Brendan Joyce

Played 1989-90 – 2003-04

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Player records

🏆1st XI Premiers (1993-94)Jack Ryder Medal (1995-96)🏆1st XI Premiers (2001-02)👑 Captain

Career totals

Career

216

Games

Seasons

1989-90 – 2003-04

Played

Batting

223

Innings

Not outs

7,442

Runs

155

High score

39.38

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

1/12

Best bowling

43.00

Average

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1989-90 to 2003-04 · 216 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 2001: did not bat v Frankston Peninsula

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1989-90	2	35	26	35.00	–	–	–
1990-91	6	148	62	21.14	1	0	0/0	4
1991-92	6	53	19*	13.25	2	1	1/17	2
1992-93	13	264	102	26.40	–	–	–	2
1993-94	18	470	92*	52.22	2	0	0/0	10
1994-95	17	630	75	39.38	6	0	0/0	1
1995-96	16	915	155*	76.25	–	–	–	1
1996-97	16	591	86	39.40	14	1	1/12	11
1997-98	16	556	87	37.07	–	–	–	7
1998-99	17	572	115*	38.13	3	0	0/0	4
1999-00	17	301	104	20.07	2	0	0/2	8
2000-01	17	796	144*	49.75	–	–	–	6
2001-02	20	958	95	56.35	2	0	0/1	7
2002-03	19	737	102	36.85	–	–	–	6
2003-04	16	388	82	22.82	–	–	–	4
Career	216	7,414	155*	39.23		2	1/12	73

Every scorecard · 216

1989-90	v Essendon	9*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Northcote	26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Footscray	23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Carlton	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Richmond	62	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Waverley-Dandenong	8 & 5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v St Kilda	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Essendon	21	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v South Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v North Melbourne	1	1/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Prahran	19*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v St Kilda	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v University	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Essendon	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Carlton	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v South Melbourne	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Melbourne	7 & 5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Northcote	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v St Kilda	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Dandenong-Waverley	25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Hawthorn	32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v North Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Footscray	15*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Ringwood	47	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v University	102	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v St Kilda	11*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Richmond	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Northcote	20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Frankston Peninsula	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Footscray	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Essendon	dnb	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Carlton	40	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v South Melbourne	86	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Ringwood	8*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v North Melbourne	70*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Melbourne	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Geelong	26*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Dandenong-Waverley	48	0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Collingwood	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v University	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Ringwood	21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Melbourne	92*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Collingwood	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v University	57	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v St Kilda	33	0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Richmond	73	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Northcote	26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Frankston Peninsula	43	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Hawthorn Waverley	42	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Footscray	48	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Essendon	39	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Carlton	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v South Melbourne	38	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Ringwood	11	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Prahran	33*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v North Melbourne	68	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Melbourne	75	0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Geelong	21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Dandenong	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Dandenong	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Collingwood	28*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v University	100*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v St Kilda	85	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Northcote	55	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Frankston Peninsula	41	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Hawthorn Waverley	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Footscray	55	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Essendon	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Carlton	30*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v South Melbourne	102	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Ringwood	107	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Prahran	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v North Melbourne	155*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Melbourne	85	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Geelong	31	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Melbourne	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Geelong	59*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Dandenong	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Camberwell Magpies	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v University	52	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v St Kilda	3 & 21*	0/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Richmond	49	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Northcote	58	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Frankston Peninsula	23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Hawthorn Waverley	37	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Footscray	27	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Essendon	34	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Carlton	32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v South Melbourne	86	0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Ringwood	77	0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Prahran	4	1/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Frankston Peninsula	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Hawthorn Waverley	26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Footscray	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Carlton	40	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Essendon	23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Ringwood	31	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Prahran	28	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v North Melbourne	35	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Melbourne	85	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Geelong	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Dandenong	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Camberwell Magpies	20*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v University	23 & 3*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v St Kilda	87	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Richmond	82*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Northcote	0 & 45	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v Geelong	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v Dandenong	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v Camberwell Magpies	58	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v University	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v St Kilda	49*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v Richmond	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v Northcote	2	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v Frankston Peninsula	115*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v Hawthorn Waverley	100	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v Footscray	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v Essendon	45	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v Carlton	14 & 39	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v South Melbourne	24	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v Ringwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v Prahran	72	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v North Melbourne	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v Melbourne	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Richmond	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Northcote	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Frankston Peninsula	104	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Hawthorn Waverley	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Footscray	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Essendon	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Carlton	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v South Melbourne	8	0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Ringwood	6*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Prahran	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v North Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Melbourne	2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Geelong	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Dandenong	18	0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Camberwell Magpies	0 & 21*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v St Kilda	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Richmond	50	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Geelong	70*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Dandenong	29	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Camberwell Magpies	100	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Melbourne University	36	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v St Kilda	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Richmond	57	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Northcote	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Frankston Peninsula	132*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Melbourne	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Hawthorn Waverley	144*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Footscray-Victoria University	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Essendon	42	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Carlton	9 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v South Melbourne	66	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Ringwood	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Prahran	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v North Melbourne	8 & 44	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Hawthorn-Monash University	90*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Camberwell Magpies	41	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Dandenong	53	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v South Melbourne	72	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Frankston Peninsula	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Melbourne University	51 & 40*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Richmond	34	0/1	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Geelong	87	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Melbourne	95	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Prahran	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v North Melbourne	28	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Ringwood	44	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Footscray-Victoria University	71	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Northcote	44	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v St Kilda	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Essendon	40	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Carlton	21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Melbourne	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Essendon	74	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Melbourne University	60*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Essendon	47*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Carlton	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Geelong	36	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Hawthorn-Monash University	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Camberwell Magpies	64	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Dandenong	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v South Melbourne	102	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Frankston Peninsula	16 & 18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Melbourne University	46	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Richmond	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Melbourne	25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Prahran	8 & 5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v North Melbourne	19 & 64	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Ringwood	92 & 1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Footscray-Victoria University	10 & 23*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Northcote	37	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v St Kilda	27	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Camberwell Magpies	49	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v St Kilda	24	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v North Melbourne	20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v Melbourne University	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v Richmond	82	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v Camberwell Magpies	31	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v Geelong	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v Carlton	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v Dandenong	10 & 18*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v Northcote	31	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v Essendon	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v Footscray-Victoria University	29	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v South Melbourne	26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v St Kilda	46	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v Frankston Peninsula	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v Melbourne	12 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v Hawthorn-Monash University	21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v Prahran	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Essendon, 1989-90
First fifty62v Richmond, 1990-91
First hundred102v University, 1992-93
Highest score155*v North Melbourne, 1995-96
Best bowling1/12v Prahran, 1996-97
Last matchMatch 216v Prahran, 2003-04

