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Albert Barras

Played 1933-34 – 1944-45

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Player records

Victoria Representative (Via Other Clubs)

Career totals

Career

Games

Seasons

1933-34 – 1944-45

Played

Batting

Innings

Not outs

728

Runs

High score

15.83

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

16.70

Average

5-fors

1,070

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1933-34 to 1944-45 · 54 matchesFull archive career →

Around this dayin 1934: 8 and 4/18 and 1 ct v Melbourne in 1936: 0 and 2/22 and 1 ct v Carlton

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1933-34	7	104	44	17.33	0	5	5/60	2
1934-35	12	131	78	10.92	7.3	13	4/18	8
1935-36	14	236	74	19.67	15.1	5	2/7	5
1936-37	12	53	14*	7.57	33	19	7/54	7
1937-38	1	3	3*	–	0	0	0/10
1943-44	5	142	41	28.40	24	12	6/36	1
1944-45	3	59	50	14.75	46.1	10	4/9	1
Career	54	728	78	15.83		64	7/54	24

Every scorecard · 54

1933-34	v Prahran	10 & 9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v South Melbourne	dnb	5/60	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v VCA Colts	19	0/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Northcote	7 & 10*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Melbourne	44	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v St Kilda	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Melbourne	8	4/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Northcote	0	1/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0 & 17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Collingwood	dnb	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v South Melbourne	1 & 4	2/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Prahran	dnb	1/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Carlton	12	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Richmond	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v North Melbourne	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Essendon	5	2/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v University	78	1/16 & 0/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Melbourne	0	2/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v St Kilda	9	1/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Northcote	10*	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v VCA Colts	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Collingwood	21	0/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v South Melbourne	6*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Prahran	20	2/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v University	16	2/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v North Melbourne	1 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Carlton	19	0/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Richmond	16	0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Essendon	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Carlton	74	0/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Melbourne	12 & 2*	0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Richmond	6	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Carlton	0	2/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v North Melbourne	2	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v University	dnb	1/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Prahran	3	4/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v South Melbourne	9	7/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Collingwood	dnb	3/47	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v VCA Colts	8* & 14*	0/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v St Kilda	dnb	2/63	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Melbourne	10	0/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v South Melbourne	3*	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Collingwood	41	6/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v South Melbourne	35	0/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v University	32	1/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v North Melbourne	4	4/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Carlton	30	1/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	50	4/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Preston	8 & 0	1/36 & 4/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v South Melbourne	1	1/43 & 0/5	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Prahran, 1933-34
First fifty78v University, 1934-35
First five-for5/60v South Melbourne, 1933-34
Highest score78v University, 1934-35
Best bowling7/54v South Melbourne, 1936-37
Last matchMatch 54v South Melbourne, 1944-45

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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Casey South Melbourne	7	59	35	11.80		15	12.73	7/54	2
Carlton	5	135	74	27.00	1	3	42.33	2/22
Kingston Hawthorn	5	91	50	18.20	1	4	15.75	4/53
Melbourne	5	76	44	15.20		6	12.00	4/18
Melbourne University	4	126	78	42.00	1	5	21.20	2/23
Camberwell Magpies	4	62	41	31.00		9	11.78	6/36	1
Prahran	4	42	20	10.50		7	8.29	4/45
Northcote	4	27	10*	13.50		1	34.00	1/14
Greenvale Kanagaroos	4	11	4	2.20		4	15.75	4/53
VCA Colts	3	41	19	41.00		0	–	0/31
Richmond	3	25	16	8.33		0	–	0/14
St Kilda	3	14	9	7.00		3	29.67	2/63
Essendon	2	11	6	5.50		2	4.00	2/8
Preston	1	8	8	4.00		5	9.00	4/9

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	3	2	21	14*	21.00
2	4	0	39	17	9.75
3	4	0	117	78	29.25	1	1
4	4	0	18	16	4.50		1
5	9	1	145	35	18.13
6	6	0	70	41	11.67		1
7	10	0	133	74	13.30	1	2
8	8	1	148	50	21.14	1
9	4	2	35	21	17.50
10	1	1	2	2*	–

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Top order (1–3)	11	2	177	78	19.67	1	1
Middle order (4–7)	29	1	366	74	13.07	1	4
Lower order (8–11)	13	4	185	50	20.56	1

Batted most often at 7th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks5
1–925
10–1912
20–293
30–495
50–993
100+0

Turned 0 of 3 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 7.9% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 4 times.

