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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.
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 131 3,359 135* 24.88 99 5/23 73
Runs by season
1941-42: 121 runs 121 41-42 1942-43: 68 runs 68 1944-45: 0 runs 1945-46: 200 runs 200 45-46 1947-48: 131 runs 131 1948-49: 260 runs 260 1949-50: 46 runs 46 49-50 1950-51: 305 runs 305 1951-52: 527 runs 527 1952-53: 390 runs 390 52-53 1953-54: 479 runs 479 1955-56: 247 runs 247 1956-57: 585 runs 585 56-57 Wickets by season
1941-42: 0 wickets 41-42 1942-43: 0 wickets 1944-45: 0 wickets 1945-46: 0 wickets 45-46 1947-48: 6 wickets 6 1948-49: 5 wickets 5 1949-50: 0 wickets 49-50 1950-51: 3 wickets 3 1951-52: 27 wickets 27 1952-53: 14 wickets 14 52-53 1953-54: 22 wickets Every innings, in order
135 50 1941-42 v Carlton: 1 1941-42 v Carlton: 12* 1941-42 v North Melbourne: 15 1941-42 v North Melbourne: 1 1941-42 v Coburg: 80* 1941-42 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 1 1941-42 v Northcote: 10 1941-42 v St Kilda: 1 1941-42 v St Kilda: 0 1942-43 v St Kilda: 0 1942-43 v Melbourne: 16 1942-43 v Northcote: 2 1942-43 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 2 1942-43 v Preston: 11 1942-43 v Preston: 8 1942-43 v Collingwood: 2* 1942-43 v South Melbourne: 16* 1942-43 v University: 9 1942-43 v University: 2 1944-45 v North Melbourne: 0 1945-46 v Carlton: 32 1945-46 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 29* 1945-46 v Brunswick: 21* 1945-46 v Richmond: 14 1945-46 v Richmond: 9 1945-46 v Northcote: 2 1945-46 v St Kilda: 2* 1945-46 v Essendon: 24 1945-46 v South Melbourne: 11 1945-46 v South Melbourne: 4* 1945-46 v North Melbourne: 6 1945-46 v University: 46 1947-48 v Melbourne: 0 1947-48 v Essendon: 0 1947-48 v Essendon: 14 1947-48 v Richmond: 18 1947-48 v University: 79 1947-48 v Coburg: 20 1948-49 v St Kilda: 17 1948-49 v Collingwood: 12 1948-49 v Melbourne: 10 1948-49 v University: 10* 1948-49 v North Melbourne: 7 1948-49 v South Melbourne: 0 1948-49 v South Melbourne: 10* 1948-49 v Prahran: 47* 1948-49 v Carlton: 20 1948-49 v Northcote: 66 1948-49 v Essendon: 32 1948-49 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 29 1949-50 v Essendon: 1 1949-50 v Essendon: 39 1949-50 v Melbourne: 1 1949-50 v Melbourne: 1 1949-50 v Footscray: 0 1949-50 v Footscray: 4 1950-51 v Carlton: 13 1950-51 v Prahran: 24 1950-51 v Richmond: 0 1950-51 v South Melbourne: 25* 1950-51 v North Melbourne: 46 1950-51 v University: 34 1950-51 v Footscray: 62 1950-51 v Melbourne: 9 1950-51 v Collingwood: 27 1950-51 v St Kilda: 1* 1950-51 v Essendon: 12 1950-51 v Essendon: 32 1950-51 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 20 1951-52 v North Melbourne: 2 1951-52 v North Melbourne: 1 1951-52 v University: 30 1951-52 v University: 4* 1951-52 v Footscray: 120* 1951-52 v Melbourne: 28 1951-52 v Collingwood: 1 1951-52 v Collingwood: 7 1951-52 v St Kilda: 6 1951-52 v South Melbourne: 19 1951-52 v Richmond: 13 1951-52 v Prahran: 84 1951-52 v Carlton: 21 1951-52 v Northcote: 1 1951-52 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 5 1951-52 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 18 1951-52 v Essendon: 72* 1951-52 v St Kilda: 38 1951-52 v St Kilda: 23 1951-52 v Melbourne: 34 1951-52 v Melbourne: 0* 1952-53 v Northcote: 134* 1952-53 v Collingwood: 41 1952-53 v North Melbourne: 1 1952-53 v North Melbourne: 18 1952-53 v South Melbourne: 8 1952-53 v University: 9 1952-53 v University: 1 1952-53 v Essendon: 22 1952-53 v Essendon: 11* 1952-53 v Carlton: 6 1952-53 v Richmond: 30 1952-53 v Melbourne: 38 1952-53 v St Kilda: 7 1952-53 v St Kilda: 9 1952-53 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 41 1952-53 v Prahran: 14 1952-53 v Prahran: 0 1953-54 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 9 1953-54 v Footscray: 61 1953-54 v Footscray: 6* 1953-54 v Northcote: 13 1953-54 v Collingwood: 42 1953-54 v Prahran: 60 1953-54 v North Melbourne: 54 1953-54 v South Melbourne: 12 1953-54 v University: 0 1953-54 v University: 28* 1953-54 v Essendon: 3 1953-54 v Essendon: 7* 1953-54 v Richmond: 49 1953-54 v