Among players of 1957-58 to 1977-78: 10th of 106 for runs, 1st of 69 for wickets, 3rd of 112 for matches, 5th of 94 for catches, 38th of 54 for batting average.
Under Fitzroy: 20th of 321 for runs, 1st of 172 for wickets, 3rd of 345 for matches, 7th of 279 for catches, 92nd of 126 for batting average.
Played like…
E Alavi2011-12 to 2026-27 · 243 m · 2,312 runs · 342 wkts
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13.63
4
6
9
65
12
720
50*
13.58
2
5
10
24
3
244
31
11.62
4
11
2
2
25
17*
–
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
50s
0s
Top order (1–3)
5
2
112
37
37.33
1
Middle order (4–7)
59
7
747
61*
14.37
1
8
Lower order (8–11)
154
20
1,807
58
13.49
6
15
Batted most often at 9th.
Scores and consistency
Ducks24
1–992
10–1951
20–2919
30–4920
50–997
100+0
Turned 0 of 7 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 7.4% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 11 times.
Dismissals
Caught98 · 52%
Bowled53 · 28%
LBW13 · 7%
Caught & bowled9 · 5%
Run out8 · 4%
Stumped8 · 4%
Most often dismissed by: Hosking (7), Smith (6), Kirby (6), Paterson (6), Grant (5).
In wins and losses
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
50s
0s
In wins
98
17
1,504
61*
18.57
6
8
In losses
110
8
1,070
58
10.49
1
16
In draws
9
4
58
23
11.60
In ties
1
0
34
34
34.00
M
Wkts
Avg
Wkts / match
In wins
110
354
14.71
3.2
In losses
103
203
25.70
2.0
In draws
15
38
17.11
2.5
In ties
1
4
17.00
4.0
Scored 50+: the side won 6 of 7 (86%), lost 1.
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 18 of 24 (75%), lost 5.
Every other match: the side won 89 of 204 (44%), lost 98.
Batting first or second
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
50s
0s
Batting first
107
12
1,198
57
12.61
3
16
Batting second
87
11
1,167
61*
15.36
4
5
Second innings of the match
24
6
301
38
16.72
3
As captain and keeper
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
50s
0s
As captain
47
3
555
57
12.61
1
5
Otherwise
171
26
2,111
61*
14.56
6
19
By ground
Ground
M
Inn
Runs
HS
Avg
Wkts
Bowl avg
Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground
115
104
1,237
61*
13.90
292
18.27
8/18
Albert Ground
13
16
261
46
18.64
33
24.00
4/15
Carlton Cricket Ground
12
12
111
27
10.09
24
22.46
5/20
Essendon Cricket Ground
11
10
108
27
13.50
26
20.35
8/84
Richmond Cricket Ground
9
8
117
57
14.63
16
23.13
4/43
University Oval
9
7
59
29
8.43
30
14.00
8/89
St Kilda Cricket Ground
8
8
89
34
11.13
26
19.69
6/68
Western Oval
8
8
79
18*
15.80
18
16.28
4/17
Victoria Park
8
8
90
50*
12.86
17
26.88
5/56
South Melbourne Cricket Ground
8
7
115
49
19.17
27
17.26
8/68
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote
8
7
59
26
9.83
21
18.00
4/10
Glenferrie Oval
7
8
84
24*
12.00
18
18.44
4/48
Toorak Park
7
7
103
50*
17.17
23
13.87
7/33
North Melbourne Cricket Ground
7
7
142
47
23.67
17
12.76
4/23
Russell Lucas Oval
2
0
0
–
–
7
16.86
5/49
Central Reserve South Oval
1
1
12
12
12.00
4
17.00
4/68
Wickets taken
Caught381 · 64%
Bowled162 · 27%
LBW38 · 6%
Caught & bowled15 · 3%
Hit wicket3 · 1%
Batters dismissed
Top order (1–3)241 · 40%
Middle order (4–7)248 · 41%
Lower order (8–11)110 · 18%
26 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 10/34 v Prahran, 1960-61. 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
AJ Melbourne1974-75 to 1997-98 · 215 m · 1,641 runs · 250 wkts
HJ Plant1927-28 to 1947-48 · 192 m · 3,335 runs · 317 wkts
The careers nearest Illingworth’s in length, runs and wickets a match, average and the balance of batting to bowling.
Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership Honour in his name
1960-61: premiership · 1966-67: premiership · 1972-73: A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion · 1974-75: 1st XI Bowling · 1975-76: 1st XI Bowling · 1976-77: A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion
The arc
Eddie Illingworth's best season with the bat was 1961-62: 359 runs from 15 innings at 29.92. The best ten-innings patch came in 1960-61 to 1961-62: 309 runs at 44.14. The leanest, 1972-73 to 1974-75: 41 runs at 4.10.
Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
Essendon
Richmond
Kingston Hawthorn
Melbourne
Carlton
Greenvale Kanagaroos
Casey South Melbourne
Melbourne University
St Kilda
Prahran
Camberwell Magpies
Footscray
Northcote
Ringwood