JR Beitzel

1949-50 to 1954-55 · 15 matches for the club

Debut v Carlton, 1949-50 (18 Feb 1950)Last game v Prahran, 1954-55 (13 Nov 1954)Player no. 288 to appear for the club

Around this dayin 1953: 1 v Collingwood in 1953: 1* and 0/5 v Northcote

Matches

Runs

5.27

Average

Highest

0 / 0

100s / 50s

Wickets

27.67

Bowling avg

2/24

Best

Catches

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1949-50	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	5 (8)	1	1/15
1951-52	6	3	0	13	10	4.33	22 (8)	2	1/11
1952-53	1	2	0	15	12	7.50	4 (8)	0	0/7	1
1953-54	4	4	1	17	10	5.67	14 (8)	2	2/24	1
1954-55	3	2	0	13	8	6.50	9 (8)	1	1/7	4
Career	15	12	1	58	12	5.27	54 (8-ball)	6	2/24	6

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Carlton, 1949-50
Highest score12v North Melbourne, 1952-53
Best bowling2/24v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1953-54
Last matchMatch 15v Prahran, 1954-55

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

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Against each club

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Northcote	3	1	1*	1.00	0	–	0/3
Carlton	2	10	10	5.00	1	27.00	1/15
Camberwell Magpies	2	9	8	4.50	1	7.00	1/7
Prahran	2	5	5	5.00	1	20.00	1/20
Greenvale Kanagaroos	1	15	12	7.50	0	–	0/7
Footscray	1	10	10	10.00	–	–	–
Kingston Hawthorn	1	5	5	5.00	2	22.00	2/24
Casey South Melbourne	1	3	3	3.00	–	–	–
St Kilda	1	–	–	–	1	11.00	1/11
Richmond	1	–	–	–	0	–	0/20

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
5	1	0	12	12	12.00
6	1	0	1	1	1.00
7	2	1	6	5	6.00
8	7	0	39	10	5.57	1
9	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
Middle order (4–7)	4	1	19	12	6.33
Lower order (8–11)	8	0	39	10	4.88	2

Batted most often at 8th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks2
1–97
10–193
20–290
30–490
50–990
100+0

3.2% of the side's runs in the innings batted.

Dismissals

Caught7 · 64%
Bowled2 · 18%
Stumped1 · 9%
Run out1 · 9%

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
In wins	7	0	34	12	4.86	2
In losses	3	0	18	10	6.00
In draws	2	1	6	5	6.00

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	6	3	31.33	0.5
In losses	2	2	28.00	1.0
In draws	2	1	16.00	0.5

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
Batting first	5	1	17	8	4.25	1
Batting second	6	0	29	10	4.83	1
Second innings of the match	1	0	12	12	12.00

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	8	7	39	12	6.50	5	24.20	2/24
Toorak Park	2	1	5	5	5.00	1	20.00	1/20
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	2	1	0	0	0.00	–	–	0/3
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	1	3	3	3.00	–	–	–
Victoria Park	1	1	1	1	1.00	–	–	–
Western Oval	1	1	10	10	10.00	–	–	–

Wickets taken

Caught4 · 67%
LBW1 · 17%
Bowled1 · 17%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)3 · 50%
Middle order (4–7)3 · 50%

Best in a match: 2/44 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1953-54. 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 1949-50 to 1954-55: 27th of 34 for runs, 19th of 27 for wickets, 26th of 35 for matches, 25th of 33 for catches.

Under Fitzroy: 208th of 321 for runs, 105th of 172 for wickets, 141st of 345 for matches, 136th of 279 for catches.

Played like…

JJW Cashman1926-27 to 1927-28 · 10 m · 43 runs · 4 wkts
IF McOrist1974-75 to 1976-77 · 19 m · 54 runs · 16 wkts
IW Waller1987-88 to 1988-89 · 20 m · 62 runs · 18 wkts
RK Wilson2004-05 to 2017-18 · 15 m · 87 runs · 14 wkts

The careers nearest Beitzel’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 Wickets, down Season away

The arc

The best ten-innings patch came in 1951-52 to 1954-55: 55 runs at 6.11. The leanest, 1949-50 to 1953-54: 45 runs at 5.00.

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

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 6 matches: from v St Kilda, 1951-52 to v Northcote, 1951-52 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 2 matches: from v Carlton, 1949-50 to v St Kilda, 1951-52 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 2 matches bowled in: from v Carlton, 1951-52 to v North Melbourne, 1952-53 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 3 innings: from v Collingwood, 1953-54 to v Prahran, 1954-55 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
12	v North Melbourne, 1952-53	Won
10	v Carlton, 1951-52	Lost
10	v Footscray, 1953-54	Won
8	v Collingwood, 1954-55	Won
5	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1953-54	Lost

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
2/24	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1953-54	Lost
1/7	v Collingwood, 1954-55	Won
1/11	v St Kilda, 1951-52	Drawn
1/15	v Carlton, 1949-50	Won
1/20	v Prahran, 1951-52	Won

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Batting position over the years

Batted at 8th for 2 seasons, moved up to 5th from 1952-53, dropped to 7th from 1953-54, dropped to 8th from 1954-55.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1949-50	8	1	0.00
1951-52	8	3	4.33
1952-53	5	2	7.50
1953-54	7	4	5.67
1954-55	8	2	6.50

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	8	7	1	39	12	6.50	5	24.20
Away	7	5	0	19	10	3.80	1	45.00

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	Wkts	Bowl avg
Saturday	13	10	0	47	12	4.70	6	24.83
Weekday	2	2	1	11	10	11.00

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	4	3	0	23	10	7.67	3	25.33
Nov	4	5	1	22	12	5.50
Dec	2	1	0	3	3	3.00	1	11.00
Jan	3	1	0	10	10	10.00	1	52.00
Feb	2	2	0	0	0	0.00	1	15.00

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1949-50	1
1951-52	6
1952-53	1	1
1953-54	4	1
1954-55	3	4

Caught most off

NF Turl × 3
BE Kann × 1
CR Duncan × 1
HAE Shillinglaw × 1

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Season	Opponent	Batting	Bowling
1949-50	Carlton	0	1/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	St Kilda	dnb	1/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	South Melbourne	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	Richmond	dnb	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	Prahran	dnb	1/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	Carlton	10	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	Northcote	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	North Melbourne	3 & 12	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	5	2/24 & 0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	Footscray	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	Northcote	1*	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	Collingwood	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	Northcote	dnb	0/22 & 0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	Collingwood	8	1/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	Prahran	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us

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