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Debut v University, 1996-97 (16 Nov 1996)Last game v Northcote, 1997-98 (7 Mar 1998)Player no. 496 to appear for the club

Around this dayin 1997: 3 and 2/21 v Carlton in 1997: 1 and 0/28 and 2 ct v Essendon

24

Matches

362

Runs

21.29

Average

86

Highest

0 / 1

100s / 50s

16

Wickets

56.75

Bowling avg

3/34

Best

9

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1996-978701144816.2911583/343
1997-98161552488624.80199.483/516
Career242253628621.29314.4163/349

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv University, 1996-97
  2. First fifty86v Ringwood, 1997-98
  3. Highest score86v Ringwood, 1997-98
  4. Best bowling3/34v Prahran, 1996-97
  5. Last matchMatch 24v Northcote, 1997-98

Runs by season

1996-97: 114 runs11496-971997-98: 248 runs24897-98

Wickets by season

1996-97: 8 wickets896-971997-98: 8 wickets897-98

Every innings, in order

86501996-97 v University: 121996-97 v Northcote: 11996-97 v Frankston Peninsula: 141996-97 v Essendon: 301996-97 v Carlton: 481996-97 v South Melbourne: 21996-97 v Prahran: 71997-98 v Frankston Peninsula: 1*1997-98 v Hawthorn Waverley: 21*1997-98 v Footscray: 43*1997-98 v Carlton: 31997-98 v Essendon: 11997-98 v Ringwood: 861997-98 v North Melbourne: 491997-98 v Melbourne: 161997-98 v Geelong: 41997-98 v Dandenong: 9*1997-98 v University: 01997-98 v St Kilda: 11997-98 v Richmond: 121997-98 v Northcote: 01997-98 v Northcote: 2*

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

Against each club

Ringwood2868686.001170.001/20
Carlton2514825.50229.002/21
Essendon2313015.500–0/28
Frankston Peninsula2151415.00165.001/36
Melbourne University212126.00421.003/51
Prahran2777.00322.003/34
Northcote232*1.50176.001/55
Greenvale Kanagaroos1494949.00161.001/61
Footscray14343*–0–0/43
Kingston Hawthorn12121*–140.001/40
Melbourne1161616.000–0/44
Richmond1121212.000–0/33
Dandenong199*–0–0/21
Geelong1444.000–0/38
Casey South Melbourne1222.00141.001/41
St Kilda1111.00150.001/50
Camberwell Magpies1–––0–0/43

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
510161616.00
66142148.40
71442978629.7012
810777.00
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Middle order (4–7)2153558622.1912
Lower order (8–11)10777.00

Batted most often at 7th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks2
  • 1–910
  • 10–194
  • 20–291
  • 30–494
  • 50–991
  • 100+0

Turned 0 of 1 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 7.6% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 1 time.

Dismissals
  • Caught12 · 71%
  • Run out3 · 18%
  • LBW1 · 6%
  • Bowled1 · 6%
In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
In wins1031158616.4311
In losses1022214927.631
In draws10121212.00
In ties10141414.00
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins11844.630.7
In losses10762.710.7
In draws20–0.0
In ties1136.001.0
  • Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 1 (100%).
  • Every other match: the side won 10 of 23 (43%), lost 10.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Batting first721624932.402
Batting second1421988616.501
Second innings of the match1122*–
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Schramms Reserve11112088623.111140.183/34
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote1222*2.00––0/21
AH Butler Oval11141414.00136.001/36
Central Reserve South Oval112121*–140.001/40
St Kilda Cricket Ground11111.00150.001/50
University Oval11121212.00133.001/33
Albert Ground11161616.00––0/44
Essendon Cricket Ground11111.00––0/28
Hedges Oval11303030.00––0/47
Leckie Park Oval11484848.00––0/37
Shepley Oval1199*–––0/21
Russell Lucas Oval100––134.001/20
Camberwell Sports Ground100––––0/43
Toorak Park100––––0/32
Wickets taken
  • LBW7 · 44%
  • Caught7 · 44%
  • Stumped1 · 6%
  • Bowled1 · 6%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)5 · 31%
  • Middle order (4–7)11 · 69%

