Harry Lansdown

Played 1920-21 – 1936-37

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Player records

🏆1st XI Premiers (1930-31)State Representative

Career totals

Career

168

Games

Seasons

1920-21 – 1936-37

Played

Batting

176

Innings

Not outs

4,298

Runs

147

High score

27.38

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

3/16

Best bowling

34.33

Average

5 + 21 (8-ball)

Overs

Fielding & keeping

Catches

Stumpings

From the record books

First XI · 1921-22 to 1936-37 · 164 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 1926: 32 v University in 1928: 2 and 1 ct v North Melbourne

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1921-22	11	154	55*	17.11	–	–	–	5
1922-23	8	204	64*	29.14	–	–	–	1
1923-24	10	224	57	32.00	4	1	1/9	1
1924-25	10	217	131	21.70	2	0	0/19	4
1925-26	12	349	71	29.08	0	0	0/1	3
1926-27	12	343	104	31.18	1	0	0/5	8
1927-28	11	402	147	36.55	4	0	0/7
1928-29	10	302	84*	33.56	–	–	–	3
1929-30	14	427	68	28.47	6	1	1/24	2
1930-31	14	618	110	44.14	3	3	3/16	6
1931-32	14	336	64	28.00	3	0	0/12	1
1932-33	12	293	78	24.42	0	0	0/6	4
1933-34	11	183	35	18.30	0	1	1/5	3
1934-35	3	15	7*	5.00	–	–	–
1935-36	2	81	44	27.00	–	–	–
1936-37	10	110	24	13.75	3	0	0/5	4
Career	164	4,258	147	27.83		6	3/16	45

Every scorecard · 164

1921-22	v Richmond	28	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v Essendon	21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v University	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v Melbourne	7 & 1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v St Kilda	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v Collingwood	23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v Carlton	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v South Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v North Melbourne	6 & 55*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v Prahran	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v South Melbourne	6*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v Northcote	64*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v Essendon	60 & 9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v University	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v North Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v Richmond	32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v Prahran	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v Prahran	5* & 6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v North Melbourne	57	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v Carlton	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v St Kilda	34	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v Collingwood	6*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v South Melbourne	46	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v Richmond	35	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v Essendon	19	1/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v Northcote	27	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v Northcote	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v North Melbourne	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v Carlton	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v Collingwood	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	33	0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v Richmond	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v Essendon	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v South Melbourne	131	0/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v Prahran	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v University	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v Richmond	23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v Collingwood	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v Carlton	19	0/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v University	24	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v Prahran	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v Melbourne	7 & 0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v South Melbourne	29*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v St Kilda	45	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v Essendon	34	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v North Melbourne	47	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v Northcote	71	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v St Kilda	22 & 13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v St Kilda	9	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Prahran	24	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v University	32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	47	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Melbourne	19	0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Richmond	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Carlton	104	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Collingwood	4	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Northcote	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v North Melbourne	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v South Melbourne	45	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Essendon	10* & 27*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v North Melbourne	31	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	13 & 22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Essendon	3 & 17*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Richmond	62*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v University	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v South Melbourne	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Northcote	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Prahran	9	0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v St Kilda	147	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Collingwood	56	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Carlton	44	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Essendon	53	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v North Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Prahran	21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Collingwood	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Melbourne	84*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v St Kilda	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v South Melbourne	44	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Melbourne	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v University	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Carlton	29	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Prahran	68	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Melbourne	54	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Collingwood	37	0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v North Melbourne	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Richmond	65	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v South Melbourne	1 & 26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Essendon	26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v University	24	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v St Kilda	32	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v VCA Colts	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Northcote	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v St Kilda	21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Melbourne	69	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Northcote	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v South Melbourne	11 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v VCA Colts	60*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Collingwood	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Richmond	110	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Essendon	0 & 9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v North Melbourne	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Carlton	86*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Prahran	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v University	103*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Richmond	12 & 55	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v South Melbourne	60	3/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v St Kilda	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Northcote	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	60	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v VCA Colts	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Collingwood	40	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v South Melbourne	20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Prahran	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v University	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v North Melbourne	27	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Carlton	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Richmond	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Essendon	64	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v University	18 & 17*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v St Kilda	21 & 23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Essendon	21 & 29	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Richmond	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Carlton	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v North Melbourne	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v University	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Prahran	26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v South Melbourne	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Collingwood	69	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v VCA Colts	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	25	0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Northcote	78	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Richmond	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Carlton	28	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v North Melbourne	20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v University	23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Prahran	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v South Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v VCA Colts	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	35	1/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Northcote	34 & 8*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Melbourne	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v St Kilda	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v South Melbourne	5 & 2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Prahran	7*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Carlton	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Carlton	44	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Melbourne	19 & 18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Richmond	12	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Carlton	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v North Melbourne	24	0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v University	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Prahran	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v South Melbourne	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v VCA Colts	16	0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Northcote	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Richmond, 1921-22
First fifty55*v North Melbourne, 1921-22
First hundred131v South Melbourne, 1924-25
Highest score147v St Kilda, 1927-28
Best bowling3/16v South Melbourne, 1930-31
Last matchMatch 164v Northcote, 1936-37

