Eddie Illingworth

Played 1957-58 – 1977-78

🦁 Club Legend · 2013🏛️ Hall of Fame · 2013

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Player records

🏆1st XI Premiers (1960-61)🏆1st XI Premiers (1966-67)State Representative

Career totals

Career

233

Games

Seasons

1957-58 – 1977-78

Played

Batting

218

Innings

Not outs

2,666

Runs

High score

14.03

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

599

Wickets

8/18

Best bowling

18.60

Average

5-fors

10-fors

55 + 3056.4 (8-ball)

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1957-58 to 1977-78 · 233 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 1962: 6 and 2/34 and 1 ct v Carlton in 1973: 7 and 0/17 v Richmond

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1957-58	1	0	0	0.00	–	–	–	1
1958-59	13	72	24	7.20	110.2	26	4/40
1959-60	13	158	50*	15.80	132.4	24	4/23	8
1960-61	14	226	46	18.83	146.5	35	5/14	5
1961-62	15	359	61*	29.92	175.1	23	6/31	3
1962-63	8	153	38	17.00	96	14	3/51	2
1963-64	15	235	57	19.58	256.6	63	8/18	6
1964-65	9	225	58	20.45	164.5	30	8/68	8
1965-66	13	161	38	13.42	239.3	49	8/89	2
1966-67	15	150	50*	16.67	244.7	42	8/59	8
1967-68	13	80	31	8.89	216.3	44	6/53	5
1968-69	10	44	15	5.50	146	25	4/62	2
1969-70	12	122	24*	11.09	193	33	7/33	8
1970-71	11	116	29	12.89	136.2	26	6/42	2
1971-72	12	79	26	6.58	113.3	23	5/20	2
1972-73	12	79	25*	11.29	152.7	32	5/24	7
1973-74	7	19	7	3.17	55	8	3/44	1
1974-75	13	154	47	11.85	155	36	5/24	4
1975-76	12	128	50	16.00	133	29	8/84	8
1976-77	10	89	31	11.13	194.4	32	5/49	2
1977-78	5	17	17*	–	50	5	3/59	1
Career	233	2,666	61*	14.11		599	8/18	85

