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K Cant

1949-50 to 1952-53 · 41 matches for the club

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Debut v Melbourne, 1949-50 (12 Nov 1949)Last game v Prahran, 1952-53 (21 Mar 1953)Player no. 287 to appear for the club

On this dayin 1951: 11 and 0/26 and 1 ct v Melbourne

41

Matches

703

Runs

19.00

Average

63

Highest

0 / 2

100s / 50s

93

Wickets

16.76

Bowling avg

6/58

Best

16

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1949-505731294732.2556.7 (8)135/442
1950-51151342595228.78147.4 (8)255/238
1951-52151902706314.21257.6 (8)446/584
1952-5365045199.0069.6 (8)113/582
Career414477036319.00531.7 (8-ball)936/5816

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Melbourne, 1949-50
  2. First fifty52v Prahran, 1950-51
  3. First five-for5/44v Melbourne, 1949-50
  4. Highest score63v Collingwood, 1951-52
  5. Best bowling6/58v South Melbourne, 1951-52
  6. Last matchMatch 41v Prahran, 1952-53

Runs by season

1949-50: 129 runs12949-501950-51: 259 runs25950-511951-52: 270 runs27051-521952-53: 45 runs4552-53

Wickets by season

1949-50: 13 wickets1349-501950-51: 25 wickets2550-511951-52: 44 wickets4451-521952-53: 11 wickets1152-53

Every innings, in order

63501949-50 v Melbourne: 11949-50 v Melbourne: 3*1949-50 v Footscray: 14*1949-50 v South Melbourne: 181949-50 v Richmond: 61949-50 v Richmond: 40*1949-50 v University: 471950-51 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 191950-51 v Carlton: 01950-51 v Prahran: 521950-51 v Richmond: 01950-51 v South Melbourne: 15*1950-51 v North Melbourne: 24*1950-51 v University: 201950-51 v Footscray: 17*1950-51 v Melbourne: 35*1950-51 v Collingwood: 121950-51 v Essendon: 101950-51 v Essendon: 301950-51 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 251951-52 v North Melbourne: 11951-52 v North Melbourne: 61951-52 v University: 191951-52 v University: 51951-52 v Footscray: 171951-52 v Melbourne: 111951-52 v Collingwood: 61951-52 v Collingwood: 631951-52 v St Kilda: 101951-52 v South Melbourne: 81951-52 v Richmond: 311951-52 v Carlton: 131951-52 v Northcote: 91951-52 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 111951-52 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 271951-52 v Essendon: 11951-52 v St Kilda: 281951-52 v Melbourne: 01951-52 v Melbourne: 41952-53 v Collingwood: 71952-53 v St Kilda: 61952-53 v St Kilda: 41952-53 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 191952-53 v Prahran: 9

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

Against each club

Kingston Hawthorn41012720.20820.135/251
Prahran4615230.501822.134/69
Melbourne45435*13.501417.215/441
St Kilda4482812.00617.504/43
Melbourne University3914722.75814.254/38
Camberwell Magpies3886322.001715.573/48
Richmond37740*25.67439.252/33
Footscray34817*48.00311.002/8
Casey South Melbourne3411820.50715.716/581
Essendon3413013.67619.503/64
Northcote3999.00711.295/231
Greenvale Kanagaroos23124*15.50710.574/37
Carlton213136.50810.254/36

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
2111515*–
4711326322.001
52011105.50
640914722.751
710312235*17.43
81211863016.912
9511145228.501
1030321910.67
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Top order (1–3)111515*–
Middle order (4–7)2343566318.7411
Lower order (8–11)2023325218.4412

Batted most often at 8th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks3
  • 1–915
  • 10–1914
  • 20–295
  • 30–495
  • 50–992
  • 100+0

Turned 0 of 2 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 9.0% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 3 times.

Dismissals
  • Caught20 · 54%
  • Bowled13 · 35%
  • Stumped3 · 8%
  • LBW1 · 3%

Most often dismissed by: Duncan (2), Cordner (2), Smith (2), Hill (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
In wins2554515222.5511
In losses1722426316.1311
In draws2010105.001
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins255015.982.0
In losses123718.323.1
In draws3613.672.0
  • Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 2 (50%), lost 1.
  • Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 2 of 4 (50%), lost 2.
  • Every other match: the side won 23 of 35 (66%), lost 9.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Batting first1732815220.071
Batting second1822404715.003
Second innings of the match921826326.001
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground20254115220.554914.785/23
South Melbourne Cricket Ground3430187.501019.406/58
Glenferrie Oval22381919.00330.673/60
Western Oval22311731.00213.002/8
St Kilda Cricket Ground21282828.00415.754/43
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote21999.00228.001/12
Toorak Park200––518.204/69
North Melbourne Cricket Ground12763.5059.004/37
Victoria Park12696334.50222.501/21
Carlton Cricket Ground11000.0049.004/36
Albert Ground113535*–36.673/20
Richmond Cricket Ground11000.00230.001/25
University Oval11202020.00148.001/48
Melbourne Cricket Ground11252525.00––0/36
Essendon Cricket Ground100––123.001/10
Wickets taken
  • Caught58 · 62%
  • Bowled23 · 25%
  • LBW10 · 11%
  • Caught & bowled1 · 1%
  • Stumped1 · 1%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)35 · 38%
  • Middle order (4–7)39 · 42%
  • Lower order (8–11)19 · 20%

