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LA Childs

1997-98 to 2000-01 · 59 matches for the club

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Debut v Frankston Peninsula, 1997-98 (4 Oct 1997)Last game v North Melbourne, 2000-01 (3 Mar 2001)Player no. 499 to appear for the club

Around this dayin 2000: 2* and 2/48 and 1 ct v St Kilda in 1997: 6 and 2/35 v Carlton

59

Matches

426

Runs

14.20

Average

104

Highest

1 / 0

100s / 50s

137

Wickets

21.83

Bowling avg

6/59

Best

14

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1997-9816827835*13.00312.1456/593
1998-998625716*14.25139154/762
1999-001811120710420.70361.5466/746
2000-011713384388.40220.3314/223
Career5938842610414.201033.31376/5914

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Frankston Peninsula, 1997-98
  2. First fifty104v Camberwell Magpies, 1999-00
  3. First hundred104v Camberwell Magpies, 1999-00
  4. First five-for6/75v Ringwood, 1997-98
  5. Highest score104v Camberwell Magpies, 1999-00
  6. Best bowling6/59v Richmond, 1997-98
  7. Last matchMatch 59v North Melbourne, 2000-01

Runs by season

1997-98: 78 runs7897-981998-99: 57 runs5798-991999-00: 207 runs20799-002000-01: 84 runs8400-01

Wickets by season

1997-98: 45 wickets4597-981998-99: 15 wickets1598-991999-00: 46 wickets4699-002000-01: 31 wickets3100-01

Every innings, in order

104501997-98 v Footscray: 241997-98 v Carlton: 61997-98 v Essendon: 21997-98 v North Melbourne: 3*1997-98 v Melbourne: 11997-98 v University: 35*1997-98 v Richmond: 41997-98 v Northcote: 31998-99 v Geelong: 101998-99 v Dandenong: 8*1998-99 v Camberwell Magpies: 121998-99 v Footscray: 41998-99 v Essendon: 16*1998-99 v Carlton: 71999-00 v Hawthorn Waverley: 51999-00 v Essendon: 231999-00 v Carlton: 41999-00 v South Melbourne: 41999-00 v Prahran: 11999-00 v North Melbourne: 91999-00 v Geelong: 28*1999-00 v Camberwell Magpies: 1041999-00 v University: 191999-00 v St Kilda: 01999-00 v Richmond: 102000-01 v Camberwell Magpies: 11*2000-01 v St Kilda: 2*2000-01 v Richmond: 02000-01 v Northcote: 52000-01 v Melbourne: 11*2000-01 v Hawthorn Waverley: 32000-01 v Footscray-Victoria University: 02000-01 v Essendon: 82000-01 v Carlton: 42000-01 v Carlton: 22000-01 v Prahran: 382000-01 v North Melbourne: 02000-01 v North Melbourne: 0

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

Against each club

Camberwell Magpies412710463.5011125.185/511
Essendon4492316.33924.784/76
Geelong43828*38.00540.802/105
Footscray428249.33724.003/57
Carlton42374.60632.673/39
Richmond414104.671016.906/591
Dandenong488*–726.436/741
Ringwood4–––1614.386/752
Melbourne University35435*54.00539.204/60
Prahran3393819.501111.555/231
Greenvale Kanagaroos31294.00821.753/27
Melbourne31211*12.00813.634/22
Kingston Hawthorn3854.00619.003/39
Northcote3854.00720.575/591
Casey South Melbourne3444.00913.565/451
St Kilda322*2.00732.293/61
Frankston Peninsula3–––525.402/16

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
PosInnNORunsHSAvg100s0s
410666.00
610000.001
83018106.00
917222510415.0012
101241123814.002
11426535*32.50
InnNORunsHSAvg100s0s
Middle order (4–7)20663.001
Lower order (8–11)36842010415.0014

Batted most often at 9th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks5
  • 1–920
  • 10–197
  • 20–293
  • 30–492
  • 50–990
  • 100+1

Turned 1 of 1 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 5.7% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 1 time.

