
CATTY BAT GOES BATTY IN ‘SMARMY SPINNER’ RAGE MELTDOWN… SOLAR ECLISPSE AS WEEBLE APPEAL BLOCKS OUT SUN… JERRY PUTS MUFF FIRMLY BEFORE MATES IN PREMATURE DEPARTURE PRIORITY SHOCKER… KIM-JONG UN […]
TMGs vs Hammerwood 31st August 2014 by Dave “Cowboy” Day
The Hammerwood spring is quelled. “Skippering the Greys is very much like making love to a beautiful woman: you’ve got to organise a place for it to happen; ensure all […]
TMGs vs Staplefield 24th August 2014 by Richie Patridge
A warm August Sunday afternoon , a church bell sounds , occasional swarms of mods buzz past on their way to Brighton and Watts Cookin’ play a rocking set at […]
TMGs vs Warninglid August 15th 2014 by Ian Sewell
Arrested Decline and Fall. Match Report: The Mighty Greys C.C. vs. Warninglid C.C. By Otto von Abysmal. The Mighty Greys are a team of ageing non-athletes, who for years have […]
TMGs vs Selmeston and Alciston 10th August 2014 by Ian Sewell
Decline and Fall. Match Report: The Mighty Greys C.C. vs. Selmeston & Alciston C.C. By Otto von Abysmal. The Mighty Greys, a team of ageing non-athletes, who for years have […]
TMGs vs WG Gracefully 3rd Aug 2014 by Biff Line
Having foolishly spurned Alby Day’s advice to call heads the Greys skipper duly lost the toss and was asked to bat . Padding up alone in the pavilion it slowly […]
TMGs vs Ansty (return match at Ditchling) 27th July 2014 by Terry Burgess
Ansty 27th July 2014. Dear Del, Alex and Jerry, Doncha just think it’s fab the way we talk to each other every week, with the rest of the world looking […]
3.8.14 – A Big Day and a Long Shadow
Come 2pm on Sunday, they will have played 500 matches for the Mighty Greys between them. Tel, who holds the all time record for most capped greysman, will be playing in […]
“He Had To Go 4 It – #4” – The Greys Cricket Club Year Book 1996
And here’s the final one, the 4th, this time from 1996 and it can be viewed by clicking on an image below to then click through the pages, or you can […]
“He Had To Go Free – #3″ – The Greys Cricket Club Year Book 1995
Here’s the 3rd fanzine in the series…they seem to get longer each year…The fanzine can be viewed by clicking on an image below to then click through the pages, or […]
“HE HAD TO GO #2″ – The 2nd Greys Quintannual Year Book 1994
Here’s the 2nd edition of “He Had To Go”, originally published in 1994 (5 years after the first edition). Again, thanks goes to David “Smudge” Smith for his secretarial efforts to […]
“He Had To Go #1” – A review of an OK-ish sort of season 1989
Here is the first ever Mighty Greys fanzine – “He Had To Go – A review of an OK-ish sort of season”, published way back in 1989 by the early forefathers […]
Birth of the Mighty Greys – a special reflection by Terry Burgess
He’s trawled the archives for details, he’s travelled to the ends of the earth to track down our forefathers, he’s born the brunt of having to deal with me to […]
mightygreys.com – we’ve made it!
After all that trouble with Algerian hackers and rebuilding the site and finding all the old content I swore I’d never pay for a web service again. But now all […]
TMGs vs Streat & Westmeston CC – 20th July 2014 by David Hadrill
TMG vs. Streat & Westmeston CC Sunday XI Consultant’s Report Executive Summary Streat won the toss and decided to field. TMG 201 for 9 (45 overs). Streat 203 for 8 […]
TMGs vs Lindfield, the Sequel – by Alan Galagher 13th July 2014
TMG vs Lindfield, The Sequel. It was another glorious day as the greys arrived for the second game of the two match mini-series against Lindfield CC. The previous week had […]
ECB cricket survey (it’s rather long!)
