Doug Rumble

Played 1970-71 – 1985-86

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Career totals

Career

167

Games

Seasons

1970-71 – 1985-86

Played

Batting

137

Innings

Not outs

1,460

Runs

High score

14.75

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

0.00

Average

Overs

Fielding & keeping

253

Catches

Stumpings

From the record books

First XI · 1970-71 to 1985-86 · 167 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 1973: 7 and 2 ct 1 st v Richmond in 1979: 0 and 2 ct v Richmond

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1970-71	4	23	22	7.67	–	–	–	11
1971-72	3	29	16*	14.50	–	–	–	4
1972-73	12	91	34	10.11	–	–	–	20
1973-74	10	86	30	12.29	–	–	–	12
1976-77	10	138	36	23.00	–	–	–	25
1977-78	14	203	53	22.56	–	–	–	24
1978-79	14	62	20*	10.33	–	–	–	22
1979-80	15	141	31	15.67	–	–	–	26
1980-81	13	83	35*	13.83	–	–	–	23
1981-82	15	72	25	9.00	–	–	–	22
1982-83	15	140	60	14.00	2	0	0/1	17
1983-84	12	157	62	26.17	2	0	0/3	20
1984-85	15	129	52	9.21	–	–	–	26
1985-86	15	106	40*	26.50	–	–	–	26
Career	167	1,460	62	14.75		0	0/1	278

Every scorecard · 167

1970-71	v Essendon	0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Richmond	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v South Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v North Melbourne	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Essendon	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v University	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Collingwood	3* & 16*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v South Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v North Melbourne	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v University	6*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Essendon	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Carlton	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Richmond	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v St Kilda	2 & 34	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Footscray	9*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Northcote	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Collingwood	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Prahran	9 & 11*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Prahran	1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v South Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	8*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Richmond	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Carlton	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Melbourne	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v North Melbourne	30	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v University	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v St Kilda	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Collingwood	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Richmond	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Carlton	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Melbourne	27	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Prahran	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Northcote	36	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v St Kilda	2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Waverley	26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Ringwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Ringwood	39*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v University	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Footscray	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v North Melbourne	14*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Richmond	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Prahran	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v South Melbourne	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Waverley	0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Carlton	25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Essendon	29	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Collingwood	53	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v St Kilda	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Prahran	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Richmond	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Ringwood	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Northcote	20*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Carlton	7*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Essendon	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v University	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v St Kilda	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v South Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Waverley	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Footscray	0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Carlton	31	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Waverley	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Richmond	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Ringwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v North Melbourne	31	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Footscray	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Essendon	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Collingwood	20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v St Kilda	14*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Prahran	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Melbourne	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v University	10*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v South Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v University	3*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Carlton	9 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Prahran	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Footscray	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v North Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Richmond	13*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Ringwood	35*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v South Melbourne	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v St Kilda	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Waverley	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Essendon	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Collingwood	11 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Footscray	0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v North Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Carlton	4*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Northcote	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Ringwood	14*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Richmond	25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v South Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v St Kilda	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Prahran	1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Melbourne	1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v University	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Essendon	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Northcote	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v St Kilda	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v University	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Collingwood	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Carlton	1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Melbourne	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Prahran	9	0/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Richmond	2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v North Melbourne	6*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	60	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Waverley	4*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Footscray	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Ringwood	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v South Melbourne	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Footscray	3*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Richmond	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Ringwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v North Melbourne	26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v St Kilda	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v South Melbourne	62	0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Melbourne	1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Waverley	48	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Carlton	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Essendon	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Footscray	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Waverley	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v St Kilda	52	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v North Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Collingwood	6 & 6*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Essendon	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v University	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Carlton	0 & 0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v South Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Ringwood	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Richmond	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Prahran	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Essendon	7*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Prahran	40	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Waverley	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Carlton	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Collingwood	0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v St Kilda	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v North Melbourne-Geelong	5*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Footscray	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v University	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v South Melbourne	9*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Ringwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Richmond	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v St Kilda	40*	–	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Essendon, 1970-71
First fifty53v Collingwood, 1977-78
Highest score62v South Melbourne, 1983-84
Last matchMatch 167v St Kilda, 1985-86

Runs 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	224	60	14.93	1
St Kilda	13	149	52	21.29	1
Camberwell Magpies	13	134	53	16.75	1
Richmond	13	67	25	9.57
Carlton	12	126	31	14.00
Casey South Melbourne	12	106	62	13.25	1
Prahran	12	103	40	11.44
Greenvale Kanagaroos	11	137	31	22.83
Essendon	11	78	29	13.00
Melbourne	11	66	27	11.00
Melbourne University	11	42	10*	8.40
Ringwood	10	105	39*	35.00
Footscray	10	60	15	10.00
Northcote	8	63	36	15.75

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
1	1	0	16	16	16.00
2	11	1	119	52	11.90	1	1
3	4	2	106	62	53.00	1
7	7	1	138	39*	23.00		1
8	41	9	437	60	13.66	1	6
9	53	17	518	48	14.39		8
10	18	6	117	53	9.75	1	4
11	2	2	9	9*	–

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Top order (1–3)	16	3	241	62	18.54	2	1
Middle order (4–7)	7	1	138	39*	23.00		1
Lower order (8–11)	114	34	1,081	60	13.51	2	18

Batted most often at 9th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks20
1–962
10–1926
20–299
30–4910
50–994
100+0

Turned 0 of 4 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 6.2% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 4 times.