Dismissals
  • Caught21 · 70%
  • Bowled6 · 20%
  • Stumped1 · 3%
  • Run out1 · 3%
  • LBW1 · 3%
In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg100s0s
In wins102913811.381
In losses23530210416.7814
In draws4031127.75
In ties1122*–
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins276718.102.5
In losses234429.841.9
In draws82417.383.0
In ties1224.002.0
  • Scored 50+: the side won 0 of 1 (0%), lost 1.
  • Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 5 of 8 (63%), lost 1.
  • Every other match: the side won 22 of 50 (44%), lost 21.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg100s0s
Batting first18630310425.2512
Batting second182121237.562
Second innings of the match20221.001
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Schramms Reserve30202383819.837321.426/59
Essendon Cricket Ground22252312.50338.672/93
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote21333.00518.005/59
Camberwell Sports Ground21104104104.00525.805/51
Central Reserve South Oval21555.00511.403/39
Albert Ground21111.00421.752/36
Geelong Cricket Ground21101010.00233.001/26
Shepley Oval200––720.006/74
Russell Lucas Oval200––514.003/49
Princes Park No. 1 Oval12643.00313.003/39
North Melbourne Cricket Ground12000.00237.001/28
Harry Trott Oval (new)11444.00511.805/45
North Ballarat Oval11111.0054.605/23
FW Reid Oval11444.00212.502/25
Mervyn G Hughes Oval11000.00219.502/39
Princes Park11888.00210.002/20
Richmond Cricket Ground11101010.00228.002/56
Carlton Cricket Ground11777.00––0/91
St Kilda Cricket Ground100––258.502/117
Toorak Park100––224.502/49
AH Butler Oval100––132.001/32
University Oval100––––0/48
Wickets taken
  • Caught80 · 58%
  • Bowled30 · 22%
  • LBW27 · 20%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)57 · 42%
  • Middle order (4–7)37 · 27%
  • Lower order (8–11)43 · 31%

8 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 6/59 v Richmond, 1997-98. 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 1997-98 to 2000-01: 18th of 31 for runs, 5th of 28 for wickets, 12th of 33 for matches, 8th of 9 for hundreds, 17th of 33 for catches, 20th of 23 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy-Doncaster: 58th of 184 for runs, 11th of 135 for wickets, 39th of 197 for matches, 18th of 34 for hundreds, 53rd of 167 for catches, 64th of 81 for batting average.

Played like…

  • PJ Allan1960-61 to 1962-63 · 36 m · 197 runs · 75 wkts
  • DP Nannes2005-06 to 2014-15 · 32 m · 188 runs · 59 wkts
  • DD Weir1969-70 to 1972-73 · 40 m · 206 runs · 85 wkts
  • SK Smith1977-78 to 1994-95 · 86 m · 340 runs · 155 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1997-98: 16 matches, 78 runs, 45 wickets · 1st XI Bowling · A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion1997-981998-99: 8 matches, 57 runs, 15 wickets1998-991999-00: 18 matches, 207 runs, 46 wickets · A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion1999-002000-01: 17 matches, 84 runs, 31 wickets · 1st XI Bowling2000-01

Runs, up Wickets, down Honour in his name

1997-98: 1st XI Bowling, A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion · 1999-00: A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion · 2000-01: 1st XI Bowling

The arc

Lee Childs' best season with the bat was 1999-00: 207 runs from 11 innings at 20.70. The best ten-innings patch came in 1999-00 to 2000-01: 190 runs at 31.67. The leanest, 2000-01: 46 runs at 6.57.

