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RJ Zimmer

1945-46 to 1950-51 · 40 matches for the club

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Debut v Northcote, 1945-46 (15 Dec 1945)Last game v Essendon, 1950-51 (24 Mar 1951)Player no. 271 to appear for the club

Around this dayin 1950: 3 and 1 ct v Northcote

40

Matches

683

Runs

17.97

Average

103

Highest

1 / 3

100s / 50s

20

Wickets

27.35

Bowling avg

4/6

Best

26

Catches

Season by season

SeasonMInnNORunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1945-462201587.5023 (8)43/61
1947-48320312815.5011.5 (8)11/241
1948-4991022035925.3852.4 (8)104/62
1949-50121311655713.7540.6 (8)41/1310
1950-511415126910319.2110.3 (8)11/1413
Career4042468310317.97138.2 (8-ball)204/626

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Northcote, 1945-46
  2. First fifty59v Prahran, 1948-49
  3. First hundred103v North Melbourne, 1950-51
  4. Highest score103v North Melbourne, 1950-51
  5. Best bowling4/6v Footscray, 1948-49
  6. Last matchMatch 40v Essendon, 1950-51

Runs by season

1945-46: 15 runs1545-461947-48: 31 runs3147-481948-49: 203 runs20348-491949-50: 165 runs16549-501950-51: 269 runs26950-51

Wickets by season

1945-46: 4 wickets445-461947-48: 1 wickets147-481948-49: 10 wickets1048-491949-50: 4 wickets449-501950-51: 1 wickets150-51

Every innings, in order

103501945-46 v Northcote: 71945-46 v St Kilda: 81947-48 v Melbourne: 281947-48 v Essendon: 31948-49 v Collingwood: 31948-49 v Footscray: 7*1948-49 v South Melbourne: 391948-49 v South Melbourne: 7*1948-49 v Richmond: 451948-49 v Prahran: 591948-49 v Carlton: 191948-49 v Northcote: 141948-49 v Essendon: 101948-49 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 01949-50 v St Kilda: 81949-50 v Essendon: 11949-50 v Essendon: 11949-50 v Melbourne: 21949-50 v Melbourne: 0*1949-50 v South Melbourne: 241949-50 v Richmond: 01949-50 v Richmond: 231949-50 v University: 571949-50 v Collingwood: 261949-50 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 101949-50 v Carlton: 91949-50 v Northcote: 41950-51 v Essendon: 81950-51 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 281950-51 v Northcote: 31950-51 v Carlton: 11950-51 v Prahran: 91950-51 v Richmond: 591950-51 v South Melbourne: 11950-51 v South Melbourne: 6*1950-51 v North Melbourne: 1031950-51 v University: 01950-51 v Footscray: 311950-51 v Melbourne: 11950-51 v Collingwood: 61950-51 v Essendon: 01950-51 v Essendon: 13

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

Against each club

Essendon536135.140–0/14
Prahran4685934.0010–0/11
Northcote428147.00323.333/61
Richmond31275931.751231.001/13
Casey South Melbourne3773925.6758.604/23
Kingston Hawthorn3382812.670–0/15
Camberwell Magpies3352611.6723.002/6
Melbourne3312810.33233.001/24
Carlton329199.670–0/14
St Kilda31688.00154.001/52
Greenvale Kanagaroos2103103103.001147.001/32
Melbourne University2575728.5010–0/5
Footscray2383138.0042.004/6

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
19118610323.25111
21913385918.7823
310454545.00
6301284.00
761663913.20
810777.00
931292814.50
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
Top order (1–3)29256910321.07314
Middle order (4–7)9178399.75
Lower order (8–11)41362812.00

Batted most often at 2nd.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks4
  • 1–920
  • 10–195
  • 20–295
  • 30–493
  • 50–993
  • 100+1

Turned 1 of 4 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 8.7% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 3 times.

Dismissals
  • Caught19 · 50%
  • Bowled11 · 29%
  • Stumped3 · 8%
  • LBW3 · 8%
  • Run out1 · 3%
  • Caught & bowled1 · 3%

Most often dismissed by: Blundell (3), Holloway (3), Daniel (2), Blake (2), Baird (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
In wins24148510321.09311
In losses1731974514.073
In draws10111.00
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins12449.250.3
In losses131521.201.2
In draws1132.001.0
  • Scored 50+: the side won 4 of 4 (100%).
  • Every other match: the side won 20 of 36 (56%), lost 13.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
Batting first1311203110.001
Batting second23051310322.30313
Second innings of the match63502316.67
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground212642010319.091319.544/6
Essendon Cricket Ground3321107.00––0/15
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote221175.50320.333/61
Albert Ground22292814.50124.001/24
Richmond Cricket Ground221045952.00149.001/14
Carlton Cricket Ground22201910.00––0/24
Glenferrie Oval22282814.00––0/45
South Melbourne Cricket Ground11242424.00120.001/20
University Oval11000.00––0/5
Victoria Park11262626.00–––
North Melbourne Cricket Ground100––132.001/32
St Kilda Cricket Ground100–––––
Toorak Park100–––––
Wickets taken
  • LBW7 · 35%
  • Bowled5 · 25%
  • Caught5 · 25%
  • Caught & bowled3 · 15%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)3 · 15%
  • Middle order (4–7)11 · 55%
  • Lower order (8–11)6 · 30%

