Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club

D.H.L. Arnall

Played 1941-42 – 1956-57

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Player records

🏆1st XI Premiers (1953-54)

Career totals

Career

137

Games

Seasons

1941-42 – 1956-57

Played

Batting

168

Innings

Not outs

3,441

Runs

135

High score

24.76

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

100

Wickets

22.20

Average

5-fors

452.7 (8-ball)

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1941-42 to 1956-57 · 131 matchesFull archive career →

Around this dayin 1955: 69 and 1 ct v Prahran in 1948: 12 v Collingwood

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1941-42	7	121	80*	17.29	–	–	–	6
1942-43	11	68	16*	8.50	–	–	–	4
1944-45	1	0	0	0.00	–	–	–	1
1945-46	10	200	46	25.00	1	0	0/3	3
1947-48	6	131	79	21.83	33.5	6	2/43	1
1948-49	11	260	66	28.89	23.3	5	2/15	4
1949-50	4	46	39	7.67	–	–	–	2
1950-51	12	305	62	27.73	16.6	3	1/26	5
1951-52	15	527	120*	31.00	106.6	27	5/34	19
1952-53	13	390	134*	26.00	89.1	14	4/61	9
1953-54	14	479	61	29.94	95.5	22	5/57	8
1955-56	12	247	69	16.47	37	6	5/54
1956-57	15	585	135*	36.56	49.5	16	5/23	11
Career	131	3,359	135*	24.88		99	5/23	73

Every scorecard · 131

1941-42	v Carlton	1 & 12*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v North Melbourne	15 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Coburg	80*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Northcote	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v St Kilda	1 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v St Kilda	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v Melbourne	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v Northcote	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v Preston	11 & 8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v Collingwood	2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v South Melbourne	16*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v University	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v Essendon	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v North Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v University	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45	v North Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Carlton	32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	29*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Brunswick	21*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Richmond	14 & 9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Northcote	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v St Kilda	2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v Essendon	24	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v South Melbourne	11 & 4*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v North Melbourne	6	0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46	v University	46	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Essendon	0 & 14	2/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Richmond	18	2/57	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v University	79	1/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Prahran	dnb	0/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Coburg	20	1/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v St Kilda	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Collingwood	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Melbourne	10	2/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v University	10*	1/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v North Melbourne	7	1/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v South Melbourne	0 & 10*	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Prahran	47*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Carlton	20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Northcote	66	0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Essendon	32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	29	1/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Essendon	1 & 39	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Melbourne	1 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Footscray	0 & 4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Carlton	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Prahran	24	1/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Richmond	0	0/1 & 1/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v South Melbourne	25*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v North Melbourne	46	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v University	34	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Footscray	62	0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Melbourne	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Collingwood	27	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v St Kilda	1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Essendon	12 & 32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	20	1/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v North Melbourne	2 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v University	30 & 4*	1/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Footscray	120*	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Melbourne	28	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Collingwood	1 & 7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v St Kilda	6	4/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v South Melbourne	19	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Richmond	13	4/65	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Prahran	84	0/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Carlton	21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Northcote	1	5/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	5 & 18	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Essendon	72*	1/28 & 0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v St Kilda	38 & 23	3/34 & 1/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Melbourne	34 & 0*	3/88 & 5/70	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Northcote	134*	2/57	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Collingwood	41	0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v North Melbourne	1 & 18	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v South Melbourne	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v University	9 & 1	0/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Essendon	22 & 11*	4/61	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Carlton	6	2/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Richmond	30	0/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Melbourne	38	3/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v St Kilda	7 & 9	1/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	41	0/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Prahran	14 & 0	2/49	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	9	0/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Footscray	61 & 6*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Northcote	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Collingwood	42	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Prahran	60	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v North Melbourne	54	5/57	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v South Melbourne	12	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v University	0 & 28*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Essendon	3 & 7*	2/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Richmond	49 & 21*	0/47	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Melbourne	46	0/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v St Kilda	2	4/25 & 3/60	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v University	3 & 3	2/19 & 3/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Prahran	11 & 49	0/38 & 3/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Collingwood	2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Prahran	69	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v North Melbourne	2 & 1	0/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v South Melbourne	8 & 23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v University	26	0/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Essendon	18	1/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Carlton	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Melbourne	8	0/9 & 0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v St Kilda	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	16 & 1	0/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Footscray	41	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v South Melbourne	1 & 10	5/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Footscray	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Northcote	96*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Collingwood	21 & 7	0/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Prahran	112*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v North Melbourne	8 & 11	2/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v South Melbourne	135*	3/70	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Essendon	13	5/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v University	20	0/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Carlton	32	1/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Richmond	7 & 19*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Melbourne	5	2/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v St Kilda	22	0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	9 & 8	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v St Kilda	33	1/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Carlton	18 & 6	2/57 & 0/44	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Carlton, 1941-42
First fifty80*v Coburg, 1941-42
First hundred120*v Footscray, 1951-52
First five-for5/34v Northcote, 1951-52
Highest score135*v South Melbourne, 1956-57
Best bowling5/23v Essendon, 1956-57
Last matchMatch 131v Carlton, 1956-57

