ON THIS DAY - 29th January
Armidale Waratahs (The Tahs) | January 29, 2024
In 1966, GREG RUSSELL (#131) scored 112 not out for A-Res grade v Ex Services, the first of five hundreds he would score in five seasons until his eventual elevation to A grade. His playing record across 10 seasons with the club is amongst the best. 2,919 runs@33, with the majority of them in A-Res during his long wait until elevation, where his 2,153 runs@52 are beaten only Keith McIntyre and Graham Johnson. He was also a handy bowler with 58 wickets@15, 18 of those in A grade. When his A grade results didn't mirror his success in the lower grade, he eventually went to Ex Services, where in his first game, he top scored and took a 5fa ... against Waratahs A grade.
A-Res v Ex Services - A-Res grade, 22nd & 29th January 1966
Waratahs 135 (Keith McIntyre 39, Keith Dawson 27, John Russell 21) and 258 (Greg Russell 112x, Keith McIntyre 30, Col Marshall 28, Max Schaefer 26); Ex Services 214 (Richie Clutterbuck 50. John Russell 4-18)
In 2000, ALBERT HOFKAMP (#476) held 3 catches in an innings for 3rd grade v Norths, all of them off son Carl! Bert was a super fieldsman, holding 227 catches in his 21 seasons with the club, six times catching three or more in an innings. Towards the tail end of his career, he had four seasons as a wicketkeeper, in which he made 67 dismissals (63 catches/4 stumpings).
