Alan Melbourne✅

Played 1974-75 – 1997-98

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Player records

🏆1st XI Premiers (1993-94)

Off the field

🪑Hall of Fame Committee (2026-27)

Career totals

Career

215

Games

Seasons

1974-75 – 1997-98

Played

Batting

166

Innings

Not outs

1,641

Runs

High score

15.63

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

250

Wickets

5/53

Best bowling

31.31

Average

5-fors

2900.3 + 239.4 (8-ball)

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1974-75 to 1997-98 · 215 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 1979: 3 and 0/53 v Richmond in 1990: 11* and 1/37 v University

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1974-75	4	9	4	2.25	9	1	1/26	4
1975-76	4	15	10*	15.00	20	3	2/17	2
1976-77	5	16	6*	5.33	38.4	4	1/3	2
1977-78	3	80	47	26.67	36	5	4/27	2
1978-79	15	126	34*	25.20	136	17	4/81	4
1979-80	14	148	58*	18.50	137	9	3/34	4
1980-81	14	123	52*	17.57	70	1	1/30	1
1981-82	10	72	20*	10.29	82.4	12	5/66	3
1982-83	11	133	46	13.30	127	6	2/29	5
1983-84	3	5	3*	–	14	0	0/2
1985-86	2	32	24*	32.00	6	1	1/25	1
1986-87	2	32	17	16.00	29	0	0/37	1
1988-89	4	62	28	20.67	30	4	2/35
1989-90	5	21	14*	10.50	116	7	3/60	2
1990-91	12	147	48	18.38	270	19	4/42	3
1991-92	11	74	35	9.25	205.1	16	3/32	3
1992-93	13	129	25	25.80	186.2	15	4/46	3
1993-94	18	85	33	28.33	426	38	4/56	4
1994-95	17	45	13*	5.63	277.2	15	4/89	4
1995-96	16	61	34*	12.20	369.3	32	5/53	2
1996-97	16	203	70	29.00	325.5	20	3/30	6
1997-98	16	23	9*	4.60	228.4	25	4/12	6
Career	215	1,641	70	15.63		250	5/53	62

