ON THIS DAY - 16th February
In 1957, ROSS RIDLEY (#8), one of the originals, made his only Waratahs hundred, 106 v Rugby League, a typically belligerent innings. Coming in at 3-16, he added 82 with Ross Duncan of which the latter made 8. Billy Matthews and Allan See then caused another collapse to have Waratahs 8-111. Arty See stayed with Ridley adding 51 before Ridley was out, the ball after raising his hundred with a six with the score on 162. Earlier in the day, ROY SMITH (#83) took 7-31 as RL were bundled out for just 93.
Waratahs v Rugby League - A grade, 16th & 23rd February 1957
In 1963, GEOFF MacDONALD (#168) had undoubtedly the best day out of any Waratahs cricketer, making 106 for B grade as Waratahs rattled up the runs and then taking 8-35 and rolling de la Salle College before stumps!
B v de la Salle College - B grade, 16th & 23rd February 1962
Waratahs 287 (Geoff McDonald 106x, Mick Halpin 84, Geoff Marshall 35); DLSC 77 (Geoff McDonald 8-35) and 101
In 1980, Christian Quaife (#372) made 96 for B grade. (incomplete scorecard)
In 1985, TIM MULDOON (#296) made 113 for 1st grade as only a few stayed with him in chasing down St Peters. On the first week, Mick Hawkins and Paul Ryan had taken the bowlers to task with a double century partnership.
Waratahs v St Peters - 1st grade, 9th & 16th February 1985
In 1991, BEDE RYAN (#503 - pictured) made his only 1st grade hundred for Waratahs, with 111 not out v Centrals. The feature of his batting was his ability to manipulate the strike when batting with the tail. He and WARWICK EATHER (#626) shared an unbroken grade record 9th wicket partnership of 107.