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Debut v St Kilda, 1891-92 (10 Oct 1891)Last game v East Melbourne, 1896-97 (30 Jan 1897)Player no. 10 to appear for the club

Around this dayin 1893: 0 & 0 and 0/21 v East Melbourne in 1896: 0* & 9 and 3/85 & 2/19 and 1 ct v Hawksburn

20

Matches

219

Runs

12.17

Average

24*

Highest

0 / 0

100s / 50s

37

Wickets

27.62

Bowling avg

3/6

Best

8

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1891-92352412013.672353/61
1892-93711610824*21.60238.2143/575
1893-9458138175.43124.383/651
1895-961111010*–2822/40
1896-974522297.33083/851
Career20301221924*12.17413.5373/68

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv St Kilda, 1891-92
  2. Highest score24*v East Melbourne, 1892-93
  3. Best bowling3/6v St Kilda, 1891-92
  4. Last matchMatch 20v East Melbourne, 1896-97

Runs by season

1891-92: 41 runs4191-921892-93: 108 runs10892-931893-94: 38 runs3893-941895-96: 10 runs1095-961896-97: 22 runs2296-97

Wickets by season

1891-92: 5 wickets591-921892-93: 14 wickets1492-931893-94: 8 wickets893-941895-96: 2 wickets295-961896-97: 8 wickets896-97

Every innings, in order

501891-92 v St Kilda: 1*1891-92 v St Kilda: 1*1891-92 v North Melbourne: 191891-92 v East Melbourne: 01891-92 v East Melbourne: 201892-93 v Melbourne: 01892-93 v St Kilda: 231892-93 v East Melbourne: 24*1892-93 v East Melbourne: 3*1892-93 v South Melbourne: 6*1892-93 v South Melbourne: 14*1892-93 v North Melbourne: 41892-93 v North Melbourne: 31892-93 v South Melbourne: 7*1892-93 v Melbourne: 171892-93 v Melbourne: 7*1893-94 v Carlton: 71893-94 v East Melbourne: 01893-94 v East Melbourne: 01893-94 v Melbourne: 61893-94 v Melbourne: 01893-94 v South Melbourne: 171893-94 v North Melbourne: 01893-94 v North Melbourne: 8*1895-96 v North Melbourne: 10*1896-97 v Hawksburn: 0*1896-97 v Hawksburn: 91896-97 v South Melbourne: 31896-97 v Carlton: 4*1896-97 v East Melbourne: 6

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

Against each club

Kingston Hawthorn45324*10.60624.333/57
Casey South Melbourne4471723.50534.402/60
Greenvale Kanagaroos4441911.00725.862/26
Melbourne330177.50833.003/65
St Kilda2252325.00317.003/6
Carlton211711.00334.672/22
Prahran1999.00520.803/85

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
71177*–
81133*–
9211414*14.001
1061562011.20
1120813924*11.585
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
Middle order (4–7)1177*–
Lower order (8–11)291121224*11.786

Batted most often at 11th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks6
  • 1–915
  • 10–195
  • 20–293
  • 30–490
  • 50–990
  • 100+0

4.1% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 1 time.

Dismissals
  • Caught11 · 61%
  • Bowled7 · 39%

Most often dismissed by: EE Bean (2), Costello (2), McLeod (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
In wins105962319.201
In losses20712324*9.465
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins71124.001.6
In losses122629.152.2
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
Batting first14711924*17.002
Batting second6035195.832
Second innings of the match105652013.002
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground101413524*16.882124.573/57
East Melbourne Cricket Ground2420205.00140.001/19
South Melbourne Cricket Ground23371737.00337.332/90
the Triangle2211711.00334.672/22
Warehousemen's Ground12663.00429.003/65
St Kilda Cricket Ground1221*–37.673/6
North Melbourne Cricket Ground1288*8.00156.001/56
Melbourne Cricket Ground11000.00155.001/55
Wickets taken
  • Bowled16 · 43%
  • Caught16 · 43%
  • Caught & bowled2 · 5%
  • Hit wicket1 · 3%
  • Stumped1 · 3%
  • LBW1 · 3%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)14 · 38%
  • Middle order (4–7)15 · 41%
  • Lower order (8–11)8 · 22%

