Alf Dummett

Played 1920-21 – 1931-32

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Player records

🏆1st XI Premiers (1930-31)State Representative

Career totals

Career

129

Games

Seasons

1920-21 – 1931-32

Played

Batting

125

Innings

Not outs

2,267

Runs

112

High score

19.54

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

210

Wickets

9/26

Best bowling

22.08

Average

5-fors

10-fors

4,440

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1921-22 to 1931-32 · 120 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 1926: 1 and 4/57 v University in 1928: 21 and 5/36 v North Melbourne

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1921-22	10	282	108	40.29	15	8	2/44	8
1922-23	11	167	58	13.92	99	32	5/52	12
1923-24	6	6	6	2.00	2	5	3/51	2
1924-25	7	105	40	13.13	43.6	6	2/70	6
1925-26	12	415	88	31.92	13.1	7	3/37	12
1926-27	12	198	57	18.00	79	34	8/20	5
1927-28	11	209	63	19.00	70.1	31	9/26	6
1928-29	11	209	112	23.22	58.7	19	5/36	8
1929-30	13	233	74*	21.18	46.3	11	4/38	5
1930-31	13	163	36	16.30	42	14	3/42	10
1931-32	14	146	31	12.17	68	32	6/40	11
Career	120	2,133	112	19.93		199	9/26	85

Every scorecard · 120

1921-22	v Richmond	2*	0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v Essendon	2*	0/10 & 1/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v University	11	0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v St Kilda	dnb	2/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v Collingwood	46	1/57	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	108	2/87	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v Northcote	80	1/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v South Melbourne	22	0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v North Melbourne	11	1/50	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v Prahran	0	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v South Melbourne	15	0/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v Melbourne	58	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v Carlton	14	2/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v Collingwood	3	1/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v Northcote	dnb	0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v Essendon	9 & 21	4/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v University	4	4/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v North Melbourne	26	4/88	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v Richmond	5	2/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v Prahran	0	4/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v Prahran	0 & 12	5/52 & 5/103	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v North Melbourne	0	3/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v Carlton	dnb	1/59	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v St Kilda	6	1/68	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v South Melbourne	0	0/47	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v Northcote	4	0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v North Melbourne	0	1/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v Carlton	10 & 0	0/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v Collingwood	40	0/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	19	1/15 & 1/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v Richmond	15	1/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v Prahran	17	2/70	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v Richmond	12	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v Collingwood	5	0/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v Carlton	88	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v University	74	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v Prahran	71	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v Melbourne	58	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v South Melbourne	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v St Kilda	16	1/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v Essendon	40	0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v North Melbourne	26	1/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v Northcote	4	3/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v St Kilda	2 & 0	2/63	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v St Kilda	57	2/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Prahran	34	3/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v University	1	4/57	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	9	0/69	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Melbourne	54	0/47	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Richmond	1	5/74	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Carlton	24*	1/50	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Collingwood	6	3/74	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Northcote	1	4/75	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v North Melbourne	2	1/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v South Melbourne	6	2/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Essendon	3	8/20 & 1/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v North Melbourne	14*	1/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	4 & 19	5/36 & 4/77	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Essendon	0	9/26 & 0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Melbourne	0	1/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Richmond	63	3/74	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v University	3	0/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v South Melbourne	12	2/58	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Northcote	20	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Prahran	53	2/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v St Kilda	13	1/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Collingwood	8	3/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Carlton	dnb	2/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Essendon	0	2/57	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v North Melbourne	21	5/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Prahran	50	1/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Collingwood	dnb	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Northcote	11	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Richmond	112	0/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v St Kilda	6	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v South Melbourne	0	2/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Melbourne	3	4/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v University	6	2/41 & 0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Carlton	dnb	1/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Prahran	9	0/13 & 0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Melbourne	44	0/72	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Collingwood	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v North Melbourne	7	3/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Richmond	74*	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	57	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v South Melbourne	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Essendon	0	1/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v University	6	1/22 & 0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v St Kilda	21	4/38 & 1/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v VCA Colts	3	0/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v St Kilda	3	0/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Melbourne	20	0/57	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Northcote	2	1/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v South Melbourne	9* & 36	2/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Collingwood	dnb	2/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	9	2/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Richmond	0	0/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Essendon	5	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v North Melbourne	23	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Carlton	24*	1/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Prahran	3	3/42 & 2/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v University	dnb	1/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Richmond	0	0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v South Melbourne	32	0/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v St Kilda	7	1/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Northcote	9	0/14 & 1/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	5	0/20 & 0/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v VCA Colts	dnb	5/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Collingwood	15	3/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v South Melbourne	24	3/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Prahran	15	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v University	1	6/40 & 1/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v North Melbourne	11	2/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Carlton	dnb	1/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Richmond	dnb	3/50	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Essendon	5	0/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v University	31	5/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v St Kilda	20 & 3	1/36 & 0/5	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Richmond, 1921-22
First fifty108v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1921-22
First hundred108v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1921-22
First five-for5/52v Prahran, 1922-23
Highest score112v Richmond, 1928-29
Best bowling9/26v Essendon, 1927-28
Last matchMatch 120v St Kilda, 1931-32

