Carl Adams

Played 1952-53 – 1961-62

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Player records

🏆1st XI Premiers (1953-54)🏆1st XI Premiers (1960-61)Hall of Fame (2019-20)

Career totals

Career

115

Games

Seasons

1952-53 – 1961-62

Played

Batting

Innings

Not outs

375

Runs

High score

7.98

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

350

Wickets

8/73

Best bowling

14.64

Average

5-fors

10-fors

1367.1 (8-ball)

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1952-53 to 1961-62 · 115 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 1956: 2/26 v Prahran

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1952-53	3	26	11	13.00	30	6	3/39
1953-54	6	45	19*	15.00	71.1	14	4/26	3
1954-55	11	24	8	3.43	121.5	29	6/21	5
1955-56	14	29	13*	29.00	198	41	6/47	8
1956-57	15	98	26	16.33	121	55	5/16	6
1957-58	13	14	8	1.75	109	44	7/24	5
1958-59	13	16	5*	5.33	170.2	36	7/31	4
1959-60	13	31	8	5.17	203.5	51	8/73	5
1960-61	13	22	5*	4.40	169.5	39	7/67	9
1961-62	14	70	22	11.67	172.7	35	6/25	6
Career	115	375	26	7.98		350	8/73	51

Every scorecard · 115

1952-53	v Carlton	11	3/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Richmond	2*	3/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v St Kilda	6* & 7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Essendon	1	1/5 & 4/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Richmond	dnb	4/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Melbourne	13	1/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v St Kilda	0 & 19*	1/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v University	11*	1/10 & 0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Prahran	1*	1/12 & 1/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Northcote	dnb	1/29 & 0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Prahran	0	0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v North Melbourne	8	0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v South Melbourne	4*	1/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v University	0	4/58	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Essendon	6*	1/35 & 3/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Carlton	dnb	2/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Richmond	0*	3/54 & 1/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Melbourne	0 & 1*	1/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v St Kilda	3	6/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	2 & 0	6/72	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Collingwood	dnb	6/47	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Prahran	dnb	4/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v North Melbourne	0*	0/69	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v South Melbourne	2*	2/70	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v University	0*	2/44 & 1/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Essendon	dnb	2/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Carlton	dnb	3/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Richmond	4*	0/10 & 1/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Melbourne	dnb	5/42 & 0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v St Kilda	6*	4/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	4	0/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Footscray	0*	4/77	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Northcote	13*	4/28 & 1/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v South Melbourne	dnb	2/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Footscray	dnb	1/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Northcote	dnb	5/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Collingwood	0 & 0*	3/60	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Prahran	dnb	2/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v North Melbourne	4*	5/16 & 1/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v South Melbourne	dnb	0/49	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Essendon	12	3/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v University	3*	1/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Carlton	0	3/25 & 5/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Richmond	11*	4/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Melbourne	dnb	3/47 & 4/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v St Kilda	dnb	2/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	26	2/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v St Kilda	21	5/49	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Carlton	21	3/49 & 3/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Northcote	dnb	7/24 & 1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Collingwood	0	2/50 & 1/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Prahran	dnb	2/62	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v North Melbourne	8	3/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v South Melbourne	0*	0/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v University	dnb	3/75	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Essendon	0	4/35 & 1/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Richmond	2	2/14 & 0/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Melbourne	dnb	6/26 & 0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v St Kilda	1	4/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1 & 2	1/33 & 4/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Footscray	0	1/22 & 1/47	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Carlton	0*	1/56 & 0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Footscray	dnb	7/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Northcote	5*	3/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Collingwood	4*	0/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Prahran	1*	1/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v North Melbourne	0*	4/25 & 0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v South Melbourne	dnb	3/58	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v University	dnb	0/21 & 1/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Essendon	0*	3/50	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Carlton	2	1/35 & 1/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Richmond	0*	2/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Melbourne	3*	1/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v St Kilda	0	6/37 & 0/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0 & 1*	3/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v University	0	3/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Essendon	dnb	3/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Carlton	dnb	2/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Richmond	2	3/61	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Melbourne	dnb	1/26 & 1/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v St Kilda	dnb	5/27 & 0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1	8/73	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Footscray	8	3/30 & 1/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Northcote	5*	6/15 & 6/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Collingwood	dnb	0/68	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Prahran	4*	3/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v North Melbourne	dnb	3/51 & 3/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v South Melbourne	8 & 3	0/62	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0	0/9 & 1/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Footscray	4*	2/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Northcote	5*	4/57	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v North Melbourne	2	3/25 & 1/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v South Melbourne	1*	2/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v University	dnb	6/26 & 1/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v St Kilda	4	3/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Essendon	dnb	2/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Carlton	0	0/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Richmond	dnb	7/67	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Melbourne	dnb	0/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v North Melbourne	1*	3/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v St Kilda	5	0/15 & 4/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v North Melbourne	0*	0/80	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v South Melbourne	dnb	1/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v University	1	2/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Essendon	13*	4/18 & 0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Carlton	dnb	1/18 & 1/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Richmond	18*	4/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Melbourne	3	2/15 & 0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v St Kilda	1	2/82	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	2/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Footscray	1	5/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Northcote	6	4/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Collingwood	1*	0/59	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Prahran	22	6/25 & 0/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Richmond	4*	0/3 & 1/24	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Carlton, 1952-53
First five-for6/21v St Kilda, 1954-55
Highest score26v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1956-57
Best bowling8/73v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1959-60
Last matchMatch 115v Richmond, 1961-62

