Rod Watts

Played 1977-78 – 1991-92

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Career totals

Career

201

Games

Seasons

1977-78 – 1991-92

Played

Batting

207

Innings

Not outs

4,471

Runs

108

High score

26.77

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

176

Wickets

5/27

Best bowling

26.77

Average

5-fors

4,713

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1977-78 to 1991-92 · 201 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 1979: 70 and 0/16 and 1 ct v Richmond in 1983: 1 v Ringwood

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1977-78	13	179	73*	25.57	167.6	29	4/50	3
1978-79	13	289	101	32.11	153.4	21	2/11	1
1979-80	14	339	80*	37.67	175.5	16	3/33	7
1980-81	14	297	61	22.85	151.4	16	3/29	3
1981-82	14	536	84	38.29	189.3	16	5/54	6
1982-83	15	439	85*	29.27	210.2	22	5/27	2
1983-84	15	328	104*	25.23	57	5	2/27	5
1984-85	15	301	64*	20.07	153	20	4/27	12
1985-86	16	299	71	21.36	122.3	14	4/39	7
1986-87	12	280	108	28.00	2.2	1	1/3	5
1987-88	15	181	48*	15.08	51	5	3/54	9
1988-89	15	448	71*	44.80	84	8	2/25	10
1989-90	14	313	58	26.08	5	0	0/15	5
1990-91	9	117	27	14.63	19	3	3/40	3
1991-92	7	125	56	20.83	–	–	–	2
Career	201	4,471	108	26.77		176	5/27	80

Every scorecard · 201

1977-78	v Ringwood	dnb	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v University	dnb	2/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Footscray	3	4/63	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v North Melbourne	0	0/57	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Richmond	dnb	0/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Melbourne	23*	2/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Prahran	14*	2/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v South Melbourne	73*	3/63	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	10	1/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Carlton	24	4/50 & 0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Essendon	15	2/30 & 1/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v Collingwood	1	3/26 & 2/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78	v St Kilda	16	3/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Melbourne	25	2/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Prahran	9	1/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Richmond	dnb	1/69	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Ringwood	0	2/58	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Northcote	24	1/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Carlton	3	1/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Essendon	2	0/62	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Collingwood	13*	2/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v South Melbourne	52*	2/30 & 2/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0	2/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Waverley	25*	2/71	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v Footscray	35	2/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79	v North Melbourne	101	1/72	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Carlton	3	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Waverley	1	3/33 & 0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Richmond	70	0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Ringwood	dnb	1/47	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v North Melbourne	9	1/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Footscray	23	0/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Northcote	35*	2/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Essendon	5*	2/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Collingwood	6	2/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v St Kilda	5	0/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Prahran	80*	0/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v Melbourne	19	2/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v University	61	1/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80	v South Melbourne	22*	1/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Collingwood	18	1/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v University	13	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Carlton	0 & 13	0/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Melbourne	7	?/?	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Prahran	51*	1/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Footscray	22	0/63	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Northcote	26*	3/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v North Melbourne	dnb	1/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Richmond	18	2/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Ringwood	61	1/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	9	3/47	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v South Melbourne	4 & 9	1/17 & 1/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v St Kilda	26 & 20	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1980-81	v Waverley	dnb	2/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Waverley	21	1/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Essendon	56*	0/47	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Collingwood	10 & 24	0/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Footscray	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v North Melbourne	49	5/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	3 & 83	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Carlton	23	0/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Northcote	47	2/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Richmond	4 & 28*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v South Melbourne	18	1/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v St Kilda	3 & 0*	3/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Prahran	84	2/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v Melbourne	69	0/69	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	v University	dnb	2/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Essendon	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Northcote	17	2/47	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v St Kilda	85*	2/49	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v University	10	5/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Collingwood	3	3/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Carlton	14 & 41	3/93	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Melbourne	18	2/71	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Prahran	11	1/37 & 0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Richmond	65	1/66	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v North Melbourne	2	1/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Waverley	27	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Footscray	65 & 41*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v Ringwood	37	2/71	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	v South Melbourne	0	0/50	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Footscray	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Richmond	3 & 28*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Collingwood	52*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Ringwood	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v North Melbourne	17 & 9*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v St Kilda	3	1/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v South Melbourne	7	0/10 & 0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Melbourne	19	0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Prahran	40	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Waverley	0	0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Carlton	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Essendon	104*	2/61	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Northcote	3	0/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v University	0	2/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Footscray	4*	2/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Waverley	64*	2/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v St Kilda	10	2/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0	2/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v North Melbourne	27	4/49	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Collingwood	0	4/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Essendon	45	0/20 & 0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v University	10	1/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Northcote	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Carlton	1 & 18	1/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v South Melbourne	0 & 17*	0/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Ringwood	30 & 24	0/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Richmond	0	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Prahran	39	0/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	v Melbourne	6	2/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Essendon	25*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Melbourne	71	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Prahran	31	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Waverley	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Carlton	18*	0/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Collingwood	23	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	16	3/47	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v St Kilda	8	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Northcote	14 & 13*	1/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v North Melbourne-Geelong	25	2/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Footscray	1 & 5	1/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v University	30	0/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v South Melbourne	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Ringwood	0	4/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Richmond	3	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v St Kilda	9	0/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Melbourne	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Footscray	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Prahran	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v St Kilda	7	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Richmond	20*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v South Melbourne	51	1/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Essendon	108	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v University	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Waverley	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Northcote	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	v Carlton	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v Richmond	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v Ringwood	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v Footscray	9*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v North Melbourne-Geelong	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v Waverley	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v Northcote	0	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v Essendon	48*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v University	36	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v Collingwood	dnb	0/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v Carlton	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v St Kilda	4	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v South Melbourne	3 & 6	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v Melbourne	38	2/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	v Prahran	dnb	3/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Essendon	1	1/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Collingwood	dnb	0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Melbourne	18*	0/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Prahran	50*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	65	2/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Carlton	1*	1/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v South Melbourne	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v North Melbourne	64	1/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Richmond	0	2/71	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v University	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Ringwood	71*	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Footscray	16 & 32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Northcote	0*	1/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v St Kilda	62	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Waverley	18 & 23*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v St Kilda	42*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Waverley-Dandenong	24	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Prahran	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v South Melbourne	32*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v University	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Footscray	58	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Ringwood	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Richmond	2	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Carlton	34	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Collingwood	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Hawthorn	35	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Essendon	51	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Northcote	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Collingwood	3*	3/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Hawthorn	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Northcote	27 & 21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v University	10	0/56	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Prahran	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Footscray	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Ringwood	19*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v South Melbourne	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Carlton	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Carlton	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Hawthorn	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Footscray	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Ringwood	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Richmond	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Collingwood	56	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Essendon	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Ringwood, 1977-78
First fifty73*v South Melbourne, 1977-78
First hundred101v North Melbourne, 1978-79
First five-for5/54v North Melbourne, 1981-82
Highest score108v Essendon, 1986-87
Best bowling5/27v University, 1982-83
Last matchMatch 201v Essendon, 1991-92

