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Season M Runs HS Avg Overs Wkts Best Ct 1949-50 5 129 47 32.25 56.7 13 5/44 2 1950-51 15 259 52 28.78 147.4 25 5/23 8 1951-52 15 270 63 14.21 257.6 44 6/58 4 1952-53 6 45 19 9.00 69.6 11 3/58 2 Career 41 703 63 19.00 93 6/58 16
Every scorecard · 41 At the club In the record book
Among players of 1949-50 to 1952-53: 15th of 28 for runs, 8th of 24 for wickets, 21st of 29 for matches, 19th of 28 for catches, 12th of 24 for batting average.
Under Fitzroy: 71st of 321 for runs, 31st of 172 for wickets, 80th of 345 for matches, 74th of 279 for catches, 63rd 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.
1949-50: 129 runs 129 49-50 1950-51: 259 runs 259 50-51 1951-52: 270 runs 270 51-52 1952-53: 45 runs 45 52-53 Wickets by season
1949-50: 13 wickets 13 49-50 1950-51: 25 wickets 25 50-51 1951-52: 44 wickets 44 51-52 1952-53: 11 wickets 11 52-53 Every innings, in order
63 50 1949-50 v Melbourne: 1 1949-50 v Melbourne: 3* 1949-50 v Footscray: 14* 1949-50 v South Melbourne: 18 1949-50 v Richmond: 6 1949-50 v Richmond: 40* 1949-50 v University: 47 1950-51 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 19 1950-51 v Carlton: 0 1950-51 v Prahran: 52 1950-51 v Richmond: 0 1950-51 v South Melbourne: 15* 1950-51 v North Melbourne: 24* 1950-51 v University: 20 1950-51 v Footscray: 17* 1950-51 v Melbourne: 35* 1950-51 v Collingwood: 12 1950-51 v Essendon: 10 1950-51 v Essendon: 30 1950-51 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 25 1951-52 v North Melbourne: 1 1951-52 v North Melbourne: 6 1951-52 v University: 19 1951-52 v University: 5 1951-52 v Footscray: 17 1951-52 v Melbourne: 11 1951-52 v Collingwood: 6 1951-52 v Collingwood: 63 1951-52 v St Kilda: 10 1951-52 v South Melbourne: 8 1951-52 v Richmond: 31 1951-52 v Carlton: 13 1951-52 v Northcote: 9 1951-52 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 11 1951-52 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 27 1951-52 v Essendon: 1 1951-52 v St Kilda: 28 1951-52 v Melbourne: 0 1951-52 v Melbourne: 4 1952-53 v Collingwood: 7 1952-53 v St Kilda: 6 1952-53 v St Kilda: 4 1952-53 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 19 1952-53 v Prahran: 9 Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.
Against each club
Sort byOpponent Matches Runs Highest score Batting average Fifties Wickets Bowling average Best bowling Five-fors ↓ 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 0s 2 1 1 15 15* – 4 7 1 132 63 22.00 1 5 2 0 11 10 5.50 6 4 0 91 47 22.75 1 7 10 3 122 35* 17.43 8 12 1 186 30 16.91 2 9 5 1 114 52 28.50 1 10 3 0 32 19 10.67
Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 0s Top order (1–3) 1 1 15 15* – Middle order (4–7) 23 4 356 63 18.74 1 1 Lower order (8–11) 20 2 332 52 18.44 1 2
Batted most often at 8th.
Scores and consistency Ducks 3 1–9 15 10–19 14 20–29 5 30–49 5 50–99 2 100+ 0 Turned 0 of 2 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 9.0% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 3 times.
Dismissals Caught 20 · 54% Bowled 13 · 35% Stumped 3 · 8% LBW 1 · 3% Most often dismissed by: Duncan (2), Cordner (2), Smith (2), Hill (2).
