Phil Measom

Played 1965-66 – 1973-74

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Player records

🏆1st XI Premiers (1966-67)

Career totals

Career

Games

Seasons

1965-66 – 1973-74

Played

Batting

Innings

Not outs

748

Runs

High score

20.22

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

2/4

Best bowling

34.78

Average

6 + 54.1 (8-ball)

Overs

Fielding

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1965-66 to 1973-74 · 38 matchesFull archive career →

Around this dayin 1972: 17* and 1 ct v University

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1965-66	5	106	42	21.20	23.6	3	2/27	1
1966-67	7	97	42*	16.17	25.3	4	2/4	4
1967-68	3	17	10	5.67	2	0	0/8
1971-72	5	82	28	11.71	1	1	1/10	1
1972-73	13	335	65*	30.45	2	1	1/1	3
1973-74	5	111	90	22.20	6	0	0/7	1
Career	38	748	90	20.22		9	2/4	10

Every scorecard · 38

1965-66	v Essendon	6	1/82	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Carlton	7*	2/27	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Richmond	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v Melbourne	37	0/25	Something wrong? Tell us
1965-66	v St Kilda	42 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Prahran	12	2/4 & 0/19	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Collingwood	42*	0/22	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Northcote	5 & 17	0/15	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Footscray	2	0/20	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v St Kilda	3	2/33	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Melbourne	14*	0/0	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Essendon	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Prahran	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Essendon	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v University	7	0/8	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Essendon	5 & 2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v North Melbourne	21 & 2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v University	5	1/10	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v St Kilda	7 & 3*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1971-72	v Collingwood	28 & 9	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v South Melbourne	9 & 7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v North Melbourne	46	1/1	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v University	17*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Essendon	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Carlton	2 & 5*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Richmond	34*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v St Kilda	0 & 65*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Footscray	32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Northcote	16* & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Collingwood	38	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1972-73	v Prahran	63	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Carlton	0	0/18	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Melbourne	1	0/7	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v St Kilda	90	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Collingwood	16	0/17	Something wrong? Tell us
1973-74	v Footscray	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Essendon, 1965-66
First fifty65*v St Kilda, 1972-73
Highest score90v St Kilda, 1973-74
Best bowling2/4v Prahran, 1966-67
Last matchMatch 38v Footscray, 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	5	210	90	35.00	2	2	16.50	2/33
Essendon	5	25	10	5.00		1	82.00	1/82
Camberwell Magpies	4	133	42*	33.25		0	–	0/17
Melbourne	4	52	37	17.33		0	–	0/0
Prahran	3	75	63	25.00	1	2	11.50	2/4
Footscray	3	38	32	12.67		0	–	0/20
Melbourne University	3	29	17*	14.50		1	18.00	1/10
Carlton	3	14	7*	7.00		2	22.50	2/27
Greenvale Kanagaroos	2	69	46	34.50		1	1.00	1/1
Richmond	2	48	34*	48.00		–	–	–
Northcote	2	38	17	12.67		0	–	0/15
Casey South Melbourne	1	16	9	8.00		–	–	–
Kingston Hawthorn	1	1	1	1.00		0	–	0/5

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
3	3	0	26	10	8.67
4	8	1	68	32	9.71		1
5	8	1	194	63	27.71	1	1
6	16	5	274	90	24.91	2	3
7	6	1	84	42*	16.80
8	6	2	102	42	25.50		1

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Top order (1–3)	3	0	26	10	8.67
Middle order (4–7)	38	8	620	90	20.67	3	5
Lower order (8–11)	6	2	102	42	25.50		1

Batted most often at 6th.

Scores and consistency

Ducks6
1–921
10–198
20–292
30–497
50–993
100+0

Turned 0 of 3 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 10.0% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 5 times.

Dismissals

Caught20 · 54%
Bowled7 · 19%
Stumped4 · 11%
Run out3 · 8%
LBW3 · 8%

Most often dismissed by: Adams (2), Swanson (2), Costello (2).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
In wins	16	5	355	90	32.27	2	1
In losses	27	3	302	65*	12.58	1	4
In draws	2	2	49	42*	–
In ties	2	0	42	42	21.00		1

	M	Wkts	Avg	Wkts / match
In wins	4	2	28.00	0.5
In losses	10	5	41.60	0.5
In draws	2	2	24.50	1.0

Scored 50+: the side won 2 of 3 (67%), lost 1.
Every other match: the side won 12 of 35 (34%), lost 19.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	0s
Batting first	27	2	402	63	16.08	1	3
Batting second	10	4	236	90	39.33	1	1
Second innings of the match	10	4	110	65*	18.33	1	2

