With forward planning which was truly breath taking, Ian contrived to have his 50th birthday celebrations precisely as the Greys were suffering a recruitment crisis. The bringing together of such […]
A peach of a match. There are several key memories for me here. One: that raging hangover. Two: those blows that their #3 was stricking off everyone (DD included)…these were […]
I wasn’t there, and I can’t remember who sent these pictures to me, but bloody hell, it looks like a wicked party!
On June 11th, my team ‘The Mighty Greys’ competed against the team named ‘Not The MCC’ from London in the local cricket grounds of Devon. In the beginning of the match, my […]
There are some fixtures in the year that everyone gets excited about. Bodle St is one of these for so many reasons: the sun always seems to shine on this […]
Another sunny, drunken day out in the countryside. Some of the images of terry batting here show just how much cider can influence batting performance…
For some reason the sun always shines out in Bodle St, and we always win. Perhaps it’s the cider and the fact that we bat first before we get too […]
TMG vs Bolney 29th May 2011 On a cool and windy Sunday the Greys showed up at a picturesque cricket ground, ready to engage in the ancient warrior tradition of village/ pub […]
Greys at Warninglid 1.5.2011 After a spineless drubbing the previous week, many Greysman arrived at Warninglid re-assessing their worthiness to occupy valuable space on Sussex’s timeless village cricket squares. […]
Match Report vs Cuckfield On the 24th of April our team, The Mighty Greys played against the Cuckfield Team of East Sussex. When we arrived to the grounds, both captains decided […]
Having managed to lose the scoresheet again this report may be light on detail but i shall endeavour to give a feel of the day. now i think of it […]
After waiting for Terry to be late and realising that Jerry had not done away with that Aussie bloke that used to play for us, we made our way to […]
On a lovely July afternoon TMG’s headed to the foot of the downs to take on Streat who were as ever skippered by Saga magazines hunk of the month Stan […]
Hmmmm…. Hassocks 1 year later, last year was something of a classic, batting collapses, rear guard actions on a par with Rorke’s Drift, and a pantomime villain, it had it […]
A Site for Sore Eyes The gentrification of the Mighty Greys cranked itself up another gear when they hosted Brunswick at St James Montefiore ground in Ditchling, Batting first, and […]
Sun Shines on The Mighty Greys in First Victory of the Season A change in weather brought a change in fortunes for the mighty greys on a scorching Sunday afternoon, […]
“SEWELLGATE” Iron chancellor Jerry “Georgie boy” Brasher was able to fine ‘em at Twineham as certain members of the Greys team helped to prop up his creaking economy with a […]
Here are a load of pics from the AGM in 2009. It’s amazing to see how young we look. We really don’t take very good care of ourselves.
There was a mangey dog, a fat David Cameron lookalike and PSM was won by a young man called Bob…he was a real athlete but we’ve not seen him since!
Village Rules OK! “Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them”. (B. Shakespeare) But more of that later…… On a lovely summers day […]
Despite the game nearly being called off, TMG arrived at the beautifully appointed and equipped St James’ ground to find we were playing on the only just former ploughed field […]
Another good (if wet) tour. EO had his finger catch fire, it rained, the foxgloves were great, and Riki entertained us all.
Sidbury skip mark ‘bish’ bishop will clearly one day make a fine politician , perhaps even prime minister. Not for his boyish good looks and easy charm ,qualities not seen […]
On a hot and humid afternoon TMG’s played their first home game of the season at Patcham Place against The Graces who graced us with their presence from London. Biff […]
On the most glorious day of the season so far, a truly bizzare game was played out between TMG’s and Bolney Biff went out to toss with a unanamous team […]
Bodley Street lack sting. May 24th 2009 35 overs per team .Start about 2.30 ( Bodley Steet have their own time zone) The biggest buzz of excitement for the enthusiastic […]
Miserable Greys lose miserably in miserable weather Sunday game at Isfield against W.C. Gracefully was played in constant rain and driving wind. For the first time this season the Greys […]
With a won 1 lost 1 record for the season the mighty greys headed to warninglid and after a quick inspection of the wicket they immediately retired to the pub […]
Having met for the game almost a day in advance the mighty greys were eager to rack up …….. a hefty total on the artificial wicket at Twineham after winning […]
ALL AT SEA !! The not so mighty greys tossed off the 2009 season with a defeat at Newhaven. The high octane match was played a stones throw away from the […]
This was the day we let Ricky loose with the long range lens on our camera. In some of these images DD looks like a giant of a man next […]
THE MIGHTY GREY’S vs CUCKFIELD Mighty Grey’s Captain Biff won the toss and chose the bat! We started well but after a few overs, we lost some wickets and we […]
ANother messy affair, this time at the Shadow’s house in the Shadow of Brighton. Not so many images though. I think the shadow won the batting, and DD won the […]
For some reason there was a black afro “soul glo” type wig floating around on this day; hence the wigwams. This was back in the day when Firle were strong […]
Here are some pics from the AGM in 2007 from Del’s place on Coombe Rd. Another messy night as you can see…
This was a really wicked tour. There were fireflies, great sunsets and stories of shagging relatives in aeroplanes during turbulent times. THere was a chicken and a new star (Marcus) […]
It was our first venture to Poynings (I think). A really great day, sunny, a wonderful tea and what a setting. I really love playing there!
