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Among players of 1891-92 to 1900-01: 5th of 62 for runs, 2nd of 23 for wickets, 3rd of 65 for matches, 3rd of 53 for catches, 5th of 12 for batting average.
Under Fitzroy: 47th of 321 for runs, 20th of 172 for wickets, 69th of 345 for matches, 55th of 279 for catches, 54th 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 49 1,099 54 19.98 144 8/71 25
1891-92: 70 runs 70 91-92 1892-93: 56 runs 56 1893-94: 111 runs 111 93-94 1895-96: 51 runs 51 1896-97: 141 runs 141 96-97 1897-98: 110 runs 110 1898-99: 255 runs 255 98-99 1899-00: 135 runs 135 1900-01: 170 runs 170 00-01 Wickets by season
1891-92: 17 wickets 17 91-92 1892-93: 4 wickets 4 1893-94: 4 wickets 4 93-94 1895-96: 15 wickets 15 1896-97: 26 wickets 26 96-97 1897-98: 27 wickets 27 1898-99: 28 wickets 28 98-99 1899-00: 8 wickets 8 1900-01: 15 wickets 15 00-01 Every innings, in order
54 50 1891-92 v St Kilda: 3 1891-92 v St Kilda: 12 1891-92 v North Melbourne: 0 1891-92 v Richmond: 54 1891-92 v East Melbourne: 0 1891-92 v East Melbourne: 0* 1891-92 v Port Melbourne: 1 1892-93 v North Melbourne: 0 1892-93 v East Melbourne: 16 1892-93 v Melbourne: 29 1892-93 v Melbourne: 11 1893-94 v Carlton: 4 1893-94 v East Melbourne: 9 1893-94 v East Melbourne: 3 1893-94 v South Melbourne: 45 1893-94 v South Melbourne: 25* 1893-94 v North Melbourne: 23 1893-94 v North Melbourne: 2 1895-96 v Melbourne: 8* 1895-96 v North Melbourne: 19 1895-96 v Richmond: 16 1895-96 v St Kilda: 3 1895-96 v St Kilda: 0* 1895-96 v South Melbourne: 5* 1896-97 v Richmond: 8 1896-97 v Melbourne: 0 1896-97 v Melbourne: 6 1896-97 v Hawksburn: 17 1896-97 v Hawksburn: 51 1896-97 v South Melbourne: 0 1896-97 v Carlton: 21 1896-97 v East Melbourne: 5 1896-97 v St Kilda: 19 1896-97 v North Melbourne: 14* 1897-98 v St Kilda: 41 1897-98 v Carlton: 0 1897-98 v East Melbourne: 35 1897-98 v East Melbourne: 15 1897-98 v South Melbourne: 2* 1897-98 v Richmond: 17 1898-99 v Richmond: 34* 1898-99 v Carlton: 53 1898-99 v University: 18 1898-99 v University: 26 1898-99 v St Kilda: 16 1898-99 v St Kilda: 31 1898-99 v Hawksburn: 48 1898-99 v North Melbourne: 11 1898-99 v Melbourne: 18 1899-00 v North Melbourne: 0 1899-00 v St Kilda: 7 1899-00 v St Kilda: 5 1899-00 v South Melbourne: 20 1899-00 v South Melbourne: 29 1899-00 v Hawksburn: 18 1899-00 v East Melbourne: 13 1899-00 v Carlton: 10 1899-00 v Richmond: 33* 1900-01 v Hawksburn: 13* 1900-01 v South Melbourne: 53 1900-01 v South Melbourne: 0 1900-01 v North Melbourne: 24 1900-01 v North Melbourne: 38 1900-01 v Melbourne: 0 1900-01 v Melbourne: 42 Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.
Against each club
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Splits By batting position Pos Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 0s 1 1 0 17 17 17.00 2 1 0 0 0 0.00 1 3 1 0 18 18 18.00 4 5 0 140 48 28.00 5 4 0 29 11 7.25 6 9 1 180 41 22.50 7 6 0 86 42 14.33 2 8 8 1 257 53 36.71 3 9 15 1 229 54 16.36 1 3 10 5 1 46 21 11.50 2 11 10 6 97 34* 24.25 1
Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 0s Top order (1–3) 3 0 35 18 11.67 1 Middle order (4–7) 24 1 435 48 18.91 2 Lower order (8–11) 38 9 629 54 21.69 4 6
Batted most often at 9th.
Scores and consistency Ducks 9 1–9 15 10–19 18 20–29 8 30–49 9 50–99 4 100+ 0 Turned 0 of 4 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 8.9% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 4 times.
Dismissals Caught 27 · 49% Bowled 17 · 31% Stumped 4 · 7% Run out 3 · 5% LBW 3 · 5% Caught & bowled 1 · 2% Most often dismissed by: Carlton (4), Carter (3), Stewart (3), McShane (2), Ritchie (2).
