Lindsey Davison

Played 1960-61 – 1973-74

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Player records

🏆1st XI Premiers (1960-61)State Representative

Career totals

Career

Games

Seasons

1960-61 – 1973-74

Played

Batting

107

Innings

Not outs

1,475

Runs

High score

15.53

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

109

Wickets

6/78

Best bowling

22.64

Average

5-fors

629 (8-ball)

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1960-61 to 1973-74 · 95 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 1962: 5 and 2/45 v Carlton

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1960-61	9	95	30	13.57	94.3	23	4/59	9
1961-62	15	243	65	20.25	98.6	21	4/42	7
1962-63	8	112	42	14.00	44	5	2/45	5
1963-64	15	334	82	18.56	112.4	18	4/52	6
1964-65	13	131	32	10.92	85.4	12	3/11	4
1965-66	11	265	57	22.08	7.4	3	3/16	2
1971-72	13	159	46	10.60	97.5	9	3/51	5
1972-73	10	119	57	13.22	88.6	17	6/78	2
1973-74	1	17	17	8.50	0	1	1/35
Career	95	1,475	82	15.53		109	6/78	40

Every scorecard · 95

1960-61	v South Melbourne	30	4/59 & 0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v University	0	3/20 & 1/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v St Kilda	8	0/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Essendon	dnb	1/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Carlton	21	2/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Richmond	dnb	2/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Melbourne	17	3/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v North Melbourne	10	2/27 & 3/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v St Kilda	9	2/33 & 0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v North Melbourne	12*	4/43	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v South Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v University	32*	4/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Essendon	8	0/29	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Carlton	47* & 20*	0/16 & 0/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Richmond	3	1/28	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Melbourne	1	2/28 & 0/9	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v St Kilda	26	0/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Footscray	65	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Northcote	1	1/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Collingwood	17	0/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Prahran	0 & 1	3/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Richmond	7	2/27 & 2/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v St Kilda	1 & 0*	2/40	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v St Kilda	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Melbourne	20	0/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Richmond	42 & 2	1/36	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Carlton	5	2/45	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v University	1	0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v South Melbourne	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v North Melbourne	24	0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Prahran	0	2/47 & 0/6	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v South Melbourne	13 & 6	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v North Melbourne	10	4/65	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Prahran	14	2/15 & 1/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Collingwood	14 & 6*	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Northcote	17	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Footscray	17	1/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1 & 10	2/30	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v St Kilda	2 & 2	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Melbourne	59	0/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Richmond	5	1/34	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Carlton	6	1/0 & 1/12	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Essendon	19	4/52	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v University	4*	1/15 & 0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Melbourne	82	0/54 & 0/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Essendon	9 & 38	0/23	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Melbourne	0 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v St Kilda	12*	3/11	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Footscray	2	3/52 & 1/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Northcote	dnb	1/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Collingwood	5	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Prahran	1* & 16*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v North Melbourne	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Essendon	14	1/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v University	16	0/38	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v South Melbourne	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Carlton	0	1/44	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Richmond	32	0/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1964-65	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	5 & 3	1/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Footscray	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Collingwood	23	0/13	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v North Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v South Melbourne	33	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v University	33 & 29*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Essendon	21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Carlton	36	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Richmond	7	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Melbourne	57	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v St Kilda	21 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1	3/16 & 0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Carlton	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Footscray	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Prahran	dnb	1/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v South Melbourne	0	1/32	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Richmond	46	1/39	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Melbourne	9	2/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Northcote	1	3/51	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Essendon	4 & 4	0/21	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v North Melbourne	3	0/5 & 1/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v University	12	0/54	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v St Kilda	7 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Collingwood	34 & 10	0/2	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Essendon	dnb	6/78	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Carlton	6 & 10*	3/42	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Richmond	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Melbourne	0	0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v St Kilda	7 & 4	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	57	4/94	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Footscray	13	0/26	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Northcote	9	3/22 & 1/35	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Collingwood	4	0/24	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Prahran	9	0/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Essendon	17 & 0	1/35	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv South Melbourne, 1960-61
First fifty65v Footscray, 1961-62
First five-for6/78v Essendon, 1972-73
Highest score82v Melbourne, 1963-64
Best bowling6/78v Essendon, 1972-73
Last matchMatch 95v Essendon, 1973-74

