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KJ Kearney — Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club career — Morrie

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1951-52	4	6	2	58	34*	14.50	–	–	–	2
1955-56	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	–	–	–
1956-57	15	15	2	199	69	15.31	–	–	–	34
1957-58	10	11	2	74	31	8.22	0 (8)	0	0/18	17
1958-59	9	12	2	134	34*	13.40	–	–	–	3
1959-60	12	12	1	116	33	10.55	–	–	–	14
Career	51	57	9	581	69	12.10	0	0	0/18	70

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1951-52
First fifty69v St Kilda, 1956-57
Highest score69v St Kilda, 1956-57
Last matchMatch 51v North Melbourne, 1959-60

Runs by season

Every innings, in order

Against each club

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St Kilda	6	132	69	22.00	1
Carlton	6	44	13	11.00
Kingston Hawthorn	5	95	34*	11.88
Essendon	5	82	33	16.40
Melbourne	5	54	23	13.50
Richmond	4	17	11	4.25
Greenvale Kanagaroos	3	48	19*	16.00
Casey South Melbourne	3	34	34*	34.00
Northcote	3	27	17	9.00
Melbourne University	3	13	9	4.33
Camberwell Magpies	3	12	6	3.00
Footscray	3	0	0	0.00
Prahran	2	23	23	23.00

Splits

By batting position

Pos	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
1	15	0	159	23	10.60		1
2	14	0	220	69	15.71	1	1
3	1	0	33	33	33.00
4	1	0	0	0	0.00		1
5	1	0	2	2	2.00
6	3	1	42	34*	21.00		1
7	2	1	4	4*	4.00

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1951-52 to 1959-60: 25th of 48 for runs, 21st of 50 for matches, 7th of 44 for catches, 26th of 29 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 81st of 321 for runs, 62nd of 345 for matches, 14th of 279 for catches, 106th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

TN Newton1941-42 to 1944-45 · 43 m · 522 runs · 0 wkts
J Pearse1951-52 to 1958-59 · 51 m · 731 runs · 1 wkts
W Gray

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Season	Opponent	Batting	Bowling
1951-52	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	34* & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	Essendon	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	St Kilda	5* & 11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	South Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	Footscray	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	Northcote	0* & 5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	Collingwood	0 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	North Melbourne	19*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	South Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	Essendon	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	University	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	Carlton	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	Richmond	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	Melbourne	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	St Kilda	69	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	6 & 7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	St Kilda	36	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	Carlton	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	Northcote	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	Collingwood	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	Essendon	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	Carlton	8*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	Richmond	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	St Kilda	1 & 4*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	3 & 31	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	Footscray	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	Carlton	1	0/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	North Melbourne	15 & 5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	South Melbourne	34*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	University	9 & 0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	Essendon	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	Carlton	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	Richmond	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	Melbourne	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	St Kilda	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	10 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	University	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	Essendon	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	Carlton	9*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	Richmond	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	Melbourne	23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	St Kilda	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	Footscray	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	Northcote	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	Collingwood	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	Prahran	23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	North Melbourne	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Top order (1–3)	30	0	412	69	13.73	1	2
Middle order (4–7)	7	2	48	34*	9.60		3
Lower order (8–11)	20	7	121	34*	9.31		4

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
In wins	32	7	408	69	16.32	1	2
In losses	24	2	162	31	7.36		7
In draws	1	0	11	11	11.00

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Batting first	23	7	308	69	19.25	1	3
Batting second	24	0	209	36	8.71		4
Second innings of the match	10	2	64	31	8.00		2

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
As wicketkeeper	39	6	365	69	11.06	1	5
Otherwise	18	3	216	34*	14.40		4

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	21	24	351	69	17.55
St Kilda Cricket Ground	3	5	24	11	8.00
Victoria Park	3	4	12	6	3.00
Albert Ground	3	3	44	17	14.67
Carlton Cricket Ground	3	3	14	13	4.67
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	2	34	34*	34.00
Western Oval	3	2	0	0	0.00
Glenferrie Oval	2	4	23	10	5.75
Essendon Cricket Ground	2	2	39	22	19.50
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	2	28	19*	28.00
Richmond Cricket Ground	2	2	3	2	1.50
University Oval	2	2	4	4	2.00
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	1	2	5	5	5.00
Toorak Park	1	0	0	–	–

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Season away

The arc

Kevin Kearney's best season with the bat was 1956-57: 199 runs from 15 innings at 15.31. The best ten-innings patch came in 1956-57: 180 runs at 20.00. The leanest, 1951-52 to 1956-57: 30 runs at 3.75.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty69	23 Feb 1957	v St Kilda, 1956-57
50th match23	1 Feb 1960	v Prahran, 1959-60

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 21 matches: from v North Melbourne, 1958-59 to v North Melbourne, 1959-60 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings: from v Melbourne, 1951-52 to v Collingwood, 1956-57 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
69	v St Kilda, 1956-57	Won
36	v St Kilda, 1956-57	Won, Semi-final
34*	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1951-52	Won
34*	v South Melbourne, 1958-59	Won
33	v Essendon, 1959-60	Won

More splits

Batting position over the years

Batted at 6th for 1 season, dropped to 7th from 1955-56, moved up to open from 1956-57.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1951-52	6	6	14.50
1955-56	7	1	0.00
1956-57	2	15	15.31
1957-58	2	11	8.22
1958-59	1	12	13.40
1959-60	1	12	10.55

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home	21	24	4	351	69	17.55
Away	30	33	5	230	34*	8.21

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	45	53	9	543	69	12.34
Weekday	6	4	0	38	23	9.50

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Oct	7	7	2	69	33	13.80
Nov	9	10	2	101	34*	12.63
Dec	5	5	1	37	22	9.25
Jan	12	11	1	69	17	6.90
Feb	9	12	2	208	69	20.80
Mar	8	11	1	97	36	9.70
Other	1	1	0	0	0	0.00

Finals

5Finals played

66Runs · avg 13.20

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home and away	46	51	8	515	69	11.98
Finals	5	6	1	66	36	13.20

Fielding

Season	M	Ct	St
1951-52	4	2
1955-56	1
1956-57	15	32	2
1957-58	10	16	1
1958-59	9	2	1
1959-60	12	14

Caught most off

C Adams × 22
K Peters × 17
BT Considine × 10
HAE Shillinglaw × 7
DHL Arnall × 5