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

Sort by


Kingston Hawthorn	24	466	83	22.19	3		23	20.39	3/33
Footscray	15	352	65	25.14	2		9	29.33	4/63
Carlton	15	222	41	13.88			11	32.45	4/50
Camberwell Magpies	15	211	56	21.10	2		20	17.10	4/27
Prahran	14	437	84	48.56	4		10	31.80	3/54
Casey South Melbourne	14	330	73*	27.50	3		12	26.83	3/63
Richmond	14	259	70	23.55	2		6	57.83	2/36
Essendon	13	478	108	59.75	2	2	8	44.25	2/30
Melbourne	13	331	71	30.09	2		12	34.42	2/40
St Kilda	13	300	85*	25.00	2		11	23.18	3/24
Ringwood	13	279	71*	27.90	2		10	30.20	4/39
Northcote	13	279	47	25.36			12	22.58	3/29
Melbourne University	13	197	61	17.91	1		13	21.92	5/27	1
Greenvale Kanagaroos	11	306	101	30.60	1	1	16	23.81	5/54	1
Dandenong	1	24	24	24.00			–	–	–

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	1	1	17	17*	–
2	1	0	20	20	20.00
3	6	1	132	56*	26.40	1		2
4	71	13	1,628	108	28.07	7	2	6
5	49	4	1,073	80*	23.84	9		4
6	55	11	1,005	101	22.84	6	1	4
7	16	6	448	71*	44.80	2
8	4	2	108	73*	54.00	1
9	4	2	40	23*	20.00			1

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	8	2	169	56*	28.17	1		2
Middle order (4–7)	191	34	4,154	108	26.46	24	3	14
Lower order (8–11)	8	4	148	73*	37.00	1		1

Batted most often at 4th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks17
1–965
10–1941
20–2930
30–4923
50–9926
100+3

Turned 3 of 29 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 12.0% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 31 times.

