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Morris Sievers

Played 1934-35 – 1945-46

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Player records

🏆1st XI Premiers (1938-39)🏆1st XI Premiers (1939-40)State RepresentativeNational Representative

Career totals

Career

77

Games

12

Seasons

1934-35 – 1945-46

Played

Batting

81

Innings

12

Not outs

2,380

Runs

119

High score

34.49

Average

12

50s

4

100s

Bowling

239

Wickets

9/34

Best bowling

14.61

Average

13

5-fors

1

10-fors

595.2 (8-ball)

Overs

Fielding

40

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1934-35 to 1945-46 · 77 matchesFull archive career →

Around this dayin 1939: 5 and 1/54 v Carlton in 1934: 3 & 1 and 6/12 & 3/19 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne

SeasonMRunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1934-359905211.2557416/124
1935-361000.001922/552
1936-37819164*38.2010113/165
1937-3882098923.2256.4356/464
1938-391038311731.92124295/2411
1939-4093409328.3368234/313
1940-411029110641.5780328/614
1941-4212460108*46.0078529/344
1943-443504216.67600/81
1944-45310856*108.0041.752/47
1945-464258119*129.0054.794/62
Career772,380119*34.002399/3438
Every scorecard · 77
1934-35v Northcote523/19Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35v Hawthorn-East Melbourne3 & 16/12 & 3/19Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35v Collingwood06/22 & 2/13Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35v South Melbourne26/32Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35v Prahran02/16Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35v North Melbourne1–Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35v Essendondnb6/62Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35v University10*6/58Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35v Melbourne211/54Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36v St Kilda02/55 & 0/7Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37v Richmond10–Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37v Carlton380/49Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37v North Melbourne–2/18Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37v University64*3/16 & 0/13Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37v Prahran513/72Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37v Hawthorn-East Melbourne16*2/47 & 0/5Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37v Northcote91/68Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37v St Kilda30/64Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38v South Melbourne112/29Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38v Collingwood44/30Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38v VCA Colts12/45 & 2/38Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38v Hawthorn-East Melbourne253/67Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38v Carlton216/46Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38v University894/32 & 3/26Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38v Prahran33/38 & 1/?Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38v Melbourne49 & 63/32 & 2/56Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v Hawthorn-East Melbourne92/34Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v Northcote164/92Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v Melbourne40/6Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v St Kilda0 & 345/24Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v Essendon623/45Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v Richmond394/90Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v North Melbourne1175/94Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v VCA Colts25 & 382/25Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v Collingwood1 & 34*1/37Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v Richmond43/41Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v Essendon402/26Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v Richmond222/29Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v Carlton51/54Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v Northcote410/63Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v University0 & 63/35 & 0/12Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v Collingwood354/31 & 0/8Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v VCA Colts231/37Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v St Kilda51 & 53/41 & 3/56Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v Melbourne93 & 191/33 & 3/25Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v Carlton41*4/61Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v North Melbourne87/58Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v University03/20 & 1/11Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v South Melbourne1060/52Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v Collingwood283/25Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v Coburg47–Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v Northcote37*8/61 & 0/16Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v Melbourne242/50Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v St Kilda02/23Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v Essendondnb2/32Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42v Carlton02/46Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42v University35 & 05/49Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42v Prahran20*0/46Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42v South Melbournednb8/55Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42v Collingwood108*5/41 & 2/24Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42v Coburg264/44 & 1/16Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42v Hawthorn-East Melbourne44/42Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42v Northcote583/51Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42v Melbourne112/61 & 9/34Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42v St Kilda37 & 42*5/52Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42v Essendon65–Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42v Richmond542/36Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v South Melbourne80/8Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Prahran42–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v University00/20Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45v Essendon520/28Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45v University56*2/47 & 1/15Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45v Prahran–2/50Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46v St Kilda42*2/84Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46v Essendon12/47Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46v Prahran119*1/16Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46v University964/62Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Northcote, 1934-35
  2. First fifty52v Northcote, 1934-35
  3. First hundred117v North Melbourne, 1938-39
  4. First five-for6/12v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1934-35
  5. Highest score119*v Prahran, 1945-46
  6. Best bowling9/34v Melbourne, 1941-42
  7. Last matchMatch 77v University, 1945-46

