Among players of 1979-80 to 1986-87: 31st of 46 for runs, 6th of 26 for wickets, 13th of 47 for matches, 17th of 41 for catches, 27th of 28 for batting average.
Under Fitzroy: 157th of 321 for runs, 25th of 172 for wickets, 45th of 345 for matches, 88th of 279 for catches, 113th of 126 for batting average.
Played like…
K Campbell1936-37 to 1947-48 · 64 m · 317 runs · 94 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
0s
1
1
1
2
2*
–
8
4
2
17
7*
8.50
10
19
10
87
29
9.67
3
11
23
16
82
15*
11.71
4
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
0s
Top order (1–3)
1
1
2
2*
–
Lower order (8–11)
46
28
186
29
10.33
7
Batted most often at 11th.
Scores and consistency
Ducks7
1–931
10–195
20–291
30–490
50–990
100+0
2.4% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 2 times.
Dismissals
Caught10 · 56%
Bowled4 · 22%
LBW2 · 11%
Run out2 · 11%
Most often dismissed by: Jackson (2).
In wins and losses
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
0s
In wins
9
7
22
4*
11.00
In losses
35
21
151
29
10.79
6
In draws
1
0
8
8
8.00
In ties
2
1
7
7*
7.00
1
M
Wkts
Avg
Wkts / match
In wins
27
41
20.17
1.5
In losses
43
60
29.40
1.4
In draws
3
3
25.33
1.0
In ties
2
5
8.80
2.5
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 1 of 1 (100%).
Every other match: the side won 27 of 77 (35%), lost 43.
Batting first or second
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
0s
Batting first
31
19
142
29
11.83
5
Batting second
14
8
33
15*
5.50
2
Second innings of the match
2
2
13
11*
–
By ground
Ground
M
Inn
Runs
HS
Avg
Wkts
Bowl avg
Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground
33
20
58
15*
14.50
44
26.20
4/16
Russell Lucas Oval
4
2
17
10*
–
6
20.83
4/26
Toorak Park
4
2
15
13*
15.00
6
35.67
3/32
Western Oval
4
2
2
2
1.00
5
22.80
2/18
South Melbourne Cricket Ground
3
3
8
4*
Wickets taken
Caught74 · 68%
Bowled27 · 25%
LBW6 · 6%
Caught & bowled2 · 2%
Batters dismissed
Top order (1–3)53 · 49%
Middle order (4–7)38 · 35%
Lower order (8–11)18 · 17%
1 five-wicket haul. Best in a match: 6/55 v South Melbourne, 1980-81. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.
2019-20 to 2026-27 · 52 m · 139 runs · 68 wkts
SK Smith1977-78 to 1994-95 · 86 m · 340 runs · 155 wkts
CA Moore2012-13 to 2018-19 · 97 m · 530 runs · 143 wkts
The careers nearest Cook’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, down Honour in his name
1980-81: 1st XI Bowling, A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI Champion · 1983-84: 1st XI Bowling
The arc
Steve Cook's best season with the bat was 1984-85: 47 runs from 11 innings at 15.67. The best ten-innings patch came in 1981-82 to 1982-83: 59 runs at 11.80. The leanest, 1979-80 to 1981-82: 20 runs at 4.00.
Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
v Footscray
v Hawthorn-East Melbourne
v Northcote
v Essendon
v Collingwood
v St Kilda
v South Melbourne
v University
v Carlton
v Melbourne
v Prahran
v North Melbourne
v Richmond
v Ringwood