Dismissals

Caught117 · 70%
Bowled21 · 13%
LBW15 · 9%
Run out7 · 4%
Caught & bowled6 · 4%
Stumped1 · 1%

Most often dismissed by: Baker (6), King (6), Phillips (4), Callen (3), Douglas (3).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	76	18	1,851	104*	31.91	13	2	4
In losses	118	19	2,357	108	23.81	12	1	11
In draws	9	3	168	61	28.00	1		2
In ties	4	0	95	35	23.75

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	47	77	21.01	1.6
In losses	67	77	31.60	1.1
In draws	12	15	34.47	1.3
In ties	3	4	28.00	1.3

Scored 50+: the side won 15 of 29 (52%), lost 13.
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 1 of 2 (50%), lost 1.
Every other match: the side won 60 of 170 (35%), lost 93.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	106	16	2,224	108	24.71	10	3	9
Batting second	81	16	1,792	80*	27.57	15		8
Second innings of the match	20	8	455	83	37.92	1

As captain and keeper

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
As captain	9	0	154	51	17.11	1
Otherwise	198	40	4,317	108	27.32	25	3	17

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	60	64	1,365	85*	26.25	73	26.19	5/27
Schramms Reserve	38	37	639	108	19.97	12	32.00	3/40
Central Reserve South Oval	9	9	220	64*	36.67	7	23.71	2/8
Carlton Cricket Ground	8	9	126	34	15.75	5	36.80	4/50
Richmond Cricket Ground	8	9	156	70	22.29	–	–	0/15
Western Oval	8	8	114	58	16.29	5	22.60	4/63
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	7	9	162	52*	23.14	7	24.14	2/11
St Kilda Cricket Ground	7	8	81	42*	13.50	7	16.43	3/24
Essendon Cricket Ground	7	7	297	104*	99.00	7	34.43	2/30
Albert Ground	7	7	241	71	40.17	6	35.83	2/40
Russell Lucas Oval	7	7	242	71*	48.40	5	43.20	2/58
Toorak Park	7	7	182	51*	36.40	3	52.33	1/33
University Oval	7	5	131	61	26.20	7	22.86	2/27
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	6	7	121	27	24.20	7	20.00	3/29
Glenferrie Oval	5	6	166	83	27.67	4	25.25	3/47
Victoria Park	5	4	34	18	11.33	10	11.90	4/27
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	4	194	101	48.50	8	25.00	4/49

Wickets taken

Caught90 · 63%
Bowled31 · 22%
LBW16 · 11%
Caught & bowled5 · 4%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)61 · 43%
Middle order (4–7)58 · 41%
Lower order (8–11)23 · 16%

2 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 5/27 v University, 1982-83. 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 1977-78 to 1991-92: 4th of 77 for runs, 4th of 50 for wickets, 6th of 80 for matches, 5th of 14 for hundreds, 7th of 70 for catches, 6th of 40 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 18th of 321 for runs, 18th of 172 for wickets, 16th of 345 for matches, 22nd of 50 for hundreds, 32nd of 279 for catches, 22nd of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

LJ Watts1981-82 to 1999-00 · 253 m · 6,883 runs · 155 wkts
HJ Plant1927-28 to 1947-48 · 192 m · 3,335 runs · 317 wkts
DHL Arnall1941-42 to 1956-57 · 131 m · 3,359 runs · 99 wkts
FD Chapman1921-22 to 1936-37 · 162 m · 3,253 runs · 272 wkts

The careers nearest Watts’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.

As captain

Led the side in 8 matches (1987-88 to 1989-90): won 3, lost 5, drawn 0.

