Joe Plant

Played 1927-28 – 1947-48

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Player records

🏆1st XI Premiers (1930-31)🏆1st XI Premiers (1938-39)👑 Captain 🏆1st XI Premiers (1939-40)👑 Captain

Career totals

Career

194

Games

Seasons

1927-28 – 1947-48

Played

Batting

192

Innings

Not outs

3,421

Runs

123

High score

23.76

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

325

Wickets

6/18

Best bowling

18.35

Average

5-fors

55 + 765.5 (8-ball)

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1927-28 to 1947-48 · 192 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 1928: 6 and 0/11 v North Melbourne

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1927-28	11	145	52*	20.71	23.1	13	6/52	6
1928-29	12	133	60	19.00	21	7	2/18	3
1929-30	1	3	3*	–	0	1	1/35
1930-31	14	290	70*	24.17	40	24	4/18	6
1931-32	14	181	37*	20.11	39.2	24	6/58	5
1932-33	10	195	100*	27.86	70	29	7/72	5
1933-34	11	135	27*	15.00	55	29	6/18	8
1934-35	12	406	123*	40.60	23	7	4/66	9
1935-36	11	248	76*	27.56	80.7	20	5/106	4
1936-37	11	210	50	30.00	6	19	3/9	10
1937-38	14	269	57	17.93	50	24	4/20	5
1938-39	15	238	59	17.00	71	22	5/60	6
1939-40	12	296	114*	32.89	81	17	5/71	6
1940-41	11	167	79	20.88	54.6	27	5/15	10
1941-42	13	293	64	26.64	62	26	6/32	6
1942-43	1	3	3	3.00	–	–	–
1943-44	1	0	–	–	2	3	3/4	3
1946-47	12	99	18	14.14	93.5	19	3/22	6
1947-48	6	24	11*	12.00	48	6	2/14
Career	192	3,335	123*	23.16		317	7/72	98

