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R Milner

Played 1955-56 – 1968-69

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Career totals

Career

51

Games

14

Seasons

1955-56 – 1968-69

Played

Batting

58

Innings

14

Not outs

765

Runs

51

High score

17.39

Average

1

50s

0

100s

Bowling

40

Wickets

5/22

Best bowling

18.80

Average

1

5-fors

261.5 (8-ball)

Overs

Fielding

26

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1955-56 to 1968-69 · 51 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 1956: 0/38 v Prahran

SeasonMRunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1955-566712310.1418.311/493
1956-574118*2.75000/381
1957-584382212.67–––6
1958-59656199.33511/144
1963-6412217*22.002244/50
1964-651326045*28.89155.2285/225
1965-66112605121.673421/206
1968-6964723*23.502742/191
Career517655117.39405/2226
Every scorecard · 51
1955-56v Collingwooddnb1/49Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56v Essendon5 & 00/11Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56v Richmond6–Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56v Melbourne60/8Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56v St Kilda23–Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56v South Melbourne15 & 16–Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57v Footscray0–Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57v Northcote1 & 8*–Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57v Collingwood1 & 1–Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57v Prahrandnb0/38Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58v Northcote13*–Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58v Collingwood3–Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58v Prahrandnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58v North Melbourne0 & 22–Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59v University19–Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59v Essendon15–Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59v Carlton8–Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59v Richmond00/4Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59v Melbourne9–Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59v St Kilda51/14Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64v Essendon17* & 54/50 & 0/16Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v Melbourne12 & 6*5/22Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v St Kilda3 & 4*3/29 & 2/37Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v Footscray361/27 & 1/7Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v Northcote9*2/23Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v Collingwooddnb3/19Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v Prahran51/35Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v North Melbourne33*2/25Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v Essendon63/45 & 0/1Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v University430/23 & 0/0Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v South Melbourne8*0/8Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v Carlton112/49Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v Richmond301/26 & 1/8Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65v Hawthorn-East Melbourne9 & 45*1/11Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v Footscray151/20 & 0/5Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v Northcote17*–Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v North Melbourne0 & 261/21Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v South Melbourne51 & 00/22Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v University320/11Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v Essendon150/10Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v Carlton11–Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v Richmond24*0/4Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v Melbourne32–Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v St Kilda2 & 0–Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66v Hawthorn-East Melbourne350/9Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69v Hawthorn-East Melbourne11*2/19Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69v Northcotednb–Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69v Collingwood51/5Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69v North Melbourne23*–Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69v Carlton7*–Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69v Footscray10/23 & 1/18Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Collingwood, 1955-56
  2. First fifty51v South Melbourne, 1965-66
  3. First five-for5/22v Melbourne, 1964-65
  4. Highest score51v South Melbourne, 1965-66
  5. Best bowling5/22v Melbourne, 1964-65
  6. Last matchMatch 51v Footscray, 1968-69

Runs by season

1955-56: 71 runs7155-561956-57: 11 runs111957-58: 38 runs3857-581958-59: 56 runs561963-64: 22 runs2263-641964-65: 260 runs2601965-66: 260 runs26065-661968-69: 47 runs47

Wickets by season

1955-56: 1 wickets155-561956-57: 0 wickets1957-58: 0 wickets57-581958-59: 1 wickets11963-64: 4 wickets463-641964-65: 28 wickets281965-66: 2 wickets265-661968-69: 4 wickets4

