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Eddie Williams

Played 1931-32 – 1947-48

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Player records

🏆1st XI Premiers (1938-39)🏆1st XI Premiers (1939-40)State Representative

Career totals

Career

Games

Seasons

1931-32 – 1947-48

Played

Batting

109

Innings

Not outs

2,854

Runs

174

High score

31.71

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

19.94

Average

5-fors

10-fors

1,935

Overs

Fielding & keeping

Catches

Stumpings

From the record books

First XI · 1931-32 to 1947-48 · 97 matchesFull archive career →

Around this dayin 1938: 31 & 17 and 2/22 v Northcote in 1937: 26 and 0/2 v Collingwood

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1931-32	1	5	5*	5.00	–	–	–	1
1932-33	3	53	42	26.50	0	0	0/3	2
1933-34	3	20	20*	20.00	0	1	1/7	4
1935-36	14	585	148	45.00	3	2	2/9	5
1936-37	12	386	118*	48.25	25	10	5/33	4
1937-38	14	416	109	27.73	44.1	21	5/43	12
1938-39	15	558	174	34.88	67.5	23	5/25	8
1939-40	14	457	74	30.47	44.4	27	6/33	6
1940-41	9	135	42*	19.29	31	6	3/18	1
1946-47	7	183	47	26.14	53.2	6	2/12	3
1947-48	5	56	19	11.20	25.5	1	1/12
Career	97	2,854	174	31.71		97	6/33	46

Every scorecard · 97

1931-32	v St Kilda	0 & 5*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Prahran	1	0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Collingwood	42	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v VCA Colts	10*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v University	0	1/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v South Melbourne	dnb	0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v VCA Colts	20*	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v St Kilda	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Northcote	25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	30	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v VCA Colts	66*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Collingwood	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v South Melbourne	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Prahran	4*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v University	148	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v North Melbourne	115	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Carlton	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Richmond	4	2/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Essendon	38	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Carlton	90	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Melbourne	9 & 5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Richmond	39	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Carlton	118*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v North Melbourne	5	1/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v University	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Prahran	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v South Melbourne	0	2/33 & 0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Collingwood	dnb	0/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v VCA Colts	75	1/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	5	0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Northcote	21	1/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v St Kilda	78*	0/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Melbourne	37	5/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v South Melbourne	7	1/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Collingwood	26	0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v VCA Colts	67	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	51	3/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Northcote	35 & 3	0/8 & 1/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Melbourne	28 & 6*	5/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v St Kilda	6	4/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Essendon	45	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Richmond	6	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Carlton	19	2/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v North Melbourne	1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v University	7	3/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Prahran	109	1/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Melbourne	0 & 0	0/8 & 1/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	18 & 8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Northcote	31 & 17	2/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Melbourne	26	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v St Kilda	8	5/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Essendon	85	1/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Richmond	11	0/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Carlton	1 & 17*	3/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v North Melbourne	16*	0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v University	28	4/57	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Prahran	8	3/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v South Melbourne	47	4/50	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Collingwood	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v VCA Colts	57* & 3	1/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Collingwood	174	0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Richmond	0	0/47	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Essendon	8	0/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Richmond	31 & 3*	1/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Carlton	0	0/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	31	3/16 & 0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Northcote	6	2/50	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Melbourne	33 & 5	6/33 & 5/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v St Kilda	10	0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v South Melbourne	73*	0/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Prahran	4	5/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v University	35* & 3*	2/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Collingwood	31	0/4 & 1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v VCA Colts	74	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v St Kilda	41 & 11	1/11 & 1/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Melbourne	55 & 3	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Carlton	3	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v North Melbourne	19	1/34 & 1/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v University	21	0/13 & 0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Prahran	1	0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v South Melbourne	1	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Coburg	42* & 16*	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Melbourne	24*	1/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v St Kilda	2 & 6	0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Essendon	dnb	3/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v South Melbourne	30	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v St Kilda	9	0/0 & 2/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Richmond	40	1/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Northcote	47	2/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Melbourne	24	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Collingwood	29	0/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Prahran	4	1/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	17	0/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Northcote	14	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Melbourne	19	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Essendon	3	0/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Richmond	3	1/12	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv St Kilda, 1931-32
First fifty66*v VCA Colts, 1935-36
First hundred148v University, 1935-36
First five-for5/33v Melbourne, 1936-37
Highest score174v Collingwood, 1938-39
Best bowling6/33v Melbourne, 1939-40
Last matchMatch 97v Richmond, 1947-48

