JRH Woodford

1921-22 to 1927-28 · 57 matches for the club

Debut v Richmond, 1921-22 (8 Oct 1921)Last game v Prahran, 1927-28 (4 Feb 1928)Player no. 76 to appear for the club

On this dayin 1926: did not bat v University

Matches

203

Runs

10.15

Average

Highest

0 / 0

100s / 50s

Wickets

–

Bowling avg

0/4

Best

Catches

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1921-22	10	6	2	78	33	19.50	–	–	–	20
1922-23	10	12	2	60	17	6.00	–	–	–	16
1923-24	8	4	3	18	13*	18.00	–	–	–	5
1924-25	10	6	3	15	5	5.00	–	–	–	9
1925-26	9	4	2	17	7	8.50	0	0	0/4	9
1926-27	5	1	1	15	15*	–	–	–	–	4
1927-28	5	1	1	0	0*	–	–	–	–	1
Career	57	34	14	203	33	10.15	0	0	0/4	64

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Richmond, 1921-22
Highest score33v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1921-22
Last matchMatch 57v Prahran, 1927-28

Runs by season

Every innings, in order

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Against each club

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Prahran	7	55	22	13.75
Casey South Melbourne	6	25	16	8.33
Greenvale Kanagaroos	6	6	4*	6.00
Kingston Hawthorn	5	33	33	33.00
Essendon	5	16	14	16.00
Richmond	5	6	4*	6.00
Camberwell Magpies	5	3	3*	3.00
Carlton	5	3	2	1.50
Melbourne	4	19	15*	9.50
Northcote	4	–	–	–
Melbourne University	3	21	17	21.00
St Kilda	2	16	7	5.33

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Splits

By batting position

Pos	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
1	2	0	9	7	4.50
4	1	1	0	0*	–
8	2	1	3	2*	3.00
9	1	0	33	33	33.00
10	4	1	60	22	20.00
11	24	11	98	16	7.54	5

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
Top order (1–3)	2	0	9	7	4.50
Middle order (4–7)	1	1	0	0*	–
Lower order (8–11)	31	13	194	33	10.78	5

Batted most often at 11th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks5
1–918
10–195
20–291
30–491
50–990
100+0

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

Dismissals

Bowled8 · 40%
Caught7 · 35%
Run out3 · 15%
Caught & bowled1 · 5%
LBW1 · 5%

Most often dismissed by: Grimmett (3), Kenny (2).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
In wins	16	6	93	33	9.30	2
In losses	15	8	88	22	12.57	2
In draws	2	0	17	17	8.50	1
In ties	1	0	5	5	5.00

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
Batting first	19	8	141	33	12.82	4
Batting second	12	4	44	16	5.50	1
Second innings of the match	3	2	18	9*	18.00

As captain and keeper

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
As captain	11	7	37	13*	9.25
As wicketkeeper	34	14	203	33	10.15	5

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	28	16	56	16	8.00
Toorak Park	5	5	55	22	18.33
Glenferrie Oval	3	2	33	33	33.00
Carlton Cricket Ground	3	1	1	1	1.00
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	1	0	0	0.00
Essendon Cricket Ground	2	2	16	14	16.00
Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	2	4	4*	4.00
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	1	8	8	8.00
University Oval	2	1	17	17	17.00
Victoria Park	2	1	0	0	0.00
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	2	0	0	–	–
Richmond Cricket Ground	2	0	0	–	–
St Kilda Cricket Ground	1	2	13	7	6.50

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1921-22 to 1927-28: 24th of 51 for runs, 10th of 55 for matches, 6th of 43 for catches, 20th of 22 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 141st of 321 for runs, 51st of 345 for matches, 16th of 279 for catches, 115th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

JB Kline1987-88 to 1991-92 · 48 m · 172 runs · 0 wkts
SJ Street1999-00 to 2001-02 · 50 m · 220 runs · 0 wkts
BA Kline1960-61 to 1966-67 · 73 m · 408 runs · 0 wkts
AB Dyer1989-90 to 1998-99 · 76 m · 616 runs · 1 wkts

The careers nearest Woodford’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.

As captain

Led the side in 11 matches (1921-22 to 1924-25): won 5, lost 5, drawn 0, 1 other.

Most often led

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up

The arc

J Woodford's best season with the bat was 1921-22: 78 runs from 6 innings at 19.50. The best ten-innings patch came in 1921-22 to 1922-23: 102 runs at 12.75. The leanest, 1922-23: 43 runs at 4.78.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
50th matchdid not bat	20 Nov 1926	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1926-27

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 13 matches: from v Northcote, 1924-25 to v Carlton, 1925-26 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings: from v North Melbourne, 1922-23 to v St Kilda, 1923-24 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
33	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1921-22	Won
22	v Prahran, 1921-22	Lost, Semi-final
17	v University, 1922-23	Drawn
16	v South Melbourne, 1921-22	Won
15*	v Melbourne, 1926-27	Lost

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Batting position over the years

Batted at 11th for 6 seasons, moved up to 4th from 1927-28.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1921-22	11	6	19.50
1922-23	11	12	6.00
1923-24	11	4	18.00
1924-25	11	6	5.00
1925-26	11	4	8.50
1926-27	11	1	–
1927-28	4	1	–

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home	28	16	9	56	16	8.00
Away	29	18	5	147	33	11.31

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	53	33	14	186	33	9.79
Weekday	4	1	0	17	17	17.00

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Oct	11	6	4	10	8	5.00
Nov	7	2	0	3	2	1.50
Dec	6	4	1	18	15*	6.00
Jan	13	7	4	77	33	25.67
Feb	10	5	2	16	13*	5.33
Mar	8	7	3	44	16	11.00
Other	2	3	0	35	22	11.67

Finals

3Finals played

50Runs · avg 12.50

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home and away	54	29	13	153	33	9.56
Finals	3	5	1	50	22	12.50

Fielding

Season	M	Ct	St
1921-22	10	10	10
1922-23	10	11	5
1923-24	8	5
1924-25	10	7	2
1925-26	9	5	4
1926-27	5	2	2
1927-28	5	1

Caught most off

AJW Lansdown × 16
AE Liddicut × 12
AW Dummett × 8
FD Chapman × 8
R Jones × 6
WH Cannon × 5

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Season	Opponent	Batting	Bowling
1921-22	Richmond	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	Essendon	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	Collingwood	3*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	Carlton	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	South Melbourne	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	North Melbourne	4*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	Prahran	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	South Melbourne	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	Carlton	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	Collingwood	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	Essendon	14 & 2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	University	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	North Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	Richmond	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	Prahran	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	Prahran	6 & 9*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	North Melbourne	2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	St Kilda	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	South Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	Richmond	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	Essendon	0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	Prahran	13*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	North Melbourne	0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	Carlton	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	Richmond	4*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	Essendon	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	South Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	Prahran	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	University	4*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	Richmond	0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	Carlton	dnb	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	Melbourne	4*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	South Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	Essendon	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	North Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	Northcote	–	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	St Kilda	6 & 7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	University	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	Melbourne	15*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	Carlton	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	North Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	South Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us

JRH Woodford

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