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LR Smith

2017-18 to 2023-24 · 54 matches for the club · also printed as Liam Smith

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Debut v St Kilda, 2017-18 (25 Nov 2017)Last game v Richmond, 2023-24 (2 Mar 2024)Player no. 653 to appear for the club

Around this dayin 2022: 24 and 1 ct v Prahran

54

Matches

1,092

Runs

28.00

Average

114*

Highest

1 / 5

100s / 50s

0

Wickets

–

Bowling avg

–

Best

32

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
2017-18210333.00–––
2020-21161432525622.91–––11
2021-221212328489*31.56–––9
2022-231414329870*27.09–––7
2023-241081255114*36.43–––5
Career5449101,092114*28.0000–32

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv St Kilda, 2017-18
  2. First fifty56v Frankston Peninsula, 2020-21
  3. First hundred114*v Geelong, 2023-24
  4. Highest score114*v Geelong, 2023-24
  5. Last matchMatch 54v Richmond, 2023-24

Runs by season

2017-18: 3 runs317-182020-21: 252 runs25220-212021-22: 284 runs28421-222022-23: 298 runs29822-232023-24: 255 runs25523-24

Every innings, in order

114502017-18 v St Kilda: 32020-21 v Prahran: 22020-21 v St Kilda: 12*2020-21 v Northcote: 32020-21 v Ringwood: 16*2020-21 v Frankston Peninsula: 562020-21 v Melbourne University: 272020-21 v Greenvale Kangaroos: 11*2020-21 v Essendon: 242020-21 v Dandenong: 142020-21 v Carlton: 62020-21 v Geelong: 182020-21 v Richmond: 162020-21 v Carlton: 342020-21 v Prahran: 132021-22 v Ringwood: 66*2021-22 v Frankston Peninsula: 282021-22 v Northcote: 89*2021-22 v Richmond: 472021-22 v Greenvale Kangaroos: 19*2021-22 v Kingston Hawthorn: 02021-22 v Carlton: 42021-22 v Geelong: 32021-22 v St Kilda: 82021-22 v Essendon: 112021-22 v Melbourne: 72021-22 v Dandenong: 22022-23 v Prahran: 242022-23 v Richmond: 62022-23 v Frankston Peninsula: 512022-23 v Melbourne University: 22022-23 v Carlton: 122022-23 v Casey-South Melbourne: 62022-23 v St Kilda: 142022-23 v Essendon: 49*2022-23 v Ringwood: 22022-23 v Northcote: 372022-23 v Camberwell Magpies: 70*2022-23 v Geelong: 02022-23 v Kingston Hawthorn: 242022-23 v Dandenong: 1*2023-24 v Richmond: 492023-24 v Geelong: 114*2023-24 v Dandenong: 382023-24 v Ringwood: 62023-24 v Carlton: 22023-24 v Greenvale Kangaroos: 32023-24 v St Kilda: 192023-24 v Richmond: 24

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

Against each club

Richmond51424928.40
Carlton5583411.60
St Kilda5561914.00
Dandenong5553818.33
Geelong4135114*45.001
Northcote412989*64.501
Ringwood49066*45.001
Frankston Peninsula31355645.002
Essendon38449*42.00
Prahran3392413.00
Greenvale Kanagaroos33319*33.00
Kingston Hawthorn3242412.00
Melbourne University2292714.50
Casey-South Melbourne2666.00
Camberwell Magpies17070*–1
Melbourne1777.00
Footscray1–––

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
PosInnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
49222070*31.4312
525357489*26.094
641175114*58.331
782984916.33
8111111*–
9211412*14.00
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
Middle order (4–7)4681,067114*28.08512
Lower order (8–11)322512*25.00

Batted most often at 5th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks2
  • 1–917
  • 10–1912
  • 20–296
  • 30–496
  • 50–995
  • 100+1

Turned 1 of 6 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 11.2% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 4 times.

Dismissals
  • Caught23 · 59%
  • Bowled6 · 15%
  • LBW4 · 10%
  • Stumped3 · 8%
  • Run out2 · 5%
  • Caught & bowled1 · 3%

Most often dismissed by: James Seymour (2), Xavier Crone (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
In wins25657870*30.4242
In losses22336289*19.051
In draws21152114*152.001
  • Scored 50+: the side won 4 of 6 (67%), lost 1.
  • Every other match: the side won 26 of 48 (54%), lost 21.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
Batting first306757114*31.54311
Batting second19433570*22.3321
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvg
Schramms Reserve252335370*17.65
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote4312989*64.50
Russell Lucas Oval, Ringwood438866*88.00
Shepley Oval43543818.00
Essendon Cricket Ground338449*42.00
Geelong Cricket Ground33117114*58.50
AH Butler Oval221075653.50
Central Reserve North Oval, Glen Waverley22634731.50
Greenvale Reserve - Oval # 1222219*22.00
St Kilda Cricket Ground22261426.00
Princes Park - Turf Oval 111343434.00
Toorak Park11131313.00
University Oval, Parkville11222.00

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 2017-18 to 2023-24: 14th of 48 for runs, 16th of 50 for matches, 9th of 12 for hundreds, 10th of 43 for catches, 8th of 25 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy-Doncaster: 30th of 184 for runs, 43rd of 197 for matches, 18th of 34 for hundreds, 29th of 167 for catches, 18th of 81 for batting average.

