Among players of 1977-78 to 1991-92: 4th of 77 for runs, 4th of 50 for wickets, 6th of 80 for matches, 5th of 14 for hundreds, 7th of 70 for catches, 6th of 40 for batting average.
Under Fitzroy: 18th of 321 for runs, 18th of 172 for wickets, 16th of 345 for matches, 22nd of 50 for hundreds, 32nd of 279 for catches, 22nd 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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Splits
By batting position
Pos
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
50s
100s
0s
1
1
1
17
17*
–
2
1
0
20
20
20.00
3
6
1
132
56*
26.40
1
2
4
71
13
1,628
108
28.07
7
2
6
5
49
4
1,073
80*
23.84
9
4
6
55
11
1,005
101
22.84
6
1
4
7
16
6
448
71*
44.80
2
8
4
2
108
73*
54.00
1
9
4
2
40
23*
20.00
1
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
50s
100s
0s
Top order (1–3)
8
2
169
56*
28.17
1
2
Middle order (4–7)
191
34
4,154
108
26.46
24
3
14
Lower order (8–11)
8
4
148
73*
37.00
1
1
Batted most often at 4th.
Scores and consistency
Ducks17
1–965
10–1941
20–2930
30–4923
50–9926
100+3
Turned 3 of 29 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 12.0% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 31 times.
Dismissals
Caught117 · 70%
Bowled21 · 13%
LBW15 · 9%
Run out7 · 4%
Caught & bowled6 · 4%
Stumped1 · 1%
Most often dismissed by: Baker (6), King (6), Phillips (4), Callen (3), Douglas (3).
In wins and losses
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
50s
100s
0s
In wins
76
18
1,851
104*
31.91
13
2
4
In losses
118
19
2,357
108
23.81
12
1
11
In draws
9
3
168
61
28.00
1
2
In ties
4
0
95
35
23.75
M
Wkts
Avg
Wkts / match
In wins
47
77
21.01
1.6
In losses
67
77
31.60
1.1
In draws
12
15
34.47
1.3
In ties
3
4
28.00
1.3
Scored 50+: the side won 15 of 29 (52%), lost 13.
Batting first or second
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
50s
100s
0s
Batting first
106
16
2,224
108
24.71
10
3
9
Batting second
81
16
1,792
80*
27.57
15
8
Second innings of the match
20
8
455
83
37.92
1
As captain and keeper
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
50s
100s
0s
As captain
9
0
154
51
17.11
1
Otherwise
198
40
4,317
108
27.32
25
3
17
By ground
Ground
M
Inn
Runs
HS
Avg
Wkts
Bowl avg
Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground
60
64
1,365
85*
26.25
73
26.19
5/27
Schramms Reserve
38
37
639
108
19.97
12
32.00
3/40
Central Reserve South Oval
9
9
220
64*
36.67
7
23.71
2/8
Carlton Cricket Ground
8
9
126
34
15.75
5
36.80
4/50
Richmond Cricket Ground
8
9
156
Wickets taken
Caught90 · 63%
Bowled31 · 22%
LBW16 · 11%
Caught & bowled5 · 4%
Batters dismissed
Top order (1–3)61 · 43%
Middle order (4–7)58 · 41%
Lower order (8–11)23 · 16%
2 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 5/27 v University, 1982-83. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.
1981-82 to 1999-00 · 253 m · 6,883 runs · 155 wkts
HJ Plant1927-28 to 1947-48 · 192 m · 3,335 runs · 317 wkts
DHL Arnall1941-42 to 1956-57 · 131 m · 3,359 runs · 99 wkts
FD Chapman1921-22 to 1936-37 · 162 m · 3,253 runs · 272 wkts
The careers nearest Watts’s in length, runs and wickets a match, average and the balance of batting to bowling.
1979-80: A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion · 1981-82: 1st XI Batting, A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion · 1982-83: 1st XI Batting, A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion · 1988-89: 1st XI Batting · 1989-90: Doug Rumble Trophy — Best Clubman
The arc
Rod Watts' best season with the bat was 1981-82: 536 runs from 17 innings at 38.29. The best ten-innings patch came in 1988-89: 312 runs at 52.00. The leanest, 1985-86 to 1986-87: 89 runs at 8.90.
Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
v Ringwood
v University
v Footscray
v North Melbourne
v Richmond
v Melbourne
v Prahran
v South Melbourne
v Hawthorn-East Melbourne
v Carlton
v Essendon
v Collingwood
v St Kilda
v Northcote
v Waverley-Dandenong
v Hawthorn