WH Brendel

1926-27 to 1928-29 · 17 matches for the club

Debut v Richmond, 1926-27 (8 Jan 1927)Last game v South Melbourne, 1928-29 (16 Mar 1929)Player no. 127 to appear for the club

On this dayin 1928: 1 v North Melbourne

Matches

182

Runs

14.00

Average

Highest

0 / 1

100s / 50s

Wickets

–

Bowling avg

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Best

Catches

Season by season

Season	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1926-27	4	5	2	50	39*	16.67	–	–	–
1927-28	5	6	2	19	14*	4.75	–	–	–	2
1928-29	8	6	0	113	70	18.83	–	–	–	2
Career	17	17	4	182	70	14.00	0	0	–	4

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Richmond, 1926-27
First fifty70v Collingwood, 1928-29
Highest score70v Collingwood, 1928-29
Last matchMatch 17v South Melbourne, 1928-29

Runs by season

Every innings, in order

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Against each club

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Camberwell Magpies	2	109	70	109.00	1
Richmond	2	26	17	13.00
Essendon	2	2	2	0.67
Greenvale Kanagaroos	2	1	1	1.00
Melbourne	2	1	1	1.00
Casey South Melbourne	2	0	0	0.00
Kingston Hawthorn	1	16	14*	16.00
St Kilda	1	15	15	15.00
Northcote	1	10	10	10.00
Melbourne University	1	2	2*	–
Prahran	1	–	–	–

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Splits

By batting position

Pos	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
2	4	1	36	17	12.00		1
3	2	0	70	70	35.00	1	1
5	1	1	14	14*	–
6	1	0	2	2	2.00
7	2	0	0	0	0.00		2
8	3	0	18	15	6.00
9	2	0	1	1	0.50		1
10	1	1	39	39*	–
11	1	1	2	2*	–

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Top order (1–3)	6	1	106	70	21.20	1	2
Middle order (4–7)	4	1	16	14*	5.33		2
Lower order (8–11)	7	2	60	39*	12.00		1

Batted most often at 2nd.

Scores and consistency

Ducks5
1–96
10–194
20–290
30–491
50–991
100+0

Turned 0 of 1 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 7.1% of the side's runs in the innings batted.

Dismissals

Caught7 · 54%
Run out3 · 23%
LBW1 · 8%
Bowled1 · 8%
Caught & bowled1 · 8%

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
In wins	6	1	89	70	17.80	1	1
In losses	7	2	22	10	4.40		3
In draws	4	1	71	39*	23.67		1

Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 1 (100%).
Every other match: the side won 6 of 16 (38%), lost 5.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Batting first	7	0	44	17	6.29		2
Batting second	7	2	115	70	23.00	1	2
Second innings of the match	3	2	23	14*	23.00		1

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	9	8	70	39*	14.00
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	2	1	1	1	1.00
Essendon Cricket Ground	1	2	0	0	0.00
Glenferrie Oval	1	2	16	14*	16.00
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	1	1	10	10	10.00
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	1	0	0	0.00
St Kilda Cricket Ground	1	1	15	15	15.00
Victoria Park	1	1	70	70	70.00

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1926-27 to 1928-29: 17th of 31 for runs, 16th of 33 for matches, 18th of 27 for catches.

Under Fitzroy: 152nd of 321 for runs, 133rd of 345 for matches, 159th of 279 for catches.

Played like…

RH Hill2004-05 · 19 m · 195 runs · 0 wkts
R Clough1975-76 to 1979-80 · 11 m · 118 runs · 0 wkts
DC Trickey1978-79 to 1980-81 · 26 m · 265 runs · 0 wkts
JW Mason1965-66 to 1971-72 · 11 m · 139 runs · 0 wkts

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

Most often alongside

Matches in the same side, from the published cards.

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up

The arc

WH Brendel's best season with the bat was 1928-29: 113 runs from 6 innings at 18.83. The best ten-innings patch came in 1927-28 to 1928-29: 130 runs at 16.25. The leanest, 1926-27 to 1928-29: 61 runs at 8.71.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty70	1 Dec 1928	v Collingwood, 1928-29

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 8 matches: from v North Melbourne, 1928-29 to v South Melbourne, 1928-29 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 4 innings: from v Essendon, 1927-28 to v North Melbourne, 1928-29 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
70	v Collingwood, 1928-29	Won
39*	v Collingwood, 1926-27	Drawn
17	v Richmond, 1928-29	Drawn
15	v St Kilda, 1928-29	Drawn
14*	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1927-28	Won

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Batting position over the years

Opened in every one of his 3 seasons.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1926-27	2	5	16.67
1927-28	2	6	4.75
1928-29	2	6	18.83

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home	9	8	3	70	39*	14.00
Away	8	9	1	112	70	14.00

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

By day

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Saturday	13	12	3	132	70	14.67
Weekday	4	5	1	50	39*	12.50

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Oct	2	2	1	16	14*	16.00
Nov	4	4	0	2	1	0.50
Dec	2	2	1	72	70	72.00
Jan	4	4	2	58	39*	29.00
Feb	2	2	0	32	17	16.00
Mar	3	3	0	2	2	0.67

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1926-27	4
1927-28	5	2
1928-29	8	2

Caught most off

AW Dummett × 2
AE Liddicut × 1
HJ Plant × 1

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Season	Opponent	Batting	Bowling
1926-27	Richmond	0 & 9*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	Collingwood	39*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	South Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1926-27	Essendon	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	North Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	Hawthorn-East Melbourne	2 & 14*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	Essendon	0 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	University	2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	North Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	Prahran	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	Collingwood	70	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	Northcote	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	Richmond	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	St Kilda	15	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	South Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us

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