The Otago Daily Times counts down the 150 greatest moments in Otago sport.
No 27: Glenn Turner scores his 100th 100 (1982)
There were seven Englishmen, one Pakistani and one New Zealander. The West Indian was delayed by a hurricane.
They were nine of the 10 living members of the exclusive 100 Club, consisting of cricket players to have scored 100 centuries.
Our representative was Otago great Glenn Turner, No 21 in the list of 25 men to have achieved the extraordinary feat, and one of only three non-Englishmen in the club.
The bat Turner used to score his 100th 100 was auctioned for nearly $14,000, and a photo of Turner, Graham Gooch, John Edrich, Tom Graveney, Dennis Amiss, Mark Ramprakash, Graeme Hick, Zaheer Abbas and Geoff Boycott fetched $26,000.
Turner was a fascinating, fabulous batsman. He built a reputation as a single-minded, slightly boring grinder; then turned 180 degrees and became a dashing strokemaker.
He played very well for New Zealand, before a long self-imposed exile. In 1973, on the tour of England, he scored 1000 runs before June, a feat that had not been accomplished for 35 years.
But Turner was most prolific in English county cricket, where he became a Worcestershire legend.
Both his first - 106 not out v Middlesex in 1968 - and his 100th 100s were scored for the county.
It was at Worcestershire's home ground at New Road on May 29, 1982 that Turner joined the 100 Club with an astonishing innings of 311 not out against Warwickshire.
He was 128 not out at lunch, 254 not out at tea, and he was still there, shortly after becoming the first man to mark his 100th 100 with a triple century, when Worcestershire declared at 501 for one.
Turner reached his 100 with a legside flick for three, and celebrated with a gin and tonic brought to the middle by his mentor, Billy Ibadulla.
It was Turner's last season in county cricket. He retired in 1983, having scored 34,346 runs (103 centuries) in first-class cricket.
Viv Richards, Gooch, Hick and Ramprakash followed him into the 100 Club.
