ON THIS DAY - 8th December
Armidale Waratahs (The Tahs) | December 08, 2023
(pictured) Brian Mair
In 1962, GEOFF MARSHALL (#156) took 10-85 (5+40 & 5-45) as B grade beat City Council outright.
Waratahs v City Council - B grade, 1st & 8th December 1962
Waratahs 102 (Keith Dawson 22) and 170 (Geoff Marshall 45, Dick Russell 41); City Council 80 (Geoff McDonald 5-28, Geoff Marshall 5-40) and 74 (Geoff Marshall 5-45)
In 1979, BRIAN MAIR (#307) made his highest score for Waratahs, 93 for A grade v St Peters.
Waratahs v St Peters - A grade, 1st & 8th December 1979
In 1984, PETER TYNDALL (#423) had his best game for Waratahs, taking 12-67 (7-20 & 5-47) for 2nd grade v TAS. No scoresheet available unfortunately, but we can tell you Pete won both the Beau Richardson Trophy for best performance of the season and the Association 2nd grade Best Performance of the season for his effort. HIs match figures are right up there with the best of all time.
In 1990, it was all about the bat. DANIEL RYAN (#514) made his second 1st grade century (both made against Easts) when he scored 106 not out. In 3rd grade, MARTIN HADFIELD (#545) scored his lone Waratahs hundred v Uralla and he and ALBERT HOFKAMP (#476) added a grade record 83 for the 8th wicket. In 4th grade, TULLY GILLHAM (#554) also made his only hundred, scoring 114 not out v Centrals and adding a grade record 174 with IAN MUNDAY (#595) who was unluckily out for 92. Note Ross Ridley - an Original - back in a Waratahs cap, more than thirty years after he left!
Waratahs v Easts - 1st grade, 8th & 15th December 1990
Waratahs v Uralla - 3rd grade, 1st & 8th December 1990
Uralla 214 (G O’Leary 54. David Perram 4-55, Peter Langston 3-67); Waratahs 8-258 (Martin Hadfield 103x, Albert Hofkamp 45, Laurie Hagan 43, David Perram 20x. D Lang 6-68)
Waratahs v Centrals - 4th grade, 1st & 8th December 1990
Waratahs 96 (Ross Ridley 20) & 3-244 (Tully Gillam 114x, Ian Munday 92); Centrals 112 (Sunil Reddy 3-4, Norman Schwarz 3-19)