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg	Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	20	23	537	90	35.80	6	37.17	2/27
Essendon Cricket Ground	3	3	17	10	5.67	–	–	–
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	2	4	38	17	12.67	–	–	0/15
Carlton Cricket Ground	2	3	7	5*	3.50	–	–	0/18
St Kilda Cricket Ground	2	3	44	42	14.67	–	–	–
Victoria Park	2	3	53	28	17.67	–	–	0/17
Albert Ground	2	2	1	1	0.50	–	–	0/7
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	1	2	16	9	8.00	–	–	–
Toorak Park	1	1	12	12	12.00	2	11.50	2/4
University Oval	1	1	5	5	5.00	1	10.00	1/10
Richmond Cricket Ground	1	1	14	14	14.00	–	–	–
Western Oval	1	1	4	4	4.00	–	–	–

Wickets taken

Caught5 · 63%
LBW1 · 13%
Stumped1 · 13%
Bowled1 · 13%

Batters dismissed

Lower order (8–11)8 · 100%

Best in a match: 2/23 v Prahran, 1966-67. 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 1965-66 to 1973-74: 22nd of 53 for runs, 18th of 35 for wickets, 27th of 55 for matches, 32nd of 50 for catches, 15th of 35 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 63rd of 321 for runs, 91st of 172 for wickets, 86th of 345 for matches, 105th of 279 for catches, 52nd of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

RW Brentnall1978-79 to 1979-80 · 22 m · 439 runs · 5 wkts
JP Stephenson1983-84 to 1987-88 · 30 m · 683 runs · 10 wkts
AJ Hagger1940-41 to 1946-47 · 50 m · 846 runs · 12 wkts
DJE Tormey2011-12 to 2012-13 · 25 m · 517 runs · 3 wkts

The careers nearest Measom’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 Honour in his name Season away

1966-67: premiership · 1972-73: 1st XI Batting

The arc

Phil Measom's best season with the bat was 1972-73: 335 runs from 16 innings at 30.45. The best ten-innings patch came in 1972-73 to 1973-74: 306 runs at 38.25. The leanest, 1966-67 to 1971-72: 61 runs at 6.78.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty65*	13 Jan 1973	v St Kilda, 1972-73

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings: from v Melbourne, 1965-66 to v St Kilda, 1965-66 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 18 matches: from v Essendon, 1971-72 to v Prahran, 1972-73 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 2 matches: from v Essendon, 1965-66 to v Carlton, 1965-66 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 4 matches bowled in: from v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1972-73 to v Collingwood, 1973-74 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 3 innings: from v University, 1967-68 to v Essendon, 1971-72 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
90	v St Kilda, 1973-74	Won
65*	v St Kilda, 1972-73	Lost
63	v Prahran, 1972-73	Won
46	v North Melbourne, 1972-73	Lost
42*	v Collingwood, 1966-67	Drawn

Best bowling

Figures	Match	Result
2/4	v Prahran, 1966-67	Won
2/27	v Carlton, 1965-66	Drawn
2/33	v St Kilda, 1966-67	Lost
1/1	v North Melbourne, 1972-73	Lost
1/10	v University, 1971-72	Lost

More splits

Batting position over the years

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

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1965-66	8	6	21.20
1966-67	6	8	16.17
1967-68	3	3	5.67
1971-72	4	9	11.71
1972-73	6	16	30.45
1973-74	6	5	22.20

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home	20	23	8	537	90	35.80	6	37.17
Away	18	24	2	211	42	9.59	3	30.00

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	34	43	10	695	90	21.06	8	37.88
Weekday	4	4	0	53	32	13.25	1	10.00

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Oct	7	9	1	148	46	18.50	3	20.33
Nov	5	4	1	26	17*	8.67
Dec	4	5	2	45	34*	15.00	2	20.00
Jan	10	13	3	160	65*	16.00	4	31.00
Feb	8	12	2	286	90	28.60
Mar	4	4	1	83	63	27.67

Finals

2Finals played

16Runs · avg 16.00

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	Wkts	Bowl avg
Home and away	36	45	9	732	90	20.33	9	34.78
Finals	2	2	1	16	14*	16.00

Fielding

Season	M	Ct
1965-66	5	1
1966-67	7	4
1967-68	3
1971-72	5	1
1972-73	13	8
1973-74	5	1

Caught most off

EP Illingworth × 5
AL Thomson × 3
DD Weir × 2
T McCann × 2
AT Duff × 1
GL Harvey × 1

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.

Phil Measom

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