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Ben Waterman — Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club — Morrie
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Among players of 2000-01 to 2010-11: 12th of 63 for runs, 1st of 44 for wickets, 6th of 65 for matches, 11th of 15 for hundreds, 11th of 57 for catches, 31st of 38 for batting average.
Under Fitzroy-Doncaster: 22nd of 184 for runs, 2nd of 135 for wickets, 10th of 197 for matches, 18th of 34 for hundreds, 19th of 167 for catches, 62nd of 81 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 161 1,658 102* 15.35 284 6/34 54
Match 161
Runs by season
2000-01: 4 runs 4 00-01 2001-02: 49 runs 49 2002-03: 112 runs 112 02-03 2003-04: 329 runs 329 2004-05: 345 runs 345 04-05 2005-06: 109 runs 109 2006-07: 276 runs 276 06-07 2007-08: 115 runs 115 2008-09: 144 runs 144 08-09 2009-10: 88 runs 88 2010-11: 87 runs 87 10-11 Wickets by season
2000-01: 2 wickets 2 00-01 2001-02: 10 wickets 10 2002-03: 38 wickets 38 02-03 2003-04: 33 wickets 33 2004-05: 33 wickets 33 04-05 2005-06: 36 wickets 36 2006-07: 31 wickets Every innings, in order
102 50 2000-01 v Northcote: 1* 2000-01 v Footscray-Victoria University: 3 2001-02 v Melbourne University: 36 2001-02 v Richmond: 3* 2001-02 v Prahran: 10 2002-03 v Carlton: 10 2002-03 v Hawthorn-Monash University: 0 2002-03 v Camberwell Magpies: 3* 2002-03 v South Melbourne: 18* 2002-03 v Frankston Peninsula: 3* 2002-03 v Melbourne University: 4* 2002-03 v Richmond: 0 2002-03 v Melbourne: 22 2002-03 v Prahran: 12 2002-03 v Prahran: 2* 2002-03 v North Melbourne: 7 2002-03 v North Melbourne: 9 2002-03 v Ringwood: 6 2002-03 v Footscray-Victoria University: 13 2002-03 v St Kilda: 0 2002-03 v Camberwell Magpies: 0 2002-03 v St Kilda: 3 2003-04 v North Melbourne: 34* 2003-04 v Melbourne University: 102* 2003-04 v Richmond: 19 2003-04 v Camberwell Magpies: 17* 2003-04 v Geelong: 12 2003-04 v Carlton: 11 2003-04 v Dandenong: 8 2003-04 v Northcote: 28 2003-04 v Essendon: 6* 2003-04 v Footscray-Victoria University: 39 2003-04 v South Melbourne: 17 2003-04 v St Kilda: 17 2003-04 v Frankston Peninsula: 1 2003-04 v Hawthorn-Monash University: 6 2003-04 v Prahran: 12 2004-05 v Richmond: 35 2004-05 v Ringwood: 10 2004-05 v Camberwell Magpies: 24 2004-05 v Geelong: 6 2004-05 v Carlton: 32 2004-05 v Dandenong: 41 2004-05 v Dandenong: 46 2004-05 v Northcote: 2 2004-05 v Essendon: 8 2004-05 v Essendon: 20 2004-05 v Footscray Edgewater: 0 2004-05 v Carlton: 15 2004-05 v South Melbourne: 23 2004-05 v St Kilda: 0 2004-05 v Frankston Peninsula: 4 2004-05 v Melbourne: 4 2004-05 v Hawthorn-Monash University: 10 2004-05 v Prahran: 21 2004-05 v North Melbourne: 38 2004-05 v Melbourne University: 6 2005-06 v Melbourne University: 46 2005-06 v North Melbourne: 0 2005-06 v Richmond: 0 2005-06 v Carlton: 4 2005-06 