Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club

Neil Buszard

Played 1969-70 – 1976-77

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Career totals

Career

Games

Seasons

1969-70 – 1976-77

Played

Batting

Innings

Not outs

1,936

Runs

108

High score

24.20

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

27.40

Average

5-fors

1,700

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1969-70 to 1976-77 · 82 matchesFull archive career →

Around this dayin 1973: 36* v South Melbourne in 1971: 0 v Carlton

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1969-70	9	91	40	9.10	38.5	6	4/56	1
1970-71	11	377	108*	37.70	45.7	7	2/4	4
1971-72	13	288	48	19.20	55	9	3/29	7
1972-73	9	151	33	15.10	38	4	3/24	8
1973-74	10	252	51	31.50	55.3	6	2/55	3
1974-75	10	334	85*	41.75	73.6	13	5/56	4
1975-76	11	264	72	24.00	72.7	11	3/46	3
1976-77	9	179	57*	22.38	54	6	2/21	4
Career	82	1,936	108*	24.20		62	5/56	34

Every scorecard · 82

1969-70	v Carlton	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Footscray	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Prahran	3 & 6*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Essendon	23	0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v St Kilda	5	0/63	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Richmond	0	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Northcote	40 & 4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Collingwood	0	2/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v North Melbourne	5	4/56	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Footscray	21	1/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Prahran	108*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Essendon	18	0/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v St Kilda	20*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Richmond	1	1/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v University	25 & 0	2/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v South Melbourne	12	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Melbourne	14	0/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Collingwood	79	1/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v North Melbourne	0 & 62*	2/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Carlton	17	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	36	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Carlton	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Footscray	2 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v South Melbourne	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Richmond	34	3/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Melbourne	44	1/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Northcote	48	3/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Essendon	0 & 16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v North Melbourne	9 & 21*	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v University	27	1/59	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v St Kilda	24	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Collingwood	4 & 10	0/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v South Melbourne	23 & 0	0/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v North Melbourne	7	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v University	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Essendon	dnb	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Carlton	6 & 5	0/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Richmond	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Northcote	25* & 10	0/6 & 0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Collingwood	33	3/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Prahran	14	1/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Prahran	21*	1/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v South Melbourne	36*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	26	1/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Richmond	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Carlton	8	1/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Melbourne	6	0/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v University	37	2/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v St Kilda	51	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Collingwood	29 & 0*	1/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Footscray	28	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Carlton	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Footscray	63	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Northcote	0 & 6*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v North Melbourne	75	5/56	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Collingwood	7*	2/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	13	1/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Prahran	25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Melbourne	85*	2/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v University	48	2/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Collingwood	12	1/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v University	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Prahran	19	0/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Waverley	11	1/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v St Kilda	45	2/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Footscray	dnb	0/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Collingwood	1 & 14	3/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Essendon	72	1/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Northcote	41	0/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v South Melbourne	0	0/12 & 2/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Carlton	2	2/71	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Richmond	56	0/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Richmond	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Collingwood	23	2/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Carlton	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Melbourne	57*	1/52 & 0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Prahran	2	0/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Northcote	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v St Kilda	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	36	2/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Ringwood	38	1/15 & 0/3	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Carlton, 1969-70
First fifty108*v Prahran, 1970-71
First hundred108*v Prahran, 1970-71
First five-for5/56v North Melbourne, 1974-75
Highest score108*v Prahran, 1970-71
Best bowling5/56v North Melbourne, 1974-75
Last matchMatch 82v Ringwood, 1976-77

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.

