1974-75 season report

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

Played

Won

Lost

Drawn

2,232

Runs for

2,199

Runs against

Honours

1st XI BattingN Buszard

1st XI BowlingE Illingworth

1st XI Batting (Doncaster CC)J Ogilvie

1st XI Bowling (Doncaster CC)R Smith

A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI ChampionA Thompson

Most runs: NR Buszard 334 at 41.75. Most wickets: EP Illingworth 36 at 14.92.

Batting averages

Player	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	Ct
NR Buszard	10	11	3	334	85*	41.75		3	4
TL Cullen	13	15	1	307	44	21.93			1
GD Sanders	10	12	1	231	104	21.00	1	1	5
PA Ryan	9	9	2	230	85	32.86		2	3
IL Dunne	9	11	1	223	75	22.30		2	3
GL Harvey	11	14	2	195	46	16.25			8
EP Illingworth	13	13	0	154	47	11.85			4
RH Goldin	10	13	1	131	25	10.92			6
PJ Wallace	8	8	3	123	53	24.60		1	1
TW MacDonald	9	9	0	110	60	12.22		1	2
AL Thomson	9	8	4	32	16	8.00
IF McOrist	9	8	3	22	14	4.40
CM Reardon	13	7	4	18	10*	6.00			28
AJ Melbourne	4	4	0	9	4	2.25			4
AL McOrist	1	1	0	4	4	4.00
AT Duff	5	4	2	1	1	0.50			1
McDonald	2	0	0	0	–	–
Thomson	1	0	0	0	–	–
McOrist	1	0	0	0	–	–

Bowling averages

Player	Overs	M	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Best	5wI
EP Illingworth	155	45	537	36	14.92	5/24	1
AL Thomson	101.4	17	399	29	13.76	6/19	3
NR Buszard	73.6	10	247	13	19.00	5/56	1
IF McOrist	78	20	233	11	21.18	4/23
TW MacDonald	13	2	120	8	15.00	5/39	1
AT Duff	22	3	138	4	34.50	2/21
PJ Wallace	47	7	203	4	50.75	1/12
Thomson	10	1	43	2	21.50	2/43
TL Cullen	7	1	17	1	17.00	1/13
AJ Melbourne	9	1	60	1	60.00	1/26
McOrist	4	0	17	0	–	0/17
McDonald	6	1	31	0	–	0/1

Eight-ball overs this season.

Results

Date	Opponent	Scores	Result
5 Oct 1974	WaverleyCentral Reserve South Oval, Glen Waverley		No resultMatch abandoned.
12 Oct 1974	St KildaFitzroy Cricket Ground		No resultMatch abandoned.
19 Oct 1974	South MelbourneSouth Melbourne Cricket Ground		No resultMatch abandoned.
26 Oct 1974	CarltonFitzroy Cricket Ground	9/73 v 6/106d	LostCarlton won on first innings.
2 Nov 1974	FootscrayFitzroy Cricket Ground	6/160d & 0/31 v 115	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
5 Nov 1974	NorthcoteNorthcote Park	74 & 1/13 v 42	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
16 Nov 1974	North MelbourneNorth Melbourne Cricket Ground	9/309 v 189	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
30 Nov 1974	RichmondFitzroy Cricket Ground	138 & 91 v 106 & 2/54	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
14 Dec 1974	EssendonFitzroy Cricket Ground	8/109d & 1/13 v 78 & 6/178d	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
11 Jan 1975	RingwoodFitzroy Cricket Ground	9/147d v 120 & 7/161	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
25 Jan 1975	CollingwoodVictoria Park, Abbotsford	3/126 v 4/204d	LostCollingwood won on first innings.
27 Jan 1975	Hawthorn-East MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	9/110d v 3/122	LostHawthorn-East Melbourne won on first innings.
15 Feb 1975	PrahranToorak Park, Armadale	9/144d & 0/25 v 98	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
22 Feb 1975	MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	8/227d v 6/234	LostMelbourne won on first innings.
8 Mar 1975	UniversityFitzroy Cricket Ground	217 v 178	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
15 Mar 1975	Semi-finalCollingwoodFitzroy Cricket Ground	8/225d v 7/214	DrawnDrawn (Collingwood progressed to the final).