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

Sort by


Melbourne	10	274	55	21.08	1		23	10.74	6/33	4	1
St Kilda	9	184	78*	18.40	1		13	15.46	5/25	1
Camberwell Magpies	8	316	174	45.14		1	1	141.00	1/24
Casey South Melbourne	8	176	73*	29.33	1		7	27.14	4/50
Prahran	8	139	109	19.86		1	10	15.10	5/41	1
Richmond	8	137	40	17.13			5	38.00	2/9
VCA Colts	7	372	75	93.00	5		2	40.00	1/30
Carlton	7	262	118*	43.67	1	1	5	26.80	3/54
Melbourne University	7	242	148	48.40		1	10	13.20	4/57
Northcote	7	199	47	22.11			8	22.63	2/22
Essendon	6	179	85	35.80	1		4	20.50	3/18
Kingston Hawthorn	6	160	51	22.86	1		6	19.83	3/16
Greenvale Kanagaroos	5	156	115	52.00		1	3	27.00	1/2
Coburg	1	58	42*	–			0	–	0/5

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	16	16*	–
2	3	1	30	21	15.00
3	29	4	942	148	37.68	3	3	1
4	23	3	684	174	34.20	2	2	1
5	33	5	835	74	29.82	4		2
6	9	1	191	78*	23.88	2		1
7	3	2	65	24*	65.00
8	3	1	36	30	18.00
9	2	0	42	42	21.00			1
10	2	0	8	8	4.00			1
11	1	1	5	5*	–

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	33	6	988	148	36.59	3	3	1
Middle order (4–7)	68	11	1,775	174	31.14	8	2	4
Lower order (8–11)	8	2	91	42	15.17			2

Batted most often at 5th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks7
1–939
10–1917
20–2911
30–4919
50–9911
100+5

Turned 5 of 16 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 13.5% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 18 times.

Dismissals

Caught36 · 40%
Bowled27 · 30%
LBW13 · 14%
Run out6 · 7%
Caught & bowled5 · 6%
Stumped3 · 3%

Most often dismissed by: Johnson (4), Brown (2), Nash (2), Wilson (2), Reynolds (2).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	65	10	2,007	174	36.49	9	4	2
In losses	36	7	549	78*	18.93	1		5
In draws	8	2	298	118*	49.67	1	1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	45	68	16.19	1.5
In losses	24	25	26.32	1.0
In draws	5	4	43.75	0.8

Scored 50+: the side won 13 of 16 (81%), lost 1.
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 3 of 5 (60%), lost 2.
Every other match: the side won 42 of 76 (55%), lost 26.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	51	8	1,843	174	42.86	6	5	3
Batting second	42	5	900	85	24.32	5		3
Second innings of the match	16	6	111	17*	11.10			1

As captain and keeper

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
As captain	3	1	78	73*	39.00	1
Otherwise	106	18	2,776	174	31.55	10	5	7

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	55	62	1,542	148	30.24	60	18.10	6/33
Melbourne Cricket Ground	4	6	38	24*	7.60	2	49.50	1/16
Carlton Cricket Ground	4	5	229	118*	76.33	3	24.00	3/54
Albert Ground	4	5	127	55	25.40	–	–	0/5
Toorak Park	4	4	121	109	40.33	7	12.71	5/41
Victoria Park	4	4	242	174	60.50	1	55.00	1/24
Richmond Cricket Ground	3	5	43	31	14.33	3	7.33	2/9
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	3	4	110	47	27.50	3	21.00	2/42
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	3	48	47	16.00	6	16.33	4/50
St Kilda Cricket Ground	3	3	94	78*	47.00	4	30.25	4/55
Essendon Cricket Ground	3	2	88	85	44.00	4	16.00	3/18
Glenferrie Oval	2	2	22	17	11.00	–	–	0/3
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	2	116	115	116.00	–	–	–
University Oval	2	1	28	28	28.00	4	14.25	4/57

Wickets taken

Caught50 · 52%
Bowled30 · 31%
LBW9 · 9%
Caught & bowled6 · 6%
Stumped1 · 1%
Hit wicket1 · 1%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)34 · 35%
Middle order (4–7)36 · 37%
Lower order (8–11)27 · 28%

6 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 11/64 v Melbourne, 1939-40. 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 1931-32 to 1947-48: 12th of 78 for runs, 14th of 52 for wickets, 18th of 85 for matches, 5th of 24 for hundreds, 14th of 72 for catches, 7th of 41 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 19th of 321 for runs, 28th of 172 for wickets, 32nd of 345 for matches, 8th of 50 for hundreds, 32nd of 279 for catches, 14th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

RA Bartlett1997-98 to 2001-02 · 80 m · 2,570 runs · 94 wkts
MTP Frith2014-15 to 2017-18 · 67 m · 1,855 runs · 80 wkts
AJW Lansdown1921-22 to 1932-33 · 138 m · 3,862 runs · 207 wkts
NR Buszard1969-70 to 1976-77 · 82 m · 1,936 runs · 62 wkts

The careers nearest Williams’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.

