David Anderson

Played 1956-57 – 1969-70

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Player records

🏆1st XI Premiers (1960-61)🏆1st XI Premiers (1966-67)State Representative

Career totals

Career

130

Games

Seasons

1956-57 – 1969-70

Played

Batting

157

Innings

Not outs

4,044

Runs

132

High score

30.87

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

3/7

Best bowling

27.80

Average

143.5 (8-ball)

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1956-57 to 1969-70 · 130 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 1962: 80 v Carlton

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1956-57	8	210	47	26.25	18	6	3/72	4
1957-58	12	183	42*	15.25	2	1	1/14	6
1958-59	3	3	2	1.00	–	–	–	1
1959-60	7	39	22	6.50	–	–	–	4
1960-61	13	625	94	41.67	9.6	6	3/7	7
1961-62	11	430	99	35.83	13.1	5	2/18	4
1962-63	8	212	80	23.56	2	2	2/11	1
1963-64	11	407	78	45.22	18	3	3/40	3
1964-65	6	250	89	27.78	15.6	2	2/22	4
1965-66	5	151	55*	37.75	18	1	1/1	2
1966-67	13	479	132*	43.55	18	1	1/39	2
1967-68	14	535	83	44.58	29	3	1/37	7
1968-69	6	216	87*	43.20	–	–	–	2
1969-70	13	304	52	19.00	–	–	–	8
Career	130	4,044	132*	30.87		30	3/7	55

Every scorecard · 130

1956-57	v University	27	2/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Carlton	1 & 20*	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Richmond	41	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Melbourne	dnb	1/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v St Kilda	33* & 4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	7 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v St Kilda	47	0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Carlton	15 & 14*	3/72	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Northcote	42*	1/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Collingwood	28	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Prahran	9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v North Melbourne	1* & 34*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v South Melbourne	37	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v University	3	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Carlton	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Richmond	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0 & 2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Footscray	0 & 3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Carlton	16	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Footscray	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Northcote	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Collingwood	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Carlton	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Richmond	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v St Kilda	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Footscray	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Northcote	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Footscray	32	0/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Northcote	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Prahran	3 & 2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v North Melbourne	14 & 17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v South Melbourne	94	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v University	68	1/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v St Kilda	62*	1/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Essendon	21	1/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Carlton	5 & 4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Richmond	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Melbourne	27 & 93	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v North Melbourne	60	3/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v St Kilda	71 & 43*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v North Melbourne	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v South Melbourne	99	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v University	18 & 54*	1/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Essendon	65	2/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Carlton	40 & 2	0/25 & 0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Richmond	34	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Melbourne	48	0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Northcote	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Prahran	43	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Richmond	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v St Kilda	7	2/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v St Kilda	11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Carlton	80	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Essendon	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v University	0 & 7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v South Melbourne	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Northcote	60 & 11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Footscray	25	2/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	8*	0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v South Melbourne	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v North Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Prahran	56	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Collingwood	52*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Northcote	25*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Footscray	18 & 19*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v St Kilda	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Carlton	16	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v University	78	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Melbourne	55	3/40 & 0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Essendon	4 & 74	0/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Melbourne	40 & 8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v St Kilda	11 & 22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Northcote	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Essendon	89	2/22 & 0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Richmond	13	0/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	21 & 32	0/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Footscray	21	0/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Northcote	55*	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Prahran	3	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v South Melbourne	9 & 34*	1/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	29	0/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Prahran	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Collingwood	132*	0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v St Kilda	0	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Melbourne	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Richmond	0 & 30	0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Carlton	68	1/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Essendon	53	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v University	24* & 18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v North Melbourne	51	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v South Melbourne	34*	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Melbourne	58	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Essendon	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Prahran	83	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Essendon	23	1/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v St Kilda	1* & 9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Richmond	62	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v University	14	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v South Melbourne	75	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Melbourne	66*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	78	1/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Northcote	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Collingwood	65	1/49	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v North Melbourne	1	0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Carlton	1	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Footscray	22	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v South Melbourne	35	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v South Melbourne	36	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Melbourne	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Carlton	36	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v St Kilda	2 & 10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Richmond	27*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v University	87*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Carlton	11 & 2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Footscray	52	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Prahran	1 & 4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Essendon	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v St Kilda	44	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Richmond	0 & 30*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v University	6 & 17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v South Melbourne	15 & 2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Melbourne	27	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Northcote	16 & 2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v Collingwood	42	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70	v North Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv University, 1956-57
First fifty94v South Melbourne, 1960-61
First hundred132*v Collingwood, 1966-67
Highest score132*v Collingwood, 1966-67
Best bowling3/7v North Melbourne, 1960-61
Last matchMatch 130v North Melbourne, 1969-70

