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Matthew Frith✅

Played 2014-15 – 2017-18

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Career totals

Career

67

Games

4

Seasons

2014-15 – 2017-18

Played

Batting

69

Innings

7

Not outs

1,906

Runs

105

High score

30.74

Average

12

50s

1

100s

Bowling

80

Wickets

4/14

Best bowling

16.85

Average

483

Overs

Fielding

23

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 2014-15 to 2017-18 · 67 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 2014: 30 and 1/31 v Carlton

SeasonMRunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
2014-1516565105*33.245082/75
2015-16205257027.63134.4293/26
2016-17122394423.90139194/245
2017-181952661*35.07159.2244/14
Career671,855105*30.41804/1416
Every scorecard · 67
2014-15v Greenvale Kangaroos53*–Something wrong? Tell us
2014-15v Hawthorn-Monash University372/7Something wrong? Tell us
2014-15v Prahran301/18Something wrong? Tell us
2014-15v Casey-South Melbourne240/42Something wrong? Tell us
2014-15v Ringwood02/19Something wrong? Tell us
2014-15v Northcote510/30Something wrong? Tell us
2014-15v Essendon270/14Something wrong? Tell us
2014-15v Carlton5 & 42–Something wrong? Tell us
2014-15v Camberwell Magpies43–Something wrong? Tell us
2014-15v Dandenong10/21Something wrong? Tell us
2014-15v Frankston Peninsula01/38Something wrong? Tell us
2014-15v St Kilda105*2/16Something wrong? Tell us
2014-15v Footscray Edgewater00/13Something wrong? Tell us
2014-15v Monash Tigers46–Something wrong? Tell us
2014-15v Melbourne University0 & 35–Something wrong? Tell us
2014-15v Melbourne53 & 13–Something wrong? Tell us
2015-16v St Kilda703/56Something wrong? Tell us
2015-16v Footscray Edgewaterdnb2/7Something wrong? Tell us
2015-16v Monash Tigers441/20Something wrong? Tell us
2015-16v Melbourne University171/27Something wrong? Tell us
2015-16v Melbourne25*1/3Something wrong? Tell us
2015-16v Greenvale Kangaroos191/12Something wrong? Tell us
2015-16v Kingston Hawthorn61–Something wrong? Tell us
2015-16v Essendon29–Something wrong? Tell us
2015-16v Carlton240/18Something wrong? Tell us
2015-16v Casey-South Melbourne39–Something wrong? Tell us
2015-16v Prahran02/18Something wrong? Tell us
2015-16v Northcote32/18Something wrong? Tell us
2015-16v Camberwell Magpies03/16 & 1/8Something wrong? Tell us
2015-16v Camberwell Magpies402/19Something wrong? Tell us
2015-16v Geelong120/2 & 0/9Something wrong? Tell us
2015-16v Dandenong131/23Something wrong? Tell us
2015-16v Frankston Peninsula23/18 & 1/9Something wrong? Tell us
2015-16v Northcote59 & 21/5Something wrong? Tell us
2015-16v Prahran581/28Something wrong? Tell us
2015-16v Ringwood83/2 & 0/21Something wrong? Tell us
2016-17v Carlton301/31Something wrong? Tell us
2016-17v Camberwell Magpies134/24Something wrong? Tell us
2016-17v Geelong13*–Something wrong? Tell us
2016-17v Footscray Edgewaterdnb1/33Something wrong? Tell us
2016-17v Prahran301/35Something wrong? Tell us
2016-17v Casey-South Melbourne292/35Something wrong? Tell us
2016-17v Ringwood163/28 & 1/20Something wrong? Tell us
2016-17v Northcote250/54Something wrong? Tell us
2016-17v Essendon01/27 & 2/14Something wrong? Tell us
2016-17v Casey-South Melbourne202/12Something wrong? Tell us
2016-17v Monash Tigers191/38Something wrong? Tell us
2016-17v Melbourne440/14Something wrong? Tell us
2017-18v Melbourne603/35Something wrong? Tell us
2017-18v Prahran52*1/21Something wrong? Tell us
2017-18v Footscray201/25Something wrong? Tell us
2017-18v Northcote522/32Something wrong? Tell us
2017-18v Monash Tigers402/14Something wrong? Tell us
2017-18v Camberwell Magpies430/77Something wrong? Tell us
2017-18v Ringwood3*–Something wrong? Tell us
2017-18v Essendon10–Something wrong? Tell us
2017-18v Geelong490/24Something wrong? Tell us
2017-18v Frankston Peninsula61*2/41Something wrong? Tell us
2017-18v Carltondnb–Something wrong? Tell us
2017-18v Carlton–2/19Something wrong? Tell us
2017-18v Greenvale Kangaroos430/2 & 0/8Something wrong? Tell us
2017-18v Casey-South Melbourne00/29Something wrong? Tell us
2017-18v Melbourne University123/12 & 0/25Something wrong? Tell us
2017-18v Kingston Hawthorn391/2Something wrong? Tell us
2017-18v Geelong34/14Something wrong? Tell us
2017-18v Footscray31/16Something wrong? Tell us
2017-18v Dandenong12 & 242/30Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Greenvale Kangaroos, 2014-15
  2. First fifty53*v Greenvale Kangaroos, 2014-15
  3. First hundred105*v St Kilda, 2014-15
  4. Highest score105*v St Kilda, 2014-15
  5. Best bowling4/14v Geelong, 2017-18
  6. Last matchMatch 67v Dandenong, 2017-18

