60 Year Olds at Beena

Following the team selection on 13-Dec which saw Leigh Hardham relegated to the thirds - the first time he has even been dropped to that team - I was asked (a) how often have two sixty year olds played in the same team, and (b) is this third XI the oldest over put into the field. I crunched the numbers and it turns out that prior to this match there have been 22 occurrences where a pair of 60 year olds took the field together. Interestingly all since 2008, after Ian Walker and David Hardham turned 60, playing alongside Don McDermott. It is however only the second time that two players aged 65 have played together.

As to the oldest team in the thirds, the selected 3rd XI has the highest average age of any team in the club where I have all 11 birthdates. There are half-a-dozen games with a higher average, but I don't have the birthdates for some players - I would expect with all eleven dates the average would drop. The average age of the 3rd XI for round 9 is 43 years 166 days

season	tm	rnd	name1	age1	name2	age2
2008/09	3	2	Don McDermott	71.084	Ian Walker	60.041
2008/09	3	9	Don McDermott	71.182	Ian Walker	60.139
2009/10	3	1	Don McDermott	72.076	David Hardham	60.149
2009/10	3	5	Don McDermott	72.132	David Hardham	60.205
2009/10	3	6	Don McDermott	72.139	David Hardham	60.212
2009/10	4	13	Don McDermott	72.195	Ian Walker	61.152
2009/10	4	14	Don McDermott	72.209	Ian Walker	61.166
2010/11	4	4	Don McDermott	73.116	Ian Walker	62.074
2010/11	4	7	Don McDermott	73.165	Ian Walker	62.123
2010/11	4	10	Don McDermott	73.207	Ian Walker	62.165
2011/12	3	2	Don McDermott	74.081	David Hardham	62.155
2011/12	3	3	Don McDermott	74.094	David Hardham	62.168
2011/12	3	5	Don McDermott	74.122	David Hardham	62.196
2012/13	3	7	Ian Walker	64.071	David Hardham	63.188
2013/14	3	12	David Hardham	64.256	Leigh Hardham	60.328
2013/14	4	14	Ian Walker	65.133	Leigh Hardham	60.321
2014/15	3	7	David Hardham	65.179	Simon Goold	61.258
2015/16	3	3	David Hardham	66.171	Simon Goold	62.250
2015/16	3	4	David Hardham	66.184	Simon Goold	62.263
2016/17	3	3	David Hardham	67.169	Simon Goold	63.248
2016/17	3	13	David Hardham	67.288	Simon Goold	64.001
2017/18	3	15	David Hardham	68.287	Simon Goold	65.000
2018/19	3	9	David Hardham	69.215	Leigh Hardham	65.287
Note: The age as displayed is years.days