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G Sanders

Played 1972-73 – 1975-76

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Career totals

Career

Games

Seasons

1972-73 – 1975-76

Played

Batting

Innings

Not outs

692

Runs

104

High score

18.21

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

0.00

Average

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1972-73 to 1975-76 · 37 matchesFull archive career →

Century season 1974-75

Around this dayin 1973: 43 and 1 ct v South Melbourne

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1972-73	10	209	46	17.42	–	–	–	7
1973-74	7	121	43	17.29	0	0	0/9	5
1974-75	10	231	104	21.00	–	–	–	5
1975-76	10	131	40	16.38	–	–	–	4
Career	37	692	104	18.21		0	0/9	21

Every scorecard · 37

1972-73	v South Melbourne	22 & 16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v North Melbourne	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Essendon	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Melbourne	46	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v St Kilda	2 & 6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Footscray	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Northcote	30 & 13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Collingwood	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Prahran	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Prahran	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v South Melbourne	43	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Richmond	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Carlton	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Collingwood	26 & 2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Footscray	0	0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Carlton	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v North Melbourne	51	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Richmond	9 & 3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Essendon	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Ringwood	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Collingwood	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Prahran	16 & 5*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Melbourne	104	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v University	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Collingwood	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v University	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Prahran	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Waverley	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Footscray	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Essendon	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Northcote	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v South Melbourne	26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Carlton	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Richmond	40	–	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv South Melbourne, 1972-73
First fifty51v North Melbourne, 1974-75
First hundred104v Melbourne, 1974-75
Highest score104v Melbourne, 1974-75
Last matchMatch 37v Richmond, 1975-76

Runs by season

Every innings, in order

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

Against each club

Sort by


Camberwell Magpies	5	48	26	12.00
Prahran	4	56	19	14.00
Casey South Melbourne	3	107	43	26.75
Richmond	3	67	40	16.75
Kingston Hawthorn	3	29	12	9.67
Essendon	3	24	16	12.00
Carlton	3	24	12	8.00
Footscray	3	16	16	8.00
Melbourne	2	150	104	75.00		1
Greenvale Kanagaroos	2	69	51	34.50	1
Northcote	2	55	30	18.33
Melbourne University	2	35	18	17.50
St Kilda	1	8	6	4.00
Ringwood	1	4	4	4.00

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	22	1	427	104	20.33		1
2	4	0	53	30	13.25
4	1	1	2	2*	–
5	8	0	135	51	16.88	1		1
6	5	0	75	26	15.00

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	26	1	480	104	19.20		1
Middle order (4–7)	14	1	212	51	16.31	1		1

Batted most often at 1st.

Scores and consistency

Ducks1
1–914
10–1916
20–293
30–494
50–991
100+1

Turned 1 of 2 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 11.4% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 4 times.

Dismissals

Caught22 · 58%
LBW6 · 16%
Bowled5 · 13%
Run out3 · 8%
Caught & bowled2 · 5%

Most often dismissed by: Davis (4), Murch (2), McArdle (2), Leehane (2), Gott (2).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	16	1	263	51	17.53	1
In losses	22	1	411	104	19.57		1	1
In draws	2	0	18	16	9.00

Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 2 (50%), lost 1.
Every other match: the side won 13 of 35 (37%), lost 18.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	17	0	344	104	20.24		1	1
Batting second	17	0	303	51	17.82	1
Second innings of the match	6	2	45	16	11.25

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	21	22	358	104	16.27
Victoria Park	2	3	31	26	15.50
Carlton Cricket Ground	2	2	15	12	7.50
Richmond Cricket Ground	2	2	55	40	27.50
Essendon Cricket Ground	2	1	16	16	16.00
Western Oval	2	1	0	0	0.00
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	1	2	43	30	21.50
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	2	38	22	19.00
Toorak Park	1	2	21	16	21.00
Albert Ground	1	1	46	46	46.00
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	1	51	51	51.00
University Oval	1	1	18	18	18.00

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1972-73 to 1975-76: 17th of 32 for runs, 21st of 34 for matches, 3rd of 5 for hundreds, 15th of 30 for catches, 12th of 24 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 72nd of 321 for runs, 89th of 345 for matches, 30th of 50 for hundreds, 63rd of 279 for catches, 66th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

PW White1977-78 to 1979-80 · 32 m · 636 runs · 0 wkts
L Shivakumar2018-19 to 2021-22 · 40 m · 732 runs · 0 wkts
MC Reid1941-42 to 1951-52 · 45 m · 796 runs · 2 wkts
J Hollioake1967-68 to 1975-76 · 34 m · 737 runs · 0 wkts

The careers nearest Sanders’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.

