1897-98 season report

Fitzroy · the year's averages, honours and results, as the annual report had them.

6

Played

3

Won

3

Lost

0

Drawn

1,853

Runs for

1,689

Runs against

Honours

1st XI BattingA Tarrant

1st XI BowlingG Beacham

Player	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	Ct
WA Tarrant	5	6	0	315	78	52.50		4	3
M Ellis	6	8	0	296	108	37.00	1	1
R Mitchell	6	8	0	194	79	24.25		2
E Twentyman	6	8	3	178	41*	35.60			2
W Webb	6	8	0	164	51	20.50		1	1
I Hopkins	6	8	1	150	40	21.43			10
G Beacham	5	6	1	110	41	22.00			1
FA Tarrant	6	7	2	110	38	22.00			2
DG Tulloch	4	5	1	72	32	18.00			1
W Giller	4	6	0	65	22	10.83			3
R Littlefield	4	5	0	64	28	12.80			4
CC Best	2	2	0	47	47	23.50
W Smith	2	2	0	8	4	4.00
JJ Smith	1	1	0	7	7	7.00
A O'Leary	2	2	0	2	2	1.00			2
H Newman	1	1	0	1	1	1.00

Player	Overs	M	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Best	5wI
G Beacham	102.4	14	424	27	15.70	8/71	3
E Twentyman	124	34	303	11	27.55	3/77
R Mitchell	127.5	36	341	10	34.10	4/114
FA Tarrant	65	15	238	8	29.75	3/69
M Ellis	32	9	62	4	15.50	4/19
R Littlefield	21	1	67	2	33.50	1/25
A O'Leary	3	1	7	1	7.00	1/1
H Newman	0	0	10	1	10.00	1/10
W Giller	23	8	55	1	55.00	1/19
WA Tarrant	5	0	16	0	–	0/16
DG Tulloch	35	9	90	0	–	0/4

Date	Opponent	Scores	Result
2 Oct 1897	St KildaSt Kilda Cricket Ground	266 v 90 & 2/23	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
23 Oct 1897	CarltonFitzroy Cricket Ground	194 v 158 & 2/46	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
8 Jan 1898	East MelbourneEast Melbourne Cricket Ground	168 & 176 v 478	LostEast Melbourne won outright by an innings & 134 runs.
19 Feb 1898	South MelbourneSouth Melbourne Cricket Ground	196 & 7/173 v 375	LostSouth Melbourne won on first innings.
19 Mar 1898	HawksburnFitzroy Cricket Ground	269 v 346	LostHawksburn won on first innings.
16 Apr 1898	RichmondFitzroy Cricket Ground	411 v 119 & 5/54	WonFitzroy won on first innings.