In order to keep fit during the summer months Bob plays softball, introduced to New Zealand by the Americans during the war. In the same team is Ron Dobson, who is also Scott's partner in the painting business. Dobson was a member of the Kiwi Army team which toured Great Britain and the Continent in 1945-46. The pair sit on the grass at Biandford Park waiting their turn to bat. July 13, 1951.