TMG vs Streat – July 2012 by Double Dee Dave Day
T.M.G V Streat July 2012 250 Up! T.M.G bandwagon rolled onto Streat on a beautiful summers afternoon fresh from their maiden victory over Lindfield the previous week. Sprits were […]
T.M.G V Streat July 2012 250 Up! T.M.G bandwagon rolled onto Streat on a beautiful summers afternoon fresh from their maiden victory over Lindfield the previous week. Sprits were […]
Where is Crawley Down? A suburb of East Grinstead if Io Sewell is to be believed, cos it’s got an RH postcode? The Mighty Greys were in unchartered waters again […]
Late summer sun, a mystery virus, self-imposed exile at a reeducation centre in the West and intense cogitation under a cored water melon thinking cap all combined to convince Mighty […]
Day In, Day Out! TMG v. Hammerwood, 2nd September 2012. Greys win by 9 wickets. A year since the now-legendary epic finale, when the ethereal strains of a twelve string […]
The perfect sunday: A good game on a hot day on a good cricket wicket with no EO and plenty of laughs. Warning: derogatory, inflammatory comments about my own team […]
After the trashing of Firle TMG’s ventured to Burpham which, on the strength of the previous year’s fixture, would be a considerably more combative game :an understatement. With the withdrawal […]
There are certain things that are required for a good day’s cricket… – A lovely country setting – Blue skies – A sumptuous tea prepared by buxom milfs – An […]
Classic is maybe an overused word, but you be the judge. Ansty have in the past provided very strong opposition, they have also been resoundingly thrashed, so we had no […]
Lindfield was a new fixture to The Mighty Greys last season and we meekly rolled over and let them have their beastly way with us, so this season it was […]
Poodle st Pootlers and the Cider Cup Challenge Pootle verb [no object, with adverbial of direction] British informal to move or travel in a leisurely manner: ‘they were pootling down […]
Greys Unchallenged at Sunny (honest) Horsdean (updated, edited, filtered by Del) Greys win by 61 runsDate: Sunday 24th June 2012 – Start Time: 14:00 I’ll let the opposition outline the […]
Here’s the match report for our recent fixture against Brighton and Hove Crescent as observed by them. Surprisingly, we didn’t upset these guys too much this year…and yes the sun […]
Tour diary 2012 – for pictures from the tour click here As some of you will know, during the part of the season formerly known as early, but this year […]
“Cricket was the Winner!” The Greys v Brunswick Village @ St James’ 10th June 2012-07-06 This was much less a cricket match than it was the story of one man’s […]
And so to St James’s, nestled in the shadow of the South Downs, for the last game of the season. As is often the way with our encounters with the […]
Stairway to Heaven -TMG v. Hammerwood, 11th September 2011 It was late in the day, but nobody’s thoughts were elsewhere as eyes strained through the gloom. The scores level on […]
TMG chances of enacting some kind of revenge after a series of heavy defeats at Poynings looked highly unlikely when the team convened at the Constant at midday on Sunday. […]
Third Summer of Love – TMG v. Staplefield 28th August 2011 As Autumn seeped stealthily in around the edges of a hazy Greys Summer a thoroughly enjoyable days entertainment was […]
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Benjamin Disraeli… But not in cricket, in cricket stats are king, and here’s a few for The Mighty Greys. This year has […]
TMG’s,after a chastising defeat at Burpham the previous week , went off to Firle hoping to nip the losing experience in the bud and without Aussie maestro/scum who was holidaying […]
There are some things in life I’ve always aspired to: buying my first (legal) pint; owning my first motorcycle; that first fumble up a girl’s jumper, and there are parallels […]
Bogus match report KHCC v TMG 3rd July 2011 There was not the build up to the game of last week, with Ian’s 50th and all, but this was yet […]
Ansty Match Report 24.07.11 Having convincingly thumped WG Gracefully in a midweek match, the Mighty Greys continued a fine run of convincing victories on a sunny day in Ansty. With […]
TMG v Lindfield July 10th 2011 Having established the way to the suburb of Haywards Heath that is Lindfield, we arrived at a pretty but lightly drizzling scene. Lindfielders hate […]
On the 3rd of July at the beginning stages of our match against the Hassocks Team, due to our captain, Biff being else were engaged, our Vice Captain Dave stepped […]
Many shrouded things become clearer with hindsight . The lateness of this posting , for which i apologise , allows for one such instance. I refer of course to the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]