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LJ Watts — Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club career — Morrie

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1981-82	3	2	1	8	8*	8.00	36	0	0/24	1
1982-83	10	11	5	70	26*	11.67	70.3	3	2/19	3
1983-84	9	9	0	160	51	17.78	108.1	8	2/46	4
1984-85	15	17	0	551	104	32.41	195.3	23	5/12	4
1985-86	16	18	2	475	76*	29.69	85.1	18	7/59	11
1986-87	14	15	4	340	123*	30.91	202.1	25	6/47	9
1987-88	15	16	0	318	50	19.88	179.1	16	4/31	5
1988-89	15	17	1	161	48	10.06	204	22	5/41	5
1989-90	14	15	3	606	113	50.50	179	8	2/53	6
1990-91	15	18	3	568	100*	37.87	52	2	2/30	4
1991-92	15	15	0	335	86	22.33	35	2	1/16	7
1992-93	13	13	2	371	99*	33.73	19	0	0/6	6
1993-94	18	18	4	856	131*	61.14	69.2	6	2/60	10
1994-95	17	16	3	403	104*	31.00	110	16	3/29	2
1995-96	16	16	5	443	60*	40.27	58	5	2/33	5
1996-97	16	16	3	424	77	32.62	4	0	0/2	5
1997-98	15	14	1	499	77	38.38	2	1	1/6	8
1998-99	15	13	1	246	59	20.50	1	0	0/0	3
1999-00	2	2	0	49	37	24.50	–	–	–	1
Career	253	261	38	6,883	131*	30.87	1610	155	7/59	99

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Prahran, 1981-82
First fifty51v Melbourne, 1983-84
First hundred104v Prahran, 1984-85
First five-for5/12v Waverley, 1984-85
Highest score131*v Melbourne, 1993-94
Best bowling7/59v St Kilda, 1985-86
Last matchMatch 253v Essendon, 1999-00

Runs by season

Every innings, in order

Against each club

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Kingston Hawthorn	22	678	100*	32.29	3	1	20	23.15	5/12	2
Melbourne	18	547	131*	39.07	3	1	9	48.11	2/40
St Kilda	18	370	70	21.76	2		18	24.83	7/59	1
Footscray	17	569	87	33.47	6		6	38.67	3/33
Essendon	17	493	95	30.81	4		3	84.00	1/6
Ringwood	17	453	100*	32.36	2	1	7	43.29	3/42
Northcote	16	691	113	38.39	5	1	16	19.38	5/41	1
Prahran	16	432	104	36.00	3	1	9	41.78	2/19
Casey South Melbourne	16	377	70*	31.42	2		7	38.14	3/30
Melbourne University	16	336	82	22.40	1		5	39.40	2/52
Carlton	15	449	123*	32.07	1	1	11	24.91	4/31
Camberwell Magpies	15	261	99*	23.73	1		13	18.69	6/47	1
Richmond	15	206	57	17.17	1		11	19.82	3/36
Greenvale Kanagaroos	13	427	104*	35.58	3	1	11	23.91	3/42
Dandenong	10	296	95	32.89	2		2	70.50	2/40
Frankston Peninsula	6	149	60*	37.25	1		4	13.00	3/29
Geelong	6	149	71	29.80	1		3	21.00	2/36

Splits

By batting position

Pos	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
3	75	8	1,827	104	27.27	12	1	9
4	105	13	3,188	131*	34.65	14	5	3
5	43	7	1,253	104*	34.81	11	1	4
6	26	4	433	70	19.68	3		2
7	6	2	117	62*	29.25	1		2
8	5	4	65	26*	65.00
9	1	0	0

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1981-82 to 1999-00: 4th of 89 for runs, 5th of 67 for wickets, 2nd of 93 for matches, 5th of 17 for hundreds, 5th of 84 for catches, 8th of 48 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy-Doncaster: 5th of 184 for runs, 14th of 135 for wickets, 8th of 197 for matches, 7th of 34 for hundreds, 11th of 167 for catches, 9th of 81 for batting average.

