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Gregory Connors

Played 1985-86 – 1988-89

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Career totals

Career

Games

Seasons

1985-86 – 1988-89

Played

Batting

Innings

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From the record books

First XI · 1985-86 to 1988-89 · 53 matchesFull archive career →

2 five-fors 1985-86

Around this dayin 1988: 1/85 v Melbourne in 1985: 1/24 and 1 ct v Essendon

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1985-86	16	11	4	3.67	228	29	7/42	3
1986-87	13	29	14	4.83	199.1	16	3/43	1
1987-88	13	31	12*	10.33	217	22	3/30	3
1988-89	11	12	5*	6.00	206.2	13	2/30
Career	53	83	14	5.93		80	7/42	7

Every scorecard · 53

1985-86	v Essendon	dnb	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Melbourne	dnb	1/64	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	v Prahran	0*	0/2

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Essendon, 1985-86
First five-for6/43v Collingwood, 1985-86
Highest score14v St Kilda, 1986-87
Best bowling7/42v Footscray, 1985-86
Last matchMatch 53v Waverley, 1988-89

Runs by season

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1985-86 to 1988-89: 26th of 35 for runs, 7th of 21 for wickets, 15th of 35 for matches, 20th of 31 for catches, 20th of 20 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy-Doncaster: 120th of 184 for runs, 29th of 135 for wickets, 59th of 197 for matches, 100th of 167 for catches, 79th of 81 for batting average.

Played like…

JP Renkin1998-99 to 2001-02 · 56 m · 53 runs · 98 wkts
ZJ Parr

Against each club

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Kingston Hawthorn	6	6	4*	6.00	12	18.58	3/43
St Kilda	5	22	14	7.33	5	63.80	2/109
Casey South Melbourne	4	12	12*	12.00	8	24.38	3/44
Melbourne University	4	10	8*	5.00	5	38.40	3/51
Greenvale Kanagaroos	4	7	3*	7.00	8	26.50	3/52
Essendon	4	0	0*	–	5	28.80	2/52
Prahran	4	0	0*	–	4	25.00	2/38
Camberwell Magpies	4	0	0	0.00	6	23.00	6/43	1
Northcote	3	15	11	7.50	3	58.67	2/35
Footscray	3	6	4	6.00	12	13.50	7/42	1
Richmond	3	5	5*	5.00	2	75.00	1/45
Melbourne	3	0	0	0.00	2	83.50	1/64
Carlton	3	–	–	–	3	48.00	2/56
Ringwood	3	–	–	–	5	18.60	3/30

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	0s
10	3	0	16	14	5.33	1
11	26	15	67	12*	6.09	4

Batted most often at 11th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks5
1–914
10–193
20–290
30–490
50–990
100+0

1.6% of the side's runs in the innings batted.

Dismissals

Caught7 · 50%
Bowled3 · 21%
LBW2 · 14%
Run out1 · 7%
Caught & bowled1 · 7%

Most often dismissed by: Robinson (2).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
In wins	5	3	14	8*	7.00	1
In losses	23	11	69	14	5.75	4
In draws	1	1	0	0*	–

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	19	37	20.65	1.9
In losses	30	42	37.29	1.4
In draws	4	1	85.00	0.3

Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 2 of 2 (100%).
Every other match: the side won 17 of 51 (33%), lost 30.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
Batting first	13	7	14	4	2.33	4
Batting second	15	7	57	14	7.13	1
Second innings of the match	1	1	12	12*	–

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Schramms Reserve	20	14	59	14	9.83	24	39.38	3/30
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	9	4	7	4	3.50	17	23.65	6/43
Central Reserve South Oval	2	2	2	2	2.00	6	13.17	3/43
Glenferrie Oval	2	2	4	4*	–	3	25.67	2/49
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	2	5

Wickets taken

Caught50 · 63%
Bowled18 · 23%
LBW10 · 13%
Caught & bowled2 · 3%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)33 · 41%
Middle order (4–7)33 · 41%
Lower order (8–11)14 · 18%

2 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 7/42 v Footscray, 1985-86. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, down

The arc

Gregory Connors' best season with the bat was 1987-88: 31 runs from 8 innings at 10.33. The best ten-innings patch came in 1986-87 to 1987-88: 34 runs at 6.80. The leanest, 1986-87 to 1987-88: 29 runs at 4.14.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First five-for6/43	30 Nov 1985	v Collingwood, 1985-86
50th wicket3/62 took him to 52	17 Oct 1987	v Footscray, 1987-88
50th match5*, 1/65	21 Jan 1989	v Richmond, 1988-89

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 16 matches: from v Essendon, 1985-86 to v St Kilda, 1985-86 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 9 matches: from v Carlton, 1986-87 to v University, 1987-88 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 2 matches bowled in: from v St Kilda, 1985-86 to v Northcote, 1985-86 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings: from v North Melbourne-Geelong, 1986-87 to v Richmond, 1987-88 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
14	v St Kilda, 1986-87	Lost
12*	v South Melbourne, 1987-88	Lost
11	v Northcote, 1987-88	Lost
8*	v University, 1986-87	Won
5*	v Richmond, 1988-89	Lost

Best bowling

More splits

Batting position over the years

Batted at 11th in every one of his 4 seasons.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1985-86	11	6	3.67
1986-87	11	9	4.83
1987-88	11	8	10.33
1988-89	11	6	6.00

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	29	18	10	66	14	8.25	41	32.85
Away	24	11	5	17	4*	2.83	39	27.38

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	27	15	83	14	6.92	78	28.90
Sunday	4	1	0	0	0	0.00	2	44.50
Weekday	2	1	0	0	0	0.00

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	12	3	1	2	2*	1.00	14	34.07
Nov	12	8	4	33	14	8.25	19	27.05
Dec	3	1	1	0	0*	–	4	34.50
Jan	12	8	5	21	8*	7.00	14	40.29
Feb	8	6	3	22	12*	7.33	21	18.19
Mar	6	3	1	5	4

Finals

1Finals played

4Runs · avg 4.00

2Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	52	28	15	79	14	6.08	78	29.56
Finals	1	1	0	4	4	4.00	2	54.50

Favourite victims

MG Hewitt × 3
KJ Malligan × 2
LF Balcam × 2
MV Richardson × 2
PD Burns × 2
WN Phillips × 2
A Clark × 1
AF Corcoran × 1

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1985-86	16	3
1986-87	13	1
1987-88	13	3
1988-89	11

Caught most off

GT Connors × 2
RL Emmins × 2
LJ Watts × 1
RW Watts × 1
SJ Cook × 1

Figures	Match	Result
7/42	v Footscray, 1985-86	Won
6/43	v Collingwood, 1985-86	Won
3/30	v Ringwood, 1987-88	Won
3/43	v Waverley, 1986-87	Lost
3/44	v South Melbourne, 1986-87	Lost