Runs by season

1934-35: 90 runs9034-351935-36: 0 runs1936-37: 191 runs19136-371937-38: 209 runs2091938-39: 383 runs38338-391939-40: 340 runs3401940-41: 291 runs29140-411941-42: 460 runs4601943-44: 50 runs5043-441944-45: 108 runs1081945-46: 258 runs25845-46

Wickets by season

1934-35: 41 wickets4134-351935-36: 2 wickets21936-37: 11 wickets1136-371937-38: 35 wickets351938-39: 29 wickets2938-391939-40: 23 wickets231940-41: 32 wickets3240-411941-42: 52 wickets521943-44: 0 wickets43-441944-45: 5 wickets51945-46: 9 wickets945-46

Every innings, in order

119501934-35 v Northcote: 521934-35 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 31934-35 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 11934-35 v Collingwood: 01934-35 v South Melbourne: 21934-35 v Prahran: 01934-35 v North Melbourne: 11934-35 v University: 10*1934-35 v Melbourne: 211935-36 v St Kilda: 01936-37 v Richmond: 101936-37 v Carlton: 381936-37 v University: 64*1936-37 v Prahran: 511936-37 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 16*1936-37 v Northcote: 91936-37 v St Kilda: 31937-38 v South Melbourne: 111937-38 v Collingwood: 41937-38 v VCA Colts: 11937-38 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 251937-38 v Carlton: 211937-38 v University: 891937-38 v Prahran: 31937-38 v Melbourne: 491937-38 v Melbourne: 61938-39 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 91938-39 v Northcote: 161938-39 v Melbourne: 41938-39 v St Kilda: 01938-39 v St Kilda: 341938-39 v Essendon: 621938-39 v Richmond: 391938-39 v North Melbourne: 1171938-39 v VCA Colts: 251938-39 v VCA Colts: 381938-39 v Collingwood: 11938-39 v Collingwood: 34*1938-39 v Richmond: 41939-40 v Essendon: 401939-40 v Richmond: 221939-40 v Carlton: 51939-40 v Northcote: 411939-40 v University: 01939-40 v University: 61939-40 v Collingwood: 351939-40 v VCA Colts: 231939-40 v St Kilda: 511939-40 v St Kilda: 51939-40 v Melbourne: 931939-40 v Melbourne: 191940-41 v Carlton: 41*1940-41 v North Melbourne: 81940-41 v University: 01940-41 v South Melbourne: 1061940-41 v Collingwood: 281940-41 v Coburg: 471940-41 v Northcote: 37*1940-41 v Melbourne: 241940-41 v St Kilda: 01941-42 v Carlton: 01941-42 v University: 351941-42 v University: 01941-42 v Prahran: 20*1941-42 v Collingwood: 108*1941-42 v Coburg: 261941-42 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 41941-42 v Northcote: 581941-42 v Melbourne: 111941-42 v St Kilda: 371941-42 v St Kilda: 42*1941-42 v Essendon: 651941-42 v Richmond: 541943-44 v South Melbourne: 81943-44 v Prahran: 421943-44 v University: 01944-45 v Essendon: 521944-45 v University: 56*1945-46 v St Kilda: 42*1945-46 v Essendon: 11945-46 v Prahran: 119*1945-46 v University: 96

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

Against each club

Melbourne University93569644.5043511.896/582
Prahran7235119*58.75111219.833/38
Essendon72206544.0031516.006/621
St Kilda72145126.7512218.455/242
Melbourne62279328.3812315.269/3411
Northcote62135842.6021919.478/611
Camberwell Magpies6210108*42.001278.566/222
Richmond51295425.8011117.824/90
Casey South Melbourne512710631.7511611.008/552
Carlton510541*26.251319.696/461
Kingston Hawthorn5582511.602011.306/121
Greenvale Kanagaroos412611742.0011412.147/582
VCA Colts3873821.75720.712/25
Coburg2734736.50512.004/44

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
110212634*15.751
2702028928.8621
318161411736.12411
412141910638.09213
5164569119*47.42222
61122735830.3321
7411305143.3311
821422642.00
920542.50
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
Top order (1–3)35394211729.44613
Middle order (4–7)4381,391119*39.74737
Lower order (8–11)41472615.67

Batted most often at 3rd.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks10
  • 1–921
  • 10–197
  • 20–2910
  • 30–4917
  • 50–9913
  • 100+4

Turned 4 of 17 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 15.2% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 19 times.

