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R McCracken

1933-34 to 1949-50 · 30 matches for the club

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Debut v Essendon, 1933-34 (7 Oct 1933)Last game v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1949-50 (4 Feb 1950)Player no. 160 to appear for the club

Around this dayin 1933: 2/31 and 1 ct v North Melbourne in 1933: 0 and 0/41 v Carlton

30

Matches

294

Runs

11.76

Average

62

Highest

0 / 1

100s / 50s

30

Wickets

22.83

Bowling avg

4/23

Best

17

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1933-349102936211.633892/106
1934-356524231*14.0013 (8)94/234
1935-363314831*24.0014 (8)44/321
1937-381011198239.8024 (8)82/186
1940-41110777.00–––
1949-50110666.00–––
Career303162946211.7638 + 51 (8-ball)304/2317

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Essendon, 1933-34
  2. First fifty62v Northcote, 1933-34
  3. Highest score62v Northcote, 1933-34
  4. Best bowling4/23v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1934-35
  5. Last matchMatch 30v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1949-50

Runs by season

1933-34: 93 runs9333-341934-35: 42 runs4234-351935-36: 48 runs4835-361937-38: 98 runs9837-381940-41: 7 runs740-411949-50: 6 runs649-50

Wickets by season

1933-34: 9 wickets933-341934-35: 9 wickets934-351935-36: 4 wickets435-361937-38: 8 wickets837-381940-41: 0 wickets40-411949-50: 0 wickets49-50

Every innings, in order

62501933-34 v Essendon: 0*1933-34 v Essendon: 11933-34 v Richmond: 01933-34 v Carlton: 01933-34 v University: 41933-34 v Prahran: 01933-34 v Northcote: 621933-34 v Northcote: 01933-34 v Melbourne: 20*1933-34 v St Kilda: 61934-35 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 1*1934-35 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 11934-35 v South Melbourne: 81934-35 v South Melbourne: 11934-35 v Essendon: 31*1935-36 v North Melbourne: 161935-36 v Carlton: 31*1935-36 v Richmond: 11937-38 v Northcote: 71937-38 v Northcote: 71937-38 v Melbourne: 51937-38 v St Kilda: 01937-38 v Essendon: 61937-38 v Richmond: 171937-38 v North Melbourne: 101937-38 v University: 12*1937-38 v Prahran: 51937-38 v Melbourne: 231937-38 v Melbourne: 61940-41 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 71949-50 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 6

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

Against each club

Melbourne4542318.00141.001/26
Northcote3766219.001228.502/42
Essendon33831*19.00311.002/10
Carlton33131*31.000–0/41
Greenvale Kanagaroos3261613.00714.004/32
Richmond318176.00526.602/18
Kingston Hawthorn31575.0054.804/23
Melbourne University21612*16.00143.001/34
St Kilda2663.00324.002/43
Prahran2552.500–0/8
Casey South Melbourne1984.50119.001/19
Camberwell Magpies1–––219.501/17

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
510888.00
620110.501
710777.00
8914912*6.131
9831886237.601
105137239.25
1151441.003
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Middle order (4–7)401684.001
Lower order (8–11)2762786213.2414

Batted most often at 8th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks5
  • 1–916
  • 10–194
  • 20–292
  • 30–492
  • 50–991
  • 100+0

Turned 0 of 1 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 5.7% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 1 time.

Dismissals
  • Bowled10 · 40%
  • Caught9 · 36%
  • LBW3 · 12%
  • Stumped2 · 8%
  • Run out1 · 4%

Most often dismissed by: Ryder (2), Thorn (2), Duncan (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
In wins1851896214.5413
In losses1119231*9.202
In draws201376.50
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins162615.501.6
In losses9468.000.4
In draws20–0.0
  • Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 1 (100%).
  • Every other match: the side won 16 of 29 (55%), lost 10.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Batting first1641776214.7512
Batting second9210131*14.432
Second innings of the match601672.671
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground12108531*14.17733.862/10
North Melbourne Cricket Ground32261613.00714.004/32
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote24766219.00224.002/42
Glenferrie Oval23974.5054.804/23
St Kilda Cricket Ground22663.00324.002/43
Toorak Park22552.50––0/8
South Melbourne Cricket Ground12984.50119.001/19
Melbourne Cricket Ground12292314.50––0/1
Essendon Cricket Ground113131*–122.001/22
Carlton Cricket Ground11000.00––0/41
Richmond Cricket Ground11111.00––0/29
Albert Ground100––––0/6
Wickets taken
  • Caught17 · 57%
  • Bowled9 · 30%
  • Caught & bowled2 · 7%
  • Stumped1 · 3%
  • LBW1 · 3%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)14 · 47%
  • Middle order (4–7)12 · 40%
  • Lower order (8–11)4 · 13%

