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E Twentyman

Played 1894-95 – 1899-00

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Career totals

Career

41

Games

6

Seasons

1894-95 – 1899-00

Played

Batting

57

Innings

16

Not outs

714

Runs

85

High score

17.41

Average

2

50s

0

100s

Bowling

53

Wickets

5/99

Best bowling

28.94

Average

1

5-fors

303

Overs

Fielding

16

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1895-96 to 1899-00 · 36 matchesFull archive career →

Around this dayin 1899: 19* & 1* and 0/7 v St Kilda in 1896: 3 & 3 and 3 ct v Hawksburn

SeasonMRunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1895-9672268525.1173154/243
1896-9786713*7.4450155/995
1897-98617841*35.60124113/772
1898-9999825*12.255331/285
1899-0063219*10.67300/01
Career366018517.68445/9916
Every scorecard · 36
1895-96v Melbourne24 & 10*0/37Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96v East Melbourne513/55Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96v Carlton4 & 9*3/49Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96v North Melbourne1 & 141/34Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96v Richmond850/30Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96v St Kilda14 & 44/37Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96v South Melbourne100/10 & 4/24Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97v Richmond65/99Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97v Melbourne13* & 61/50 & 0/16Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97v Hawksburn3 & 33/?Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97v South Melbourne6* & 7–Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97v Carlton30/26Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97v East Melbourne122/69Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97v St Kilda21/25 & 1/?Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97v North Melbourne62/68Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98v St Kilda41*1/2Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98v Carlton40/23Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98v East Melbourne17 & 223/89Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98v South Melbourne16 & 15*3/77Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98v Hawksburn34*3/90Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98v Richmond291/22Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v East Melbourne11/70Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v Richmond140/21Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v Carlton50/27Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v University90/?Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v St Kilda0 & 25*1/30 & 0/2Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v Hawksburn13*0/26Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v North Melbourne40/22 & 0/?Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v South Melbourne21–Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v Melbourne61/28Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00v St Kilda19* & 1*0/7Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00v South Melbourne2* & 0–Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00v Hawksburn7*–Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00v East Melbourne0*0/?Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00v Carlton1–Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00v Richmond2–Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Melbourne, 1895-96
  2. First fifty51v East Melbourne, 1895-96
  3. First five-for5/99v Richmond, 1896-97
  4. Highest score85v Richmond, 1895-96
  5. Best bowling5/99v Richmond, 1896-97
  6. Last matchMatch 36v Richmond, 1899-00

Runs by season

1895-96: 226 runs22695-961896-97: 67 runs6796-971897-98: 178 runs17897-981898-99: 98 runs9898-991899-00: 32 runs3299-00

Wickets by season

1895-96: 15 wickets1595-961896-97: 15 wickets1596-971897-98: 11 wickets1197-981898-99: 3 wickets398-991899-00: 0 wickets99-00

Every innings, in order

85501895-96 v Melbourne: 241895-96 v Melbourne: 10*1895-96 v East Melbourne: 511895-96 v Carlton: 41895-96 v Carlton: 9*1895-96 v North Melbourne: 11895-96 v North Melbourne: 141895-96 v Richmond: 851895-96 v St Kilda: 141895-96 v St Kilda: 41895-96 v South Melbourne: 101896-97 v Richmond: 61896-97 v Melbourne: 13*1896-97 v Melbourne: 61896-97 v Hawksburn: 31896-97 v Hawksburn: 31896-97 v South Melbourne: 6*1896-97 v South Melbourne: 71896-97 v Carlton: 31896-97 v East Melbourne: 121896-97 v St Kilda: 21896-97 v North Melbourne: 61897-98 v St Kilda: 41*1897-98 v Carlton: 41897-98 v East Melbourne: 171897-98 v East Melbourne: 221897-98 v South Melbourne: 161897-98 v South Melbourne: 15*1897-98 v Hawksburn: 34*1897-98 v Richmond: 291898-99 v East Melbourne: 11898-99 v Richmond: 141898-99 v Carlton: 51898-99 v University: 91898-99 v St Kilda: 01898-99 v St Kilda: 25*1898-99 v Hawksburn: 13*1898-99 v North Melbourne: 41898-99 v South Melbourne: 211898-99 v Melbourne: 61899-00 v St Kilda: 19*1899-00 v St Kilda: 1*1899-00 v South Melbourne: 2*1899-00 v South Melbourne: 01899-00 v Hawksburn: 7*1899-00 v East Melbourne: 0*1899-00 v Carlton: 11899-00 v Richmond: 2

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

Against each club

Richmond51368527.201628.675/991
St Kilda510641*26.50812.884/37
Kingston Hawthorn51035120.601931.443/55
Casey South Melbourne5772115.40715.864/24
Carlton5269*5.20341.673/49
Prahran46034*30.00619.333/0
Melbourne3592419.67265.501/28
Greenvale Kanagaroos325146.25341.332/68
Melbourne University1999.000–0/0

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
110777.00
210161616.00
310111.00
430745124.671
53017105.67
67146147.671
7931718528.501
8427041*35.001
961882917.60
10737834*19.50
1164332116.50
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Top order (1–3)3024168.00
Middle order (4–7)2243088517.1121
Lower order (8–11)231026941*20.691

Batted most often at 7th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks2
  • 1–924
  • 10–1912
  • 20–295
  • 30–492
  • 50–992
  • 100+0

Turned 0 of 2 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 6.3% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 1 time.

