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Stats Honours Runs by season
1965-66: 106 runs At the club In the record book
Among players of 1965-66 to 1973-74: 22nd of 53 for runs, 18th of 35 for wickets, 27th of 55 for matches, 32nd of 50 for catches, 15th of 35 for batting average.
Under Fitzroy: 63rd of 321 for runs, 91st of 172 for wickets, 86th of 345 for matches, 105th of 279 for catches, 52nd 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.
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106 65-66 1966-67: 97 runs 97 66-67 1967-68: 17 runs 17 67-68 1971-72: 82 runs 82 71-72 1972-73: 335 runs 335 72-73 1973-74: 111 runs 111 73-74 Wickets by season
1965-66: 3 wickets 3 65-66 1966-67: 4 wickets 4 66-67 1967-68: 0 wickets 67-68 1971-72: 1 wickets 1 71-72 1972-73: 1 wickets 1 72-73 1973-74: 0 wickets 73-74 Every innings, in order
90 50 1965-66 v Essendon: 6 1965-66 v Carlton: 7* 1965-66 v Richmond: 14 1965-66 v Melbourne: 37 1965-66 v St Kilda: 42 1965-66 v St Kilda: 0 1966-67 v Prahran: 12 1966-67 v Collingwood: 42* 1966-67 v Northcote: 5 1966-67 v Northcote: 17 1966-67 v Footscray: 2 1966-67 v St Kilda: 3 1966-67 v Melbourne: 14* 1966-67 v Essendon: 2 1967-68 v Prahran: 0 1967-68 v Essendon: 10 1967-68 v University: 7 1971-72 v Essendon: 5 1971-72 v Essendon: 2 1971-72 v North Melbourne: 21 1971-72 v North Melbourne: 2* 1971-72 v University: 5 1971-72 v St Kilda: 7 1971-72 v St Kilda: 3* 1971-72 v Collingwood: 28 1971-72 v Collingwood: 9 1972-73 v South Melbourne: 9 1972-73 v South Melbourne: 7 1972-73 v North Melbourne: 46 1972-73 v University: 17* 1972-73 v Carlton: 2 1972-73 v Carlton: 5* 1972-73 v Richmond: 34* 1972-73 v Melbourne: 0 1972-73 v St Kilda: 0 1972-73 v St Kilda: 65* 1972-73 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 1 1972-73 v Footscray: 32 1972-73 v Northcote: 16* 1972-73 v Northcote: 0 1972-73 v Collingwood: 38 1972-73 v Prahran: 63 1973-74 v Carlton: 0 1973-74 v Melbourne: 1 1973-74 v St Kilda: 90 1973-74 v Collingwood: 16 1973-74 v Footscray: 4 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 ↓ 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 3 3 0 26 10 8.67 4 8 1 68 32 9.71 1 5 8 1 194 63 27.71 1 1 6 16 5 274 90 24.91 2 3 7 6 1 84 42* 16.80 8 6 2 102 42 25.50 1
Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 0s Top order (1–3) 3 0 26 10 8.67 Middle order (4–7) 38 8 620 90 20.67 3 5 Lower order (8–11) 6 2 102 42 25.50 1
Batted most often at 6th.
Scores and consistency Ducks 6 1–9 21 10–19 8 20–29 2 30–49 7 50–99 3 100+ 0 Turned 0 of 3 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 10.0% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 5 times.
Dismissals Caught 20 · 54% Bowled 7 · 19% Stumped 4 · 11% Run out 3 · 8% LBW 3 · 8% Most often dismissed by: Adams (2), Swanson (2), Costello (2).
