LR Joslin

1977-78 · 14 matches for the club

Debut v Ringwood, 1977-78 (1 Oct 1977)Last game v St Kilda, 1977-78 (4 Mar 1978)Player no. 410 to appear for the club

Matches

515

Runs

39.62

Average

108*

Highest

1 / 3

100s / 50s

Wickets

18.48

Bowling avg

6/42

Best

Catches

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1977-78	14	15	2	515	108*	39.62	142.6 (8)	25	6/42	2
Career	14	15	2	515	108*	39.62	142.6 (8-ball)	25	6/42	2

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Ringwood, 1977-78
First fifty88*v Footscray, 1977-78
First hundred108*v Waverley, 1977-78
First five-for6/42v St Kilda, 1977-78
Highest score108*v Waverley, 1977-78
Best bowling6/42v St Kilda, 1977-78
Last matchMatch 14v St Kilda, 1977-78

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

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Against each club

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Kingston Hawthorn	2	154	108*	154.00		1	4	13.25	4/53
Footscray	1	97	88*	97.00	1		–	–	–
Melbourne	1	67	67	67.00	1		0	–	0/41
St Kilda	1	57	57	57.00	1		6	7.00	6/42	1
Essendon	1	49	49	49.00			5	15.40	4/30
Camberwell Magpies	1	23	23	23.00			5	9.60	3/42
Casey South Melbourne	1	22	22	22.00			1	19.00	1/19
Carlton	1	19	19	19.00			1	55.00	1/55
Prahran	1	14	14	14.00			2	22.00	2/44
Ringwood	1	6	6	6.00			0	–	0/17
Melbourne University	1	4	4	4.00			0	–	0/22
Richmond	1	2	2	2.00			0	–	0/19
Greenvale Kanagaroos	1	1	1	1.00			1	25.00	1/25

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	50s	100s
3	6	1	110	88*	22.00	1
5	8	1	383	108*	54.71	2	1
6	1	0	22	22	22.00

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s
Top order (1–3)	6	1	110	88*	22.00	1
Middle order (4–7)	9	1	405	108*	50.63	2	1

Batted most often at 5th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks0
1–95
10–192
20–292
30–492
50–993
100+1

Turned 1 of 4 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 18.4% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 5 times.

Dismissals

Caught11 · 85%
Bowled2 · 15%

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s
In wins	4	1	210	108*	70.00	1	1
In losses	9	1	237	88*	29.63	1
In draws	2	0	68	67	34.00	1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	3	12	9.08	4.0
In losses	7	12	23.92	1.7
In draws	2	1	66.00	0.5

Scored 50+: the side won 2 of 4 (50%), lost 1.
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 1 of 1 (100%).
Every other match: the side won 2 of 10 (20%), lost 7.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s
Batting first	10	1	376	108*	41.78	2	1
Batting second	4	0	51	22	12.75
Second innings of the match	1	1	88	88*	–	1

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	5	5	168	108*	42.00	9	15.11	3/42
Western Oval	1	2	97	88*	97.00	–	–	–
St Kilda Cricket Ground	1	1	57	57	57.00	6	7.00	6/42
Essendon Cricket Ground	1	1	49	49	49.00	5	15.40	4/30
Glenferrie Oval	1	1	46	46	46.00	4	13.25	4/53
Carlton Cricket Ground	1	1	19	19	19.00	1	55.00	1/55
Albert Ground	1	1	67	67	67.00	–	–	0/41
Richmond Cricket Ground	1	1	2	2	2.00	–	–	0/19
Russell Lucas Oval	1	1	6	6	6.00	–	–	0/17
University Oval	1	1	4	4	4.00	–	–	0/22

Wickets taken

Caught15 · 60%
Bowled5 · 20%
LBW3 · 12%
Caught & bowled2 · 8%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)8 · 32%
Middle order (4–7)9 · 36%
Lower order (8–11)8 · 32%

1 five-wicket haul. Best in a match: 6/42 v St Kilda, 1977-78. 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 1977-78: 15th of 23 for runs, 6th of 16 for wickets, 18th of 24 for matches, 3rd of 5 for hundreds, 22nd of 22 for catches.

Under Fitzroy: 87th of 321 for runs, 60th of 172 for wickets, 150th of 345 for matches, 30th of 50 for hundreds, 207th of 279 for catches.

Played like…

Matthew Spoors2025-26 to 2026-27 · 11 m · 369 runs · 10 wkts
GJ Maxwell2007-08 to 2025-26 · 84 m · 2,769 runs · 134 wkts
RA Bartlett1997-98 to 2001-02 · 80 m · 2,570 runs · 94 wkts
MTP Frith2014-15 to 2017-18 · 67 m · 1,855 runs · 80 wkts

The careers nearest Joslin’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 14 matches (1977-78): won 4, lost 8, drawn 2.

Most often led

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, down Honour in his name

1977-78: 1st XI Batting, 1st XI Bowling, A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion

The arc

Leslie Joslin's best season with the bat was 1977-78: 515 runs from 15 innings at 39.62. The best ten-innings patch came in 1977-78: 416 runs at 52.00. The leanest, 1977-78: 259 runs at 28.78.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty88*	15 Oct 1977	v Footscray, 1977-78
First hundred108*	7 Jan 1978	v Waverley, 1977-78
First five-for6/42	4 Mar 1978	v St Kilda, 1977-78

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings: from v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1977-78 to v Waverley, 1977-78 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 11 matches: from v Ringwood, 1977-78 to v Carlton, 1977-78 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 4 matches: from v Carlton, 1977-78 to v St Kilda, 1977-78 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 2 matches bowled in: from v Ringwood, 1977-78 to v University, 1977-78 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 3 innings: from v Ringwood, 1977-78 to v Footscray, 1977-78 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
108*	v Waverley, 1977-78	Won
88*	v Footscray, 1977-78	Lost
67	v Melbourne, 1977-78	Drawn
57	v St Kilda, 1977-78	Won
49	v Essendon, 1977-78	Lost

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
6/42	v St Kilda, 1977-78	Won
4/30	v Essendon, 1977-78	Lost
4/53	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1977-78	Lost
3/42	v Collingwood, 1977-78	Won
2/6	v Collingwood, 1977-78	Won

More splits

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	5	5	1	168	108*	42.00	9	15.11
Away	9	10	1	347	88*	38.56	16	20.38

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	14	2	513	108*	42.75	25	17.72
Weekday	1	1	0	2	2	2.00

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	4	5	1	108	88*	27.00	1	64.00
Nov	3	3	0	83	67	27.67	2	52.00
Dec	2	2	0	68	46	34.00	5	14.40
Jan	2	2	1	127	108*	127.00	1	55.00
Feb	2	2	0	72	49	36.00	10	12.50
Mar	1	1	0	57	57	57.00	6	7.00

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1977-78	14	2

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Season	Opponent	Batting	Bowling
1977-78	Ringwood	6	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	University	4	0/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	Footscray	9 & 88*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	North Melbourne	1	1/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	Richmond	2	0/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	Melbourne	67	0/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	Prahran	14	2/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	South Melbourne	22	1/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	46	4/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	Waverley	108*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	Carlton	19	1/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	Essendon	49	4/30 & 1/47	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	Collingwood	23	3/42 & 2/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	St Kilda	57	6/42	Something wrong? Tell us

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