Bob Bitmead — Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club

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Bob Bitmead — Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club — Morrie

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1961-62	5	82	28	16.40	71	13	5/24	3
1962-63	12	52	13	5.78	158.1	30	5/22	7
1963-64	14	185	82	18.50	196.1	38	5/12	14
1964-65	13	538	87	33.63	124.4	23	3/24	5
1965-66	13	259	46	16.19	144.1	32	5/27	6
1966-67	4	13	7	6.50	45	5	4/19	2
1967-68	7	18	9	4.50	93.7	16	4/31	1
1968-69	8	22	15	4.40	110.1	14	4/55	3
1970-71	1	26	26	26.00	18	3	3/21
1971-72	4	8	8	4.00	43	2	2/51	1
Career	81	1,203	87	17.19		176	5/12	42

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Essendon, 1961-62
First fifty82v Melbourne, 1963-64
First five-for5/24v Northcote, 1961-62
Highest score87v South Melbourne, 1964-65
Best bowling5/12v Collingwood, 1963-64
Last matchMatch 81v Richmond, 1971-72

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

Against each club

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Melbourne	8	147	82	24.50	1	15	15.27	4/30
Prahran	8	81	40	16.20		15	14.73	4/19
Kingston Hawthorn	8	78	46	13.00		19	19.21	4/63
Richmond	7	52	24	10.40		14	11.36	4/1
Northcote	7	31	13	6.20		22	12.00	5/22	2
St Kilda	6	149	32	18.63		18	11.56	4/23
Carlton	6	116	84	23.20	1	10	19.70	3/21
Camberwell Magpies	6	64	43	12.80		14	12.14	5/12	1
Footscray	6	59	21	9.83		16	18.13	5/27	1
Essendon	5	132	63	26.40	1	10	17.20	5/37	1
Casey South Melbourne	5	124	87	20.67	1	6	20.33	4/55
Greenvale Kanagaroos	5	90	61	22.50	1	9	14.78	4/39
Melbourne University	4	80	31	20.00		8	17.63	3/52

Splits

By batting position

Pos	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
1	29	0	691	87	23.83	4	3
2	3	0	22	21	7.33		1
4	1	0	18	18	18.00
5	2	0	16	12	8.00
6	3	0	78	46	26.00		1
7	4	1	14	8	4.67		1
8	11	0	115	26	10.45

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1961-62 to 1971-72: 14th of 64 for runs, 4th of 43 for wickets, 16th of 67 for matches, 16th of 58 for catches, 20th of 38 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 43rd of 321 for runs, 15th of 172 for wickets, 40th of 345 for matches, 37th of 279 for catches, 73rd of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

TL Lawford2015-16 to 2018-19 · 77 m · 1,327 runs · 193 wkts
K Cant1949-50 to 1952-53 · 41 m · 703 runs · 93 wkts
MW Ridgway1989-90 to 1992-93 · 56 m · 788 runs · 150 wkts
CBD Street1999-00 to 2005-06 · 126 m · 1,544 runs · 266 wkts

The careers nearest Bitmead’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

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 10 seasons: opened in 4, at 9th in 3, at 8th in 2, at 6th in 1.

Season

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Top order (1–3)	32	0	713	87	22.28	4	4
Middle order (4–7)	10	1	126	46	14.00		2
Lower order (8–11)	35	6	364	82	12.55	1	6

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
In wins	34	4	650	87	21.67	4	3
In losses	37	3	482	84	14.18	1	8
In draws	4	0	27	15	6.75		1
In ties	2	0	44	32	22.00

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	39	97	13.39	2.5
In losses	31	69	17.33	2.2
In draws	7	6	25.50	0.9
In ties	1	4	5.75	4.0

Scored 50+: the side won 4 of 5 (80%), lost 1.
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 2 of 5 (40%), lost 3.
Every other match: the side won 35 of 71 (49%), lost 27.

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Batting first	33	2	334	45	10.77		6
Batting second	33	3	712	87	23.73	5	4
Second innings of the match	11	2	157	32	17.44		2

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	39	35	534	61	17.23	90	14.89	5/24
Albert Ground	7	8	154	82	22.00	6	37.83	3/43
Western Oval	4	4	32	21	8.00	11	16.45	5/27
Victoria Park	4	3	15	14	5.00	11	11.00	5/12
Carlton Cricket Ground	4	3	110	84	36.67	6	23.67	3/21
Glenferrie Oval	4	3	14	9	4.67	6	24.67	3/57
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	3	3	14	12	4.67	9	13.56	5/22
Richmond Cricket Ground	3	3	10	7*	5.00	9	5.44	4/1
Toorak Park	3	3	52	40	26.00	8	10.88	4/19
St Kilda Cricket Ground	2	4	59	32	14.75	7	8.14	4/23
Essendon Cricket Ground	2	2	67	63	33.50	7	9.00	5/37
University Oval	2	2	42	31	21.00	3	15.33	1/12
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	2	12	12	6.00	2	15.00	2/18
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	2	88	87	44.00	1	58.00	1/47

