Alan Thomson

Played 1964-65 – 1975-76

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Player records

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

Career totals

Career

113

Games

Seasons

1964-65 – 1975-76

Played

Batting

Innings

Not outs

290

Runs

High score

5.92

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

322

Wickets

7/28

Best bowling

17.67

Average

5-fors

95 + 1402.1 (8-ball)

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1964-65 to 1975-76 · 112 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 1973: 0 and 3/46 v Richmond

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1964-65	2	10	10	10.00	28	6	5/39
1965-66	10	16	9*	3.20	109	16	4/36	2
1966-67	15	42	25	14.00	234.2	43	6/72	4
1967-68	14	9	3*	4.50	221.1	47	6/81	1
1968-69	11	17	9	3.40	198.3	43	7/28	3
1969-70	5	29	17	7.25	83	19	4/30	3
1970-71	5	45	18	22.50	56.4	8	3/53
1971-72	8	22	11*	5.50	103	28	7/32	2
1972-73	9	9	6*	2.25	129.5	27	5/14
1973-74	12	22	7	2.20	95	22	7/49	1
1974-75	9	32	16	8.00	101.4	29	6/19
1975-76	12	33	28	8.25	137.6	32	6/83	1
Career	112	286	28	5.96		320	7/28	17

Every scorecard · 112

1964-65	v Richmond	10	5/39 & 1/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0*	0/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Footscray	9*	1/10 & 3/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Northcote	dnb	0/28 & 0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Collingwood	2	0/50 & 0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Prahran	1*	3/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v University	1	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Carlton	dnb	4/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Richmond	0	1/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Melbourne	3	0/24 & 1/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v St Kilda	0* & 0*	1/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0	2/63	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Prahran	7	1/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Collingwood	dnb	1/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Northcote	0*	3/29 & 3/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Footscray	dnb	3/69	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	3/47	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v St Kilda	0	1/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Melbourne	dnb	0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Richmond	9* & 25	1/19 & 3/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Carlton	dnb	3/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Essendon	dnb	4/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v University	dnb	0/31 & 0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v North Melbourne	dnb	4/36 & 0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v South Melbourne	dnb	1/63	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Melbourne	dnb	4/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Essendon	1*	6/72 & 2/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Prahran	2*	6/81	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Essendon	0	1/60	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v St Kilda	dnb	5/55 & 4/95	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Richmond	dnb	2/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v University	dnb	5/16 & 0/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v South Melbourne	1*	3/85	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Melbourne	3	3/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0*	0/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Northcote	dnb	2/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Collingwood	0*	0/17 & 3/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v North Melbourne	dnb	3/72	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Carlton	0*	1/60	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Footscray	3*	6/86 & 1/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v South Melbourne	0*	2/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v South Melbourne	0	0/51 & 1/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Melbourne	0*	2/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	4/56	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Northcote	dnb	2/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Collingwood	dnb	4/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v North Melbourne	9	3/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Carlton	2	4/96	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Footscray	5	4/58 & 0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Prahran	dnb	7/76	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Richmond	dnb	7/28 & 0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v University	1	4/89 & 1/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Carlton	0*	4/56	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Footscray	2	4/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Prahran	17	3/40 & 3/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Essendon	2	2/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Richmond	8	3/35 & 0/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Footscray	10	0/10 & 1/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v St Kilda	dnb	3/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Collingwood	18	3/76	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Carlton	17*	1/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	11*	5/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Carlton	1	0/12 & 0/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Footscray	2*	2/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Essendon	4* & 0	5/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v North Melbourne	4*	7/32 & 2/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v University	0*	0/66	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v St Kilda	0*	3/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Collingwood	0 & 0	4/41 & 0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v South Melbourne	0*	0/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v North Melbourne	2	2/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v University	dnb	3/14 & 5/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Essendon	dnb	1/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Carlton	0	2/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Melbourne	dnb	3/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v St Kilda	0	5/14 & 1/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Collingwood	1	2/56	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Prahran	6*	3/63	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Prahran	dnb	1/50	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v South Melbourne	dnb	2/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	6	7/49	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Richmond	0	3/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Carlton	0	0/59	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Melbourne	3	1/57	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Essendon	7	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v North Melbourne	0	1/62	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v University	1	1/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v St Kilda	2	4/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Collingwood	0	1/57	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Footscray	3	1/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Carlton	0	2/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Northcote	0*	6/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Richmond	9* & 0	3/47 & 1/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Essendon	6*	4/30 & 1/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Collingwood	dnb	1/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Prahran	0	5/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Melbourne	1*	0/59	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v University	16	5/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Collingwood	dnb	1/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v University	0*	3/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Prahran	dnb	1/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Waverley	dnb	3/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v St Kilda	28	4/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Footscray	dnb	4/70	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Collingwood	0*	6/83 & 1/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v North Melbourne	3*	2/65	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Essendon	0*	1/78	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Northcote	1*	2/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v South Melbourne	1	4/36 & 0/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Carlton	0	1/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Richmond	0	0/63	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Richmond, 1964-65
First five-for5/39v Richmond, 1964-65
Highest score28v St Kilda, 1975-76
Best bowling7/28v Richmond, 1968-69
Last matchMatch 112v Richmond, 1975-76

