ER Lanigan

1935-36 to 1936-37 · 13 matches for the club

Debut v Northcote, 1935-36 (19 Oct 1935)Last game v South Melbourne, 1936-37 (5 Dec 1936)Player no. 184 to appear for the club

Around this dayin 1935: 1/36 v VCA Colts

Matches

Runs

6.33

Average

Highest

0 / 0

100s / 50s

Wickets

34.93

Bowling avg

4/42

Best

Catches

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1935-36	12	5	3	13	5	6.50	43 (8)	14	4/42	3
1936-37	1	1	0	6	6	6.00	0 (8)	0	0/6
Career	13	6	3	19	6	6.33	43 (8-ball)	14	4/42	3

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Northcote, 1935-36
Highest score6v South Melbourne, 1936-37
Best bowling4/42v South Melbourne, 1935-36
Last matchMatch 13v South Melbourne, 1936-37

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

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Against each club

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Carlton	2	9	5	9.00	1	82.00	1/52
Casey South Melbourne	2	6	6	6.00	4	20.75	4/42
Richmond	1	3	3	3.00	1	48.00	1/48
Greenvale Kanagaroos	1	1	1*	–	0	–	0/20
Northcote	1	–	–	–	0	–	0/75
Kingston Hawthorn	1	–	–	–	3	9.33	3/28
VCA Colts	1	–	–	–	1	36.00	1/36
Camberwell Magpies	1	–	–	–	1	48.00	1/48
Prahran	1	–	–	–	0	–	0/19
Melbourne University	1	–	–	–	3	8.00	3/24
Essendon	1	0	0*	–	0	–	0/26

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

Pos	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
10	1	0	3	3	3.00
11	5	3	16	6	8.00

Batted most often at 11th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks0
1–95
10–190
20–290
30–490
50–990
100+0

1.2% of the side's runs in the innings batted.

Dismissals

Caught2 · 67%
Bowled1 · 33%

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
In wins	4	3	11	6	11.00
In losses	2	0	8	5	4.00

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	11	12	32.42	1.1
In losses	2	2	50.00	1.0

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Batting first	4	3	8	4*	8.00
Batting second	2	0	11	6	5.50

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	6	2	5	5	5.00	12	17.33	4/42
Richmond Cricket Ground	1	1	3	3	3.00	1	48.00	1/48
Carlton Cricket Ground	1	1	4	4*	–	–	–	0/30
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	1	1	1*	–	–	–	0/20
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	1	6	6	6.00	–	–	0/6
Victoria Park	1	0	0	–	–	1	48.00	1/48
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	0/75
Toorak Park	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	0/19

Wickets taken

Caught7 · 50%
Bowled6 · 43%
Hit wicket1 · 7%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)6 · 43%
Middle order (4–7)7 · 50%
Lower order (8–11)1 · 7%

Best in a match: 4/42 v South Melbourne, 1935-36. 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 1935-36 to 1936-37: 22nd of 24 for runs, 14th of 18 for wickets, 21st of 25 for matches, 23rd of 24 for catches.

Under Fitzroy: 265th of 321 for runs, 80th of 172 for wickets, 155th of 345 for matches, 185th of 279 for catches.

Played like…

Ethan Boyd2023-24 to 2024-25 · 19 m · 35 runs · 16 wkts
IW Waller1987-88 to 1988-89 · 20 m · 62 runs · 18 wkts
IF McOrist1974-75 to 1976-77 · 19 m · 54 runs · 16 wkts
Harkirat Bajwa2025-26 · 18 m · 15 runs · 20 wkts

The careers nearest Lanigan’s in length, runs and wickets a match, average and the balance of batting to bowling.

Most often alongside

Matches in the same side, from the published cards.

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, down

The arc

ER Lanigan's best season with the bat was 1935-36: 13 runs from 5 innings at 6.50.

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 12 matches: from v Northcote, 1935-36 to v Carlton, 1935-36 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 4 matches: from v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1935-36 to v South Melbourne, 1935-36 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 3 matches bowled in: from v Essendon, 1935-36 to v South Melbourne, 1936-37 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 3 innings: from v Carlton, 1935-36 to v South Melbourne, 1936-37 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
6	v South Melbourne, 1936-37	Won
5	v Carlton, 1935-36	Lost
4*	v Carlton, 1935-36	Won, Semi-final
3	v Richmond, 1935-36	Lost
1*	v North Melbourne, 1935-36	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
4/42	v South Melbourne, 1935-36	Won
3/24	v University, 1935-36	Won
3/28	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1935-36	Won
1/36	v VCA Colts, 1935-36	Won
1/48	v Collingwood, 1935-36	Won

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Batting position over the years

Batted at 11th in every one of his 2 seasons.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1935-36	11	5	6.50
1936-37	11	1	6.00

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	6	2	1	5	5	5.00	12	17.33
Away	7	4	2	14	6	7.00	2	140.50

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

By day

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Saturday	11	5	2	18	6	6.00	13	33.31
Weekday	2	1	1	1	1*	–	1	56.00

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	1	0	0	0	–	–
Nov	3	0	0	0	–	–	5	22.40
Dec	2	1	0	6	6	6.00	4	20.75
Jan	3	1	1	1	1*	–	3	21.00
Feb	2	2	0	8	5	4.00	2	50.00
Mar	2	2	2	4	4*	–

Finals

1Finals played

4Runs

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	12	5	2	15	6	5.00	14	32.79
Finals	1	1	1	4	4*	–

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1935-36	12	3
1936-37	1

Caught most off

J Frederick × 2
HJ Plant × 1

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Season	Opponent	Batting	Bowling
1935-36	Northcote	dnb	0/75	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	3/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	VCA Colts	dnb	1/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	Collingwood	dnb	1/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	South Melbourne	dnb	4/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	Prahran	dnb	0/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	University	dnb	3/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	North Melbourne	1*	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	Carlton	5	1/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	Richmond	3	1/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	Essendon	0*	0/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	Carlton	4*	0/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	South Melbourne	6	0/35 & 0/6	Something wrong? Tell us

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