1956-57 season report

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

Played

Won

Lost

Drawn

3,161

Runs for

3,115

Runs against

Honours

1st XI BattingR Harvey

1st XI BowlingK Peters

Most runs: Ray Harvey 627 at 39.19. Most wickets: C Adams 55 at 13.35.

Player	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	Ct
Ray Harvey	15	20	4	627	127	39.19	1	2	5
DHL Arnall	15	20	4	585	135*	36.56	2	1	11
J Potter	13	17	4	361	76*	27.77		2	9
RW Furlong	13	18	4	331	113*	23.64	1	1	5
NF Turl	14	16	0	223	43	13.94			7
DJ Anderson	8	11	3	210	47	26.25			4
KJ Kearney	15	15	2	199	69	15.31		1	34
BE Kann	8	10	3	163	43	23.29
C Adams	15	10	4	98	26	16.33			6
BC Harvey	8	8	1	90	23*	12.86			1
K Peters	15	11	3	55	15	6.88			3
D Smith	4	4	1	38	21	12.67
RN Harvey	2	3	0	36	21	12.00			1
BT Considine	14	10	4	29	11	4.83			1
R Milner	4	5	1	11	8*	2.75			1
NE Kann	1	2	0	4	4	2.00
J Mercovich	1	0	0	0	–	–

Player	Overs	M	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Best	5wI
C Adams	121	26	734	55	13.35	5/16	4
K Peters	98.1	16	575	43	13.37	6/34	1
BT Considine	84.1	5	666	38	17.53	5/30	1
DHL Arnall	49.5	1	356	16	22.25	5/23	1
D Smith	15	0	124	6	20.67	4/25
DJ Anderson	18	0	162	6	27.00	3/72
Ray Harvey	42	1	282	4	70.50	2/25
J Mercovich	10	1	39	1	39.00	1/39
J Potter	2	0	18	0	–	0/8
BE Kann	4	0	19	0	–	0/19
R Milner	0	0	38	0	–	0/38

Eight-ball overs this season.

Date	Opponent	Scores	Result
6 Oct 1956	FootscrayWestern Oval, Footscray	6/179d v 7/148	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
20 Oct 1956	NorthcoteNorthcote Park	6/175d & 2/19 v 112	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
3 Nov 1956	CollingwoodVictoria Park, Abbotsford	122 & 9/108 v 149	LostCollingwood won on first innings.
6 Nov 1956	PrahranToorak Park, Armadale	0/209d v 5/163	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
17 Nov 1956	North MelbourneNorth Melbourne Cricket Ground	9/99d & 4/137d v 42 & 154	WonFitzroy won outright by 40 runs.
1 Dec 1956	South MelbourneSouth Melbourne Cricket Ground	3/274d v 262	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
15 Dec 1956	EssendonEssendon Cricket Ground	139 v 103	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
5 Jan 1957	UniversityUniversity Oval, Parkville	8/246d v 235	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
19 Jan 1957	CarltonCarlton Cricket Ground	92 & 4/40 v 135 & 105	LostCarlton won on first innings.
28 Jan 1957	RichmondFitzroy Cricket Ground	142 & 1/43 v 104	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
9 Feb 1957	MelbourneAlbert Ground	5/251d v 106 & 7/152	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
23 Feb 1957	St KildaFitzroy Cricket Ground	6/208d & 3/46 v 139	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
9 Mar 1957	Hawthorn-East MelbourneGlenferrie Oval	141 & 3/21 v 123	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
16 Mar 1957	Semi-finalSt KildaFitzroy Cricket Ground	251 v 160 & 0/33	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
30 Mar 1957	FinalCarltonAlbert Ground	157 & 3/62 v 249 & 9/441d	LostCarlton won on first innings.