1961-62 season report

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

Played

Won

Lost

Drawn

3,729

Runs for

3,173

Runs against

Honours

Club ChampionsClub champions

1st XI BattingJ Potter

1st XI BowlingR Bitmead

Most runs: J Potter 454 at 50.44. Most wickets: C Adams 35 at 16.97.

Player	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	Ct
J Potter	9	10	1	454	105*	50.44	1	3	8
DJ Anderson	11	13	1	430	99	35.83		3	4
WA Heller	14	18	3	415	125	27.67	1		8
EP Illingworth	15	15	3	359	61*	29.92		2	3
BC Harvey	13	14	0	340	96	24.29		3
RW Furlong	8	9	1	276	56	34.50		2	5
LJ Davison	15	17	5	243	65	20.25		1	7
ID Deany	8	11	3	196	62	24.50		1	2
GB Deany	9	11	1	167	70	16.70		1	1
BA Kline	15	13	2	141	28	12.82			32
PJ Allan	13	12	2	120	38	12.00			2
D Manarin	6	7	0	105	35	15.00			4
GL Harvey	3	4	0	104	37	26.00
RC Bitmead	5	5	0	82	28	16.40			3
A Karanicolas	3	3	0	71	50	23.67		1	2
C Adams	14	11	5	70	22	11.67			6
D Provis	3	3	1	46	36	23.00
GD Trivett	1	0	0	0	–	–

Player	Overs	M	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Best	5wI
C Adams	172.7	30	594	35	16.97	6/25	2
PJ Allan	151.5	29	488	28	17.43	5/33	1
EP Illingworth	175.1	23	584	23	25.39	6/31	1
LJ Davison	98.6	9	400	21	19.05	4/42
RC Bitmead	71	18	166	13	12.77	5/24	1
J Potter	30	3	157	9	17.44	5/25	1
DJ Anderson	13.1	0	91	5	18.20	2/18
WA Heller	51	9	170	5	34.00	2/44
GB Deany	24	5	103	4	25.75	2/32
GD Trivett	6	0	25	3	8.33	3/25
ID Deany	39	6	148	3	49.33	2/56
GL Harvey	1	0	4	1	4.00	1/4
BC Harvey	6	0	37	1	37.00	1/5
A Karanicolas	2	0	11	0	–	0/11
D Manarin	1	0	15	0	–	0/15

Eight-ball overs this season.

Date	Opponent	Scores	Result
7 Oct 1961	North MelbourneNorth Melbourne Cricket Ground	9/214 v 4/185d	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
14 Oct 1961	South MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	4/219 v 158	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
28 Oct 1961	UniversityUniversity Oval, Parkville	253 & 1/82 v 175	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
11 Nov 1961	EssendonFitzroy Cricket Ground	285 v 112 & 4/59	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
25 Nov 1961	CarltonFitzroy Cricket Ground	2/133d & 5/66 v 132 & 3/139d	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
9 Dec 1961	RichmondRichmond Cricket Ground	272 v 255	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
6 Jan 1962	MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	238 v 151 & 2/77	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
20 Jan 1962	St KildaSt Kilda Cricket Ground	207 v 6/242	LostSt Kilda won on first innings.
29 Jan 1962	Hawthorn-East MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	6/158 v 8/139d	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
3 Feb 1962	FootscrayWestern Oval, Footscray	145 & 2/29 v 110	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
10 Feb 1962	NorthcoteFitzroy Cricket Ground	189 v 116 & 84	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
24 Feb 1962	CollingwoodVictoria Park, Abbotsford	222 v 2/292	LostCollingwood won on first innings.
10 Mar 1962	PrahranFitzroy Cricket Ground	8/141d & 6/147d v 80 & 7/104	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
17 Mar 1962	Semi-finalRichmondFitzroy Cricket Ground	288 v 130 & 9/92	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
31 Mar 1962	FinalSt KildaAlbert Ground	314 & 5/127 v 341	LostSt Kilda won on first innings.