Best in a match: 3/34 v Prahran, 1996-97. 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 1996-97 to 1997-98: 16th of 25 for runs, 12th of 22 for wickets, 18th of 25 for matches, 16th of 25 for catches, 11th of 18 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy-Doncaster: 67th of 184 for runs, 60th of 135 for wickets, 81st of 197 for matches, 67th of 167 for catches, 39th of 81 for batting average.

Played like…

  • KG Fleming1928-29 to 1929-30 · 14 m · 182 runs · 7 wkts
  • MT Jenkinson1997-98 to 2000-01 · 26 m · 442 runs · 19 wkts
  • KM McLaine1979-80 to 1983-84 · 46 m · 728 runs · 23 wkts
  • RJ Zimmer1945-46 to 1950-51 · 40 m · 683 runs · 20 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1996-97: 8 matches, 114 runs, 8 wickets1996-971997-98: 16 matches, 248 runs, 8 wickets1997-98

Runs, up Wickets, down

The arc

Matthew Hague's best season with the bat was 1997-98: 248 runs from 15 innings at 24.80. The best ten-innings patch came in 1997-98: 233 runs at 38.83. The leanest, 1997-98: 178 runs at 19.78.

Rolling average, innings 5 to 22: 16.3 to 38.838.8

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First fifty8622 Nov 1997v Ringwood, 1997-98

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings
from v Essendon, 1996-97 to v Carlton, 1996-97 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 21 matches
from v Essendon, 1996-97 to v Northcote, 1997-98 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 3 matches
from v University, 1996-97 to v Frankston Peninsula, 1996-97 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 4 matches bowled in
from v Melbourne, 1997-98 to v Camberwell Magpies, 1997-98 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 3 innings
from v Geelong, 1997-98 to v St Kilda, 1997-98 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111996-97: 7 (7 inns, avg 16.29)1997-98: 7 (15 inns, avg 24.80)19961997

Batted at 7th in every one of his 2 seasons.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1996-977716.29
1997-9871524.80
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home111122088623.111140.18
Away131131544819.25593.20

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday232153598622.441463.36
Weekday110333.00210.50
Format
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Two-day141222518625.101151.91
Unknown format101031113015.86567.40

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
Oct3336543*–1112.00
Nov5401028625.50350.00
Dec440804920.00365.33
Jan431139*6.50351.00
Feb550934818.602104.00
Mar331974.50422.25
Favourite victims
  1. BP Ricci × 2
  2. AV Green × 1
  3. CBD Street × 1
  4. DM Dempsey × 1
  5. GK Hobba × 1
  6. GP Dowling × 1
  7. GR Hurley × 1
  8. JKI Dery × 1
Fielding
SeasonMCt
1996-9783
1997-98166

Caught most off

  1. AJ Melbourne × 3
  2. AS Muir × 2
  3. RA Bartlett × 2
  4. DR Plumpton × 1
  5. SD Hubber × 1

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Every match · 24 · tap to show
SeasonOpponentBattingBowling
1996-97University121/33Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97Northcote11/55Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97Frankston Peninsula141/36Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97Essendon300/47Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97Carlton480/37Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97South Melbourne21/41Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97Ringwooddnb1/20 & 0/14Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97Prahran73/34Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98Frankston Peninsula1*0/29Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98Hawthorn Waverley21*1/40Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98Footscray43*0/43Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98Carlton32/21Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98Essendon10/28Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98Ringwood860/36Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98Prahrandnb0/32Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98North Melbourne491/61Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98Melbourne160/44Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98Geelong40/38Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98Dandenong9*0/21Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98Camberwell Magpiesdnb0/43Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98University03/51Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98St Kilda11/50Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98Richmond120/33Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98Northcote0 & 2*0/21Something wrong? Tell us

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