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


St Kilda	15	451	87	34.69	2		0	–	0/1
Essendon	15	394	74	32.83	1		0	–	0/0
Melbourne	14	527	95	37.64	5		0	–	0/11
Northcote	14	393	58	28.07	2		0	–	0/0
Melbourne University	13	631	102	57.36	4	2	–	–	–
Camberwell Magpies	13	439	100	43.90	2	1	–	–	–
Footscray	13	333	71	30.27	2		–	–	–
Carlton	13	266	40	20.46			–	–	–
Dandenong	13	244	53	18.77	1		0	–	0/2
Casey South Melbourne	12	626	102	52.17	4	2	0	–	0/2
Greenvale Kanagaroos	12	530	155*	48.18	3	1	1	17.00	1/17
Richmond	12	507	82*	50.70	6		0	–	0/1
Ringwood	12	448	107	49.78	2	1	0	–	0/0
Prahran	12	199	72	19.90	1		1	12.00	1/12
Frankston Peninsula	11	541	132*	60.11		3	–	–	–
Kingston Hawthorn	11	531	144*	59.00	1	2	–	–	–
Geelong	11	354	87	44.25	3		–	–	–

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	100s	0s
1	2	0	8	8	4.00			1
2	9	1	227	72	28.38	2
3	160	20	5,797	155*	41.41	30	10	5
4	21	2	706	115*	37.16	3	2	1
5	12	4	382	86	47.75	3
6	14	5	251	70*	27.89	1		1
7	2	1	34	26	34.00
8	2	0	9	9	4.50			1

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	171	21	6,032	155*	40.21	32	10	6
Middle order (4–7)	49	12	1,373	115*	37.11	7	2	2
Lower order (8–11)	2	0	9	9	4.50			1

Batted most often at 3rd.

Scores and consistency

Ducks9
1–952
10–1933
20–2933
30–4944
50–9939
100+12

Turned 12 of 51 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 15.5% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 43 times.