Runs by season

2014-15: 565 runs56514-152015-16: 525 runs52515-162016-17: 239 runs23916-172017-18: 526 runs52617-18

Wickets by season

2014-15: 8 wickets814-152015-16: 29 wickets2915-162016-17: 19 wickets1916-172017-18: 24 wickets2417-18

Every innings, in order

105502014-15 v Greenvale Kangaroos: 53*2014-15 v Hawthorn-Monash University: 372014-15 v Prahran: 302014-15 v Casey-South Melbourne: 242014-15 v Ringwood: 02014-15 v Northcote: 512014-15 v Essendon: 272014-15 v Carlton: 52014-15 v Carlton: 422014-15 v Camberwell Magpies: 432014-15 v Dandenong: 12014-15 v Frankston Peninsula: 02014-15 v St Kilda: 105*2014-15 v Footscray Edgewater: 02014-15 v Monash Tigers: 462014-15 v Melbourne University: 02014-15 v Melbourne University: 352014-15 v Melbourne: 532014-15 v Melbourne: 132015-16 v St Kilda: 702015-16 v Monash Tigers: 442015-16 v Melbourne University: 172015-16 v Melbourne: 25*2015-16 v Greenvale Kangaroos: 192015-16 v Kingston Hawthorn: 612015-16 v Essendon: 292015-16 v Carlton: 242015-16 v Casey-South Melbourne: 392015-16 v Prahran: 02015-16 v Northcote: 32015-16 v Camberwell Magpies: 02015-16 v Camberwell Magpies: 402015-16 v Geelong: 122015-16 v Dandenong: 132015-16 v Frankston Peninsula: 22015-16 v Northcote: 592015-16 v Northcote: 22015-16 v Prahran: 582015-16 v Ringwood: 82016-17 v Carlton: 302016-17 v Camberwell Magpies: 132016-17 v Geelong: 13*2016-17 v Prahran: 302016-17 v Casey-South Melbourne: 292016-17 v Ringwood: 162016-17 v Northcote: 252016-17 v Essendon: 02016-17 v Casey-South Melbourne: 202016-17 v Monash Tigers: 192016-17 v Melbourne: 442017-18 v Melbourne: 602017-18 v Prahran: 52*2017-18 v Footscray: 202017-18 v Northcote: 522017-18 v Monash Tigers: 402017-18 v Camberwell Magpies: 432017-18 v Ringwood: 3*2017-18 v Essendon: 102017-18 v Geelong: 492017-18 v Frankston Peninsula: 61*2017-18 v Greenvale Kangaroos: 432017-18 v Casey-South Melbourne: 02017-18 v Melbourne University: 122017-18 v Kingston Hawthorn: 392017-18 v Geelong: 32017-18 v Footscray: 32017-18 v Dandenong: 122017-18 v Dandenong: 24

