THE Clitheroe Kid has written to me to put me right on the recent tale of Leigh's Rhodesian RL player Ted Brophy doing a 'Tricky Dicky' plunge into the canal.

Ex-pat and eye witness Les Skeat, whose friends save the Journal for him, says Ted and his mate Dick Huddart were drinking in Stan Owen's pub on Leigh Bridge on a freezing winter night. When it was time to leave, they found the car engine would not start, so as it was parked on a slope by the canal, Dick told Ted to get in the car and he would give him a push.

"When I shout "Now", let the clutch out and it should fire, said Dick. Sadly, at the moment of shouting the Austin was just about to enter the water. Dick pulled Ted out of the icy water, and got a commendation for rescuing him after pushing him in in the first place. I know - I was there!"

Les says this was only one of many mad-cap scrapes they duo got into, jumping into the Mersey off the Transporter Bridge at low tide was another!

Thanks for putting us right Les, it's nice to hear from all the deserters!