Dismissals

Caught119 · 63%
Bowled25 · 13%
LBW17 · 9%
Run out15 · 8%
Caught & bowled8 · 4%
Stumped4 · 2%
Hit wicket1 · 1%

Most often dismissed by: Waters (6), Jones (5), Sutherland (4), De Mattia (3), Robertson (3).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	105	17	3,598	104	40.89	21	4	3
In losses	87	8	2,485	155*	31.46	12	3	6
In draws	27	8	1,275	132*	67.11	6	5
In ties	3	0	56	28	18.67

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	10	2	28.00	0.2
In losses	5	0	–	0.0
In draws	1	0	–	0.0

Scored 50+: the side won 25 of 51 (49%), lost 15.
Every other match: the side won 80 of 165 (48%), lost 62.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	97	9	3,513	155*	39.92	17	9	5
Batting second	108	17	3,549	144*	39.00	21	3	2
Second innings of the match	17	7	352	64	35.20	1		2

As captain and keeper

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
As captain	79	10	2,955	144*	42.83	17	4	1
Otherwise	143	23	4,459	155*	37.16	22	8	8

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Schramms Reserve	105	106	3,579	155*	40.21	2	34.00	1/12
University Oval	8	9	379	100*	54.14	–	–	–
Albert Ground	7	8	272	95	45.33	–	–	–
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	7	8	211	55	26.38	–	–	–
Shepley Oval	7	7	118	48	16.86	–	–	0/2
St Kilda Cricket Ground	7	7	360	92*	72.00	–	–	–
Essendon Cricket Ground	6	5	123	47*	41.00	–	–	0/0
Russell Lucas Oval	6	5	182	77	36.40	–	–	0/0
AH Butler Oval	5	6	347	132*	86.75	–	–	–
Camberwell Sports Ground	5	6	177	64	44.25	–	–	–
Richmond Cricket Ground	5	5	183	73	36.60	–	–	–
Toorak Park	5	5	61	28	12.20	–	–	–
Central Reserve South Oval	4	4	65	33	16.25	–	–	–
Geelong Cricket Ground	4	4	201	87	67.00	–	–	–
Harry Trott Oval (new)	4	4	284	102	71.00	–	–	0/2
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	4	4	136	68	34.00	–	–	–
Mervyn G Hughes Oval	3	4	73	29	24.33	–	–	–
Princes Park No. 1 Oval	3	4	33	12	8.25	–	–	–
Victoria Park	3	2	33	28*	33.00	–	–	–
Carlton Cricket Ground	2	3	54	39	18.00	–	–	–
Hedges Oval	2	2	42	34	21.00	–	–	–
Kardinia Oval	2	2	80	59*	80.00	–	–	–
North Ballarat Oval	2	2	28	25	14.00	–	–	–
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	2	102	86	51.00	–	–	–
Caulfield Cricket Ground	1	1	27	27	27.00	–	–	–
FW Reid Oval	1	1	15	15	15.00	–	–	–
Leckie Park Oval	1	1	32	32	32.00	–	–	–
Princes Park	1	1	42	42	42.00	–	–	–
Swan Hill Recreation Reserve	1	1	28	28	28.00	–	–	–
Western Oval	1	1	48	48	48.00	–	–	–
WJ Findlay Oval	1	1	14	14	14.00	–	–	–
Xavier College	1	1	85	85	85.00	–	–	–

Wickets taken

Caught1 · 50%
Bowled1 · 50%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)2 · 100%

Best in a match: 1/12 v Prahran, 1996-97. 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 1989-90 to 2003-04: 2nd of 71 for runs, 51st of 61 for wickets, 4th of 76 for matches, 2nd of 16 for hundreds, 11th of 70 for catches, 2nd of 43 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy-Doncaster: 3rd of 184 for runs, 111th of 135 for wickets, 4th of 197 for matches, 3rd of 34 for hundreds, 14th of 167 for catches, 4th of 81 for batting average.

Played like…

LR Mash1999-00 to 2017-18 · 233 m · 7,363 runs · 3 wkts
MR Harvey1933-34 to 1954-55 · 204 m · 6,592 runs · 18 wkts
JW Rudd2012-13 to 2026-27 · 176 m · 4,864 runs · 47 wkts
PJ Dickson2005-06 to 2019-20 · 245 m · 8,848 runs · 181 wkts

The careers nearest Joyce’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.

As captain

Led the side in 71 matches (1997-98 to 2003-04): won 39, lost 25, drawn 5, 2 other · 1 premiership.

