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Neil Buszard

Played 1969-70 – 1976-77

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Career totals

Career

82

Games

8

Seasons

1969-70 – 1976-77

Played

Batting

93

Innings

13

Not outs

1,936

Runs

108

High score

24.20

Average

9

50s

1

100s

Bowling

62

Wickets

5/56

Best bowling

27.40

Average

1

5-fors

1,700

Overs

Fielding

34

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1969-70 to 1976-77 · 82 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 1973: 10 v Richmond

SeasonMRunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1969-70991409.1038.564/561
1970-7111377108*37.7045.772/44
1971-72132884819.205593/297
1972-7391513315.103843/248
1973-74102525131.5055.362/553
1974-751033485*41.7573.6135/564
1975-76112647224.0072.7113/463
1976-77917957*22.385462/214
Career821,936108*24.20625/5634
Every scorecard · 82
1969-70v Carlton3–Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70v Footscray2–Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70v Prahran3 & 6*–Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70v Essendon230/9Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70v St Kilda50/63Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70v Richmond00/5Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70v Northcote40 & 4–Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70v Collingwood02/22Something wrong? Tell us
1969-70v North Melbourne54/56Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71v Footscray211/43Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71v Prahran108*–Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71v Essendon180/19Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71v St Kilda20*–Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71v Richmond11/23Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71v University25 & 02/6Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71v South Melbourne120/7Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71v Melbourne140/24Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71v Collingwood791/43Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71v North Melbourne0 & 62*2/4Something wrong? Tell us
1970-71v Carlton170/12Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72v Hawthorn-East Melbourne36–Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72v Carlton0–Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72v Footscray2 & 1–Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72v Prahrandnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72v South Melbourne12–Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72v Richmond343/29Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72v Melbourne441/23Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72v Northcote483/55Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72v Essendon0 & 16–Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72v North Melbourne9 & 21*1/24Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72v University271/59Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72v St Kilda24–Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72v Collingwood4 & 100/26Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73v South Melbourne23 & 00/29Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73v North Melbourne70/15Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73v University19–Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73v Essendondnb0/10Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73v Carlton6 & 50/33Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73v Richmond9–Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73v Northcote25* & 100/6 & 0/14Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73v Collingwood333/24Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73v Prahran141/19Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74v Prahran21*1/16Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74v South Melbourne36*–Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74v Hawthorn-East Melbourne261/10Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74v Richmond10–Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74v Carlton81/41Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74v Melbourne60/53Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74v University372/55Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74v St Kilda51–Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74v Collingwood29 & 0*1/26Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74v Footscray280/15Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75v Carlton0–Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75v Footscray63–Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75v Northcote0 & 6*–Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75v North Melbourne755/56Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75v Collingwood7*2/52Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75v Hawthorn-East Melbourne131/17Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75v Prahran25–Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75v Melbourne85*2/42Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75v University482/41Something wrong? Tell us
1974-75v Collingwood121/39Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76v University3–Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76v Prahran190/29Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76v Waverley111/3Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76v St Kilda452/35Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76v Footscraydnb0/48Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76v Collingwood1 & 143/46Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76v Essendon721/32Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76v Northcote410/38Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76v South Melbourne00/12 & 2/12Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76v Carlton22/71Something wrong? Tell us
1975-76v Richmond560/42Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77v Richmond9–Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77v Collingwood232/21Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77v Carlton1–Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77v Melbourne57*1/52 & 0/10Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77v Prahran20/34Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77v Northcote1–Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77v St Kilda12–Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77v Hawthorn-East Melbourne362/32Something wrong? Tell us
1976-77v Ringwood381/15 & 0/3Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Carlton, 1969-70
  2. First fifty108*v Prahran, 1970-71
  3. First hundred108*v Prahran, 1970-71
  4. First five-for5/56v North Melbourne, 1974-75
  5. Highest score108*v Prahran, 1970-71
  6. Best bowling5/56v North Melbourne, 1974-75
  7. Last matchMatch 82v Ringwood, 1976-77

Runs by season

1969-70: 91 runs9169-701970-71: 377 runs3771971-72: 288 runs28871-721972-73: 151 runs1511973-74: 252 runs25273-741974-75: 334 runs3341975-76: 264 runs26475-761976-77: 179 runs179

Wickets by season

1969-70: 6 wickets669-701970-71: 7 wickets71971-72: 9 wickets971-721972-73: 4 wickets41973-74: 6 wickets673-741974-75: 13 wickets131975-76: 11 wickets1175-761976-77: 6 wickets6

