Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club

L.V. Straw

Played 1943-44 – 1953-54

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Player records

🏆1st XI Premiers (1953-54)

Career totals

Career

104

Games

Seasons

1943-44 – 1953-54

Played

Batting

115

Innings

Not outs

2,325

Runs

102

High score

26.42

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

17.20

Average

13.5 (8-ball)

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1943-44 to 1953-54 · 103 matchesFull archive career →

Around this dayin 1949: did not bat v North Melbourne in 1943: 20 and 0/12 v St Kilda

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1943-44	18	197	38*	15.15	7	1	1/30	7
1944-45	1	12	12	12.00	–	–	–	1
1945-46	1	5	5	5.00	–	–	–
1946-47	2	26	21	13.00	–	–	–	1
1947-48	8	334	85*	55.67	–	–	–	1
1948-49	13	481	100	48.10
Career	103	2,274	102	25.84		5	1/2	48

Every scorecard · 103

1943-44	v St Kilda	20	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Melbourne	23	0/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Northcote	12	–

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv St Kilda, 1943-44
First fifty53v Essendon, 1947-48
First hundred100v Northcote, 1948-49
Highest score102v Essendon, 1952-53
Best bowling1/2v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1948-49
Last matchMatch 103v Prahran, 1953-54

Runs by season

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1943-44 to 1953-54: 14th of 57 for runs, 35th of 45 for wickets, 15th of 59 for matches, 11th of 17 for hundreds, 11th of 56 for catches, 8th of 38 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 28th of 321 for runs, 112th of 172 for wickets, 30th of 345 for matches, 22nd of 50 for hundreds, 29th of 279 for catches, 25th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

NY Korkolis

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.

Splits

By batting position

Pos	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
1	1	1	19	19*	–
2	1	1	0	0*	–
3	26	2	507	102	21.13	1	1
4	11	1	359	100	35.90	2	1	3
5	35	9	679	85*	26.12	4		4
6	23	5	453	72*	25.17	2
7	7	3	138	55*	34.50	1
8	4	1	49	20	16.33
9	3	2	58	38*	58.00
10	1	0	12	12	12.00

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	28	4	526	102	21.92	1	1
Middle order (4–7)	76	18	1,629	100	28.09	9	1	7
Lower order (8–11)	8	3	119	38*	23.80

Batted most often at 5th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks7
1–940
10–1919
20–2919
30–4914
50–9910
100+2

Turned 2 of 12 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 11.8% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 21 times.

Dismissals

Caught32 · 37%
Bowled19 · 22%
LBW12 · 14%
Stumped10 · 12%
Run out8 · 9%
Caught & bowled5 · 6%

Most often dismissed by: White (3), Blundell (3), Daniel (3), Dick (3), Harper (3).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	60	14	1,571	102	34.15	9	2	1
In losses	45	8	651	53	17.59	1		5
In draws	7	3	52	35*	13.00			1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	2	2	6.50	1.0
In losses	7	3	24.33	0.4

Scored 50+: the side won 11 of 12 (92%), lost 1.
Every other match: the side won 44 of 91 (48%), lost 39.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	41	6	1,003	102	28.66	6	2	1
Batting second	55	14	1,109	85*	27.05	4		5
Second innings of the match	16	5	162	28	14.73			1

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	52	58	1,171	102	24.91	3	22.67	1/5
University Oval	5	6	124	61*	31.00	–	–	–
Albert Ground	5	5	146	40*	48.67	–	–	–
St Kilda Cricket Ground	4	6	141	38*	35.25	–	–	0/12
Victoria Park	4	5	64	42*	16.00	–	–	–
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	4	4	104	72*	34.67	–	–	–
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	4	4	93	65*	46.50	–	–	–
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	4	4	44	26	11.00	–	–	–
Glenferrie Oval	4	3	46	31	15.33	1	2.00	1/2
Essendon Cricket Ground	4	3	76	53	25.33	–	–	–
Western Oval	3	4	99	50	33.00	–	–	–
Carlton Cricket Ground	3	3	45	41	15.00	1	4.00	1/4
Toorak Park	3	3	43	41*	–	–	–	–
Richmond Cricket Ground	2	2	33	27	16.50	–	–	–
Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	1	25	25	25.00	–	–	–
Yarraville Oval	1	1	20	20	20.00	–	–	–

Wickets taken

Bowled3 · 60%
LBW1 · 20%
Stumped1 · 20%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)2 · 40%
Middle order (4–7)1 · 20%
Lower order (8–11)2 · 40%

Best in a match: 1/2 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1948-49. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty53	15 Nov 1947	v Essendon, 1947-48
First hundred100	5 Feb 1949	v Northcote, 1948-49
1,000th run100 took him to 1,022	5 Feb 1949	v Northcote, 1948-49
50th match1	10 Dec 1949	v South Melbourne, 1949-50
2,000th run42* took him to 2,040	7 Nov 1953	v Collingwood, 1953-54
100th match10	20 Feb 1954	v Melbourne, 1953-54

Figures	Match	Result
1/2	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1948-49	Lost
1/4	v Carlton, 1952-53	Won
1/5	v Prahran, 1952-53	Lost, Semi-final
1/9	v Richmond, 1951-52	Won
1/30	v Prahran, 1943-44	Lost

L.V. Straw

At the club

L.V. Straw

At the club

Splits

The shape of the career

More splits


Melbourne University	10	294	64	36.75	3		–	–	–
Greenvale Kanagaroos	10	292	85*	41.71	2		0	–	0/3
Melbourne	9	159	40*	19.88			0	–	0/19
Kingston Hawthorn	9	134	35	16.75			1	4.00	1/2
Prahran	9	111	41*	22.20			2	17.50	1/5
Northcote	8	232	100	38.67	1	1	–	–	–
Camberwell Magpies	8	172	66	21.50	1		–	–	–
St Kilda	7	220	44*	31.43			0	–	0/12
Essendon	7	196	102	32.67	1	1	–	–	–
Carlton	7	64	41	10.67			1	4.00	1/4
Casey South Melbourne	6	99	38*	19.80			–	–	–
Richmond	6	89	34	14.83			1	9.00	1/9
Footscray	4	118	50	29.50	1		–	–	–
Coburg	1	74	74	74.00	1		–	–	–
Yarraville (Sub-District)	1	20	20	20.00			–	–	–
Brunswick	1	0	0	0.00			–	–	–

Score	Match	Result
102	v Essendon, 1952-53	Won
100	v Northcote, 1948-49	Won
85*	v North Melbourne, 1947-48	Won
74	v Coburg, 1947-48	Won
72*	v Northcote, 1951-52	Won

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1943-44	7	15	16.42
1944-45	10	1	12.00
1945-46	6	1	5.00
1946-47	5	2	13.00
1947-48	3	8	55.67
1948-49	5	13	48.10
1949-50	3	16	9.43
1950-51	6	6	26.67
1951-52	5	17	34.83
1952-53	3	16	18.67
1953-54	5	17	28.09

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	17	15	4	313	66	28.45
Nov	25	30	6	485	61*	20.21
Dec	8	9	3	184	65*	30.67
Jan	25	22	5	521	102	30.65	2	6.50
Feb	16	18	4	413	100	29.50	2	17.00
Mar	11	17	3	343	74	24.50	1	8.00
Other	1	1	0	15	15	15.00

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	97	102	23	2,071	102	26.22	4	20.25
Finals	6	10	2	203	64	25.38	1	5.00