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W Gray

1948-49 to 1954-55 · 28 matches for the club

Debut v Prahran, 1948-49 (22 Jan 1949)Last game v Essendon, 1954-55 (15 Jan 1955)Player no. 286 to appear for the club

Around this dayin 1951: 2 and 2 ct v Footscray

28

Matches

382

Runs

12.32

Average

50

Highest

0 / 1

100s / 50s

0

Wickets

–

Bowling avg

–

Best

6

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1948-49330361912.00–––
1949-50750632412.60–––1
1951-523522518*8.33–––2
1952-536901925021.33–––1
1953-54330752.33–––2
1954-5568059267.38–––
Career283323825012.3200–6

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Prahran, 1948-49
  2. First fifty50v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1952-53
  3. Highest score50v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1952-53
  4. Last matchMatch 28v Essendon, 1954-55

Runs by season

1948-49: 36 runs3648-491949-50: 63 runs6349-501951-52: 25 runs2551-521952-53: 192 runs19252-531953-54: 7 runs753-541954-55: 59 runs5954-55

Every innings, in order

501948-49 v Prahran: 191948-49 v Carlton: 131948-49 v Northcote: 41949-50 v St Kilda: 241949-50 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 31949-50 v Carlton: 71949-50 v Northcote: 201949-50 v Northcote: 91951-52 v North Melbourne: 5*1951-52 v North Melbourne: 18*1951-52 v Footscray: 21951-52 v Collingwood: 01951-52 v Collingwood: 01952-53 v Carlton: 261952-53 v Richmond: 21952-53 v Melbourne: 51952-53 v Melbourne: 321952-53 v St Kilda: 351952-53 v St Kilda: 121952-53 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 501952-53 v Prahran: 291952-53 v Prahran: 11953-54 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 21953-54 v South Melbourne: 51953-54 v Essendon: 01954-55 v Footscray: 151954-55 v Northcote: 261954-55 v Collingwood: 01954-55 v Collingwood: 91954-55 v Prahran: 01954-55 v North Melbourne: 51954-55 v Essendon: 41954-55 v Essendon: 0

Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.

Against each club

Prahran4492912.25
Northcote3592614.75
Kingston Hawthorn3555018.331
Carlton3462615.33
Greenvale Kanagaroos32818*28.00
Camberwell Magpies3992.25
St Kilda2713523.67
Footscray217158.50
Essendon2441.33
Melbourne1373218.50
Casey South Melbourne1555.00
Richmond1222.00

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
PosInnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
110999.00
26051268.502
310222.00
4501485029.601
52012126.001
671702611.672
78041135.131
831492424.50
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Top order (1–3)8062267.752
Middle order (4–7)2212715012.9014
Lower order (8–11)31492424.50

Batted most often at 7th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks6
  • 1–914
  • 10–195
  • 20–295
  • 30–492
  • 50–991
  • 100+0

Turned 0 of 1 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 7.4% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 3 times.

Dismissals
  • Caught13 · 42%
  • LBW7 · 23%
  • Bowled4 · 13%
  • Run out3 · 10%
  • Caught & bowled2 · 6%
  • Stumped2 · 6%

Most often dismissed by: Day (2), Lambert (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
In wins1802483513.782
In losses1321295011.7313
In draws20552.501
  • Scored 50+: the side won 0 of 1 (0%), lost 1.
  • Every other match: the side won 15 of 27 (56%), lost 8.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Batting first120108359.003
Batting second1311935016.0811
Second innings of the match81813211.572
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvg
Fitzroy Cricket Ground14171723510.12
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote23552618.33
Carlton Cricket Ground22392619.50
North Melbourne Cricket Ground222318*–
Victoria Park22000.00
Toorak Park21000.00
Albert Ground12373218.50
Essendon Cricket Ground12442.00
Glenferrie Oval11505050.00
Western Oval11222.00

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1948-49 to 1954-55: 21st of 34 for runs, 25th of 35 for matches, 25th of 33 for catches, 19th of 25 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 101st of 321 for runs, 101st of 345 for matches, 136th of 279 for catches, 104th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • RD Sloan2003-04 to 2004-05 · 20 m · 264 runs · 0 wkts
  • GC Sholly1976-77 to 1978-79 · 16 m · 208 runs · 0 wkts
  • AG Begg1987-88 to 1992-93 · 19 m · 263 runs · 1 wkts
  • RJD Bruce1963-64 to 1965-66 · 14 m · 185 runs · 0 wkts

The careers nearest Gray’s in length, runs and wickets a match, average and the balance of batting to bowling.

The shape of the career

Season by season

1948-49: 3 matches, 36 runs1948-491949-50: 7 matches, 63 runs1949-501950-51: did not play1950-511951-52: 3 matches, 25 runs1951-521952-53: 6 matches, 192 runs1952-531953-54: 3 matches, 7 runs1953-541954-55: 6 matches, 59 runs1954-55

Runs, up Season away

The arc

W Gray's best season with the bat was 1952-53: 192 runs from 9 innings at 21.33. The best ten-innings patch came in 1952-53 to 1953-54: 194 runs at 19.40. The leanest, 1952-53 to 1954-55: 63 runs at 6.30.

Rolling average, innings 5 to 33: 6.3 to 19.419.4

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First fifty509 Mar 1953v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1952-53

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings
from v Melbourne, 1952-53 to v St Kilda, 1952-53 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 7 matches
from v Carlton, 1952-53 to v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1953-54 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 6 innings
from v Collingwood, 1954-55 to v Essendon, 1954-55 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111948-49: 7 (3 inns, avg 12.00)1949-50: 7 (5 inns, avg 12.60)1951-52: 6 (5 inns, avg 8.33)1952-53: 4 (9 inns, avg 21.33)1953-54: 4 (3 inns, avg 2.33)1954-55: 2 (8 inns, avg 7.38)1948195119531954

Batted at 7th for 2 seasons, moved up to 6th from 1951-52, moved up to 4th from 1952-53, moved up to open from 1954-55.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1948-497312.00
1949-507512.60
1951-52658.33
1952-534921.33
1953-54432.33
1954-55287.38
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvg
Home141701723510.12
Away141622105015.00

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvg
Saturday232823173512.19
Weekday550655013.00
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvg
Oct882992616.50
Nov450751.40
Dec110555.00
Jan77064269.14
Feb570983514.00
Mar3501095021.80
Finals
1Finals played
30Runs · avg 15.00
MInnNORunsHSAvg
Home and away273123525012.14
Finals120302915.00
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. HAE Shillinglaw × 2
  2. C Hewitt × 1
  3. DHL Arnall × 1
  4. K Cant × 1
  5. K Peters × 1

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Every match · 28 · tap to show
SeasonOpponentBattingBowling
1948-49Prahran19–Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49Carlton13–Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49Northcote4–Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50St Kilda24–Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50North Melbournednb–Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50Prahrandnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50Collingwooddnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50Hawthorn-East Melbourne3–Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50Carlton7–Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50Northcote20 & 9–Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52North Melbourne5* & 18*–Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52Footscray2–Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52Collingwood0 & 0–Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53Carlton26–Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53Richmond2–Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53Melbourne5 & 32–Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53St Kilda35 & 12–Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53Hawthorn-East Melbourne50–Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53Prahran29 & 1–Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54Hawthorn-East Melbourne2–Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54South Melbourne5–Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54Essendon0–Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55Footscray15–Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55Northcote26–Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55Collingwood0 & 9–Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55Prahran0–Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55North Melbourne5–Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55Essendon4 & 0–Something wrong? Tell us

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