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M Ellis

1895-96 to 1900-01 · 40 matches for the club

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Debut v Melbourne, 1895-96 (2 Nov 1895)Last game v Melbourne, 1900-01 (5 Jan 1901)Player no. 32 to appear for the club

Around this dayin 1899: 5 & 1 and 2/56 & 6/20 and 1 ct v St Kilda in 1896: 3 & 22 v Hawksburn

40

Matches

1,348

Runs

24.96

Average

108

Highest

2 / 6

100s / 50s

44

Wickets

24.30

Bowling avg

6/20

Best

9

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1895-9671122265025.117642/361
1896-9771011444916.00–––2
1897-9868029610837.003244/19
1898-9991202307419.176594/341
1899-0071011474216.33115.1256/203
1900-0147030510543.576522/462
Career405841,34810824.96353.1446/209

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Melbourne, 1895-96
  2. First fifty50v Richmond, 1895-96
  3. First hundred108v Richmond, 1897-98
  4. First five-for6/20v St Kilda, 1899-00
  5. Highest score108v Richmond, 1897-98
  6. Best bowling6/20v St Kilda, 1899-00
  7. Last matchMatch 40v Melbourne, 1900-01

Runs by season

1895-96: 226 runs22695-961896-97: 144 runs14496-971897-98: 296 runs29697-981898-99: 230 runs23098-991899-00: 147 runs14799-001900-01: 305 runs30500-01

Wickets by season

1895-96: 4 wickets495-961896-97: 0 wickets96-971897-98: 4 wickets497-981898-99: 9 wickets998-991899-00: 25 wickets2599-001900-01: 2 wickets200-01

Every innings, in order

108501895-96 v Melbourne: 01895-96 v Melbourne: 101895-96 v East Melbourne: 13*1895-96 v East Melbourne: 37*1895-96 v Carlton: 221895-96 v North Melbourne: 421895-96 v North Melbourne: 351895-96 v Richmond: 501895-96 v St Kilda: 11895-96 v St Kilda: 161895-96 v South Melbourne: 01896-97 v Melbourne: 21896-97 v Melbourne: 01896-97 v Hawksburn: 31896-97 v Hawksburn: 221896-97 v South Melbourne: 211896-97 v South Melbourne: 11*1896-97 v Carlton: 491896-97 v East Melbourne: 81896-97 v St Kilda: 241896-97 v North Melbourne: 41897-98 v St Kilda: 161897-98 v Carlton: 501897-98 v East Melbourne: 51897-98 v East Melbourne: 191897-98 v South Melbourne: 251897-98 v South Melbourne: 351897-98 v Hawksburn: 381897-98 v Richmond: 1081898-99 v East Melbourne: 11898-99 v Richmond: 301898-99 v Carlton: 591898-99 v University: 31898-99 v University: 11898-99 v St Kilda: 11898-99 v St Kilda: 01898-99 v Hawksburn: 741898-99 v Hawksburn: 121898-99 v North Melbourne: 281898-99 v South Melbourne: 151898-99 v Melbourne: 61899-00 v North Melbourne: 151899-00 v St Kilda: 51899-00 v St Kilda: 11899-00 v South Melbourne: 201899-00 v South Melbourne: 381899-00 v Hawksburn: 01899-00 v East Melbourne: 261899-00 v Carlton: 01899-00 v Carlton: 0*1899-00 v Richmond: 421900-01 v Hawksburn: 21900-01 v South Melbourne: 971900-01 v South Melbourne: 161900-01 v North Melbourne: 201900-01 v North Melbourne: 1051900-01 v Melbourne: 131900-01 v Melbourne: 52

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

Against each club

Casey South Melbourne62789730.891717.004/34
Greenvale Kanagaroos524910535.571438.002/46
Carlton51805936.002327.333/23
Prahran51517421.571620.174/36
Kingston Hawthorn510937*21.802116.002/65
St Kilda564248.00811.386/201
Richmond423010857.5011119.185/161
Melbourne4835211.861357.002/37
Melbourne University1432.00–––

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
PosInnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
11202795023.251
219251410830.24223
350563811.20
4601023817.00
550583511.601
6401579739.2521
7411174239.00
810000.001
910525252.001
11111313*–
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
Top order (1–3)36284910824.97323
Middle order (4–7)1914349724.1122
Lower order (8–11)31655232.5011

Batted most often at 2nd.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks6
  • 1–914
  • 10–1911
  • 20–299
  • 30–499
  • 50–996
  • 100+2

Turned 2 of 8 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 12.5% of the side's runs in the innings batted (where the card has the total). Top-scored for the side 8 times.

Dismissals
  • Caught26 · 48%
  • Bowled20 · 37%
  • Run out3 · 6%
  • Caught & bowled2 · 4%
  • Stumped2 · 4%
  • LBW1 · 2%

Most often dismissed by: Worrall (3), Marshall (3), McLeod (3), Bruce (2), Wilson (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
In wins21162410831.20413
In losses37372410521.29213
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins112811.682.5
In losses151646.381.1
  • Scored 50+: the side won 5 of 8 (63%), lost 3.
  • Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 1 of 2 (50%), lost 1.
  • Every other match: the side won 10 of 30 (33%), lost 20.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
Batting first23063710827.70312
Batting second1713015918.8122
Second innings of the match18341010527.33112
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground243693310827.442720.005/16
South Melbourne Cricket Ground351183823.60318.672/25
East Melbourne Cricket Ground3510037*33.33289.502/65
St Kilda Cricket Ground2322167.3389.506/20
Melbourne Cricket Ground2316105.33342.002/37
the Triangle22534926.50–––
North Melbourne Cricket Ground11151515.00122.001/22
Carlton Cricket Ground11595959.00––0/36
Richmond Cricket Ground11303030.00–––
Toorak Park11222.00––0/34
Wickets taken
  • Caught25 · 57%
  • Bowled14 · 32%
  • Caught & bowled3 · 7%
  • Stumped2 · 5%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)18 · 41%
  • Middle order (4–7)14 · 32%
  • Lower order (8–11)12 · 27%

