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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.
Career figures combine what's recorded live in Morrie with the club's own historical records — averages are shown only where there's enough real data to be honest about.
1960-61: 95 runs 95 60-61 1961-62: 243 runs 243 1962-63: 112 runs 112 62-63 1963-64: 334 runs 334 1964-65: 131 runs 131 64-65 1965-66: 265 runs 265 1971-72: 159 runs 159 71-72 1972-73: 119 runs 119 1973-74: 17 runs 17 73-74 Wickets by season
1960-61: 23 wickets 23 60-61 1961-62: 21 wickets 21 1962-63: 5 wickets 5 62-63 1963-64: 18 wickets 18 1964-65: 12 wickets 12 64-65 1965-66: 3 wickets 3 1971-72: 9 wickets 9 71-72 1972-73: 17 wickets 17 1973-74: 1 wickets 1 73-74 Every innings, in order
82 50 1960-61 v South Melbourne: 30 1960-61 v University: 0 1960-61 v St Kilda: 8 1960-61 v Carlton: 21 1960-61 v Melbourne: 17 1960-61 v North Melbourne: 10 1960-61 v St Kilda: 9 1961-62 v North Melbourne: 12* 1961-62 v University: 32* 1961-62 v Essendon: 8 1961-62 v Carlton: 47* 1961-62 v Carlton: 20* 1961-62 v Richmond: 3 1961-62 v Melbourne: 1 1961-62 v St Kilda: 26 1961-62 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 2 1961-62 v Footscray: 65 1961-62 v Northcote: 1 1961-62 v Collingwood: 17 1961-62 v Prahran: 0 1961-62 v Prahran: 1 1961-62 v Richmond: 7 1961-62 v St Kilda: 1 1961-62 v St Kilda: 0* 1962-63 v Melbourne: 20 1962-63 v Richmond: 42 1962-63 v Richmond: 2 1962-63 v Carlton: 5 1962-63 v University: 1 1962-63 v South Melbourne: 18 1962-63 v North Melbourne: 24 1962-63 v Prahran: 0 1963-64 v South Melbourne: 13 1963-64 v South Melbourne: 6 1963-64 v North Melbourne: 10 1963-64 v Prahran: 14 1963-64 v Collingwood: 14 1963-64 v Collingwood: 6* 1963-64 v Northcote: 17 1963-64 v Footscray: 17 1963-64 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 1 1963-64 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 10 1963-64 v St Kilda: 2 1963-64 v St Kilda: 2 1963-64 v Melbourne: 59 1963-64 v Richmond: 5 1963-64 v Carlton: 6 1963-64 v Essendon: 19 1963-64 v University: 4* 1963-64 v Melbourne: 82 1963-64 v Essendon: 9 1963-64 v Essendon: 38 1964-65 v Melbourne: 0 1964-65 v Melbourne: 0 1964-65 v St Kilda: 12* 1964-65 v Footscray: 2 1964-65 v Collingwood: 5 1964-65 v Prahran: 1* 1964-65 v Prahran: 16* 1964-65 v North Melbourne: 18 1964-65 v Essendon: 14 1964-65 v University: 16 1964-65 v South Melbourne: 7 1964-65 v Carlton: 0 1964-65 v Richmond: 32 1964-65 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 5 1964-65 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 3 1965-66 v Footscray: 4 1965-66 v Collingwood: 23 1965-66 v North Melbourne: 0 1965-66 v South Melbourne: 33 1965-66 v University: 33 1965-66 v University: 29* 1965-66 v Essendon: 21 1965-66 v Carlton: 36 1965-66 v Richmond: 7 1965-66 v Melbourne: 57 1965-66 v St Kilda: 21 1965-66 v St Kilda: 0 1965-66 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 1 1971-72 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 4 1971-72 v Carlton: 6 1971-72 v Footscray: 18 1971-72 v South Melbourne: 0 1971-72 v Richmond: 46 1971-72 v Melbourne: 9 1971-72 v Northcote: 1 1971-72 v Essendon: 4 1971-72 v Essendon: 4 1971-72 v North Melbourne: 3 1971-72 v University: 12 1971-72 v St Kilda: 7 1971-72 v St Kilda: 1 1971-72 v Collingwood: 34 1971-72 v Collingwood: 10 1972-73 v Carlton: 6 1972-73 v Carlton: 10* 1972-73 v Melbourne: 0 1972-73 v St Kilda: 7 1972-73 v St Kilda: 4 1972-73 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 57 1972-73 v Footscray: 13 1972-73 v Northcote: 9 1972-73 v Collingwood: 4 1972-73 v Prahran: 9 1973-74 v Essendon: 17 1973-74 v Essendon: 0 Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.
