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Bob Bitmead

Played 1961-62 – 1971-72

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🏆1st XI Premiers (1966-67)State RepresentativeAustralian Touring Team

Career totals

Career

82

Games

11

Seasons

1961-62 – 1971-72

Played

Batting

77

Innings

7

Not outs

1,203

Runs

87

High score

17.19

Average

5

50s

0

100s

Bowling

176

Wickets

5/12

Best bowling

15.17

Average

5

5-fors

2,671

Overs

Fielding

42

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1961-62 to 1971-72 · 81 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 1962: 1/22 and 2 ct v Carlton

SeasonMRunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1961-625822816.4071135/243
1962-631252135.78158.1305/227
1963-64141858218.50196.1385/1214
1964-65135388733.63124.4233/245
1965-66132594616.19144.1325/276
1966-6741376.504554/192
1967-6871894.5093.7164/311
1968-69822154.40110.1144/553
1970-711262626.001833/21
1971-724884.004322/511
Career811,2038717.191765/1242
Every scorecard · 81
1961-62v Essendon171/0 & 0/12Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62v Northcote133/13 & 5/24Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62v Collingwood01/33Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62v Richmond241/22Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62v St Kilda282/62Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63v St Kildadnb2/21Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63v Melbourne00/33Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63v Richmond12/7Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63v Carltondnb1/22Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63v Essendon45/37 & 1/14Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63v University102/43Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63v South Melbourne11/47Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63v North Melbourne134/39Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63v Prahran5*3/38Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63v Northcote12 & 05/22 & 1/30Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63v Footscray62/63Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63v Hawthorn-East Melbournednb1/33Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64v South Melbourne5 & 181/9Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64v North Melbournednb2/18Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64v Prahrandnb4/20 & 0/3Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64v Collingwooddnb5/12Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64v Northcotednb1/6 & 0/19Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64v Footscray214/50 & 1/38Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64v Hawthorn-East Melbourne6 & 12*3/38 & 1/20Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64v St Kilda5 & 103/34Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64v Melbourne20*4/58Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64v Richmond31/17Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64v Carlton00/6 & 3/35Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64v Universitydnb1/21 & 1/13Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64v Melbourne823/43Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64v Essendon0 & 3*0/52Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v Melbourne18 & 81/5 & 0/4Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v St Kilda30 & 313/24 & 2/14Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v Footscray213/46Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v Northcote22/18Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v Collingwood433/34Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v Prahran40–Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v North Melbourne610/35Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v Essendon631/12Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v University283/52Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v South Melbourne870/11Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v Carlton841/26Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v Richmond172/23Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v Hawthorn-East Melbourne5 & 02/24Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v Footscray25/27 & 0/11Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v Northcote43/23 & 0/14Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v Collingwood142/26 & 0/3Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v Prahran292/17Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v North Melbourne0 & 120/12Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v South Melbourne11–Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v University11 & 311/12Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v Essendon452/45Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v Carlton61/14Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v Richmond04/1Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v Melbourne44/30Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v St Kilda12 & 324/23Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v Hawthorn-East Melbourne464/63Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67v Prahran74/19 & 1/30Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67v Collingwood60/15Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67v Hawthorn-East Melbournednb0/34Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67v Melbournednb0/28Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68v Prahran00/43Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68v St Kilda11/5 & 1/25Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68v Richmond7*4/31Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68v Melbourne0*3/28Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68v Hawthorn-East Melbourne93/57Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68v Northcotednb1/43Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68v Collingwood13/11 & 0/36Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69v South Melbourne24/55Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69v Melbourne15–Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69v Hawthorn-East Melbournednb2/12 & 1/33Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69v Northcotednb1/52Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69v North Melbourne4*3/29Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69v Carlton01/73Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69v Footscray11/25Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69v Prahran01/34Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71v Carlton263/21Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72v Hawthorn-East Melbourne02/51Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72v Footscray80/30Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72v Prahrandnb0/17Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72v Richmonddnb0/58Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Essendon, 1961-62
  2. First fifty82v Melbourne, 1963-64
  3. First five-for5/24v Northcote, 1961-62
  4. Highest score87v South Melbourne, 1964-65
  5. Best bowling5/12v Collingwood, 1963-64
  6. Last matchMatch 81v Richmond, 1971-72

Runs by season

1961-62: 82 runs8261-621962-63: 52 runs521963-64: 185 runs18563-641964-65: 538 runs5381965-66: 259 runs25965-661966-67: 13 runs131967-68: 18 runs1867-681968-69: 22 runs221970-71: 26 runs2670-711971-72: 8 runs8

Wickets by season

1961-62: 13 wickets1361-621962-63: 30 wickets301963-64: 38 wickets3863-641964-65: 23 wickets231965-66: 32 wickets3265-661966-67: 5 wickets51967-68: 16 wickets1667-681968-69: 14 wickets141970-71: 3 wickets370-711971-72: 2 wickets2