2 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 8/76 v St Kilda, 1899-00. 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 1895-96 to 1900-01: 3rd of 42 for runs, 4th of 19 for wickets, 4th of 45 for matches, 1st of 4 for hundreds, 10th of 38 for catches, 2nd of 10 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 40th of 321 for runs, 44th of 172 for wickets, 83rd of 345 for matches, 22nd of 50 for hundreds, 112th of 279 for catches, 29th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • MTP Frith2014-15 to 2017-18 · 67 m · 1,855 runs · 80 wkts
  • RA Bartlett1997-98 to 2001-02 · 80 m · 2,570 runs · 94 wkts
  • NR Buszard1969-70 to 1976-77 · 82 m · 1,936 runs · 62 wkts
  • EA Williams1931-32 to 1947-48 · 97 m · 2,854 runs · 97 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1895-96: 7 matches, 226 runs, 4 wickets1895-961896-97: 7 matches, 144 runs, 0 wickets1896-971897-98: 6 matches, 296 runs, 4 wickets1897-981898-99: 9 matches, 230 runs, 9 wickets1898-991899-00: 7 matches, 147 runs, 25 wickets1899-001900-01: 4 matches, 305 runs, 2 wickets · 1st XI Batting1900-01

Runs, up Wickets, down Honour in his name

1900-01: 1st XI Batting

The arc

Mat Ellis' best season with the bat was 1900-01: 305 runs from 7 innings at 43.57. The best ten-innings patch came in 1899-00 to 1900-01: 347 runs at 38.56. The leanest, 1898-99 to 1899-00: 111 runs at 12.33.

Rolling average, innings 7 to 58: 12.3 to 38.638.6

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First fifty5015 Feb 1896v Richmond, 1895-96
First hundred10816 Apr 1898v Richmond, 1897-98
First five-for6/204 Nov 1899v St Kilda, 1899-00
1,000th run26 took him to 1,00110 Feb 1900v East Melbourne, 1899-00

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 4 innings
from v South Melbourne, 1897-98 to v Richmond, 1897-98 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 33 matches
from v Melbourne, 1896-97 to v Melbourne, 1900-01 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 11 matches
from v Hawksburn, 1898-99 to v Richmond, 1899-00 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 3 matches bowled in
from v East Melbourne, 1895-96 to v North Melbourne, 1895-96 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 4 innings
from v South Melbourne, 1895-96 to v Hawksburn, 1896-97 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111895-96: 5 (11 inns, avg 25.11)1896-97: 2 (10 inns, avg 16.00)1897-98: 1 (8 inns, avg 37.00)1898-99: 2 (12 inns, avg 19.17)1899-00: 2 (10 inns, avg 16.33)1900-01: 4 (7 inns, avg 43.57)1895189718991900

Batted at 5th for 1 season, moved up to open from 1896-97, dropped to 4th from 1900-01.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1895-9651125.11
1896-9721016.00
1897-981837.00
1898-9921219.17
1899-0021016.33
1900-014743.57
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home2436293310827.442720.00
Away162224155920.751731.12

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday385541,31710825.824224.57
Weekday230312210.33218.50
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct7801165014.501109.00
Nov71332959729.50938.22
Dec58025810532.25431.25
Jan61001755217.50426.00
Feb5812227431.71916.22
Mar6701644223.431014.40
Other44011810829.50713.86
Favourite victims
  1. AM Wade × 2
  2. AN Crighton × 2
  3. CE Jones × 2
  4. EE Bean × 2
  5. GA Honeybone × 2
  6. RTB Kelly × 2
  7. WH Watling × 2
  8. ACJ Russell × 1
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. M Ellis × 3
  2. FA Tarrant × 2
  3. R Mitchell × 2
  4. G Beacham × 1
  5. JC McKirdy × 1

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Every match · 40 · tap to show
SeasonOpponentBattingBowling
1895-96Melbourne0 & 101/89Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96East Melbourne13* & 37*0/114Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96Carlton220/23Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96North Melbourne42 & 350/23Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96Richmond500/4 & 2/36Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96St Kilda1 & 160/15Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96South Melbourne01/31Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97Melbourne2 & 0–Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97Hawksburn3 & 22–Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97South Melbourne21 & 11*–Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97Carlton49–Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97East Melbourne8–Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97St Kilda24–Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97North Melbourne4–Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98St Kilda16–Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98Carlton50–Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98East Melbourne5 & 19–Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98South Melbourne25 & 35–Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98Hawksburn380/33Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98Richmond1080/10 & 4/19Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99East Melbourne10/53Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99Richmond30–Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99Carlton590/36Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99University3 & 1–Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99St Kilda1 & 0–Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99Hawksburn74 & 122/18Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99North Melbourne281/7 & 0/23Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99South Melbourne154/34Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99Melbourne62/37Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00North Melbourne151/22Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00St Kilda5 & 12/56 & 6/20Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00South Melbourne20 & 382/25Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00Hawksburn04/36Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00East Melbourne262/65Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00Carlton0 & 0*3/23Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00Richmond425/16 & 0/16Something wrong? Tell us
1900-01Hawksburn20/34Something wrong? Tell us
1900-01South Melbourne97 & 160/5 & 0/24Something wrong? Tell us
1900-01North Melbourne20 & 1052/46 & 0/31Something wrong? Tell us
1900-01Melbourne13 & 520/23 & 0/22Something wrong? Tell us

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