1978-79 season

Fitzroy

1st XI BattingG Watts

1st XI BowlingS Smith

1st XI Batting (Doncaster CC)C Dart

1st XI Bowling (Doncaster CC)M Woodhams

A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI ChampionG Watts

Matches

Date	Opponent	Scores	Result
7 Oct 1978	MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	3/121d v 3/116d & 0/2	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
14 Oct 1978	PrahranToorak Park, Armadale	9/138 v 5/137d	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
21 Oct 1978	RichmondFitzroy Cricket Ground	dnb v 8/248	DrawnDrawn.
4 Nov 1978	RingwoodRussell Lucas Oval, Ringwood	123 v 4/126	LostRingwood won on first innings.
18 Nov 1978	NorthcoteNorthcote Park	162 & 1/6 v 113	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
26 Nov 1978	CarltonFitzroy Cricket Ground	8/109 v 5/134d	LostCarlton won on first innings.
2 Dec 1978	EssendonFitzroy Cricket Ground	148 & 2/61 v 4/189d	LostEssendon won on first innings.
16 Dec 1978	UniversityFitzroy Cricket Ground	9/228d & 0/22 v 166	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
6 Jan 1979	CollingwoodVictoria Park, Abbotsford	4/119d v 6/120	LostCollingwood won on first innings.
13 Jan 1979	St KildaFitzroy Cricket Ground	262 v dnb	DrawnDrawn.
27 Jan 1979	South MelbourneSouth Melbourne Cricket Ground	7/170d v 99 & 5/92	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
3 Feb 1979	Hawthorn-East MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	8/120d v 8/122	LostHawthorn-East Melbourne won on first innings.
10 Feb 1979	WaverleyCentral Reserve South Oval, Glen Waverley	4/195 v 3/281d	DrawnDrawn.
24 Feb 1979	FootscrayFitzroy Cricket Ground	7/139 v 8/139d	TiedTied on first innings.
10 Mar 1979	North MelbourneNorth Melbourne Cricket Ground	7/301d v 254	WonFitzroy won on first innings.

3 players played their first game for the club this season, in the order they appeared.

Player	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	Ct
GM Watts	14	16	4	417	100*	34.75	1	1	7
RW Brentnall	15	14	1	366	91	28.15		1	8
RW Watts	13	12	3	289	101	32.11	1	1	1
IL Dunne	15	15	1	213	34	15.21			7
PW White	12	12	0	181	46	15.08			3
TW MacDonald	15	11	0	172	50	15.64		1	5
RF Considine	9	11	3	158	49*	19.75
AJ Melbourne	15	12	7	126	34*	25.20			4
GC Sholly	10	8	0	94	50	11.75		1
G Hayes	1	1	1	65	65*	–		1
DP Rumble	14	9	3	62	20*	10.33			22
SK Smith	15	7	4	39	12*	13.00			4
LA Hathaway	6	5	1	30	22	7.50
DC Trickey	3	3	0	12	6	4.00
GR Whitelaw	7	3	2	10	9*	10.00
McDonald	1	0	0	0	–	–
CM Reardon	1	0	0	0	–	–			2

Player	Overs	M	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Best	5wI
SK Smith	163	26	493	34	14.50	5/30	2
RW Watts	153.4	14	650	21	30.95	2/11
AJ Melbourne	136	28	409	17	24.06	4/81
TW MacDonald	70.7	7	280	8	35.00	2/21
GR Whitelaw	39.5	6	149	6	24.83	2/35
RW Brentnall	35	1	163	5	32.60	2/34
G Hayes	2	2	0	0	–	0/0
GM Watts	1	0	3	0	–	0/3
GC Sholly	7	2	15	0	–	0/1
McDonald	10	2	31	0	–	0/31

Eight-ball overs this season.