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SJ Cook

1979-80 to 1986-87 · 78 matches for the club

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Debut v Footscray, 1979-80 (1 Dec 1979)Last game v South Melbourne, 1986-87 (10 Jan 1987)Player no. 431 to appear for the club

On this dayin 1983: 0/33 v Ringwood in 1984: 1/34 and 1 ct v Hawthorn-East Melbourne

78

Matches

188

Runs

10.44

Average

29

Highest

0 / 0

100s / 50s

109

Wickets

24.87

Bowling avg

5/20

Best

16

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1979-80730110.3360.183/462
1980-8114531911*9.50152285/201
1981-821186392919.50151113/303
1982-839853610*12.00104.453/321
1983-84964206*10.00120.5123/582
1984-85151184715*15.67228244/262
1985-867311614*8.00120144/452
1986-87632106*10.007273/263
Career7847291882910.441008.41095/2016

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Footscray, 1979-80
  2. First five-for5/20v South Melbourne, 1980-81
  3. Highest score29v Richmond, 1981-82
  4. Best bowling5/20v South Melbourne, 1980-81
  5. Last matchMatch 78v South Melbourne, 1986-87

Runs by season

1979-80: 1 runs179-801980-81: 19 runs191981-82: 39 runs3981-821982-83: 36 runs361983-84: 20 runs2083-841984-85: 47 runs471985-86: 16 runs1685-861986-87: 10 runs10

Wickets by season

1979-80: 8 wickets879-801980-81: 28 wickets281981-82: 11 wickets1181-821982-83: 5 wickets51983-84: 12 wickets1283-841984-85: 24 wickets241985-86: 14 wickets1485-861986-87: 7 wickets7

Every innings, in order

501979-80 v Footscray: 01979-80 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 11979-80 v Collingwood: 01980-81 v Carlton: 21980-81 v Carlton: 11*1980-81 v Northcote: 2*1980-81 v Richmond: 01980-81 v South Melbourne: 4*1981-82 v Waverley: 0*1981-82 v Collingwood: 0*1981-82 v Collingwood: 2*1981-82 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 01981-82 v Ringwood: 2*1981-82 v Richmond: 291981-82 v South Melbourne: 4*1981-82 v St Kilda: 2*1982-83 v Essendon: 81982-83 v University: 3*1982-83 v Prahran: 21982-83 v Richmond: 7*1982-83 v North Melbourne: 21982-83 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 1*1982-83 v Footscray: 3*1982-83 v Ringwood: 10*1983-84 v Richmond: 21983-84 v North Melbourne: 4*1983-84 v St Kilda: 6*1983-84 v Essendon: 3*1983-84 v Northcote: 2*1983-84 v University: 31984-85 v St Kilda: 3*1984-85 v North Melbourne: 11984-85 v Collingwood: 41984-85 v Essendon: 1*1984-85 v University: 1*1984-85 v Carlton: 2*1984-85 v South Melbourne: 01984-85 v Ringwood: 7*1984-85 v Richmond: 0*1984-85 v Prahran: 13*1984-85 v Melbourne: 15*1985-86 v Footscray: 21985-86 v Richmond: 14*1985-86 v St Kilda: 01986-87 v Melbourne: 01986-87 v Footscray: 6*1986-87 v South Melbourne: 4*

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

Against each club

Kingston Hawthorn921*1.001125.553/46
Footscray8116*5.50839.502/8
Ringwood71910*–829.004/26
Richmond6522917.33728.433/69
Essendon612812.00638.002/17
Casey South Melbourne6124*12.001712.355/201
St Kilda6116*11.00924.894/16
Melbourne University573*7.00719.142/16
Greenvale Kanagaroos574*3.50426.502/12
Camberwell Magpies5643.00721.714/40
Northcote542*–822.134/42
Prahran41513*15.00635.673/32
Carlton31511*15.00430.753/45
Melbourne31515*15.00716.433/26

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
11122*–
842177*8.50
10191087299.673
1123168215*11.714
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
Top order (1–3)1122*–
Lower order (8–11)46281862910.337

Batted most often at 11th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks7
  • 1–931
  • 10–195
  • 20–291
  • 30–490
  • 50–990
  • 100+0

2.4% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 2 times.