In wins and losses Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 0s In wins 25 5 451 52 22.55 1 1 In losses 17 2 242 63 16.13 1 1 In draws 2 0 10 10 5.00 1
M Wkts Avg Wkts / match In wins 25 50 15.98 2.0 In losses 12 37 18.32 3.1 In draws 3 6 13.67 2.0
Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 2 (50%), lost 1. Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 2 of 4 (50%), lost 2. Every other match: the side won 23 of 35 (66%), lost 9. Batting first or second Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 0s Batting first 17 3 281 52 20.07 1 Batting second 18 2 240 47 15.00 3 Second innings of the match 9 2 182 63 26.00 1
By ground Ground M Inn Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Best Fitzroy Cricket Ground 20 25 411 52 20.55 49 14.78 5/23 South Melbourne Cricket Ground 3 4 30 18 7.50 10 19.40 6/58 Glenferrie Oval 2 2 38 19 19.00 3 30.67 3/60 Western Oval 2 2 31 17 31.00 2 13.00 2/8 St Kilda Cricket Ground 2 1 28
Wickets taken Caught 58 · 62% Bowled 23 · 25% LBW 10 · 11% Caught & bowled 1 · 1% Stumped 1 · 1% Batters dismissed
Top order (1–3) 35 · 38% Middle order (4–7) 39 · 42% Lower order (8–11) 1961-62 to 1971-72 · 81 m · 1,203 runs · 176 wkts
TL Lawford 2015-16 to 2018-19 · 77 m · 1,327 runs · 193 wkts FA Tarrant 1896-97 to 1925-26 · 37 m · 797 runs · 96 wkts The careers nearest Cant’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
1949-50: 5 matches, 129 runs, 13 wickets 1949-50 1950-51: 15 matches, 259 runs, 25 wickets 1950-51 1951-52: 15 matches, 270 runs, 44 wickets 1951-52 1952-53: 6 matches, 45 runs, 11 wickets 1952-53
The arc
K Cant's best season with the bat was 1951-52 : 270 runs from 19 innings at 14.21. The best ten-innings patch came in 1949-50 to 1950-51 : 234 runs at 39.00. The leanest, 1951-52 to 1952-53: 97 runs at 9.70.
Rolling average, innings 8 to 44: 9.7 to 39.0 39.0 Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
Streaks
Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings from v Richmond, 1949-50 to v University, 1949-50 · first · last Consecutive matches played: 30 matches from v Essendon, 1950-51 to v Melbourne, 1951-52 · first · last Consecutive matches with a wicket: 13 matches from v Prahran, 1951-52 to v Prahran, 1952-53 · first · last Longest run of single figures: 5 innings from v Melbourne, 1951-52 to v St Kilda, 1952-53 · first · last More splits Batting position over the years 1 6 11 1949-50: 4 (7 inns, avg 32.25) 1950-51: 7 (13 inns, avg 28.78) 1951-52: 4 (19 inns, avg 14.21) 1952-53: 10 (5 inns, avg 9.00) 1949 1950 1951 1952 Batted at 4th for 1 season, dropped to 7th from 1950-51, moved up to 4th from 1951-52, dropped to 10th from 1952-53.
Home and away M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home 20 25 5 411 52 20.55 49 14.78 Away 21 19 2 292 63 17.18 44 18.98
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 34 38 7 571 52 18.42 77 16.55 Weekday 7 6 0 132 63 22.00 16 17.81
Month by month Month M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Oct 5 5 0 50 19 10.00 10 15.70 Nov 10 10 2 174 63 21.75 23 13.22 Dec 4 4 0 36 18 9.00 9 18.33 Jan 8 8 3 196 47 39.20 18 19.78 Feb 5 7 2 109 35* 21.80 11 8.18 Mar 8 8 0 134 30
Finals 5 Finals played
106 Runs · avg 15.14
13 Wickets
M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home and away 36 37 7 597 63 19.90 80 15.99 Finals 5 7 0 106 30 15.14 13 21.54
Favourite victims RI Maddocks × 3 A Jinks × 2 AJ Southwell × 2 AL Price × 2 BM Lynch × 2 CC McDonald × 2 DH Townsend × 2 DK Mathieson × 2 Fielding Caught most off
K Peters × 5 BT Considine × 4 HAE Shillinglaw × 2 RHW Liddicut × 2 JR Beitzel × 1 K Cant × 1 Download your career card
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote 2 1 9 9 9.00 2 28.00 1/12
Toorak Park 2 0 0 – – 5 18.20 4/69
North Melbourne Cricket Ground 1 2 7 6 3.50 5 9.00 4/37
Victoria Park 1 2 69 63 34.50 2 22.50 1/21
Carlton Cricket Ground 1 1 0 0 0.00 4 9.00 4/36
Albert Ground 1 1 35 35* – 3 6.67 3/20
Richmond Cricket Ground 1 1 0 0 0.00 2 30.00 1/25
University Oval 1 1 20 20 20.00 1 48.00 1/48
Melbourne Cricket Ground 1 1 25 25 25.00 – – 0/36
Essendon Cricket Ground 1 0 0 – – 1 23.00 1/10
19 · 20%
4 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 7/82 v Melbourne, 1949-50. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.
v Melbourne
v Footscray
v South Melbourne
v Richmond
v University
v Essendon
v Hawthorn-East Melbourne
v Northcote
v Carlton
v Prahran
v North Melbourne
v Collingwood
v St Kilda