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Debut v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1966-67 (26 Nov 1966)Last game v Essendon, 1970-71 (31 Oct 1970)Player no. 356 to appear for the club

12

Matches

51

Runs

25.50

Average

16

Highest

0 / 0

100s / 50s

22

Wickets

23.68

Bowling avg

5/46

Best

2

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1966-6731144*–25 (8)21/321
1967-6821100*–18 (8)42/23
1968-695433114*31.0064.1 (8)125/461
1969-701000––19 (8)22/40
1970-71110161616.0013 (8)22/26
Career1275511625.50139.1 (8-ball)225/462

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1966-67
  2. First five-for5/46v Essendon, 1968-69
  3. Highest score16v Essendon, 1970-71
  4. Best bowling5/46v Essendon, 1968-69
  5. Last matchMatch 12v Essendon, 1970-71

Runs by season

1966-67: 4 runs466-671967-68: 0 runs67-681968-69: 31 runs3168-691969-70: 0 runs69-701970-71: 16 runs1670-71

Wickets by season

1966-67: 2 wickets266-671967-68: 4 wickets467-681968-69: 12 wickets1268-691969-70: 2 wickets269-701970-71: 2 wickets270-71

Every innings, in order

501966-67 v St Kilda: 4*1967-68 v Essendon: 0*1968-69 v Essendon: 14*1968-69 v St Kilda: 14*1968-69 v St Kilda: 0*1968-69 v University: 31970-71 v Essendon: 16

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

Against each club

Essendon3301630.001112.275/461
St Kilda21814*–245.501/32
Prahran2–––419.752/27
Melbourne University1333.000–0/10
Kingston Hawthorn1–––0–0/39
Melbourne1–––135.001/35
Richmond1–––221.001/20
Camberwell Magpies1–––230.502/40

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
PosInnNORunsHSAvg
810333.00
1054481648.00
111100*–

Batted most often at 10th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks0
  • 1–92
  • 10–193
  • 20–290
  • 30–490
  • 50–990
  • 100+0

4.6% of the side's runs in the innings batted.

Dismissals
  • LBW1 · 50%
  • Bowled1 · 50%
In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg
In wins21301630.00
In losses542114*21.00
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins61618.882.7
In losses4438.251.0
In draws2233.001.0
  • Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 1 of 1 (100%).
  • Every other match: the side won 5 of 11 (45%), lost 4.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg
Batting first331814*–
Batting second31331616.50
Second innings of the match1100*–
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground63341634.001616.565/46
St Kilda Cricket Ground121414*–159.001/55
Essendon Cricket Ground1100*–211.502/23
University Oval11333.00––0/10
Victoria Park100––230.502/40
Albert Ground100––135.001/35
Glenferrie Oval100––––0/39
Wickets taken
  • Caught13 · 59%
  • Bowled7 · 32%
  • LBW2 · 9%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)9 · 41%
  • Middle order (4–7)8 · 36%
  • Lower order (8–11)5 · 23%

1 five-wicket haul. Best in a match: 7/86 v Essendon, 1968-69. 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 1966-67 to 1970-71: 36th of 41 for runs, 14th of 29 for wickets, 32nd of 42 for matches, 32nd of 37 for catches.

Under Fitzroy: 216th of 321 for runs, 66th of 172 for wickets, 160th of 345 for matches, 207th of 279 for catches.

Played like…

  • SG Cottrell1992-93 to 1994-95 · 35 m · 211 runs · 60 wkts
  • JJ King1995-96 to 1996-97 · 27 m · 39 runs · 45 wkts
  • NW Owen2006-07 to 2007-08 · 22 m · 244 runs · 35 wkts
  • DP Nannes2005-06 to 2014-15 · 32 m · 188 runs · 59 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1966-67: 3 matches, 4 runs, 2 wickets1966-671967-68: 2 matches, 0 runs, 4 wickets1967-681968-69: 5 matches, 31 runs, 12 wickets1968-691969-70: 1 match, 0 runs, 2 wickets1969-701970-71: 1 match, 16 runs, 2 wickets1970-71

Runs, up Wickets, down

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First five-for5/4627 Jan 1969v Essendon, 1968-69

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 5 matches
from v Prahran, 1968-69 to v University, 1968-69 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 8 matches
from v St Kilda, 1966-67 to v Richmond, 1968-69 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111966-67: 10 (1 inns, avg –)1967-68: 11 (1 inns, avg –)1968-69: 10 (4 inns, avg 31.00)1970-71: 10 (1 inns, avg 16.00)1966196719681970

Batted at 10th for 1 season, dropped to 11th from 1967-68, moved up to 10th from 1968-69.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1966-67101–
1967-68111–
1968-6910431.00
1970-7110116.00
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home632341634.001616.56
Away6431714*17.00642.67

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday1164371618.501529.00
Weekday1111414*–712.29
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct321161616.00616.83
Nov1000––
Dec11144*–132.00
Jan3111414*–1014.80
Feb3221414*–532.40
Mar110333.00
Favourite victims
  1. RF McLennan × 2
  2. RFR Howe × 2
  3. BM Campbell × 1
  4. DK McLean × 1
  5. GC Johnston × 1
  6. GC Paterson × 1
  7. GJ Brown × 1
  8. GL Tamblyn × 1
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. AL Thomson × 1
  2. LT Hill × 1

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