Every scorecard · 215

1974-75	v Essendon	2	1/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Ringwood	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Prahran	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Melbourne	0	0/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Footscray	dnb	1/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Collingwood	0 & 3*	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Carlton	2*	0/57	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Richmond	10*	2/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Northcote	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v St Kilda	6*	1/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Waverley	2	1/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	3	1/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Ringwood	dnb	1/18 & 0/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Essendon	13	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Collingwood	47	4/27 & 1/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v St Kilda	20	0/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Melbourne	dnb	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Prahran	11*	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Richmond	dnb	0/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Ringwood	8*	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Northcote	5	3/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Carlton	9	2/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Essendon	33* & 1*	0/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v University	5	1/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Collingwood	dnb	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v St Kilda	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v South Melbourne	34*	1/14 & 3/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Waverley	dnb	0/49	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Footscray	14*	2/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v North Melbourne	5*	4/81	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Carlton	6	1/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Waverley	1	0/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Richmond	3	0/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Ringwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v North Melbourne	39	1/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Footscray	21	2/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	4	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Northcote	1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Essendon	dnb	1/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Collingwood	4	0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Prahran	0	1/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Melbourne	58*	0/56	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v University	9*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v South Melbourne	2*	3/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Collingwood	10*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v University	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Carlton	4 & 0	0/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Melbourne	9*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Prahran	7	0/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Footscray	52*	0/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Northcote	2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v North Melbourne	dnb	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Richmond	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Ringwood	13	0/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	11*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v South Melbourne	7* & 6	0/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v St Kilda	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Waverley	dnb	1/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Waverley	1	5/66	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Essendon	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Collingwood	5 & 20*	0/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Footscray	3 & 4*	3/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v North Melbourne	9*	1/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	8*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Carlton	7	1/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Northcote	4	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v South Melbourne	10	1/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v St Kilda	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Essendon	23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Northcote	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v St Kilda	dnb	1/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v University	2	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Collingwood	4	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Carlton	2 & 17*	0/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Prahran	10	2/29 & 0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Waverley	6	2/59	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Footscray	5	1/107	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Ringwood	46	0/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v South Melbourne	4	0/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Melbourne	3*	0/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Prahran	2*	0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Waverley	–	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v North Melbourne-Geelong	24*	1/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Footscray	8 & 0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Waverley	15	0/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Northcote	17	0/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v University	25	1/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v St Kilda	28	2/35 & 1/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Waverley	9	0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v University	0	1/12 & 3/60	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Footscray	14*	2/56	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Ringwood	4*	1/56	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Richmond	1*	0/89	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Collingwood	2	0/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v University	11*	1/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Prahran	48	3/98	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Footscray	5	1/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Ringwood	dnb	2/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v South Melbourne	12	4/42 & 0/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Carlton	6	1/61	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Melbourne	28	0/49	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v North Melbourne	0*	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Richmond	22*	2/110	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Waverley-Dandenong	0 & 11*	4/49	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v St Kilda	2	1/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Essendon	2	0/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Carlton	2	1/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Hawthorn	1*	0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v South Melbourne	22	3/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Footscray	dnb	2/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v North Melbourne	35	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Richmond	0	1/56	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Collingwood	1	3/32 & 1/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Essendon	4	0/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Northcote	dnb	3/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v St Kilda	9	1/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v University	0	1/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Essendon	dnb	1/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Carlton	dnb	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Collingwood	dnb	0/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v South Melbourne	20	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Melbourne	22	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Northcote	25	1/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v St Kilda	dnb	2/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Dandenong-Waverley	15*	1/81	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Hawthorn	24	1/73	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v North Melbourne	dnb	1/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Footscray	dnb	1/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Ringwood	23	4/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v University	dnb	3/37 & 0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v St Kilda	dnb	1/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Richmond	dnb	1/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Northcote	0*	3/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Frankston Peninsula	dnb	0/50	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Footscray	dnb	2/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Essendon	dnb	4/56	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Carlton	1*	2/12 & 2/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v South Melbourne	11*	4/94	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Ringwood	dnb	2/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Prahran	dnb	0/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v North Melbourne	dnb	3/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Melbourne	33	2/95 & 1/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Geelong	dnb	1/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Dandenong-Waverley	9	3/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Collingwood	9	2/85	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v University	20*	3/75	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Ringwood	2*	2/85	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Melbourne	dnb	0/78	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Collingwood	4	1/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v University	8	1/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v St Kilda	dnb	0/61	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Richmond	2	0/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Northcote	dnb	0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Frankston Peninsula	dnb	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Hawthorn Waverley	10	0/57	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Footscray	2	1/57	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Essendon	dnb	3/87	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Carlton	0	1/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v South Melbourne	dnb	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Ringwood	2*	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Prahran	dnb	0/86	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v North Melbourne	4	4/89	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Melbourne	0	0/108	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Geelong	13*	2/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Dandenong	dnb	1/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Dandenong	dnb	0/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Collingwood	7*	1/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v University	dnb	1/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v St Kilda	1*	3/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Northcote	0	1/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Frankston Peninsula	34*	4/66	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Hawthorn Waverley	0	1/67	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Footscray	12	0/60	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Essendon	0*	1/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Carlton	dnb	2/70	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v South Melbourne	dnb	5/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Ringwood	dnb	3/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Prahran	dnb	1/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v North Melbourne	7	2/65	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Melbourne	0	4/98	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Geelong	dnb	3/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Melbourne	6*	3/88	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Geelong	10*	0/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Dandenong	30*	1/76	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Camberwell Magpies	7*	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v University	12*	1/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v St Kilda	10	3/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Richmond	13	0/49	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Northcote	13	1/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Frankston Peninsula	6*	0/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Hawthorn Waverley	5	1/71	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Footscray	8	2/90	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Essendon	11	2/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Carlton	2*	3/79	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v South Melbourne	dnb	0/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Ringwood	dnb	3/30 & 0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Prahran	70	0/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Frankston Peninsula	dnb	2/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Hawthorn Waverley	dnb	2/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Footscray	1	0/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Carlton	9*	2/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Essendon	3	2/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Ringwood	dnb	1/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Prahran	dnb	2/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v North Melbourne	0	1/67	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Melbourne	5*	2/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Geelong	dnb	4/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Dandenong	dnb	0/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Camberwell Magpies	dnb	2/49	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v University	1	1/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v St Kilda	0*	1/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Richmond	dnb	1/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Northcote	4	2/27	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Essendon, 1974-75
First fifty58*v Melbourne, 1979-80
First five-for5/66v Waverley, 1981-82
Highest score70v Prahran, 1996-97
Best bowling5/53v South Melbourne, 1995-96
Last matchMatch 215v Northcote, 1997-98

