Death
In March 1976, he played his last first-class match for Canterbury, scoring 117 in the first innings of the Shell Trophy final against Otago, an innings that was instrumental in Canterbury's nine-wicket win. Just five months later he died from a sudden, aggressive and invasive melanoma at the age of just 29. A 35-over Ken Wadsworth memorial match between a New Zealand Invitation XI and an Australian XI was played at Christchurch on 30 January 1977.
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