Among players of 1932-33 to 1974-75: 39th of 173 for runs, 25th of 113 for wickets, 41st of 186 for matches, 24th of 156 for catches, 38th of 86 for batting average.
Under Fitzroy: 49th of 321 for runs, 32nd of 172 for wickets, 47th of 345 for matches, 26th of 279 for catches, 55th of 126 for batting average.
Played like…
NJ Fletcher2016-17 to 2025-26 · 73 m · 973 runs · 82 wkts
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
0s
1
1
1
1
1*
–
3
3
0
29
21
9.67
1
4
2
0
58
54
29.00
1
5
4
1
120
76*
40.00
1
6
12
0
254
51
21.17
1
7
14
5
294
72*
32.67
3
2
8
13
2
153
47
13.91
2
9
9
1
64
19
8.00
3
10
3
0
22
11
7.33
11
2
2
22
14*
–
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
50s
0s
Top order (1–3)
4
1
30
21
10.00
1
Middle order (4–7)
32
6
726
76*
27.92
6
2
Lower order (8–11)
27
5
261
47
11.86
5
Batted most often at 7th.
Scores and consistency
Ducks8
1–924
10–1913
20–295
30–496
50–996
100+0
Turned 0 of 6 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 7.7% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 6 times.
Dismissals
Caught20 · 39%
Run out11 · 22%
Bowled9 · 18%
Stumped6 · 12%
LBW3 · 6%
Caught & bowled2 · 4%
Most often dismissed by: Barker (4), Nagel (2), Galbraith (2), Wilson (2), Healy (2).
In wins and losses
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
50s
0s
In wins
42
9
783
76*
23.73
6
4
In losses
17
2
216
40
14.40
2
In draws
4
1
18
10
6.00
2
M
Wkts
Avg
Wkts / match
In wins
42
63
20.81
1.5
In losses
17
24
31.38
1.4
In draws
5
3
35.33
0.6
Scored 50+: the side won 6 of 6 (100%).
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 1 of 3 (33%), lost 2.
Every other match: the side won 35 of 58 (60%), lost 16.
Batting first or second
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
50s
0s
Batting first
27
4
383
57*
16.65
2
3
Batting second
29
6
552
76*
24.00
4
4
Second innings of the match
7
2
82
47
16.40
1
By ground
Ground
M
Inn
Runs
HS
Avg
Wkts
Bowl avg
Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground
41
38
582
72*
18.77
52
24.90
6/68
Toorak Park
4
3
22
8
7.33
7
17.71
3/29
Albert Ground
3
4
62
47
15.50
2
51.50
1/8
Essendon Cricket Ground
3
3
102
76*
51.00
4
26.25
4/71
Glenferrie Oval
3
3
39
28*
19.50
1
57.00
1/15
University Oval
3
3
67
40
33.50
1
46.00
1/16
North Melbourne Cricket Ground
3
2
44
40
22.00
2
72.00
1/42
Victoria Park
2
2
63
54
31.50
10
9.00
4/40
South Melbourne Cricket Ground
2
2
27
19
27.00
6
8.50
6/44
St Kilda Cricket Ground
1
1
4
4
4.00
3
20.33
3/61
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote
1
1
5
5
5.00
2
30.50
2/61
Carlton Cricket Ground
1
1
0
0*
–
–
–
0/33
Wickets taken
Caught38 · 42%
Bowled19 · 21%
LBW15 · 17%
Caught & bowled12 · 13%
Stumped6 · 7%
Batters dismissed
Top order (1–3)34 · 38%
Middle order (4–7)39 · 43%
Lower order (8–11)17 · 19%
3 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 6/44 v South Melbourne, 1940-41. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.
2018-19 to 2025-26 · 83 m · 1,134 runs · 121 wkts
CA McKissack1986-87 to 1993-94 · 69 m · 822 runs · 76 wkts
AEO Barras1933-34 to 1944-45 · 54 m · 728 runs · 64 wkts
The careers nearest Thomson’s in length, runs and wickets a match, average and the balance of batting to bowling.
Matches in the same side, from the published cards.
The shape of the career
Season by season
Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership Honour in his name Season away
1939-40: premiership · 1966-67: 1st XI Bowling · 1968-69: 1st XI Bowling · 1969-70: 1st XI Bowling · 1971-72: 1st XI Bowling · 1972-73: 1st XI Bowling
The arc
Ross Thomson's best season with the bat was 1939-40: 203 runs from 15 innings at 13.53. The best ten-innings patch came in 1940-41 to 1941-42: 277 runs at 46.17. The leanest, 1932-33 to 1939-40: 71 runs at 7.10.
Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
v University
v Prahran
v South Melbourne
v Collingwood
v VCA Colts
v Hawthorn-East Melbourne
v Carlton
v Northcote
v Melbourne
v St Kilda
v North Melbourne
v Coburg
v Essendon
v Richmond