As captain

Led the side in 3 matches (1939-40 to 1940-41): won 3, lost 0, drawn 0.

Most often led

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership Honour in his name Season away

1936-37: 1st XI Batting · 1937-38: 1st XI Batting · 1938-39: premiership · 1939-40: premiership, 1st XI Bowling

The arc

Eddie Williams' best season with the bat was 1935-36: 585 runs from 15 innings at 45.00. The best ten-innings patch came in 1935-36 to 1936-37: 580 runs at 64.44. The leanest, 1938-39 to 1939-40: 127 runs at 14.11.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty66*	5 Nov 1935	v VCA Colts, 1935-36
First hundred148	25 Jan 1936	v University, 1935-36
1,000th run78* took him to 1,012	13 Feb 1937	v St Kilda, 1936-37
First five-for5/33	13 Mar 1937	v Melbourne, 1936-37
50th match26, 0/15	29 Oct 1938	v Melbourne, 1938-39
50th wicket3/45 took him to 52	30 Jan 1939	v Prahran, 1938-39
2,000th run174 took him to 2,023	20 Mar 1939	v Collingwood, 1938-39

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 4 innings: from v Collingwood, 1937-38 to v Northcote, 1937-38 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 58 matches: from v St Kilda, 1935-36 to v Carlton, 1939-40 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 4 matches: from v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1937-38 to v St Kilda, 1937-38 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 4 matches bowled in: from v University, 1940-41 to v Coburg, 1940-41 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 3 innings: from v North Melbourne, 1936-37 to v South Melbourne, 1936-37 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
174	v Collingwood, 1938-39	Won, Semi-final
148	v University, 1935-36	Won
118*	v Carlton, 1936-37	Drawn
115	v North Melbourne, 1935-36	Won
109	v Prahran, 1937-38	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
6/33	v Melbourne, 1939-40	Won
5/25	v St Kilda, 1938-39	Won
5/31	v Melbourne, 1939-40	Won
5/33	v Melbourne, 1936-37	Lost
5/41	v Prahran, 1939-40	Won

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 11 seasons: at 5th in 4, at 3rd in 3, at 4th in 2, at 10th in 1, at 7th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1931-32	10	2	5.00
1932-33	4	3	26.50
1933-34	7	2	20.00
1935-36	3	15	45.00
1936-37	3	10	48.25
1937-38	3	17	27.73
1938-39	4	19	34.88
1939-40	5	19	30.47
1940-41	5	10	19.29
1946-47	5	7	26.14
1947-48	5	5	11.20

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	55	62	11	1,542	148	30.24	60	18.10
Away	41	46	8	1,306	174	34.37	37	22.59
Neutral or unknown	1	1	0	6	6	6.00

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	83	95	15	2,313	148	28.91	77	21.13
Weekday	14	14	4	541	174	54.10	20	15.35

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	19	22	2	529	118*	26.45	9	28.33
Nov	23	24	2	532	85	24.18	23	18.96
Dec	9	10	1	116	33	12.89	22	16.14
Jan	20	20	7	690	148	53.08	16	23.25
Feb	11	12	5	268	78*	38.29	14	16.93
Mar	13	18	2	705	174	44.06	13	17.85
Other	2	3	0	14	9	4.67

Finals

8Finals played

393Runs · avg 32.75

3Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	89	96	18	2,461	148	31.55	94	18.76
Finals	8	13	1	393	174	32.75	3	57.00

Favourite victims

AL Hassett × 3
H Dowsley × 3
LN Ley × 3
RC Steele × 3
AL Price × 2
BM Lynch × 2
CA Gardner × 2
FRH MacDonald × 2

Fielding

Season	M	Ct	St
1931-32	1		1
1932-33	3	2
1933-34	3	4
1935-36	14	5
1936-37	12	4
1937-38	14	12
1938-39	15	8
1939-40	14	6
1940-41	9	1
1946-47	7	3
1947-48	5

