1977-78 season report

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

Played

Won

Lost

Drawn

2,913

Runs for

2,776

Runs against

Honours

1st XI BattingL Joslin

1st XI BowlingL Joslin

1st XI Batting (Doncaster CC)G Hansen

1st XI Bowling (Doncaster CC)R Parry

A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI ChampionL Joslin

Most runs: LR Joslin 515 at 39.62. Most wickets: RW Watts 29 at 20.86.

Player	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	Ct
LR Joslin	14	15	2	515	108*	39.62	1	3	2
GM Watts	13	15	2	374	71*	28.77		2
PW White	11	13	1	292	62*	24.33		1	8
IL Dunne	12	13	3	280	56	28.00		1	4
JA Steele	10	11	0	207	107	18.82	1		6
DP Rumble	14	12	3	203	53	22.56		1	24
RW Watts	13	10	3	179	73*	25.57		1	3
TW MacDonald	10	11	4	135	47	19.29
PA Ryan	9	9	0	133	56	14.78		1	1
TL Cullen	7	8	0	82	33	10.25			3
PJ Wallace	12	10	5	81	15	16.20			2
AJ Melbourne	3	3	0	80	47	26.67			2
G Hayes	6	7	0	67	22	9.57			3
SK Smith	8	6	2	55	23	13.75
LA Hathaway	4	6	1	39	13	7.80			3
GC Sholly	1	1	0	24	24	24.00
EP Illingworth	5	1	1	17	17*	–			1
GR Whitelaw	1	1	1	10	10*	–
RH Goldin	1	1	0	0	0	0.00

Player	Overs	M	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Best	5wI
RW Watts	167.6	22	605	29	20.86	4/50
LR Joslin	142.6	28	462	25	18.48	6/42	1
PJ Wallace	90.4	8	435	16	27.19	4/39
JA Steele	74.3	11	313	12	26.08	4/36
SK Smith	67	14	234	9	26.00	4/37
AJ Melbourne	36	10	81	5	16.20	4/27
EP Illingworth	50	7	203	5	40.60	3/59
TW MacDonald	63	13	184	4	46.00	2/8
PA Ryan	0	0	2	0	–	0/2
GC Sholly	4	1	3	0	–	0/3
TL Cullen	1	0	4	0	–	0/4
GR Whitelaw	11	0	40	0	–	0/40
G Hayes	10	0	52	0	–	0/2

Eight-ball overs this season.

Date	Opponent	Scores	Result
1 Oct 1977	RingwoodRussell Lucas Oval, Ringwood	6/127d v 3/141	LostRingwood won on first innings.
8 Oct 1977	UniversityUniversity Oval, Parkville	4/137d & 0/2 v 4/149d	LostUniversity won on first innings.
15 Oct 1977	FootscrayWestern Oval, Footscray	73 & 5/167 v 210	LostFootscray won on first innings.
29 Oct 1977	North MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	8/196 v 254	DrawnDrawn.
1 Nov 1977	RichmondRichmond Cricket Ground	5/144d v 1/181	LostRichmond won on first innings.
12 Nov 1977	MelbourneAlbert Ground	8/299d v 4/244	DrawnDrawn.
19 Nov 1977	PrahranFitzroy Cricket Ground	167 & 1/87 v 202	LostPrahran won on first innings.
3 Dec 1977	South MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	292 v 179	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
10 Dec 1977	Hawthorn-East MelbourneGlenferrie Oval	180 v 7/264	LostHawthorn-East Melbourne won on first innings.
7 Jan 1978	WaverleyFitzroy Cricket Ground	7/204d v 3/146	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
21 Jan 1978	CarltonCarlton Cricket Ground	157 v 201 & 0/4	LostCarlton won on first innings.
30 Jan 1978	NorthcoteFitzroy Cricket Ground		No resultMatch abandoned.
4 Feb 1978	EssendonEssendon Cricket Ground	198 & 1/28d v 109 & 3/118	LostEssendon won outright by 7 wickets.
18 Feb 1978	CollingwoodFitzroy Cricket Ground	256 v 114 & 7/63	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
4 Mar 1978	St KildaSt Kilda Cricket Ground	199 v 197	WonFitzroy won on first innings.