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Debut v North Melbourne, 1977-78 (29 Oct 1977)Last game v University, 1979-80 (8 Mar 1980)Player no. 413 to appear for the club

Around this dayin 1978: 13 v Ringwood

32

Matches

636

Runs

19.27

Average

62*

Highest

0 / 1

100s / 50s

0

Wickets

–

Bowling avg

–

Best

12

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1977-781113129262*24.33–––8
1978-79121201814615.08–––3
1979-8091011634318.11–––1
Career3235263662*19.2700–12

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv North Melbourne, 1977-78
  2. First fifty62*v Prahran, 1977-78
  3. Highest score62*v Prahran, 1977-78
  4. Last matchMatch 32v University, 1979-80

Runs by season

1977-78: 292 runs29277-781978-79: 181 runs18178-791979-80: 163 runs16379-80

Every innings, in order

62501977-78 v North Melbourne: 141977-78 v Richmond: 391977-78 v Melbourne: 301977-78 v Prahran: 271977-78 v Prahran: 62*1977-78 v South Melbourne: 41977-78 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 211977-78 v Waverley: 211977-78 v Carlton: 111977-78 v Essendon: 71977-78 v Essendon: 181977-78 v Collingwood: 01977-78 v St Kilda: 381978-79 v Melbourne: 01978-79 v Prahran: 01978-79 v Ringwood: 131978-79 v Northcote: 181978-79 v Northcote: 11978-79 v Carlton: 21978-79 v St Kilda: 461978-79 v South Melbourne: 41978-79 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 441978-79 v Waverley: 01978-79 v Footscray: 431978-79 v North Melbourne: 101979-80 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 171979-80 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 26*1979-80 v Northcote: 01979-80 v Essendon: 141979-80 v Collingwood: 41979-80 v Collingwood: 431979-80 v St Kilda: 111979-80 v Prahran: 291979-80 v Melbourne: 21979-80 v University: 17

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

Against each club

Kingston Hawthorn51294425.80
Prahran311862*39.331
St Kilda3954631.67
Melbourne3323010.67
Camberwell Magpies2474315.67
Richmond2393939.00
Essendon2391813.00
Greenvale Kanagaroos2241412.00
Northcote219186.33
Carlton213116.50
Ringwood2131313.00
Casey South Melbourne2844.00
Footscray1434343.00
Melbourne University1171717.00

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
PosInnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
19122562*28.1311
22413974617.264
310101010.00
510444.00
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Top order (1–3)34263262*19.7515
Middle order (4–7)10444.00

Batted most often at 2nd.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks5
  • 1–97
  • 10–1910
  • 20–295
  • 30–497
  • 50–991
  • 100+0

Turned 0 of 1 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 11.1% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 4 times.

Dismissals
  • Caught18 · 55%
  • Bowled8 · 24%
  • LBW4 · 12%
  • Run out2 · 6%
  • Caught & bowled1 · 3%

Most often dismissed by: Douglas (2), Webb (2), Kearns (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
In wins1401533810.934
In losses14230362*25.251
In draws40904622.501
In ties30904330.00
  • Scored 50+: the side won 0 of 1 (0%), lost 1.
  • Every other match: the side won 13 of 31 (42%), lost 10.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s0s
Batting first1903624619.052
Batting second1101244311.273
Second innings of the match5215062*50.001
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvg
Fitzroy Cricket Ground151533962*24.21
Essendon Cricket Ground23391813.00
Glenferrie Oval236426*32.00
Albert Ground22323016.00
St Kilda Cricket Ground22493824.50
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote1219189.50
Carlton Cricket Ground11111111.00
Central Reserve South Oval11000.00
North Melbourne Cricket Ground11101010.00
Richmond Cricket Ground11393939.00
Russell Lucas Oval11131313.00
South Melbourne Cricket Ground11444.00
Toorak Park11000.00
University Oval11171717.00

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1977-78 to 1979-80: 15th of 31 for runs, 18th of 32 for matches, 17th of 30 for catches, 9th of 22 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 75th of 321 for runs, 95th of 345 for matches, 95th of 279 for catches, 60th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • GD Sanders1972-73 to 1975-76 · 37 m · 692 runs · 0 wkts
  • J Hollioake1967-68 to 1975-76 · 34 m · 737 runs · 0 wkts
  • JB Hopkins2000-01 to 2001-02 · 22 m · 467 runs · 0 wkts
  • L Shivakumar2018-19 to 2021-22 · 40 m · 732 runs · 0 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1977-78: 11 matches, 292 runs1977-781978-79: 12 matches, 181 runs1978-791979-80: 9 matches, 163 runs1979-80

Runs, up

The arc

PW White's best season with the bat was 1977-78: 292 runs from 13 innings at 24.33. The best ten-innings patch came in 1977-78: 240 runs at 26.67. The leanest, 1977-78 to 1978-79: 97 runs at 9.70.

Rolling average, innings 6 to 35: 9.7 to 35.235.2

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First fifty62*19 Nov 1977v Prahran, 1977-78

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 4 innings
from v Richmond, 1977-78 to v Prahran, 1977-78 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 9 matches
from v Essendon, 1977-78 to v Carlton, 1978-79 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 2 innings
from v Melbourne, 1978-79 to v Prahran, 1978-79 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111977-78: 2 (13 inns, avg 24.33)1978-79: 2 (12 inns, avg 15.08)1979-80: 2 (10 inns, avg 18.11)197719781979

Opened in every one of his 3 seasons.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1977-7821324.33
1978-7921215.08
1979-8021018.11
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvg
Home1515133962*24.21
Away172012973915.63

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvg
Saturday2933259562*19.19
Sunday210222.00
Weekday110393939.00
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvg
Oct43014144.67
Nov78119262*27.43
Dec3416826*22.67
Jan7801434617.88
Feb8901544417.11
Mar330653821.67
Fielding
SeasonMCt
1977-78118
1978-79123
1979-8091

Caught most off

  1. LR Joslin × 3
  2. RW Watts × 3
  3. PJ Wallace × 2
  4. SK Smith × 2
  5. AJ Melbourne × 1
  6. EP Illingworth × 1

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SeasonOpponentBattingBowling
1977-78North Melbourne14–Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Richmond39–Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Melbourne30–Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Prahran27 & 62*–Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78South Melbourne4–Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Hawthorn-East Melbourne21–Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Waverley21–Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Carlton11–Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Essendon7 & 18–Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78Collingwood0–Something wrong? Tell us
1977-78St Kilda38–Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Melbourne0–Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Prahran0–Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Richmonddnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Ringwood13–Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Northcote18 & 1–Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Carlton2–Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79St Kilda46–Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79South Melbourne4–Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Hawthorn-East Melbourne44–Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Waverley0–Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79Footscray43–Something wrong? Tell us
1978-79North Melbourne10–Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Ringwooddnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Hawthorn-East Melbourne17 & 26*–Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Northcote0–Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Essendon14–Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Collingwood4 & 43–Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80St Kilda11–Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Prahran29–Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80Melbourne2–Something wrong? Tell us
1979-80University17–Something wrong? Tell us

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