1997-98 season report

Fitzroy-Doncaster · the year's averages, honours and results, as the annual report had them.

Played

Won

Lost

Drawn

3,547

Runs for

3,601

Runs against

Honours

1st XI BattingD Plumpton

1st XI BowlingL Childs

Doug Rumble Trophy — Best ClubmanA Dyer

A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI ChampionL Childs

Most runs: DR Plumpton 566 at 43.54. Most wickets: LA Childs 45 at 17.82.

Batting averages

Player	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	Ct
DR Plumpton	16	16	3	566	103*	43.54	1	2	8
BA Joyce	16	18	3	556	87	37.07		3	7
GM Watts	16	18	2	528	122*	33.00	1	2	5
LJ Watts	15	14	1	499	77	38.38		5	8
RA Bartlett	16	16	0	403	76	25.19		3	10
MR Hague	16	15	5	248	86	24.80		1	6
BM Ensil	12	11	5	169	36*	28.17			7
AB Dyer	16	12	3	83	35	9.22			24
LA Childs	16	8	2	78	35*	13.00			3
CL Caldwell	5	6	1	61	18	12.20			1
AS Muir	7	4	2	49	29	24.50
AP Mulcahy	3	3	0	28	26	9.33
AJ Melbourne	16	8	3	23	9*	4.60			6
MT Jenkinson	2	2	0	21	16	10.50
GR Larsen	2	1	1	1	1*	–			1
JL Travaglia	2	0	0	0	–	–			1

Bowling averages

Player	Overs	M	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Best	5wI
LA Childs	312.1	78	802	45	17.82	6/59	4
AJ Melbourne	228.4	65	560	25	22.40	4/12
RA Bartlett	204.3	45	630	23	27.39	4/21
MR Hague	199.4	44	591	8	73.88	3/51
AS Muir	88	19	229	7	32.71	2/30
JL Travaglia	21.5	4	72	4	18.00	2/23
DR Plumpton	34	3	126	3	42.00	1/12
BM Ensil	55	8	220	3	73.33	1/22
CL Caldwell	11	1	62	2	31.00	1/10
MT Jenkinson	26	5	62	2	31.00	1/14
LJ Watts	2	0	20	1	20.00	1/6
GM Watts	8.5	0	53	1	53.00	1/17
GR Larsen	15	2	81	1	81.00	1/32

Results

Date	Opponent	Scores	Result
4 Oct 1997	Frankston PeninsulaSchramms Reserve, Doncaster	5/116 v 115	WonFitzroy-Doncaster won by 5 wickets.
11 Oct 1997	Hawthorn WaverleyCentral Reserve South Oval, Glen Waverley	5/183 v 7/185	LostHawthorn Waverley won by 3 wickets.
18 Oct 1997	FootscraySchramms Reserve, Doncaster	165 v 4/259	LostFootscray won on first innings.
4 Nov 1997	CarltonSchramms Reserve, Doncaster	9/201 v 7/200	WonFitzroy-Doncaster won by 1 wicket.
8 Nov 1997	EssendonEssendon Cricket Ground	133 v 9/166	LostEssendon won by 33 runs.
22 Nov 1997	RingwoodSchramms Reserve, Doncaster	6/312 v 256	WonFitzroy-Doncaster won on first innings.
29 Nov 1997	PrahranToorak Park, Armadale	3/253d v 201	WonFitzroy-Doncaster won on first innings.
13 Dec 1997	North MelbourneSchramms Reserve, Doncaster	295 v 8/317	LostNorth Melbourne won on first innings.
20 Dec 1997	MelbourneAlbert Ground	9/249 v 4/254	LostMelbourne won by 5 runs.
10 Jan 1998	GeelongSchramms Reserve, Doncaster	6/187 v 186	WonFitzroy-Doncaster won by 4 wickets.
17 Jan 1998	DandenongShepley Oval, Dandenong	5/164 v 161	WonFitzroy-Doncaster won by 5 wickets.
24 Jan 1998	Camberwell MagpiesCamberwell Sports Ground	1/73 v 269	DrawnDrawn.
31 Jan 1998	UniversitySchramms Reserve, Doncaster	151 & 1/23 v 280	LostUniversity won on first innings.
14 Feb 1998	St KildaSt Kilda Cricket Ground	8/309 v 8/308d	WonFitzroy-Doncaster won on first innings.
21 Feb 1998	RichmondSchramms Reserve, Doncaster	8/272 v 276	DrawnDrawn.
7 Mar 1998	NorthcoteNorthcote Park	203 & 5/258 v 168	WonFitzroy-Doncaster won on first innings.