Tom Cullen

Played 1970-71 – 1986-87

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Career totals

Career

140

Games

Seasons

1970-71 – 1986-87

Played

Batting

161

Innings

Not outs

3,489

Runs

105

High score

24.06

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

1/11

Best bowling

46.00

Average

21 + 12 (8-ball)

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1970-71 to 1986-87 · 140 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 1973: 40 v Richmond in 1983: 5 v Ringwood

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1970-71	3	43	30	14.33	2	0	0/5	1
1972-73	1	68	66	34.00	–	–	–
1973-74	12	324	45	23.14	5	1	1/40	2
1974-75	13	307	44	21.93	7	1	1/13	1
1975-76	10	392	75*	43.56	2	0	0/5	6
1976-77	10	260	58	26.00	–	–	–	4
1977-78	7	82	33	10.25	1	0	0/4	3
1981-82	15	380	60	25.33	1	0	0/2	7
1982-83	15	438	91	25.76	10	1	1/11	10
1983-84	15	419	82	24.65	1	0	0/4	8
1984-85	13	270	49	19.29	–	–	–	11
1985-86	15	372	105*	28.62	1	0	0/2	8
1986-87	11	134	25*	14.89	3	0	0/0	3
Career	140	3,489	105*	24.06		3	1/11	64

Every scorecard · 140

1970-71	v Collingwood	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v North Melbourne	7 & 3*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Carlton	30	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Prahran	66 & 2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Prahran	41	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v South Melbourne	28	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	43	0/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Richmond	40	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Carlton	37	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Melbourne	45	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Essendon	8 & 6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v North Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v University	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v St Kilda	21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Collingwood	7 & 13	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Footscray	29	1/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Carlton	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Footscray	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Northcote	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v North Melbourne	27	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Richmond	21 & 17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Essendon	0 & 4*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Ringwood	41	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Collingwood	21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Prahran	44	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v University	32	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Collingwood	35	1/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v University	75*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Prahran	52*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Waverley	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v St Kilda	7	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Collingwood	59 & 15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v North Melbourne	52	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Essendon	54	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Northcote	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v South Melbourne	60	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Carlton	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Richmond	25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Collingwood	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Carlton	11 & 21*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Melbourne	40	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Prahran	58	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Northcote	6 & 8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v St Kilda	0 & 21*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Waverley	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Ringwood	31*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Ringwood	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v University	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Footscray	2 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Richmond	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	22	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Waverley	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Carlton	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Waverley	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Essendon	19*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Collingwood	25 & 30	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Footscray	6	0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v North Melbourne	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	15 & 25*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Carlton	60	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Northcote	23 & 1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Ringwood	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Richmond	9 & 51*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v South Melbourne	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v St Kilda	0 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Prahran	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Melbourne	41	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v University	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Essendon	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Northcote	21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v St Kilda	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v University	7 & 7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Collingwood	82	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Carlton	9 & 37*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Melbourne	35	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Prahran	0	1/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Richmond	34	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v North Melbourne	35	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Waverley	31	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Footscray	0 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Ringwood	1	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v South Melbourne	91	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Footscray	20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Richmond	29 & 28	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Collingwood	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Ringwood	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v North Melbourne	2 & 36	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v St Kilda	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v South Melbourne	13	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Melbourne	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Prahran	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Waverley	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Carlton	44	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Essendon	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Northcote	82	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v University	72	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	51	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Footscray	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Waverley	24	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v St Kilda	43	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	30	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v North Melbourne	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Collingwood	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Essendon	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v University	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v South Melbourne	49	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Ringwood	16 & 15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Richmond	21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Prahran	26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Melbourne	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Essendon	23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Prahran	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Waverley	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Carlton	2 & 10*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Collingwood	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Northcote	9 & 28*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v North Melbourne-Geelong	12	0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Footscray	25 & 7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v University	105*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v South Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Ringwood	77	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Richmond	36	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v St Kilda	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Melbourne	23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Ringwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Footscray	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Collingwood	25*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Prahran	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v St Kilda	0	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v North Melbourne-Geelong	16	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v South Melbourne	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Essendon	0	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v University	23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Waverley	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Collingwood, 1970-71
First fifty66v Prahran, 1972-73
First hundred105*v University, 1985-86
Highest score105*v University, 1985-86
Best bowling1/11v Prahran, 1982-83
Last matchMatch 140v Waverley, 1986-87

