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RW Brentnall

1978-79 to 1979-80 · 22 matches for the club

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Debut v Melbourne, 1978-79 (7 Oct 1978)Last game v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1979-80 (15 Dec 1979)Player no. 416 to appear for the club

On this dayin 1979: 16 v Richmond

22

Matches

439

Runs

21.95

Average

91

Highest

0 / 1

100s / 50s

5

Wickets

40.00

Bowling avg

2/34

Best

10

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1978-79151413669128.1535 (8)52/348
1979-80770733110.431400/42
Career222114399121.9514 + 35 (8-ball)52/3410

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Melbourne, 1978-79
  2. First fifty91v St Kilda, 1978-79
  3. Highest score91v St Kilda, 1978-79
  4. Best bowling2/34v Richmond, 1978-79
  5. Last matchMatch 22v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1979-80

Runs by season

1978-79: 366 runs36678-791979-80: 73 runs7379-80

Wickets by season

1978-79: 5 wickets578-791979-80: 0 wickets79-80

Every innings, in order

91501978-79 v Melbourne: 10*1978-79 v Prahran: 291978-79 v Ringwood: 81978-79 v Northcote: 441978-79 v Carlton: 91978-79 v Essendon: 251978-79 v University: 371978-79 v Collingwood: 171978-79 v St Kilda: 911978-79 v South Melbourne: 11978-79 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 61978-79 v Waverley: 361978-79 v Footscray: 211978-79 v North Melbourne: 321979-80 v Carlton: 71979-80 v Waverley: 01979-80 v Richmond: 161979-80 v North Melbourne: 81979-80 v North Melbourne: 111979-80 v Footscray: 311979-80 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 0

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

Against each club

Kingston Hawthorn4423610.500–0/21
Footscray2523126.000–0/12
Greenvale Kanagaroos2513217.000–0/14
Richmond2161616.00217.002/34
Carlton21698.000–0/4
Ringwood2888.00–––
St Kilda1919191.001–––
Northcote1444444.00217.002/34
Melbourne University1373737.00118.001/18
Prahran1292929.00–––
Essendon1252525.000–0/13
Camberwell Magpies1171717.00–––
Melbourne11010*––––
Casey South Melbourne1111.000–0/23

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
230503116.67
41002629126.2011
5611004420.001
610666.00
710212121.00
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Top order (1–3)30503116.67
Middle order (4–7)1813899122.8812

Batted most often at 4th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks2
  • 1–96
  • 10–194
  • 20–293
  • 30–495
  • 50–991
  • 100+0

Turned 0 of 1 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 13.2% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 3 times.

Dismissals
  • Bowled8 · 40%
  • Caught7 · 35%
  • Run out3 · 15%
  • LBW1 · 5%
  • Caught & bowled1 · 5%

Most often dismissed by: Read (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
In wins911724421.501
In losses901193113.221
In draws201279163.501
In ties10212121.00
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins5336.670.6
In losses30–0.0
In draws2230.501.0
  • Scored 50+: the side won 0 of 1 (0%).
  • Every other match: the side won 8 of 21 (38%), lost 9.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Batting first1203069125.5011
Batting second811223617.431
Second innings of the match10111111.00
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground11102189124.22328.672/34
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote11444444.00217.002/34
Carlton Cricket Ground11777.00––0/4
Central Reserve South Oval11363636.00––0/27
Glenferrie Oval11000.00–––
North Melbourne Cricket Ground11323232.00––0/14
Richmond Cricket Ground11161616.00–––
Russell Lucas Oval11888.00–––
South Melbourne Cricket Ground11111.00––0/23
Toorak Park11292929.00–––
Victoria Park11171717.00–––
Western Oval11313131.00––0/12
Wickets taken
  • Bowled2 · 40%
  • Caught2 · 40%
  • Stumped1 · 20%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)2 · 40%
  • Middle order (4–7)1 · 20%
  • Lower order (8–11)2 · 40%

Best in a match: 2/34 v Richmond, 1978-79. 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 1978-79 to 1979-80: 14th of 26 for runs, 11th of 16 for wickets, 18th of 27 for matches, 16th of 25 for catches, 5th of 19 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 94th of 321 for runs, 112th of 172 for wickets, 113th of 345 for matches, 105th of 279 for catches, 41st of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • DJE Tormey2011-12 to 2012-13 · 25 m · 517 runs · 3 wkts
  • PJ Measom1965-66 to 1973-74 · 38 m · 748 runs · 9 wkts
  • JP Stephenson1983-84 to 1987-88 · 30 m · 683 runs · 10 wkts
  • TA Smith1992-93 to 1996-97 · 30 m · 457 runs · 6 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1978-79: 15 matches, 366 runs, 5 wickets1978-791979-80: 7 matches, 73 runs, 0 wickets1979-80

Runs, up Wickets, down

The arc

Ron Brentnall's best season with the bat was 1978-79: 366 runs from 14 innings at 28.15. The best ten-innings patch came in 1978-79: 271 runs at 30.11. The leanest, 1978-79 to 1979-80: 138 runs at 13.80.

Rolling average, innings 6 to 21: 13.8 to 33.833.8

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First fifty9113 Jan 1979v St Kilda, 1978-79

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings
from v Essendon, 1978-79 to v University, 1978-79 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 22 matches
from v Melbourne, 1978-79 to v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1979-80 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 6 matches bowled in
from v South Melbourne, 1978-79 to v Footscray, 1979-80 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 2 innings
from v South Melbourne, 1978-79 to v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1978-79 · first · last

Best bowling

FiguresMatchResult
2/34v Richmond, 1978-79Drawn
2/34v Northcote, 1978-79Won
1/18v University, 1978-79Won

More splits

Batting position over the years16111978-79: 4 (14 inns, avg 28.15)1979-80: 2 (7 inns, avg 10.43)19781979

Batted at 4th for 1 season, moved up to open from 1979-80.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1978-7941428.15
1979-802710.43
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home111012189124.22328.67
Away111102214420.09257.00

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday191914149123.00540.00
Sunday210999.00
Weekday110161616.00
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct431462923.00219.00
Nov770964413.71227.50
Dec440933723.25143.00
Jan3301099136.33
Feb330633621.00
Mar110323232.00
Fielding
SeasonMCt
1978-79158
1979-8072

Caught most off

  1. RW Watts × 3
  2. SK Smith × 3
  3. AJ Melbourne × 2
  4. TW MacDonald × 2

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Every match · 22 · tap to show
SeasonOpponentBattingBowling
1978-79Melbourne10*–Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Prahran29–Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Richmonddnb2/34Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Ringwood8–Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Northcote442/34Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Carlton9–Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Essendon250/13Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79University371/18Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Collingwood17–Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79St Kilda91–Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79South Melbourne10/23Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Hawthorn-East Melbourne6–Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Waverley360/27Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Footscray21–Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79North Melbourne320/14Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Carlton70/4Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Waverley00/21Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Richmond16–Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Ringwooddnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80North Melbourne8 & 11–Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Footscray310/12Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Hawthorn-East Melbourne0–Something wrong? Tell us

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