Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club

Bill Jacobs

Played 1937-38 – 1955-56

🦁 Club Legend · 2017🏛️ Hall of Fame · 2013⭐ Life Member

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Player records

Premiership PlayerState Representative

Career totals

Career

265

Games

Seasons

1937-38 – 1955-56

Played

Batting

255

Innings

Not outs

2,765

Runs

100

High score

15.28

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

27.50

Average

11 (8-ball)

Overs

Fielding & keeping

269

Catches

179

Stumpings

From the record books

First XI · 1937-38 to 1955-56 · 258 matchesFull archive career →

Around this dayin 1938: 1 st v Northcote in 1949: did not bat v North Melbourne

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1937-38	14	113	37*	18.83	–	–	–	19
1938-39	15	109	33*	15.57	–	–	–	11
1939-40	14	190	58*	19.00	–	–	–	37
1940-41	11	76	17	19.00	–	–	–	22
1941-42	13	132	50*	14.67	–	–	–	25
1942-43	13	228	100*	22.80	–	–	–	18
1943-44	22	192	36	11.29	–	–	–	29
1944-45	12	208	49*	17.33	4	2	2/24	22
1945-46	12	116	19	10.55	–	–	–	15
1946-47	12	117	27	11.70	–	–	–	19
1947-48	10	193	80	27.57	–	–	–	20
1948-49	13	175	32	17.50	3	0	0/14	15
1949-50	13	124	33	10.33	–	–	–	14
1950-51	15	64	14*	9.14	–	–	–	22
1951-52	15	79	14*	9.88	–	–	–	29
1952-53	13	129	25	12.90	1	0	0/4	22
1953-54	14	144	33*	16.00	–	–	–	40
1954-55	13	92	19*	11.50	3	0	0/13	13
1955-56	14	153	43*	19.13	–	–	–	26
Career	258	2,634	100*	15.05		2	2/24	418

Every scorecard · 258

1937-38	v South Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Collingwood	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v VCA Colts	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Northcote	2 & 7*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Melbourne	2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v St Kilda	37*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Essendon	2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Richmond	9* & 1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Carlton	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v North Melbourne	2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v University	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Prahran	7*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Melbourne	29 & 10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1* & 2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Melbourne	3 & 3*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v St Kilda	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Essendon	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Richmond	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Carlton	4*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v North Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v University	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Prahran	1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v South Melbourne	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Collingwood	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v VCA Colts	1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Collingwood	33*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Richmond	28* & 7*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Essendon	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Richmond	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Carlton	4*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Northcote	58*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Melbourne	8 & 7*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v St Kilda	16 & 8*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v South Melbourne	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Prahran	7* & 15*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v University	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v VCA Colts	12* & 13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v St Kilda	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Melbourne	11 & 12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Carlton	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v North Melbourne	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v University	14 & 2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v South Melbourne	16*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Coburg	5*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v St Kilda	17 & 15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Essendon	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Carlton	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v North Melbourne	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v University	2 & 50*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Prahran	3 & 13*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v South Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Coburg	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Northcote	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v St Kilda	9 & 3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Essendon	0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Richmond	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v St Kilda	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v Melbourne	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v Northcote	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	26*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v Preston	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v Collingwood	100*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v South Melbourne	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v University	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v Carlton	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v Essendon	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v North Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v University	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v Prahran	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Richmond	32*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Essendon	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v St Kilda	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Melbourne	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Northcote	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	7*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Brunswick	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Collingwood	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v South Melbourne	20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v University	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v North Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Carlton	36	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Northcote	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Yarraville (Sub-District)	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Collingwood	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v South Melbourne	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v University	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v North Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Carlton	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Preston	0 & 3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Carlton	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Northcote	9 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Melbourne	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v St Kilda	41	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v South Melbourne	49*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Essendon	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v University	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v Prahran	6	2/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v North Melbourne	48	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Collingwood	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Carlton	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Brunswick	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Richmond	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Northcote	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v St Kilda	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Essendon	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Prahran	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v South Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v North Melbourne	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v University	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v South Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v St Kilda	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Richmond	3*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Northcote	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Collingwood	15*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Prahran	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v North Melbourne	27	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Essendon	9*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Carlton	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v University	4 & 18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Northcote	35	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Melbourne	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Essendon	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Richmond	40*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v North Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v University	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Collingwood	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Coburg	80	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v St Kilda	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Collingwood	29*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Footscray	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v University	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v North Melbourne	24*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v South Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Richmond	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Prahran	32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Carlton	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Northcote	29*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Essendon	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	26	0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v St Kilda	28	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v North Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Prahran	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Essendon	5 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Melbourne	9 & 14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Footscray	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v South Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Richmond	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v University	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Carlton	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Northcote	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Essendon	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Carlton	9*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Prahran	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Richmond	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v South Melbourne	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v North Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v University	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Footscray	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Collingwood	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v St Kilda	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Essendon	14* & 7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v North Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v University	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Footscray	4*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Melbourne	2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Collingwood	0 & 0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v St Kilda	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v South Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Richmond	3*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Carlton	10*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Northcote	8 & 1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0 & 12*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Essendon	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v St Kilda	14*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Melbourne	7* & 8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Collingwood	1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v North Melbourne	7 & 0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v South Melbourne	20*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v University	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Essendon	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Carlton	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Richmond	1	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Melbourne	8*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v St Kilda	25 & 7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Prahran	1 & 23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Footscray	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Collingwood	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Prahran	15*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v North Melbourne	33*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v South Melbourne	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v University	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Essendon	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Richmond	18*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Melbourne	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v St Kilda	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v University	22 & 5*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Prahran	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Footscray	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Collingwood	19*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Prahran	2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v North Melbourne	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v South Melbourne	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v University	8*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Essendon	7 & 3*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Carlton	7*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Richmond	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Melbourne	5 & 6	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v St Kilda	4*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	3* & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Collingwood	2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v North Melbourne	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v South Melbourne	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v University	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Essendon	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Carlton	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Richmond	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Melbourne	30*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v St Kilda	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	31*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Footscray	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Northcote	43*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v South Melbourne	1 & 6	–	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv South Melbourne, 1937-38
First fifty58*v Northcote, 1939-40
First hundred100*v Collingwood, 1942-43
Highest score100*v Collingwood, 1942-43
Best bowling2/24v Prahran, 1944-45
Last matchMatch 258v South Melbourne, 1955-56