Dismissals

Caught22 · 50%
Bowled8 · 18%
Run out6 · 14%
LBW3 · 7%
Stumped3 · 7%
Caught & bowled1 · 2%
Hit wicket1 · 2%

Most often dismissed by: Zachariah (2), Cordner (2), Fitzmaurice (2), Wilson (2), Deveney (2).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
In wins	30	5	499	78	19.96	3	2
In losses	20	2	226	41	12.56		1
In draws	3	0	3	3	1.00		2

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	19	34	13.91	1.8
In losses	16	18	24.72	1.1
In draws	5	12	12.42	2.4

Scored 50+: the side won 3 of 3 (100%).
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 1 of 3 (33%), lost 1.
Every other match: the side won 24 of 48 (50%), lost 18.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Batting first	24	3	313	74	14.90	1	4
Batting second	21	1	358	78	17.90	2
Second innings of the match	8	3	57	17	11.40		1

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	30	25	424	78	20.19	31	20.42	5/60
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	4	15	9	3.75	10	10.30	7/54
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	4	9	4	2.25	4	13.25	4/53
Carlton Cricket Ground	3	3	86	74	28.67	2	36.00	2/22
Toorak Park	2	3	39	20	13.00	2	3.50	2/7
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	2	3	27	10*	27.00	–	–	0/20
Glenferrie Oval	2	3	18	17	6.00	–	–	0/10
Victoria Park	2	2	62	41	31.00	6	9.17	6/36
St Kilda Cricket Ground	2	1	5	5	5.00	2	31.50	2/63
Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	2	14	12	14.00	–	–	0/3
Albert Ground	1	1	8	8	8.00	4	4.50	4/18
Essendon Cricket Ground	1	1	5	5	5.00	2	4.00	2/8
Richmond Cricket Ground	1	1	16	16	16.00	–	–	0/14
University Oval	1	0	0	–	–	1	8.00	1/8

Wickets taken

Caught31 · 54%
Bowled9 · 16%
Stumped6 · 11%
Caught & bowled6 · 11%
LBW5 · 9%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)13 · 23%
Middle order (4–7)27 · 47%
Lower order (8–11)17 · 30%

3 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 7/54 v South Melbourne, 1936-37. 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 1933-34 to 1944-45: 25th of 67 for runs, 14th of 45 for wickets, 23rd of 73 for matches, 20th of 62 for catches, 28th of 36 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 68th of 321 for runs, 36th of 172 for wickets, 55th of 345 for matches, 57th of 279 for catches, 81st of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

CA McKissack1986-87 to 1993-94 · 69 m · 822 runs · 76 wkts
PJ Wallace1971-72 to 1977-78 · 53 m · 522 runs · 66 wkts
NJ Fletcher2016-17 to 2025-26 · 73 m · 973 runs · 82 wkts
E Twentyman1895-96 to 1899-00 · 36 m · 601 runs · 44 wkts

The careers nearest Barras’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 Season away

The arc

Albert Barras' best season with the bat was 1935-36: 236 runs from 15 innings at 19.67. The best ten-innings patch came in 1936-37 to 1944-45: 220 runs at 27.50. The leanest, 1934-35: 53 runs at 5.30.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First five-for5/60	6 Jan 1934	v South Melbourne, 1933-34
First fifty78	2 Mar 1935	v University, 1934-35
50th match4, 4/53	18 Dec 1943	v North Melbourne, 1943-44
50th wicket4/53 took him to 53	18 Dec 1943	v North Melbourne, 1943-44

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 3 innings: from v Collingwood, 1943-44 to v University, 1943-44 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 36 matches: from v Collingwood, 1934-35 to v South Melbourne, 1937-38 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 6 matches: from v University, 1943-44 to v South Melbourne, 1944-45 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 5 matches bowled in: from v Carlton, 1935-36 to v Richmond, 1936-37 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings: from v Richmond, 1936-37 to v South Melbourne, 1936-37 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
78	v University, 1934-35	Won
74	v Carlton, 1935-36	Won, Semi-final
50	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1944-45	Won
44	v Melbourne, 1933-34	Won
41	v Collingwood, 1943-44	Lost