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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St Kilda	10	100	26	8.33		7	22.29	3/11
Melbourne	9	245	82	24.50	3	7	42.57	3/39
Richmond	9	144	46	18.00		10	25.30	2/17
Essendon	9	134	38	13.40		13	22.15	6/78	1
Carlton	8	157	47*	22.43		10	18.90	3/42
Melbourne University	7	127	33	25.40		9	28.22	4/42
Casey South Melbourne	7	107	33	15.29		5	19.00	4/59
Greenvale Kanagaroos	7	77	24	12.83		14	15.14	4/43
Footscray	6	119	65	19.83	1	5	25.00	3/52
Camberwell Magpies	6	113	34	16.14		1	94.00	1/24
Kingston Hawthorn	6	83	57	10.38	1	10	15.90	4/94
Prahran	6	41	16*	8.20		9	18.78	3/40
Northcote	5	28	17	7.00		9	19.56	3/22

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	0s
1	9	1	116	65	14.50	1	2
2	11	2	151	47*	16.78		1
3	13	0	181	46	13.92		3
4	7	0	192	82	27.43	2
5	10	2	145	38	18.13
6	13	1	214	57	17.83	1	2
7	35	3	381	59	11.91	1	1
8	7	2	94	32*	18.80		1
9	1	0	0	0	0.00		1
10	1	1	1	1*	–

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Top order (1–3)	33	3	448	65	14.93	1	6
Middle order (4–7)	65	6	932	82	15.80	4	3
Lower order (8–11)	9	3	95	32*	15.83		2

Batted most often at 7th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks11
1–946
10–1924
20–299
30–4911
50–995
100+0

Turned 0 of 5 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 8.2% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 10 times.

Dismissals

Caught46 · 48%
Bowled28 · 29%
LBW7 · 7%
Caught & bowled7 · 7%
Run out5 · 5%
Hit wicket2 · 2%

Most often dismissed by: Hosking (4), Leigh (3), Emerson (3), Smith (3), Swanson (3).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
In wins	53	9	821	82	18.66	4	2
In losses	49	3	578	57	12.57	1	8
In draws	3	0	55	36	18.33
In ties	2	0	21	21	10.50		1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	41	63	20.32	1.5
In losses	28	33	29.30	1.2
In draws	4	13	17.00	3.3

Scored 50+: the side won 4 of 5 (80%), lost 1.
Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 0 of 1 (0%).
Every other match: the side won 47 of 89 (53%), lost 36.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Batting first	46	2	643	65	14.61	1	4
Batting second	41	4	670	82	18.11	4	4
Second innings of the match	20	6	162	38	11.57		3

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	46	48	698	59	15.51	50	22.14	4/52
Albert Ground	9	12	185	82	16.82	9	37.44	3/39
Carlton Cricket Ground	5	6	48	21	9.60	8	17.75	3/42
Essendon Cricket Ground	5	5	39	17	7.80	9	20.44	6/78
Victoria Park	4	6	104	34	20.80	–	–	0/2
University Oval	4	5	110	33	55.00	5	26.20	4/42
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	4	4	32	12*	10.67	13	12.08	4/43
Western Oval	4	4	104	65	26.00	1	27.00	1/27
St Kilda Cricket Ground	3	5	51	26	10.20	–	–	0/8
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	3	55	30	18.33	4	14.75	4/59
Richmond Cricket Ground	3	3	15	7	5.00	2	35.00	1/28
Toorak Park	2	3	17	16*	17.00	2	26.50	2/47
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	2	1	9	9	9.00	5	21.60	3/22
Glenferrie Oval	1	2	8	5	4.00	1	17.00	1/17

Wickets taken

Caught55 · 50%
Bowled26 · 24%
LBW16 · 15%
Stumped8 · 7%
Caught & bowled3 · 3%
Hit wicket1 · 1%