It did take a rather long time to complete, but Alex suggested I post this, so here tis! http://www.ecb.co.uk/playingsurvey2014
TMGs vs Lindfield July 6th 2014 by John aged 22 3/4 years
Match Report: The Mighty Greys C.C. vs. Lindfield C.C. By John, aged 22¾ years. When my Dad first asked if I wanted to play on Sunday i was a bit […]
TMGS VS ANSTY CC – 29th June 2014 By Rick Flynn
To Ansty. No Jerry, no Del, no EO, no Ricky, a crippled Robbie H… and, oh for a third umpire! This time last year we apparently numbered 12 on arrival […]
TMGs vs Brighton & Hove Crescent by Robbie Hoare June 2014
An Adventure with Biffo the Bear & The Grumpy Cowboy. “Yippee!” cried Biffo as he lept from his bed, it was a sunny Sunday morning and that meant he was […]
TMGs vs Luppitt on tour June 2014 by Terry Burgess
“Cricket is a team game played by individuals” – Geoff Boycott. The seventh annual Metro Man Festival of Mind, Body and Spirit rolled up the ramp into Luppitt and found […]
TMGs vs Sidbury by Dave Day June 2014
Match report v Sidbury. TOUR WE BAT JERRY R/O ANGRY BIFF GRAFT DEL CLASS DD ILL BUT GOOD BEN VITAL RUNS 158@T 2R’S OPEN UNLUCKY 1 EACH EO BACK2BEST WITH […]
TMGs vs Brunswick Village by Alex Fenton 8th June 2014
The sun beat down as we approached our destination, the piercing blue sky streaked with sinuous cirrus clouds whisked into feather shapes by the high altitude winds of the English […]
TMGs vs Forest Row CC by Del Covill 1st June 2014
Fearful of the Warning Lid. There was a whiff of expectation in the air as we arrive in the pub on yet another bright, hot, sunny day. Forest Row last […]
TMGs vs Wivelsfield 25th May 2014 by Ian “Wig” Winrow
300. To some, a figure that conjures thoughts of heroic Spartans defying the odds in ancient Greece. For the Mighty Greys, it will spark memories of a rout at Wivelsfield […]
TMGs Tour Party Playlist Requests by Quiet Ben Newland
It’s that time of year again when we line our stomachs and boost our alcohol tolerance levels with some serious real ale training. The tour is only 3 weeks away, and while final […]
TMGs vs Cutter’s Choice 18th May 2014 by Del Covill
Run-cha-a-ase….everybody loves a run-cha-a-ase. 3.23 runs per over. Good cricket wicket, lovely sunshine. No problems. We arrived in the boozer – almost all us uncharacteristically early, to bask in the […]
The Shadow’s Five a Day
The Complete Match Day Diet Even more than a ninety minute game of football, five sets of tennis or running a marathon, a game of Sunday cricket can push an […]
TMGs vs Twineham by Robbie Hoare 11th May 2014
Destination Twineham, weather suspect, pitch plastic. Not words to inspire those amongst us eagerly longing for a day’s riveting cricket… Wet and windy The Mighty Greys arrived at a blowy, […]
TMGs vs Warninglid by Alex Fenton May 2014
The game at Warninglid approached with mixed feelings for those of us who take any notice of the emails from that hard working Professor of bat grips, bicycle frames and […]
TMG vs Hartfield 27th April 2014 by Alan Galagher
TMG vs Hartfield 27th April 2014 It was the first game of the season, and unsurprisingly it was pissing it down in Brighton. Still, undeterred (well, a little deterred) the Mighty Greys […]
The Shadow’s Guide to: Health and Fitness
The Shadow’s Guide to: Health and Fitness That time of the year when we shed our winter coats and wander round in nothing but Bermuda shorts and day-glow flips flops […]
Delbert’s home bodgejob bat repairs
I’ve been doing a bit of repair work on some nice Newbery bats (not this one!) that I’ve smashed up over the last few years (and a broken one that […]
Fixtures up for 2014
It’s gonna be another great season! Many thanks to our super guru fixture secretary big Alex Fenton for his super work in finding such amazing fixtures. A full list of […]
Publisher’s theme of the month: cricket! free access to selected articles…
For the budding young greysman, or the bulging older greysman, Routledge have made cricket their theme of the month and there are some good articles in here which would normally […]
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