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
7/54	v South Melbourne, 1936-37	Won
6/36	v Collingwood, 1943-44	Lost
5/60	v South Melbourne, 1933-34	Drawn
4/9	v Preston, 1944-45	Won
4/18	v Melbourne, 1934-35	Won

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 7 seasons: at 5th in 2, at 7th in 2, at 6th in 2, at 9th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1933-34	5	7	17.33
1934-35	7	12	10.92
1935-36	7	15	19.67
1936-37	6	9	7.57
1937-38	9	1	–
1943-44	5	5	28.40
1944-45	6	4	14.75

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	30	25	4	424	78	20.19	31	20.42
Away	24	28	3	304	74	12.16	33	13.15

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	48	49	7	704	78	16.76	63	16.32
Weekday	6	4	0	24	19	6.00	1	39.00

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	10	11	2	96	50	10.67	17	14.18
Nov	9	7	0	140	41	20.00	11	11.82
Dec	7	8	1	75	32	10.71	17	10.88
Jan	12	12	2	126	30	12.60	12	22.17
Feb	8	6	1	60	19	12.00	4	29.75
Mar	7	7	0	217	78	31.00	3	41.00
Other	1	2	1	14	12	14.00

Finals

3Finals played

88Runs · avg 29.33

2Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	51	49	6	640	78	14.88	62	16.29
Finals	3	4	1	88	74	29.33	2	28.50

Favourite victims

– Zosky × 2
CN Parry × 2
HHE Grangel × 2
RJ Hassett × 2
WJ Cornelius × 2
AL Hassett × 1
AL Price × 1
AR Barnes × 1

The card names his victims in 22 of 24 wicket-taking games.

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1933-34	7	2
1934-35	12	8
1935-36	14	5
1936-37	12	7
1937-38	1
1943-44	5	1
1944-45	3	1

Caught most off

AEO Barras × 6
FD Chapman × 6
HJ Plant × 3
AE Liddicut × 2
J Frederick × 2
MW Sievers × 2

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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Albert Barras

Played 1933-34 – 1944-45

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Player records

Victoria Representative (Via Other Clubs)

Career totals

Career

Games

Seasons

1933-34 – 1944-45

Played

Batting

Innings

Not outs

728

Runs

High score

15.83

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

16.70

Average

5-fors

1,070

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1933-34 to 1944-45 · 54 matchesFull archive career →

Around this dayin 1934: 8 and 4/18 and 1 ct v Melbourne in 1936: 0 and 2/22 and 1 ct v Carlton

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1933-34	7	104	44	17.33	0	5	5/60	2
1934-35	12	131	78	10.92	7.3	13	4/18	8
1935-36	14	236	74	19.67	15.1	5	2/7	5
1936-37	12	53	14*	7.57	33	19	7/54	7
1937-38	1	3	3*	–	0	0	0/10
1943-44	5	142	41	28.40	24	12	6/36	1
1944-45	3	59	50	14.75	46.1	10	4/9	1
Career	54	728	78	15.83		64	7/54	24

Every scorecard · 54

1933-34	v Prahran	10 & 9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v South Melbourne	dnb	5/60	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v VCA Colts	19	0/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Northcote	7 & 10*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Melbourne	44	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v St Kilda	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Melbourne	8	4/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Northcote	0	1/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0 & 17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Collingwood	dnb	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v South Melbourne	1 & 4	2/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Prahran	dnb	1/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Carlton	12	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Richmond	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v North Melbourne	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Essendon	5	2/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v University	78	1/16 & 0/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Melbourne	0	2/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v St Kilda	9	1/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Northcote	10*	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v VCA Colts	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Collingwood	21	0/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v South Melbourne	6*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Prahran	20	2/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v University	16	2/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v North Melbourne	1 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Carlton	19	0/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Richmond	16	0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Essendon	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Carlton	74	0/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Melbourne	12 & 2*	0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Richmond	6	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Carlton	0	2/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v North Melbourne	2	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v University	dnb	1/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Prahran	3	4/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v South Melbourne	9	7/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Collingwood	dnb	3/47	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v VCA Colts	8* & 14*	0/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v St Kilda	dnb	2/63	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Melbourne	10	0/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v South Melbourne	3*	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Collingwood	41	6/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v South Melbourne	35	0/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v University	32	1/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v North Melbourne	4	4/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Carlton	30	1/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	50	4/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Preston	8 & 0	1/36 & 4/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v South Melbourne	1	1/43 & 0/5	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Prahran, 1933-34
First fifty78v University, 1934-35
First five-for5/60v South Melbourne, 1933-34
Highest score78v University, 1934-35
Best bowling7/54v South Melbourne, 1936-37
Last matchMatch 54v South Melbourne, 1944-45