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

Sort by


St Kilda	13	377	71	29.00	2		3	19.33	2/23
Carlton	13	337	80	22.47	2		4	44.50	3/72
Melbourne	12	454	93	37.83	4		4	25.25	3/40
Casey South Melbourne	11	487	99	48.70	3		1	5.00	1/1
Richmond	11	267	62	24.27	1		0	–	0/11
Northcote	11	249	60	27.67	2		1	26.00	1/14
Melbourne University	10	421	87*	38.27	4		4	22.25	2/37
Essendon	9	334	89	33.40	4		6	20.17	2/18
Kingston Hawthorn	9	217	78	21.70	1		1	81.00	1/37
Footscray	9	194	52	19.40	1		2	25.00	2/11
Prahran	8	205	83	22.78	2		0	–	0/4
Greenvale Kanagaroos	8	183	60	26.14	2		3	7.00	3/7
Camberwell Magpies	6	319	132*	79.75	2	1	1	60.00	1/49

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	22	5	624	94	36.71	5		1
2	17	1	592	99	37.00	5
3	17	3	241	42	17.21			1
4	52	8	1,452	83	33.00	12		4
5	25	6	802	132*	42.21	6	1	3
6	10	1	251	60	27.89	2		1
7	8	1	69	33*	9.86			2
8	3	0	9	6	3.00
9	2	1	3	2	3.00
10	1	0	1	1	1.00

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	56	9	1,457	99	31.00	10		2
Middle order (4–7)	95	16	2,574	132*	32.58	20	1	10
Lower order (8–11)	6	1	13	6	2.60

Batted most often at 4th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks12
1–949
10–1924
20–2917
30–4924
50–9930
100+1

Turned 1 of 31 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 15.1% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 29 times.

Dismissals

Caught70 · 53%
Bowled34 · 26%
LBW10 · 8%
Run out8 · 6%
Caught & bowled7 · 5%
Stumped2 · 2%

Most often dismissed by: Smith (6), Howell (6), Jones (4), Leigh (4), Murch (4).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	96	16	2,825	99	35.31	25		4
In losses	56	9	1,047	87*	22.28	5		8
In draws	5	1	172	132*	43.00		1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	28	21	24.14	0.8
In losses	16	9	34.11	0.6
In draws	2	0	–	0.0

Scored 50+: the side won 25 of 31 (81%), lost 5.
Every other match: the side won 55 of 99 (56%), lost 38.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	69	10	1,871	132*	31.71	14	1	9
Batting second	56	5	1,549	99	30.37	13		3
Second innings of the match	32	11	624	93	29.71	3

As captain and keeper

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
As captain	40	8	970	87*	30.31	6		3
Otherwise	117	18	3,074	132*	31.05	24	1	9

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	63	76	1,893	132*	30.53	8	30.63	2/11
Albert Ground	10	14	477	93	39.75	9	24.22	3/40
Carlton Cricket Ground	7	9	231	80	28.88	1	73.00	1/39
Glenferrie Oval	6	7	180	78	30.00	1	80.00	1/37
Essendon Cricket Ground	6	6	189	89	31.50	4	16.75	2/22
University Oval	5	6	267	87*	66.75	3	20.00	2/37
Richmond Cricket Ground	5	6	148	62	29.60	–	–	–
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	6	227	94	56.75	–	–	0/4
Western Oval	4	6	62	21	12.40	–	–	0/31
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	4	5	93	60	18.60	–	–	–
Victoria Park	4	4	187	65	62.33	1	49.00	1/49
St Kilda Cricket Ground	4	4	14	10	3.50	–	–	–
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	4	3	65	60	21.67	3	2.33	3/7
Toorak Park	3	5	11	4	2.75	–	–	–

Wickets taken

Caught17 · 57%
Stumped6 · 20%
Caught & bowled3 · 10%
Bowled2 · 7%
LBW2 · 7%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)2 · 7%
Middle order (4–7)16 · 53%
Lower order (8–11)12 · 40%

Best in a match: 3/7 v North Melbourne, 1960-61. 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 1956-57 to 1969-70: 3rd of 79 for runs, 20th of 53 for wickets, 7th of 83 for matches, 10th of 14 for hundreds, 9th of 70 for catches, 5th of 44 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 7th of 321 for runs, 53rd of 172 for wickets, 15th of 345 for matches, 30th of 50 for hundreds, 20th of 279 for catches, 16th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

JW Scaife1925-26 to 1944-45 · 123 m · 3,907 runs · 2 wkts
IG Wheeler1983-84 to 1992-93 · 119 m · 3,457 runs · 1 wkts
RW Furlong1955-56 to 1968-69 · 133 m · 4,539 runs · 0 wkts
GL Harvey1959-60 to 1975-76 · 137 m · 3,494 runs · 7 wkts

The careers nearest Anderson’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.

