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ON THIS DAY - 23rd December

Armidale Waratahs (The Tahs) | December 23, 2025

In 1961, RAY REEVES (#143) and LAURIE BLAKE (#126) added 103 opening the batting for A-Res grade v Hillgrove and then JEFF WALSH (#84) and Keith McINTYRE (#129) added 108 for the 4th as Waratahs had batting practice on the second day of a game they had taken first innings points on the first day.

Waratahs v Hillgrove - A-Res grade, 16th & 23rd December 1961


In 1989, MARK DYMOCK (#523) and STU McFARLAN (#606) added 181 for the 2nd wicket as 1st grade cruised to victory over Ex Services. On the first day, Ex Services had appeared to be cruising, recovering thanks to Roger Hay and Rod Lockwood after Phil Melville (#542) took early wickets. Spin got Waratahs back into the game and then Melville cleaned up. On day two, Frosty (#303) left in the second over and the Dymock (101 not out), and McFarlan (94) took over. Dymock became the only Waratahs player to score 4 centuries in a season and all of them before Christmas!

Waratahs v Ex Services - 1st grade, 16th & 23rd December 1989

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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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