
Joe Plant
Played 1927-28 – 1947-48
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Player records
Career totals
Career
194
Games
21
Seasons
1927-28 – 1947-48
Played
Batting
192
Innings
48
Not outs
3,421
Runs
123
High score
23.76
Average
14
50s
3
100s
Bowling
325
Wickets
18.35
Average
12
5-fors
55 + 765.5 (8-ball)
Overs
Fielding
99
Catches
- Premiers 1930-31
- Premiers 1938-39
- Premiers 1939-40
- 1st XI Batting 1934-35
- 1st XI Batting 1939-40
- 1st XI Bowling 1940-41
- 1st XI Bowling 1946-47
- Five-for 1927-28
- Five-for 1931-32
- Century season 1932-33
- Five-for 1932-33
- 2 five-fors 1933-34
- Century season 1934-35
- Five-for 1935-36
- Five-for 1938-39
- Century season 1939-40
- Five-for 1939-40
- Five-for 1940-41
- 2 five-fors 1941-42
- Captain 1936-37
- Captain 1937-38
- Captain 1938-39
- Captain 1939-40
- Captain 1940-41
- Captain 1941-42
- Captain 1946-47
- Captain 1947-48
Around this dayin 1928: 2 v Essendon in 1932: 0 and 3/12 v Richmond
| 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 |
Every scorecard · 192
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
Wickets by season
Every innings, in order
Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.
Against each club
| 18 | 389 | 50 | 24.31 | 1 | 32 | 26.50 | 5/60 | 1 | ||
| 17 | 168 | 59 | 12.00 | 1 | 29 | 18.93 | 5/71 | 1 | ||
| 15 | 275 | 114* | 19.64 | 1 | 20 | 13.75 | 4/28 | |||
| 15 | 251 | 88* | 27.89 | 2 | 23 | 22.39 | 5/106 | 1 | ||
| 15 | 247 | 62* | 24.70 | 2 | 21 | 17.43 | 4/53 | |||
| 15 | 225 | 57 | 16.07 | 1 | 26 | 20.58 | 6/58 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 372 | 60 | 37.20 | 3 | 27 | 15.41 | 5/52 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 324 | 79 | 32.40 | 2 | 27 | 21.00 | 7/72 | 1 | ||
| 14 | 316 | 123* | 39.50 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 16.22 | 6/32 | 2 | |
| 14 | 270 | 42 | 19.29 | 21 | 15.95 | 5/60 | 1 | |||
| 14 | 244 | 100* | 24.40 | 1 | 14 | 27.14 | 3/13 | |||
| 14 | 136 | 37* | 19.43 | 17 | 18.41 | 4/18 | ||||
| 10 | 84 | 29 | 16.80 | 22 | 13.05 | 6/18 | 1 | |||
| 3 | 34 | 18 | 11.33 | 11 | 6.36 | 5/15 | 1 |
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 | 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 | 114* | 25.40 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 28 | 7 | 288 | 32 | 13.71 | |||
| 9 | 21 | 10 | 442 | 100* | 40.18 | 1 | 1 | |
| 10 | 5 | 3 | 57 | 37* | 28.50 |
| 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 |
Batted most often at 6th.
Scores and consistency
- Ducks16
- 1–975
- 10–1939
- 20–2922
- 30–4919
- 50–9913
- 100+3
Turned 3 of 16 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 9.5% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 18 times.
Dismissals
- Caught61 · 43%
- Bowled36 · 25%
- LBW22 · 15%
- Stumped11 · 8%
- Run out8 · 6%
- Caught & bowled5 · 3%
Most often dismissed by: Nagel (4), Makin (3), Wallace (3), Ebeling (3), Williams (3).
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.
Batting first or second
| 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 |
As captain and keeper
| 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 |
Wickets taken
- Caught132 · 42%
- Bowled89 · 28%
- LBW57 · 18%
- Stumped20 · 6%
- Caught & bowled17 · 5%
- Hit wicket1 · 0%
Batters dismissed
- Top order (1–3)84 · 27%
- Middle order (4–7)145 · 46%
- Lower order (8–11)87 · 28%
11 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 7/72 v Carlton, 1932-33. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.
At the club
In the record book
- 27th of 488 run-scorers
- 6th of 298 wicket-takers
- 15th of 525 for matches played
- 30th of 81 for hundreds
- 13th of 431 for catches
- 59th of 203 for batting average (20+ innings)
Among players of 1927-28 to 1947-48: 10th of 95 for runs, 2nd of 59 for wickets, 4th of 105 for matches, 13th of 24 for hundreds, 4th of 85 for catches, 16th of 43 for batting average.
Under Fitzroy: 16th of 321 for runs, 5th of 172 for wickets, 5th of 345 for matches, 18th of 50 for hundreds, 6th of 279 for catches, 35th of 126 for batting average.
Played like…
- FD Chapman1921-22 to 1936-37 · 162 m · 3,253 runs · 272 wkts
- HAE Shillinglaw1943-44 to 1959-60 · 157 m · 3,801 runs · 299 wkts
- BJ Waterman2000-01 to 2010-11 · 161 m · 1,658 runs · 284 wkts
- RW Watts1977-78 to 1991-92 · 201 m · 4,471 runs · 176 wkts
The careers nearest Plant’s in length, runs and wickets a match, average and the balance of batting to bowling.
Most often alongside
- LA Wynne · 111
- AE Liddicut · 100
- J Frederick · 100
- FD Chapman · 94
- JW Scaife · 88
- EA Williams · 87
- HC Lansdown · 84
- MR Harvey · 84
- WL Jacobs · 84
- MW Sievers · 66
Matches in the same side, from the published cards.
As captain
Led the side in 84 matches (1936-37 to 1947-48): won 50, lost 26, drawn 8 · 2 premierships.
Most often led
The shape of the career
Season by season
Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership Honour in his name Season away
1930-31: premiership · 1934-35: 1st XI Batting · 1938-39: premiership · 1939-40: premiership, 1st XI Batting · 1940-41: 1st XI Bowling · 1946-47: 1st XI Bowling
The arc
Joe Plant's best season with the bat was 1934-35: 406 runs from 13 innings at 40.60. The best ten-innings patch came in 1935-36 to 1936-37: 283 runs at 47.17. The leanest, 1941-42 to 1946-47: 64 runs at 9.14.
Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
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 |
Streaks
- Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 4 innings
- from v Melbourne, 1941-42 to v Essendon, 1941-42 · first · last
- Consecutive matches played: 37 matches
- from v VCA Colts, 1936-37 to v Carlton, 1939-40 · first · last
- Consecutive matches with a wicket: 11 matches
- from v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1943-44 to v Carlton, 1946-47 · first · last
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 |
More splits
Batting position over the years
Moved about the order across 18 seasons: at 6th in 5, at 4th in 4, at 7th in 3, at 9th in 2, at 8th in 2, at 3rd in 1, at 5th in 1.
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.
By day
| 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 |
Finals
| 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 |
Favourite victims
- AG Andrew-Street × 5
- CGW Stuckey × 5
- JA Ledward × 4
- JL Stephens × 4
- LE Nagel × 4
- SJE Loxton × 4
- WE Pearson × 4
- EJ Bell × 3
The card names his victims in 127 of 128 wicket-taking games.
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
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.
