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G Beacham — Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club career — Morrie

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1891-92	5	7	1	70	54	11.67	47	17	6/87
1892-93	3	4	0	56	29	14.00	41	4	4/79
1893-94	4	7	1	111	45	18.50	26	4	3/42	2
1895-96	5	6	3	51	19	17.00	65.4	15	8/73	3
1896-97	8	10	1	141	51	15.67	18	26	7/52	7
1897-98	5	6	1	110	41	22.00	102.4	27	8/71	1
1898-99	8	9	1	255	53	31.88	97.1	28	7/64	7
1899-00	7	9	1	135	33*	16.88	55.4	8	3/11	2
1900-01	4	7	1	170	53	28.33	68	15	5/34	3
Career	49	65	10	1,099	54	19.98	521.1	144	8/71	25

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv St Kilda, 1891-92
First fifty54v Richmond, 1891-92
First five-for5/15v St Kilda, 1891-92
Highest score54v Richmond, 1891-92
Best bowling8/71v Carlton, 1897-98
Last matchMatch 49v Melbourne, 1900-01

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

Against each club

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Greenvale Kanagaroos	8	131	38	14.56		25	14.28	6/87	3
Kingston Hawthorn	7	96	35	12.00		11	39.45	5/84	1
Casey South Melbourne	6	179	53	29.83	1	14	15.57	5/34	1
Richmond	6	162	54	40.50	1	28	10.50	8/73	3
St Kilda	6	137	41	15.22		26	12.54	7/52	3	1
Melbourne	5	114	42	16.29		8	25.38	4/26
Carlton	5	88	53	17.60	1	9	21.56	8/71	1
Prahran	4	147	51	36.75	1	14	11.00	4/0
Melbourne University	1	44	26	22.00		7	11.00	4/25
Port Melbourne	1	1	1	1.00		2	17.00	2/34

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
1	1	0	17	17	17.00
2	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
3	1	0	18	18	18.00
4	5	0	140	48	28.00
5	4	0	29	11	7.25
6	9	1	180	41	22.50
7	6	0	86	42	14.33

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1891-92 to 1900-01: 5th of 62 for runs, 2nd of 23 for wickets, 3rd of 65 for matches, 3rd of 53 for catches, 5th of 12 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 47th of 321 for runs, 20th of 172 for wickets, 69th of 345 for matches, 55th of 279 for catches, 54th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

FA Tarrant1896-97 to 1925-26 · 37 m · 797 runs · 96 wkts
R Mitchell

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Season	Opponent	Batting	Bowling
1891-92	St Kilda	3 & 12	0/8 & 5/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1891-92	North Melbourne	0	6/87	Something wrong? Tell us
1891-92	Richmond	54	4/69	Something wrong? Tell us
1891-92	East Melbourne	0 & 0*	0/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1891-92	Port Melbourne	1	2/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93	North Melbourne	0	0/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93	East Melbourne	16	4/79	Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93	Melbourne	29 & 11	0/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1893-94	Carlton	4	1/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1893-94	East Melbourne	9 & 3	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1893-94	South Melbourne	45 & 25*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1893-94	North Melbourne	23 & 2	3/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96	Melbourne	8*	0/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96	North Melbourne	19	5/84	Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96	Richmond	16	8/73	Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96	St Kilda	3 & 0*	1/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96	South Melbourne	5*	1/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97	Richmond	8	1/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97	Melbourne	0 & 6	4/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97	Hawksburn	17 & 51	4/? & 1/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97	South Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97	Carlton	21	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97	East Melbourne	5	5/84	Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97	St Kilda	19	7/52 & 4/58	Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97	North Melbourne	14*	0/?	Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98	St Kilda	41	7/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98	Carlton	0	8/71 & 0/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98	East Melbourne	35 & 15	1/134	Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98	South Melbourne	2*	4/91	Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98	Richmond	17	7/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99	East Melbourne	–	1/69	Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99	Richmond	34*	7/64	Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99	Carlton	53	0/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99	University	18 & 26	3/52 & 4/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99	St Kilda	16 & 31	1/72	Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99	Hawksburn	48	4/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99	North Melbourne	11	5/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99	Melbourne	18	2/40 & 1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00	North Melbourne	0	3/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00	St Kilda	7 & 5	1/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00	South Melbourne	20 & 29	2/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00	Hawksburn	18	1/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00	East Melbourne	13	0/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00	Carlton	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00	Richmond	33*	1/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1900-01	Hawksburn	13*	4/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1900-01	South Melbourne	53 & 0	2/39 & 5/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1900-01	North Melbourne	24 & 38	1/52 & 2/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1900-01	Melbourne	0 & 42	1/38	Something wrong? Tell us

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Top order (1–3)	3	0	35	18	11.67		1
Middle order (4–7)	24	1	435	48	18.91		2
Lower order (8–11)	38	9	629	54	21.69	4	6

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
In wins	27	5	542	54	24.64	2	3
In losses	38	5	557	53	16.88	2	6

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	19	88	11.09	4.6
In losses	27	56	23.48	2.1

Scored 50+: the side won 2 of 4 (50%), lost 2.
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 9 of 12 (75%), lost 3.
Every other match: the side won 11 of 34 (32%), lost 23.