Caught most off

MW Sievers × 12
J Frederick × 7
EA Williams × 6
HJ Plant × 5
R McCracken × 3
AE Liddicut × 2

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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Eddie Williams

Played 1931-32 – 1947-48

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Player records

🏆1st XI Premiers (1938-39)🏆1st XI Premiers (1939-40)State Representative

Career totals

Career

Games

Seasons

1931-32 – 1947-48

Played

Batting

109

Innings

Not outs

2,854

Runs

174

High score

31.71

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

19.94

Average

5-fors

10-fors

1,935

Overs

Fielding & keeping

Catches

Stumpings

From the record books

First XI · 1931-32 to 1947-48 · 97 matchesFull archive career →

Around this dayin 1938: 31 & 17 and 2/22 v Northcote in 1937: 26 and 0/2 v Collingwood

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1931-32	1	5	5*	5.00	–	–	–	1
1932-33	3	53	42	26.50	0	0	0/3	2
1933-34	3	20	20*	20.00	0	1	1/7	4
1935-36	14	585	148	45.00	3	2	2/9	5
1936-37	12	386	118*	48.25	25	10	5/33	4
1937-38	14	416	109	27.73	44.1	21	5/43	12
1938-39	15	558	174	34.88	67.5	23	5/25	8
1939-40	14	457	74	30.47	44.4	27	6/33	6
1940-41	9	135	42*	19.29	31	6	3/18	1
1946-47	7	183	47	26.14	53.2	6	2/12	3
1947-48	5	56	19	11.20	25.5	1	1/12
Career	97	2,854	174	31.71		97	6/33	46

Every scorecard · 97

1931-32	v St Kilda	0 & 5*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Prahran	1	0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Collingwood	42	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v VCA Colts	10*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v University	0	1/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v South Melbourne	dnb	0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v VCA Colts	20*	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v St Kilda	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Northcote	25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	30	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v VCA Colts	66*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Collingwood	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v South Melbourne	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Prahran	4*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v University	148	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v North Melbourne	115	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Carlton	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Richmond	4	2/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Essendon	38	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Carlton	90	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Melbourne	9 & 5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Richmond	39	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Carlton	118*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v North Melbourne	5	1/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v University	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Prahran	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v South Melbourne	0	2/33 & 0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Collingwood	dnb	0/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v VCA Colts	75	1/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	5	0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Northcote	21	1/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v St Kilda	78*	0/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Melbourne	37	5/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v South Melbourne	7	1/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Collingwood	26	0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v VCA Colts	67	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	51	3/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Northcote	35 & 3	0/8 & 1/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Melbourne	28 & 6*	5/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v St Kilda	6	4/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Essendon	45	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Richmond	6	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Carlton	19	2/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v North Melbourne	1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v University	7	3/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Prahran	109	1/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Melbourne	0 & 0	0/8 & 1/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	18 & 8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Northcote	31 & 17	2/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Melbourne	26	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v St Kilda	8	5/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Essendon	85	1/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Richmond	11	0/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Carlton	1 & 17*	3/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v North Melbourne	16*	0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v University	28	4/57	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Prahran	8	3/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v South Melbourne	47	4/50	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Collingwood	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v VCA Colts	57* & 3	1/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Collingwood	174	0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Richmond	0	0/47	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Essendon	8	0/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Richmond	31 & 3*	1/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Carlton	0	0/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	31	3/16 & 0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Northcote	6	2/50	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Melbourne	33 & 5	6/33 & 5/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v St Kilda	10	0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v South Melbourne	73*	0/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Prahran	4	5/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v University	35* & 3*	2/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Collingwood	31	0/4 & 1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v VCA Colts	74	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v St Kilda	41 & 11	1/11 & 1/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Melbourne	55 & 3	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Carlton	3	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v North Melbourne	19	1/34 & 1/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v University	21	0/13 & 0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Prahran	1	0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v South Melbourne	1	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Coburg	42* & 16*	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Melbourne	24*	1/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v St Kilda	2 & 6	0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Essendon	dnb	3/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v South Melbourne	30	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v St Kilda	9	0/0 & 2/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Richmond	40	1/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Northcote	47	2/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Melbourne	24	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Collingwood	29	0/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Prahran	4	1/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	17	0/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Northcote	14	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Melbourne	19	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Essendon	3	0/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Richmond	3	1/12	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv St Kilda, 1931-32
First fifty66*v VCA Colts, 1935-36
First hundred148v University, 1935-36
First five-for5/33v Melbourne, 1936-37
Highest score174v Collingwood, 1938-39
Best bowling6/33v Melbourne, 1939-40
Last matchMatch 97v Richmond, 1947-48

