1939-40 season report — Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club — Morrie

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1939-40 season report — Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club — Morrie

Batting averages

Player	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	Ct
MR Harvey	14	17	0	537	80	31.59		5	6
EA Williams	14	19	4	457	74	30.47		3	6
CA Ruddell	13	17	0	399	76	23.47		2	6
MW Sievers	9	12	0	340	93	28.33		2	3
HJ Plant	12	15	6	296	114*	32.89	1		6
H Sheahan	9	14	2	295	50	24.58		1	4
JW Scaife	11	13	0	206	40	15.85			5
J Frederick	14	17	5	206	55*	17.17		2	6
R Thomson	12	15	0	203	47	13.53			13
WL Jacobs	14	17	7	190	58*	19.00		1	37
CE Harvey	9	10	1	129	66*	14.33		1	6
K Campbell	14	14	4	91	37	9.10			6
RJ Black	5	6	1	73	49	14.60
EF Du Vergier	4	5	1	36	19	9.00

Bowling averages

Player	Overs	M	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Best	5wI
J Frederick	86	7	909	49	18.55	6/105	4
R Thomson	67.5	11	539	31	17.39	6/68	1
EA Williams	44.4	4	411	27	15.22	6/33	3
MW Sievers	68	13	450	23	19.57	4/31
K Campbell	52.7	6	466	19	24.53	5/29	1
HJ Plant	81	10	372	17	21.88	5/71	1
CA Ruddell	4	0	37	2	18.50	2/30
H Sheahan	2.4	0	34	1	34.00	1/34
MR Harvey	2	0	50	1	50.00	1/4
JW Scaife	3	0	25	0	–	0/25

Eight-ball overs this season.

Results

Date	Opponent	Scores	Result
7 Oct 1939	EssendonFitzroy Cricket Ground	147 v 7/113	DrawnDrawn.
21 Oct 1939	RichmondRichmond Cricket Ground	169 & 0/5 v 227	LostRichmond won on first innings.
4 Nov 1939	CarltonFitzroy Cricket Ground	9/140d v 9/262	LostCarlton won on first innings.
7 Nov 1939	North MelbourneNorth Melbourne Cricket Ground		No resultMatch abandoned.
18 Nov 1939	Hawthorn-East MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	275 v 69 & 6/104	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
2 Dec 1939	NorthcoteFitzroy Cricket Ground	8/247 v 242	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
16 Dec 1939	MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	167 & 9/63d v 107 & 9/65	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
13 Jan 1940	St KildaSt Kilda Cricket Ground	208 & 0/17 v 234	LostSt Kilda won on first innings.
27 Jan 1940	South MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	292 v 283 & 0/1	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
29 Jan 1940	PrahranToorak Park, Armadale	219 & 0/25 v 137	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
10 Feb 1940	UniversityFitzroy Cricket Ground	4/194d & 2/46 v 135 & 7/143d	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
24 Feb 1940	CollingwoodVictoria Park, Abbotsford	8/220d v 172 & 5/112	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
9 Mar 1940	VCA ColtsFitzroy Cricket Ground	292 & 3/49 v 228	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
23 Mar 1940	Semi-finalSt KildaFitzroy Cricket Ground	254 & 7/146 v 183 & 216	WonFitzroy won outright by 3 wickets.
30 Mar 1940	🏆 FinalMelbourneAlbert Ground	231 & 225 v 224 & 8/149	WonFitzroy won on first innings.