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Runs by season
1938-39: 50 runs 50 At the club In the record book
Among players of 1938-39 to 1950-51: 32nd of 59 for runs, 8th of 43 for wickets, 17th of 63 for matches, 27th of 54 for catches, 33rd of 35 for batting average.
Under Fitzroy: 116th of 321 for runs, 21st of 172 for wickets, 46th of 345 for matches, 88th of 279 for catches, 121st 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 70 296 28 7.59 138 6/28 13
38-39 1940-41: 3 runs 3 1942-43: 0 runs 42-43 1945-46: 0 runs 1946-47: 79 runs 79 46-47 1947-48: 44 runs 44 1948-49: 53 runs 53 48-49 1949-50: 36 runs 36 1950-51: 31 runs 31 50-51 Wickets by season
1938-39: 4 wickets 4 38-39 1940-41: 0 wickets 1942-43: 0 wickets 42-43 1945-46: 0 wickets 1946-47: 20 wickets 20 46-47 1947-48: 23 wickets 23 1948-49: 30 wickets 30 48-49 1949-50: 29 wickets 29 1950-51: 32 wickets 32 50-51 Every innings, in order
50 1938-39 v Carlton: 27 1938-39 v North Melbourne: 0 1938-39 v University: 12 1938-39 v Prahran: 11 1940-41 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 0 1940-41 v Northcote: 3* 1942-43 v Preston: 0 1946-47 v South Melbourne: 13 1946-47 v St Kilda: 28 1946-47 v Richmond: 4* 1946-47 v Northcote: 7 1946-47 v Northcote: 5* 1946-47 v Melbourne: 0 1946-47 v Collingwood: 4 1946-47 v Prahran: 0 1946-47 v North Melbourne: 4 1946-47 v Carlton: 1 1946-47 v University: 0 1946-47 v University: 13 1947-48 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 8* 1947-48 v Melbourne: 0 1947-48 v Essendon: 1 1947-48 v Essendon: 15* 1947-48 v Richmond: 17* 1947-48 v University: 3* 1947-48 v Collingwood: 0 1947-48 v Coburg: 0 1948-49 v St Kilda: 0 1948-49 v Collingwood: 4* 1948-49 v Footscray: 3 1948-49 v Melbourne: 1 1948-49 v North Melbourne: 1 1948-49 v South Melbourne: 0 1948-49 v Richmond: 4 1948-49 v Prahran: 11* 1948-49 v Northcote: 21* 1948-49 v Essendon: 0 1948-49 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 8 1949-50 v St Kilda: 9 1949-50 v Essendon: 2 1949-50 v Essendon: 0 1949-50 v Melbourne: 4 1949-50 v Footscray: 8 1949-50 v South Melbourne: 10* 1949-50 v Richmond: 1 1949-50 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 0 1949-50 v Carlton: 1* 1949-50 v Northcote: 1 1950-51 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 2* 1950-51 v Prahran: 6* 1950-51 v University: 0 1950-51 v Collingwood: 7* 1950-51 v Essendon: 0 1950-51 v Essendon: 0 1950-51 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 16* Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.
Against each club
Sort byOpponent Matches Runs Highest score Batting average 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 0s 3 1 1 5 5* – 4 1 1 15 15* – 6 2 0 13 13 6.50 1 7 6 1 56 28 11.20 1 8 4 1 20 12 6.67 1 9 17 3 95 27 6.79 6 10 21 8 86 21* 6.62 6 11 3 1 6 6* 3.00 2
Inn NO Runs HS Avg 0s Top order (1–3) 1 1 5 5* – Middle order (4–7) 9 2 84 28 12.00 2 Lower order (8–11) 45 13 207 27 6.47 15
Batted most often at 10th.
Scores and consistency Ducks 17 1–9 26 10–19 9 20–29 3 30–49 0 50–99 0 100+ 0 2.8% of the side's runs in the innings batted.
Dismissals Caught 21 · 54% Bowled 11 · 28% Stumped 3 · 8% LBW 2 · 5% Caught & bowled 1 · 3% Run out 1 · 3% Most often dismissed by: Daniel (2), Arnold (2), Dick (2), Blundell (2).
