Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club

Joe Plant

Played 1927-28 – 1947-48

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Player records

🏆1st XI Premiers (1930-31)

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Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1927-28	11	145	52*	20.71	23.1	13	6/52	6
1928-29	12	133	60	19.00	21	7	2/18	3
1929-30	1	3	3*	–	0	1	1/35
1930-31	14	290	70*	24.17	40	24	4/18	6
1931-32	14	181	37*	20.11	39.2	24	6/58	5
1932-33	10	195	100*	27.86	70	29	7/72	5
1933-34	11	135	27*	15.00	55	29	6/18	8
1934-35	12	406	123*	40.60	23	7	4/66	9
1935-36	11	248	76*	27.56	80.7	20	5/106	4
1936-37	11	210	50	30.00	6	19	3/9	10
1937-38	14	269	57	17.93	50	24	4/20	5
1938-39	15	238	59	17.00	71	22	5/60	6
1939-40	12	296	114*	32.89	81	17	5/71	6
1940-41	11	167	79	20.88	54.6	27	5/15	10
1941-42	13	293	64	26.64	62	26	6/32	6
1942-43	1	3	3	3.00	–	–	–
1943-44	1	0	–	–	2	3	3/4	3
1946-47	12	99	18	14.14	93.5	19	3/22	6
1947-48	6	24	11*	12.00	48	6	2/14
Career	192	3,335	123*	23.16		317	7/72	98

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv North Melbourne, 1927-28
First fifty52*v Prahran, 1927-28
First hundred100*v South Melbourne, 1932-33
First five-for6/52v Essendon, 1927-28
Highest score123*v Essendon, 1934-35
Best bowling7/72v Carlton, 1932-33
Last matchMatch 192v Coburg, 1947-48

Runs by season

Every innings, in order

Against each club

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Melbourne	18	389	50	24.31	1		32	26.50	5/60	1
Richmond	17	168	59	12.00	1		29	18.93	5/71	1
Kingston Hawthorn	15	275	114*	19.64		1	20	13.75	4/28
Camberwell Magpies	15	251	88*	27.89	2		23	22.39	5/106	1
Melbourne University	15	247	62*	24.70	2		21	17.43	4/53
Northcote	15	225	57	16.07	1		26	20.58	6/58	1
Prahran	14	372	60	37.20	3		27	15.41	5/52	1
Carlton	14	324	79	32.40	2		27	21.00	7/72	1
Essendon	14	316	123*	39.50	1	1	27	16.22	6/32	2
St Kilda	14	270	42	19.29			21	15.95	5/60	1
Casey South Melbourne	14	244	100*	24.40		1	14	27.14	3/13
Greenvale Kanagaroos	14	136	37*	19.43			17	18.41	4/18
VCA Colts	10	84	29	16.80			22	13.05	6/18	1
Coburg	3	34	18	11.33			11	6.36	5/15	1

Splits

By batting position

Pos	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
1	8	2	126	62*	21.00	1		2
2	2	0	37	32	18.50
3	14	3	283	79	25.73	2		2
4	24	5	424	123*	22.32		1	4
5	27	6	407	76*	19.38	2		3
6	36	5	763	88*	24.61	5		4
7	25	5	508

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	24	5	446	79	23.47	3		4
Middle order (4–7)	112	21	2,102	123*	23.10	9	2	12
Lower order (8–11)	54	20	787	100*	23.15	1	1

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	108	26	2,128	123*	25.95	10	2	8
In losses	58	9	778	54	15.88	2		6
In draws	23	11	429	100*	35.75	1	1	1
In ties	1	0	0	0	0.00			1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	98	191	16.24	1.9
In losses	47	93	21.28	2.0
In draws	25	31	25.87	1.2
In ties	1	2	5.50	2.0

Scored 50+: the side won 12 of 16 (75%), lost 2.
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 8 of 11 (73%), lost 3.
Every other match: the side won 87 of 165 (53%), lost 45.

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	94	21	1,819	123*	24.92	6	3	5
Batting second	70	12	1,219	79	21.02	6		10
Second innings of the match	26	13	297	57	22.85	1		1

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
As captain	96	23	1,596	114*	21.86	5	1	5
Otherwise	94	23	1,739	123*	24.49	8	2	11

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	103	95	1,609	114*	22.35	154	18.18	6/18
Carlton Cricket Ground	9	7	193	79	32.17	24	18.54	7/72
Richmond Cricket Ground	8	11	78	27	9.75	12	17.67	5/71
Toorak Park	8	8	219	57*	43.80	17	17.35	5/52
Victoria Park	8	5	25	16	5.00	15	19.47	5/106
Melbourne Cricket Ground	7	9	131	59	16.38	16	22.31	4/60
Glenferrie Oval	7	8	56	29	7.00	12	9.08	4/28
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	7	7	96	37*	24.00	5	26.20	3/41
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	6	8	145	57	18.13	15	16.87	6/58
St Kilda Cricket Ground	6	7	140	42	28.00	10	18.30	5/60
Albert Ground	6	7	147	37*	36.75	9	28.11	5/60
Essendon Cricket Ground	6	5	190	123*	95.00	10	18.40	6/52
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	7	119	100*	19.83	5	34.60	2/59
University Oval	5	5	161	62*	80.50	12	15.25	4/53

