1987-88 Season - Armidale Waratahs
10th & 17th October 1987
1st v Easts - Waratahs won by 82 runs
Waratahs 7dec-304 (Graham Johnson 115x, James Campbell 47, Phil Melville 33, Michael Connolly 32, Brian Rhodes 25); Easts 5-222 (B McDonald 56. Phil Melville 3-49)
2nd v Easts - match drawn (wicket unplayable after rain)
Waratahs 157 (Michael Muldoon 40x, Bob Hughes 39, Chris Drake 21); Easts 0-21
3rd v Easts - Waratahs won by 121 runs
Waratahs 293 (Bede Ryan 116, Kevin Theodore 82); Easts 172 (Daniel Ryan 3-25) and 7-63 (Tim Squire 3 cat)
4th v Easts - Waratahs won by 25 runs
Easts 129 (A Wheeler 6-33. Dave Roberts 5 cat) and 257 (Wayne Lankester 92. A Wheeler 5-84, David Tilbury 3-37); Waratahs 154 (A Wheeler 42, Peter Bloomfield 39) and 7-148 (Graham Patterson 74x)l
(9th) 5th v Wollomombi - Wollomombi won by 42 runs
Wollomombi 141 (Chris Pine 3-24); Waratahs 99 (Andrew Thwaites 22x, Errol Ingram 20)
(16th) 5th v Uralla - Waratahs won by 12 runs
Uralla 68 (Andrew Thwaites 5-12) and 68 (Andrew Thwaites 3-0, Errol Ingram 3-25); Waratahs 7dec-80 (Simon Bennett 34x) and 6-35
24rd & 31st October 1987
1st v Hillgrove - Waratahs won by 47 runs
Waratahs 289 (Chris Quaife 121x, Gary Clarke 51, Graham Frost 37, James Campbell 34, Graham Johnson 21); Hillgrove 242 (Phil Melville 4-73)
2nd v Hillgrove - result unknown
3rd v Hillgrove - Waratahs won by 112 runs
Waratahs 7dec-298 (Bede Ryan 144ret, Martin Hadfield 46, Gavin Finlayson 27, Bob Barwick 20); Hillgrove 186 (P Green 62. Bede Ryan 4-29)
Hillgrove 6dec-313 (G Howe 175. Allan Brettell 3-40. Dave Roberts 3 cat); Waratahs 9-186 (A Hill 43x, Graham Willis 35, Bill Johnson 28, Graham Patterson 23)
5th grade - result unknown
7th & 14th November 1987
1st v St Peters - St Peters won by 19 runs
Waratahs 115 (Brian Rhodes 41, Phil Melville 29. M McDermott 5-37) and 6dec-195 (James Campbell 86, Brian Rhodes 38, Michael Connolly 25, Chris Quaife 20); St Peters 134 (Michael Connolly 6-29. Graham Frost 5 cat) and 5-127
2nd v St Peters - Waratahs won outright by an innings
St Peters 45 (Peter Murphy 7-19) and 160 (Peter Murphy 4-25, Michael Muldoon 3-13); Waratahs 6dec-211 (Tony Sheen 74, Bede Ryan 53, Steve Hadfield 40, Andrew Davis 30x)
3rd v Uni Vets - Waratahs won by 67 runs
Waratahs 216 (Martin Campbell 88, Peter Langston 55, Martin Hadfield 36) and 7dec-92; Uni Vets 149 (Albert Hofkamp 4-42) and 8-68 (Albert Hofkamp 3-12. Martin Campbell 3 cat)
4th v St Peters - St Peters won by 93 runs
St Peters 207 (D Wray 57. Mark Charter 4-59) and 3dec-88 (M Cook 50x); Waratahs 114 (Graham Patterson 21, A Wheeler 21) and 2-72 (Peter Bloomfield 26x, Graham Patterson 24)
(7th) 5th v Ex Services - Ex Services won by 58 runs
Ex Services 169 (Paul Melville 3-23, Tully Gillam 3-34); Waratahs 111 (Matthew Allom 35, Paul Melville 24)
(14th) 5th v Centrals - Centrals won by 29 runs
Centrals 153 (G Graham 53. Tully Gillam 3-29, Paul Melville 3-43); Waratahs 124 (Chris Pine 23, Matthew Allom 22)
21st & 28th November 1987
1st v The Armidale School - TAS won by 17 runs
