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J Potter — Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club career — Morrie

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1954-55	7	12	3	164	35*	18.22	4 (8)	0	0/8	3
1955-56	10	10	3	128	54*	18.29	2 (8)	0	0/21	3
1956-57	13	17	4	361	76*	27.77	2 (8)	0	0/8	9
1960-61	9	10	0	277	75	27.70	6 (8)	3	3/10	6
1961-62	9	10	1	454	105*	50.44	30 (8)	9	5/25	8
1962-63	6	6	0	118	71	19.67	17 (8)	2	2/18	4
1963-64	6	6	1	277	101	55.40	1 (8)	0	0/10	4
1964-65	8	9	1	448	111*	56.00	10 (8)	1	1/28	8
1965-66	7	9	2	305	102	43.57	30 (8)	3	1/6	7
1966-67	9	9	4	502	152*	100.40	10.6 (8)	2	2/2	8
1967-68	12	12	1	575	170	52.27	17 (8)	1	1/40	10
Career	96	110	20	3,609	170	40.10	129.6 (8-ball)	21	5/25	70

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv University, 1954-55
First fifty54*v Footscray, 1955-56
First hundred105*v Northcote, 1961-62
First five-for5/25v Richmond, 1961-62
Highest score170v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1967-68
Best bowling5/25v Richmond, 1961-62
Last matchMatch 96v South Melbourne, 1967-68

Runs by season

Every innings, in order

Against each club

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Kingston Hawthorn	9	358	170	35.80	1	1	3	13.00	3/10
Casey South Melbourne	9	249	76*	31.13	2		–	–	–
Carlton	9	243	75	22.09	1		2	60.50	1/40
Northcote	8	452	111*	75.33		3	0	–	0/8
Melbourne University	8	434	83	72.33	3		0	–	0/8
Greenvale Kanagaroos	8	424	101*	53.00	3	1	0	–	0/0
Melbourne	8	401	152*	57.29	3	1	3	7.00	2/2
Essendon	7	260	100	37.14	2	1	2	33.00	2/18
St Kilda	7	160	94	20.00	1		0	–	0/8
Camberwell Magpies	6	145	48*	29.00			1	37.00	1/13
Richmond	6	121	76	20.17	1		8	9.63	5/25	1
Prahran	6	33	15	8.25			1	13.00	1/6
Footscray	5	329	132	82.25	1	2	1	43.00	1/20

Splits

By batting position

Pos	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
1	3	2	127	101	127.00		1
3	35	3	1,280	152*	40.00	8	3	1
4	27	6	917	170	43.67	4	2	1
5	24	5	927	132	48.79	5	3
6	14	3	259	54*	23.55	1
7	6	1	97	35	19.40
9	1	0	2

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1954-55 to 1967-68: 7th of 78 for runs, 22nd of 48 for wickets, 17th of 81 for matches, 2nd of 15 for hundreds, 8th of 69 for catches, 1st of 40 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 12th of 321 for runs, 69th of 172 for wickets, 33rd of 345 for matches, 2nd of 50 for hundreds, 14th of 279 for catches, 2nd of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

RN Harvey1943-44 to 1956-57 · 104 m · 3,984 runs · 3 wkts

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Season	Opponent	Batting	Bowling
1954-55	University	35*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	Essendon	2 & 17*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	Carlton	9 & 3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	Richmond	12	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	Melbourne	15* & 35	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	St Kilda	12 & 2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	21 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	University	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	Essendon	3 & 1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	Carlton	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	Richmond	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	13 & 8*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	Footscray	54*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	Northcote	21	0/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	South Melbourne	3 & 2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	Footscray	26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	Northcote	41	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	Collingwood	9 & 48*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	North Melbourne	2 & 28*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	South Melbourne	76*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	Essendon	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	Carlton	13 & 6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	Richmond	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	Melbourne	57	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	15 & 3*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	St Kilda	5	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	Carlton	16 & 10	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1	3/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	Northcote	40	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	North Melbourne	4 & 8	0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	Essendon	64	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	Carlton	75	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	Richmond	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	Melbourne	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	North Melbourne	58	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	St Kilda	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	North Melbourne	81	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	South Melbourne	27	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	University	83	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Carlton	26 & 3	1/63	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Melbourne	6	1/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Northcote	105*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Prahran	12	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	Richmond	17	2/16 & 5/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	St Kilda	94	0/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	St Kilda	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	Carlton	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	Essendon	71	0/35 & 2/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	South Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	Northcote	9 & 9	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	South Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	North Melbourne	17*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Footscray	101	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	St Kilda	27	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	University	79	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	Melbourne	53	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Northcote	111*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Collingwood	48	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Essendon	1	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	University	34	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	South Melbourne	37	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Carlton	46	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Richmond	76	1/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1 & 94	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	Footscray	16	1/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	Northcote	102	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	Collingwood	8	0/15 & 1/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	Prahran	1	1/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	North Melbourne	17 & 101*	0/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	University	4 & 44*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	12	0/15 & 0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	Prahran	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	Collingwood	0	0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	Melbourne	152*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	University	40* & 39*	0/58	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	North Melbourne	90	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	South Melbourne	25*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	Melbourne	51	2/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	Essendon	100	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	Prahran	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	St Kilda	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	University	58	0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	South Melbourne	56	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	Melbourne	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	170	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	Northcote	14*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	Collingwood	32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	North Melbourne	18	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	Carlton	36	1/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	Footscray	132	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	South Melbourne	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	38	5	1,407	152*	42.64	8	4	1
Middle order (4–7)	71	15	2,200	170	39.29	10	5	1
Lower order (8–11)	1	0	2	2	2.00

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	65	12	2,583	170	48.74	14	8	1
In losses	42	7	1,003	101*	28.66	4	1
In draws	3	1	23	17*	11.50			1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	19	15	23.53	0.8
In losses	13	6	42.83	0.5
In draws	1	0	–	0.0

Scored 50+: the side won 22 of 27 (81%), lost 5.
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 1 of 1 (100%).
Every other match: the side won 39 of 68 (57%), lost 24.

