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DJ McDonald

1989-90 to 1994-95 · 36 matches for the club

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Debut v St Kilda, 1989-90 (21 Oct 1989)Last game v University, 1994-95 (8 Oct 1994)Player no. 470 to appear for the club

Around this dayin 1989: 0* and 1/22 v Waverley-Dandenong

36

Matches

521

Runs

18.61

Average

74

Highest

0 / 2

100s / 50s

8

Wickets

42.38

Bowling avg

2/22

Best

9

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1989-90882842514.005331/222
1990-91220643.001732/22
1992-936601053417.50811/472
1993-94181533137426.081511/04
1994-9522013126.50–––1
Career363355217418.619382/229

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv St Kilda, 1989-90
  2. First fifty74v Frankston Peninsula, 1993-94
  3. Highest score74v Frankston Peninsula, 1993-94
  4. Best bowling2/22v St Kilda, 1990-91
  5. Last matchMatch 36v University, 1994-95

Runs by season

1989-90: 84 runs8489-901990-91: 6 runs690-911992-93: 105 runs10592-931993-94: 313 runs31393-941994-95: 13 runs1394-95

Wickets by season

1989-90: 3 wickets389-901990-91: 3 wickets390-911992-93: 1 wickets192-931993-94: 1 wickets193-941994-95: 0 wickets94-95

Every innings, in order

74501989-90 v St Kilda: 221989-90 v Waverley-Dandenong: 0*1989-90 v Prahran: 01989-90 v South Melbourne: 141989-90 v Melbourne: 251989-90 v University: 41989-90 v Footscray: 19*1989-90 v Richmond: 01990-91 v St Kilda: 21990-91 v Essendon: 41992-93 v St Kilda: 111992-93 v Dandenong-Waverley: 331992-93 v Hawthorn: 61992-93 v North Melbourne: 161992-93 v Footscray: 341992-93 v Ringwood: 51993-94 v St Kilda: 11993-94 v Northcote: 101993-94 v Frankston Peninsula: 741993-94 v Footscray: 41993-94 v Carlton: 161993-94 v South Melbourne: 66*1993-94 v Ringwood: 151993-94 v Prahran: 1*1993-94 v North Melbourne: 361993-94 v Melbourne: 61993-94 v Geelong: 8*1993-94 v Dandenong-Waverley: 201993-94 v Collingwood: 41993-94 v University: 341993-94 v Ringwood: 181994-95 v Collingwood: 11994-95 v University: 12

Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.

Against each club

St Kilda436229.00212.002/22
Footscray3573428.50–––
Dandenong3533326.50143.001/22
Melbourne University3503416.67145.001/45
Ringwood3381812.670–0/4
Melbourne3312515.50183.001/69
Casey South Melbourne28066*80.0010–0/26
Greenvale Kanagaroos2523626.00–––
Camberwell Magpies2542.50–––
Essendon2444.0028.501/0
Prahran211*1.000–0/5
Richmond2000.000–0/45
Frankston Peninsula1747474.001–––
Carlton1161616.00–––
Northcote1101010.00–––
Geelong188*––––
Kingston Hawthorn1666.00147.001/47

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
PosInnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
110343434.00
240603315.00
5811657423.571
610119066*21.111
7633519*11.671
830362212.001
910111.00
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Top order (1–3)50943418.80
Middle order (4–7)2453907420.5321
Lower order (8–11)4037229.251

Batted most often at 6th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks2
  • 1–912
  • 10–199
  • 20–293
  • 30–494
  • 50–992
  • 100+0

Turned 0 of 2 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 6.9% of the side's runs in the innings batted.

Dismissals
  • Caught17 · 61%
  • Bowled5 · 18%
  • Run out3 · 11%
  • Stumped1 · 4%
  • LBW1 · 4%
  • Caught & bowled1 · 4%
In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
In wins17526566*22.081
In losses11091258.272
In draws501657433.001
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins8430.250.5
In losses6350.670.5
In draws2166.000.5
  • Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 2 (50%).
  • Every other match: the side won 19 of 34 (56%), lost 11.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Batting first1021457418.1311
Batting second23337666*18.8011
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Schramms Reserve18172777418.47523.402/22
St Kilda Cricket Ground32232211.50––0/2
Albert Ground22312515.50178.001/69
University Oval2216128.00145.001/45
Shepley Oval22533326.50––0/2
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote11101010.00–––
North Melbourne Cricket Ground11161616.00–––
Richmond Cricket Ground11000.00––0/45
Russell Lucas Oval11555.00–––
South Melbourne Cricket Ground116666*–––0/26
Toorak Park1111*––––
Victoria Park11444.00–––
Western Oval111919*––––
Essendon Cricket Ground100––10.001/0
Wickets taken
  • Caught6 · 75%
  • Bowled2 · 25%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)3 · 38%
  • Middle order (4–7)5 · 63%

Best in a match: 2/22 v St Kilda, 1990-91. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1989-90 to 1994-95: 14th of 33 for runs, 15th of 28 for wickets, 17th of 35 for matches, 18th of 31 for catches, 14th of 21 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy-Doncaster: 51st of 184 for runs, 80th of 135 for wickets, 63rd of 197 for matches, 67th of 167 for catches, 48th of 81 for batting average.

