Sussex Cricket Museum

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.

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...

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 laste...

Karen Linfield tells the story of how she acquired a cricket ball that was hit by Viv Richards through the commentary box window, during a match played at the County Ground against the West Indies in 1988.

Frances Low was the first woman to join the Board of the Sussex County Cricket Club in the 1970s. In this podcast she talks to Johnny Barclay about her early interest in cricket and her love of scoring for Rottingdean Cricket Club before going on to talk about her time on the Sussex board.

Adrian Harms, BBC Surrey and Sussex Cricket commentator, talks to Roger Packham, author of 'Cricket in the Park', about the current exhibition on cricket at Sheffield Park  which closes on 23 November after which it will be at the Bluebell Railway Museum, Sheffield Park railway station, where it will stay until the end of January.

Roger Packham, well known cricket historian and author of 'Cricket in the Park' talks in this podcast about Lord Sheffield's passion for cricket and his establishment of one of the finest grounds in England, where in the late 19th century the Australian tourists began their tour of England by playing against Lord Sheffield's XI, captained by W.G. Grace.

In this podcast, the voice of Sussex Cricket, Adrian Harms, talks to Sussex Cricket historian Roger Packham about the Wisden exhibition in the Sussex Cricket Museum.

Cuckfield is in Mid-Sussex and cricket has been played on various grounds in the village since 1741 when a match was played on the 'North Field'. The purchase of the club's ground for a burial ground extension in 1854 led to a decline in the club's fortunes, but from 1868 with a relocation to Ockenden, the club began to flourish once again, to the extent that for four seasons Fred Tate was the ope...

Stephen Baldwin is talking in this podcast to John Barclay about his recent book on John Wisden. Perhaps better known for his Almanack and his business venture - establishing a cricket and cigar shop in Coventry Street, London, Wisden was an excellent all-rounder playing for Sussex and various England teams from 1845. .

For our July podcast, Sussex Cricket Museum's curator, Keith Ridge, talks to Malcolm Page from Lindfield Cricket Club about the exhibition on Lindfield Cricket CLub that is currently on display in the Museum. Malcolm has been at the forefront of collating  archive material to enable Sussex Cricket Museum to assist with the publication of a history of the club.

Annie Chave is Editor and Director of 'County Cricket Matters', a magazine that celebrates County Cricket in the UK. Annie has written articles for The Cricketer', spoken on Radio5 and appeared on the' Victoria Derbyshire' show. In this podcsat Annie talks to John Barclay about her latest book, 'Cricket Changed My Life'  in which she tells the stories of eleven different people for whom the game o...

Stephen Chalke, author of many books on cricket and triple winner of the Wisden Book of the Year award is talking to John Barclay about his latest book, the product of 25 years of conversations with the subject who he describes as daring, defiant and daft - Brian Close. In 'One Hell of a Life - Daring, Defiant and Daft' Chalke gives us an insight into an unusual man who could never be relied on to...

For our first podcast of 2025, Keith Ridge, the curator of the Sussex Cricket Museum, has travelled to the north east of Sussex to a place that has become famous for the battle that was a turning point in our nation's history, the Battle of Hastings. Battles between willow and ball though have long featured in this small town and are the subject of this podcast with Kieran Dudgeon and Tim Dudgeon,...

Today’s podcast features John Barclay in conversation with David Bowden who in December 2021 was awarded an MBE for Services to Cricket and the Community. There can’t be many of those who have devoted themselves to Sussex Cricket who have done as much as David has. Soon after retiring from a career in Healthcare Management, David became Chairman of Preston Nomads, having previously been the team’s...

Adrian Harms, BBC Radio Sussex Cricket commentator, and recipient of the ECB Domestic Broadcaster of the Year for 2021, talks to Keith Ridge, curator of Sussex Cricket museum about his life as a cricket commentator: how he got the job, working with other county commentators, good and bad moments, including mistaking Ollie Robinson for Bruce Springsteen are all in a day's work for Adrian.

Jack Eaton played for Sussex between 1926 and 1946, primarily as a wicketkeeper. In a recent interview with the Museum curator, Keith Ridge at the County Ground in Hove, Jack's son Richard talks about growing up in Sussex and memories of his father.

In this months' podcast John Barclay chats to two of the most stylish Sussex players from the 1960s and 1970s who between them played a huge part in the defeat of the famous West Indies side of 1966. In that match the West Indies were bowled out by Sussex at Hove for 123 and 67 with John Snow grabbing 11 wickets in total and Peter Graves scoring 64 against the West Indies attack which included Gri...

The Sussex Cricket Museum has recently acquired the Smallwood collection of photos, some of which are on display in the Museum. In this podcast Roger Packam discusses  with Adrian Harms some of the game's greatest players who were captured on camera and feature in the exhibition.

Isabelle is a leading woman cricketer and qualified coach. She was involved in the debate to admit women to MCC in the late 1990s and appeared on the front cover of Wisden cricketer magazine wearing an MCC sweater, at a time when no woman was permitted to join the club. Times have changed and she has since served on the main Committee. She has captained an all male team [ Albury CC] in the Surrey...

Michael Tweed, long associated with Firle Cricket Club, one of the ten oldest cricket clubs in the world, talks about the club's origins and in particular of games played in the 18th century between the teams of Sir William Gage of Firle and the Duke of Richmond of Goodwood. The two men were friends and the games between their teams helped to encourage the playing of cricket throughout Kent and Su...

With a new display cabinet in the Sussex Cricket Museum on Ted Dexter, Adrian Harmes discusses with cricket historian Roger Packham, the impact of Ted Dexter on not just Sussex cricket, but the way he transformed the way that this new form of cricket was played. The prospect of Dexter attacking fast bowling, and driving and cutting them with fierce strokes was enough to put thousands on any gate....

Members of Lindfield Cricket Club discuss with Sussex Cricket Museum curator, Keith Ridge, the development of cricket in and around Lindfield, Sussex, from the mid 18th century to more recent times when Sussex Second XI played games in Lindfield.

The March edition of the Sussex Cricket Museum podcast is with Conway Thorns, President of Henfield Cricket Club, who talks to Sussex Cricket Museum curator, Keith Ridge about cricket in Henfield which goes back to 1719, and his family's links with the club which go back seven generations.

Michael Simkins, who has appeared in the West End and on TV and radio, in productions such as 'Chicago' and 'Mama Mia!' but is also author of the best selling book on cricket, 'Fatty Batter' talks to John Barclay here about his obsession with cricket.