Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club

Don McCarthy

Played 1930-31 – 1943-44

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Player records

🏆1st XI Premiers (1930-31)

Career totals

Career

Games

Seasons

1930-31 – 1943-44

Played

Batting

Innings

Not outs

566

Runs

High score

18.87

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

0.00

Average

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1930-31 to 1943-44 · 48 matchesFull archive career →

Premiers 1930-31

Around this dayin 1934: 23* v Melbourne in 1930: did not bat v Northcote

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1930-31	12	84	32	9.33	–	–	–	5
1931-32	6	47	17	11.75	–	–	–	2
1933-34	8	204	56	34.00	–	–	–	4
1934-35	11	126	37*	25.20	0	0	0/7	1
1935-36	4	10	5*	5.00	–	–	–
1936-37	1	0	0	0.00	–	–	–
1940-41	1	0	–	–	–	–	–
1943-44	5	95	32*	31.67	–	–	–
Career	48	566	56	18.87		0	0/7	12

Every scorecard · 48

1930-31	v Melbourne	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v South Melbourne	8 & 21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Richmond	32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Essendon	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v North Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Carlton	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v University	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Richmond	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v South Melbourne	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	11*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v VCA Colts	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v South Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v North Melbourne	17 & 11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Richmond	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Essendon	8* & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v University	56	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Prahran	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v South Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v VCA Colts	52	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Northcote	0 & 13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Melbourne	7 & 23*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v St Kilda	51*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Melbourne	23*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	5* & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Collingwood	37*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v South Melbourne	3 & 7*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Prahran	1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Carlton	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Richmond	19*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v North Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v University	dnb	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Melbourne	20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v St Kilda	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v University	5*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Carlton	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v North Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Carlton	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Collingwood	30*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v South Melbourne	32*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Prahran	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v University	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v North Melbourne	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Melbourne, 1930-31
First fifty56v University, 1933-34
Highest score56v University, 1933-34
Last matchMatch 48v North Melbourne, 1943-44

Runs by season

Every innings, in order

Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.

Against each club

Sort by


Casey South Melbourne	6	76	32*	15.20
Melbourne University	5	72	56	36.00	1
Greenvale Kanagaroos	5	45	17	7.50
Melbourne	4	88	23*	29.33
Richmond	4	51	32	25.50
Kingston Hawthorn	4	18	11*	9.00
Northcote	4	13	13	6.50
Carlton	4	10	7	5.00
Camberwell Magpies	3	67	37*	–
Prahran	3	12	9	6.00
St Kilda	2	53	51*	53.00	1
VCA Colts	2	52	52	52.00	1
Essendon	2	9	8*	4.50

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	0s
1	3	0	65	52	21.67	1	1
2	8	0	102	56	12.75	1	2
3	1	1	23	23*	–
4	2	1	33	30*	33.00
5	3	0	60	32	20.00
6	4	2	74	32*	37.00
7	4	1	15	7	5.00		1
8	7	4	117	51*	39.00	1	1
9	9	3	61	20	10.17		2
10	1	1	11	11*	–
11	1	0	5	5	5.00

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Top order (1–3)	12	1	190	56	17.27	2	3
Middle order (4–7)	13	4	182	32*	20.22		1
Lower order (8–11)	18	8	194	51*	19.40	1	3

Batted most often at 9th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks7
1–917
10–198
20–294
30–494
50–993
100+0

Turned 0 of 3 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 8.2% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 5 times.

Dismissals

Caught14 · 47%
Bowled13 · 43%
Stumped2 · 7%
LBW1 · 3%

Most often dismissed by: Wedgwood (3), Smith (2), Trembath (2).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
In wins	23	8	260	52	17.33	1	6
In losses	17	4	299	56	23.00	2	1
In draws	2	1	5	4	5.00
In ties	1	0	2	2	2.00

Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 3 (33%), lost 2.
Every other match: the side won 24 of 45 (53%), lost 14.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Batting first	21	8	209	37*	16.08		3
Batting second	15	3	282	56	23.50	3	2
Second innings of the match	7	2	75	23*	15.00		2

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	26	21	328	56	25.23
Albert Ground	3	3	43	23*	21.50
Carlton Cricket Ground	3	1	7	7	7.00
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	4	39	21	13.00
Glenferrie Oval	2	3	7	5*	3.50
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	3	32	17	10.67
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	2	2	13	13	6.50
St Kilda Cricket Ground	2	2	83	51*	–
Richmond Cricket Ground	2	1	0	0	0.00
University Oval	2	1	11	11	11.00
Essendon Cricket Ground	1	1	1	1	1.00
Toorak Park	1	1	2	2	2.00

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1930-31 to 1943-44: 28th of 72 for runs, 29th of 80 for matches, 36th of 67 for catches, 27th of 40 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 82nd of 321 for runs, 73rd of 345 for matches, 95th of 279 for catches, 64th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

