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D Ashworth — Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club career — Morrie

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1965-66	4	4	3	12	7*	12.00	42 (8)	4	2/85	1
1966-67	7	4	2	7	5	3.50	101.3 (8)	19	4/57	8
1967-68	8	8	5	42	14*	14.00	64.7 (8)	7	2/14	8
1968-69	4	2	0	5	5	2.50	40.2 (8)	2	1/11
1969-70	5	5	2	34	11*	11.33	61.3 (8)	15	5/46	1
1970-71	6	5	0	97	36	19.40	62 (8)	8	3/83	5
1972-73	4	4	0	23	22	5.75	23 (8)	1	1/82	2
Career	38	32	12	220	36	11.00	394.7 (8-ball)	56	5/46	25

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv North Melbourne, 1965-66
First five-for5/46v Footscray, 1969-70
Highest score36v Richmond, 1970-71
Best bowling5/46v Footscray, 1969-70
Last matchMatch 38v Footscray, 1972-73

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

Against each club

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Casey South Melbourne	6	32	17	8.00	7	26.43	4/65
Melbourne University	6	18	6*	6.00	10	22.90	3/60
Essendon	5	29	18	5.80	11	28.27	4/57
Footscray	4	42	22	42.00	7	19.43	5/46	1
Greenvale Kanagaroos	4	0	0*	0.00	7	36.57	4/72
Richmond	2	37	36	37.00	3	35.33	3/83
Melbourne	2	24	24	24.00	4	23.50	3/50
Prahran	2	16	11*	–	4	36.75	2/48
St Kilda	2	14	14*	–	0	–	0/14
Northcote	2	2	2	2.00	2	25.50	2/22
Kingston Hawthorn	2	1	1	1.00	1	97.00	1/11
Camberwell Magpies	1	5	5	5.00	–	–	–

Splits

By batting position

Pos	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
1	1	0	1	1	1.00
2	1	0	22	22	22.00
7	8	0	97	36	12.13	3
8	3	0	10	5	3.33	1
9	9	7	62	14*	31.00
10	8	3	21	6*	4.20	1
11	2	2	7	7*	–

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1965-66 to 1972-73: 33rd of 51 for runs, 11th of 34 for wickets, 27th of 53 for matches, 21st of 48 for catches, 30th of 35 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 132nd of 321 for runs, 39th of 172 for wickets, 86th of 345 for matches, 55th of 279 for catches, 108th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

Gurnaz Khatra2023-24 to 2025-26 · 26 m · 150 runs · 32 wkts
Kobe Smith

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Season	Opponent	Batting	Bowling
1965-66	North Melbourne	0*	1/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	South Melbourne	7*	1/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	University	5*	0/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	Essendon	0	2/85	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	Northcote	2	0/29 & 2/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	Footscray	0*	0/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	University	dnb	2/19 & 3/60	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	North Melbourne	dnb	4/72	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	South Melbourne	dnb	0/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	Melbourne	0*	3/50	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	Essendon	5	1/9 & 4/57	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	Prahran	5*	2/99	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	Essendon	0	1/77	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	St Kilda	14*	0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	Richmond	1*	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	University	6*	2/14 & 0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	South Melbourne	2	0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	Footscray	12*	2/18 & 0/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	South Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	1/11 & 0/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	Collingwood	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	North Melbourne	0	1/65	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	Footscray	8*	5/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	Prahran	11*	2/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	Essendon	6	2/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	University	5	2/31 & 0/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	South Melbourne	4	4/65	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	Essendon	18	1/67	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	St Kilda	dnb	0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	Richmond	36	3/83	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	University	2	0/7 & 1/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	South Melbourne	17	2/26 & 0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71	Melbourne	24	0/38 & 1/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	North Melbourne	0	1/82	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	University	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1	0/14 & 0/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	Footscray	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
In wins	15	9	111	22	18.50	2
In losses	16	3	104	36	8.00	3
In draws	1	0	5	5	5.00

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	16	35	23.46	2.2
In losses	17	21	39.10	1.2

Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 1 of 1 (100%).
Every other match: the side won 18 of 37 (49%), lost 18.

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
Batting first	18	9	54	8*	6.00	3
Batting second	14	3	166	36	15.09	2

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	23	20	158	36	13.17	37	29.00	5/46
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	2	6	4	3.00	4	31.00	4/65
Essendon Cricket Ground	2	2	6	6	3.00	3	31.00	2/16
University Oval	2	2	7	5*	7.00	1	67.00	1/21
St Kilda Cricket Ground	2	1	5	5	5.00	5	16.40	4/57
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	2	1	2	2	2.00	2	25.50	2/22
Toorak Park	1	1	11	11*	–	2	24.00	2/48
Albert Ground	1	1	24	24	24.00	1	44.00	1/6
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	1	0	0*	–	1	37.00	1/37
Richmond Cricket Ground	1	1	1	1*	–	–	–	0/23

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership Season away

1966-67: premiership

The arc

David Ashworth's best season with the bat was 1970-71: 97 runs from 5 innings at 19.40. The best ten-innings patch came in 1969-70 to 1970-71: 131 runs at 16.38. The leanest, 1967-68 to 1969-70: 55 runs at 7.86.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First five-for5/46	18 Oct 1969	v Footscray, 1969-70
50th wicket3/83 took him to 51	14 Nov 1970	v Richmond, 1970-71

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 11 matches: from v University, 1966-67 to v South Melbourne, 1967-68 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 7 matches: from v North Melbourne, 1968-69 to v Essendon, 1970-71 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 2 matches bowled in: from v St Kilda, 1967-68 to v Richmond, 1967-68 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 4 innings: from v Essendon, 1965-66 to v Essendon, 1967-68 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
36	v Richmond, 1970-71	Lost
24	v Melbourne, 1970-71	Lost
22	v Footscray, 1972-73	Won
18	v Essendon, 1970-71	Won
17	v South Melbourne, 1970-71	Lost

Best bowling

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 7 seasons: at 9th in 3, at 7th in 2, at 11th in 1, at 8th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1965-66	11	4	12.00
1966-67	9	4	3.50
1967-68	9	8	14.00
1968-69	8	2	2.50
1969-70	9	5	11.33
1970-71	7	5	19.40
1972-73	7	4	5.75

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	23	20	8	158	36	13.17	37	29.00
Away	15	12	4	62	24	7.75	19	29.95

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	32	28	11	186	36	10.94	49	31.04
Weekday	6	4	1	34	22	11.33	7	17.29

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	6	6	2	33	18	8.25	12	35.17
Nov	16	13	7	88	36	14.67	14	32.57
Dec	4	4	1	29	17	9.67	4	41.00
Jan	5	5	0	51	24	10.20	7	33.57
Feb	2	0	0	0	–	–	9	16.78
Mar	5	4	2	19	12*

Finals

3Finals played

7Runs · avg 3.50

8Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	35	29	11	213	36	11.83	48	31.79
Finals	3	3	1	7	5	3.50	8	14.50

Favourite victims

GJ Brown × 2
JC Harmer × 2
KW Kirby × 2
MW Moss × 2
RA Gaunt × 2
RF van Cuylenburg × 2
AR Leigh × 1
AR Vick × 1

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1965-66	4	1
1966-67	7	8
1967-68	8	8
1968-69	4
1969-70	5	1
1970-71	6	5
1972-73	4	2

Caught most off

AL Thomson × 10
EP Illingworth × 8
D Ashworth × 3
DD Weir

Top order (1–3)	2	0	23	22	11.50
Middle order (4–7)	8	0	97	36	12.13	3
Lower order (8–11)	22	12	100	14*	10.00	2