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Debut v St Kilda, 1896-97 (20 Mar 1897)Last game v Melbourne, 1898-99 (21 Apr 1899)Player no. 46 to appear for the club

7

Matches

20

Runs

2.86

Average

6

Highest

0 / 0

100s / 50s

2

Wickets

27.00

Bowling avg

1/1

Best

5

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1896-97220542.50–––2
1897-98220221.00311/12
1898-993301364.332111/91
Career7702062.862421/15

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv St Kilda, 1896-97
  2. Highest score6v North Melbourne, 1898-99
  3. Best bowling1/1v Carlton, 1897-98
  4. Last matchMatch 7v Melbourne, 1898-99

Runs by season

1896-97: 5 runs596-971897-98: 2 runs297-981898-99: 13 runs1398-99

Wickets by season

1896-97: 0 wickets96-971897-98: 1 wickets197-981898-99: 1 wickets198-99

Every innings, in order

501896-97 v St Kilda: 41896-97 v North Melbourne: 11897-98 v St Kilda: 21897-98 v Carlton: 01898-99 v North Melbourne: 61898-99 v South Melbourne: 11898-99 v Melbourne: 6

Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.

Against each club

Greenvale Kanagaroos2763.500–0/11
St Kilda2643.00–––
Melbourne1666.000–0/5
Casey South Melbourne1111.0019.001/9
Carlton1000.0017.001/1

Clubs that merged are counted as one, under today's name. Tap a heading to sort; open a club for every match against it.

Splits

By batting position
PosInnNORunsHSAvg0s
910666.00
1030210.671
11301264.00

Batted most often at 10th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks1
  • 1–96
  • 10–190
  • 20–290
  • 30–490
  • 50–990
  • 100+0

1.3% of the side's runs in the innings batted.

Dismissals
  • Bowled2 · 33%
  • Caught2 · 33%
  • Caught & bowled1 · 17%
  • Stumped1 · 17%
In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
In wins501362.601
In losses20763.50
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins3220.000.7
In losses10–0.0
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
Batting first40842.00
Batting second301264.001
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground441162.75220.001/1
Melbourne Cricket Ground11666.00––0/5
St Kilda Cricket Ground11222.00–––
the Triangle11111.00–––
Wickets taken
  • Caught1 · 50%
  • LBW1 · 50%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)1 · 50%
  • Lower order (8–11)1 · 50%

Best in a match: 1/7 v Carlton, 1897-98. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1896-97 to 1898-99: 24th of 27 for runs, 10th of 15 for wickets, 17th of 30 for matches, 14th of 25 for catches.

Under Fitzroy: 262nd of 321 for runs, 129th of 172 for wickets, 203rd of 345 for matches, 147th of 279 for catches.

The shape of the career

Season by season

1896-97: 2 matches, 5 runs, 0 wickets1896-971897-98: 2 matches, 2 runs, 1 wicket1897-981898-99: 3 matches, 13 runs, 1 wicket1898-99

Runs, up Wickets, down

The arc

Rolling average, innings 5 to 7: 2.3 to 2.92.9

Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 4 matches
from v St Kilda, 1896-97 to v Carlton, 1897-98 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 7 innings
from v St Kilda, 1896-97 to v Melbourne, 1898-99 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111896-97: 10 (2 inns, avg 2.50)1897-98: 10 (2 inns, avg 1.00)1898-99: 9 (3 inns, avg 4.33)189618971898

Batted at 10th for 2 seasons, moved up to 9th from 1898-99.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1896-971022.50
1897-981021.00
1898-99934.33
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home4401162.75220.00
Away330963.00

Home taken as the ground the club played at most in each season: Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Schramms Reserve.

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday6601462.33220.00
Weekday110666.00
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct220221.0017.00
Mar3301163.67133.00
Other220763.50
Fielding
SeasonMCt
1896-9722
1897-9822
1898-9931

Caught most off

  1. G Beacham × 2
  2. FA Tarrant × 1
  3. R Littlefield × 1
  4. R Mitchell × 1

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