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

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Casey South Melbourne	16	468	131	29.25	1	1	3	11.67	3/16
Prahran	15	221	68	15.79	1		0	–	0/11
Richmond	14	471	110	36.23	3	1	0	–	0/5
Carlton	14	391	104	39.10	1	1	0	–	0/1
Greenvale Kanagaroos	14	319	57	22.79	2		0	–	0/6
Melbourne University	14	294	103*	24.50		1	–	–	–
St Kilda	12	410	147	31.54		1	1	37.00	1/24
Essendon	12	403	64	28.79	3		1	9.00	1/9
Northcote	12	328	78	29.82	3		–	–	–
Melbourne	12	304	84*	25.33	3		0	–	0/4
Camberwell Magpies	12	265	69	26.50	2		0	–	0/3
Kingston Hawthorn	11	277	60	25.18	1		1	36.00	1/5
VCA Colts	6	107	60*	35.67	1		0	–	0/9

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	61	4	1,758	147	30.84	10	2	3
2	38	3	998	103*	28.51	6	1	2
3	21	1	503	131	25.15		2
4	7	1	167	60*	27.83	1		1
5	14	3	367	62*	33.36	2
6	10	2	185	44	23.13
7	10	3	210	64*	30.00	2
8	1	0	2	2	2.00
9	7	1	57	18	9.50			1
10	1	0	0	0	0.00			1
11	2	1	11	6*	11.00

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	120	8	3,259	147	29.10	16	5	5
Middle order (4–7)	41	9	929	64*	29.03	5		1
Lower order (8–11)	11	2	70	18	7.78			2

Batted most often at 1st.

Scores and consistency

Ducks8
1–950
10–1935
20–2932
30–4920
50–9921
100+5

Turned 5 of 26 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 12.7% of the side's runs in the innings batted (where the card has the total). Top-scored for the side 30 times.

Dismissals

Caught96 · 63%
Bowled28 · 18%
LBW11 · 7%
Caught & bowled8 · 5%
Run out6 · 4%
Stumped3 · 2%
Hit wicket1 · 1%

Most often dismissed by: Ironmonger (6), Mullett (5), Ebeling (5), Smith (4), Wilson (4).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	84	11	2,227	131	30.51	13	3	6
In losses	49	3	842	69	18.30	2		2
In draws	36	5	1,164	147	37.55	6	2
In ties	3	0	25	13	8.33

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	8	5	23.20	0.6
In losses	9	1	62.00	0.1
In draws	3	0	–	0.0

Scored 50+: the side won 16 of 26 (62%), lost 2.
Every other match: the side won 60 of 138 (43%), lost 39.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	71	5	1,771	147	26.83	9	1	1
Batting second	82	7	2,150	131	28.67	10	4	6
Second innings of the match	19	7	337	55*	28.08	2		1

As captain and keeper

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
As wicketkeeper	1	0	8	8	8.00
Otherwise	171	19	4,250	147	27.96	21	5	8

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	81	78	2,234	147	31.91	3	36.33	1/5
Carlton Cricket Ground	11	9	343	104	42.88	–	–	–
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	8	11	145	45	16.11	–	–	–
Richmond Cricket Ground	8	10	336	65	42.00	–	–	–
Melbourne Cricket Ground	7	10	80	19	10.00	–	–	–
Toorak Park	7	8	117	68	16.71	–	–	0/11
University Oval	7	6	197	103*	39.40	–	–	–
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	6	7	84	34	14.00	–	–	–
Glenferrie Oval	6	7	119	33	17.00	–	–	0/6
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	6	6	131	47	21.83	–	–	–
St Kilda Cricket Ground	6	6	86	22	14.33	–	–	0/13
Victoria Park	5	5	158	56	31.60	–	–	0/3
Essendon Cricket Ground	4	7	99	60	16.50	–	–	–
Albert Ground	2	2	129	69	64.50	3	6.67	3/16

Wickets taken

Caught3 · 60%
LBW1 · 20%
Bowled1 · 20%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)3 · 60%
Middle order (4–7)2 · 40%

