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DD Weir

1969-70 to 1972-73 · 40 matches for the club

Debut v St Kilda, 1969-70 (15 Nov 1969)Last game v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1972-73 (27 Jan 1973)Player no. 368 to appear for the club

Around this dayin 1972: 1/10 & 0/6 v University in 1970: 4/30 v St Kilda

40

Matches

206

Runs

7.92

Average

24

Highest

0 / 0

100s / 50s

85

Wickets

18.56

Bowling avg

5/15

Best

9

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1969-708641311*6.5077.1 (8)143/301
1970-7110102882011.00122.4 (8)314/144
1971-721312265236.50139.6 (8)265/154
1972-7396040246.6779.7 (8)145/51
Career40348206247.92419.2 (8-ball)855/159

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv St Kilda, 1969-70
  2. First five-for5/15v Carlton, 1971-72
  3. Highest score24v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1972-73
  4. Best bowling5/15v Carlton, 1971-72
  5. Last matchMatch 40v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1972-73

Runs by season

1969-70: 13 runs1369-701970-71: 88 runs8870-711971-72: 65 runs6571-721972-73: 40 runs4072-73

Wickets by season

1969-70: 14 wickets1469-701970-71: 31 wickets3170-711971-72: 26 wickets2671-721972-73: 14 wickets1472-73

Every innings, in order

501969-70 v St Kilda: 01969-70 v University: 2*1969-70 v South Melbourne: 0*1969-70 v Melbourne: 11*1969-70 v Northcote: 01969-70 v North Melbourne: 0*1970-71 v Footscray: 01970-71 v Essendon: 201970-71 v Richmond: 0*1970-71 v University: 31970-71 v University: 161970-71 v South Melbourne: 41970-71 v Melbourne: 21970-71 v Collingwood: 191970-71 v North Melbourne: 15*1970-71 v North Melbourne: 91971-72 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 11971-72 v Carlton: 31971-72 v Footscray: 11971-72 v South Melbourne: 01971-72 v Melbourne: 1*1971-72 v Essendon: 231971-72 v Essendon: 10*1971-72 v North Melbourne: 81971-72 v University: 121971-72 v St Kilda: 01971-72 v Collingwood: 21971-72 v Collingwood: 41972-73 v South Melbourne: 111972-73 v North Melbourne: 01972-73 v Carlton: 51972-73 v St Kilda: 01972-73 v St Kilda: 01972-73 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 24

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

Against each club

Melbourne University4331611.001316.004/48
Greenvale Kanagaroos43215*10.671015.104/37
Casey South Melbourne415115.00818.253/30
Melbourne41411*14.00738.433/80
St Kilda4000.00912.114/30
Essendon3532326.50341.332/46
Kingston Hawthorn3252412.50328.333/30
Camberwell Magpies325198.33519.402/24
Richmond300*–270.001/14
Carlton2854.00116.095/152
Footscray2110.50611.004/14
Northcote2000.00327.672/26
Prahran2–––56.605/331

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
PosInnNORunsHSAvg0s
510999.00
72016168.001
851582014.501
97227115.401
1016371235.465
1132252425.00
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
Middle order (4–7)3025168.331
Lower order (8–11)318181247.877

Batted most often at 10th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks8
  • 1–913
  • 10–197
  • 20–293
  • 30–490
  • 50–990
  • 100+0

4.4% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 1 time.

Dismissals
  • Caught15 · 58%
  • Bowled6 · 23%
  • Run out2 · 8%
  • Stumped2 · 8%
  • LBW1 · 4%

Most often dismissed by: Kirby (2), Baker (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
In wins9171208.883
In losses246134247.445
In draws1111*–
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins133414.682.6
In losses224321.982.0
In draws3816.752.7
  • Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 0 of 3 (0%), lost 2.
  • Every other match: the side won 13 of 37 (35%), lost 21.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
Batting first19594236.716
Batting second10273249.131
Second innings of the match5139169.751
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground2218113248.073822.345/33
Albert Ground32323.00545.003/80
University Oval, Parkville23311610.331111.184/48
Carlton Cricket Ground22854.00116.095/15
Western Oval22110.50611.004/14
Victoria Park22643.00418.252/24
South Melbourne Cricket Ground22111111.00218.502/16
Essendon Cricket Ground22332333.00178.001/57
North Melbourne Cricket Ground1100*––––
St Kilda Cricket Ground100––47.504/30
Glenferrie Oval100––310.003/30
Wickets taken
  • Caught54 · 64%
  • Bowled25 · 29%
  • LBW3 · 4%
  • Caught & bowled2 · 2%
  • Hit wicket1 · 1%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)44 · 52%
  • Middle order (4–7)28 · 33%
  • Lower order (8–11)13 · 15%