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First five-for6/52	1 Nov 1927	v Essendon, 1927-28
First fifty52*	4 Feb 1928	v Prahran, 1927-28
50th wicket6/58 took him to 51	17 Oct 1931	v Northcote, 1931-32
50th match4/60	12 Mar 1932	v Essendon, 1931-32
First hundred100*	7 Jan 1933	v South Melbourne, 1932-33
100th wicket3/50 took him to 101	21 Oct 1933	v Richmond, 1933-34
1,000th run27* took him to 1,003	25 Nov 1933	v University, 1933-34
150th wicket4/74 took him to 152	7 Mar 1936	v Essendon, 1935-36
100th match25*, 3/9 & 1/20	3 Nov 1936	v University, 1936-37
2,000th run17 took him to 2,001	13 Nov 1937	v Northcote, 1937-38
200th wicket5/60 took him to 203	29 Oct 1938	v Melbourne, 1938-39
150th match16, 2/15	19 Oct 1940	v North Melbourne, 1940-41
250th wicket5/15 took him to 251	11 Jan 1941	v Coburg, 1940-41
3,000th run45 took him to 3,037	15 Nov 1941	v Prahran, 1941-42
300th wicket2/34 took him to 300	16 Nov 1946	v Northcote, 1946-47

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
123*	v Essendon, 1934-35	Won
114*	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1939-40	Won
100*	v South Melbourne, 1932-33	Drawn
88*	v Collingwood, 1934-35	Won
79	v Carlton, 1940-41	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
7/72	v Carlton, 1932-33	Won
6/18	v VCA Colts, 1933-34	Won
6/32	v Essendon, 1941-42	Won
6/52	v Essendon, 1927-28	Lost
6/58	v Northcote, 1931-32	Won

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1927-28	7	11	20.71
1928-29	6	9	19.00
1929-30	9	1	–
1930-31	6	16	24.17
1931-32	4	13	20.11
1932-33	3	8	27.86
1933-34	4	11	15.00
1934-35	4	13	40.60
1935-36	4	11	27.56
1936-37	5	10	30.00
1937-38	6	16	17.93
1938-39	7	15	17.00
1939-40	7	15	32.89
1940-41	8	11	20.88
1941-42	6	13	26.64
1942-43	6	1	3.00
1946-47	8	12	14.14
1947-48	9	4	12.00

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	103	95	23	1,609	114*	22.35	154	18.18
Away	88	94	23	1,700	123*	23.94	162	18.95
Neutral or unknown	1	1	0	26	26	26.00	1	24.00

Home taken as the ground the club played at most in each season: Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Schramms Reserve.

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Saturday	168	168	40	3,029	123*	23.66	271	19.37
Weekday	24	22	6	306	43	19.13	46	14.00

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	36	36	6	490	79	16.33	58	19.40
Nov	38	33	10	810	114*	35.22	65	16.31
Dec	15	17	2	236	47	15.73	28	17.29
Jan	38	32	5	590	100*	21.85	65	15.98
Feb	28	28	12	527	123*	32.94	35	22.49
Mar	30	36	11	544	76*	21.76	61	18.02
Other	7	8	0	138	59	17.25	5	60.00

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	178	169	43	3,024	123*	24.00	295	18.32
Finals	14	21	3	311	59	17.28	22	22.32

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1927-28	11	6
1928-29	12	3
1929-30	1
1930-31	14	6
1931-32	14	5
1932-33	10	5
1933-34	11	8
1934-35	12	9
1935-36	11	4
1936-37	11	10
1937-38	14	5
1938-39	15	6
1939-40	12	6
1940-41	11	10
1941-42	13	6
1942-43	1
1943-44	1	3
1946-47	12	6
1947-48	6	3

Caught most off

HJ Plant × 17
AE Liddicut × 15
J Frederick × 13
MW Sievers × 12
FD Chapman × 9
EA Williams × 4