Every scorecard · 233

1957-58	v Essendon	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Footscray	1*	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Northcote	2*	3/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Collingwood	9	1/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Prahran	11	1/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v North Melbourne	4	2/4 & 3/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v South Melbourne	0*	4/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v University	0*	1/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Essendon	24	2/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Carlton	2	0/33 & 1/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Richmond	5	1/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Melbourne	5	2/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v St Kilda	0	1/36 & 4/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	3 & 6	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v University	2	2/60	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Essendon	dnb	3/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Carlton	17	1/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Richmond	2	0/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Melbourne	dnb	3/14 & 0/58	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v St Kilda	dnb	0/14 & 1/62	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	8	1/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Footscray	18* & 12	2/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Northcote	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Collingwood	50*	3/90	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Prahran	1	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v North Melbourne	30	4/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v South Melbourne	0 & 2	4/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	14	1/20 & 0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Footscray	1	2/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Northcote	26	1/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Prahran	16	5/14 & 5/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v North Melbourne	15 & 14*	3/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v South Melbourne	14	3/46 & 0/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v University	12	1/14 & 0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v St Kilda	3	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Essendon	17*	2/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Carlton	3	1/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Richmond	dnb	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Melbourne	0 & 36*	2/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v North Melbourne	9	1/5 & 1/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v St Kilda	46	4/40 & 3/61	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v North Melbourne	40	0/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v South Melbourne	dnb	6/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v University	18	1/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Essendon	1	2/33 & 2/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Carlton	dnb	1/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Richmond	32	0/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Melbourne	54*	1/41 & 0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v St Kilda	12	1/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	61*	0/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Footscray	14	1/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Northcote	0	0/21 & 4/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Collingwood	9	1/63	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Prahran	42 & 21*	2/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Richmond	16	1/31 & 0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v St Kilda	2 & 37	0/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Richmond	2 & 38	1/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Carlton	6	2/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Essendon	27	1/46 & 1/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v University	35	2/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v South Melbourne	36	3/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v North Melbourne	7	1/46 & 0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Prahran	2	0/44 & 0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0	3/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v South Melbourne	38	5/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v North Melbourne	dnb	3/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Prahran	dnb	1/44 & 1/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Collingwood	3	3/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Northcote	dnb	8/18 & 1/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Footscray	0*	3/45 & 3/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1 & 0	5/41 & 0/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v St Kilda	17 & 12	6/68 & 4/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Melbourne	1	3/63	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Richmond	57	2/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Carlton	18	2/48 & 0/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Essendon	25	0/57	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v University	dnb	5/37 & 0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Melbourne	0	1/70	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Essendon	31 & 32*	3/85 & 4/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Melbourne	22 & 17	4/70 & 2/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v St Kilda	0 & 18	1/38 & 0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Northcote	dnb	1/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Essendon	14	2/66 & 0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v University	58	5/96 & 0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v South Melbourne	49	8/68	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Carlton	26	2/61 & 0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Richmond	1	1/31 & 1/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	4 & 16	3/66	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Footscray	4	3/60 & 0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Northcote	1	4/50 & 0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Collingwood	5	1/29 & 0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Prahran	17	3/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v North Melbourne	7	4/58	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v South Melbourne	4	5/29 & 4/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v University	2	8/89	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Essendon	28	2/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Carlton	0*	3/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Richmond	10	4/56	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Melbourne	38	3/58 & 0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v St Kilda	34	4/68	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	11	1/67	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Prahran	50*	1/49	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Collingwood	dnb	1/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Northcote	16 & 0	2/44 & 0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Footscray	10	0/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	4/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v St Kilda	21	2/50	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Melbourne	dnb	3/49	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Richmond	21 & 1	1/47 & 3/58	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Carlton	10	3/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Essendon	dnb	2/47	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v University	3	8/59	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v North Melbourne	15*	2/43 & 0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v South Melbourne	dnb	3/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Melbourne	dnb	3/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Essendon	3	1/32 & 3/72	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Essendon	4	2/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v St Kilda	2*	4/54 & 2/56	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Richmond	4	3/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v University	0	3/42 & 1/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v South Melbourne	9	3/103	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Melbourne	dnb	2/57	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	17	4/70	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Northcote	dnb	6/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Collingwood	8	5/56 & 2/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v North Melbourne	dnb	1/69	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Carlton	5	2/80	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Footscray	31	1/52 & 1/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v South Melbourne	0	2/58	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v South Melbourne	1	4/62 & 0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Melbourne	3	2/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	1/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Northcote	dnb	3/66	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Collingwood	8*	0/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v North Melbourne	dnb	2/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Carlton	4	1/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Essendon	15 & 1	2/4 & 3/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v St Kilda	5 & 5	4/66 & 2/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v University	2	1/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Carlton	5	3/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Footscray	0	0/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Prahran	8	7/33 & 0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Essendon	5	3/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v St Kilda	8*	1/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Richmond	4	4/43 & 1/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v University	18 & 13	1/33 & 2/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v South Melbourne	7	1/61	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Melbourne	19	3/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	24*	3/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Northcote	2	3/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v North Melbourne	0 & 9*	1/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Footscray	11	4/17 & 0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Essendon	23	0/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v St Kilda	dnb	0/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Richmond	2	5/65	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v University	29	6/42 & 2/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v South Melbourne	6	2/29 & 2/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Melbourne	2	0/102 & 1/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Collingwood	12	1/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v North Melbourne	4	1/33 & 0/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Carlton	27	2/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	5	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Carlton	1	5/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Footscray	3	1/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Prahran	dnb	3/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v South Melbourne	0	3/58	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Richmond	dnb	3/76	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Melbourne	23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Essendon	11 & 1	0/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v North Melbourne	26	1/18 & 0/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v University	0	2/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v St Kilda	5 & 0*	4/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Collingwood	4 & 0	1/29 & 0/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v South Melbourne	0	2/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v North Melbourne	21*	1/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v University	11	5/24 & 5/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Essendon	dnb	2/64	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Carlton	10*	0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Richmond	dnb	5/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Melbourne	5	2/71	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0	2/73	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Footscray	1	3/63	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Northcote	5	0/17 & 0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Collingwood	25*	4/59	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Prahran	1	1/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Prahran	4	1/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v South Melbourne	dnb	3/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	6	0/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Richmond	7	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Carlton	2	3/60	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Melbourne	0	0/76	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Essendon	0	1/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Carlton	15	1/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Footscray	6	4/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Northcote	0	4/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v North Melbourne	47	3/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Richmond	13 & 10	4/27 & 0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Essendon	30	5/24 & 2/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Ringwood	2	4/47 & 2/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Collingwood	dnb	0/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	17	0/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Prahran	9	2/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Melbourne	0	1/47	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v University	2	1/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Collingwood	3	3/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v University	6	3/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Prahran	16	1/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Waverley	dnb	2/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v St Kilda	1	0/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Footscray	dnb	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Collingwood	25*	1/44 & 0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v North Melbourne	9	2/68	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Essendon	5*	8/84	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Northcote	0	1/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v South Melbourne	50	6/44 & 1/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Carlton	15	2/61	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Richmond	1	2/58	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Richmond	dnb	1/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Collingwood	11	1/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Carlton	3	1/27 & 2/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Melbourne	4	3/59 & 0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Prahran	7	2/64	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Northcote	10	4/41 & 3/65	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v St Kilda	11	4/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Waverley	12	4/68	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	31	1/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Ringwood	dnb	5/49 & 1/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Ringwood	dnb	1/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v University	dnb	0/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Footscray	17*	1/57	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v North Melbourne	dnb	3/59	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Richmond	dnb	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Essendon, 1957-58
First fifty50*v Collingwood, 1959-60
First five-for5/14v Prahran, 1960-61
Highest score61*v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1961-62
Best bowling8/18v Northcote, 1963-64
Last matchMatch 233v Richmond, 1977-78

