ON THIS DAY - 15th February
Armidale Waratahs (The Tahs) | February 15, 2026
In 1958, the rare occurance of pairs being scored in both A and B grades, on the same day. In A grade, R GENTLE (#93) collected his against de la Salle College, who in scoring 7-100 in their second innings,created the only innings that reached three figures! John Carr (#11) had bouht Waratahs back into the game after their first innings failure with his career best bowling performance and he and Eric Smith (#82) were the only two batsmen to reach double figures in the equally dismal second innings.
Waratahs v DLSC - A grade, 8th & 15th February 1958
In B grade, it was JOHN McINTYRE (#99) who wore the spectacles after being one of Jim Frost's seven victims in the second innings and then holding himself back in the second only to complete the pair. Waratahs tried hard to throw away the outright points, being 8-81 in the second innings after an opening partnership of 52 by John Witherdin (#10) and Arty See (#81).
Waratahs v Hillgrove - B grade, 8th & 15th February 1958
In 1986, one of Waratahs finest fieldsmen in any grade, ADAM BARWICK (456) became the only non wicketkeepr to hold 5 catches in an innings. Tim BIndley (#393) and Neil Philp (#370) toiled long and hard for 3rds on a day when a former A-Res skipper, Ian Davies, made a hundred for Churches.
Waratahs v Churches - 3rd grade, 15th & 22nd February 1986
In 1992, SHAMUS ROBERTSON (#629) nailed down the first leg of a remarkable performance, taking 7-29 for 3rds v YCW.
