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LJ Davison — Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club career — Morrie

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1960-61	9	7	0	95	30	13.57	94.3 (8)	23	4/59	9
1961-62	15	17	5	243	65	20.25	98.6 (8)	21	4/42	7
1962-63	8	8	0	112	42	14.00	44 (8)	5	2/45	5
1963-64	15	20	2	334	82	18.56	112.4 (8)	18	4/52	6
1964-65	13	15	3	131	32	10.92	85.4 (8)	12	3/11	4
1965-66	11	13	1	265	57	22.08	7.4 (8)	3	3/16	2
1971-72	13	15	0	159	46	10.60	97.5 (8)	9	3/51	5
1972-73	10	10	1	119	57	13.22	88.6 (8)	17	6/78	2
1973-74	1	2	0	17	17	8.50	0	1	1/35
Career	95	107	12	1,475	82	15.53	629 (8-ball)	109	6/78	40

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv South Melbourne, 1960-61
First fifty65v Footscray, 1961-62
First five-for6/78v Essendon, 1972-73
Highest score82v Melbourne, 1963-64
Best bowling6/78v Essendon, 1972-73
Last matchMatch 95v Essendon, 1973-74

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

Against each club

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St Kilda	10	100	26	8.33		7	22.29	3/11
Melbourne	9	245	82	24.50	3	7	42.57	3/39
Richmond	9	144	46	18.00		10	25.30	2/17
Essendon	9	134	38	13.40		13	22.15	6/78	1
Carlton	8	157	47*	22.43		10	18.90	3/42
Melbourne University	7	127	33	25.40		9	28.22	4/42
Casey South Melbourne	7	107	33	15.29		5	19.00	4/59
Greenvale Kanagaroos	7	77	24	12.83		14	15.14	4/43
Footscray	6	119	65	19.83	1	5	25.00	3/52
Camberwell Magpies	6	113	34	16.14		1	94.00	1/24
Kingston Hawthorn	6	83	57	10.38	1	10	15.90	4/94
Prahran	6	41	16*	8.20		9	18.78	3/40
Northcote	5	28	17	7.00		9	19.56	3/22

Splits

By batting position

Pos	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
1	9	1	116	65	14.50	1	2
2	11	2	151	47*	16.78		1
3	13	0	181	46	13.92		3
4	7	0	192	82	27.43	2
5	10	2	145	38	18.13
6	13	1	214	57	17.83	1	2
7	35	3	381	59

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1960-61 to 1973-74: 13th of 72 for runs, 7th of 47 for wickets, 14th of 76 for matches, 19th of 66 for catches, 28th of 41 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 37th of 321 for runs, 24th of 172 for wickets, 34th of 345 for matches, 39th of 279 for catches, 84th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

NJ Fletcher2016-17 to 2025-26 · 73 m · 973 runs · 82 wkts
SM Elliott

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Season	Opponent	Batting	Bowling
1960-61	South Melbourne	30	4/59 & 0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	University	0	3/20 & 1/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	St Kilda	8	0/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	Essendon	dnb	1/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	Carlton	21	2/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	Richmond	dnb	2/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	Melbourne	17	3/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	North Melbourne	10	2/27 & 3/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	St Kilda	9	2/33 & 0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	North Melbourne	12*	4/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	South Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	University	32*	4/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Essendon	8	0/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Carlton	47* & 20*	0/16 & 0/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Richmond	3	1/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Melbourne	1	2/28 & 0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	St Kilda	26	0/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Footscray	65	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Northcote	1	1/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Collingwood	17	0/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Prahran	0 & 1	3/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Richmond	7	2/27 & 2/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	St Kilda	1 & 0*	2/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	St Kilda	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	Melbourne	20	0/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	Richmond	42 & 2	1/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	Carlton	5	2/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	University	1	0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	South Melbourne	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	North Melbourne	24	0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	Prahran	0	2/47 & 0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	South Melbourne	13 & 6	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	North Melbourne	10	4/65	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Prahran	14	2/15 & 1/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Collingwood	14 & 6*	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Northcote	17	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Footscray	17	1/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1 & 10	2/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	St Kilda	2 & 2	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Melbourne	59	0/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Richmond	5	1/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Carlton	6	1/0 & 1/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Essendon	19	4/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	University	4*	1/15 & 0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Melbourne	82	0/54 & 0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Essendon	9 & 38	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Melbourne	0 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	St Kilda	12*	3/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Footscray	2	3/52 & 1/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Northcote	dnb	1/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Collingwood	5	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Prahran	1* & 16*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	North Melbourne	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Essendon	14	1/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	University	16	0/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	South Melbourne	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Carlton	0	1/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Richmond	32	0/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	5 & 3	1/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	Footscray	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	Collingwood	23	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	North Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	South Melbourne	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	University	33 & 29*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	Essendon	21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	Carlton	36	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	Richmond	7	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	Melbourne	57	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	St Kilda	21 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1	3/16 & 0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	Carlton	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	Footscray	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	Prahran	dnb	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	South Melbourne	0	1/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	Richmond	46	1/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	Melbourne	9	2/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	Northcote	1	3/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	Essendon	4 & 4	0/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	North Melbourne	3	0/5 & 1/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	University	12	0/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	St Kilda	7 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	Collingwood	34 & 10	0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	Essendon	dnb	6/78	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	Carlton	6 & 10*	3/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	Richmond	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	Melbourne	0	0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	St Kilda	7 & 4	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	57	4/94	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	Footscray	13	0/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	Northcote	9	3/22 & 1/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	Collingwood	4	0/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	Prahran	9	0/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	Essendon	17 & 0	1/35	Something wrong? Tell us

