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Among players of 1981-82 to 1987-88: 13th of 42 for runs, 9th of 25 for wickets, 11th of 42 for matches, 6th of 8 for hundreds, 10th of 37 for catches, 17th of 25 for batting average.
Under Fitzroy: 76th of 321 for runs, 41st of 172 for wickets, 51st of 345 for matches, 30th of 50 for hundreds, 58th of 279 for catches, 77th 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.
1981-82: 143 runs 143 81-82 1982-83: 5 runs 5 1983-84: 114 runs 114 83-84 1984-85: 217 runs 217 1985-86: 154 runs 154 85-86 1986-87: 165 runs 165 1987-88: 38 runs 38 87-88 Wickets by season
1981-82: 7 wickets 7 81-82 1982-83: 3 wickets 3 1983-84: 13 wickets 13 83-84 1984-85: 14 wickets 14 1985-86: 14 wickets 14 85-86 1986-87: 15 wickets 15 1987-88: 5 wickets 5 87-88 Every innings, in order
119 50 1981-82 v Collingwood: 3 1981-82 v Collingwood: 24 1981-82 v North Melbourne: 6* 1981-82 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 0 1981-82 v Northcote: 21* 1981-82 v Ringwood: 16 1981-82 v Ringwood: 0* 1981-82 v Richmond: 13 1981-82 v South Melbourne: 2 1981-82 v St Kilda: 1 1981-82 v Prahran: 37 1981-82 v Melbourne: 4 1981-82 v Melbourne: 16* 1982-83 v South Melbourne: 5 1983-84 v Footscray: 15 1983-84 v Richmond: 14 1983-84 v North Melbourne: 5 1983-84 v St Kilda: 0* 1983-84 v South Melbourne: 29* 1983-84 v Waverley: 7 1983-84 v Carlton: 0 1983-84 v Essendon: 7 1983-84 v Northcote: 33 1983-84 v University: 4 1984-85 v St Kilda: 6 1984-85 v North Melbourne: 0 1984-85 v Collingwood: 119* 1984-85 v Essendon: 37 1984-85 v University: 1 1984-85 v Northcote: 3* 1984-85 v Carlton: 9 1984-85 v Carlton: 7 1984-85 v South Melbourne: 5 1984-85 v Ringwood: 0 1984-85 v Ringwood: 0* 1984-85 v Richmond: 16 1984-85 v Prahran: 5 1984-85 v Melbourne: 9 1985-86 v Essendon: 9 1985-86 v Prahran: 15 1985-86 v Collingwood: 0 1985-86 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 2 1985-86 v St Kilda: 5* 1985-86 v Northcote: 8 1985-86 v North Melbourne-Geelong: 16 1985-86 v Footscray: 25* 1985-86 v University: 33* 1985-86 v South Melbourne: 12 1985-86 v Ringwood: 11* 1985-86 v Richmond: 18 1985-86 v St Kilda: 0 1986-87 v Melbourne: 24 1986-87 v Footscray: 7 1986-87 v St Kilda: 15 1986-87 v North Melbourne-Geelong: 10 1986-87 v South Melbourne: 7 1986-87 v Essendon: 0 1986-87 v University: 27 1986-87 v Waverley: 52 1986-87 v Northcote: 5 1986-87 v Carlton: 18* 1987-88 v Ringwood: 4 1987-88 v North Melbourne-Geelong: 4 1987-88 v Waverley: 4 1987-88 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 2 1987-88 v Northcote: 0 1987-88 v University: 9 1987-88 v Melbourne: 15 Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.
Against each club
Sort byOpponent Matches Runs Highest score Batting average Fifties Hundreds Wickets Bowling average Best bowling ↓ 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 1 1 1 0 0* – 3 1 1 16 16* – 6 4 0 31 24 7.75 1 7 28 4 380 52 15.83 1 3 8 23 6 317 119* 18.65 1 2 9 10 1 63 37 7.00 2 10 1 1 29 29* –
Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 100s 0s Top order (1–3) 2 2 16 16* – Middle order (4–7) 32 4 411 52 14.68 1 4 Lower order (8–11) 34 8 409 119* 15.73 1 4
Batted most often at 7th.
Scores and consistency Ducks 8 1–9 30 10–19 15 20–29 6 30–49 4 50–99 1 100+ 1 Turned 1 of 2 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 6.7% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 4 times.
Dismissals Caught 39 · 72% Bowled 12 · 22% LBW 2 · 4% Caught & bowled 1 · 2% Most often dismissed by: King (3), Holten (3), Stranger (2), Baker (2), Dodemaide (2).