3 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 7/74 v University, 1970-71. 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 1969-70 to 1972-73: 28th of 36 for runs, 8th of 28 for wickets, 20th of 37 for matches, 26th of 36 for catches, 26th of 28 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 139th of 321 for runs, 33rd of 172 for wickets, 83rd of 345 for matches, 112th of 279 for catches, 120th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • PJ Allan1960-61 to 1962-63 · 36 m · 197 runs · 75 wkts
  • AB Perrin2014-15 to 2018-19 · 41 m · 88 runs · 92 wkts
  • R Jones1921-22 to 1923-24 · 26 m · 109 runs · 47 wkts
  • BW Walder1983-84 to 1984-85 · 13 m · 49 runs · 28 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1969-70: 8 matches, 13 runs, 14 wickets1969-701970-71: 10 matches, 88 runs, 31 wickets · 1st XI Bowling1970-711971-72: 13 matches, 65 runs, 26 wickets1971-721972-73: 9 matches, 40 runs, 14 wickets1972-73

Runs, up Wickets, down Honour in his name

1970-71: 1st XI Bowling

The arc

DD Weir's best season with the bat was 1970-71: 88 runs from 10 innings at 11.00. The best ten-innings patch came in 1970-71 to 1971-72: 82 runs at 11.71. The leanest, 1971-72 to 1972-73: 42 runs at 4.20.

Rolling average, innings 10 to 34: 4.2 to 11.711.7

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First five-for5/1516 Oct 1971v Carlton, 1971-72
50th wicket5/15 took him to 5016 Oct 1971v Carlton, 1971-72

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 22 matches
from v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1971-72 to v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1972-73 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 8 matches
from v Essendon, 1970-71 to v North Melbourne, 1970-71 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings
from v North Melbourne, 1970-71 to v South Melbourne, 1971-72 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111969-70: 10 (6 inns, avg 6.50)1970-71: 8 (10 inns, avg 11.00)1971-72: 10 (12 inns, avg 6.50)1972-73: 10 (6 inns, avg 6.67)1969197019711972

Batted at 10th for 1 season, moved up to 8th from 1970-71, dropped to 10th from 1971-72.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1969-701066.50
1970-7181011.00
1971-7210126.50
1972-731066.67
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home22184113248.073822.34
Away1816493237.754715.51

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday36328194248.087319.55
Weekday42012126.001212.58
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct97036205.142312.65
Nov96220165.001824.39
Dec5311155.501319.85
Jan10103902412.861822.56
Feb67149198.171314.15
Mar11100*–
Favourite victims
  1. MJ Bowtell × 3
  2. BR Downey × 2
  3. CJ Dart × 2
  4. GI Farrell × 2
  5. GL Anyon × 2
  6. GR Courtis × 2
  7. PA Hibbert × 2
  8. PJ Usher × 2
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. EP Illingworth × 5
  2. AT Duff × 2
  3. DD Weir × 2

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Every match · 40 · tap to show
SeasonOpponentBattingBowling
1969-70St Kilda01/50Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70University2*1/37 & 0/32Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70South Melbourne0*2/16Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70Melbourne11*2/44Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70Hawthorn-East Melbournednb3/30Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70Northcote02/26Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70Collingwooddnb1/20 & 2/24Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70North Melbourne0*–Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71Footscray04/14 & 2/24Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71Prahrandnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71Essendon202/46Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71St Kildadnb4/30Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71Richmond0*1/58Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71University3 & 164/48 & 3/26Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71South Melbourne43/30 & 2/37Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71Melbourne21/57 & 0/32Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71Collingwood191/24Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71North Melbourne15* & 90/17 & 4/37Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72Hawthorn-East Melbourne10/37Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72Carlton35/15 & 1/1Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72Footscray10/28Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72Prahrandnb5/33Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72South Melbourne01/42Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72Richmonddnb0/68Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72Melbourne1*3/80Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72Northcotednb1/57Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72Essendon23 & 10*1/57Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72North Melbourne82/6 & 0/19Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72University124/49Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72St Kilda02/7Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72Collingwood2 & 41/17 & 0/12Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73South Melbourne110/21Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73North Melbourne04/72Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73Universitydnb1/10 & 0/6Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73Essendondnb0/21Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73Carlton55/51Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73Richmonddnb1/14Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73Melbournednb1/56Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73St Kilda0 & 01/11 & 1/11Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73Hawthorn-East Melbourne240/18Something wrong? Tell us

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