Bob and I were friends and fellow cricket nuts for exactly fifty years. Playing colleagues to start with; club administrators; then Colts organisers at various times. [Bob] then moved on to umpiring at a high level (a skill set that I couldn’t master!) In more recent years we just settled for quiet chats in the sunshine at Fernhill, enjoying the cricket, and moaning about Saints! He will be missed, but as long as there is an NMCC, he will be remembered.