AJ Matthews

1968-69 to 1969-70 · 9 matches for the club

Debut v Prahran, 1968-69 (18 Jan 1969)Last game v Carlton, 2017-18 (13 Jan 2018)Player no. 365 to appear for the club

Around this dayin 1969: 7 and 0/4 v Essendon

Matches

144

Runs

14.40

Average

33*

Highest

0 / 0

100s / 50s

Wickets

25.57

Bowling avg

4/59

Best

Catches

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1968-69	3	3	0	30	23	10.00	12 (8)	0	0/3	1
1969-70	6	8	1	114	33*	16.29	40 (8)	7	4/59	1
Career	9	11	1	144	33*	14.40	52 (8-ball)	7	4/59	2

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Prahran, 1968-69
Highest score33*v St Kilda, 1969-70
Best bowling4/59v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1969-70
Last matchMatch 9v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1969-70

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

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Against each club

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St Kilda	2	61	33*	30.50	–	–	–
Prahran	2	32	19	16.00	0	–	0/25
Essendon	2	9	7	4.50	0	–	0/3
Casey South Melbourne	1	24	24	12.00	2	17.00	2/34
Kingston Hawthorn	1	10	10	10.00	4	14.75	4/59
Melbourne	1	8	8	8.00	1	39.00	1/39

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	4	1	72	33*	24.00
3	4	0	42	24	10.50	1
7	1	0	2	2	2.00
8	2	0	28	23	14.00

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
Top order (1–3)	8	1	114	33*	16.29	1
Middle order (4–7)	1	0	2	2	2.00
Lower order (8–11)	2	0	28	23	14.00

Batted most often at 1st.

Scores and consistency

Ducks1
1–94
10–193
20–292
30–491
50–990
100+0

12.4% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 2 times.

Dismissals

Caught6 · 60%
Bowled2 · 20%
LBW1 · 10%
Run out1 · 10%

Most often dismissed by: Adams (2), Murch (2).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
In wins	4	0	44	19	11.00
In losses	7	1	100	33*	16.67	1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	2	4	19.25	2.0
In losses	3	3	25.67	1.0
In draws	1	0	–	0.0

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
Batting first	5	1	81	33*	20.25
Batting second	3	0	21	19	7.00	1
Second innings of the match	3	0	42	24	14.00

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	4	3	43	33*	21.50	1	82.00	1/39
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	2	24	24	12.00	2	17.00	2/34
St Kilda Cricket Ground	1	2	28	23	14.00	–	–	–
Toorak Park	1	2	32	19	16.00	–	–	–
Glenferrie Oval	1	1	10	10	10.00	4	14.75	4/59
Essendon Cricket Ground	1	1	7	7	7.00	–	–	0/4

Wickets taken

Caught5 · 71%
Bowled2 · 29%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)1 · 14%
Middle order (4–7)4 · 57%
Lower order (8–11)2 · 29%

Best in a match: 4/59 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 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 1968-69 to 1969-70: 25th of 30 for runs, 16th of 25 for wickets, 29th of 31 for matches, 26th of 29 for catches.

Under Fitzroy: 167th of 321 for runs, 99th of 172 for wickets, 184th of 345 for matches, 207th of 279 for catches.

Most often alongside

Matches in the same side, from the published cards.

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, down

The arc

AJ Matthews' best season with the bat was 1969-70: 114 runs from 8 innings at 16.29. The best ten-innings patch came in 1968-69 to 1969-70: 142 runs at 15.78. The leanest, 1968-69 to 1969-70: 134 runs at 14.89.

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

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 3 matches: from v Prahran, 1968-69 to v St Kilda, 1968-69 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 3 matches: from v South Melbourne, 1969-70 to v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1969-70 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 3 matches bowled in: from v Prahran, 1968-69 to v Essendon, 1969-70 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
33*	v St Kilda, 1969-70	Lost
24	v South Melbourne, 1969-70	Lost
23	v St Kilda, 1968-69	Lost
19	v Prahran, 1969-70	Won
13	v Prahran, 1969-70	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
4/59	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1969-70	Won
2/34	v South Melbourne, 1969-70	Lost
1/39	v Melbourne, 1969-70	Lost

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Batting position over the years

Batted at 8th for 1 season, moved up to open from 1969-70.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1968-69	8	3	10.00
1969-70	1	8	16.29

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	4	3	1	43	33*	21.50	1	82.00
Away	5	8	0	101	24	12.63	6	16.17

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	6	8	1	125	33*	17.86	3	32.67
Weekday	3	3	0	19	10	6.33	4	20.25

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Nov	3	4	1	72	33*	24.00
Jan	5	5	0	44	24	8.80	7	25.00
Feb	1	2	0	28	23	14.00

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1968-69	3	1
1969-70	6	1

Caught most off

AL Thomson × 1
C Fox × 1

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Season	Opponent	Batting	Bowling
1968-69	Prahran	dnb	0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	Essendon	2	0/3 & 0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	St Kilda	23 & 5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	Prahran	19 & 13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	Essendon	7	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	St Kilda	33*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	South Melbourne	0 & 24	2/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	Melbourne	8	1/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	10	4/59	Something wrong? Tell us

AJ Matthews

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