Albert Lansdown

Played 1915-16 – 1932-33

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Player records

🏆1st XI Premiers (1930-31)State Representative

Career totals

Career

174

Games

Seasons

1915-16 – 1932-33

Played

Batting

184

Innings

Not outs

4,571

Runs

183

High score

29.68

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

212

Wickets

8/96

Best bowling

25.26

Average

5-fors

5,357

Overs

Fielding

134

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1921-22 to 1932-33 · 138 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 1926: 4 and 1/85 v University in 1928: 8 and 0/22 v North Melbourne

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1921-22	11	193	48	19.30	16	8	7/31	4
1922-23	11	187	38	18.70	40.5	33	8/96	14
1923-24	11	126	65*	15.75	45	23	5/31	10
1924-25	10	384	101*	76.80	43	13	4/94	4
1925-26	12	503	89	41.92	69.1	31	7/64	4
1926-27	12	397	147	30.54	55	34	8/104	14
1927-28	7	308	121*	51.33	26.7	8	6/82	4
1928-29	11	369	183*	36.90	28	9	2/35	6
1929-30	14	498	101	35.57	40.3	15	5/29	17
1930-31	14	398	83	30.62	22.4	15	5/29	17
1931-32	14	236	65	15.73	27	10	2/38	13
1932-33	11	263	109*	32.88	23	8	3/54	8
Career	138	3,862	183*	31.15		207	8/96	115

Every scorecard · 138

1921-22	v Richmond	20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v Essendon	8* & 6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v University	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v St Kilda	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v Northcote	48	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v Carlton	2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v South Melbourne	44	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v North Melbourne	29	7/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1921-22	v Prahran	10	1/66	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v South Melbourne	9	3/14 & 2/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v Melbourne	11	3/70	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v Carlton	10*	1/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v Collingwood	38	4/110	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v Northcote	34	8/96	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v Essendon	0 & 13*	5/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v University	21	4/118	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v North Melbourne	18	0/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v Richmond	18*	3/61	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v Prahran	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1922-23	v Prahran	7 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	2	1/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v North Melbourne	1	2/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v Carlton	dnb	4/92	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v St Kilda	2	1/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v South Melbourne	11*	2/93	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v Richmond	65*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v Essendon	4	1/86 & 1/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v Prahran	31 & 8	4/60	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v Northcote	2	2/103	Something wrong? Tell us
1923-24	v Melbourne	0	5/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v North Melbourne	14	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v Carlton	55	2/67	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v Collingwood	26*	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	68*	2/65	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v Richmond	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v Essendon	101*	2/77	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v South Melbourne	93*	4/94	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v Prahran	15	1/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1924-25	v University	8	2/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v Richmond	4	0/75	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v Collingwood	54	2/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v Carlton	89	4/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v University	63	5/64	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v Prahran	58	3/64	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v Melbourne	27	7/64	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v South Melbourne	59	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v St Kilda	5	1/75	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v Essendon	24	0/59	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v North Melbourne	56	3/88	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v Northcote	27	5/71	Something wrong? Tell us
1925-26	v St Kilda	37 & 0*	1/86	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v St Kilda	5	2/61	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Prahran	29	1/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v University	4	1/85	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	27	4/88	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Melbourne	19	4/87	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Richmond	4 & 24*	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Carlton	55	2/64	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Collingwood	1	0/71	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Northcote	147	4/71	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v North Melbourne	0	8/104	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v South Melbourne	46	6/117	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	v Essendon	7 & 29	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v North Melbourne	121*	6/82	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Melbourne	6	0/63	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Richmond	57	0/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v University	4	1/83	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v South Melbourne	80	1/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v St Kilda	34	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Collingwood	6	0/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Carlton	183*	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Essendon	18	2/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v North Melbourne	8	0/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Prahran	40	1/50	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Northcote	43	2/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Richmond	3	2/72	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v St Kilda	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v South Melbourne	45	0/72	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Melbourne	0	1/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v University	15	1/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Carlton	40	1/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Prahran	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Melbourne	23	1/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Collingwood	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v North Melbourne	40	2/34 & 0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Richmond	101	5/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	90	1/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v South Melbourne	21 & 66*	0/66	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Essendon	35	1/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v University	4	1/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v St Kilda	7	0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v VCA Colts	26	1/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v Northcote	0	1/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v St Kilda	18	1/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Melbourne	7	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Northcote	83	4/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v South Melbourne	5 & 13*	0/58	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v VCA Colts	29	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Collingwood	20	0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	17*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Richmond	77	2/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Essendon	19 & 2	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v North Melbourne	34	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Carlton	dnb	0/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Prahran	28	0/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v University	dnb	5/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Richmond	1 & 24	0/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v South Melbourne	39	4/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v St Kilda	23	0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Northcote	20	2/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	65	1/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v VCA Colts	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Collingwood	25	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v South Melbourne	0	1/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Prahran	13	2/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v University	35	0/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v North Melbourne	2	2/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Carlton	dnb	1/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Richmond	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Essendon	23 & 1	0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v University	6 & 10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v St Kilda	4 & 9	1/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Essendon	1 & 49*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Richmond	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Carlton	18	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v North Melbourne	24	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v University	1	0/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Prahran	3*	2/31 & 1/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v South Melbourne	34	1/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Collingwood	17	3/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v VCA Colts	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0	0/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Melbourne	109*	1/42	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Richmond, 1921-22
First fifty65*v Richmond, 1923-24
First hundred101*v Essendon, 1924-25
First five-for7/31v North Melbourne, 1921-22
Highest score183*v Carlton, 1928-29
Best bowling8/96v Northcote, 1922-23
Last matchMatch 138v Melbourne, 1932-33