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	47	4	1,568	170	36.47	10	3	2
Batting second	43	7	1,579	152*	43.86	7	5
Second innings of the match	20	9	462	101*	42.00	1	1

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
As captain	71	10	2,956	170	48.46	15	9	2
Otherwise	39	10	653	76*	22.52	3

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	38	42	1,111	132	31.74	13	27.38	5/25
Glenferrie Oval	7	9	325	170	40.63	3	6.00	3/10
Albert Ground	7	8	403	152*	57.57	–	–	0/10
Carlton Cricket Ground	6	7	188	75	26.86	1	48.00	1/40
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	6	7	203	76*	40.60	–	–	–
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	7	304	101*	76.00	–	–	0/24
Essendon Cricket Ground	5	6	156	71	31.20	2	33.00	2/18
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	4	5	210	111*	52.50	–	–	0/12
University Oval	4	5	228	83	57.00	–	–	0/8
Victoria Park	4	4	97	48*	32.33	1	28.00	1/13
Western Oval	4	4	197	101	65.67	1	20.00	1/20
St Kilda Cricket Ground	2	2	127	100	63.50	–	–	–
Toorak Park	2	1	5	5	5.00	–	–	–
Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	2	50	35	50.00	–	–	–
Richmond Cricket Ground	1	1	5	5	5.00	–	–	–

The shape of the career

Season by season

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

1960-61: premiership · 1961-62: 1st XI Batting · 1964-65: 1st XI Batting · 1965-66: 1st XI Batting · 1966-67: premiership, 1st XI Batting · 1967-68: 1st XI Batting

The arc

Jack Potter's best season with the bat was 1967-68: 575 runs from 12 innings at 52.27. The best ten-innings patch came in 1965-66 to 1966-67: 487 runs at 97.40. The leanest, 1954-55 to 1955-56: 84 runs at 10.50.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty54*	25 Feb 1956	v Footscray, 1955-56
1,000th run81 took him to 1,011	7 Oct 1961	v North Melbourne, 1961-62
First hundred105*	10 Feb 1962	v Northcote, 1961-62
First five-for5/25	17 Mar 1962	v Richmond, 1961-62
50th matchdid not bat	6 Nov 1962	v Carlton, 1962-63
2,000th run37 took him to 2,010	1 Feb 1965	v South Melbourne, 1964-65
3,000th run

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 7 innings: from v Melbourne, 1966-67 to v Essendon, 1966-67 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 11 matches: from v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1955-56 to v Essendon, 1956-57 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 2 matches: from v Carlton, 1961-62 to v Melbourne, 1961-62 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 5 matches bowled in: from v North Melbourne, 1965-66 to v North Melbourne, 1966-67 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 3 innings: from v South Melbourne, 1962-63 to v Northcote, 1962-63 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
170	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1967-68	Won
152*	v Melbourne, 1966-67	Won
132	v Footscray, 1967-68	Won
111*	v Northcote, 1964-65	Won
105*	v Northcote, 1961-62	Won

Best bowling

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 11 seasons: at 3rd in 6, at 6th in 2, at 4th in 2, at 5th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1954-55	6	12	18.22
1955-56	6	10	18.29
1956-57	4	17	27.77
1960-61	3	10	27.70
1961-62	3	10	50.44
1962-63	3	6	19.67
1963-64	3	6	55.40
1964-65	3	9	56.00
1965-66	3

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	38	42	7	1,111	132	31.74	13	27.38
Away	58	68	13	2,498	170	45.42	8	32.88

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	Wkts	Bowl avg
Saturday	86	102	19	3,271	170	39.41	20	30.25
Weekday	10	8	1	338	111*	48.29	1	14.00

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	17	15	1	428	102	30.57	5	16.60
Nov	16	17	4	694	111*	53.38	4	40.50
Dec	8	10	3	210	76*	30.00
Jan	16	19	4	547	170	36.47	1	40.00
Feb	16	20	6	832	105*	59.43	2	75.00
Mar	22	28	2	896	132

Finals

11Finals played

430Runs · avg 33.08

9Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	85	97	20	3,179	170	41.29	12	44.92
Finals	11	13	0	430	100	33.08	9	8.89

Favourite victims

BW Leitch × 2
WB Hillhouse × 2
A Ashworth × 1
B Moloney × 1
DR Cowper × 1
GB Tozer × 1
GDJ Maine × 1
GF Westbrook × 1

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1954-55	7	3
1955-56	10	3
1956-57	13	9
1960-61	9	6
1961-62	9	8
1962-63	6	4
1963-64	6	4
1964-65	8	8
1965-66	7	7

Figures	Match	Result
5/25	v Richmond, 1961-62	Won, Semi-final
3/10	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1960-61	Won
2/2	v Melbourne, 1966-67	Won, Semi-final
2/16	v Richmond, 1961-62	Won, Semi-final
2/18	v Essendon, 1962-63	Lost