Against each club
Sort byOpponent Matches Runs Highest score Batting average Fifties Wickets Bowling average Best bowling Five-fors ↓ Clubs that merged are counted as one, under today's name. Tap a heading to sort; open a club for every match against it.
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 11.91 1 1 8 7 2 94 32* 18.80 1 9 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 10 1 1 1 1* –
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
Batted most often at 7th.
Scores and consistency Ducks 11 1–9 46 10–19 24 20–29 9 30–49 11 50–99 5 100+ 0 Turned 0 of 5 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 8.2% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 10 times.
Dismissals Caught 46 · 48% Bowled 28 · 29% LBW 7 · 7% Caught & bowled 7 · 7% Run out 5 · 5% Hit wicket 2 · 2% Most often dismissed by: Hosking (4), Leigh (3), Emerson (3), Smith (3), Swanson (3).
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. Batting first or second 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
Wickets taken Caught 55 · 50% Bowled 26 · 24% LBW 16 · 15% Stumped 8 · 7% Caught & bowled 3 · 3% Hit wicket 1 · 1% Batters dismissed
Top order (1–3) 32 · 29% Middle order (4–7) 2018-19 to 2025-26 · 83 m · 1,134 runs · 121 wkts
RL Emmins 1981-82 to 1987-88 · 80 m · 836 runs · 71 wkts The careers nearest Davison’s in length, runs and wickets a match, average and the balance of batting to bowling.
Most often alongside
Matches in the same side, from the published cards.
The shape of the career Season by season
1960-61: 9 matches, 95 runs, 23 wickets · Premiership 1960-61 1961-62: 15 matches, 243 runs, 21 wickets 1962-63: 8 matches, 112 runs, 5 wickets 1962-63 1963-64: 15 matches, 334 runs, 18 wickets 1964-65: 13 matches, 131 runs, 12 wickets 1964-65 1965-66: 11 matches, 265 runs, 3 wickets 1966-67: did not play 1966-67 1967-68: did not play 1968-69: did not play 1968-69 1969-70: did not play 1970-71: did not play 1970-71 1971-72: 13 matches, 159 runs, 9 wickets 1972-73: 10 matches, 119 runs, 17 wickets 1972-73 1973-74: 1 match, 17 runs, 1 wicket
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.
Rolling average, innings 5 to 107: 8.2 to 36.0 36.0 Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
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 More splits Batting position over the years 1 6 11 1960-61: 7 (7 inns, avg 13.57) 1961-62: 2 (17 inns, avg 20.25) 1962-63: 3 (8 inns, avg 14.00) 1963-64: 7 (20 inns, avg 18.56) 1964-65: 7 (15 inns, avg 10.92) 1965-66: 4 (13 inns, avg 22.08) 1971-72: 7 (15 inns, avg 10.60) 1972-73: 7 (10 inns, avg 13.22) 1973-74: 2 (2 inns, avg 8.50) 1960 1962 1964 1971 1973 Moved about the order across 9 seasons: at 7th in 5, opened in 2, at 3rd in 1, at 4th in 1.
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 6 Finals played
156 Runs · avg 22.29
13 Wickets
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 Caught most off
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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
45 · 41%
Lower order (8–11) 32 · 29% 1 five-wicket haul. Best in a match: 6/78 v Essendon, 1972-73. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.
EP Illingworth × 12 C Adams × 5 PJ Allan × 5 RC Bitmead × 5 LJ Davison × 3 Ray Harvey × 3 
v South Melbourne
v University
v St Kilda
v Essendon
v Carlton
v Richmond
v Melbourne
v North Melbourne
v Hawthorn-East Melbourne
v Footscray
v Northcote
v Collingwood
v Prahran