Against each club

Sort by


Camberwell Magpies	9	212	79	21.20	1		15	19.93	3/24
Prahran	8	198	108*	39.60		1	2	49.00	1/16
Carlton	8	42	17	4.67			3	52.33	2/71
Richmond	7	119	56	17.00	1		4	24.75	3/29
Northcote	6	175	48	25.00			3	37.67	3/55
Melbourne University	6	159	48	22.71			7	23.00	2/6
St Kilda	6	157	51	31.40	1		2	49.00	2/35
Footscray	6	117	63	19.50	1		1	106.00	1/43
Melbourne	5	206	85*	68.67	2		4	51.00	2/42
Greenvale Kanagaroos	5	179	75	35.80	2		12	12.92	5/56	1
Essendon	5	129	72	25.80	1		1	70.00	1/32
Kingston Hawthorn	5	122	36	24.40			5	12.40	2/32
Casey South Melbourne	5	83	36*	16.60			2	30.00	2/12
Ringwood	1	38	38	38.00			1	18.00	1/15

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	100s	0s
3	30	3	712	85*	26.37	4		4
4	27	3	700	108*	29.17	3	1	3
5	21	5	315	72	19.69	1
6	8	1	118	57*	16.86	1		1
7	5	1	46	37	11.50			2
8	2	0	45	40	22.50

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	30	3	712	85*	26.37	4		4
Middle order (4–7)	61	10	1,179	108*	23.12	5	1	6
Lower order (8–11)	2	0	45	40	22.50

Batted most often at 3rd.

Scores and consistency

Ducks10
1–927
10–1917
20–2915
30–4913
50–999
100+1

Turned 1 of 10 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 13.9% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 17 times.

Dismissals

Caught56 · 70%
Bowled12 · 15%
Run out4 · 5%
Caught & bowled4 · 5%
LBW3 · 4%
Stumped1 · 1%

Most often dismissed by: MacKenzie (4), Shade (3), Davis (3), Snow (3), Adams (2).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	36	6	768	75	25.60	4		5
In losses	53	6	932	85*	19.83	4		5
In draws	4	1	236	108*	78.67	1	1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	16	27	15.11	1.7
In losses	34	32	35.63	0.9
In draws	5	3	50.67	0.6

Scored 50+: the side won 4 of 10 (40%), lost 4.
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 1 of 1 (100%).
Every other match: the side won 26 of 72 (36%), lost 41.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	43	3	881	108*	22.02	3	1	4
Batting second	36	5	900	79	29.03	5		4
Second innings of the match	14	5	155	62*	17.22	1		2

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	42	45	1,156	108*	30.42	32	22.63	3/24
Victoria Park	5	7	73	29	14.60	7	21.00	2/21
Carlton Cricket Ground	5	6	38	17	6.33	3	52.33	2/71
University Oval, Parkville	4	5	92	37	18.40	5	24.00	2/6
Essendon Cricket Ground	4	4	111	72	27.75	1	51.00	1/32
Western Oval	4	4	52	28	13.00	1	106.00	1/43
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	3	5	42	25*	14.00	–	–	0/6
Toorak Park	3	4	36	25	12.00	–	–	0/34
Albert Ground	3	3	64	44	21.33	1	100.00	1/23
Richmond Cricket Ground	3	3	66	56	22.00	–	–	0/5
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	2	80	75	40.00	9	12.44	5/56
St Kilda Cricket Ground	2	2	65	45	65.00	2	17.50	2/35
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	2	23	23	11.50	–	–	0/29
Russell Lucas Oval	1	1	38	38	38.00	1	18.00	1/15

Wickets taken

Caught30 · 48%
Bowled20 · 32%
LBW6 · 10%
Caught & bowled3 · 5%
Stumped3 · 5%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)13 · 21%
Middle order (4–7)31 · 50%
Lower order (8–11)18 · 29%

1 five-wicket haul. Best in a match: 5/56 v North Melbourne, 1974-75. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1969-70 to 1976-77: 8th of 51 for runs, 11th of 36 for wickets, 13th of 53 for matches, 4th of 9 for hundreds, 16th of 46 for catches, 5th of 30 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 31st of 321 for runs, 37th of 172 for wickets, 39th of 345 for matches, 30th of 50 for hundreds, 45th of 279 for catches, 33rd of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

