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George Beacham

Played 1889-90 – 1907-08

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Player records

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Career totals

Career

106

Games

19

Seasons

1889-90 – 1907-08

Played

Batting

140

Innings

23

Not outs

2,441

Runs

126

High score

20.86

Average

10

50s

1

100s

Bowling

233

Wickets

8/71

Best bowling

18.54

Average

16

5-fors

2

10-fors

4,321

Overs

Fielding & keeping

53

Catches

2

Stumpings

From the record books

First XI · 1891-92 to 1900-01 · 49 matchesFull archive career →

Around this dayin 1893: 9 & 3 and 0/10 v East Melbourne in 1899: 7 & 5 and 1/33 v St Kilda

SeasonMRunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1891-925705411.6747176/87
1892-933562914.004144/79
1893-9441114518.502643/422
1895-965511917.0065.4158/733
1896-9781415115.6718267/527
1897-9851104122.00102.4278/711
1898-9982555331.8897.1287/647
1899-00713533*16.8855.483/112
1900-0141705328.3368155/343
Career491,0995419.981448/7125
Every scorecard · 49
1891-92v St Kilda3 & 120/8 & 5/15Something wrong? Tell us
1891-92v North Melbourne06/87Something wrong? Tell us
1891-92v Richmond544/69Something wrong? Tell us
1891-92v East Melbourne0 & 0*0/26Something wrong? Tell us
1891-92v Port Melbourne12/34Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93v North Melbourne00/19Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93v East Melbourne164/79Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93v Melbourne29 & 110/32Something wrong? Tell us
1893-94v Carlton41/35Something wrong? Tell us
1893-94v East Melbourne9 & 30/10Something wrong? Tell us
1893-94v South Melbourne45 & 25*–Something wrong? Tell us
1893-94v North Melbourne23 & 23/42Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96v Melbourne8*0/43Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96v North Melbourne195/84Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96v Richmond168/73Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96v St Kilda3 & 0*1/35Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96v South Melbourne5*1/16Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97v Richmond81/23Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97v Melbourne0 & 64/26Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97v Hawksburn17 & 514/? & 1/27Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97v South Melbourne0–Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97v Carlton210/15Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97v East Melbourne55/84Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97v St Kilda197/52 & 4/58Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97v North Melbourne14*0/?Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98v St Kilda417/53Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98v Carlton08/71 & 0/22Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98v East Melbourne35 & 151/134Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98v South Melbourne2*4/91Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98v Richmond177/53Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v East Melbourne–1/69Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v Richmond34*7/64Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v Carlton530/51Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v University18 & 263/52 & 4/25Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v St Kilda16 & 311/72Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v Hawksburn484/51Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v North Melbourne115/39Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v Melbourne182/40 & 1/24Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00v North Melbourne03/11Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00v St Kilda7 & 51/33Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00v South Melbourne20 & 292/38Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00v Hawksburn181/37Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00v East Melbourne130/32Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00v Carlton10–Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00v Richmond33*1/12Something wrong? Tell us
1900-01v Hawksburn13*4/39Something wrong? Tell us
1900-01v South Melbourne53 & 02/39 & 5/34Something wrong? Tell us
1900-01v North Melbourne24 & 381/52 & 2/23Something wrong? Tell us
1900-01v Melbourne0 & 421/38Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv St Kilda, 1891-92
  2. First fifty54v Richmond, 1891-92
  3. First five-for5/15v St Kilda, 1891-92
  4. Highest score54v Richmond, 1891-92
  5. Best bowling8/71v Carlton, 1897-98
  6. Last matchMatch 49v Melbourne, 1900-01

Runs by season

1891-92: 70 runs7091-921892-93: 56 runs561893-94: 111 runs11193-941895-96: 51 runs511896-97: 141 runs14196-971897-98: 110 runs1101898-99: 255 runs25598-991899-00: 135 runs1351900-01: 170 runs17000-01

Wickets by season

1891-92: 17 wickets1791-921892-93: 4 wickets41893-94: 4 wickets493-941895-96: 15 wickets151896-97: 26 wickets2696-971897-98: 27 wickets271898-99: 28 wickets2898-991899-00: 8 wickets81900-01: 15 wickets1500-01

