R Gardner

1934-35 to 1937-38 · 49 matches for the club

Debut v Northcote, 1934-35 (20 Oct 1934)Last game v Melbourne, 1937-38 (19 Mar 1938)Player no. 170 to appear for the club

Around this dayin 1935: 24 and 2 ct v VCA Colts in 1934: 10 & 2 and 1 ct v Hawthorn-East Melbourne

Matches

1,923

Runs

35.61

Average

214

Highest

4 / 12

100s / 50s

Wickets

33.00

Bowling avg

1/7

Best

Catches

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1934-35	11	11	0	236	95	21.45	0 (8)	0	0/10	5
1935-36	14	16	1	807	214	53.80	–	–	–	11
1936-37	11	11	0	413	103	37.55	2 (8)	1	1/7	9
1937-38	13	17	0	467	104	27.47	0 (8)	0	0/16	10
Career	49	55	1	1,923	214	35.61	2 (8-ball)	1	1/7	35

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Northcote, 1934-35
First fifty63v Richmond, 1934-35
First hundred119v South Melbourne, 1935-36
Highest score214v Carlton, 1935-36
Best bowling1/7v Melbourne, 1936-37
Last matchMatch 49v Melbourne, 1937-38

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

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Against each club

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Melbourne	5	159	69	19.88	1		1	7.00	1/7
Carlton	4	306	214	76.50	1	1	–	–	–
Kingston Hawthorn	4	178	103	35.60		1	–	–	–
Melbourne University	4	178	95	44.50	2		0	–	0/10
Richmond	4	155	63	38.75	2		–	–	–
Casey South Melbourne	4	148	119	29.60		1	–	–	–
Northcote	4	139	56	34.75	1		0	–	0/16
Prahran	4	58	35	19.33			–	–	–
Greenvale Kanagaroos	4	46	23	9.20			–	–	–
Essendon	3	172	104	57.33	1	1	–	–	–
St Kilda	3	144	81	48.00	1		–	–	–
VCA Colts	3	143	64	47.67	2		–	–	–
Camberwell Magpies	3	97	80	32.33	1		–	–	–

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
1	10	0	332	119	33.20		2
2	38	1	1,440	214	38.92	11	2
3	2	0	83	81	41.50	1
4	4	0	32	11	8.00
5	1	0	36	36	36.00

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s
Top order (1–3)	50	1	1,855	214	37.86	12	4
Middle order (4–7)	5	0	68	36	13.60

Batted most often at 2nd.

Scores and consistency

Ducks0
1–917
10–199
20–297
30–496
50–9912
100+4

Turned 4 of 16 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 18.3% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 15 times.

Dismissals

Caught26 · 48%
LBW10 · 19%
Bowled9 · 17%
Caught & bowled5 · 9%
Run out4 · 7%

Most often dismissed by: Fitzmaurice (3), Nagel (3), Millar (2), Hale (2), Thorn (2).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s
In wins	30	1	1,255	214	43.28	8	3
In losses	20	0	482	69	24.10	4
In draws	5	0	186	104	37.20		1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	2	0	–	0.0
In losses	1	1	7.00	1.0

Scored 50+: the side won 11 of 16 (69%), lost 4.
Every other match: the side won 15 of 33 (45%), lost 12.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s
Batting first	27	0	1,124	214	41.63	6	3
Batting second	20	0	754	103	37.70	6	1
Second innings of the match	8	1	45	19	6.43

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	25	25	938	119	39.08	1	17.00	1/7
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	4	37	23	9.25	–	–	–
Carlton Cricket Ground	3	3	252	214	84.00	–	–	–
Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	4	116	69	29.00	–	–	–
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	2	3	103	56	34.33	–	–	0/16
Glenferrie Oval	2	3	115	103	38.33	–	–	–
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	3	16	9	5.33	–	–	–
St Kilda Cricket Ground	2	2	128	81	64.00	–	–	–
Toorak Park	2	2	38	35	19.00	–	–	–
Victoria Park	2	2	86	80	43.00	–	–	–
Essendon Cricket Ground	1	1	2	2	2.00	–	–	–
Richmond Cricket Ground	1	1	2	2	2.00	–	–	–
University Oval	1	1	54	54	54.00	–	–	–

