TMGs vs Littlehampton 25th September 2022 by Double Dee
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 […]
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 […]
“Go shorty, it’s ya birthday, We gon’ party like it’s ya birthday” Not my words, but the words of swollen rapper and cultural icon, one Mr 50 ‘fiddy’ Cent. And […]
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 […]
Warnings of extreme temperatures had been exaggerated as the Mighty Greys travelled to the foot of the Downs to play long-time opponents Streat and Westmeston. The ground looked a picture […]
TREASURE ISLAND click here for the pdf book version of this story! A short story by Robert Louis Meek n’ son LOCKDOWN EDITION 2019 Why did the pirates have to […]
“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 […]
Having leapt out of bed like salmon to the smell of a fine breakfast, The Mighty Greys trundled through the majestic Devon countryside to their final match of the ’22 […]
The Truth is out There … …. We open the secret files and uncover the shocking evidence, photographs and first-hand witness statements in relation to the now largely, legendary almost […]
Hartfield and the North It wouldn’t be right to say that James Joyce had a single writing style. Each chapter of Ulysses, for example, deliberately uses a different prose style […]
Bereft of anything whatsoever conceivably recognisable as inspiration, I am left literarily in the bitter cold of the dark outside. Stark naked and shrivelling both inside and out, exiled in […]
Nets: what’s the fucking point……………off to the picturesque Angmering for game three of the season and the first game for your humble scribe. The journey West was eventful (and I […]
The Record Breaking Upper Beeding Match Report [Intro Music] Record Breaker!If you’re the tallest, the smallest, if you beat them all,If you’re the fattest, the thinnest, if you always win,If […]
Easter Sunday and The Mighty Greys marked the start of the new season in the now traditional way with Biff standing by a white picket fence handing out pairs of […]
They’re Going Down! All the runners, riders and form from this year’s PSM Match Reportage. Don’t sit there dumbly when the voting begins! Here are all the memory-joggers and top-tips […]
THE LONG LOST LAST MATCH REPORT…………. Found in a dark , dank ,smelly cave like area next to the social area of the ancient people’s TMG’erectus HQium some ancient scrolls […]
TMG’s v Cutters Choice 12th September 2021. Greys lose by 31 runs (citation needed) Today let’s take a look at fun facts about the number 31! As you will see […]
TMG v Mayfield Sunday 5th September. Lovely place Mayfield, very picturesque, with a pavilion that wouldn’t look out of place on an alpine ski slope. Wood panelled changing room for […]
The Headliners @ Colemans Hatch – Sunday 29th August 2021. Things that I can remember about Sunday The captain posting on WhatsApp that he wasn’t fit and we were, therefore, […]
On the 22nd August 2021, nine of the Mighty Greys and a singular mighty not yet grey turned up at the luscious fields of Staplefield. On arrival, Diamond Dan’s disappointment […]
Rustington Match Report. The things one has to do these days to get PSM. After the unfortunate incident involving the ball and my nose, I feel a full risk assessment […]
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 […]
A statistical analysis of winning factors and dynamic match prediction for the Mighty Greys vs Cuckfield CC. Delberto Covillo1 1Universidad de los Poderosos Grises First Submitted: 30th July, 2021. Accepted: […]
TMG’s versus Littlehampton C.C. , 4th July 2021 by Ian. (please, click on the data-lite music clips to enhance your enjoyment of reading my report) Start spreadin’ the news, …., […]
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 […]
This week’s match report is takes the form of….
6:15 AM Monday 28th of September: a postman slowly making his way to Newhaven Delivery Office “for sale: 1 keeley bat, 1 masuri helmet, 1 Denton C C sweatshirt……. why […]
This week’s match report comes in the form of a comic strip… a Grey’s first I believe? (Full text transcription below for accessibility purposes) 1. After a night of fine […]
Nothing beats a good old stitch-up. However it’s never as fun when it’s you, or in this case me, who is on the receiving end! The voting process on the […]
CONFESSIONS OF A GREYSMAN Those familiar with the antics of Timothy Lea in the popular 1970’s series of British ‘adult’ comedies may wish to look away now.The following match report bears […]
Operation: Three of Diamonds. Crack Team: Field Agents Wig, Biff, Robor, Shadow, Zonk, Clunk, Amstel, Hat-Rick, QB, Eeyo, Postie. All make a circle with your hand and place it around […]
In 1987 a crack commando unit was sent to Ford Open Prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. These men promptly escaped from the minimum–security stockade to the Hanover underground. Today, still […]
Perhaps, more than any other team sport, cricket is influenced by playing conditions, and perhaps, more than any other team sport, over the course of the game, the swing in […]
Sayers Common. Never the most celebrated Common; it certainly lacks the clout of a Wimbledon or even a Clapham. Nevertheless, not two years previous I remember the place as green […]
Audio match report by Hatrick
Findon Cricket Club, nestling under the Downs; deer cavorting in the lynchets – was a perfect setting. The Greys were keen to get a forty over game under their belts […]
The Mighty Greys has a number of enduring traditions. Whether it’s Terry telling anybody that’ll listen about his century at Bodle Street; Jerry getting caught at slip or gully; Robbie […]
Nothing beats a sunny September day. Clear and crisp but warm enough for t-shirts, and so it turned out on the morning of our fixture against hard to beat Cutters […]