Every innings, in order

87501961-62 v Essendon: 171961-62 v Northcote: 131961-62 v Collingwood: 01961-62 v Richmond: 241961-62 v St Kilda: 281962-63 v Melbourne: 01962-63 v Richmond: 11962-63 v Essendon: 41962-63 v University: 101962-63 v South Melbourne: 11962-63 v North Melbourne: 131962-63 v Prahran: 5*1962-63 v Northcote: 121962-63 v Northcote: 01962-63 v Footscray: 61963-64 v South Melbourne: 51963-64 v South Melbourne: 181963-64 v Footscray: 211963-64 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 61963-64 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 12*1963-64 v St Kilda: 51963-64 v St Kilda: 101963-64 v Melbourne: 20*1963-64 v Richmond: 31963-64 v Carlton: 01963-64 v Melbourne: 821963-64 v Essendon: 01963-64 v Essendon: 3*1964-65 v Melbourne: 181964-65 v Melbourne: 81964-65 v St Kilda: 301964-65 v St Kilda: 311964-65 v Footscray: 211964-65 v Northcote: 21964-65 v Collingwood: 431964-65 v Prahran: 401964-65 v North Melbourne: 611964-65 v Essendon: 631964-65 v University: 281964-65 v South Melbourne: 871964-65 v Carlton: 841964-65 v Richmond: 171964-65 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 51964-65 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 01965-66 v Footscray: 21965-66 v Northcote: 41965-66 v Collingwood: 141965-66 v Prahran: 291965-66 v North Melbourne: 01965-66 v North Melbourne: 121965-66 v South Melbourne: 111965-66 v University: 111965-66 v University: 311965-66 v Essendon: 451965-66 v Carlton: 61965-66 v Richmond: 01965-66 v Melbourne: 41965-66 v St Kilda: 121965-66 v St Kilda: 321965-66 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 461966-67 v Prahran: 71966-67 v Collingwood: 61967-68 v Prahran: 01967-68 v St Kilda: 11967-68 v Richmond: 7*1967-68 v Melbourne: 0*1967-68 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 91967-68 v Collingwood: 11968-69 v South Melbourne: 21968-69 v Melbourne: 151968-69 v North Melbourne: 4*1968-69 v Carlton: 01968-69 v Footscray: 11968-69 v Prahran: 01970-71 v Carlton: 261971-72 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 01971-72 v Footscray: 8

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

Against each club

Melbourne81478224.5011515.274/30
Prahran8814016.201514.734/19
Kingston Hawthorn8784613.001919.214/63
Richmond7522410.401411.364/1
Northcote731136.202212.005/222
St Kilda61493218.631811.564/23
Carlton61168423.2011019.703/21
Camberwell Magpies6644312.801412.145/121
Footscray659219.831618.135/271
Essendon51326326.4011017.205/371
Casey South Melbourne51248720.671620.334/55
Greenvale Kanagaroos5906122.501914.784/39
Melbourne University4803120.00817.633/52

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
PosInnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
12906918723.8343
23022217.331
410181818.00
52016128.00
630784626.001
7411484.671
81101152610.454
91732038214.5011
106226106.501
11112020*–
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Top order (1–3)3207138722.2844
Middle order (4–7)1011264614.002
Lower order (8–11)3563648212.5516

Batted most often at 1st.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks12
  • 1–927
  • 10–1916
  • 20–298
  • 30–498
  • 50–995
  • 100+0

Turned 0 of 5 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 8.7% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 8 times.

Dismissals
  • Caught32 · 46%
  • Bowled20 · 29%
  • LBW6 · 9%
  • Run out5 · 7%
  • Caught & bowled3 · 4%
  • Stumped2 · 3%
  • Hit wicket2 · 3%

Most often dismissed by: Jones (3), Walker (2), Grant (2), Seal (2), Paterson (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
In wins3446508721.6743
In losses3734828414.1818
In draws4027156.751
In ties20443222.00
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins399713.392.5
In losses316917.332.2
In draws7625.500.9
In ties145.754.0
  • Scored 50+: the side won 4 of 5 (80%), lost 1.
  • Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 2 of 5 (40%), lost 3.
  • Every other match: the side won 35 of 71 (49%), lost 27.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Batting first3323344510.776
Batting second3337128723.7354
Second innings of the match1121573217.442
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground39355346117.239014.895/24
Albert Ground781548222.00637.833/43
Western Oval4432218.001116.455/27
Victoria Park4315145.001111.005/12
Carlton Cricket Ground431108436.67623.673/21
Glenferrie Oval431494.67624.673/57
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote3314124.67913.565/22
Richmond Cricket Ground33107*5.0095.444/1
Toorak Park33524026.00810.884/19
St Kilda Cricket Ground24593214.7578.144/23
Essendon Cricket Ground22676333.5079.005/37
University Oval22423121.00315.331/12
North Melbourne Cricket Ground2212126.00215.002/18
South Melbourne Cricket Ground22888744.00158.001/47
Wickets taken
  • Bowled72 · 41%
  • Caught58 · 33%
  • LBW25 · 14%
  • Stumped18 · 10%
  • Caught & bowled2 · 1%
  • Hit wicket1 · 1%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)32 · 18%
  • Middle order (4–7)77 · 44%
  • Lower order (8–11)67 · 38%

