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PJ Wallace

1971-72 to 1977-78 · 53 matches for the club · also printed as Wallace

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Debut v Melbourne, 1971-72 (27 Nov 1971)Last game v Collingwood, 1977-78 (18 Feb 1978)Player no. 389 to appear for the club

On this dayin 1973: 0 and 0/10 v Richmond

53

Matches

522

Runs

15.82

Average

53

Highest

0 / 1

100s / 50s

66

Wickets

27.73

Bowling avg

5/37

Best

11

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1971-72210181818.0020 (8)11/57
1972-73110444.000 (8)22/251
1973-74982743812.332763/31
1974-758831235324.6047 (8)41/121
1975-7611911503818.7551.6 (8)83/284
1976-77101037217*10.29140.3 (8)295/373
1977-7812105811516.2090.4 (8)164/392
Career5347145225315.8227 + 349.5 (8-ball)665/3711

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Melbourne, 1971-72
  2. First fifty53v University, 1974-75
  3. First five-for5/37v Carlton, 1976-77
  4. Highest score53v University, 1974-75
  5. Best bowling5/37v Carlton, 1976-77
  6. Last matchMatch 53v Collingwood, 1977-78

Runs by season

1971-72: 18 runs1871-721972-73: 4 runs41973-74: 74 runs7473-741974-75: 123 runs1231975-76: 150 runs15075-761976-77: 72 runs721977-78: 81 runs8177-78

Wickets by season

1971-72: 1 wickets171-721972-73: 2 wickets21973-74: 6 wickets673-741974-75: 4 wickets41975-76: 8 wickets875-761976-77: 29 wickets291977-78: 16 wickets1677-78

Every innings, in order

53501971-72 v Melbourne: 181972-73 v Footscray: 41973-74 v Prahran: 01973-74 v South Melbourne: 7*1973-74 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 01973-74 v Richmond: 01973-74 v North Melbourne: 11973-74 v St Kilda: 381973-74 v Collingwood: 24*1973-74 v Footscray: 41974-75 v Footscray: 20*1974-75 v Northcote: 01974-75 v North Melbourne: 91974-75 v Ringwood: 01974-75 v Prahran: 6*1974-75 v Melbourne: 51974-75 v University: 531974-75 v Collingwood: 30*1975-76 v University: 101975-76 v St Kilda: 381975-76 v Collingwood: 01975-76 v Collingwood: 27*1975-76 v North Melbourne: 71975-76 v Northcote: 21975-76 v South Melbourne: 381975-76 v Carlton: 161975-76 v Richmond: 121976-77 v Richmond: 51976-77 v Collingwood: 21976-77 v Carlton: 51976-77 v Melbourne: 61976-77 v Prahran: 161976-77 v Northcote: 9*1976-77 v Northcote: 9*1976-77 v St Kilda: 11976-77 v Waverley: 17*1976-77 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 21977-78 v Ringwood: 1*1977-78 v University: 12*1977-78 v Footscray: 91977-78 v North Melbourne: 6*1977-78 v Prahran: 131977-78 v South Melbourne: 01977-78 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 151977-78 v Carlton: 01977-78 v Essendon: 12*1977-78 v Collingwood: 13*

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

Against each club

Kingston Hawthorn63417*11.33732.293/28
Camberwell Magpies59630*48.00364.672/38
Footscray53720*12.33529.602/25
Prahran5351611.67625.174/60
Greenvale Kanagaroos42397.67523.002/30
Northcote4209*10.00819.634/47
Richmond417125.67349.673/52
St Kilda3773825.67420.253/31
Melbourne University3755337.501174.001/27
Casey South Melbourne3453822.50169.001/33
Melbourne329189.671143.001/57
Carlton321167.001410.075/371
Ringwood311*1.00623.002/32
Essendon21212*–222.002/18

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
310000.001
41199*–
510121212.00
6324127*41.00
71221473814.702
8921215317.2911
992943813.432
10826417*10.672
11333413*–
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Top order (1–3)10000.001
Middle order (4–7)1752093817.422
Lower order (8–11)2993135315.6515

Batted most often at 7th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks8
  • 1–920
  • 10–1911
  • 20–293
  • 30–494
  • 50–991
  • 100+0

Turned 0 of 1 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 6.4% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 1 time.

Dismissals
  • Caught22 · 67%
  • Run out4 · 12%
  • Bowled4 · 12%
  • LBW2 · 6%
  • Stumped1 · 3%

Most often dismissed by: Reid (2), Cox (2), Murch (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
In wins1642045317.0014
In losses2782573813.534
In draws426130*30.50
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins182620.961.4
In losses273431.621.3
In draws5635.001.2
  • Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 1 (100%).
  • Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 1 of 1 (100%).
  • Every other match: the side won 19 of 51 (37%), lost 27.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Batting first26102993818.691
Batting second1921875311.0017
Second innings of the match223627*–
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground28252835314.893526.235/37
Western Oval321396.50330.332/40
Richmond Cricket Ground3212126.00––0/10
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote23189*18.00715.144/47
Carlton Cricket Ground2216168.00512.004/39
Toorak Park22221622.00516.604/60
Victoria Park222624*26.00249.502/38
University Oval222212*22.00145.001/27
Russell Lucas Oval2111*–425.002/32
Essendon Cricket Ground211212*–222.002/18
Albert Ground11181818.00157.001/57
Glenferrie Oval11151515.00155.001/55
Central Reserve South Oval111717*–––0/44
North Melbourne Cricket Ground11999.00––0/3
St Kilda Cricket Ground11383838.00––0/28
Wickets taken
  • Caught44 · 67%
  • Bowled16 · 24%
  • LBW6 · 9%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)33 · 50%
  • Middle order (4–7)25 · 38%
  • Lower order (8–11)8 · 12%