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

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Against each club

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Richmond	11	284	112	35.50	2	1	14	27.43	5/74	1
Prahran	11	264	71	22.00	3		27	17.78	5/52	2	1
Casey South Melbourne	11	182	36	16.55			11	27.64	3/38
St Kilda	11	154	57	12.83	1		16	25.81	4/38
Greenvale Kanagaroos	11	141	26	14.10			22	17.09	5/36	1
Camberwell Magpies	11	125	46	15.63			14	24.43	3/42
Melbourne University	10	137	74	15.22	1		24	13.88	6/40	2
Carlton	9	160	88	40.00	1		9	33.33	2/42
Northcote	9	131	80	16.38	1		10	20.90	4/75
Essendon	9	85	40	9.44			26	11.31	9/26	2
Kingston Hawthorn	8	230	108	28.75	1	1	15	26.00	5/36	1
Melbourne	7	237	58	33.86	3		6	48.17	4/37
VCA Colts	2	3	3	3.00			5	12.20	5/37	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	100s	0s
1	1	0	0	0	0.00			1
2	3	0	37	22	12.33			1
3	2	0	44	32	22.00
4	15	0	291	88	19.40	3		2
5	27	3	594	80	24.75	4		2
6	25	0	561	112	22.44	4	1	4
7	18	2	356	108	22.25	2	1	2
8	8	0	69	26	8.63			1
9	11	2	138	46	15.33
10	4	0	43	31	10.75			2

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	6	0	81	32	13.50			2
Middle order (4–7)	85	5	1,802	112	22.52	13	2	10
Lower order (8–11)	23	2	250	46	11.90			3

Batted most often at 5th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks15
1–943
10–1920
20–2913
30–498
50–9913
100+2

Turned 2 of 15 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 9.2% of the side's runs in the innings batted (where the card has the total). Top-scored for the side 10 times.

Dismissals

Caught64 · 60%
Bowled25 · 23%
Stumped10 · 9%
Run out3 · 3%
LBW3 · 3%
Hit wicket2 · 2%

Most often dismissed by: Blackie (5), Lisle (4), Ironmonger (4), Hartkopf (3), Grimmett (3).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	55	4	1,211	108	23.75	9	1	5
In losses	31	1	378	57	12.60	2		7
In draws	25	2	517	112	22.48	2	1	3
In ties	3	0	27	17	9.00

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	55	102	17.59	1.9
In losses	25	51	23.08	2.0
In draws	30	38	27.05	1.3
In ties	3	8	22.00	2.7

Scored 50+: the side won 10 of 15 (67%), lost 2.
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 5 of 9 (56%), lost 3.
Every other match: the side won 44 of 96 (46%), lost 22.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	55	2	1,243	112	23.45	7	2	7
Batting second	52	5	799	74*	17.00	6		6
Second innings of the match	7	0	91	36	13.00			2

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	59	52	982	112	19.25	87	23.21	8/20
Richmond Cricket Ground	7	7	193	74*	38.60	12	21.25	5/42
Toorak Park	6	7	106	53	15.14	14	21.79	5/52
Victoria Park	6	5	33	15	6.60	8	18.25	3/42
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	6	92	36	18.40	4	20.25	2/25
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	5	98	26	24.50	13	15.38	5/36
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	5	5	105	80	21.00	6	20.33	4/75
St Kilda Cricket Ground	5	5	68	57	13.60	6	31.50	2/38
University Oval	5	4	85	74	21.25	10	14.50	4/38
Carlton Cricket Ground	5	4	58	24*	29.00	5	38.80	2/51
Glenferrie Oval	4	5	159	108	31.80	15	16.53	5/36
Essendon Cricket Ground	3	4	35	21	8.75	13	7.15	9/26
Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	3	67	58	22.33	6	16.67	4/37
Albert Ground	2	2	52	32	26.00	–	–	0/21

Wickets taken

Caught112 · 56%
Bowled71 · 36%
LBW8 · 4%
Caught & bowled6 · 3%
Stumped2 · 1%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)87 · 44%
Middle order (4–7)73 · 37%
Lower order (8–11)39 · 20%