In wins and losses Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 100s 0s In wins 20 10 378 119* 37.80 1 1 In losses 45 3 443 52 10.55 1 6 In draws 1 0 15 15 15.00 In ties 2 1 0 0* 0.00 1
M Wkts Avg Wkts / match In wins 25 31 28.06 1.2 In losses 38 37 48.32 1.0 In draws 1 3 18.33 3.0 In ties 1 0 – 0.0
Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 2 (50%), lost 1. Batting first or second Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 100s 0s Batting first 35 6 425 119* 14.66 1 4 Batting second 28 5 364 52 15.83 1 4 Second innings of the match 5 3 47 24 23.50
By ground Ground M Inn Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Best Fitzroy Cricket Ground 30 27 339 37 15.41 25 42.20 4/83 Schramms Reserve 13 11 108 27 10.80 7 60.57 3/51 University Oval 4 3 46 33* 23.00 6 41.83 3/55 Glenferrie Oval 4 3 4 2 1.33 4 28.25 2/39 South Melbourne Cricket Ground 3 3 17
Wickets taken Caught 50 · 70% Bowled 10 · 14% Stumped 5 · 7% Caught & bowled 4 · 6% LBW 2 · 3% Batters dismissed
Top order (1–3) 15 · 21% Middle order (4–7) 37 · 52% Lower order (8–11) 2002-03 to 2014-15 · 73 m · 579 runs · 60 wkts
NJ Fletcher 2016-17 to 2025-26 · 73 m · 973 runs · 82 wkts SN Huntley 2006-07 to 2013-14 · 69 m · 729 runs · 37 wkts The careers nearest Emmins’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
1981-82: 11 matches, 143 runs, 7 wickets 1981-82 1982-83: 1 match, 5 runs, 3 wickets 1982-83 1983-84: 14 matches, 114 runs, 13 wickets 1983-84 1984-85: 15 matches, 217 runs, 14 wickets 1984-85 1985-86: 16 matches, 154 runs, 14 wickets 1985-86 1986-87: 14 matches, 165 runs, 15 wickets 1986-87 1987-88: 9 matches, 38 runs, 5 wickets 1987-88
The arc
Russell Emmins' best season with the bat was 1984-85 : 217 runs from 14 innings at 19.73. The best ten-innings patch came in 1983-84 to 1984-85 : 242 runs at 30.25. The leanest, 1984-85 to 1985-86: 61 runs at 6.78.
Rolling average, innings 8 to 68: 6.8 to 30.3 30.3 Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
Streaks
Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings from v Collingwood, 1984-85 to v Essendon, 1984-85 · first · last Consecutive matches played: 38 matches from v Prahran, 1983-84 to v St Kilda, 1985-86 · first · last Consecutive matches with a wicket: 5 matches from v University, 1985-86 to v St Kilda, 1985-86 · first · last Longest spell without a wicket: 2 matches bowled in from v Northcote, 1981-82 to v Ringwood, 1981-82 · first · last Longest run of single figures: 6 innings from v Ringwood, 1987-88 to v University, 1987-88 · first · last More splits Batting position over the years 1 6 11 1981-82: 6 (13 inns, avg 15.89) 1982-83: 9 (1 inns, avg 5.00) 1983-84: 7 (10 inns, avg 14.25) 1984-85: 8 (14 inns, avg 19.73) 1985-86: 8 (13 inns, avg 17.11) 1986-87: 7 (10 inns, avg 18.33) 1987-88: 8 (7 inns, avg 5.43) 1981 1983 1985 1987 Moved about the order across 7 seasons: at 8th in 3, at 7th in 2, at 6th in 1, at 9th in 1.
Home and away M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home 43 38 6 447 37 13.97 32 46.22 Away 37 30 8 389 119* 17.68 39 32.05
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 68 62 14 795 119* 16.56 64 38.50 Sunday 6 3 0 36 24 12.00 5 24.60 Weekday 6 3 0 5 4 1.67 2 71.00
Month by month Month M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Oct 12 8 0 97 24 12.13 10 32.50 Nov 22 15 3 189 119* 15.75 20 31.60 Dec 6 5 2 90 37 30.00 6 21.33 Jan 16 17 3 134 27 9.57 13 50.23 Feb 14 16 5 267 52 24.27 11 42.82 Mar 10 7 1 59 18*
Finals 1 Finals played
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M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home and away 79 67 14 836 119* 15.77 70 37.71 Finals 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 89.00
Favourite victims GF Fontaine × 2 GJ Miles × 2 KA Whichello × 2 P Hand × 2 PA Kingston × 2 AC Ross × 1 AD Jarvis × 1 AJ Ferguson × 1 Fielding Caught most off
RW Watts × 5 TV Considine × 5 RL Emmins × 4 SJ Cook Download your career card
Every other match: the side won 30 of 78 (38%), lost 43. Richmond Cricket Ground 3 3 45 18 15.00 2 77.50 1/57
Albert Ground 3 3 35 16* 17.50 – – 0/14
St Kilda Cricket Ground 3 3 6 5* 6.00 – – 0/5
Western Oval 3 2 40 25* 40.00 1 23.00 1/23
North Melbourne Cricket Ground 2 2 10 10 5.00 3 14.00 3/41
Russell Lucas Oval 2 2 0 0* 0.00 – – 0/16
Carlton Cricket Ground 2 1 0 0 0.00 5 20.20 4/77
Central Reserve South Oval 2 1 52 52 52.00 5 18.80 3/40
Toorak Park 2 1 5 5 5.00 5 12.40 4/16
Victoria Park 2 1 119 119* – – – 0/38
Essendon Cricket Ground 1 1 7 7 7.00 2 34.00 2/68
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote 1 1 3 3* – – – 0/8
19 · 27%
Best in a match: 4/16 v Prahran, 1986-87. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.
× 4
LJ Watts × 3
BW Walder × 2 
v Collingwood
v North Melbourne
v Hawthorn-East Melbourne
v Northcote
v Ringwood
v Richmond
v South Melbourne
v St Kilda
v Prahran
v Melbourne
v University
v Footscray
v Carlton
v Essendon