1926-27 season report
Fitzroy · the year's averages, honours and results, as the annual report had them.
12
Played
4
Won
3
Lost
5
Drawn
2,950
Runs for
2,965
Runs against
Honours
1st XI BattingJ A Scaife
1st XI BowlingA E Liddicut
Most runs: JW Scaife 413 at 51.63. Most wickets: AW Dummett 34 at 17.68.
Batting averages
| Player | M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 100 | 50 | Ct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JW Scaife | 9 | 10 | 2 | 413 | 98 | 51.63 | 4 | 5 | |
| AJW Lansdown | 12 | 14 | 1 | 397 | 147 | 30.54 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| AE Liddicut | 9 | 9 | 2 | 347 | 132* | 49.57 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| HC Lansdown | 12 | 13 | 2 | 343 | 104 | 31.18 | 1 | 8 | |
| FD Chapman | 11 | 12 | 0 | 269 | 69 | 22.42 | 1 | ||
| MS McDonald | 11 | 10 | 2 | 234 | 70* | 29.25 | 2 | 3 | |
| AC Dempsey | 12 | 12 | 4 | 212 | 72 | 26.50 | 2 | ||
| AW Dummett | 12 | 12 | 1 | 198 | 57 | 18.00 | 2 | 5 | |
| H Cohen | 7 | 7 | 1 | 102 | 46 | 17.00 | 1 | ||
| HT Parkin | 8 | 7 | 1 | 90 | 50 | 15.00 | 1 | ||
| WH Brendel | 4 | 5 | 2 | 50 | 39* | 16.67 | |||
| FC Chapman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 48 | 48.00 | |||
| CM Comben | 5 | 4 | 0 | 45 | 21 | 11.25 | |||
| D Harding | 3 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 6.33 | |||
| JRH Woodford | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15* | – | 4 | ||
| JJ Mullens | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6* | 4.50 | 7 | ||
| JJW Cashman | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5* | 2.33 | 4 | ||
| WL Comben | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2* | – | 1 | ||
| C Sheahan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
Bowling averages
| Player | Overs | M | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Best | 5wI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AW Dummett | 79 | 8 | 601 | 34 | 17.68 | 8/20 | 2 |
| AJW Lansdown | 55 | 4 | 802 | 34 | 23.59 | 8/104 | 2 |
| AE Liddicut | 79.4 | 4 | 492 | 29 | 16.97 | 7/67 | 3 |
| FD Chapman | 31.5 | 3 | 336 | 10 | 33.60 | 3/35 | |
| JJW Cashman | 21 | 1 | 138 | 3 | 46.00 | 2/50 | |
| HT Parkin | 6 | 0 | 141 | 3 | 47.00 | 1/21 | |
| FC Chapman | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 11.50 | 2/23 | |
| CM Comben | 0 | 0 | 131 | 2 | 65.50 | 1/37 | |
| JW Scaife | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0/1 | |
| AC Dempsey | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 0/8 | |
| H Cohen | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | – | 0/14 | |
| HC Lansdown | 1 | 0 | 44 | 0 | – | 0/5 | |
| MS McDonald | 7 | 0 | 118 | 0 | – | 0/2 |
Results
| Date | Opponent | Scores | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Oct 1926 | St KildaSt Kilda Cricket Ground | 154 v 189 & 4/148 | LostSt Kilda won on first innings. |
| 2 Nov 1926 | PrahranFitzroy Cricket Ground | 9/207d v 60 & 0/50 | WonFitzroy won on first innings. |
| 6 Nov 1926 | UniversityUniversity Oval, Parkville | 8/297 v 273 | WonFitzroy won on first innings. |
| 20 Nov 1926 | Hawthorn-East MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground | 8/308d v 9/303 | DrawnDrawn. |
| 4 Dec 1926 | MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground | 264 v 6/290 | LostMelbourne won on first innings. |
| 8 Jan 1927 | RichmondFitzroy Cricket Ground | 177 & 2/50 v 189 | LostRichmond won on first innings. |
| 22 Jan 1927 | CarltonCarlton Cricket Ground | 3/264 v 8/302d | DrawnDrawn. |
| 31 Jan 1927 | CollingwoodFitzroy Cricket Ground | 8/166 v 5/261d | DrawnDrawn. |
| 5 Feb 1927 | NorthcoteNorthcote Park | 264 v 264 | TiedTied on first innings. |
| 19 Feb 1927 | North MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground | 8/301d v 9/235 | DrawnDrawn. |
| 5 Mar 1927 | South MelbourneSouth Melbourne Cricket Ground | 304 v 210 | WonFitzroy won on first innings. |
| 19 Mar 1927 | EssendonFitzroy Cricket Ground | 7/56d & 3/138 v 42 & 149 | WonFitzroy won outright by 7 wickets. |
St Kilda
Prahran
University
Hawthorn-East Melbourne
Melbourne
Richmond
Carlton
Collingwood
Northcote
North Melbourne
South Melbourne
EssendonFrom the annual report
The pages of the printed report the season’s averages were read from.