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KJ Kearney

1951-52 to 1959-60 · 51 matches for the club

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Debut v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1951-52 (23 Feb 1952)Last game v North Melbourne, 1959-60 (13 Feb 1960)Player no. 295 to appear for the club

On this dayin 1956: 1 ct v Prahran

51

Matches

581

Runs

12.10

Average

69

Highest

0 / 1

100s / 50s

0

Wickets

–

Bowling avg

0/18

Best

70

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1951-524625834*14.50–––2
1955-56110000.00–––
1956-57151521996915.31–––34
1957-581011274318.220 (8)00/1817
1958-59912213434*13.40–––3
1959-60121211163310.55–––14
Career515795816912.10000/1870

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1951-52
  2. First fifty69v St Kilda, 1956-57
  3. Highest score69v St Kilda, 1956-57
  4. Last matchMatch 51v North Melbourne, 1959-60

Runs by season

1951-52: 58 runs5851-521955-56: 0 runs55-561956-57: 199 runs19956-571957-58: 74 runs7457-581958-59: 134 runs13458-591959-60: 116 runs11659-60

Every innings, in order

69501951-52 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 34*1951-52 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 01951-52 v Essendon: 81951-52 v St Kilda: 5*1951-52 v St Kilda: 111951-52 v Melbourne: 01955-56 v South Melbourne: 01956-57 v Northcote: 0*1956-57 v Northcote: 51956-57 v Collingwood: 01956-57 v Collingwood: 11956-57 v North Melbourne: 19*1956-57 v Essendon: 221956-57 v University: 41956-57 v Carlton: 01956-57 v Richmond: 31956-57 v Melbourne: 141956-57 v St Kilda: 691956-57 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 61956-57 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 71956-57 v St Kilda: 361956-57 v Carlton: 131957-58 v Northcote: 171957-58 v Collingwood: 51957-58 v Essendon: 21957-58 v Carlton: 8*1957-58 v Richmond: 21957-58 v St Kilda: 11957-58 v St Kilda: 4*1957-58 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 31957-58 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 311957-58 v Footscray: 01957-58 v Carlton: 11958-59 v North Melbourne: 151958-59 v North Melbourne: 51958-59 v South Melbourne: 34*1958-59 v University: 91958-59 v University: 0*1958-59 v Essendon: 171958-59 v Carlton: 131958-59 v Richmond: 111958-59 v Melbourne: 171958-59 v St Kilda: 31958-59 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 101958-59 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 01959-60 v University: 01959-60 v Essendon: 331959-60 v Carlton: 9*1959-60 v Richmond: 11959-60 v Melbourne: 231959-60 v St Kilda: 31959-60 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 41959-60 v Footscray: 01959-60 v Northcote: 51959-60 v Collingwood: 61959-60 v Prahran: 231959-60 v North Melbourne: 9

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

Against each club

St Kilda61326922.001
Carlton6441311.00
Kingston Hawthorn59534*11.88
Essendon5823316.40
Melbourne5542313.50
Richmond417114.25
Greenvale Kanagaroos34819*16.00
Casey South Melbourne33434*34.00
Northcote327179.00
Melbourne University31394.33
Camberwell Magpies31263.00
Footscray3000.00
Prahran2232323.00

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
PosInnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
11501592310.601
21402206915.7111
310333333.00
410000.001
510222.00
6314234*21.001
72144*4.001
81449834*9.802
963239*7.672
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Top order (1–3)3004126913.7312
Middle order (4–7)724834*9.603
Lower order (8–11)20712134*9.314

Batted most often at 1st.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks9
  • 1–926
  • 10–1911
  • 20–293
  • 30–495
  • 50–991
  • 100+0

Turned 0 of 1 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 6.6% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 3 times.

Dismissals
  • Caught19 · 40%
  • LBW15 · 31%
  • Bowled9 · 19%
  • Run out3 · 6%
  • Stumped1 · 2%
  • Caught & bowled1 · 2%

Most often dismissed by: Smith (4), Dick (2), Hill (2), McColl (2), Jones (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
In wins3274086916.3212
In losses242162317.367
In draws10111111.00
  • Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 1 (100%).
  • Every other match: the side won 29 of 50 (58%), lost 20.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Batting first2373086919.2513
Batting second240209368.714
Second innings of the match10264318.002
As captain and keeper
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
As wicketkeeper3963656911.0615
Otherwise18321634*14.404
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvg
Fitzroy Cricket Ground21243516917.55
St Kilda Cricket Ground3524118.00
Victoria Park341263.00
Albert Ground33441714.67
Carlton Cricket Ground3314134.67
South Melbourne Cricket Ground323434*34.00
Western Oval32000.00
Glenferrie Oval2423105.75
Essendon Cricket Ground22392219.50
North Melbourne Cricket Ground222819*28.00
Richmond Cricket Ground22321.50
University Oval22442.00
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote12555.00
Toorak Park100––