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

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

Against each club

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Casey South Melbourne	13	565	93*	51.36	4		24	30.88	6/117	1
Richmond	13	409	101	34.08	3	1	13	27.54	5/29	1
Greenvale Kanagaroos	12	347	121*	31.55	1	1	30	17.80	8/104	3
Prahran	12	267	58	20.54	1		16	24.69	4/60
Melbourne University	12	173	63	14.42	1		20	24.90	5/29	2
Carlton	11	452	183*	90.40	3	1	15	27.80	4/55
Essendon	11	340	101*	26.15		1	13	29.31	5/21	1
Melbourne	11	203	109*	20.30		1	22	20.18	7/64	2
St Kilda	11	160	37	13.33			7	47.14	2/61
Northcote	10	404	147	44.89	1	1	28	16.96	8/96	2
Camberwell Magpies	10	197	54	24.63	1		9	36.00	4/110
Kingston Hawthorn	8	290	90	48.33	3		9	29.00	4/88
VCA Colts	4	55	29	27.50			1	40.00	1/40

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	100s	0s
1	36	2	1,186	147	34.88	5	3	4
2	50	3	1,360	183*	28.94	5	2
3	10	1	225	57	25.00	2		1
4	15	2	292	93*	22.46	2		2
5	6	2	298	109*	74.50	2	1
6	9	3	206	65*	34.33	1		1
7	5	1	109	55	27.25	1
8	6	3	107	34	35.67
9	5	1	63	38	15.75			1
10	2	2	3	3*	–
11	1	1	13	13*	–

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	96	6	2,771	183*	30.79	12	5	5
Middle order (4–7)	35	8	905	109*	33.52	6	1	3
Lower order (8–11)	14	7	186	38	26.57			1

Batted most often at 2nd.

Scores and consistency

Ducks9
1–945
10–1923
20–2924
30–4919
50–9918
100+6

Turned 6 of 24 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 13.2% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 22 times.

