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TW Macdonald

1969-70 to 1979-80 · 54 matches for the club · also printed as TW MacDonald

Debut v South Melbourne, 1969-70 (10 Jan 1970)Last game v North Melbourne, 1979-80 (17 Nov 1979)Player no. 371 to appear for the club

On this dayin 1979: 6 and 0/12 v Richmond

54

Matches

741

Runs

15.77

Average

61

Highest

0 / 3

100s / 50s

25

Wickets

26.36

Bowling avg

5/39

Best

16

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1969-70670973613.86–––6
1970-71671906115.001 (8)00/62
1973-74330784426.00222/15
1974-759901106012.2213 (8)85/392
1977-78101141354719.2963 (8)42/8
1978-79151101725015.6470.7 (8)82/215
1979-805515928*14.751832/101
Career545367416115.7720 + 147.7 (8-ball)255/3916

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv South Melbourne, 1969-70
  2. First fifty61v Richmond, 1970-71
  3. First five-for5/39v Footscray, 1974-75
  4. Highest score61v Richmond, 1970-71
  5. Best bowling5/39v Footscray, 1974-75
  6. Last matchMatch 54v North Melbourne, 1979-80

Runs by season

1969-70: 97 runs9769-701970-71: 90 runs901973-74: 78 runs7873-741974-75: 110 runs1101977-78: 135 runs13577-781978-79: 172 runs1721979-80: 59 runs5979-80

Wickets by season

1969-70: 0 wickets69-701970-71: 0 wickets1973-74: 2 wickets273-741974-75: 8 wickets81977-78: 4 wickets477-781978-79: 8 wickets81979-80: 3 wickets379-80

Every innings, in order

61501969-70 v South Melbourne: 361969-70 v Melbourne: 01969-70 v Melbourne: 91969-70 v Northcote: 111969-70 v Northcote: 161969-70 v Collingwood: 01969-70 v North Melbourne: 251970-71 v Essendon: 81970-71 v St Kilda: 7*1970-71 v Richmond: 611970-71 v University: 11970-71 v University: 01970-71 v South Melbourne: 01970-71 v Melbourne: 131973-74 v University: 441973-74 v St Kilda: 341973-74 v Collingwood: 01974-75 v Carlton: 101974-75 v Footscray: 101974-75 v Northcote: 61974-75 v North Melbourne: 601974-75 v Richmond: 01974-75 v Richmond: 241974-75 v Essendon: 01974-75 v Ringwood: 01974-75 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 01977-78 v Ringwood: 471977-78 v University: 0*1977-78 v Footscray: 21977-78 v Footscray: 1*1977-78 v North Melbourne: 111977-78 v Richmond: 14*1977-78 v Melbourne: 111977-78 v Waverley: 11977-78 v Essendon: 111977-78 v Collingwood: 261977-78 v St Kilda: 11*1978-79 v Prahran: 01978-79 v Ringwood: 241978-79 v Northcote: 11978-79 v Carlton: 381978-79 v Essendon: 61978-79 v University: 261978-79 v St Kilda: 501978-79 v South Melbourne: 51978-79 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 101978-79 v Footscray: 91978-79 v North Melbourne: 31979-80 v Carlton: 171979-80 v Waverley: 71979-80 v Richmond: 61979-80 v North Melbourne: 11979-80 v North Melbourne: 28*

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

Against each club

Kingston Hawthorn618104.50420.502/10
Greenvale Kanagaroos51286025.6010–0/40
Richmond51056126.2510–0/12
Camberwell Magpies526268.67226.002/22
St Kilda41025051.001225.002/15
Melbourne University4714417.750–0/24
Ringwood4714723.67168.001/19
Melbourne433138.25194.001/27
Essendon425116.25610.172/8
Carlton3653821.67220.502/28
Casey South Melbourne3413613.67219.002/21
Northcote334168.50–––
Footscray322107.3359.205/391
Prahran1000.000–0/32

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
11100*–
3617528*15.00
410999.00
51011916121.2212
61101516013.7313
71622385017.0014
86040246.671
921372637.00
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Top order (1–3)727528*15.00
Middle order (4–7)3835896116.8339
Lower order (8–11)81772611.001

Batted most often at 7th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks10
  • 1–916
  • 10–1912
  • 20–296
  • 30–495
  • 50–993
  • 100+0

Turned 0 of 3 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 8.9% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 6 times.

Dismissals
  • Caught20 · 43%
  • Bowled15 · 32%
  • Run out4 · 9%
  • LBW3 · 6%
  • Hit wicket2 · 4%
  • Stumped2 · 4%
  • Caught & bowled1 · 2%

Most often dismissed by: Kirby (3), Gott (2), Grant (2), MacKenzie (2), Douglas (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
In wins2522796012.1316
In losses2443816119.0514
In draws30725024.001
In ties10999.00
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins141821.781.3
In losses12724.290.6
In draws20–0.0
  • Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 3 (33%), lost 1.
  • Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 1 of 1 (100%).
  • Every other match: the side won 21 of 50 (42%), lost 23.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Batting first2743195013.8714
Batting second2003446117.2025
Second innings of the match627828*19.501
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground26273966115.232016.355/39
Victoria Park42000.00––0/8
University Oval, Parkville34454415.00–––
North Melbourne Cricket Ground33886029.33––0/40
South Melbourne Cricket Ground22413620.50216.002/21
Russell Lucas Oval22714735.50135.001/19
Albert Ground22241312.00––0/67
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote22763.50–––
Richmond Cricket Ground222014*20.00––0/12
St Kilda Cricket Ground221811*–––0/35
Western Oval12323.00––0/7
Essendon Cricket Ground11111111.0024.002/8
Carlton Cricket Ground11171717.00––0/13
Toorak Park11000.00––0/32
Central Reserve South Oval100––––0/30
Glenferrie Oval100–––––
Wickets taken
  • Caught16 · 64%
  • Bowled5 · 20%
  • LBW4 · 16%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)9 · 36%
  • Middle order (4–7)13 · 52%
  • Lower order (8–11)3 · 12%

