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L.V. Straw

Played 1943-44 – 1953-54

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Career totals

Career

104

Games

11

Seasons

1943-44 – 1953-54

Played

Batting

115

Innings

27

Not outs

2,325

Runs

102

High score

26.42

Average

10

50s

2

100s

Bowling

5

Wickets

1/2

Best bowling

17.20

Average

13.5 (8-ball)

Overs

Fielding

48

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1943-44 to 1953-54 · 103 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 1948: 40* and 1 ct v Melbourne in 1951: 1 v Melbourne

SeasonMRunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1943-441819738*15.15711/307
1944-451121212.00–––1
1945-461555.00–––
1946-472262113.00–––1
1947-48833485*55.67–––1
1948-491348110048.10111/24
1949-5013132269.43100/22
1950-5178036*26.67–––4
1951-521441872*34.831.511/99
1952-531328010218.67321/48
1953-541330965*28.09–––11
Career1032,27410225.8451/248
Every scorecard · 103
1943-44v St Kilda200/12Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Melbourne230/19Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Northcote12–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Brunswick0–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Collingwood1–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v South Melbourne14–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v University21*–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v North Melbourne12–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Carlton?–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Melbournednb–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Northcote16–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Hawthorn-East Melbournednb–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Yarraville (Sub-District)20–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Collingwood0–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v South Melbourne38*–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Prahran4*1/30Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v University12–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v North Melbourne40/3Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45v Hawthorn-East Melbourne12–Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46v Carlton5–Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v North Melbourne5–Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Essendon21–Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Melbourne35–Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Essendon53–Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Richmond20–Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v North Melbourne85*–Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v University39–Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Prahrandnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Collingwood22 & 6*–Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Coburg74–Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v St Kilda44*–Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v Collingwood66–Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v Footscray19–Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v Melbourne40*–Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v University61*–Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v North Melbourne18–Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v South Melbourne18–Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v Richmond27–Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v Prahran14–Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v Carlton41–Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v Northcote100–Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v Essendon2–Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v Hawthorn-East Melbourne311/2Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v St Kilda26–Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v North Melbournednb–Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v Prahran2*–Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v Essendon1 & 9–Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v Melbourne1 & 0–Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v Footscray22 & 3*–Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v South Melbourne1–Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v Richmond0–Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v University21–Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v Collingwood5–Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v Hawthorn-East Melbourne150/2Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v Carlton6–Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v Northcote4 & 16–Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v Essendondnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v Hawthorn-East Melbourne7–Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v Northcote4*–Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v Carlton0–Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v North Melbourne36*–Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v University8*–Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v Hawthorn-East Melbourne25–Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52v North Melbourne7* & 9–Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52v University55*–Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52v Footscray50–Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52v Melbourne1–Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52v Collingwood11 & 5–Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52v St Kilda35*–Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52v South Melbourne26–Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52v Richmond21/9Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52v Prahran41*–Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52v Carlton8–Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52v Northcote72*–Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52v Hawthorn-East Melbourne35–Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52v St Kilda21 & 25–Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52v Melbourne15–Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53v Northcotednb–Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53v Collingwood14–Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53v Prahran0*–Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53v North Melbourne23 & 28–Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53v South Melbourne2–Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53v University1 & 5–Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53v Essendon102–Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53v Carlton41/4Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53v Richmond34–Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53v Melbourne34–Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53v St Kilda8 & 4–Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53v Hawthorn-East Melbourne8–Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53v Prahran8 & 51/5Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54v Hawthorn-East Melbourne1–Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54v Footscray24–Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54v Northcote8–Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54v Collingwood42*–Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54v Prahran0–Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54v North Melbourne65*–Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54v University0 & 4–Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54v Essendon8*–Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54v Richmond6–Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54v Melbourne10–Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54v St Kilda18 & 19*–Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54v University64 & 3*–Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54v Prahran16 & 21*–Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv St Kilda, 1943-44
  2. First fifty53v Essendon, 1947-48
  3. First hundred100v Northcote, 1948-49
  4. Highest score102v Essendon, 1952-53
  5. Best bowling1/2v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1948-49
  6. Last matchMatch 103v Prahran, 1953-54