Dismissals
  • Caught10 · 56%
  • Bowled4 · 22%
  • LBW2 · 11%
  • Run out2 · 11%

Most often dismissed by: Jackson (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
In wins97224*11.00
In losses35211512910.796
In draws10888.00
In ties2177*7.001
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins274120.171.5
In losses436029.401.4
In draws3325.331.0
In ties258.802.5
  • Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 1 of 1 (100%).
  • Every other match: the side won 27 of 77 (35%), lost 43.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
Batting first31191422911.835
Batting second1483315*5.502
Second innings of the match221311*–
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground33205815*14.504426.204/16
Russell Lucas Oval421710*–620.834/26
Toorak Park421513*15.00635.673/32
Western Oval42221.00522.802/18
South Melbourne Cricket Ground3384*8.00912.785/20
Richmond Cricket Ground33452922.50523.203/69
Glenferrie Oval32110.50423.003/46
North Melbourne Cricket Ground32321.50233.502/12
St Kilda Cricket Ground3286*–––0/22
Victoria Park31444.00612.504/40
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote3122*–423.254/42
Central Reserve South Oval3100*–427.002/33
Essendon Cricket Ground3133*–351.001/45
Carlton Cricket Ground221311*13.00330.003/45
Schramms Reserve2266*6.00320.003/26
University Oval21333.00518.402/16
Wickets taken
  • Caught74 · 68%
  • Bowled27 · 25%
  • LBW6 · 6%
  • Caught & bowled2 · 2%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)53 · 49%
  • Middle order (4–7)38 · 35%
  • Lower order (8–11)18 · 17%

1 five-wicket haul. Best in a match: 6/55 v South Melbourne, 1980-81. 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 1979-80 to 1986-87: 31st of 46 for runs, 6th of 26 for wickets, 13th of 47 for matches, 17th of 41 for catches, 27th of 28 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 157th of 321 for runs, 25th of 172 for wickets, 45th of 345 for matches, 88th of 279 for catches, 113th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • K Campbell1936-37 to 1947-48 · 64 m · 317 runs · 94 wkts
  • Kobe Smith2019-20 to 2026-27 · 53 m · 140 runs · 71 wkts
  • SK Smith1977-78 to 1994-95 · 86 m · 340 runs · 155 wkts
  • CA Moore2012-13 to 2018-19 · 97 m · 530 runs · 143 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1979-80: 7 matches, 1 runs, 8 wickets1979-801980-81: 14 matches, 19 runs, 28 wickets · 1st XI Bowling · A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion1980-811981-82: 11 matches, 39 runs, 11 wickets1981-821982-83: 9 matches, 36 runs, 5 wickets1982-831983-84: 9 matches, 20 runs, 12 wickets · 1st XI Bowling1983-841984-85: 15 matches, 47 runs, 24 wickets1984-851985-86: 7 matches, 16 runs, 14 wickets1985-861986-87: 6 matches, 10 runs, 7 wickets1986-87

Runs, up Wickets, down Honour in his name

1980-81: 1st XI Bowling, A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion · 1983-84: 1st XI Bowling

The arc

Steve Cook's best season with the bat was 1984-85: 47 runs from 11 innings at 15.67. The best ten-innings patch came in 1981-82 to 1982-83: 59 runs at 11.80. The leanest, 1979-80 to 1981-82: 20 runs at 4.00.

Rolling average, innings 7 to 21: 3.2 to 11.811.8

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First five-for5/207 Feb 1981v South Melbourne, 1980-81
50th wicket3/32 took him to 5011 Dec 1982v Prahran, 1982-83
50th match0/2910 Mar 1984v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1983-84
100th wicket3/101 took him to 10215 Mar 1986v St Kilda, 1985-86

