ON THIS DAY - 20th February
Armidale Waratahs (The Tahs) | January 20, 2026
In 1973, DAVID LYNCH (#249) wrote himself onto the Best Match Performance list in an A-Res grade match ve Uralla. Taking a pfeiffer and sharing the spoils with John Russell (#89) in Uralla's innings of the first day of the game, he then steered Waratahs to victory on the second day with an unbeaten half century.
Waratahs v Uralla - A-Res grade, 13th & 20th January 1973
Uralla 154 (David Lynch 5-41, John Russell 4-51) lost to Waratahs 4-159 (David Lynch 74x, E Ross 36, Ray Marshall 23)
In 1979, SYD PHILP (#269) made the highest of his four hundreds for Waratahs, with 133 for B grade v his former club, Churches.UNfortunately, no scoresheet exists from the match.
In 2001, MICHAEL TRUSWELL (#800) also made the highest of his four club centruries, scoring 154 not out for 3rd grade v Wollomombi. He was one of the most successful players of Waratahs sixth decade, scoring 1,432 runs at 42 and taking 47 dismissals (45 catches, 2 stumpings). 734 of those runs came in this season, the second highest season aggregate in any grade by a Waratahs player.