DR Hampton1989-90 to 1996-97 · 88 m · 1,947 runs · 98 wkts
WA Heller1959-60 to 1969-70 · 112 m · 2,319 runs · 99 wkts
LT Stockdale2008-09 to 2015-16 · 50 m · 898 runs · 26 wkts
DHL Arnall1941-42 to 1956-57 · 131 m · 3,359 runs · 99 wkts

The careers nearest Buszard’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

Runs, up Wickets, down Honour in his name

1970-71: 1st XI Batting · 1973-74: 1st XI Batting · 1974-75: 1st XI Batting

The arc

Neil Buszard's best season with the bat was 1970-71: 377 runs from 13 innings at 37.70. The best ten-innings patch came in 1974-75: 334 runs at 47.71. The leanest, 1969-70: 86 runs at 9.56.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty108*	17 Oct 1970	v Prahran, 1970-71
First hundred108*	17 Oct 1970	v Prahran, 1970-71
1,000th run10 took him to 1,000	6 Nov 1973	v Richmond, 1973-74
50th match51	9 Feb 1974	v St Kilda, 1973-74
First five-for5/56	16 Nov 1974	v North Melbourne, 1974-75
50th wicket3/46 took him to 51	13 Dec 1975	v Collingwood, 1975-76

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 3 innings: from v Richmond, 1971-72 to v Northcote, 1971-72 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 22 matches: from v Collingwood, 1970-71 to v Richmond, 1972-73 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 3 matches: from v Collingwood, 1969-70 to v Footscray, 1970-71 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 6 matches bowled in: from v Collingwood, 1971-72 to v Northcote, 1972-73 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 3 innings: from v Carlton, 1969-70 to v Prahran, 1969-70 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
108*	v Prahran, 1970-71	Drawn
85*	v Melbourne, 1974-75	Lost
79	v Collingwood, 1970-71	Lost
75	v North Melbourne, 1974-75	Won
72	v Essendon, 1975-76	Drawn

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
5/56	v North Melbourne, 1974-75	Won
4/56	v North Melbourne, 1969-70	Lost
3/24	v Collingwood, 1972-73	Lost
3/29	v Richmond, 1971-72	Won
3/46	v Collingwood, 1975-76	Lost

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 8 seasons: at 3rd in 3, at 5th in 3, at 6th in 1, at 4th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1969-70	6	11	9.10
1970-71	4	13	37.70
1971-72	3	16	19.20
1972-73	5	11	15.10
1973-74	5	11	31.50
1974-75	3	11	41.75
1975-76	3	11	24.00
1976-77	5	9	22.38

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	42	45	7	1,156	108*	30.42	32	22.63
Away	40	48	6	780	75	18.57	30	32.53

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	72	82	11	1,724	108*	24.28	56	26.80
Sunday	1	1	0	23	23	23.00	2	10.50
Weekday	9	10	2	189	41	23.63	4	44.50

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	19	20	3	333	108*	19.59	4	43.00
Nov	23	24	4	495	75	24.75	18	25.39
Dec	7	9	0	102	48	11.33	6	32.33
Jan	11	13	2	305	72	27.73	10	33.30
Feb	15	20	4	521	85*	32.56	16	20.00
Mar	7	7	0	180	56	25.71	8	28.00

Finals

1Finals played

12Runs · avg 12.00

1Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	81	92	13	1,924	108*	24.35	61	27.23
Finals	1	1	0	12	12	12.00	1	39.00

Favourite victims

RP Bird × 3
GA Townley × 2
GI Farrell × 2
JM Costello × 2
RJ Baldry × 2
WJ Neville × 2
AI Burridge × 1
AJ Sieler × 1

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1969-70	9	1
1970-71	11	4
1971-72	13	7
1972-73	9	8
1973-74	10	3
1974-75	10	4
1975-76	11	3
1976-77	9	4

Caught most off

EP Illingworth × 11
AL Thomson × 7
AT Duff × 3
DD Weir × 3
LJ Davison × 3
NR Buszard × 3

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.

