1940-41 season report

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

Played

Won

Lost

Drawn

2,425

Runs for

1,897

Runs against

Honours

1st XI BattingM Sievers

1st XI BowlingH J Plant

Most runs: MR Harvey 317 at 28.82. Most wickets: MW Sievers 32 at 12.78.

Player	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	Ct
MR Harvey	11	12	1	317	96	28.82		3	4
H Sheahan	12	13	0	297	101	22.85	1		5
MW Sievers	10	9	2	291	106	41.57	1		4
JW Scaife	9	9	0	206	81	22.89		2	1
CE Harvey	12	11	1	206	37	20.60			8
R Thomson	11	11	4	199	76*	28.43		2	10
CA Ruddell	8	9	0	178	44	19.78			5
HJ Plant	11	11	3	167	79	20.88		1	10
EA Williams	9	10	3	135	42*	19.29			1
J Frederick	11	9	4	123	27*	24.60			2
WL Jacobs	11	7	3	76	17	19.00			22
AJ Hagger	2	2	0	63	45	31.50
RJ Black	3	3	0	27	25	9.00			1
E Besford	1	1	1	12	12*	–
C Faull	1	1	0	9	9	9.00
K Campbell	6	3	2	8	6*	8.00
R McCracken	1	1	0	7	7	7.00
RHW Liddicut	2	2	1	3	3*	3.00
D McCarthy	1	0	0	0	–	–

Player	Overs	M	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Best	5wI
MW Sievers	80	6	409	32	12.78	8/61	2
J Frederick	36.4	1	464	31	14.97	6/52	2
HJ Plant	54.6	7	271	27	10.04	5/15	1
K Campbell	47.7	7	159	14	11.36	4/19
R Thomson	41	6	322	12	26.83	6/44	1
EA Williams	31	3	131	6	21.83	3/18
C Faull	8	3	20	1	20.00	1/20
RHW Liddicut	5	1	47	0	–	0/14

Eight-ball overs this season.

Date	Opponent	Scores	Result
5 Oct 1940	CarltonCarlton Cricket Ground	6/262 v 174	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
19 Oct 1940	North MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	249 v 172 & 1/23	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
2 Nov 1940	UniversityFitzroy Cricket Ground	133 & 0/3 v 164 & 71	LostUniversity won on first innings.
16 Nov 1940	PrahranFitzroy Cricket Ground	4/133 v 88	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
30 Nov 1940	South MelbourneSouth Melbourne Cricket Ground	9/238 v 7/212d	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
21 Dec 1940	CollingwoodFitzroy Cricket Ground	7/209 v 116	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
11 Jan 1941	CoburgFitzroy Cricket Ground	5/158d & 0/21 v 92	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
18 Jan 1941	Hawthorn-East MelbourneGlenferrie Oval	109 v 7/86	DrawnDrawn.
1 Feb 1941	NorthcoteFitzroy Cricket Ground	8/238d v 129 & 5/91	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
22 Feb 1941	MelbourneMelbourne Cricket Ground	6/217d v 179	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
1 Mar 1941	St KildaFitzroy Cricket Ground	177 & 142 v 151 & 3/35	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
15 Mar 1941	EssendonEssendon Cricket Ground	5/136 v 114	WonFitzroy won on first innings.