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

Against each club

Northcote51925932.003527.802/18
Prahran51705842.502620.002/18
Camberwell Magpies51394327.801014.404/24
Casey-South Melbourne51123922.40429.502/12
Carlton51014225.25322.672/19
Footscray523207.67518.802/7
Melbourne41956048.752413.003/35
Richmond41494637.25418.002/14
Geelong4774925.67412.254/14
Essendon4662916.50318.332/14
Ringwood427169.00910.003/2
Kingston Hawthorn31376145.67133.002/7
Greenvale Kanagaroos311553*57.501122.001/12
Melbourne University3643516.00416.003/12
Frankston Peninsula36361*31.501715.143/18
Dandenong3502412.50324.672/30
St Kilda2175105*175.0011514.403/56

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
PosInnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
110191919.00
21625016035.793
330434314.332
4262742105*30.92314
516339861*30.6232
6401495937.252
720321.50
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
Top order (1–3)2025636031.2832
Middle order (4–7)4851,292105*30.05816

Batted most often at 4th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks8
  • 1–99
  • 10–1912
  • 20–2910
  • 30–4917
  • 50–9911
  • 100+1

Turned 1 of 12 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 13.5% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 11 times.

Dismissals
  • Caught27 · 44%
  • Bowled13 · 21%
  • LBW12 · 20%
  • Stumped4 · 7%
  • Caught & bowled3 · 5%
  • Run out2 · 3%

Most often dismissed by: McDonald (3), Rose (3), Ninan (2), Topp (2), Harbinson (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
In wins4461,315105*34.61814
In losses2305376023.3534
In draws1133*–
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins406115.621.5
In losses141920.791.4
  • Scored 50+: the side won 9 of 12 (75%), lost 3.
  • Every other match: the side won 37 of 55 (67%), lost 16.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
Batting first303966105*35.78512
Batting second3347737026.6666
Second innings of the match501164223.20
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Schramms Reserve36351,027105*33.134413.594/14
St Kilda Cricket Ground341147028.50813.633/2
Princes Park No. 1 Oval341214430.25145.001/31
Mervyn G Hughes Oval32202010.00235.501/25
University Oval23473515.67312.333/12
Camberwell Sports Ground22434321.50425.253/16
AH Butler Oval226161*61.00326.332/41
Casey Fields No. 4 Oval22532926.50238.502/35
Greenvale Reserve - Oval # 122624331.00122.001/12
Bill Lawry Oval22765138.00––0/30
Essendon Cricket Ground22392919.50–––
Albert Ground11606060.00311.673/35
Hedges Oval11000.0029.502/19
Monash University No. 1 Oval11373737.0023.502/7
Toorak Park11000.0029.002/18
Central Reserve North Oval11444444.00120.001/20
Dunkeld112525*–13.001/3
Shepley Oval11131313.00123.001/23
Geelong Cricket Ground111313*––––
Wickets taken
  • Caught48 · 60%
  • LBW16 · 20%
  • Bowled13 · 16%
  • Caught & bowled2 · 3%
  • Stumped1 · 1%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)34 · 43%
  • Middle order (4–7)35 · 44%
  • Lower order (8–11)11 · 14%

Best in a match: 4/14 v Geelong, 2017-18. 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 2014-15 to 2017-18: 11th of 32 for runs, 9th of 24 for wickets, 17th of 33 for matches, 9th of 12 for hundreds, 18th of 32 for catches, 5th of 22 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy-Doncaster: 20th of 184 for runs, 21st of 135 for wickets, 37th of 197 for matches, 18th of 34 for hundreds, 47th of 167 for catches, 12th of 81 for batting average.