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


Kingston Hawthorn	18	316	51	18.59	1		0	–	0/1
Camberwell Magpies	12	349	82	24.93	2		1	25.00	1/13
Prahran	11	339	66	30.82	3		1	11.00	1/11
Melbourne University	10	358	105*	44.75	2	1	0	–	0/4
Carlton	10	308	60	30.80	1		0	–	0/5
Greenvale Kanagaroos	10	226	52	20.55	1		0	–	0/2
Richmond	9	326	51*	29.64	1		–	–	–
Melbourne	9	212	45	26.50			0	–	0/4
Ringwood	9	205	77	25.63	1		0	–	0/12
Essendon	9	145	54	16.11	1		0	–	0/0
St Kilda	9	134	43	13.40			0	–	0/0
Footscray	9	111	29	9.25			1	42.00	1/40
Casey South Melbourne	8	266	91	33.25	2		0	–	0/4
Northcote	7	194	82	24.25	1		–	–	–

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	100s	0s
1	5	3	75	36	37.50
2	4	0	19	7	4.75
3	23	1	341	51*	15.50	1		3
4	56	5	1,349	75*	26.45	8		6
5	54	6	1,401	105*	29.19	5	1	4
6	11	1	160	82	16.00	1		2
7	7	0	131	72	18.71	1
8	1	0	13	13	13.00

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	32	4	435	51*	15.54	1		3
Middle order (4–7)	128	12	3,041	105*	26.22	15	1	12
Lower order (8–11)	1	0	13	13	13.00

Batted most often at 4th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks15
1–941
10–1933
20–2929
30–4926
50–9916
100+1

Turned 1 of 17 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 13.0% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 28 times.

Dismissals

Caught78 · 54%
Bowled25 · 17%
Run out23 · 16%
LBW14 · 10%
Caught & bowled5 · 3%

Most often dismissed by: Smith (3), Dodemaide (3), Wilson (2), Campbell (2), Burridge (2).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	59	11	1,343	105*	27.98	7	1	4
In losses	95	5	1,949	91	21.66	7		11
In draws	5	0	166	54	33.20	2
In ties	2	0	31	16	15.50

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	3	0	–	0.0
In losses	15	2	57.50	0.1
In draws	1	1	13.00	1.0

Scored 50+: the side won 8 of 17 (47%), lost 7.
Every other match: the side won 43 of 123 (35%), lost 74.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	80	2	1,661	91	21.29	7		9
Batting second	56	4	1,442	105*	27.73	8	1	4
Second innings of the match	25	10	386	51*	25.73	1		2

As captain and keeper

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
As captain	13	3	260	58	26.00	1		1
Otherwise	148	13	3,229	105*	23.92	15	1	14

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	66	79	1,566	82	22.06	1	24.00	1/13
Carlton Cricket Ground	7	8	208	60	29.71	–	–	0/5
Victoria Park	6	7	170	82	28.33	–	–	0/12
University Oval	6	5	287	105*	95.67	–	–	–
Western Oval	5	7	89	29	12.71	1	42.00	1/40
Richmond Cricket Ground	5	7	208	51*	34.67	–	–	–
Toorak Park	5	5	146	58	29.20	1	11.00	1/11
Central Reserve South Oval	5	5	81	31	16.20	–	–	–
Russell Lucas Oval	5	5	63	31*	15.75	–	–	0/12
Schramms Reserve	5	5	62	23	12.40	–	–	0/0
Essendon Cricket Ground	4	5	92	54	23.00	–	–	–
Glenferrie Oval	4	5	114	51	28.50	–	–	0/4
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	4	4	88	35	22.00	–	–	0/4
Albert Ground	4	3	99	45	33.00	–	–	0/4
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	3	4	51	21	12.75	–	–	–
St Kilda Cricket Ground	3	4	12	7	3.00	–	–	0/5
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	3	153	91	51.00	–	–	0/5

Wickets taken

Bowled1 · 33%
Caught1 · 33%
Caught & bowled1 · 33%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)2 · 67%
Middle order (4–7)1 · 33%