In wins and losses Inn NO Runs HS Avg 0s In wins 27 11 167 28 10.44 6 In losses 27 5 129 27 5.86 10 In draws 1 0 0 0 0.00 1
M Wkts Avg Wkts / match In wins 41 87 19.44 2.1 In losses 23 47 22.68 2.0 In draws 4 4 34.25 1.0
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 3 of 6 (50%), lost 3. Every other match: the side won 39 of 64 (61%), lost 20. Batting first or second Inn NO Runs HS Avg 0s Batting first 25 7 119 21* 6.61 8 Batting second 25 7 144 28 8.00 7 Second innings of the match 5 2 33 15* 11.00 2
By ground Ground M Inn Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Best Fitzroy Cricket Ground 39 31 155 28 7.05 67 21.70 6/38 University Oval 5 5 28 13 7.00 13 17.62 4/35 Glenferrie Oval 4 4 18 8* 9.00 9 20.11 3/14 Albert Ground 4 3 1 1 0.33 9 16.00 4/32 Essendon Cricket Ground 3 3 16 15*
Wickets taken Caught 77 · 56% Bowled 44 · 32% LBW 12 · 9% Caught & bowled 4 · 3% Stumped 1 · 1% Batters dismissed
Top order (1–3) 61 · 44% Middle order (4–7) 45 · 33% Lower order (8–11) 1998-99 to 2001-02 · 56 m · 53 runs · 98 wkts
SK Smith 1977-78 to 1994-95 · 86 m · 340 runs · 155 wkts AB Perrin 2014-15 to 2018-19 · 41 m · 88 runs · 92 wkts The careers nearest Liddicut’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
1938-39: 4 matches, 50 runs, 4 wickets 1938-39 1939-40: did not play 1940-41: 2 matches, 3 runs, 0 wickets 1940-41 1941-42: did not play 1942-43: 1 match, 0 runs, 0 wickets 1942-43 1943-44: did not play 1944-45: did not play 1944-45 1945-46: 1 match, 0 runs, 0 wickets 1946-47: 11 matches, 79 runs, 20 wickets 1946-47 1947-48: 10 matches, 44 runs, 23 wickets · 1st XI Bowling 1948-49: 13 matches, 53 runs, 30 wickets 1948-49 1949-50: 13 matches, 36 runs, 29 wickets 1950-51: 15 matches, 31 runs, 32 wickets 1950-51
1947-48: 1st XI Bowling
The arc
R Liddicut's best season with the bat was 1946-47 : 79 runs from 12 innings at 7.90. The best ten-innings patch came in 1938-39 to 1946-47 : 98 runs at 12.25. The leanest, 1947-48 to 1948-49: 16 runs at 2.00.
Rolling average, innings 5 to 55: 2.0 to 12.3 12.3 Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
Streaks
Consecutive matches played: 43 matches from v Collingwood, 1947-48 to v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1950-51 · first · last Consecutive matches with a wicket: 10 matches from v University, 1948-49 to v St Kilda, 1949-50 · first · last Longest spell without a wicket: 5 matches bowled in from v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1940-41 to v St Kilda, 1946-47 · first · last Longest run of single figures: 8 innings from v Collingwood, 1947-48 to v Richmond, 1948-49 · first · last More splits Batting position over the years 1 6 11 1938-39: 9 (4 inns, avg 12.50) 1940-41: 9 (2 inns, avg 3.00) 1942-43: 8 (1 inns, avg 0.00) 1946-47: 7 (12 inns, avg 7.90) 1947-48: 9 (8 inns, avg 11.00) 1948-49: 9 (11 inns, avg 6.63) 1949-50: 10 (10 inns, avg 4.50) 1950-51: 10 (7 inns, avg 10.33) 1938 1942 1947 1949 1950 Moved about the order across 8 seasons: at 9th in 4, at 10th in 2, at 8th in 1, at 7th in 1.
Home and away M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home 39 31 9 155 28 7.05 67 21.70 Away 31 24 7 141 27 8.29 71 20.28
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 61 49 15 276 28 8.12 111 22.85 Weekday 9 6 1 20 11 4.00 27 13.26
Month by month Month M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Oct 12 8 3 64 28 12.80 23 19.96 Nov 16 16 5 74 17* 6.73 29 21.72 Dec 5 4 1 41 27 13.67 10 22.80 Jan 18 11 2 46 12 5.11 43 16.51 Feb 11 8 3 34 21* 6.80 21 23.67 Mar 8 8 2 37 16*
Finals 2 Finals played
16 Runs · avg 8.00
1 Wickets
M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home and away 68 52 15 280 28 7.57 137 20.35 Finals 2 3 1 16 16* 8.00 1 106.00
Favourite victims IR Porter × 4 DRM Caithness × 3 EL Carter × 3 HL Numa × 3 KG Pummeroy × 3 KT Rawle × 3 GL Spriggins × 2 H Mathers × 2 Fielding Caught most off
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Carlton Cricket Ground 3 1 27 27 27.00 7 19.14 6/28
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote 2 3 13 7 6.50 2 62.00 2/56
Richmond Cricket Ground 2 1 4 4 4.00 10 8.80 6/35
Toorak Park 2 1 0 0 0.00 6 19.83 3/56
Melbourne Cricket Ground 1 1 16 16* – 1 61.00 1/61
Western Oval 1 1 8 8 8.00 1 51.00 1/51
South Melbourne Cricket Ground 1 1 10 10* – – – 0/35
St Kilda Cricket Ground 1 0 0 – – 2 22.00 2/44
Victoria Park 1 0 0 – – 1 41.00 1/41
North Melbourne Cricket Ground 1 0 0 – – – – 0/19
32 · 23%
6 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 7/62 v Carlton, 1949-50. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.
Ray Harvey × 4 RHW Liddicut × 4 BT Considine × 2 DHL Arnall × 2 MW Sievers × 1 
v Carlton
v North Melbourne
v University
v Prahran
v Hawthorn-East Melbourne
v Northcote
v Preston
v South Melbourne
v St Kilda
v Richmond
v Melbourne
v Collingwood
v Essendon
v Coburg
v Footscray