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.

Against each club

Sort by


Kingston Hawthorn	20	101	24	7.77		15	47.07	5/66	1
Footscray	16	149	52*	16.56	1	20	36.55	3/26
Camberwell Magpies	15	123	47	13.67		15	26.40	4/27
Ringwood	15	102	46	25.50		19	22.00	4/46
Northcote	15	90	25	10.00		15	21.60	3/31
St Kilda	15	77	28	11.00		17	27.24	3/42
Melbourne University	14	95	25	11.88		18	27.94	3/37
Essendon	14	92	33*	13.14		15	28.80	4/56
Carlton	14	67	17*	7.44		18	29.89	3/79
Melbourne	13	164	58*	27.33	1	12	57.67	4/98
Prahran	12	151	70	25.17	1	10	43.00	3/98
Casey South Melbourne	12	128	34*	21.33		25	18.96	5/53	1
Greenvale Kanagaroos	12	123	39	24.60		18	27.94	4/81
Richmond	11	51	22*	10.20		7	76.43	2/17
Dandenong	7	65	30*	32.50		10	36.70	4/49
Frankston Peninsula	5	40	34*	–		6	28.67	4/66
Geelong	5	23	13*	–		10	14.40	4/12

Clubs that merged are counted as one, under today's name. Tap a heading to sort; open a club for every match against it.

Splits

By batting position

Pos	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
2	1	1	2	2*	–
3	2	1	37	33	37.00
4	2	1	3	2	3.00
5	1	0	5	5	5.00
6	13	5	132	52*	16.50	1	1
7	28	7	197	25	9.38		5
8	60	20	674	58*	16.85	1	5
9	46	17	484	70	16.69	1	5
10	12	8	107	25	26.75

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Top order (1–3)	3	2	39	33	39.00
Middle order (4–7)	44	13	337	52*	10.87	1	6
Lower order (8–11)	118	45	1,265	70	17.33	2	10

Batted most often at 8th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks16
1–987
10–1928
20–2916
30–4910
50–993
100+0

Turned 0 of 3 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 5.3% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 7 times.

Dismissals

Caught61 · 58%
Bowled19 · 18%
LBW10 · 10%
Run out8 · 8%
Caught & bowled5 · 5%
Stumped2 · 2%

Most often dismissed by: Smith (3), Gill (3), Dodemaide (3), Corbett (3), Gott (2).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
In wins	55	28	642	70	23.78	2	2
In losses	92	25	828	58*	12.36	1	11
In draws	15	5	147	24	14.70		3
In ties	3	2	24	14*	24.00

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	80	123	23.93	1.5
In losses	83	98	36.19	1.2
In draws	26	27	47.22	1.0
In ties	3	2	31.00	0.7

Scored 50+: the side won 2 of 3 (67%), lost 1.
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 1 of 2 (50%), lost 1.
Every other match: the side won 87 of 210 (41%), lost 90.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Batting first	79	21	769	58*	13.26	1	6
Batting second	77	32	810	70	18.00	2	9
Second innings of the match	9	7	62	20*	31.00		1