RJ Sacristani2000-01 to 2003-04 · 43 m · 615 runs · 0 wkts
EJ Melling1927-28 to 1931-32 · 32 m · 448 runs · 0 wkts
KT Bardon2006-07 to 2008-09 · 29 m · 376 runs · 0 wkts
MW Hunter2005-06 to 2008-09 · 28 m · 315 runs · 0 wkts

The careers nearest McCarthy’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, upPremiership Season away

1930-31: premiership

The arc

Don McCarthy's best season with the bat was 1933-34: 204 runs from 8 innings at 34.00. The best ten-innings patch came in 1933-34 to 1934-35: 211 runs at 42.20. The leanest, 1930-31 to 1931-32: 53 runs at 6.63.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty56	25 Nov 1933	v University, 1933-34

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings: from v Collingwood, 1943-44 to v South Melbourne, 1943-44 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 11 matches: from v University, 1933-34 to v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1934-35 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 4 innings: from v Essendon, 1930-31 to v South Melbourne, 1930-31 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
56	v University, 1933-34	Lost
52	v VCA Colts, 1933-34	Won
51*	v St Kilda, 1933-34	Lost
37*	v Collingwood, 1934-35	Won
32*	v South Melbourne, 1943-44	Lost

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 7 seasons: opened in 3, at 9th in 1, at 8th in 1, at 4th in 1, at 7th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1930-31	9	9	9.33
1931-32	2	6	11.75
1933-34	2	8	34.00
1934-35	8	11	25.20
1935-36	4	3	5.00
1936-37	7	1	0.00
1943-44	2	5	31.67

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home	26	21	8	328	56	25.23
Away	22	22	5	238	51*	14.00

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
Saturday	43	37	12	462	56	18.48
Weekday	5	6	1	104	52	20.80

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Oct	9	6	2	65	23*	16.25
Nov	5	4	2	98	56	49.00
Dec	4	5	1	14	7*	3.50
Jan	9	8	3	117	52	23.40
Feb	10	9	2	119	32*	17.00
Mar	8	8	3	133	51*	26.60
Other	3	3	0	20	15	6.67

Finals

3Finals played

25Runs · avg 8.33

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home and away	45	40	13	541	56	20.04
Finals	3	3	0	25	20	8.33

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1930-31	12	5
1931-32	6	2
1933-34	8	4
1934-35	11	1
1935-36	4
1936-37	1
1940-41	1
1943-44	5

Caught most off

AE Liddicut × 3
FD Chapman × 2
HJ Plant × 2
AEO Barras × 1
AJW Lansdown × 1
HC Lansdown × 1

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.

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Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club

Don McCarthy

Played 1930-31 – 1943-44

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Player records

🏆1st XI Premiers (1930-31)

Career totals

Career

Games

Seasons

1930-31 – 1943-44

Played

Batting

Innings

Not outs

566

Runs

High score

18.87

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

0.00

Average

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1930-31 to 1943-44 · 48 matchesFull archive career →

Premiers 1930-31

Around this dayin 1934: 23* v Melbourne in 1930: did not bat v Northcote

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1930-31	12	84	32	9.33	–	–	–	5
1931-32	6	47	17	11.75	–	–	–	2
1933-34	8	204	56	34.00	–	–	–	4
1934-35	11	126	37*	25.20	0	0	0/7	1
1935-36	4	10	5*	5.00	–	–	–
1936-37	1	0	0	0.00	–	–	–
1940-41	1	0	–	–	–	–	–
1943-44	5	95	32*	31.67	–	–	–
Career	48	566	56	18.87		0	0/7	12

Every scorecard · 48

1930-31	v Melbourne	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v South Melbourne	8 & 21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Richmond	32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Essendon	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v North Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Carlton	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v University	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Richmond	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v South Melbourne	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	11*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v VCA Colts	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v South Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v North Melbourne	17 & 11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Richmond	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Essendon	8* & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v University	56	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Prahran	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v South Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v VCA Colts	52	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Northcote	0 & 13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Melbourne	7 & 23*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v St Kilda	51*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Melbourne	23*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	5* & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Collingwood	37*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v South Melbourne	3 & 7*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Prahran	1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Carlton	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Richmond	19*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v North Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v University	dnb	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Melbourne	20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v St Kilda	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v University	5*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Carlton	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v North Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Carlton	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Collingwood	30*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v South Melbourne	32*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Prahran	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v University	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v North Melbourne	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Melbourne, 1930-31
First fifty56v University, 1933-34
Highest score56v University, 1933-34
Last matchMatch 48v North Melbourne, 1943-44

Runs by season

Every innings, in order

Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.