Most often led

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership Honour in his name

1993-94: premiership · 1995-96: Jack Ryder Medal, 1st XI Batting, A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion · 2000-01: 1st XI Batting, A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion · 2001-02: premiership · 2002-03: 1st XI Batting · 2003-04: Doug Rumble Trophy — Best Clubman

The arc

Brendan Joyce's best season with the bat was 2001-02: 958 runs from 20 innings at 56.35. The best ten-innings patch came in 2000-01: 609 runs at 87.00. The leanest, 1999-00: 54 runs at 6.75.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty62	9 Feb 1991	v Richmond, 1990-91
First hundred102	13 Mar 1993	v University, 1992-93
1,000th run57 took him to 1,041	8 Oct 1994	v University, 1994-95
50th match26	1 Nov 1994	v Northcote, 1994-95
2,000th run30* took him to 2,019	13 Jan 1996	v Carlton, 1995-96
3,000th run86 took him to 3,025	22 Feb 1997	v South Melbourne, 1996-97
100th match31	22 Nov 1997	v Ringwood, 1997-98
4,000th run15 took him to 4,014	9 Jan 1999	v Footscray, 1998-99
150th match57	18 Nov 2000	v Richmond, 2000-01
5,000th run3 took him to 5,000	10 Dec 2000	v Melbourne, 2000-01
6,000th run71 took him to 6,040	26 Jan 2002	v Footscray-Victoria University, 2001-02
7,000th run49 took him to 7,002	15 Mar 2003	v Camberwell Magpies, 2002-03
200th match24	22 Mar 2003	v St Kilda, 2002-03

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 10 innings: from v North Melbourne, 2000-01 to v Melbourne, 2001-02 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 64 matches: from v Melbourne, 1996-97 to v Camberwell Magpies, 1999-00 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 8 matches bowled in: from v Essendon, 1993-94 to v Ringwood, 1996-97 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 7 innings: from v Footscray, 1999-00 to v Geelong, 1999-00 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
155*	v North Melbourne, 1995-96	Lost
144*	v Hawthorn Waverley, 2000-01	Lost
132*	v Frankston Peninsula, 2000-01	Drawn
115*	v Frankston Peninsula, 1998-99	Drawn
107	v Ringwood, 1995-96	Drawn

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
1/12	v Prahran, 1996-97	Won
1/17	v North Melbourne, 1991-92	Won

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Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 15 seasons: at 3rd in 11, at 6th in 3, at 4th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1989-90	6	2	35.00
1990-91	3	7	21.14
1991-92	6	5	13.25
1992-93	6	11	26.40
1993-94	3	14	52.22
1994-95	3	17	39.38
1995-96	3	16	76.25
1996-97	3	17	39.40
1997-98	3	18	37.07
1998-99	3	17	38.13
1999-00	3	18	20.07
2000-01	3	19	49.75
2001-02	3	20	56.35
2002-03	4	23	36.85
2003-04	3	18	22.82

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	105	106	17	3,579	155*	40.21	2	34.00
Away	111	116	16	3,835	132*	38.35

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	194	204	30	6,868	155*	39.47	2	39.50
Sunday	8	7	0	161	87	23.00
Weekday	14	11	3	385	102	48.13

Format

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Two-day	167	174	28	6,012	155*	41.18	2	39.50
Unknown format	49	48	5	1,402	90*	32.60

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	38	37	7	1,320	104	44.00
Nov	46	44	5	1,417	115*	36.33	1	18.00
Dec	25	26	4	1,141	144*	51.86
Jan	38	41	6	921	102	26.31
Feb	36	39	8	1,480	155*	47.74
Mar	33	35	3	1,135	102	35.47	1	15.00

Finals

8Finals played

379Runs · avg 63.17

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	208	214	31	7,035	155*	38.44	2	43.00
Finals	8	8	2	379	92*	63.17

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1989-90	2
1990-91	6	4
1991-92	6	2
1992-93	13	2
1993-94	18	10
1994-95	17	1
1995-96	16	1
1996-97	16	11
1997-98	16	7
1998-99	17	4
1999-00	17	8
2000-01	17	6
2001-02	20	7
2002-03	19	6
2003-04	16	4

Caught most off

JL Travaglia × 7
AJ Melbourne × 6
AS Muir × 6
SG Cottrell × 6
RA Bartlett × 5
CBD Street × 4

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.

Brendan Joyce

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