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Bowling
192.4 + 557.2 (8-ball)
Overs
At the club In the record book
Among players of 1921-22 to 1936-37: 7th of 81 for runs, 4th of 41 for wickets, 5th of 91 for matches, 12th of 16 for hundreds, 5th of 71 for catches, 17th of 34 for batting average.
Under Fitzroy: 17th of 321 for runs, 9th of 172 for wickets, 9th of 345 for matches, 22nd of 50 for hundreds, 10th of 279 for catches, 39th 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 162 3,253 228* 22.28 272 6/20 81
Runs by season
1921-22: 56 runs 56 21-22 1923-24: 236 runs 236 1924-25: 135 runs 135 1925-26: 299 runs 299 25-26 1926-27: 269 runs 269 1927-28: 208 runs 208 1928-29: 407 runs 407 28-29 1929-30: 582 runs 582 1930-31: 138 runs 138 1931-32: 288 runs 288 31-32 1932-33: 182 runs 182 1933-34: 112 runs 112 1934-35: 173 runs 173 34-35 1935-36: 161 runs 161 1936-37: 7 runs 7 Wickets by season
1921-22: 0 wickets 21-22 1923-24: 8 wickets 8 1924-25: 24 wickets 24 1925-26: 18 wickets 18 25-26 1926-27: 10 wickets 10 1927-28: 10 wickets 10 1928-29: 19 wickets 19 28-29 1929-30: 40 wickets 40 1930-31: 25 wickets 25 Every innings, in order
228 50 1921-22 v Richmond: 2 1921-22 v Essendon: 13 1921-22 v University: 0 1921-22 v Melbourne: 3 1921-22 v Melbourne: 19 1921-22 v St Kilda: 19 1921-22 v Collingwood: 0 1923-24 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 4 1923-24 v North Melbourne: 12 1923-24 v St Kilda: 16 1923-24 v St Kilda: 59* 1923-24 v South Melbourne: 8 1923-24 v Richmond: 3 1923-24 v Essendon: 64 1923-24 v Prahran: 9 1923-24 v Prahran: 5 1923-24 v Northcote: 34 1923-24 v Melbourne: 22 1924-25 v North Melbourne: 8 1924-25 v Carlton: 15* 1924-25 v Collingwood: 6 1924-25 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 23* 1924-25 v Richmond: 0 1924-25 v Essendon: 45* 1924-25 v Prahran: 6 1924-25 v University: 32 1925-26 v Collingwood: 16 1925-26 v Carlton: 32 1925-26 v University: 37* 1925-26 v Prahran: 15* 1925-26 v Melbourne: 49 1925-26 v South Melbourne: 12 1925-26 v St Kilda: 38 1925-26 v Essendon: 22 1925-26 v North Melbourne: 10 1925-26 v Northcote: 22 1925-26 v St Kilda: 30 1925-26 v St Kilda: 16 1926-27 v St Kilda: 27 1926-27 v Prahran: 5 1926-27 v University: 32 1926-27 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 69 1926-27 v Melbourne: 44 1926-27 v Richmond: 3 1926-27 v Carlton: 17 1926-27 v Collingwood: 23 1926-27 v Northcote: 3 1926-27 v North Melbourne: 35 1926-27 v Essendon: 9 1926-27 v Essendon: 2 1927-28 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 10 1927-28 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 36 1927-28 v Essendon: 1 1927-28 v Essendon: 12 1927-28 v Melbourne: 25 1927-28 v Richmond: 20 1927-28 v University: 14 1927-28 v University: 1* 1927-28 v South Melbourne: 70 1927-28 v Northcote: 12 1927-28 v Prahran: 7 1928-29 v Essendon: 69 1928-29 v Prahran: 5 1928-29 v Collingwood: 228* 1928-29 v Melbourne: 11 1928-29 v Northcote: 7 1928-29 v Richmond: 21 1928-29 v St Kilda: 7 1928-29 v South Melbourne: 13 1928-29 v Melbourne: 16 1928-29 v University: 30 1929-30 v Carlton: 0 1929-30 v Prahran: 19 1929-30 v Melbourne: 25 1929-30 v Collingwood: 4 1929-30 v North Melbourne: 12 1929-30 