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

Sort by


Melbourne	10	274	55	21.08	1		23	10.74	6/33	4	1
St Kilda	9	184	78*	18.40	1		13	15.46	5/25	1
Camberwell Magpies	8	316	174	45.14		1	1	141.00	1/24
Casey South Melbourne	8	176	73*	29.33	1		7	27.14	4/50
Prahran	8	139	109	19.86		1	10	15.10	5/41	1
Richmond	8	137	40	17.13			5	38.00	2/9
VCA Colts	7	372	75	93.00	5		2	40.00	1/30
Carlton	7	262	118*	43.67	1	1	5	26.80	3/54
Melbourne University	7	242	148	48.40		1	10	13.20	4/57
Northcote	7	199	47	22.11			8	22.63	2/22
Essendon	6	179	85	35.80	1		4	20.50	3/18
Kingston Hawthorn	6	160	51	22.86	1		6	19.83	3/16
Greenvale Kanagaroos	5	156	115	52.00		1	3	27.00	1/2
Coburg	1	58	42*	–			0	–	0/5

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	16	16*	–
2	3	1	30	21	15.00
3	29	4	942	148	37.68	3	3	1
4	23	3	684	174	34.20	2	2	1
5	33	5	835	74	29.82	4		2
6	9	1	191	78*	23.88	2		1
7	3	2	65	24*	65.00
8	3	1	36	30	18.00
9	2	0	42	42	21.00			1
10	2	0	8	8	4.00			1
11	1	1	5	5*	–

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	33	6	988	148	36.59	3	3	1
Middle order (4–7)	68	11	1,775	174	31.14	8	2	4
Lower order (8–11)	8	2	91	42	15.17			2

Batted most often at 5th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks7
1–939
10–1917
20–2911
30–4919
50–9911
100+5

Turned 5 of 16 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 13.5% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 18 times.

Dismissals

Caught36 · 40%
Bowled27 · 30%
LBW13 · 14%
Run out6 · 7%
Caught & bowled5 · 6%
Stumped3 · 3%

Most often dismissed by: Johnson (4), Brown (2), Nash (2), Wilson (2), Reynolds (2).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	65	10	2,007	174	36.49	9	4	2
In losses	36	7	549	78*	18.93	1		5
In draws	8	2	298	118*	49.67	1	1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	45	68	16.19	1.5
In losses	24	25	26.32	1.0
In draws	5	4	43.75	0.8

Scored 50+: the side won 13 of 16 (81%), lost 1.
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 3 of 5 (60%), lost 2.
Every other match: the side won 42 of 76 (55%), lost 26.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	51	8	1,843	174	42.86	6	5	3
Batting second	42	5	900	85	24.32	5		3
Second innings of the match	16	6	111	17*	11.10			1

As captain and keeper

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
As captain	3	1	78	73*	39.00	1
Otherwise	106	18	2,776	174	31.55	10	5	7

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	55	62	1,542	148	30.24	60	18.10	6/33
Melbourne Cricket Ground	4	6	38	24*	7.60	2	49.50	1/16
Carlton Cricket Ground	4	5	229	118*	76.33	3	24.00	3/54
Albert Ground	4	5	127	55	25.40	–	–	0/5
Toorak Park	4	4	121	109	40.33	7	12.71	5/41
Victoria Park	4	4	242	174	60.50	1	55.00	1/24
Richmond Cricket Ground	3	5	43	31	14.33	3	7.33	2/9
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	3	4	110	47	27.50	3	21.00	2/42
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	3	48	47	16.00	6	16.33	4/50
St Kilda Cricket Ground	3	3	94	78*	47.00	4	30.25	4/55
Essendon Cricket Ground	3	2	88	85	44.00	4	16.00	3/18
Glenferrie Oval	2	2	22	17	11.00	–	–	0/3
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	2	116	115	116.00	–	–	–
University Oval	2	1	28	28	28.00	4	14.25	4/57

Wickets taken

Caught50 · 52%
Bowled30 · 31%
LBW9 · 9%
Caught & bowled6 · 6%
Stumped1 · 1%
Hit wicket1 · 1%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)34 · 35%
Middle order (4–7)36 · 37%
Lower order (8–11)27 · 28%

