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Debut v St Kilda, 1956-57 (23 Feb 1957)Last game v St Kilda, 1957-58 (8 Feb 1958)Player no. 309 to appear for the club

8

Matches

62

Runs

10.33

Average

21

Highest

0 / 0

100s / 50s

6

Wickets

35.67

Bowling avg

4/25

Best

1

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1956-57441382112.6715 (8)64/25
1957-5844124128.005 (8)00/101
Career882622110.3320 (8-ball)64/251

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv St Kilda, 1956-57
  2. Highest score21v St Kilda, 1956-57
  3. Best bowling4/25v St Kilda, 1956-57
  4. Last matchMatch 8v St Kilda, 1957-58

Runs by season

1956-57: 38 runs3856-571957-58: 24 runs2457-58

Wickets by season

1956-57: 6 wickets656-571957-58: 0 wickets57-58

Every innings, in order

501956-57 v St Kilda: 16*1956-57 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 11956-57 v St Kilda: 211956-57 v Carlton: 01957-58 v Collingwood: 8*1957-58 v Carlton: 121957-58 v St Kilda: 41957-58 v St Kilda: 0

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

Against each club

St Kilda3412113.67414.004/25
Carlton212126.00257.501/14
Camberwell Magpies188*–0–0/10
Kingston Hawthorn1111.000–0/12
Northcote1–––0–0/11

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Splits

By batting position
PosInnNORunsHSAvg0s
310000.001
420442.001
852582119.33
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
Top order (1–3)10000.001
Middle order (4–7)20442.001
Lower order (8–11)52582119.33

Batted most often at 8th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks2
  • 1–93
  • 10–192
  • 20–291
  • 30–490
  • 50–990
  • 100+0

4.4% of the side's runs in the innings batted.

Dismissals
  • Bowled3 · 50%
  • LBW2 · 33%
  • Caught1 · 17%

Most often dismissed by: O'Halloran (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
In wins51422110.501
In losses31201210.001
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins4419.751.0
In losses3267.500.7
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
Batting first413316*11.00
Batting second31292114.501
Second innings of the match10000.001
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground43492124.50431.504/25
St Kilda Cricket Ground12442.00–––
Albert Ground11000.00228.001/14
Glenferrie Oval11111.00––0/12
Victoria Park1188*–––0/10
Wickets taken
  • Bowled5 · 83%
  • Caught1 · 17%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)2 · 33%
  • Middle order (4–7)1 · 17%
  • Lower order (8–11)3 · 50%

Best in a match: 4/25 v St Kilda, 1956-57. 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 1956-57 to 1957-58: 19th of 24 for runs, 15th of 20 for wickets, 20th of 24 for matches, 21st of 22 for catches.

Under Fitzroy: 200th of 321 for runs, 105th of 172 for wickets, 192nd of 345 for matches, 232nd of 279 for catches.

The shape of the career

Season by season

1956-57: 4 matches, 38 runs, 6 wickets1956-571957-58: 4 matches, 24 runs, 0 wickets1957-58

Runs, up Wickets, down

The arc

Rolling average, innings 7 to 8: 10.3 to 12.412.4

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

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 6 matches
from v St Kilda, 1956-57 to v Collingwood, 1957-58 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 3 matches bowled in
from v Northcote, 1957-58 to v Carlton, 1957-58 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 2 innings
v St Kilda, 1957-58 · first

Best innings

Best bowling

FiguresMatchResult
4/25v St Kilda, 1956-57Won
1/14v Carlton, 1956-57Lost, Final
1/42v Carlton, 1956-57Lost, Final

More splits

Batting position over the years16111956-57: 8 (4 inns, avg 12.67)1957-58: 4 (4 inns, avg 8.00)19561957

Batted at 8th for 1 season, moved up to 4th from 1957-58.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1956-578412.67
1957-58448.00
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home431492124.50431.50
Away451138*3.25244.00

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

Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct21188*–
Jan110121212.00
Feb2312016*10.0046.25
Mar33022217.33249.50
Finals
2Finals played
21Runs · avg 10.50
2Wickets
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home and away6624116*10.25431.75
Finals220212110.50243.50
Favourite victims
  1. TJ Trembath × 2
  2. CW Laxton × 1
  3. G Searle × 1
  4. L Hall × 1
  5. NW Lynch × 1
Fielding
SeasonMCt
1956-574
1957-5841

Caught most off

  1. HAE Shillinglaw × 1

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