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WA Tarrant

1891-92 to 1921-22 · 52 matches for the club

Debut v North Melbourne, 1891-92 (31 Oct 1891)Last game v University, 1921-22 (19 Nov 1921)Player no. 13 to appear for the club

Around this dayin 1899: 23 & 0 v St Kilda in 1896: 99 & 57 v Hawksburn

52

Matches

2,368

Runs

33.83

Average

201

Highest

2 / 15

100s / 50s

0

Wickets

–

Bowling avg

0/9

Best

15

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1891-924601725928.67–––1
1892-93712231810031.80200/104
1895-96713245420141.27200/92
1896-9781334839948.30–––
1897-985603157852.50500/163
1898-9991203177726.42–––5
1899-007912397129.88–––
1900-01460702011.67–––
1921-22110000.00–––
Career527882,36820133.83900/915

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv North Melbourne, 1891-92
  2. First fifty59v North Melbourne, 1891-92
  3. First hundred100v South Melbourne, 1892-93
  4. Highest score201v Richmond, 1895-96
  5. Last matchMatch 52v University, 1921-22

Runs by season

1891-92: 172 runs17291-921892-93: 318 runs31892-931895-96: 454 runs45495-961896-97: 483 runs48396-971897-98: 315 runs31597-981898-99: 317 runs31798-991899-00: 239 runs23999-001900-01: 70 runs7000-011921-22: 0 runs21-22

Every innings, in order

201501891-92 v North Melbourne: 141891-92 v North Melbourne: 591891-92 v Richmond: 501891-92 v East Melbourne: 171891-92 v East Melbourne: 111891-92 v Port Melbourne: 211892-93 v Melbourne: 181892-93 v Melbourne: 0*1892-93 v North Melbourne: 81892-93 v North Melbourne: 21892-93 v St Kilda: 61892-93 v South Melbourne: 1001892-93 v South Melbourne: 21892-93 v North Melbourne: 71892-93 v North Melbourne: 21892-93 v South Melbourne: 971892-93 v Melbourne: 441892-93 v Melbourne: 32*1895-96 v Melbourne: 151895-96 v Melbourne: 221895-96 v East Melbourne: 201895-96 v East Melbourne: 41*1895-96 v Carlton: 41895-96 v Carlton: 271895-96 v North Melbourne: 111895-96 v North Melbourne: 341895-96 v Richmond: 2011895-96 v St Kilda: 121895-96 v St Kilda: 221895-96 v South Melbourne: 211895-96 v South Melbourne: 24*1896-97 v Richmond: 11896-97 v Richmond: 18*1896-97 v Melbourne: 291896-97 v Melbourne: 01896-97 v Hawksburn: 991896-97 v Hawksburn: 571896-97 v South Melbourne: 181896-97 v South Melbourne: 46*1896-97 v Carlton: 691896-97 v East Melbourne: 371896-97 v St Kilda: 781896-97 v North Melbourne: 31896-97 v North Melbourne: 28*1897-98 v Carlton: 621897-98 v East Melbourne: 401897-98 v South Melbourne: 711897-98 v South Melbourne: 21897-98 v Hawksburn: 621897-98 v Richmond: 781898-99 v East Melbourne: 301898-99 v Richmond: 311898-99 v Carlton: 51898-99 v University: 271898-99 v University: 11898-99 v St Kilda: 01898-99 v St Kilda: 111898-99 v Hawksburn: 771898-99 v Hawksburn: 641898-99 v North Melbourne: 271898-99 v South Melbourne: 261898-99 v Melbourne: 181899-00 v North Melbourne: 46*1899-00 v St Kilda: 231899-00 v St Kilda: 01899-00 v South Melbourne: 31899-00 v South Melbourne: 551899-00 v Hawksburn: 711899-00 v East Melbourne: 301899-00 v Carlton: 51899-00 v Richmond: 61900-01 v Hawksburn: 201900-01 v South Melbourne: 01900-01 v South Melbourne: 171900-01 v North Melbourne: 71900-01 v Melbourne: 91900-01 v Melbourne: 171921-22 v University: 0