Wickets taken

Caught1 · 100%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)1 · 100%

Best in a match: 1/7 v Melbourne, 1936-37. 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 1934-35 to 1937-38: 11th of 30 for runs, 20th of 22 for wickets, 16th of 32 for matches, 5th of 12 for hundreds, 12th of 29 for catches, 1st of 20 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 32nd of 321 for runs, 143rd of 172 for wickets, 69th of 345 for matches, 12th of 50 for hundreds, 44th of 279 for catches, 6th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

WA Tarrant1891-92 to 1921-22 · 52 m · 2,368 runs · 0 wkts
EV Carroll1924-25 to 1925-26 · 13 m · 455 runs · 0 wkts
LA Cody1921-22 to 1923-24 · 25 m · 805 runs · 0 wkts
CJ Dart1967-68 to 1969-70 · 30 m · 993 runs · 0 wkts

The careers nearest Gardner’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.

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, down Honour in his name

1935-36: 1st XI Batting

The arc

R Gardner's best season with the bat was 1935-36: 807 runs from 16 innings at 53.80. The best ten-innings patch came in 1935-36: 594 runs at 66.00. The leanest, 1934-35: 222 runs at 22.20.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty63	28 Jan 1935	v Richmond, 1934-35
First hundred119	7 Dec 1935	v South Melbourne, 1935-36
1,000th run69 took him to 1,024	11 Apr 1936	v Melbourne, 1935-36

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 4 innings: from v VCA Colts, 1936-37 to v St Kilda, 1936-37 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 29 matches: from v Collingwood, 1934-35 to v South Melbourne, 1936-37 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 3 innings: from v North Melbourne, 1937-38 to v Prahran, 1937-38 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
214	v Carlton, 1935-36	Won, Semi-final
119	v South Melbourne, 1935-36	Won
104	v Essendon, 1937-38	Drawn
103	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1936-37	Won
95	v University, 1934-35	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
1/7	v Melbourne, 1936-37	Lost

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Batting position over the years

Opened in every one of his 4 seasons.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1934-35	2	11	21.45
1935-36	2	16	53.80
1936-37	2	11	37.55
1937-38	2	17	27.47

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	25	25	1	938	119	39.08	1	17.00
Away	23	29	0	949	214	32.72
Neutral or unknown	1	1	0	36	36	36.00

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	43	49	1	1,708	214	35.58	1	33.00
Weekday	6	6	0	215	63	35.83

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	9	8	0	220	56	27.50
Nov	10	13	0	330	80	25.38
Dec	4	5	0	216	119	43.20
Jan	10	9	0	456	104	50.67
Feb	8	9	0	183	54	20.33
Mar	7	9	1	430	214	53.75	1	17.00
Other	1	2	0	88	69	44.00

Finals

4Finals played

344Runs · avg 57.33

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	45	49	1	1,579	119	32.90	1	33.00
Finals	4	6	0	344	214	57.33

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1934-35	11	5
1935-36	14	11
1936-37	11	6
1937-38	13	10

Caught most off

AEO Barras × 7
HJ Plant × 7
MW Sievers × 7
J Frederick × 4
EA Williams × 2
K Campbell × 2

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Season	Opponent	Batting	Bowling
1934-35	Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	10 & 2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	Collingwood	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	South Melbourne	2 & 9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	Carlton	27	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	Richmond	63	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	North Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	Essendon	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	University	95	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	Melbourne	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	St Kilda	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	Northcote	56	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	29	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	VCA Colts	24	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	Collingwood	80	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	South Melbourne	119	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	Prahran	35	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	University	20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	North Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	Carlton	54	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	Richmond	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	Essendon	65 & 1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	Carlton	214	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	Melbourne	69 & 19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	Richmond	54	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	Carlton	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	North Melbourne	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	University	54	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	Prahran	20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	South Melbourne	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	VCA Colts	64	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	103	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	Northcote	36	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	St Kilda	47	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	Melbourne	10	1/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	South Melbourne	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	Collingwood	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	VCA Colts	55	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	34	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	Northcote	46 & 1	0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	Melbourne	16 & 3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	St Kilda	81	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	Essendon	104	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	Richmond	36	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	North Melbourne	23 & 9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	University	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	Prahran	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	Melbourne	27 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us

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