Against each club

Sort by


Casey South Melbourne	6	76	32*	15.20
Melbourne University	5	72	56	36.00	1
Greenvale Kanagaroos	5	45	17	7.50
Melbourne	4	88	23*	29.33
Richmond	4	51	32	25.50
Kingston Hawthorn	4	18	11*	9.00
Northcote	4	13	13	6.50
Carlton	4	10	7	5.00
Camberwell Magpies	3	67	37*	–
Prahran	3	12	9	6.00
St Kilda	2	53	51*	53.00	1
VCA Colts	2	52	52	52.00	1
Essendon	2	9	8*	4.50

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	0s
1	3	0	65	52	21.67	1	1
2	8	0	102	56	12.75	1	2
3	1	1	23	23*	–
4	2	1	33	30*	33.00
5	3	0	60	32	20.00
6	4	2	74	32*	37.00
7	4	1	15	7	5.00		1
8	7	4	117	51*	39.00	1	1
9	9	3	61	20	10.17		2
10	1	1	11	11*	–
11	1	0	5	5	5.00

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Top order (1–3)	12	1	190	56	17.27	2	3
Middle order (4–7)	13	4	182	32*	20.22		1
Lower order (8–11)	18	8	194	51*	19.40	1	3

Batted most often at 9th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks7
1–917
10–198
20–294
30–494
50–993
100+0

Turned 0 of 3 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 8.2% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 5 times.

Dismissals

Caught14 · 47%
Bowled13 · 43%
Stumped2 · 7%
LBW1 · 3%

Most often dismissed by: Wedgwood (3), Smith (2), Trembath (2).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
In wins	23	8	260	52	17.33	1	6
In losses	17	4	299	56	23.00	2	1
In draws	2	1	5	4	5.00
In ties	1	0	2	2	2.00

Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 3 (33%), lost 2.
Every other match: the side won 24 of 45 (53%), lost 14.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Batting first	21	8	209	37*	16.08		3
Batting second	15	3	282	56	23.50	3	2
Second innings of the match	7	2	75	23*	15.00		2

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	26	21	328	56	25.23
Albert Ground	3	3	43	23*	21.50
Carlton Cricket Ground	3	1	7	7	7.00
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	4	39	21	13.00
Glenferrie Oval	2	3	7	5*	3.50
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	3	32	17	10.67
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	2	2	13	13	6.50
St Kilda Cricket Ground	2	2	83	51*	–
Richmond Cricket Ground	2	1	0	0	0.00
University Oval	2	1	11	11	11.00
Essendon Cricket Ground	1	1	1	1	1.00
Toorak Park	1	1	2	2	2.00

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1930-31 to 1943-44: 28th of 72 for runs, 29th of 80 for matches, 36th of 67 for catches, 27th of 40 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 82nd of 321 for runs, 73rd of 345 for matches, 95th of 279 for catches, 64th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

RJ Sacristani2000-01 to 2003-04 · 43 m · 615 runs · 0 wkts
EJ Melling1927-28 to 1931-32 · 32 m · 448 runs · 0 wkts
KT Bardon2006-07 to 2008-09 · 29 m · 376 runs · 0 wkts
MW Hunter2005-06 to 2008-09 · 28 m · 315 runs · 0 wkts

The careers nearest McCarthy’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, upPremiership Season away

1930-31: premiership

The arc

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty56	25 Nov 1933	v University, 1933-34

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings: from v Collingwood, 1943-44 to v South Melbourne, 1943-44 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 11 matches: from v University, 1933-34 to v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1934-35 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 4 innings: from v Essendon, 1930-31 to v South Melbourne, 1930-31 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
56	v University, 1933-34	Lost
52	v VCA Colts, 1933-34	Won
51*	v St Kilda, 1933-34	Lost
37*	v Collingwood, 1934-35	Won
32*	v South Melbourne, 1943-44	Lost

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 7 seasons: opened in 3, at 9th in 1, at 8th in 1, at 4th in 1, at 7th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1930-31	9	9	9.33
1931-32	2	6	11.75
1933-34	2	8	34.00
1934-35	8	11	25.20
1935-36	4	3	5.00
1936-37	7	1	0.00
1943-44	2	5	31.67

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home	26	21	8	328	56	25.23
Away	22	22	5	238	51*	14.00

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
Saturday	43	37	12	462	56	18.48
Weekday	5	6	1	104	52	20.80

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Oct	9	6	2	65	23*	16.25
Nov	5	4	2	98	56	49.00
Dec	4	5	1	14	7*	3.50
Jan	9	8	3	117	52	23.40
Feb	10	9	2	119	32*	17.00
Mar	8	8	3	133	51*	26.60
Other	3	3	0	20	15	6.67

Finals

3Finals played

25Runs · avg 8.33

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home and away	45	40	13	541	56	20.04
Finals	3	3	0	25	20	8.33

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1930-31	12	5
1931-32	6	2
1933-34	8	4
1934-35	11	1
1935-36	4
1936-37	1
1940-41	1
1943-44	5

Caught most off

AE Liddicut × 3
FD Chapman × 2
HJ Plant × 2
AEO Barras × 1
AJW Lansdown × 1
HC Lansdown × 1

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.