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Among players of 1969-70 to 1976-77: 8th of 51 for runs, 11th of 36 for wickets, 13th of 53 for matches, 4th of 9 for hundreds, 16th of 46 for catches, 5th of 30 for batting average.
Under Fitzroy: 31st of 321 for runs, 37th of 172 for wickets, 39th of 345 for matches, 30th of 50 for hundreds, 45th of 279 for catches, 33rd 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.
Career 82 1,936 108* 24.20 62 5/56 34
Runs by season
1969-70: 91 runs 91 69-70 1970-71: 377 runs 377 1971-72: 288 runs 288 71-72 1972-73: 151 runs 151 1973-74: 252 runs 252 73-74 1974-75: 334 runs 334 1975-76: 264 runs 264 75-76 1976-77: 179 runs 179 Wickets by season
1969-70: 6 wickets 6 69-70 1970-71: 7 wickets 7 1971-72: 9 wickets 9 71-72 1972-73: 4 wickets 4 1973-74: 6 wickets 6 73-74 1974-75: 13 wickets 13 1975-76: 11 wickets 11 75-76 1976-77: 6 wickets 6 Every innings, in order
108 50 1969-70 v Carlton: 3 1969-70 v Footscray: 2 1969-70 v Prahran: 3 1969-70 v Prahran: 6* 1969-70 v Essendon: 23 1969-70 v St Kilda: 5 1969-70 v Richmond: 0 1969-70 v Northcote: 40 1969-70 v Northcote: 4 1969-70 v Collingwood: 0 1969-70 v North Melbourne: 5 1970-71 v Footscray: 21 1970-71 v Prahran: 108* 1970-71 v Essendon: 18 1970-71 v St Kilda: 20* 1970-71 v Richmond: 1 1970-71 v University: 25 1970-71 v University: 0 1970-71 v South Melbourne: 12 1970-71 v Melbourne: 14 1970-71 v Collingwood: 79 1970-71 v North Melbourne: 0 1970-71 v North Melbourne: 62* 1970-71 v Carlton: 17 1971-72 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 36 1971-72 v Carlton: 0 1971-72 v Footscray: 2 1971-72 v Footscray: 1 1971-72 v South Melbourne: 12 1971-72 v Richmond: 34 1971-72 v Melbourne: 44 1971-72 v Northcote: 48 1971-72 v Essendon: 0 1971-72 v Essendon: 16 1971-72 v North Melbourne: 9 1971-72 v North Melbourne: 21* 1971-72 v University: 27 1971-72 v St Kilda: 24 1971-72 v Collingwood: 4 1971-72 v Collingwood: 10 1972-73 v South Melbourne: 23 1972-73 v South Melbourne: 0 1972-73 v North Melbourne: 7 1972-73 v University: 19 1972-73 v Carlton: 6 1972-73 v Carlton: 5 1972-73 v Richmond: 9 1972-73 v Northcote: 25* 1972-73 v Northcote: 10 1972-73 v Collingwood: 33 1972-73 v Prahran: 14 1973-74 v Prahran: 21* 1973-74 v South Melbourne: 36* 1973-74 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 26 1973-74 v Richmond: 10 1973-74 v Carlton: 8 1973-74 v Melbourne: 6 1973-74 v University: 37 1973-74 v St Kilda: 51 1973-74 v Collingwood: 29 1973-74 v Collingwood: 0* 1973-74 v Footscray: 28 1974-75 v Carlton: 0 1974-75 v Footscray: 63 1974-75 v Northcote: 0 1974-75 v Northcote: 6* 1974-75 v North Melbourne: 75 1974-75 v Collingwood: 7* 1974-75 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 13 1974-75 v Prahran: 25 1974-75 v Melbourne: 85* 1974-75 v University: 48 1974-75 v Collingwood: 12 1975-76 v University: 3 1975-76 v Prahran: 19 1975-76 v Waverley: 11 1975-76 v St Kilda: 45 1975-76 v Collingwood: 1 1975-76 v Collingwood: 14 1975-76 v Essendon: 72 1975-76 v Northcote: 41 1975-76 v South Melbourne: 0 1975-76 v Carlton: 2 1975-76 v Richmond: 56 1976-77 v Richmond: 9 1976-77 v Collingwood: 23 1976-77 v Carlton: 1 1976-77 v Melbourne: 57* 1976-77 v Prahran: 2 1976-77 v Northcote: 1 1976-77 v St Kilda: 12 1976-77 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 36 1976-77 v Ringwood: 38 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 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 100s 0s 3 30 3 712 85* 26.37 4 4 4 27 3 700 108* 29.17 3 1 3 5 21 5 315 72 19.69 1 6 8 1 118 57* 16.86 1 1 7 5 1 46 37 11.50 2 8 2 0 45 40 22.50
Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 100s 0s Top order (1–3) 30 3 712 85* 26.37 4 4 Middle order (4–7) 61 10 1,179 108* 23.12 5 1 6 Lower order (8–11) 2 0 45 40 22.50
Batted most often at 3rd.
