1977-78 season

Fitzroy

1st XI BattingL Joslin

1st XI BowlingL Joslin

1st XI Batting (Doncaster CC)G Hansen

1st XI Bowling (Doncaster CC)R Parry

A.E. Liddicut Medal — 1st XI ChampionL Joslin

Matches

Date	Opponent	Scores	Result
1 Oct 1977	RingwoodRussell Lucas Oval, Ringwood	6/127d v 3/141	LostRingwood won on first innings.
8 Oct 1977	UniversityUniversity Oval, Parkville	4/137d & 0/2 v 4/149d	LostUniversity won on first innings.
15 Oct 1977	FootscrayWestern Oval, Footscray	73 & 5/167 v 210	LostFootscray won on first innings.
29 Oct 1977	North MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	8/196 v 254	DrawnDrawn.
1 Nov 1977	RichmondRichmond Cricket Ground	5/144d v 1/181	LostRichmond won on first innings.
12 Nov 1977	MelbourneAlbert Ground	8/299d v 4/244	DrawnDrawn.
19 Nov 1977	PrahranFitzroy Cricket Ground	167 & 1/87 v 202	LostPrahran won on first innings.
3 Dec 1977	South MelbourneFitzroy Cricket Ground	292 v 179	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
10 Dec 1977	Hawthorn-East MelbourneGlenferrie Oval	180 v 7/264	LostHawthorn-East Melbourne won on first innings.
7 Jan 1978	WaverleyFitzroy Cricket Ground	7/204d v 3/146	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
21 Jan 1978	CarltonCarlton Cricket Ground	157 v 201 & 0/4	LostCarlton won on first innings.
30 Jan 1978	NorthcoteFitzroy Cricket Ground		No resultMatch abandoned.
4 Feb 1978	EssendonEssendon Cricket Ground	198 & 1/28d v 109 & 3/118	LostEssendon won outright by 7 wickets.
18 Feb 1978	CollingwoodFitzroy Cricket Ground	256 v 114 & 7/63	WonFitzroy won on first innings.
4 Mar 1978	St KildaSt Kilda Cricket Ground	199 v 197	WonFitzroy won on first innings.

6 players played their first game for the club this season, in the order they appeared.

Player	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	Ct
LR Joslin	14	15	2	515	108*	39.62	1	3	2
GM Watts	13	15	2	374	71*	28.77		2
PW White	11	13	1	292	62*	24.33		1	8
IL Dunne	12	13	3	280	56	28.00		1	4
JA Steele	10	11	0	207	107	18.82	1		6
DP Rumble	14	12	3	203	53	22.56		1	24
RW Watts	13	10	3	179	73*	25.57		1	3
TW MacDonald	10	11	4	135	47	19.29
PA Ryan	9	9	0	133	56	14.78		1	1
TL Cullen	7	8	0	82	33	10.25			3
PJ Wallace	12	10	5	81	15	16.20			2
AJ Melbourne	3	3	0	80	47	26.67			2
G Hayes	6	7	0	67	22	9.57			3
SK Smith	8	6	2	55	23	13.75
LA Hathaway	4	6	1	39	13	7.80			3
GC Sholly	1	1	0	24	24	24.00
EP Illingworth	5	1	1	17	17*	–			1
GR Whitelaw	1	1	1	10	10*	–
RH Goldin	1	1	0	0	0	0.00

Player	Overs	M	Runs	Wkts	Avg	Best	5wI
RW Watts	167.6	22	605	29	20.86	4/50
LR Joslin	142.6	28	462	25	18.48	6/42	1
PJ Wallace	90.4	8	435	16	27.19	4/39
JA Steele	74.3	11	313	12	26.08	4/36
SK Smith	67	14	234	9	26.00	4/37
AJ Melbourne	36	10	81	5	16.20	4/27
EP Illingworth	50	7	203	5	40.60	3/59
TW MacDonald	63	13	184	4	46.00	2/8
PA Ryan	0	0	2	0	–	0/2
GC Sholly	4	1	3	0	–	0/3
TL Cullen	1	0	4	0	–	0/4
GR Whitelaw	11	0	40	0	–	0/40
G Hayes	10	0	52	0	–	0/2

Eight-ball overs this season.