Rob Bailey
Debut season 1985-86
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Player records
Career totals
Career
16
Games
1
Seasons
from 1985-86
Played
Batting
18
Innings
3
Not outs
747
Runs
180
High score
49.80
Average
5
50s
1
100s
Bowling
0
Wickets
0.00
Average
13
Overs
Fielding
4
Catches
- 1st XI Batting 1985-86
- A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion 1985-86
- Century season 1985-86
- 747 runs 1985-86
Around this dayin 1985: 10 v Essendon
| Season | M | Runs | HS | Avg | Overs | Wkts | Best | Ct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985-86 | 16 | 747 | 180 | 49.80 | 3 | 0 | 0/3 | 4 |
| Career | 16 | 747 | 180 | 49.80 | 0 | 0/3 | 4 |
Every scorecard · 16
| 1985-86 |  v Essendon | 10 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1985-86 |  v Melbourne | 43 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1985-86 |  v Prahran | 180 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1985-86 |  v Waverley | 80* | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1985-86 |  v Carlton | 76 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1985-86 |  v Collingwood | 7 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1985-86 | v Hawthorn-East Melbourne | 12 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1985-86 |  v St Kilda | 88* | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1985-86 |  v Northcote | 17 & 7 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1985-86 |  v North Melbourne-Geelong | 13 | 0/3 | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1985-86 |  v Footscray | 19 & 79* | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1985-86 |  v University | 11 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1985-86 |  v South Melbourne | 17 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1985-86 |  v Ringwood | 10 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1985-86 |  v Richmond | 0 | 0/10 | Something wrong? Tell us |
| 1985-86 | v St Kilda | 78 | – | Something wrong? Tell us |
Milestones
- DebutFirst matchv Essendon, 1985-86
- First fifty180v Prahran, 1985-86
- First hundred180v Prahran, 1985-86
- Highest score180v Prahran, 1985-86
- Last matchMatch 16v St Kilda, 1985-86
Runs by season
Every innings, in order
Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.
Against each club
| St Kilda | 2 | 166 | 88* | 166.00 | 2 | |
| Kingston Hawthorn | 2 | 92 | 80* | 92.00 | 1 | |
| Prahran | 1 | 180 | 180 | 180.00 | 1 | |
| Footscray | 1 | 98 | 79* | 98.00 | 1 | |
| Carlton | 1 | 76 | 76 | 76.00 | 1 | |
| Melbourne | 1 | 43 | 43 | 43.00 | ||
| Northcote | 1 | 24 | 17 | 12.00 | ||
| Casey South Melbourne | 1 | 17 | 17 | 17.00 | ||
| Greenvale Kanagaroos | 1 | 13 | 13 | 13.00 | ||
| Melbourne University | 1 | 11 | 11 | 11.00 | ||
| Essendon | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10.00 | ||
| Ringwood | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10.00 | ||
| Camberwell Magpies | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7.00 | ||
| Richmond | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Splits
By batting position
| Pos | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 50s | 100s | 0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 91 | 79* | 91.00 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 16 | 2 | 656 | 180 | 46.86 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 50s | 100s | 0s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top order (1–3) | 2 | 1 | 91 | 79* | 91.00 | 1 | ||
| Middle order (4–7) | 16 | 2 | 656 | 180 | 46.86 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Batted most often at 4th.
Scores and consistency
- Ducks
At the club
In the record book
- 101st of 488 run-scorers
- 233rd of 525 for matches played
- 46th of 81 for hundreds
- 251st of 431 for catches
Among players of 1985-86: 10th of 20 for runs, 16th of 20 for matches, 5th of 7 for hundreds, 17th of 20 for catches.
Under Fitzroy: 64th of 321 for runs, 135th of 345 for matches, 30th of 50 for hundreds, 159th of 279 for catches.
Played like…
- Fletcha Middleton2023-24 · 11 m · 420 runs · 0 wkts
- EV Carroll1924-25 to 1925-26 · 13 m · 455 runs · 0 wkts
- R Gardner1934-35 to 1937-38 · 49 m · 1,923 runs · 1 wkts
- WA Tarrant1891-92 to 1921-22 · 52 m · 2,368 runs · 0 wkts
The careers nearest Bailey’s in length, runs and wickets a match, average and the balance of batting to bowling.
Most often alongside
- GM Watts · 16
- GT Connors · 16
- IG Wheeler · 16
- LJ Watts · 16
- RL Emmins · 16
- RW Watts · 16
- DP Rumble · 15
- TL Cullen · 15
- TV Considine · 15
- RS Mahanama · 7
Matches in the same side, from the published cards.
The shape of the career
Season by season
Runs, up Honour in his name
1985-86: 1st XI Batting, A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion
The arc
Rob Bailey's best season with the bat was 1985-86: 747 runs from 18 innings at 49.80. The best ten-innings patch came in 1985-86: 523 runs at 65.38. The leanest, 1985-86: 251 runs at 27.89.
Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
Milestones
| Milestone | When | Match |
|---|---|---|
| First fifty180 | 2 Nov 1985 |
More splits
Home and away
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 9 | 10 | 1 | 419 | 180 | 46.56 |
| Away | 7 | 8 | 2 | 328 | 88* | 54.67 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday | 14 | 16 | 2 | 650 | 180 | 46.43 |
| Sunday | 2 | 2 | 1 | 97 |
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.