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Among players of 1937-38 to 1941-42: 14th of 36 for runs, 17th of 26 for wickets, 20th of 38 for matches, 11th of 13 for hundreds, 20th of 33 for catches, 13th of 27 for batting average.
Under Fitzroy: 45th of 321 for runs, 124th of 172 for wickets, 73rd of 345 for matches, 30th of 50 for hundreds, 82nd of 279 for catches, 43rd 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.
1937-38: 211 runs 211 37-38 1938-39: 348 runs 348 38-39 1939-40: 399 runs 399 39-40 1940-41: 178 runs 178 40-41 1941-42: 18 runs 18 41-42 Wickets by season
1937-38: 0 wickets 37-38 1938-39: 1 wickets 1 38-39 1939-40: 2 wickets 2 39-40 1940-41: 0 wickets 40-41 1941-42: 0 wickets 41-42 Every innings, in order
112 50 1937-38 v Collingwood: 1 1937-38 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 2* 1937-38 v Northcote: 7 1937-38 v Northcote: 26 1937-38 v Melbourne: 10 1937-38 v St Kilda: 2 1937-38 v Richmond: 10 1937-38 v Richmond: 8* 1937-38 v Carlton: 28* 1937-38 v North Melbourne: 15 1937-38 v North Melbourne: 26 1937-38 v University: 0 1937-38 v Prahran: 46 1937-38 v Melbourne: 22 1937-38 v Melbourne: 8 1938-39 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 8 1938-39 v Northcote: 13 1938-39 v Northcote: 12* 1938-39 v Melbourne: 24 1938-39 v Essendon: 0* 1938-39 v Richmond: 13 1938-39 v Carlton: 16 1938-39 v North Melbourne: 55 1938-39 v University: 4 1938-39 v Prahran: 112 1938-39 v South Melbourne: 4 1938-39 v South Melbourne: 2 1938-39 v Collingwood: 4 1938-39 v VCA Colts: 10 1938-39 v VCA Colts: 0 1938-39 v Collingwood: 28 1938-39 v Richmond: 43 1939-40 v Richmond: 7 1939-40 v Carlton: 41 1939-40 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 48 1939-40 v Northcote: 17 1939-40 v Melbourne: 7 1939-40 v Melbourne: 0 1939-40 v St Kilda: 19 1939-40 v South Melbourne: 54 1939-40 v Prahran: 20 1939-40 v University: 47 1939-40 v University: 9 1939-40 v Collingwood: 0 1939-40 v VCA Colts: 10 1939-40 v St Kilda: 5 1939-40 v St Kilda: 7 1939-40 v Melbourne: 32 1939-40 v Melbourne: 76 1940-41 v University: 44 1940-41 v Prahran: 27 1940-41 v South Melbourne: 30 1940-41 v Collingwood: 24 1940-41 v Coburg: 4 1940-41 v Melbourne: 27 1940-41 v St Kilda: 2 1940-41 v St Kilda: 18 1940-41 v Essendon: 2 1941-42 v Melbourne: 18 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 ↓ 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 1 8 8* – 2 3 0 24 17 8.00 1 3 13 0 337 112 25.92 1 1 4 17 1 403 76 25.19 3 1 5 6 0 119 32 19.83 6 7 2 74 28* 14.80 7 6 0 94 46 15.67 1 8 6 1 95 44 19.00
Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 100s 0s Top order (1–3) 17 1 369 112 23.06 1 2 Middle order (4–7) 36 3 690 76 20.91 3 2 Lower order (8–11) 6 1 95 44 19.00
Batted most often at 4th.
Scores and consistency Ducks 4 1–9 19 10–19 13 20–29 10 30–49 8 50–99 3 100+ 1 Turned 1 of 4 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 10.5% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 5 times.
Dismissals Caught 29 · 54% LBW 12 · 22% Bowled 6 · 11% Stumped 5 · 9% Caught & bowled 1 · 2% Hit wicket 1 · 2% Most often dismissed by: Zachariah (3), Barker (3), Johnson (2), Morgan (2), McCormick (2).
