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Eddie Williams

Played 1931-32 – 1947-48

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Player records

Career totals

Career

97

Games

17

Seasons

1931-32 – 1947-48

Played

Batting

109

Innings

19

Not outs

2,854

Runs

174

High score

31.71

Average

11

50s

5

100s

Bowling

97

Wickets

6/33

Best bowling

19.94

Average

6

5-fors

1

10-fors

1,935

Overs

Fielding & keeping

45

Catches

1

Stumpings

From the record books

First XI · 1931-32 to 1947-48 · 97 matchesFull archive career →

Around this dayin 1935: 66* and 1 ct v VCA Colts in 1946: 40 and 1/39 and 1 ct v Richmond

SeasonMRunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1931-32155*5.00–––1
1932-333534226.50000/32
1933-3432020*20.00011/74
1935-361458514845.00322/95
1936-3712386118*48.2525105/334
1937-381441610927.7344.1215/4312
1938-391555817434.8867.5235/258
1939-40144577430.4744.4276/336
1940-41913542*19.293163/181
1946-4771834726.1453.262/123
1947-485561911.2025.511/12
Career972,85417431.71976/3346
Every scorecard · 97
1931-32v St Kilda0 & 5*–Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33v Prahran10/3Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33v Collingwood42–Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33v VCA Colts10*–Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34v University01/7Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34v South Melbournednb0/6Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34v VCA Colts20*0/4Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36v St Kilda8–Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36v Northcote25–Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36v Hawthorn-East Melbourne30–Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36v VCA Colts66*–Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36v Collingwood11–Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36v South Melbourne18–Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36v Prahran4*–Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36v University148–Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36v North Melbourne115–Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36v Carlton14–Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36v Richmond42/9Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36v Essendon38–Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36v Carlton900/13Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36v Melbourne9 & 5–Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37v Richmond390/17Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37v Carlton118*–Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37v North Melbourne51/20Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37v Universitydnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37v Prahran8–Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37v South Melbourne02/33 & 0/10Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37v Collingwooddnb0/55Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37v VCA Colts751/30Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37v Hawthorn-East Melbourne50/3Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37v Northcote211/41Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37v St Kilda78*0/41Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37v Melbourne375/33Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38v South Melbourne71/20Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38v Collingwood260/2Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38v VCA Colts670/12Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38v Hawthorn-East Melbourne513/55Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38v Northcote35 & 30/8 & 1/13Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38v Melbourne28 & 6*5/43Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38v St Kilda64/55Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38v Essendon45–Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38v Richmond60/12Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38v Carlton192/32Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38v North Melbourne1*–Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38v University73/29Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38v Prahran1091/7Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38v Melbourne0 & 00/8 & 1/28Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v Hawthorn-East Melbourne18 & 8–Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v Northcote31 & 172/22Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v Melbourne260/15Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v St Kilda85/25Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v Essendon851/6Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v Richmond110/41Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v Carlton1 & 17*3/54Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v North Melbourne16*0/25Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v University284/57Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v Prahran83/45Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v South Melbourne474/50Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v Collingwood3–Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v VCA Colts57* & 31/34Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v Collingwood1740/25Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v Richmond00/47Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v Essendon80/18Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v Richmond31 & 3*1/13Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v Carlton00/30Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v Hawthorn-East Melbourne313/16 & 0/7Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v Northcote62/50Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v Melbourne33 & 56/33 & 5/31Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v St Kilda100/25Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v South Melbourne73*0/46Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v Prahran45/41Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v University35* & 3*2/23Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v Collingwood310/4 & 1/24Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v VCA Colts74–Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v St Kilda41 & 111/11 & 1/16Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40v Melbourne55 & 30/23Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v Carlton30/5Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v North Melbourne191/34 & 1/2Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v University210/13 & 0/3Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v Prahran10/14Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v South Melbourne10/5Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v Coburg42* & 16*0/5Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v Melbourne24*1/16Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v St Kilda2 & 60/16Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v Essendondnb3/18Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v South Melbourne300/20Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v St Kilda90/0 & 2/12Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Richmond401/39Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Northcote472/42Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Melbourne240/5Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Collingwood290/31Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Prahran41/41Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Hawthorn-East Melbourne170/38Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Northcote140/5Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Melbourne190/12Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Essendon30/40Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Richmond31/12Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv St Kilda, 1931-32
  2. First fifty66*v VCA Colts, 1935-36
  3. First hundred148v University, 1935-36
  4. First five-for5/33v Melbourne, 1936-37
  5. Highest score174v Collingwood, 1938-39
  6. Best bowling6/33v Melbourne, 1939-40
  7. Last matchMatch 97v Richmond, 1947-48

