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ON THIS DAY - 12th January

Armidale Waratahs (The Tahs) | January 12, 2024

(pictured) Tony Bennett


In 1957, ROY SMITH (#83) went onto the Best Performance in a Match list with 5-41 & 3-65 with the ball and 50 & 15 not out with the bat, as A grade got the better of the very strong Rugby League.

Waratahs v Rugby League - A grade, 5th & 12th January 1957


In 1980, TONY BENNETT (#355) took 8-32 for A-Res grade v Easts at Moran Oval.

Waratahs v Easts - A-Res grade, 12th &19th January 1980

Easts 62 (Tony Bennett 8-32) and 113 (David Tilbury 3-13); Waratahs 128 (Peter Langston 43, Syd Philp 33)

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Waratahs CC of Armidale; The Tahs Inc
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Armidale, Australia
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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