PD Hughes

1991-92 to 1994-95 · 26 matches for the club

Debut v Melbourne, 1991-92 (30 Nov 1991)Last game v Dandenong, 1994-95 (11 Mar 1995)Player no. 483 to appear for the club

Five-for 1991-92

Matches

Runs

3.88

Average

Highest

0 / 0

100s / 50s

Wickets

24.03

Bowling avg

5/41

Best

Catches

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1991-92	9	6	2	7	3*	1.75	185.2	17	5/41	4
1994-95	17	8	4	24	7*	6.00	179.3	20	4/15	5
Career	26	14	6	31	7*	3.88	364.5	37	5/41	9

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Melbourne, 1991-92
First five-for5/41v University, 1991-92
Highest score7*v Collingwood, 1994-95
Best bowling5/41v University, 1991-92
Last matchMatch 26v Dandenong, 1994-95

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

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Against each club

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Camberwell Magpies	2	10	7*	–	3	17.33	3/15
Melbourne University	2	7	4*	7.00	5	15.20	5/41	1
Richmond	2	5	5	5.00	4	26.25	2/22
Ringwood	2	1	1*	–	2	12.00	2/18
Melbourne	2	0	0	0.00	0	–	0/13
Prahran	2	–	–	–	2	39.00	1/14
Essendon	2	0	0	0.00	3	32.67	3/50
Northcote	2	–	–	–	1	42.00	1/25
St Kilda	2	0	0	0.00	3	32.00	2/36
Kingston Hawthorn	1	6	6	6.00	2	27.00	2/54
Footscray	1	2	2*	–	4	7.25	4/29
Frankston Peninsula	1	–	–	–	4	3.75	4/15
Carlton	1	0	0*	–	2	17.50	2/35
Casey South Melbourne	1	–	–	–	1	24.00	1/24
Greenvale Kanagaroos	1	–	–	–	1	19.00	1/19
Geelong	1	0	0	0.00	0	–	0/34
Dandenong	1	–	–	–	0	–	0/27

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	0s
11	14	6	31	7*	3.88	5

Batted most often at 11th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks5
1–98
10–190
20–290
30–490
50–990
100+0

1.2% of the side's runs in the innings batted.

Dismissals

Caught5 · 63%
Bowled2 · 25%
Run out1 · 13%

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
In wins	3	1	6	5	3.00	1
In losses	11	5	25	7*	4.17	4

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	8	15	16.27	1.9
In losses	13	19	24.95	1.5
In draws	5	3	57.00	0.6

Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 0 of 1 (0%), lost 1.
Every other match: the side won 8 of 25 (32%), lost 12.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
Batting first	4	1	4	3	1.33	2
Batting second	10	5	27	7*	5.40	3

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Schramms Reserve	13	5	17	7*	8.50	15	27.87	3/15
University Oval	2	2	7	4*	7.00	5	15.20	5/41
Richmond Cricket Ground	2	1	5	5	5.00	4	26.25	2/22
Western Oval	1	1	2	2*	–	4	7.25	4/29
Carlton Cricket Ground	1	1	0	0*	–	2	17.50	2/35
St Kilda Cricket Ground	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	18.00	2/36
Albert Ground	1	1	0	0	0.00	–	–	0/68
Essendon Cricket Ground	1	1	0	0	0.00	–	–	0/48
Kardinia Oval	1	1	0	0	0.00	–	–	0/34
AH Butler Oval	1	0	0	–	–	4	3.75	4/15
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	0	0	–	–	1	19.00	1/19
Russell Lucas Oval	1	0	0	–	–	–	–	0/6

Wickets taken

Caught22 · 59%
Bowled11 · 30%
LBW4 · 11%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)9 · 24%
Middle order (4–7)16 · 43%
Lower order (8–11)12 · 32%

1 five-wicket haul. Best in a match: 5/41 v University, 1991-92. 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 1991-92 to 1994-95: 28th of 31 for runs, 11th of 27 for wickets, 22nd of 32 for matches, 18th of 28 for catches.