Runs by season

1931-32: 5 runs531-321932-33: 53 runs531933-34: 20 runs2033-341935-36: 585 runs5851936-37: 386 runs38636-371937-38: 416 runs4161938-39: 558 runs55838-391939-40: 457 runs4571940-41: 135 runs13540-411946-47: 183 runs1831947-48: 56 runs5647-48

Wickets by season

1931-32: 0 wickets31-321932-33: 0 wickets1933-34: 1 wickets133-341935-36: 2 wickets21936-37: 10 wickets1036-371937-38: 21 wickets211938-39: 23 wickets2338-391939-40: 27 wickets271940-41: 6 wickets640-411946-47: 6 wickets61947-48: 1 wickets147-48

Every innings, in order

174501931-32 v St Kilda: 01931-32 v St Kilda: 5*1932-33 v Prahran: 11932-33 v Collingwood: 421932-33 v VCA Colts: 10*1933-34 v University: 01933-34 v VCA Colts: 20*1935-36 v St Kilda: 81935-36 v Northcote: 251935-36 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 301935-36 v VCA Colts: 66*1935-36 v Collingwood: 111935-36 v South Melbourne: 181935-36 v Prahran: 4*1935-36 v University: 1481935-36 v North Melbourne: 1151935-36 v Carlton: 141935-36 v Richmond: 41935-36 v Essendon: 381935-36 v Carlton: 901935-36 v Melbourne: 91935-36 v Melbourne: 51936-37 v Richmond: 391936-37 v Carlton: 118*1936-37 v North Melbourne: 51936-37 v Prahran: 81936-37 v South Melbourne: 01936-37 v VCA Colts: 751936-37 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 51936-37 v Northcote: 211936-37 v St Kilda: 78*1936-37 v Melbourne: 371937-38 v South Melbourne: 71937-38 v Collingwood: 261937-38 v VCA Colts: 671937-38 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 511937-38 v Northcote: 351937-38 v Northcote: 31937-38 v Melbourne: 281937-38 v Melbourne: 6*1937-38 v St Kilda: 61937-38 v Essendon: 451937-38 v Richmond: 61937-38 v Carlton: 191937-38 v North Melbourne: 1*1937-38 v University: 71937-38 v Prahran: 1091937-38 v Melbourne: 01937-38 v Melbourne: 01938-39 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 181938-39 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 81938-39 v Northcote: 311938-39 v Northcote: 171938-39 v Melbourne: 261938-39 v St Kilda: 81938-39 v Essendon: 851938-39 v Richmond: 111938-39 v Carlton: 11938-39 v Carlton: 17*1938-39 v North Melbourne: 16*1938-39 v University: 281938-39 v Prahran: 81938-39 v South Melbourne: 471938-39 v Collingwood: 31938-39 v VCA Colts: 57*1938-39 v VCA Colts: 31938-39 v Collingwood: 1741938-39 v Richmond: 01939-40 v Essendon: 81939-40 v Richmond: 311939-40 v Richmond: 3*1939-40 v Carlton: 01939-40 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 311939-40 v Northcote: 61939-40 v Melbourne: 331939-40 v Melbourne: 51939-40 v St Kilda: 101939-40 v South Melbourne: 73*1939-40 v Prahran: 41939-40 v University: 35*1939-40 v University: 3*1939-40 v Collingwood: 311939-40 v VCA Colts: 741939-40 v St Kilda: 411939-40 v St Kilda: 111939-40 v Melbourne: 551939-40 v Melbourne: 31940-41 v Carlton: 31940-41 v North Melbourne: 191940-41 v University: 211940-41 v Prahran: 11940-41 v South Melbourne: 11940-41 v Coburg: 42*1940-41 v Coburg: 16*1940-41 v Melbourne: 24*1940-41 v St Kilda: 21940-41 v St Kilda: 61946-47 v South Melbourne: 301946-47 v St Kilda: 91946-47 v Richmond: 401946-47 v Northcote: 471946-47 v Melbourne: 241946-47 v Collingwood: 291946-47 v Prahran: 41947-48 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 171947-48 v Northcote: 141947-48 v Melbourne: 191947-48 v Essendon: 31947-48 v Richmond: 3

