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ON THIS DAY - 1st March

Armidale Waratahs (The Tahs) | March 05, 2026

In 1958, JEFF WALSH (#84) made the first of two Waratahs hundreds, scoring 109 not out for B grade v DLSC and adding a grade record 180 unbeaten with skipper JOHN McINTYRE (#99). He then added 3 wickets and a catch while TONY MORRISS (#78) took a hat trick ensure the victory.

Waratahs v DLSC - B grade, 1st March 1958


In 1969, KEITH McINTYRE (#129) became one of only three players to score a hundred and a fifty in the same match, he became the only player to carry his bat and make a hundred. After waiting playing for 12 consecutive season and scoring over 3,000 runs for Waratahs, his first innings unbeaten 101 was his first.


In 1980, CHRISTIAN QUAIFE (#372) and MARK O"SHEA (#369) added 129 for the first wicket for B grade v Centrals. No scorecard available.


In 1986, TIM MULDOON (#296) made a commanding 99 batting at three after 1sts had been reduced to 5-49 and then 6-67, leading a recovery to be all out for 176. Andrew McNeill then put the skids under Hillgrove to have them 4-32 at stumps. More of both of them was to come on the second day.




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Armidale Waratahs (The Tahs)

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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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