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J Drysdale

1891-92 to 1896-97 · 19 matches for the club

Debut v St Kilda, 1891-92 (10 Oct 1891)Last game v East Melbourne, 1896-97 (30 Jan 1897)Player no. 8 to appear for the club

19

Matches

403

Runs

17.52

Average

99*

Highest

0 / 3

100s / 50s

12

Wickets

40.75

Bowling avg

3/47

Best

4

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1891-9257216899*33.602431/251
1892-9361019627*10.672011/49
1895-9679113950*17.386983/473
1896-97110000.00–––
Career1927440399*17.52113123/474

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv St Kilda, 1891-92
  2. First fifty99*v Richmond, 1891-92
  3. Highest score99*v Richmond, 1891-92
  4. Best bowling3/47v Carlton, 1895-96
  5. Last matchMatch 19v East Melbourne, 1896-97

Runs by season

1891-92: 168 runs16891-921892-93: 96 runs9692-931895-96: 139 runs13995-961896-97: 0 runs96-97

Wickets by season

1891-92: 3 wickets391-921892-93: 1 wickets192-931895-96: 8 wickets895-961896-97: 0 wickets96-97

Every innings, in order

99501891-92 v St Kilda: 31891-92 v St Kilda: 131891-92 v North Melbourne: 21891-92 v Richmond: 99*1891-92 v East Melbourne: 50*1891-92 v East Melbourne: 01891-92 v Port Melbourne: 11892-93 v Melbourne: 241892-93 v Melbourne: 01892-93 v East Melbourne: 01892-93 v East Melbourne: 31892-93 v South Melbourne: 111892-93 v South Melbourne: 01892-93 v North Melbourne: 27*1892-93 v North Melbourne: 41892-93 v South Melbourne: 271892-93 v Melbourne: 01895-96 v Melbourne: 171895-96 v East Melbourne: 321895-96 v Carlton: 50*1895-96 v Carlton: 171895-96 v North Melbourne: 121895-96 v Richmond: 41895-96 v St Kilda: 41895-96 v St Kilda: 01895-96 v South Melbourne: 31896-97 v East Melbourne: 0

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

Against each club

Kingston Hawthorn48550*17.001351.672/110
Greenvale Kanagaroos34527*15.000–0/19
Melbourne3412410.25241.001/33
Casey South Melbourne3412710.25135.001/2
Richmond210399*103.001223.001/21
St Kilda220135.000–0/38
Carlton16750*67.001315.673/47
Port Melbourne1111.00126.001/26

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
120000.002
210444.00
320331.501
410171717.00
510444.00
620362418.00
75024174.801
8416650*22.0011
95210450*34.6712
103114299*71.001
1110333.00
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Top order (1–3)50741.403
Middle order (4–7)9081249.001
Lower order (8–11)13431599*35.0033

Batted most often at 7th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks7
  • 1–98
  • 10–195
  • 20–293
  • 30–491
  • 50–993
  • 100+0

Turned 0 of 3 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 7.5% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 1 time.

Dismissals
  • Bowled11 · 50%
  • Caught11 · 50%

Most often dismissed by: Woodhouse (2), J Carlton (2), Laver (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
In wins11221199*23.4422
In losses16219250*13.7115
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins6526.800.8
In losses8750.710.9
  • Scored 50+: the side won 2 of 3 (67%), lost 1.
  • Every other match: the side won 6 of 16 (38%), lost 10.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Batting first13329899*29.8032
Batting second61683213.601
Second innings of the match8037174.634
As captain and keeper
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
As captain9113950*17.3811
Otherwise18326499*17.6026
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground101415050*12.50446.003/47
East Melbourne Cricket Ground238250*41.00345.672/110
Melbourne Cricket Ground23412413.67241.001/33
South Melbourne Cricket Ground2314114.67135.001/2
St Kilda Cricket Ground1216138.00–––
Port Melbourne Cricket Ground11111.00126.001/26
Richmond Cricket Ground119999*–125.001/25
Wickets taken
  • Caught7 · 58%
  • Bowled3 · 25%
  • LBW1 · 8%
  • Caught & bowled1 · 8%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)3 · 25%
  • Middle order (4–7)4 · 33%
  • Lower order (8–11)5 · 42%

