Among players of 1974-75 to 1997-98: 16th of 111 for runs, 3rd of 77 for wickets, 5th of 115 for matches, 13th of 99 for catches, 41st of 58 for batting average.
Under Fitzroy-Doncaster: 36th of 184 for runs, 7th of 135 for wickets, 14th of 197 for matches, 25th of 167 for catches, 60th of 81 for batting average.
Played like…
E Alavi2011-12 to 2026-27 · 243 m · 2,312 runs · 342 wkts
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1
5
9
46
17
484
70
16.69
1
5
10
12
8
107
25
26.75
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
50s
0s
Top order (1–3)
3
2
39
33
39.00
Middle order (4–7)
44
13
337
52*
10.87
1
6
Lower order (8–11)
118
45
1,265
70
17.33
2
10
Batted most often at 8th.
Scores and consistency
Ducks16
1–987
10–1928
20–2916
30–4910
50–993
100+0
Turned 0 of 3 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 5.3% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 7 times.
Dismissals
Caught61 · 58%
Bowled19 · 18%
LBW10 · 10%
Run out8 · 8%
Caught & bowled5 · 5%
Stumped2 · 2%
Most often dismissed by: Smith (3), Gill (3), Dodemaide (3), Corbett (3), Gott (2).
In wins and losses
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
50s
0s
In wins
55
28
642
70
23.78
2
2
In losses
92
25
828
58*
12.36
1
11
In draws
15
5
147
24
14.70
3
In ties
3
2
24
14*
24.00
M
Wkts
Avg
Wkts / match
In wins
80
123
23.93
1.5
In losses
83
98
36.19
1.2
In draws
26
27
47.22
1.0
In ties
3
2
31.00
0.7
Scored 50+: the side won 2 of 3 (67%), lost 1.
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 1 of 2 (50%), lost 1.
Every other match: the side won 87 of 210 (41%), lost 90.
Batting first or second
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
50s
0s
Batting first
79
21
769
58*
13.26
1
6
Batting second
77
32
810
70
18.00
2
9
Second innings of the match
9
7
62
20*
31.00
1
By ground
Ground
M
Inn
Runs
HS
Avg
Wkts
Bowl avg
Best
Schramms Reserve
65
39
508
70
18.14
91
32.69
4/12
Fitzroy Cricket Ground
40
38
372
52*
16.17
24
36.13
4/27
Central Reserve South Oval
10
7
34
15
5.67
12
33.17
5/66
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote
9
8
55
25
9.17
10
15.70
3/31
Russell Lucas Oval
8
5
92
46
30.67
10
20.90
4/46
Toorak Park
8
5
79
48
19.75
9
29.78
3/98
Western Oval
7
7
52
21
13.00
11
21.45
3/26
St Kilda Cricket Ground
7
5
31
20
10.33
6
47.50
3/51
South Melbourne Cricket Ground
6
7
94
34*
23.50
12
21.25
4/42
Richmond Cricket Ground
6
6
29
13
7.25
3
98.00
2/17
University Oval
6
5
29
12*
9.67
8
26.50
3/60
Victoria Park
6
4
30
10*
15.00
3
57.67
2/85
Essendon Cricket Ground
6
3
20
13
6.67
7
20.86
4/56
Carlton Cricket Ground
5
6
19
7
3.80
3
66.33
1/20
Shepley Oval
5
4
35
15*
17.50
8
29.63
4/49
North Melbourne Cricket Ground
5
3
9
5*
9.00
9
26.56
4/81
Albert Ground
4
4
99
58*
99.00
5
45.40
2/38
Hedges Oval
2
2
11
11
11.00
3
19.33
2/23
Kardinia Oval
2
2
23
13*
–
2
30.50
2/37
Glenferrie Oval
2
2
12
8*
12.00
–
–
0/15
AH Butler Oval
2
1
6
6*
–
–
–
0/17
Xavier College
1
1
0
0
0.00
4
24.50
4/98
Leckie Park Oval
1
1
2
2*
–
3
26.33
3/79
Harry Trott Oval (new)
1
0
0
–
–
5
10.60
5/53
Camberwell Sports Ground
1
0
0
–
–
2
24.50
2/49
Wickets taken
Caught158 · 63%
Bowled47 · 19%
Stumped18 · 7%
Caught & bowled14 · 6%
LBW13 · 5%
Batters dismissed
Top order (1–3)79 · 32%
Middle order (4–7)130 · 52%
Lower order (8–11)41 · 16%
2 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 5/30 v Collingwood, 1977-78. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.
2000-01 to 2010-11 · 161 m · 1,658 runs · 284 wkts
HJ Plant1927-28 to 1947-48 · 192 m · 3,335 runs · 317 wkts
JP Fagg2002-03 to 2013-14 · 159 m · 267 runs · 235 wkts
The careers nearest Melbourne’s in length, runs and wickets a match, average and the balance of batting to bowling.
Matches in the same side, from the published cards.
The shape of the career
Season by season
Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership Honour in his name Season away
1987-88: Doug Rumble Trophy — Best Clubman · 1993-94: premiership, Doug Rumble Trophy — Best Clubman · 1995-96: 1st XI Bowling
The arc
Alan Melbourne's best season with the bat was 1996-97: 203 runs from 14 innings at 29.00. The best ten-innings patch came in 1979-80 to 1980-81: 148 runs at 29.60. The leanest, 1993-94 to 1994-95: 34 runs at 4.25.
Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
Kingston Hawthorn
Footscray
Camberwell Magpies
Ringwood
Northcote
St Kilda
Melbourne University
Essendon
Carlton
Melbourne
Prahran
Casey South Melbourne
Greenvale Kanagaroos
Richmond
Dandenong
Frankston Peninsula
Geelong
Hawthorn