Rolling average, innings 7 to 38: 6.6 to 31.731.7

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First five-for6/7522 Nov 1997v Ringwood, 1997-98
50th wicket2/25 took him to 519 Jan 1999v Footscray, 1998-99
100th wicket6/74 took him to 10012 Feb 2000v Dandenong, 1999-00
First fifty10419 Feb 2000v Camberwell Magpies, 1999-00
First hundred10419 Feb 2000v Camberwell Magpies, 1999-00
50th match1/322 Dec 2000v Frankston Peninsula, 2000-01

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings
from v Geelong, 1999-00 to v Camberwell Magpies, 1999-00 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 35 matches
from v Richmond, 1999-00 to v North Melbourne, 2000-01 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 14 matches
from v Carlton, 1997-98 to v Geelong, 1998-99 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings
from v Hawthorn Waverley, 2000-01 to v Carlton, 2000-01 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111997-98: 11 (8 inns, avg 13.00)1998-99: 9 (6 inns, avg 14.25)1999-00: 9 (11 inns, avg 20.70)2000-01: 10 (13 inns, avg 8.40)1997199819992000

Batted at 11th for 1 season, moved up to 9th from 1998-99, dropped to 10th from 2000-01.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1997-9811813.00
1998-999614.25
1999-0091120.70
2000-0110138.40
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home302082383819.837321.42
Away2918018810410.446422.30

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday5034539910413.7612022.46
Sunday4221911*–614.67
Weekday521868.001118.91
Format
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Two-day3728537310416.229923.47
Unknown format221035311*7.573817.55

Two-day when a side batted twice, the game was drawn or the card says so; one-day when the card says so.

Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct1362702417.501927.42
Nov117142237.002125.48
Dec7522211*7.332117.33
Jan1511311435*14.253818.37
Feb83014610448.672521.40
Mar56032195.331326.00
Finals
1Finals played
10Runs · avg 10.00
2Wickets
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home and away5837841610414.3413521.74
Finals110101010.00228.00
Favourite victims
  1. AD Kellett × 2
  2. AP Borovec × 2
  3. BM Nicholson × 2
  4. CJ Wallace × 2
  5. CP Judd × 2
  6. DG Wolfe × 2
  7. DM Dempsey × 2
  8. GJ Holland × 2
Fielding
SeasonMCt
1997-98163
1998-9982
1999-00186
2000-01173

Caught most off

  1. BM Ensil × 4
  2. RA Bartlett × 3
  3. CBD Street × 2
  4. AJ Melbourne × 1
  5. AR Williams × 1
  6. DA McNees × 1

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Every match · 59 · tap to show
SeasonOpponentBattingBowling
1997-98Frankston Peninsuladnb2/16Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98Hawthorn Waverleydnb3/39Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98Footscray240/47Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98Carlton62/35Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98Essendon21/23Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98Ringwooddnb6/75Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98Prahrandnb2/49Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98North Melbourne3*3/73Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98Melbourne12/36Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98Geelongdnb1/33Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98Dandenongdnb1/30Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98Camberwell Magpiesdnb5/51Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98University35*4/60Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98St Kildadnb2/117Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98Richmond46/59Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98Northcote35/59Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99Geelong101/40Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99Dandenong8*0/19Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99Camberwell Magpies123/101Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99Footscray42/25Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99Essendon16*4/76 & 0/11Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99Carlton70/91Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99South Melbournednb2/17Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99Ringwooddnb3/49Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00Richmonddnb2/32Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00Northcotednb0/31Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00Frankston Peninsuladnb2/39 & 0/40Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00Hawthorn Waverley52/18Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00Footscraydnb3/57Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00Essendon232/93Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00Carlton41/31Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00South Melbourne45/45 & 0/14Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00Ringwooddnb5/85Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00Prahran15/23Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00North Melbourne93/27Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00Melbournednb2/51Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00Geelong28*2/105Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00Dandenongdnb6/74 & 0/36Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00Camberwell Magpies1040/78Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00University191/62 & 0/26Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00St Kilda03/61Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00Richmond102/56Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01Geelongdnb1/26Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01Dandenongdnb0/26Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01Camberwell Magpies11*3/47Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01Melbourne Universitydnb0/48Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01St Kilda2*2/48Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01Richmond00/22Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01Northcote52/54Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01Frankston Peninsuladnb1/32Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01Melbourne11*4/22Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01Hawthorn Waverley31/57Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01Footscray-Victoria University02/39Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01Essendon82/20Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01Carlton4 & 23/39Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01South Melbournednb2/46Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01Ringwooddnb2/21Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01Prahran384/35 & 0/20Something wrong? Tell us
2000-01North Melbourne0 & 01/46 & 1/28Something wrong? Tell us

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