1985-86 season report
Fitzroy · the year's averages, honours and results, as the annual report had them.
16
Played
9
Won
6
Lost
1
Drawn
3,934
Runs for
3,099
Runs against
Honours
🎖️1st XI BattingR Bailey
🎖️1st XI BowlingT Considine
🎖️1st XI Batting (Doncaster CC)N Kilpatrick
🎖️1st XI Bowling (Doncaster CC)P Jurgenstein
🎖️A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI ChampionR Bailey
Most runs: RJ Bailey 747 at 49.80. Most wickets: TV Considine 31 at 22.61.
Batting averages
| Player | M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 100 | 50 | Ct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJ Bailey | 16 | 18 | 3 | 747 | 180 | 49.80 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| GM Watts | 16 | 19 | 2 | 651 | 148* | 38.29 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| IG Wheeler | 16 | 20 | 2 | 539 | 76 | 29.94 | 5 | 7 | |
| LJ Watts | 16 | 18 | 2 | 475 | 76* | 29.69 | 3 | 11 | |
| TL Cullen | 15 | 16 | 3 | 372 | 105* | 28.62 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| RW Watts | 16 | 17 | 3 | 299 | 71 | 21.36 | 1 | 7 | |
| RL Emmins | 16 | 13 | 4 | 154 | 33* | 17.11 | 5 | ||
| RS Mahanama | 7 | 6 | 1 | 147 | 61 | 29.40 | 1 | ||
| DP Rumble | 15 | 9 | 5 | 106 | 40* | 26.50 | 26 | ||
| TV Considine | 15 | 9 | 3 | 89 | 28 | 14.83 | 4 | ||
| AJ Melbourne | 2 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 24* | 32.00 | 1 | ||
| KH Roberts | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 10.00 | |||
| SJ Cook | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 14* | 8.00 | 2 | ||
| GT Connors | 16 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 3.67 | 3 | ||
| WG Terrill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 | 2 |
Bowling averages
| Player | Overs | M | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Best | 5wI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TV Considine | 223.4 | 33 | 701 | 31 | 22.61 | 6/59 | 1 |
| GT Connors | 228 | 45 | 713 | 29 | 24.59 | 7/42 | 2 |
| LJ Watts | 85.1 | 18 | 255 | 18 | 14.17 | 7/59 | 2 |
| RW Watts | 122.3 | 23 | 335 | 14 | 23.93 | 4/39 | |
| SJ Cook | 120 | 26 | 354 | 14 | 25.29 | 4/45 | |
| RL Emmins | 189.4 | 37 | 579 | 14 | 41.36 | 4/77 | |
| AJ Melbourne | 6 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 25.00 | 1/25 | |
| TL Cullen | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 0/2 | |
| GM Watts | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 0/3 | |
| IG Wheeler | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | 0/9 | |
| RJ Bailey | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | – | 0/3 |
Results
| Date | Opponent | Scores | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Oct 1985 | 7/175 v 4/179d | LostEssendon won on first innings. | |
| 19 Oct 1985 | 4/238 v 3/232d | WonFitzroy won on first innings. | |
| 2 Nov 1985 | 340 v 1/5 | DrawnDrawn. | |
| 10 Nov 1985 | 2/183 v 74 | WonFitzroy won on first innings. | |
| 16 Nov 1985 | 6/301d & 0/13 v 238 | WonFitzroy won on first innings. | |
| 30 Nov 1985 | 171 & 1/27 v 104 | WonFitzroy won on first innings. | |
| 21 Dec 1985 | 126 v 8/129d | LostHawthorn-East Melbourne won on first innings. | |
| 4 Jan 1986 | 6/187 v 9/176d | WonFitzroy won on first innings. | |
| 11 Jan 1986 | 96 & 4/186 v 7/230d | LostNorthcote won on first innings. | |
| 25 Jan 1986 | 7/182d v 181 & 6/221 | WonFitzroy won on first innings. | |
| 1 Feb 1986 | 186 & 4/123 v 93 | WonFitzroy won on first innings. | |
| 8 Feb 1986 | 5/362 v 222 | WonFitzroy won on first innings. | |
| 16 Feb 1986 | 7/154 v 9/166d | LostSouth Melbourne won on first innings. | |
| 22 Feb 1986 | 5/354 v 176 | WonFitzroy won on first innings. | |
| 8 Mar 1986 | 8/262d v 6/274 | LostRichmond won on first innings. | |
| 15 Mar 1986 | Semi-final | 268 v 6/399d | LostSt Kilda won on first innings. |
From the annual report
The pages of the printed report the season’s averages were read from.
