Richard Clarke AKA ‘The Grumbler’

A diverse stance speaks volumes | The Grumbler

8 August 2021 0 comments

Earlier this week, John Digby Jones was so angry at presenter Alex Scott dropping her Gs when hosting the BBC’s […]

50-over games now feel flat | The Grumbler

25 July 2021 0 comments

The introduction of T20 has gone through a certain amount of revisionism in the past few months. But, trust me, […]

Change in English cricket has to be structured | Richard Clarke

18 July 2021 0 comments

Few people hate The Hundred more than myself. It is an ill-considered gamble created by marketers with pounds signs for […]

Alfrick offer us post-Covid hope | The Grumbler

20 June 2021 0 comments

The ‘London mates’ of the Alfrick CC fixture secretary describe his village as ‘Hobbiton’. Nestling on the edge of […]

FANS ARE HAVING FAR MORE TO SAY

6 June 2021 0 comments

RICHARD CLARKE AKA The Grumbler On the airwaves: Sky Sports commentator David ‘Bumble’ Lloyd has guested for the County Cricket Podcast […]

TIME TO SUPPORT ROB’S ONLINE GEM

30 May 2021 0 comments

THE GRUMBLER Probing the right areas of the county game Stats life: Shane Warne and Steve Waugh have both proved […]

SUPPORTERS HAVE A VOICE WITH CSA

23 May 2021 0 comments

THE GRUMBLER Probing the right areas of the county game Bridging the gap: Listening to the views of the fans […]

AS BUTCH SAID… ‘ON TO A NEW FRONTIER’

16 May 2021 0 comments

THE GRUMBLER Probing the right areas of the county game THE final scene of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid […]

NO TURTLES OR ELVISES…? NO CONTEST!

4 October 2020 0 comments

THE GRUMBLER A FAN’S VIEW BY RICHARD CLARKE @The_Grumbler I had not seen a more disinterested performance since Kevin Pietersen […]

MARKETEERS HAVE MISSED A FINAL TRICK

27 September 2020 0 comments

THE GRUMBLER A FAN’S VIEW BY RICHARD CLARKE @The_Grumbler One of the major moans of County Championship devotees is that […]

TOM COULD BE LEFT LIKE THE BLACK KNIGHT

20 September 2020 0 comments

The Grumbler A FAN’S VIEW BY RICHARD CLARKE @The_Grumbler The demise of the Black Knight is one of the most […]

TIM SHRUGS OFF SPIN OF MURTAUGH

6 September 2020 0 comments

The Grumbler A FAN’S VIEW BY RICHARD CLARKE @The_Grumbler In an era of outrageous claims, fact-checking and fake news, this […]

BY GEORGE! YOU’LL MAKE MUM PROUD

30 August 2020 0 comments

The Grumbler A FAN’S VIEW BY RICHARD CLARKE @The_Grumbler By his own admission, George McMenemy bowls “rustic right-arm over” and […]

BRING BACK THE FA CUP OF CRICKET!

23 August 2020 0 comments

THE GRUMBLER A FAN’S VIEW BY RICHARD CLARKE @The_Grumbler The governors of county cricket are often accused of inaction but […]

LET’S GO WITH THE FLOW OF THE STREAM

16 August 2020 0 comments

THE TRUMBLER A FAN’S VIEW BY RICHARD CLARKE @The_Grumbler Although most of my week was spent at Chelmsford watching Simon […]

FEAR IS LIVE CRICKET MAY BE OFF MENU

9 August 2020 0 comments

A FAN’S VIEW BY RICHARD CLARK THE GRUMBLER Have you “eaten out to help out” yet? The scheme led by […]

ONE MAN AND HIS DOG STAY LOYAL

2 August 2020 0 comments

The Grumbler A FAN’S VIEW BY RICHARD CLARKE @The_Grumbler Finally, county cricket is back. Hopefully this version is not the […]