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up

The arc

Gary Sanders' best season with the bat was 1974-75: 231 runs from 12 innings at 21.00. The best ten-innings patch came in 1974-75: 220 runs at 24.44. The leanest, 1973-74 to 1974-75: 105 runs at 11.67.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty51	16 Nov 1974	v North Melbourne, 1974-75
First hundred104	22 Feb 1975	v Melbourne, 1974-75

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 12 matches: from v Melbourne, 1972-73 to v Carlton, 1973-74 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings: from v Richmond, 1974-75 to v Collingwood, 1974-75 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
104	v Melbourne, 1974-75	Lost
51	v North Melbourne, 1974-75	Won
46	v Melbourne, 1972-73	Lost
43	v South Melbourne, 1973-74	Won
40	v Richmond, 1975-76	Lost

More splits

Batting position over the years

Opened in every one of his 4 seasons.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1972-73	1	12	17.42
1973-74	1	8	17.29
1974-75	1	12	21.00
1975-76	1	8	16.38

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home	21	22	0	358	104	16.27
Away	16	18	2	334	51	20.88

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
Saturday	34	37	2	649	104	18.54
Weekday	3	3	0	43	16	14.33

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Oct	7	8	0	142	43	17.75
Nov	8	7	0	113	51	16.14
Dec	2	1	0	8	8	8.00
Jan	8	9	0	111	46	12.33
Feb	7	10	2	240	104	30.00
Mar	5	5	0	78	40	15.60

Finals

1Finals played

2Runs · avg 2.00

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home and away	36	39	2	690	104	18.65
Finals	1	1	0	2	2	2.00

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1972-73	10	7
1973-74	7	5
1974-75	10	5
1975-76	10	4

Caught most off

EP Illingworth × 6
AT Duff × 5
AL Thomson × 3
NR Buszard × 3
IF McOrist × 2
DD Weir × 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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G Sanders

Played 1972-73 – 1975-76

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Career totals

Career

Games

Seasons

1972-73 – 1975-76

Played

Batting

Innings

Not outs

692

Runs

104

High score

18.21

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

0.00

Average

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1972-73 to 1975-76 · 37 matchesFull archive career →

Century season 1974-75

Around this dayin 1973: 43 and 1 ct v South Melbourne

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1972-73	10	209	46	17.42	–	–	–	7
1973-74	7	121	43	17.29	0	0	0/9	5
1974-75	10	231	104	21.00	–	–	–	5
1975-76	10	131	40	16.38	–	–	–	4
Career	37	692	104	18.21		0	0/9	21

Every scorecard · 37

1972-73	v South Melbourne	22 & 16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v North Melbourne	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Essendon	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Melbourne	46	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v St Kilda	2 & 6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Footscray	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Northcote	30 & 13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Collingwood	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Prahran	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Prahran	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v South Melbourne	43	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Richmond	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Carlton	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Collingwood	26 & 2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Footscray	0	0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Carlton	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v North Melbourne	51	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Richmond	9 & 3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Essendon	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Ringwood	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Collingwood	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Prahran	16 & 5*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Melbourne	104	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v University	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Collingwood	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v University	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Prahran	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Waverley	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Footscray	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Essendon	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Northcote	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v South Melbourne	26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Carlton	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Richmond	40	–	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv South Melbourne, 1972-73
First fifty51v North Melbourne, 1974-75
First hundred104v Melbourne, 1974-75
Highest score104v Melbourne, 1974-75
Last matchMatch 37v Richmond, 1975-76

Runs by season

Every innings, in order

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

Against each club

Sort by


Camberwell Magpies	5	48	26	12.00
Prahran	4	56	19	14.00
Casey South Melbourne	3	107	43	26.75
Richmond	3	67	40	16.75
Kingston Hawthorn	3	29	12	9.67
Essendon	3	24	16	12.00
Carlton	3	24	12	8.00
Footscray	3	16	16	8.00
Melbourne	2	150	104	75.00		1
Greenvale Kanagaroos	2	69	51	34.50	1
Northcote	2	55	30	18.33
Melbourne University	2	35	18	17.50
St Kilda	1	8	6	4.00
Ringwood	1	4	4	4.00

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	22	1	427	104	20.33		1
2	4	0	53	30	13.25
4	1	1	2	2*	–
5	8	0	135	51	16.88	1		1
6	5	0	75	26	15.00

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	26	1	480	104	19.20		1
Middle order (4–7)	14	1	212	51	16.31	1		1

Batted most often at 1st.