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 84 1929-30 v South Melbourne: 6 1929-30 v South Melbourne: 60* 1929-30 v Essendon: 77 1929-30 v University: 16 1929-30 v St Kilda: 16 1929-30 v VCA Colts: 86 1929-30 v Northcote: 174 1929-30 v St Kilda: 3 1930-31 v Melbourne: 11 1930-31 v Northcote: 12 1930-31 v South Melbourne: 16 1930-31 v South Melbourne: 0 1930-31 v VCA Colts: 0* 1930-31 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 37 1930-31 v Richmond: 8 1930-31 v Essendon: 2 1930-31 v North Melbourne: 12 1930-31 v Carlton: 6 1930-31 v Prahran: 3 1930-31 v Richmond: 0 1930-31 v Richmond: 10* 1930-31 v South Melbourne: 21 1931-32 v St Kilda: 68* 1931-32 v Northcote: 40 1931-32 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 31 1931-32 v Collingwood: 2 1931-32 v South Melbourne: 8 1931-32 v Prahran: 19* 1931-32 v University: 11 1931-32 v North Melbourne: 0 1931-32 v North Melbourne: 20 1931-32 v Richmond: 37* 1931-32 v Essendon: 41 1931-32 v University: 3 1931-32 v University: 1 1931-32 v St Kilda: 3 1931-32 v St Kilda: 4 1932-33 v Essendon: 12 1932-33 v Richmond: 11 1932-33 v North Melbourne: 10 1932-33 v University: 5 1932-33 v Prahran: 53 1932-33 v South Melbourne: 5 1932-33 v Collingwood: 17 1932-33 v VCA Colts: 10 1932-33 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 13 1932-33 v Northcote: 38 1932-33 v Melbourne: 8 1933-34 v Essendon: 5 1933-34 v Richmond: 2 1933-34 v Carlton: 27* 1933-34 v University: 17 1933-34 v Prahran: 23 1933-34 v VCA Colts: 5 1933-34 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 19* 1933-34 v Northcote: 6 1933-34 v Northcote: 0 1933-34 v Melbourne: 8 1933-34 v St Kilda: 0 1934-35 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 0 1934-35 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 17* 1934-35 v Collingwood: 25 1934-35 v South Melbourne: 15 1934-35 v South Melbourne: 2 1934-35 v Prahran: 5 1934-35 v Carlton: 24 1934-35 v Richmond: 4 1934-35 v North Melbourne: 2 1934-35 v Essendon: 32 1934-35 v Melbourne: 47 1935-36 v St Kilda: 0 1935-36 v Northcote: 14 1935-36 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 12 1935-36 v Collingwood: 19 1935-36 v South Melbourne: 26 1935-36 v Prahran: 20 1935-36 v University: 7 1935-36 v North Melbourne: 2 1935-36 v North Melbourne: 18 1935-36 v Carlton: 20 1935-36 v Richmond: 2 1935-36 v Essendon: 4 1935-36 v Carlton: 14 1935-36 v Melbourne: 0 1935-36 v Melbourne: 3 1936-37 v Richmond: 5 1936-37 v North Melbourne: 2* 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 9 1 311 228* 38.88 1 1 2 9 1 204 59* 25.50 2 3 30 0 736 174 24.53 1 1 4 26 2 552 86 23.00 4 2 5 11 2 195 64 21.67 1 6 20 1 308 69 16.21 1 7 30 4 545 84 20.96 2 6 8 20 4 284 49 17.75 2 9 5 1 81 38 20.25 10 3 1 20 15* 10.00 1 11 1 1 17 17* –
Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 100s 0s Top order (1–3) 48 2 1,251 228* 27.20 3 2 1 Middle order (4–7) 87 9 1,600 86 20.51 8 8 Lower order (8–11) 29 7 402 49 18.27 3
Batted most often at 3rd.
Scores and consistency Ducks 12 1–9 53 10–19 45 20–29 19 30–49 21 50–99 11 100+ 2 Turned 2 of 13 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 10.4% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 14 times.
