LA Wynne

1927-28 to 1944-45 · 122 matches for the club

Debut v Essendon, 1927-28 (1 Nov 1927)Last game v Prahran, 1944-45 (17 Feb 1945)Player no. 133 to appear for the club

On this dayin 1928: 10 and 2 ct v North Melbourne

122

Matches

2,574

Runs

22.78

Average

109*

Highest

3 / 10

100s / 50s

Wickets

106.00

Bowling avg

1/16

Best

Catches

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1927-28	9	9	0	121	77	13.44	–	–	–	7
1928-29	12	8	2	87	29*	14.50	0 (8)	0	0/21	5
1929-30	4	2	0	7	5	3.50	1 (8)	0	0/3	4
1930-31	2	2	2	36	26*	–	–	–	–	3
1931-32	13	14	6	152	29*	19.00	–	–	–	12
1932-33	9	10	0	176	36	17.60	–	–	–	9
1933-34	12	14	2	364	109*	30.33	–	–	–	8
1934-35	12	14	0	253	81	18.07	0 (8)	1	1/16	11
1935-36	14	16	1	669	105	44.60	0 (8)	0	0/5	10
1936-37	12	11	0	290	62	26.36	1 (8)	0	0/7	6
1937-38	14	18	2	302	50	18.88	–	–	–	4
1938-39	8	9	0	115	22	12.78	–	–	–	4
1944-45	1	1	0	2	2	2.00	–	–	–
Career	122	128	15	2,574	109*	22.78	2 (8-ball)	1	1/16	83

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Essendon, 1927-28
First fifty77v South Melbourne, 1927-28
First hundred109*v North Melbourne, 1933-34
Highest score109*v North Melbourne, 1933-34
Best bowling1/16v University, 1934-35
Last matchMatch 122v Prahran, 1944-45

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

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Against each club

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Melbourne	13	181	51	13.92	1		0	–	0/7
Prahran	12	200	62	20.00	2		–	–	–
Melbourne University	11	240	102	24.00		1	1	21.00	1/16
Richmond	11	189	82	23.63	1		0	–	0/21
Casey South Melbourne	10	255	77	36.43	1		–	–	–
Northcote	10	244	81	20.33	2		–	–	–
Carlton	10	166	45	20.75			0	–	0/29
Essendon	9	175	35	17.50			–	–	–
St Kilda	9	156	42	17.33			–	–	–
Camberwell Magpies	8	164	105	27.33		1	0	–	0/3
Kingston Hawthorn	7	249	90	27.67	2		–	–	–
Greenvale Kanagaroos	7	197	109*	28.14		1	0	–	0/8
VCA Colts	5	158	99	39.50	1		–	–	–

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	50s	100s	0s
1	63	3	1,377	105	22.95	8	1	3
2	17	1	505	102	31.56	1	1
3	4	1	39	35	13.00			1
4	5	1	183	109*	45.75		1
5	6	1	137	50	27.40	1		1
6	6	0	26	8	4.33			1
7	2	0	16	15	8.00
8	7	1	59	27	9.83			1
9	5	1	86	29*	21.50
10	9	3	125	29*	20.83
11	4	3	21	11*	21.00			1

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	84	5	1,921	105	24.32	9	2	4
Middle order (4–7)	19	2	362	109*	21.29	1	1	2
Lower order (8–11)	25	8	291	29*	17.12			2

Batted most often at 1st.

Scores and consistency

Ducks8
1–939
10–1936
20–2921
30–499
50–9910
100+3

Turned 3 of 13 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 11.0% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 16 times.

