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MS McDonald

1925-26 to 1929-30 · 23 matches for the club

Debut v Carlton, 1925-26 (14 Nov 1925)Last game v St Kilda, 1929-30 (22 Feb 1930)Player no. 121 to appear for the club

On this dayin 1926: 34 v University

23

Matches

294

Runs

24.50

Average

70*

Highest

0 / 2

100s / 50s

6

Wickets

62.83

Bowling avg

2/24

Best

4

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1925-261042562628.0025.562/241
1926-271110223470*29.25700/23
1929-30220442.004 (8)00/15
Career2316429470*24.5032.5 + 4 (8-ball)62/244

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Carlton, 1925-26
  2. First fifty70*v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1926-27
  3. Highest score70*v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1926-27
  4. Best bowling2/24v Carlton, 1925-26
  5. Last matchMatch 23v St Kilda, 1929-30

Runs by season

1925-26: 56 runs5625-261926-27: 234 runs23426-271929-30: 4 runs429-30

Wickets by season

1925-26: 6 wickets625-261926-27: 0 wickets26-271929-30: 0 wickets29-30

Every innings, in order

70501925-26 v Melbourne: 12*1925-26 v Northcote: 261925-26 v St Kilda: 4*1925-26 v St Kilda: 141926-27 v St Kilda: 321926-27 v Prahran: 31926-27 v University: 341926-27 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 70*1926-27 v Melbourne: 11926-27 v Richmond: 211926-27 v Collingwood: 11926-27 v Northcote: 11926-27 v North Melbourne: 64*1926-27 v South Melbourne: 71929-30 v University: 41929-30 v St Kilda: 0

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

Against each club

St Kilda4503216.670–0/9
Melbourne University3383419.00123.001/23
Greenvale Kanagaroos26464*–1119.001/17
Northcote2272613.500–0/41
Melbourne21312*13.000–0/23
Casey South Melbourne2777.00114.001/14
Prahran2333.000–0/4
Carlton2–––220.502/24
Kingston Hawthorn17070*–10–0/18
Richmond1212121.00–––
Camberwell Magpies1111.000–0/14
Essendon1–––131.001/31

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
220402620.00
420323216.001
510111.00
620432.00
72110470*104.001
8201175.50
9429064*45.001
10111212*–
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Top order (1–3)20402620.00
Middle order (4–7)7114170*23.5011
Lower order (8–11)7311364*28.251

Batted most often at 9th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks1
  • 1–97
  • 10–192
  • 20–292
  • 30–492
  • 50–992
  • 100+0

Turned 0 of 2 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 8.1% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 1 time.

Dismissals
  • LBW7 · 58%
  • Caught4 · 33%
  • Run out1 · 8%
In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
In wins71863414.331
In losses51723218.00
In draws3213570*135.002
In ties10111.00
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins9540.000.6
In losses40–0.0
In draws5182.000.2
  • Scored 50+: the side won 0 of 2 (0%).
  • Every other match: the side won 12 of 21 (57%), lost 5.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Batting first7317870*44.502
Batting second811023414.571
Second innings of the match10141414.00
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground12818670*31.00370.672/24
University Oval32383419.00123.001/23
St Kilda Cricket Ground23503225.00––0/9
South Melbourne Cricket Ground21777.00114.001/14
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote11111.00–––
Melbourne Cricket Ground111212*–––0/36
North Melbourne Cricket Ground100––117.001/17
Carlton Cricket Ground100––––0/17
Wickets taken
  • Caught4 · 67%
  • LBW1 · 17%
  • Bowled1 · 17%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)4 · 67%
  • Middle order (4–7)1 · 17%
  • Lower order (8–11)1 · 17%

Best in a match: 2/24 v Carlton, 1925-26. 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 1925-26 to 1929-30: 15th of 39 for runs, 13th of 23 for wickets, 16th of 42 for matches, 21st of 33 for catches.

Under Fitzroy: 117th of 321 for runs, 105th of 172 for wickets, 111th of 345 for matches, 159th of 279 for catches.

Played like…

  • TA Smith1992-93 to 1996-97 · 30 m · 457 runs · 6 wkts
  • BM Ensil1997-98 to 2001-02 · 50 m · 745 runs · 16 wkts
  • KG Fleming1928-29 to 1929-30 · 14 m · 182 runs · 7 wkts
  • DJ McDonald1989-90 to 1994-95 · 36 m · 521 runs · 8 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1925-26: 10 matches, 56 runs, 6 wickets1925-261926-27: 11 matches, 234 runs, 0 wickets1926-271927-28: did not play1927-281928-29: did not play1928-291929-30: 2 matches, 4 runs, 0 wickets1929-30

Runs, up Wickets, down Season away

The arc

MS McDonald's best season with the bat was 1926-27: 234 runs from 10 innings at 29.25. The best ten-innings patch came in 1925-26 to 1926-27: 217 runs at 31.00. The leanest, 1925-26 to 1926-27: 181 runs at 22.63.

Rolling average, innings 7 to 16: 22.6 to 39.039.0

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First fifty70*20 Nov 1926v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1926-27

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings
from v University, 1926-27 to v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1926-27 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 21 matches
from v Carlton, 1925-26 to v South Melbourne, 1926-27 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 2 matches
from v Carlton, 1925-26 to v University, 1925-26 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 10 matches bowled in
from v Northcote, 1925-26 to v St Kilda, 1929-30 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 3 innings
from v South Melbourne, 1926-27 to v St Kilda, 1929-30 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111925-26: 2 (4 inns, avg 28.00)1926-27: 9 (10 inns, avg 29.25)1929-30: 4 (2 inns, avg 2.00)192519261929

Opened for 1 season, dropped to 9th from 1926-27, moved up to 4th from 1929-30.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1925-262428.00
1926-2791029.25
1929-30422.00
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home128218670*31.00370.67
Away11821083418.00355.00

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday2014429070*29.00569.00
Weekday320432.00132.00
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct110323232.00
Nov53110770*53.50323.00
Dec210111.00
Jan431342117.00
Feb7416964*23.00238.00
Mar320332616.50158.00
Other121181418.00
Finals
1Finals played
18Runs · avg 18.00
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home and away2214327670*25.09659.83
Finals121181418.00
Fielding
SeasonMCt
1925-26101
1926-27113
1929-302

Caught most off

  1. AE Liddicut × 2
  2. AJW Lansdown × 2

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SeasonOpponentBattingBowling
1925-26Carltondnb2/24Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26Universitydnb1/23Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26Prahrandnb0/26Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26Melbourne12*0/36Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26South Melbournednb1/14Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26St Kildadnb0/14Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26Essendondnb1/31Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26North Melbournednb1/17Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26Northcote260/41Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26St Kilda4* & 140/18Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27St Kilda320/9 & 0/31Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27Prahran30/4Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27University34–Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27Hawthorn-East Melbourne70*0/18Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27Melbourne10/23Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27Richmond21–Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27Carltondnb0/17Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27Collingwood10/14Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27Northcote1–Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27North Melbourne64*0/2Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27South Melbourne7–Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30University4–Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30St Kilda00/15Something wrong? Tell us

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