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R Boyes

Played 1942-43 – 1943-44

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Career totals

Career

28

Games

2

Seasons

1942-43 – 1943-44

Played

Batting

20

Innings

3

Not outs

172

Runs

28

High score

10.12

Average

0

50s

0

100s

Bowling

26

Wickets

2/22

Best bowling

29.04

Average

55 (8-ball)

Overs

Fielding

5

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1942-43 to 1943-44 · 22 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 1943: 0 and 1/10 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne

SeasonMRunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1942-4310822813.6722102/242
1943-441250196.2533132/222
Career22132289.43232/224
Every scorecard · 22
1942-43v St Kilda141/60Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43v Melbourne101/?Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43v Northcote?1/21Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43v Hawthorn-East Melbourne14–Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43v Preston281/18Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43v Collingwooddnb2/24Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43v South Melbournednb1/42Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43v Carlton52/39Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43v Essendon11*1/18Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43v North Melbournednb–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Richmonddnb0/35Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Essendon171/42Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v St Kilda40/24Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Melbourne?2/32Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Northcote1*2/37Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Hawthorn-East Melbourne01/10Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Brunswick2*0/11Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Collingwood191/15Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v South Melbourne22/22Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Melbournednb2/33Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Northcote51/14Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Yarraville (Sub-District)01/16Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv St Kilda, 1942-43
  2. Highest score28v Preston, 1942-43
  3. Best bowling2/22v South Melbourne, 1943-44
  4. Last matchMatch 22v Yarraville (Sub-District), 1943-44

Runs by season

1942-43: 82 runs8242-431943-44: 50 runs5043-44

Wickets by season

1942-43: 10 wickets1042-431943-44: 13 wickets1343-44

Every innings, in order

501942-43 v St Kilda: 141942-43 v Melbourne: 101942-43 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 141942-43 v Preston: 281942-43 v Carlton: 51942-43 v Essendon: 11*1943-44 v Essendon: 171943-44 v St Kilda: 41943-44 v Northcote: 1*1943-44 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 01943-44 v Brunswick: 2*1943-44 v Collingwood: 191943-44 v South Melbourne: 21943-44 v Northcote: 51943-44 v Yarraville (Sub-District): 0

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

Against each club

Melbourne3101010.00513.002/32
Northcote3656.00418.002/37
Essendon2281728.00230.001/18
Camberwell Magpies2191919.00313.002/24
St Kilda218149.00184.001/60
Kingston Hawthorn214147.00110.001/10
Casey South Melbourne2222.00321.332/22
Preston1282828.00118.001/18
Carlton1555.00219.502/39
Brunswick122*–0–0/11
Greenvale Kanagaroos1––––––
Richmond1–––0–0/35
Yarraville (Sub-District)1000.00116.001/16

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
PosInnNORunsHSAvg0s
410000.001
510444.00
710555.00
8312611*13.00
930562818.67
1051401910.001
111111*–
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
Middle order (4–7)30953.001
Lower order (8–11)1231232813.671

Batted most often at 10th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks2
  • 1–96
  • 10–196
  • 20–291
  • 30–490
  • 50–990
  • 100+0

6.3% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 1 time.

Dismissals
  • Caught5 · 45%
  • Bowled4 · 36%
  • Stumped2 · 18%
In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
In wins72692813.80
In losses7153198.832
In ties10101010.00
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins101124.181.1
In losses91122.451.2
In ties110.001.0
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
Batting first1121072811.891
Batting second4125198.331
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground117682811.331224.082/22
Albert Ground21101010.00311.002/33
St Kilda Cricket Ground21444.00166.001/42
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote1111*–218.502/37
Carlton Cricket Ground11555.00219.502/39
Essendon Cricket Ground111111*–118.001/18
Victoria Park11191919.00115.001/15
Yarraville Oval11000.00116.001/16
Glenferrie Oval11141414.00–––
North Melbourne Cricket Ground100–––––
Wickets taken
  • Caught9 · 50%
  • Bowled8 · 44%
  • LBW1 · 6%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)10 · 56%
  • Middle order (4–7)6 · 33%
  • Lower order (8–11)2 · 11%

Best in a match: 2/22 v South Melbourne, 1943-44. 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 1942-43 to 1943-44: 29th of 39 for runs, 17th of 31 for wickets, 28th of 41 for matches, 30th of 38 for catches.

Under Fitzroy: 171st of 321 for runs, 63rd of 172 for wickets, 113th of 345 for matches, 159th of 279 for catches.

Played like…

  • RK Wilson2004-05 to 2017-18 · 15 m · 87 runs · 14 wkts
  • Gurnaz Khatra2023-24 to 2025-26 · 26 m · 150 runs · 32 wkts
  • IW Waller1987-88 to 1988-89 · 20 m · 62 runs · 18 wkts
  • MEL Shaw2007-08 · 12 m · 108 runs · 14 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1942-43: 10 matches, 82 runs, 10 wickets1942-431943-44: 12 matches, 50 runs, 13 wickets1943-44

Runs, up Wickets, down

The arc

R Boyes' best season with the bat was 1942-43: 82 runs from 7 innings at 13.67. The best ten-innings patch came in 1942-43 to 1943-44: 101 runs at 14.43. The leanest, 1942-43 to 1943-44: 61 runs at 8.71.

Rolling average, innings 5 to 15: 8.7 to 16.516.5

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

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 9 matches
from v Richmond, 1943-44 to v South Melbourne, 1943-44 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 5 matches
from v Preston, 1942-43 to v Essendon, 1942-43 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 3 innings
from v South Melbourne, 1943-44 to v Yarraville (Sub-District), 1943-44 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111942-43: 9 (6 inns, avg 16.40)1943-44: 10 (9 inns, avg 7.14)19421943

Batted at 9th for 1 season, dropped to 10th from 1943-44.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1942-439616.40
1943-441097.14
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home1171682811.331224.08
Away1182641910.671120.36

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

Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct1071882814.67929.89
Nov64123197.67717.71
Dec110555.00219.50
Jan4211611*16.00416.25
Feb110000.00116.00
Favourite victims
  1. BT Taylor × 2
  2. A Franklin × 1
  3. AN Curphey × 1
  4. CA Gardner × 1
  5. GH Tate × 1
  6. GS Meikle × 1
  7. H Tibbett × 1
  8. JH Baggott × 1

The card names his victims in 14 of 17 wicket-taking games.

Fielding
SeasonMCt
1942-43102
1943-44122

Caught most off

  1. TJ Ruddell × 2
  2. E Moore × 1
  3. IT Clay × 1

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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