In wins and losses Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 0s In wins 16 5 355 90 32.27 2 1 In losses 27 3 302 65* 12.58 1 4 In draws 2 2 49 42* – In ties 2 0 42 42 21.00 1
M Wkts Avg Wkts / match In wins 4 2 28.00 0.5 In losses 10 5 41.60 0.5 In draws 2 2 24.50 1.0
Scored 50+: the side won 2 of 3 (67%), lost 1. Every other match: the side won 12 of 35 (34%), lost 19. Batting first or second Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 0s Batting first 27 2 402 63 16.08 1 3 Batting second 10 4 236 90 39.33 1 1 Second innings of the match 10 4 110 65* 18.33 1 2
By ground Ground M Inn Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Best Fitzroy Cricket Ground 20 23 537 90 35.80 6 37.17 2/27 Essendon Cricket Ground 3 3 17 10 5.67 – – – Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote 2 4 38 17 12.67 – – 0/15 Carlton Cricket Ground 2 3 7 5* 3.50 – – 0/18 St Kilda Cricket Ground 2 3 44 42 14.67 – – – Victoria Park 2 3 53 28 17.67 – – 0/17 Albert Ground 2 2 1 1 0.50 – – 0/7 South Melbourne Cricket Ground 1 2 16 9 8.00 – – – Toorak Park 1 1 12 12 12.00 2 11.50 2/4 University Oval 1 1 5 5 5.00 1 10.00 1/10 Richmond Cricket Ground 1 1 14 14 14.00 – – – Western Oval 1 1 4 4 4.00 – – –
Wickets taken Caught 5 · 63% LBW 1 · 13% Stumped 1 · 13% Bowled 1 · 13% Batters dismissed
Lower order (8–11) 8 · 100% Best in a match: 2/23 v Prahran, 1966-67. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.
1983-84 to 1987-88 · 30 m · 683 runs · 10 wkts
AJ Hagger 1940-41 to 1946-47 · 50 m · 846 runs · 12 wkts DJE Tormey 2011-12 to 2012-13 · 25 m · 517 runs · 3 wkts The careers nearest Measom’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
1965-66: 5 matches, 106 runs, 3 wickets 1965-66 1966-67: 7 matches, 97 runs, 4 wickets · Premiership 1966-67 1967-68: 3 matches, 17 runs, 0 wickets 1967-68 1968-69: did not play 1968-69 1969-70: did not play 1969-70 1970-71: did not play 1970-71 1971-72: 5 matches, 82 runs, 1 wicket 1971-72 1972-73: 13 matches, 335 runs, 1 wicket · 1st XI Batting 1972-73 1973-74: 5 matches, 111 runs, 0 wickets 1973-74
1966-67: premiership · 1972-73: 1st XI Batting
The arc
Phil Measom's best season with the bat was 1972-73 : 335 runs from 16 innings at 30.45. The best ten-innings patch came in 1972-73 to 1973-74 : 306 runs at 38.25. The leanest, 1966-67 to 1971-72: 61 runs at 6.78.
Rolling average, innings 6 to 47: 6.8 to 38.3 38.3 Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
Streaks
Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings from v Melbourne, 1965-66 to v St Kilda, 1965-66 · first · last Consecutive matches played: 18 matches from v Essendon, 1971-72 to v Prahran, 1972-73 · first · last Consecutive matches with a wicket: 2 matches from v Essendon, 1965-66 to v Carlton, 1965-66 · first · last Longest spell without a wicket: 4 matches bowled in from v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1972-73 to v Collingwood, 1973-74 · first · last Longest run of single figures: 3 innings from v University, 1967-68 to v Essendon, 1971-72 · first · last More splits Batting position over the years 1 6 11 1965-66: 8 (6 inns, avg 21.20) 1966-67: 6 (8 inns, avg 16.17) 1967-68: 3 (3 inns, avg 5.67) 1971-72: 4 (9 inns, avg 11.71) 1972-73: 6 (16 inns, avg 30.45) 1973-74: 6 (5 inns, avg 22.20) 1965 1967 1972 1973 Moved about the order across 6 seasons: at 6th in 3, at 8th in 1, at 3rd in 1, at 4th in 1.
Home and away M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home 20 23 8 537 90 35.80 6 37.17 Away 18 24 2 211 42 9.59 3 30.00
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 34 43 10 695 90 21.06 8 37.88 Weekday 4 4 0 53 32 13.25 1 10.00
Month by month Month M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Oct 7 9 1 148 46 18.50 3 20.33 Nov 5 4 1 26 17* 8.67 Dec 4 5 2 45 34* 15.00 2 20.00 Jan 10 13 3 160 65* 16.00 4 31.00 Feb 8 12 2 286 90 28.60 Mar 4 4 1 83 63 27.67
Finals 2 Finals played
16 Runs · avg 16.00
M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home and away 36 45 9 732 90 20.33 9 34.78 Finals 2 2 1 16 14* 16.00
Fielding Caught most off
EP Illingworth × 5 AL Thomson × 3 DD Weir × 2 T McCann × 2 AT Duff × 1 GL Harvey × 1 Download your career card
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