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

Against each club

Casey South Melbourne848210040.1731
Greenvale Kanagaroos82485922.551
Richmond638520164.1721
Kingston Hawthorn622641*32.29
Melbourne62044422.67
Prahran54509964.296
Carlton51726928.672
St Kilda51527819.001
Melbourne University228279.33
Port Melbourne1212121.00

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
PosInnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
11924497726.4131
21302925922.4631
32337749938.7061
410150320155.8921
58130210043.14111
620312215.50
71100*–
810000.001
1010171717.00
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
Top order (1–3)5551,5159930.30123
Middle order (4–7)21383620146.44321
Lower order (8–11)2017178.501

Batted most often at 3rd.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks5
  • 1–917
  • 10–1913
  • 20–2914
  • 30–4911
  • 50–9915
  • 100+2

Turned 2 of 17 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 16.6% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 24 times.

Dismissals
  • Caught32 · 46%
  • Bowled20 · 29%
  • Run out5 · 7%
  • LBW5 · 7%
  • Caught & bowled4 · 6%
  • Stumped3 · 4%

Most often dismissed by: Carlton (5), Laver (4), Marshall (4), Jones (3), McLeod (3).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
In wins2811,17820143.63921
In losses4971,1909928.3363
In draws10000.001
  • Scored 50+: the side won 10 of 15 (67%), lost 5.
  • Every other match: the side won 11 of 37 (30%), lost 25.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
Batting first3301,23520137.42823
Batting second1915397129.943
Second innings of the match2675946431.2642
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvg
Fitzroy Cricket Ground30441,53320136.50
South Melbourne Cricket Ground4827810039.71
East Melbourne Cricket Ground4615941*31.80
Melbourne Cricket Ground35732218.25
Richmond Cricket Ground341005033.33
North Melbourne Cricket Ground235646*28.00
the Triangle231006950.00
St Kilda Cricket Ground12232311.50
Carlton Cricket Ground11555.00
Port Melbourne Cricket Ground11212121.00
Toorak Park11202020.00

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1891-92 to 1921-22: 5th of 79 for runs, 8th of 83 for matches, 6th of 12 for hundreds, 15th of 70 for catches, 4th of 23 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 26th of 321 for runs, 61st of 345 for matches, 22nd of 50 for hundreds, 82nd of 279 for catches, 10th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • R Gardner1934-35 to 1937-38 · 49 m · 1,923 runs · 1 wkts
  • RN Harvey1943-44 to 1956-57 · 104 m · 3,984 runs · 3 wkts
  • EV Carroll1924-25 to 1925-26 · 13 m · 455 runs · 0 wkts
  • CJ Dart1967-68 to 1969-70 · 30 m · 993 runs · 0 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1891-92: 4 matches, 172 runs91-921892-93: 7 matches, 318 runs1893-94: did not play1894-95: did not play94-951895-96: 7 matches, 454 runs1896-97: 8 matches, 483 runs1897-98: 5 matches, 315 runs97-981898-99: 9 matches, 317 runs1899-00: 7 matches, 239 runs1900-01: 4 matches, 70 runs00-011901-02: did not play1902-03: did not play1903-04: did not play03-041904-05: did not play1905-06: did not play1906-07: did not play06-071907-08: did not play1908-09: did not play1909-10: did not play09-101910-11: did not play1911-12: did not play1912-13: did not play12-131913-14: did not play1914-15: did not play1915-16: did not play15-161916-17: did not play1917-18: did not play1918-19: did not play18-191919-20: did not play1920-21: did not play1921-22: 1 match, 0 runs21-22

Runs, up Season away

The arc

WA Tarrant's best season with the bat was 1896-97: 483 runs from 13 innings at 48.30. The best ten-innings patch came in 1896-97 to 1897-98: 497 runs at 62.13. The leanest, 1899-00 to 1921-22: 111 runs at 11.10.

