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Don McCarthy

Played 1930-31 – 1943-44

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Player records

Career totals

Career

50

Games

14

Seasons

1930-31 – 1943-44

Played

Batting

43

Innings

13

Not outs

566

Runs

56

High score

18.87

Average

3

50s

0

100s

Bowling

0

Wickets

0.00

Average

7

Overs

Fielding

12

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1930-31 to 1943-44 · 48 matchesFull archive career →

Around this dayin 1930: did not bat v Collingwood in 1934: 5* & 0 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne

SeasonMRunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1930-311284329.33–––5
1931-326471711.75–––2
1933-3482045634.00–––4
1934-351112637*25.20000/71
1935-364105*5.00–––
1936-371000.00–––
1940-4110–––––
1943-4459532*31.67–––
Career485665618.8700/712
Every scorecard · 48
1930-31v Melbourne15–Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31v Northcotednb–Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31v South Melbourne8 & 21–Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31v Collingwooddnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31v Hawthorn-East Melbourne2–Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31v Richmond32–Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31v Essendon1–Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31v North Melbourne0–Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31v Carltondnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31v Universitydnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31v Richmond0–Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31v South Melbourne5–Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32v Hawthorn-East Melbourne11*–Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32v VCA Coltsdnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32v South Melbourne0–Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32v North Melbourne17 & 11–Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32v Richmonddnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32v Essendon8* & 0–Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34v University56–Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34v Prahran2–Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34v South Melbournednb–Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34v VCA Colts52–Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34v Hawthorn-East Melbournednb–Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34v Northcote0 & 13–Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34v Melbourne7 & 23*–Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34v St Kilda51*–Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35v Melbourne23*–Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35v Northcotednb–Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35v Hawthorn-East Melbourne5* & 0–Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35v Collingwood37*–Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35v South Melbourne3 & 7*–Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35v Prahran1*–Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35v Carlton7–Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35v Richmond19*–Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35v North Melbourne4–Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35v Universitydnb0/7Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35v Melbourne20–Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36v St Kilda2–Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36v Northcotednb–Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36v University5*–Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36v Carlton3–Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37v North Melbourne0–Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v Carltondnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Collingwood30*–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v South Melbourne32*–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v Prahran9–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v University11–Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44v North Melbourne13–Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Melbourne, 1930-31
  2. First fifty56v University, 1933-34
  3. Highest score56v University, 1933-34
  4. Last matchMatch 48v North Melbourne, 1943-44

Runs by season

1930-31: 84 runs8430-311931-32: 47 runs4731-321933-34: 204 runs20433-341934-35: 126 runs12634-351935-36: 10 runs1035-361936-37: 0 runs36-371940-41: 0 runs40-411943-44: 95 runs9543-44

Every innings, in order

56501930-31 v Melbourne: 151930-31 v South Melbourne: 81930-31 v South Melbourne: 211930-31 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 21930-31 v Richmond: 321930-31 v Essendon: 11930-31 v North Melbourne: 01930-31 v Richmond: 01930-31 v South Melbourne: 51931-32 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 11*1931-32 v South Melbourne: 01931-32 v North Melbourne: 171931-32 v North Melbourne: 111931-32 v Essendon: 8*1931-32 v Essendon: 01933-34 v University: 561933-34 v Prahran: 21933-34 v VCA Colts: 521933-34 v Northcote: 01933-34 v Northcote: 131933-34 v Melbourne: 71933-34 v Melbourne: 23*1933-34 v St Kilda: 51*1934-35 v Melbourne: 23*1934-35 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 5*1934-35 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 01934-35 v Collingwood: 37*1934-35 v South Melbourne: 31934-35 v South Melbourne: 7*1934-35 v Prahran: 1*1934-35 v Carlton: 71934-35 v Richmond: 19*1934-35 v North Melbourne: 41934-35 v Melbourne: 201935-36 v St Kilda: 21935-36 v University: 5*1935-36 v Carlton: 31936-37 v North Melbourne: 01943-44 v Collingwood: 30*1943-44 v South Melbourne: 32*1943-44 v Prahran: 91943-44 v University: 111943-44 v North Melbourne: 13

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

Against each club

Casey South Melbourne67632*15.20
Melbourne University5725636.001
Greenvale Kanagaroos545177.50
Melbourne48823*29.33
Richmond4513225.50
Kingston Hawthorn41811*9.00
Northcote413136.50
Carlton41075.00
Camberwell Magpies36737*–
Prahran31296.00
St Kilda25351*53.001
VCA Colts2525252.001
Essendon298*4.50

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
PosInnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
130655221.6711
2801025612.7512
3112323*–
4213330*33.00
530603220.00
6427432*37.00
7411575.001
87411751*39.0011
993612010.172
10111111*–
1110555.00
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Top order (1–3)1211905617.2723
Middle order (4–7)13418232*20.221
Lower order (8–11)18819451*19.4013

Batted most often at 9th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks7
  • 1–917
  • 10–198
  • 20–294
  • 30–494
  • 50–993
  • 100+0

Turned 0 of 3 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 8.2% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 5 times.

