RJ Black

1938-39 to 1940-41 · 18 matches for the club

Debut v St Kilda, 1938-39 (1 Nov 1938)Last game v Melbourne, 1940-41 (22 Feb 1941)Player no. 195 to appear for the club

Premiers 1938-39

Matches

287

Runs

15.94

Average

Highest

0 / 1

100s / 50s

Wickets

23.00

Bowling avg

1/23

Best

Catches

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1938-39	10	13	3	187	53	18.70	0 (8)	1	1/23	2
1939-40	5	6	1	73	49	14.60	–	–	–
1940-41	3	3	0	27	25	9.00	–	–	–	1
Career	18	22	4	287	53	15.94	0	1	1/23	3

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv St Kilda, 1938-39
First fifty53v Prahran, 1938-39
Highest score53v Prahran, 1938-39
Best bowling1/23v VCA Colts, 1938-39
Last matchMatch 18v Melbourne, 1940-41

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

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Against each club

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Prahran	2	111	53	55.50	1	–	–	–
Casey South Melbourne	2	40	23	20.00		–	–	–
Richmond	2	27	14	9.00		–	–	–
Camberwell Magpies	2	22	22	11.00		–	–	–
Kingston Hawthorn	2	9	7	4.50		–	–	–
VCA Colts	1	46	30*	46.00		1	23.00	1/23
Northcote	1	25	25	25.00		–	–	–
Essendon	1	4	4	4.00		–	–	–
St Kilda	1	2	1*	2.00		–	–	–
Carlton	1	1	1	1.00		–	–	–
Greenvale Kanagaroos	1	–	–	–		–	–	–
Melbourne University	1	0	0	0.00		–	–	–
Melbourne	1	0	0	0.00		–	–	–

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
1	1	1	9	9*	–
3	2	1	11	10	11.00
4	1	0	25	25	25.00
5	2	1	18	16*	18.00
6	8	0	81	49	10.13		2
7	7	1	90	30*	15.00		1
8	1	0	53	53	53.00	1

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Top order (1–3)	3	2	20	10	20.00
Middle order (4–7)	18	2	214	49	13.38		3
Lower order (8–11)	1	0	53	53	53.00	1

Batted most often at 6th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks3
1–99
10–194
20–293
30–492
50–991
100+0

Turned 0 of 1 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 7.1% of the side's runs in the innings batted.

Dismissals

Bowled7 · 39%
LBW7 · 39%
Caught3 · 17%
Run out1 · 6%

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
In wins	17	4	255	53	19.62	1	3
In losses	2	0	4	3	2.00
In draws	3	0	28	22	9.33

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	1	1	23.00	1.0

Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 1 (100%).
Every other match: the side won 11 of 17 (65%), lost 3.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Batting first	13	1	155	49	12.92		3
Batting second	4	0	80	53	20.00	1
Second innings of the match	5	3	52	16*	26.00

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	9	10	160	53	20.00	1	23.00	1/23
Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	3	24	14	8.00	–	–	–
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	2	39	23	39.00	–	–	–
Toorak Park	1	2	58	49	58.00	–	–	–
Carlton Cricket Ground	1	1	1	1	1.00	–	–	–
Glenferrie Oval	1	1	2	2	2.00	–	–	–
Richmond Cricket Ground	1	1	3	3	3.00	–	–	–
University Oval	1	1	0	0	0.00	–	–	–
Victoria Park	1	1	0	0	0.00	–	–	–

Wickets taken

Stumped1 · 100%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)1 · 100%

Best in a match: 1/23 v VCA Colts, 1938-39. 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 1938-39 to 1940-41: 20th of 26 for runs, 17th of 20 for wickets, 20th of 28 for matches, 20th of 24 for catches, 15th of 20 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 119th of 321 for runs, 143rd of 172 for wickets, 129th of 345 for matches, 185th of 279 for catches, 80th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

JJ Neylon1987-88 · 15 m · 214 runs · 1 wkts
GF Arthur1958-59 to 1959-60 · 12 m · 191 runs · 1 wkts
PJ Dunlop2005-06 to 2007-08 · 23 m · 351 runs · 0 wkts
RF Considine1978-79 to 1982-83 · 18 m · 264 runs · 0 wkts

The careers nearest Black’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, downPremiership

1938-39: premiership

The arc

RJ Black's best season with the bat was 1938-39: 187 runs from 13 innings at 18.70. The best ten-innings patch came in 1938-39 to 1939-40: 188 runs at 23.50. The leanest, 1938-39 to 1940-41: 99 runs at 11.00.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty53	30 Jan 1939	v Prahran, 1938-39

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 11 matches: from v Carlton, 1938-39 to v Richmond, 1939-40 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 4 innings: from v Essendon, 1939-40 to v South Melbourne, 1939-40 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
53	v Prahran, 1938-39	Won
49	v Prahran, 1939-40	Won
30*	v VCA Colts, 1938-39	Won
25	v Northcote, 1940-41	Won
23	v South Melbourne, 1938-39	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
1/23	v VCA Colts, 1938-39	Won

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Batting position over the years

Batted at 7th for 1 season, moved up to 6th from 1939-40, moved up to 4th from 1940-41.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1938-39	7	13	18.70
1939-40	6	6	14.60
1940-41	4	3	9.00

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	9	10	2	160	53	20.00	1	23.00
Away	9	12	2	127	49	12.70

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	14	16	2	174	30*	12.43	1	23.00
Weekday	4	6	2	113	53	28.25

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	2	2	0	7	4	3.50
Nov	2	3	1	9	7	4.50
Dec	1	1	0	1	1	1.00
Jan	6	6	1	114	53	22.80
Feb	4	5	1	86	25	21.50
Mar	2	3	1	46	30*	23.00	1	23.00
Other	1	2	0	24	14	12.00

Finals

2Finals played

24Runs · avg 8.00

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	16	19	4	263	53	17.53	1	23.00
Finals	2	3	0	24	14	8.00

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1938-39	10	2
1939-40	5
1940-41	3	1

Caught most off

HJ Plant × 2
CA Ruddell × 1

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Season	Opponent	Batting	Bowling
1938-39	St Kilda	1 & 1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	Carlton	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	North Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	University	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	Prahran	53	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	South Melbourne	23 & 16*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	Collingwood	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	VCA Colts	30* & 16	1/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	Collingwood	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	Richmond	14 & 10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	Essendon	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	Richmond	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	South Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	Prahran	49 & 9*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	Northcote	25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us

RJ Black

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