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


Casey South Melbourne	7	59	35	11.80		15	12.73	7/54	2
Carlton	5	135	74	27.00	1	3	42.33	2/22
Kingston Hawthorn	5	91	50	18.20	1	4	15.75	4/53
Melbourne	5	76	44	15.20		6	12.00	4/18
Melbourne University	4	126	78	42.00	1	5	21.20	2/23
Camberwell Magpies	4	62	41	31.00		9	11.78	6/36	1
Prahran	4	42	20	10.50		7	8.29	4/45
Northcote	4	27	10*	13.50		1	34.00	1/14
Greenvale Kanagaroos	4	11	4	2.20		4	15.75	4/53
VCA Colts	3	41	19	41.00		0	–	0/31
Richmond	3	25	16	8.33		0	–	0/14
St Kilda	3	14	9	7.00		3	29.67	2/63
Essendon	2	11	6	5.50		2	4.00	2/8
Preston	1	8	8	4.00		5	9.00	4/9

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	3	2	21	14*	21.00
2	4	0	39	17	9.75
3	4	0	117	78	29.25	1	1
4	4	0	18	16	4.50		1
5	9	1	145	35	18.13
6	6	0	70	41	11.67		1
7	10	0	133	74	13.30	1	2
8	8	1	148	50	21.14	1
9	4	2	35	21	17.50
10	1	1	2	2*	–

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Top order (1–3)	11	2	177	78	19.67	1	1
Middle order (4–7)	29	1	366	74	13.07	1	4
Lower order (8–11)	13	4	185	50	20.56	1

Batted most often at 7th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks5
1–925
10–1912
20–293
30–495
50–993
100+0

Turned 0 of 3 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 7.9% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 4 times.

Dismissals

Caught22 · 50%
Bowled8 · 18%
Run out6 · 14%
LBW3 · 7%
Stumped3 · 7%
Caught & bowled1 · 2%
Hit wicket1 · 2%

Most often dismissed by: Zachariah (2), Cordner (2), Fitzmaurice (2), Wilson (2), Deveney (2).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
In wins	30	5	499	78	19.96	3	2
In losses	20	2	226	41	12.56		1
In draws	3	0	3	3	1.00		2

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	19	34	13.91	1.8
In losses	16	18	24.72	1.1
In draws	5	12	12.42	2.4

Scored 50+: the side won 3 of 3 (100%).
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 1 of 3 (33%), lost 1.
Every other match: the side won 24 of 48 (50%), lost 18.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Batting first	24	3	313	74	14.90	1	4
Batting second	21	1	358	78	17.90	2
Second innings of the match	8	3	57	17	11.40		1

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	30	25	424	78	20.19	31	20.42	5/60
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	4	15	9	3.75	10	10.30	7/54
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	4	9	4	2.25	4	13.25	4/53
Carlton Cricket Ground	3	3	86	74	28.67	2	36.00	2/22
Toorak Park	2	3	39	20	13.00	2	3.50	2/7
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	2	3	27	10*	27.00	–	–	0/20
Glenferrie Oval	2	3	18	17	6.00	–	–	0/10
Victoria Park	2	2	62	41	31.00	6	9.17	6/36
St Kilda Cricket Ground	2	1	5	5	5.00	2	31.50	2/63
Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	2	14	12	14.00	–	–	0/3
Albert Ground	1	1	8	8	8.00	4	4.50	4/18
Essendon Cricket Ground	1	1	5	5	5.00	2	4.00	2/8
Richmond Cricket Ground	1	1	16	16	16.00	–	–	0/14
University Oval	1	0	0	–	–	1	8.00	1/8

