1937-38 season report

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

Played

Won

Lost

Drawn

3,001

Runs for

2,461

Runs against

Honours

1st XI BattingE Williams

1st XI BowlingM Sievers

Most runs: R Gardner 467 at 27.47. Most wickets: J Frederick 40 at 14.80.

Player	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	Ct
R Gardner	13	17	0	467	104	27.47	1	2	10
EA Williams	14	17	2	416	109	27.73	1	2	12
MR Harvey	14	17	1	306	67*	19.13		2	8
LA Wynne	14	18	2	302	50	18.88		1	4
HJ Plant	14	16	1	269	57	17.93		1	5
J Frederick	14	15	3	261	62*	21.75		2	1
CA Ruddell	12	15	3	211	46	17.58			1
MW Sievers	8	9	0	209	89	23.22		1	4
WL Jacobs	14	14	8	113	37*	18.83			19
R McCracken	10	11	1	98	23	9.80			6
W Russell	7	8	0	88	45	11.00			9
K Campbell	14	13	5	69	25	8.63			5
TJ Ruddell	3	3	0	36	23	12.00
CC Ruddell	1	1	0	32	32	32.00
EF Frederick	1	2	0	18	10	9.00			1
AEO Barras	1	1	1	3	3*	–

Player	Overs	M	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Best	5wI
J Frederick	62.6	9	592	40	14.80	5/34	2
MW Sievers	56.4	10	439	35	12.54	6/46	1
K Campbell	47.6	5	384	26	14.77	4/27
HJ Plant	50	8	346	24	14.42	4/20
EA Williams	44.1	3	324	21	15.43	5/43	1
R McCracken	24	4	173	8	21.63	2/18
MR Harvey	7.3	1	27	2	13.50	1/3
AEO Barras	0	0	10	0	–	0/10
R Gardner	0	0	16	0	–	0/16

Eight-ball overs this season.

Date	Opponent	Scores	Result
2 Oct 1937	South MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	89 v 176	LostSouth Melbourne won on first innings.
16 Oct 1937	CollingwoodVictoria Park, Abbotsford	87 v 8/123	LostCollingwood won on first innings.
30 Oct 1937	VCA ColtsFitzroy Cricket Ground	5/264d v 161 & 8/129	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
2 Nov 1937	Hawthorn-East MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	7/199 v 9/207d	DrawnDrawn.
13 Nov 1937	NorthcoteNorthcote Park	152 & 147 v 84 & 1/44	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
27 Nov 1937	MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	103 & 1/31 v 8/163d	LostMelbourne won on first innings.
11 Dec 1937	St KildaSt Kilda Cricket Ground	9/220d v 210	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
8 Jan 1938	EssendonFitzroy Cricket Ground	252 v 0/2	DrawnDrawn.
22 Jan 1938	Richmond	172 & 0/9 v 77 & 103	WonFitzroy won outright by 10 wickets.
31 Jan 1938	CarltonFitzroy Cricket Ground	9/182 v 133	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
5 Feb 1938	North MelbourneNorth Melbourne Cricket Ground	8/103d & 5/166 v 184	LostNorth Melbourne won on first innings.
19 Feb 1938	UniversityFitzroy Cricket Ground	6/209d v 90 & 85	WonFitzroy won outright by an innings & 34 runs.
5 Mar 1938	PrahranToorak Park, Armadale	273 v 104 & 1/30	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
19 Mar 1938	FinalMelbourneMelbourne Cricket Ground	228 & 115 v 117 & 239	LostMelbourne won outright by 13 runs.