Played like…

  • JO Blyth2014-15 to 2017-18 · 42 m · 834 runs · 2 wkts
  • DS Berry1986-87 to 1995-96 · 66 m · 1,539 runs · 0 wkts
  • CS Reidy2001-02 to 2007-08 · 56 m · 1,343 runs · 1 wkts
  • AP Mulcahy1994-95 to 1998-99 · 37 m · 903 runs · 0 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

2017-18: 2 matches, 3 runs2017-182018-19: did not play2018-192019-20: did not play2019-202020-21: 16 matches, 252 runs2020-212021-22: 12 matches, 284 runs2021-222022-23: 14 matches, 298 runs2022-232023-24: 10 matches, 255 runs2023-24

Runs, up Season away

The arc

Liam Smith's best season with the bat was 2022-23: 298 runs from 14 innings at 27.09. The best ten-innings patch came in 2022-23 to 2023-24: 384 runs at 64.00. The leanest, 2021-22 to 2022-23: 84 runs at 9.33.

Rolling average, innings 7 to 49: 9.3 to 64.064.0

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First fifty5623 Jan 2021v Frankston Peninsula, 2020-21
First hundred114*11 Nov 2023v Geelong, 2023-24
1,000th run114* took him to 1,00011 Nov 2023v Geelong, 2023-24
50th matchdid not bat16 Dec 2023v Kingston Hawthorn, 2023-24

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 4 innings
from v Ringwood, 2021-22 to v Richmond, 2021-22 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 14 matches
from v Prahran, 2022-23 to v Dandenong, 2022-23 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 4 innings
from v Kingston Hawthorn, 2021-22 to v St Kilda, 2021-22 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16112017-18: 7 (1 inns, avg 3.00)2020-21: 5 (14 inns, avg 22.91)2021-22: 5 (12 inns, avg 31.56)2022-23: 5 (14 inns, avg 27.09)2023-24: 5 (8 inns, avg 36.43)20172020202120222023

Batted at 7th for 1 season, moved up to 5th from 2020-21.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
2017-18713.00
2020-2151422.91
2021-2251231.56
2022-2351427.09
2023-245836.43
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvg
Home2523335370*17.65
Away29267739114*38.89

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvg
Saturday5147101,014114*27.41
Sunday210515151.00
Weekday110272727.00
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvg
Oct210494949.00
Nov12112346114*38.44
Dec98322689*45.20
Jan1413424770*27.44
Feb111011132412.56
Mar440642416.00
Other220473423.50
Finals
2Finals played
47Runs · avg 23.50
MInnNORunsHSAvg
Home and away5247101,045114*28.24
Finals220473423.50
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. Ejaaz Alavi × 8
  2. Kobe Smith × 8
  3. Samuel Elliott × 6
  4. Ikroop Dhanoa × 4
  5. Liam Myott × 2
  6. Sean McNicholl × 2

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Every match · 54 · tap to show
SeasonOpponentBattingBowling
2017-18St Kilda3–Something wrong? Tell us
2017-18Dandenongdnb–Something wrong? Tell us
2020-21Prahran2–Something wrong? Tell us
2020-21St Kilda12*–Something wrong? Tell us
2020-21Northcote3–Something wrong? Tell us
2020-21Ringwood16*–Something wrong? Tell us
2020-21Footscraydnb–Something wrong? Tell us
2020-21Frankston Peninsula56–Something wrong? Tell us
2020-21Melbourne University27–Something wrong? Tell us
2020-21Greenvale Kangaroos11*–Something wrong? Tell us
2020-21Essendon24–Something wrong? Tell us
2020-21Casey-South Melbournednb–Something wrong? Tell us
2020-21Dandenong14–Something wrong? Tell us
2020-21Carlton6–Something wrong? Tell us
2020-21Geelong18–Something wrong? Tell us
2020-21Richmond16–Something wrong? Tell us
2020-21Carlton34–Something wrong? Tell us
2020-21Prahran13–Something wrong? Tell us
2021-22Ringwood66*–Something wrong? Tell us
2021-22Frankston Peninsula28–Something wrong? Tell us
2021-22Northcote89*–Something wrong? Tell us
2021-22Richmond47–Something wrong? Tell us
2021-22Greenvale Kangaroos19*–Something wrong? Tell us
2021-22Kingston Hawthorn0–Something wrong? Tell us
2021-22Carlton4–Something wrong? Tell us
2021-22Geelong3–Something wrong? Tell us
2021-22St Kilda8–Something wrong? Tell us
2021-22Essendon11–Something wrong? Tell us
2021-22Melbourne7–Something wrong? Tell us
2021-22Dandenong2–Something wrong? Tell us
2022-23Prahran24–Something wrong? Tell us
2022-23Richmond6–Something wrong? Tell us
2022-23Frankston Peninsula51–Something wrong? Tell us
2022-23Melbourne University2–Something wrong? Tell us
2022-23Carlton12–Something wrong? Tell us
2022-23Casey-South Melbourne6–Something wrong? Tell us
2022-23St Kilda14–Something wrong? Tell us
2022-23Essendon49*–Something wrong? Tell us
2022-23Ringwood2–Something wrong? Tell us
2022-23Northcote37–Something wrong? Tell us
2022-23Camberwell Magpies70*–Something wrong? Tell us
2022-23Geelong0–Something wrong? Tell us
2022-23Kingston Hawthorn24–Something wrong? Tell us
2022-23Dandenong1*–Something wrong? Tell us
2023-24Northcotednb–Something wrong? Tell us
2023-24Richmond49–Something wrong? Tell us
2023-24Geelong114*–Something wrong? Tell us
2023-24Dandenong38–Something wrong? Tell us
2023-24Ringwood6–Something wrong? Tell us
2023-24Kingston Hawthorndnb–Something wrong? Tell us
2023-24Carlton2–Something wrong? Tell us
2023-24Greenvale Kangaroos3–Something wrong? Tell us
2023-24St Kilda19–Something wrong? Tell us
2023-24Richmond24–Something wrong? Tell us

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