1896-97 season report

Fitzroy · the year's averages, honours and results, as the annual report had them.

Played

Won

Lost

Drawn

2,205

Runs for

2,242

Runs against

Honours

1st XI BattingA Tarrant

1st XI BowlingG Beacham

Most runs: WA Tarrant 483 at 48.30. Most wickets: G Beacham 26 at 10.96.

Player	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	Ct
WA Tarrant	8	13	3	483	99	48.30		4
DF Noonan	8	13	1	349	225	29.08	1		3
R Mitchell	8	12	0	275	81	22.92		2	4
PT Noonan	6	8	1	144	68	20.57		1	6
M Ellis	7	10	1	144	49	16.00			2
G Beacham	8	10	1	141	51	15.67		1	7
WN Wauchope	5	6	0	126	48	21.00			1
W Webb	5	8	0	70	32	8.75			1
E Twentyman	8	11	2	67	13*	7.44			5
H Russell	3	5	1	59	18	14.75
R Littlefield	2	2	0	51	41	25.50			1
F Rice	5	6	0	46	15	7.67			1
FWA Spear	2	3	2	33	16*	33.00			3
FA Tarrant	3	5	1	23	13	5.75
JC McKirdy	4	5	2	22	9	7.33			1
A O'Leary	2	2	0	5	4	2.50			2
W Snow	1	1	0	0	0	0.00
TJ Cook	1	1	0	0	0	0.00			1
J Drysdale	1	1	0	0	0	0.00
WW Blundell	1	1	0	0	0	0.00			1

Player	Overs	M	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Best	5wI
G Beacham	18	4	285	26	10.96	7/52	2
E Twentyman	50	12	353	15	23.53	5/99	1
R Mitchell	32.5	5	265	13	20.38	6/85	1
JC McKirdy	0	0	235	8	29.38	3/85
WW Blundell	0	0	29	2	14.50	2/29
R Littlefield	0	0	22	1	22.00	1/10
DF Noonan	3.2	0	56	1	56.00	1/0
FA Tarrant	27	4	105	1	105.00	1/60
W Snow	6	1	11	0	–	0/11
H Russell	2	0	23	0	–	0/23

Date	Opponent	Scores	Result
10 Oct 1896	RichmondRichmond Cricket Ground	111 & 3/61 v 250	LostRichmond won on first innings.
24 Oct 1896	MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	117 & 116 v 196 & 0/38	LostMelbourne won outright by 10 wickets.
9 Nov 1896	HawksburnFitzroy Cricket Ground	232 & 227 v 397 & 3/51	LostHawksburn won on first innings.
28 Nov 1896	South MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	212 & 5/114d v 218 & 3/90	LostSouth Melbourne won on first innings.
19 Dec 1896	Carltonthe Triangle, Carlton	226 v 1/243	LostCarlton won on first innings.
30 Jan 1897	East MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	111 v 245	LostEast Melbourne won on first innings.
20 Mar 1897	St KildaFitzroy Cricket Ground	444 v 99 & 6/186	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
10 Apr 1897	North Melbournethe Triangle, Carlton	157 & 1/77 v 229	LostNorth Melbourne won on first innings.