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JA Atkinson — Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club career — Morrie

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1921-22	11	14	4	396	66	39.60	3	1	1/7	14
1922-23	10	12	0	267	89	22.25	1 (8)	0	0/2	5
1923-24	9	8	0	176	83	22.00	3.3	1	1/20	11
1924-25	10	11	0	285	73	25.91	3 (8)	1	1/27	2
1925-26	10	10	1	310	93	34.44	1	1	1/1	4
Career	50	55	5	1,434	93	28.68	7.3 + 4 (8-ball)	4	1/1	36

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Richmond, 1921-22
First fifty66v South Melbourne, 1921-22
Highest score93v Melbourne, 1925-26
Best bowling1/1v Carlton, 1925-26
Last matchMatch 50v North Melbourne, 1925-26

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

Against each club

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Prahran	6	95	24	11.88		1	7.00	1/7
Essendon	5	213	57	35.50	2	1	20.00	1/20
Camberwell Magpies	5	162	70	40.50	1	0	–	0/2
Richmond	5	130	83	26.00	1	–	–	–
Melbourne	4	191	93	47.75	1	–	–	–
Melbourne University	4	167	89	55.67	1	–	–	–
Greenvale Kanagaroos	4	151	86	37.75	1	–	–	–
Casey South Melbourne	4	102	66	25.50	1	0	–	0/9
Carlton	4	48	44	16.00		1	1.00	1/1
Northcote	4	10	6	2.50		–	–	–
St Kilda	3	39	30	13.00		–	–	–
Kingston Hawthorn	2	126	73	63.00	1	1	27.00	1/27

Splits

By batting position

Pos	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
1	16	1	258	57	17.20	1
2	19	2	599	83	35.24	4	1
3	2	0	137	93	68.50	1
4	7	0	161	86	23.00	1	2
5	4	1	53	44*	17.67		1
6	2	0	94	89	47.00	1
7	5	1	132	66

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1921-22 to 1925-26: 8th of 35 for runs, 13th of 17 for wickets, 10th of 38 for matches, 8th of 31 for catches, 6th of 18 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 39th of 321 for runs, 118th of 172 for wickets, 67th of 345 for matches, 42nd of 279 for catches, 20th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

W Dunstan1966-67 to 1968-69 · 41 m · 1,167 runs · 1 wkts
ZT Elliott

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Season	Opponent	Batting	Bowling
1921-22	Richmond	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	Essendon	0 & 44*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	University	43*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	Melbourne	46 & 38*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	St Kilda	30	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	Collingwood	41	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	39 & 14*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	Northcote	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	South Melbourne	66	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	North Melbourne	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	Prahran	19	1/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	Melbourne	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	Carlton	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	Collingwood	10	0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	Northcote	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	Essendon	17 & 9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	University	89	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	North Melbourne	86	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	Richmond	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	Prahran	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	Prahran	6 & 13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	Carlton	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	St Kilda	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	South Melbourne	9	0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	Richmond	83	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	Essendon	57	1/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	Prahran	8 & 14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	Northcote	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	Northcote	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	North Melbourne	5 & 9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	Carlton	44	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	Collingwood	70	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	73	1/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	Richmond	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	Essendon	51	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	South Melbourne	7	0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	Prahran	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	University	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	Richmond	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	Collingwood	41	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	Carlton	4	1/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	University	30	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	Prahran	24	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	Melbourne	93	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	South Melbourne	20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	St Kilda	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	Essendon	35	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	North Melbourne	42*	–	Something wrong? Tell us

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Top order (1–3)	37	3	994	93	29.24	6	1
Middle order (4–7)	18	2	440	89	27.50	3	4

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
In wins	27	3	613	93	25.54	3	3
In losses	18	1	392	86	23.06	2	1
In draws	9	1	429	89	53.63	4
In ties	1	0	0	0	0.00		1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	4	2	23.00	0.5
In losses	4	2	26.50	0.5

Scored 50+: the side won 3 of 9 (33%), lost 2.
Every other match: the side won 21 of 41 (51%), lost 12.

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Batting first	30	2	911	93	32.54	5	2
Batting second	18	0	382	70	21.22	4	3
Second innings of the match	7	3	141	44*	35.25

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
As wicketkeeper	6	0	61	30	10.17		2
Otherwise	49	5	1,373	93	31.20	9	3

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	24	25	506	70	22.00	2	31.50	1/1
Toorak Park	4	6	60	19	10.00	1	7.00	1/7
Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	4	177	93	59.00	–	–	–
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	3	3	7	6	2.33	–	–	–
Glenferrie Oval	2	3	126	73	63.00	1	27.00	1/27
Essendon Cricket Ground	2	3	77	51	25.67	–	–	–
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	2	128	86	128.00	–	–	–
Richmond Cricket Ground	2	2	89	83	44.50	–	–	–
University Oval	2	2	119	89	59.50	–	–	–
Victoria Park	2	2	51	41	25.50	–	–	0/2
Carlton Cricket Ground	2	1	44	44	44.00	–	–	–
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	1	20	20	20.00	–	–	–
St Kilda Cricket Ground	1	1	30	30	30.00	–	–	–

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, down

The arc

JA Atkinson's best season with the bat was 1921-22: 396 runs from 14 innings at 39.60. The best ten-innings patch came in 1921-22: 362 runs at 60.33. The leanest, 1921-22 to 1922-23: 148 runs at 14.80.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty66	4 Mar 1922	v South Melbourne, 1921-22
1,000th run73 took him to 1,046	10 Jan 1925	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1924-25
50th match42*	6 Mar 1926	v North Melbourne, 1925-26

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 7 innings: from v Essendon, 1921-22 to v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1921-22 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 29 matches: from v Carlton, 1923-24 to v North Melbourne, 1925-26 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 2 matches bowled in: from v Collingwood, 1922-23 to v South Melbourne, 1923-24 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings: from v Northcote, 1923-24 to v North Melbourne, 1924-25 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
93	v Melbourne, 1925-26	Won
89	v University, 1922-23	Drawn
86	v North Melbourne, 1922-23	Lost
83	v Richmond, 1923-24	Drawn
73	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1924-25	Won

Best bowling

More splits

Batting position over the years

Opened in every one of his 5 seasons.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1921-22	2	14	39.60
1922-23	1	12	22.25
1923-24	1	8	22.00
1924-25	2	11	25.91
1925-26	1	10	34.44

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	24	25	2	506	70	22.00	2	31.50
Away	26	30	3	928	93	34.37	2	18.00

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	47	52	5	1,274	93	27.11	4	24.75
Weekday	3	3	0	160	89	53.33

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	6	7	0	98	41	14.00
Nov	7	7	2	165	44*	33.00	1	1.00
Dec	7	7	1	223	70	37.17
Jan	11	13	1	536	93	44.67	1	53.00
Feb	9	10	0	241	86	24.10	1	36.00
Mar	9	10	1	152	66

Finals

2Finals played

38Runs · avg 12.67

1Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	48	52	5	1,396	93	29.70	3	30.67
Finals	2	3	0	38	19	12.67	1	7.00

Fielding

Season	M	Ct	St
1921-22	11	14
1922-23	10	5
1923-24	9	5	6
1924-25	10	2
1925-26	10	4

Caught most off

AE Liddicut × 10
AJW Lansdown × 6
R Jones × 6
AW Dummett × 4
WH Cannon × 4
FD Chapman × 3

Figures	Match	Result
1/1	v Carlton, 1925-26	Won
1/7	v Prahran, 1921-22	Lost, Semi-final
1/20	v Essendon, 1923-24	Lost
1/27	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1924-25	Won