David Plumpton

Played 1996-97 – 2003-04

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Player records

🏆1st XI Premiers (2001-02)

Career totals

Career

125

Games

Seasons

1996-97 – 2003-04

Played

Batting

129

Innings

Not outs

4,290

Runs

170

High score

39.00

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

4/14

Best bowling

39.68

Average

416

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1996-97 to 2003-04 · 125 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 2001: did not bat v Frankston Peninsula

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1996-97	7	136	41*	27.20	63	5	3/62	3
1997-98	16	566	103*	43.54	34	3	1/12	8
1998-99	15	451	161*	34.69	80.1	5	2/1	14
1999-00	17	361	77	24.07	24.2	4	2/15	15
2000-01	17	591	110	39.40	102.1	12	3/44	12
2001-02	20	957	170	59.81	55	4	2/27	11
2002-03	18	657	113*	32.85	43.2	4	4/14	13
2003-04	15	571	101	43.92	14	1	1/19	9
Career	125	4,290	170	39.00		38	4/14	85

Every scorecard · 125

1996-97	v Frankston Peninsula	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Hawthorn Waverley	4	0/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Footscray	14	0/56	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Carlton	30	3/62	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v South Melbourne	41*	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Ringwood	28*	2/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	v Prahran	19	0/3 & 0/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Frankston Peninsula	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Hawthorn Waverley	32*	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Footscray	18	1/71	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Carlton	38	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Essendon	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Ringwood	103*	1/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Prahran	29*	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v North Melbourne	46	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Melbourne	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Geelong	41	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Dandenong	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Camberwell Magpies	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v University	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v St Kilda	98	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Richmond	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	v Northcote	52 & 33	1/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v Geelong	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v Dandenong	22	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v Camberwell Magpies	10	0/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v University	0	0/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v St Kilda	24	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v Richmond	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v Northcote	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v Frankston Peninsula	32	0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v Essendon	3	0/8 & 2/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v Carlton	22 & 44	1/49	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v South Melbourne	62*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v Ringwood	dnb	0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v Prahran	44	0/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v North Melbourne	161*	1/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	v Melbourne	12	1/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Richmond	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Northcote	37*	0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Frankston Peninsula	37	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Hawthorn Waverley	38	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Footscray	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Essendon	24	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Carlton	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v South Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Ringwood	40	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Prahran	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v North Melbourne	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Geelong	34	1/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Dandenong	0	2/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Camberwell Magpies	12	1/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v University	13	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	v Richmond	77	0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Geelong	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Dandenong	26*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Camberwell Magpies	0	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Melbourne University	28*	1/45	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v St Kilda	26	3/44	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Richmond	57	2/56	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Northcote	3	1/21	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Frankston Peninsula	82*	1/27	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Melbourne	85	0/28	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Hawthorn Waverley	11	0/38	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Footscray-Victoria University	58	0/30	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Essendon	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Carlton	5 & 4	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v South Melbourne	110	1/6	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Ringwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v Prahran	56	1/2 & 2/19	Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01	v North Melbourne	0 & 12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Hawthorn-Monash University	101*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Camberwell Magpies	3	2/27	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Dandenong	32	0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v South Melbourne	19	1/13	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Frankston Peninsula	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Melbourne University	28	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Richmond	4	1/10	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Geelong	28	0/37	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Melbourne	41	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Prahran	78	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v North Melbourne	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Ringwood	104*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Footscray-Victoria University	75	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Northcote	30	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v St Kilda	0	0/70	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Essendon	65	0/27	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Carlton	170	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Melbourne	70	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Essendon	45	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2001-02	v Melbourne University	59*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Essendon	57	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Carlton	7	0/24	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Hawthorn-Monash University	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Camberwell Magpies	11	0/21	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Dandenong	101*	0/30	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v South Melbourne	11	0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Frankston Peninsula	6 & 36	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Melbourne University	18	0/44	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Richmond	21 & 21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Melbourne	18	0/22	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Prahran	2 & 3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v North Melbourne	15 & 7	4/14	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Ringwood	5 & 51*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Footscray-Victoria University	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Northcote	113*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v St Kilda	29	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v Camberwell Magpies	80	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2002-03	v St Kilda	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v North Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v Melbourne University	39	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v Richmond	44	1/19	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v Camberwell Magpies	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v Geelong	0	0/28	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v Carlton	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v Northcote	45	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v Essendon	88*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v Footscray-Victoria University	60	0/21	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v South Melbourne	73	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v St Kilda	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v Frankston Peninsula	23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v Melbourne	65* & 4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v Hawthorn-Monash University	101	–	Something wrong? Tell us
2003-04	v Prahran	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Frankston Peninsula, 1996-97
First fifty103*v Ringwood, 1997-98
First hundred103*v Ringwood, 1997-98
Highest score170v Carlton, 2001-02
Best bowling4/14v North Melbourne, 2002-03
Last matchMatch 125v Prahran, 2003-04