Runs by season

1943-44: 197 runs19743-441944-45: 12 runs121945-46: 5 runs545-461946-47: 26 runs261947-48: 334 runs33447-481948-49: 481 runs4811949-50: 132 runs13249-501950-51: 80 runs801951-52: 418 runs41851-521952-53: 280 runs2801953-54: 309 runs30953-54

Wickets by season

1943-44: 1 wickets143-441944-45: 0 wickets1945-46: 0 wickets45-461946-47: 0 wickets1947-48: 0 wickets47-481948-49: 1 wickets11949-50: 0 wickets49-501950-51: 0 wickets1951-52: 1 wickets151-521952-53: 2 wickets21953-54: 0 wickets53-54

Every innings, in order

102501943-44 v St Kilda: 201943-44 v Melbourne: 231943-44 v Northcote: 121943-44 v Brunswick: 01943-44 v Collingwood: 11943-44 v South Melbourne: 141943-44 v University: 21*1943-44 v North Melbourne: 121943-44 v Northcote: 161943-44 v Yarraville (Sub-District): 201943-44 v Collingwood: 01943-44 v South Melbourne: 38*1943-44 v Prahran: 4*1943-44 v University: 121943-44 v North Melbourne: 41944-45 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 121945-46 v Carlton: 51946-47 v North Melbourne: 51946-47 v Essendon: 211947-48 v Melbourne: 351947-48 v Essendon: 531947-48 v Richmond: 201947-48 v North Melbourne: 85*1947-48 v University: 391947-48 v Collingwood: 221947-48 v Collingwood: 6*1947-48 v Coburg: 741948-49 v St Kilda: 44*1948-49 v Collingwood: 661948-49 v Footscray: 191948-49 v Melbourne: 40*1948-49 v University: 61*1948-49 v North Melbourne: 181948-49 v South Melbourne: 181948-49 v Richmond: 271948-49 v Prahran: 141948-49 v Carlton: 411948-49 v Northcote: 1001948-49 v Essendon: 21948-49 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 311949-50 v St Kilda: 261949-50 v Prahran: 2*1949-50 v Essendon: 11949-50 v Essendon: 91949-50 v Melbourne: 11949-50 v Melbourne: 01949-50 v Footscray: 221949-50 v Footscray: 3*1949-50 v South Melbourne: 11949-50 v Richmond: 01949-50 v University: 211949-50 v Collingwood: 51949-50 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 151949-50 v Carlton: 61949-50 v Northcote: 41949-50 v Northcote: 161950-51 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 71950-51 v Northcote: 4*1950-51 v Carlton: 01950-51 v North Melbourne: 36*1950-51 v University: 8*1950-51 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 251951-52 v North Melbourne: 7*1951-52 v North Melbourne: 91951-52 v University: 55*1951-52 v Footscray: 501951-52 v Melbourne: 11951-52 v Collingwood: 111951-52 v Collingwood: 51951-52 v St Kilda: 35*1951-52 v South Melbourne: 261951-52 v Richmond: 21951-52 v Prahran: 41*1951-52 v Carlton: 81951-52 v Northcote: 72*1951-52 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 351951-52 v St Kilda: 211951-52 v St Kilda: 251951-52 v Melbourne: 151952-53 v Collingwood: 141952-53 v Prahran: 0*1952-53 v North Melbourne: 231952-53 v North Melbourne: 281952-53 v South Melbourne: 21952-53 v University: 11952-53 v University: 51952-53 v Essendon: 1021952-53 v Carlton: 41952-53 v Richmond: 341952-53 v Melbourne: 341952-53 v St Kilda: 81952-53 v St Kilda: 41952-53 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 81952-53 v Prahran: 81952-53 v Prahran: 51953-54 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 11953-54 v Footscray: 241953-54 v Northcote: 81953-54 v Collingwood: 42*1953-54 v Prahran: 01953-54 v North Melbourne: 65*1953-54 v University: 01953-54 v University: 41953-54 v Essendon: 8*1953-54 v Richmond: 61953-54 v Melbourne: 101953-54 v St Kilda: 181953-54 v St Kilda: 19*1953-54 v University: 641953-54 v University: 3*1953-54 v Prahran: 161953-54 v Prahran: 21*