Best in a match: 5/104 v Hawksburn, 1896-97. 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 1891-92 to 1896-97: 16th of 45 for runs, 6th of 19 for wickets, 8th of 47 for matches, 12th of 39 for catches, 11th of 11 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 133rd of 321 for runs, 48th of 172 for wickets, 124th of 345 for matches, 120th of 279 for catches, 105th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • DA Campbell2007-08 to 2011-12 · 17 m · 141 runs · 24 wkts
  • W Hannah1892-93 to 1893-94 · 11 m · 190 runs · 22 wkts
  • E Moore1943-44 to 1944-45 · 34 m · 363 runs · 46 wkts
  • PJ Allan1960-61 to 1962-63 · 36 m · 197 runs · 75 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1891-92: 3 matches, 41 runs, 5 wickets1891-921892-93: 7 matches, 108 runs, 14 wickets1892-931893-94: 5 matches, 38 runs, 8 wickets1893-941894-95: did not play1894-951895-96: 1 match, 10 runs, 2 wickets1895-961896-97: 4 matches, 22 runs, 8 wickets1896-97

Runs, up Wickets, down Season away

The arc

JC McKirdy's best season with the bat was 1892-93: 108 runs from 11 innings at 21.60. The best ten-innings patch came in 1891-92 to 1892-93: 110 runs at 22.00. The leanest, 1892-93 to 1893-94: 51 runs at 6.38.

Rolling average, innings 7 to 30: 6.4 to 22.022.0

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

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 11 matches
from v St Kilda, 1892-93 to v North Melbourne, 1893-94 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 6 matches
from v East Melbourne, 1892-93 to v Carlton, 1893-94 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings
from v Carlton, 1893-94 to v Melbourne, 1893-94 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111891-92: 11 (5 inns, avg 13.67)1892-93: 11 (11 inns, avg 21.60)1893-94: 11 (8 inns, avg 5.43)1895-96: 11 (1 inns, avg –)1896-97: 11 (5 inns, avg 7.33)18911892189318951896

Batted at 11th in every one of his 5 seasons.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1891-9211513.67
1892-93111121.60
1893-941185.43
1895-96111–
1896-971157.33
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home1014613524*16.882124.57
Away1016684208.401631.63

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday19281121024*12.353228.69
Weekday121999.00520.80
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct45228199.33718.00
Nov58141235.86929.89
Dec3434824*48.00532.20
Jan584642016.00831.75
Feb231147*7.00523.80
Mar121241724.00331.00
Favourite victims
  1. ANA Bowman × 2
  2. AS Carter × 2
  3. CE Jones × 2
  4. H McLean × 2
  5. IS Drape × 2
  6. JT Howlett × 2
  7. S Morris × 2
  8. AP Haddrick × 1
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. R Mitchell × 3
  2. JC McKirdy × 2
  3. G Beacham × 1
  4. J Worrall × 1
  5. W Hannah × 1

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Every match · 20 · tap to show
SeasonOpponentBattingBowling
1891-92St Kilda1* & 1*3/6 & 0/17Something wrong? Tell us
1891-92North Melbourne191/26Something wrong? Tell us
1891-92East Melbourne0 & 201/19Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93Melbourne01/55Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93St Kilda230/28Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93East Melbourne24* & 3*3/57Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93South Melbourne6* & 14*2/90Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93North Melbourne4 & 32/26 & 1/33Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93South Melbourne7*2/60Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93Melbourne17 & 7*3/93Something wrong? Tell us
1893-94Carlton72/22Something wrong? Tell us
1893-94East Melbourne0 & 00/21Something wrong? Tell us
1893-94Melbourne6 & 03/65 & 1/51Something wrong? Tell us
1893-94South Melbourne171/22Something wrong? Tell us
1893-94North Melbourne0 & 8*1/56Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96North Melbourne10*2/40Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97Hawksburn0* & 93/85 & 2/19Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97South Melbourne3–Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97Carlton4*1/82Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97East Melbourne62/49Something wrong? Tell us

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