6 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 11/64 v Melbourne, 1939-40. 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 1931-32 to 1947-48: 12th of 78 for runs, 14th of 52 for wickets, 18th of 85 for matches, 5th of 24 for hundreds, 14th of 72 for catches, 7th of 41 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 19th of 321 for runs, 28th of 172 for wickets, 32nd of 345 for matches, 8th of 50 for hundreds, 32nd of 279 for catches, 14th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

RA Bartlett1997-98 to 2001-02 · 80 m · 2,570 runs · 94 wkts
MTP Frith2014-15 to 2017-18 · 67 m · 1,855 runs · 80 wkts
AJW Lansdown1921-22 to 1932-33 · 138 m · 3,862 runs · 207 wkts
NR Buszard1969-70 to 1976-77 · 82 m · 1,936 runs · 62 wkts

The careers nearest Williams’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.

As captain

Led the side in 3 matches (1939-40 to 1940-41): won 3, lost 0, drawn 0.

Most often led

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership Honour in his name Season away

1936-37: 1st XI Batting · 1937-38: 1st XI Batting · 1938-39: premiership · 1939-40: premiership, 1st XI Bowling

The arc

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty66*	5 Nov 1935	v VCA Colts, 1935-36
First hundred148	25 Jan 1936	v University, 1935-36
1,000th run78* took him to 1,012	13 Feb 1937	v St Kilda, 1936-37
First five-for5/33	13 Mar 1937	v Melbourne, 1936-37
50th match26, 0/15	29 Oct 1938	v Melbourne, 1938-39
50th wicket3/45 took him to 52	30 Jan 1939	v Prahran, 1938-39
2,000th run174 took him to 2,023	20 Mar 1939	v Collingwood, 1938-39

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 4 innings: from v Collingwood, 1937-38 to v Northcote, 1937-38 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 58 matches: from v St Kilda, 1935-36 to v Carlton, 1939-40 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 4 matches: from v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1937-38 to v St Kilda, 1937-38 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 4 matches bowled in: from v University, 1940-41 to v Coburg, 1940-41 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 3 innings: from v North Melbourne, 1936-37 to v South Melbourne, 1936-37 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
174	v Collingwood, 1938-39	Won, Semi-final
148	v University, 1935-36	Won
118*	v Carlton, 1936-37	Drawn
115	v North Melbourne, 1935-36	Won
109	v Prahran, 1937-38	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
6/33	v Melbourne, 1939-40	Won
5/25	v St Kilda, 1938-39	Won
5/31	v Melbourne, 1939-40	Won
5/33	v Melbourne, 1936-37	Lost
5/41	v Prahran, 1939-40	Won

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 11 seasons: at 5th in 4, at 3rd in 3, at 4th in 2, at 10th in 1, at 7th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1931-32	10	2	5.00
1932-33	4	3	26.50
1933-34	7	2	20.00
1935-36	3	15	45.00
1936-37	3	10	48.25
1937-38	3	17	27.73
1938-39	4	19	34.88
1939-40	5	19	30.47
1940-41	5	10	19.29
1946-47	5	7	26.14
1947-48	5	5	11.20

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	55	62	11	1,542	148	30.24	60	18.10
Away	41	46	8	1,306	174	34.37	37	22.59
Neutral or unknown	1	1	0	6	6	6.00

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	83	95	15	2,313	148	28.91	77	21.13
Weekday	14	14	4	541	174	54.10	20	15.35

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	19	22	2	529	118*	26.45	9	28.33
Nov	23	24	2	532	85	24.18	23	18.96
Dec	9	10	1	116	33	12.89	22	16.14
Jan	20	20	7	690	148	53.08	16	23.25
Feb	11	12	5	268	78*	38.29	14	16.93
Mar	13	18	2	705	174	44.06	13	17.85
Other	2	3	0	14	9	4.67

Finals

8Finals played

393Runs · avg 32.75

3Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	89	96	18	2,461	148	31.55	94	18.76
Finals	8	13	1	393	174	32.75	3	57.00

Favourite victims

AL Hassett × 3
H Dowsley × 3
LN Ley × 3
RC Steele × 3
AL Price × 2
BM Lynch × 2
CA Gardner × 2
FRH MacDonald × 2

Fielding

Season	M	Ct	St
1931-32	1		1
1932-33	3	2
1933-34	3	4
1935-36	14	5
1936-37	12	4
1937-38	14	12
1938-39	15	8
1939-40	14	6
1940-41	9	1
1946-47	7	3
1947-48	5

Caught most off

MW Sievers × 12
J Frederick × 7
EA Williams × 6
HJ Plant × 5
R McCracken × 3
AE Liddicut × 2

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.