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FA Tarrant

1896-97 to 1925-26 · 37 matches for the club

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Debut v Richmond, 1896-97 (10 Oct 1896)Last game v Prahran, 1925-26 (12 Dec 1925)Player no. 43 to appear for the club

Around this dayin 1899: 42 & 7 and 1/49 & 0/6 v St Kilda in 1896: 4 & 13 v Hawksburn

37

Matches

797

Runs

24.15

Average

97

Highest

0 / 4

100s / 50s

96

Wickets

16.94

Bowling avg

8/34

Best

18

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1896-9735123135.752711/60
1897-986721103822.006583/692
1898-999939345*15.50119347/836
1899-0079121971*27.386494/56
1900-01473681817.00144.4298/341
1924-2534114085*46.6716 (8)64/521
1925-265411449748.003096/432
Career3745127979724.15449.4 + 16 (8-ball)968/3418

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Richmond, 1896-97
  2. First fifty51v East Melbourne, 1899-00
  3. First five-for5/75v East Melbourne, 1898-99
  4. Highest score97v Collingwood, 1925-26
  5. Best bowling8/34v Melbourne, 1900-01
  6. Last matchMatch 37v Prahran, 1925-26

Runs by season

1896-97: 23 runs2396-971897-98: 110 runs1101898-99: 93 runs9398-991899-00: 219 runs2191900-01: 68 runs6800-011924-25: 140 runs1401925-26: 144 runs14425-26

Wickets by season

1896-97: 1 wickets196-971897-98: 8 wickets81898-99: 34 wickets3498-991899-00: 9 wickets91900-01: 29 wickets2900-011924-25: 6 wickets61925-26: 9 wickets925-26

Every innings, in order

97501896-97 v Richmond: 0*1896-97 v Melbourne: 21896-97 v Melbourne: 41896-97 v Hawksburn: 41896-97 v Hawksburn: 131897-98 v St Kilda: 121897-98 v Carlton: 9*1897-98 v East Melbourne: 381897-98 v East Melbourne: 31897-98 v South Melbourne: 211897-98 v Hawksburn: 01897-98 v Richmond: 27*1898-99 v East Melbourne: 01898-99 v Richmond: 71898-99 v Carlton: 31898-99 v University: 91898-99 v St Kilda: 4*1898-99 v Hawksburn: 81898-99 v North Melbourne: 16*1898-99 v South Melbourne: 45*1898-99 v Melbourne: 11899-00 v North Melbourne: 21899-00 v St Kilda: 421899-00 v St Kilda: 71899-00 v South Melbourne: 141899-00 v South Melbourne: 151899-00 v Hawksburn: 171899-00 v East Melbourne: 511899-00 v Carlton: 71*1899-00 v Richmond: 01900-01 v Hawksburn: 131900-01 v South Melbourne: 181900-01 v South Melbourne: 4*1900-01 v North Melbourne: 01900-01 v North Melbourne: 15*1900-01 v Melbourne: 11*1900-01 v Melbourne: 71924-25 v Northcote: 411924-25 v North Melbourne: 61924-25 v North Melbourne: 85*1924-25 v Collingwood: 81925-26 v Richmond: 21925-26 v Collingwood: 971925-26 v Carlton: 36*1925-26 v University: 9

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

Against each club

Prahran655179.17823.753/39
Richmond53627*12.001110.916/431
Greenvale Kanagaroos412485*41.3311516.806/621
Carlton411971*119.0011611.197/831
Casey South Melbourne411745*29.251212.925/311
Kingston Hawthorn3925123.001621.335/751
St Kilda3654221.67721.294/50
Melbourne32511*6.251216.678/341
Camberwell Magpies21059752.501264.002/107
Melbourne University21899.00717.006/661
Northcote1414141.000–0/6

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
PosInnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
160864214.331
37115285*25.3311
420474123.50
52112271*122.002
6511859746.251
731351817.50
8526945*23.00
9734616*11.501
10514327*10.751
113212812.00
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Top order (1–3)13123885*19.8312
Middle order (4–7)1233899743.223
Lower order (8–11)20817045*14.172

Batted most often at 3rd.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks4
  • 1–919
  • 10–1910
  • 20–292
  • 30–495
  • 50–994
  • 100+0

Turned 0 of 4 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 9.0% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 5 times.

