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Runs by season
1977-78: 55 runs 55 77-78 At the club In the record book
Among players of 1977-78 to 1994-95: 40th of 84 for runs, 5th of 55 for wickets, 14th of 88 for matches, 28th of 76 for catches, 40th of 44 for batting average.
Under Fitzroy: 112th of 321 for runs, 19th of 172 for wickets, 43rd of 345 for matches, 101st of 279 for catches, 99th 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.
Career 86 340 23 12.59 155 7/60 13
1978-79: 39 runs 39 1979-80: 75 runs 75 79-80 1980-81: 69 runs 69 1982-83: 37 runs 37 82-83 1983-84: 45 runs 45 1990-91: 20 runs 20 90-91 1994-95: 0 runs Wickets by season
1977-78: 9 wickets 9 77-78 1978-79: 34 wickets 34 1979-80: 46 wickets 46 79-80 1980-81: 25 wickets 25 1982-83: 17 wickets 17 82-83 1983-84: 15 wickets 15 1990-91: 9 wickets 9 90-91 1994-95: 0 wickets Every innings, in order
50 1977-78 v Prahran: 17 1977-78 v South Melbourne: 12 1977-78 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 2* 1977-78 v Carlton: 1* 1977-78 v Essendon: 23 1977-78 v St Kilda: 0 1978-79 v Prahran: 2* 1978-79 v Ringwood: 10 1978-79 v Northcote: 5 1978-79 v Carlton: 5* 1978-79 v Essendon: 0 1978-79 v University: 12* 1978-79 v St Kilda: 5* 1979-80 v Carlton: 0* 1979-80 v Waverley: 23 1979-80 v Richmond: 2 1979-80 v North Melbourne: 21 1979-80 v Footscray: 2 1979-80 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 9 1979-80 v Collingwood: 10* 1979-80 v St Kilda: 6 1979-80 v Prahran: 1* 1979-80 v Melbourne: 1 1980-81 v Carlton: 2* 1980-81 v Carlton: 9 1980-81 v Prahran: 13* 1980-81 v Richmond: 0 1980-81 v Ringwood: 22* 1980-81 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 9 1980-81 v South Melbourne: 14* 1982-83 v Essendon: 13 1982-83 v University: 0 1982-83 v Collingwood: 6 1982-83 v Carlton: 3 1982-83 v Melbourne: 1 1982-83 v Prahran: 2* 1982-83 v North Melbourne: 10* 1982-83 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 2* 1983-84 v Footscray: 2* 1983-84 v Richmond: 11* 1983-84 v Collingwood: 8* 1983-84 v North Melbourne: 2 1983-84 v South Melbourne: 6 1983-84 v Waverley: 16 1983-84 v Carlton: 0* 1990-91 v Northcote: 0* 1990-91 v University: 0* 1990-91 v Prahran: 8* 1990-91 v Footscray: 4 1990-91 v Melbourne: 8* 1990-91 v Waverley-Dandenong: 0 Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.
Against each club
Sort byOpponent Matches Runs Highest score Batting average 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 0s 9 7 2 55 14* 11.00 1 10 21 10 164 23 14.91 1 11 23 12 121 17 11.00 3
Batted most often at 11th.
Scores and consistency Ducks 5 1–9 27 10–19 11 20–29 4 30–49 0 50–99 0 100+ 0 3.8% of the side's runs in the innings batted.
Dismissals Caught 14 · 52% Bowled 5 · 19% Run out 4 · 15% Stumped 3 · 11% Caught & bowled 1 · 4% In wins and losses Inn NO Runs HS Avg 0s In wins 19 7 154 23 12.83 1 In losses 28 14 136 23 9.71 4 In draws 3 2 40 22* 40.00 In ties 1 1 10 10* –
M Wkts Avg Wkts / match In wins 38 82 17.68 2.2 In losses 36 53 25.04 1.5 In draws 8 10 29.40 1.3 In ties 2 10 7.70 5.0
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 3 of 6 (50%), lost 1. Every other match: the side won 35 of 80 (44%), lost 36. Batting first or second Inn NO Runs HS Avg 0s Batting first 32 11 230 23 10.95 4 Batting second 18 13 101 23 20.20 1 Second innings of the match 1 0 9 9 9.00
By ground Ground M Inn Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Best Fitzroy Cricket Ground 37 21 166 23 11.86 79 16.70 7/60 Schramms Reserve 7 3 12 8* 12.00 5 50.80 2/40 Carlton Cricket Ground 4 5 12 9 12.00 4 41.25 2/31 Toorak Park 4 4 25 13* – 8 24.13 3/28 Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote 4 2 5
Wickets taken Caught 89 · 60% Bowled 40 · 27% LBW 11 · 7% Caught & bowled 7 · 5% Hit wicket 1 · 1% Batters dismissed
Top order (1–3) 67 · 45% Middle order (4–7) 54 · 36% Lower order (8–11) 1979-80 to 1986-87 · 78 m · 188 runs · 109 wkts
K Campbell 1936-37 to 1947-48 · 64 m · 317 runs · 94 wkts The careers nearest Smith’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
1977-78: 8 matches, 55 runs, 9 wickets 77-78 1978-79: 15 matches, 39 runs, 34 wickets · 1st XI Bowling 1979-80: 15 matches, 75 runs, 46 wickets · 1st XI Bowling 79-80 1980-81: 14 matches, 69 runs, 25 wickets 1981-82: did not play 81-82 1982-83: 12 matches, 37 runs, 17 wickets · 1st XI Bowling 1983-84: 11 matches, 45 runs, 15 wickets 83-84 1984-85: did not play 1985-86: did not play 85-86 1986-87: did not play 1987-88: did not play 87-88 1988-89: did not play 1989-90: did not play 89-90 1990-91: 10 matches, 20 runs, 9 wickets 1991-92: did not play 91-92 1992-93: did not play 1993-94: did not play 93-94 1994-95: 1 match, 0 runs, 0 wickets
1978-79: 1st XI Bowling · 1979-80: 1st XI Bowling · 1982-83: 1st XI Bowling
The arc
Stephen Smith's best season with the bat was 1979-80 : 75 runs from 10 innings at 10.71. The best ten-innings patch came in 1979-80 to 1982-83 : 84 runs at 16.80. The leanest, 1983-84 to 1990-91: 44 runs at 8.80.
