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R Thomson — Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club career — Morrie

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1932-33	6	3	2	33	14*	33.00	12 (8)	1	1/19	1
1939-40	12	15	0	203	47	13.53	67.5 (8)	31	6/68	13
1940-41	11	11	4	199	76*	28.43	41 (8)	12	6/44	10
1941-42	6	7	2	160	57*	32.00	35 (8)	12	3/26	5
1942-43	2	1	0	2	2	2.00	11 (8)	2	2/48	1
1944-45	1	0	0	0	–	–	16 (8)	1	1/69
1945-46	6	5	1	77	40	19.25	76.1 (8)	9	5/61	5
1946-47	12	13	1	196	51	16.33	80.3 (8)	14	4/71	8
1947-48	10	8	2	147	72*	24.50	68.2 (8)	6	2/11	7
1974-75	1	0	0	0	–	–	10 (8)	2	2/43
Career	67	63	12	1,017	76*	19.94	417.3 (8-ball)	90	6/44	50

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv University, 1932-33
First fifty65*v Collingwood, 1940-41
First five-for6/68v Carlton, 1939-40
Highest score76*v Essendon, 1940-41
Best bowling6/44v South Melbourne, 1940-41
Last matchMatch 67v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1974-75

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

Against each club

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Melbourne University	8	128	57*	32.00	1	8	31.88	2/7
Kingston Hawthorn	7	73	28*	18.25		7	29.43	2/23
Prahran	7	22	8	7.33		9	22.22	3/29
Camberwell Magpies	6	146	65*	36.50	2	12	15.58	4/40
Greenvale Kanagaroos	6	51	40	12.75		3	72.67	1/8
Casey South Melbourne	6	44	19	8.80		13	17.38	6/44	2
St Kilda	5	116	47	16.57		11	17.82	4/36
Essendon	4	128	76*	42.67	1	4	35.00	4/71
Melbourne	4	66	47	11.00		4	32.00	2/16
Carlton	4	38	36	12.67		8	17.63	6/68	1
Northcote	4	18	13	4.50		2	63.50	2/61
Coburg	2	80	72*	–	1	3	12.00	2/14
Richmond	2	65	51	32.50	1	3	10.67	2/11
VCA Colts	2	42	21	21.00		3	26.00	3/49

Splits

By batting position

Pos	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
1	1	1	1	1*	–
3	3	0	29	21	9.67		1
4	2	0	58	54	29.00	1
5	4	1	120	76*	40.00	1
6	12	0	254	51	21.17	1
7	14	5	294	72*	32.67	3	2
8	13	2	153	47	13.91

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1932-33 to 1974-75: 39th of 173 for runs, 25th of 113 for wickets, 41st of 186 for matches, 24th of 156 for catches, 38th of 86 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 49th of 321 for runs, 32nd of 172 for wickets, 47th of 345 for matches, 26th of 279 for catches, 55th 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
1932-33	University	14*	0/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	Prahran	dnb	0/13 & 0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	South Melbourne	8*	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	Collingwood	dnb	1/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	VCA Colts	dnb	0/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	11	0/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	Carlton	0	6/68	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	24	2/23 & 1/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	Northcote	0	0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	Melbourne	4 & 0	0/9 & 2/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	St Kilda	4	3/61	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	South Melbourne	12	0/68	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	Prahran	7	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	University	dnb	1/31 & 2/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	Collingwood	9	4/40 & 1/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	VCA Colts	21 & 21	3/49	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	St Kilda	47 & 5	1/25 & 4/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	Melbourne	2 & 47	1/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	Carlton	0*	0/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	North Melbourne	0	0/16 & 0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	University	0	1/56 & 0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	Prahran	dnb	2/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	South Melbourne	19	6/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	Collingwood	65*	0/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	Coburg	8*	1/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0	1/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	Northcote	13	0/19 & 0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	St Kilda	11 & 7	0/12 & 1/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	Essendon	76*	0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	Carlton	36	2/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	North Melbourne	4	1/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	University	57* & 1*	1/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	Prahran	8	2/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	South Melbourne	0	1/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	Collingwood	54	2/16 & 3/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	North Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	University	2	2/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	–	1/69	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	St Kilda	8	0/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	Essendon	26	0/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	Prahran	dnb	3/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	South Melbourne	2	5/61	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	North Melbourne	40	1/102	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	University	1*	0/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	South Melbourne	2 & 1*	1/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	St Kilda	34	2/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	Richmond	51	1/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	Northcote	5	2/61	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	Melbourne	10	0/22 & 1/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	Collingwood	15	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	Prahran	7	2/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	North Melbourne	7	0/21 & 1/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	Essendon	12	4/71	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	Carlton	2	0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	University	40	0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	28*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	Northcote	0	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	Melbourne	3	0/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	Essendon	14	0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	Richmond	14	2/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	North Melbourne	dnb	0/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	University	13	1/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	Prahran	dnb	0/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	Collingwood	3	1/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	Coburg	72*	2/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	–	2/43	Something wrong? Tell us

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Top order (1–3)	4	1	30	21	10.00		1
Middle order (4–7)	32	6	726	76*	27.92	6	2
Lower order (8–11)	27	5	261	47	11.86		5

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
In wins	42	9	783	76*	23.73	6	4
In losses	17	2	216	40	14.40		2
In draws	4	1	18	10	6.00		2

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	42	63	20.81	1.5
In losses	17	24	31.38	1.4
In draws	5	3	35.33	0.6

Scored 50+: the side won 6 of 6 (100%).
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 1 of 3 (33%), lost 2.
Every other match: the side won 35 of 58 (60%), lost 16.