Batters dismissed

Top order (1–3)32 · 29%
Middle order (4–7)45 · 41%
Lower order (8–11)32 · 29%

1 five-wicket haul. Best in a match: 6/78 v Essendon, 1972-73. 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 1960-61 to 1973-74: 13th of 72 for runs, 7th of 47 for wickets, 14th of 76 for matches, 19th of 66 for catches, 28th of 41 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 37th of 321 for runs, 24th of 172 for wickets, 34th of 345 for matches, 39th of 279 for catches, 84th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

NJ Fletcher2016-17 to 2025-26 · 73 m · 973 runs · 82 wkts
SM Elliott2018-19 to 2025-26 · 83 m · 1,134 runs · 121 wkts
CA McKissack1986-87 to 1993-94 · 69 m · 822 runs · 76 wkts
RL Emmins1981-82 to 1987-88 · 80 m · 836 runs · 71 wkts

The careers nearest Davison’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 Wickets, downPremiership Season away

1960-61: premiership

The arc

Lindsey Davison's best season with the bat was 1963-64: 334 runs from 20 innings at 18.56. The best ten-innings patch came in 1961-62: 216 runs at 36.00. The leanest, 1971-72 to 1972-73: 82 runs at 8.20.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty65	3 Feb 1962	v Footscray, 1961-62
50th wicket4/65 took him to 53	19 Oct 1963	v North Melbourne, 1963-64
50th match2, 3/52 & 1/20	31 Oct 1964	v Footscray, 1964-65
1,000th run33 took him to 1,008	11 Dec 1965	v University, 1965-66
First five-for6/78	18 Nov 1972	v Essendon, 1972-73
100th wicket3/42 took him to 100	2 Dec 1972	v Carlton, 1972-73

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 3 innings: from v South Melbourne, 1965-66 to v University, 1965-66 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 29 matches: from v South Melbourne, 1963-64 to v Footscray, 1965-66 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 7 matches: from v Essendon, 1960-61 to v North Melbourne, 1961-62 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 2 matches bowled in: from v Essendon, 1961-62 to v Carlton, 1961-62 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings: from v Melbourne, 1971-72 to v North Melbourne, 1971-72 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
82	v Melbourne, 1963-64	Won, Semi-final
65	v Footscray, 1961-62	Won
59	v Melbourne, 1963-64	Won
57	v Melbourne, 1965-66	Won
57	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1972-73	Lost

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
6/78	v Essendon, 1972-73	Drawn
4/42	v University, 1961-62	Won
4/43	v North Melbourne, 1961-62	Won
4/52	v Essendon, 1963-64	Lost
4/59	v South Melbourne, 1960-61	Won

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Batting position over the years

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

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1960-61	7	7	13.57
1961-62	2	17	20.25
1962-63	3	8	14.00
1963-64	7	20	18.56
1964-65	7	15	10.92
1965-66	4	13	22.08
1971-72	7	15	10.60
1972-73	7	10	13.22
1973-74	2	2	8.50

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	46	48	3	698	59	15.51	50	22.14
Away	49	59	9	777	82	15.54	59	23.07

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	84	96	11	1,396	82	16.42	104	21.03
Weekday	11	11	1	79	14	7.90	5	56.20

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	16	15	3	162	32*	13.50	20	15.90
Nov	17	19	5	302	47*	21.57	19	25.11
Dec	8	10	2	112	33	14.00	9	18.33
Jan	25	29	0	392	59	13.52	20	35.95
Feb	17	18	0	311	65	17.28	17	19.94
Mar	11	15	2	187	82	14.38	22	18.27
Other	1	1	0	9	9	9.00	2	24.00

Finals

6Finals played

156Runs · avg 22.29

13Wickets

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	89	99	11	1,319	65	14.99	96	22.92
Finals	6	8	1	156	82	22.29	13	20.62

Favourite victims

AE Donohue × 3
RK Wilson × 3
AE Dean × 2
AR Leigh × 2
BC Porter × 2
CA Connor × 2
DK McLean × 2
EC à Beckett × 2

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1960-61	9	9
1961-62	15	7
1962-63	8	5
1963-64	15	6
1964-65	13	4
1965-66	11	2
1971-72	13	5
1972-73	10	2
1973-74	1

Caught most off

EP Illingworth × 12
C Adams × 5
PJ Allan × 5
RC Bitmead × 5
LJ Davison × 3
Ray Harvey × 3

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.

Lindsey Davison

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