In wins and losses Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 100s 0s In wins 42 3 846 112 21.69 2 1 4 In losses 15 1 302 55 21.57 1 In draws 2 1 6 4 6.00
M Wkts Avg Wkts / match In wins 3 3 21.00 1.0
Scored 50+: the side won 3 of 4 (75%), lost 1. Every other match: the side won 31 of 44 (70%), lost 11. Batting first or second Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 100s 0s Batting first 28 0 504 55 18.00 1 Batting second 19 3 458 112 28.63 1 1 2 Second innings of the match 12 2 192 76 19.20 1 2
By ground Ground M Inn Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Best Fitzroy Cricket Ground 26 31 649 112 23.18 1 26.00 1/26 Melbourne Cricket Ground 3 4 100 43 25.00 – – – Victoria Park 3 3 29 28 9.67 – – 0/7 Albert Ground 2 3 132 76 44.00 2 15.00 2/30 South Melbourne Cricket Ground 2 3 36
Wickets taken Caught 2 · 67% Caught & bowled 1 · 33% Batters dismissed
Top order (1–3) 1 · 33% Middle order (4–7) 2 · 67% Best in a match: 2/30 v Melbourne, 1939-40. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.
1977-78 to 1981-82 · 49 m · 1,044 runs · 4 wkts
D Martin 1965-66 to 1971-72 · 55 m · 1,143 runs · 2 wkts CS Reidy 2001-02 to 2007-08 · 56 m · 1,343 runs · 1 wkts The careers nearest Ruddell’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
1937-38: 12 matches, 211 runs, 0 wickets 1937-38 1938-39: 14 matches, 348 runs, 1 wicket · Premiership 1938-39 1939-40: 13 matches, 399 runs, 2 wickets · Premiership 1939-40 1940-41: 8 matches, 178 runs, 0 wickets 1940-41 1941-42: 1 match, 18 runs, 0 wickets 1941-42
1938-39: premiership · 1939-40: premiership
The arc
Clarrie Ruddell's best season with the bat was 1939-40 : 399 runs from 17 innings at 23.47. The best ten-innings patch came in 1938-39 : 257 runs at 32.13. The leanest, 1937-38: 109 runs at 15.57.
Rolling average, innings 6 to 59: 9.6 to 32.1 32.1 Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
Streaks
Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 5 innings from v Melbourne, 1939-40 to v South Melbourne, 1940-41 · first · last Consecutive matches played: 11 matches from v Essendon, 1938-39 to v Richmond, 1938-39 · first · last Longest run of single figures: 3 innings from v South Melbourne, 1938-39 to v Collingwood, 1938-39 · first · last More splits Batting position over the years 1 6 11 1937-38: 7 (15 inns, avg 17.58) 1938-39: 3 (17 inns, avg 23.20) 1939-40: 4 (17 inns, avg 23.47) 1940-41: 4 (9 inns, avg 19.78) 1941-42: 5 (1 inns, avg 18.00) 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 Batted at 7th for 1 season, moved up to 3rd from 1938-39, dropped to 4th from 1939-40, dropped to 5th from 1941-42.
Home and away M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home 26 31 3 649 112 23.18 1 26.00 Away 21 26 1 487 76 19.48 2 18.50 Neutral or unknown 1 2 1 18 10 18.00
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 43 54 3 964 76 18.90 3 21.00 Weekday 5 5 2 190 112 63.33
Month by month Month M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Oct 6 6 1 65 24 13.00 Nov 10 11 2 248 48 27.56 Dec 5 6 0 66 24 11.00 Jan 9 10 2 314 112 39.25 Feb 8 11 0 152 47 13.82 Mar 9 14 0 266 76 19.00
Finals 5 Finals played
221 Runs · avg 27.63
2 Wickets
M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home and away 43 51 5 933 112 20.28 1 33.00 Finals 5 8 0 221 76 27.63 2 15.00
Fielding Caught most off
J Frederick × 7 HJ Plant × 3 MW Sievers × 3 EA Williams × 2 K Campbell × 2 CA Ruddell × 1 Download your career card
Essendon Cricket Ground 2 2 2 2 2.00 – – –
St Kilda Cricket Ground 2 2 21 19 10.50 – – –
Toorak Park 2 2 66 46 33.00 – – –
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote 1 2 33 26 16.50 – – –
North Melbourne Cricket Ground 1 2 41 26 20.50 – – –
Carlton Cricket Ground 1 1 16 16 16.00 – – –
Richmond Cricket Ground 1 1 7 7 7.00 – – –
University Oval 1 1 4 4 4.00 – – –
v Collingwood
v VCA Colts
v Hawthorn-East Melbourne
v Northcote
v Melbourne
v St Kilda
v Richmond
v Carlton
v North Melbourne
v University
v Prahran
v Essendon
v South Melbourne
v Coburg