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

Against each club

Melbourne University102946436.753–––
Greenvale Kanagaroos1029285*41.7120–0/3
Melbourne915940*19.880–0/19
Kingston Hawthorn91343516.7514.001/2
Prahran911141*22.20217.501/5
Northcote823210038.6711–––
Camberwell Magpies81726621.501–––
St Kilda722044*31.430–0/12
Essendon719610232.6711–––
Carlton7644110.6714.001/4
Casey South Melbourne69938*19.80–––
Richmond6893414.8319.001/9
Footscray41185029.501–––
Coburg1747474.001–––
Yarraville (Sub-District)1202020.00–––
Brunswick1000.00–––

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
PosInnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
1111919*–
21100*–
326250710221.1311
411135910035.90213
535967985*26.1244
623545372*25.172
77313855*34.501
841492016.33
9325838*58.00
1010121212.00
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
Top order (1–3)28452610221.9211
Middle order (4–7)76181,62910028.09917
Lower order (8–11)8311938*23.80

Batted most often at 5th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks7
  • 1–940
  • 10–1919
  • 20–2919
  • 30–4914
  • 50–9910
  • 100+2

Turned 2 of 12 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 11.8% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 21 times.

Dismissals
  • Caught32 · 37%
  • Bowled19 · 22%
  • LBW12 · 14%
  • Stumped10 · 12%
  • Run out8 · 9%
  • Caught & bowled5 · 6%

Most often dismissed by: White (3), Blundell (3), Daniel (3), Dick (3), Harper (3).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
In wins60141,57110234.15921
In losses4586515317.5915
In draws735235*13.001
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins226.501.0
In losses7324.330.4
  • Scored 50+: the side won 11 of 12 (92%), lost 1.
  • Every other match: the side won 44 of 91 (48%), lost 39.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
Batting first4161,00310228.66621
Batting second55141,10985*27.0545
Second innings of the match1651622814.731
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground52581,17110224.91322.671/5
University Oval5612461*31.00–––
Albert Ground5514640*48.67–––
St Kilda Cricket Ground4614138*35.25––0/12
Victoria Park456442*16.00–––
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote4410472*34.67–––
North Melbourne Cricket Ground449365*46.50–––
South Melbourne Cricket Ground44442611.00–––
Glenferrie Oval43463115.3312.001/2
Essendon Cricket Ground43765325.33–––
Western Oval34995033.00–––
Carlton Cricket Ground33454115.0014.001/4
Toorak Park334341*––––
Richmond Cricket Ground22332716.50–––
Melbourne Cricket Ground11252525.00–––
Yarraville Oval11202020.00–––
Wickets taken
  • Bowled3 · 60%
  • LBW1 · 20%
  • Stumped1 · 20%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)2 · 40%
  • Middle order (4–7)1 · 20%
  • Lower order (8–11)2 · 40%