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


Carlton	8	327	170	36.33		1	4	35.50	3/62
Melbourne	8	314	85	44.86	3		1	91.00	1/41
Essendon	8	295	88*	42.14	3		2	25.50	2/1
Richmond	8	258	77	28.67	2		4	22.00	2/56
Prahran	8	253	78	31.63	2		3	43.00	2/19
Frankston Peninsula	8	222	82*	31.71	1		1	43.00	1/27
Melbourne University	8	197	59*	32.83	1		1	133.00	1/45
Camberwell Magpies	8	126	80	18.00	1		3	33.33	2/27
Ringwood	7	331	104*	165.50	1	2	3	17.00	2/20
Northcote	7	322	113*	53.67	1	1	2	22.00	1/12
Casey South Melbourne	7	320	110	64.00	2	1	2	23.50	1/6
Kingston Hawthorn	7	299	101*	59.80		2	0	–	0/5
Greenvale Kanagaroos	7	261	161*	32.63		1	5	11.60	4/14
Footscray	7	238	75	34.00	3		1	178.00	1/71
St Kilda	7	216	98	30.86	1		3	38.00	3/44
Dandenong	6	187	101*	46.75		1	2	29.00	2/15
Geelong	6	124	41	20.67			1	111.00	1/46

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	7	7	7.00
3	17	3	507	101*	36.21	4	1
4	61	7	2,068	161*	38.30	10	4	5
5	37	6	1,383	170	44.61	7	3	4
6	8	2	260	103*	43.33		1
7	4	1	51	28*	17.00			1
8	1	0	14	14	14.00

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	18	3	514	101*	34.27	4	1
Middle order (4–7)	110	16	3,762	170	40.02	17	8	10
Lower order (8–11)	1	0	14	14	14.00

Batted most often at 4th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks10
1–924
10–1925
20–2915
30–4925
50–9921
100+9

Turned 9 of 30 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 15.4% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 31 times.

Dismissals

Caught59 · 54%
Bowled21 · 19%
LBW17 · 15%
Run out5 · 5%
Stumped4 · 4%
Caught & bowled4 · 4%

Most often dismissed by: Williams (3), Albers (3), Lowery (3), Waters (3), McGain (2).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	67	16	2,739	170	53.71	13	8	3
In losses	50	2	1,162	101	24.21	5	1	5
In draws	9	1	358	82*	44.75	3		1
In ties	3	0	31	26	10.33			1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	25	22	25.05	0.9
In losses	27	12	61.08	0.4
In draws	7	1	180.00	0.1
In ties	1	3	14.67	3.0

Scored 50+: the side won 21 of 30 (70%), lost 6.
Every other match: the side won 42 of 95 (44%), lost 40.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	63	6	2,253	170	39.53	13	4	5
Batting second	56	12	1,822	161*	41.41	7	5	5
Second innings of the match	10	1	215	51*	23.89	1

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Schramms Reserve	57	58	2,195	170	43.90	22	38.86	4/14
Albert Ground	6	6	258	70	64.50	–	–	0/0
Camberwell Sports Ground	5	4	36	12	9.00	3	16.00	2/27
AH Butler Oval	4	5	156	82*	39.00	1	43.00	1/27
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	4	5	197	52	49.25	1	23.00	1/12
University Oval	4	4	95	39	31.67	1	85.00	1/45
Essendon Cricket Ground	4	4	146	65	36.50	–	–	0/15
Russell Lucas Oval	4	2	132	104*	–	2	18.00	2/20
Richmond Cricket Ground	3	4	119	77	29.75	–	–	0/3
Toorak Park	3	4	46	29*	15.33	–	–	0/13
Shepley Oval	3	3	107	101*	53.50	2	22.50	2/15
Harry Trott Oval (new)	3	3	34	19	11.33	1	24.00	1/13
Central Reserve South Oval	3	3	82	38	41.00	–	–	0/5
Geelong Cricket Ground	3	3	49	28	16.33	–	–	0/37
Mervyn G Hughes Oval	3	3	118	60	39.33	–	–	0/21
Princes Park No. 1 Oval	3	3	16	7	5.33	–	–	0/7
St Kilda Cricket Ground	3	3	137	98	45.67	–	–	–
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	3	173	161*	86.50	1	34.00	1/34
North Ballarat Oval	2	2	28	18	14.00	–	–	0/22
Carlton Cricket Ground	1	2	66	44	33.00	1	49.00	1/49
Leckie Park Oval	1	1	30	30	30.00	3	20.67	3/62
Caulfield Cricket Ground	1	1	29	29	29.00	–	–	–
Princes Park	1	1	13	13	13.00	–	–	–
Swan Hill Recreation Reserve	1	1	5	5	5.00	–	–	–
WJ Findlay Oval	1	1	23	23	23.00	–	–	–

Wickets taken

Caught17 · 45%
Bowled7 · 18%
Caught & bowled6 · 16%
LBW5 · 13%
Stumped3 · 8%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)13 · 34%
Middle order (4–7)14 · 37%
Lower order (8–11)11 · 29%

Best in a match: 4/14 v North Melbourne, 2002-03. 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 1996-97 to 2003-04: 6th of 50 for runs, 16th of 43 for wickets, 10th of 53 for matches, 4th of 11 for hundreds, 6th of 51 for catches, 3rd of 33 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy-Doncaster: 9th of 184 for runs, 38th of 135 for wickets, 16th of 197 for matches, 6th of 34 for hundreds, 9th of 167 for catches, 5th of 81 for batting average.

