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THE SEMIS - B Grade v Public Service 1961

Armidale Waratahs (The Tahs) | March 20, 2026

Waratahs, had a very successful season, winning 17 out of their 23 games (all games one day matches). The three McIntyres had strong seasons: Keith (#) 514 runs, Ray (#) 339 and John (#) 313 runs but remember they played more than twenty innings each. Skipper John also took a staggering 72 wickets. Col Marshall (#102) took fifty wickets and passed 100 for the club during his second season.

Waratahs problem was always going to be their persistent batting collapses and so it proved, with John McIntyre (pictured), who opened, the only player to make double figures.

Public Service lost only one wicket in passing Waratahs total and even though Skipper McIntyre led a rush of wickets, they batted out the afternoon for a comfortable win.

Waratahs v Public Service - B Grade, 18th March 1961


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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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