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Ian Clay — Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club — Morrie
Player records
TAS Tasmania Representative
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Runs by season
1941-42: 14 runs 14 At the club In the record book
Among players of 1941-42 to 1945-46: 34th of 46 for runs, 7th of 36 for wickets, 20th of 49 for matches, 19th of 45 for catches, 30th of 30 for batting average.
Under Fitzroy: 179th of 321 for runs, 22nd of 172 for wickets, 57th of 345 for matches, 67th of 279 for catches, 122nd of 126 for batting average.
Career figures combine what's recorded live in Morrie with the club's own historical records — averages are shown only where there's enough real data to be honest about.
Career 53 104 15 6.93 129 7/56 18
41-42 1942-43: 18 runs 18 42-43 1943-44: 29 runs 29 43-44 1944-45: 39 runs 39 44-45 1945-46: 4 runs 4 45-46 Wickets by season
1941-42: 15 wickets 15 41-42 1942-43: 22 wickets 22 42-43 1943-44: 58 wickets 58 43-44 1944-45: 31 wickets 31 44-45 1945-46: 3 wickets 3 45-46 Every innings, in order
50 1941-42 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 0* 1941-42 v St Kilda: 0 1941-42 v St Kilda: 0 1941-42 v Richmond: 14* 1942-43 v St Kilda: 1* 1942-43 v Melbourne: 0 1942-43 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 4 1942-43 v Preston: 0* 1942-43 v University: 3* 1942-43 v Prahran: 10* 1943-44 v Essendon: 5* 1943-44 v St Kilda: 1* 1943-44 v Northcote: 1* 1943-44 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 1 1943-44 v South Melbourne: 1* 1943-44 v North Melbourne: 2* 1943-44 v Yarraville (Sub-District): 9* 1943-44 v South Melbourne: 1* 1943-44 v North Melbourne: 8 1944-45 v Preston: 6* 1944-45 v Northcote: 0 1944-45 v Northcote: 6 1944-45 v St Kilda: 15 1944-45 v South Melbourne: 7 1944-45 v North Melbourne: 5 1945-46 v Essendon: 0 1945-46 v South Melbourne: 4* 1945-46 v North Melbourne: 0* Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.
Against each club
Sort byOpponent Matches Runs Highest score Batting average Wickets Bowling average Best bowling Five-fors Ten-wicket matches ↓ 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 3 1 1 14 14* – 10 4 1 5 4 1.67 2 11 23 14 85 15 9.44 3
Inn NO Runs HS Avg 0s Top order (1–3) 1 1 14 14* – Lower order (8–11) 27 15 90 15 7.50 5
Batted most often at 11th.
Scores and consistency Ducks 5 1–9 17 10–19 3 20–29 0 30–49 0 50–99 0 100+ 0 2.6% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 1 time.
Dismissals Caught 10 · 83% Bowled 2 · 17% In wins and losses Inn NO Runs HS Avg 0s In wins 7 6 31 14* 31.00 In losses 20 10 73 15 7.30 4 In ties 1 0 0 0 0.00 1
M Wkts Avg Wkts / match In wins 22 65 15.58 3.0 In losses 28 62 23.55 2.2 In ties 1 2 16.00 2.0
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 4 of 8 (50%), lost 4. Every other match: the side won 18 of 45 (40%), lost 25. Batting first or second Inn NO Runs HS Avg 0s Batting first 15 9 51 14* 8.50 3 Batting second 11 7 47 15 11.75 1 Second innings of the match 2 0 6 6 3.00 1
By ground Ground M Inn Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Best Fitzroy Cricket Ground 27 14 52 15 7.43 70 19.00 7/56 St Kilda Cricket Ground 4 4 2 1* 1.00 9 23.78 4/53 North Melbourne Cricket Ground 3 2 2 2* – 5 23.40 5/33 Albert Ground 3 1 0 0 0.00 6 25.33 3/57 Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote 2 1 1
Wickets taken Caught 78 · 66% Bowled 30 · 25% LBW 6 · 5% Caught & bowled 3 · 3% Hit wicket 1 · 1% Batters dismissed
Top order (1–3) 49 · 42% Middle order (4–7) 47 · 40% Lower order (8–11) 2014-15 to 2018-19 · 41 m · 88 runs · 92 wkts
DD Weir 1969-70 to 1972-73 · 40 m · 206 runs · 85 wkts The careers nearest Clay’s in length, runs and wickets a match, average and the balance of batting to bowling.
