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Debut v Prahran, 1933-34 (9 Dec 1933)Last game v South Melbourne, 1944-45 (20 Jan 1945)Player no. 161 to appear for the club

Around this dayin 1935: did not bat v VCA Colts in 1934: 0 & 17 and 1 ct v Hawthorn-East Melbourne

54

Matches

728

Runs

15.83

Average

78

Highest

0 / 3

100s / 50s

64

Wickets

16.67

Bowling avg

7/54

Best

24

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1933-347711044417.33055/602
1934-35121201317810.927.3 (8)134/188
1935-36141532367419.6715.1 (8)52/75
1936-3712925314*7.5733 (8)197/547
1937-3811133*–0 (8)00/10
1943-445501424128.4024 (8)126/361
1944-45340595014.7546.1 (8)104/91
Career545377287815.83125.5 (8-ball)647/5424

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Prahran, 1933-34
  2. First fifty78v University, 1934-35
  3. First five-for5/60v South Melbourne, 1933-34
  4. Highest score78v University, 1934-35
  5. Best bowling7/54v South Melbourne, 1936-37
  6. Last matchMatch 54v South Melbourne, 1944-45

Runs by season

1933-34: 104 runs10433-341934-35: 131 runs1311935-36: 236 runs23635-361936-37: 53 runs531937-38: 3 runs337-381943-44: 142 runs1421944-45: 59 runs5944-45

Wickets by season

1933-34: 5 wickets533-341934-35: 13 wickets131935-36: 5 wickets535-361936-37: 19 wickets191937-38: 0 wickets37-381943-44: 12 wickets121944-45: 10 wickets1044-45

Every innings, in order

78501933-34 v Prahran: 101933-34 v Prahran: 91933-34 v VCA Colts: 191933-34 v Northcote: 71933-34 v Northcote: 10*1933-34 v Melbourne: 441933-34 v St Kilda: 51934-35 v Melbourne: 81934-35 v Northcote: 01934-35 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 01934-35 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 171934-35 v South Melbourne: 11934-35 v South Melbourne: 41934-35 v Carlton: 121934-35 v Richmond: 31934-35 v North Melbourne: 31934-35 v Essendon: 51934-35 v University: 781934-35 v Melbourne: 01935-36 v St Kilda: 91935-36 v Northcote: 10*1935-36 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 231935-36 v Collingwood: 211935-36 v South Melbourne: 6*1935-36 v Prahran: 201935-36 v University: 161935-36 v North Melbourne: 11935-36 v North Melbourne: 11935-36 v Carlton: 191935-36 v Richmond: 161935-36 v Essendon: 61935-36 v Carlton: 741935-36 v Melbourne: 121935-36 v Melbourne: 2*1936-37 v Richmond: 61936-37 v Carlton: 01936-37 v North Melbourne: 21936-37 v Prahran: 31936-37 v South Melbourne: 91936-37 v VCA Colts: 8*1936-37 v VCA Colts: 14*1936-37 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 11936-37 v Melbourne: 101937-38 v South Melbourne: 3*1943-44 v Collingwood: 411943-44 v South Melbourne: 351943-44 v University: 321943-44 v North Melbourne: 41943-44 v Carlton: 301944-45 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 501944-45 v Preston: 81944-45 v Preston: 01944-45 v South Melbourne: 1

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

Against each club

Casey South Melbourne7593511.801512.737/542
Carlton51357427.001342.332/22
Kingston Hawthorn5915018.201415.754/53
Melbourne5764415.20612.004/18
Melbourne University41267842.001521.202/23
Camberwell Magpies4624131.00911.786/361
Prahran4422010.5078.294/45
Northcote42710*13.50134.001/14
Greenvale Kanagaroos41142.20415.754/53
VCA Colts3411941.000–0/31
Richmond325168.330–0/14
St Kilda31497.00329.672/63
Essendon21165.5024.002/8
Preston1884.0059.004/9

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
1322114*21.00
24039179.75
3401177829.2511
44018164.501
5911453518.13
660704111.671
71001337413.3012
8811485021.141
942352117.50
101122*–
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Top order (1–3)1121777819.6711
Middle order (4–7)2913667413.0714
Lower order (8–11)1341855020.561

Batted most often at 7th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks5
  • 1–925
  • 10–1912
  • 20–293
  • 30–495
  • 50–993
  • 100+0

Turned 0 of 3 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 7.9% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 4 times.

