ON THIS DAY - 12th March
Armidale Waratahs (The Tahs) | March 12, 2026
In 1966, after A grade had run up nearly 300 on tje first day against a still very competitive Uralla, TOM COOKE (#197) delivered one of his finest bowling performamces, taking 7-33 and ably assisted by Eric Smith (#82), dismissed Uralla for 57. Second time around, Walter Taylor was not such a cheap wicket and batted to ensure Uralla didn't lose outright. Smith finished with 6-11 for the match.
Waratahs v Uralla - A grade, 5th & 12th March 1966
In 1983, TIM MULDOON (#296) and GRAHAM FROST (#333) came together against Hillgrove after an early wicket, chasing Hillgrove's 252 which included a now Tahs member Geoff Wood hundred. Frost had taken 3 catches and Muldoon 4 wickets in the Grovers innings. Muldoon started as he always did, driving powerfully and pulling ferociously to the square boundaries on Lambert Park. Frost kept rotating the strike and playing carefully. Roger Sattler (#378), next in watched closely. The first hour passed and then the next and when tea was taken, the partnership had passed 100. After tea, Muldoon bought up his hundred and then cut loose, hammering anyone silly enough to take to the bowling crease. With first innings point secured, Frost eventually gained three figures and when Hillgrove called it quits, the partnership stood at 293 unbeaten and Roger Sattler was well bored. It remains the highest partnership for any wicket and any grade for Waratahs.