v Essendon: 10 2005-06 v Frankston Peninsula: 0 2005-06 v Ringwood: 3 2005-06 v Geelong: 0 2005-06 v Dandenong: 5* 2005-06 v Camberwell Magpies: 17 2005-06 v Dandenong: 4* 2005-06 v Carlton: 20 2005-06 v St Kilda: 0 2006-07 v Northcote: 8 2006-07 v Footscray Edgewater: 13 2006-07 v Prahran: 2 2006-07 v Ringwood: 11* 2006-07 v Melbourne University: 4 2006-07 v Casey-South Melbourne: 79* 2006-07 v Geelong: 18 2006-07 v Carlton: 68 2006-07 v Essendon: 4 2006-07 v Richmond: 13 2006-07 v Casey-South Melbourne: 5 2006-07 v Essendon: 13 2006-07 v Hawthorn-Monash University: 8 2006-07 v Dandenong: 22 2006-07 v Carlton: 3 2006-07 v Carlton: 5 2007-08 v Footscray Edgewater: 0 2007-08 v Camberwell Magpies: 2 2007-08 v Hawthorn-Monash University: 3 2007-08 v Melbourne University: 17 2007-08 v Frankston Peninsula: 2 2007-08 v Carlton: 3 2007-08 v Carlton: 12* 2007-08 v North Melbourne: 1 2007-08 v Northcote: 4 2007-08 v Ringwood: 0 2007-08 v Prahran: 50* 2007-08 v Essendon: 4 2007-08 v Richmond: 17 2008-09 v Essendon: 0 2008-09 v Richmond: 2* 2008-09 v Footscray Edgewater: 2 2008-09 v Camberwell Magpies: 0* 2008-09 v Hawthorn-Monash University: 9 2008-09 v Melbourne University: 8 2008-09 v Carlton: 22* 2008-09 v Casey-South Melbourne: 12 2008-09 v North Melbourne: 16 2008-09 v Northcote: 39 2008-09 v Ringwood: 17 2008-09 v Carlton: 17 2009-10 v Melbourne: 22 2009-10 v Prahran: 0 2009-10 v Essendon: 1 2009-10 v Richmond: 0 2009-10 v Footscray Edgewater: 17 2009-10 v Hawthorn-Monash University: 8 2009-10 v Melbourne University: 13 2009-10 v Frankston Peninsula: 4 2009-10 v Carlton: 0 2009-10 v Carlton: 1 2009-10 v St Kilda: 9 2009-10 v Dandenong: 13* 2010-11 v Camberwell Magpies: 14 2010-11 v Northcote: 1 2010-11 v Prahran: 6 2010-11 v Frankston Peninsula: 7 2010-11 v Melbourne University: 8 2010-11 v Footscray Edgewater: 26* 2010-11 v Richmond: 8* 2010-11 v Geelong: 17 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 Five-fors Ten-wicket matches ↓ 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 0 12 12 12.00 3 4 0 39 13 9.75 4 2 0 7 4 3.50 5 9 0 116 46 12.89 2 6 25 4 311 46 14.81 5 7 14 1 287 79* 22.08 2 8 35 5 362 50* 12.07 1 4 9 15 2 183 28 14.08 2 10 23 10 315 102* 24.23 1 4 11 3 1 26 22 13.00
Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 100s 0s Top order (1–3) 5 0 51 13 10.20 Middle order (4–7) 50 5 721 79* 16.02 2 7 Lower order (8–11) 76 18 886 102* 15.28 1 1 10
Batted most often at 8th.
Scores and consistency Ducks 17 1–9 54 10–19 34 20–29 11 30–49 10 50–99 3 100+ 1 Turned 1 of 4 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 6.4% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 7 times.
Dismissals Caught 59 · 55% Bowled 18 · 17% LBW 18 · 17% Run out 8 · 7% Caught & bowled 5 · 5% Most often dismissed by: Austin (4), McKay (3), McGain (2), Jewell (2), Simpson (2).
