RJ Bailey

1985-86 · 16 matches for the club

Debut v Essendon, 1985-86 (12 Oct 1985)Last game v St Kilda, 1985-86 (15 Mar 1986)Player no. 450 to appear for the club

Matches

747

Runs

49.80

Average

180

Highest

1 / 5

100s / 50s

Wickets

–

Bowling avg

0/3

Best

Catches

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1985-86	16	18	3	747	180	49.80	3	0	0/3	4
Career	16	18	3	747	180	49.80	3	0	0/3	4

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Essendon, 1985-86
First fifty180v Prahran, 1985-86
First hundred180v Prahran, 1985-86
Highest score180v Prahran, 1985-86
Last matchMatch 16v St Kilda, 1985-86

Runs by season

Every innings, in order

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Against each club

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St Kilda	2	166	88*	166.00	2
Kingston Hawthorn	2	92	80*	92.00	1
Prahran	1	180	180	180.00		1
Footscray	1	98	79*	98.00	1
Carlton	1	76	76	76.00	1
Melbourne	1	43	43	43.00
Northcote	1	24	17	12.00
Casey South Melbourne	1	17	17	17.00
Greenvale Kanagaroos	1	13	13	13.00
Melbourne University	1	11	11	11.00
Essendon	1	10	10	10.00
Ringwood	1	10	10	10.00
Camberwell Magpies	1	7	7	7.00
Richmond	1	0	0	0.00

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Splits

By batting position

Pos	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
3	2	1	91	79*	91.00	1
4	16	2	656	180	46.86	4	1	1

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	2	1	91	79*	91.00	1
Middle order (4–7)	16	2	656	180	46.86	4	1	1

Batted most often at 4th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks1
1–92
10–198
20–290
30–491
50–995
100+1

Turned 1 of 6 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 19.2% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 7 times.

Dismissals

Caught10 · 67%
LBW2 · 13%
Stumped2 · 13%
Bowled1 · 7%

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	10	3	426	88*	60.86	4
In losses	7	0	141	78	20.14	1		1
In draws	1	0	180	180	180.00		1

Scored 50+: the side won 4 of 6 (67%), lost 1.
Every other match: the side won 5 of 10 (50%), lost 5.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	6	0	299	180	49.83	1	1	1
Batting second	10	2	362	88*	45.25	3
Second innings of the match	2	1	86	79*	86.00	1

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	9	10	419	180	46.56
Western Oval	1	2	98	79*	98.00
Albert Ground	1	1	43	43	43.00
Carlton Cricket Ground	1	1	76	76	76.00
Glenferrie Oval	1	1	12	12	12.00
Richmond Cricket Ground	1	1	0	0	0.00
St Kilda Cricket Ground	1	1	88	88*	–
University Oval	1	1	11	11	11.00

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1985-86: 10th of 20 for runs, 16th of 20 for matches, 5th of 7 for hundreds, 17th of 20 for catches.

Under Fitzroy: 64th of 321 for runs, 135th of 345 for matches, 30th of 50 for hundreds, 159th of 279 for catches.

Played like…

Fletcha Middleton2023-24 · 11 m · 420 runs · 0 wkts
EV Carroll1924-25 to 1925-26 · 13 m · 455 runs · 0 wkts
R Gardner1934-35 to 1937-38 · 49 m · 1,923 runs · 1 wkts
PJ Roach2005-06 · 20 m · 546 runs · 0 wkts

The careers nearest Bailey’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 Honour in his name

1985-86: 1st XI Batting, A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion

The arc

Rob Bailey's best season with the bat was 1985-86: 747 runs from 18 innings at 49.80. The best ten-innings patch came in 1985-86: 523 runs at 65.38. The leanest, 1985-86: 251 runs at 27.89.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty180	2 Nov 1985	v Prahran, 1985-86
First hundred180	2 Nov 1985	v Prahran, 1985-86

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 4 innings: from v Melbourne, 1985-86 to v Carlton, 1985-86 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 16 matches: from v Essendon, 1985-86 to v St Kilda, 1985-86 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 2 matches bowled in: from v North Melbourne-Geelong, 1985-86 to v Richmond, 1985-86 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
180	v Prahran, 1985-86	Drawn
88*	v St Kilda, 1985-86	Won
80*	v Waverley, 1985-86	Won
79*	v Footscray, 1985-86	Won
78	v St Kilda, 1985-86	Lost, Semi-final

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Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home	9	10	1	419	180	46.56
Away	7	8	2	328	88*	54.67

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
Saturday	14	16	2	650	180	46.43
Sunday	2	2	1	97	80*	97.00

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Oct	2	2	0	53	43	26.50
Nov	4	4	1	343	180	114.33
Dec	1	1	0	12	12	12.00
Jan	3	4	1	125	88*	41.67
Feb	4	5	1	136	79*	34.00
Mar	2	2	0	78	78	39.00

Finals

1Finals played

78Runs · avg 78.00

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home and away	15	17	3	669	180	47.79
Finals	1	1	0	78	78	78.00

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1985-86	16	4

Caught most off

LJ Watts × 3
RL Emmins × 1

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Season	Opponent	Batting	Bowling
1985-86	Essendon	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	Melbourne	43	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	Prahran	180	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	Waverley	80*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	Carlton	76	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	Collingwood	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	St Kilda	88*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	Northcote	17 & 7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	North Melbourne-Geelong	13	0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	Footscray	19 & 79*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	University	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	South Melbourne	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	Ringwood	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	Richmond	0	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	St Kilda	78	–	Something wrong? Tell us

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