Every innings, in order

51501955-56 v Essendon: 51955-56 v Essendon: 01955-56 v Richmond: 61955-56 v Melbourne: 61955-56 v St Kilda: 231955-56 v South Melbourne: 151955-56 v South Melbourne: 161956-57 v Footscray: 01956-57 v Northcote: 11956-57 v Northcote: 8*1956-57 v Collingwood: 11956-57 v Collingwood: 11957-58 v Northcote: 13*1957-58 v Collingwood: 31957-58 v North Melbourne: 01957-58 v North Melbourne: 221958-59 v University: 191958-59 v Essendon: 151958-59 v Carlton: 81958-59 v Richmond: 01958-59 v Melbourne: 91958-59 v St Kilda: 51963-64 v Essendon: 17*1963-64 v Essendon: 51964-65 v Melbourne: 121964-65 v Melbourne: 6*1964-65 v St Kilda: 31964-65 v St Kilda: 4*1964-65 v Footscray: 361964-65 v Northcote: 9*1964-65 v Prahran: 51964-65 v North Melbourne: 33*1964-65 v Essendon: 61964-65 v University: 431964-65 v South Melbourne: 8*1964-65 v Carlton: 111964-65 v Richmond: 301964-65 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 91964-65 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 45*1965-66 v Footscray: 151965-66 v Northcote: 17*1965-66 v North Melbourne: 01965-66 v North Melbourne: 261965-66 v South Melbourne: 511965-66 v South Melbourne: 01965-66 v University: 321965-66 v Essendon: 151965-66 v Carlton: 111965-66 v Richmond: 24*1965-66 v Melbourne: 321965-66 v St Kilda: 21965-66 v St Kilda: 01965-66 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 351968-69 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 11*1968-69 v Collingwood: 51968-69 v North Melbourne: 23*1968-69 v Carlton: 7*1968-69 v Footscray: 1

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

Against each club

Essendon56317*10.50719.004/50
Northcote54817*48.00211.502/23
Camberwell Magpies51052.50514.603/19
Greenvale Kanagaroos410433*26.00315.332/25
Melbourne4653216.2556.005/221
Richmond4603020.00221.001/8
Footscray4523613.00425.001/7
St Kilda437237.40613.333/29
Carlton4371112.33224.502/49
Kingston Hawthorn310045*50.00313.002/19
Melbourne University3944331.330–0/0
Casey South Melbourne3905122.5010–0/8
Prahran3555.00173.001/35

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
11188*–
21121725119.1114
320282214.00
420311615.50
510191919.00
681903212.861
716514933*13.551
810315145*21.571
9611004320.00
10111717*–
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Top order (1–3)1432085118.9114
Middle order (4–7)27628933*13.762
Lower order (8–11)17526845*22.331

Batted most often at 7th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks7
  • 1–924
  • 10–1913
  • 20–295
  • 30–498
  • 50–991
  • 100+0

Turned 0 of 1 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 8.4% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 3 times.

Dismissals
  • Caught20 · 45%
  • Bowled15 · 34%
  • Run out5 · 11%
  • LBW2 · 5%
  • Caught & bowled1 · 2%
  • Stumped1 · 2%

Most often dismissed by: Allanson (2), Leigh (2), Lambert (2), Emerson (2), Cook (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
In wins28103745120.7814
In losses25437345*17.761
In draws3016115.331
In ties20221.001
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins142017.901.4
In losses131818.671.4
In draws3229.000.7
  • Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 1 (100%).
  • Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 0 of 1 (0%), lost 1.
  • Every other match: the side won 25 of 49 (51%), lost 18.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Batting first2242505113.8914
Batting second2463824321.22
Second innings of the match12413345*16.633
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground23254195122.051816.833/19
Albert Ground354917*16.3399.785/22
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote33189*18.00211.502/23
Carlton Cricket Ground33261113.00224.502/49
Western Oval3316155.33233.001/18
Victoria Park33531.67149.001/49
South Melbourne Cricket Ground23391619.50––0/8
St Kilda Cricket Ground2325238.33–––
Essendon Cricket Ground22211510.50315.333/45
Richmond Cricket Ground223024*30.00––0/4
Toorak Park21555.00173.001/35
Glenferrie Oval125445*54.00111.001/11
North Melbourne Cricket Ground12262613.00121.001/21
University Oval11323232.00––0/11
Wickets taken
  • Caught18 · 45%
  • Bowled10 · 25%
  • LBW7 · 18%
  • Caught & bowled4 · 10%
  • Stumped1 · 3%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)9 · 23%
  • Middle order (4–7)17 · 43%
  • Lower order (8–11)14 · 35%