Dismissals
  • Caught13 · 41%
  • Bowled9 · 28%
  • Run out4 · 13%
  • Stumped3 · 9%
  • LBW2 · 6%
  • Caught & bowled1 · 3%

Most often dismissed by: Laver (2), Kemp (2), Armstrong (2), O'Connor (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
In wins17731771*31.7011
In losses25533485*16.7023
In draws301469748.671
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins153614.282.4
In losses185816.863.2
In draws3267.000.7
  • Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 4 (25%), lost 2.
  • Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 2 of 7 (29%), lost 5.
  • Every other match: the side won 13 of 26 (50%), lost 11.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Batting first2075069738.9231
Batting second162138429.863
Second innings of the match9315385*25.501
As captain and keeper
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
As captain411449748.001
Otherwise411165385*21.7734
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground222742185*26.317414.308/34
South Melbourne Cricket Ground23502116.67236.502/58
St Kilda Cricket Ground23614220.33239.501/16
East Melbourne Cricket Ground23925130.67153.001/21
Richmond Cricket Ground22777.00416.254/17
Carlton Cricket Ground11333.00711.867/83
Toorak Park11131313.00313.003/39
Melbourne Cricket Ground11111.00237.502/27
North Melbourne Cricket Ground11222.00139.001/39
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote11414141.00––0/6
University Oval11999.00––0/35
Victoria Park11979797.00––0/21
Wickets taken
  • Caught49 · 52%
  • Bowled29 · 31%
  • LBW9 · 9%
  • Caught & bowled6 · 6%
  • Stumped1 · 1%
  • Hit wicket1 · 1%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)36 · 38%
  • Middle order (4–7)34 · 36%
  • Lower order (8–11)25 · 26%

7 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 9/53 v Melbourne, 1900-01. 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 1925-26: 14th of 69 for runs, 7th of 32 for wickets, 14th of 75 for matches, 13th of 62 for catches, 10th of 26 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 59th of 321 for runs, 29th of 172 for wickets, 89th of 345 for matches, 67th of 279 for catches, 34th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • G Beacham1891-92 to 1900-01 · 49 m · 1,099 runs · 144 wkts
  • K Cant1949-50 to 1952-53 · 41 m · 703 runs · 93 wkts
  • TL Lawford2015-16 to 2018-19 · 77 m · 1,327 runs · 193 wkts
  • MW Ridgway1989-90 to 1992-93 · 56 m · 788 runs · 150 wkts

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

As captain

Led the side in 4 matches (1925-26): won 2, lost 1, drawn 1.

Most often led

The shape of the career

Season by season

1896-97: 3 matches, 23 runs, 1 wicket96-971897-98: 6 matches, 110 runs, 8 wickets1898-99: 9 matches, 93 runs, 34 wickets · 1st XI Bowling1899-00: 7 matches, 219 runs, 9 wickets99-001900-01: 4 matches, 68 runs, 29 wickets · 1st XI Bowling1901-02: did not play1902-03: did not play02-031903-04: did not play1904-05: did not play1905-06: did not play05-061906-07: did not play1907-08: did not play1908-09: did not play08-091909-10: did not play1910-11: did not play1911-12: did not play11-121912-13: did not play1913-14: did not play1914-15: did not play14-151915-16: did not play1916-17: did not play1917-18: did not play17-181918-19: did not play1919-20: did not play1920-21: did not play20-211921-22: did not play1922-23: did not play1923-24: did not play23-241924-25: 3 matches, 140 runs, 6 wickets1925-26: 5 matches, 144 runs, 9 wickets · 1st XI Bowling

Runs, up Wickets, down Honour in his name Season away

1898-99: 1st XI Bowling · 1900-01: 1st XI Bowling · 1925-26: 1st XI Bowling

The arc

Frank Tarrant's best season with the bat was 1899-00: 219 runs from 9 innings at 27.38. The best ten-innings patch came in 1900-01 to 1925-26: 308 runs at 51.33. The leanest, 1897-98 to 1898-99: 82 runs at 10.25.