Scores and consistency

Ducks1
1–914
10–1916
20–293
30–494
50–991
100+1

Turned 1 of 2 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 11.4% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 4 times.

Dismissals

Caught22 · 58%
LBW6 · 16%
Bowled5 · 13%
Run out3 · 8%
Caught & bowled2 · 5%

Most often dismissed by: Davis (4), Murch (2), McArdle (2), Leehane (2), Gott (2).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	16	1	263	51	17.53	1
In losses	22	1	411	104	19.57		1	1
In draws	2	0	18	16	9.00

Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 2 (50%), lost 1.
Every other match: the side won 13 of 35 (37%), lost 18.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	17	0	344	104	20.24		1	1
Batting second	17	0	303	51	17.82	1
Second innings of the match	6	2	45	16	11.25

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	21	22	358	104	16.27
Victoria Park	2	3	31	26	15.50
Carlton Cricket Ground	2	2	15	12	7.50
Richmond Cricket Ground	2	2	55	40	27.50
Essendon Cricket Ground	2	1	16	16	16.00
Western Oval	2	1	0	0	0.00
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	1	2	43	30	21.50
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	2	38	22	19.00
Toorak Park	1	2	21	16	21.00
Albert Ground	1	1	46	46	46.00
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	1	51	51	51.00
University Oval	1	1	18	18	18.00

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1972-73 to 1975-76: 17th of 32 for runs, 21st of 34 for matches, 3rd of 5 for hundreds, 15th of 30 for catches, 12th of 24 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 72nd of 321 for runs, 89th of 345 for matches, 30th of 50 for hundreds, 63rd of 279 for catches, 66th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

PW White1977-78 to 1979-80 · 32 m · 636 runs · 0 wkts
L Shivakumar2018-19 to 2021-22 · 40 m · 732 runs · 0 wkts
MC Reid1941-42 to 1951-52 · 45 m · 796 runs · 2 wkts
J Hollioake1967-68 to 1975-76 · 34 m · 737 runs · 0 wkts

The careers nearest Sanders’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.

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up

The arc

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty51	16 Nov 1974	v North Melbourne, 1974-75
First hundred104	22 Feb 1975	v Melbourne, 1974-75

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 12 matches: from v Melbourne, 1972-73 to v Carlton, 1973-74 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings: from v Richmond, 1974-75 to v Collingwood, 1974-75 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
104	v Melbourne, 1974-75	Lost
51	v North Melbourne, 1974-75	Won
46	v Melbourne, 1972-73	Lost
43	v South Melbourne, 1973-74	Won
40	v Richmond, 1975-76	Lost

More splits

Batting position over the years

Opened in every one of his 4 seasons.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1972-73	1	12	17.42
1973-74	1	8	17.29
1974-75	1	12	21.00
1975-76	1	8	16.38

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home	21	22	0	358	104	16.27
Away	16	18	2	334	51	20.88

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
Saturday	34	37	2	649	104	18.54
Weekday	3	3	0	43	16	14.33

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Oct	7	8	0	142	43	17.75
Nov	8	7	0	113	51	16.14
Dec	2	1	0	8	8	8.00
Jan	8	9	0	111	46	12.33
Feb	7	10	2	240	104	30.00
Mar	5	5	0	78	40	15.60

Finals

1Finals played

2Runs · avg 2.00

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home and away	36	39	2	690	104	18.65
Finals	1	1	0	2	2	2.00

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1972-73	10	7
1973-74	7	5
1974-75	10	5
1975-76	10	4

Caught most off

EP Illingworth × 6
AT Duff × 5
AL Thomson × 3
NR Buszard × 3
IF McOrist × 2
DD Weir × 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.