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R Jones

1921-22 to 1923-24 · 26 matches for the club

Debut v Essendon, 1921-22 (5 Nov 1921)Last game v Richmond, 1923-24 (26 Jan 1924)Player no. 78 to appear for the club

Around this dayin 1921: 6/20 & 6/47 v Essendon

26

Matches

109

Runs

8.38

Average

30*

Highest

0 / 0

100s / 50s

47

Wickets

19.89

Bowling avg

7/19

Best

12

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1921-22106138187.6053327/192
1922-23111256330*9.0038 (8)92/308
1923-2452188*8.001263/252
Career2620710930*8.3865 + 38 (8-ball)477/1912

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Essendon, 1921-22
  2. First five-for6/20v Essendon, 1921-22
  3. Highest score30*v Prahran, 1922-23
  4. Best bowling7/19v University, 1921-22
  5. Last matchMatch 26v Richmond, 1923-24

Runs by season

1921-22: 38 runs3821-221922-23: 63 runs6322-231923-24: 8 runs823-24

Wickets by season

1921-22: 32 wickets3221-221922-23: 9 wickets922-231923-24: 6 wickets623-24

Every innings, in order

501921-22 v University: 21921-22 v Melbourne: 01921-22 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 181921-22 v South Melbourne: 11921-22 v North Melbourne: 41921-22 v Prahran: 13*1922-23 v South Melbourne: 01922-23 v Melbourne: 3*1922-23 v Carlton: 21922-23 v Collingwood: 0*1922-23 v Essendon: 6*1922-23 v Essendon: 41922-23 v University: 11922-23 v North Melbourne: 21922-23 v Richmond: 4*1922-23 v Prahran: 30*1922-23 v Prahran: 31922-23 v Prahran: 81923-24 v North Melbourne: 01923-24 v St Kilda: 8*

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

Against each club

Prahran35430*27.00525.205/971
Greenvale Kanagaroos3642.00437.502/21
Carlton3222.00167.001/21
Kingston Hawthorn2181818.00519.603/25
Essendon2106*10.00128.086/2021
St Kilda288*–0–0/9
Richmond244*–126.001/26
Melbourne University2321.5074.007/191
Melbourne233*3.00251.502/58
Casey South Melbourne2110.50613.674/52
Northcote2–––137.001/23
Camberwell Magpies100*–319.002/40

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
PosInnNORunsHSAvg0s
410444.00
83029189.67
920110.501
101366230*8.862
11111313*–
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
Middle order (4–7)10444.00
Lower order (8–11)19710530*8.753

Batted most often at 10th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks3
  • 1–913
  • 10–192
  • 20–290
  • 30–491
  • 50–990
  • 100+0

2.8% of the side's runs in the innings batted.

Dismissals
  • Caught5 · 38%
  • Bowled4 · 31%
  • LBW3 · 23%
  • Run out1 · 8%
In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
In wins11442186.002
In losses623413*8.501
In draws313330*16.50
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins143017.502.1
In losses4645.501.5
In draws61112.451.8
  • Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 1 of 3 (33%), lost 1.
  • Every other match: the side won 13 of 23 (57%), lost 4.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
Batting first1148130*11.571
Batting second73168*4.002
Second innings of the match201286.00
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground1295430*10.803213.477/19
Toorak Park232413*12.00519.405/97
Carlton Cricket Ground200––155.001/21
Essendon Cricket Ground12106*10.00––0/30
Victoria Park1100*–319.002/40
Glenferrie Oval11181818.00236.502/73
South Melbourne Cricket Ground11000.00215.002/30
North Melbourne Cricket Ground11222.00176.001/76
Melbourne Cricket Ground11000.00––0/45
University Oval11111.00––0/9
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote100––123.001/23
Richmond Cricket Ground100–––––
St Kilda Cricket Ground100––––0/9
Wickets taken
  • Caught28 · 68%
  • Bowled8 · 20%
  • Caught & bowled3 · 7%
  • Stumped1 · 2%
  • LBW1 · 2%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)14 · 34%
  • Middle order (4–7)20 · 49%
  • Lower order (8–11)7 · 17%