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


Camberwell Magpies	11	21	18	3.50	27	22.59	6/83	1
Carlton	11	20	17*	3.33	22	22.64	4/36
Prahran	10	33	17	11.00	33	14.73	7/76	3
Richmond	9	61	25	8.71	30	15.00	7/28	2
Footscray	9	34	10	8.50	30	15.83	6/86	1
Essendon	9	20	7	5.00	27	18.30	6/72	2
Melbourne University	9	19	16	4.75	27	17.96	5/16	3
St Kilda	8	30	28	7.50	31	13.58	5/14	2
Kingston Hawthorn	8	17	11*	8.50	24	14.50	7/49	2
Melbourne	8	10	3	3.33	14	24.64	4/43
Greenvale Kanagaroos	7	18	9	6.00	24	17.00	7/32	1
Casey South Melbourne	7	2	1*	1.00	13	31.00	4/36
Northcote	6	1	1*	–	18	12.50	6/19	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	0s
2	1	0	3	3	3.00
8	1	1	0	0*	–
9	8	3	59	28	11.80	2
10	26	8	103	18	5.72	6
11	47	23	121	25	5.04	11

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
Top order (1–3)	1	0	3	3	3.00
Lower order (8–11)	82	35	283	28	6.02	19

Batted most often at 11th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks19
1–938
10–197
20–292
30–490
50–990
100+0

2.1% of the side's runs in the innings batted.

Dismissals

Caught23 · 48%
Bowled17 · 35%
Stumped3 · 6%
Run out3 · 6%
LBW1 · 2%
Caught & bowled1 · 2%

Most often dismissed by: Paterson (4), Grant (3), Laughlin (2), Murch (2).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
In wins	28	13	145	25	9.67	3
In losses	50	17	138	28	4.18	16
In draws	3	3	3	3*	–
In ties	2	2	0	0*	–

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	46	169	13.90	3.7
In losses	53	120	22.53	2.3
In draws	11	30	18.07	2.7
In ties	1	1	53.00	1.0

Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 12 of 18 (67%), lost 5.
Every other match: the side won 34 of 94 (36%), lost 48.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
Batting first	48	23	82	10	3.28	12
Batting second	30	11	179	28	9.42	4
Second innings of the match	5	1	25	25	6.25	3

As captain and keeper

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
As captain	27	9	87	28	4.83	9
Otherwise	56	26	199	25	6.63	10

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	56	36	154	25	7.70	196	15.23	7/28
Carlton Cricket Ground	8	7	20	17*	4.00	12	30.00	4/96
Essendon Cricket Ground	7	6	13	7	3.25	14	22.43	5/53
Western Oval	6	5	29	10	9.67	16	17.44	4/58
University Oval	5	5	3	1	1.00	9	30.78	4/89
Victoria Park	5	5	2	2	0.50	9	28.11	4/41
Richmond Cricket Ground	5	4	8	8	2.00	9	26.00	3/35
St Kilda Cricket Ground	4	4	29	28	29.00	16	16.25	6/72
Albert Ground	4	2	3	3	3.00	6	24.00	3/44
Toorak Park	3	3	24	17	8.00	12	12.17	5/33
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	3	2	0	0*	–	14	7.07	6/19
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	2	1	1*	–	4	47.50	3/85
Glenferrie Oval	3	2	0	0*	–	3	35.67	3/47

Wickets taken

Caught184 · 57%
Bowled108 · 34%
LBW22 · 7%
Caught & bowled5 · 2%
Hit wicket1 · 0%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)154 · 48%
Middle order (4–7)107 · 33%
Lower order (8–11)59 · 18%

18 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 9/76 v North Melbourne, 1971-72. 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 1964-65 to 1975-76: 31st of 66 for runs, 2nd of 42 for wickets, 9th of 70 for matches, 28th of 58 for catches, 36th of 37 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 120th of 321 for runs, 4th of 172 for wickets, 25th of 345 for matches, 71st of 279 for catches, 123rd of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

C Adams1952-53 to 1961-62 · 115 m · 375 runs · 350 wkts
K Peters1950-51 to 1957-58 · 109 m · 606 runs · 282 wkts
BT Considine1946-47 to 1958-59 · 117 m · 363 runs · 242 wkts
IT Clay1941-42 to 1945-46 · 53 m · 104 runs · 129 wkts

The careers nearest Thomson’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 27 matches (1973-74 to 1975-76): won 8, lost 16, drawn 3.