Best in a match: 5/24 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 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 1933-34 to 1949-50: 38th of 77 for runs, 21st of 51 for wickets, 36th of 83 for matches, 27th of 70 for catches, 35th of 40 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 117th of 321 for runs, 53rd of 172 for wickets, 98th of 345 for matches, 71st of 279 for catches, 107th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • MEL Shaw2007-08 · 12 m · 108 runs · 14 wkts
  • CM Comben1923-24 to 1926-27 · 28 m · 214 runs · 18 wkts
  • R Boyes1942-43 to 1943-44 · 22 m · 132 runs · 23 wkts
  • E Moore1943-44 to 1944-45 · 34 m · 363 runs · 46 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1933-34: 9 matches, 93 runs, 9 wickets33-341934-35: 6 matches, 42 runs, 9 wickets1935-36: 3 matches, 48 runs, 4 wickets35-361936-37: did not play1937-38: 10 matches, 98 runs, 8 wickets37-381938-39: did not play1939-40: did not play39-401940-41: 1 match, 7 runs, 0 wickets1941-42: did not play41-421942-43: did not play1943-44: did not play43-441944-45: did not play1945-46: did not play45-461946-47: did not play1947-48: did not play47-481948-49: did not play1949-50: 1 match, 6 runs, 0 wickets49-50

Runs, up Wickets, down Season away

The arc

Robert McCracken's best season with the bat was 1937-38: 98 runs from 11 innings at 9.80. The best ten-innings patch came in 1933-34 to 1935-36: 146 runs at 20.86. The leanest, 1935-36 to 1937-38: 70 runs at 7.78.

Rolling average, innings 6 to 31: 1.0 to 20.920.9

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First fifty6217 Feb 1934v Northcote, 1933-34

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 10 matches
from v Northcote, 1937-38 to v Melbourne, 1937-38 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 5 matches
from v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1934-35 to v North Melbourne, 1935-36 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 3 matches bowled in
from v Carlton, 1935-36 to v Northcote, 1937-38 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 6 innings
from v Richmond, 1935-36 to v Essendon, 1937-38 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111933-34: 11 (10 inns, avg 11.63)1934-35: 10 (5 inns, avg 14.00)1935-36: 9 (3 inns, avg 24.00)1937-38: 8 (11 inns, avg 9.80)1940-41: 7 (1 inns, avg 7.00)1949-50: 8 (1 inns, avg 6.00)1933193519401949

Moved about the order across 6 seasons: at 8th in 2, at 11th in 1, at 10th in 1, at 9th in 1, at 7th in 1.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1933-34111011.63
1934-3510514.00
1935-369324.00
1937-388119.80
1940-41717.00
1949-50816.00
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home121048531*14.17733.86
Away172021926210.671921.26
Neutral or unknown110171717.00411.00

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday273062786211.582425.92
Weekday310161616.00610.50
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct431110.50328.33
Nov7712574.171118.27
Dec340982.25332.67
Jan540461711.5089.63
Feb7831536230.60444.50
Mar451602315.00146.00
Finals
1Finals played
29Runs · avg 14.50
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home and away292962656211.523022.80
Finals120292314.50
Favourite victims
  1. LPJ O'Brien × 2
  2. AR Curwood × 1
  3. AW Wootton × 1
  4. CA Gardner × 1
  5. CGW Stuckey × 1
  6. CH Scott × 1
  7. D Cunningham × 1
  8. EF Healy × 1
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. AE Liddicut × 4
  2. MW Sievers × 4
  3. EA Williams × 2
  4. HJ Plant × 2
  5. J Frederick × 2
  6. R McCracken × 2

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Every match · 30 · tap to show
SeasonOpponentBattingBowling
1933-34Essendon0* & 12/10Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34Richmond00/16 & 1/44Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34Carlton00/41Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34North Melbournednb2/31Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34University41/34Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34Prahran00/36Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34Northcote62 & 02/42Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34Melbourne20*0/8Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34St Kilda61/29Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35Melbournednb0/6Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35Northcotednb0/9Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35Hawthorn-East Melbourne1* & 14/23 & 1/1Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35Collingwooddnb1/17 & 1/22Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35South Melbourne8 & 11/19Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35Essendon31*1/22Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36North Melbourne164/32Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36Carlton31*0/41Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36Richmond10/29Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38Northcote7 & 70/6Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38Melbourne51/26Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38St Kilda02/43Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38Essendon60/1Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38Richmond172/18 & 2/26Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38Carltondnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38North Melbourne101/35Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38University12*0/9Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38Prahran50/8Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38Melbourne23 & 60/1Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41Hawthorn-East Melbourne7–Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50Hawthorn-East Melbourne6–Something wrong? Tell us

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