Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club

John Scholes

Played 1988-89 – 1995-96

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🏆1st XI Premiers (1993-94)👑 CaptainHall of Fame

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Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1988-89	15	314	101	19.63	28	3	3/64	12
1989-90	10	63	16	7.88	9	0	0/43	10
1990-91	15	352	76	25.14	26	1	1/17	7
1991-92	15	346	56	28.83	58.4	4	3/56	10
1992-93	13	217	80	24.11	2	0	0/16	4
1993-94	18	297	73	33.00	9	0	0/0	17
1994-95	16	266	84	26.60	–	–	–	9
1995-96	16	269	76*	24.45	–	–	–	6
Career	118	2,124	101	23.87		8	3/56	75

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Essendon, 1988-89
First fifty101v Melbourne, 1988-89
First hundred101v Melbourne, 1988-89
Highest score101v Melbourne, 1988-89
Best bowling3/56v Hawthorn, 1991-92
Last matchMatch 118v Geelong, 1995-96

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

Against each club

Sort by


Melbourne	9	324	101	40.50	2	1	0	–	0/8
Ringwood	9	123	28	17.57			1	17.00	1/17
Melbourne University	8	223	76*	31.86	1		–	–	–
Carlton	8	150	56	25.00	1		0	–	0/2
Footscray	8	104	45	17.33			0	–	0/25
Casey South Melbourne	8	90	30	15.00			0	–	0/6
St Kilda	8	47	22	7.83			0	–	0/0
Prahran	7	157	76	52.33	1		–	–	–
Northcote	7	141	41	23.50			0	–	0/7
Kingston Hawthorn	7	115	42	14.38			3	20.00	3/56
Dandenong	7	94	53*	18.80	1		0	–	0/16
Greenvale Kanagaroos	7	90	42*	22.50			4	25.75	3/64
Essendon	7	57	20	9.50			0	–	0/0
Richmond	6	181	84	45.25	1		–	–	–
Camberwell Magpies	6	171	73	42.75	1		0	–	0/11
Frankston Peninsula	3	31	31*	31.00			0	–	0/10
Geelong	3	26	17	13.00			–	–	–

Splits

By batting position

Pos	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
1	2	0	61	42	30.50
2	3	0	78	42	26.00
3	14	0	249	101	17.79		1	2
4	5	0	60	33	12.00
5	29	2	787	80	29.15	4		2
6	22	6	435	76*	27.19	2		1
7	19	4	319

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1988-89 to 1995-96: 6th of 42 for runs, 20th of 34 for wickets, 8th of 44 for matches, 7th of 9 for hundreds, 6th of 40 for catches, 9th of 23 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy-Doncaster: 16th of 184 for runs, 79th of 135 for wickets, 17th of 197 for matches, 18th of 34 for hundreds, 12th of 167 for catches, 26th of 81 for batting average.

Played like…

LA Wynne1927-28 to 1944-45 · 122 m · 2,574 runs · 1 wkts
N Vardi2009-10 to 2019-20 · 138 m · 2,811 runs · 1 wkts
IL Dunne1971-72 to 1980-81 · 101 m · 2,006 runs · 1 wkts
LV Straw1943-44 to 1953-54 · 103 m · 2,274 runs · 5 wkts

The careers nearest Scholes’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.

As captain

Led the side in 100 matches (1988-89 to 1995-96): won 41, lost 42, drawn 17.

Most often led

The shape of the career

Season by season

More splits

Batting position over the years

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

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	19	0	388	101	20.42		1	2
Middle order (4–7)	75	12	1,601	80	25.41	7		6
Lower order (8–11)	9	2	135	84	19.29	1

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	41	7	694	84	20.41	2		3
In losses	46	3	1,042	101	24.23	5	1	4
In draws	16	4	388	76*	32.33	1		1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	9	5	29.80	0.6
In losses	9	3	56.00	0.3
In draws	3	0	–	0.0

Scored 50+: the side won 2 of 9 (22%), lost 6.
Every other match: the side won 51 of 109 (47%), lost 40.

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	43	7	975	80	27.08	6		6
Batting second	56	5	1,048	101	20.55	1	1	2
Second innings of the match	4	2	101	53*	50.50	1

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Schramms Reserve	60	51	1,114	101	27.17	1	117.00	1/7
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	5	6	118	41	19.67	–	–	0/7
St Kilda Cricket Ground	5	4	22	20	5.50	–	–	0/8
Shepley Oval	4	5	83	53*	27.67	–	–	0/16
Russell Lucas Oval	4	4	38	23	9.50	1	17.00	1/17
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	4	4	55	22	13.75	–	–	0/6
University Oval	4	4	116	76*	38.67	–	–	–
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	4	2	37	32	18.50	3	21.33	3/64
Toorak Park	4	2	106	76	53.00	–	–	–
Central Reserve South Oval	3	4	67	42	16.75	3	18.67	3/56
Albert Ground	3	3	51	32	17.00	–	–	0/43
Western Oval	3	3	51	45	25.50	–	–	–
Richmond Cricket Ground	3	2	116	84	58.00	–	–	–
Victoria Park	3	2	80	73	40.00	–	–	–
Carlton Cricket Ground	2	2	17	10	8.50	–	–	–
Essendon Cricket Ground	2	1	8	8	8.00	–	–	0/0
Harry Trott Oval (new)	1	1	30	30	30.00	–	–	–
Hedges Oval	1	1	3	3	3.00	–	–	–
Kardinia Oval	1	1	9	9	9.00	–	–	–
Xavier College	1	1	3	3	3.00	–	–	–
AH Butler Oval	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	–

