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ON THIS DAY - 7th February

Armidale Waratahs (The Tahs) | February 07, 2026

In 1976. BILL KEMPSTER (#259) mad ehis sole Waratahs hundred, scoring 107 v Uni Vets. No scorecard available.


In 1987, wicketkeeper DAVE ROBERTS (#484) held 3 catches in Centrals innings against 3rd grade.Tim Squire (#528) bagged his only pfeiffer. Waratahs, 4 down by stumps, folded quickly on the second day before Hillgrove batted rapidly and declared setting an outright target well beyond Waratahs first innings effort. At 2-21, the writing appear to be making it way across the wall until Albert Hofkamp (#476) and Paul Wisemantle (#529) put on 155 for the 3rd wicket and engineered a stunning victory. Wisemantle made his highest Waratahs score of 94.

Waratahs v Hillgrove - 3rd grade, 7th & 14th February 1987


In 1998, ALBERT HOFKAMP (#476) scored the second of his two Waratahs hundreds, with a dominant 101 batting at three for 4th grade against Hillgrove. Given that only Ryan McDonald (#782) and James Harwood (#758) made it to twenty and half the team only got single figures. it was a fine effort.

Waratahs v Hillgrove Colts - 4th grade, 31st January & 7th February 1998

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Waratahs CC of Armidale; The Tahs Inc
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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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