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Among players of 1955-56 to 1968-69: 22nd of 76 for runs, 16th of 49 for wickets, 24th of 80 for matches, 22nd of 66 for catches, 19th of 39 for batting average.
Under Fitzroy: 61st of 321 for runs, 46th of 172 for wickets, 62nd of 345 for matches, 51st of 279 for catches, 71st 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.
1955-56: 71 runs 71 55-56 1956-57: 11 runs 11 1957-58: 38 runs 38 57-58 1958-59: 56 runs 56 1963-64: 22 runs 22 63-64 1964-65: 260 runs 260 1965-66: 260 runs 260 65-66 1968-69: 47 runs 47 Wickets by season
1955-56: 1 wickets 1 55-56 1956-57: 0 wickets 1957-58: 0 wickets 57-58 1958-59: 1 wickets 1 1963-64: 4 wickets 4 63-64 1964-65: 28 wickets 28 1965-66: 2 wickets 2 65-66 1968-69: 4 wickets 4 Every innings, in order
51 50 1955-56 v Essendon: 5 1955-56 v Essendon: 0 1955-56 v Richmond: 6 1955-56 v Melbourne: 6 1955-56 v St Kilda: 23 1955-56 v South Melbourne: 15 1955-56 v South Melbourne: 16 1956-57 v Footscray: 0 1956-57 v Northcote: 1 1956-57 v Northcote: 8* 1956-57 v Collingwood: 1 1956-57 v Collingwood: 1 1957-58 v Northcote: 13* 1957-58 v Collingwood: 3 1957-58 v North Melbourne: 0 1957-58 v North Melbourne: 22 1958-59 v University: 19 1958-59 v Essendon: 15 1958-59 v Carlton: 8 1958-59 v Richmond: 0 1958-59 v Melbourne: 9 1958-59 v St Kilda: 5 1963-64 v Essendon: 17* 1963-64 v Essendon: 5 1964-65 v Melbourne: 12 1964-65 v Melbourne: 6* 1964-65 v St Kilda: 3 1964-65 v St Kilda: 4* 1964-65 v Footscray: 36 1964-65 v Northcote: 9* 1964-65 v Prahran: 5 1964-65 v North Melbourne: 33* 1964-65 v Essendon: 6 1964-65 v University: 43 1964-65 v South Melbourne: 8* 1964-65 v Carlton: 11 1964-65 v Richmond: 30 1964-65 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 9 1964-65 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 45* 1965-66 v Footscray: 15 1965-66 v Northcote: 17* 1965-66 v North Melbourne: 0 1965-66 v North Melbourne: 26 1965-66 v South Melbourne: 51 1965-66 v South Melbourne: 0 1965-66 v University: 32 1965-66 v Essendon: 15 1965-66 v Carlton: 11 1965-66 v Richmond: 24* 1965-66 v Melbourne: 32 1965-66 v St Kilda: 2 1965-66 v St Kilda: 0 1965-66 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 35 1968-69 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 11* 1968-69 v Collingwood: 5 1968-69 v North Melbourne: 23* 1968-69 v Carlton: 7* 1968-69 v Footscray: 1 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 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 0s 1 1 1 8 8* – 2 11 2 172 51 19.11 1 4 3 2 0 28 22 14.00 4 2 0 31 16 15.50 5 1 0 19 19 19.00 6 8 1 90 32 12.86 1 7 16 5 149 33* 13.55 1 8 10 3 151 45* 21.57 1 9 6 1 100 43 20.00 10 1 1 17 17* –
Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 0s Top order (1–3) 14 3 208 51 18.91 1 4 Middle order (4–7) 27 6 289 33* 13.76 2 Lower order (8–11) 17 5 268 45* 22.33 1
Batted most often at 7th.
Scores and consistency Ducks 7 1–9 24 10–19 13 20–29 5 30–49 8 50–99 1 100+ 0 Turned 0 of 1 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 8.4% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 3 times.
Dismissals Caught 20 · 45% Bowled 15 · 34% Run out 5 · 11% LBW 2 · 5% Caught & bowled 1 · 2% Stumped 1 · 2% Most often dismissed by: Allanson (2), Leigh (2), Lambert (2), Emerson (2), Cook (2).
