Ian Wheeler

Played 1983-84 – 1992-93

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Career totals

Career

119

Games

Seasons

1983-84 – 1992-93

Played

Batting

135

Innings

Not outs

3,511

Runs

141

High score

29.50

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

1/1

Best bowling

23.00

Average

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1983-84 to 1992-93 · 119 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 1984: 3* v Hawthorn-East Melbourne in 1990: 8 and 1 ct v University

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1983-84	3	67	43	33.50	–	–	–	1
1984-85	8	327	71	40.88	–	–	–
1985-86	16	539	76	29.94	3	0	0/9	7
1986-87	14	336	49	24.00	1	1	1/1	5
1987-88	14	428	83*	38.91	2	0	0/4	1
1988-89	15	437	111	31.21	–	–	–	8
1989-90	14	415	133*	29.64	–	–	–	6
1990-91	15	648	141	38.12	1	0	0/4	4
1991-92	14	204	51	14.57	–	–	–	5
1992-93	6	56	26	9.33	–	–	–	2
Career	119	3,457	141	29.30		1	1/1	39

Every scorecard · 119

1983-84	v Prahran	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v University	43	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	17*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	3*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Northcote	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Carlton	65 & 25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v South Melbourne	26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Ringwood	54	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Richmond	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Prahran	68	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Melbourne	71 & 4*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Essendon	25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Melbourne	25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Prahran	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Waverley	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Carlton	61 & 1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Collingwood	44 & 8*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v St Kilda	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Northcote	3 & 34	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v North Melbourne-Geelong	57	0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Footscray	16 & 7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v University	71	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v South Melbourne	54	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Ringwood	76	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Richmond	32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v St Kilda	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Ringwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Footscray	49	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Collingwood	26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Prahran	30	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v St Kilda	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v North Melbourne-Geelong	15	1/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Richmond	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v South Melbourne	16 & 22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Essendon	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v University	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Waverley	31	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Northcote	35 & 35*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Carlton	38	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v Richmond	47	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v Ringwood	57*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v North Melbourne-Geelong	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v Waverley	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1 & 6*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v Northcote	14	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v Essendon	34	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v University	64	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v Carlton	70*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v St Kilda	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v South Melbourne	4 & 13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v Melbourne	4	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v Prahran	83*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Essendon	26*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Collingwood	0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Melbourne	25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Prahran	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Carlton	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v South Melbourne	52	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v North Melbourne	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Richmond	47	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v University	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Ringwood	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Footscray	12 & 111	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Northcote	70*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v St Kilda	24	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Waverley	29 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v St Kilda	42	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Waverley-Dandenong	133*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Prahran	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v South Melbourne	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Melbourne	26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v University	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Footscray	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Ringwood	25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Richmond	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Carlton	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Collingwood	14 & 16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Hawthorn	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Essendon	68	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Northcote	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Collingwood	102*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Hawthorn	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Northcote	11 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v University	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Prahran	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Footscray	30 & 22*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Ringwood	88	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v South Melbourne	15 & 7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Carlton	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v North Melbourne	95	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Richmond	52	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Waverley-Dandenong	4 & 27	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v St Kilda	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Essendon	141	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Carlton	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Hawthorn	51	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v South Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Footscray	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Waverley-Dandenong	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Melbourne	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Prahran	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Ringwood	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Richmond	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Collingwood	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Essendon	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Northcote	40	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v St Kilda	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v University	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Essendon	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Carlton	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Collingwood	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v South Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Melbourne	26 & 23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Northcote	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Prahran, 1983-84
First fifty65v Carlton, 1984-85
First hundred111v Footscray, 1988-89
Highest score141v Essendon, 1990-91
Best bowling1/1v North Melbourne-Geelong, 1986-87
Last matchMatch 119v Northcote, 1992-93

