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Played 1946-47 – 1958-59

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Player records

Tasmania Representative

Career totals

Career

117

Games

Seasons

1946-47 – 1958-59

Played

Batting

Innings

Not outs

363

Runs

High score

5.95

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

242

Wickets

6/17

Best bowling

19.21

Average

5-fors

1058.4 (8-ball)

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1946-47 to 1958-59 · 117 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 1948: 0 and 1/54 v Melbourne in 1951: 8 and 1/34 v Melbourne

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1946-47	5	4	1*	1.33	40	7	4/27	3
1947-48	5	6	3*	–	43.2	7	4/26	2
1948-49	12	23	17	3.29	101.4	13	4/17	2
1949-50	13	14	7*	2.80	150	19	3/17	4
1950-51	9	25	11	8.33	110.3	29	6/17
1951-52	5	20	10*	10.00	60.4	5	2/26
1952-53	10	70	28*	11.67	97	20	5/24	2
1953-54	8	26	8*	6.50	97.7	20	5/56
1954-55	2	9	9	3.00	13	0	0/8
1955-56	14	72	25	6.55	142	36	6/32	4
1956-57	14	29	11	4.83	84.1	38	5/30	1
1957-58	14	48	8*	6.00	70.7	40	6/41	5
1958-59	6	17	9	5.67	48	8	3/55
Career	117	363	28*	5.95		242	6/17	23

Every scorecard · 117

1946-47	v North Melbourne	1	1/32 & 4/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Essendon	1*	0/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Carlton	1*	1/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v University	0 & 1	1/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	1/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Northcote	dnb	4/26 & 0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Melbourne	3*	0/31 & 1/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Essendon	3*	1/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Richmond	dnb	0/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v St Kilda	17	1/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Collingwood	dnb	1/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Footscray	0	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Melbourne	0	1/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v University	dnb	1/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v North Melbourne	3	2/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v South Melbourne	0	0/33 & 4/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Richmond	0	0/18 & 1/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Prahran	dnb	0/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Carlton	1	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Essendon	2*	1/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0*	1/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v St Kilda	7*	1/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v North Melbourne	dnb	2/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Prahran	dnb	2/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Essendon	0* & 1	0/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Melbourne	0	0/8 & 1/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Footscray	1	3/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v South Melbourne	0	1/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Richmond	4*	2/48 & 0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v University	dnb	2/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Collingwood	dnb	2/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0*	1/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Carlton	1	0/24 & 0/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50	v Northcote	0*	2/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Essendon	dnb	3/25 & 1/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	6/17 & 3/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v South Melbourne	dnb	0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Footscray	dnb	1/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Melbourne	dnb	3/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Collingwood	8	3/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v St Kilda	dnb	2/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Essendon	3 & 3*	5/8 & 0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	11	2/79	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v North Melbourne	dnb	1/34 & 2/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v University	2	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v Melbourne	8	1/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v St Kilda	dnb	1/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1951-52	v South Melbourne	10*	0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Northcote	dnb	2/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Collingwood	dnb	5/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Prahran	28*	1/49	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v North Melbourne	0	1/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v South Melbourne	2	4/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v University	10	1/10 & 0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Essendon	9*	1/61	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Melbourne	15 & 6*	2/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0	2/46 & 1/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1952-53	v Prahran	0	0/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	4/27 & 1/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Footscray	1*	5/56 & 1/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Northcote	dnb	0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Collingwood	8*	2/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v Prahran	5	0/32 & 1/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v North Melbourne	dnb	0/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v South Melbourne	4	4/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1953-54	v University	8 & 0	2/63	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v St Kilda	9	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1954-55	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0 & 0	0/56	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Collingwood	dnb	1/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Prahran	dnb	3/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v North Melbourne	0	2/72	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v South Melbourne	10	2/66	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v University	1	3/21 & 1/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Essendon	4	3/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Carlton	dnb	4/61	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Richmond	15	6/32 & 1/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Melbourne	1	2/14 & 0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v St Kilda	0	1/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	25	3/87	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Footscray	9	2/56	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Northcote	1	1/19 & 0/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v South Melbourne	1* & 5	1/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Footscray	dnb	3/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Northcote	0*	2/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Collingwood	11 & 0	2/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Prahran	dnb	2/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v North Melbourne	4	1/10 & 5/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v South Melbourne	dnb	2/69	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Essendon	0	0/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Carlton	8	4/34 & 0/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Richmond	0	0/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Melbourne	dnb	3/42 & 0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v St Kilda	dnb	3/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	6*	4/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v St Kilda	0*	3/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Carlton	0*	3/79 & 1/89	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Northcote	dnb	0/1 & 1/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Collingwood	5	1/41 & 0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Prahran	dnb	1/67	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v North Melbourne	0*	2/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v South Melbourne	dnb	2/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v University	dnb	3/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Essendon	8	6/41 & 2/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Carlton	0	0/78	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Richmond	5	2/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Melbourne	8*	2/24 & 2/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v St Kilda	7	4/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	3 & 2	3/15 & 0/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Footscray	4*	4/38 & 1/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Carlton	6	3/53 & 1/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Footscray	dnb	0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Northcote	dnb	1/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Collingwood	9	1/85	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Prahran	4	3/55	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v North Melbourne	4	1/30 & 1/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v South Melbourne	dnb	1/26	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv North Melbourne, 1946-47
First five-for6/17v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1950-51
Highest score28*v Prahran, 1952-53
Best bowling6/17v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1950-51
Last matchMatch 117v South Melbourne, 1958-59