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Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club

Neil Buszard

Played 1969-70 – 1976-77

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Career totals

Career

Games

Seasons

1969-70 – 1976-77

Played

Batting

Innings

Not outs

1,936

Runs

108

High score

24.20

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

27.40

Average

5-fors

1,700

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1969-70 to 1976-77 · 82 matchesFull archive career →

Around this dayin 1973: 36* v South Melbourne in 1971: 0 v Carlton

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1969-70	9	91	40	9.10	38.5	6	4/56	1
1970-71	11	377	108*	37.70	45.7	7	2/4	4
1971-72	13	288	48	19.20	55	9	3/29	7
1972-73	9	151	33	15.10	38	4	3/24	8
1973-74	10	252	51	31.50	55.3	6	2/55	3
1974-75	10	334	85*	41.75	73.6	13	5/56	4
1975-76	11	264	72	24.00	72.7	11	3/46	3
1976-77	9	179	57*	22.38	54	6	2/21	4
Career	82	1,936	108*	24.20		62	5/56	34

Every scorecard · 82

1969-70	v Carlton	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Footscray	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Prahran	3 & 6*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Essendon	23	0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v St Kilda	5	0/63	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Richmond	0	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Northcote	40 & 4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Collingwood	0	2/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v North Melbourne	5	4/56	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Footscray	21	1/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Prahran	108*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Essendon	18	0/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v St Kilda	20*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Richmond	1	1/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v University	25 & 0	2/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v South Melbourne	12	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Melbourne	14	0/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Collingwood	79	1/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v North Melbourne	0 & 62*	2/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Carlton	17	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	36	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Carlton	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Footscray	2 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v South Melbourne	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Richmond	34	3/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Melbourne	44	1/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Northcote	48	3/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Essendon	0 & 16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v North Melbourne	9 & 21*	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v University	27	1/59	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v St Kilda	24	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Collingwood	4 & 10	0/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v South Melbourne	23 & 0	0/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v North Melbourne	7	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v University	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Essendon	dnb	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Carlton	6 & 5	0/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Richmond	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Northcote	25* & 10	0/6 & 0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Collingwood	33	3/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Prahran	14	1/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Prahran	21*	1/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v South Melbourne	36*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	26	1/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Richmond	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Carlton	8	1/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Melbourne	6	0/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v University	37	2/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v St Kilda	51	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Collingwood	29 & 0*	1/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Footscray	28	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Carlton	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Footscray	63	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Northcote	0 & 6*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v North Melbourne	75	5/56	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Collingwood	7*	2/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	13	1/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Prahran	25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Melbourne	85*	2/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v University	48	2/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	v Collingwood	12	1/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v University	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Prahran	19	0/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Waverley	11	1/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v St Kilda	45	2/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Footscray	dnb	0/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Collingwood	1 & 14	3/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Essendon	72	1/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Northcote	41	0/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v South Melbourne	0	0/12 & 2/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Carlton	2	2/71	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	v Richmond	56	0/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Richmond	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Collingwood	23	2/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Carlton	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Melbourne	57*	1/52 & 0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Prahran	2	0/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Northcote	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v St Kilda	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	36	2/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77	v Ringwood	38	1/15 & 0/3	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Carlton, 1969-70
First fifty108*v Prahran, 1970-71
First hundred108*v Prahran, 1970-71
First five-for5/56v North Melbourne, 1974-75
Highest score108*v Prahran, 1970-71
Best bowling5/56v North Melbourne, 1974-75
Last matchMatch 82v Ringwood, 1976-77

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.

