AE Melling
1891-92 to 1892-93 · 7 matches for the club
Debut v East Melbourne, 1891-92 (16 Jan 1892)Last game v South Melbourne, 1892-93 (25 Feb 1893)Player no. 16 to appear for the club
7
Matches
147
Runs
13.36
Average
56
Highest
0 / 1
100s / 50s
0
Wickets
–
Bowling avg
–
Best
6
Catches
Season by season
Milestones
- DebutFirst matchv East Melbourne, 1891-92
- First fifty56v St Kilda, 1892-93
- Highest score56v St Kilda, 1892-93
- Last matchMatch 7v South Melbourne, 1892-93
Runs by season
Every innings, in order
Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.
Against each club
 Kingston Hawthorn | 2 | 54 | 23 | 13.50 | |
 Casey South Melbourne | 2 | 28 | 20 | 9.33 | |
 St Kilda | 1 | 56 | 56 | 56.00 | 1 |
 Port Melbourne | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6.00 | |
 Greenvale Kanagaroos | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1.50 |
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 | 0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 13.00 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | ||
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 66 | 56 | 22.00 | 1 | |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 20.00 | ||
| 8 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 23 | 7.50 | 1 | |
| 10 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 17.00 |
| Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 50s | 0s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middle order (4–7) | 6 | 0 | 100 | 56 | 16.67 | 1 | |
| Lower order (8–11) | 5 | 0 | 47 | 23 | 9.40 | 1 |
Batted most often at 8th.
Scores and consistency
- Ducks1
- 1–95
- 10–192
- 20–292
- 30–490
- 50–991
- 100+0
Turned 0 of 1 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 6.3% of the side's runs in the innings batted.
Dismissals
- Bowled5 · 45%
- LBW3 · 27%
- Caught2 · 18%
- Caught & bowled1 · 9%
Most often dismissed by: Carter (2), EE Bean (2).
In wins and losses
| Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 50s | 0s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In wins | 7 | 0 | 130 | 56 | 18.57 | 1 | 1 |
| In losses | 4 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 4.25 |
- Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 1 (100%).
- Every other match: the side won 4 of 6 (67%), lost 2.
Batting first or second
| Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 50s | 0s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting first | 6 | 0 | 112 | 56 | 18.67 | 1 | 1 |
| Batting second | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 | ||
| Second innings of the match | 4 | 0 | 33 | 23 | 8.25 |
By ground
| Ground | M | Inn | Runs | HS | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitzroy Cricket Ground | 4 | 6 | 73 | 56 | 12.17 |
| East Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1 | 2 | 40 | 23 | 20.00 |
| South Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1 | 2 | 28 | 20 | 14.00 |
| Port Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6.00 |
At the club
In the record book
Among players of 1891-92 to 1892-93: 13th of 23 for runs, 12th of 23 for matches, 7th of 19 for catches.
Under Fitzroy: 165th of 321 for runs, 203rd of 345 for matches, 136th of 279 for catches.
Most often alongside
- J Worrall · 7
- R Mitchell · 7
- TJ Hastings · 7
- J Drysdale · 6
- JC McKirdy · 6
- T Leydin · 6
- WA Tarrant · 6
- AHN Fox · 5
- W Hannah · 5
- G Beacham · 3
Matches in the same side, from the published cards.
The shape of the career
Season by season
Runs, up
The arc
AE Melling's best season with the bat was 1892-93: 101 runs from 8 innings at 12.63. The best ten-innings patch came in 1891-92 to 1892-93: 147 runs at 14.70. The leanest, 1891-92 to 1892-93: 130 runs at 13.00.
Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
Milestones
| Milestone | When | Match |
|---|---|---|
| First fifty56 | 12 Nov 1892 | v St Kilda, 1892-93 |
Streaks
Best innings
| Score | Match | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 56 | v St Kilda, 1892-93 | Won |
| 23 | v East Melbourne, 1891-92 | Won |
| 20 | v South Melbourne, 1892-93 | Won |
| 17 | v East Melbourne, 1891-92 | Won |
| 13 | v East Melbourne, 1892-93 | Lost |
More splits
Batting position over the years
Batted at 8th for 1 season, moved up to 6th from 1892-93.
Home and away
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 4 | 6 | 0 | 73 | 56 | 12.17 |
| Away | 3 | 5 | 0 | 74 | 23 | 14.80 |
Home taken as the ground the club played at most in each season: Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Schramms Reserve.
Month by month
| Month | M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 56 | 56 | 56.00 |
| Dec | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 7.00 |
| Jan | 2 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 23 | 17.00 |
| Feb | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2.25 |
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| Season | Opponent | Batting | Bowling | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891-92 | East Melbourne | 17 & 23 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1891-92 | Port Melbourne | 6 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1892-93 | St Kilda | 56 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1892-93 | East Melbourne | 13 & 1 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1892-93 | South Melbourne | 20 & 8 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1892-93 | North Melbourne | 2 & 1 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1892-93 | South Melbourne | 0 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |