Nathan Hudson knew he had the first four wickets, but it wasn't until Waratah-Mayfield had secured victory that the skipper realised how many he ended up with.
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The left-arm orthodox spinner returned career-best figures of 9-52 from 21.5 overs on Saturday.
"I was more worried about getting the win," Hudson said.
"I thought I might have had six or seven, but when they were nine down someone said you've got eight. To take nine is pretty special, but it made it a lot sweeter doing against my old club."
Newcastle District Cricket Association historian Jack Brown said Hudson was the 24th player to claim nine wickets in an innings in the first grade competition. Only three have completed the clean sweep of all 10. He now sits sixth on the Waratah club list for bowling figures in the top XI with Hugh Marjoribanks (10-67), C Petherbridge (9-13, 9-33), K Gilbert (9-30) and W Pickles (9-39) in front of him.
Hudson, who picked up three five-wicket hauls for Uni last season including a hat-trick as part of 5-14 during a T20, gave credit to seamer Jonty Durrheim.
"It was a really good spell by Jonty through the middle of the innings, I couldn't count how many times he beat the bat," Hudson said.
"[Uni pair] Gawthrop and Rushford were starting to put on a bit of a partnership and swing back a bit of momentum. He [Jonty] got the breakthrough and that really got the ball rolling. I was taking wickets at the other end but he deserved at least three or four."
Waratah resumed at 6-187 with 14.2 overs available to bat on day two of the round seven fixture and ended up 228, including 61 to Hudson.
In reply, University was dismissed for 166 after being 4-150. Hudson took the last five wickets in the space of 15 deliveries. The 62-run win sees Waratah climb off the bottom of the ladder.
"If we can get another win against Belmont [next round] it puts us right in the picture for the second half of the season," Hudson said.
Elsewhere on Saturday and it was another left-arm orthodox spinner doing the damage at Townson Oval with Merewether's Tim O'Neill (5-59) taking the first five wickets as Hamilton-Wickham were defeated for the first time this season. The Lions, fourth overall, had the Pumas out for 130 after scoring 7-260 last weekend.
Wests now share the competition lead with Hamwicks after dismissing Stockton and Northern Districts for 273, which was 89 runs shy of the 7(dec)-362 recorded by the Rosellas at Harker Oval on day one.
Third-placed Charlestown fell an agonising 14 runs short of back-to-back outright results, ending up 7-75 in a 12-over second innings against Toronto at Kahibah Oval. Belmont (7-143) beat hosts Cardiff-Boolaroo (142) and Wallsend finished 7-282 chasing down City's 208.
LADDER: Wests, Hamwicks 34; Charlestown 32; Merewether 28; Wallsend, Cardiff, Uni 23; Belmont 20; Stockton 18; Waratah 17; City 14; Toronto 13.
