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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.
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.
1943-44: 197 runs 197 43-44 1944-45: 12 runs 12 1945-46: 5 runs 5 45-46 1946-47: 26 runs 26 1947-48: 334 runs 334 47-48 1948-49: 481 runs 481 1949-50: 132 runs 132 49-50 1950-51: 80 runs 80 1951-52: 418 runs 418 51-52 1952-53: 280 runs 280 1953-54: 309 runs 309 53-54 Wickets by season
1943-44: 1 wickets 1 43-44 1944-45: 0 wickets 1945-46: 0 wickets 45-46 1946-47: 0 wickets 1947-48: 0 wickets 47-48 1948-49: 1 wickets 1 1949-50: 0 wickets 49-50 1950-51: 0 wickets 1951-52: 1 wickets 1 51-52 1952-53: 2 wickets 2 1953-54: 0 wickets 53-54 Every innings, in order
102 50 1943-44 v St Kilda: 20 1943-44 v Melbourne: 23 1943-44 v Northcote: 12 1943-44 v Brunswick: 0 1943-44 v Collingwood: 1 1943-44 v South Melbourne: 14 1943-44 v University: 21* 1943-44 v North Melbourne: 12 1943-44 v Northcote: 16 1943-44 v Yarraville (Sub-District): 20 1943-44 v Collingwood: 0 1943-44 v South Melbourne: 38* 1943-44 v Prahran: 4* 1943-44 v University: 12 1943-44 v North Melbourne: 4 1944-45 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 12 1945-46 v Carlton: 5 1946-47 v North Melbourne: 5 1946-47 v Essendon: 21 1947-48 v Melbourne: 35 1947-48 v Essendon: 53 1947-48 v Richmond: 20 1947-48 v North Melbourne: 85* 1947-48 v University: 39 1947-48 v Collingwood: 22 1947-48 v Collingwood: 6* 1947-48 v Coburg: 74 1948-49 v St Kilda: 44* 1948-49 v Collingwood: 66 1948-49 v Footscray: 19 1948-49 v Melbourne: 40* 1948-49 v University: 61* 1948-49 v North Melbourne: 18 1948-49 v South Melbourne: 18 1948-49 v Richmond: 27 1948-49 v Prahran: 14 1948-49 v Carlton: 41 1948-49 v Northcote: 100 1948-49 v Essendon: 2 1948-49 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 31 1949-50 v St Kilda: 26 1949-50 v Prahran: 2* 1949-50 v Essendon: 1 1949-50 v Essendon: 9 1949-50 v Melbourne: 1 1949-50 v Melbourne: 0 1949-50 v Footscray: 22 1949-50 v Footscray: 3* 1949-50 v South Melbourne: 1 1949-50 v Richmond: 0 1949-50 v University: 21 1949-50 v Collingwood: 5 1949-50 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 15 1949-50 v Carlton: 6 1949-50 v Northcote: 4 1949-50 v Northcote: 16 1950-51 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 7 1950-51 v Northcote: 4* 1950-51 v Carlton: 0 1950-51 v North Melbourne: 36* 1950-51 v University: 8* 1950-51 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 25 1951-52 v North Melbourne: 7* 1951-52 v North Melbourne: 9 1951-52 v University: 55* 1951-52 v Footscray: 50 1951-52 v Melbourne: 1 1951-52 v Collingwood: 11 1951-52 v Collingwood: 5 1951-52 v St Kilda: 35* 1951-52 v South Melbourne: 26 1951-52 v Richmond: 2 1951-52 v Prahran: 41* 1951-52 v Carlton: 8 1951-52 v Northcote: 72* 1951-52 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 35 1951-52 v St Kilda: 21 1951-52 v St Kilda: 25 1951-52 v Melbourne: 15 1952-53 v Collingwood: 14 1952-53 v Prahran: 0* 1952-53 v North Melbourne: 23 1952-53 v North Melbourne: 28 1952-53 v South Melbourne: 2 1952-53 v University: 1 1952-53 v University: 5 1952-53 v Essendon: 102 1952-53 v Carlton: 4 1952-53 v Richmond: 34 1952-53 v Melbourne: 34 1952-53 v St Kilda: 8 1952-53 v St Kilda: 4 1952-53 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 8 1952-53 v Prahran: 8 1952-53 v Prahran: 5 1953-54 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 1 1953-54 v Footscray: 24 1953-54 v Northcote: 8 1953-54 v Collingwood: 42* 1953-54 v Prahran: 0 1953-54 v North Melbourne: 65* 1953-54 v University: 0 1953-54 v University: 4 1953-54 v Essendon: 8* 1953-54 v Richmond: 6 1953-54 v Melbourne: 10 1953-54 v St Kilda: 18 1953-54 v St Kilda: 19* 1953-54 v University: 64 1953-54 v University: 3* 1953-54 v Prahran: 16 1953-54 v Prahran: 21* Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.
