In the current NTCA outlook, Peter Gatenby hasn't got a club he's affiliated with.
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Starting with Midlands in 1966 as an 18-year-old, Gatenby played until they folded in 1982, before spending four seasons at new side Old Scotch.
"Since then they've folded, so I haven't got a club as such, which is something that I regret," he said.
"When you go through life, it's nice to go back to your old club."
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Despite having that regret now, Gatenby's cricketing career was fruitful, playing for Tasmania before returning to life as a farmer - something the 72-year-old did for at least 50 years before retiring in 2016.
"I had a couple of centuries in the intrastate series and got in the Tassie side and in those days, there was no Sheffield Shield, there wasn't much to play for.
"That was my aim, to get in the Tassie side and there was nothing after that, so I finished off back on the farm and as I got older I struggled to make runs because I just wasn't getting the practice."
Fulfilling his aim of playing for Tasmania against a World XI featuring the likes of Sir Garfield Sobers, Sunil Gavaskar and Tony Greig remains a career highlight for the wicketkeeper-batsman.
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At a club level, Gatenby played in two premierships, captaining a side that beat the undefeated Riverside in one of the grand finals.
With no active club to support, the Cricket North icon now enjoys the game from afar, describing the current product as "so different".
"We watch the batting in particular where technique has gone out the window for strength.
"The game has really improved in fielding, I'm not so sure it's improved for batting and bowling because there's too much emphasis on T20 cricket and it's a real detriment to Test cricket.
"I've got a bit of a bug about them playing T20 in the middle of the summer when they should be playing Sheffield Shield - it's a completely different game to when we played.
"The NTCA was very strong back then and now you have to go to Hobart to further your career but we only ever played as amateurs, we never got paid to play and the blokes are making careers out of it now, which is fantastic for them."
As is the way with life, Gatenby's post-cricketing career has seen him losing some good mates he played both alongside and against, noting "you don't know when your own turn is up".