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


Melbourne	22	257	30*	13.53			0	–	0/13
Melbourne University	22	202	50*	11.22	1		–	–	–
Camberwell Magpies	21	254	100*	28.22		1	–	–	–
Prahran	21	146	32	13.27			2	12.00	2/24
Northcote	20	303	58*	25.25	1		–	–	–
St Kilda	20	264	41	13.89			–	–	–
Casey South Melbourne	20	190	49*	11.18			–	–	–
Kingston Hawthorn	20	184	31*	13.14			0	–	0/14
Essendon	20	144	18	10.29			–	–	–
Greenvale Kanagaroos	19	184	48	18.40			–	–	–
Carlton	18	131	36	11.91			–	–	–
Richmond	17	198	40*	24.75			0	–	0/4
Footscray	7	30	11	6.00			–	–	–
Coburg	3	85	80	85.00	1		–	–	–
VCA Colts	3	26	13	26.00			–	–	–
Brunswick	2	28	15	14.00			–	–	–
Preston	2	8	5	2.67			–	–	–
Yarraville (Sub-District)	1	0	0	0.00			–	–	–

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	7	2	30	13	6.00			1
2	26	10	318	100*	19.88		1	2
3	7	0	75	23	10.71			1
4	6	1	50	15	10.00			1
5	10	0	83	16	8.30
6	12	2	189	50*	18.90	1
7	24	3	265	33	12.62
8	58	12	780	80	16.96	1		3
9	43	16	409	33	15.15			2
10	39	16	259	58*	11.26	1		7
11	15	10	176	37*	35.20

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	40	12	423	100*	15.11		1	4
Middle order (4–7)	52	6	587	50*	12.76	1		1
Lower order (8–11)	155	54	1,624	80	16.08	2		12

Batted most often at 8th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks17
1–9135
10–1958
20–2914
30–4916
50–993
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 10 times.

Dismissals

Caught96 · 56%
Bowled39 · 23%
LBW21 · 12%
Run out6 · 4%
Stumped5 · 3%
Caught & bowled4 · 2%

Most often dismissed by: Dudley (5), Jinks (5), Smith (5), Barker (5), Ring (4).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	131	49	1,680	100*	20.49	3	1	6
In losses	102	18	856	49*	10.19			9
In draws	13	5	88	20*	11.00			2
In ties	1	0	10	10	10.00

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In losses	4	2	27.50	0.5

Scored 50+: the side won 4 of 4 (100%).
Every other match: the side won 141 of 254 (56%), lost 93.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	118	37	1,181	43*	14.58			6
Batting second	95	19	1,170	100*	15.39	2	1	10
Second innings of the match	34	16	283	50*	15.72	1		1

As captain and keeper

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
As captain	91	19	1,094	100*	15.19		1	3
As wicketkeeper	246	72	2,598	100*	14.93	3	1	17

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	137	129	1,609	100*	17.68	–	–	0/4
Toorak Park	11	11	69	15*	11.50	2	12.00	2/24
Albert Ground	11	11	93	19	10.33	–	–	–
St Kilda Cricket Ground	10	11	116	37*	14.50	–	–	–
Victoria Park	10	8	73	33*	14.60	–	–	–
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	9	11	132	49*	18.86	–	–	–
University Oval	9	10	36	18	3.60	–	–	–
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	9	9	84	33	12.00	–	–	–
Carlton Cricket Ground	9	8	56	13	11.20	–	–	–
Essendon Cricket Ground	9	7	65	16	13.00	–	–	–
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	9	6	65	33*	16.25	–	–	–
Glenferrie Oval	7	7	68	26*	13.60	–	–	0/14
Richmond Cricket Ground	7	5	43	18*	10.75	–	–	–
Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	7	91	29	18.20	–	–	0/13
Western Oval	4	4	24	11	8.00	–	–	–
Yarraville Oval	1	1	0	0	0.00	–	–	–