TAS 8-187 (M Rose 52, A Bragg 52. Michael Connolly 5-34); Waratahs 8-170 (Graham Johnson 48, Gary Clarke 41x, Graham Frost 31, Michael Connolly 24)
2nd v The Armidale School - Waratahs won by 127 runs
Waratahs 8dec-255 (Daniel Ryan 42, Steve Hadfield 36, Andrew Davis 36, James Campbell 33, Bede Ryan 32); TAS 128 (Bede Ryan 6-38) and 4-81
3rd v YCW - Waratahs won outright by 40 runs
Waratahs 98 (Tim Muldoon 21. Kevin Marshall 5-28) and 8dec-280 (Bob Barwick 69, Jeremy Roach 44, Tim Muldoon 39, Gavin Finlayson 35x, Tim Bindley 25, Simon Joyce 24. P Russell 6-82); YCW 149 (Simon Joyce 3-35) and 189 (Steve Reading 3-36)
4th v The Armidale School - Waratahs won outright by 175 runs
Waratahs 178 (Graham Patterson 36, A Hill 28, Dave Roberts 27x, B Laybutt 26. N Leah 6-55) and 5dec-135 (Bill Johnson 47, Alec Finlayson 26x, Peter Bloomfield 24); TAS 91 (Allan Brettell 3-12) and 97 (Mark Charter 5-38, Graham Patterson 4-2)
5th v Wollomombi - result unknown
Wollomombi 108 (Tully Gillam 3-25, Andrew Thwaites 3-28, Tony Bennett 3-38); Waratahs 7-128 (Matthew Allom 28)
5th December 1987
1st v Uralla - Waratahs won by 1 wicket
Uralla 5-217 (Gary Condon 105); Waratahs 9-218 (Tony Sheen 82, Brian Rhodes 44x, James Campbell 33, Tim Muldoon 20)
2nd v Uralla - Uralla won by 87 runs
Uralla 290 (G Heagney 83. Peter Murphy 3-47, Bob Hughes 3-47); Waratahs 203 (Steve Hadfield 66, Ben Campbell 41, Michael Muldoon 26, Gavin Finlayson 22)
3rd v Churches - Waratahs won by 202 runs
Waratahs 8-281 (A Hill 65, Simon Joyce 38, Paul Bloomfield 38, Peter Evans 37, Alec Finlayson 32x); Churches 79 (Steve Reading 3-8)
4th v Uralla - Uralla won by 6 wickets
Waratahs 154 (Mark Charter 56x, Graham Patterson 24, Syd Philp 24); Uralla 4-166
5th & 12th December 1987
5th v Uralla - Uralla won outright by 62 runs
Uralla 35 (Tony Bennett 9-9) and 9dec-230 (K Bullock 74. Tony Bennett 4-43); Waratahs 106 (Jason Fittler 28, Paul Melville 20) and 97 (Simon Bennett 31, Tony Bennett 21. R Carter 6-36)
12th December 1987
1st v Ex Services - Waratahs won by 5 wickets
Ex Services 101 (Michael Connolly 4-27, Joe Harrison 3-24. Mark Dymock 3 catches); Waratahs 5-104 (Michael Connolly 52x, Gary Clarke 27x)
2nd v Ex Services - match drawn (rain)
Waratahs 4-214 (Steve Hadfield 53, Ben Campbell 39x, Peter Langston 39, Gavin Finlayson 35x, Glen Schaefer 25); Ex Services 3-145 (Laurie McCann 70x)
3rd v Ex Services - match drawn (rain)
Ex Services 204 (Roger Hay 54, Doug Menzies 3-23, Jeremy Roach 3-32); Waratahs 5-151 (Martin Hadfield 55x, Alec Finlayson 48x)
4th v YCW - YCW won by 5 wickets
Waratahs 173 (Bill Johnson 60, Graham Patterson 42, Syd Philp 30x); YCW 5-179 (M Beresford 74x)
19th December 1987
1st Centrals - Waratahs won by 2 wickets
Centrals 7-122 (Peter Snell 59. Glen Schaefer 3-36); Waratahs 8-124 (James Campbell 37, Phil Melville 23x, Glen Schaefer 21)
2nd v Centrals - Waratahs won by 83 runs
Waratahs 8-146 (Steve Hadfield 37, Bede Ryan 35, Daniel Ryan 20); Centrals 63 (Bede Ryan 4-10, Michael Muldoon 3-15)
3rd v Centrals - Waratahs won by 9 wickets
Centrals 137 (D Eichorn 56. Kevin Theodore 5-21); Waratahs 1-140 (Bob Barwick 55x, Martin Hadfield 48x, David Breusch 24)