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


Essendon	21	297	32*	16.50		58	17.86	8/84	2
Richmond	20	226	57	12.56	1	43	21.79	5/40	2
Kingston Hawthorn	19	236	61*	13.88	1	35	25.20	5/41	1
Melbourne	19	229	54*	15.27	1	41	25.80	4/70
Carlton	19	169	27	10.56		38	22.79	5/20	1
Greenvale Kanagaroos	18	257	47	21.42		39	18.85	4/23
Casey South Melbourne	18	216	50	14.40	1	74	12.77	8/68	5
Melbourne University	18	211	58	13.19	1	65	13.42	8/59	7	1
St Kilda	17	239	46	14.06		52	18.90	6/68	1	1
Prahran	16	205	50*	17.08	1	36	16.56	7/33	3	1
Camberwell Magpies	15	172	50*	17.20	1	28	27.07	5/56	1
Footscray	15	129	31	11.73		29	20.59	4/17
Northcote	15	78	26	7.09		48	13.77	8/18	2
Ringwood	3	2	2	2.00		13	16.77	5/49	1

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	2	1	46	37	46.00
3	3	1	66	36*	33.00		1
4	5	0	25	12	5.00
5	6	0	109	49	18.17		1
6	16	2	166	36	11.86		1
7	32	5	447	61*	16.56	1	6
8	63	3	818	58	13.63	4	6
9	65	12	720	50*	13.58	2	5
10	24	3	244	31	11.62		4
11	2	2	25	17*	–

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Top order (1–3)	5	2	112	37	37.33		1
Middle order (4–7)	59	7	747	61*	14.37	1	8
Lower order (8–11)	154	20	1,807	58	13.49	6	15

Batted most often at 9th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks24
1–992
10–1951
20–2919
30–4920
50–997
100+0

Turned 0 of 7 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 7.4% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 11 times.

