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Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket ClubPlayed 1946-47 – 1958-59
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Player records
Hall of Fame · inducted 2024
1st X1 career 1946-47 to 1958-59 (13 seasons; 117 matches)
Right arm pace bowler, 242 wickets, average 19.21, including
5WI seven times. Best figures of 6/17. Also 6/41 including a hat-trick vs. Essendon. Right hand batsman, 363 runs, average 5.95 with HS 28no. Won bowling average 1950-51.
Played 8 First Class games, taking 25 wickets @ 29.44, with best of 6/85 vs WA, and making 19 runs @ 2.11. Played one game for Tasmania vs. Marylebone Cricket Club, taking 3 wickets (Compton, Hutton, Simpson).
Club coach 1974-80. Also served as an assistant coach for several seasons while the Club had playing coaches.
Also played VFL football for Hawthorn ,playing 16 games in 1952 and 1953.
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.