1939-40 season report

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

Played

Won

Lost

Drawn

3,631

Runs for

3,406

Runs against

Honours

1st XI PremiersPremiers

Club ChampionsClub champions

1st XI BattingH J Plant

1st XI BowlingE Williams

Most runs: MR Harvey 537 at 31.59. Most wickets: J Frederick 49 at 18.55.

Player	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	Ct
MR Harvey	14	17	0	537	80	31.59		5	6
EA Williams	14	19	4	457	74	30.47		3	6
CA Ruddell	13	17	0	399	76	23.47		2	6
MW Sievers	9	12	0	340	93	28.33		2	3
HJ Plant	12	15	6	296	114*	32.89	1		6
H Sheahan	9	14	2	295	50	24.58		1	4
JW Scaife	11	13	0	206	40	15.85			5
J Frederick	14	17	5	206	55*	17.17		2	6
R Thomson	12	15	0	203	47	13.53			13
WL Jacobs	14	17	7	190	58*	19.00		1	37
CE Harvey	9	10	1	129	66*	14.33		1	6
K Campbell	14	14	4	91	37	9.10			6
RJ Black	5	6	1	73	49	14.60
EF Du Vergier	4	5	1	36	19	9.00

Player	Overs	M	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Best	5wI
J Frederick	86	7	909	49	18.55	6/105	4
R Thomson	67.5	11	539	31	17.39	6/68	1
EA Williams	44.4	4	411	27	15.22	6/33	3
MW Sievers	68	13	450	23	19.57	4/31
K Campbell	52.7	6	466	19	24.53	5/29	1
HJ Plant	81	10	372	17	21.88	5/71	1
CA Ruddell	4	0	37	2	18.50	2/30
H Sheahan	2.4	0	34	1	34.00	1/34
MR Harvey	2	0	50	1	50.00	1/4
JW Scaife	3	0	25	0	–	0/25

Eight-ball overs this season.

Date	Opponent	Scores	Result
7 Oct 1939	EssendonFitzroy Cricket Ground	147 v 7/113	DrawnDrawn.
21 Oct 1939	RichmondRichmond Cricket Ground	169 & 0/5 v 227	LostRichmond won on first innings.
4 Nov 1939	CarltonFitzroy Cricket Ground	9/140d v 9/262	LostCarlton won on first innings.
7 Nov 1939	North MelbourneNorth Melbourne Cricket Ground		No resultMatch abandoned.
18 Nov 1939	Hawthorn-East MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	275 v 69 & 6/104	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
2 Dec 1939	NorthcoteFitzroy Cricket Ground	8/247 v 242	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
16 Dec 1939	MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	167 & 9/63d v 107 & 9/65	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
13 Jan 1940	St KildaSt Kilda Cricket Ground	208 & 0/17 v 234	LostSt Kilda won on first innings.
27 Jan 1940	South MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	292 v 283 & 0/1	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
29 Jan 1940	PrahranToorak Park, Armadale	219 & 0/25 v 137	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
10 Feb 1940	UniversityFitzroy Cricket Ground	4/194d & 2/46 v 135 & 7/143d	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
24 Feb 1940	CollingwoodVictoria Park, Abbotsford	8/220d v 172 & 5/112	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
9 Mar 1940	VCA ColtsFitzroy Cricket Ground	292 & 3/49 v 228	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
23 Mar 1940	Semi-finalSt KildaFitzroy Cricket Ground	254 & 7/146 v 183 & 216	WonFitzroy won outright by 3 wickets.
30 Mar 1940	🏆 FinalMelbourneAlbert Ground	231 & 225 v 224 & 8/149	WonFitzroy won on first innings.