RJD Bruce

1963-64 to 1965-66 · 14 matches for the club

Debut v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1963-64 (14 Dec 1963)Last game v South Melbourne, 1965-66 (27 Nov 1965)Player no. 338 to appear for the club

Matches

185

Runs

10.88

Average

Highest

0 / 0

100s / 50s

Wickets

–

Bowling avg

–

Best

Catches

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1963-64	4	6	0	67	29	11.17	–	–	–	1
1964-65	8	11	2	99	18*	11.00	–	–	–	4
1965-66	2	3	1	19	8	9.50	–	–	–	1
Career	14	20	3	185	29	10.88	0	0	–	6

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1963-64
Highest score29v Essendon, 1963-64
Last matchMatch 14v South Melbourne, 1965-66

Runs by season

Every innings, in order

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Against each club

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Melbourne	2	38	18	12.67
Kingston Hawthorn	2	21	14	5.25
Richmond	2	3	3	1.50
Essendon	1	39	29	19.50
St Kilda	1	25	18*	25.00
Camberwell Magpies	1	17	17	17.00
Greenvale Kanagaroos	1	15	8	15.00
Carlton	1	13	13	13.00
Footscray	1	8	8	8.00
Casey South Melbourne	1	4	4	4.00
Prahran	1	2	2*	–

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	0s
4	5	0	45	18	9.00	1
5	2	1	15	13	15.00
6	5	1	42	14	10.50
7	6	1	65	29	13.00	2
9	2	0	18	10	9.00

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
Middle order (4–7)	18	3	167	29	11.13	3
Lower order (8–11)	2	0	18	10	9.00

Batted most often at 7th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks3
1–99
10–197
20–291
30–490
50–990
100+0

5.2% of the side's runs in the innings batted.

Dismissals

Caught9 · 53%
Bowled6 · 35%
LBW1 · 6%
Caught & bowled1 · 6%

Most often dismissed by: Smith (3).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
In wins	8	2	69	18*	11.50	1
In losses	12	1	116	29	10.55	2

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
Batting first	7	1	23	8	3.83	2
Batting second	7	0	92	29	13.14	1
Second innings of the match	6	2	70	18*	17.50

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	7	9	79	18*	9.88
Albert Ground	2	4	59	29	14.75
Glenferrie Oval	1	2	14	14	7.00
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	2	15	8	15.00
Carlton Cricket Ground	1	1	13	13	13.00
Richmond Cricket Ground	1	1	3	3	3.00
Toorak Park	1	1	2	2*	–

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1963-64 to 1965-66: 20th of 30 for runs, 21st of 31 for matches, 21st of 28 for catches, 16th of 18 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 150th of 321 for runs, 150th of 345 for matches, 136th of 279 for catches, 110th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

W Russell1934-35 to 1937-38 · 19 m · 203 runs · 0 wkts
W Gray1948-49 to 1954-55 · 28 m · 382 runs · 0 wkts
AG Begg1987-88 to 1992-93 · 19 m · 263 runs · 1 wkts
GC Sholly1976-77 to 1978-79 · 16 m · 208 runs · 0 wkts

The careers nearest Bruce’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

The arc

RJD Bruce's best season with the bat was 1964-65: 99 runs from 11 innings at 11.00. The best ten-innings patch came in 1963-64 to 1964-65: 124 runs at 15.50. The leanest, 1964-65 to 1965-66: 73 runs at 9.13.

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

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 4 matches: from v Essendon, 1963-64 to v Footscray, 1964-65 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 2 innings: v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1963-64 · first

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
29	v Essendon, 1963-64	Lost, Final
18*	v St Kilda, 1964-65	Won
18	v Melbourne, 1963-64	Won
17	v Collingwood, 1964-65	Won
14	v Melbourne, 1964-65	Lost

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Batting position over the years

Batted at 4th for 1 season, dropped to 6th from 1964-65.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1963-64	4	6	11.17
1964-65	6	11	11.00
1965-66	6	3	9.50

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home	7	9	1	79	18*	9.88
Away	7	11	2	106	29	11.78

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	13	19	3	182	29	11.38
Weekday	1	1	0	3	3	3.00

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Oct	3	5	1	53	18*	13.25
Nov	4	5	2	38	17	12.67
Dec	1	2	0	7	7	3.50
Jan	2	2	0	21	18	10.50
Feb	2	2	0	13	13	6.50
Mar	2	4	0	53	29	13.25

Finals

1Finals played

39Runs · avg 19.50

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home and away	13	18	3	146	18*	9.73
Finals	1	2	0	39	29	19.50

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1963-64	4	1
1964-65	8	4
1965-66	2	1

Caught most off

EP Illingworth × 2
GD Trivett × 1
R Milner × 1
RC Bitmead × 1
WA Heller × 1

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Season	Opponent	Batting	Bowling
1963-64	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0 & 7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Melbourne	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Richmond	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Essendon	29 & 10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Melbourne	6 & 14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	St Kilda	7 & 18*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Footscray	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Collingwood	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Prahran	2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Carlton	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Richmond	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0 & 14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	North Melbourne	8 & 7*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	South Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us

RJD Bruce

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