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WA Heller — Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club career — Morrie

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1959-60	4	4	1	84	40	28.00	9 (8)	0	0/1	1
1960-61	7	6	0	92	62	15.33	7 (8)	0	0/11	1
1961-62	14	18	3	415	125	27.67	51 (8)	5	2/44	8
1962-63	9	11	2	114	40	12.67	17 (8)	0	0/0	9
1963-64	15	17	4	424	135	32.62	137.6 (8)	29	4/18	8
1964-65	13	15	0	290	130	19.33	87.4 (8)	16	6/23	5
1965-66	12	13	0	245	71	18.85	91 (8)	14	4/33	6
1966-67	11	12	1	245	45	22.27	62 (8)	7	3/45	5
1967-68	10	10	2	184	56*	23.00	61 (8)	9	3/17	3
1968-69	4	4	0	23	16	5.75	25 (8)	2	1/11
1969-70	13	18	4	203	34	14.50	126.4 (8)	17	3/0	6
Career	112	128	17	2,319	135	20.89	674.6 (8-ball)	99	6/23	52

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Collingwood, 1959-60
First fifty62v Melbourne, 1960-61
First hundred125v Richmond, 1961-62
First five-for6/23v Prahran, 1964-65
Highest score135v Melbourne, 1963-64
Best bowling6/23v Prahran, 1964-65
Last matchMatch 112v North Melbourne, 1969-70

Runs by season

Every innings, in order

Against each club

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Melbourne	11	405	135	33.75	1	1	9	22.78	3/47
Casey South Melbourne	11	77	30*	9.63			17	17.53	4/25
Richmond	10	248	125	24.80		1	10	17.90	3/0
Essendon	9	240	67	26.67	1		9	32.89	3/96
Greenvale Kanagaroos	9	196	71	28.00	1		11	15.09	6/59	1
St Kilda	9	144	36	12.00			5	37.20	2/23
Melbourne University	8	156	65	17.33	1		7	17.00	3/6
Prahran	8	149	44	16.56			10	11.00	6/23	1
Carlton	8	123	29	17.57			8	19.25	4/18
Kingston Hawthorn	8	89	24	9.89			4	39.25	2/30
Camberwell Magpies	7	261	130	43.50		1	5	30.00	3/17
Footscray	7	128	31*	21.33			3	24.00	2/15
Northcote	7	103	56*	14.71	1		1	49.00	1/17

Splits

By batting position

Pos	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
1	1	0	20	20	20.00
2	8	0	241	130	30.13		1
3	26	3	445	71	19.35	2		3
4	19	1	503	125	27.94	2	1	1
5	22	5	229	44	13.47			5
6	23	2	436	135	20.76	1	1	5
7	13	3	237

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1959-60 to 1969-70: 9th of 66 for runs, 9th of 44 for wickets, 8th of 70 for matches, 6th of 12 for hundreds, 10th of 59 for catches, 13th of 38 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 27th of 321 for runs, 26th of 172 for wickets, 25th of 345 for matches, 18th of 50 for hundreds, 22nd of 279 for catches, 48th of 126 for batting average.

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Season	Opponent	Batting	Bowling
1959-60	Collingwood	40	0/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	Prahran	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	North Melbourne	dnb	0/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	South Melbourne	4 & 30*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	Footscray	0	0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	Northcote	9	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	Richmond	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	Melbourne	62	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	North Melbourne	17	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	St Kilda	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	North Melbourne	32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	South Melbourne	12*	1/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	University	7 & 1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Essendon	27	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Carlton	25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Richmond	26	2/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	St Kilda	6	0/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Footscray	29 & 6*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Collingwood	40	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Prahran	0 & 44	1/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Richmond	125	1/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	St Kilda	25 & 5	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	St Kilda	5*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	Melbourne	40	0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	Richmond	1 & 37	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	Carlton	15*	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	Essendon	7	0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	University	4 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	South Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	Prahran	4	0/0 & 0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	South Melbourne	0	4/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	North Melbourne	dnb	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Prahran	19*	0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Collingwood	12*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Northcote	2*	1/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Footscray	27*	2/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	8 & 3	0/24 & 2/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	St Kilda	15 & 14	0/8 & 0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Melbourne	135	3/50	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Richmond	2	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Carlton	1	4/18 & 3/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Essendon	7	2/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	University	65	3/6 & 0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Melbourne	30	2/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Essendon	17 & 67	3/96 & 0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Melbourne	5 & 15	0/32 & 0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	St Kilda	5 & 36	2/23 & 0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Footscray	1	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Northcote	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Collingwood	130	0/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Prahran	31	6/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	North Melbourne	5	6/59	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Essendon	22	0/16 & 0/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	University	10	1/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	South Melbourne	dnb	1/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Carlton	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Richmond	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	9 & 0	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	Northcote	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	Collingwood	39	3/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	Prahran	2	1/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	North Melbourne	31 & 71	0/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	South Melbourne	0	4/33 & 0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	University	15	1/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	Essendon	16	1/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	Carlton	24	0/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	Richmond	12	1/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	Melbourne	0	3/47	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	St Kilda	1	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	24	0/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	Prahran	33	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	Northcote	5 & 8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	Footscray	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	Richmond	18 & 5	0/21 & 1/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	Carlton	29	1/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	Essendon	29*	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	University	20	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	North Melbourne	8	0/8 & 0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	South Melbourne	dnb	3/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	Melbourne	45	0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	Essendon	45	2/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	University	0	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	South Melbourne	24	2/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	Melbourne	34	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	17	2/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	Northcote	56*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	Collingwood	0	0/8 & 0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	North Melbourne	3*	3/17 & 0/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	Carlton	27	0/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	Footscray	23	1/22 & 0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	South Melbourne	0	1/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	South Melbourne	3	1/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	St Kilda	4 & 16	1/11 & 0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	Richmond	dnb	0/11 & 0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	Carlton	0	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	Footscray	11 & 31*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	Prahran	4 & 2	2/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	Essendon	3	1/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	St Kilda	8	2/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	Richmond	6	3/0 & 2/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	University	17 & 17*	0/10 & 2/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	South Melbourne	4	0/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	Melbourne	34 & 5*	1/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	22*	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	Northcote	2 & 8	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	Collingwood	0	0/8 & 2/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	North Melbourne	29	2/38	Something wrong? Tell us