Every innings, in order

54501891-92 v St Kilda: 31891-92 v St Kilda: 121891-92 v North Melbourne: 01891-92 v Richmond: 541891-92 v East Melbourne: 01891-92 v East Melbourne: 0*1891-92 v Port Melbourne: 11892-93 v North Melbourne: 01892-93 v East Melbourne: 161892-93 v Melbourne: 291892-93 v Melbourne: 111893-94 v Carlton: 41893-94 v East Melbourne: 91893-94 v East Melbourne: 31893-94 v South Melbourne: 451893-94 v South Melbourne: 25*1893-94 v North Melbourne: 231893-94 v North Melbourne: 21895-96 v Melbourne: 8*1895-96 v North Melbourne: 191895-96 v Richmond: 161895-96 v St Kilda: 31895-96 v St Kilda: 0*1895-96 v South Melbourne: 5*1896-97 v Richmond: 81896-97 v Melbourne: 01896-97 v Melbourne: 61896-97 v Hawksburn: 171896-97 v Hawksburn: 511896-97 v South Melbourne: 01896-97 v Carlton: 211896-97 v East Melbourne: 51896-97 v St Kilda: 191896-97 v North Melbourne: 14*1897-98 v St Kilda: 411897-98 v Carlton: 01897-98 v East Melbourne: 351897-98 v East Melbourne: 151897-98 v South Melbourne: 2*1897-98 v Richmond: 171898-99 v Richmond: 34*1898-99 v Carlton: 531898-99 v University: 181898-99 v University: 261898-99 v St Kilda: 161898-99 v St Kilda: 311898-99 v Hawksburn: 481898-99 v North Melbourne: 111898-99 v Melbourne: 181899-00 v North Melbourne: 01899-00 v St Kilda: 71899-00 v St Kilda: 51899-00 v South Melbourne: 201899-00 v South Melbourne: 291899-00 v Hawksburn: 181899-00 v East Melbourne: 131899-00 v Carlton: 101899-00 v Richmond: 33*1900-01 v Hawksburn: 13*1900-01 v South Melbourne: 531900-01 v South Melbourne: 01900-01 v North Melbourne: 241900-01 v North Melbourne: 381900-01 v Melbourne: 01900-01 v Melbourne: 42

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

Against each club

Greenvale Kanagaroos81313814.562514.286/873
Kingston Hawthorn7963512.001139.455/841
Casey South Melbourne61795329.8311415.575/341
Richmond61625440.5012810.508/733
St Kilda61374115.222612.547/5231
Melbourne51144216.29825.384/26
Carlton5885317.601921.568/711
Prahran41475136.7511411.004/0
Melbourne University1442622.00711.004/25
Port Melbourne1111.00217.002/34

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
110171717.00
210000.001
310181818.00
4501404828.00
54029117.25
6911804122.50
760864214.332
8812575336.713
91512295416.3613
1051462111.502
111069734*24.251
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Top order (1–3)30351811.671
Middle order (4–7)2414354818.912
Lower order (8–11)3896295421.6946

Batted most often at 9th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks9
  • 1–915
  • 10–1918
  • 20–298
  • 30–499
  • 50–994
  • 100+0

Turned 0 of 4 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 8.9% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 4 times.

Dismissals
  • Caught27 · 49%
  • Bowled17 · 31%
  • Stumped4 · 7%
  • Run out3 · 5%
  • LBW3 · 5%
  • Caught & bowled1 · 2%

Most often dismissed by: Carlton (4), Carter (3), Stewart (3), McShane (2), Ritchie (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
In wins2755425424.6423
In losses3855575316.8826
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins198811.094.6
In losses275623.482.1
  • Scored 50+: the side won 2 of 4 (50%), lost 2.
  • Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 9 of 12 (75%), lost 3.
  • Every other match: the side won 11 of 34 (32%), lost 23.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Batting first3135535419.7525
Batting second1742505319.2313
Second innings of the match1732965121.1411
As captain and keeper
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
As wicketkeeper1188*–
Otherwise6491,0915419.8449
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground24325775319.239513.968/71
East Melbourne Cricket Ground47753512.501202.001/134
South Melbourne Cricket Ground461264542.00720.714/91
St Kilda Cricket Ground35684113.60138.387/53
North Melbourne Cricket Ground3425236.25612.003/11
Richmond Cricket Ground33965448.001213.007/64
the Triangle33392119.50150.001/35
Melbourne Cricket Ground22261826.00335.672/40
Toorak Park111313*–49.754/39
Port Melbourne Cricket Ground11111.00217.002/34
Carlton Cricket Ground11535353.00––0/51
Wickets taken
  • Caught51 · 38%
  • Bowled46 · 35%
  • Stumped18 · 14%
  • LBW12 · 9%
  • Caught & bowled6 · 5%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)38 · 29%
  • Middle order (4–7)55 · 41%
  • Lower order (8–11)40 · 30%

