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Ross Thomson

Played 1932-33 – 1947-48

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Player records

Career totals

Career

66

Games

16

Seasons

1932-33 – 1947-48

Played

Batting

63

Innings

12

Not outs

1,017

Runs

76

High score

19.94

Average

6

50s

0

100s

Bowling

88

Wickets

6/44

Best bowling

24.17

Average

3

5-fors

417.3 (8-ball)

Overs

Fielding

50

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1932-33 to 1974-75 · 67 matchesFull archive career →

Around this dayin 1946: 51 and 1/21 v Richmond in 1939: 0 and 6/68 and 1 ct v Carlton

SeasonMRunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1932-3363314*33.001211/191
1939-40122034713.5367.5316/6813
1940-411119976*28.4341126/4410
1941-42616057*32.0035123/265
1942-432222.001122/481
1944-4510––1611/69
1945-466774019.2576.195/615
1946-47121965116.3380.3144/718
1947-481014772*24.5068.262/117
1974-7510––1022/43
Career671,01776*19.94906/4450
Every scorecard · 67
1932-33v University14*0/27Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33v Prahrandnb0/13 & 0/6Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33v South Melbourne8*0/7Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33v Collingwooddnb1/19Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33v VCA Coltsdnb0/29Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33v Hawthorn-East Melbourne110/42Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v Carlton06/68Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v Hawthorn-East Melbourne242/23 & 1/14Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v Northcote00/25Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v Melbourne4 & 00/9 & 2/16Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v St Kilda43/61Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v South Melbourne120/68Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v Prahran70/17Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v Universitydnb1/31 & 2/7Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v Collingwood94/40 & 1/8Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v VCA Colts21 & 213/49Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v St Kilda47 & 51/25 & 4/36Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v Melbourne2 & 471/42Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v Carlton0*0/33Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v North Melbourne00/16 & 0/11Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v University01/56 & 0/11Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v Prahrandnb2/27Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v South Melbourne196/44Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v Collingwood65*0/28Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v Coburg8*1/22Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v Hawthorn-East Melbourne01/15Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v Northcote130/19 & 0/7Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v St Kilda11 & 70/12 & 1/12Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v Essendon76*0/9Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42v Carlton362/34Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42v North Melbourne41/42Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42v University57* & 1*1/29Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42v Prahran82/43Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42v South Melbourne01/36Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42v Collingwood542/16 & 3/26Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43v North Melbournednb–Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43v University22/48Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45v Hawthorn-East Melbourne–1/69Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46v St Kilda80/34Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46v Essendon260/35Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46v Prahrandnb3/29Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46v South Melbourne25/61Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46v North Melbourne401/102Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46v University1*0/27Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v South Melbourne2 & 1*1/10Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v St Kilda342/16Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Richmond511/21Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Northcote52/61Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Melbourne100/22 & 1/8Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Collingwood150/8Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Prahran72/35Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v North Melbourne70/21 & 1/8Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Essendon124/71Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Carlton20/6Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Hawthorn-East Melbourne10–Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v University400/3Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Hawthorn-East Melbourne28*–Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Northcote00/15Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Melbourne30/31Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Essendon140/25Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Richmond142/11Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v North Melbournednb0/18Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v University131/16Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Prahrandnb0/30Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Collingwood31/42Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Coburg72*2/14Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75v Hawthorn-East Melbourne–2/43Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv University, 1932-33
  2. First fifty65*v Collingwood, 1940-41
  3. First five-for6/68v Carlton, 1939-40
  4. Highest score76*v Essendon, 1940-41
  5. Best bowling6/44v South Melbourne, 1940-41
  6. Last matchMatch 67v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1974-75

Runs by season

1932-33: 33 runs3332-331939-40: 203 runs2031940-41: 199 runs19940-411941-42: 160 runs1601942-43: 2 runs242-431944-45: 0 runs1945-46: 77 runs7745-461946-47: 196 runs1961947-48: 147 runs14747-481974-75: 0 runs

Wickets by season

1932-33: 1 wickets132-331939-40: 31 wickets311940-41: 12 wickets1240-411941-42: 12 wickets121942-43: 2 wickets242-431944-45: 1 wickets11945-46: 9 wickets945-461946-47: 14 wickets141947-48: 6 wickets647-481974-75: 2 wickets2

