Remembering Tony Greig: 10 Years on

It was 10 years ago to the day that we learned of the sad passing of legendary Sussex and England captain, Tony Greig (6 October 1946 – 29 December 2012).

Tony Greig played a total of 364 first-class and List A matches for Sussex, scoring 12,845 runs and 718 wickets. He captained the county between 1973 and 1977.

In previous years, the Tony Greig Lunch Room was just one of the reasons as to why county cricketers of the past loved to play at The 1st Central County Ground.

The facility was demolished in 2000 as the ground was modernised, however his name returned at the forefront of The 1st Central County Ground on 25th February 2019 when the café under the Sharks Stand was renamed Tony Greig’s Café.

Commenting on Tony Greig’s life, Sussex Cricket Chair, Jon Filby, said:

“Tony Greig was my boyhood hero. He was a larger-than-life character who was always ahead of his time.

“Not only in the way that he played cricket, he would have loved the way Ben Stokes has England playing today, but also in his attitude to life.

“He led the Packer Revolution which changed the lives of professional cricketers across the world forever and he will always be regarded as one of the most important Sussex cricketers of all time.

“He is sadly missed and our thoughts today are with his family.”

For England, Tony scored 3,888 runs and took 160 wickets in 80 Tests and One Day Internationals. He captained his country in 17 matches between 1975 and 1977.