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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Melbourne University	12	304	79	23.38	1		8	21.38	3/17
St Kilda	12	172	38	13.23			17	14.29	4/25
Prahran	11	470	112*	58.75	3	1	6	36.17	3/35
Essendon	11	300	72*	25.00	1		15	14.73	5/23	1
Melbourne	11	196	46	16.33			15	20.07	5/70	1
Greenvale Kanagaroos	11	173	54	11.53	1		8	19.50	5/57	1
Casey South Melbourne	10	282	135*	31.33		1	8	22.13	5/54	1
Kingston Hawthorn	10	188	41	15.67			2	84.00	1/22
Carlton	9	171	32	17.10			5	33.20	2/52
Camberwell Magpies	9	162	42	20.25			0	–	0/1
Northcote	8	324	134*	54.00	2	1	7	14.57	5/34	1
Richmond	7	180	49	22.50			7	32.86	4/65
Footscray	6	297	120*	49.50	2	1	0	–	0/2
Coburg	2	100	80*	100.00	1		1	14.00	1/14
Brunswick	1	21	21*	–			–	–	–
Preston	1	19	11	9.50			–	–	–

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	75	12	1,706	135*	27.08	4	4	3
2	32	4	655	84	23.39	3		1
3	7	1	21	15	3.50			3
4	7	1	90	29	15.00
5	13	3	344	79	34.40	2
6	14	1	313	80*	24.08	2		2
7	9	2	172	47*	24.57
8	3	1	27	25*	13.50			1
9	2	2	29	29*	–
10	1	1	2	2*	–

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	114	17	2,382	135*	24.56	7	4	7
Middle order (4–7)	43	7	919	80*	25.53	4		2
Lower order (8–11)	6	4	58	29*	29.00			1

Batted most often at 1st.

Scores and consistency

Ducks10
1–959
10–1935
20–2921
30–4922
50–9911
100+4

Turned 4 of 15 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 12.7% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 20 times.

Dismissals

Caught67 · 50%
Bowled27 · 20%
LBW17 · 13%
Stumped13 · 10%
Caught & bowled7 · 5%
Run out4 · 3%

Most often dismissed by: Hill (6), White (4), Dempster (4), Daniel (4), Blundell (4).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	96	21	2,533	135*	33.77	10	4	2
In losses	60	6	736	60	13.63	1		8
In draws	6	1	74	32	14.80
In ties	1	0	16	16	16.00

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	45	71	20.13	1.6
In losses	19	24	29.63	1.3
In draws	1	4	9.25	4.0

Scored 50+: the side won 14 of 15 (93%), lost 1.
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 3 of 5 (60%), lost 2.
Every other match: the side won 63 of 112 (56%), lost 39.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	62	8	1,440	135*	26.67	4	3	2
Batting second	63	9	1,493	134*	27.65	7	1	6
Second innings of the match	38	11	426	49	15.78			2

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	63	81	1,505	80*	22.80	31	26.55	4/37
Albert Ground	8	10	162	49	16.20	12	21.33	3/35
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	7	10	101	54	10.10	7	20.29	5/57
University Oval	7	8	206	79	34.33	2	51.50	1/5
St Kilda Cricket Ground	6	8	92	38	15.33	11	12.36	4/25
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	7	207	135*	41.40	16	18.88	5/54
Western Oval	5	7	235	120*	47.00	–	–	0/5
Victoria Park	5	6	80	42	16.00	–	–	0/1
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	5	5	243	134*	81.00	7	13.00	5/34
Glenferrie Oval	4	5	89	41	17.80	1	58.00	1/22
Essendon Cricket Ground	4	4	59	32	14.75	7	9.43	5/23
Carlton Cricket Ground	4	4	71	32	17.75	3	21.67	2/52
Toorak Park	4	2	196	112*	196.00	–	–	0/24
Richmond Cricket Ground	3	5	93	49	23.25	1	74.00	1/26
Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	1	20	20	20.00	1	31.00	1/31

Wickets taken

Caught43 · 43%
Bowled17 · 17%
Stumped16 · 16%
Caught & bowled13 · 13%
LBW9 · 9%
Hit wicket1 · 1%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)16 · 16%
Middle order (4–7)46 · 46%
Lower order (8–11)37 · 37%

