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ON THIS DAY - 21st January

Armidale Waratahs (The Tahs) | January 21, 2024

In 1962, D BUCKNELL (#133) made a pair in the all day Sunday Comp v Public Service. The Sunday Comp only lasted a couple of seasons, with teams that were mostly made up from A and A-Res grade players. Bucknell played 4 seasons for Waratahs, almost all of it in A grade but his only real success came in A-Res, where he made a hundred in one of only two innings. In this game, former Waratahs star bowler from the 1950's, Norm Buckley, was too good for Waratahs.

Waratahs v Public Service - Sunday Comp, 21st January 1962


In 1989, JAMIE MILLER (#581) took a hat trick for 4th grade as YCW were all out in a one dayer and then old stagers (Syd Philp, Graham Patterson and Roger Roan) bought Waratahs home by 6 wickets.

Waratahs v YCW - 4th grade, 21st January 1989

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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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