Sussex Cricket Museum

Discover the story of Sussex Cricket by listening to our series of podcasts with former players and those who witnessed past games, and find out what the Museum currently has on display.

Sussex Cricket Museum is a sports podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 46 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts Sussex Cricket Museum, a sports show with 46 episodes published.

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  Episode #53

  John Wisden's Catapulta Machine

  Sep 19, 202617 min

  To commemorate the bi-centenary of the birth of John Wisden on September 5 1826, Sussex Cricket Museum put on a number of activities during the recent game with Surrey. A central part of that exhibition was Wisden's bowling machine, the Catapulta, which was first advertised in Wisden's Almanack in 1867. Here Adrian Harms, Roger Packham, Dave Bracegirdle and Keith Ridge discuss the machine which was the prototype for the bowling machines to follow.

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  Episode #52

  The Life and Times of Derek Semmence

  Aug 18, 202647 min

  Was there a cricketer who had more passion for the game of cricket than Derek Semmence? He played for Sussex from 1956 to 1959, and for a year in 1967, during which time he became the youngest player to score a century for Sussex, a record which stood for 66 years. He was the cricket coach at Hurstpierpoint College from September 1967 and then groundsman from September 1975 until retirement in 2003. He played a good deal for Sussex Martlets in the 1980s and he played seniors cricket for Sussex for the Over 50s, 60s and 70s teams. In this podcast Mark Semmence, Derek's son, Martin Speight, Roger Packham and Desmond Devitt discuss Mark's book 'Breaking Boundaries' a new book about the life and times of Derek Semmence.

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  Episode #51

  Keith Ridge talks to Jane Beard about aspects of the history of Brightling Park CC including an interview with The ‘ Late Nighters’

  Aug 13, 202619 min

  In this third podcast about Brightling and its cricket club, Jane Beard, local historian, introduces Keith Ridge to Brightling church, and 'Mad' Jack Fuller M.P. The church is mentioned in Domesday and largely unaltered. Dominating the churchyard is a stone pyramid built by Mad' Jack for himself. Mad Jack was an amiable and eccentric character who was once sent to the Tower for abusing the Speaker. He lived in Brightling Park where the cricket club is now based and is thought to have encouraged the playing of cricket. The podcast concludes with interviews with members of the “The Late Nighters”.

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  Episode #51

  Keith Ridge talks to Jane Beard about aspects of the history of Brightling

  Aug 5, 202619 min

  In this third podcast about Brightling and its cricket club, Jane Beard, local historian, introduces Keith Ridge to Brightling church, and 'Mad' Jack Fuller M.P. The church is mentioned in Domesday and largely unaltered. Dominating the churchyard is a stone pyramid built by Mad' Jack for himself. Mad Jack was an amiable and eccentric character who was once sent to the Tower for abusing the Speaker. He lived in Brightling Park where the cricket club is now based and is thought to have encouraged the playing of cricket.

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  Episode #50

  Brightling Park Cricket Club part 2

  Jul 8, 202638 min

  In this second conversation about Brightling Park Cricket Club, Keith Ridge, Sussex Cricket Museum curator talks to two of the club's players, including the club captain, about what it is like to play for the club.

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