Joe Plant

Joe Plant

Splits

At the club

The shape of the career

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1927-28	v North Melbourne	dnb	0/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0 & 8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Essendon	0*	6/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Melbourne	34	0/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Richmond	4*	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v University	6 & 29*	3/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v South Melbourne	dnb	0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Northcote	10	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Prahran	52*	2/47	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v St Kilda	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Collingwood	2	2/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Carlton	dnb	0/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Essendon	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v North Melbourne	6	0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Prahran	60	2/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Collingwood	dnb	2/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Northcote	1	2/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Richmond	6	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v St Kilda	16*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v South Melbourne	5*	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Melbourne	37	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v University	0	0/21 & 1/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v VCA Colts	3*	1/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Melbourne	29	0/77	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Northcote	5	1/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v South Melbourne	2 & 0	2/63	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v VCA Colts	5*	2/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Collingwood	70*	3/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0	2/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Richmond	0	4/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Essendon	47 & 16*	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v North Melbourne	6	4/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Carlton	dnb	3/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Prahran	0	2/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v University	62*	1/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Richmond	13 & 6	0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v South Melbourne	29	0/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v St Kilda	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Northcote	27	6/58	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	11	1/32 & 0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v VCA Colts	dnb	1/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v South Melbourne	26	3/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Prahran	dnb	1/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v University	2	0/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v North Melbourne	37* & 1*	1/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Carlton	5*	1/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Richmond	5	1/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Essendon	dnb	4/60	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v University	9 & 2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v St Kilda	27 & 7	4/24 & 1/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Essendon	3	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Richmond	0	3/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Carlton	8	7/72	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v North Melbourne	dnb	4/72	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v University	54	4/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v South Melbourne	100*	2/59	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Collingwood	19	3/71	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v VCA Colts	dnb	1/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Northcote	1	3/64	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Melbourne	10	2/63	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Essendon	0 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Richmond	11	3/50 & 1/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Carlton	17	2/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v North Melbourne	dnb	0/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v University	27*	1/15 & 0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Prahran	24 & 12*	3/85	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v South Melbourne	dnb	1/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v VCA Colts	5	6/18 & 0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	21	4/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Melbourne	5	3/69	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v St Kilda	12	5/60	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Melbourne	37*	0/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Northcote	dnb	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	7 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Collingwood	88*	0/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v South Melbourne	9 & 3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Prahran	45	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Carlton	31	4/66	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Richmond	19	1/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v North Melbourne	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Essendon	123*	0/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v University	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Melbourne	22	2/67	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v St Kilda	20	0/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Northcote	18	0/60	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v VCA Colts	20	2/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Collingwood	0	5/106	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v South Melbourne	47	3/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Prahran	57*	4/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Richmond	dnb	0/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Essendon	76*	4/74	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Carlton	8	1/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Melbourne	1 & 1	0/16 & 1/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Richmond	2	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Carlton	18*	1/62	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v North Melbourne	–	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v University	25*	3/9 & 1/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Prahran	48	1/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v South Melbourne	1	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v VCA Colts	14	3/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	29	1/29 & 2/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Northcote	19*	1/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v St Kilda	4	3/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Melbourne	50	2/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v South Melbourne	2	0/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Collingwood	1	4/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v VCA Colts	dnb	3/32 & 1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	35	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Northcote	17 & 57	4/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Melbourne	16	0/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v St Kilda	0	0/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Essendon	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Richmond	26	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Carlton	43	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v North Melbourne	0 & 23*	3/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v University	6	2/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Prahran	20	1/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Melbourne	3 & 16	3/6 & 2/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	22 & 3*	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Northcote	17	0/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Melbourne	27	5/60	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v St Kilda	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Essendon	dnb	2/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Richmond	12	0/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Carlton	32	4/70	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v North Melbourne	11	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v University	5	1/49	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Prahran	0	1/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v South Melbourne	4	1/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Collingwood	21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v VCA Colts	8	2/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Collingwood	16	1/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Richmond	59	3/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Essendon	8*	2/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Richmond	4	5/71	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Carlton	18	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	114*	0/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Northcote	1	3/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Melbourne	14 & 11	3/39 & 0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v St Kilda	36*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v University	dnb	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Collingwood	6	1/30 & 0/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v VCA Colts	29 & 0*	0/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v St Kilda	2 & 34*	2/10 & 0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Melbourne	7 & 12*	1/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Carlton	79	2/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v North Melbourne	16	2/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v University	0 & 1*	0/21 & 2/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Prahran	dnb	4/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Collingwood	19	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Coburg	18	5/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	6	4/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Northcote	16	1/23 & 0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Melbourne	4*	4/60	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v St Kilda	0 & 8*	2/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Essendon	dnb	1/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Carlton	64	1/58	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v North Melbourne	11	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v University	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Prahran	45	5/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v South Melbourne	dnb	1/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Collingwood	dnb	0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Coburg	15	1/16 & 3/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1	2/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Northcote	4	1/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Melbourne	47*	1/32 & 0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v St Kilda	30 & 42	2/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Essendon	32	6/32 & 1/56	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Richmond	1 & 0*	1/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v Prahran	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	3/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v South Melbourne	16*	1/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v St Kilda	9	1/0 & 1/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Richmond	dnb	3/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Northcote	18 & 3	2/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Melbourne	6*	2/19 & 1/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Collingwood	2	2/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Prahran	6	1/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v North Melbourne	7*	1/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Essendon	4	1/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Carlton	1	1/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	12*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v University	15*	2/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	5	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Northcote	11*	2/14 & 0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Richmond	dnb	2/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v North Melbourne	dnb	0/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Collingwood	7*	0/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Coburg	1	2/17	Something wrong? Tell us