WR Bates
1922-23 to 1924-25 · 22 matches for the club
Debut v South Melbourne, 1922-23 (7 Oct 1922)Last game v Carlton, 1924-25 (29 Nov 1924)Player no. 84 to appear for the club
22
Matches
445
Runs
21.19
Average
79
Highest
0 / 2
100s / 50s
0
Wickets
–
Bowling avg
0/14
Best
4
Catches
Season by season
Milestones
- DebutFirst matchv South Melbourne, 1922-23
- First fifty52v Melbourne, 1922-23
- Highest score79v Carlton, 1922-23
- Last matchMatch 22v Carlton, 1924-25
Runs by season
Every innings, in order
Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.
Against each club
 Carlton | 3 | 89 | 79 | 44.50 | 1 |
 Greenvale Kanagaroos | 3 | 58 | 45 | 19.33 | |
 Prahran | 2 | 80 | 32 | 26.67 | |
 Essendon | 2 | 59 | 32 | 19.67 | |
 Richmond | 2 | 33 | 27 | 16.50 | |
 Casey South Melbourne | 2 | 29 | 23 | 14.50 | |
 Camberwell Magpies | 2 | 12 | 12 | 12.00 | |
 Northcote | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4.50 | |
 Melbourne | 1 | 52 | 52 | 52.00 | 1 |
 Kingston Hawthorn | 1 | 13 | 13* | – | |
 St Kilda | 1 | 11 | 11 | 11.00 | |
 Melbourne University | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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
| Pos | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 50s | 0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 48 | 24 | 16.00 | 1 | |
| 2 | 15 | 0 | 358 | 79 | 23.87 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 23.00 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6.00 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10.00 |
| Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 50s | 0s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top order (1–3) | 20 | 1 | 429 | 79 | 22.58 | 2 | 2 |
| Middle order (4–7) | 2 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 8.00 |
Batted most often at 2nd.
Scores and consistency
- Ducks2
- 1–95
- 10–196
- 20–294
- 30–493
- 50–992
- 100+0
Turned 0 of 2 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 11.1% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 3 times.
Dismissals
- Caught11 · 52%
- Bowled8 · 38%
- Caught & bowled1 · 5%
- Run out1 · 5%
In wins and losses
| Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 50s | 0s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In wins | 10 | 0 | 274 | 79 | 27.40 | 2 | |
| In losses | 7 | 0 | 120 | 45 | 17.14 | ||
| In draws | 5 | 1 | 51 | 32 | 12.75 | 2 |
- Scored 50+: the side won 2 of 2 (100%).
- Every other match: the side won 7 of 20 (35%), lost 6.
Batting first or second
| Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | 50s | 0s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting first | 12 | 0 | 260 | 79 | 21.67 | 2 | 2 |
| Batting second | 8 | 1 | 129 | 27 | 18.43 | ||
| Second innings of the match | 2 | 0 | 56 | 32 | 28.00 |
By ground
| Ground | M | Inn | Runs | HS | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fitzroy Cricket Ground | 12 | 11 | 250 | 79 | 25.00 |
| Carlton Cricket Ground | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 10.00 |
| Essendon Cricket Ground | 1 | 2 | 51 | 32 | 25.50 |
| Toorak Park | 1 | 2 | 48 | 24 | 24.00 |
| Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| North Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1 | 1 | 45 | 45 | 45.00 |
| Richmond Cricket Ground | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6.00 |
| South Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1 | 1 | 23 | 23 | 23.00 |
| University Oval | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Victoria Park | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12.00 |
At the club
In the record book
- 144th of 488 run-scorers
- 192nd of 525 for matches played
- 251st of 431 for catches
- 81st of 203 for batting average (20+ innings)
Among players of 1922-23 to 1924-25: 12th of 28 for runs, 13th of 29 for matches, 14th of 24 for catches, 10th of 16 for batting average.
Under Fitzroy: 91st of 321 for runs, 113th of 345 for matches, 159th of 279 for catches, 45th of 126 for batting average.
Played like…
- RS Mahanama1985-86 to 1988-89 · 16 m · 311 runs · 0 wkts
- JB Hopkins2000-01 to 2001-02 · 22 m · 467 runs · 0 wkts
- RD McKinlay1988-89 to 1989-90 · 14 m · 310 runs · 0 wkts
- GA Mackay1972-73 to 1973-74 · 21 m · 444 runs · 1 wkts
The careers nearest Bates’s in length, runs and wickets a match, average and the balance of batting to bowling.
Most often alongside
- AJW Lansdown · 22
- AW Dummett · 20
- JRH Woodford · 20
- AE Liddicut · 19
- HC Lansdown · 19
- JA Atkinson · 19
- LA Cody · 16
- R Jones · 16
- B Cosgrave · 11
- C Kiernan · 11
Matches in the same side, from the published cards.
The shape of the career
Season by season
Runs, up
The arc
WR Bates' best season with the bat was 1922-23: 378 runs from 13 innings at 29.08. The best ten-innings patch came in 1922-23: 307 runs at 30.70. The leanest, 1922-23 to 1924-25: 91 runs at 10.11.
Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
Milestones
| Milestone | When | Match |
|---|---|---|
| First fifty52 | 21 Oct 1922 | v Melbourne, 1922-23 |
Streaks
Best innings
| Score | Match | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 79 | v Carlton, 1922-23 | Won |
| 52 | v Melbourne, 1922-23 | Won |
| 45 | v North Melbourne, 1922-23 | Lost |
| 32 | v Essendon, 1922-23 | Won |
| 32 | v Prahran, 1922-23 | Drawn |
More splits
Batting position over the years
Opened in every one of his 3 seasons.
Home and away
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 12 | 11 | 1 | 250 | 79 | 25.00 |
| Away | 10 | 11 | 0 | 195 | 45 | 17.73 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday | 21 | 21 | 1 | 445 | 79 | 22.25 |
| Weekday | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Month by month
| Month | M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct | 6 | 6 | 1 | 101 | 52 | 20.20 |
| Nov | 3 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 79 | 44.50 |
| Dec | 3 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 11.50 |
| Jan | 5 | 6 | 0 | 72 | 32 | 12.00 |
| Feb | 3 | 3 | 0 | 80 | 45 | 26.67 |
| Mar | 2 | 3 | 0 | 80 | 32 | 26.67 |
Finals
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home and away | 21 | 20 | 1 | 397 | 79 | 20.89 |
| Finals | 1 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 24 | 24.00 |
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