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 20 matches
from v Essendon, 1983-84 to v Essendon, 1985-86 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 8 matches
from v Collingwood, 1984-85 to v Richmond, 1984-85 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 3 matches bowled in
from v St Kilda, 1981-82 to v University, 1982-83 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings
from v Richmond, 1983-84 to v South Melbourne, 1984-85 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111979-80: 10 (3 inns, avg 0.33)1980-81: 11 (5 inns, avg 9.50)1981-82: 10 (8 inns, avg 19.50)1982-83: 11 (8 inns, avg 12.00)1983-84: 11 (6 inns, avg 10.00)1984-85: 11 (11 inns, avg 15.67)1985-86: 10 (3 inns, avg 8.00)1986-87: 10 (3 inns, avg 10.00)19791981198319851986

Moved about the order across 8 seasons: at 10th in 4, at 11th in 4.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1979-801030.33
1980-811159.50
1981-8210819.50
1982-8311812.00
1983-8411610.00
1984-85111115.67
1985-861038.00
1986-8710310.00
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home3522176415*12.804725.81
Away432512124299.546224.16

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday6542261802911.259723.58
Sunday73132*1.50928.00
Weekday62253*–357.33
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct15842511*6.251827.94
Nov1785276*9.001533.40
Dec86372*2.331419.43
Jan16116512910.201924.74
Feb151094613*46.002821.64
Mar7423215*16.001523.93
Finals
1Finals played
0Runs · avg 0.00
3Wickets
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home and away7746291882911.0610624.62
Finals110000.00333.67
Favourite victims
  1. GW Richardson × 3
  2. PA Hibbert × 3
  3. PGA Sundberg × 3
  4. A Wildsmith × 2
  5. AF Corcoran × 2
  6. AW Lynch × 2
  7. BA Rogers × 2
  8. GF Fontaine × 2
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. TV Considine × 4
  2. AJ Melbourne × 2
  3. GT Connors × 2
  4. LJ Watts × 2
  5. RW Watts × 2
  6. SJ Cook × 2

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SeasonOpponentBattingBowling
1979-80Footscray02/34Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Hawthorn-East Melbourne13/46Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Northcotednb0/14Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Essendondnb1/45Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Collingwood01/18Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80St Kildadnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80South Melbournednb1/20Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81Collingwooddnb4/40Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81Universitydnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81Carlton2 & 11*3/45Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81Melbournednb2/27Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81Prahrandnb1/38Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81Footscraydnb2/8Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81Northcote2*0/18Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81North Melbournednb2/12Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81Richmond01/31Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81Ringwooddnb0/20Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81Hawthorn-East Melbournednb1/16Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81South Melbourne4*5/20 & 1/35Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81St Kildadnb4/16Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81Waverleydnb2/33Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82Waverley0*2/39 & 0/2Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82Essendondnb1/62Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82Collingwood0* & 2*0/59Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82Footscraydnb0/54Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82North Melbournednb1/24Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82Hawthorn-East Melbourne01/17Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82Carltondnb0/45Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82Ringwood2*2/45Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82Richmond291/32Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82South Melbourne4*3/30Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82St Kilda2*0/22Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83Essendon8–Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83Northcotednb0/33Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83University3*0/12Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83Prahran23/32 & 0/25Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83Richmond7*0/26Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83North Melbourne20/27Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83Hawthorn-East Melbourne1*1/31Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83Footscray3*0/88Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83Ringwood10*1/56Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84Footscraydnb1/8Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84Richmond21/15Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84Ringwooddnb0/33Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84North Melbourne4*1/15Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84St Kilda6*0/22Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84Essendon3*1/46Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84Northcote2*3/58 & 1/12Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84University32/29 & 2/16Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84Hawthorn-East Melbournednb0/29Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85Footscraydnb1/72Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85Waverleydnb0/12 & 0/22Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85St Kilda3*2/63Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85Hawthorn-East Melbournednb1/34Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85North Melbourne10/28Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85Collingwood42/12Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85Essendon1*2/17 & 0/13Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85University1*2/30Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85Northcotednb4/42Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85Carlton2*1/33Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85South Melbourne02/32Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85Ringwood7*4/26Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85Richmond0*1/26Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85Prahran13*0/62Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85Melbourne15*2/62Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86Essendondnb1/45Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86Footscray22/18Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86Universitydnb1/47Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86South Melbournednb4/45Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86Ringwooddnb0/29Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86Richmond14*3/69Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86St Kilda03/101Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87Melbourne03/26Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87Ringwooddnb1/23Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87Footscray6*0/34Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87Collingwooddnb0/23Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87Prahrandnb2/57Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87South Melbourne4*1/28Something wrong? Tell us

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