There's a classic Beatles line: "Will you still need me?...will you still feed me?...when I'm 64?"
Well, in the case of Fred Bacchus, Scunthorpe Town 3rds' slow-medium bowler, the answer is most certainly yes.
At an age when most have long retired, he's still enjoying some excellent hauls of wickets - including six yesterday - in division four of the Lincolnshire County Cricket League.
Fred is seen above - back row, second left - in the Scunthorpe 3rds line-up captained by another senior practitioner, Alan Pashley (fourth from right, back row). Also still chipping in to good effect, especially as a highly effective slip fielder, is 55-year old Mohammed (Iggy) Ibrahim (back row, extreme left).
The long-serving panel umpire seen with the lads is George Armstrong, from Broughton.
PS Scunthorpe feed Fred, and opposing teams, very well at tea-time - just in case you were wondering about the other phrase in the song!
Tip: Double-click on the picture to see the lads in high-res close-up.
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