HeyJaredSussex 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.
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The Life and Times of Derek Semmence (opens the original)
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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 f
Keith Ridge talks to Jane Beard about aspects of the history of Brightling Park CC including an interview with The ‘ Late Nighters’ (opens the original)
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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
Brightling Park Cricket Club part 2 (opens the original)
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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.
Brightling Park Cricket Club part 1 (opens the original)
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This is the first of two conversations about Brightling Cricket Club, in which Sussex Cricket Museum curator Keith Ridge talks to Brightling local historian Jane Beard about the issues facing local village clubs. The Brightling Park Cricket Club is located in a beautiful quiet setting in the High Weald of East Sussex but has a timber pavilion with no glass in the windows and no showers or toilets. How do they cope?
George Cox (opens the original)
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George Cox was a veteran trundler. 100 years ago this month (June 2026), Cox took 17 Warwickshire wickets for 106 runs in a first-class match. at Horsham at the age of 53. His figures remain the best bowling figures for the county. In this podcast Peter McQuade, author of a recent book on Cox, talks to Adrian Harms, BBC Radio Surrey and Sussex commentator about Cox's cricketing career which lasted from 1895 to 1928.
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