1 five-wicket haul. Best in a match: 5/39 v Footscray, 1974-75. 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 1969-70 to 1979-80: 23rd of 65 for runs, 18th of 46 for wickets, 22nd of 67 for matches, 27th of 60 for catches, 25th of 41 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 65th of 321 for runs, 60th of 172 for wickets, 55th of 345 for matches, 74th of 279 for catches, 83rd of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • BE Kann1951-52 to 1959-60 · 51 m · 667 runs · 19 wkts
  • KM McLaine1979-80 to 1983-84 · 46 m · 728 runs · 23 wkts
  • RJ Zimmer1945-46 to 1950-51 · 40 m · 683 runs · 20 wkts
  • NF Turl1952-53 to 1958-59 · 53 m · 706 runs · 15 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1969-70: 6 matches, 97 runs, 0 wickets1969-701970-71: 6 matches, 90 runs, 0 wickets1970-711971-72: did not play1971-721972-73: did not play1972-731973-74: 3 matches, 78 runs, 2 wickets1973-741974-75: 9 matches, 110 runs, 8 wickets1974-751975-76: did not play1975-761976-77: did not play1976-771977-78: 10 matches, 135 runs, 4 wickets1977-781978-79: 15 matches, 172 runs, 8 wickets1978-791979-80: 5 matches, 59 runs, 3 wickets1979-80

Runs, up Wickets, down Season away

The arc

TW Macdonald's best season with the bat was 1978-79: 172 runs from 11 innings at 15.64. The best ten-innings patch came in 1969-70 to 1973-74: 193 runs at 21.44. The leanest, 1974-75 to 1977-78: 85 runs at 10.63.

Rolling average, innings 5 to 53: 10.6 to 21.421.4

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First fifty6114 Nov 1970v Richmond, 1970-71
First five-for5/392 Nov 1974v Footscray, 1974-75
50th match17, 0/1320 Oct 1979v Carlton, 1979-80

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings
from v University, 1973-74 to v St Kilda, 1973-74 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 23 matches
from v Essendon, 1977-78 to v North Melbourne, 1979-80 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 2 matches
from v Essendon, 1977-78 to v Collingwood, 1977-78 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 5 matches bowled in
from v Ringwood, 1974-75 to v Waverley, 1977-78 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 3 innings
from v University, 1970-71 to v South Melbourne, 1970-71 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111969-70: 6 (7 inns, avg 13.86)1970-71: 5 (7 inns, avg 15.00)1973-74: 7 (3 inns, avg 26.00)1974-75: 6 (9 inns, avg 12.22)1977-78: 7 (11 inns, avg 19.29)1978-79: 7 (11 inns, avg 15.64)1979-80: 3 (5 inns, avg 14.75)1969197319771979

Moved about the order across 7 seasons: at 7th in 3, at 6th in 2, at 5th in 1, at 3rd in 1.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1969-706713.86
1970-715715.00
1973-747326.00
1974-756912.22
1977-7871119.29
1978-7971115.64
1979-803514.75
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home262713966115.232016.35
Away282653456016.43566.40

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday454646266114.902326.91
Sunday210383838.00214.00
Weekday762774419.25
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct1092964713.71195.00
Nov161832996119.931118.18
Dec44032268.00420.75
Jan121001585015.80246.50
Feb9901173413.00716.14
Mar331392519.50
Favourite victims
  1. A Gill × 2
  2. BA Nunn × 2
  3. AJ Paone × 1
  4. BR Downey × 1
  5. GA Joslin × 1
  6. GB McBurney × 1
  7. GB Smith × 1
  8. GS Fox × 1
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. EP Illingworth × 4
  2. AJ Melbourne × 2
  3. RW Watts × 2
  4. SK Smith × 2
  5. AJ Matthews × 1
  6. AL Thomson × 1

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SeasonOpponentBattingBowling
1969-70South Melbourne36–Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70Melbourne0 & 9–Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70Hawthorn-East Melbournednb–Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70Northcote11 & 16–Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70Collingwood0–Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70North Melbourne25–Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71Essendon8–Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71St Kilda7*–Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71Richmond61–Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71University1 & 0–Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71South Melbourne00/6Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71Melbourne13–Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74University44–Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74St Kilda342/15 & 0/0Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74Collingwood00/13Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75Carlton10–Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75Footscray105/39Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75Northcote6–Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75North Melbourne60–Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75Richmond0 & 240/19Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75Essendon01/12 & 2/17Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75Ringwood00/29 & 0/4Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75Collingwooddnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75Hawthorn-East Melbourne0–Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Ringwood470/16Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78University0*–Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Footscray2 & 1*0/7Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78North Melbourne11–Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Richmond14*–Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Melbourne110/67Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Waverley10/20Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Essendon112/8Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Collingwood260/9 & 2/22Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78St Kilda11*0/35Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Melbournednb1/27Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Prahran00/32Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Richmonddnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Ringwood241/19Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Northcote1–Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Carlton382/28Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Essendon61/24Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79University260/24Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Collingwooddnb0/8Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79St Kilda50–Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79South Melbourne52/21 & 0/11Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Hawthorn-East Melbourne101/16Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Waverleydnb0/30Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Footscray9–Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79North Melbourne30/40Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Carlton170/13Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Waverley72/10 & 1/6Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Richmond60/12Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Ringwooddnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80North Melbourne1 & 28*–Something wrong? Tell us

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