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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Kingston Hawthorn	12	47	25	6.71	32	16.56	6/17	1
Casey South Melbourne	11	32	10*	5.33	21	19.48	4/15
Essendon	10	34	9*	6.80	23	18.35	6/41	2
Greenvale Kanagaroos	10	12	4	2.00	25	16.32	5/30	1
Melbourne	9	41	15	8.20	18	20.72	3/19
Camberwell Magpies	9	41	11	8.20	18	18.33	5/24	1
St Kilda	9	40	17	10.00	16	19.81	4/37
Prahran	9	37	28*	12.33	13	27.85	3/42
Melbourne University	8	22	10	3.14	14	18.86	3/21
Carlton	8	17	8	3.40	17	31.06	4/34
Footscray	8	15	9	5.00	20	14.75	5/56	1
Northcote	8	1	1	1.00	13	16.15	4/26
Richmond	6	24	15	6.00	12	17.67	6/32	1

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	0s
1	1	1	28	28*	–
2	1	0	0	0	0.00	1
4	2	1	1	1	1.00
5	1	0	4	4	4.00
6	2	1	14	8	14.00
7	1	0	1	1	1.00
8	2	1	9	8*	9.00
9	8	1	29	7	4.14	1
10	32	4	160	25	5.71	10
11	37	17	117	15	5.85	7

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
Top order (1–3)	2	1	28	28*	28.00	1
Middle order (4–7)	6	2	20	8	5.00
Lower order (8–11)	79	23	315	25	5.63	18

Batted most often at 11th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks19
1–950
10–198
20–292
30–490
50–990
100+0

2.7% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 1 time.

Dismissals

Caught24 · 39%
Bowled14 · 23%
Run out8 · 13%
LBW6 · 10%
Stumped6 · 10%
Caught & bowled3 · 5%

Most often dismissed by: Kerr (4), Hill (2), Iverson (2), Holloway (2), Pearce (2).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
In wins	42	15	173	15	6.41	4
In losses	43	10	160	25	4.85	15
In draws	2	1	30	28*	30.00

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	68	159	14.89	2.3
In losses	39	70	29.11	1.8
In draws	9	13	19.54	1.4

Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 7 of 7 (100%).
Every other match: the side won 61 of 110 (55%), lost 39.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	0s
Batting first	44	11	176	25	5.33	11
Batting second	34	13	169	28*	8.05	5
Second innings of the match	9	2	18	6*	2.57	3

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	56	40	171	25	5.70	102	20.59	6/41
Glenferrie Oval	6	5	6	6*	2.00	18	13.11	6/17
Albert Ground	6	5	24	15	12.00	14	27.43	3/19
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	6	5	18	10*	6.00	9	24.22	4/15
University Oval	5	5	10	8	2.00	11	17.36	3/21
Western Oval	5	4	15	9	7.50	19	12.47	5/56
Victoria Park	5	4	24	11	8.00	8	21.00	2/23
Essendon Cricket Ground	5	4	6	3*	6.00	6	32.50	3/25
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	2	4	4	2.00	13	17.23	5/30
Toorak Park	4	2	32	28*	32.00	8	18.25	3/55
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	4	2	0	0*	–	7	13.71	2/13
Richmond Cricket Ground	3	3	20	15	6.67	10	10.00	6/32
Carlton Cricket Ground	3	3	15	8	5.00	8	19.13	4/34
St Kilda Cricket Ground	3	2	7	7	3.50	7	19.00	4/37
Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	1	11	11	11.00	2	39.50	2/79

