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David Plumpton — Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club — Morrie
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Among players of 1996-97 to 2003-04: 6th of 50 for runs, 16th of 43 for wickets, 10th of 53 for matches, 4th of 11 for hundreds, 6th of 51 for catches, 3rd of 33 for batting average.
Under Fitzroy-Doncaster: 9th of 184 for runs, 38th of 135 for wickets, 16th of 197 for matches, 6th of 34 for hundreds, 9th of 167 for catches, 5th of 81 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 125 4,290 170 39.00 38 4/14 85
1996-97: 136 runs 136 96-97 1997-98: 566 runs 566 1998-99: 451 runs 451 98-99 1999-00: 361 runs 361 2000-01: 591 runs 591 00-01 2001-02: 957 runs 957 2002-03: 657 runs 657 02-03 2003-04: 571 runs 571 Wickets by season
1996-97: 5 wickets 5 96-97 1997-98: 3 wickets 3 1998-99: 5 wickets 5 98-99 1999-00: 4 wickets 4 2000-01: 12 wickets 12 00-01 2001-02: 4 wickets 4 2002-03: 4 wickets 4 02-03 2003-04: 1 wickets 1 Every innings, in order
170 50 1996-97 v Frankston Peninsula: 0 1996-97 v Hawthorn Waverley: 4 1996-97 v Footscray: 14 1996-97 v Carlton: 30 1996-97 v South Melbourne: 41* 1996-97 v Ringwood: 28* 1996-97 v Prahran: 19 1997-98 v Frankston Peninsula: 6 1997-98 v Hawthorn Waverley: 32* 1997-98 v Footscray: 18 1997-98 v Carlton: 38 1997-98 v Essendon: 0 1997-98 v Ringwood: 103* 1997-98 v Prahran: 29* 1997-98 v North Melbourne: 46 1997-98 v Melbourne: 19 1997-98 v Geelong: 41 1997-98 v Dandenong: 6 1997-98 v University: 12 1997-98 v St Kilda: 98 1997-98 v Richmond: 33 1997-98 v Northcote: 52 1997-98 v Northcote: 33 1998-99 v Geelong: 6 1998-99 v Dandenong: 22 1998-99 v Camberwell Magpies: 10 1998-99 v University: 0 1998-99 v St Kilda: 24 1998-99 v Richmond: 0 1998-99 v Northcote: 9 1998-99 v Frankston Peninsula: 32 1998-99 v Essendon: 3 1998-99 v Carlton: 22 1998-99 v Carlton: 44 1998-99 v South Melbourne: 62* 1998-99 v Prahran: 44 1998-99 v North Melbourne: 161* 1998-99 v Melbourne: 12 1999-00 v Richmond: 1 1999-00 v Northcote: 37* 1999-00 v Frankston Peninsula: 37 1999-00 v Hawthorn Waverley: 38 1999-00 v Footscray: 13 1999-00 v Essendon: 24 1999-00 v Carlton: 7 1999-00 v South Melbourne: 4 1999-00 v Ringwood: 40 1999-00 v Prahran: 10 1999-00 v North Melbourne: 14 1999-00 v Geelong: 34 1999-00 v Dandenong: 0 1999-00 v Camberwell Magpies: 12 1999-00 v University: 13 1999-00 v Richmond: 77 2000-01 v Geelong: 15 2000-01 v Dandenong: 26* 2000-01 v Camberwell Magpies: 0 2000-01 v Melbourne University: 28* 2000-01 v St Kilda: 26 2000-01 v Richmond: 57 2000-01 v Northcote: 3 2000-01 v Frankston Peninsula: 82* 2000-01 v Melbourne: 85 2000-01 v