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EJ Melling

1927-28 to 1931-32 · 32 matches for the club

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Debut v Northcote, 1927-28 (21 Jan 1928)Last game v Collingwood, 1931-32 (28 Nov 1931)Player no. 135 to appear for the club

On this dayin 1928: 4* v North Melbourne

32

Matches

448

Runs

20.36

Average

99

Highest

0 / 2

100s / 50s

0

Wickets

–

Bowling avg

–

Best

10

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1927-28221181218.00–––
1928-2932154*5.00–––2
1929-309712259937.50–––3
1930-31141431533513.91–––3
1931-32430474515.67–––2
Career322864489920.3600–10

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Northcote, 1927-28
  2. First fifty56v University, 1929-30
  3. Highest score99v Northcote, 1929-30
  4. Last matchMatch 32v Collingwood, 1931-32

Runs by season

1927-28: 18 runs1827-281928-29: 5 runs528-291929-30: 225 runs22529-301930-31: 153 runs15330-311931-32: 47 runs4731-32

Every innings, in order

99501927-28 v Northcote: 6*1927-28 v Collingwood: 121928-29 v North Melbourne: 4*1928-29 v Collingwood: 11929-30 v Richmond: 241929-30 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 31929-30 v South Melbourne: 261929-30 v University: 561929-30 v St Kilda: 31929-30 v Northcote: 991929-30 v St Kilda: 14*1930-31 v Melbourne: 71930-31 v Northcote: 3*1930-31 v South Melbourne: 11930-31 v South Melbourne: 241930-31 v VCA Colts: 111930-31 v Collingwood: 221930-31 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 01930-31 v Essendon: 13*1930-31 v North Melbourne: 01930-31 v North Melbourne: 21*1930-31 v Prahran: 71930-31 v Richmond: 351930-31 v Richmond: 61930-31 v South Melbourne: 31931-32 v Northcote: 451931-32 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 01931-32 v Collingwood: 2

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

Against each club

Northcote41539976.501
Camberwell Magpies437229.25
Richmond3653521.67
Casey South Melbourne3542613.50
VCA Colts3111111.00
Kingston Hawthorn3331.00
Melbourne University2565656.001
Greenvale Kanagaroos22521*25.00
St Kilda21714*17.00
Essendon21313*–
Prahran2777.00
Melbourne1777.00
Carlton1–––

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
PosInnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
1213221*32.00
220222211.001
320252412.50
4201239961.501
510111.00
630585619.3311
740634515.751
820332616.50
9532914*14.50
1031513525.50
112111711.00
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Top order (1–3)61792415.801
Middle order (4–7)1002459924.5022
Lower order (8–11)1251243517.71

Batted most often at 9th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks3
  • 1–912
  • 10–194
  • 20–295
  • 30–492
  • 50–992
  • 100+0

Turned 0 of 2 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 7.9% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 3 times.

Dismissals
  • Caught12 · 55%
  • LBW6 · 27%
  • Bowled4 · 18%

Most often dismissed by: Smith (2), Morton (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
In wins1843499924.9322
In losses71912615.17
In draws2186*8.00
In ties10000.001
  • Scored 50+: the side won 2 of 2 (100%).
  • Every other match: the side won 17 of 30 (57%), lost 6.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Batting first93733512.172
Batting second1623249923.1421
Second innings of the match31512425.50
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvg
Fitzroy Cricket Ground1410762210.86
Victoria Park3315125.00
Richmond Cricket Ground23653521.67
South Melbourne Cricket Ground23512617.00
Albert Ground221075.00
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote221449972.00
University Oval21565656.00
Essendon Cricket Ground111313*–
Glenferrie Oval11000.00
North Melbourne Cricket Ground1144*–
St Kilda Cricket Ground111414*–
Carlton Cricket Ground100––

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1927-28 to 1931-32: 13th of 34 for runs, 15th of 38 for matches, 16th of 30 for catches, 10th of 16 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 90th of 321 for runs, 95th of 345 for matches, 105th of 279 for catches, 51st of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • KT Bardon2006-07 to 2008-09 · 29 m · 376 runs · 0 wkts
  • HW Bunton1930-31 to 1933-34 · 25 m · 382 runs · 0 wkts
  • AC Jackson1928-29 to 1929-30 · 15 m · 187 runs · 0 wkts
  • MW Hunter2005-06 to 2008-09 · 28 m · 315 runs · 0 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1927-28: 2 matches, 18 runs1927-281928-29: 3 matches, 5 runs1928-291929-30: 9 matches, 225 runs1929-301930-31: 14 matches, 153 runs · Premiership1930-311931-32: 4 matches, 47 runs1931-32

Runs, upPremiership

1930-31: premiership

The arc

Eddie Melling's best season with the bat was 1929-30: 225 runs from 7 innings at 37.50. The best ten-innings patch came in 1929-30 to 1930-31: 244 runs at 30.50. The leanest, 1929-30 to 1930-31: 95 runs at 13.57.

Rolling average, innings 7 to 28: 13.6 to 30.530.5

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First fifty568 Feb 1930v University, 1929-30

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings
from v South Melbourne, 1929-30 to v University, 1929-30 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 23 matches
from v Richmond, 1929-30 to v South Melbourne, 1930-31 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 2 innings
from v Melbourne, 1930-31 to v South Melbourne, 1930-31 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111927-28: 7 (2 inns, avg 18.00)1928-29: 5 (2 inns, avg 5.00)1929-30: 4 (7 inns, avg 37.50)1930-31: 1 (14 inns, avg 13.91)1931-32: 6 (3 inns, avg 15.67)19271928192919301931

Moved about the order across 5 seasons: at 7th in 1, at 5th in 1, at 4th in 1, opened in 1, at 6th in 1.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1927-287218.00
1928-29525.00
1929-304737.50
1930-3111413.91
1931-326315.67
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvg
Home14103762210.86
Away181833729924.80

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvg
Saturday272344099921.53
Weekday5523921*13.00
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvg
Oct451734518.25
Nov641392213.00
Dec33025248.33
Jan763692623.00
Feb320595629.50
Mar5301189939.33
Other451653516.25
Finals
3Finals played
58Runs · avg 19.33
MInnNORunsHSAvg
Home and away292453909920.53
Finals341583519.33
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. FD Chapman × 3
  2. AE Liddicut × 2
  3. EA McDonald × 2
  4. HJ Plant × 2
  5. AW Dummett × 1

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Every match · 32 · tap to show
SeasonOpponentBattingBowling
1927-28Northcote6*–Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28Collingwood12–Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29North Melbourne4*–Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29Prahrandnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29Collingwood1–Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30Richmond24–Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30Hawthorn-East Melbourne3–Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30South Melbourne26–Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30Essendondnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30University56–Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30St Kilda3–Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30VCA Coltsdnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30Northcote99–Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30St Kilda14*–Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31Melbourne7–Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31Northcote3*–Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31South Melbourne1 & 24–Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31VCA Colts11–Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31Collingwood22–Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31Hawthorn-East Melbourne0–Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31Richmonddnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31Essendon13*–Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31North Melbourne0 & 21*–Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31Carltondnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31Prahran7–Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31Universitydnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31Richmond35 & 6–Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31South Melbourne3–Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32Northcote45–Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32Hawthorn-East Melbourne0–Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32VCA Coltsdnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32Collingwood2–Something wrong? Tell us

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