12 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 11/110 v St Kilda, 1896-97. 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 1891-92 to 1900-01: 5th of 62 for runs, 2nd of 23 for wickets, 3rd of 65 for matches, 3rd of 53 for catches, 5th of 12 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 47th of 321 for runs, 20th of 172 for wickets, 69th of 345 for matches, 55th of 279 for catches, 54th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • FA Tarrant1896-97 to 1925-26 · 37 m · 797 runs · 96 wkts
  • R Mitchell1891-92 to 1900-01 · 59 m · 1,709 runs · 175 wkts
  • MW Ridgway1989-90 to 1992-93 · 56 m · 788 runs · 150 wkts
  • TL Lawford2015-16 to 2018-19 · 77 m · 1,327 runs · 193 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1891-92: 5 matches, 70 runs, 17 wickets1891-921892-93: 3 matches, 56 runs, 4 wickets1892-931893-94: 4 matches, 111 runs, 4 wickets1893-941894-95: did not play1894-951895-96: 5 matches, 51 runs, 15 wickets · 1st XI Bowling1895-961896-97: 8 matches, 141 runs, 26 wickets · 1st XI Bowling1896-971897-98: 5 matches, 110 runs, 27 wickets · 1st XI Bowling1897-981898-99: 8 matches, 255 runs, 28 wickets · 1st XI Batting1898-991899-00: 7 matches, 135 runs, 8 wickets1899-001900-01: 4 matches, 170 runs, 15 wickets1900-01

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

1895-96: 1st XI Bowling · 1896-97: 1st XI Bowling · 1897-98: 1st XI Bowling · 1898-99: 1st XI Batting

The arc

George Beacham's best season with the bat was 1898-99: 255 runs from 9 innings at 31.88. The best ten-innings patch came in 1896-97 to 1898-99: 230 runs at 32.86. The leanest, 1891-92 to 1893-94: 73 runs at 8.11.

Rolling average, innings 5 to 65: 8.1 to 32.932.9

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First five-for5/1510 Oct 1891v St Kilda, 1891-92
First fifty545 Dec 1891v Richmond, 1891-92
50th wicket1/27 took him to 509 Nov 1896v Hawksburn, 1896-97
100th wicket7/64 took him to 10129 Oct 1898v Richmond, 1898-99
1,000th run24 took him to 1,0191 Dec 1900v North Melbourne, 1900-01

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings
v South Melbourne, 1893-94 · first
Consecutive matches played: 16 matches
from v North Melbourne, 1895-96 to v South Melbourne, 1897-98 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 9 matches
from v University, 1898-99 to v Hawksburn, 1899-00 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 4 innings
from v St Kilda, 1895-96 to v Melbourne, 1896-97 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111891-92: 6 (7 inns, avg 11.67)1892-93: 11 (4 inns, avg 14.00)1893-94: 6 (7 inns, avg 18.50)1895-96: 9 (6 inns, avg 17.00)1896-97: 8 (10 inns, avg 15.67)1897-98: 6 (6 inns, avg 22.00)1898-99: 4 (9 inns, avg 31.88)1899-00: 9 (9 inns, avg 16.88)1900-01: 7 (7 inns, avg 28.33)18911893189618981900

Moved about the order across 9 seasons: at 6th in 3, at 9th in 2, at 11th in 1, at 8th in 1, at 4th in 1, at 7th in 1.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1891-926711.67
1892-9311414.00
1893-946718.50
1895-969617.00
1896-9781015.67
1897-986622.00
1898-994931.88
1899-009916.88
1900-017728.33
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home243225775319.239513.96
Away253385225420.884919.69

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday4762101,0135419.4813616.18
Weekday230865128.67811.38
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct121321214111.004711.53
Nov71112065320.601318.23
Dec71113165431.602017.65
Jan81312064217.171730.41
Feb661904818.001815.61
Mar57210633*21.201812.67
Other442541827.001112.09
Favourite victims
  1. PA McAlister × 4
  2. AE Whitehead × 3
  3. AM Wade × 3
  4. RTB Kelly × 3
  5. T Fox × 3
  6. A Green × 2
  7. AE Abud × 2
  8. AR Carlton × 2

The card names his victims in 35 of 37 wicket-taking games.

Fielding

Caught most off

  1. G Beacham × 8
  2. R Mitchell × 6
  3. FA Tarrant × 5
  4. E Sholl × 2
  5. JC McKirdy × 2
  6. M Ellis × 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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