Hawthorn Waverley: 11 2000-01 v Footscray-Victoria University: 58 2000-01 v Essendon: 13 2000-01 v Carlton: 5 2000-01 v Carlton: 4 2000-01 v South Melbourne: 110 2000-01 v Prahran: 56 2000-01 v North Melbourne: 0 2000-01 v North Melbourne: 12 2001-02 v Hawthorn-Monash University: 101* 2001-02 v Camberwell Magpies: 3 2001-02 v Dandenong: 32 2001-02 v South Melbourne: 19 2001-02 v Melbourne University: 28 2001-02 v Richmond: 4 2001-02 v Geelong: 28 2001-02 v Melbourne: 41 2001-02 v Prahran: 78 2001-02 v North Melbourne: 5 2001-02 v Ringwood: 104* 2001-02 v Footscray-Victoria University: 75 2001-02 v Northcote: 30 2001-02 v St Kilda: 0 2001-02 v Essendon: 65 2001-02 v Carlton: 170 2001-02 v Melbourne: 70 2001-02 v Essendon: 45 2001-02 v Melbourne University: 59* 2002-03 v Essendon: 57 2002-03 v Carlton: 7 2002-03 v Hawthorn-Monash University: 12 2002-03 v Camberwell Magpies: 11 2002-03 v Dandenong: 101* 2002-03 v South Melbourne: 11 2002-03 v Frankston Peninsula: 6 2002-03 v Frankston Peninsula: 36 2002-03 v Melbourne University: 18 2002-03 v Richmond: 21 2002-03 v Richmond: 21 2002-03 v Melbourne: 18 2002-03 v Prahran: 2 2002-03 v Prahran: 3 2002-03 v North Melbourne: 15 2002-03 v North Melbourne: 7 2002-03 v Ringwood: 5 2002-03 v Ringwood: 51* 2002-03 v Footscray-Victoria University: 0 2002-03 v Northcote: 113* 2002-03 v St Kilda: 29 2002-03 v Camberwell Magpies: 80 2002-03 v St Kilda: 33 2003-04 v North Melbourne: 1 2003-04 v Melbourne University: 39 2003-04 v Richmond: 44 2003-04 v Camberwell Magpies: 10 2003-04 v Geelong: 0 2003-04 v Northcote: 45 2003-04 v Essendon: 88* 2003-04 v Footscray-Victoria University: 60 2003-04 v South Melbourne: 73 2003-04 v St Kilda: 6 2003-04 v Frankston Peninsula: 23 2003-04 v Melbourne: 65* 2003-04 v Melbourne: 4 2003-04 v Hawthorn-Monash University: 101 2003-04 v Prahran: 12 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 0 7 7 7.00 3 17 3 507 101* 36.21 4 1 4 61 7 2,068 161* 38.30 10 4 5 5 37 6 1,383 170 44.61 7 3 4 6 8 2 260 103* 43.33 1 7 4 1 51 28* 17.00 1 8 1 0 14 14 14.00
Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 100s 0s Top order (1–3) 18 3 514 101* 34.27 4 1 Middle order (4–7) 110 16 3,762 170 40.02 17 8 10 Lower order (8–11) 1 0 14 14 14.00
Batted most often at 4th.
Scores and consistency Ducks 10 1–9 24 10–19 25 20–29 15 30–49 25 50–99 21 100+ 9 Turned 9 of 30 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 15.4% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 31 times.
Dismissals Caught 59 · 54% Bowled 21 · 19% LBW 17 · 15% Run out 5 · 5% Stumped 4 · 4% Caught & bowled 4 · 4% Most often dismissed by: Williams (3), Albers (3), Lowery (3), Waters (3), McGain (2).
