GC Sholly

1976-77 to 1978-79 · 16 matches for the club

Debut v Richmond, 1976-77 (2 Oct 1976)Last game v South Melbourne, 1978-79 (27 Jan 1979)Player no. 404 to appear for the club

Around this dayin 1978: 4 v Ringwood

Matches

208

Runs

13.87

Average

Highest

0 / 2

100s / 50s

Wickets

–

Bowling avg

0/1

Best

Catches

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Best	Ct
1976-77	5	6	90	68	15.00	2 (8)	0/15	3
1977-78	1	1	24	24	24.00	4 (8)	0/3
1978-79	10	8	94	50	11.75	7 (8)	0/1
Career	16	15	208	68	13.87	13 (8-ball)	0/1	3

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Richmond, 1976-77
First fifty68v Richmond, 1976-77
Highest score68v Richmond, 1976-77
Last matchMatch 16v South Melbourne, 1978-79

Runs by season

Every innings, in order

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

Against each club

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Richmond	2	68	68	68.00	1
St Kilda	2	25	24	12.50
Melbourne	2	11	11	11.00
Prahran	2	11	8	5.50
Camberwell Magpies	2	1	1	0.50
Melbourne University	1	50	50	50.00	1
Essendon	1	23	23	23.00
Northcote	1	8	8	8.00
Carlton	1	7	7	3.50
Ringwood	1	4	4	4.00
Casey South Melbourne	1	0	0	0.00

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

Pos	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
2	4	76	68	19.00	1	1
5	1	0	0	0.00		1
6	1	3	3	3.00
7	4	31	11	7.75
8	5	98	50	19.60	1	1

	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Top order (1–3)	4	76	68	19.00	1	1
Middle order (4–7)	6	34	11	5.67		1
Lower order (8–11)	5	98	50	19.60	1	1

Batted most often at 8th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks3
1–97
10–191
20–292
30–490
50–992
100+0

Turned 0 of 2 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 8.8% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 2 times.

Dismissals

Caught7 · 47%
Run out3 · 20%
LBW3 · 20%
Bowled2 · 13%

Most often dismissed by: Murch (2).

In wins and losses

	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
In wins	7	97	50	13.86	1	2
In losses	7	110	68	15.71	1	1
In draws	1	1	1	1.00

Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 2 (50%), lost 1.
Every other match: the side won 6 of 14 (43%), lost 6.

Batting first or second

	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Batting first	9	114	50	12.67	1	1
Batting second	5	94	68	18.80	1	1
Second innings of the match	1	0	0	0.00		1

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	8	7	160	68	22.86
Toorak Park	2	2	11	8	5.50
Victoria Park	2	2	1	1	0.50
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	1	1	8	8	8.00
Russell Lucas Oval	1	1	4	4	4.00
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	1	0	0	0.00
St Kilda Cricket Ground	1	1	24	24	24.00

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1976-77 to 1978-79: 21st of 31 for runs, 22nd of 32 for matches, 23rd of 29 for catches.

Under Fitzroy: 137th of 321 for runs, 135th of 345 for matches, 185th of 279 for catches.

Played like…

RD Sloan2003-04 to 2004-05 · 20 m · 264 runs · 0 wkts
JW Mason1965-66 to 1971-72 · 11 m · 139 runs · 0 wkts
LA Hathaway1976-77 to 1978-79 · 13 m · 179 runs · 0 wkts
RF Considine1978-79 to 1982-83 · 18 m · 264 runs · 0 wkts

The careers nearest Sholly’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

The arc

Gerard Sholly's best season with the bat was 1978-79: 94 runs from 8 innings at 11.75. The best ten-innings patch came in 1976-77 to 1978-79: 138 runs at 13.80. The leanest, 1976-77 to 1978-79: 89 runs at 8.90.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty68	2 Oct 1976	v Richmond, 1976-77

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 6 matches: from v St Kilda, 1977-78 to v Northcote, 1978-79 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 7 matches bowled in: from v Melbourne, 1976-77 to v University, 1978-79 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 3 innings: from v Collingwood, 1976-77 to v Carlton, 1976-77 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
68	v Richmond, 1976-77	Lost
50	v University, 1978-79	Won
24	v St Kilda, 1977-78	Won
23	v Essendon, 1978-79	Lost
11	v Melbourne, 1976-77	Lost

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Batting position over the years

Opened for 1 season, dropped to 8th from 1977-78.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1976-77	2	6	15.00
1977-78	8	1	24.00
1978-79	8	8	11.75

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home	8	7	0	160	68	22.86
Away	8	8	0	48	24	6.00

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
Saturday	15	14	0	207	68	14.79
Sunday	1	1	0	1	1	1.00

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg
Oct	6	5	84	68	16.80
Nov	4	4	26	11	6.50
Dec	2	2	73	50	36.50
Jan	3	3	1	1	0.33
Mar	1	1	24	24	24.00

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1976-77	5	3
1977-78	1
1978-79	10

Caught most off

EP Illingworth × 1
MJ Delves × 1
NR Buszard × 1

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Season	Opponent	Batting	Bowling
1976-77	Richmond	68	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	Collingwood	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	Carlton	7 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	Melbourne	11	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	Prahran	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	St Kilda	24	0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	Melbourne	dnb	0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	Prahran	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	Richmond	dnb	0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	Ringwood	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	Northcote	8	0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	Essendon	23	0/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	University	50	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	Collingwood	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	St Kilda	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	South Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us

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