Against each club
Sort byOpponent Matches Runs Highest score Batting average Fifties Hundreds Wickets Bowling average Best bowling ↓ 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 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 Ducks 7 1–9 40 10–19 19 20–29 19 30–49 14 50–99 10 100+ 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 Caught 32 · 37% Bowled 19 · 22% LBW 12 · 14% Stumped 10 · 12% Run out 8 · 9% Caught & bowled 5 · 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*
Wickets taken Bowled 3 · 60% LBW 1 · 20% Stumped 1 · 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.
2016-17 to 2023-24 · 83 m · 1,933 runs · 0 wkts
PA Ryan 1968-69 to 1982-83 · 84 m · 1,847 runs · 1 wkts LA Wynne 1927-28 to 1944-45 · 122 m · 2,574 runs · 1 wkts BC Harvey 1951-52 to 1961-62 · 112 m · 2,503 runs · 1 wkts The careers nearest Straw’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
1943-44: 18 matches, 197 runs, 1 wicket 1943-44 1944-45: 1 match, 12 runs, 0 wickets 1944-45 1945-46: 1 match, 5 runs, 0 wickets 1945-46 1946-47: 2 matches, 26 runs, 0 wickets 1946-47 1947-48: 8 matches, 334 runs, 0 wickets 1947-48 1948-49: 13 matches, 481 runs, 1 wicket · 1st XI Batting 1948-49 1949-50: 13 matches, 132 runs, 0 wickets 1949-50 1950-51: 7 matches, 80 runs, 0 wickets 1950-51 1951-52: 14 matches, 418 runs, 1 wicket 1951-52 1952-53: 13 matches, 280 runs, 2 wickets 1952-53 1953-54: 13 matches, 309 runs, 0 wickets · Premiership 1953-54
1948-49: 1st XI Batting · 1953-54: premiership
The arc
LV Straw's best season with the bat was 1948-49 : 481 runs from 13 innings at 48.10. The best ten-innings patch came in 1947-48 to 1948-49 : 456 runs at 91.20. The leanest, 1949-50: 63 runs at 7.00.
Rolling average, innings 5 to 112: 7.0 to 91.2 91.2 Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
Streaks
Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 3 innings from v Coburg, 1947-48 to v Collingwood, 1948-49 · first · last Consecutive matches played: 32 matches from v Collingwood, 1947-48 to v Carlton, 1950-51 · first · last Longest spell without a wicket: 2 matches bowled in from v St Kilda, 1943-44 to v Melbourne, 1943-44 · first · last Longest run of single figures: 6 innings from v St Kilda, 1952-53 to v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1953-54 · first · last More splits Batting position over the years 1 6 11 1943-44: 7 (15 inns, avg 16.42) 1944-45: 10 (1 inns, avg 12.00) 1945-46: 6 (1 inns, avg 5.00) 1946-47: 5 (2 inns, avg 13.00) 1947-48: 3 (8 inns, avg 55.67) 1948-49: 5 (13 inns, avg 48.10) 1949-50: 3 (16 inns, avg 9.43) 1950-51: 6 (6 inns, avg 26.67) 1951-52: 5 (17 inns, avg 34.83) 1952-53: 3 (16 inns, avg 18.67) 1953-54: 5 (17 inns, avg 28.09) 1943 1946 1949 1952 1953 Moved about the order across 11 seasons: at 5th in 4, at 3rd in 3, at 6th in 2, at 7th in 1, at 10th in 1.
Home and away M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home 52 58 11 1,171 102 24.91 3 22.67 Away 51 54 14 1,103 72* 27.57 2 9.00
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 88 96 22 2,091 102 28.26 5 17.20 Weekday 15 16 3 183 41 14.08
Month by month 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
Finals 6 Finals played
203 Runs · avg 25.38
1 Wickets
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
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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
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 – – –
Caught most off
HAE Shillinglaw × 10 K Cant × 7 K Peters × 6 DHL Arnall × 5 Ray Harvey × 4 BT Considine × 3 
v St Kilda
v Melbourne
v Northcote
v Brunswick
v Collingwood
v South Melbourne
v University
v North Melbourne
v Carlton
v Hawthorn-East Melbourne
v Yarraville (Sub-District)
v Prahran
v Essendon
v Richmond
v Coburg
v Footscray