5 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 8/37 v Northcote, 1961-62. 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 1961-62 to 1971-72: 14th of 64 for runs, 4th of 43 for wickets, 16th of 67 for matches, 16th of 58 for catches, 20th of 38 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 43rd of 321 for runs, 15th of 172 for wickets, 40th of 345 for matches, 37th of 279 for catches, 73rd of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • TL Lawford2015-16 to 2018-19 · 77 m · 1,327 runs · 193 wkts
  • K Cant1949-50 to 1952-53 · 41 m · 703 runs · 93 wkts
  • MW Ridgway1989-90 to 1992-93 · 56 m · 788 runs · 150 wkts
  • CBD Street1999-00 to 2005-06 · 126 m · 1,544 runs · 266 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1961-62: 5 matches, 82 runs, 13 wickets · 1st XI Bowling1961-621962-63: 12 matches, 52 runs, 30 wickets · 1st XI Bowling1962-631963-64: 14 matches, 185 runs, 38 wickets · 1st XI Bowling1963-641964-65: 13 matches, 538 runs, 23 wickets1964-651965-66: 13 matches, 259 runs, 32 wickets · 1st XI Bowling1965-661966-67: 4 matches, 13 runs, 5 wickets1966-671967-68: 7 matches, 18 runs, 16 wickets · 1st XI Bowling1967-681968-69: 8 matches, 22 runs, 14 wickets1968-691969-70: did not play1969-701970-71: 1 match, 26 runs, 3 wickets1970-711971-72: 4 matches, 8 runs, 2 wickets1971-72

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

1961-62: 1st XI Bowling · 1962-63: 1st XI Bowling · 1963-64: 1st XI Bowling · 1965-66: 1st XI Bowling · 1967-68: 1st XI Bowling

The arc

Bob Bitmead's best season with the bat was 1964-65: 538 runs from 16 innings at 33.63. The best ten-innings patch came in 1964-65: 460 runs at 46.00. The leanest, 1967-68 to 1968-69: 39 runs at 5.57.

Rolling average, innings 5 to 77: 5.6 to 46.046.0

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First five-for5/2410 Feb 1962v Northcote, 1961-62
50th wicket4/20 took him to 502 Nov 1963v Prahran, 1963-64
First fifty8214 Mar 1964v Melbourne, 1963-64
100th wicket1/26 took him to 1006 Feb 1965v Carlton, 1964-65
50th match1127 Nov 1965v South Melbourne, 1965-66
1,000th run45 took him to 1,0168 Jan 1966v Essendon, 1965-66
150th wicket3/28 took him to 15016 Dec 1967v Melbourne, 1967-68

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 7 innings
from v Collingwood, 1964-65 to v Carlton, 1964-65 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 31 matches
from v University, 1963-64 to v Collingwood, 1966-67 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 23 matches
from v Richmond, 1962-63 to v Melbourne, 1963-64 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 4 matches bowled in
from v Collingwood, 1966-67 to v Prahran, 1967-68 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 7 innings
from v Prahran, 1966-67 to v South Melbourne, 1968-69 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111961-62: 8 (5 inns, avg 16.40)1962-63: 9 (10 inns, avg 5.78)1963-64: 9 (13 inns, avg 18.50)1964-65: 1 (16 inns, avg 33.63)1965-66: 1 (16 inns, avg 16.19)1966-67: 1 (2 inns, avg 6.50)1967-68: 9 (6 inns, avg 4.50)1968-69: 2 (6 inns, avg 4.40)1970-71: 8 (1 inns, avg 26.00)1971-72: 6 (2 inns, avg 4.00)196119631965196719701971

Moved about the order across 10 seasons: opened in 4, at 9th in 3, at 8th in 2, at 6th in 1.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1961-628516.40
1962-639105.78
1963-6491318.50
1964-6511633.63
1965-6611616.19
1966-67126.50
1967-68964.50
1968-69264.40
1970-718126.00
1971-72624.00
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home393545346117.239014.89
Away424236698717.158615.48

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday717061,0748416.7815315.97
Weekday10711298721.50239.91
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct181801893110.503515.37
Nov211421924316.004513.33
Dec6821316121.831122.64
Jan171622106315.003616.42
Feb101202678722.253110.94
Mar9912148226.751819.67
Finals
4Finals played
137Runs · avg 34.25
6Wickets
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home and away777261,0668716.1517014.66
Finals4511378234.25629.83
Favourite victims
  1. PM Hosking × 4
  2. BK Jones × 3
  3. KW Dearing × 3
  4. B Mackenzie × 2
  5. CF Fildes × 2
  6. DC McClean × 2
  7. DH Foster × 2
  8. EAN Thomson × 2
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. EP Illingworth × 23
  2. AL Thomson × 3
  3. LJ Davison × 3
  4. D Ashworth × 2
  5. J Potter × 2
  6. RC Bitmead × 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.

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