In wins and losses Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 100s 0s In wins 67 16 2,739 170 53.71 13 8 3 In losses 50 2 1,162 101 24.21 5 1 5 In draws 9 1 358 82* 44.75 3 1 In ties 3 0 31 26 10.33 1
M Wkts Avg Wkts / match In wins 25 22 25.05 0.9 In losses 27 12 61.08 0.4 In draws 7 1 180.00 0.1 In ties 1 3 14.67 3.0
Scored 50+: the side won 21 of 30 (70%), lost 6. Batting first or second Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 100s 0s Batting first 63 6 2,253 170 39.53 13 4 5 Batting second 56 12 1,822 161* 41.41 7 5 5 Second innings of the match 10 1 215 51* 23.89 1
By ground Ground M Inn Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Best Schramms Reserve 57 58 2,195 170 43.90 22 38.86 4/14 Albert Ground 6 6 258 70 64.50 – – 0/0 Camberwell Sports Ground 5 4 36 12 9.00 3 16.00 2/27 AH Butler Oval 4 5 156 82* 39.00 1 43.00 1/27 Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote 4 5 197
Wickets taken Caught 17 · 45% Bowled 7 · 18% Caught & bowled 6 · 16% LBW 5 · 13% Stumped 3 · 8% Batters dismissed
Top order (1–3) 13 · 34% Middle order (4–7) 14 · 37% Lower order (8–11) 1954-55 to 1967-68 · 96 m · 3,609 runs · 21 wkts
RN Harvey 1943-44 to 1956-57 · 104 m · 3,984 runs · 3 wkts JW Scaife 1925-26 to 1944-45 · 123 m · 3,907 runs · 2 wkts RW Furlong 1955-56 to 1968-69 · 133 m · 4,539 runs · 0 wkts The careers nearest Plumpton’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
1996-97: 7 matches, 136 runs, 5 wickets 1996-97 1997-98: 16 matches, 566 runs, 3 wickets · 1st XI Batting 1997-98 1998-99: 15 matches, 451 runs, 5 wickets 1998-99 1999-00: 17 matches, 361 runs, 4 wickets 1999-00 2000-01: 17 matches, 591 runs, 12 wickets 2000-01 2001-02: 20 matches, 957 runs, 4 wickets · Premiership · 1st XI Batting · A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion 2001-02 2002-03: 18 matches, 657 runs, 4 wickets 2002-03 2003-04: 15 matches, 571 runs, 1 wicket · 1st XI Batting 2003-04
1997-98: 1st XI Batting · 2001-02: premiership, 1st XI Batting, A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion · 2003-04: 1st XI Batting
The arc
David Plumpton's best season with the bat was 2001-02 : 957 runs from 19 innings at 59.81. The best ten-innings patch came in 2001-02 to 2002-03 : 675 runs at 84.38. The leanest, 1998-99: 128 runs at 12.80.
Rolling average, innings 7 to 129: 12.8 to 84.4 84.4 Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
Milestones
Milestone When Match First fifty 103* 22 Nov 1997 v Ringwood, 1997-98 First hundred 103* 22 Nov 1997 v Ringwood, 1997-98 1,000th run 161* took him to 1,141 6 Mar 1999 v North Melbourne, 1998-99 50th match did not bat 26 Jan 2000 v Melbourne, 1999-00 2,000th run 110 took him to 2,037 3 Feb 2001 v South Melbourne, 2000-01 3,000th run 45 took him to 3,003 23 Mar 2002
Streaks
Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 6 innings from v Essendon, 2001-02 to v Essendon, 2002-03 · first · last Consecutive matches played: 40 matches from v Richmond, 1999-00 to v Carlton, 2002-03 · first · last Consecutive matches with a wicket: 5 matches from v Melbourne University, 2000-01 to v Frankston Peninsula, 2000-01 · first · last Longest spell without a wicket: 11 matches bowled in from v Geelong, 2001-02 to v Melbourne, 2002-03 · first · last Longest run of single figures: 2 innings from v Frankston Peninsula, 1996-97 to v Hawthorn Waverley, 1996-97 · first · last More splits Batting position over the years 1 6 11 1996-97: 7 (7 inns, avg 27.20) 1997-98: 4 (16 inns, avg 43.54) 1998-99: 4 (15 inns, avg 34.69) 1999-00: 4 (16 inns, avg 24.07) 2000-01: 5 (18 inns, avg 39.40) 2001-02: 4 (19 inns, avg 59.81) 2002-03: 3 (23 inns, avg 32.85) 2003-04: 4 (15 inns, avg 43.92) 1996 1998 2000 2002 2003 Moved about the order across 8 seasons: at 4th in 5, at 7th in 1, at 5th in 1, at 3rd in 1.