Scores and consistency Ducks 10 1–9 27 10–19 17 20–29 15 30–49 13 50–99 9 100+ 1 Turned 1 of 10 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 13.9% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 17 times.
Dismissals Caught 56 · 70% Bowled 12 · 15% Run out 4 · 5% Caught & bowled 4 · 5% LBW 3 · 4% Stumped 1 · 1% Most often dismissed by: MacKenzie (4), Shade (3), Davis (3), Snow (3), Adams (2).
In wins and losses Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 100s 0s In wins 36 6 768 75 25.60 4 5 In losses 53 6 932 85* 19.83 4 5 In draws 4 1 236 108* 78.67 1 1
M Wkts Avg Wkts / match In wins 16 27 15.11 1.7 In losses 34 32 35.63 0.9 In draws 5 3 50.67 0.6
Scored 50+: the side won 4 of 10 (40%), lost 4. Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 1 of 1 (100%). Every other match: the side won 26 of 72 (36%), lost 41. Batting first or second Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 100s 0s Batting first 43 3 881 108* 22.02 3 1 4 Batting second 36 5 900 79 29.03 5 4 Second innings of the match 14 5 155 62* 17.22 1 2
By ground Ground M Inn Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Best Fitzroy Cricket Ground 42 45 1,156 108* 30.42 32 22.63 3/24 Victoria Park 5 7 73 29 14.60 7 21.00 2/21 Carlton Cricket Ground 5 6 38 17 6.33 3 52.33 2/71 University Oval, Parkville 4 5 92 37 18.40 5 24.00 2/6 Essendon Cricket Ground 4 4 111
Wickets taken Caught 30 · 48% Bowled 20 · 32% LBW 6 · 10% Caught & bowled 3 · 5% Stumped 3 · 5% Batters dismissed
Top order (1–3) 13 · 21% Middle order (4–7) 31 · 50% Lower order (8–11) 1989-90 to 1996-97 · 88 m · 1,947 runs · 98 wkts
WA Heller 1959-60 to 1969-70 · 112 m · 2,319 runs · 99 wkts DHL Arnall 1941-42 to 1956-57 · 131 m · 3,359 runs · 99 wkts The careers nearest Buszard’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
1969-70: 9 matches, 91 runs, 6 wickets 1969-70 1970-71: 11 matches, 377 runs, 7 wickets · 1st XI Batting 1970-71 1971-72: 13 matches, 288 runs, 9 wickets 1971-72 1972-73: 9 matches, 151 runs, 4 wickets 1972-73 1973-74: 10 matches, 252 runs, 6 wickets · 1st XI Batting 1973-74 1974-75: 10 matches, 334 runs, 13 wickets · 1st XI Batting 1974-75 1975-76: 11 matches, 264 runs, 11 wickets 1975-76 1976-77: 9 matches, 179 runs, 6 wickets 1976-77
1970-71: 1st XI Batting · 1973-74: 1st XI Batting · 1974-75: 1st XI Batting
The arc
Neil Buszard's best season with the bat was 1970-71 : 377 runs from 13 innings at 37.70. The best ten-innings patch came in 1974-75 : 334 runs at 47.71. The leanest, 1969-70: 86 runs at 9.56.