5 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 8/158 v Melbourne, 1951-52. 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 1941-42 to 1956-57: 9th of 73 for runs, 11th of 55 for wickets, 7th of 77 for matches, 7th of 21 for hundreds, 7th of 68 for catches, 13th of 44 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 14th of 321 for runs, 26th of 172 for wickets, 14th of 345 for matches, 12th of 50 for hundreds, 13th of 279 for catches, 30th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

WA Heller1959-60 to 1969-70 · 112 m · 2,319 runs · 99 wkts
NR Buszard1969-70 to 1976-77 · 82 m · 1,936 runs · 62 wkts
DR Hampton1989-90 to 1996-97 · 88 m · 1,947 runs · 98 wkts
EA Williams1931-32 to 1947-48 · 97 m · 2,854 runs · 97 wkts

The careers nearest Arnall’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, downPremiership Season away

1953-54: premiership

The arc

DHL Arnall's best season with the bat was 1956-57: 585 runs from 20 innings at 36.56. The best ten-innings patch came in 1956-57: 455 runs at 65.00. The leanest, 1941-42 to 1942-43: 51 runs at 5.10.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty80*	10 Jan 1942	v Coburg, 1941-42
50th match0 & 4	26 Nov 1949	v Footscray, 1949-50
1,000th run62 took him to 1,030	3 Feb 1951	v Footscray, 1950-51
First hundred120*	3 Nov 1951	v Footscray, 1951-52
First five-for5/34	9 Feb 1952	v Northcote, 1951-52
50th wicket3/44 took him to 52	14 Feb 1953	v Melbourne, 1952-53
2,000th run41 took him to 2,034	9 Mar 1953	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1952-53
100th match49 & 21*, 0/47	6 Feb 1954	v Richmond, 1953-54
3,000th run112* took him to 3,013	6 Nov 1956	v Prahran, 1956-57

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 4 innings: from v South Melbourne, 1950-51 to v Footscray, 1950-51 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 27 matches: from v Carlton, 1950-51 to v Melbourne, 1951-52 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 4 matches: from v Essendon, 1951-52 to v Northcote, 1952-53 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 3 matches bowled in: from v Collingwood, 1952-53 to v University, 1952-53 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 4 innings: from v Melbourne, 1949-50 to v Footscray, 1949-50 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
135*	v South Melbourne, 1956-57	Won
134*	v Northcote, 1952-53	Won
120*	v Footscray, 1951-52	Won
112*	v Prahran, 1956-57	Won
96*	v Northcote, 1956-57	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
5/23	v Essendon, 1956-57	Won
5/34	v Northcote, 1951-52	Won
5/54	v South Melbourne, 1955-56	Lost, Semi-final
5/57	v North Melbourne, 1953-54	Won
5/70	v Melbourne, 1951-52	Lost, Final

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 13 seasons: opened in 8, at 3rd in 2, at 6th in 2, at 5th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1941-42	3	9	17.29
1942-43	1	10	8.50
1944-45	3	1	0.00
1945-46	2	12	25.00
1947-48	2	6	21.83
1948-49	6	12	28.89
1949-50	6	6	7.67
1950-51	5	13	27.73
1951-52	2	21	31.00
1952-53	1	17	26.00
1953-54	1	20	29.94
1955-56	1	16	16.47
1956-57	1	20	36.56

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	63	81	15	1,505	80*	22.80	31	26.55
Away	68	82	13	1,854	135*	26.87	68	19.91

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	117	148	26	2,975	135*	24.39	99	21.19
Weekday	14	15	2	384	112*	29.54

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	21	27	6	549	134*	26.14	3	45.33
Nov	31	39	7	774	120*	24.19	11	28.00
Dec	14	16	2	312	135*	22.29	19	17.11
Jan	28	29	8	692	84	32.95	14	25.00
Feb	18	24	2	499	66	22.68	12	25.92
Mar	18	26	2	499	72*	20.79	32	18.41
Other	1	2	1	34	34	34.00	8	19.75

Finals

10Finals played

307Runs · avg 18.06

31Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	121	145	27	3,052	135*	25.86	68	23.60
Finals	10	18	1	307	49	18.06	31	18.45

Favourite victims

CW Laxton × 3
DH Townsend × 3
RB Stevens × 3
RD Short × 3
CL Fairbairn × 2
FG Leslie × 2
GM McPherson × 2
J Daniel × 2

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1941-42	7	6
1942-43	11	4
1944-45	1	1
1945-46	10	3
1947-48	6	1
1948-49	11	4
1949-50	4	2
1950-51	12	5
1951-52	15	19
1952-53	13	9
1953-54	14	8
1955-56	12	4
1956-57	15	11

Caught most off

K Peters × 14
DHL Arnall × 13
C Adams × 9
K Cant × 9
Ray Harvey × 5
BT Considine × 4

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.