Dismissals

Caught68 · 55%
Bowled33 · 27%
Stumped7 · 6%
Run out7 · 6%
LBW5 · 4%
Caught & bowled4 · 3%

Most often dismissed by: Wallace (5), Scott (4), Mullett (4), Ebeling (4), Morton (4).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	72	9	2,091	121*	33.19	12	2	6
In losses	40	6	582	109*	17.12	1	1	2
In draws	30	5	1,010	183*	40.40	5	2	1
In ties	3	1	179	147	89.50		1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	53	136	17.46	2.6
In losses	28	28	51.14	1.0
In draws	26	38	34.03	1.5
In ties	2	5	19.60	2.5

Scored 50+: the side won 14 of 24 (58%), lost 2.
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 11 of 12 (92%).
Every other match: the side won 43 of 105 (41%), lost 31.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	61	6	1,704	183*	30.98	8	2	3
Batting second	69	9	1,903	147	31.72	9	4	6
Second innings of the match	15	6	255	66*	28.33	1

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	68	69	1,692	93*	28.20	97	26.79	8/96
Richmond Cricket Ground	8	11	297	101	29.70	6	21.33	5/29
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	7	6	260	147	43.33	11	24.18	4/71
Carlton Cricket Ground	7	5	313	183*	104.33	8	34.88	4/92
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	6	8	253	66*	42.17	12	28.25	6/117
Toorak Park	6	8	102	31	12.75	8	24.63	4/60
Melbourne Cricket Ground	6	6	151	109*	30.20	15	12.87	7/64
University Oval	6	5	93	63	18.60	16	20.56	5/29
St Kilda Cricket Ground	5	6	76	37	15.20	4	37.50	2/61
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	5	205	121*	51.25	11	25.91	6/82
Victoria Park	5	5	133	54	26.60	6	28.50	4/110
Glenferrie Oval	4	4	106	68*	53.00	2	48.50	2/65
Essendon Cricket Ground	3	5	135	101*	45.00	7	16.14	5/21
Albert Ground	2	2	46	39	23.00	4	13.00	4/45

Wickets taken

Caught99 · 48%
Bowled37 · 18%
Stumped24 · 12%
Caught & bowled23 · 11%
LBW21 · 10%
Hit wicket2 · 1%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)57 · 28%
Middle order (4–7)89 · 43%
Lower order (8–11)60 · 29%

12 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 8/96 v Northcote, 1922-23. 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 1921-22 to 1932-33: 4th of 65 for runs, 5th of 32 for wickets, 5th of 72 for matches, 2nd of 13 for hundreds, 1st of 56 for catches, 6th of 28 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 10th of 321 for runs, 13th of 172 for wickets, 11th of 345 for matches, 6th of 50 for hundreds, 5th of 279 for catches, 15th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

EA Williams1931-32 to 1947-48 · 97 m · 2,854 runs · 97 wkts
HAE Shillinglaw1943-44 to 1959-60 · 157 m · 3,801 runs · 299 wkts
RA Bartlett1997-98 to 2001-02 · 80 m · 2,570 runs · 94 wkts
DHL Arnall1941-42 to 1956-57 · 131 m · 3,359 runs · 99 wkts

The careers nearest Lansdown’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, downPremiership Honour in his name