Rolling average, innings 5 to 78: 11.1 to 62.162.1

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First fifty5931 Oct 1891v North Melbourne, 1891-92
First hundred1007 Jan 1893v South Melbourne, 1892-93
1,000th run99 took him to 1,0919 Nov 1896v Hawksburn, 1896-97
2,000th run27 took him to 2,0154 Mar 1899v North Melbourne, 1898-99
50th match71 Dec 1900v North Melbourne, 1900-01

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 4 innings
from v South Melbourne, 1896-97 to v St Kilda, 1896-97 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 25 matches
from v Carlton, 1897-98 to v Melbourne, 1900-01 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 3 matches bowled in
from v St Kilda, 1892-93 to v Richmond, 1897-98 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 3 innings
from v North Melbourne, 1892-93 to v St Kilda, 1892-93 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111891-92: 2 (6 inns, avg 28.67)1892-93: 1 (12 inns, avg 31.80)1895-96: 3 (13 inns, avg 41.27)1896-97: 3 (13 inns, avg 48.30)1897-98: 3 (6 inns, avg 52.50)1898-99: 2 (12 inns, avg 26.42)1899-00: 1 (9 inns, avg 29.88)1900-01: 1 (6 inns, avg 11.67)1921-22: 8 (1 inns, avg 0.00)18911895189718991921

Opened for 2 seasons, dropped to 3rd from 1895-96, moved up to open from 1898-99, dropped to 8th from 1921-22.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1891-922628.67
1892-9311231.80
1895-9631341.27
1896-9731348.30
1897-983652.50
1898-9921226.42
1899-001929.88
1900-011611.67
1921-22810.00
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvg
Home304421,53320136.50
Away2234683510029.82

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvg
Saturday507582,19420132.75
Weekday2301749958.00
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvg
Oct101533386228.17
Nov91523699928.38
Dec6902436927.00
Jan813036010027.69
Feb811057720152.45
Mar7913097838.63
Other4621727843.00
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. FA Tarrant × 4
  2. R Mitchell × 3
  3. G Beacham × 2
  4. W Hannah × 2
  5. J Drysdale × 1
  6. J Worrall × 1

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Every match · 52 · tap to show
SeasonOpponentBattingBowling
1891-92North Melbourne14 & 59–Something wrong? Tell us
1891-92Richmond50–Something wrong? Tell us
1891-92East Melbourne17 & 11–Something wrong? Tell us
1891-92Port Melbourne21–Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93Melbourne18 & 0*–Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93North Melbourne8 & 2–Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93St Kilda60/10Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93South Melbourne100 & 2–Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93North Melbourne7 & 2–Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93South Melbourne97–Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93Melbourne44 & 32*–Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96Melbourne15 & 22–Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96East Melbourne20 & 41*–Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96Carlton4 & 27–Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96North Melbourne11 & 34–Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96Richmond2010/9Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96St Kilda12 & 22–Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96South Melbourne21 & 24*–Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97Richmond1 & 18*–Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97Melbourne29 & 0–Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97Hawksburn99 & 57–Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97South Melbourne18 & 46*–Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97Carlton69–Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97East Melbourne37–Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97St Kilda78–Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97North Melbourne3 & 28*–Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98Carlton62–Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98East Melbourne40–Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98South Melbourne71 & 2–Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98Hawksburn62–Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98Richmond780/16Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99East Melbourne30–Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99Richmond31–Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99Carlton5–Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99University27 & 1–Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99St Kilda0 & 11–Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99Hawksburn77 & 64–Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99North Melbourne27–Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99South Melbourne26–Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99Melbourne18–Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00North Melbourne46*–Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00St Kilda23 & 0–Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00South Melbourne3 & 55–Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00Hawksburn71–Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00East Melbourne30–Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00Carlton5–Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00Richmond6–Something wrong? Tell us
1900-01Hawksburn20–Something wrong? Tell us
1900-01South Melbourne0 & 17–Something wrong? Tell us
1900-01North Melbourne7–Something wrong? Tell us
1900-01Melbourne9 & 17–Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22University0–Something wrong? Tell us

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