1 five-wicket haul. Best in a match: 9/81 v Carlton, 1976-77. 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 1971-72 to 1977-78: 23rd of 49 for runs, 11th of 35 for wickets, 19th of 51 for matches, 28th of 45 for catches, 18th of 31 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 85th of 321 for runs, 35th of 172 for wickets, 57th of 345 for matches, 101st of 279 for catches, 82nd of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • E Moore1943-44 to 1944-45 · 34 m · 363 runs · 46 wkts
  • AEO Barras1933-34 to 1944-45 · 54 m · 728 runs · 64 wkts
  • CA McKissack1986-87 to 1993-94 · 69 m · 822 runs · 76 wkts
  • NJ Fletcher2016-17 to 2025-26 · 73 m · 973 runs · 82 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1971-72: 2 matches, 18 runs, 1 wicket1971-721972-73: 1 match, 4 runs, 2 wickets1972-731973-74: 9 matches, 74 runs, 6 wickets1973-741974-75: 8 matches, 123 runs, 4 wickets1974-751975-76: 11 matches, 150 runs, 8 wickets1975-761976-77: 10 matches, 72 runs, 29 wickets · 1st XI Bowling1976-771977-78: 12 matches, 81 runs, 16 wickets1977-78

Runs, up Wickets, down Honour in his name

1976-77: 1st XI Bowling

The arc

PJ Wallace's best season with the bat was 1975-76: 150 runs from 9 innings at 18.75. The best ten-innings patch came in 1974-75 to 1975-76: 221 runs at 27.63. The leanest, 1975-76 to 1976-77: 81 runs at 10.13.

Rolling average, innings 6 to 47: 5.0 to 27.627.6

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First fifty538 Mar 1975v University, 1974-75
First five-for5/3730 Oct 1976v Carlton, 1976-77
50th wicket2/32 took him to 5012 Feb 1977v Ringwood, 1976-77
50th match1/367 Jan 1978v Waverley, 1977-78

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings
from v University, 1974-75 to v Collingwood, 1974-75 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 6 matches
from v Melbourne, 1976-77 to v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1976-77 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 6 matches
from v Prahran, 1977-78 to v Essendon, 1977-78 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 3 matches bowled in
from v Footscray, 1974-75 to v North Melbourne, 1974-75 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings
from v Footscray, 1972-73 to v North Melbourne, 1973-74 · first · last

Best bowling

More splits

Batting position over the years16111971-72: 9 (1 inns, avg 18.00)1972-73: 10 (1 inns, avg 4.00)1973-74: 7 (8 inns, avg 12.33)1974-75: 9 (8 inns, avg 24.60)1975-76: 7 (9 inns, avg 18.75)1976-77: 7 (10 inns, avg 10.29)1977-78: 10 (10 inns, avg 16.20)1971197319751977

Moved about the order across 7 seasons: at 7th in 3, at 9th in 2, at 10th in 2.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1971-729118.00
1972-731014.00
1973-747812.33
1974-759824.60
1975-767918.75
1976-7771010.29
1977-78101016.20
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home282562835314.893526.23
Away252282393817.073129.42

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday4742145145318.366127.20
Sunday110222.00219.00
Weekday540641.50344.33
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct111045712*9.502117.33
Nov131011203813.331043.40
Dec5636027*20.00929.11
Jan11913417*4.251525.13
Feb9841523838.00932.11
Mar441995333.00252.00
Finals
1Finals played
30Runs
1Wickets
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home and away5246134925314.916527.60
Finals1113030*–136.00
Favourite victims
  1. C Carter × 2
  2. PJ Gardiner × 2
  3. RB Kanhai × 2
  4. RJ Baldry × 2
  5. RP Browning × 2
  6. RW Brentnall × 2
  7. WJ Scholes × 2
  8. A Wildsmith × 1
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. AL Thomson × 5
  2. EP Illingworth × 5
  3. AT Duff × 3
  4. LR Joslin × 1
  5. NR Buszard × 1
  6. RW Watts × 1

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SeasonOpponentBattingBowling
1971-72Melbourne181/57Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72Northcotednb0/18Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73Footscray42/25Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74Prahran00/26Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74South Melbourne7*–Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74Hawthorn-East Melbourne01/13Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74Richmond00/10Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74Essendon–0/10Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74North Melbourne11/38Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74St Kilda383/31 & 0/2Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74Collingwood24*0/61Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74Footscray41/8Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75Footscray20*0/32Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75Northcote00/9Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75North Melbourne90/3Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75Ringwood01/12 & 1/26Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75Prahran6*1/23Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75Melbourne50/33Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75University530/29Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75Collingwood30*1/36Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76University101/27Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76Prahrandnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76Waverleydnb3/28Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76St Kilda380/28Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76Footscraydnb0/43Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76Collingwood0 & 27*0/37 & 0/22Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76North Melbourne72/44Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76Northcote21/33Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76South Melbourne380/25 & 0/11Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76Carlton161/21Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76Richmond120/31Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77Richmond53/52Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77Collingwood22/38Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77Carlton55/37 & 4/44Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77Melbourne60/37 & 0/16Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77Prahran164/60Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77Northcote9* & 9*4/47 & 3/50Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77St Kilda11/20Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77Waverley17*0/44Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77Hawthorn-East Melbourne21/50Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77Ringwooddnb2/32 & 0/16Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Ringwood1*2/52Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78University12*0/18Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Footscray92/40Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78North Melbourne6*2/30Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Richmonddnb0/56Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Prahran131/42Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78South Melbourne01/33Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Hawthorn-East Melbourne151/55Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Waverleydnb1/36Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Carlton04/39Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Essendon12*2/18 & 0/16Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Collingwood13*–Something wrong? Tell us

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