1924-25: 1st XI Batting · 1927-28: 1st XI Batting · 1930-31: premiership

The arc

Albert Lansdown's best season with the bat was 1925-26: 503 runs from 13 innings at 41.92. The best ten-innings patch came in 1924-25 to 1925-26: 462 runs at 77.00. The leanest, 1931-32 to 1932-33: 91 runs at 9.10.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First five-for7/31	18 Mar 1922	v North Melbourne, 1921-22
50th wicket2/93 took him to 51	12 Jan 1924	v South Melbourne, 1923-24
First fifty65*	26 Jan 1924	v Richmond, 1923-24
First hundred101*	26 Jan 1925	v Essendon, 1924-25
1,000th run89 took him to 1,037	14 Nov 1925	v Carlton, 1925-26
50th match59, 0/20	1 Feb 1926	v South Melbourne, 1925-26
100th wicket3/88 took him to 102	6 Mar 1926	v North Melbourne, 1925-26
2,000th run80 took him to 2,058	7 Jan 1928	v South Melbourne, 1927-28
150th wicket1/44 took him to 150	7 Jan 1928	v South Melbourne, 1927-28
100th match7, 0/7	27 Sep 1930	v Melbourne, 1930-31
3,000th run83 took him to 3,055	11 Oct 1930	v Northcote, 1930-31
200th wicket2/31 took him to 201	10 Dec 1932	v Prahran, 1932-33

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 6 innings: from v Collingwood, 1925-26 to v South Melbourne, 1925-26 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 63 matches: from v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1921-22 to v North Melbourne, 1927-28 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 10 matches: from v North Melbourne, 1925-26 to v Carlton, 1926-27 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 3 matches bowled in: from v Essendon, 1930-31 to v Prahran, 1930-31 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 6 innings: from v Prahran, 1922-23 to v St Kilda, 1923-24 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
183*	v Carlton, 1928-29	Drawn
147	v Northcote, 1926-27	Tied
121*	v North Melbourne, 1927-28	Won
109*	v Melbourne, 1932-33	Lost
101*	v Essendon, 1924-25	Drawn

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
8/96	v Northcote, 1922-23	Won
8/104	v North Melbourne, 1926-27	Drawn
7/31	v North Melbourne, 1921-22	Won
7/64	v Melbourne, 1925-26	Won
6/82	v North Melbourne, 1927-28	Won

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Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 12 seasons: opened in 8, at 4th in 2, at 8th in 1, at 3rd in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1921-22	4	12	19.30
1922-23	8	13	18.70
1923-24	3	10	15.75
1924-25	4	9	76.80
1925-26	2	13	41.92
1926-27	1	14	30.54
1927-28	1	7	51.33
1928-29	2	11	36.90
1929-30	1	15	35.57
1930-31	2	15	30.62
1931-32	2	15	15.73
1932-33	2	11	32.88

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	68	69	9	1,692	93*	28.20	97	26.79
Away	70	76	12	2,170	183*	33.91	110	23.63

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	121	128	20	3,399	183*	31.47	189	24.71
Weekday	17	17	1	463	101*	28.94	18	29.28

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	22	23	3	600	121*	30.00	31	21.39
Nov	23	22	2	576	89	28.80	26	32.00
Dec	13	12	3	271	101	30.11	22	25.32
Jan	27	30	7	1,016	101*	44.17	46	23.70
Feb	22	21	3	520	147	28.89	32	29.28
Mar	23	27	1	545	109*	20.96	42	20.29
Other	8	10	2	334	183*	41.75	8	33.38

Finals

10Finals played

181Runs · avg 12.93

10Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	128	130	20	3,681	183*	33.46	197	24.85
Finals	10	15	1	181	39	12.93	10	30.30

Favourite victims

BJJ Davie × 4
BA Onyons × 3
SP King × 3
WJ Johnson × 3
WW Reddrop × 3
AA Charlesworth × 2
AW McSpeerin × 2
CA Fergie × 2

The card names his victims in 78 of 79 wicket-taking games.

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1921-22	11	4
1922-23	11	18
1923-24	11	11
1924-25	10	4
1925-26	12	4
1926-27	12	14
1927-28	7	4
1928-29	11	6
1929-30	14	17
1930-31	14	17
1931-32	14	13
1932-33	11	8

Caught most off

AE Liddicut × 38
AW Dummett × 29
AJW Lansdown × 23
FD Chapman × 11
HJ Plant × 7
CM Comben × 2

Career figures combine what's recorded live in Morrie with the club's own historical records — averages are shown only where there's enough real data to be honest about.

Albert Lansdown

Splits

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The shape of the career

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