Wickets taken

Caught1 · 50%
Bowled1 · 50%

Batters dismissed

Middle order (4–7)2 · 100%

Best in a match: 2/24 v Prahran, 1944-45. 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 1937-38 to 1955-56: 11th of 79 for runs, 42nd of 56 for wickets, 1st of 84 for matches, 17th of 21 for hundreds, 1st of 72 for catches, 31st of 45 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 21st of 321 for runs, 129th of 172 for wickets, 1st of 345 for matches, 30th of 50 for hundreds, 1st of 279 for catches, 89th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

DP Rumble1970-71 to 1985-86 · 167 m · 1,460 runs · 0 wkts
LR Banthorpe2013-14 to 2026-27 · 205 m · 4,831 runs · 0 wkts
TV Sheehan2002-03 to 2016-17 · 203 m · 5,547 runs · 33 wkts
N Vardi2009-10 to 2019-20 · 138 m · 2,811 runs · 1 wkts

The careers nearest Jacobs’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.

As captain

Led the side in 84 matches (1942-43 to 1955-56): won 34, lost 45, drawn 4, 1 other · 1 premiership.

Most often led

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership

1938-39: premiership · 1939-40: premiership · 1953-54: premiership

The arc

Bill Jacobs' best season with the bat was 1942-43: 228 runs from 12 innings at 22.80. The best ten-innings patch came in 1941-42 to 1942-43: 208 runs at 29.71. The leanest, 1943-44 to 1944-45: 30 runs at 3.00.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty58*	2 Dec 1939	v Northcote, 1939-40
50th match5*	11 Jan 1941	v Coburg, 1940-41
First hundred100*	7 Nov 1942	v Collingwood, 1942-43
1,000th run36 took him to 1,011	8 Jan 1944	v Carlton, 1943-44
100th match1	4 Mar 1944	v University, 1943-44
150th match29*	16 Oct 1948	v Collingwood, 1948-49
2,000th run12 took him to 2,010	10 Mar 1951	v Collingwood, 1950-51
200th match8 & 1*	9 Feb 1952	v Northcote, 1951-52
250th matchdid not bat	3 Dec 1955	v Essendon, 1955-56

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings: from v Collingwood, 1938-39 to v Richmond, 1938-39 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 58 matches: from v Collingwood, 1947-48 to v Melbourne, 1951-52 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 3 matches bowled in: from v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1948-49 to v Melbourne, 1954-55 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 12 innings: from v Yarraville (Sub-District), 1943-44 to v Northcote, 1944-45 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
100*	v Collingwood, 1942-43	Won
80	v Coburg, 1947-48	Won
58*	v Northcote, 1939-40	Won
50*	v University, 1941-42	Won
49*	v South Melbourne, 1944-45	Lost

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
2/24	v Prahran, 1944-45	Lost

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 19 seasons: at 8th in 5, at 10th in 4, at 9th in 4, at 7th in 2, opened in 2, at 11th in 1, at 6th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1937-38	10	14	18.83
1938-39	11	15	15.57
1939-40	10	17	19.00
1940-41	10	7	19.00
1941-42	7	12	14.67
1942-43	2	12	22.80
1943-44	6	19	11.29
1944-45	8	13	17.33
1945-46	7	11	10.55
1946-47	9	13	11.70
1947-48	8	8	27.57
1948-49	8	13	17.50
1949-50	2	12	10.33
1950-51	9	9	9.14
1951-52	10	17	9.88
1952-53	9	14	12.90
1953-54	8	14	16.00
1954-55	9	15	11.50
1955-56	8	12	19.13

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	137	129	38	1,609	100*	17.68
Away	120	116	32	1,015	49*	12.08	2	25.50
Neutral or unknown	1	2	2	10	9*	–

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	232	224	63	2,488	100*	15.45	2	25.50
Weekday	26	23	9	146	33*	10.43

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	48	42	8	378	35	11.12
Nov	55	55	21	581	100*	17.09
Dec	25	22	6	265	58*	16.56
Jan	57	50	16	524	49*	15.41
Feb	37	34	7	305	31*	11.30	2	25.50
Mar	34	40	11	531	80	18.31
Other	2	4	3	50	28*	50.00

Finals

13Finals played

247Runs · avg 17.64

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	245	226	65	2,387	100*	14.83	2	27.50
Finals	13	21	7	247	33*	17.64

Fielding

Season	M	Ct	St
1937-38	14	9	10
1938-39	15	4	7
1939-40	14	19	18
1940-41	11	12	10
1941-42	13	10	15
1942-43	13	9	9
1943-44	22	18	11
1944-45	12	14	8
1945-46	12	8	7
1946-47	12	12	7
1947-48	10	11	9
1948-49	13	11	4
1949-50	13	11	3
1950-51	15	19	3
1951-52	15	21	8
1952-53	13	14	8
1953-54	14	30	10
1954-55	13	10	3
1955-56	14	16	10

Caught most off

J Frederick × 53
Ray Harvey × 37
K Peters × 36
BT Considine × 27
IT Clay × 26
MW Sievers × 24

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.