Every innings, in order

76501932-33 v University: 14*1932-33 v South Melbourne: 8*1932-33 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 111939-40 v Carlton: 01939-40 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 241939-40 v Northcote: 01939-40 v Melbourne: 41939-40 v Melbourne: 01939-40 v St Kilda: 41939-40 v South Melbourne: 121939-40 v Prahran: 71939-40 v Collingwood: 91939-40 v VCA Colts: 211939-40 v VCA Colts: 211939-40 v St Kilda: 471939-40 v St Kilda: 51939-40 v Melbourne: 21939-40 v Melbourne: 471940-41 v Carlton: 0*1940-41 v North Melbourne: 01940-41 v University: 01940-41 v South Melbourne: 191940-41 v Collingwood: 65*1940-41 v Coburg: 8*1940-41 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 01940-41 v Northcote: 131940-41 v St Kilda: 111940-41 v St Kilda: 71940-41 v Essendon: 76*1941-42 v Carlton: 361941-42 v North Melbourne: 41941-42 v University: 57*1941-42 v University: 1*1941-42 v Prahran: 81941-42 v South Melbourne: 01941-42 v Collingwood: 541942-43 v University: 21945-46 v St Kilda: 81945-46 v Essendon: 261945-46 v South Melbourne: 21945-46 v North Melbourne: 401945-46 v University: 1*1946-47 v South Melbourne: 21946-47 v South Melbourne: 1*1946-47 v St Kilda: 341946-47 v Richmond: 511946-47 v Northcote: 51946-47 v Melbourne: 101946-47 v Collingwood: 151946-47 v Prahran: 71946-47 v North Melbourne: 71946-47 v Essendon: 121946-47 v Carlton: 21946-47 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 101946-47 v University: 401947-48 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 28*1947-48 v Northcote: 01947-48 v Melbourne: 31947-48 v Essendon: 141947-48 v Richmond: 141947-48 v University: 131947-48 v Collingwood: 31947-48 v Coburg: 72*

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

Against each club

Melbourne University812857*32.001831.882/7
Kingston Hawthorn77328*18.25729.432/23
Prahran72287.33922.223/29
Camberwell Magpies614665*36.5021215.584/40
Greenvale Kanagaroos6514012.75372.671/8
Casey South Melbourne644198.801317.386/442
St Kilda51164716.571117.824/36
Essendon412876*42.671435.004/71
Melbourne4664711.00432.002/16
Carlton4383612.67817.636/681
Northcote418134.50263.502/61
Coburg28072*–1312.002/14
Richmond2655132.501310.672/11
VCA Colts2422121.00326.003/49

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
PosInnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
11111*–
33029219.671
420585429.001
54112076*40.001
61202545121.171
714529472*32.6732
81321534713.912
99164198.003
103022117.33
11222214*–
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Top order (1–3)41302110.001
Middle order (4–7)32672676*27.9262
Lower order (8–11)2752614711.865

Batted most often at 7th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks8
  • 1–924
  • 10–1913
  • 20–295
  • 30–496
  • 50–996
  • 100+0

Turned 0 of 6 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 7.7% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 6 times.

Dismissals
  • Caught20 · 39%
  • Run out11 · 22%
  • Bowled9 · 18%
  • Stumped6 · 12%
  • LBW3 · 6%
  • Caught & bowled2 · 4%

Most often dismissed by: Barker (4), Nagel (2), Galbraith (2), Wilson (2), Healy (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
In wins42978376*23.7364
In losses1722164014.402
In draws4118106.002
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins426320.811.5
In losses172431.381.4
In draws5335.330.6
  • Scored 50+: the side won 6 of 6 (100%).
  • Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 1 of 3 (33%), lost 2.
  • Every other match: the side won 35 of 58 (60%), lost 16.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Batting first27438357*16.6523
Batting second29655276*24.0044
Second innings of the match72824716.401
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground413858272*18.775224.906/68
Toorak Park432287.33717.713/29
Albert Ground34624715.50251.501/8
Essendon Cricket Ground3310276*51.00426.254/71
Glenferrie Oval333928*19.50157.001/15
University Oval33674033.50146.001/16
North Melbourne Cricket Ground32444022.00272.001/42
Victoria Park22635431.50109.004/40
South Melbourne Cricket Ground22271927.0068.506/44
St Kilda Cricket Ground11444.00320.333/61
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote11555.00230.502/61
Carlton Cricket Ground1100*–––0/33
Wickets taken
  • Caught38 · 42%
  • Bowled19 · 21%
  • LBW15 · 17%
  • Caught & bowled12 · 13%
  • Stumped6 · 7%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)34 · 38%
  • Middle order (4–7)39 · 43%
  • Lower order (8–11)17 · 19%

