Eddie Melling

Played 1927-28 – 1931-32

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Player records

🏆1st XI Premiers (1930-31)

Career totals

Career

Games

Seasons

1927-28 – 1931-32

Played

Batting

Innings

Not outs

448

Runs

High score

20.36

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1927-28 to 1931-32 · 32 matchesFull archive career →

Premiers 1930-31

On this dayin 1928: 4* v North Melbourne

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1927-28	2	18	12	18.00	–	–	–
1928-29	3	5	4*	5.00	–	–	–	2
1929-30	9	225	99	37.50	–	–	–	3
1930-31	14	153	35	13.91	–	–	–	3
1931-32	4	47	45	15.67	–	–	–	2
Career	32	448	99	20.36		0	–	10

Every scorecard · 32

1927-28	v Northcote	6*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Collingwood	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v North Melbourne	4*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Collingwood	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Richmond	24	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v South Melbourne	26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Essendon	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v University	56	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v St Kilda	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v VCA Colts	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Northcote	99	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v St Kilda	14*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Melbourne	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Northcote	3*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v South Melbourne	1 & 24	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v VCA Colts	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Collingwood	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Richmond	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Essendon	13*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v North Melbourne	0 & 21*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Carlton	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Prahran	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v University	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Richmond	35 & 6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v South Melbourne	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Northcote	45	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v VCA Colts	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Collingwood	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Northcote, 1927-28
First fifty56v University, 1929-30
Highest score99v Northcote, 1929-30
Last matchMatch 32v Collingwood, 1931-32

Runs by season

Every innings, in order

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

Against each club

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Northcote	4	153	99	76.50	1
Camberwell Magpies	4	37	22	9.25
Richmond	3	65	35	21.67
Casey South Melbourne	3	54	26	13.50
VCA Colts	3	11	11	11.00
Kingston Hawthorn	3	3	3	1.00
Melbourne University	2	56	56	56.00	1
Greenvale Kanagaroos	2	25	21*	25.00
St Kilda	2	17	14*	17.00
Essendon	2	13	13*	–
Prahran	2	7	7	7.00
Melbourne	1	7	7	7.00
Carlton	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
1	2	1	32	21*	32.00
2	2	0	22	22	11.00		1
3	2	0	25	24	12.50
4	2	0	123	99	61.50	1
5	1	0	1	1	1.00
6	3	0	58	56	19.33	1	1
7	4	0	63	45	15.75		1
8	2	0	33	26	16.50
9	5	3	29	14*	14.50
10	3	1	51	35	25.50
11	2	1	11	7	11.00

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Top order (1–3)	6	1	79	24	15.80		1
Middle order (4–7)	10	0	245	99	24.50	2	2
Lower order (8–11)	12	5	124	35	17.71

Batted most often at 9th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks3
1–912
10–194
20–295
30–492
50–992
100+0

Turned 0 of 2 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 7.9% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 3 times.

Dismissals

Caught12 · 55%
LBW6 · 27%
Bowled4 · 18%

Most often dismissed by: Smith (2), Morton (2).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
In wins	18	4	349	99	24.93	2	2
In losses	7	1	91	26	15.17
In draws	2	1	8	6*	8.00
In ties	1	0	0	0	0.00		1

Scored 50+: the side won 2 of 2 (100%).
Every other match: the side won 17 of 30 (57%), lost 6.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Batting first	9	3	73	35	12.17		2
Batting second	16	2	324	99	23.14	2	1
Second innings of the match	3	1	51	24	25.50

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	14	10	76	22	10.86
Victoria Park	3	3	15	12	5.00
Richmond Cricket Ground	2	3	65	35	21.67
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	3	51	26	17.00
Albert Ground	2	2	10	7	5.00
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	2	2	144	99	72.00
University Oval	2	1	56	56	56.00
Essendon Cricket Ground	1	1	13	13*	–
Glenferrie Oval	1	1	0	0	0.00
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	1	4	4*	–
St Kilda Cricket Ground	1	1	14	14*	–
Carlton Cricket Ground	1	0	0	–	–

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1927-28 to 1931-32: 13th of 34 for runs, 15th of 38 for matches, 16th of 30 for catches, 10th of 16 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 90th of 321 for runs, 95th of 345 for matches, 105th of 279 for catches, 51st of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

KT Bardon2006-07 to 2008-09 · 29 m · 376 runs · 0 wkts
HW Bunton1930-31 to 1933-34 · 25 m · 382 runs · 0 wkts
AC Jackson1928-29 to 1929-30 · 15 m · 187 runs · 0 wkts
MW Hunter2005-06 to 2008-09 · 28 m · 315 runs · 0 wkts

The careers nearest Melling’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.

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, upPremiership

1930-31: premiership

The arc

Eddie Melling's best season with the bat was 1929-30: 225 runs from 7 innings at 37.50. The best ten-innings patch came in 1929-30 to 1930-31: 244 runs at 30.50. The leanest, 1929-30 to 1930-31: 95 runs at 13.57.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty56	8 Feb 1930	v University, 1929-30

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings: from v South Melbourne, 1929-30 to v University, 1929-30 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 23 matches: from v Richmond, 1929-30 to v South Melbourne, 1930-31 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 2 innings: from v Melbourne, 1930-31 to v South Melbourne, 1930-31 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
99	v Northcote, 1929-30	Won
56	v University, 1929-30	Won
45	v Northcote, 1931-32	Won
35	v Richmond, 1930-31	Won, Semi-final
26	v South Melbourne, 1929-30	Lost

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 5 seasons: at 7th in 1, at 5th in 1, at 4th in 1, opened in 1, at 6th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1927-28	7	2	18.00
1928-29	5	2	5.00
1929-30	4	7	37.50
1930-31	1	14	13.91
1931-32	6	3	15.67

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home	14	10	3	76	22	10.86
Away	18	18	3	372	99	24.80

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	27	23	4	409	99	21.53
Weekday	5	5	2	39	21*	13.00

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Oct	4	5	1	73	45	18.25
Nov	6	4	1	39	22	13.00
Dec	3	3	0	25	24	8.33
Jan	7	6	3	69	26	23.00
Feb	3	2	0	59	56	29.50
Mar	5	3	0	118	99	39.33
Other	4	5	1	65	35	16.25

Finals

3Finals played

58Runs · avg 19.33

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home and away	29	24	5	390	99	20.53
Finals	3	4	1	58	35	19.33

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1927-28	2
1928-29	3	2
1929-30	9	3
1930-31	14	3
1931-32	4	2

Caught most off

FD Chapman × 3
AE Liddicut × 2
EA McDonald × 2
HJ Plant × 2
AW Dummett × 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.

Eddie Melling

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