Every scorecard · 192

1927-28	v North Melbourne	dnb	0/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0 & 8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Essendon	0*	6/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Melbourne	34	0/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Richmond	4*	0/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v University	6 & 29*	3/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v South Melbourne	dnb	0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Northcote	10	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Prahran	52*	2/47	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v St Kilda	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1927-28	v Collingwood	2	2/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Carlton	dnb	0/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Essendon	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v North Melbourne	6	0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Prahran	60	2/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Collingwood	dnb	2/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Northcote	1	2/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Richmond	6	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v St Kilda	16*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v South Melbourne	5*	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v Melbourne	37	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1928-29	v University	0	0/21 & 1/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1929-30	v VCA Colts	3*	1/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Melbourne	29	0/77	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Northcote	5	1/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v South Melbourne	2 & 0	2/63	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v VCA Colts	5*	2/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Collingwood	70*	3/46	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0	2/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Richmond	0	4/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Essendon	47 & 16*	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v North Melbourne	6	4/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Carlton	dnb	3/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Prahran	0	2/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v University	62*	1/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v Richmond	13 & 6	0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1930-31	v South Melbourne	29	0/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v St Kilda	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Northcote	27	6/58	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	11	1/32 & 0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v VCA Colts	dnb	1/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v South Melbourne	26	3/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Prahran	dnb	1/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v University	2	0/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v North Melbourne	37* & 1*	1/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Carlton	5*	1/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Richmond	5	1/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v Essendon	dnb	4/60	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v University	9 & 2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1931-32	v St Kilda	27 & 7	4/24 & 1/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Essendon	3	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Richmond	0	3/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Carlton	8	7/72	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v North Melbourne	dnb	4/72	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v University	54	4/53	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v South Melbourne	100*	2/59	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Collingwood	19	3/71	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v VCA Colts	dnb	1/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Northcote	1	3/64	Something wrong? Tell us
1932-33	v Melbourne	10	2/63	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Essendon	0 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Richmond	11	3/50 & 1/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Carlton	17	2/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v North Melbourne	dnb	0/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v University	27*	1/15 & 0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Prahran	24 & 12*	3/85	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v South Melbourne	dnb	1/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v VCA Colts	5	6/18 & 0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	21	4/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v Melbourne	5	3/69	Something wrong? Tell us
1933-34	v St Kilda	12	5/60	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Melbourne	37*	0/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Northcote	dnb	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	7 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Collingwood	88*	0/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v South Melbourne	9 & 3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Prahran	45	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Carlton	31	4/66	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Richmond	19	1/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v North Melbourne	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Essendon	123*	0/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v University	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1934-35	v Melbourne	22	2/67	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v St Kilda	20	0/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Northcote	18	0/60	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v VCA Colts	20	2/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Collingwood	0	5/106	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v South Melbourne	47	3/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Prahran	57*	4/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Richmond	dnb	0/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Essendon	76*	4/74	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Carlton	8	1/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1935-36	v Melbourne	1 & 1	0/16 & 1/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Richmond	2	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Carlton	18*	1/62	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v North Melbourne	–	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v University	25*	3/9 & 1/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Prahran	48	1/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v South Melbourne	1	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v VCA Colts	14	3/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	29	1/29 & 2/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Northcote	19*	1/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v St Kilda	4	3/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1936-37	v Melbourne	50	2/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v South Melbourne	2	0/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Collingwood	1	4/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v VCA Colts	dnb	3/32 & 1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	35	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Northcote	17 & 57	4/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Melbourne	16	0/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v St Kilda	0	0/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Essendon	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Richmond	26	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Carlton	43	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v North Melbourne	0 & 23*	3/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v University	6	2/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Prahran	20	1/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1937-38	v Melbourne	3 & 16	3/6 & 2/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	22 & 3*	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Northcote	17	0/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Melbourne	27	5/60	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v St Kilda	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Essendon	dnb	2/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Richmond	12	0/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Carlton	32	4/70	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v North Melbourne	11	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v University	5	1/49	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Prahran	0	1/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v South Melbourne	4	1/31	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Collingwood	21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v VCA Colts	8	2/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Collingwood	16	1/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39	v Richmond	59	3/41	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Essendon	8*	2/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Richmond	4	5/71	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Carlton	18	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	114*	0/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Northcote	1	3/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Melbourne	14 & 11	3/39 & 0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v St Kilda	36*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v University	dnb	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Collingwood	6	1/30 & 0/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v VCA Colts	29 & 0*	0/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v St Kilda	2 & 34*	2/10 & 0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1939-40	v Melbourne	7 & 12*	1/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Carlton	79	2/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v North Melbourne	16	2/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v University	0 & 1*	0/21 & 2/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Prahran	dnb	4/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Collingwood	19	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Coburg	18	5/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	6	4/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Northcote	16	1/23 & 0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Melbourne	4*	4/60	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v St Kilda	0 & 8*	2/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41	v Essendon	dnb	1/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Carlton	64	1/58	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v North Melbourne	11	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v University	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Prahran	45	5/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v South Melbourne	dnb	1/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Collingwood	dnb	0/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Coburg	15	1/16 & 3/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1	2/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Northcote	4	1/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Melbourne	47*	1/32 & 0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v St Kilda	30 & 42	2/48	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Essendon	32	6/32 & 1/56	Something wrong? Tell us
1941-42	v Richmond	1 & 0*	1/16	Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43	v Prahran	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1943-44	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	3/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v South Melbourne	16*	1/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v St Kilda	9	1/0 & 1/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Richmond	dnb	3/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Northcote	18 & 3	2/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Melbourne	6*	2/19 & 1/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Collingwood	2	2/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Prahran	6	1/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v North Melbourne	7*	1/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Essendon	4	1/37	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Carlton	1	1/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	12*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47	v University	15*	2/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	5	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Northcote	11*	2/14 & 0/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Richmond	dnb	2/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v North Melbourne	dnb	0/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Collingwood	7*	0/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48	v Coburg	1	2/17	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv North Melbourne, 1927-28
First fifty52*v Prahran, 1927-28
First hundred100*v South Melbourne, 1932-33
First five-for6/52v Essendon, 1927-28
Highest score123*v Essendon, 1934-35
Best bowling7/72v Carlton, 1932-33
Last matchMatch 192v Coburg, 1947-48

Runs by season

Wickets by season

Every innings, in order

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

Against each club

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Melbourne	18	389	50	24.31	1		32	26.50	5/60	1
Richmond	17	168	59	12.00	1		29	18.93	5/71	1
Kingston Hawthorn	15	275	114*	19.64		1	20	13.75	4/28
Camberwell Magpies	15	251	88*	27.89	2		23	22.39	5/106	1
Melbourne University	15	247	62*	24.70	2		21	17.43	4/53
Northcote	15	225	57	16.07	1		26	20.58	6/58	1
Prahran	14	372	60	37.20	3		27	15.41	5/52	1
Carlton	14	324	79	32.40	2		27	21.00	7/72	1
Essendon	14	316	123*	39.50	1	1	27	16.22	6/32	2
St Kilda	14	270	42	19.29			21	15.95	5/60	1
Casey South Melbourne	14	244	100*	24.40		1	14	27.14	3/13
Greenvale Kanagaroos	14	136	37*	19.43			17	18.41	4/18
VCA Colts	10	84	29	16.80			22	13.05	6/18	1
Coburg	3	34	18	11.33			11	6.36	5/15	1

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

Pos	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
1	8	2	126	62*	21.00	1		2
2	2	0	37	32	18.50
3	14	3	283	79	25.73	2		2
4	24	5	424	123*	22.32		1	4
5	27	6	407	76*	19.38	2		3
6	36	5	763	88*	24.61	5		4
7	25	5	508	114*	25.40	2	1	1
8	28	7	288	32	13.71
9	21	10	442	100*	40.18	1	1
10	5	3	57	37*	28.50

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	24	5	446	79	23.47	3		4
Middle order (4–7)	112	21	2,102	123*	23.10	9	2	12
Lower order (8–11)	54	20	787	100*	23.15	1	1

Batted most often at 6th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks16
1–975
10–1939
20–2922
30–4919
50–9913
100+3

Turned 3 of 16 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 9.5% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 18 times.

