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Among players of 1938-39 to 1953-54: 16th of 66 for runs, 43rd of 50 for wickets, 22nd of 71 for matches, 14th of 18 for hundreds, 23rd of 62 for catches, 9th of 41 for batting average.
Under Fitzroy: 36th of 321 for runs, 143rd of 172 for wickets, 49th of 345 for matches, 30th of 50 for hundreds, 63rd of 279 for catches, 27th 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.
1938-39: 100 runs 100 38-39 1939-40: 295 runs 295 1940-41: 297 runs 297 40-41 1941-42: 464 runs 464 1943-44: 56 runs 56 43-44 1944-45: 46 runs 46 1945-46: 220 runs 220 45-46 1946-47: 37 runs 37 1950-51: 1 runs 1 50-51 1952-53: 48 runs 48 1953-54: 10 runs 10 53-54 Wickets by season
1938-39: 0 wickets 38-39 1939-40: 1 wickets 1 1940-41: 0 wickets 40-41 1941-42: 0 wickets 1943-44: 0 wickets 43-44 1944-45: 0 wickets 1945-46: 0 wickets 45-46 1946-47: 0 wickets 1950-51: 0 wickets 50-51 1952-53: 0 wickets 1953-54: 0 wickets 53-54 Every innings, in order
101 50 1938-39 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 0 1938-39 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 4* 1938-39 v Northcote: 26* 1938-39 v Northcote: 4* 1938-39 v Melbourne: 3 1938-39 v Melbourne: 0* 1938-39 v St Kilda: 2 1938-39 v St Kilda: 17* 1938-39 v Richmond: 2 1938-39 v Carlton: 1 1938-39 v Carlton: 41* 1939-40 v Melbourne: 4 1939-40 v Melbourne: 1 1939-40 v St Kilda: 7 1939-40 v St Kilda: 8* 1939-40 v South Melbourne: 22 1939-40 v Prahran: 23 1939-40 v University: 46 1939-40 v University: 27* 1939-40 v Collingwood: 42 1939-40 v VCA Colts: 50 1939-40 v St Kilda: 46 1939-40 v St Kilda: 8 1939-40 v Melbourne: 5 1939-40 v Melbourne: 6 1940-41 v Carlton: 0 1940-41 v North Melbourne: 24 1940-41 v University: 17 1940-41 v Prahran: 6 1940-41 v South Melbourne: 14 1940-41 v Collingwood: 9 1940-41 v Coburg: 31 1940-41 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 6 1940-41 v Northcote: 33 1940-41 v Melbourne: 101 1940-41 v St Kilda: 44 1940-41 v St Kilda: 6 1940-41 v Essendon: 6 1941-42 v Carlton: 11 1941-42 v Carlton: 17* 1941-42 v North Melbourne: 1 1941-42 v North Melbourne: 33* 1941-42 v University: 14 1941-42 v University: 21 1941-42 v Prahran: 50 1941-42 v South Melbourne: 31* 1941-42 v Collingwood: 57 1941-42 v Coburg: 63 1941-42 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 6 1941-42 v Northcote: 14 1941-42 v Melbourne: 68 1941-42 v St Kilda: 16 1941-42 v St Kilda: 13 1941-42 v Essendon: 21 1941-42 v Richmond: 28 1943-44 v University: 30 1943-44 v North Melbourne: 26 1944-45 v St Kilda: 30 1944-45 v Essendon: 16 1945-46 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 43 1945-46 v Brunswick: 35 1945-46 v Brunswick: 6* 1945-46 v Richmond: 14 1945-46 v Northcote: 53 1945-46 v St Kilda: 0 1945-46 v Essendon: 19 1945-46 v South Melbourne: 10 1945-46 v South Melbourne: 17* 1945-46 v North Melbourne: 3 1945-46 v University: 20 1946-47 v Prahran: 25 1946-47 v Essendon: 12 1950-51 v Prahran: 0 1950-51 v Richmond: 1 1952-53 v Prahran: 16* 1952-53 v Prahran: 32 1953-54 v South Melbourne: 10* 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 ↓ 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 13 6 254 53 36.29 1 1 2 47 4 1,168 101 27.16 5 1 1 3 1 0 3 3 3.00 4 1 0 30 30 30.00 5 3 2 9 4* 9.00 6 3 0 12 7 4.00 7 5 1 41 23 10.25 2 8 2 2 36 26* – 9 2 0 21 19 10.50
Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 100s 0s Top order (1–3) 61 10 1,425 101 27.94 6 1 2 Middle order (4–7) 12 3 92 30 10.22 2 Lower order (8–11) 4 2 57 26* 28.50
Batted most often at 2nd.
Scores and consistency Ducks 4 1–9 23 10–19 17 20–29 11 30–49 14 50–99 6 100+ 1 Turned 1 of 7 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 12.1% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 12 times.
Dismissals Caught 19 · 31% Bowled 16 · 26% LBW 11 · 18% Run out 10 · 16% Caught & bowled 3 · 5% Stumped 3 · 5% Most often dismissed by: Nagel (3), Barker (3), LE Nagel (2), Pearson (2), Ring (2).