Home and away M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home 57 58 8 2,195 170 43.90 22 38.86 Away 68 71 11 2,095 161* 34.92 16 40.81
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 110 117 16 3,837 170 37.99 35 38.37 Sunday 6 5 1 179 85 44.75 Weekday 9 7 2 274 101* 54.80 3 24.67
Format M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Two-day 82 87 10 2,915 170 37.86 31 36.16 Unknown format 43 42 9 1,375 104* 41.67 7 55.29
Two-day when a side batted twice, the game was drawn or the card says so; one-day when the card says so.
Month by month Month M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Oct 23 23 4 544 101* 28.63 4 65.50 Nov 25 24 4 615 103* 30.75 9 36.44 Dec 16 17 2 631 88* 42.07 2 107.00 Jan 24 25 2 692 104* 30.09 4 66.75 Feb 19 20 3 725 110 42.65 14 19.21 Mar 18 20 4 1,083 170
Finals 6 Finals played
364 Runs · avg 72.80
M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home and away 119 123 18 3,926 170 37.39 38 39.61 Finals 6 6 1 364 80 72.80
Favourite victims SJ Taylor × 2 ADA Di Giacomo × 1 AH Campbell × 1 BC Dwyer × 1 BJ Stacey × 1 CJ Burton × 1 DP McLeod × 1 DS Uccello × 1 Fielding Caught most off
CBD Street × 18 LA Childs Download your career card
Every other match: the side won 42 of 95 (44%), lost 40. University Oval 4 4 95 39 31.67 1 85.00 1/45
Essendon Cricket Ground 4 4 146 65 36.50 – – 0/15
Russell Lucas Oval 4 2 132 104* – 2 18.00 2/20
Richmond Cricket Ground 3 4 119 77 29.75 – – 0/3
Toorak Park 3 4 46 29* 15.33 – – 0/13
Shepley Oval 3 3 107 101* 53.50 2 22.50 2/15
Harry Trott Oval (new) 3 3 34 19 11.33 1 24.00 1/13
Central Reserve South Oval 3 3 82 38 41.00 – – 0/5
Geelong Cricket Ground 3 3 49 28 16.33 – – 0/37
Mervyn G Hughes Oval 3 3 118 60 39.33 – – 0/21
Princes Park No. 1 Oval 3 3 16 7 5.33 – – 0/7
St Kilda Cricket Ground 3 3 137 98 45.67 – – –
North Melbourne Cricket Ground 2 3 173 161* 86.50 1 34.00 1/34
North Ballarat Oval 2 2 28 18 14.00 – – 0/22
Carlton Cricket Ground 1 2 66 44 33.00 1 49.00 1/49
Leckie Park Oval 1 1 30 30 30.00 3 20.67 3/62
Caulfield Cricket Ground 1 1 29 29 29.00 – – –
Princes Park 1 1 13 13 13.00 – – –
Swan Hill Recreation Reserve 1 1 5 5 5.00 – – –
WJ Findlay Oval 1 1 23 23 23.00 – – –
11 · 29%
Best in a match: 4/14 v North Melbourne, 2002-03. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.
× 10
JL Travaglia × 7
RA Bartlett × 7
DR Plumpton × 6
JP Renkin × 6 
v Frankston Peninsula
v Hawthorn Waverley
v Footscray
v Carlton
v South Melbourne
v Ringwood
v Prahran
v Essendon
v North Melbourne
v Melbourne
v Geelong
v Dandenong
v Camberwell Magpies
v University
v St Kilda
v Richmond
v Northcote