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Schramms Reserve	65	39	508	70	18.14	91	32.69	4/12
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	40	38	372	52*	16.17	24	36.13	4/27
Central Reserve South Oval	10	7	34	15	5.67	12	33.17	5/66
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	9	8	55	25	9.17	10	15.70	3/31
Russell Lucas Oval	8	5	92	46	30.67	10	20.90	4/46
Toorak Park	8	5	79	48	19.75	9	29.78	3/98
Western Oval	7	7	52	21	13.00	11	21.45	3/26
St Kilda Cricket Ground	7	5	31	20	10.33	6	47.50	3/51
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	6	7	94	34*	23.50	12	21.25	4/42
Richmond Cricket Ground	6	6	29	13	7.25	3	98.00	2/17
University Oval	6	5	29	12*	9.67	8	26.50	3/60
Victoria Park	6	4	30	10*	15.00	3	57.67	2/85
Essendon Cricket Ground	6	3	20	13	6.67	7	20.86	4/56
Carlton Cricket Ground	5	6	19	7	3.80	3	66.33	1/20
Shepley Oval	5	4	35	15*	17.50	8	29.63	4/49
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	3	9	5*	9.00	9	26.56	4/81
Albert Ground	4	4	99	58*	99.00	5	45.40	2/38
Hedges Oval	2	2	11	11	11.00	3	19.33	2/23
Kardinia Oval	2	2	23	13*	–	2	30.50	2/37
Glenferrie Oval	2	2	12	8*	12.00	–	–	0/15
AH Butler Oval	2	1	6	6*	–	–	–	0/17
Xavier College	1	1	0	0	0.00	4	24.50	4/98
Leckie Park Oval	1	1	2	2*	–	3	26.33	3/79
Harry Trott Oval (new)	1	0	0	–	–	5	10.60	5/53
Camberwell Sports Ground	1	0	0	–	–	2	24.50	2/49

Wickets taken

Caught158 · 63%
Bowled47 · 19%
Stumped18 · 7%
Caught & bowled14 · 6%
LBW13 · 5%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)79 · 32%
Middle order (4–7)130 · 52%
Lower order (8–11)41 · 16%

2 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 5/30 v Collingwood, 1977-78. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1974-75 to 1997-98: 16th of 111 for runs, 3rd of 77 for wickets, 5th of 115 for matches, 13th of 99 for catches, 41st of 58 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy-Doncaster: 36th of 184 for runs, 7th of 135 for wickets, 14th of 197 for matches, 25th of 167 for catches, 60th of 81 for batting average.

Played like…

E Alavi2011-12 to 2026-27 · 244 m · 2,361 runs · 344 wkts
BJ Waterman2000-01 to 2010-11 · 161 m · 1,658 runs · 284 wkts
HJ Plant1927-28 to 1947-48 · 192 m · 3,335 runs · 317 wkts
JP Fagg2002-03 to 2013-14 · 159 m · 267 runs · 235 wkts

The careers nearest Melbourne’s in length, runs and wickets a match, average and the balance of batting to bowling.

Most often alongside

Matches in the same side, from the published cards.

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership Honour in his name Season away

1987-88: Doug Rumble Trophy — Best Clubman · 1993-94: premiership, Doug Rumble Trophy — Best Clubman · 1995-96: 1st XI Bowling

The arc

Alan Melbourne's best season with the bat was 1996-97: 203 runs from 14 innings at 29.00. The best ten-innings patch came in 1979-80 to 1980-81: 148 runs at 29.60. The leanest, 1993-94 to 1994-95: 34 runs at 4.25.

Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty58*	23 Feb 1980	v Melbourne, 1979-80
50th match7, 0/31	15 Nov 1980	v Prahran, 1980-81
First five-for5/66	10 Oct 1981	v Waverley, 1981-82
50th wicket1/45 took him to 50	6 Dec 1981	v Carlton, 1981-82
100th match2/31	15 Dec 1990	v Ringwood, 1990-91
1,000th run22* took him to 1,006	9 Feb 1991	v Richmond, 1990-91
100th wicket1/2 took him to 100	25 Jan 1992	v Collingwood, 1991-92
150th wicket3/43 took him to 151	19 Feb 1994	v Dandenong-Waverley, 1993-94
150th match0/78	25 Mar 1994	v Melbourne, 1993-94
200th wicket4/98 took him to 202	9 Mar 1996	v Melbourne, 1995-96
200th match2/18	4 Oct 1997	v Frankston Peninsula, 1997-98
250th wicket2/27 took him to 250	7 Mar 1998	v Northcote, 1997-98