4th v Centrals - Centrals won by 106 runs
Centrals 184 (J Maclean 62. Simon Joyce 3-20); Waratahs 78
5th - no game
9th January 1988
1st v Easts - Waratahs won by 1 wicket
Easts 86 (Andrew McNeill 4-19, Graham Johnson 3-15); Waratahs 9-89 (Brian Rhodes 21)
2nd v Easts - Easts won by 62 runs
Easts 6-248 (Todd Lockeridge 67x. Steve Hadfield 3 cat); Waratahs 186 (Chris Quaife 49, Andrew Davis 43)
3rd v Easts - Waratahs won by 4 runs
Waratahs 7-221 (Peter Langston 153, Nick Entsch 34); Easts 217 (Tom Campbell 73x)
4th v Easts - Easts won by 90 runs
Waratahs 77 and 0-5; Easts 5dec-167 (P Bennett 52. Matthew Allom 3-25)
5th - result unknown
16th January 1988
1st v Hillgrove - match drawn (rain)
2nd v Hillgrove - match drawn (rain)
3rd v Hillgrove - Hillgrove won by 79 runs
Waratahs 79 (A Hill 27); Hillgrove 3-158 (J Clarke 69x)
4th v Hillgrove - match drawn (rain)
Hillgrove 9-201 (Mark Charter 4-39); Waratahs 4-163 (B Laybutt 87, Peter Bloomfield 26, Tim Bindley 22x)
5th v Wollomombi - Wollomombi won by 6 wickets
Waratahs 9-159 (Tony Bennett 74, Bob Hughes 54. G Kennedy 6-13); Wollomombi 3-164 (P Moran 73x)
23rd January 1988
1st v St Peters - Waratahs won by 4 wickets
St Peters 7-118; Waratahs 6-125 (Graham Johnson 43, Tony Sheen 31, Brian Rhodes 20. G Wood 4-33)
2nd v St Peters - St Peters won by 2 wickets
Waratahs 9-151 (Peter Langston 38, Ben Campbell 31, Steve Hadfield 22); St Peters 8-152 (Michael Muldoon 3-36)
3rd v Uni Vets - Waratahs won by 60 runs
Waratahs 8-197 (Peter Evans 73, Simon Joyce 66); Uni Vets 137 (Peter Evans 4-10, Doug Menzies 3-34)
4th v St Peters - St Peters won by 66 runs
St Peters 8-184; Waratahs 7-118 (David Santleben 27, Graham Willis 24)
23rd & 30th January 1988
5th v Ex Services - Ex Services won outright by 8 wickets
Waratahs 144 (Tony Bennett 72, D Clark 21. G Nelson 5-17) and 3dec-89 (Norman Schwarz 41x, Tony Bennett 37); Ex Services 176 (Simon Bennett 4-27, Tony Bennett 3-42) and 2-59
30th January 1988
1st v The Armidale School - Waratahs won by 7 wickets
TAS 9-111 (Michael Connolly 4-20); Waratahs 3-120 (Michael Connolly 35, Tim Muldoon 25x, Tony Sheen 22)
2nd v The Armidale School - Waratahs won by 2 wickets
TAS 9-111; Waratahs 8-112 (Andrew Davis 27)
3rd v YCW - YCW won by 63 runs
YCW 205 (P Styles 63. S Nicholson 3 cat); Waratahs 142 (Simon Joyce 31, David Breusch 27)
4th v The Armidale School - Waratahs won by 2 wickets
TAS 6-177 (Lachlan Fulloon 56); Waratahs 8-179 (Graham Patterson 52, Syd Philp 27, Peter Bloomfield 26, Graham Willis 24)
6th & 13th February 1988
Ist v Uralla - Waratahs won by 3 wickets
Uralla 243 (Gary Condon 61. Michael Connolly 5-45, Graham Johnson 3-40); Waratahs 7-253 (Gary Clark 85, Phil Melville 79x, Tony Sheen 32, Graham Johnson 26)
Uralla 136 (S Morris 94. Peter Murphy 4-30); Waratahs 4-149 (Glen Schaefer 32x, Ben Campbell 31, Bede Ryan 26, Daniel Ryan 24x)
3rd v Churches - Waratahs won outright by 6 wickets
Churches 154 (Steve Reading 4-36) and 96 (M Wilkinson 55. Bob Barwick 3-33); Waratahs 7dec-202 (Paul Bloomfield 53x, Simon Joyce 47, Steve Reading 39) and 4-59 (Albert Hofkamp 27x)