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Batting first	27	4	383	57*	16.65	2	3
Batting second	29	6	552	76*	24.00	4	4
Second innings of the match	7	2	82	47	16.40		1

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	41	38	582	72*	18.77	52	24.90	6/68
Toorak Park	4	3	22	8	7.33	7	17.71	3/29
Albert Ground	3	4	62	47	15.50	2	51.50	1/8
Essendon Cricket Ground	3	3	102	76*	51.00	4	26.25	4/71
Glenferrie Oval	3	3	39	28*	19.50	1	57.00	1/15
University Oval	3	3	67	40	33.50	1	46.00	1/16
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	2	44	40	22.00	2	72.00	1/42
Victoria Park	2	2	63	54	31.50	10	9.00	4/40
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	2	27	19	27.00	6	8.50	6/44
St Kilda Cricket Ground	1	1	4	4	4.00	3	20.33	3/61
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	1	1	5	5	5.00	2	30.50	2/61
Carlton Cricket Ground	1	1	0	0*	–	–	–	0/33

The shape of the career

Season by season

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

1939-40: premiership · 1966-67: 1st XI Bowling · 1968-69: 1st XI Bowling · 1969-70: 1st XI Bowling · 1971-72: 1st XI Bowling · 1972-73: 1st XI Bowling

The arc

Ross Thomson's best season with the bat was 1939-40: 203 runs from 15 innings at 13.53. The best ten-innings patch came in 1940-41 to 1941-42: 277 runs at 46.17. The leanest, 1932-33 to 1939-40: 71 runs at 7.10.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First five-for6/68	4 Nov 1939	v Carlton, 1939-40
First fifty65*	21 Dec 1940	v Collingwood, 1940-41
50th wicket2/43 took him to 50	15 Nov 1941	v Prahran, 1941-42
50th match15, 0/8	14 Dec 1946	v Collingwood, 1946-47
1,000th run72* took him to 1,017	6 Mar 1948	v Coburg, 1947-48

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings: from v Essendon, 1940-41 to v Carlton, 1941-42 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 21 matches: from v St Kilda, 1945-46 to v Melbourne, 1947-48 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 6 matches: from v Carlton, 1941-42 to v Collingwood, 1941-42 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 5 matches bowled in: from v Carlton, 1946-47 to v Essendon, 1947-48 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 4 innings: from v Northcote, 1939-40 to v St Kilda, 1939-40 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
76*	v Essendon, 1940-41	Won
72*	v Coburg, 1947-48	Won
65*	v Collingwood, 1940-41	Won
57*	v University, 1941-42	Won
54	v Collingwood, 1941-42	Won

Best bowling

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 8 seasons: at 7th in 2, at 11th in 1, at 8th in 1, at 9th in 1, at 3rd in 1, at 5th in 1, at 6th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1932-33	11	3	33.00
1939-40	8	15	13.53
1940-41	9	11	28.43
1941-42	3	7	32.00
1942-43	7	1	2.00
1945-46	5	5	19.25
1946-47	6	13	16.33
1947-48	7	8	24.50

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	41	38	7	582	72*	18.77	52	24.90
Away	26	25	5	435	76*	21.75	38	23.03

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	60	60	12	947	76*	19.73	80	24.13
Weekday	7	3	0	70	51	23.33	10	24.00

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	9	9	3	105	36	17.50	7	35.14
Nov	15	15	3	220	57*	18.33	28	19.89
Dec	6	6	1	138	65*	27.60	7	21.00
Jan	20	13	2	114	26	10.36	21	29.81
Feb	9	8	0	90	40	11.25	15	24.33
Mar	8	12	3	350	76*

Finals

2Finals played

101Runs · avg 25.25

6Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	65	59	12	916	76*	19.49	84	24.61
Finals	2	4	0	101	47	25.25	6	17.17

Favourite victims

VA Hendy × 3
DJ Field × 2
DMJ Fitzmaurice × 2
IWG Johnson × 2
JG Bath × 2
RA Dempster × 2
RG Gregory × 2
RR Walker × 2

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1932-33	6	1
1939-40	12	13
1940-41	11	10
1941-42	6	5
1942-43	2	1
1944-45	1
1945-46	6	5
1946-47	12	8
1947-48	10	7

Figures	Match	Result
6/44	v South Melbourne, 1940-41	Won
6/68	v Carlton, 1939-40	Lost
5/61	v South Melbourne, 1945-46	Lost
4/36	v St Kilda, 1939-40	Won, Semi-final
4/40	v Collingwood, 1939-40	Won