Under Fitzroy-Doncaster: 147th of 184 for runs, 39th of 135 for wickets, 76th of 197 for matches, 67th of 167 for catches.

Played like…

DK Senior2002-03 to 2004-05 · 35 m · 49 runs · 49 wkts
MS Bullen2016-17 to 2017-18 · 27 m · 32 runs · 39 wkts
J Simpson1955-56 to 1959-60 · 11 m · 25 runs · 16 wkts
CR Duncan1953-54 · 12 m · 13 runs · 19 wkts

The careers nearest Hughes’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

Runs, up Wickets, down Season away

The arc

Paul Hughes' best season with the bat was 1994-95: 24 runs from 8 innings at 6.00. The best ten-innings patch came in 1991-92 to 1994-95: 31 runs at 6.20. The leanest, 1991-92 to 1994-95: 27 runs at 4.50.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First five-for5/41	14 Mar 1992	v University, 1991-92

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 17 matches: from v Collingwood, 1994-95 to v Dandenong, 1994-95 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 6 matches: from v Frankston Peninsula, 1994-95 to v South Melbourne, 1994-95 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 3 matches bowled in: from v Melbourne, 1994-95 to v Dandenong, 1994-95 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 8 innings: from v Melbourne, 1991-92 to v Geelong, 1994-95 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
7*	v Collingwood, 1994-95	Lost
6	v Hawthorn Waverley, 1994-95	Lost
5	v Richmond, 1994-95	Won
4*	v University, 1994-95	Lost
3*	v Collingwood, 1991-92	Lost

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
5/41	v University, 1991-92	Lost
4/15	v Frankston Peninsula, 1994-95	Won
4/29	v Footscray, 1994-95	Lost
3/15	v Collingwood, 1991-92	Lost
3/50	v Essendon, 1994-95	Won

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Batting position over the years

Batted at 11th in every one of his 2 seasons.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1991-92	11	6	1.75
1994-95	11	8	6.00

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	13	5	3	17	7*	8.50	15	27.87
Away	13	9	3	14	5	2.33	22	21.41

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	24	13	5	24	6	3.00	37	23.00
Sunday	1	1	1	7	7*	–
Weekday	1	0	0	0	–	–

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	4	3	2	16	7*	16.00	3	50.00
Nov	5	3	1	8	6	4.00	10	18.30
Dec	3	1	1	1	1*	–	7	14.86
Jan	5	2	2	3	3*	–	8	20.88
Feb	6	3	0	0	0	0.00	4	45.75
Mar	3	2	0	3	3	1.50	5	20.40

Favourite victims

DB Robinson × 2
MG Galbraith × 2
PG Meddings × 2
AJ Bradley × 1
AJ Mack × 1
CA Ingram × 1
CR Parker × 1
DA Emerson × 1

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1991-92	9	4
1994-95	17	5

Caught most off

AJ Melbourne × 3
SD Hubber × 2
DR Hampton × 1
MW Ridgway × 1
SW Russell × 1
TA Smith × 1

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Every match · 26 · tap to show

Season	Opponent	Batting	Bowling
1991-92	Melbourne	0	0/68	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	Prahran	dnb	1/14 & 1/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	Ringwood	1*	2/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	Richmond	dnb	2/71	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	Collingwood	3*	3/15 & 0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	Essendon	0	0/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	Northcote	dnb	1/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	St Kilda	0	2/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1991-92	University	3	5/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Collingwood	7*	0/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	University	4*	0/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	St Kilda	dnb	1/60	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Richmond	5	2/22 & 0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Northcote	dnb	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Frankston Peninsula	dnb	4/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Hawthorn Waverley	6	2/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Footscray	2*	4/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Essendon	dnb	3/50	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Carlton	0*	2/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	South Melbourne	dnb	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Ringwood	dnb	0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Prahran	dnb	0/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	North Melbourne	dnb	1/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Melbourne	0	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Geelong	0	0/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1994-95	Dandenong	dnb	0/27	Something wrong? Tell us

PD Hughes

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