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1951-52 to 1959-60: 25th of 48 for runs, 21st of 50 for matches, 7th of 44 for catches, 26th of 29 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 81st of 321 for runs, 62nd of 345 for matches, 14th of 279 for catches, 106th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • TN Newton1941-42 to 1944-45 · 43 m · 522 runs · 0 wkts
  • J Pearse1951-52 to 1958-59 · 51 m · 731 runs · 1 wkts
  • W Gray1948-49 to 1954-55 · 28 m · 382 runs · 0 wkts
  • RC Jordon1967-68 to 1971-72 · 29 m · 254 runs · 0 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1951-52: 4 matches, 58 runs1951-521952-53: did not play1952-531953-54: did not play1953-541954-55: did not play1954-551955-56: 1 match, 0 runs1955-561956-57: 15 matches, 199 runs1956-571957-58: 10 matches, 74 runs1957-581958-59: 9 matches, 134 runs1958-591959-60: 12 matches, 116 runs1959-60

Runs, up Season away

The arc

Kevin Kearney's best season with the bat was 1956-57: 199 runs from 15 innings at 15.31. The best ten-innings patch came in 1956-57: 180 runs at 20.00. The leanest, 1951-52 to 1956-57: 30 runs at 3.75.

Rolling average, innings 7 to 57: 3.8 to 20.020.0

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First fifty6923 Feb 1957v St Kilda, 1956-57
50th match231 Feb 1960v Prahran, 1959-60

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 21 matches
from v North Melbourne, 1958-59 to v North Melbourne, 1959-60 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings
from v Melbourne, 1951-52 to v Collingwood, 1956-57 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111951-52: 6 (6 inns, avg 14.50)1955-56: 7 (1 inns, avg 0.00)1956-57: 2 (15 inns, avg 15.31)1957-58: 2 (11 inns, avg 8.22)1958-59: 1 (12 inns, avg 13.40)1959-60: 1 (12 inns, avg 10.55)1951195619581959

Batted at 6th for 1 season, dropped to 7th from 1955-56, moved up to open from 1956-57.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1951-526614.50
1955-56710.00
1956-5721515.31
1957-582118.22
1958-5911213.40
1959-6011210.55
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvg
Home212443516917.55
Away3033523034*8.21

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvg
Saturday455395436912.34
Weekday64038239.50
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvg
Oct772693313.80
Nov910210134*12.63
Dec55137229.25
Jan1211169176.90
Feb91222086920.80
Mar811197369.70
Other110000.00
Finals
5Finals played
66Runs · avg 13.20
MInnNORunsHSAvg
Home and away465185156911.98
Finals561663613.20
Fielding
SeasonMCtSt
1951-5242
1955-561
1956-5715322
1957-5810161
1958-59921
1959-601214

Caught most off

  1. C Adams × 22
  2. K Peters × 17
  3. BT Considine × 10
  4. HAE Shillinglaw × 7
  5. DHL Arnall × 5
  6. EP Illingworth × 4

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Every match · 51 · tap to show
SeasonOpponentBattingBowling
1951-52Hawthorn-East Melbourne34* & 0–Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52Essendon8–Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52St Kilda5* & 11–Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52Melbourne0–Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56South Melbourne0–Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57Footscraydnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57Northcote0* & 5–Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57Collingwood0 & 1–Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57Prahrandnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57North Melbourne19*–Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57South Melbournednb–Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57Essendon22–Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57University4–Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57Carlton0–Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57Richmond3–Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57Melbourne14–Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57St Kilda69–Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57Hawthorn-East Melbourne6 & 7–Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57St Kilda36–Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57Carlton13–Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58Northcote17–Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58Collingwood5–Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58Essendon2–Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58Carlton8*–Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58Richmond2–Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58Melbournednb–Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58St Kilda1 & 4*–Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58Hawthorn-East Melbourne3 & 31–Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58Footscray0–Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58Carlton10/18Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59North Melbourne15 & 5–Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59South Melbourne34*–Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59University9 & 0*–Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59Essendon17–Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59Carlton13–Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59Richmond11–Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59Melbourne17–Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59St Kilda3–Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59Hawthorn-East Melbourne10 & 0–Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60University0–Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60Essendon33–Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60Carlton9*–Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60Richmond1–Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60Melbourne23–Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60St Kilda3–Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60Hawthorn-East Melbourne4–Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60Footscray0–Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60Northcote5–Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60Collingwood6–Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60Prahran23–Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60North Melbourne9–Something wrong? Tell us

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