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


St Kilda	12	73	21	8.11	42	12.10	6/21	4
Richmond	11	43	18*	21.50	35	12.89	7/67	1
Carlton	10	34	21	6.80	29	18.69	5/45	1
Essendon	9	32	13*	10.67	31	11.03	4/18
Greenvale Kanagaroos	9	23	8	7.67	26	14.38	5/16	1
Melbourne	9	20	13	6.67	25	15.04	6/26	2
Casey South Melbourne	9	18	8	9.00	11	38.64	3/58
Melbourne University	9	15	11*	5.00	25	17.56	6/26	1
Kingston Hawthorn	8	37	26	4.11	27	13.56	8/73	2
Northcote	8	34	13*	34.00	42	8.05	7/24	4	1
Prahran	8	28	22	14.00	20	14.15	6/25	1
Footscray	7	13	8	4.33	25	13.84	7/31	2
Camberwell Magpies	6	5	4*	2.50	12	27.08	6/47	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
1	1	0	8	8	8.00
2	1	1	19	19*	–
3	1	0	22	22	22.00
5	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
6	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
7	1	0	2	2	2.00
8	3	1	12	7	6.00	1
9	7	1	69	26	11.50	2
10	11	4	51	13	7.29	1
11	61	34	192	18*	7.11	9

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
Top order (1–3)	3	1	49	22	24.50
Middle order (4–7)	3	0	2	2	0.67	2
Lower order (8–11)	82	40	324	26	7.71	13

Batted most often at 11th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks15
1–949
10–199
20–294
30–490
50–990
100+0

2.7% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 1 time.

Dismissals

Caught22 · 47%
Bowled14 · 30%
LBW5 · 11%
Stumped3 · 6%
Run out3 · 6%

Most often dismissed by: Salmon (4), Lynch (3), John Edwards (3), Holloway (2), Smith (2).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
In wins	46	22	277	26	11.54	5
In losses	38	17	85	21	4.05	9
In draws	4	2	13	8	6.50	1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	73	239	12.94	3.3
In losses	35	98	19.19	2.8
In draws	6	13	10.85	2.2

Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 14 of 19 (74%), lost 4.
Every other match: the side won 60 of 96 (63%), lost 31.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
Batting first	43	20	208	26	9.04	7
Batting second	37	17	134	21	6.70	7
Second innings of the match	8	4	33	19*	8.25	1

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	52	37	196	22	9.33	180	11.74	8/73
Carlton Cricket Ground	6	5	13	11	3.25	16	17.50	5/45
Albert Ground	6	4	30	21	15.00	20	17.20	4/39
St Kilda Cricket Ground	5	5	27	19*	9.00	16	14.56	5/27
Western Oval	5	4	9	8	3.00	16	18.00	5/31
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	4	5	4*	–	15	18.47	5/16
Richmond Cricket Ground	5	4	26	18*	13.00	14	15.50	4/34
University Oval	5	4	4	3*	2.00	12	22.33	3/51
Victoria Park	5	4	1	1*	0.50	12	24.00	6/47
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	2	5	4*	–	8	25.50	3/58
Glenferrie Oval	4	6	29	26	5.80	12	15.25	6/72
Essendon Cricket Ground	4	3	18	12	18.00	12	13.17	3/27
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	4	2	10	5*	–	13	12.92	5/51
Toorak Park	3	2	1	1*	1.00	3	21.00	2/26
Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	2	1	1*	1.00	1	31.00	1/31

Wickets taken

Caught196 · 56%
Bowled108 · 31%
LBW29 · 8%
Caught & bowled11 · 3%
Stumped5 · 1%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)136 · 39%
Middle order (4–7)137 · 39%
Lower order (8–11)76 · 22%