As captain

Led the side in 29 matches (1961-62 to 1969-70): won 14, lost 14, drawn 1.

Most often led

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership Honour in his name

1960-61: premiership · 1962-63: 1st XI Batting · 1963-64: 1st XI Batting · 1966-67: premiership

The arc

David Anderson's best season with the bat was 1960-61: 625 runs from 18 innings at 41.67. The best ten-innings patch came in 1960-61 to 1961-62: 548 runs at 68.50. The leanest, 1957-58 to 1959-60: 26 runs at 2.60.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty94	7 Jan 1961	v South Melbourne, 1960-61
1,000th run71 took him to 1,017	1 Apr 1961	v St Kilda, 1960-61
50th match48, 0/14	6 Jan 1962	v Melbourne, 1961-62
2,000th run55 took him to 2,031	14 Mar 1964	v Melbourne, 1963-64
First hundred132*	15 Oct 1966	v Collingwood, 1966-67
3,000th run83 took him to 3,072	7 Oct 1967	v Prahran, 1967-68
100th match1* & 9	4 Nov 1967	v St Kilda, 1967-68
4,000th run16 took him to 4,000	7 Feb 1970	v Northcote, 1969-70

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 5 innings: from v Melbourne, 1960-61 to v St Kilda, 1960-61 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 27 matches: from v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1966-67 to v Melbourne, 1968-69 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 3 matches: from v University, 1960-61 to v Essendon, 1960-61 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 5 matches bowled in: from v Richmond, 1964-65 to v Prahran, 1965-66 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 8 innings: from v University, 1957-58 to v Footscray, 1957-58 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
132*	v Collingwood, 1966-67	Drawn
99	v South Melbourne, 1961-62	Won
94	v South Melbourne, 1960-61	Won
93	v Melbourne, 1960-61	Won
89	v Essendon, 1964-65	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
3/7	v North Melbourne, 1960-61	Won, Semi-final
3/40	v Melbourne, 1963-64	Won, Semi-final
3/72	v Carlton, 1956-57	Lost, Final
2/11	v Footscray, 1962-63	Lost
2/18	v Essendon, 1961-62	Won

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Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 14 seasons: at 4th in 6, opened in 3, at 3rd in 2, at 6th in 1, at 7th in 1, at 5th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1956-57	3	11	26.25
1957-58	4	15	15.25
1958-59	6	3	1.00
1959-60	7	6	6.50
1960-61	1	18	41.67
1961-62	1	13	35.83
1962-63	2	10	23.56
1963-64	4	12	45.22
1964-65	4	9	27.78
1965-66	4	6	37.75
1966-67	5	14	43.55
1967-68	4	14	44.58
1968-69	3	7	43.20
1969-70	4	19	19.00

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	63	76	14	1,893	132*	30.53	8	30.63
Away	67	81	12	2,151	94	31.17	22	26.77

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	114	140	22	3,512	132*	29.76	28	27.36
Weekday	16	17	4	532	80	40.92	2	34.00

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	24	27	5	817	132*	37.14	3	39.33
Nov	29	35	9	706	80	27.15	3	29.33
Dec	9	12	1	278	75	25.27
Jan	25	27	3	851	94	35.46	9	29.56
Feb	19	25	3	401	60	18.23	4	20.25
Mar	23	29	4	877	93	35.08	11	25.18
Other	1	2	1	114	71	114.00

Finals

12Finals played

506Runs · avg 38.92

11Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	118	142	24	3,538	132*	29.98	19	32.00
Finals	12	15	2	506	74	38.92	11	20.55

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1956-57	8	4
1957-58	12	6
1958-59	3	1
1959-60	7	4
1960-61	13	7
1961-62	11	4
1962-63	8	1
1963-64	11	3
1964-65	6	4
1965-66	5	2
1966-67	13	2
1967-68	14	7
1968-69	6	2
1969-70	13	8

Caught most off

EP Illingworth × 12
C Adams × 8
AL Thomson × 5
WA Heller × 4
AT Duff × 3
DJ Anderson × 3

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.

David Anderson

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