Best in a match: 4/6 v Footscray, 1948-49. 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 1945-46 to 1950-51: 18th of 36 for runs, 20th of 29 for wickets, 23rd of 36 for matches, 11th of 13 for hundreds, 14th of 34 for catches, 17th of 25 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 73rd of 321 for runs, 71st of 172 for wickets, 83rd of 345 for matches, 30th of 50 for hundreds, 51st of 279 for catches, 67th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • KM McLaine1979-80 to 1983-84 · 46 m · 728 runs · 23 wkts
  • ID Deany1958-59 to 1963-64 · 32 m · 506 runs · 11 wkts
  • GB Deany1958-59 to 1962-63 · 49 m · 858 runs · 35 wkts
  • MT Jenkinson1997-98 to 2000-01 · 26 m · 442 runs · 19 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1945-46: 2 matches, 15 runs, 4 wickets1945-461946-47: did not play1946-471947-48: 3 matches, 31 runs, 1 wicket1947-481948-49: 9 matches, 203 runs, 10 wickets1948-491949-50: 12 matches, 165 runs, 4 wickets1949-501950-51: 14 matches, 269 runs, 1 wicket1950-51

Runs, up Wickets, down Season away

The arc

R Zimmer's best season with the bat was 1950-51: 269 runs from 15 innings at 19.21. The best ten-innings patch came in 1947-48 to 1948-49: 224 runs at 28.00. The leanest, 1948-49 to 1949-50: 60 runs at 6.67.

Rolling average, innings 5 to 42: 6.7 to 28.028.0

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First fifty5922 Jan 1949v Prahran, 1948-49
First hundred10320 Jan 1951v North Melbourne, 1950-51

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings
from v Richmond, 1948-49 to v Prahran, 1948-49 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 21 matches
from v South Melbourne, 1949-50 to v Essendon, 1950-51 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 3 matches
from v Northcote, 1945-46 to v Melbourne, 1947-48 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 7 matches bowled in
from v Richmond, 1948-49 to v St Kilda, 1949-50 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings
from v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1948-49 to v Melbourne, 1949-50 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111945-46: 6 (2 inns, avg 7.50)1947-48: 7 (2 inns, avg 15.50)1948-49: 2 (10 inns, avg 25.38)1949-50: 2 (13 inns, avg 13.75)1950-51: 2 (15 inns, avg 19.21)19451947194819491950

Batted at 6th for 1 season, dropped to 7th from 1947-48, moved up to open from 1948-49.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1945-46627.50
1947-487215.50
1948-4921025.38
1949-5021313.75
1950-5121519.21
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home2126442010319.091319.54
Away191602635916.44741.86

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday3335362610319.561631.13
Weekday77157269.50412.25
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct640472811.75313.33
Nov810255286.88616.83
Dec4511365934.00913.11
Jan1112134710331.55283.00
Feb770753110.71
Mar44023135.75
Finals
1Finals played
13Runs · avg 6.50
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home and away3940467010318.612027.35
Finals12013136.50
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. BT Considine × 6
  2. HAE Shillinglaw × 4
  3. K Peters × 4
  4. RHW Liddicut × 4
  5. K Cant × 3
  6. RJ Zimmer × 3

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Every match · 40 · tap to show
SeasonOpponentBattingBowling
1945-46Northcote73/61Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46St Kilda81/52Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48Melbourne281/24Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48Essendon30/15Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48Prahrandnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49Collingwood32/6Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49Footscray7*4/6Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49South Melbourne39 & 7*4/23Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49Richmond450/35Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49Prahran590/11Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49Carlton190/24Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49Northcote140/9Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49Essendon100/18Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49Hawthorn-East Melbourne00/45Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50St Kilda80/2Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50North Melbournednb1/32Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50Prahrandnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50Essendon1 & 10/14Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50Melbourne2 & 0*1/42Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50South Melbourne241/20Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50Richmond0 & 231/13Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50University570/11Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50Collingwood26–Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50Hawthorn-East Melbourne100/15Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50Carlton90/19 & 0/14Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50Northcote4–Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51Essendon8–Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51Hawthorn-East Melbourne28–Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51Northcote3–Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51Carlton1–Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51Prahran9–Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51Richmond591/14Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51South Melbourne1 & 6*–Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51North Melbourne1030/15Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51University00/5Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51Footscray310/2Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51Melbourne1–Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51Collingwood6–Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51St Kildadnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51Essendon0 & 13–Something wrong? Tell us

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