20 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 12/50 v Northcote, 1959-60. 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 1952-53 to 1961-62: 30th of 57 for runs, 2nd of 40 for wickets, 11th of 58 for matches, 13th of 51 for catches, 31st of 32 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 103rd of 321 for runs, 3rd of 172 for wickets, 24th of 345 for matches, 24th of 279 for catches, 119th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

AL Thomson1964-65 to 1975-76 · 112 m · 286 runs · 320 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 Adams’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

1953-54: premiership, 1st XI Bowling · 1954-55: 1st XI Bowling · 1957-58: 1st XI Bowling · 1959-60: 1st XI Bowling · 1960-61: premiership

The arc

Carl Adams' best season with the bat was 1956-57: 98 runs from 10 innings at 16.33. The best ten-innings patch came in 1955-56 to 1956-57: 90 runs at 18.00. The leanest, 1958-59 to 1959-60: 9 runs at 1.50.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First five-for6/21	5 Mar 1955	v St Kilda, 1954-55
50th wicket6/47 took him to 55	1 Oct 1955	v Collingwood, 1955-56
100th wicket2/26 took him to 101	6 Nov 1956	v Prahran, 1956-57
50th match7/24 & 1/24	5 Oct 1957	v Northcote, 1957-58
150th wicket7/24 took him to 152	5 Oct 1957	v Northcote, 1957-58
200th wicket1/28 took him to 200	4 Nov 1958	v Prahran, 1958-59
250th wicket8/73 took him to 251	12 Dec 1959	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1959-60
300th wicket2/16 took him to 301	4 Feb 1961	v Essendon, 1960-61
100th match1*, 3/25	18 Mar 1961	v North Melbourne, 1960-61
350th wicket1/24 took him to 350	17 Mar 1962	v Richmond, 1961-62

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 46 matches: from v Prahran, 1954-55 to v Essendon, 1957-58 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 19 matches: from v Prahran, 1958-59 to v Northcote, 1959-60 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 2 matches bowled in: from v Prahran, 1954-55 to v North Melbourne, 1954-55 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 23 innings: from v Collingwood, 1957-58 to v University, 1961-62 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
26	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1956-57	Won
22	v Prahran, 1961-62	Won
21	v St Kilda, 1956-57	Won, Semi-final
21	v Carlton, 1956-57	Lost, Final
19*	v St Kilda, 1953-54	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
8/73	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1959-60	Lost
7/24	v Northcote, 1957-58	Won
7/31	v Footscray, 1958-59	Won
7/67	v Richmond, 1960-61	Won
6/15	v Northcote, 1959-60	Won

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 10 seasons: at 11th in 8, at 10th in 2.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1952-53	11	4	13.00
1953-54	10	6	15.00
1954-55	11	11	3.43
1955-56	11	8	29.00
1956-57	11	10	16.33
1957-58	10	10	1.75
1958-59	11	11	5.33
1959-60	11	8	5.17
1960-61	11	9	4.40
1961-62	11	11	11.67

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	52	37	16	196	22	9.33	180	11.74
Away	63	51	25	179	26	6.88	170	17.66

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	101	77	33	332	26	7.55	306	15.00
Weekday	14	11	8	43	11*	14.33	44	11.95

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	18	8	4	10	5*	2.50	52	15.77
Nov	21	15	10	47	13*	9.40	52	17.98
Dec	10	6	2	37	18*	9.25	31	14.71
Jan	27	21	11	70	11*	7.00	97	12.30
Feb	21	19	6	61	13	4.69	62	15.26
Mar	17	18	8	145	26	14.50	52	13.54
Other	1	1	0	5	5	5.00	4	15.25

Finals

9Finals played

64Runs · avg 21.33

25Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	106	80	36	311	26	7.07	325	14.43
Finals	9	8	5	64	21	21.33	25	17.00

Favourite victims

GJ Murray × 5
I Monks × 5
IF Langford × 5
Jack E Edwards × 5
JG Miles × 5
LG Bridges × 5
NL Allanson × 5
WJ Rotherham × 5

The card names his victims in 100 of 101 wicket-taking games.

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1952-53	3
1953-54	6	3
1954-55	11	5
1955-56	14	8
1956-57	15	6
1957-58	13	5
1958-59	13	4
1959-60	13	5
1960-61	13	9
1961-62	14	6

Caught most off

C Adams × 11
K Peters × 8
BT Considine × 5
HAE Shillinglaw × 5
Ray Harvey × 5
EP Illingworth × 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.

Carl Adams

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