Dismissals
  • Caught22 · 50%
  • Bowled8 · 18%
  • Run out6 · 14%
  • LBW3 · 7%
  • Stumped3 · 7%
  • Caught & bowled1 · 2%
  • Hit wicket1 · 2%

Most often dismissed by: Zachariah (2), Cordner (2), Fitzmaurice (2), Wilson (2), Deveney (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
In wins3054997819.9632
In losses2022264112.561
In draws30331.002
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins193413.911.8
In losses161824.721.1
In draws51212.422.4
  • Scored 50+: the side won 3 of 3 (100%).
  • Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 1 of 3 (33%), lost 1.
  • Every other match: the side won 24 of 48 (50%), lost 18.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Batting first2433137414.9014
Batting second2113587817.902
Second innings of the match83571711.401
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground30254247820.193120.425/60
South Melbourne Cricket Ground341593.751010.307/54
North Melbourne Cricket Ground34942.25413.254/53
Carlton Cricket Ground33867428.67236.002/22
Toorak Park23392013.0023.502/7
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote232710*27.00––0/20
Glenferrie Oval2318176.00––0/10
Victoria Park22624131.0069.176/36
St Kilda Cricket Ground21555.00231.502/63
Melbourne Cricket Ground12141214.00––0/3
Albert Ground11888.0044.504/18
Essendon Cricket Ground11555.0024.002/8
Richmond Cricket Ground11161616.00––0/14
University Oval100––18.001/8
Wickets taken
  • Caught31 · 54%
  • Bowled9 · 16%
  • Stumped6 · 11%
  • Caught & bowled6 · 11%
  • LBW5 · 9%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)13 · 23%
  • Middle order (4–7)27 · 47%
  • Lower order (8–11)17 · 30%

3 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 7/54 v South Melbourne, 1936-37. 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 1933-34 to 1944-45: 25th of 67 for runs, 14th of 45 for wickets, 23rd of 73 for matches, 20th of 62 for catches, 28th of 36 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 68th of 321 for runs, 36th of 172 for wickets, 55th of 345 for matches, 57th of 279 for catches, 81st of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • CA McKissack1986-87 to 1993-94 · 69 m · 822 runs · 76 wkts
  • PJ Wallace1971-72 to 1977-78 · 53 m · 522 runs · 66 wkts
  • NJ Fletcher2016-17 to 2025-26 · 73 m · 973 runs · 82 wkts
  • E Twentyman1895-96 to 1899-00 · 36 m · 601 runs · 44 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1933-34: 7 matches, 104 runs, 5 wickets1933-341934-35: 12 matches, 131 runs, 13 wickets1934-351935-36: 14 matches, 236 runs, 5 wickets1935-361936-37: 12 matches, 53 runs, 19 wickets1936-371937-38: 1 match, 3 runs, 0 wickets1937-381938-39: did not play1938-391939-40: did not play1939-401940-41: did not play1940-411941-42: did not play1941-421942-43: did not play1942-431943-44: 5 matches, 142 runs, 12 wickets1943-441944-45: 3 matches, 59 runs, 10 wickets1944-45

Runs, up Wickets, down Season away

The arc

Albert Barras' best season with the bat was 1935-36: 236 runs from 15 innings at 19.67. The best ten-innings patch came in 1936-37 to 1944-45: 220 runs at 27.50. The leanest, 1934-35: 53 runs at 5.30.