Dismissals Caught 56 · 38% Bowled 46 · 32% LBW 30 · 21% Caught & bowled 6 · 4% Run out 4 · 3% Stumped 4 · 3% Most often dismissed by: Ironmonger (6), Mullett (5), Blackie (5), Alexander (5), Keating (5).
In wins and losses Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 100s 0s In wins 76 11 1,661 228* 25.55 3 2 5 In losses 53 5 794 64 16.54 3 6 In draws 32 2 752 86 25.07 5 1 In ties 3 0 46 37 15.33
M Wkts Avg Wkts / match In wins 66 139 16.64 2.1 In losses 38 69 22.77 1.8 In draws 34 54 25.65 1.6 In ties 3 10 13.40 3.3
Scored 50+: the side won 5 of 13 (38%), lost 3. Batting first or second Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 100s 0s Batting first 71 7 1,247 86 19.48 4 7 Batting second 74 6 1,721 228* 25.31 5 2 3 Second innings of the match 19 5 285 60* 20.36 2 2
As captain and keeper Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 100s 0s As captain 60 3 954 69 16.74 1 5 As wicketkeeper 2 0 23 13 11.50 Otherwise 102 15 2,276 228* 26.16 10 2 7
By ground Ground M Inn Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Best Fitzroy Cricket Ground 84 78 1,640 86 23.10 158 17.08 6/20 Richmond Cricket Ground 9 11 85 37* 9.44 7 33.86 3/46 Carlton Cricket Ground 9 6 103 27* 25.75 9 36.56 3/28 Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote 8 8 278 174 34.75 4 58.25 1/29 Melbourne Cricket Ground 7 9 150
Wickets taken Caught 139 · 51% Bowled 73 · 27% LBW 28 · 10% Caught & bowled 16 · 6% Stumped 12 · 4% Hit wicket 4 · 1% Batters dismissed
Top order (1–3) 81 · 30% Middle order (4–7) 1943-44 to 1959-60 · 157 m · 3,801 runs · 299 wkts
HJ Plant 1927-28 to 1947-48 · 192 m · 3,335 runs · 317 wkts AW Dummett 1921-22 to 1931-32 · 120 m · 2,133 runs · 199 wkts CBD Street 1999-00 to 2005-06 · 126 m · 1,544 runs · 266 wkts The careers nearest Chapman’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 53 matches (1925-26 to 1935-36): won 27, lost 17, drawn 8, 1 other.
Most often led
The shape of the career Season by season
1921-22: 6 matches, 56 runs, 0 wickets 21-22 1922-23: did not play 1923-24: 11 matches, 236 runs, 8 wickets 23-24 1924-25: 9 matches, 135 runs, 24 wickets · 1st XI Bowling 1925-26: 11 matches, 299 runs, 18 wickets 25-26 1926-27: 11 matches, 269 runs, 10 wickets 1927-28: 8 matches, 208 runs, 10 wickets 27-28 1928-29: 11 matches, 407 runs, 19 wickets 1929-30: 14 matches, 582 runs, 40 wickets 29-30 1930-31: 14 matches, 138 runs, 25 wickets · Premiership 1931-32: 14 matches, 288 runs, 18 wickets 31-32 1932-33: 11 matches, 182 runs, 13 wickets · 1st XI Bowling 1933-34: 12 matches, 112 runs, 35 wickets · 1st XI Bowling 33-34 1934-35: 12 matches, 173 runs, 28 wickets 1935-36: 14 matches, 161 runs, 19 wickets 35-36 1936-37: 4 matches, 7 runs, 5 wickets
1924-25: 1st XI Bowling · 1930-31: premiership · 1932-33: 1st XI Bowling · 1933-34: 1st XI Bowling
The arc
Fred Chapman's best season with the bat was 1929-30 : 582 runs from 14 innings at 44.77. The best ten-innings patch came in 1929-30 : 535 runs at 59.44. The leanest, 1935-36 to 1936-37: 75 runs at 7.50.
