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ON THIS DAY - 28th September

Armidale Waratahs (The Tahs) | September 28, 2023

In 1957, ERIC SMITH (#82) showed why he is considered one of the best all rounders for the club. In a performance that gains him an entry of the Best Match Performances list, he scored 81 & 5 and took 6-80 & 4-56 for A grade v de la Salle.


Waratahs v del la Salle College - A grade, 21st & 28th September, 1957


In 1963, fluctuating fortunes for individuals. In A-Res grade, RAY REEVES (#143) made a pair v University, but in B grade, DICK RUSSELL (#132) took the best match bowling figures ever for the grade, with 12-57 (8-29 & 4-28) as Waratahs beat Churches outright by 9 wickets.

Waratahs v Churches - B grade, 21st & 28th September, 1963

Churches 71 (Dick Russell 8-29) and 147 (R Steele 50. Dick Russell 4-28, Greg Russell 3-34); Waratahs 187 (Stuart Stanley 75, Dick Russell 33) and 1-35.

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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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