Most often alongside
Matches in the same side, from the published cards.
The shape of the career Season by season
1941-42: 7 matches, 14 runs, 15 wickets 1941-42 1942-43: 12 matches, 18 runs, 22 wickets 1942-43 1943-44: 22 matches, 29 runs, 58 wickets · 1st XI Bowling 1943-44 1944-45: 8 matches, 39 runs, 31 wickets · 1st XI Bowling 1944-45 1945-46: 4 matches, 4 runs, 3 wickets 1945-46
1943-44: 1st XI Bowling · 1944-45: 1st XI Bowling
The arc
Ian Clay's best season with the bat was 1944-45 : 39 runs from 6 innings at 7.80. The best ten-innings patch came in 1943-44 to 1944-45 : 55 runs at 11.00. The leanest, 1943-44 to 1945-46: 51 runs at 7.29.
Rolling average, innings 23 to 28: 7.3 to 11.0 11.0 Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
Streaks
Consecutive matches played: 14 matches from v Coburg, 1941-42 to v South Melbourne, 1942-43 · first · last Consecutive matches with a wicket: 11 matches from v Essendon, 1941-42 to v Essendon, 1942-43 · first · last Longest run of single figures: 4 innings from v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1943-44 to v Northcote, 1944-45 · first · last More splits Batting position over the years 1 6 11 1941-42: 11 (4 inns, avg 7.00) 1942-43: 11 (6 inns, avg 9.00) 1943-44: 11 (9 inns, avg 14.50) 1944-45: 11 (6 inns, avg 7.80) 1945-46: 11 (3 inns, avg 4.00) 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 Batted at 11th in every one of his 5 seasons.
Home and away M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home 27 14 7 52 15 7.43 70 19.00 Away 26 14 9 52 14* 10.40 59 19.92
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 51 28 16 104 15 8.67 126 19.32 Weekday 2 0 0 0 – – 3 23.67
Month by month Month M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Oct 11 8 6 18 6* 9.00 38 13.84 Nov 8 3 2 5 3* 5.00 17 21.53 Dec 4 3 1 8 6 4.00 20 9.55 Jan 16 5 2 32 15 10.67 26 26.31 Feb 8 6 4 14 9* 7.00 13 31.23 Mar 6 3 1 27 14*
Favourite victims PJ Beames × 3 A Goldin × 2 CL Downer × 2 DH Fothergill × 2 GB Westmore × 2 GK Handley × 2 JIdeB Leembruggen × 2 JN Flavell × 2 The card names his victims in 42 of 45 wicket-taking games.
Fielding Caught most off
IT Clay × 4 E Moore × 3 MW Sievers × 3 AEO Barras × 2 HJ Plant × 1 R Boyes × 1 Download your career card
University Oval 2 1 3 3* – 9 9.89 5/46
Glenferrie Oval 2 1 4 4 4.00 3 20.33 2/40
Toorak Park 2 1 10 10* – 2 21.00 2/42
Essendon Cricket Ground 2 0 0 – – 5 20.60 4/74
Carlton Cricket Ground 2 0 0 – – 2 46.50 2/54
Yarraville Oval 1 1 9 9* – 5 10.60 5/53
Richmond Cricket Ground 1 1 14 14* – 2 22.00 2/44
South Melbourne Cricket Ground 1 1 7 7 7.00 1 58.00 1/9
Victoria Park 1 0 0 – – 1 39.00 1/39
22 · 19%
9 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 12/101 v Northcote, 1944-45. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.
v Coburg
v Hawthorn-East Melbourne
v Northcote
v Melbourne
v St Kilda
v Essendon
v Richmond
v Preston
v Collingwood
v South Melbourne
v University
v North Melbourne
v Prahran
v Brunswick
v Carlton
v Yarraville (Sub-District)