95 and 50 for Border against the Australians in 1966–67. He relinquished the Border captaincy in 1967–68 because owing to work and family commitments he could not spare the time for most matches away from home. But he continued to score prolifically: 459 runs at 57.37 in 1967–68, 521 at 65.12 in 1968–69 (when he broke his own record by scoring 211 against Eastern Province, out of a team total of 355), and 539 at 67.37 in his last season, 1969–70. Against the touring Australian team in 1969–70 he hit 154 and 42. Wisden said his 154 (in a team total of 299) "was only slightly inferior to the masterly Test centuries by Graeme Pollock and Richards at Durban a few days previously [in the Second Test] but ironically the nearest selector was hundreds of miles away". He retired at the end of the season, so it turned out to be his last first-class match. Later sports Farrer represented Border at hockey from the early 1960s, and played three matches for South Africa in 1971, against Rhodesia and Australia. He took up squash after he gave up tennis, and in the 1960s and 1970s he was Border champion several times, and represented Border. Able to play with either hand, when the rules allowed it he sometimes played with a racquet in each hand. In the 1980s he represented South Africa in masters tournaments. He took up golf more seriously when he gave up cricket, and represented Border in 1977 and 1978. When he was 75 he "beat his age", shooting a gross score of 74 at the East London Golf Club. He represented Border and South Africa in seniors bowls in the 2000s. He also finished 502nd out of 1229 in the Two Oceans Marathon in 1979, as well as completing the Comrades Marathon the same year. In 1993, 1995 and 1996 he competed in the Argus cycle tour, finishing in the first third of the field each time. Business and family Buster and Maureen Farrer have a daughter and two sons. Buster ran the family's sporting goods shop in King William's Town for many years before handing it over to his son Colin. References External links 1936 births Living people South African people of British descent Border cricketers South Africa Test cricketers South African male tennis players South African male field hockey players South African male squash players South