Dismissals
  • Caught20 · 61%
  • Bowled8 · 24%
  • Run out3 · 9%
  • Stumped1 · 3%
  • Caught & bowled1 · 3%

Most often dismissed by: J Carlton (3), McShane (3), Holden (3), Marshall (2), Giller (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
In wins1642448520.3311
In losses32103575116.2311
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins10825.630.8
In losses203626.671.8
  • Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 2 (50%), lost 1.
  • Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 0 of 1 (0%), lost 1.
  • Every other match: the side won 14 of 33 (42%), lost 19.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Batting first2162938519.5311
Batting second1531925116.001
Second innings of the match12511625*16.571
As captain and keeper
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
As captain10222.00
Otherwise47145998518.1522
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground21283338515.862227.054/37
South Melbourne Cricket Ground35431614.33715.864/24
East Melbourne Cricket Ground34905130.00624.003/55
Melbourne Cricket Ground23402420.00165.001/28
St Kilda Cricket Ground236141*–19.001/2
Richmond Cricket Ground22201410.00524.005/99
the Triangle22964.50247.002/68
Carlton Cricket Ground11555.00––0/27
Wickets taken
  • Caught20 · 48%
  • Bowled16 · 38%
  • Caught & bowled4 · 10%
  • LBW2 · 5%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)15 · 36%
  • Middle order (4–7)17 · 40%
  • Lower order (8–11)10 · 24%

1 five-wicket haul. Best in a match: 5/99 v Richmond, 1896-97. 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 1895-96 to 1899-00: 6th of 38 for runs, 4th of 19 for wickets, 6th of 41 for matches, 5th of 34 for catches, 6th of 10 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 79th of 321 for runs, 44th of 172 for wickets, 91st of 345 for matches, 74th of 279 for catches, 69th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • AEO Barras1933-34 to 1944-45 · 54 m · 728 runs · 64 wkts
  • JA Steele1977-78 · 10 m · 207 runs · 12 wkts
  • R Thomson1932-33 to 1974-75 · 67 m · 1,017 runs · 90 wkts
  • R Milner1955-56 to 1968-69 · 51 m · 765 runs · 40 wkts

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

As captain

Led the side in 1 match (1899-00): won 1, lost 0, drawn 0.

Most often led

The shape of the career

Season by season

1895-96: 7 matches, 226 runs, 15 wickets1895-961896-97: 8 matches, 67 runs, 15 wickets1896-971897-98: 6 matches, 178 runs, 11 wickets1897-981898-99: 9 matches, 98 runs, 3 wickets1898-991899-00: 6 matches, 32 runs, 0 wickets1899-00

Runs, up Wickets, down

The arc

E Twentyman's best season with the bat was 1895-96: 226 runs from 11 innings at 25.11. The best ten-innings patch came in 1897-98 to 1898-99: 193 runs at 27.57. The leanest, 1896-97: 61 runs at 7.63.

Rolling average, innings 7 to 48: 7.6 to 33.033.0

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First fifty5130 Nov 1895v East Melbourne, 1895-96
First five-for5/9910 Oct 1896v Richmond, 1896-97

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings
from v Hawksburn, 1897-98 to v Richmond, 1897-98 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 30 matches
from v Melbourne, 1895-96 to v Melbourne, 1898-99 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 5 matches
from v St Kilda, 1895-96 to v Hawksburn, 1896-97 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 3 matches bowled in
from v Richmond, 1898-99 to v University, 1898-99 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings
from v Melbourne, 1896-97 to v Carlton, 1896-97 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111895-96: 7 (11 inns, avg 25.11)1896-97: 6 (11 inns, avg 7.44)1897-98: 8 (8 inns, avg 35.60)1898-99: 10 (10 inns, avg 12.25)1899-00: 11 (8 inns, avg 10.67)18951896189718981899

Moved about the order across 5 seasons: at 7th in 1, at 6th in 1, at 8th in 1, at 10th in 1, at 11th in 1.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1895-9671125.11
1896-976117.44
1897-988835.60
1898-99101012.25
1899-0011810.67
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home212873338515.862227.05
Away152072685120.622225.91

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday3445145898519.004028.43
Weekday2301264.0047.00
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct6728541*17.00835.13
Nov61041295121.50621.00
Dec462279*6.75325.00
Jan5829825*16.33732.00
Feb5631308543.33344.33
Mar6718134*13.50919.33
Other440512912.75819.00
Favourite victims
  1. A Rose × 2
  2. D Mailer × 2
  3. S Morris × 2
  4. WR Lockett × 2
  5. A Fenton × 1
  6. AE Clarke × 1
  7. AM Wade × 1
  8. AN Crighton × 1

The card names his victims in 17 of 19 wicket-taking games.

Fielding

Caught most off

  1. E Twentyman × 5
  2. FA Tarrant × 3
  3. G Beacham × 3
  4. R Mitchell × 2
  5. AE Sharpe × 1
  6. J Drysdale × 1

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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