Best in a match: 1/2 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1948-49. 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 1943-44 to 1953-54: 14th of 57 for runs, 35th of 45 for wickets, 15th of 59 for matches, 11th of 17 for hundreds, 11th of 56 for catches, 8th of 38 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 28th of 321 for runs, 112th of 172 for wickets, 30th of 345 for matches, 22nd of 50 for hundreds, 29th of 279 for catches, 25th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • NY Korkolis2016-17 to 2023-24 · 83 m · 1,933 runs · 0 wkts
  • PA Ryan1968-69 to 1982-83 · 84 m · 1,847 runs · 1 wkts
  • LA Wynne1927-28 to 1944-45 · 122 m · 2,574 runs · 1 wkts
  • BC Harvey1951-52 to 1961-62 · 112 m · 2,503 runs · 1 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1943-44: 18 matches, 197 runs, 1 wicket1943-441944-45: 1 match, 12 runs, 0 wickets1944-451945-46: 1 match, 5 runs, 0 wickets1945-461946-47: 2 matches, 26 runs, 0 wickets1946-471947-48: 8 matches, 334 runs, 0 wickets1947-481948-49: 13 matches, 481 runs, 1 wicket · 1st XI Batting1948-491949-50: 13 matches, 132 runs, 0 wickets1949-501950-51: 7 matches, 80 runs, 0 wickets1950-511951-52: 14 matches, 418 runs, 1 wicket1951-521952-53: 13 matches, 280 runs, 2 wickets1952-531953-54: 13 matches, 309 runs, 0 wickets · Premiership1953-54

Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership Honour in his name

1948-49: 1st XI Batting · 1953-54: premiership

The arc

LV Straw's best season with the bat was 1948-49: 481 runs from 13 innings at 48.10. The best ten-innings patch came in 1947-48 to 1948-49: 456 runs at 91.20. The leanest, 1949-50: 63 runs at 7.00.

Rolling average, innings 5 to 112: 7.0 to 91.291.2

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First fifty5315 Nov 1947v Essendon, 1947-48
First hundred1005 Feb 1949v Northcote, 1948-49
1,000th run100 took him to 1,0225 Feb 1949v Northcote, 1948-49
50th match110 Dec 1949v South Melbourne, 1949-50
2,000th run42* took him to 2,0407 Nov 1953v Collingwood, 1953-54
100th match1020 Feb 1954v Melbourne, 1953-54

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 3 innings
from v Coburg, 1947-48 to v Collingwood, 1948-49 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 32 matches
from v Collingwood, 1947-48 to v Carlton, 1950-51 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 2 matches bowled in
from v St Kilda, 1943-44 to v Melbourne, 1943-44 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 6 innings
from v St Kilda, 1952-53 to v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1953-54 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111943-44: 7 (15 inns, avg 16.42)1944-45: 10 (1 inns, avg 12.00)1945-46: 6 (1 inns, avg 5.00)1946-47: 5 (2 inns, avg 13.00)1947-48: 3 (8 inns, avg 55.67)1948-49: 5 (13 inns, avg 48.10)1949-50: 3 (16 inns, avg 9.43)1950-51: 6 (6 inns, avg 26.67)1951-52: 5 (17 inns, avg 34.83)1952-53: 3 (16 inns, avg 18.67)1953-54: 5 (17 inns, avg 28.09)19431946194919521953

Moved about the order across 11 seasons: at 5th in 4, at 3rd in 3, at 6th in 2, at 7th in 1, at 10th in 1.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1943-4471516.42
1944-4510112.00
1945-46615.00
1946-475213.00
1947-483855.67
1948-4951348.10
1949-503169.43
1950-516626.67
1951-5251734.83
1952-5331618.67
1953-5451728.09
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home5258111,17110224.91322.67
Away5154141,10372*27.5729.00

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday8896222,09110228.26517.20
Weekday151631834114.08
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct171543136628.45
Nov2530648561*20.21
Dec89318465*30.67
Jan2522552110230.6526.50
Feb1618441310029.50217.00
Mar111733437424.5018.00
Other110151515.00
Finals
6Finals played
203Runs · avg 25.38
1Wickets
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home and away97102232,07110226.22420.25
Finals61022036425.3815.00
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. HAE Shillinglaw × 10
  2. K Cant × 7
  3. K Peters × 6
  4. DHL Arnall × 5
  5. Ray Harvey × 4
  6. BT Considine × 3

Career figures combine what's recorded live in Morrie with the club's own historical records — averages are shown only where there's enough real data to be honest about.

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