4th v Uralla - Waratahs won by 49 runs
Uralla 264 (N Chapman 81); Waratahs 303 (Mark Charter 76, A Hill 45, Peter Bloomfield 35, Allan Brettell 32)
5th v Hillgrove - Hillgrove won by 55 runs
Hillgrove 167 (A David 53. Tony Bennett 4-52) and 6dec-93 (Andrew Thwaites 3-29); Waratahs 102 (Jason Fittler 20x) and 7-123 (Tony Bennett 35, Norman Schwarz 26)
20th & 27th February 1988
1st v Ex Services - Waratahs won by 100 runs
Ex Services 118 (Michael Connolly 5-40) and 2-124 (Peter Moy 60); Waratahs 5dec-218 (James Campbell 68, Gary Clarke 48, Tim Muldoon 33, Michael Connolly 23x, Brian Rhodes 20)
2nd v Ex Services - Ex Services won by 142 runs
Waratahs 143 (Chris Quaife 69) and 3-117 (Chris Quaife 37x, Daniel Ryan 27x, Michael Handes 24, Steve Hadfield 21; Ex Services 7dec-285 (P Martin 114x. Bob Hughes 3-34, Bede Ryan 3-95. Steve Hadfield 4 diss)
3rd v Ex Services - Waratahs won outright by an innings
Ex Services 196 (R Griffiths 57. Jeremy Roach 3-31, Tim Bindley 3-41) and 125 (Tim Bindley 3-20, Steve Reading 3-57); Waratahs 5dec-379* (Alec Finlayson 113, Jeremy Roach 95rh, Peter Evans 83, Gavin Finlayson 27)
4th v YCW - Waratahs won by 234 runs
Waratahs 398* (Graham Patterson 118, Matthew Allom 69, Mark Charter 60, Peter Bloomfield 47); Ex Services 164 and 8-165 (M Beresford 51x. Graham Patterson 3-32)
5th v Ex Services - Ex Services won outright by 8 wickets
Waratahs 173 (Paul Melville 47, Errol Ingram 30, Andrew Thwaites 20) and 109 ((Andrew Thwaites 36, Errol Ingram 22, Simon Bennett 20); Ex Services 221 (Tony Bennett 3-69) and 2-64
*denotes grade record
5th & 12th March 1988
1st v Centrals - Waratahs won by 5 runs
Waratahs 7-330 (Tim Muldoon 80, Michael Connolly 64, Graham Johnson 63, Gary Clarke 32, Brian Rhodes 24x, Phil Melville 21); Centrals 8-325 (David Marshall 103. Joe Harrison 6-94)
2nd v Centrals - Waratahs won by 3 wickets
Centrals 260 (R Hutton 52. Michael Muldoon 4-44, Glen Schaefer 4-116); Waratahs 7-272 (Daniel Ryan 53x, Glen Schaefer 47, Chris Quaife 42, Graham Frost 28, Ben Campbell 28, Steve Hadfield 26)
3rd v Centrals - Waratahs won by 153 runs
Waratahs 7-287 (Martin Campbell 82, Simon Joyce 71x, Peter Evans 49, Tim Bindley 27); Centrals 134 (Steve Reading 3-38)
4th v Centrals - Centrals won outright by 5 wickets
Waratahs 209 (Rohan Smith 43x, Graham Willis 42, Matthew Allom 25, Syd Philp 23, Bill Johnson 23) and 2dec-89 (Mark Charter 32x, Graham Patterson 23); Centrals 171 (J Turner 73. Allan Brettel 5-28, Mark Charter 3-62) and 5-148
5th v Centrals - result unknown
Centrals 427 (C Brennan 99. Andrew Thwaites 5-47. Tony Bennett 3-96. S Nicholson 4 cat); Waratahs 1-23
Semi-Finals: 19th & 20th March 1988
1st v Hillgrove - Hillgrove won by 41 runs
Hillgrove 292 (A Kirk 77. Michael Connolly 3-94); Waratahs 251 (Phil Melville 72, Brian Rhodes 30, Andrew McNeill 29, Michael Connolly 23, Gary Clarke 21)
3rd v YCW - YCW won by 21 runs
YCW 236 (S Cahill 54x. Steve Reading 3-53) and 5-274 (P Styles 70x. Jeremy Roach 3-59); Waratahs 215 (Gavin Finlayson 79, Martin Hadfield 53, Alec Finlayson 23x)
Stats for 1987-88