Best in a match: 3/47 v Carlton, 1895-96. 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 1891-92 to 1896-97: 9th of 45 for runs, 10th of 19 for wickets, 9th of 47 for matches, 18th of 39 for catches, 8th of 11 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 100th of 321 for runs, 83rd of 172 for wickets, 126th of 345 for matches, 159th of 279 for catches, 70th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • R Littlefield1896-97 to 1898-99 · 10 m · 198 runs · 4 wkts
  • MT Jenkinson1997-98 to 2000-01 · 26 m · 442 runs · 19 wkts
  • RJ Zimmer1945-46 to 1950-51 · 40 m · 683 runs · 20 wkts
  • GB Deany1958-59 to 1962-63 · 49 m · 858 runs · 35 wkts

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

As captain

Led the side in 7 matches (1895-96): won 2, lost 5, drawn 0.

Most often led

The shape of the career

Season by season

1891-92: 5 matches, 168 runs, 3 wickets1891-921892-93: 6 matches, 96 runs, 1 wicket1892-931893-94: did not play1893-941894-95: did not play1894-951895-96: 7 matches, 139 runs, 8 wickets1895-961896-97: 1 match, 0 runs, 0 wickets1896-97

Runs, up Wickets, down Season away

The arc

J Drysdale's best season with the bat was 1891-92: 168 runs from 7 innings at 33.60. The best ten-innings patch came in 1891-92 to 1892-93: 192 runs at 24.00. The leanest, 1891-92 to 1892-93: 70 runs at 7.78.

Rolling average, innings 7 to 27: 7.8 to 33.633.6

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First fifty99*5 Dec 1891v Richmond, 1891-92

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings
from v Richmond, 1891-92 to v East Melbourne, 1891-92 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 7 matches
from v Melbourne, 1895-96 to v South Melbourne, 1895-96 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 4 matches
from v Richmond, 1891-92 to v Melbourne, 1892-93 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 2 matches bowled in
from v East Melbourne, 1892-93 to v South Melbourne, 1892-93 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings
from v Richmond, 1895-96 to v East Melbourne, 1896-97 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111891-92: 7 (7 inns, avg 33.60)1892-93: 3 (10 inns, avg 10.67)1895-96: 7 (9 inns, avg 17.38)1896-97: 9 (1 inns, avg 0.00)1891189218951896

Batted at 7th for 1 season, moved up to 3rd from 1892-93, dropped to 7th from 1895-96, dropped to 9th from 1896-97.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1891-927733.60
1892-9331010.67
1895-967917.38
1896-97910.00
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home1014215050*12.50446.00
Away913225399*23.00838.13

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

Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct35042248.40168.00
Nov220493224.50347.67
Dec35216999*56.33422.50
Jan4617350*14.60184.00
Feb4516327*15.75223.50
Mar230441.33
Other110333.00119.00
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. R Mitchell × 2
  2. J Drysdale × 1
  3. J Worrall × 1

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Every match · 19 · tap to show
SeasonOpponentBattingBowling
1891-92St Kilda3 & 13–Something wrong? Tell us
1891-92North Melbourne20/19Something wrong? Tell us
1891-92Richmond99*1/25Something wrong? Tell us
1891-92East Melbourne50* & 01/27Something wrong? Tell us
1891-92Port Melbourne11/26Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93Melbourne24 & 01/49Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93East Melbourne0 & 30/18Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93South Melbourne11 & 00/16Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93North Melbourne27* & 4–Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93South Melbourne27–Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93Melbourne0–Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96Melbourne171/33Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96East Melbourne322/110Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96Carlton50* & 173/47Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96North Melbourne120/41Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96Richmond41/21Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96St Kilda4 & 00/38Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96South Melbourne31/2 & 0/17Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97East Melbourne0–Something wrong? Tell us

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