R Littlefield

1896-97 to 1898-99 · 10 matches for the club

Debut v St Kilda, 1896-97 (20 Mar 1897)Last game v University, 1898-99 (3 Dec 1898)Player no. 45 to appear for the club

Matches

198

Runs

19.80

Average

Highest

0 / 1

100s / 50s

Wickets

32.25

Bowling avg

1/7

Best

Catches

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1896-97	2	2	0	51	41	25.50	0	1	1/10	1
1897-98	4	5	0	64	28	12.80	21	2	1/25	4
1898-99	4	4	1	83	56	27.67	13	1	1/7	1
Career	10	11	1	198	56	19.80	34	4	1/7	6

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv St Kilda, 1896-97
First fifty56v Richmond, 1898-99
Highest score56v Richmond, 1898-99
Best bowling1/7v University, 1898-99
Last matchMatch 10v University, 1898-99

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

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Against each club

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Kingston Hawthorn	2	36	28	18.00		1	70.00	1/42
Carlton	2	20	20	10.00		0	–	0/5
St Kilda	2	10	10	5.00		1	10.00	1/10
Richmond	1	56	56	56.00	1	–	–	–
Greenvale Kanagaroos	1	41	41	41.00		0	–	0/12
Melbourne University	1	27	26	27.00		1	7.00	1/7
Casey South Melbourne	1	8	8	8.00		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	0s
3	2	0	28	28	14.00		1
5	1	0	20	20	20.00
6	2	0	41	41	20.50		1
7	2	0	66	56	33.00	1
8	2	1	27	26	27.00
10	2	0	16	8	8.00

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Top order (1–3)	2	0	28	28	14.00		1
Middle order (4–7)	5	0	127	56	25.40	1	1
Lower order (8–11)	4	1	43	26	14.33

Batted most often at 3rd.

Scores and consistency

Ducks2
1–93
10–191
20–293
30–491
50–991
100+0

Turned 0 of 1 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 8.5% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 1 time.

Dismissals

Caught6 · 60%
Bowled2 · 20%
LBW2 · 20%

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
In wins	6	1	113	56	22.60	1	1
In losses	5	0	85	41	17.00		1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	2	2	8.50	1.0
In losses	5	2	56.00	0.4

Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 1 (100%).
Every other match: the side won 4 of 9 (44%), lost 5.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Batting first	5	0	67	41	13.40		1
Batting second	4	0	102	56	25.50	1	1
Second innings of the match	2	1	29	28	29.00

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	4	4	57	26	19.00	2	22.50	1/7
East Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	2	36	28	18.00	1	42.00	1/42
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	1	8	8	8.00	1	25.00	1/25
Carlton Cricket Ground	1	1	0	0	0.00	–	–	0/5
Richmond Cricket Ground	1	1	56	56	56.00	–	–	–
St Kilda Cricket Ground	1	1	0	0	0.00	–	–	–
the Triangle	1	1	41	41	41.00	–	–	0/12

Wickets taken

Caught3 · 75%
Bowled1 · 25%

Batters dismissed

Lower order (8–11)4 · 100%

Best in a match: 1/7 v University, 1898-99. 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 1896-97 to 1898-99: 15th of 27 for runs, 9th of 15 for wickets, 14th of 30 for matches, 12th of 25 for catches.

Under Fitzroy: 143rd of 321 for runs, 118th of 172 for wickets, 178th of 345 for matches, 136th of 279 for catches.

Played like…

RW Brentnall1978-79 to 1979-80 · 22 m · 439 runs · 5 wkts
J Drysdale1891-92 to 1896-97 · 19 m · 403 runs · 12 wkts
JP Stephenson1983-84 to 1987-88 · 30 m · 683 runs · 10 wkts
PJ Measom1965-66 to 1973-74 · 38 m · 748 runs · 9 wkts

The careers nearest Littlefield’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

The arc

R Littlefield's best season with the bat was 1897-98: 64 runs from 5 innings at 12.80. The best ten-innings patch came in 1896-97 to 1898-99: 188 runs at 20.89. The leanest, 1896-97 to 1898-99: 197 runs at 19.70.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty56	29 Oct 1898	v Richmond, 1898-99

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 6 matches: from v St Kilda, 1896-97 to v South Melbourne, 1897-98 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 2 matches: from v East Melbourne, 1897-98 to v South Melbourne, 1897-98 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 2 matches bowled in: from v East Melbourne, 1898-99 to v Carlton, 1898-99 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
56	v Richmond, 1898-99	Won
41	v North Melbourne, 1896-97	Lost
28	v East Melbourne, 1897-98	Lost
26	v University, 1898-99	Won
20	v Carlton, 1897-98	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
1/7	v University, 1898-99	Won
1/10	v St Kilda, 1896-97	Won
1/25	v South Melbourne, 1897-98	Lost
1/42	v East Melbourne, 1897-98	Lost

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Batting position over the years

Batted at 6th for 1 season, moved up to 3rd from 1897-98, dropped to 8th from 1898-99.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1896-97	6	2	25.50
1897-98	3	5	12.80
1898-99	8	4	27.67

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	4	4	1	57	26	19.00	2	22.50
Away	6	7	0	141	56	20.14	2	42.00

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

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	4	3	0	76	56	25.33
Nov	1	1	0	0	0	0.00
Dec	1	2	1	27	26	27.00	1	7.00
Jan	1	2	0	36	28	18.00	1	42.00
Feb	1	1	0	8	8	8.00	1	25.00
Mar	1	1	0	10	10	10.00	1	10.00
Other	1	1	0	41	41	41.00

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1896-97	2	1
1897-98	4	4
1898-99	4	1

Caught most off

G Beacham × 2
R Mitchell × 2
A O'Leary × 1
W Giller × 1

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Season	Opponent	Batting	Bowling
1896-97	St Kilda	10	1/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97	North Melbourne	41	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98	St Kilda	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98	Carlton	20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98	East Melbourne	8 & 28	1/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98	South Melbourne	8	1/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99	East Melbourne	–	0/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99	Richmond	56	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99	Carlton	0	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99	University	26 & 1*	1/7	Something wrong? Tell us

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