Best in a match: 1/11 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 1970-71 to 1986-87: 5th of 84 for runs, 39th of 53 for wickets, 7th of 87 for matches, 7th of 14 for hundreds, 7th of 74 for catches, 9th of 47 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 15th of 321 for runs, 124th of 172 for wickets, 16th of 345 for matches, 30th of 50 for hundreds, 17th of 279 for catches, 32nd of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

GL Harvey1959-60 to 1975-76 · 137 m · 3,494 runs · 7 wkts
MJ Bremner2008-09 to 2024-25 · 150 m · 3,406 runs · 0 wkts
N Vardi2009-10 to 2019-20 · 138 m · 2,811 runs · 1 wkts
LA Wynne1927-28 to 1944-45 · 122 m · 2,574 runs · 1 wkts

The careers nearest Cullen’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.

As captain

Led the side in 10 matches (1976-77): won 3, lost 7, drawn 0.

Most often led

The shape of the career

Season by season

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

1975-76: 1st XI Batting, A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion

The arc

Tom Cullen's best season with the bat was 1982-83: 438 runs from 18 innings at 25.76. The best ten-innings patch came in 1974-75 to 1975-76: 384 runs at 48.00. The leanest, 1973-74 to 1974-75: 114 runs at 11.40.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty66	10 Mar 1973	v Prahran, 1972-73
1,000th run52 took him to 1,005	10 Jan 1976	v North Melbourne, 1975-76
50th match0	1 Oct 1977	v Ringwood, 1977-78
2,000th run82 took him to 2,008	13 Nov 1982	v Collingwood, 1982-83
100th match72	3 Mar 1984	v University, 1983-84
3,000th run23 took him to 3,006	12 Oct 1985	v Essendon, 1985-86
First hundred105*	8 Feb 1986	v University, 1985-86

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 6 innings: from v Prahran, 1973-74 to v Melbourne, 1973-74 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 53 matches: from v Waverley, 1981-82 to v University, 1984-85 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 7 matches bowled in: from v Ringwood, 1982-83 to v Essendon, 1986-87 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 4 innings: from v Essendon, 1973-74 to v University, 1973-74 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
105*	v University, 1985-86	Won
91	v South Melbourne, 1982-83	Lost
82	v Collingwood, 1982-83	Won
82	v Northcote, 1983-84	Lost
77	v Ringwood, 1985-86	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
1/11	v Prahran, 1982-83	Lost
1/13	v Collingwood, 1974-75	Drawn, Semi-final
1/40	v Footscray, 1973-74	Lost

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Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 13 seasons: at 4th in 5, at 5th in 4, opened in 2, at 3rd in 2.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1970-71	2	4	14.33
1972-73	2	2	34.00
1973-74	4	14	23.14
1974-75	4	15	21.93
1975-76	4	11	43.56
1976-77	4	13	26.00
1977-78	4	8	10.25
1981-82	3	19	25.33
1982-83	5	18	25.76
1983-84	3	17	24.65
1984-85	5	14	19.29
1985-86	5	16	28.62
1986-87	5	10	14.89

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	71	84	8	1,628	82	21.42	1	24.00
Away	69	77	8	1,861	105*	26.97	2	57.00

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	118	138	15	3,102	105*	25.22	3	45.33
Sunday	8	7	0	134	60	19.14
Weekday	14	16	1	253	44	16.87

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	25	27	4	617	75*	26.83
Nov	35	40	4	779	82	21.64
Dec	13	17	2	303	60	20.20	1	23.00
Jan	31	35	3	671	54	20.97
Feb	24	30	3	641	105*	23.74
Mar	12	12	0	478	91	39.83	2	33.50

Finals

2Finals played

54Runs · avg 27.00

1Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	138	159	16	3,435	105*	24.02	2	62.50
Finals	2	2	0	54	35	27.00	1	13.00

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1970-71	3	1
1972-73	1
1973-74	12	2
1974-75	13	1
1975-76	10	6
1976-77	10	4
1977-78	7	3
1981-82	15	7
1982-83	15	10
1983-84	15	8
1984-85	13	11
1985-86	15	8
1986-87	11	3

Caught most off

TV Considine × 11
SJ Cook × 9
RL Emmins × 7
RW Watts × 6
KM McLaine × 5
AL Thomson × 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.

Tom Cullen

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