Museum News
HOVE AND AWAY – New Website Launching SOON!
Hove and Away is written by Bruce Talbot, who has been covering Sussex cricket since the 1980s, and Paul Weaver, former cricket correspondent of several national newspapers and a Sussex follower since the 1960s.
It will include features, comment and analysis of Sussex cricket as well as historical and quirky content. We’ll have guest contributors, and our own podcast will hopefully be launched this year.
There is no advertising on Hove and Away – just independent and intelligent commentary on Sussex cricket and a pleasurable reading experience. It is part of the CounterPress network.
Sussex supporters who sign up for 12 months will automatically qualify for an £18.39 discount meaning a year’s access of £31.61 will cost £2.63 a month. Alternatively, you can subscribe for £5 a month.
Click here to register your interest in Hove and Away.
The Museum has a selection of MARTIN SPEIGHT prints of various cricket grounds including Hove.
These will be available for purchase.
Please the use contact form to enquire.
New book just published.
BEYOND BOUNDARIES.
DEREK SEMMENCE: A LIFE IN CRICKET WITH EPILOGUE BY MARTIN SPEIGHT.
Price £12 plus £2 P&P.
Lavinia Norfolk Centre school visit to 1st Central County Ground
Lavinia Norfolk Centre school visit to the Museum
Sussex Cricket Museum was saddened to hear of the death of Tony Pigott, on Sunday 1 February at the age of the 67, in Tunbridge Wells following a heart attack.
Please see the Club website (click on the link below) for a full obituary.
Remembering Tony Pigott | 1958-2026
Sussex Cricket Museum was saddened to hear of the death of Arnold Long, on New Years Day, at the age of 85.
Please see the Club website (click on the link below) for a full obituary.
Remembering Arnold Long | 1940-2026
Sad News - John Backham (died 6th October 2025)
John was a good friend of the Museum and was responsible for much of the picture framing during the last twenty years. He also carried out framing for many of the major galleries in Sussex and beyond.
Our thoughts are with his wife, Sheila and members of his family.
Cricket Exhibition: The Cricket Legacy of Sheffield Park.
THE EXHIBITION CAN NOW BE VIEWED AT THE BLUEBELL RAILWAY MUSEUM AT SHEFFIELD PARK STATION.
A new exhibition exploring how the 3rd Earl of Sheffield’s love for cricket shaped the games’s local and international history, from funding and accompanying the England cricket team to Australia, to donating money for the iconic Sheffield Shield.
County Cricket Quizzes
Each championship game and One Day Cup game played at Hove this summer will feature a quiz based on the history of the matches between Sussex and their opponents. Click here for the questions and answers for each quiz.
The Museum Opening
The museum was opened this year by Adrian Harms, BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey cricket commentator and the voice of Sussex cricket. In front of an audience of over 100 and to cries of ‘more BBC cuts’, Adrian cut the tape declaring the museum and the new exhibits open.