Rolling average, innings 5 to 164: 7.4 to 59.4 59.4 Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
Streaks
Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 3 innings from v University, 1926-27 to v Melbourne, 1926-27 · first · last Consecutive matches played: 53 matches from v Prahran, 1928-29 to v Richmond, 1932-33 · first · last Consecutive matches with a wicket: 10 matches from v Prahran, 1925-26 to v Prahran, 1926-27 · first · last Longest spell without a wicket: 3 matches bowled in from v Collingwood, 1925-26 to v University, 1925-26 · first · last Longest run of single figures: 5 innings from v Northcote, 1933-34 to v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1934-35 · first · last More splits Batting position over the years 1 6 11 1921-22: 7 (7 inns, avg 8.00) 1923-24: 2 (11 inns, avg 23.60) 1924-25: 6 (8 inns, avg 27.00) 1925-26: 3 (12 inns, avg 29.90) 1926-27: 3 (12 inns, avg 22.42) 1927-28: 4 (11 inns, avg 20.80) 1928-29: 3 (10 inns, avg 45.22) 1929-30: 4 (14 inns, avg 44.77) 1930-31: 4 (14 inns, avg 11.50) 1931-32: 7 (15 inns, avg 24.00) 1932-33: 1 (11 inns, avg 16.55) 1933-34: 7 (11 inns, avg 12.44) 1934-35: 8 (11 inns, avg 17.30) 1935-36: 7 (15 inns, avg 10.73) 1936-37: 8 (2 inns, avg 7.00) 1921 1925 1928 1931 1934 1936 Moved about the order across 15 seasons: at 7th in 4, at 3rd in 3, at 4th in 3, opened in 2, at 8th in 2, at 6th in 1.
Home and away M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home 84 78 7 1,640 86 23.10 158 17.08 Away 78 86 11 1,613 228* 21.51 114 23.73
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 141 141 16 2,928 228* 23.42 238 19.97 Weekday 21 23 2 325 77 15.48 34 19.12
Month by month Month M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Oct 27 25 2 421 69 18.30 35 19.06 Nov 30 27 5 441 69 20.05 44 22.14 Dec 17 18 4 588 228* 42.00 33 15.18 Jan 33 34 4 667 84 22.23 54 22.46 Feb 24 26 2 450 64 18.75 50 18.14 Mar 23 24 0 562 174
Finals 11 Finals played
201 Runs · avg 13.40
21 Wickets
M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home and away 151 148 17 3,052 228* 23.30 251 19.51 Finals 11 16 1 201 47 13.40 21 24.14
Favourite victims HH Alexander × 4 HJ Richardson × 4 AC Jackson × 3 AL Hassett × 3 BJJ Davie × 3 C Hardy × 3 GH Newstead × 3 GM Eaton × 3 Fielding Download your career card
1931-32: 18 wickets 18 31-32 1932-33: 13 wickets 13 1933-34: 35 wickets 35 1934-35: 28 wickets 28 34-35 1935-36: 19 wickets 19 1936-37: 5 wickets 5
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 8 of 10 (80%), lost 1.
Every other match: the side won 62 of 140 (44%), lost 39. Toorak Park 7 8 108 23 15.43 18 19.06 5/65
St Kilda Cricket Ground 6 7 102 30 14.57 13 19.00 4/67
South Melbourne Cricket Ground 5 8 116 60* 16.57 16 15.25 5/38
Glenferrie Oval 5 7 136 37 27.20 7 10.71 4/30
North Melbourne Cricket Ground 5 6 52 20 8.67 5 26.80 2/28
Victoria Park 5 5 269 228* 67.25 7 39.29 3/54
University Oval 5 4 90 37* 30.00 5 24.80 3/34
Essendon Cricket Ground 4 5 92 45* 23.00 8 19.75 3/31
Albert Ground 3 2 32 21 16.00 5 20.60 4/58
121 · 44%
Lower order (8–11) 70 · 26% 10 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 9/71 v South Melbourne, 1934-35. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.
Other 8 10 1 124 30 13.78 20 20.95
Caught most off
AE Liddicut × 17 FD Chapman × 16 AW Dummett × 10 HJ Plant × 10 AJW Lansdown × 8 MW Sievers × 6 
v Richmond
v Essendon
v University
v Melbourne
v St Kilda
v Collingwood
v Hawthorn-East Melbourne
v North Melbourne
v Carlton
v South Melbourne
v Prahran
v Northcote
v VCA Colts