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David Ashworth

Played 1965-66 – 1972-73

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Player records

Career totals

Career

38

Games

8

Seasons

1965-66 – 1972-73

Played

Batting

32

Innings

12

Not outs

220

Runs

36

High score

11.00

Average

0

50s

0

100s

Bowling

56

Wickets

5/46

Best bowling

29.32

Average

1

5-fors

394.7 (8-ball)

Overs

Fielding

25

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1965-66 to 1972-73 · 38 matchesFull archive career →

Around this dayin 1967: 1* and 0/23 v Richmond in 1968: did not bat v Northcote

SeasonMRunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1965-664127*12.004242/851
1966-677753.50101.3194/578
1967-6884214*14.0064.772/148
1968-694552.5040.221/11
1969-7053411*11.3361.3155/461
1970-716973619.406283/835
1972-73423225.752311/822
Career382203611.00565/4625
Every scorecard · 38
1965-66v North Melbourne0*1/37Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v South Melbourne7*1/18Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v University5*0/39Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v Essendon02/85Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67v Northcote20/29 & 2/22Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67v Footscray0*0/26Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67v Universitydnb2/19 & 3/60Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67v North Melbournednb4/72Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67v South Melbournednb0/34Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67v Melbourne0*3/50Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67v Essendon51/9 & 4/57Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68v Prahran5*2/99Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68v Essendon01/77Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68v St Kilda14*0/14Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68v Richmond1*0/23Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68v University6*2/14 & 0/12Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68v South Melbourne20/25Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68v Footscray12*2/18 & 0/46Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68v South Melbourne2–Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69v Hawthorn-East Melbournednb1/11 & 0/45Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69v Northcotednb–Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69v Collingwood5–Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69v North Melbourne01/65Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70v Footscray8*5/46Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70v Prahran11*2/48Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70v Essendon62/16Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70v University52/31 & 0/26Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70v South Melbourne44/65Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71v Essendon181/67Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71v St Kildadnb0/16Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71v Richmond363/83Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71v University20/7 & 1/21Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71v South Melbourne172/26 & 0/17Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71v Melbourne240/38 & 1/6Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73v North Melbourne01/82Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73v University0–Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73v Hawthorn-East Melbourne10/14 & 0/27Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73v Footscray22–Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv North Melbourne, 1965-66
  2. First five-for5/46v Footscray, 1969-70
  3. Highest score36v Richmond, 1970-71
  4. Best bowling5/46v Footscray, 1969-70
  5. Last matchMatch 38v Footscray, 1972-73

Runs by season

1965-66: 12 runs1265-661966-67: 7 runs71967-68: 42 runs4267-681968-69: 5 runs51969-70: 34 runs3469-701970-71: 97 runs971972-73: 23 runs2372-73

Wickets by season

1965-66: 4 wickets465-661966-67: 19 wickets191967-68: 7 wickets767-681968-69: 2 wickets21969-70: 15 wickets1569-701970-71: 8 wickets81972-73: 1 wickets172-73

Every innings, in order

501965-66 v North Melbourne: 0*1965-66 v South Melbourne: 7*1965-66 v University: 5*1965-66 v Essendon: 01966-67 v Northcote: 21966-67 v Footscray: 0*1966-67 v Melbourne: 0*1966-67 v Essendon: 51967-68 v Prahran: 5*1967-68 v Essendon: 01967-68 v St Kilda: 14*1967-68 v Richmond: 1*1967-68 v University: 6*1967-68 v South Melbourne: 21967-68 v Footscray: 12*1967-68 v South Melbourne: 21968-69 v Collingwood: 51968-69 v North Melbourne: 01969-70 v Footscray: 8*1969-70 v Prahran: 11*1969-70 v Essendon: 61969-70 v University: 51969-70 v South Melbourne: 41970-71 v Essendon: 181970-71 v Richmond: 361970-71 v University: 21970-71 v South Melbourne: 171970-71 v Melbourne: 241972-73 v North Melbourne: 01972-73 v University: 01972-73 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 11972-73 v Footscray: 22

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

Against each club

Casey South Melbourne632178.00726.434/65
Melbourne University6186*6.001022.903/60
Essendon529185.801128.274/57
Footscray4422242.00719.435/461
Greenvale Kanagaroos400*0.00736.574/72
Richmond2373637.00335.333/83
Melbourne2242424.00423.503/50
Prahran21611*–436.752/48
St Kilda21414*–0–0/14
Northcote2222.00225.502/22
Kingston Hawthorn2111.00197.001/11
Camberwell Magpies1555.00–––

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
PosInnNORunsHSAvg0s
110111.00
210222222.00
780973612.133
8301053.331
9976214*31.00
1083216*4.201
112277*–
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
Top order (1–3)20232211.50
Middle order (4–7)80973612.133
Lower order (8–11)221210014*10.002

Batted most often at 9th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks5
  • 1–916
  • 10–195
  • 20–292
  • 30–491
  • 50–990
  • 100+0

3.6% of the side's runs in the innings batted.