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Batting first	31	3	553	54	19.75	2	5
Batting second	17	4	250	53	19.23	1	3
Second innings of the match	17	3	296	51	21.14	1	1

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
As wicketkeeper	1	1	8	8*	–
Otherwise	64	9	1,091	54	19.84	4	9

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	24	32	577	53	19.23	95	13.96	8/71
East Melbourne Cricket Ground	4	7	75	35	12.50	1	202.00	1/134
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	4	6	126	45	42.00	7	20.71	4/91
St Kilda Cricket Ground	3	5	68	41	13.60	13	8.38	7/53
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	4	25	23	6.25	6	12.00	3/11
Richmond Cricket Ground	3	3	96	54	48.00	12	13.00	7/64
the Triangle	3	3	39	21	19.50	1	50.00	1/35
Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	2	26	18	26.00	3	35.67	2/40
Toorak Park	1	1	13	13*	–	4	9.75	4/39
Port Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	1	1	1	1.00	2	17.00	2/34
Carlton Cricket Ground	1	1	53	53	53.00	–	–	0/51

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, down Honour in his name Season away

1895-96: 1st XI Bowling · 1896-97: 1st XI Bowling · 1897-98: 1st XI Bowling · 1898-99: 1st XI Batting

The arc

George Beacham's best season with the bat was 1898-99: 255 runs from 9 innings at 31.88. The best ten-innings patch came in 1896-97 to 1898-99: 230 runs at 32.86. The leanest, 1891-92 to 1893-94: 73 runs at 8.11.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First five-for5/15	10 Oct 1891	v St Kilda, 1891-92
First fifty54	5 Dec 1891	v Richmond, 1891-92
50th wicket1/27 took him to 50	9 Nov 1896	v Hawksburn, 1896-97
100th wicket7/64 took him to 101	29 Oct 1898	v Richmond, 1898-99
1,000th run24 took him to 1,019	1 Dec 1900	v North Melbourne, 1900-01

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings: v South Melbourne, 1893-94 · first
Consecutive matches played: 16 matches: from v North Melbourne, 1895-96 to v South Melbourne, 1897-98 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 9 matches: from v University, 1898-99 to v Hawksburn, 1899-00 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 4 innings: from v St Kilda, 1895-96 to v Melbourne, 1896-97 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
54	v Richmond, 1891-92	Won
53	v Carlton, 1898-99	Lost
53	v South Melbourne, 1900-01	Won
51	v Hawksburn, 1896-97	Lost
48	v Hawksburn, 1898-99	Won

Best bowling

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 9 seasons: at 6th in 3, at 9th in 2, at 11th in 1, at 8th in 1, at 4th in 1, at 7th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1891-92	6	7	11.67
1892-93	11	4	14.00
1893-94	6	7	18.50
1895-96	9	6	17.00
1896-97	8	10	15.67
1897-98	6	6	22.00
1898-99	4	9	31.88
1899-00	9	9	16.88
1900-01	7

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	24	32	2	577	53	19.23	95	13.96
Away	25	33	8	522	54	20.88	49	19.69

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	62	10	1,013	54	19.48	136	16.18
Weekday	2	3	0	86	51	28.67	8	11.38

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	12	13	2	121	41	11.00	47	11.53
Nov	7	11	1	206	53	20.60	13	18.23
Dec	7	11	1	316	54	31.60	20	17.65
Jan	8	13	1	206	42	17.17	17	30.41
Feb	6	6	1	90	48	18.00	18	15.61
Mar	5	7	2	106	33*

Favourite victims

PA McAlister × 4
AE Whitehead × 3
AM Wade × 3
RTB Kelly × 3
T Fox × 3
A Green × 2
AE Abud × 2
AR Carlton × 2

The card names his victims in 35 of 37 wicket-taking games.

Fielding

Season	M	Ct	St
1891-92	5
1892-93	3
1893-94	4	1	1
1895-96	5	2	1
1896-97	8	7
1897-98	5	1
1898-99	8	7
1899-00	7	2
1900-01	4

Figures	Match	Result
8/71	v Carlton, 1897-98	Won
8/73	v Richmond, 1895-96	Won
7/52	v St Kilda, 1896-97	Won
7/53	v St Kilda, 1897-98	Won
7/53	v Richmond, 1897-98	Won