ON THIS DAY - 10th November
Armidale Waratahs (The Tahs) | November 10, 2025
In 1962, GEOFF McDONALD (#168), in his most prolific season, grabbed ten TAS wickets in B grade's 107 run outright win and also scored runs. Waratahs established a first innings lead of 88 after Keith Dawson (#146), MacDonald and G Chapman (#144) made handy runs and then McDonald 6-26 and Geoff Marshall (#156) rolled TAS cheaply. Waratahs scored quickly (Marshall, Reeves (#171) and MacDonald in the runs) and declared leaving TAS an impossible task. This time around it was Marshall who grabbed the Pfeiffer but MacDonald was there abouts.
Waratahs v TAS - B grade, 3rd & 10th November 1962
Waratahs 155 (Keith Dawson 40, Geoff MacDonald 25, G Chapman 25. John Mair 5-40) and 6(dec) 178 (Geoff Marshall 42, P Reeves 37, Geoff MacDonald 37); defetaed TAS (67 (Geoff MacDonald 6-26, Geoff Marshall 3-11) and 159 (D Mount 50x. Geoff Marshall 5-40, Geoff MacDonald 4-44) outright by 107 runs.
In 1990, STEVE HADFIELD (#524) and STU MacFARLAN (#606) added 142 for the 2nd wicket, as 1sts chased down TAS's imposing 257 on the first day. When James Dent came on and removed MacFarlan for 102, he also grabbed two more quick wickets before Garry Clarke (#285) steadied the ship and steered the side to victory. Waratahs then went on a strong run for the rest of the season, winning a nail biting semi final against Ex Services, without playing TAS again until the final. The other landmark for this game in November was it marked GRAHAM JOHNSON's (#207) last serious game for Waratahs. After 26 seasons and nothing left to achieve with Waratahs, he was swayed by Brian Barnden's commitment to give the talent pool at TAS their best chance in 1st grade and sought a clearance to play with and captain TAS for the remainder of the season. That Final I mentioned ... Guiley was the TAS skipper who sprang a trap on Waratahs and prevented them from going back to back in 1st grade!