Dismissals

Caught98 · 52%
Bowled53 · 28%
LBW13 · 7%
Caught & bowled9 · 5%
Run out8 · 4%
Stumped8 · 4%

Most often dismissed by: Hosking (7), Smith (6), Kirby (6), Paterson (6), Grant (5).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
In wins	98	17	1,504	61*	18.57	6	8
In losses	110	8	1,070	58	10.49	1	16
In draws	9	4	58	23	11.60
In ties	1	0	34	34	34.00

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	110	354	14.71	3.2
In losses	103	203	25.70	2.0
In draws	15	38	17.11	2.5
In ties	1	4	17.00	4.0

Scored 50+: the side won 6 of 7 (86%), lost 1.
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 18 of 24 (75%), lost 5.
Every other match: the side won 89 of 204 (44%), lost 98.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Batting first	107	12	1,198	57	12.61	3	16
Batting second	87	11	1,167	61*	15.36	4	5
Second innings of the match	24	6	301	38	16.72		3

As captain and keeper

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
As captain	47	3	555	57	12.61	1	5
Otherwise	171	26	2,111	61*	14.56	6	19

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	115	104	1,237	61*	13.90	292	18.27	8/18
Albert Ground	13	16	261	46	18.64	33	24.00	4/15
Carlton Cricket Ground	12	12	111	27	10.09	24	22.46	5/20
Essendon Cricket Ground	11	10	108	27	13.50	26	20.35	8/84
Richmond Cricket Ground	9	8	117	57	14.63	16	23.13	4/43
University Oval	9	7	59	29	8.43	30	14.00	8/89
St Kilda Cricket Ground	8	8	89	34	11.13	26	19.69	6/68
Western Oval	8	8	79	18*	15.80	18	16.28	4/17
Victoria Park	8	8	90	50*	12.86	17	26.88	5/56
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	8	7	115	49	19.17	27	17.26	8/68
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	8	7	59	26	9.83	21	18.00	4/10
Glenferrie Oval	7	8	84	24*	12.00	18	18.44	4/48
Toorak Park	7	7	103	50*	17.17	23	13.87	7/33
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	7	7	142	47	23.67	17	12.76	4/23
Russell Lucas Oval	2	0	0	–	–	7	16.86	5/49
Central Reserve South Oval	1	1	12	12	12.00	4	17.00	4/68

Wickets taken

Caught381 · 64%
Bowled162 · 27%
LBW38 · 6%
Caught & bowled15 · 3%
Hit wicket3 · 1%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)241 · 40%
Middle order (4–7)248 · 41%
Lower order (8–11)110 · 18%

26 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 10/34 v Prahran, 1960-61. 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 1957-58 to 1977-78: 10th of 106 for runs, 1st of 69 for wickets, 3rd of 112 for matches, 5th of 94 for catches, 38th of 54 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 20th of 321 for runs, 1st of 172 for wickets, 3rd of 345 for matches, 7th of 279 for catches, 92nd of 126 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
AJ Melbourne1974-75 to 1997-98 · 215 m · 1,641 runs · 250 wkts
HJ Plant1927-28 to 1947-48 · 192 m · 3,335 runs · 317 wkts

The careers nearest Illingworth’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 41 matches (1963-64 to 1974-75): won 17, lost 19, drawn 4, 1 other.

Most often led

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership Honour in his name

1960-61: premiership · 1966-67: premiership · 1972-73: A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion · 1974-75: 1st XI Bowling · 1975-76: 1st XI Bowling · 1976-77: A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion

The arc

Eddie Illingworth's best season with the bat was 1961-62: 359 runs from 15 innings at 29.92. The best ten-innings patch came in 1960-61 to 1961-62: 309 runs at 44.14. The leanest, 1972-73 to 1974-75: 41 runs at 4.10.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty50*	30 Jan 1960	v Collingwood, 1959-60
50th wicket4/35 took him to 50	27 Feb 1960	v South Melbourne, 1959-60
First five-for5/14	26 Nov 1960	v Prahran, 1960-61
50th match61*, 0/32	29 Jan 1962	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1961-62
100th wicket1/11 took him to 100	3 Feb 1962	v Footscray, 1961-62
1,000th run38 took him to 1,006	5 Oct 1963	v South Melbourne, 1963-64
150th wicket3/21 took him to 150	30 Nov 1963	v Footscray, 1963-64
200th wicket5/96 took him to 200	23 Jan 1965	v University, 1964-65
250th wicket3/48 took him to 252	22 Jan 1966	v Carlton, 1965-66
100th match34, 4/68	26 Feb 1966	v St Kilda, 1965-66
300th wicket3/55 took him to 302	18 Mar 1967	v Melbourne, 1966-67
350th wicket2/58 took him to 350	16 Mar 1968	v South Melbourne, 1967-68
400th wicket3/45 took him to 401	24 Jan 1970	v Melbourne, 1969-70
150th match2, 3/32	7 Feb 1970	v Northcote, 1969-70
2,000th run23 took him to 2,019	31 Oct 1970	v Essendon, 1970-71
450th wicket1/18 took him to 450	22 Jan 1972	v North Melbourne, 1971-72
500th wicket4/41 took him to 502	2 Nov 1974	v Footscray, 1974-75
200th match2, 4/47 & 2/53	11 Jan 1975	v Ringwood, 1974-75
550th wicket8/84 took him to 550	24 Jan 1976	v Essendon, 1975-76