Best in a match: 3/16 v South Melbourne, 1930-31. 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 1921-22 to 1936-37: 3rd of 81 for runs, 27th of 41 for wickets, 4th of 91 for matches, 3rd of 16 for hundreds, 11th of 71 for catches, 11th of 34 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 6th of 321 for runs, 105th of 172 for wickets, 8th of 345 for matches, 8th of 50 for hundreds, 34th of 279 for catches, 21st of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

MJ Bremner2008-09 to 2024-25 · 150 m · 3,406 runs · 0 wkts
GL Harvey1959-60 to 1975-76 · 137 m · 3,494 runs · 7 wkts
TL Cullen1970-71 to 1986-87 · 140 m · 3,489 runs · 3 wkts
JW Rudd2012-13 to 2026-27 · 176 m · 4,864 runs · 47 wkts

The careers nearest Lansdown’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, downPremiership

1930-31: premiership

The arc

Harry Lansdown's best season with the bat was 1930-31: 618 runs from 17 innings at 44.14. The best ten-innings patch came in 1930-31: 400 runs at 57.14. The leanest, 1923-24 to 1924-25: 122 runs at 12.20.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty55*	18 Mar 1922	v North Melbourne, 1921-22
First hundred131	21 Feb 1925	v South Melbourne, 1924-25
1,000th run47 took him to 1,042	6 Mar 1926	v North Melbourne, 1925-26
50th match71	20 Mar 1926	v Northcote, 1925-26
2,000th run21 took him to 2,013	17 Nov 1928	v Prahran, 1928-29
100th match11	11 Oct 1930	v Northcote, 1930-31
3,000th run86* took him to 3,003	21 Feb 1931	v Carlton, 1930-31
4,000th run34 took him to 4,028	17 Feb 1934	v Northcote, 1933-34
150th match5 & 2	8 Dec 1934	v South Melbourne, 1934-35

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 5 innings: from v South Melbourne, 1925-26 to v Northcote, 1925-26 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 58 matches: from v St Kilda, 1928-29 to v Melbourne, 1932-33 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 10 matches bowled in: from v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1924-25 to v Collingwood, 1929-30 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings: from v Melbourne, 1933-34 to v Carlton, 1934-35 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
147	v St Kilda, 1927-28	Drawn
131	v South Melbourne, 1924-25	Won
110	v Richmond, 1930-31	Won
104	v Carlton, 1926-27	Drawn
103*	v University, 1930-31	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
3/16	v South Melbourne, 1930-31	Won, Final
1/5	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1933-34	Won
1/9	v Essendon, 1923-24	Lost
1/24	v St Kilda, 1929-30	Won

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 16 seasons: opened in 11, at 3rd in 2, at 9th in 1, at 7th in 1, at 6th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1921-22	9	11	17.11
1922-23	7	10	29.14
1923-24	1	8	32.00
1924-25	3	10	21.70
1925-26	2	14	29.08
1926-27	1	13	31.18
1927-28	1	13	36.55
1928-29	1	10	33.56
1929-30	2	15	28.47
1930-31	1	17	44.14
1931-32	1	13	28.00
1932-33	1	12	24.42
1933-34	1	11	18.30
1934-35	1	4	5.00
1935-36	6	3	27.00
1936-37	3	8	13.75

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	81	78	8	2,234	147	31.91	3	36.33
Away	83	94	11	2,024	104	24.39	3	32.33

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	143	151	16	3,849	147	28.51	3	55.00
Weekday	21	21	3	409	60*	22.72	3	13.67

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	26	28	1	609	68	22.56
Nov	28	26	3	568	62*	24.70
Dec	17	17	2	253	65	16.87
Jan	34	36	4	875	110	27.34
Feb	24	22	3	836	147	44.00	3	24.67
Mar	26	31	6	772	103*	30.88
Other	9	12	0	345	69	28.75	3	6.67

Finals

12Finals played

384Runs · avg 24.00

3Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	152	154	17	3,874	147	28.28	3	63.33
Finals	12	18	2	384	60	24.00	3	5.33

Fielding

Season	M	Ct	St
1921-22	11	5
1922-23	8	1
1923-24	10	1
1924-25	10	4
1925-26	12	3
1926-27	12	7	1
1927-28	11	2
1928-29	10	4
1929-30	14	2
1930-31	14	6
1931-32	14	1
1932-33	12	4
1933-34	11	3
1934-35	3
1935-36	2
1936-37	10	4

Caught most off

AE Liddicut × 10
AJW Lansdown × 9
AW Dummett × 8
FD Chapman × 5
HJ Plant × 4
AEO Barras × 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.

Harry Lansdown

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