CC Best

1897-98 to 1899-00 · 14 matches for the club

Debut v Hawksburn, 1897-98 (19 Mar 1898)Last game v Hawksburn, 1899-00 (6 Jan 1900)Player no. 53 to appear for the club

Around this dayin 1899: 5 & 0 and 1 ct v St Kilda

Matches

343

Runs

21.44

Average

64*

Highest

0 / 3

100s / 50s

Wickets

–

Bowling avg

0/16

Best

Catches

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1897-98	2	2	0	47	47	23.50	–	–	–
1898-99	9	12	2	274	64*	27.40	9	0	0/16	2
1899-00	3	4	0	22	13	5.50	–	–	–	1
Career	14	18	2	343	64*	21.44	9	0	0/16	3

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Hawksburn, 1897-98
First fifty53v Richmond, 1898-99
Highest score64*v University, 1898-99
Last matchMatch 14v Hawksburn, 1899-00

Runs by season

Every innings, in order

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Against each club

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Prahran	3	90	47	22.50
St Kilda	2	90	60	22.50	1
Richmond	2	53	53	26.50	1
Greenvale Kanagaroos	2	14	10	7.00
Melbourne University	1	81	64*	–	1
Melbourne	1	8	8	8.00
Kingston Hawthorn	1	4	4	4.00
Casey South Melbourne	1	2	2	2.00
Carlton	1	1	1	1.00

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	0s
3	2	0	30	17	15.00
4	4	0	72	60	18.00	1	1
5	2	0	26	25	13.00
7	4	2	141	64*	70.50	1
8	3	0	12	8	4.00		1
9	1	0	53	53	53.00	1
10	2	0	9	5	4.50

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Top order (1–3)	2	0	30	17	15.00
Middle order (4–7)	10	2	239	64*	29.88	2	1
Lower order (8–11)	6	0	74	53	12.33	1	1

Batted most often at 4th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks2
1–96
10–195
20–291
30–491
50–993
100+0

Turned 0 of 3 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 10.4% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 2 times.

Dismissals

Caught6 · 38%
Bowled6 · 38%
LBW2 · 13%
Run out2 · 13%

Most often dismissed by: O'Connor (2).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
In wins	9	2	189	64*	27.00	2	1
In losses	9	0	154	60	17.11	1	1

Scored 50+: the side won 2 of 3 (67%), lost 1.
Every other match: the side won 5 of 11 (45%), lost 6.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Batting first	4	0	79	60	19.75	1	1
Batting second	10	1	209	64*	23.22	2
Second innings of the match	4	1	55	25	18.33		1

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	9	12	272	64*	27.20
St Kilda Cricket Ground	1	2	5	5	2.50
Carlton Cricket Ground	1	1	1	1	1.00
Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	1	8	8	8.00
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	1	4	4	4.00
Richmond Cricket Ground	1	1	53	53	53.00

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1897-98 to 1899-00: 9th of 23 for runs, 9th of 24 for matches, 15th of 20 for catches.

Under Fitzroy: 109th of 321 for runs, 150th of 345 for matches, 185th of 279 for catches.

Played like…

PRS Lazer2003-04 to 2004-05 · 11 m · 259 runs · 0 wkts
WN Wauchope1895-96 to 1896-97 · 11 m · 274 runs · 0 wkts
RD McKinlay1988-89 to 1989-90 · 14 m · 310 runs · 0 wkts
JJ Smith1893-94 to 1898-99 · 13 m · 335 runs · 1 wkts

The careers nearest Best’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.

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up

The arc

CC Best's best season with the bat was 1898-99: 274 runs from 12 innings at 27.40. The best ten-innings patch came in 1897-98 to 1898-99: 288 runs at 36.00. The leanest, 1898-99 to 1899-00: 97 runs at 9.70.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty53	29 Oct 1898	v Richmond, 1898-99

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings: v St Kilda, 1898-99 · first
Consecutive matches played: 13 matches: from v Hawksburn, 1897-98 to v St Kilda, 1899-00 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings: from v South Melbourne, 1898-99 to v St Kilda, 1899-00 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
64*	v University, 1898-99	Won
60	v St Kilda, 1898-99	Lost
53	v Richmond, 1898-99	Won
47	v Hawksburn, 1897-98	Lost
25	v St Kilda, 1898-99	Lost

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Batting position over the years

Batted at 4th for 2 seasons, dropped to 10th from 1899-00.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1897-98	4	2	23.50
1898-99	4	12	27.40
1899-00	10	4	5.50

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home	9	12	2	272	64*	27.20
Away	5	6	0	71	53	11.83

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
Saturday	13	17	2	335	64*	22.33
Weekday	1	1	0	8	8	8.00

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Oct	3	3	0	61	53	20.33
Nov	2	3	0	6	5	2.00
Dec	1	2	2	81	64*	–
Jan	2	3	0	98	60	32.67
Feb	1	2	0	30	17	15.00
Mar	3	3	0	59	47	19.67
Other	2	2	0	8	8	4.00

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1897-98	2
1898-99	9	2
1899-00	3	1

Caught most off

R Mitchell × 2
FA Tarrant × 1

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Season	Opponent	Batting	Bowling
1897-98	Hawksburn	47	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98	Richmond	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99	East Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99	Richmond	53	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99	Carlton	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99	University	64* & 17*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99	St Kilda	60 & 25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99	Hawksburn	17 & 13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99	North Melbourne	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99	South Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99	Melbourne	8	0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00	North Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00	St Kilda	5 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00	Hawksburn	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us

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