Dismissals
  • Caught39 · 57%
  • Run out9 · 13%
  • Bowled8 · 12%
  • LBW8 · 12%
  • Stumped3 · 4%
  • Caught & bowled2 · 3%

Most often dismissed by: Wilson (3), Thorn (2), Tuttle (2), Jinks (2), McCormick (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
In wins53111,726119*41.101136
In losses22148911723.29113
In draws701655223.5711
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins4517112.863.8
In losses204920.042.5
In draws71915.792.7
  • Scored 50+: the side won 14 of 17 (82%), lost 2.
  • Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 12 of 15 (80%), lost 2.
  • Every other match: the side won 22 of 47 (47%), lost 19.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
Batting first3931,098119*30.50536
Batting second3371,09710642.19813
Second innings of the match10218542*23.131
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground45481,24711728.3415514.099/34
Victoria Park45182108*60.671610.695/41
Toorak Park43142119*142.00721.433/38
Essendon Cricket Ground421146257.001115.186/62
Melbourne Cricket Ground34834920.751017.903/32
St Kilda Cricket Ground349042*30.00524.805/52
Glenferrie Oval232016*10.00117.556/12
Albert Ground231169338.67416.003/25
South Melbourne Cricket Ground2210810654.00614.006/32
Carlton Cricket Ground227941*79.00427.504/61
Richmond Cricket Ground22765438.00416.252/29
University Oval226464*64.00316.333/16
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote11585858.00317.003/51
North Melbourne Cricket Ground11111.00–––
Wickets taken
  • Caught153 · 65%
  • Bowled65 · 28%
  • LBW10 · 4%
  • Caught & bowled7 · 3%
  • Stumped1 · 0%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)99 · 42%
  • Middle order (4–7)79 · 33%
  • Lower order (8–11)58 · 25%

15 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 11/95 v Melbourne, 1941-42. 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 1934-35 to 1945-46: 15th of 65 for runs, 6th of 46 for wickets, 18th of 70 for matches, 7th of 21 for hundreds, 15th of 61 for catches, 5th of 36 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 25th of 321 for runs, 11th of 172 for wickets, 42nd of 345 for matches, 12th of 50 for hundreds, 40th of 279 for catches, 9th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • R Mitchell1891-92 to 1900-01 · 59 m · 1,709 runs · 175 wkts
  • FA Tarrant1896-97 to 1925-26 · 37 m · 797 runs · 96 wkts
  • G Beacham1891-92 to 1900-01 · 49 m · 1,099 runs · 144 wkts
  • AE Liddicut1921-22 to 1936-37 · 172 m · 4,739 runs · 431 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1934-35: 9 matches, 90 runs, 41 wickets · 1st XI Bowling1934-351935-36: 1 match, 0 runs, 2 wickets1935-361936-37: 8 matches, 191 runs, 11 wickets1936-371937-38: 8 matches, 209 runs, 35 wickets · 1st XI Bowling1937-381938-39: 10 matches, 383 runs, 29 wickets · Premiership · 1st XI Bowling1938-391939-40: 9 matches, 340 runs, 23 wickets · Premiership1939-401940-41: 10 matches, 291 runs, 32 wickets · 1st XI Batting1940-411941-42: 12 matches, 460 runs, 52 wickets · 1st XI Batting · 1st XI Bowling1941-421942-43: did not play1942-431943-44: 3 matches, 50 runs, 0 wickets1943-441944-45: 3 matches, 108 runs, 5 wickets1944-451945-46: 4 matches, 258 runs, 9 wickets1945-46