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

Against each club

Melbourne102745521.0812310.746/3341
St Kilda918478*18.4011315.465/251
Camberwell Magpies831617445.1411141.001/24
Casey South Melbourne817673*29.331727.144/50
Prahran813910919.8611015.105/411
Richmond81374017.13538.002/9
VCA Colts73727593.005240.001/30
Carlton7262118*43.6711526.803/54
Melbourne University724214848.4011013.204/57
Northcote71994722.11822.632/22
Essendon61798535.801420.503/18
Kingston Hawthorn61605122.861619.833/16
Greenvale Kanagaroos515611552.001327.001/2
Coburg15842*–0–0/5

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
PosInnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
1111616*–
231302115.00
329494214837.68331
423368417434.20221
53358357429.8242
69119178*23.8821
7326524*65.00
831363018.00
920424221.001
1020884.001
111155*–
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
Top order (1–3)33698814836.59331
Middle order (4–7)68111,77517431.14824
Lower order (8–11)82914215.172

Batted most often at 5th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks7
  • 1–939
  • 10–1917
  • 20–2911
  • 30–4919
  • 50–9911
  • 100+5

Turned 5 of 16 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 13.5% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 18 times.

Dismissals
  • Caught36 · 40%
  • Bowled27 · 30%
  • LBW13 · 14%
  • Run out6 · 7%
  • Caught & bowled5 · 6%
  • Stumped3 · 3%

Most often dismissed by: Johnson (4), Brown (2), Nash (2), Wilson (2), Reynolds (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
In wins65102,00717436.49942
In losses36754978*18.9315
In draws82298118*49.6711
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins456816.191.5
In losses242526.321.0
In draws5443.750.8
  • Scored 50+: the side won 13 of 16 (81%), lost 1.
  • Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 3 of 5 (60%), lost 2.
  • Every other match: the side won 42 of 76 (55%), lost 26.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
Batting first5181,84317442.86653
Batting second4259008524.3253
Second innings of the match16611117*11.101
As captain and keeper
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
As captain317873*39.001
Otherwise106182,77617431.551057
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground55621,54214830.246018.106/33
Melbourne Cricket Ground463824*7.60249.501/16
Carlton Cricket Ground45229118*76.33324.003/54
Albert Ground451275525.40––0/5
Toorak Park4412110940.33712.715/41
Victoria Park4424217460.50155.001/24
Richmond Cricket Ground35433114.3337.332/9
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote341104727.50321.002/42
South Melbourne Cricket Ground33484716.00616.334/50
St Kilda Cricket Ground339478*47.00430.254/55
Essendon Cricket Ground32888544.00416.003/18
Glenferrie Oval22221711.00––0/3
North Melbourne Cricket Ground22116115116.00–––
University Oval21282828.00414.254/57
Wickets taken
  • Caught50 · 52%
  • Bowled30 · 31%
  • LBW9 · 9%
  • Caught & bowled6 · 6%
  • Stumped1 · 1%
  • Hit wicket1 · 1%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)34 · 35%
  • Middle order (4–7)36 · 37%
  • Lower order (8–11)27 · 28%

6 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 11/64 v Melbourne, 1939-40. 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 1931-32 to 1947-48: 12th of 78 for runs, 14th of 52 for wickets, 18th of 85 for matches, 5th of 24 for hundreds, 14th of 72 for catches, 7th of 41 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 19th of 321 for runs, 28th of 172 for wickets, 32nd of 345 for matches, 8th of 50 for hundreds, 32nd of 279 for catches, 14th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • RA Bartlett1997-98 to 2001-02 · 80 m · 2,570 runs · 94 wkts
  • MTP Frith2014-15 to 2017-18 · 67 m · 1,855 runs · 80 wkts
  • AJW Lansdown1921-22 to 1932-33 · 138 m · 3,862 runs · 207 wkts
  • NR Buszard1969-70 to 1976-77 · 82 m · 1,936 runs · 62 wkts

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

As captain

Led the side in 3 matches (1939-40 to 1940-41): won 3, lost 0, drawn 0.