Rolling average, innings 6 to 45: 7.0 to 51.351.3

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First five-for5/758 Oct 1898v East Melbourne, 1898-99
First fifty5110 Feb 1900v East Melbourne, 1899-00
50th wicket4/5 took him to 5224 Feb 1900v Carlton, 1899-00

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings
from v East Melbourne, 1899-00 to v Carlton, 1899-00 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 26 matches
from v St Kilda, 1897-98 to v Melbourne, 1900-01 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 14 matches
from v South Melbourne, 1897-98 to v St Kilda, 1899-00 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 2 matches bowled in
from v South Melbourne, 1899-00 to v Hawksburn, 1899-00 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings
from v East Melbourne, 1898-99 to v Hawksburn, 1898-99 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111896-97: 3 (5 inns, avg 5.75)1897-98: 9 (7 inns, avg 22.00)1898-99: 8 (9 inns, avg 15.50)1899-00: 3 (9 inns, avg 27.38)1900-01: 7 (7 inns, avg 17.00)1924-25: 3 (4 inns, avg 46.67)1925-26: 6 (4 inns, avg 48.00)1896189819001925

Moved about the order across 7 seasons: at 3rd in 3, at 9th in 1, at 8th in 1, at 7th in 1, at 6th in 1.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1896-97355.75
1897-989722.00
1898-998915.50
1899-003927.38
1900-017717.00
1924-253446.67
1925-266448.00
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home22271142185*26.317414.30
Away151813769722.122225.82

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday3542127799725.979416.50
Weekday23018136.00237.50
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct121432809725.452618.42
Nov6921364219.431914.53
Dec5616115*12.201818.94
Jan462803820.001411.93
Feb44115171*50.331014.10
Mar4426145*30.50622.50
Other2212827*28.00329.00
Favourite victims
  1. A Amphlett × 2
  2. AS Carter × 2
  3. D Mailer × 2
  4. DF Noonan × 2
  5. DK Holden × 2
  6. E Brooks × 2
  7. HM Browne × 2
  8. JAJ Russ × 2

The card names his victims in 27 of 28 wicket-taking games.

Fielding

Caught most off

  1. FA Tarrant × 6
  2. G Beacham × 4
  3. R Mitchell × 4
  4. M Ellis × 3
  5. R Littlefield × 1

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SeasonOpponentBattingBowling
1896-97Richmond0*0/33Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97Melbourne2 & 41/60 & 0/12Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97Hawksburn4 & 130/?Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98St Kilda121/16 & 0/8Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98Carlton9*0/23 & 1/20Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98East Melbourne38 & 30/32Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98South Melbourne212/58Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98Hawksburn03/69Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98Richmond27*1/12Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99East Melbourne05/75Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99Richmond74/17 & 0/15Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99Carlton37/83Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99University96/66 & 1/18Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99St Kilda4*4/50 & 1/20Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99Hawksburn81/44Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99North Melbourne16*1/42 & 1/10Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99South Melbourne45*1/14Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99Melbourne12/27 & 0/48Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00North Melbourne21/39Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00St Kilda42 & 71/49 & 0/6Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00South Melbourne14 & 150/15Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00Hawksburn170/12Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00East Melbourne511/21Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00Carlton71*2/13 & 4/5Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00Richmond0–Something wrong? Tell us
1900-01Hawksburn133/39Something wrong? Tell us
1900-01South Melbourne18 & 4*4/37 & 5/31Something wrong? Tell us
1900-01North Melbourne0 & 15*6/62 & 2/47Something wrong? Tell us
1900-01Melbourne11* & 78/34 & 1/19Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25Northcote410/6Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25North Melbourne6 & 85*4/52Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25Collingwood82/107Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26Richmond26/43Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26Collingwood970/21Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26Carlton36*2/35Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26University90/35Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26Prahrandnb1/26Something wrong? Tell us

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