10 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 10/155 v Prahran, 1922-23. 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 1921-22 to 1931-32: 10th of 61 for runs, 5th of 28 for wickets, 8th of 68 for matches, 9th of 13 for hundreds, 3rd of 52 for catches, 18th of 26 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 29th of 321 for runs, 14th of 172 for wickets, 20th of 345 for matches, 22nd of 50 for hundreds, 7th of 279 for catches, 56th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

SM Elliott2018-19 to 2025-26 · 83 m · 1,134 runs · 121 wkts
FD Chapman1921-22 to 1936-37 · 162 m · 3,253 runs · 272 wkts
CBD Street1999-00 to 2005-06 · 126 m · 1,544 runs · 266 wkts
LJ Davison1960-61 to 1973-74 · 95 m · 1,475 runs · 109 wkts

The careers nearest Dummett’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, up Wickets, downPremiership Honour in his name

1921-22: 1st XI Batting · 1927-28: 1st XI Bowling · 1930-31: premiership

The arc

Alf Dummett's best season with the bat was 1925-26: 415 runs from 13 innings at 31.92. The best ten-innings patch came in 1925-26: 409 runs at 40.90. The leanest, 1922-23 to 1924-25: 32 runs at 3.20.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty108	28 Jan 1922	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1921-22
First hundred108	28 Jan 1922	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1921-22
First five-for5/52	31 Mar 1923	v Prahran, 1922-23
50th wicket2/70 took him to 51	7 Mar 1925	v Prahran, 1924-25
1,000th run57 took him to 1,032	23 Oct 1926	v St Kilda, 1926-27
50th match9, 0/69	20 Nov 1926	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1926-27
100th wicket4/77 took him to 102	22 Oct 1927	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1927-28
150th wicket4/38 took him to 152	22 Feb 1930	v St Kilda, 1929-30
100th match5, 0/13	24 Jan 1931	v Essendon, 1930-31
2,000th run9 took him to 2,003	17 Oct 1931	v Northcote, 1931-32

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 4 innings: from v Carlton, 1925-26 to v Melbourne, 1925-26 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 40 matches: from v Richmond, 1925-26 to v Collingwood, 1928-29 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 12 matches: from v Richmond, 1926-27 to v Richmond, 1927-28 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 3 matches bowled in: from v Richmond, 1925-26 to v Melbourne, 1925-26 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings: from v North Melbourne, 1923-24 to v North Melbourne, 1924-25 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
112	v Richmond, 1928-29	Drawn
108	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1921-22	Won
88	v Carlton, 1925-26	Won
80	v Northcote, 1921-22	Won
74*	v Richmond, 1929-30	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
9/26	v Essendon, 1927-28	Lost
8/20	v Essendon, 1926-27	Won
6/40	v University, 1931-32	Won
5/36	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1927-28	Won
5/36	v North Melbourne, 1928-29	Won

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Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 11 seasons: at 6th in 4, at 5th in 3, at 9th in 2, at 4th in 1, at 7th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1921-22	9	9	40.29
1922-23	6	12	13.92
1923-24	4	3	2.00
1924-25	6	8	13.13
1925-26	5	13	31.92
1926-27	5	12	18.00
1927-28	5	12	19.00
1928-29	6	9	23.22
1929-30	6	12	21.18
1930-31	7	12	16.30
1931-32	9	12	12.17

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	59	52	1	982	112	19.25	87	23.21
Away	61	62	6	1,151	108	20.55	112	19.25

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	106	99	7	1,941	112	21.10	169	22.37
Weekday	14	15	0	192	34	12.80	30	13.17

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	20	20	3	267	58	15.71	25	25.32
Nov	21	19	1	445	88	24.72	43	17.35
Dec	12	9	1	284	74*	35.50	10	33.40
Jan	23	23	1	462	108	21.00	33	23.12
Feb	18	16	1	435	112	29.00	29	20.72
Mar	18	19	0	177	31	9.32	53	15.09
Other	8	8	0	63	32	7.88	6	49.67

Finals

10Finals played

112Runs · avg 8.62

24Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	110	101	7	2,021	112	21.50	175	21.20
Finals	10	13	0	112	32	8.62	24	19.38

Favourite victims

CB Willis × 4
GA Davies × 4
RH Watson × 4
SMF Thomson × 4
C Hardy × 3
J Ryder × 3
LC Salvana × 3
NFR Mitchell × 3

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1921-22	10	8
1922-23	11	12
1923-24	6	2
1924-25	7	6
1925-26	12	12
1926-27	12	5
1927-28	11	6
1928-29	11	8
1929-30	13	5
1930-31	13	10
1931-32	14	11

Caught most off

AE Liddicut × 32
AJW Lansdown × 16
FD Chapman × 14
AW Dummett × 6
HJ Plant × 3
EA McDonald × 2

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.

Alf Dummett

Splits

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The shape of the career

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