Every innings, in order

108501969-70 v Carlton: 31969-70 v Footscray: 21969-70 v Prahran: 31969-70 v Prahran: 6*1969-70 v Essendon: 231969-70 v St Kilda: 51969-70 v Richmond: 01969-70 v Northcote: 401969-70 v Northcote: 41969-70 v Collingwood: 01969-70 v North Melbourne: 51970-71 v Footscray: 211970-71 v Prahran: 108*1970-71 v Essendon: 181970-71 v St Kilda: 20*1970-71 v Richmond: 11970-71 v University: 251970-71 v University: 01970-71 v South Melbourne: 121970-71 v Melbourne: 141970-71 v Collingwood: 791970-71 v North Melbourne: 01970-71 v North Melbourne: 62*1970-71 v Carlton: 171971-72 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 361971-72 v Carlton: 01971-72 v Footscray: 21971-72 v Footscray: 11971-72 v South Melbourne: 121971-72 v Richmond: 341971-72 v Melbourne: 441971-72 v Northcote: 481971-72 v Essendon: 01971-72 v Essendon: 161971-72 v North Melbourne: 91971-72 v North Melbourne: 21*1971-72 v University: 271971-72 v St Kilda: 241971-72 v Collingwood: 41971-72 v Collingwood: 101972-73 v South Melbourne: 231972-73 v South Melbourne: 01972-73 v North Melbourne: 71972-73 v University: 191972-73 v Carlton: 61972-73 v Carlton: 51972-73 v Richmond: 91972-73 v Northcote: 25*1972-73 v Northcote: 101972-73 v Collingwood: 331972-73 v Prahran: 141973-74 v Prahran: 21*1973-74 v South Melbourne: 36*1973-74 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 261973-74 v Richmond: 101973-74 v Carlton: 81973-74 v Melbourne: 61973-74 v University: 371973-74 v St Kilda: 511973-74 v Collingwood: 291973-74 v Collingwood: 0*1973-74 v Footscray: 281974-75 v Carlton: 01974-75 v Footscray: 631974-75 v Northcote: 01974-75 v Northcote: 6*1974-75 v North Melbourne: 751974-75 v Collingwood: 7*1974-75 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 131974-75 v Prahran: 251974-75 v Melbourne: 85*1974-75 v University: 481974-75 v Collingwood: 121975-76 v University: 31975-76 v Prahran: 191975-76 v Waverley: 111975-76 v St Kilda: 451975-76 v Collingwood: 11975-76 v Collingwood: 141975-76 v Essendon: 721975-76 v Northcote: 411975-76 v South Melbourne: 01975-76 v Carlton: 21975-76 v Richmond: 561976-77 v Richmond: 91976-77 v Collingwood: 231976-77 v Carlton: 11976-77 v Melbourne: 57*1976-77 v Prahran: 21976-77 v Northcote: 11976-77 v St Kilda: 121976-77 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 361976-77 v Ringwood: 38

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

Against each club

Camberwell Magpies92127921.2011519.933/24
Prahran8198108*39.601249.001/16
Carlton842174.67352.332/71
Richmond71195617.001424.753/29
Northcote61754825.00337.673/55
Melbourne University61594822.71723.002/6
St Kilda61575131.401249.002/35
Footscray61176319.5011106.001/43
Melbourne520685*68.672451.002/42
Greenvale Kanagaroos51797535.8021212.925/561
Essendon51297225.801170.001/32
Kingston Hawthorn51223624.40512.402/32
Casey South Melbourne58336*16.60230.002/12
Ringwood1383838.00118.001/15

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
330371285*26.3744
4273700108*29.17313
52153157219.691
68111857*16.8611
751463711.502
820454022.50
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
Top order (1–3)30371285*26.3744
Middle order (4–7)61101,179108*23.12516
Lower order (8–11)20454022.50

Batted most often at 3rd.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks10
  • 1–927
  • 10–1917
  • 20–2915
  • 30–4913
  • 50–999
  • 100+1

Turned 1 of 10 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 13.9% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 17 times.

Dismissals
  • Caught56 · 70%
  • Bowled12 · 15%
  • Run out4 · 5%
  • Caught & bowled4 · 5%
  • LBW3 · 4%
  • Stumped1 · 1%

Most often dismissed by: MacKenzie (4), Shade (3), Davis (3), Snow (3), Adams (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
In wins3667687525.6045
In losses53693285*19.8345
In draws41236108*78.6711
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins162715.111.7
In losses343235.630.9
In draws5350.670.6
  • Scored 50+: the side won 4 of 10 (40%), lost 4.
  • Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 1 of 1 (100%).
  • Every other match: the side won 26 of 72 (36%), lost 41.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
Batting first433881108*22.02314
Batting second3659007929.0354
Second innings of the match14515562*17.2212
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground42451,156108*30.423222.633/24
Victoria Park57732914.60721.002/21
Carlton Cricket Ground5638176.33352.332/71
University Oval, Parkville45923718.40524.002/6
Essendon Cricket Ground441117227.75151.001/32
Western Oval44522813.001106.001/43
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote354225*14.00––0/6
Toorak Park34362512.00––0/34
Albert Ground33644421.331100.001/23
Richmond Cricket Ground33665622.00––0/5
North Melbourne Cricket Ground22807540.00912.445/56
St Kilda Cricket Ground22654565.00217.502/35
South Melbourne Cricket Ground12232311.50––0/29
Russell Lucas Oval11383838.00118.001/15
Wickets taken
  • Caught30 · 48%
  • Bowled20 · 32%
  • LBW6 · 10%
  • Caught & bowled3 · 5%
  • Stumped3 · 5%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)13 · 21%
  • Middle order (4–7)31 · 50%
  • Lower order (8–11)18 · 29%