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Season	Opponent	Batting	Bowling
1981-82	Prahran	0	0/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	Melbourne	8*	0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82	University	dnb	0/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	Essendon	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	Northcote	6*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	St Kilda	3	1/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	Melbourne	26*	0/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	Prahran	16	0/19 & 2/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	Richmond	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	Waverley	9*	0/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	Footscray	0 & 3*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	Ringwood	0	0/59	Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83	South Melbourne	6*	0/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	Footscray	2	1/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	Richmond	2	1/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	St Kilda	5	2/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	South Melbourne	14	1/47 & 0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	Melbourne	51	2/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	Waverley	15	0/56	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	Carlton	28	1/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	Essendon	24	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	19	0/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	Footscray	87	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	Waverley	40	5/12 & 2/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	St Kilda	36	1/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	69	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	North Melbourne	25	2/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	Collingwood	0	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	Essendon	8	0/25 & 0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	University	10	1/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	Northcote	85	3/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	Carlton	4 & 32	1/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	South Melbourne	7	0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	Ringwood	30 & 0	2/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	Richmond	12	3/49	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	Prahran	104	1/74	Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85	Melbourne	2	2/58	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	Essendon	22	0/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	Melbourne	76*	0/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	Prahran	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	Waverley	14	5/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	Carlton	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	Collingwood	21 & 12*	2/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	37	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	St Kilda	0	7/59	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	Northcote	14 & 26	1/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	North Melbourne-Geelong	8	2/35 & 1/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	Footscray	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	University	48	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	South Melbourne	25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	Ringwood	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	Richmond	57	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86	St Kilda	57	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	Melbourne	28	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	Ringwood	dnb	0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	Footscray	4	1/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	Collingwood	13	6/47	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	Prahran	55*	1/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	St Kilda	14	3/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	North Melbourne-Geelong	9	2/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	Richmond	0	3/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	South Melbourne	0 & 0*	2/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	Essendon	36	0/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	University	40	2/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	Waverley	5	2/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	Northcote	2 & 11*	2/70	Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87	Carlton	123*	0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	Richmond	0	1/49	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	Ringwood	48	0/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	Footscray	50	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	North Melbourne-Geelong	11	3/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	Waverley	3	0/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0 & 0	1/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	Northcote	2	3/22 & 0/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	Essendon	45	0/67	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	University	13	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	Collingwood	dnb	1/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	Carlton	16	4/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	St Kilda	38	2/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	South Melbourne	12 & 41	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	Melbourne	0	1/48 & 0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88	Prahran	39	0/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	Essendon	13	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	Collingwood	2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	Melbourne	0	2/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	Prahran	25	1/24 & 0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	48	1/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	Carlton	10	1/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	South Melbourne	1	0/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	North Melbourne	7	1/68	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	Richmond	8	2/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	University	1	1/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	Ringwood	1	3/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	Footscray	0 & 9	3/33 & 0/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	Northcote	28	5/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	St Kilda	0	0/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	Waverley	2 & 6	2/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	St Kilda	12	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	Waverley-Dandenong	29	0/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	Prahran	2	2/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	South Melbourne	7	1/67	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	Melbourne	23	0/49	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	University	21	0/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	Footscray	68	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	Ringwood	100*	1/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	Richmond	32*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	Carlton	42	1/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	Collingwood	14 & 17*	0/58	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	Hawthorn	31	1/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	Essendon	95	1/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	Northcote	113	1/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	Collingwood	11	2/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	Hawthorn	100*	0/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	Northcote	3 & 15	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	University	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	Prahran	12	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	Footscray	86	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	Ringwood	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	South Melbourne	0 & 45*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	Carlton	53	0/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	Melbourne	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	North Melbourne	44	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	Richmond	17	0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	Waverley-Dandenong	61* & 29	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	St Kilda	46	0/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	Essendon	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	Carlton	26	1/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	Hawthorn	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	South Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	Footscray	41	0/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	North Melbourne	10	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	Waverley-Dandenong	14	0/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	Melbourne	35	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	Prahran	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	Ringwood	14	1/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	Richmond	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	Collingwood	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	Essendon	86	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	Northcote	45	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	St Kilda	25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	University	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	Essendon	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	Carlton	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	Collingwood	99*	0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	South Melbourne	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	Melbourne	16 & 39*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	Northcote	11	0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	St Kilda	1	0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	Dandenong-Waverley	95	0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	Hawthorn	31	0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	North Melbourne	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	Footscray	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	Ringwood	7	0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	University	24	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	St Kilda	11	0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	Richmond	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	Northcote	83	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	Frankston Peninsula	10	1/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	Footscray	75*	1/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	Essendon	54*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	Carlton	3* & 18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	South Melbourne	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	Ringwood	61	0/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	Prahran	60	2/60	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	North Melbourne	92	0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	Melbourne	20	0/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	Geelong	71	1/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	Dandenong-Waverley	11	0/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	Collingwood	14	0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	University	82	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	Ringwood	41	0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	Melbourne	131*	0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Collingwood	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	University	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	St Kilda	39	2/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Richmond	10	1/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Northcote	27	1/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Frankston Peninsula	8*	3/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Hawthorn Waverley	18	0/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Footscray	3	0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Essendon	52	1/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Carlton	20	2/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	South Melbourne	70*	3/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Ringwood	11	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Prahran	dnb	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	North Melbourne	104*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Melbourne	5	1/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Geelong	3	2/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Dandenong	23	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	Dandenong	14*	2/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	Collingwood	37	2/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	University	4	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	St Kilda	9	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	Northcote	13	0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	Frankston Peninsula	48	0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	Hawthorn Waverley	60*	1/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	Footscray	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	Essendon	30	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	Carlton	4	0/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	South Melbourne	46*	0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	Ringwood	37	0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	Prahran	34*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	North Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	Melbourne	54	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	Geelong	36*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	Geelong	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	Dandenong	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	Camberwell Magpies	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	University	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	St Kilda	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	Richmond	35*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	Northcote	62	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	Frankston Peninsula	23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	Hawthorn Waverley	77	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	Footscray	52	0/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	Essendon	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	Carlton	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	South Melbourne	62*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	Ringwood	54*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1996-97	Prahran	2	0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	Frankston Peninsula	60*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	Hawthorn Waverley	27	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	Footscray	36	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	Carlton	20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	Essendon	1	1/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	Ringwood	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	North Melbourne	50	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	Geelong	20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	Dandenong	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	Camberwell Magpies	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	University	21	0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	St Kilda	70	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	Richmond	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1997-98	Northcote	51 & 77	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	Geelong	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	Dandenong	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	Camberwell Magpies	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	University	42	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	St Kilda	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	Richmond	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	Northcote	17	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	Frankston Peninsula	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	Hawthorn Waverley	26	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	Footscray	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	South Melbourne	7*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	Ringwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	Prahran	55	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	North Melbourne	59	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1998-99	Melbourne	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	Hawthorn Waverley	37	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1999-00	Essendon	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	75	8	1,827	104	27.27	12	1	9
Middle order (4–7)	180	26	4,991	131*	32.41	29	6	11
Lower order (8–11)	6	4	65	26*	32.50			1