Wickets taken

Caught31 · 54%
Bowled9 · 16%
Stumped6 · 11%
Caught & bowled6 · 11%
LBW5 · 9%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)13 · 23%
Middle order (4–7)27 · 47%
Lower order (8–11)17 · 30%

3 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 7/54 v South Melbourne, 1936-37. 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 1933-34 to 1944-45: 25th of 67 for runs, 14th of 45 for wickets, 23rd of 73 for matches, 20th of 62 for catches, 28th of 36 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 68th of 321 for runs, 36th of 172 for wickets, 55th of 345 for matches, 57th of 279 for catches, 81st of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

CA McKissack1986-87 to 1993-94 · 69 m · 822 runs · 76 wkts
PJ Wallace1971-72 to 1977-78 · 53 m · 522 runs · 66 wkts
NJ Fletcher2016-17 to 2025-26 · 73 m · 973 runs · 82 wkts
E Twentyman1895-96 to 1899-00 · 36 m · 601 runs · 44 wkts

The careers nearest Barras’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 Season away

The arc

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First five-for5/60	6 Jan 1934	v South Melbourne, 1933-34
First fifty78	2 Mar 1935	v University, 1934-35
50th match4, 4/53	18 Dec 1943	v North Melbourne, 1943-44
50th wicket4/53 took him to 53	18 Dec 1943	v North Melbourne, 1943-44

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 3 innings: from v Collingwood, 1943-44 to v University, 1943-44 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 36 matches: from v Collingwood, 1934-35 to v South Melbourne, 1937-38 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 6 matches: from v University, 1943-44 to v South Melbourne, 1944-45 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 5 matches bowled in: from v Carlton, 1935-36 to v Richmond, 1936-37 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings: from v Richmond, 1936-37 to v South Melbourne, 1936-37 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
78	v University, 1934-35	Won
74	v Carlton, 1935-36	Won, Semi-final
50	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1944-45	Won
44	v Melbourne, 1933-34	Won
41	v Collingwood, 1943-44	Lost

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
7/54	v South Melbourne, 1936-37	Won
6/36	v Collingwood, 1943-44	Lost
5/60	v South Melbourne, 1933-34	Drawn
4/9	v Preston, 1944-45	Won
4/18	v Melbourne, 1934-35	Won

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 7 seasons: at 5th in 2, at 7th in 2, at 6th in 2, at 9th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1933-34	5	7	17.33
1934-35	7	12	10.92
1935-36	7	15	19.67
1936-37	6	9	7.57
1937-38	9	1	–
1943-44	5	5	28.40
1944-45	6	4	14.75

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	30	25	4	424	78	20.19	31	20.42
Away	24	28	3	304	74	12.16	33	13.15

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	48	49	7	704	78	16.76	63	16.32
Weekday	6	4	0	24	19	6.00	1	39.00

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	10	11	2	96	50	10.67	17	14.18
Nov	9	7	0	140	41	20.00	11	11.82
Dec	7	8	1	75	32	10.71	17	10.88
Jan	12	12	2	126	30	12.60	12	22.17
Feb	8	6	1	60	19	12.00	4	29.75
Mar	7	7	0	217	78	31.00	3	41.00
Other	1	2	1	14	12	14.00

Finals

3Finals played

88Runs · avg 29.33

2Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	51	49	6	640	78	14.88	62	16.29
Finals	3	4	1	88	74	29.33	2	28.50

Favourite victims

– Zosky × 2
CN Parry × 2
HHE Grangel × 2
RJ Hassett × 2
WJ Cornelius × 2
AL Hassett × 1
AL Price × 1
AR Barnes × 1

The card names his victims in 22 of 24 wicket-taking games.

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1933-34	7	2
1934-35	12	8
1935-36	14	5
1936-37	12	7
1937-38	1
1943-44	5	1
1944-45	3	1

Caught most off

AEO Barras × 6
FD Chapman × 6
HJ Plant × 3
AE Liddicut × 2
J Frederick × 2
MW Sievers × 2

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.