In wins and losses Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 100s 0s In wins 51 14 774 102* 20.92 2 1 6 In losses 70 6 727 50* 11.36 1 10 In draws 8 3 112 41 22.40 1
M Wkts Avg Wkts / match In wins 74 160 18.54 2.2 In losses 70 109 31.79 1.6 In draws 10 14 40.07 1.4
Scored 50+: the side won 3 of 4 (75%), lost 1. Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 3 of 4 (75%), lost 1. Every other match: the side won 68 of 150 (45%), lost 68. Batting first or second Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 100s 0s Batting first 64 8 898 50* 16.04 1 8 Batting second 61 13 711 102* 14.81 2 1 9 Second innings of the match 6 2 49 20 12.25
By ground Ground M Inn Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Best Schramms Reserve 76 64 737 79* 14.74 114 27.75 6/68 Richmond Cricket Ground 7 7 73 35 12.17 11 20.82 4/18 Mervyn G Hughes Oval 6 5 70 39 14.00 17 15.88 6/36 Camberwell Sports Ground 6 4 51 17* 25.50 8 31.63 3/49 Geelong Cricket Ground 6 2 24
Wickets taken Caught 156 · 55% Bowled 62 · 22% LBW 53 · 19% Caught & bowled 10 · 4% Stumped 3 · 1% Batters dismissed
Top order (1–3) 100 · 35% Middle order (4–7) 120 · 42% Lower order (8–11) 1979-80 to 1988-89 · 131 m · 1,069 runs · 247 wkts
CBD Street 1999-00 to 2005-06 · 126 m · 1,544 runs · 266 wkts AW Dummett 1921-22 to 1931-32 · 120 m · 2,133 runs · 199 wkts AJ Melbourne 1974-75 to 1997-98 · 215 m · 1,641 runs · 250 wkts The careers nearest Waterman’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
2000-01: 3 matches, 4 runs, 2 wickets 2000-01 2001-02: 9 matches, 49 runs, 10 wickets 2001-02 2002-03: 19 matches, 112 runs, 38 wickets 2002-03 2003-04: 15 matches, 329 runs, 33 wickets · 1st XI Bowling · A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion 2003-04 2004-05: 19 matches, 345 runs, 33 wickets · 1st XI Bowling 2004-05 2005-06: 20 matches, 109 runs, 36 wickets 2005-06 2006-07: 16 matches, 276 runs, 31 wickets 2006-07 2007-08: 13 matches, 115 runs, 18 wickets 2007-08 2008-09: 17 matches, 144 runs, 24 wickets 2008-09 2009-10: 14 matches, 88 runs, 29 wickets · 1st XI Bowling 2009-10 2010-11: 16 matches, 87 runs, 30 wickets · 1st XI Bowling · Doug Rumble Trophy — Best Clubman 2010-11
2003-04: 1st XI Bowling, A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion · 2004-05: 1st XI Bowling · 2009-10: 1st XI Bowling · 2010-11: 1st XI Bowling, Doug Rumble Trophy — Best Clubman
The arc
Ben Waterman's best season with the bat was 2004-05 : 345 runs from 20 innings at 17.25. The best ten-innings patch came in 2003-04 : 276 runs at 46.00. The leanest, 2007-08: 44 runs at 4.89.
Rolling average, innings 7 to 131: 4.9 to 46.0 46.0 Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
Streaks
Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 3 innings from v Carlton, 2004-05 to v Dandenong, 2004-05 · first · last Consecutive matches played: 41 matches from v Hawthorn-Monash University, 2003-04 to v St Kilda, 2005-06 · first · last Consecutive matches with a wicket: 21 matches from v Camberwell Magpies, 2002-03 to v Geelong, 2004-05 · first · last Longest spell without a wicket: 2 matches bowled in from v Frankston Peninsula, 2002-03 to v Melbourne University, 2002-03 · first · last Longest run of single figures: 5 innings from v Carlton, 2006-07 to v Hawthorn-Monash University, 2007-08 · first · last More splits Batting position over the years 1 6 11 2000-01: 11 (2 inns, avg 4.00) 2001-02: 10 (3 inns, avg 24.50) 2002-03: 10 (17 inns, avg 9.33) 2003-04: 6 (15 inns, avg 29.91) 2004-05: 6 (20 inns, avg 17.25) 2005-06: 6 (13 inns, avg 9.91) 2006-07: 7 (16 inns, avg 19.71) 2007-08: 8 (13 inns, avg 10.45) 2008-09: 8 (12 inns, avg 16.00) 2009-10: 8 (12 inns, avg 8.00) 2010-11: 9 (8 inns, avg 14.50) 2000 2003 2006 2009 2010 Moved about the order across 11 seasons: at 6th in 3, at 8th in 3, at 10th in 2, at 11th in 1, at 7th in 1, at 9th in 1.