In wins and losses Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 0s In wins 27 5 542 54 24.64 2 3 In losses 38 5 557 53 16.88 2 6
M Wkts Avg Wkts / match In wins 19 88 11.09 4.6 In losses 27 56 23.48 2.1
Scored 50+: the side won 2 of 4 (50%), lost 2. Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 9 of 12 (75%), lost 3. Every other match: the side won 11 of 34 (32%), lost 23. Batting first or second Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 0s Batting first 31 3 553 54 19.75 2 5 Batting second 17 4 250 53 19.23 1 3 Second innings of the match 17 3 296 51 21.14 1 1
As captain and keeper Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 0s As wicketkeeper 1 1 8 8* – Otherwise 64 9 1,091 54 19.84 4 9
By ground Ground M Inn Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Best Fitzroy Cricket Ground 24 32 577 53 19.23 95 13.96 8/71 East Melbourne Cricket Ground 4 7 75 35 12.50 1 202.00 1/134 South Melbourne Cricket Ground 4 6 126 45 42.00 7 20.71 4/91 St Kilda Cricket Ground 3 5 68 41 13.60 13 8.38 7/53 North Melbourne Cricket Ground 3 4 25
Wickets taken Caught 51 · 38% Bowled 46 · 35% Stumped 18 · 14% LBW 12 · 9% Caught & bowled 6 · 5% Batters dismissed
Top order (1–3) 38 · 29% Middle order (4–7) 55 · 41% Lower order (8–11) 1891-92 to 1900-01 · 59 m · 1,709 runs · 175 wkts
MW Ridgway 1989-90 to 1992-93 · 56 m · 788 runs · 150 wkts TL Lawford 2015-16 to 2018-19 · 77 m · 1,327 runs · 193 wkts The careers nearest Beacham’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
1891-92: 5 matches, 70 runs, 17 wickets 1891-92 1892-93: 3 matches, 56 runs, 4 wickets 1892-93 1893-94: 4 matches, 111 runs, 4 wickets 1893-94 1894-95: did not play 1894-95 1895-96: 5 matches, 51 runs, 15 wickets · 1st XI Bowling 1895-96 1896-97: 8 matches, 141 runs, 26 wickets · 1st XI Bowling 1896-97 1897-98: 5 matches, 110 runs, 27 wickets · 1st XI Bowling 1897-98 1898-99: 8 matches, 255 runs, 28 wickets · 1st XI Batting 1898-99 1899-00: 7 matches, 135 runs, 8 wickets 1899-00 1900-01: 4 matches, 170 runs, 15 wickets 1900-01
1895-96: 1st XI Bowling · 1896-97: 1st XI Bowling · 1897-98: 1st XI Bowling · 1898-99: 1st XI Batting
The arc
George Beacham's best season with the bat was 1898-99 : 255 runs from 9 innings at 31.88. The best ten-innings patch came in 1896-97 to 1898-99 : 230 runs at 32.86. The leanest, 1891-92 to 1893-94: 73 runs at 8.11.
Rolling average, innings 5 to 65: 8.1 to 32.9 32.9 Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
Streaks
Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings v South Melbourne, 1893-94 · first Consecutive matches played: 16 matches from v North Melbourne, 1895-96 to v South Melbourne, 1897-98 · first · last Consecutive matches with a wicket: 9 matches from v University, 1898-99 to v Hawksburn, 1899-00 · first · last Longest run of single figures: 4 innings from v St Kilda, 1895-96 to v Melbourne, 1896-97 · first · last More splits Batting position over the years 1 6 11 1891-92: 6 (7 inns, avg 11.67) 1892-93: 11 (4 inns, avg 14.00) 1893-94: 6 (7 inns, avg 18.50) 1895-96: 9 (6 inns, avg 17.00) 1896-97: 8 (10 inns, avg 15.67) 1897-98: 6 (6 inns, avg 22.00) 1898-99: 4 (9 inns, avg 31.88) 1899-00: 9 (9 inns, avg 16.88) 1900-01: 7 (7 inns, avg 28.33) 1891 1893 1896 1898 1900 Moved about the order across 9 seasons: at 6th in 3, at 9th in 2, at 11th in 1, at 8th in 1, at 4th in 1, at 7th in 1.
Home and away M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home 24 32 2 577 53 19.23 95 13.96 Away 25 33 8 522 54 20.88 49 19.69
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 47 62 10 1,013 54 19.48 136 16.18 Weekday 2 3 0 86 51 28.67 8 11.38
Month by month Month M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Oct 12 13 2 121 41 11.00 47 11.53 Nov 7 11 1 206 53 20.60 13 18.23 Dec 7 11 1 316 54 31.60 20 17.65 Jan 8 13 1 206 42 17.17 17 30.41 Feb 6 6 1 90 48 18.00 18 15.61 Mar 5 7 2 106 33*
Favourite victims PA McAlister × 4 AE Whitehead × 3 AM Wade × 3 RTB Kelly × 3 T Fox × 3 A Green × 2 AE Abud × 2 AR Carlton × 2 The card names his victims in 35 of 37 wicket-taking games.
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Richmond Cricket Ground 3 3 96 54 48.00 12 13.00 7/64
the Triangle 3 3 39 21 19.50 1 50.00 1/35
Melbourne Cricket Ground 2 2 26 18 26.00 3 35.67 2/40
Toorak Park 1 1 13 13* – 4 9.75 4/39
Port Melbourne Cricket Ground 1 1 1 1 1.00 2 17.00 2/34
Carlton Cricket Ground 1 1 53 53 53.00 – – 0/51
40 · 30%
12 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 11/110 v St Kilda, 1896-97. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.
Caught most off
G Beacham × 8 R Mitchell × 6 FA Tarrant × 5 E Sholl × 2 JC McKirdy × 2 M Ellis × 2 
v St Kilda
v North Melbourne
v Richmond
v East Melbourne
v Port Melbourne
v Melbourne
v Carlton
v South Melbourne
v Hawksburn
v University