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	102	22	3,837	131*	47.96	27	5	2
In losses	131	14	2,344	104	20.03	11	2	17
In draws	25	2	649	95	28.22	3		1
In ties	3	0	53	30	17.67			1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	56	73	20.16	1.3
In losses	78	75	35.96	1.0
In draws	19	5	65.60	0.3
In ties	1	2	18.50	2.0

Scored 50+: the side won 31 of 47 (66%), lost 13.
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 5 of 5 (100%).
Every other match: the side won 65 of 201 (32%), lost 105.

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	115	11	3,030	113	29.13	19	3	12
Batting second	128	20	3,473	131*	32.16	21	4	7
Second innings of the match	18	7	380	77	34.55	1		2

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
As captain	31	4	930	77	34.44	10		1
Otherwise	230	34	5,953	131*	30.37	31	7	20

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Schramms Reserve	103	104	2,888	123*	32.09	50	36.16	3/22
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	25	29	534	87	20.54	21	26.71	5/17
Central Reserve South Oval	9	10	221	60*	27.63	13	14.92	5/12
St Kilda Cricket Ground	9	9	301	131*	37.63	11	19.45	7/59
Russell Lucas Oval	9	8	117	54*	16.71	5	34.40	3/42
University Oval	9	8	148	48	18.50	–	–	0/10
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	8	10	372	85	41.33	8	13.75	5/41
Richmond Cricket Ground	8	8	151	57	25.17	3	27.67	1/0
Toorak Park	8	7	306	104	61.20	7	34.00	2/19
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	7	9	92	45*	15.33	2	44.00	2/24
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	7	7	256	104*	42.67	5	28.80	2/38
Albert Ground	7	7	213	76*	42.60	3	76.67	2/54
Essendon Cricket Ground	7	7	317	95	52.83	2	54.50	1/6
Western Oval	6	6	176	68	29.33	1	63.00	1/14
Shepley Oval	5	6	225	95	56.25	2	28.50	2/40
Carlton Cricket Ground	5	5	139	42	27.80	8	17.25	4/31
Victoria Park	5	5	163	99*	40.75	8	15.00	6/47
Glenferrie Oval	3	4	56	37	14.00	1	62.00	1/38
AH Butler Oval	3	3	31	23	15.50	3	9.67	3/29
Kardinia Oval	2	2	3	3	1.50	2	18.00	2/36
Hedges Oval	2	2	36	30	18.00	–	–	–
FW Reid Oval	1	1	2	2	2.00	–	–	–
Geelong Cricket Ground	1	1	19	19	19.00	–	–	–
Harry Trott Oval (new)	1	1	46	46*	–	–	–	0/2
Leckie Park Oval	1	1	17	17	17.00	–	–	–
Xavier College	1	1	54	54	54.00	–	–	–
Camberwell Sports Ground	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership Honour in his name

