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ON THIS DAY - 23rd February

Armidale Waratahs (The Tahs) | February 28, 2024

(pictured - Alan Gray & Allan Cox)

In 1952, A grade lost their semi-final to Uralla. FRANK NICHOLSON (#30) became the first Waratahs player to record a pair. A grade lost all four games to Uralla in the season.

Waratahs 151 (Bob Harding 43, Alan Gray 30) and 7-118 (Alan Gray 64, Tony Horadam 27; Uralla's details unavailable.


In 1963, ALAN GRAY (#26) and ALLAN COX (#160) added a grade record 164 for the first wicket for A grade v Public Service, with gray making 94.

Waratahs v Public Service - A grade, 16th & 23rd February 1963


In 1991, CHRIS RIDLEY (#576) took 10-126 (7-47 & 3-79) as 4th grade recorded a comfortable win v Hillgrove.

Waratahs v Hillgrove - 4th grade, 16th & 23rd February 1991

Wicketkeepers, JAMES HILLARD (#592), 2nd grade v Centrals and LAURIE HAGAN (#591), 3rd grade v Easts, both held 3 catches in an innings.



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Waratahs CC of Armidale; The Tahs Inc
www.thetahs.com.au
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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