Played like…

  • ID Deany1958-59 to 1963-64 · 32 m · 506 runs · 11 wkts
  • AJ Hagger1940-41 to 1946-47 · 50 m · 846 runs · 12 wkts
  • TA Smith1992-93 to 1996-97 · 30 m · 457 runs · 6 wkts
  • BM Ensil1997-98 to 2001-02 · 50 m · 745 runs · 16 wkts

The careers nearest McDonald’s in length, runs and wickets a match, average and the balance of batting to bowling.

The shape of the career

Season by season

1989-90: 8 matches, 84 runs, 3 wickets1989-901990-91: 2 matches, 6 runs, 3 wickets1990-911991-92: did not play1991-921992-93: 6 matches, 105 runs, 1 wicket1992-931993-94: 18 matches, 313 runs, 1 wicket · Premiership1993-941994-95: 2 matches, 13 runs, 0 wickets1994-95

Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership Season away

1993-94: premiership

The arc

Darren McDonald's best season with the bat was 1993-94: 313 runs from 15 innings at 26.08. The best ten-innings patch came in 1993-94: 246 runs at 35.14. The leanest, 1989-90 to 1992-93: 79 runs at 9.88.

Rolling average, innings 6 to 33: 9.9 to 35.135.1

Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First fifty7430 Oct 1993v Frankston Peninsula, 1993-94

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 16 matches
from v Footscray, 1993-94 to v University, 1994-95 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 2 matches
from v Melbourne, 1989-90 to v University, 1989-90 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 5 matches bowled in
from v South Melbourne, 1993-94 to v Melbourne, 1993-94 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 3 innings
from v Richmond, 1989-90 to v Essendon, 1990-91 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111989-90: 7 (8 inns, avg 14.00)1990-91: 5 (2 inns, avg 3.00)1992-93: 2 (6 inns, avg 17.50)1993-94: 6 (15 inns, avg 26.08)1994-95: 6 (2 inns, avg 6.50)19891990199219931994

Batted at 7th for 1 season, moved up to 5th from 1990-91, moved up to open from 1992-93, dropped to 6th from 1993-94.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1989-907814.00
1990-91523.00
1992-932617.50
1993-9461526.08
1994-95626.50
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home181722777418.47523.40
Away1816324466*18.77374.00

Home taken as the ground the club played at most in each season: Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Schramms Reserve.

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday323054907419.60841.75
Sunday330311610.33
Weekday1000––
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct7601207420.00
Nov65134168.50213.50
Dec3319566*47.50270.00
Jan7721153623.00
Feb661903418.00158.00
Mar760673411.17314.67
Finals
2Finals played
18Runs · avg 18.00
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home and away343255037418.63841.75
Finals210181818.00
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. AJ Melbourne × 4
  2. CA McKissack × 2
  3. AS Muir × 1
  4. DR Hampton × 1
  5. SG Cottrell × 1

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SeasonOpponentBattingBowling
1989-90St Kilda220/2Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90Waverley-Dandenong0*1/22Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90Prahran00/5Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90South Melbourne14–Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90Melbourne251/69Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90University41/45Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90Footscray19*–Something wrong? Tell us
1989-90Richmond00/45Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91St Kilda22/22Something wrong? Tell us
1990-91Essendon41/17Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93St Kilda11–Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93Dandenong-Waverley330/19Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93Hawthorn61/47Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93North Melbourne16–Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93Footscray34–Something wrong? Tell us
1992-93Ringwood5–Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94St Kilda1–Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94Richmonddnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94Northcote10–Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94Frankston Peninsula74–Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94Footscray4–Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94Essendondnb1/0Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94Carlton16–Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94South Melbourne66*0/26Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94Ringwood150/4Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94Prahran1*–Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94North Melbourne36–Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94Melbourne60/9Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94Geelong8*–Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94Dandenong-Waverley200/2Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94Collingwood4–Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94University34–Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94Ringwood18–Something wrong? Tell us
1993-94Melbournednb0/5Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95Collingwood1–Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95University12–Something wrong? Tell us

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