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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Kingston Hawthorn	12	180	51	16.36	1		–	–	–
Carlton	9	288	70*	36.00	3		–	–	–
Northcote	9	276	70*	27.60	1		0	–	0/4
Casey South Melbourne	9	225	54	18.75	2		–	–	–
Prahran	9	224	83*	28.00	2		–	–	–
Melbourne	9	224	71	22.40	1		0	–	0/5
Ringwood	8	311	88	51.83	4		–	–	–
Essendon	8	309	141	44.14	1	1	0	–	0/4
Richmond	8	241	52	30.13	1		–	–	–
Camberwell Magpies	8	216	102*	36.00		1	–	–	–
Melbourne University	8	215	71	26.88	2		–	–	–
St Kilda	8	124	42	15.50			–	–	–
Footscray	6	260	111	32.50		1	–	–	–
Greenvale Kanagaroos	5	190	95	38.00	2		1	10.00	1/1
Dandenong	3	174	133*	58.00		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	34	1	661	95	20.03	4
2	73	7	2,100	141	31.82	12	4	2
3	12	1	376	83*	34.18	3
4	9	3	211	57*	35.17	1
5	4	2	89	38	44.50
6	1	1	17	17*	–
8	1	1	3	3*	–

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	119	9	3,137	141	28.52	19	4	2
Middle order (4–7)	14	6	317	57*	39.63	1
Lower order (8–11)	1	1	3	3*	–

Batted most often at 2nd.

Scores and consistency

Ducks2
1–945
10–1927
20–2918
30–4917
50–9920
100+4

Turned 4 of 24 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 13.9% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 26 times.

Dismissals

Caught85 · 72%
Bowled13 · 11%
LBW13 · 11%
Run out4 · 3%
Stumped2 · 2%
Caught & bowled1 · 1%

Most often dismissed by: Smith (4), Scott (3), Whiteside (3), Ross (3), Foley (3).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	50	11	1,658	141	42.51	12	3	1
In losses	77	4	1,568	111	21.48	6	1	1
In draws	6	1	177	83*	35.40	1
In ties	1	0	54	54	54.00	1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	2	0	–	0.0
In losses	3	1	10.00	0.3

Scored 50+: the side won 15 of 24 (63%), lost 7.
Every other match: the side won 30 of 95 (32%), lost 57.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	58	7	1,624	133*	31.84	11	2	1
Batting second	58	3	1,470	141	26.73	9	1	1
Second innings of the match	18	6	363	111	30.25		1

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Schramms Reserve	49	53	1,382	141	30.71	–	–	0/4
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	14	18	496	76	33.07	–	–	0/9
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	7	139	52	19.86	–	–	–
University Oval	5	5	198	71	39.60	–	–	–
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	4	5	93	70*	23.25	–	–	–
Central Reserve South Oval	4	5	130	51	26.00	–	–	–
Albert Ground	4	4	71	26	17.75	–	–	0/5
Richmond Cricket Ground	4	4	126	47	31.50	–	–	–
St Kilda Cricket Ground	4	4	66	42	16.50	–	–	–
Toorak Park	4	4	121	68	30.25	–	–	–
Russell Lucas Oval	4	3	143	88	47.67	–	–	–
Carlton Cricket Ground	3	4	140	70*	70.00	–	–	–
Glenferrie Oval	3	4	26	17*	13.00	–	–	–
Western Oval	3	4	36	16	9.00	–	–	–
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	3	123	95	41.00	1	1.00	1/1
Essendon Cricket Ground	3	3	107	68	35.67	–	–	–
Victoria Park	2	2	29	26	14.50	–	–	–
Shepley Oval	1	2	31	27	15.50	–	–	–

Wickets taken

Caught1 · 100%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)1 · 100%

Best in a match: 1/1 v North Melbourne-Geelong, 1986-87. 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 1983-84 to 1992-93: 6th of 55 for runs, 34th of 40 for wickets, 9th of 57 for matches, 4th of 12 for hundreds, 12th of 50 for catches, 5th of 29 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy-Doncaster: 14th of 184 for runs, 119th of 135 for wickets, 22nd of 197 for matches, 11th of 34 for hundreds, 30th of 167 for catches, 17th of 81 for batting average.