Home and away M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home 76 64 14 737 79* 14.74 114 27.75 Away 85 67 9 921 102* 15.88 170 22.64
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 142 117 21 1,521 102* 15.84 263 24.16 Sunday 12 9 0 77 22 8.56 13 35.46 Weekday 7 5 2 60 32 20.00 8 24.63
Format M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Two-day 89 77 16 1,082 102* 17.74 177 26.20 Unknown format 72 54 7 576 46 12.26 107 22.18
Two-day when a side batted twice, the game was drawn or the card says so; one-day when the card says so.
Month by month Month M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Oct 39 27 4 381 102* 16.57 68 21.12 Nov 34 28 9 430 79* 22.63 52 29.92 Dec 20 14 3 179 68 16.27 25 34.36 Jan 30 26 2 245 39 10.21 55 21.69 Feb 22 21 4 293 50* 17.24 47 23.19 Mar 16 15 1 130 22
Finals 8 Finals played
52 Runs · avg 7.43
19 Wickets
M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home and away 153 123 22 1,606 102* 15.90 265 24.78 Finals 8 8 1 52 20 7.43 19 23.42
Favourite victims TH Welsford × 7 CM Salm × 4 MJ Sheedy × 4 BD Harrop × 3 DJ Pattinson × 3 LJ Murphy × 3 LM Pickering × 3 MD Allen × 3 Fielding Download your career card
31 06-07 2007-08: 18 wickets 18 2008-09: 24 wickets 24 08-09 2009-10: 29 wickets 29 2010-11: 30 wickets 30 10-11 Toorak Park 5 6 78 50* 19.50 14 21.43 6/34
Princes Park No. 1 Oval 5 5 51 22* 12.75 15 20.07 4/31
University Oval 5 5 154 102* 38.50 6 37.50 3/18
St Kilda Cricket Ground 5 3 29 17 9.67 9 24.22 3/56
Shepley Oval 4 3 109 46 36.33 5 35.40 3/73
AH Butler Oval 3 3 11 4 5.50 4 32.25 4/50
Russell Lucas Oval 3 2 3 3 1.50 9 16.78 4/57
Bill Lawry Oval 3 2 67 39 33.50 8 19.38 3/27
Central Reserve South Oval, Glen Waverley 3 2 10 10 5.00 5 32.40 2/44
Essendon Cricket Ground 2 2 28 20 14.00 5 25.00 2/31
North Melbourne Cricket Ground 2 2 38 38 19.00 5 26.00 3/56
Monash University No. 1 Oval 2 2 17 9 8.50 3 36.00 2/75
Harry Trott Oval (new) 2 1 18 18* – 4 28.25 3/43
Casey Fields No. 4 Oval 2 1 5 5 5.00 3 12.00 3/29
Albert Ground 2 0 0 – – 2 26.00 1/23
JJ Holland Park 1 1 16 16 16.00 4 11.00 4/44
Wy Yung Oval 1 1 23 23 23.00 4 9.50 4/38
Lavington Oval 1 1 0 0 0.00 3 17.00 3/51
Mooroopna Recreation Reserve 1 1 13 13 13.00 3 9.33 3/28
WJ Findlay Oval 1 1 1 1 1.00 2 24.00 2/48
Jubilee Park No. 2 Oval 1 1 2 2 2.00 1 45.00 1/45
Traralgon Recreation Reserve 1 1 1 1 1.00 1 20.00 1/20
Andrews Park 1 1 7 7 7.00 – – 0/34
Caulfield Cricket Ground 1 1 0 0 0.00 – – 0/36
North Ballarat Oval 1 1 22 22 22.00 – – 0/15
Kyabram Recreation Reserve 1 0 0 – – 3 14.00 3/42
Cameron Sporting Complex 1 0 0 – – 2 20.00 2/40
64 · 23%
4 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 10/47 v Footscray-Victoria University, 2002-03. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.
Caught most off
BJ Waterman × 10 JP Fagg × 9 CBD Street × 5 GJ Maxwell × 4 JL Travaglia × 3 BA Knowles × 2 
v Richmond
v Northcote
v Footscray-Victoria University
v Hawthorn-Monash University
v Camberwell Magpies
v Dandenong
v South Melbourne
v Frankston Peninsula
v Melbourne University
v Geelong
v Prahran
v Essendon
v Carlton
v Melbourne
v North Melbourne
v Ringwood
v St Kilda