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings: from v University, 1988-89 to v St Kilda, 1988-89 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 47 matches: from v Footscray, 1993-94 to v Geelong, 1995-96 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 11 matches: from v Northcote, 1992-93 to v Northcote, 1993-94 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 6 matches bowled in: from v Carlton, 1980-81 to v South Melbourne, 1980-81 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings: from v Essendon, 1974-75 to v Collingwood, 1975-76 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
70	v Prahran, 1996-97	Won
58*	v Melbourne, 1979-80	Lost
52*	v Footscray, 1980-81	Won
48	v Prahran, 1990-91	Lost
47	v Collingwood, 1977-78	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
5/53	v South Melbourne, 1995-96	Won
5/66	v Waverley, 1981-82	Lost
4/12	v Geelong, 1997-98	Won
4/27	v Collingwood, 1977-78	Won
4/42	v South Melbourne, 1990-91	Lost

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Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 22 seasons: at 8th in 9, at 9th in 6, at 7th in 4, at 6th in 2, at 10th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1974-75	6	4	2.25
1975-76	7	4	15.00
1976-77	7	4	5.33
1977-78	6	3	26.67
1978-79	9	12	25.20
1979-80	8	12	18.50
1980-81	7	13	17.57
1981-82	8	11	10.29
1982-83	8	11	13.30
1983-84	8	2	–
1985-86	7	3	32.00
1986-87	8	2	16.00
1988-89	8	3	20.67
1989-90	9	5	10.50
1990-91	8	12	18.38
1991-92	8	9	9.25
1992-93	9	6	25.80
1993-94	9	8	28.33
1994-95	9	10	5.63
1995-96	8	9	12.20
1996-97	9	14	29.00
1997-98	10	8	4.60

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	105	77	26	880	70	17.25	115	33.41
Away	110	88	34	761	58*	14.09	135	29.53

Home taken as the ground the club played at most in each season: Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Schramms Reserve.

By day

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Saturday	192	149	53	1,539	70	16.03	229	31.66
Sunday	8	5	2	22	9	7.33	5	25.80
Weekday	15	11	5	80	25	13.33	16	28.13

Format

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Two-day	203	157	54	1,578	70	15.32	233	32.33
Unknown format	12	8	6	63	12*	31.50	17	17.35

Two-day when a side batted twice, the game was drawn or the card says so; one-day when the card says so.

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	32	21	8	137	23	10.54	26	36.73
Nov	44	35	15	450	52*	22.50	51	27.65
Dec	24	23	7	171	33*	10.69	27	33.93
Jan	45	32	13	242	34*	12.74	55	28.09
Feb	45	35	10	420	58*	16.80	50	38.24
Mar	25	19	7	221	70	18.42	41	26.59

Finals

2Finals played

2Runs

2Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	213	164	59	1,639	70	15.61	248	30.91
Finals	2	1	1	2	2*	–	2	81.50

Favourite victims

RP Larkin × 4
CI Sheedy × 3
CM McKenzie × 3
GJ Allardice × 3
KJ Neville × 3
MJ Hansen × 3
NR Strong × 3
RI Templeton × 3

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1974-75	4	4
1975-76	4	2
1976-77	5	2
1977-78	3	2
1978-79	15	4
1979-80	14	4
1980-81	14	1
1981-82	10	3
1982-83	11	5
1983-84	3
1985-86	2	1
1986-87	2	1
1988-89	4
1989-90	5	2
1990-91	12	3
1991-92	11	3
1992-93	13	3
1993-94	18	4
1994-95	17	4
1995-96	16	2
1996-97	16	6
1997-98	16	6

Caught most off

AJ Melbourne × 14
SK Smith × 8
MW Ridgway × 5
DR Hampton × 4
AL Thomson × 3
EP Illingworth × 2

Career figures combine what's recorded live in Morrie with the club's own historical records — averages are shown only where there's enough real data to be honest about.

Alan Melbourne✅

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