1996-97 season report

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

Played

Won

Lost

Drawn

3,614

Runs for

3,913

Runs against

Honours

1st XI BattingG Watts

1st XI BowlingA Muir

Doug Rumble Trophy — Best ClubmanS Helmot

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

Most runs: GM Watts 728 at 42.82. Most wickets: AS Muir 23 at 29.35.

Batting averages

Player	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	Ct
GM Watts	16	17	0	728	146	42.82	3	1	5
BA Joyce	16	17	2	591	86	39.40		5	11
LJ Watts	16	16	3	424	77	32.62		5	5
AP Mulcahy	15	16	1	385	76	25.67		2	5
A Cavigan	13	13	1	264	50	22.00		1	2
AJ Melbourne	16	14	7	203	70	29.00		1	6
AB Dyer	13	11	1	150	44	15.00			16
DR Plumpton	7	7	2	136	41*	27.20			3
DR Hampton	11	11	0	126	51	11.45		1	2
MR Hague	8	7	0	114	48	16.29			3
DA Sampimon	8	8	0	67	24	8.38			3
AS Muir	15	9	2	60	27	8.57			1
JJ King	11	6	4	30	18*	15.00			2
NJ Walker	3	2	1	24	18	24.00			3
SG Siede	1	1	1	16	16*	–
SD Hubber	6	2	1	7	4*	7.00			5
TA Smith	1	1	0	3	3	3.00

Bowling averages

Player	Overs	M	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Best	5wI
AS Muir	224.3	51	675	23	29.35	6/49	1
AJ Melbourne	325.5	106	769	20	38.45	3/30
SD Hubber	106.4	26	298	15	19.87	6/41	1
DR Hampton	194.5	40	616	15	41.07	6/72	1
JJ King	172	36	480	13	36.92	5/31	1
MR Hague	115	31	317	8	39.63	3/34
A Cavigan	27.2	3	150	6	25.00	3/35
GM Watts	20	0	98	5	19.60	3/43
DR Plumpton	63	14	209	5	41.80	3/62
DA Sampimon	17	0	68	2	34.00	1/12
AB Dyer	5	1	6	1	6.00	1/1
BA Joyce	14	5	19	1	19.00	1/12
AP Mulcahy	3	0	4	0	–	0/1
LJ Watts	4	0	23	0	–	0/2
SG Siede	9	2	44	0	–	0/44

Results

Date	Opponent	Scores	Result
5 Oct 1996	North MelbourneNorth Melbourne Cricket Ground		No resultMatch abandoned.
12 Oct 1996	MelbourneSchramms Reserve, Doncaster	7/247d v 5/256	LostMelbourne won on first innings.
26 Oct 1996	GeelongKardinia Oval, Geelong	7/182 v 9/189	LostGeelong won by 7 runs.
2 Nov 1996	DandenongSchramms Reserve, Doncaster	8/297 v 291	WonFitzroy-Doncaster won on first innings.
5 Nov 1996	Camberwell MagpiesSchramms Reserve, Doncaster	6/181 v 180	WonFitzroy-Doncaster won by 4 wickets.
16 Nov 1996	UniversityUniversity Oval, Parkville	7/197 v 6/220	LostUniversity won by 23 runs.
23 Nov 1996	St KildaSchramms Reserve, Doncaster	119 & 1/55 v 8/190d	LostSt Kilda won on first innings.
30 Nov 1996	RichmondRichmond Cricket Ground	8/215 v 239	DrawnDrawn.
14 Dec 1996	NorthcoteSchramms Reserve, Doncaster	219 v 3/261	LostNorthcote won on first innings.
21 Dec 1996	Frankston PeninsulaAH Butler Oval, Frankston	9/185 v 7/185	TiedMatch tied.
11 Jan 1997	Hawthorn WaverleySchramms Reserve, Doncaster	9/266d v 4/291	LostHawthorn Waverley won on first innings.
25 Jan 1997	FootscraySchramms Reserve, Doncaster	275 v 5/371d	LostFootscray won on first innings.
8 Feb 1997	EssendonHedges Oval, Maryborough	151 v 7/227	LostEssendon won by 76 runs.
15 Feb 1997	CarltonLeckie Park Oval, Alexandra	274 v 9/344	LostCarlton won on first innings.
22 Feb 1997	South MelbourneSchramms Reserve, Doncaster	5/326 v 201	WonFitzroy-Doncaster won on first innings.
8 Mar 1997	RingwoodRussell Lucas Oval, Ringwood	5/234d v 133 & 4/85	WonFitzroy-Doncaster won on first innings.
15 Mar 1997	PrahranSchramms Reserve, Doncaster	191 v 153 & 1/97	WonFitzroy-Doncaster won on first innings.