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Stats Honours Runs by season
1969-70: 8 runs 8 At the club In the record book
Among players of 1969-70 to 1972-73: 27th of 36 for runs, 24th of 28 for wickets, 27th of 37 for matches, 31st of 36 for catches, 21st of 28 for batting average.
Under Fitzroy: 136th of 321 for runs, 143rd of 172 for wickets, 119th of 345 for matches, 207th of 279 for catches, 87th 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.
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69-70 1970-71: 11 runs 11 70-71 1971-72: 182 runs 182 71-72 1972-73: 11 runs 11 72-73 Wickets by season
1969-70: 0 wickets 69-70 1970-71: 0 wickets 70-71 1971-72: 1 wickets 1 71-72 1972-73: 0 wickets 72-73 Every innings, in order
65 50 1969-70 v Essendon: 3* 1969-70 v St Kilda: 5 1970-71 v Footscray: 8 1970-71 v Melbourne: 3 1970-71 v Collingwood: 0 1971-72 v Carlton: 11* 1971-72 v Footscray: 8 1971-72 v Footscray: 21* 1971-72 v South Melbourne: 0* 1971-72 v Richmond: 8* 1971-72 v Melbourne: 23* 1971-72 v Northcote: 65 1971-72 v Essendon: 0 1971-72 v Essendon: 10 1971-72 v North Melbourne: 23 1971-72 v University: 3 1971-72 v St Kilda: 6 1971-72 v Collingwood: 0 1971-72 v Collingwood: 4 1972-73 v South Melbourne: 4 1972-73 v Melbourne: 7* Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.
Against each club
Sort byOpponent Matches Runs Highest score Batting average Fifties 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 0s 4 1 0 65 65 65.00 1 5 7 2 76 23 15.20 1 6 5 0 15 8 3.00 2 7 5 3 48 23* 24.00 8 2 1 8 5 8.00 9 1 1 0 0* –
Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 0s Middle order (4–7) 18 5 204 65 15.69 1 3 Lower order (8–11) 3 2 8 5 8.00
Batted most often at 5th.
Scores and consistency Ducks 3 1–9 11 10–19 2 20–29 3 30–49 0 50–99 1 100+ 0 Turned 0 of 1 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 7.6% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 3 times.
Dismissals Caught 9 · 64% Bowled 5 · 36% Most often dismissed by: Laughlin (3).
In wins and losses Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 0s In wins 5 1 110 65 27.50 1 In losses 15 5 79 21* 7.90 3 In draws 1 1 23 23* –
M Wkts Avg Wkts / match In losses 1 1 14.00 1.0
Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 1 (100%). Every other match: the side won 4 of 20 (20%), lost 12. Batting first or second Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 0s Batting first 11 3 75 23* 9.38 2 Batting second 7 3 102 65 25.50 1 1 Second innings of the match 3 1 35 21* 17.50
By ground Ground M Inn Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Best Fitzroy Cricket Ground 9 7 107 65 21.40 – – – Albert Ground 3 3 33 23* 33.00 – – – Essendon Cricket Ground 3 3 13 10 6.50 – – – Western Oval 2 3 37 21* 18.50 – – – Victoria Park 1 2 4 4 2.00
Wickets taken Best in a match: 1/14 v University, 1971-72.
1921-22 to 1926-27 · 22 m · 228 runs · 1 wkts
RH Hill 2004-05 · 19 m · 195 runs · 0 wkts The careers nearest Measom’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
1969-70: 2 matches, 8 runs, 0 wickets 1969-70 1970-71: 4 matches, 11 runs, 0 wickets 1970-71 1971-72: 12 matches, 182 runs, 1 wicket 1971-72 1972-73: 3 matches, 11 runs, 0 wickets 1972-73
The arc
GL Measom's best season with the bat was 1971-72 : 182 runs from 14 innings at 20.22. The best ten-innings patch came in 1971-72 : 169 runs at 33.80. The leanest, 1969-70 to 1971-72: 67 runs at 13.40.
Rolling average, innings 7 to 21: 7.6 to 33.8 33.8 Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
Streaks
Consecutive matches played: 13 matches from v Carlton, 1971-72 to v South Melbourne, 1972-73 · first · last Longest run of single figures: 5 innings from v University, 1971-72 to v South Melbourne, 1972-73 · first · last More splits Batting position over the years 1 6 11 1969-70: 8 (2 inns, avg 8.00) 1970-71: 6 (3 inns, avg 3.67) 1971-72: 5 (14 inns, avg 20.22) 1972-73: 7 (2 inns, avg 11.00) 1969 1970 1971 1972 Batted at 8th for 1 season, moved up to 6th from 1970-71, moved up to 5th from 1971-72, dropped to 7th from 1972-73.
Home and away M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home 9 7 2 107 65 21.40 Away 12 14 5 105 23* 11.67 1 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 Wkts Bowl avg Saturday 18 18 5 206 65 15.85 Weekday 3 3 2 6 3* 6.00 1 14.00
Month by month Month M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Oct 6 5 2 52 21* 17.33 Nov 6 5 4 39 23* 39.00 Dec 1 1 0 65 65 65.00 Jan 5 6 1 46 23 9.20 1 14.00 Feb 3 4 0 10 6 2.50
Fielding Caught most off
DD Weir × 2 AL Thomson × 1 EP Illingworth × 1 JM Harvey × 1 Download your career card
University Oval 1 1 3 3 3.00 1 14.00 1/14
Carlton Cricket Ground 1 1 11 11* – – – –
South Melbourne Cricket Ground 1 1 4 4 4.00 – – –
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v Melbourne
v Collingwood
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