Dismissals

Caught54 · 55%
Bowled20 · 20%
LBW18 · 18%
Run out5 · 5%
Caught & bowled2 · 2%

Most often dismissed by: Stackpole (4), Davis (3), Smith (3), Burnett (3), Read (3).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
In wins	43	13	523	62	17.43	3	4
In losses	84	21	804	52	12.76	1	16
In draws	7	3	112	40	28.00
In ties	3	1	21	20	10.50

Scored 50+: the side won 3 of 4 (75%), lost 1.
Every other match: the side won 60 of 163 (37%), lost 88.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Batting first	81	18	924	53	14.67	2	10
Batting second	49	16	468	62	14.18	2	9
Second innings of the match	7	4	68	34	22.67		1

As captain and keeper

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
As captain	28	9	260	60	13.68	1	5
As wicketkeeper	137	38	1,460	62	14.75	4	20

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	84	71	893	62	18.60
Carlton Cricket Ground	8	8	103	31	14.71
Victoria Park	7	6	50	16*	16.67
Albert Ground	6	5	27	17	9.00
Richmond Cricket Ground	6	5	32	25	6.40
Russell Lucas Oval	6	5	91	39*	30.33
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	6	4	56	36	18.67
Essendon Cricket Ground	6	3	34	29	11.33
University Oval	6	3	20	10*	10.00
Toorak Park	5	5	33	15	6.60
Western Oval	5	5	20	11	6.67
Central Reserve South Oval	5	4	45	26	15.00
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	4	19	7	4.75
St Kilda Cricket Ground	5	3	14	14*	7.00
Glenferrie Oval	4	4	17	14	4.25
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	2	6	6*	6.00

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1970-71 to 1985-86: 13th of 77 for runs, 6th of 80 for matches, 1st of 71 for catches, 33rd of 45 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 38th of 321 for runs, 7th of 345 for matches, 2nd of 279 for catches, 90th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

JM Augustin2008-09 to 2015-16 · 95 m · 780 runs · 0 wkts
N Vardi2009-10 to 2019-20 · 138 m · 2,811 runs · 1 wkts
WJ Scholes1988-89 to 1995-96 · 118 m · 2,124 runs · 8 wkts
WL Jacobs1937-38 to 1955-56 · 258 m · 2,634 runs · 2 wkts

The careers nearest Rumble’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 26 matches (1981-82 to 1982-83): won 4, lost 21, drawn 1.

Most often led

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Season away

The arc

Doug Rumble's best season with the bat was 1977-78: 203 runs from 12 innings at 22.56. The best ten-innings patch came in 1976-77 to 1977-78: 195 runs at 27.86. The leanest, 1984-85: 29 runs at 3.63.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
50th match25	21 Jan 1978	v Carlton, 1977-78
First fifty53	18 Feb 1978	v Collingwood, 1977-78
100th matchdid not bat	14 Nov 1981	v North Melbourne, 1981-82
1,000th run60 took him to 1,041	22 Jan 1983	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1982-83
150th match19	9 Feb 1985	v Richmond, 1984-85

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 3 innings: from v Carlton, 1977-78 to v Collingwood, 1977-78 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 42 matches: from v Waverley, 1981-82 to v Essendon, 1983-84 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 2 matches bowled in: from v Prahran, 1982-83 to v South Melbourne, 1983-84 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 8 innings: from v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1984-85 to v Ringwood, 1984-85 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
62	v South Melbourne, 1983-84	Won
60	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1982-83	Won
53	v Collingwood, 1977-78	Won
52	v St Kilda, 1984-85	Lost
48	v Waverley, 1983-84	Won

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 14 seasons: at 9th in 7, at 8th in 4, at 10th in 1, at 7th in 1, opened in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1970-71	10	4	7.67
1971-72	8	4	14.50
1972-73	8	12	10.11
1973-74	8	9	12.29
1976-77	7	7	23.00
1977-78	9	12	22.56
1978-79	9	9	10.33
1979-80	9	11	15.67
1980-81	8	9	13.83
1981-82	9	13	9.00
1982-83	9	14	14.00
1983-84	9	8	26.17
1984-85	2	16	9.21
1985-86	9	9	26.50

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home	84	71	23	893	62	18.60
Away	83	66	15	567	39*	11.12

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
Saturday	144	122	32	1,383	62	15.37
Sunday	9	4	3	20	9*	20.00
Weekday	14	11	3	57	16	7.13

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Oct	31	23	7	190	39*	11.88
Nov	39	30	8	313	52	14.23
Dec	21	18	1	211	62	12.41
Jan	37	32	12	429	60	21.45
Feb	30	26	7	239	53	12.58
Mar	9	8	3	78	40*	15.60

Finals

1Finals played

40Runs

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home and away	166	136	37	1,420	62	14.34
Finals	1	1	1	40	40*	–

Fielding

Season	M	Ct	St
1970-71	4	6	5
1971-72	3	4
1972-73	12	18	2
1973-74	10	8	4
1976-77	10	22	3
1977-78	14	21	3
1978-79	14	20	2
1979-80	15	26
1980-81	13	23
1981-82	15	22
1982-83	15	15	2
1983-84	12	20
1984-85	15	23	3
1985-86	15	25	1

Caught most off

TV Considine × 43
RW Watts × 35
SK Smith × 35
SJ Cook × 24
EP Illingworth × 19
AT Duff × 12

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.

Doug Rumble

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