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

1934-35: 1st XI Bowling · 1937-38: 1st XI Bowling · 1938-39: premiership, 1st XI Bowling · 1939-40: premiership · 1940-41: 1st XI Batting · 1941-42: 1st XI Batting, 1st XI Bowling

The arc

Morris Sievers' best season with the bat was 1941-42: 460 runs from 13 innings at 46.00. The best ten-innings patch came in 1941-42 to 1945-46: 470 runs at 67.14. The leanest, 1934-35 to 1936-37: 48 runs at 5.33.

Rolling average, innings 5 to 82: 5.3 to 67.167.1

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First fifty5220 Oct 1934v Northcote, 1934-35
First five-for6/123 Nov 1934v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1934-35
50th wicket3/72 took him to 5121 Nov 1936v Prahran, 1936-37
100th wicket5/24 took him to 1001 Nov 1938v St Kilda, 1938-39
First hundred11714 Jan 1939v North Melbourne, 1938-39
1,000th run35 took him to 1,02224 Feb 1940v Collingwood, 1939-40
150th wicket7/58 took him to 15219 Oct 1940v North Melbourne, 1940-41
50th match28, 3/2521 Dec 1940v Collingwood, 1940-41
200th wicket1/16 took him to 20010 Jan 1942v Coburg, 1941-42
2,000th run42 took him to 2,01426 Feb 1944v Prahran, 1943-44

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 6 innings
from v St Kilda, 1938-39 to v VCA Colts, 1938-39 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 11 matches
from v University, 1941-42 to v Richmond, 1941-42 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 10 matches
from v South Melbourne, 1937-38 to v Northcote, 1938-39 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 3 matches bowled in
from v South Melbourne, 1943-44 to v Essendon, 1944-45 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 6 innings
from v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1934-35 to v North Melbourne, 1934-35 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111934-35: 1 (9 inns, avg 11.25)1935-36: 5 (1 inns, avg 0.00)1936-37: 4 (7 inns, avg 38.20)1937-38: 2 (9 inns, avg 23.22)1938-39: 1 (13 inns, avg 31.92)1939-40: 3 (12 inns, avg 28.33)1940-41: 4 (9 inns, avg 41.57)1941-42: 3 (13 inns, avg 46.00)1943-44: 3 (3 inns, avg 16.67)1944-45: 5 (2 inns, avg 108.00)1945-46: 4 (4 inns, avg 129.00)19341937194019441945

Moved about the order across 11 seasons: opened in 3, at 4th in 3, at 3rd in 3, at 5th in 2.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1934-351911.25
1935-36510.00
1936-374738.20
1937-382923.22
1938-3911331.92
1939-4031228.33
1940-414941.57
1941-4231346.00
1943-443316.67
1944-4552108.00
1945-4644129.00
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home454841,24711728.3415514.09
Away323481,133119*43.588415.44

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday697292,02111732.0821914.46
Weekday8103359119*51.292015.75
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct161512565218.294016.05
Nov1416244510631.795612.14
Dec441179108*59.671611.56
Jan12123503119*55.893216.75
Feb151534008933.335214.08
Mar151925939634.884016.63
Other110444.00313.67
Finals
6Finals played
283Runs · avg 31.44
20Wickets
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home and away7172112,097119*34.3821914.18
Finals61012839331.442018.75
Favourite victims
  1. GE Tamblyn × 4
  2. AA Horneman × 3
  3. AM Barker × 3
  4. CT McCall × 3
  5. EA Baker × 3
  6. EHG Vernon × 3
  7. J Ryder × 3
  8. KJ Millar × 3

The card names his victims in 62 of 63 wicket-taking games.

Fielding

Caught most off

  1. J Frederick × 9
  2. MW Sievers × 7
  3. HJ Plant × 5
  4. FD Chapman × 4
  5. AE Liddicut × 3
  6. EA Williams × 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.

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