I read Lyall Gardener’s recent story about a pitch being a little bit longer than it should have been and Len Pascoe bowling his heart out!

Great story by Lyall and “unfortunate” error of course!

It reminded me of a game I played back in the early 1980s featuring the same Len Pascoe and a young Mark Taylor.

Now, I may not get all my facts right in telling this story. So, if I’m out by a year or two, and exaggerate part of the story a bit, please cut me some slack. But the story is true! As Neil Marks once told me, “never let the facts get in the way of good story.”

As I said, it was the early 1980s and the game was between Bankstown and Northern District. It was being played at Sommerville Park as Waitara Park (later to be named “Mark Taylor Oval”, no doubt because of this story) was out of action. That means it was probably early in the season and the Rugby boys had messed up Waitara.

https://www.cricconnect.com/profile/113/tim-ebbeck/blog/505/lennie-v-tubby