Played like…

J Potter1954-55 to 1967-68 · 96 m · 3,609 runs · 21 wkts
RN Harvey1943-44 to 1956-57 · 104 m · 3,984 runs · 3 wkts
JW Scaife1925-26 to 1944-45 · 123 m · 3,907 runs · 2 wkts
RW Furlong1955-56 to 1968-69 · 133 m · 4,539 runs · 0 wkts

The careers nearest Plumpton’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

1997-98: 1st XI Batting · 2001-02: premiership, 1st XI Batting, A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion · 2003-04: 1st XI Batting

The arc

David Plumpton's best season with the bat was 2001-02: 957 runs from 19 innings at 59.81. The best ten-innings patch came in 2001-02 to 2002-03: 675 runs at 84.38. The leanest, 1998-99: 128 runs at 12.80.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty103*	22 Nov 1997	v Ringwood, 1997-98
First hundred103*	22 Nov 1997	v Ringwood, 1997-98
1,000th run161* took him to 1,141	6 Mar 1999	v North Melbourne, 1998-99
50th matchdid not bat	26 Jan 2000	v Melbourne, 1999-00
2,000th run110 took him to 2,037	3 Feb 2001	v South Melbourne, 2000-01
3,000th run45 took him to 3,003	23 Mar 2002	v Essendon, 2001-02
100th match18, 0/44	14 Dec 2002	v Melbourne University, 2002-03
4,000th run60 took him to 4,006	10 Jan 2004	v Footscray-Victoria University, 2003-04

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 6 innings: from v Essendon, 2001-02 to v Essendon, 2002-03 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 40 matches: from v Richmond, 1999-00 to v Carlton, 2002-03 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 5 matches: from v Melbourne University, 2000-01 to v Frankston Peninsula, 2000-01 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 11 matches bowled in: from v Geelong, 2001-02 to v Melbourne, 2002-03 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 2 innings: from v Frankston Peninsula, 1996-97 to v Hawthorn Waverley, 1996-97 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
170	v Carlton, 2001-02	Won
161*	v North Melbourne, 1998-99	Won
113*	v Northcote, 2002-03	Won
110	v South Melbourne, 2000-01	Won
104*	v Ringwood, 2001-02	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
4/14	v North Melbourne, 2002-03	Won
3/44	v St Kilda, 2000-01	Tied
3/62	v Carlton, 1996-97	Lost
2/1	v Essendon, 1998-99	Lost
2/15	v Dandenong, 1999-00	Won

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 8 seasons: at 4th in 5, at 7th in 1, at 5th in 1, at 3rd in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1996-97	7	7	27.20
1997-98	4	16	43.54
1998-99	4	15	34.69
1999-00	4	16	24.07
2000-01	5	18	39.40
2001-02	4	19	59.81
2002-03	3	23	32.85
2003-04	4	15	43.92

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	57	58	8	2,195	170	43.90	22	38.86
Away	68	71	11	2,095	161*	34.92	16	40.81

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	110	117	16	3,837	170	37.99	35	38.37
Sunday	6	5	1	179	85	44.75
Weekday	9	7	2	274	101*	54.80	3	24.67

Format

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Two-day	82	87	10	2,915	170	37.86	31	36.16
Unknown format	43	42	9	1,375	104*	41.67	7	55.29

Two-day when a side batted twice, the game was drawn or the card says so; one-day when the card says so.

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	23	23	4	544	101*	28.63	4	65.50
Nov	25	24	4	615	103*	30.75	9	36.44
Dec	16	17	2	631	88*	42.07	2	107.00
Jan	24	25	2	692	104*	30.09	4	66.75
Feb	19	20	3	725	110	42.65	14	19.21
Mar	18	20	4	1,083	170	67.69	5	33.60

Finals

6Finals played

364Runs · avg 72.80

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	119	123	18	3,926	170	37.39	38	39.61
Finals	6	6	1	364	80	72.80

Favourite victims

SJ Taylor × 2
ADA Di Giacomo × 1
AH Campbell × 1
BC Dwyer × 1
BJ Stacey × 1
CJ Burton × 1
DP McLeod × 1
DS Uccello × 1

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1996-97	7	3
1997-98	16	8
1998-99	15	14
1999-00	17	15
2000-01	17	12
2001-02	20	11
2002-03	18	13
2003-04	15	9

Caught most off

CBD Street × 18
LA Childs × 10
JL Travaglia × 7
RA Bartlett × 7
DR Plumpton × 6
JP Renkin × 6

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.

David Plumpton

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