Rolling average, innings 6 to 53: 5.3 to 27.527.5

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First five-for5/606 Jan 1934v South Melbourne, 1933-34
First fifty782 Mar 1935v University, 1934-35
50th match4, 4/5318 Dec 1943v North Melbourne, 1943-44
50th wicket4/53 took him to 5318 Dec 1943v North Melbourne, 1943-44

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 3 innings
from v Collingwood, 1943-44 to v University, 1943-44 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 36 matches
from v Collingwood, 1934-35 to v South Melbourne, 1937-38 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 6 matches
from v University, 1943-44 to v South Melbourne, 1944-45 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 5 matches bowled in
from v Carlton, 1935-36 to v Richmond, 1936-37 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings
from v Richmond, 1936-37 to v South Melbourne, 1936-37 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111933-34: 5 (7 inns, avg 17.33)1934-35: 7 (12 inns, avg 10.92)1935-36: 7 (15 inns, avg 19.67)1936-37: 6 (9 inns, avg 7.57)1937-38: 9 (1 inns, avg –)1943-44: 5 (5 inns, avg 28.40)1944-45: 6 (4 inns, avg 14.75)1933193519371944

Moved about the order across 7 seasons: at 5th in 2, at 7th in 2, at 6th in 2, at 9th in 1.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1933-345717.33
1934-3571210.92
1935-3671519.67
1936-37697.57
1937-3891–
1943-445528.40
1944-456414.75
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home302544247820.193120.42
Away242833047412.163313.15

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday484977047816.766316.32
Weekday64024196.00139.00
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct10112965010.671714.18
Nov9701404120.001111.82
Dec781753210.711710.88
Jan121221263012.601222.17
Feb861601912.00429.75
Mar7702177831.00341.00
Other121141214.00
Finals
3Finals played
88Runs · avg 29.33
2Wickets
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home and away514966407814.886216.29
Finals341887429.33228.50
Favourite victims
  1. – Zosky × 2
  2. CN Parry × 2
  3. HHE Grangel × 2
  4. RJ Hassett × 2
  5. WJ Cornelius × 2
  6. AL Hassett × 1
  7. AL Price × 1
  8. AR Barnes × 1

The card names his victims in 22 of 24 wicket-taking games.

Fielding

Caught most off

  1. AEO Barras × 6
  2. FD Chapman × 6
  3. HJ Plant × 3
  4. AE Liddicut × 2
  5. J Frederick × 2
  6. MW Sievers × 2

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SeasonOpponentBattingBowling
1933-34Prahran10 & 9–Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34South Melbournednb5/60Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34VCA Colts190/31Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34Hawthorn-East Melbournednb–Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34Northcote7 & 10*–Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34Melbourne44–Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34St Kilda5–Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35Melbourne84/18Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35Northcote01/14Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35Hawthorn-East Melbourne0 & 17–Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35Collingwooddnb0/4Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35South Melbourne1 & 42/1Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35Prahrandnb1/6Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35Carlton120/23Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35Richmond3–Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35North Melbourne3–Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35Essendon52/8Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35University781/16 & 0/29Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35Melbourne02/27Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36St Kilda91/26Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36Northcote10*0/20Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36Hawthorn-East Melbourne23–Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36VCA Coltsdnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36Collingwood210/19Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36South Melbourne6*–Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36Prahran202/7Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36University162/23Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36North Melbourne1 & 1–Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36Carlton190/34Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36Richmond160/14Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36Essendon6–Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36Carlton740/27Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36Melbourne12 & 2*0/3Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37Richmond60/23Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37Carlton02/22Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37North Melbourne20/10Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37Universitydnb1/8Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37Prahran34/45Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37South Melbourne97/54Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37Collingwooddnb3/47Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37VCA Colts8* & 14*0/37Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37Hawthorn-East Melbourne10/10Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37Northcotednb–Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37St Kildadnb2/63Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37Melbourne100/24Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38South Melbourne3*0/10Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44Collingwood416/36Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44South Melbourne350/18Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44University321/30Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44North Melbourne44/53Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44Carlton301/21Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45Hawthorn-East Melbourne504/53Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45Preston8 & 01/36 & 4/9Something wrong? Tell us
1944-45South Melbourne11/43 & 0/5Something wrong? Tell us

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