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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoWinners one and all…and an alternative set of County awards
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Grumbler’s first annual county cricket awards gala dinner. It is...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoLet us not go down the football route
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler The relationship between modern sport and morality has become increasingly strained in the past few decades....
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoDurham good guys doing the business
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler There are very few things in cricket upon which almost everyone agrees. Fence-sitting is out of...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoAn Olympic return is such a game-changer
Richard Clarke Every four years, without fail, I take up an interest in a new sport. Despite never being the most...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoChampionship is still favourite with fans
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Miss Rogers was a nice teacher. She was my form tutor for a year and, although...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoPulling power
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Jimi Hendrix always used a Fender Stratocaster, Bruce Springsteen is never seen on stage without his...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoThat’s how the game should be
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler We are told the future of cricket is city franchises. Like Brigadoon, the fabled Scottish village...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoA method to Jack’s madness
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler It is apt that, during a summer in which the bucket hat is once again English...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoLook how much it’s changed!
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Late in the evening on September 7, 1963, a musical variety show at the Victoria Palace...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoIs there method to bananas madness?
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler The Savannah Bananas are a baseball team like no other. Owner Jesse Cole has turned around...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoPassing on the legacy of Beefy
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler At the end of the first day at the Old Trafford Test, reserve umpire Martin Saggers...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoThe romance of an outground
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler It has been suggested that outground cricket represents the county game on its holidays. When you...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoPlay up, play up and play the game
RICHARD CLARKE 'AKA The Grumbler' About 20 years ago, I played in the Barnet Sunday League for a football team called,...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoWill anything really change?
Richard Clarke AKA The Grumbler The day after the Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) released its report, they assembled...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoIf the Sugababes could see us now
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Perhaps it is the pace of the game, the financial incentives or just the inevitable evolution...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 2 years agoOffering a voice to the loyal faithfuls
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Organisations want to ‘frame their argument’, ‘develop their narrative’ or ‘manage their message’. Big decisions will...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 3 years agoSame old Surrey are always smiling
RICHARD CLARKE, AKA The Grumbler | The ‘Manchester City of cricket’ are a class act off the field too Last time...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 3 years agoRaising a glass to game’s true heroes
RICHARD CLARKE - AKA The Grumbler It is less than a week old yet the T20 Blast has already consumed the...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 3 years agoDon’t deny us the thrill of a chase
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler It happened again last week. County cricket had the chance to create excitement, spectacle and, dare...
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Richard Clarke AKA 'The Grumbler'
/ 3 years agoWalking away the blues
RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler Unlike this August’s publication, not everything or everyone can return from a period away with all...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoRavi Bopara’s red-ball veto is a waste | The Grumbler
These days, Press releases rarely reveal actual news. Nine times out of ten, Twitter has forewarned us of anything truly interesting...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoA diverse stance speaks volumes | The Grumbler
Earlier this week, John Digby Jones was so angry at presenter Alex Scott dropping her Gs when hosting the BBC’s Olympics...
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Columnists
/ 4 years ago50-over games now feel flat | The Grumbler
The introduction of T20 has gone through a certain amount of revisionism in the past few months. But, trust me, I...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoChange in English cricket has to be structured | Richard Clarke
Few people hate The Hundred more than myself. It is an ill-considered gamble created by marketers with pounds signs for hearts...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoAlfrick offer us post-Covid hope | The Grumbler
The ‘London mates’ of the Alfrick CC fixture secretary describe his village as ‘Hobbiton’. Nestling on the edge of the...
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County Championship 2025: Middlesex Season Preview
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Young players to watch in the 2025 County Championship season