Against each club

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Camberwell Magpies	9	212	79	21.20	1		15	19.93	3/24
Prahran	8	198	108*	39.60		1	2	49.00	1/16
Carlton	8	42	17	4.67			3	52.33	2/71
Richmond	7	119	56	17.00	1		4	24.75	3/29
Northcote	6	175	48	25.00			3	37.67	3/55
Melbourne University	6	159	48	22.71			7	23.00	2/6
St Kilda	6	157	51	31.40	1		2	49.00	2/35
Footscray	6	117	63	19.50	1		1	106.00	1/43
Melbourne	5	206	85*	68.67	2		4	51.00	2/42
Greenvale Kanagaroos	5	179	75	35.80	2		12	12.92	5/56	1
Essendon	5	129	72	25.80	1		1	70.00	1/32
Kingston Hawthorn	5	122	36	24.40			5	12.40	2/32
Casey South Melbourne	5	83	36*	16.60			2	30.00	2/12
Ringwood	1	38	38	38.00			1	18.00	1/15

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	100s	0s
3	30	3	712	85*	26.37	4		4
4	27	3	700	108*	29.17	3	1	3
5	21	5	315	72	19.69	1
6	8	1	118	57*	16.86	1		1
7	5	1	46	37	11.50			2
8	2	0	45	40	22.50

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	30	3	712	85*	26.37	4		4
Middle order (4–7)	61	10	1,179	108*	23.12	5	1	6
Lower order (8–11)	2	0	45	40	22.50

Batted most often at 3rd.

Scores and consistency

Ducks10
1–927
10–1917
20–2915
30–4913
50–999
100+1

Turned 1 of 10 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 13.9% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 17 times.

Dismissals

Caught56 · 70%
Bowled12 · 15%
Run out4 · 5%
Caught & bowled4 · 5%
LBW3 · 4%
Stumped1 · 1%

Most often dismissed by: MacKenzie (4), Shade (3), Davis (3), Snow (3), Adams (2).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	36	6	768	75	25.60	4		5
In losses	53	6	932	85*	19.83	4		5
In draws	4	1	236	108*	78.67	1	1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	16	27	15.11	1.7
In losses	34	32	35.63	0.9
In draws	5	3	50.67	0.6

Scored 50+: the side won 4 of 10 (40%), lost 4.
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 1 of 1 (100%).
Every other match: the side won 26 of 72 (36%), lost 41.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	43	3	881	108*	22.02	3	1	4
Batting second	36	5	900	79	29.03	5		4
Second innings of the match	14	5	155	62*	17.22	1		2

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	42	45	1,156	108*	30.42	32	22.63	3/24
Victoria Park	5	7	73	29	14.60	7	21.00	2/21
Carlton Cricket Ground	5	6	38	17	6.33	3	52.33	2/71
University Oval, Parkville	4	5	92	37	18.40	5	24.00	2/6
Essendon Cricket Ground	4	4	111	72	27.75	1	51.00	1/32
Western Oval	4	4	52	28	13.00	1	106.00	1/43
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	3	5	42	25*	14.00	–	–	0/6
Toorak Park	3	4	36	25	12.00	–	–	0/34
Albert Ground	3	3	64	44	21.33	1	100.00	1/23
Richmond Cricket Ground	3	3	66	56	22.00	–	–	0/5
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	2	80	75	40.00	9	12.44	5/56
St Kilda Cricket Ground	2	2	65	45	65.00	2	17.50	2/35
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	2	23	23	11.50	–	–	0/29
Russell Lucas Oval	1	1	38	38	38.00	1	18.00	1/15

Wickets taken

Caught30 · 48%
Bowled20 · 32%
LBW6 · 10%
Caught & bowled3 · 5%
Stumped3 · 5%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)13 · 21%
Middle order (4–7)31 · 50%
Lower order (8–11)18 · 29%

1 five-wicket haul. Best in a match: 5/56 v North Melbourne, 1974-75. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1969-70 to 1976-77: 8th of 51 for runs, 11th of 36 for wickets, 13th of 53 for matches, 4th of 9 for hundreds, 16th of 46 for catches, 5th of 30 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 31st of 321 for runs, 37th of 172 for wickets, 39th of 345 for matches, 30th of 50 for hundreds, 45th of 279 for catches, 33rd of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