1 five-wicket haul. Best in a match: 5/56 v North Melbourne, 1974-75. 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 1969-70 to 1976-77: 8th of 51 for runs, 11th of 36 for wickets, 13th of 53 for matches, 4th of 9 for hundreds, 16th of 46 for catches, 5th of 30 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 31st of 321 for runs, 37th of 172 for wickets, 39th of 345 for matches, 30th of 50 for hundreds, 45th of 279 for catches, 33rd of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • DR Hampton1989-90 to 1996-97 · 88 m · 1,947 runs · 98 wkts
  • WA Heller1959-60 to 1969-70 · 112 m · 2,319 runs · 99 wkts
  • LT Stockdale2008-09 to 2015-16 · 50 m · 898 runs · 26 wkts
  • DHL Arnall1941-42 to 1956-57 · 131 m · 3,359 runs · 99 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1969-70: 9 matches, 91 runs, 6 wickets1969-701970-71: 11 matches, 377 runs, 7 wickets · 1st XI Batting1970-711971-72: 13 matches, 288 runs, 9 wickets1971-721972-73: 9 matches, 151 runs, 4 wickets1972-731973-74: 10 matches, 252 runs, 6 wickets · 1st XI Batting1973-741974-75: 10 matches, 334 runs, 13 wickets · 1st XI Batting1974-751975-76: 11 matches, 264 runs, 11 wickets1975-761976-77: 9 matches, 179 runs, 6 wickets1976-77

Runs, up Wickets, down Honour in his name

1970-71: 1st XI Batting · 1973-74: 1st XI Batting · 1974-75: 1st XI Batting

The arc

Neil Buszard's best season with the bat was 1970-71: 377 runs from 13 innings at 37.70. The best ten-innings patch came in 1974-75: 334 runs at 47.71. The leanest, 1969-70: 86 runs at 9.56.

Rolling average, innings 6 to 93: 7.0 to 47.747.7

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First fifty108*17 Oct 1970v Prahran, 1970-71
First hundred108*17 Oct 1970v Prahran, 1970-71
1,000th run10 took him to 1,0006 Nov 1973v Richmond, 1973-74
50th match519 Feb 1974v St Kilda, 1973-74
First five-for5/5616 Nov 1974v North Melbourne, 1974-75
50th wicket3/46 took him to 5113 Dec 1975v Collingwood, 1975-76

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 3 innings
from v Richmond, 1971-72 to v Northcote, 1971-72 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 22 matches
from v Collingwood, 1970-71 to v Richmond, 1972-73 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 3 matches
from v Collingwood, 1969-70 to v Footscray, 1970-71 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 6 matches bowled in
from v Collingwood, 1971-72 to v Northcote, 1972-73 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 3 innings
from v Carlton, 1969-70 to v Prahran, 1969-70 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111969-70: 6 (11 inns, avg 9.10)1970-71: 4 (13 inns, avg 37.70)1971-72: 3 (16 inns, avg 19.20)1972-73: 5 (11 inns, avg 15.10)1973-74: 5 (11 inns, avg 31.50)1974-75: 3 (11 inns, avg 41.75)1975-76: 3 (11 inns, avg 24.00)1976-77: 5 (9 inns, avg 22.38)19691971197319751976

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

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1969-706119.10
1970-7141337.70
1971-7231619.20
1972-7351115.10
1973-7451131.50
1974-7531141.75
1975-7631124.00
1976-775922.38
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home424571,156108*30.423222.63
Away404867807518.573032.53

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday7282111,724108*24.285626.80
Sunday110232323.00210.50
Weekday91021894123.63444.50
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct19203333108*19.59443.00
Nov232444957524.751825.39
Dec7901024811.33632.33
Jan111323057227.731033.30
Feb1520452185*32.561620.00
Mar7701805625.71828.00
Finals
1Finals played
12Runs · avg 12.00
1Wickets
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home and away8192131,924108*24.356127.23
Finals110121212.00139.00
Favourite victims
  1. RP Bird × 3
  2. GA Townley × 2
  3. GI Farrell × 2
  4. JM Costello × 2
  5. RJ Baldry × 2
  6. WJ Neville × 2
  7. AI Burridge × 1
  8. AJ Sieler × 1
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. EP Illingworth × 11
  2. AL Thomson × 7
  3. AT Duff × 3
  4. DD Weir × 3
  5. LJ Davison × 3
  6. NR Buszard × 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.

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