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ON THIS DAY - 19th September

Armidale Waratahs (The Tahs) | September 18, 2025

In 1970, GREG RUSSELL (131) made 102 for A-Res grade in the opening day of the season.

In the same game, BOB BARWICK (#234) made his debut. A useful bat, handy leggie and superb field, he won two Premierships with two very different A-Res grade sides. In the early seventies, there was youth in the strides of his team mates but by 1981, Bob the mathematician was needed to calculate the average age of the Vets side which beat Waratahs regular team in the final. Bob made 2277 runs @ 22.77, took 102 wickets at a very tidy 14.7 for a leggie and held 59 catches. He was also the neatest and most accurate scorer in the history of the world and the man opposition scorers were least likely to dispute an entry with. Anyone with the treble of 2000 runs, 100 wickets and 50 catches has done the business across a 15 season career.

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Waratahs CC of Armidale; The Tahs Inc
www.thetahs.com.au
Armidale, Australia
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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 & Peter Langston.

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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