In wins and losses Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 100s 0s In wins 46 6 987 101 24.68 5 1 4 In losses 29 8 550 53 26.19 1 In draws 2 1 37 31* 37.00
M Wkts Avg Wkts / match In wins 5 1 79.00 0.2 In losses 2 0 – 0.0
Scored 50+: the side won 6 of 7 (86%), lost 1. Every other match: the side won 32 of 54 (59%), lost 20. Batting first or second Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 100s 0s Batting first 31 3 658 101 23.50 3 1 2 Batting second 28 1 655 68 24.26 3 2 Second innings of the match 18 11 261 41* 37.29
By ground Ground M Inn Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Best Fitzroy Cricket Ground 34 46 949 68 27.11 – – 0/9 Essendon Cricket Ground 4 3 34 16 11.33 – – – Toorak Park 4 3 98 50 32.67 – – 0/4 North Melbourne Cricket Ground 3 4 63 33* 21.00 – – 0/1 Richmond Cricket Ground 3 3 43
Wickets taken Batters dismissed
Lower order (8–11) 1 · 100% Best in a match: 1/34 v Melbourne, 1939-40. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.
2001-02 to 2007-08 · 56 m · 1,343 runs · 1 wkts
ZT Elliott 2018-19 to 2026-27 · 72 m · 1,907 runs · 3 wkts AP Mulcahy 1994-95 to 1998-99 · 37 m · 903 runs · 0 wkts GJ Kellar 2004-05 to 2009-10 · 73 m · 1,713 runs · 0 wkts The careers nearest Sheahan’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
1938-39: 7 matches, 100 runs, 0 wickets 38-39 1939-40: 9 matches, 295 runs, 1 wicket · Premiership 1940-41: 12 matches, 297 runs, 0 wickets 40-41 1941-42: 13 matches, 464 runs, 0 wickets 1942-43: did not play 42-43 1943-44: 2 matches, 56 runs, 0 wickets 1944-45: 2 matches, 46 runs, 0 wickets 44-45 1945-46: 10 matches, 220 runs, 0 wickets 1946-47: 2 matches, 37 runs, 0 wickets 46-47 1947-48: did not play 1948-49: did not play 48-49 1949-50: did not play 1950-51: 2 matches, 1 runs, 0 wickets 50-51 1951-52: did not play 1952-53: 1 match, 48 runs, 0 wickets 52-53 1953-54: 1 match, 10 runs, 0 wickets
1939-40: premiership
The arc
H Sheahan's best season with the bat was 1941-42 : 464 runs from 17 innings at 33.14. The best ten-innings patch came in 1941-42 : 357 runs at 44.63. The leanest, 1938-39 to 1939-40: 78 runs at 11.14.
Rolling average, innings 10 to 77: 11.1 to 44.6 44.6 Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
Streaks
Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 5 innings from v University, 1939-40 to v St Kilda, 1939-40 · first · last Consecutive matches played: 34 matches from v Melbourne, 1939-40 to v Richmond, 1941-42 · first · last Longest spell without a wicket: 6 matches bowled in from v Prahran, 1941-42 to v North Melbourne, 1945-46 · first · last Longest run of single figures: 4 innings from v St Kilda, 1939-40 to v Carlton, 1940-41 · first · last More splits Batting position over the years 1 6 11 1938-39: 5 (11 inns, avg 20.00) 1939-40: 2 (14 inns, avg 24.58) 1940-41: 2 (13 inns, avg 22.85) 1941-42: 2 (17 inns, avg 33.14) 1943-44: 2 (2 inns, avg 28.00) 1944-45: 1 (2 inns, avg 23.00) 1945-46: 1 (11 inns, avg 24.44) 1946-47: 2 (2 inns, avg 18.50) 1950-51: 1 (2 inns, avg 0.50) 1952-53: 1 (2 inns, avg 48.00) 1953-54: 8 (1 inns, avg –) 1938 1941 1945 1952 1953 Batted at 5th for 1 season, moved up to open from 1939-40, dropped to 8th from 1953-54.
Home and away M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home 34 46 11 949 68 27.11 Away 27 31 4 625 101 23.15 1 57.00
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 56 72 14 1,504 101 25.93 1 92.00 Weekday 5 5 1 70 23 17.50
Month by month Month M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Oct 7 12 6 123 33* 20.50 Nov 12 14 3 258 50 23.45 Dec 10 12 2 247 57 24.70 Jan 15 15 1 282 63 20.14 Feb 8 11 2 376 101 41.78 Mar 9 13 1 288 50 24.00
Finals 3 Finals played
113 Runs · avg 22.60
1 Wickets
M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home and away 58 71 14 1,461 101 25.63 Finals 3 6 1 113 46 22.60 1 34.00
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Albert Ground 2 4 14 6 4.67 1 34.00 1/34
St Kilda Cricket Ground 2 4 44 16 14.67 – – –
Carlton Cricket Ground 2 3 42 41* 21.00 – – –
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote 2 2 67 53 33.50 – – –
Victoria Park 2 2 99 57 49.50 – – 0/16
Glenferrie Oval 1 1 6 6 6.00 – – –
Melbourne Cricket Ground 1 1 101 101 101.00 – – –
South Melbourne Cricket Ground 1 1 14 14 14.00 – – –
Caught most off
MW Sievers × 8 J Frederick × 3 R Thomson × 3 EA Williams × 2 AD Woodford × 1 HJ Plant × 1 
v Hawthorn-East Melbourne
v Northcote
v Melbourne
v St Kilda
v Essendon
v Richmond
v Carlton
v South Melbourne
v Prahran
v University
v Collingwood
v VCA Colts
v North Melbourne
v Coburg
v Brunswick