Dismissals

Caught61 · 43%
Bowled36 · 25%
LBW22 · 15%
Stumped11 · 8%
Run out8 · 6%
Caught & bowled5 · 3%

Most often dismissed by: Nagel (4), Makin (3), Wallace (3), Ebeling (3), Williams (3).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	108	26	2,128	123*	25.95	10	2	8
In losses	58	9	778	54	15.88	2		6
In draws	23	11	429	100*	35.75	1	1	1
In ties	1	0	0	0	0.00			1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	98	191	16.24	1.9
In losses	47	93	21.28	2.0
In draws	25	31	25.87	1.2
In ties	1	2	5.50	2.0

Scored 50+: the side won 12 of 16 (75%), lost 2.
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 8 of 11 (73%), lost 3.
Every other match: the side won 87 of 165 (53%), lost 45.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	94	21	1,819	123*	24.92	6	3	5
Batting second	70	12	1,219	79	21.02	6		10
Second innings of the match	26	13	297	57	22.85	1		1

As captain and keeper

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
As captain	96	23	1,596	114*	21.86	5	1	5
Otherwise	94	23	1,739	123*	24.49	8	2	11

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	103	95	1,609	114*	22.35	154	18.18	6/18
Carlton Cricket Ground	9	7	193	79	32.17	24	18.54	7/72
Richmond Cricket Ground	8	11	78	27	9.75	12	17.67	5/71
Toorak Park	8	8	219	57*	43.80	17	17.35	5/52
Victoria Park	8	5	25	16	5.00	15	19.47	5/106
Melbourne Cricket Ground	7	9	131	59	16.38	16	22.31	4/60
Glenferrie Oval	7	8	56	29	7.00	12	9.08	4/28
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	7	7	96	37*	24.00	5	26.20	3/41
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	6	8	145	57	18.13	15	16.87	6/58
St Kilda Cricket Ground	6	7	140	42	28.00	10	18.30	5/60
Albert Ground	6	7	147	37*	36.75	9	28.11	5/60
Essendon Cricket Ground	6	5	190	123*	95.00	10	18.40	6/52
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	7	119	100*	19.83	5	34.60	2/59
University Oval	5	5	161	62*	80.50	12	15.25	4/53

Wickets taken

Caught132 · 42%
Bowled89 · 28%
LBW57 · 18%
Stumped20 · 6%
Caught & bowled17 · 5%
Hit wicket1 · 0%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)84 · 27%
Middle order (4–7)145 · 46%
Lower order (8–11)87 · 28%

11 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 7/72 v Carlton, 1932-33. 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 1927-28 to 1947-48: 10th of 95 for runs, 2nd of 59 for wickets, 4th of 105 for matches, 13th of 24 for hundreds, 4th of 85 for catches, 16th of 43 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 16th of 321 for runs, 5th of 172 for wickets, 5th of 345 for matches, 18th of 50 for hundreds, 6th of 279 for catches, 35th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

FD Chapman1921-22 to 1936-37 · 162 m · 3,253 runs · 272 wkts
HAE Shillinglaw1943-44 to 1959-60 · 157 m · 3,801 runs · 299 wkts
RW Watts1977-78 to 1991-92 · 201 m · 4,471 runs · 176 wkts
BJ Waterman2000-01 to 2010-11 · 161 m · 1,658 runs · 284 wkts

The careers nearest Plant’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.

As captain

Led the side in 84 matches (1936-37 to 1947-48): won 50, lost 26, drawn 8 · 2 premierships.