Dismissals
  • Caught10 · 50%
  • Stumped4 · 20%
  • Bowled2 · 10%
  • Run out2 · 10%
  • Caught & bowled1 · 5%
  • LBW1 · 5%
In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
In wins1591112218.502
In losses163104368.003
In draws10555.00
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins163523.462.2
In losses172139.101.2
  • Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 1 of 1 (100%).
  • Every other match: the side won 18 of 37 (49%), lost 18.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
Batting first189548*6.003
Batting second1431663615.092
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground23201583613.173729.005/46
South Melbourne Cricket Ground32643.00431.004/65
Essendon Cricket Ground22663.00331.002/16
University Oval2275*7.00167.001/21
St Kilda Cricket Ground21555.00516.404/57
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote21222.00225.502/22
Toorak Park111111*–224.002/48
Albert Ground11242424.00144.001/6
North Melbourne Cricket Ground1100*–137.001/37
Richmond Cricket Ground1111*–––0/23
Wickets taken
  • Caught21 · 38%
  • Bowled13 · 23%
  • Stumped12 · 21%
  • LBW6 · 11%
  • Caught & bowled3 · 5%
  • Hit wicket1 · 2%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)12 · 21%
  • Middle order (4–7)30 · 54%
  • Lower order (8–11)14 · 25%

1 five-wicket haul. Best in a match: 5/46 v Footscray, 1969-70. 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 1965-66 to 1972-73: 33rd of 51 for runs, 11th of 34 for wickets, 27th of 53 for matches, 21st of 48 for catches, 30th of 35 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 132nd of 321 for runs, 39th of 172 for wickets, 86th of 345 for matches, 55th of 279 for catches, 108th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • Gurnaz Khatra2023-24 to 2025-26 · 26 m · 150 runs · 32 wkts
  • K Campbell1936-37 to 1947-48 · 64 m · 317 runs · 94 wkts
  • DA Campbell2007-08 to 2011-12 · 17 m · 141 runs · 24 wkts
  • Kobe Smith2019-20 to 2026-27 · 53 m · 140 runs · 71 wkts

The careers nearest Ashworth’s in length, runs and wickets a match, average and the balance of batting to bowling.

The shape of the career

Season by season

1965-66: 4 matches, 12 runs, 4 wickets1965-661966-67: 7 matches, 7 runs, 19 wickets · Premiership1966-671967-68: 8 matches, 42 runs, 7 wickets1967-681968-69: 4 matches, 5 runs, 2 wickets1968-691969-70: 5 matches, 34 runs, 15 wickets1969-701970-71: 6 matches, 97 runs, 8 wickets1970-711971-72: did not play1971-721972-73: 4 matches, 23 runs, 1 wicket1972-73

Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership Season away

1966-67: premiership

The arc

David Ashworth's best season with the bat was 1970-71: 97 runs from 5 innings at 19.40. The best ten-innings patch came in 1969-70 to 1970-71: 131 runs at 16.38. The leanest, 1967-68 to 1969-70: 55 runs at 7.86.

Rolling average, innings 17 to 32: 7.9 to 16.416.4

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First five-for5/4618 Oct 1969v Footscray, 1969-70
50th wicket3/83 took him to 5114 Nov 1970v Richmond, 1970-71

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 11 matches
from v University, 1966-67 to v South Melbourne, 1967-68 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 7 matches
from v North Melbourne, 1968-69 to v Essendon, 1970-71 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 2 matches bowled in
from v St Kilda, 1967-68 to v Richmond, 1967-68 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 4 innings
from v Essendon, 1965-66 to v Essendon, 1967-68 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111965-66: 11 (4 inns, avg 12.00)1966-67: 9 (4 inns, avg 3.50)1967-68: 9 (8 inns, avg 14.00)1968-69: 8 (2 inns, avg 2.50)1969-70: 9 (5 inns, avg 11.33)1970-71: 7 (5 inns, avg 19.40)1972-73: 7 (4 inns, avg 5.75)1965196719691972

Moved about the order across 7 seasons: at 9th in 3, at 7th in 2, at 11th in 1, at 8th in 1.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1965-6611412.00
1966-67943.50
1967-689814.00
1968-69822.50
1969-709511.33
1970-717519.40
1972-73745.75
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home232081583613.173729.00
Away1512462247.751929.95

Home taken as the ground the club played at most in each season: Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Schramms Reserve.

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday3228111863610.944931.04
Weekday641342211.33717.29
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct66233188.251235.17
Nov16137883614.671432.57
Dec44129179.67441.00
Jan550512410.20733.57
Feb2000––916.78
Mar5421912*9.501021.40
Finals
3Finals played
7Runs · avg 3.50
8Wickets
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home and away3529112133611.834831.79
Finals331753.50814.50
Favourite victims
  1. GJ Brown × 2
  2. JC Harmer × 2
  3. KW Kirby × 2
  4. MW Moss × 2
  5. RA Gaunt × 2
  6. RF van Cuylenburg × 2
  7. AR Leigh × 1
  8. AR Vick × 1
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. AL Thomson × 10
  2. EP Illingworth × 8
  3. D Ashworth × 3
  4. DD Weir × 3
  5. WA Heller × 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.

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