Rolling average, innings 8 to 51: 8.8 to 16.8 16.8 Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
Streaks
Consecutive matches played: 45 matches from v St Kilda, 1977-78 to v Waverley, 1980-81 · first · last Consecutive matches with a wicket: 11 matches from v Melbourne, 1980-81 to v Waverley, 1980-81 · first · last Longest spell without a wicket: 2 matches bowled in from v St Kilda, 1977-78 to v Melbourne, 1978-79 · first · last Longest run of single figures: 4 innings from v University, 1982-83 to v Melbourne, 1982-83 · first · last More splits Batting position over the years 1 6 11 1977-78: 11 (6 inns, avg 13.75) 1978-79: 11 (7 inns, avg 13.00) 1979-80: 10 (10 inns, avg 10.71) 1980-81: 10 (7 inns, avg 23.00) 1982-83: 10 (8 inns, avg 7.40) 1983-84: 11 (7 inns, avg 15.00) 1990-91: 11 (6 inns, avg 10.00) 1977 1979 1982 1990 Batted at 11th for 2 seasons, moved up to 10th from 1979-80, dropped to 11th from 1983-84.
Home and away M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home 44 24 9 178 23 11.87 84 18.73 Away 42 27 15 162 23 13.50 71 22.18
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 73 45 20 325 23 13.00 139 19.50 Sunday 6 1 1 5 5* – 6 30.67 Weekday 7 5 3 10 8* 5.00 10 25.30
Month by month Month M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Oct 14 7 5 39 13 19.50 17 24.12 Nov 22 16 6 123 23 12.30 39 22.13 Dec 13 10 3 50 12* 7.14 27 16.67 Jan 19 10 7 75 22* 25.00 39 18.82 Feb 13 7 3 53 23 13.25 26 19.62 Mar 5 1 0 0 0
Favourite victims JI Russ × 3 P Deveson × 3 AJ Paone × 2 BJ Watson × 2 DJ Broad × 2 DL Gott × 2 GB McBurney × 2 GK John × 2 The card names his victims in 61 of 64 wicket-taking games.
Fielding Caught most off
SK Smith × 7 AJ Melbourne Download your career card
North Melbourne Cricket Ground 4 1 10 10* – 8 12.63 3/12
St Kilda Cricket Ground 3 2 6 6 3.00 5 18.80 5/29
Victoria Park 3 1 6 6 6.00 6 16.33 3/34
Albert Ground 3 1 1 1 1.00 4 44.25 2/50
Central Reserve South Oval 3 0 0 – – 2 64.50 2/38
Western Oval 2 2 4 2* 4.00 6 15.83 5/66
Richmond Cricket Ground 2 2 13 11* 13.00 5 15.00 4/43
Russell Lucas Oval 2 2 32 22* 32.00 2 31.50 1/30
Glenferrie Oval 2 2 11 9 11.00 1 57.00 1/33
South Melbourne Cricket Ground 2 1 14 14* – 7 16.71 5/30
Essendon Cricket Ground 2 1 23 23 23.00 4 5.25 4/21
Shepley Oval 1 1 0 0 0.00 – – 0/39
University Oval 1 0 0 – – 2 20.50 2/41
27 · 18%
6 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 7/60 v Collingwood, 1979-80. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.
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TW MacDonald × 1 Stephen Smith — Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club — Morrie
v Melbourne
v Prahran
v South Melbourne
v Hawthorn-East Melbourne
v Carlton
v Essendon
v St Kilda
v Richmond
v Ringwood
v Northcote
v University
v Collingwood
v Footscray
v North Melbourne
v Hawthorn
v Waverley-Dandenong