Dismissals

Caught53 · 47%
Bowled28 · 25%
LBW13 · 12%
Caught & bowled10 · 9%
Run out5 · 4%
Stumped2 · 2%
Hit wicket2 · 2%

Most often dismissed by: Chivers (5), à Beckett (4), Healy (4), Mullett (3), Thorn (3).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	69	11	1,589	109*	27.40	6	3	3
In losses	41	3	614	82	16.16	2		3
In draws	18	1	371	81	21.82	2		2

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	3	1	50.00	0.3
In losses	4	0	–	0.0
In draws	1	0	–	0.0

Scored 50+: the side won 9 of 13 (69%), lost 2.
Every other match: the side won 52 of 109 (48%), lost 32.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	59	4	1,186	102	21.56	5	1	3
Batting second	53	7	1,261	109*	27.41	5	2	4
Second innings of the match	16	4	127	21*	10.58			1

As captain and keeper

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
As wicketkeeper	40	10	637	109*	21.23		1	4
Otherwise	88	5	1,937	105	23.34	10	2	4

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	63	61	1,251	102	23.17	1	103.00	1/16
Toorak Park	7	8	115	50	19.17	–	–	–
Richmond Cricket Ground	6	6	122	82	30.50	–	–	–
Victoria Park	6	6	156	105	31.20	–	–	0/3
Carlton Cricket Ground	6	5	103	45	20.60	–	–	–
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	5	8	137	76	19.57	–	–	–
Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	7	94	51	13.43	–	–	–
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	6	169	109*	33.80	–	–	–
St Kilda Cricket Ground	4	4	82	42	20.50	–	–	–
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	4	101	36	25.25	–	–	–
Albert Ground	3	3	58	26*	29.00	–	–	–
Essendon Cricket Ground	3	3	65	35	21.67	–	–	–
University Oval	3	3	46	22	15.33	–	–	–
Glenferrie Oval	2	3	64	54	21.33	–	–	–

Wickets taken

Stumped1 · 100%

Batters dismissed

Middle order (4–7)1 · 100%

Best in a match: 1/16 v University, 1934-35. 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 1927-28 to 1944-45: 15th of 90 for runs, 47th of 56 for wickets, 12th of 100 for matches, 13th of 23 for hundreds, 6th of 81 for catches, 17th of 41 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 23rd of 321 for runs, 143rd of 172 for wickets, 19th of 345 for matches, 18th of 50 for hundreds, 9th of 279 for catches, 38th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

BC Harvey1951-52 to 1961-62 · 112 m · 2,503 runs · 1 wkts
N Vardi2009-10 to 2019-20 · 138 m · 2,811 runs · 1 wkts
WJ Scholes1988-89 to 1995-96 · 118 m · 2,124 runs · 8 wkts
IL Dunne1971-72 to 1980-81 · 101 m · 2,006 runs · 1 wkts

The careers nearest Wynne’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, downPremiership Season away

1930-31: premiership

The arc

Lester Wynne's best season with the bat was 1935-36: 669 runs from 16 innings at 44.60. The best ten-innings patch came in 1935-36: 563 runs at 56.30. The leanest, 1928-29 to 1930-31: 75 runs at 9.38.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty77	7 Jan 1928	v South Melbourne, 1927-28
50th match14 & 2	7 Oct 1933	v Essendon, 1933-34
First hundred109*	7 Nov 1933	v North Melbourne, 1933-34
1,000th run81 took him to 1,040	20 Oct 1934	v Northcote, 1934-35
2,000th run31 took him to 2,027	5 Dec 1936	v South Melbourne, 1936-37
100th match26	2 Oct 1937	v South Melbourne, 1937-38

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 5 innings: from v St Kilda, 1935-36 to v Collingwood, 1935-36 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 55 matches: from v Collingwood, 1934-35 to v Richmond, 1938-39 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 4 matches bowled in: from v Melbourne, 1934-35 to v Melbourne, 1936-37 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings: from v St Kilda, 1928-29 to v Collingwood, 1929-30 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
109*	v North Melbourne, 1933-34	Won
105	v Collingwood, 1935-36	Won
102	v University, 1935-36	Won
99	v VCA Colts, 1935-36	Won
90	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1933-34	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
1/16	v University, 1934-35	Won

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Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 13 seasons: opened in 8, at 10th in 2, at 9th in 2, at 8th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1927-28	1	9	13.44
1928-29	10	8	14.50
1929-30	9	2	3.50
1930-31	10	2	–
1931-32	9	14	19.00
1932-33	2	10	17.60
1933-34	1	14	30.33
1934-35	1	14	18.07
1935-36	1	16	44.60
1936-37	1	11	26.36
1937-38	1	18	18.88
1938-39	1	9	12.78
1944-45	8	1	2.00