Most often led

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership Honour in his name

1966-67: premiership, 1st XI Bowling · 1968-69: 1st XI Bowling · 1969-70: 1st XI Bowling · 1971-72: 1st XI Bowling · 1972-73: 1st XI Bowling

The arc

Alan Thomson's best season with the bat was 1966-67: 42 runs from 6 innings at 14.00. The best ten-innings patch came in 1969-70 to 1971-72: 90 runs at 15.00. The leanest, 1971-72 to 1972-73: 6 runs at 1.00.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First five-for5/39	20 Feb 1965	v Richmond, 1964-65
50th wicket4/36 took him to 52	25 Feb 1967	v North Melbourne, 1966-67
100th wicket3/72 took him to 102	10 Feb 1968	v North Melbourne, 1967-68
50th match7/76	18 Jan 1969	v Prahran, 1968-69
150th wicket7/28 took him to 150	22 Feb 1969	v Richmond, 1968-69
200th wicket7/32 took him to 201	22 Jan 1972	v North Melbourne, 1971-72
250th wicket3/46 took him to 250	6 Nov 1973	v Richmond, 1973-74
100th match1/48	15 Mar 1975	v Collingwood, 1974-75
300th wicket4/70 took him to 303	29 Nov 1975	v Footscray, 1975-76

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 43 matches: from v Carlton, 1965-66 to v Prahran, 1968-69 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 23 matches: from v Northcote, 1967-68 to v Footscray, 1970-71 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 2 matches bowled in: from v Northcote, 1965-66 to v Collingwood, 1965-66 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 21 innings: from v Carlton, 1971-72 to v Prahran, 1974-75 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
28	v St Kilda, 1975-76	Lost
25	v Richmond, 1966-67	Won
18	v Collingwood, 1970-71	Lost
17*	v Carlton, 1970-71	Lost
17	v Prahran, 1969-70	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
7/28	v Richmond, 1968-69	Won
7/32	v North Melbourne, 1971-72	Won
7/49	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1973-74	Lost
7/76	v Prahran, 1968-69	Drawn
6/19	v Northcote, 1974-75	Won

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 12 seasons: at 11th in 8, at 10th in 3, at 9th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1964-65	11	2	10.00
1965-66	11	9	3.20
1966-67	11	6	14.00
1967-68	11	9	4.50
1968-69	10	6	3.40
1969-70	11	5	7.25
1970-71	10	3	22.50
1971-72	11	10	5.50
1972-73	11	6	2.25
1973-74	10	10	2.20
1974-75	9	8	8.00
1975-76	11	9	8.25

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	56	36	16	154	25	7.70	196	15.23
Away	56	47	19	132	28	4.71	124	21.48

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	98	73	29	280	28	6.36	280	17.96
Weekday	14	10	6	6	2	1.50	40	15.47

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	24	18	9	48	11*	5.33	49	19.76
Nov	24	12	3	80	28	8.89	92	13.97
Dec	9	9	3	16	6*	2.67	26	20.19
Jan	23	17	9	59	25	7.38	63	17.44
Feb	18	16	5	36	18	3.27	50	18.44
Mar	14	11	6	47	17*	9.40	40	21.23

Finals

4Finals played

1Runs

15Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	108	81	33	285	28	5.94	305	17.72
Finals	4	2	2	1	1*	–	15	16.27

Favourite victims

E Shade × 5
RJ Sincock × 5
SNC Murch × 5
JR Davies × 4
KH Eastwood × 4
AJ Peach × 3
CA Tully × 3
DF Whatmore × 3

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1964-65	2
1965-66	10	2
1966-67	15	4
1967-68	14	1
1968-69	11	3
1969-70	5	3
1970-71	5
1971-72	8	2
1972-73	9
1973-74	12	1
1974-75	9	3
1975-76	12	1

Caught most off

AL Thomson × 5
EP Illingworth × 4
D Ashworth × 2
RC Bitmead × 2
AT Duff × 1
DD Weir × 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.

Alan Thomson

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