Peter Ryan

Played 1968-69 – 1982-83

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Player records

Queensland Representative

Career totals

Career

Games

Seasons

1968-69 – 1982-83

Played

Batting

Innings

Not outs

1,847

Runs

High score

22.80

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

1/1

Best bowling

40.00

Average

8 + 7 (8-ball)

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1968-69 to 1982-83 · 84 matchesFull archive career →

Keeper 1969-70

On this dayin 1973: 0 and 1 ct v Richmond

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1968-69	8	112	52*	22.40	5	0	0/7	4
1969-70	9	162	43*	14.73	–	–	–	5
1972-73	5	133	83	16.63	–	–	–	1
1973-74	5	89	56	17.80	–	–	–	3
1974-75	9	230	85	32.86	–	–	–	3
1975-76	12	299	53*	27.18	–	–	–	4
1976-77	10	255	59	28.33	2	0	0/14	4
1977-78	9	133	56	14.78	0	0	0/2	1
1981-82	5	116	73	29.00	–	–	–	1
1982-83	12	318	69	26.50	8	1	1/1
Career	84	1,847	85	22.80		1	1/1	26

Every scorecard · 84

1968-69	v South Melbourne	27*	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Melbourne	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	52*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Collingwood	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v North Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Footscray	10	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Essendon	2 & 8*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Carlton	2 & 0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Footscray	31 & 11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Prahran	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v St Kilda	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Richmond	2 & 23*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v University	2 & 3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Northcote	1 & 43*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Collingwood	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v North Melbourne	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v North Melbourne	83	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v University	1 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Carlton	19 & 18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Richmond	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v St Kilda	0 & 2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Richmond	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Essendon	56 & 17*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v North Melbourne	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v St Kilda	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Carlton	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Footscray	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Northcote	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Collingwood	66*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Prahran	9 & 17*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Melbourne	21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v University	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Collingwood	85	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v University	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Prahran	35	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Waverley	53*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v St Kilda	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Footscray	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Collingwood	10 & 14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v North Melbourne	44	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Essendon	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Northcote	36	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v South Melbourne	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Carlton	51	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Richmond	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Richmond	32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Collingwood	44	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Carlton	1 & 19*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Melbourne	12	0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Prahran	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Northcote	59	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v St Kilda	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Waverley	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Ringwood	8*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v University	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Footscray	14 & 14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v North Melbourne	56	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Melbourne	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Prahran	29	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v South Melbourne	9	0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Carlton	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Essendon	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Ringwood	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Richmond	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Prahran	31	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Melbourne	73	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v University	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Essendon	50	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Northcote	24*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v St Kilda	69 & 10*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v University	23 & 0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Collingwood	31	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Carlton	1 & 45	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Melbourne	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Prahran	9	1/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Richmond	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v North Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Ringwood	26	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v South Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv South Melbourne, 1968-69
First fifty52*v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1968-69
Highest score85v Collingwood, 1974-75
Best bowling1/1v Prahran, 1982-83
Last matchMatch 84v South Melbourne, 1982-83

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

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

Against each club

Sort by


Prahran	8	142	35	20.29		1	1.00	1/1
Camberwell Magpies	7	276	85	39.43	2	–	–	–
Greenvale Kanagaroos	7	207	83	29.57	2	–	–	–
Kingston Hawthorn	7	173	53*	34.60	2	–	–	–
Carlton	7	161	51	17.89	1	–	–	–
Richmond	7	84	32	12.00		–	–	–
Melbourne University	7	51	23	7.29		–	–	–
St Kilda	6	138	69	19.71	1	–	–	–
Melbourne	6	134	73	22.33	1	0	–	0/14
Northcote	5	170	59	42.50	1	–	–	–
Essendon	5	139	56	27.80	2	–	–	–
Footscray	5	80	31	16.00		0	–	0/12
Casey South Melbourne	4	52	27*	17.33		0	–	0/2
Ringwood	3	40	26	20.00		0	–	0/4

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	50s	0s
1	10	1	191	44	21.22
2	19	3	525	85	32.81	5	1
3	20	3	367	73	21.59	2	2
4	13	1	221	56	18.42	1
5	22	5	354	56	20.82	3	2
6	8	0	148	59	18.50	1	1
7	3	1	14	8*	7.00
8	1	1	27	27*	–

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Top order (1–3)	49	7	1,083	85	25.79	7	3
Middle order (4–7)	46	7	737	59	18.90	5	3
Lower order (8–11)	1	1	27	27*	–

Batted most often at 5th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks6
1–933
10–1924
20–298
30–4911
50–9912
100+0

Turned 0 of 12 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 12.6% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 17 times.