1984-85: 1st XI Bowling, A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion · 1986-87: 1st XI Bowling, A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion · 1988-89: 1st XI Bowling · 1989-90: 1st XI Batting, A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion · 1990-91: Doug Rumble Trophy — Best Clubman · 1993-94: premiership, 1st XI Batting

The arc

Leigh Watts' best season with the bat was 1993-94: 856 runs from 18 innings at 61.14. The best ten-innings patch came in 1989-90 to 1990-91: 555 runs at 92.50. The leanest, 1988-89: 57 runs at 5.70.

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty51	7 Jan 1984	v Melbourne, 1983-84
First five-for5/12	20 Oct 1984	v Waverley, 1984-85
First hundred104	23 Feb 1985	v Prahran, 1984-85
1,000th run37 took him to 1,015	21 Dec 1985	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1985-86
50th wicket2/35 took him to 51	25 Jan 1986	v North Melbourne-Geelong, 1985-86
50th match25	16 Feb 1986	v South Melbourne, 1985-86

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 5 innings: from v Footscray, 1984-85 to v North Melbourne, 1984-85 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 53 matches: from v Melbourne, 1986-87 to v Richmond, 1989-90 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 7 matches: from v Footscray, 1986-87 to v South Melbourne, 1986-87 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 8 matches bowled in: from v Northcote, 1991-92 to v St Kilda, 1993-94 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 7 innings: from v South Melbourne, 1988-89 to v Footscray, 1988-89 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
131*	v Melbourne, 1993-94	Won, Final
123*	v Carlton, 1986-87	Won
113	v Northcote, 1989-90	Won
104*	v North Melbourne, 1994-95	Won
104	v Prahran, 1984-85	Lost

Best bowling

More splits

Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 19 seasons: at 4th in 7, at 3rd in 5, at 6th in 3, at 5th in 2, at 8th in 1, at 7th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1981-82	8	2	8.00
1982-83	6	11	11.67
1983-84	3	9	17.78
1984-85	3	17	32.41
1985-86	3	18	29.69
1986-87	3	15	30.91
1987-88	3	16	19.88
1988-89

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	128	133	17	3,422	123*	29.50	71	33.37
Away	125	128	21	3,461	131*	32.35	84	25.77

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	223	233	33	6,174	123*	30.87	128	31.01
Sunday	14	14	1	297	55*	22.85	18	17.39
Weekday	16	14	4	412	131*	41.20	9	28.00

Format

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Two-day	237	246	36	6,662	131*	31.72	154	29.40
Unknown format	16	15	2	221	60*	17.00	1	6.00

Two-day when a side batted twice, the game was drawn or the card says so; one-day when the card says so.

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	46	44	6	1,020	100*	26.84	29	22.07
Nov	56	57	8	1,094	99*	22.33	39	25.03
Dec	25	26	3	706	86	30.70	11	45.27
Jan	47	49	8	1,407	100*	34.32	39	27.69
Feb	48	52	7	1,371	104*	30.47	25	32.80
Mar	31	33	6	1,285

Finals

3Finals played

229Runs · avg 114.50

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	250	258	37	6,654	123*	30.11	155	29.20
Finals	3	3	1	229	131*	114.50

Favourite victims

SF Graf × 4
DM Johnstone × 2
GJ Cosier × 2
GL Jordan × 2
GW Richardson × 2
IW Callen × 2
MG Hewitt × 2
MJ Freeman × 2

The card names his victims in 62 of 81 wicket-taking games.

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1981-82	3	1
1982-83	10	3
1983-84	9	4
1984-85	15	4
1985-86	16	11
1986-87	14	9
1987-88	15	5
1988-89	15	5
1989-90	14	6

Figures	Match	Result
7/59	v St Kilda, 1985-86	Won
6/47	v Collingwood, 1986-87	Won
5/12	v Waverley, 1984-85	Won
5/17	v Waverley, 1985-86	Won
5/41	v Northcote, 1988-89	Won