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 3 innings: from v Essendon, 1962-63 to v South Melbourne, 1962-63 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 34 matches: from v Essendon, 1964-65 to v Essendon, 1966-67 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 28 matches: from v University, 1963-64 to v Northcote, 1966-67 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 2 matches bowled in: from v Essendon, 1970-71 to v St Kilda, 1970-71 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 9 innings: from v Essendon, 1968-69 to v Richmond, 1969-70 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
61*	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1961-62	Won
58	v University, 1964-65	Lost
57	v Richmond, 1963-64	Won
54*	v Melbourne, 1961-62	Won
50*	v Collingwood, 1959-60	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
8/18	v Northcote, 1963-64	Won
8/59	v University, 1966-67	Won
8/68	v South Melbourne, 1964-65	Won
8/84	v Essendon, 1975-76	Drawn
8/89	v University, 1965-66	Lost

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Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 21 seasons: at 9th in 8, at 8th in 7, at 7th in 3, at 4th in 1, at 10th in 1, at 11th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1957-58	7	1	0.00
1958-59	8	14	7.20
1959-60	8	12	15.80
1960-61	8	15	18.83
1961-62	7	15	29.92
1962-63	4	9	17.00
1963-64	8	14	19.58
1964-65	8	11	20.45
1965-66	9	13	13.42
1966-67	9	11	16.67
1967-68	10	10	8.89
1968-69	9	9	5.50
1969-70	9	14	11.09
1970-71	9	9	12.89
1971-72	9	13	6.58
1972-73	9	10	11.29
1973-74	8	6	3.17
1974-75	7	13	11.85
1975-76	8	10	16.00
1976-77	9	8	11.13
1977-78	11	1	–

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	115	104	15	1,237	61*	13.90	292	18.27
Away	118	114	14	1,429	57	14.29	307	18.93

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	201	190	27	2,319	58	14.23	529	18.62
Sunday	1	1	0	11	11	11.00	1	43.00
Weekday	31	27	2	336	61*	13.44	69	18.13

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	46	38	5	415	50*	12.58	92	19.79
Nov	56	42	5	390	47	10.54	168	14.90
Dec	20	21	4	253	35	14.88	55	19.00
Jan	51	52	7	781	61*	17.36	129	20.99
Feb	35	36	4	436	50	13.63	96	18.74
Mar	24	28	4	345	42	14.38	52	22.44
Other	1	1	0	46	46	46.00	7	14.43

Finals

10Finals played

179Runs · avg 17.90

30Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	223	207	28	2,487	61*	13.89	569	18.45
Finals	10	11	1	179	46	17.90	30	21.50

Favourite victims

IF Langford × 7
KHD Kendall × 7
RJ Sincock × 7
AC Hargreaves × 5
DC McClean × 5
I Monks × 5
JH Shaw × 5
KW Kirby × 5

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1957-58	1	1
1958-59	13	6
1959-60	13	8
1960-61	14	5
1961-62	15	3
1962-63	8	2
1963-64	15	6
1964-65	9	8
1965-66	13	2
1966-67	15	8
1967-68	13	5
1968-69	10	2
1969-70	12	8
1970-71	11	2
1971-72	12	2
1972-73	12	7
1973-74	7	1
1974-75	13	4
1975-76	12	8
1976-77	10	2
1977-78	5	1

Caught most off

EP Illingworth × 15
AL Thomson × 10
C Adams × 8
WA Heller × 6
D Ashworth × 4
DJ Anderson × 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.

Eddie Illingworth

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