4 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 7/82 v Melbourne, 1949-50. 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 1952-53: 15th of 28 for runs, 8th of 24 for wickets, 21st of 29 for matches, 19th of 28 for catches, 12th of 24 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 71st of 321 for runs, 31st of 172 for wickets, 80th of 345 for matches, 74th of 279 for catches, 63rd of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • MW Ridgway1989-90 to 1992-93 · 56 m · 788 runs · 150 wkts
  • RC Bitmead1961-62 to 1971-72 · 81 m · 1,203 runs · 176 wkts
  • TL Lawford2015-16 to 2018-19 · 77 m · 1,327 runs · 193 wkts
  • FA Tarrant1896-97 to 1925-26 · 37 m · 797 runs · 96 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1949-50: 5 matches, 129 runs, 13 wickets1949-501950-51: 15 matches, 259 runs, 25 wickets1950-511951-52: 15 matches, 270 runs, 44 wickets1951-521952-53: 6 matches, 45 runs, 11 wickets1952-53

Runs, up Wickets, down

The arc

K Cant's best season with the bat was 1951-52: 270 runs from 19 innings at 14.21. The best ten-innings patch came in 1949-50 to 1950-51: 234 runs at 39.00. The leanest, 1951-52 to 1952-53: 97 runs at 9.70.

Rolling average, innings 8 to 44: 9.7 to 39.039.0

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First five-for5/4412 Nov 1949v Melbourne, 1949-50
First fifty5225 Nov 1950v Prahran, 1950-51
50th wicket1/21 took him to 5013 Nov 1951v Collingwood, 1951-52

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings
from v Richmond, 1949-50 to v University, 1949-50 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 30 matches
from v Essendon, 1950-51 to v Melbourne, 1951-52 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 13 matches
from v Prahran, 1951-52 to v Prahran, 1952-53 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings
from v Melbourne, 1951-52 to v St Kilda, 1952-53 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111949-50: 4 (7 inns, avg 32.25)1950-51: 7 (13 inns, avg 28.78)1951-52: 4 (19 inns, avg 14.21)1952-53: 10 (5 inns, avg 9.00)1949195019511952

Batted at 4th for 1 season, dropped to 7th from 1950-51, moved up to 4th from 1951-52, dropped to 10th from 1952-53.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1949-504732.25
1950-5171328.78
1951-5241914.21
1952-531059.00
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home202554115220.554914.78
Away211922926317.184418.98

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday343875715218.427716.55
Weekday7601326322.001617.81
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct550501910.001015.70
Nov101021746321.752313.22
Dec44036189.00918.33
Jan8831964739.201819.78
Feb57210935*21.80118.18
Mar8801343016.751820.78
Other120442.00428.25
Finals
5Finals played
106Runs · avg 15.14
13Wickets
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home and away363775976319.908015.99
Finals5701063015.141321.54
Favourite victims
  1. RI Maddocks × 3
  2. A Jinks × 2
  3. AJ Southwell × 2
  4. AL Price × 2
  5. BM Lynch × 2
  6. CC McDonald × 2
  7. DH Townsend × 2
  8. DK Mathieson × 2
Fielding
SeasonMCt
1949-5052
1950-51158
1951-52154
1952-5362

Caught most off

  1. K Peters × 5
  2. BT Considine × 4
  3. HAE Shillinglaw × 2
  4. RHW Liddicut × 2
  5. JR Beitzel × 1
  6. K Cant × 1

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Every match · 41 · tap to show
SeasonOpponentBattingBowling
1949-50Melbourne1 & 3*5/44 & 2/38Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50Footscray14*–Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50South Melbourne180/23Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50Richmond6 & 40*2/33 & 0/16Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50University474/38Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51Essendondnb0/13 & 1/10Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51Hawthorn-East Melbourne190/13 & 0/4Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51Northcotednb5/23Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51Carlton04/36Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51Prahran520/28Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51Richmond01/25 & 1/35Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51South Melbourne15*1/29Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51North Melbourne24*2/29Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51University201/48Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51Footscray17*1/7Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51Melbourne35*3/20Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51Collingwood123/48Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51St Kildadnb0/20Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51Essendon10 & 302/23 & 0/7Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51Hawthorn-East Melbourne250/36Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52North Melbourne1 & 64/37 & 1/8Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52University19 & 53/28Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52Footscray172/8 & 0/18Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52Melbourne110/26Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52Collingwood6 & 631/24 & 1/21Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52St Kilda101/24Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52South Melbourne86/58Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52Richmond310/48Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52Prahrandnb4/69Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52Carlton134/46Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52Northcote91/12Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52Hawthorn-East Melbourne11 & 275/25 & 0/8Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52Essendon13/64Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52St Kilda284/43Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52Melbourne0 & 42/66 & 2/47Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53Northcotednb1/44Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53Collingwood72/16Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53Prahrandnb1/22Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53St Kilda6 & 41/18Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53Hawthorn-East Melbourne193/60 & 0/15Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53Prahran93/58Something wrong? Tell us

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