3 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 6/44 v South Melbourne, 1940-41. 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 1932-33 to 1974-75: 39th of 173 for runs, 25th of 113 for wickets, 41st of 186 for matches, 24th of 156 for catches, 38th of 86 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 49th of 321 for runs, 32nd of 172 for wickets, 47th of 345 for matches, 26th of 279 for catches, 55th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • NJ Fletcher2016-17 to 2025-26 · 73 m · 973 runs · 82 wkts
  • SM Elliott2018-19 to 2025-26 · 83 m · 1,134 runs · 121 wkts
  • CA McKissack1986-87 to 1993-94 · 69 m · 822 runs · 76 wkts
  • AEO Barras1933-34 to 1944-45 · 54 m · 728 runs · 64 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1932-33: 6 matches, 33 runs, 1 wicket32-331933-34: did not play1934-35: did not play1935-36: did not play1936-37: did not play36-371937-38: did not play1938-39: did not play1939-40: 12 matches, 203 runs, 31 wickets · Premiership1940-41: 11 matches, 199 runs, 12 wickets40-411941-42: 6 matches, 160 runs, 12 wickets1942-43: 2 matches, 2 runs, 2 wickets1943-44: did not play1944-45: 1 match, 0 runs, 1 wicket44-451945-46: 6 matches, 77 runs, 9 wickets1946-47: 12 matches, 196 runs, 14 wickets1947-48: 10 matches, 147 runs, 6 wickets1948-49: did not play48-491949-50: did not play1950-51: did not play1951-52: did not play1952-53: did not play52-531953-54: did not play1954-55: did not play1955-56: did not play1956-57: did not play56-571957-58: did not play1958-59: did not play1959-60: did not play1960-61: did not play60-611961-62: did not play1962-63: did not play1963-64: did not play1964-65: did not play64-651965-66: did not play1966-67: did not play1967-68: did not play1968-69: did not play68-691969-70: did not play1970-71: did not play1971-72: did not play1972-73: did not play72-731973-74: did not play1974-75: 1 match, 0 runs, 2 wickets

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

1939-40: premiership · 1966-67: 1st XI Bowling · 1968-69: 1st XI Bowling · 1969-70: 1st XI Bowling · 1971-72: 1st XI Bowling · 1972-73: 1st XI Bowling

The arc

Ross Thomson's best season with the bat was 1939-40: 203 runs from 15 innings at 13.53. The best ten-innings patch came in 1940-41 to 1941-42: 277 runs at 46.17. The leanest, 1932-33 to 1939-40: 71 runs at 7.10.

Rolling average, innings 7 to 63: 7.1 to 46.246.2

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First five-for6/684 Nov 1939v Carlton, 1939-40
First fifty65*21 Dec 1940v Collingwood, 1940-41
50th wicket2/43 took him to 5015 Nov 1941v Prahran, 1941-42
50th match15, 0/814 Dec 1946v Collingwood, 1946-47
1,000th run72* took him to 1,0176 Mar 1948v Coburg, 1947-48

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings
from v Essendon, 1940-41 to v Carlton, 1941-42 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 21 matches
from v St Kilda, 1945-46 to v Melbourne, 1947-48 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 6 matches
from v Carlton, 1941-42 to v Collingwood, 1941-42 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 5 matches bowled in
from v Carlton, 1946-47 to v Essendon, 1947-48 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 4 innings
from v Northcote, 1939-40 to v St Kilda, 1939-40 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111932-33: 11 (3 inns, avg 33.00)1939-40: 8 (15 inns, avg 13.53)1940-41: 9 (11 inns, avg 28.43)1941-42: 3 (7 inns, avg 32.00)1942-43: 7 (1 inns, avg 2.00)1945-46: 5 (5 inns, avg 19.25)1946-47: 6 (13 inns, avg 16.33)1947-48: 7 (8 inns, avg 24.50)19321940194219461947

Moved about the order across 8 seasons: at 7th in 2, at 11th in 1, at 8th in 1, at 9th in 1, at 3rd in 1, at 5th in 1, at 6th in 1.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1932-3311333.00
1939-4081513.53
1940-4191128.43
1941-423732.00
1942-43712.00
1945-465519.25
1946-4761316.33
1947-487824.50
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home4138758272*18.775224.90
Away2625543576*21.753823.03

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday60601294776*19.738024.13
Weekday730705123.331024.00
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct9931053617.50735.14
Nov1515322057*18.332819.89
Dec66113865*27.60721.00
Jan201321142610.362129.81
Feb980904011.251524.33
Mar812335076*38.891219.08
Finals
2Finals played
101Runs · avg 25.25
6Wickets
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home and away65591291676*19.498424.61
Finals2401014725.25617.17
Favourite victims
  1. VA Hendy × 3
  2. DJ Field × 2
  3. DMJ Fitzmaurice × 2
  4. IWG Johnson × 2
  5. JG Bath × 2
  6. RA Dempster × 2
  7. RG Gregory × 2
  8. RR Walker × 2
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. R Thomson × 12
  2. MW Sievers × 11
  3. HJ Plant × 6
  4. EA Williams × 5
  5. RHW Liddicut × 5
  6. HAE Shillinglaw × 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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