Played like…

JW Scaife1925-26 to 1944-45 · 123 m · 3,907 runs · 2 wkts
CE Harvey1938-39 to 1949-50 · 88 m · 2,601 runs · 0 wkts
DJ Anderson1956-57 to 1969-70 · 130 m · 4,044 runs · 30 wkts
GL Harvey1959-60 to 1975-76 · 137 m · 3,494 runs · 7 wkts

The careers nearest Wheeler’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 Honour in his name

1984-85: 1st XI Batting · 1990-91: 1st XI Batting

The arc

Ian Wheeler's best season with the bat was 1990-91: 648 runs from 19 innings at 38.12. The best ten-innings patch came in 1988-89 to 1989-90: 452 runs at 56.50. The leanest, 1991-92 to 1992-93: 111 runs at 11.10.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty65	12 Jan 1985	v Carlton, 1984-85
1,000th run26 took him to 1,008	4 Nov 1986	v Collingwood, 1986-87
50th matchdid not bat	23 Jan 1988	v Collingwood, 1987-88
First hundred111	11 Feb 1989	v Footscray, 1988-89
2,000th run111 took him to 2,010	11 Feb 1989	v Footscray, 1988-89
3,000th run52 took him to 3,016	9 Feb 1991	v Richmond, 1990-91
100th match2	12 Oct 1991	v Carlton, 1991-92

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 6 innings: from v Waverley, 1986-87 to v Ringwood, 1987-88 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 36 matches: from v North Melbourne-Geelong, 1987-88 to v Richmond, 1989-90 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 3 matches bowled in: from v Northcote, 1987-88 to v Essendon, 1990-91 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings: from v St Kilda, 1991-92 to v South Melbourne, 1992-93 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
141	v Essendon, 1990-91	Won
133*	v Waverley-Dandenong, 1989-90	Won
111	v Footscray, 1988-89	Lost
102*	v Collingwood, 1990-91	Won
95	v North Melbourne, 1990-91	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
1/1	v North Melbourne-Geelong, 1986-87	Lost

More splits

Batting position over the years

Opened for 4 seasons, dropped to 4th from 1987-88, moved up to 3rd from 1988-89, moved up to open from 1989-90.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1983-84	2	3	33.50
1984-85	2	10	40.88
1985-86	2	20	29.94
1986-87	2	15	24.00
1987-88	4	15	38.91
1988-89	3	17	31.21
1989-90	1	15	29.64
1990-91	1	19	38.12
1991-92	2	14	14.57
1992-93	2	6	9.33

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	63	71	11	1,878	141	31.30
Away	56	63	5	1,579	95	27.22	1	6.00

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	102	118	13	2,996	141	28.53	1	23.00
Sunday	10	10	2	399	102*	49.88
Weekday	7	6	1	62	26	12.40

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	17	16	4	424	102*	35.33
Nov	27	30	5	521	133*	20.84	1	5.00
Dec	12	14	1	364	88	28.00
Jan	24	27	1	581	70*	22.35
Feb	24	29	1	902	111	32.21
Mar	15	18	4	665	141	47.50

Finals

1Finals played

10Runs · avg 10.00

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	118	133	16	3,447	141	29.46	1	23.00
Finals	1	1	0	10	10	10.00

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1983-84	3	1
1984-85	8
1985-86	16	7
1986-87	14	5
1987-88	14	1
1988-89	15	8
1989-90	14	6
1990-91	15	4
1991-92	14	5
1992-93	6	2

Caught most off

LJ Watts × 7
TV Considine × 6
CA McKissack × 4
IW Waller × 4
DR Hampton × 3
SJ Cook × 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.

Ian Wheeler

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