Most often led

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, up Wickets, downPremiership Honour in his name Season away

1930-31: premiership · 1934-35: 1st XI Batting · 1938-39: premiership · 1939-40: premiership, 1st XI Batting · 1940-41: 1st XI Bowling · 1946-47: 1st XI Bowling

The arc

Joe Plant's best season with the bat was 1934-35: 406 runs from 13 innings at 40.60. The best ten-innings patch came in 1935-36 to 1936-37: 283 runs at 47.17. The leanest, 1941-42 to 1946-47: 64 runs at 9.14.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First five-for6/52	1 Nov 1927	v Essendon, 1927-28
First fifty52*	4 Feb 1928	v Prahran, 1927-28
50th wicket6/58 took him to 51	17 Oct 1931	v Northcote, 1931-32
50th match4/60	12 Mar 1932	v Essendon, 1931-32
First hundred100*	7 Jan 1933	v South Melbourne, 1932-33
100th wicket3/50 took him to 101	21 Oct 1933	v Richmond, 1933-34
1,000th run27* took him to 1,003	25 Nov 1933	v University, 1933-34
150th wicket4/74 took him to 152	7 Mar 1936	v Essendon, 1935-36
100th match25*, 3/9 & 1/20	3 Nov 1936	v University, 1936-37
2,000th run17 took him to 2,001	13 Nov 1937	v Northcote, 1937-38
200th wicket5/60 took him to 203	29 Oct 1938	v Melbourne, 1938-39
150th match16, 2/15	19 Oct 1940	v North Melbourne, 1940-41
250th wicket5/15 took him to 251	11 Jan 1941	v Coburg, 1940-41
3,000th run45 took him to 3,037	15 Nov 1941	v Prahran, 1941-42
300th wicket2/34 took him to 300	16 Nov 1946	v Northcote, 1946-47

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 4 innings: from v Melbourne, 1941-42 to v Essendon, 1941-42 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 37 matches: from v VCA Colts, 1936-37 to v Carlton, 1939-40 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 11 matches: from v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1943-44 to v Carlton, 1946-47 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 4 matches bowled in: from v Melbourne, 1934-35 to v Prahran, 1934-35 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings: from v Northcote, 1946-47 to v Carlton, 1946-47 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
123*	v Essendon, 1934-35	Won
114*	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1939-40	Won
100*	v South Melbourne, 1932-33	Drawn
88*	v Collingwood, 1934-35	Won
79	v Carlton, 1940-41	Won

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
7/72	v Carlton, 1932-33	Won
6/18	v VCA Colts, 1933-34	Won
6/32	v Essendon, 1941-42	Won
6/52	v Essendon, 1927-28	Lost
6/58	v Northcote, 1931-32	Won

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Batting position over the years

Moved about the order across 18 seasons: at 6th in 5, at 4th in 4, at 7th in 3, at 9th in 2, at 8th in 2, at 3rd in 1, at 5th in 1.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1927-28	7	11	20.71
1928-29	6	9	19.00
1929-30	9	1	–
1930-31	6	16	24.17
1931-32	4	13	20.11
1932-33	3	8	27.86
1933-34	4	11	15.00
1934-35	4	13	40.60
1935-36	4	11	27.56
1936-37	5	10	30.00
1937-38	6	16	17.93
1938-39	7	15	17.00
1939-40	7	15	32.89
1940-41	8	11	20.88
1941-42	6	13	26.64
1942-43	6	1	3.00
1946-47	8	12	14.14
1947-48	9	4	12.00

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	103	95	23	1,609	114*	22.35	154	18.18
Away	88	94	23	1,700	123*	23.94	162	18.95
Neutral or unknown	1	1	0	26	26	26.00	1	24.00

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	Wkts	Bowl avg
Saturday	168	168	40	3,029	123*	23.66	271	19.37
Weekday	24	22	6	306	43	19.13	46	14.00

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	36	36	6	490	79	16.33	58	19.40
Nov	38	33	10	810	114*	35.22	65	16.31
Dec	15	17	2	236	47	15.73	28	17.29
Jan	38	32	5	590	100*	21.85	65	15.98
Feb	28	28	12	527	123*	32.94	35	22.49
Mar	30	36	11	544	76*	21.76	61	18.02
Other	7	8	0	138	59	17.25	5	60.00

Finals

14Finals played

311Runs · avg 17.28

22Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	178	169	43	3,024	123*	24.00	295	18.32
Finals	14	21	3	311	59	17.28	22	22.32

Favourite victims

AG Andrew-Street × 5
CGW Stuckey × 5
JA Ledward × 4
JL Stephens × 4
LE Nagel × 4
SJE Loxton × 4
WE Pearson × 4
EJ Bell × 3

The card names his victims in 127 of 128 wicket-taking games.

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1927-28	11	6
1928-29	12	3
1929-30	1
1930-31	14	6
1931-32	14	5
1932-33	10	5
1933-34	11	8
1934-35	12	9
1935-36	11	4
1936-37	11	10
1937-38	14	5
1938-39	15	6
1939-40	12	6
1940-41	11	10
1941-42	13	6
1942-43	1
1943-44	1	3
1946-47	12	6
1947-48	6	3

Caught most off

HJ Plant × 17
AE Liddicut × 15
J Frederick × 13
MW Sievers × 12
FD Chapman × 9
EA Williams × 4

Career figures combine what's recorded live in Morrie with the club's own historical records — averages are shown only where there's enough real data to be honest about.

Joe Plant

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