Most often led

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, down Honour in his name

1979-80: A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion · 1981-82: 1st XI Batting, A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion · 1982-83: 1st XI Batting, A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion · 1988-89: 1st XI Batting · 1989-90: Doug Rumble Trophy — Best Clubman

The arc

Rod Watts' best season with the bat was 1981-82: 536 runs from 17 innings at 38.29. The best ten-innings patch came in 1988-89: 312 runs at 52.00. The leanest, 1985-86 to 1986-87: 89 runs at 8.90.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty73*	3 Dec 1977	v South Melbourne, 1977-78
First hundred101	10 Mar 1979	v North Melbourne, 1978-79
50th wicket1/72 took him to 50	10 Mar 1979	v North Melbourne, 1978-79
50th match61, 1/37	24 Jan 1981	v Ringwood, 1980-81
1,000th run61 took him to 1,036	24 Jan 1981	v Ringwood, 1980-81
First five-for5/54	14 Nov 1981	v North Melbourne, 1981-82
100th wicket2/47 took him to 100	16 Oct 1982	v Northcote, 1982-83
2,000th run65 took him to 2,001	5 Feb 1983	v Footscray, 1982-83
100th match64*, 2/8	20 Oct 1984	v Waverley, 1984-85
150th wicket2/36 took him to 151	25 Jan 1986	v North Melbourne-Geelong, 1985-86
3,000th run9 took him to 3,007	15 Mar 1986	v St Kilda, 1985-86
150th match36	9 Jan 1988	v University, 1987-88
4,000th run32* took him to 4,020	26 Nov 1989	v South Melbourne, 1989-90
200th match56	25 Jan 1992	v Collingwood, 1991-92

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 4 innings: from v Waverley, 1982-83 to v Ringwood, 1982-83 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 67 matches: from v Richmond, 1981-82 to v St Kilda, 1985-86 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 14 matches: from v Melbourne, 1977-78 to v Carlton, 1978-79 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 4 matches bowled in: from v South Melbourne, 1984-85 to v Prahran, 1984-85 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings: from v Carlton, 1986-87 to v Waverley, 1987-88 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
108	v Essendon, 1986-87	Lost
104*	v Essendon, 1983-84	Won
101	v North Melbourne, 1978-79	Won
85*	v St Kilda, 1982-83	Won
84	v Prahran, 1981-82	Lost

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
5/27	v University, 1982-83	Lost
5/54	v North Melbourne, 1981-82	Won
4/27	v Collingwood, 1984-85	Won
4/39	v Ringwood, 1985-86	Won
4/49	v North Melbourne, 1984-85	Lost

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Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 15 seasons: at 4th in 6, at 6th in 5, at 5th in 3, at 9th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1977-78	9	10	25.57
1978-79	4	12	32.11
1979-80	5	13	37.67
1980-81	4	15	22.85
1981-82	4	17	38.29
1982-83	4	17	29.27
1983-84	4	17	25.23
1984-85	4	18	20.07
1985-86	6	17	21.36
1986-87	6	11	28.00
1987-88	5	14	15.08
1988-89	6	16	44.80
1989-90	5	14	26.08
1990-91	6	10	14.63
1991-92	6	6	20.83

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	98	101	17	2,004	108	23.86	85	27.01
Away	103	106	23	2,467	104*	29.72	88	27.09

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	172	182	34	4,086	108	27.61	150	28.13
Sunday	14	12	4	178	35	22.25	13	20.69
Weekday	15	13	2	207	70	18.82	10	19.20

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	37	36	11	662	85*	26.48	25	31.96
Nov	46	45	7	881	83	23.18	45	21.49
Dec	23	22	6	459	73*	28.69	18	31.44
Jan	41	44	7	970	108	26.22	33	24.15
Feb	35	43	7	1,067	104*	29.64	35	30.14
Mar	19	17	2	432	101	28.80	17	29.18

Finals

1Finals played

9Runs · avg 9.00

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	200	206	40	4,462	108	26.88	173	26.77
Finals	1	1	0	9	9	9.00

Favourite victims

RJ Baldry × 3
A Wildsmith × 2
AJ Ferguson × 2
C Barker × 2
DBG Lambert × 2
DJ Broad × 2
GK John × 2
I Knights × 2

The card names his victims in 67 of 85 wicket-taking games.

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1977-78	13	3
1978-79	13	1
1979-80	14	8
1980-81	14	6
1981-82	14	7
1982-83	15	4
1983-84	15	5
1984-85	15	12
1985-86	16	7
1986-87	12	5
1987-88	15	9
1988-89	15	10
1989-90	14	5
1990-91	9	3
1991-92	7	2

Caught most off

TV Considine × 17
LJ Watts × 16
RW Watts × 8
SK Smith × 8
GT Connors × 7
MW Ridgway × 5

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.

Rod Watts

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