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	35	3	706	130	22.06	2	1	3
Middle order (4–7)	77	11	1,405	135	21.29	3	2	12
Lower order (8–11)	16	3	208	34	16.00			2

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	71	13	1,518	135	26.17	3	3	11
In losses	53	3	771	71	15.42	2		5
In draws	3	1	29	24	14.50			1
In ties	1	0	1	1	1.00

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	46	64	18.02	1.4
In losses	33	35	27.11	1.1
In draws	2	0	–	0.0
In ties	1	0	–	0.0

Scored 50+: the side won 6 of 8 (75%), lost 2.
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 2 of 2 (100%).
Every other match: the side won 57 of 102 (56%), lost 40.

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	60	5	986	125	17.93	1	1	10
Batting second	46	6	912	135	22.80	2	2	5
Second innings of the match	22	6	421	71	26.31	2		2

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
As captain	3	0	37	31	12.33
Otherwise	125	17	2,282	135	21.13	5	3	17

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	53	62	1,131	135	21.75	52	20.33	6/59
Albert Ground	8	11	270	67	24.55	5	39.60	3/96
Victoria Park	6	6	131	40	26.20	5	20.40	3/17
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	6	5	180	71	36.00	2	36.00	2/38
St Kilda Cricket Ground	5	7	101	45	14.43	3	48.33	2/36
Glenferrie Oval	5	6	49	22*	9.80	2	30.00	2/30
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	3	28	24	9.33	6	20.50	3/45
Toorak Park	4	5	74	33	14.80	8	8.88	6/23
Richmond Cricket Ground	4	4	46	26	11.50	8	14.00	3/0
Carlton Cricket Ground	4	4	73	29	24.33	1	61.00	1/31
Essendon Cricket Ground	4	4	61	29*	20.33	1	75.00	1/10
University Oval	3	4	88	65	29.33	4	9.50	3/6
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	3	4	25	9	6.25	–	–	0/12
Western Oval	2	3	62	29	62.00	2	7.50	2/15

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership

1960-61: premiership · 1966-67: premiership

The arc

WA Heller's best season with the bat was 1963-64: 424 runs from 17 innings at 32.62. The best ten-innings patch came in 1961-62 to 1962-63: 319 runs at 39.88. The leanest, 1962-63 to 1963-64: 49 runs at 7.00.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty62	11 Mar 1961	v Melbourne, 1960-61
First hundred125	17 Mar 1962	v Richmond, 1961-62
1,000th run65 took him to 1,015	7 Mar 1964	v University, 1963-64
50th match5 & 15, 0/32 & 0/11	3 Oct 1964	v Melbourne, 1964-65
First five-for6/23	28 Nov 1964	v Prahran, 1964-65
50th wicket1/17 took him to 50	1 Feb 1965	v South Melbourne, 1964-65
2,000th run

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 3 innings: from v Essendon, 1961-62 to v Richmond, 1961-62 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 29 matches: from v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1962-63 to v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1964-65 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 5 matches: from v Carlton, 1963-64 to v Essendon, 1963-64 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 5 matches bowled in: from v Collingwood, 1959-60 to v North Melbourne, 1960-61 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 7 innings: from v Essendon, 1962-63 to v South Melbourne, 1963-64 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
135	v Melbourne, 1963-64	Won
130	v Collingwood, 1964-65	Won
125	v Richmond, 1961-62	Won, Semi-final
71	v North Melbourne, 1965-66	Lost
67	v Essendon, 1963-64	Lost, Final

Best bowling

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 11 seasons: at 3rd in 3, at 6th in 3, at 7th in 2, at 4th in 1, opened in 1, at 9th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1959-60	3	4	28.00
1960-61	6	6	15.33
1961-62	4	18	27.67
1962-63	3	11	12.67
1963-64	6	17	32.62
1964-65	2	15	19.33
1965-66	3	13	18.85
1966-67	7	12	22.27
1967-68	6

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	53	62	10	1,131	135	21.75	52	20.33
Away	59	66	7	1,188	71	20.14	47	23.06

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	97	114	13	2,150	135	21.29	93	20.86
Weekday	15	14	4	169	45	16.90	6	33.50

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	20	24	4	299	40	14.95	11	21.00
Nov	22	25	5	472	130	23.60	24	14.54
Dec	8	11	1	153	34	15.30	15	15.33
Jan	23	26	4	524	135	23.82	11	49.09
Feb	21	21	3	234	40	13.00	19	17.68
Mar	17	20	0	633	125

Finals

9Finals played

380Runs · avg 34.55

9Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	103	117	17	1,939	135	19.39	90	20.87
Finals	9	11	0	380	125	34.55	9	29.22

Favourite victims

IR Redpath × 4
P Bourke × 3
PD Williams × 3
CN Crompton × 2
FB Bedwell × 2
GC Brown × 2
GT Lahiff × 2
I Monks × 2

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1959-60	4	1
1960-61	7	1
1961-62	14	8
1962-63	9	9
1963-64	15	8
1964-65	13	5
1965-66	12	6
1966-67	11	5
1967-68	10	3