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Top order (1–3)	33	3	448	65	14.93	1	6
Middle order (4–7)	65	6	932	82	15.80	4	3
Lower order (8–11)	9	3	95	32*	15.83		2

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
In wins	53	9	821	82	18.66	4	2
In losses	49	3	578	57	12.57	1	8
In draws	3	0	55	36	18.33
In ties	2	0	21	21	10.50		1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	41	63	20.32	1.5
In losses	28	33	29.30	1.2
In draws	4	13	17.00	3.3

Scored 50+: the side won 4 of 5 (80%), lost 1.
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 0 of 1 (0%).
Every other match: the side won 47 of 89 (53%), lost 36.

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Batting first	46	2	643	65	14.61	1	4
Batting second	41	4	670	82	18.11	4	4
Second innings of the match	20	6	162	38	11.57		3

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	46	48	698	59	15.51	50	22.14	4/52
Albert Ground	9	12	185	82	16.82	9	37.44	3/39
Carlton Cricket Ground	5	6	48	21	9.60	8	17.75	3/42
Essendon Cricket Ground	5	5	39	17	7.80	9	20.44	6/78
Victoria Park	4	6	104	34	20.80	–	–	0/2
University Oval	4	5	110	33	55.00	5	26.20	4/42
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	4	4	32	12*	10.67	13	12.08	4/43
Western Oval	4	4	104	65	26.00	1	27.00	1/27
St Kilda Cricket Ground	3	5	51	26	10.20	–	–	0/8
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	3	55	30	18.33	4	14.75	4/59
Richmond Cricket Ground	3	3	15	7	5.00	2	35.00	1/28
Toorak Park	2	3	17	16*	17.00	2	26.50	2/47
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	2	1	9	9	9.00	5	21.60	3/22
Glenferrie Oval	1	2	8	5	4.00	1	17.00	1/17

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership Season away

1960-61: premiership

The arc

Lindsey Davison's best season with the bat was 1963-64: 334 runs from 20 innings at 18.56. The best ten-innings patch came in 1961-62: 216 runs at 36.00. The leanest, 1971-72 to 1972-73: 82 runs at 8.20.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty65	3 Feb 1962	v Footscray, 1961-62
50th wicket4/65 took him to 53	19 Oct 1963	v North Melbourne, 1963-64
50th match2, 3/52 & 1/20	31 Oct 1964	v Footscray, 1964-65
1,000th run33 took him to 1,008	11 Dec 1965	v University, 1965-66
First five-for6/78	18 Nov 1972	v Essendon, 1972-73
100th wicket3/42 took him to 100	2 Dec 1972	v Carlton, 1972-73

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 3 innings: from v South Melbourne, 1965-66 to v University, 1965-66 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 29 matches: from v South Melbourne, 1963-64 to v Footscray, 1965-66 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 7 matches: from v Essendon, 1960-61 to v North Melbourne, 1961-62 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 2 matches bowled in: from v Essendon, 1961-62 to v Carlton, 1961-62 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings: from v Melbourne, 1971-72 to v North Melbourne, 1971-72 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
82	v Melbourne, 1963-64	Won, Semi-final
65	v Footscray, 1961-62	Won
59	v Melbourne, 1963-64	Won
57	v Melbourne, 1965-66	Won
57	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1972-73	Lost

Best bowling

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 9 seasons: at 7th in 5, opened in 2, at 3rd in 1, at 4th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1960-61	7	7	13.57
1961-62	2	17	20.25
1962-63	3	8	14.00
1963-64	7	20	18.56
1964-65	7	15	10.92
1965-66	4	13	22.08
1971-72	7	15	10.60
1972-73	7	10	13.22
1973-74	2	2	8.50

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	46	48	3	698	59	15.51	50	22.14
Away	49	59	9	777	82	15.54	59	23.07

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	84	96	11	1,396	82	16.42	104	21.03
Weekday	11	11	1	79	14	7.90	5	56.20

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	16	15	3	162	32*	13.50	20	15.90
Nov	17	19	5	302	47*	21.57	19	25.11
Dec	8	10	2	112	33	14.00	9	18.33
Jan	25	29	0	392	59	13.52	20	35.95
Feb	17	18	0	311	65	17.28	17	19.94
Mar	11	15	2	187	82

Finals

6Finals played

156Runs · avg 22.29

13Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	89	99	11	1,319	65	14.99	96	22.92
Finals	6	8	1	156	82	22.29	13	20.62

Favourite victims

AE Donohue × 3
RK Wilson × 3
AE Dean × 2
AR Leigh × 2
BC Porter × 2
CA Connor × 2
DK McLean × 2
EC à Beckett × 2

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1960-61	9	9
1961-62	15	7
1962-63	8	5
1963-64	15	6
1964-65	13	4
1965-66	11	2
1971-72	13	5
1972-73	10	2
1973-74	1

Caught most off

Figures	Match	Result
6/78	v Essendon, 1972-73	Drawn
4/42	v University, 1961-62	Won
4/43	v North Melbourne, 1961-62	Won
4/52	v Essendon, 1963-64	Lost
4/59	v South Melbourne, 1960-61	Won