1 five-wicket haul. Best in a match: 5/22 v Melbourne, 1964-65. 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 1955-56 to 1968-69: 22nd of 76 for runs, 16th of 49 for wickets, 24th of 80 for matches, 22nd of 66 for catches, 19th of 39 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 61st of 321 for runs, 46th of 172 for wickets, 62nd of 345 for matches, 51st of 279 for catches, 71st of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • TJ Ruddell1931-32 to 1943-44 · 44 m · 551 runs · 35 wkts
  • GB Deany1958-59 to 1962-63 · 49 m · 858 runs · 35 wkts
  • MT Jenkinson1997-98 to 2000-01 · 26 m · 442 runs · 19 wkts
  • KM McLaine1979-80 to 1983-84 · 46 m · 728 runs · 23 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1955-56: 6 matches, 71 runs, 1 wicket1955-561956-57: 4 matches, 11 runs, 0 wickets1957-58: 4 matches, 38 runs, 0 wickets1957-581958-59: 6 matches, 56 runs, 1 wicket1959-60: did not play1959-601960-61: did not play1961-62: did not play1961-621962-63: did not play1963-64: 1 match, 22 runs, 4 wickets1963-641964-65: 13 matches, 260 runs, 28 wickets · 1st XI Bowling1965-66: 11 matches, 260 runs, 2 wickets1965-661966-67: did not play1967-68: did not play1967-681968-69: 6 matches, 47 runs, 4 wickets

Runs, up Wickets, down Honour in his name Season away

1964-65: 1st XI Bowling

The arc

R Milner's best season with the bat was 1964-65: 260 runs from 15 innings at 28.89. The best ten-innings patch came in 1964-65 to 1965-66: 217 runs at 36.17. The leanest, 1955-56 to 1957-58: 58 runs at 7.25.

Rolling average, innings 5 to 58: 7.3 to 36.236.2

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First five-for5/223 Oct 1964v Melbourne, 1964-65
First fifty5127 Nov 1965v South Melbourne, 1965-66
50th match7*14 Dec 1968v Carlton, 1968-69

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings
from v North Melbourne, 1965-66 to v South Melbourne, 1965-66 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 16 matches
from v Essendon, 1963-64 to v Northcote, 1965-66 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 10 matches
from v St Kilda, 1958-59 to v Essendon, 1964-65 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 5 matches bowled in
from v South Melbourne, 1965-66 to v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1965-66 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 4 innings
from v Essendon, 1955-56 to v Melbourne, 1955-56 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111955-56: 6 (7 inns, avg 10.14)1956-57: 7 (5 inns, avg 2.75)1957-58: 7 (4 inns, avg 12.67)1958-59: 7 (6 inns, avg 9.33)1963-64: 8 (2 inns, avg 22.00)1964-65: 9 (15 inns, avg 28.89)1965-66: 2 (14 inns, avg 21.67)1968-69: 7 (5 inns, avg 23.50)19551957196319651968

Moved about the order across 8 seasons: at 7th in 4, at 6th in 1, at 8th in 1, at 9th in 1, opened in 1.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1955-566710.14
1956-57752.75
1957-587412.67
1958-59769.33
1963-648222.00
1964-6591528.89
1965-6621421.67
1968-697523.50
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home232564195122.051816.83
Away2833834645*13.842220.41

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday4351116795116.983817.76
Weekday8738624*21.50238.50
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct101251183616.861414.00
Nov131331545115.401018.20
Dec5629633*24.00223.50
Jan121211584314.36434.00
Feb781973213.86521.00
Mar47214245*28.40517.20
Finals
2Finals played
53Runs · avg 17.67
4Wickets
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home and away4954137125117.373619.06
Finals2415317*17.67416.50
Favourite victims
  1. JW Grant × 2
  2. PM Hosking × 2
  3. AC Day × 1
  4. BK Jones × 1
  5. CEJ Guest × 1
  6. D Peters × 1
  7. D Whitworth × 1
  8. DH Foster × 1
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. C Adams × 4
  2. EP Illingworth × 4
  3. R Milner × 4
  4. RC Bitmead × 3
  5. GB Deany × 2
  6. K Peters × 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.

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