Wickets taken

Caught149 · 62%
Bowled72 · 30%
LBW14 · 6%
Caught & bowled7 · 3%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)132 · 55%
Middle order (4–7)80 · 33%
Lower order (8–11)30 · 12%

7 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 9/48 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1950-51. 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 1946-47 to 1958-59: 33rd of 57 for runs, 7th of 44 for wickets, 11th of 58 for matches, 23rd of 53 for catches, 36th of 36 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 105th of 321 for runs, 10th of 172 for wickets, 22nd of 345 for matches, 58th of 279 for catches, 124th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

K Peters1950-51 to 1957-58 · 109 m · 606 runs · 282 wkts
RHW Liddicut1938-39 to 1950-51 · 70 m · 296 runs · 138 wkts
AL Thomson1964-65 to 1975-76 · 112 m · 286 runs · 320 wkts
SK Smith1977-78 to 1994-95 · 86 m · 340 runs · 155 wkts

The careers nearest Considine’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, down Honour in his name

1950-51: 1st XI Bowling

The arc

Bernie Considine's best season with the bat was 1955-56: 72 runs from 12 innings at 6.55. The best ten-innings patch came in 1951-52 to 1952-53: 90 runs at 15.00. The leanest, 1948-49 to 1949-50: 12 runs at 2.00.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
50th wicket1/28 took him to 50	7 Oct 1950	v Essendon, 1950-51
First five-for6/17	21 Oct 1950	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1950-51
50th match2/13	18 Oct 1952	v Northcote, 1952-53
100th wicket1/19 took him to 100	9 Mar 1953	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1952-53
150th wicket3/87 took him to 152	11 Feb 1956	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1955-56
100th match1/67	2 Nov 1957	v Prahran, 1957-58
200th wicket2/27 took him to 201	16 Nov 1957	v South Melbourne, 1957-58

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 27 matches: from v Carlton, 1956-57 to v South Melbourne, 1958-59 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 20 matches: from v Collingwood, 1955-56 to v South Melbourne, 1956-57 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 2 matches bowled in: from v Prahran, 1948-49 to v Carlton, 1948-49 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 16 innings: from v Collingwood, 1956-57 to v North Melbourne, 1958-59 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
28*	v Prahran, 1952-53	Drawn
25	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1955-56	Lost
17	v St Kilda, 1948-49	Lost
15	v Melbourne, 1952-53	Won
15	v Richmond, 1955-56	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
6/17	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1950-51	Won
6/32	v Richmond, 1955-56	Won
6/41	v Essendon, 1957-58	Won
5/8	v Essendon, 1950-51	Won, Semi-final
5/24	v Collingwood, 1952-53	Won

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Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 13 seasons: at 11th in 6, at 10th in 6, at 9th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1946-47	11	5	1.33
1947-48	11	2	–
1948-49	10	9	3.29
1949-50	11	10	2.80
1950-51	11	4	8.33
1951-52	11	3	10.00
1952-53	11	9	11.67
1953-54	10	6	6.50
1954-55	10	3	3.00
1955-56	10	12	6.55
1956-57	10	10	4.83
1957-58	9	11	6.00
1958-59	10	3	5.67

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	56	40	10	171	25	5.70	102	20.59
Away	61	47	16	192	28*	6.19	140	18.29

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	102	74	21	312	25	5.89	223	18.50
Weekday	15	13	5	51	28*	6.38	19	28.11

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	23	7	3	32	17	8.00	55	14.71
Nov	31	24	6	105	28*	5.83	56	20.32
Dec	12	8	1	36	10*	5.14	28	18.04
Jan	19	16	4	61	15	5.08	35	23.00
Feb	15	12	5	71	25	10.14	28	19.79
Mar	17	20	7	58	11	4.46	40	21.23

Finals

7Finals played

29Runs · avg 5.80

19Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	110	78	22	334	28*	5.96	223	18.90
Finals	7	9	4	29	11	5.80	19	23.42

Favourite victims

I Monks × 4
LV Maddocks × 4
WA Dick × 4
DL Taylor × 3
EAD Kerr × 3
J Crawford × 3
JC Watters × 3
JH Shaw × 3

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1946-47	5	3
1947-48	5	2
1948-49	12	2
1949-50	13	4
1950-51	9
1951-52	5
1952-53	10	2
1953-54	8
1954-55	2
1955-56	14	4
1956-57	14	1
1957-58	14	5
1958-59	6

Caught most off

BT Considine × 7
RHW Liddicut × 4
HAE Shillinglaw × 3
J Frederick × 2
K Peters × 2
C Adams × 1

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.

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