DR Hampton1989-90 to 1996-97 · 88 m · 1,947 runs · 98 wkts
WA Heller1959-60 to 1969-70 · 112 m · 2,319 runs · 99 wkts
LT Stockdale2008-09 to 2015-16 · 50 m · 898 runs · 26 wkts
DHL Arnall1941-42 to 1956-57 · 131 m · 3,359 runs · 99 wkts

The careers nearest Buszard’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

Runs, up Wickets, down Honour in his name

1970-71: 1st XI Batting · 1973-74: 1st XI Batting · 1974-75: 1st XI Batting

The arc

Neil Buszard's best season with the bat was 1970-71: 377 runs from 13 innings at 37.70. The best ten-innings patch came in 1974-75: 334 runs at 47.71. The leanest, 1969-70: 86 runs at 9.56.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty108*	17 Oct 1970	v Prahran, 1970-71
First hundred108*	17 Oct 1970	v Prahran, 1970-71
1,000th run10 took him to 1,000	6 Nov 1973	v Richmond, 1973-74
50th match51	9 Feb 1974	v St Kilda, 1973-74
First five-for5/56	16 Nov 1974	v North Melbourne, 1974-75
50th wicket3/46 took him to 51	13 Dec 1975	v Collingwood, 1975-76

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 3 innings: from v Richmond, 1971-72 to v Northcote, 1971-72 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 22 matches: from v Collingwood, 1970-71 to v Richmond, 1972-73 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 3 matches: from v Collingwood, 1969-70 to v Footscray, 1970-71 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 6 matches bowled in: from v Collingwood, 1971-72 to v Northcote, 1972-73 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 3 innings: from v Carlton, 1969-70 to v Prahran, 1969-70 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
108*	v Prahran, 1970-71	Drawn
85*	v Melbourne, 1974-75	Lost
79	v Collingwood, 1970-71	Lost
75	v North Melbourne, 1974-75	Won
72	v Essendon, 1975-76	Drawn

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
5/56	v North Melbourne, 1974-75	Won
4/56	v North Melbourne, 1969-70	Lost
3/24	v Collingwood, 1972-73	Lost
3/29	v Richmond, 1971-72	Won
3/46	v Collingwood, 1975-76	Lost

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 8 seasons: at 3rd in 3, at 5th in 3, at 6th in 1, at 4th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1969-70	6	11	9.10
1970-71	4	13	37.70
1971-72	3	16	19.20
1972-73	5	11	15.10
1973-74	5	11	31.50
1974-75	3	11	41.75
1975-76	3	11	24.00
1976-77	5	9	22.38

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	42	45	7	1,156	108*	30.42	32	22.63
Away	40	48	6	780	75	18.57	30	32.53

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	72	82	11	1,724	108*	24.28	56	26.80
Sunday	1	1	0	23	23	23.00	2	10.50
Weekday	9	10	2	189	41	23.63	4	44.50

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	19	20	3	333	108*	19.59	4	43.00
Nov	23	24	4	495	75	24.75	18	25.39
Dec	7	9	0	102	48	11.33	6	32.33
Jan	11	13	2	305	72	27.73	10	33.30
Feb	15	20	4	521	85*	32.56	16	20.00
Mar	7	7	0	180	56	25.71	8	28.00

Finals

1Finals played

12Runs · avg 12.00

1Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	81	92	13	1,924	108*	24.35	61	27.23
Finals	1	1	0	12	12	12.00	1	39.00

Favourite victims

RP Bird × 3
GA Townley × 2
GI Farrell × 2
JM Costello × 2
RJ Baldry × 2
WJ Neville × 2
AI Burridge × 1
AJ Sieler × 1

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1969-70	9	1
1970-71	11	4
1971-72	13	7
1972-73	9	8
1973-74	10	3
1974-75	10	4
1975-76	11	3
1976-77	9	4

Caught most off

EP Illingworth × 11
AL Thomson × 7
AT Duff × 3
DD Weir × 3
LJ Davison × 3
NR Buszard × 3

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.