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THE FINALS - B Grade v Dumaresq, 30th March/6th April 1963

Armidale Waratahs (The Tahs) | April 14, 2026

About the only thing that went right for Dumaresq in the Final was dismissing Geoff MacDonald (#168-pictured) cheaply. He and Geoff Marshall (#156) dominated the competition and their own team during the season so completely with bat and ball, the Premiership was all but a foregone conclusion. 

Waratahs batting first ended with a reasonable total thanks to Marshall, a defiant middle order red ink from Keith Dawson (#146) and some late heroics from Dick Russell (#132). Dumaresq’s keeper Cruickshanks took four dismissals.

Marshall and MacDonald did what they had done four times already that season, took the new ball and bowled unchanged to bowl Dumaresq out. Only Cruickshanks made double figures and the win was ridiculously easy. The Geoffs hold the record as the opening pair who have most often bowled unchanged to dismiss an opposition and Marshall, individually, has done it seven times.

Waratahs Premiership on the back two of the most outstanding individual seasons ever seen for Waratahs: Marshall 381 runs @ 42.3 and 82 wickets @ 8.9; MacDonald 259 runs @ 64.8 and 78 wickets @ 6.2 … 

Waratahs v Dumaresq - B Grade Final, 30th March/6th April 1963


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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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