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Bobby Simpson played a season in the Lancashire League in England as Accrington's professional player, receiving a 950-pound contract. He scored 1,444 runs at 103.14, returning a better statistical analysis than Gary Sobers,[21] and took 47 wickets at 20.82.[9] Simpson's top-score of 122 not out came against Ramsbottom and added another triple-figure score against Bacup, and his season included 11 consecutive fifties including a century, seven of which were unbeaten. In all, he scored two centuries and 14 fifties in 26 innings.[9] He took five-wicket hauls three times with a best of 6/40 against Nelson.[9]In the Southern Hemisphere winter in 1959,