Rolling average, innings 6 to 93: 7.0 to 47.7 47.7 Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
Streaks
Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 3 innings from v Richmond, 1971-72 to v Northcote, 1971-72 · first · last Consecutive matches played: 22 matches from v Collingwood, 1970-71 to v Richmond, 1972-73 · first · last Consecutive matches with a wicket: 3 matches from v Collingwood, 1969-70 to v Footscray, 1970-71 · first · last Longest spell without a wicket: 6 matches bowled in from v Collingwood, 1971-72 to v Northcote, 1972-73 · first · last Longest run of single figures: 3 innings from v Carlton, 1969-70 to v Prahran, 1969-70 · first · last More splits Batting position over the years 1 6 11 1969-70: 6 (11 inns, avg 9.10) 1970-71: 4 (13 inns, avg 37.70) 1971-72: 3 (16 inns, avg 19.20) 1972-73: 5 (11 inns, avg 15.10) 1973-74: 5 (11 inns, avg 31.50) 1974-75: 3 (11 inns, avg 41.75) 1975-76: 3 (11 inns, avg 24.00) 1976-77: 5 (9 inns, avg 22.38) 1969 1971 1973 1975 1976 Moved about the order across 8 seasons: at 3rd in 3, at 5th in 3, at 6th in 1, at 4th in 1.
Home and away M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home 42 45 7 1,156 108* 30.42 32 22.63 Away 40 48 6 780 75 18.57 30 32.53
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 72 82 11 1,724 108* 24.28 56 26.80 Sunday 1 1 0 23 23 23.00 2 10.50 Weekday 9 10 2 189 41 23.63 4 44.50
Month by month Month M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Oct 19 20 3 333 108* 19.59 4 43.00 Nov 23 24 4 495 75 24.75 18 25.39 Dec 7 9 0 102 48 11.33 6 32.33 Jan 11 13 2 305 72 27.73 10 33.30 Feb 15 20 4 521 85* 32.56 16 20.00 Mar 7 7 0 180 56
Finals 1 Finals played
12 Runs · avg 12.00
1 Wickets
M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home and away 81 92 13 1,924 108* 24.35 61 27.23 Finals 1 1 0 12 12 12.00 1 39.00
Favourite victims RP Bird × 3 GA Townley × 2 GI Farrell × 2 JM Costello × 2 RJ Baldry × 2 WJ Neville × 2 AI Burridge × 1 AJ Sieler × 1 Fielding Caught most off
EP Illingworth × 11 Download your career card
Western Oval 4 4 52 28 13.00 1 106.00 1/43
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote 3 5 42 25* 14.00 – – 0/6
Toorak Park 3 4 36 25 12.00 – – 0/34
Albert Ground 3 3 64 44 21.33 1 100.00 1/23
Richmond Cricket Ground 3 3 66 56 22.00 – – 0/5
North Melbourne Cricket Ground 2 2 80 75 40.00 9 12.44 5/56
St Kilda Cricket Ground 2 2 65 45 65.00 2 17.50 2/35
South Melbourne Cricket Ground 1 2 23 23 11.50 – – 0/29
Russell Lucas Oval 1 1 38 38 38.00 1 18.00 1/15
18 · 29%
1 five-wicket haul. Best in a match: 5/56 v North Melbourne, 1974-75. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.
AL Thomson
× 7
AT Duff × 3
DD Weir × 3
LJ Davison × 3
NR Buszard × 3 
v Carlton
v Footscray
v Prahran
v Essendon
v St Kilda
v Richmond
v Northcote
v Collingwood
v North Melbourne
v University
v South Melbourne
v Melbourne
v Hawthorn-East Melbourne
v Ringwood