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GD Sanders — Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club career — Morrie

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1972-73	10	12	0	209	46	17.42	–	–	–	7
1973-74	7	8	1	121	43	17.29	0	0	0/9	5
1974-75	10	12	1	231	104	21.00	–	–	–	5
1975-76	10	8	0	131	40	16.38	–	–	–	4
Career	37	40	2	692	104	18.21	0	0	0/9	21

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv South Melbourne, 1972-73
First fifty51v North Melbourne, 1974-75
First hundred104v Melbourne, 1974-75
Highest score104v Melbourne, 1974-75
Last matchMatch 37v Richmond, 1975-76

Runs by season

Every innings, in order

Against each club

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Camberwell Magpies	5	48	26	12.00
Prahran	4	56	19	14.00
Casey South Melbourne	3	107	43	26.75
Richmond	3	67	40	16.75
Kingston Hawthorn	3	29	12	9.67
Essendon	3	24	16	12.00
Carlton	3	24	12	8.00
Footscray	3	16	16	8.00
Melbourne	2	150	104	75.00		1
Greenvale Kanagaroos	2	69	51	34.50	1
Northcote	2	55	30	18.33
Melbourne University	2	35	18	17.50
St Kilda	1	8	6	4.00
Ringwood	1	4	4	4.00

Splits

By batting position

Pos	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
1	22	1	427	104	20.33		1
2	4	0	53	30	13.25
4	1	1	2	2*	–
5	8	0	135	51	16.88	1		1
6	5	0	75	26	15.00

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	26	1

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1972-73 to 1975-76: 17th of 32 for runs, 21st of 34 for matches, 3rd of 5 for hundreds, 15th of 30 for catches, 12th of 24 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 72nd of 321 for runs, 89th of 345 for matches, 30th of 50 for hundreds, 63rd of 279 for catches, 66th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

PW White1977-78 to 1979-80 · 32 m · 636 runs · 0 wkts
L Shivakumar

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Season	Opponent	Batting	Bowling
1972-73	South Melbourne	22 & 16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	North Melbourne	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	Essendon	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	Melbourne	46	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	St Kilda	2 & 6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	Footscray	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	Northcote	30 & 13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	Collingwood	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	Prahran	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	Prahran	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	South Melbourne	43	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	Richmond	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	Carlton	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	Collingwood	26 & 2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	Footscray	0	0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	Carlton	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	North Melbourne	51	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	Richmond	9 & 3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	Essendon	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	Ringwood	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	Collingwood	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	Prahran	16 & 5*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	Melbourne	104	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	University	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75	Collingwood	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	University	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	Prahran	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	Waverley	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	Footscray	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	Essendon	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	Northcote	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	South Melbourne	26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	Carlton	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76	Richmond	40	–	Something wrong? Tell us

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	16	1	263	51	17.53	1
In losses	22	1	411	104	19.57		1	1
In draws	2	0	18	16	9.00

Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 2 (50%), lost 1.
Every other match: the side won 13 of 35 (37%), lost 18.

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	17	0	344	104	20.24		1	1
Batting second	17	0	303	51	17.82	1
Second innings of the match	6	2	45	16	11.25

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	21	22	358	104	16.27
Victoria Park	2	3	31	26	15.50
Carlton Cricket Ground	2	2	15	12	7.50
Richmond Cricket Ground	2	2	55	40	27.50
Essendon Cricket Ground	2	1	16	16	16.00
Western Oval	2	1	0	0	0.00
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	1	2	43	30	21.50
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	2	38	22	19.00
Toorak Park	1	2	21	16	21.00
Albert Ground	1	1	46	46	46.00
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	1	51	51	51.00
University Oval	1	1	18	18	18.00

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up

The arc

Gary Sanders' best season with the bat was 1974-75: 231 runs from 12 innings at 21.00. The best ten-innings patch came in 1974-75: 220 runs at 24.44. The leanest, 1973-74 to 1974-75: 105 runs at 11.67.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty51	16 Nov 1974	v North Melbourne, 1974-75
First hundred104	22 Feb 1975	v Melbourne, 1974-75

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 12 matches: from v Melbourne, 1972-73 to v Carlton, 1973-74 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings: from v Richmond, 1974-75 to v Collingwood, 1974-75 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
104	v Melbourne, 1974-75	Lost
51	v North Melbourne, 1974-75	Won
46	v Melbourne, 1972-73	Lost
43	v South Melbourne, 1973-74	Won
40	v Richmond, 1975-76	Lost

More splits

Batting position over the years

Opened in every one of his 4 seasons.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1972-73	1	12	17.42
1973-74	1	8	17.29
1974-75	1	12	21.00
1975-76	1	8	16.38

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home	21	22	0	358	104	16.27
Away	16	18	2	334	51	20.88

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
Saturday	34	37	2	649	104	18.54
Weekday	3	3	0	43	16	14.33

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Oct	7	8	0	142	43	17.75
Nov	8	7	0	113	51	16.14
Dec	2	1	0	8	8	8.00
Jan	8	9	0	111	46	12.33
Feb	7	10	2	240	104	30.00
Mar	5	5	0	78	40	15.60

Finals

1Finals played

2Runs · avg 2.00

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home and away	36	39	2	690	104	18.65
Finals	1	1	0	2	2	2.00

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1972-73	10	7
1973-74	7	5
1974-75	10	5
1975-76	10	4

Caught most off

EP Illingworth × 6
AT Duff × 5
AL Thomson × 3
NR Buszard × 3
IF McOrist × 2
DD Weir × 1