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	63	61	7	1,251	102	23.17	1	103.00
Away	58	66	8	1,312	109*	22.62
Neutral or unknown	1	1	0	11	11	11.00

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	103	108	12	2,143	105	22.32	1	103.00
Weekday	19	20	3	431	109*	25.35

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	24	27	2	524	81	20.96
Nov	27	27	4	706	109*	30.70
Dec	10	12	2	140	31	14.00
Jan	22	20	2	490	102	27.22
Feb	18	19	1	415	90	23.06
Mar	16	18	2	205	50	12.81	1	40.00
Other	5	5	2	94	51	31.33

Finals

10Finals played

140Runs · avg 14.00

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	112	115	12	2,434	109*	23.63	1	89.00
Finals	10	13	3	140	51	14.00

Fielding

Season	M	Ct	St
1927-28	9	6	1
1928-29	12	5
1929-30	4	4
1930-31	2	1	2
1931-32	13	10	2
1932-33	9	3	6
1933-34	12	7	1
1934-35	12	11
1935-36	14	10
1936-37	12	6
1937-38	14	4
1938-39	8	4
1944-45	1

Caught most off

AE Liddicut × 21
FD Chapman × 18
MW Sievers × 8
HJ Plant × 7
J Frederick × 6
AW Dummett × 5

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Season	Opponent	Batting	Bowling
1927-28	Essendon	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	Melbourne	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	Richmond	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	University	8 & 3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	South Melbourne	77	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	Northcote	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	Prahran	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	St Kilda	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	Collingwood	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	Carlton	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	Essendon	29*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	North Melbourne	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	Prahran	8*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	Collingwood	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	Northcote	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	Richmond	dnb	0/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	St Kilda	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	South Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	Melbourne	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	University	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	Carlton	dnb	0/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	Prahran	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	Collingwood	2	0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	Richmond	10*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	South Melbourne	26*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	St Kilda	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	Northcote	4 & 0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	VCA Colts	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	Collingwood	29*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	South Melbourne	10*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	Prahran	20*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	University	11*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	Carlton	28	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	Richmond	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	Essendon	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	University	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	St Kilda	0* & 16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	Essendon	27 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	Richmond	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	Carlton	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	North Melbourne	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	University	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	Prahran	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	South Melbourne	36	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	Northcote	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	Melbourne	23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	Essendon	14 & 2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	Richmond	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	Carlton	21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	North Melbourne	109*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	University	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	Prahran	1 & 21*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	South Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	VCA Colts	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	90	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	Northcote	4 & 3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	Melbourne	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	St Kilda	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	Melbourne	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	Northcote	81	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	8 & 2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	Collingwood	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	South Melbourne	27 & 7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	Prahran	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	Carlton	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	Richmond	25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	North Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	Essendon	35	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	University	19	1/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	Melbourne	11	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	St Kilda	26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	Northcote	76	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	48	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	VCA Colts	99	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	Collingwood	105	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	South Melbourne	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	Prahran	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	University	102	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	North Melbourne	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	Carlton	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	Richmond	82	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	Essendon	15 & 6*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	Carlton	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	Melbourne	51 & 2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	Richmond	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	Carlton	45	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	North Melbourne	13	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	University	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	Prahran	62	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	South Melbourne	31	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	VCA Colts	26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	54	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	Northcote	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	St Kilda	42	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	Melbourne	6	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	South Melbourne	26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	Collingwood	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	VCA Colts	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	Northcote	22 & 13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	Melbourne	11 & 21*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	St Kilda	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	Essendon	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	Richmond	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	Carlton	27	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	North Melbourne	15 & 18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	University	36*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	Prahran	50	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	Melbourne	0 & 4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	22 & 9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	Northcote	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	Melbourne	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	St Kilda	20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	Essendon	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	Richmond	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	University	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	Prahran	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	Prahran	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us

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