Dismissals
  • Caught14 · 47%
  • Bowled13 · 43%
  • Stumped2 · 7%
  • LBW1 · 3%

Most often dismissed by: Wedgwood (3), Smith (2), Trembath (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
In wins2382605217.3316
In losses1742995623.0021
In draws21545.00
In ties10222.00
  • Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 3 (33%), lost 2.
  • Every other match: the side won 24 of 45 (53%), lost 14.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Batting first21820937*16.083
Batting second1532825623.5032
Second innings of the match727523*15.002
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvg
Fitzroy Cricket Ground26213285625.23
Albert Ground334323*21.50
Carlton Cricket Ground31777.00
South Melbourne Cricket Ground24392113.00
Glenferrie Oval2375*3.50
North Melbourne Cricket Ground23321710.67
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote2213136.50
St Kilda Cricket Ground228351*–
Richmond Cricket Ground21000.00
University Oval21111111.00
Essendon Cricket Ground11111.00
Toorak Park11222.00

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1930-31 to 1943-44: 28th of 72 for runs, 29th of 80 for matches, 36th of 67 for catches, 27th of 40 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 82nd of 321 for runs, 73rd of 345 for matches, 95th of 279 for catches, 64th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

The careers nearest McCarthy’s in length, runs and wickets a match, average and the balance of batting to bowling.

The shape of the career

Season by season

1930-31: 12 matches, 84 runs · Premiership1930-311931-32: 6 matches, 47 runs1932-33: did not play1932-331933-34: 8 matches, 204 runs1934-35: 11 matches, 126 runs1934-351935-36: 4 matches, 10 runs1936-37: 1 match, 0 runs1936-371937-38: did not play1938-39: did not play1938-391939-40: did not play1940-41: 1 match, 0 runs1940-411941-42: did not play1942-43: did not play1942-431943-44: 5 matches, 95 runs

Runs, upPremiership Season away

1930-31: premiership

The arc

Don McCarthy's best season with the bat was 1933-34: 204 runs from 8 innings at 34.00. The best ten-innings patch came in 1933-34 to 1934-35: 211 runs at 42.20. The leanest, 1930-31 to 1931-32: 53 runs at 6.63.

Rolling average, innings 5 to 43: 6.6 to 42.242.2

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First fifty5625 Nov 1933v University, 1933-34

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings
from v Collingwood, 1943-44 to v South Melbourne, 1943-44 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 11 matches
from v University, 1933-34 to v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1934-35 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 4 innings
from v Essendon, 1930-31 to v South Melbourne, 1930-31 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111930-31: 9 (9 inns, avg 9.33)1931-32: 2 (6 inns, avg 11.75)1933-34: 2 (8 inns, avg 34.00)1934-35: 8 (11 inns, avg 25.20)1935-36: 4 (3 inns, avg 5.00)1936-37: 7 (1 inns, avg 0.00)1943-44: 2 (5 inns, avg 31.67)1930193319351943

Moved about the order across 7 seasons: opened in 3, at 9th in 1, at 8th in 1, at 4th in 1, at 7th in 1.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1930-31999.33
1931-322611.75
1933-342834.00
1934-3581125.20
1935-36435.00
1936-37710.00
1943-442531.67
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvg
Home262183285625.23
Away2222523851*14.00

Home taken as the ground the club played at most in each season: Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Schramms Reserve.

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvg
Saturday4337124625618.48
Weekday5611045220.80
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvg
Oct9626523*16.25
Nov542985649.00
Dec451147*3.50
Jan9831175223.40
Feb109211932*17.00
Mar88313351*26.60
Other33020156.67
Finals
3Finals played
25Runs · avg 8.33
MInnNORunsHSAvg
Home and away4540135415620.04
Finals33025208.33
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. AE Liddicut × 3
  2. FD Chapman × 2
  3. HJ Plant × 2
  4. AEO Barras × 1
  5. AJW Lansdown × 1
  6. HC Lansdown × 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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