Dismissals

Caught54 · 67%
Bowled11 · 14%
LBW10 · 12%
Run out4 · 5%
Caught & bowled1 · 1%
Stumped1 · 1%

Most often dismissed by: Gott (3), Hale (3), Murch (3), Berechree (3), Smith (3).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
In wins	31	8	533	69	23.17	3	2
In losses	57	7	1,061	83	21.22	6	4
In draws	8	0	253	85	31.63	3

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	1	0	–	0.0
In losses	5	1	38.00	0.2

Scored 50+: the side won 3 of 12 (25%), lost 6.
Every other match: the side won 22 of 72 (31%), lost 42.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Batting first	47	0	1,063	85	22.62	8	2
Batting second	32	6	540	66*	20.77	4	3
Second innings of the match	17	9	244	45	30.50		1

As captain and keeper

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
As wicketkeeper	1	0	11	11	11.00
Otherwise	95	15	1,836	85	22.95	12	6

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	46	56	1,112	85	23.66	–	–	0/2
Toorak Park	4	5	47	17*	11.75	1	1.00	1/1
Richmond Cricket Ground	4	5	38	23*	9.50	–	–	–
Victoria Park	4	4	159	66*	53.00	–	–	–
Carlton Cricket Ground	3	4	93	51	23.25	–	–	–
Essendon Cricket Ground	3	4	79	56	26.33	–	–	–
Albert Ground	3	3	79	73	26.33	–	–	–
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	3	3	90	59	45.00	–	–	–
Western Oval	3	3	38	14	12.67	–	–	0/12
University Oval	3	1	13	13	13.00	–	–	–
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	2	15	11	7.50	–	–	–
Russell Lucas Oval	2	2	34	26	34.00	–	–	0/4
Central Reserve South Oval	1	1	33	33	33.00	–	–	–
Glenferrie Oval	1	1	1	1	1.00	–	–	–
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	1	0	0	0.00	–	–	–
St Kilda Cricket Ground	1	1	16	16	16.00	–	–	–

Wickets taken

Bowled1 · 100%

Batters dismissed

Middle order (4–7)1 · 100%

Best in a match: 1/1 v Prahran, 1982-83. 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 1968-69 to 1982-83: 12th of 76 for runs, 44th of 51 for wickets, 17th of 80 for matches, 23rd of 69 for catches, 11th of 47 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 34th of 321 for runs, 143rd of 172 for wickets, 38th of 345 for matches, 51st of 279 for catches, 37th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

GJ Kellar2004-05 to 2009-10 · 73 m · 1,713 runs · 0 wkts
NY Korkolis2016-17 to 2023-24 · 83 m · 1,933 runs · 0 wkts
IL Dunne1971-72 to 1980-81 · 101 m · 2,006 runs · 1 wkts
LV Straw1943-44 to 1953-54 · 103 m · 2,274 runs · 5 wkts

The careers nearest Ryan’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 Wickets, down Season away

The arc

Peter Ryan's best season with the bat was 1982-83: 318 runs from 15 innings at 26.50. The best ten-innings patch came in 1981-82 to 1982-83: 326 runs at 46.57. The leanest, 1968-69 to 1969-70: 74 runs at 9.25.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty52*	2 Nov 1968	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1968-69
1,000th run51 took him to 1,018	21 Feb 1976	v Carlton, 1975-76
50th match44	24 Oct 1976	v Collingwood, 1976-77

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 3 innings: from v Prahran, 1981-82 to v Essendon, 1982-83 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 13 matches: from v Prahran, 1981-82 to v North Melbourne, 1982-83 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 4 matches bowled in: from v South Melbourne, 1968-69 to v South Melbourne, 1977-78 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 6 innings: from v South Melbourne, 1977-78 to v Richmond, 1981-82 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
85	v Collingwood, 1974-75	Drawn, Semi-final
83	v North Melbourne, 1972-73	Lost
73	v Melbourne, 1981-82	Lost
69	v St Kilda, 1982-83	Won
66*	v Collingwood, 1974-75	Lost

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
1/1	v Prahran, 1982-83	Lost

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 10 seasons: at 5th in 3, opened in 3, at 3rd in 2, at 4th in 2.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1968-69	5	8	22.40
1969-70	3	14	14.73
1972-73	4	8	16.63
1973-74	5	6	17.80
1974-75	2	9	32.86
1975-76	2	12	27.18
1976-77	1	11	28.33
1977-78	4	9	14.78
1981-82	5	4	29.00
1982-83	3	15	26.50

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	46	56	9	1,112	85	23.66
Away	38	40	6	735	73	21.62	1	17.00

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	Wkts	Bowl avg
Saturday	77	87	13	1,711	85	23.12	1	40.00
Sunday	1	1	0	44	44	44.00
Weekday	6	8	2	92	36	15.33

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	17	21	5	538	83	33.63
Nov	21	23	4	337	53*	17.74
Dec	9	12	0	176	59	14.67	1	3.00
Jan	19	21	3	361	66*	20.06
Feb	12	14	3	323	73	29.36
Mar	6	5	0	112	85	22.40

Finals

1Finals played

85Runs · avg 85.00

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	83	95	15	1,762	83	22.02	1	40.00
Finals	1	1	0	85	85	85.00

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1968-69	8	4
1969-70	9	5
1972-73	5	1
1973-74	5	3
1974-75	9	3
1975-76	12	4
1976-77	10	4
1977-78	9	1
1981-82	5	1
1982-83	12

Caught most off

AL Thomson × 5
AT Duff × 5
NR Buszard × 4
PJ Wallace × 4
EP Illingworth × 3
WA Heller × 2

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.

Peter Ryan

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