Played like…

  • RA Bartlett1997-98 to 2001-02 · 80 m · 2,570 runs · 94 wkts
  • EA Williams1931-32 to 1947-48 · 97 m · 2,854 runs · 97 wkts
  • M Ellis1895-96 to 1900-01 · 40 m · 1,348 runs · 44 wkts
  • NR Buszard1969-70 to 1976-77 · 82 m · 1,936 runs · 62 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

2014-15: 16 matches, 565 runs, 8 wickets · 1st XI Batting2014-152015-16: 20 matches, 525 runs, 29 wickets · Premiership2015-162016-17: 12 matches, 239 runs, 19 wickets · Premiership2016-172017-18: 19 matches, 526 runs, 24 wickets2017-18

Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership Honour in his name

2014-15: 1st XI Batting · 2015-16: premiership · 2016-17: premiership

The arc

Matthew Frith's best season with the bat was 2014-15: 565 runs from 19 innings at 33.24. The best ten-innings patch came in 2017-18: 390 runs at 55.71. The leanest, 2015-16: 162 runs at 16.20.

Rolling average, innings 6 to 68: 16.2 to 55.755.7

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First fifty53*4 Oct 2014v Greenvale Kangaroos, 2014-15
First hundred105*17 Jan 2015v St Kilda, 2014-15
1,000th run59 took him to 1,02212 Mar 2016v Northcote, 2015-16
50th wicket1/20 took him to 5028 Jan 2017v Ringwood, 2016-17
50th match52*, 1/2114 Oct 2017v Prahran, 2017-18

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 3 innings
from v Greenvale Kangaroos, 2014-15 to v Prahran, 2014-15 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 17 matches
from v Dandenong, 2014-15 to v Casey-South Melbourne, 2015-16 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 7 matches
from v Dandenong, 2015-16 to v Camberwell Magpies, 2016-17 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 3 matches bowled in
from v Northcote, 2014-15 to v Dandenong, 2014-15 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 3 innings
from v Prahran, 2015-16 to v Camberwell Magpies, 2015-16 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16112014-15: 4 (19 inns, avg 33.24)2015-16: 4 (20 inns, avg 27.63)2016-17: 5 (11 inns, avg 23.90)2017-18: 2 (18 inns, avg 35.07)2014201520162017

Batted at 4th for 2 seasons, dropped to 5th from 2016-17, moved up to open from 2017-18.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
2014-1541933.24
2015-1642027.63
2016-1751123.90
2017-1821835.07
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home363541,027105*33.134413.59
Away313338287027.603620.83

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday585971,569105*30.177315.55
Sunday6601424423.67337.33
Weekday3301447048.00425.25
Format
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Two-day3437285961*24.544315.56
Unknown format33315996105*38.313718.35

Two-day when a side batted twice, the game was drawn or the card says so; one-day when the card says so.

Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct171645297044.082513.92
Nov121213656133.18454.25
Dec77119361*32.17528.40
Jan13111324105*32.401913.05
Feb81001535315.301119.18
Mar101202915924.251611.38
Finals
10Finals played
292Runs · avg 24.33
17Wickets
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home and away575671,563105*31.906318.24
Finals101202925924.331711.71
Favourite victims
  1. SF Hill × 4
  2. JP Murphy × 2
  3. LJ Sperling × 2
  4. MJ Brown × 2
  5. SA Edwards × 2
  6. SP Seymour × 2
  7. A Ayre × 1
  8. AG Bull × 1
Fielding
SeasonMCt
2014-15165
2015-16206
2016-17125
2017-18197

Caught most off

  1. E Alavi × 6
  2. AB Perrin × 2
  3. CA Moore × 2
  4. MTP Frith × 2
  5. PJ Dickson × 2
  6. SK Duckworth × 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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