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty101	15 Oct 1988	v Melbourne, 1988-89
First hundred101	15 Oct 1988	v Melbourne, 1988-89
50th match32	11 Jan 1992	v Richmond, 1991-92
1,000th run44 took him to 1,000	25 Jan 1992	v Collingwood, 1991-92
100th match73	18 Feb 1995	v Melbourne, 1994-95
2,000th run42 took him to 2,002	2 Dec 1995	v Hawthorn Waverley, 1995-96

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
101	v Melbourne, 1988-89	Lost
84	v Richmond, 1994-95	Won
80	v Melbourne, 1992-93	Won
76*	v University, 1995-96	Drawn
76	v Prahran, 1990-91	Lost

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
3/56	v Hawthorn, 1991-92	Won
3/64	v North Melbourne, 1988-89	Lost
1/7	v North Melbourne, 1991-92	Won
1/17	v Ringwood, 1990-91	Won

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	60	51	10	1,114	101	27.17	1	117.00
Away	58	52	4	1,010	84	21.04	7	34.14

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	105	97	13	2,018	101	24.02	8	43.50
Sunday	6	2	0	19	10	9.50
Weekday	7	4	1	87	47	29.00

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	20	17	3	540	101	38.57	3	23.33
Nov	25	20	3	353	76	20.76	1	46.00
Dec	13	13	1	304	80	25.33	1	66.00
Jan	22	19	3	345	44	21.56	3	36.33
Feb	24	22	4	347	73	19.28
Mar	14	12	0	235	73	19.58

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	116	102	14	2,102	101	23.89	8	43.50
Finals	2	1	0	22	22	22.00

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1988-89	15	12
1989-90	10	10
1990-91	15	7
1991-92	15	10
1992-93	13	4
1993-94	18	17
1994-95	16	9
1995-96	16	6

Caught most off

AJ Melbourne × 20
MW Ridgway × 10
DR Hampton × 9
AS Muir × 6
CA McKissack × 5
TV Considine × 5

1988-89	v Essendon	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Collingwood	47	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Melbourne	101	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Prahran	30	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Carlton	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v South Melbourne	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v North Melbourne	32	3/64	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Richmond	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v University	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Ringwood	7	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Footscray	1 & 1*	0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Northcote	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v St Kilda	1	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1988-89	v Waverley	3 & 9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v St Kilda	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Waverley-Dandenong	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Prahran	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v South Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Melbourne	15	0/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v University	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Footscray	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Ringwood	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Richmond	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90	v Carlton	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Hawthorn	17	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Northcote	1 & 38	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v University	47	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Prahran	76	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Footscray	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Ringwood	0	1/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v South Melbourne	0	0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Carlton	42	0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Melbourne	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v North Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Richmond	32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Waverley-Dandenong	0 & 53*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v St Kilda	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91	v Essendon	8	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Carlton	56	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Hawthorn	13	3/56	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v South Melbourne	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Footscray	4*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v North Melbourne	11	0/32 & 1/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Waverley-Dandenong	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Melbourne	32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Prahran	36*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Ringwood	28	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Richmond	32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Collingwood	44	0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Essendon	8	0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v Northcote	23*	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v St Kilda	20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	v University	24	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Essendon	20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Carlton	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v South Melbourne	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Melbourne	80	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Northcote	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v St Kilda	2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Dandenong-Waverley	4	0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Hawthorn	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v North Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Footscray	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v Ringwood	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93	v University	44	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v St Kilda	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Richmond	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Northcote	41	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Frankston Peninsula	31*	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Footscray	1*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Essendon	dnb	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Carlton	14*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v South Melbourne	15	0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Ringwood	7*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v North Melbourne	42*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Geelong	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Dandenong-Waverley	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Collingwood	73	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v University	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Ringwood	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94	v Melbourne	dnb	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v University	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v St Kilda	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Richmond	84	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Frankston Peninsula	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Hawthorn Waverley	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Footscray	45	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Essendon	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Carlton	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v South Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Ringwood	23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v North Melbourne	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Melbourne	73	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Geelong	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	v Dandenong	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Dandenong	7*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Collingwood	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v University	76*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v St Kilda	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Northcote	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Frankston Peninsula	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Hawthorn Waverley	42	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Footscray	42	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Essendon	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Carlton	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v South Melbourne	30	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Ringwood	25*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v North Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Melbourne	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1995-96	v Geelong	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us