JJ Mullens
1926-27 to 1930-31 · 38 matches for the club
Debut v Northcote, 1926-27 (5 Feb 1927)Last game v University, 1930-31 (21 Mar 1931)Player no. 129 to appear for the club
Around this dayin 1929: 2* v Collingwood in 1930: 0 and 2 ct v VCA Colts
38
Matches
57
Runs
3.80
Average
20
Highest
0 / 0
100s / 50s
0
Wickets
–
Bowling avg
–
Best
44
Catches
Season by season
Milestones
- DebutFirst matchv Northcote, 1926-27
- Highest score20v University, 1929-30
- Last matchMatch 38v University, 1930-31
Runs by season
Every innings, in order
Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.
Against each club
 Casey South Melbourne | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2.67 |
 Melbourne | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8.00 |
 Northcote | 4 | 7 | 6* | – |
 Melbourne University | 3 | 26 | 20 | 13.00 |
 Greenvale Kanagaroos | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2.50 |
 Camberwell Magpies | 3 | 2 | 2* | 2.00 |
 Essendon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
 Richmond | 3 | – | – | – |
 St Kilda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Carlton | 2 | – | – | – |
 Prahran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Kingston Hawthorn | 2 | – | – | – |
 VCA Colts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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 | 0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4.00 | |
| 10 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 20.00 | |
| 11 | 15 | 6 | 29 | 8 | 3.22 | 5 |
| Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 0s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top order (1–3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Middle order (4–7) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 |
| Lower order (8–11) | 18 | 6 | 57 | 20 | 4.75 | 5 |
Batted most often at 11th.
Scores and consistency
- Ducks8
- 1–910
- 10–190
- 20–291
- 30–490
- 50–990
- 100+0
1.6% of the side's runs in the innings batted.
Dismissals
- Bowled10 · 67%
- Caught2 · 13%
- Stumped1 · 7%
- Caught & bowled1 · 7%
- Run out1 · 7%
Most often dismissed by: Wilkinson (2), Blackie (2), Austin (2).
In wins and losses
| Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 0s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In wins | 9 | 1 | 31 | 20 | 3.88 | 5 |
| In losses | 9 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 3.40 | 2 |
| In draws | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.50 | 1 |
| In ties | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6* | – |
Batting first or second
| Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 0s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting first | 8 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 1.67 | 3 |
| Batting second | 12 | 4 | 42 | 20 | 5.25 | 5 |
| Second innings of the match | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 |
By ground
| Ground | M | Inn | Runs | HS | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitzroy Cricket Ground | 18 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1.00 |
| South Melbourne Cricket Ground | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2.67 |
| Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6* | – |
| Melbourne Cricket Ground | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 7.00 |
| St Kilda Cricket Ground | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Victoria Park | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2* | 2.00 |
| University Oval | 2 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 20.00 |
| Albert Ground | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0* | – |
| Essendon Cricket Ground | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Carlton Cricket Ground | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| Glenferrie Oval | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| Richmond Cricket Ground | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| Toorak Park | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
At the club
In the record book
- 326th of 488 run-scorers
- 139th of 525 for matches played
- 55th of 431 for catches
- 203rd of 203 for batting average (20+ innings)
Among players of 1926-27 to 1930-31: 25th of 35 for runs, 12th of 38 for matches, 9th of 30 for catches, 16th of 16 for batting average.
Under Fitzroy: 209th of 321 for runs, 86th of 345 for matches, 35th of 279 for catches, 126th of 126 for batting average.
Played like…
- CM Reardon1973-74 to 1978-79 · 23 m · 26 runs · 0 wkts
- CF Crawford1935-36 to 1936-37 · 16 m · 38 runs · 0 wkts
- WG Terrill1983-84 to 1986-87 · 11 m · 43 runs · 0 wkts
- JB Kline1987-88 to 1991-92 · 48 m · 172 runs · 0 wkts
The careers nearest Mullens’s in length, runs and wickets a match, average and the balance of batting to bowling.
Most often alongside
- AJW Lansdown · 37
- FD Chapman · 37
- HC Lansdown · 36
- AW Dummett · 35
- AE Liddicut · 34
- JW Scaife · 27
- HT Parkin · 23
- EJ Melling · 22
- HJ Plant · 21
- AC Jackson · 15
Matches in the same side, from the published cards.
The shape of the career
Season by season
Runs, up Season away
The arc
John Mullens' best season with the bat was 1929-30: 22 runs from 6 innings at 5.50. The best ten-innings patch came in 1928-29 to 1930-31: 39 runs at 5.57. The leanest, 1926-27 to 1929-30: 20 runs at 2.86.
Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
Streaks
Best innings
| Score | Match | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | v University, 1929-30 | Won |
| 8 | v Melbourne, 1928-29 | Won, Semi-final |
| 6* | v Northcote, 1926-27 | Tied |
| 6 | v University, 1928-29 | Lost, Final |
| 5 | v South Melbourne, 1930-31 | Lost |
More splits
Batting position over the years
Batted at 11th in every one of his 4 seasons.
Home and away
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 18 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1.00 |
| Away | 20 | 15 | 5 | 52 | 20 | 5.20 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday | 32 | 16 | 3 | 46 | 20 | 3.54 |
| Weekday | 6 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 5.50 |
Month by month
| Month | M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4.00 |
| Nov | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2* | 1.00 |
| Dec | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jan | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2* | 4.00 |
| Feb | 7 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 20 | 7.25 |
| Mar | 8 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 2.67 |
| Other | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3.00 |
Finals
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home and away | 35 | 18 | 6 | 43 | 20 | 3.58 |
| Finals | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 4.67 |
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