1976-77 season report

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

Played

Won

Lost

Drawn

1,874

Runs for

2,056

Runs against

Honours

1st XI BattingG Watts

1st XI BowlingP Wallace

1st XI Batting (Doncaster CC)R Smith

1st XI Bowling (Doncaster CC)J Harmer

A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI ChampionE Illingworth

Most runs: GM Watts 321 at 40.13. Most wickets: EP Illingworth 32 at 18.97.

Player	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50	Ct
GM Watts	8	9	1	321	99	40.13	2	3
TL Cullen	10	13	3	260	58	26.00	1	4
PA Ryan	10	11	2	255	59	28.33	1	4
NR Buszard	9	9	1	179	57*	22.38	1	4
DP Rumble	10	7	1	138	36	23.00		25
LA Hathaway	3	3	0	110	51	36.67	1	1
GC Sholly	5	6	0	90	68	15.00	1	3
EP Illingworth	10	8	0	89	31	11.13		2
KH Roberts	4	6	1	89	26	17.80		2
IL Dunne	7	8	1	87	46	12.43		4
PJ Wallace	10	10	3	72	17*	10.29		3
R Clough	5	5	2	33	26	11.00		2
IF McOrist	2	2	1	19	12*	19.00
AJ Melbourne	5	4	1	16	6*	5.33		2
MJ Delves	5	3	0	6	6	2.00		2
LA Holland	5	3	2	6	5*	6.00		2
J Manser	1	1	1	1	1*	–
GR Whitelaw	1	0	0	0	–	–

Player	Overs	M	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Best	5wI
EP Illingworth	194.4	41	607	32	18.97	5/49	1
PJ Wallace	140.3	17	543	29	18.72	5/37	1
LA Holland	36	7	138	9	15.33	4/23
NR Buszard	54	13	167	6	27.83	2/21
MJ Delves	52	12	176	6	29.33	3/12
AJ Melbourne	38.4	14	109	4	27.25	1/3
GM Watts	2	1	5	1	5.00	1/5
J Manser	8	1	30	1	30.00	1/14
GR Whitelaw	8	1	31	1	31.00	1/31
IF McOrist	39	10	103	1	103.00	1/18
PA Ryan	2	0	14	0	–	0/14
GC Sholly	2	0	15	0	–	0/15

Eight-ball overs this season.

Date	Opponent	Scores	Result
2 Oct 1976	RichmondFitzroy Cricket Ground	7/151 v 7/153d	LostRichmond won on first innings.
9 Oct 1976	North MelbourneNorth Melbourne Cricket Ground		No resultMatch abandoned.
16 Oct 1976	EssendonFitzroy Cricket Ground		No resultMatch abandoned.
24 Oct 1976	CollingwoodVictoria Park, Abbotsford	7/115d v 6/133	LostCollingwood won on first innings.
30 Oct 1976	CarltonFitzroy Cricket Ground	103 & 2/45 v 101 & 7/98d	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
2 Nov 1976	South MelbourneSouth Melbourne Cricket Ground		No resultMatch abandoned.
13 Nov 1976	MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	182 v 6/265d & 1/83	LostMelbourne won on first innings.
27 Nov 1976	PrahranToorak Park, Armadale	213 v 8/222	LostPrahran won on first innings.
11 Dec 1976	NorthcoteNorthcote Park	184 & 2/71d v 104 & 7/152	LostNorthcote won outright by 3 wickets.
8 Jan 1977	St KildaFitzroy Cricket Ground	8/164d & 0/43 v 88	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
15 Jan 1977	WaverleyCentral Reserve South Oval, Glen Waverley	9/171d v 6/175	LostWaverley won on first innings.
29 Jan 1977	Hawthorn-East MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	195 v 233	LostHawthorn-East Melbourne won on first innings.
5 Feb 1977	FootscrayFitzroy Cricket Ground		No resultMatch abandoned.
12 Feb 1977	RingwoodRussell Lucas Oval, Ringwood	3/237d v 166 & 2/83	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
26 Feb 1977	UniversityFitzroy Cricket Ground		No resultMatch abandoned.