In wins and losses Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 0s In wins 28 10 374 51 20.78 1 4 In losses 25 4 373 45* 17.76 1 In draws 3 0 16 11 5.33 1 In ties 2 0 2 2 1.00 1
M Wkts Avg Wkts / match In wins 14 20 17.90 1.4 In losses 13 18 18.67 1.4 In draws 3 2 29.00 0.7
Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 1 (100%). Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 0 of 1 (0%), lost 1. Every other match: the side won 25 of 49 (51%), lost 18. Batting first or second Inn NO Runs HS Avg 50s 0s Batting first 22 4 250 51 13.89 1 4 Batting second 24 6 382 43 21.22 Second innings of the match 12 4 133 45* 16.63 3
By ground Ground M Inn Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Best Fitzroy Cricket Ground 23 25 419 51 22.05 18 16.83 3/19 Albert Ground 3 5 49 17* 16.33 9 9.78 5/22 Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote 3 3 18 9* 18.00 2 11.50 2/23 Carlton Cricket Ground 3 3 26 11 13.00 2 24.50 2/49 Western Oval 3 3 16
Wickets taken Caught 18 · 45% Bowled 10 · 25% LBW 7 · 18% Caught & bowled 4 · 10% Stumped 1 · 3% Batters dismissed
Top order (1–3) 9 · 23% Middle order (4–7) 17 · 43% Lower order (8–11) 1958-59 to 1962-63 · 49 m · 858 runs · 35 wkts
KM McLaine 1979-80 to 1983-84 · 46 m · 728 runs · 23 wkts The careers nearest Milner’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
1955-56: 6 matches, 71 runs, 1 wicket 1955-56 1956-57: 4 matches, 11 runs, 0 wickets 1957-58: 4 matches, 38 runs, 0 wickets 1957-58 1958-59: 6 matches, 56 runs, 1 wicket 1959-60: did not play 1959-60 1960-61: did not play 1961-62: did not play 1961-62 1962-63: did not play 1963-64: 1 match, 22 runs, 4 wickets 1963-64 1964-65: 13 matches, 260 runs, 28 wickets · 1st XI Bowling 1965-66: 11 matches, 260 runs, 2 wickets 1965-66 1966-67: did not play 1967-68: did not play 1967-68 1968-69: 6 matches, 47 runs, 4 wickets
1964-65: 1st XI Bowling
The arc
R Milner's best season with the bat was 1964-65 : 260 runs from 15 innings at 28.89. The best ten-innings patch came in 1964-65 to 1965-66 : 217 runs at 36.17. The leanest, 1955-56 to 1957-58: 58 runs at 7.25.
Rolling average, innings 5 to 58: 7.3 to 36.2 36.2 Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
Streaks
Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings from v North Melbourne, 1965-66 to v South Melbourne, 1965-66 · first · last Consecutive matches played: 16 matches from v Essendon, 1963-64 to v Northcote, 1965-66 · first · last Consecutive matches with a wicket: 10 matches from v St Kilda, 1958-59 to v Essendon, 1964-65 · first · last Longest spell without a wicket: 5 matches bowled in from v South Melbourne, 1965-66 to v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1965-66 · first · last Longest run of single figures: 4 innings from v Essendon, 1955-56 to v Melbourne, 1955-56 · first · last More splits Batting position over the years 1 6 11 1955-56: 6 (7 inns, avg 10.14) 1956-57: 7 (5 inns, avg 2.75) 1957-58: 7 (4 inns, avg 12.67) 1958-59: 7 (6 inns, avg 9.33) 1963-64: 8 (2 inns, avg 22.00) 1964-65: 9 (15 inns, avg 28.89) 1965-66: 2 (14 inns, avg 21.67) 1968-69: 7 (5 inns, avg 23.50) 1955 1957 1963 1965 1968 Moved about the order across 8 seasons: at 7th in 4, at 6th in 1, at 8th in 1, at 9th in 1, opened in 1.
Home and away M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home 23 25 6 419 51 22.05 18 16.83 Away 28 33 8 346 45* 13.84 22 20.41
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 43 51 11 679 51 16.98 38 17.76 Weekday 8 7 3 86 24* 21.50 2 38.50
Month by month Month M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Oct 10 12 5 118 36 16.86 14 14.00 Nov 13 13 3 154 51 15.40 10 18.20 Dec 5 6 2 96 33* 24.00 2 23.50 Jan 12 12 1 158 43 14.36 4 34.00 Feb 7 8 1 97 32 13.86 5 21.00 Mar 4 7 2 142 45*
Finals 2 Finals played
53 Runs · avg 17.67
4 Wickets
M Inn NO Runs HS Avg Wkts Bowl avg Home and away 49 54 13 712 51 17.37 36 19.06 Finals 2 4 1 53 17* 17.67 4 16.50
Favourite victims JW Grant × 2 PM Hosking × 2 AC Day × 1 BK Jones × 1 CEJ Guest × 1 D Peters × 1 D Whitworth × 1 DH Foster × 1 Fielding Caught most off
C Adams × 4 EP Illingworth Download your career card
Victoria Park 3 3 5 3 1.67 1 49.00 1/49
South Melbourne Cricket Ground 2 3 39 16 19.50 – – 0/8
St Kilda Cricket Ground 2 3 25 23 8.33 – – –
Essendon Cricket Ground 2 2 21 15 10.50 3 15.33 3/45
Richmond Cricket Ground 2 2 30 24* 30.00 – – 0/4
Toorak Park 2 1 5 5 5.00 1 73.00 1/35
Glenferrie Oval 1 2 54 45* 54.00 1 11.00 1/11
North Melbourne Cricket Ground 1 2 26 26 13.00 1 21.00 1/21
University Oval 1 1 32 32 32.00 – – 0/11
14 · 35%
1 five-wicket haul. Best in a match: 5/22 v Melbourne, 1964-65. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.
× 4
R Milner × 4
RC Bitmead × 3
GB Deany × 2
K Peters × 2 
v Collingwood
v Essendon
v Richmond
v Melbourne
v St Kilda
v South Melbourne
v Footscray
v Northcote
v Prahran
v North Melbourne
v University
v Carlton
v Hawthorn-East Melbourne