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First five-for5/24	10 Feb 1962	v Northcote, 1961-62
50th wicket4/20 took him to 50	2 Nov 1963	v Prahran, 1963-64
First fifty82	14 Mar 1964	v Melbourne, 1963-64
100th wicket1/26 took him to 100	6 Feb 1965	v Carlton, 1964-65
50th match11	27 Nov 1965	v South Melbourne, 1965-66
1,000th run45 took him to 1,016	8 Jan 1966	v Essendon, 1965-66
150th wicket3/28 took him to 150	16 Dec 1967	v Melbourne, 1967-68

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
87	v South Melbourne, 1964-65	Won
84	v Carlton, 1964-65	Lost
82	v Melbourne, 1963-64	Won, Semi-final
63	v Essendon, 1964-65	Won
61	v North Melbourne, 1964-65	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
5/12	v Collingwood, 1963-64	Won
5/22	v Northcote, 1962-63	Lost
5/24	v Northcote, 1961-62	Won
5/27	v Footscray, 1965-66	Lost
5/37	v Essendon, 1962-63	Lost

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	39	35	4	534	61	17.23	90	14.89
Away	42	42	3	669	87	17.15	86	15.48

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Saturday	71	70	6	1,074	84	16.78	153	15.97
Weekday	10	7	1	129	87	21.50	23	9.91

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	18	18	0	189	31	10.50	35	15.37
Nov	21	14	2	192	43	16.00	45	13.33
Dec	6	8	2	131	61	21.83	11	22.64
Jan	17	16	2	210	63	15.00	36	16.42
Feb	10	12	0	267	87	22.25	31	10.94
Mar	9	9	1	214	82	26.75	18	19.67

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	77	72	6	1,066	87	16.15	170	14.66
Finals	4	5	1	137	82	34.25	6	29.83

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1961-62	5	3
1962-63	12	7
1963-64	14	14
1964-65	13	5
1965-66	13	6
1966-67	4	2
1967-68	7	1
1968-69	8	3
1970-71	1
1971-72	4	1

Caught most off

EP Illingworth × 23
AL Thomson × 3
LJ Davison × 3
D Ashworth × 2
J Potter × 2
RC Bitmead × 2

1961-62	v Essendon	17	1/0 & 0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Northcote	13	3/13 & 5/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Collingwood	0	1/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Richmond	24	1/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v St Kilda	28	2/62	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v St Kilda	dnb	2/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Melbourne	0	0/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Richmond	1	2/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Carlton	dnb	1/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Essendon	4	5/37 & 1/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v University	10	2/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v South Melbourne	1	1/47	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v North Melbourne	13	4/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Prahran	5*	3/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Northcote	12 & 0	5/22 & 1/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Footscray	6	2/63	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	1/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v South Melbourne	5 & 18	1/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v North Melbourne	dnb	2/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Prahran	dnb	4/20 & 0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Collingwood	dnb	5/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Northcote	dnb	1/6 & 0/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Footscray	21	4/50 & 1/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	6 & 12*	3/38 & 1/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v St Kilda	5 & 10	3/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Melbourne	20*	4/58	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Richmond	3	1/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Carlton	0	0/6 & 3/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v University	dnb	1/21 & 1/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Melbourne	82	3/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Essendon	0 & 3*	0/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Melbourne	18 & 8	1/5 & 0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v St Kilda	30 & 31	3/24 & 2/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Footscray	21	3/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Northcote	2	2/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Collingwood	43	3/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Prahran	40	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v North Melbourne	61	0/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Essendon	63	1/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v University	28	3/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v South Melbourne	87	0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Carlton	84	1/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Richmond	17	2/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	5 & 0	2/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Footscray	2	5/27 & 0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Northcote	4	3/23 & 0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Collingwood	14	2/26 & 0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Prahran	29	2/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v North Melbourne	0 & 12	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v South Melbourne	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v University	11 & 31	1/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Essendon	45	2/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Carlton	6	1/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Richmond	0	4/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Melbourne	4	4/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v St Kilda	12 & 32	4/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	46	4/63	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Prahran	7	4/19 & 1/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Collingwood	6	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	0/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Melbourne	dnb	0/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Prahran	0	0/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v St Kilda	1	1/5 & 1/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Richmond	7*	4/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Melbourne	0*	3/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	9	3/57	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Northcote	dnb	1/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Collingwood	1	3/11 & 0/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v South Melbourne	2	4/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Melbourne	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	2/12 & 1/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Northcote	dnb	1/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v North Melbourne	4*	3/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Carlton	0	1/73	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Footscray	1	1/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Prahran	0	1/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	v Carlton	26	3/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0	2/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Footscray	8	0/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Prahran	dnb	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Richmond	dnb	0/58	Something wrong? Tell us