Richmond: 21* 1953-54 v Melbourne: 46 1953-54 v St Kilda: 2 1953-54 v University: 3 1953-54 v University: 3 1953-54 v Prahran: 11 1953-54 v Prahran: 49 1955-56 v Collingwood: 2* 1955-56 v Prahran: 69 1955-56 v North Melbourne: 2 1955-56 v North Melbourne: 1 1955-56 v South Melbourne: 8 1955-56 v South Melbourne: 23 1955-56 v University: 26 1955-56 v Essendon: 18 1955-56 v Carlton: 10 1955-56 v Melbourne: 8 1955-56 v St Kilda: 11 1955-56 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 16 1955-56 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 1 1955-56 v Footscray: 41 1955-56 v South Melbourne: 1 1955-56 v South Melbourne: 10 1956-57 v Footscray: 3 1956-57 v Northcote: 96* 1956-57 v Collingwood: 21 1956-57 v Collingwood: 7 1956-57 v Prahran: 112* 1956-57 v North Melbourne: 8 1956-57 v North Melbourne: 11 1956-57 v South Melbourne: 135* 1956-57 v Essendon: 13 1956-57 v University: 20 1956-57 v Carlton: 32 1956-57 v Richmond: 7 1956-57 v Richmond: 19* 1956-57 v Melbourne: 5 1956-57 v St Kilda: 22 1956-57 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 9 1956-57 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 8 1956-57 v St Kilda: 33 1956-57 v Carlton: 18 1956-57 v Carlton: 6 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 ↓ 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 Ducks 10 1–9 59 10–19 35 20–29 21 30–49 22 50–99 11 100+ 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 Caught 67 · 50% Bowled 27 · 20% LBW 17 · 13% Stumped 13 · 10% Caught & bowled 7 · 5% Run out 4 · 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
Wickets taken Caught 43 · 43% Bowled 17 · 17% Stumped 16 · 16% Caught & bowled 13 · 13% LBW 9 · 9% Hit wicket 1 · 1% Batters dismissed
Top order (1–3) 16 · 16% Middle order (4–7) 1959-60 to 1969-70 · 112 m · 2,319 runs · 99 wkts
NR Buszard 1969-70 to 1976-77 · 82 m · 1,936 runs · 62 wkts DR Hampton 1989-90 to 1996-97 · 88 m · 1,947 runs · 98 wkts EA Williams 1931-32 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
1941-42: 7 matches, 121 runs, 0 wickets 41-42 1942-43: 11 matches, 68 runs, 0 wickets 1943-44: did not play 43-44 1944-45: 1 match, 0 runs, 0 wickets 1945-46: 10 matches, 200 runs, 0 wickets 45-46 1946-47: did not play 1947-48: 6 matches, 131 runs, 6 wickets 47-48 1948-49: 11 matches, 260 runs, 5 wickets 1949-50: 4 matches, 46 runs, 0 wickets 49-50 1950-51: 12 matches, 305 runs, 3 wickets 1951-52: 15 matches, 527 runs, 27 wickets 51-52 1952-53: 13 matches, 390 runs, 14 wickets 1953-54: 14 matches, 479 runs, 22 wickets · Premiership 53-54 1954-55: did not play 1955-56: 12 matches, 247 runs, 6 wickets 55-56 1956-57: 15 matches, 585 runs, 16 wickets
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.
Rolling average, innings 7 to 163: 5.1 to 65.0 65.0 Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
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 More splits Batting position over the years 1 6 11 1941-42: 3 (9 inns, avg 17.29) 1942-43: 1 (10 inns, avg 8.50) 1944-45: 3 (1 inns, avg 0.00) 1945-46: 2 (12 inns, avg 25.00) 1947-48: 2 (6 inns, avg 21.83) 1948-49: 6 (12 inns, avg 28.89) 1949-50: 6 (6 inns, avg 7.67) 1950-51: 5 (13 inns, avg 27.73) 1951-52: 2 (21 inns, avg 31.00) 1952-53: 1 (17 inns, avg 26.00) 1953-54: 1 (20 inns, avg 29.94) 1955-56: 1 (16 inns, avg 16.47) 1956-57: 1 (20 inns, avg 36.56) 1941 1945 1949 1952 1956 Moved about the order across 13 seasons: opened in 8, at 3rd in 2, at 6th in 2, at 5th in 1.
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*
Finals 10 Finals played
307 Runs · avg 18.06
31 Wickets
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 Download your career card
22 1955-56: 6 wickets 6 1956-57: 16 wickets 16 56-57 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
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.
Caught most off
K Peters × 14 DHL Arnall × 13 C Adams × 9 K Cant × 9 Ray Harvey × 5 BT Considine × 4 
v Carlton
v North Melbourne
v Collingwood
v Coburg
v Hawthorn-East Melbourne
v Northcote
v St Kilda
v Melbourne
v Preston
v South Melbourne
v University
v Essendon
v Brunswick
v Richmond
v Prahran
v Footscray