Most often led

The shape of the career

Season by season

1931-32: 1 match, 5 runs, 0 wickets31-321932-33: 3 matches, 53 runs, 0 wickets1933-34: 3 matches, 20 runs, 1 wicket33-341934-35: did not play1935-36: 14 matches, 585 runs, 2 wickets35-361936-37: 12 matches, 386 runs, 10 wickets · 1st XI Batting1937-38: 14 matches, 416 runs, 21 wickets · 1st XI Batting37-381938-39: 15 matches, 558 runs, 23 wickets · Premiership1939-40: 14 matches, 457 runs, 27 wickets · Premiership · 1st XI Bowling39-401940-41: 9 matches, 135 runs, 6 wickets1941-42: did not play41-421942-43: did not play1943-44: did not play43-441944-45: did not play1945-46: did not play45-461946-47: 7 matches, 183 runs, 6 wickets1947-48: 5 matches, 56 runs, 1 wicket47-48

Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership Honour in his name Season away

1936-37: 1st XI Batting · 1937-38: 1st XI Batting · 1938-39: premiership · 1939-40: premiership, 1st XI Bowling

The arc

Eddie Williams' best season with the bat was 1935-36: 585 runs from 15 innings at 45.00. The best ten-innings patch came in 1935-36 to 1936-37: 580 runs at 64.44. The leanest, 1938-39 to 1939-40: 127 runs at 14.11.

Rolling average, innings 8 to 109: 14.1 to 64.464.4

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First fifty66*5 Nov 1935v VCA Colts, 1935-36
First hundred14825 Jan 1936v University, 1935-36
1,000th run78* took him to 1,01213 Feb 1937v St Kilda, 1936-37
First five-for5/3313 Mar 1937v Melbourne, 1936-37
50th match26, 0/1529 Oct 1938v Melbourne, 1938-39
50th wicket3/45 took him to 5230 Jan 1939v Prahran, 1938-39
2,000th run174 took him to 2,02320 Mar 1939v Collingwood, 1938-39

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 4 innings
from v Collingwood, 1937-38 to v Northcote, 1937-38 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 58 matches
from v St Kilda, 1935-36 to v Carlton, 1939-40 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 4 matches
from v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1937-38 to v St Kilda, 1937-38 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 4 matches bowled in
from v University, 1940-41 to v Coburg, 1940-41 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 3 innings
from v North Melbourne, 1936-37 to v South Melbourne, 1936-37 · first · last

Best innings

Best bowling

More splits

Batting position over the years16111931-32: 10 (2 inns, avg 5.00)1932-33: 4 (3 inns, avg 26.50)1933-34: 7 (2 inns, avg 20.00)1935-36: 3 (15 inns, avg 45.00)1936-37: 3 (10 inns, avg 48.25)1937-38: 3 (17 inns, avg 27.73)1938-39: 4 (19 inns, avg 34.88)1939-40: 5 (19 inns, avg 30.47)1940-41: 5 (10 inns, avg 19.29)1946-47: 5 (7 inns, avg 26.14)1947-48: 5 (5 inns, avg 11.20)19311935193819461947

Moved about the order across 11 seasons: at 5th in 4, at 3rd in 3, at 4th in 2, at 10th in 1, at 7th in 1.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1931-321025.00
1932-334326.50
1933-347220.00
1935-3631545.00
1936-3731048.25
1937-3831727.73
1938-3941934.88
1939-4051930.47
1940-4151019.29
1946-475726.14
1947-485511.20
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home5562111,54214830.246018.10
Away414681,30617434.373722.59
Neutral or unknown110666.00

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday8395152,31314828.917721.13
Weekday1414454117454.102015.35
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct19222529118*26.45928.33
Nov232425328524.182318.96
Dec91011163312.892216.14
Jan2020769014853.081623.25
Feb1112526878*38.291416.93
Mar1318270517444.061317.85
Other2301494.67
Finals
8Finals played
393Runs · avg 32.75
3Wickets
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home and away8996182,46114831.559418.76
Finals813139317432.75357.00
Favourite victims
  1. AL Hassett × 3
  2. H Dowsley × 3
  3. LN Ley × 3
  4. RC Steele × 3
  5. AL Price × 2
  6. BM Lynch × 2
  7. CA Gardner × 2
  8. FRH MacDonald × 2
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. MW Sievers × 12
  2. J Frederick × 7
  3. EA Williams × 6
  4. HJ Plant × 5
  5. R McCracken × 3
  6. AE Liddicut × 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.

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