John Richard Roy Simpson - Died 15th May 2020 Aged 69
OBITUARY.
The Club has only recently heard of John’s death and our sincere but belated sympathies are expressed to his family.
John was educated at Scots College and he subsequently played for and organised the Scots Old Boys’ sides for many years.
He played for the Club after leaving school and while studying Law at the University.
In 3rd Grade and 4th Grade, he was an effective medium pacer who always took cheap wickets. In two seasons, he took 60 wickets and, as a contrast, scored just 63 runs. His most productive season came in 3rd and 4th Grades in 1968-69 when he took 38 wickets at 16.
‘John was well known to many SUCC players in the 1970s and 1980s from Saturday night drinks at the Grandstand, which he would occasionally attend after playing for Scots Old Boys at St Andrew’s College Oval.’
John began his professional life with Marsh, Harvey and Cropper and, since 2010, he had been executive Lawyer in Clinch, Long, Woodbridge.
James Rodgers