4 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 12/67 v Essendon, 1921-22. 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 1921-22 to 1923-24: 18th of 26 for runs, 6th of 15 for wickets, 12th of 27 for matches, 12th of 25 for catches, 17th of 17 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 177th of 321 for runs, 42nd of 172 for wickets, 104th of 345 for matches, 95th of 279 for catches, 117th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • R Hodges1943-44 to 1945-46 · 22 m · 78 runs · 38 wkts
  • SD Hubber1994-95 to 1996-97 · 29 m · 59 runs · 48 wkts
  • Sherriff2009-10 to 2019-20 · 12 m · 34 runs · 22 wkts
  • VD Taylor1948-49 to 1949-50 · 15 m · 36 runs · 31 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1921-22: 10 matches, 38 runs, 32 wickets · 1st XI Bowling1921-221922-23: 11 matches, 63 runs, 9 wickets1922-231923-24: 5 matches, 8 runs, 6 wickets1923-24

Runs, up Wickets, down Honour in his name

1921-22: 1st XI Bowling

The arc

R Jones' best season with the bat was 1922-23: 63 runs from 12 innings at 9.00. The best ten-innings patch came in 1922-23 to 1923-24: 66 runs at 11.00. The leanest, 1921-22 to 1922-23: 34 runs at 5.67.

Rolling average, innings 5 to 20: 5.0 to 11.011.0

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First five-for6/205 Nov 1921v Essendon, 1921-22

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 21 matches
from v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1921-22 to v St Kilda, 1923-24 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 5 matches
from v South Melbourne, 1921-22 to v Melbourne, 1922-23 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 3 matches bowled in
from v Northcote, 1922-23 to v University, 1922-23 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings
from v South Melbourne, 1922-23 to v North Melbourne, 1922-23 · first · last

Best innings

Best bowling

More splits

Batting position over the years16111921-22: 10 (6 inns, avg 7.60)1922-23: 10 (12 inns, avg 9.00)1923-24: 10 (2 inns, avg 8.00)192119221923

Batted at 10th in every one of his 3 seasons.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1921-221067.60
1922-2310129.00
1923-241028.00
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home12945430*10.803213.47
Away1411355186.881533.60

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday2519710830*9.004719.70
Weekday110111.00
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct43133*1.50914.89
Nov420422.00205.95
Dec43288*8.00355.33
Jan54129189.67263.00
Feb42164*6.00353.00
Mar4514630*11.50526.80
Other1111313*–519.40
Finals
2Finals played
24Runs · avg 12.00
5Wickets
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home and away241768530*7.734219.95
Finals2312413*12.00519.40
Favourite victims
  1. PE Griffiths × 2
  2. R Deas × 2
  3. WJ Johnson × 2
  4. A Blake × 1
  5. A Kenny × 1
  6. AW Lampard × 1
  7. C Louis × 1
  8. CB Willis × 1

The card names his victims in 14 of 15 wicket-taking games.

Fielding
SeasonMCt
1921-22102
1922-23118
1923-2452

Caught most off

  1. AJW Lansdown × 4
  2. AE Liddicut × 3
  3. R Jones × 3
  4. AW Dummett × 2

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Every match · 26 · tap to show
SeasonOpponentBattingBowling
1921-22Essendondnb6/20 & 6/47Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22University27/19Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22Melbourne00/45Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22St Kildadnb0/9Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22Hawthorn-East Melbourne182/73Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22Northcotednb1/23Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22Carltondnb0/34Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22South Melbourne14/52Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22North Melbourne41/53Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22Prahran13*5/97Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23South Melbourne02/30Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23Melbourne3*2/58Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23Carlton20/12Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23Collingwood0*1/17 & 2/40Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23Northcotednb0/14Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23Essendon6* & 40/30Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23University10/9Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23North Melbourne21/76Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23Richmond4*1/26Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23Prahran30*0/29Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23Prahran3 & 8–Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24Hawthorn-East Melbournednb3/25Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24North Melbourne02/21Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24Carltondnb1/21Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24St Kilda8*0/55Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24Richmonddnb–Something wrong? Tell us

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