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ON THIS DAY - 27th September

Armidale Waratahs (The Tahs) | September 28, 2023

ON THIS DAY - 27th September (the old fashion way)

In 1958, Waratahs B grade were finding two day cricket difficult to adjust to. They rattled up their usual quick runs by tea on the first day and then spent the most of rest of the game watching de la Salle bat. GEOFF WHITTON (#85) held three catches in the innings and TONY MORRISS (#78) 3-114, joined a sellect group who have conceded a hundred runs in an innings. The de la Salle team contained the younger versions of several players who would become notable in Armidale cricket, including two McCanns, Melville and Turvey.

In 1969, COL MARSHALL (#102) took 7-74, including the hat trick, as Waratahs beat University by 55 runs. It was his second hat trick for the club.

Waratahs v de la Salle - B grade, 20th & 27th September 1958

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The history of a proud club which grew men from boys through the simple act of trusting them with something very precious.

Favourite players: Life members: Alan Gray, Harry Deiderick, Graham Johnson, Ian Campbell, Syd Philp, Graham Patterson & Albert Hofkamp.

Favourite grounds: Wicklow Oval (Rologas Fields), Harris Park, West Armidale Park (Lambert Park), The Armidale Sportsground

All-time cricket hero: Any bloke in the Royal Blue cap.

Favourite bat: The one that scored the most.

Most memorable moment in cricket:
1952-53 A grade Final, beating Easts 2 outright after our worst A/1st grade total in the sixty year history of the club. Beat the very strong Uralla in the last round to just scrape into the semis and then Easts 1 in the Semi. Played one player short on the first day after a mix up with team sheets and made 163 in the sunshine, Ross Ridley 59. Easts 0-57 at stumps after four dropped catches. Didn't play the second day for two weeks because of the Armidale Show and then after four days of heavy rain. Wicket now a sticky and impossible to bat on. Easts all out for 95, Don Paul 6-24. Batting a second time, Waratahs still one short and Ridley now out injured, all out for 21. Easts needing 90 don't make it to halfway, all out for 43, Don Paul 7-20. Waratahs win their first premiership in only their third season.

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