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R Liddicut

Played 1938-39 – 1950-51

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Career totals

Career

70

Games

13

Seasons

1938-39 – 1950-51

Played

Batting

55

Innings

16

Not outs

296

Runs

28

High score

7.59

Average

0

50s

0

100s

Bowling

138

Wickets

6/28

Best bowling

20.97

Average

6

5-fors

2,895

Overs

Fielding

13

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1938-39 to 1950-51 · 70 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 1948: 1 and 0/18 v Melbourne

SeasonMRunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1938-394502712.50444/631
1940-41233*3.00500/14
1942-431000.00–––
1945-4610––1000/44
1946-471179287.90114205/351
1947-48104417*11.00132.7234/351
1948-49135321*6.63162.6306/283
1949-50133610*4.50186296/385
1950-51153116*10.33201324/202
Career70296287.591386/2813
Every scorecard · 70
1938-39v Carlton270/61Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v North Melbourne00/18Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v University120/59Something wrong? Tell us
1938-39v Prahran114/63Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v Hawthorn-East Melbourne00/17Something wrong? Tell us
1940-41v Northcote3*0/14 & 0/16Something wrong? Tell us
1942-43v Preston0–Something wrong? Tell us
1945-46v Universitydnb0/44Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v South Melbourne130/42Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v St Kilda280/17 & 0/29Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Richmond4*2/44Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Northcote7 & 5*0/68Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Melbourne04/32 & 0/1Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Collingwood40/30Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Prahran03/63Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v North Melbourne45/35 & 0/10Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Carlton12/46Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v Hawthorn-East Melbournednb–Something wrong? Tell us
1946-47v University0 & 134/44Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Hawthorn-East Melbourne8*1/42Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Northcotednb1/26 & 2/19Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Melbourne04/42 & 0/3Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Essendon1 & 15*2/82Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Richmond17*1/29Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v North Melbournednb0/47Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v University3*4/35Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Prahrandnb3/45Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Collingwood03/78Something wrong? Tell us
1947-48v Coburg02/47Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v St Kilda00/27Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v Collingwood4*0/18Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v Footscray31/29Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v Melbourne10/18Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v Universitydnb2/30Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v North Melbourne12/37Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v South Melbourne01/42 & 5/15Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v Richmond46/35 & 0/8Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v Prahran11*2/15Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v Carltondnb6/28Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v Northcote21*1/23 & 0/12Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v Essendon02/48Something wrong? Tell us
1948-49v Hawthorn-East Melbourne81/49 & 1/8Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v St Kilda94/59Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v North Melbournednb0/19Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v Prahrandnb3/56Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v Essendon2 & 06/38Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v Melbourne40/21Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v Footscray81/51Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v South Melbourne10*0/35Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v Richmond12/6 & 1/12Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v Universitydnb0/47Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v Collingwooddnb1/41Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v Hawthorn-East Melbourne02/70Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v Carlton1*5/43 & 2/19Something wrong? Tell us
1949-50v Northcote12/56Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v Essendondnb4/20 & 2/20Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v Hawthorn-East Melbourne2*3/51 & 3/14Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v Northcotednb1/9Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v Carltondnb1/45Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v Prahran6*2/51Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v Richmonddnb4/35 & 0/10Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v South Melbournednb0/30Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v North Melbournednb3/35Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v University03/61Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v Footscraydnb1/23Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v Melbournednb1/48Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v Collingwood7*1/29Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v St Kildadnb2/44Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v Essendon0 & 00/8 & 0/37Something wrong? Tell us
1950-51v Hawthorn-East Melbourne16*1/61Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Carlton, 1938-39
  2. First five-for5/35v North Melbourne, 1946-47
  3. Highest score28v St Kilda, 1946-47
  4. Best bowling6/28v Carlton, 1948-49
  5. Last matchMatch 70v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1950-51

Runs by season

1938-39: 50 runs5038-391940-41: 3 runs31942-43: 0 runs42-431945-46: 0 runs1946-47: 79 runs7946-471947-48: 44 runs441948-49: 53 runs5348-491949-50: 36 runs361950-51: 31 runs3150-51

Wickets by season

1938-39: 4 wickets438-391940-41: 0 wickets1942-43: 0 wickets42-431945-46: 0 wickets1946-47: 20 wickets2046-471947-48: 23 wickets231948-49: 30 wickets3048-491949-50: 29 wickets291950-51: 32 wickets3250-51

Every innings, in order

501938-39 v Carlton: 271938-39 v North Melbourne: 01938-39 v University: 121938-39 v Prahran: 111940-41 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 01940-41 v Northcote: 3*1942-43 v Preston: 01946-47 v South Melbourne: 131946-47 v St Kilda: 281946-47 v Richmond: 4*1946-47 v Northcote: 71946-47 v Northcote: 5*1946-47 v Melbourne: 01946-47 v Collingwood: 41946-47 v Prahran: 01946-47 v North Melbourne: 41946-47 v Carlton: 11946-47 v University: 01946-47 v University: 131947-48 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 8*1947-48 v Melbourne: 01947-48 v Essendon: 11947-48 v Essendon: 15*1947-48 v Richmond: 17*1947-48 v University: 3*1947-48 v Collingwood: 01947-48 v Coburg: 01948-49 v St Kilda: 01948-49 v Collingwood: 4*1948-49 v Footscray: 31948-49 v Melbourne: 11948-49 v North Melbourne: 11948-49 v South Melbourne: 01948-49 v Richmond: 41948-49 v Prahran: 11*1948-49 v Northcote: 21*1948-49 v Essendon: 01948-49 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 81949-50 v St Kilda: 91949-50 v Essendon: 21949-50 v Essendon: 01949-50 v Melbourne: 41949-50 v Footscray: 81949-50 v South Melbourne: 10*1949-50 v Richmond: 11949-50 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 01949-50 v Carlton: 1*1949-50 v Northcote: 11950-51 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 2*1950-51 v Prahran: 6*1950-51 v University: 01950-51 v Collingwood: 7*1950-51 v Essendon: 01950-51 v Essendon: 01950-51 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 16*

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

Against each club

Kingston Hawthorn73416*11.331226.003/14
Melbourne University728137.001324.624/35
Northcote63721*18.50734.712/19
Prahran62811*14.001717.244/63
Greenvale Kanagaroos6541.671020.105/351
Carlton5292714.501615.136/282
Richmond52617*13.001611.196/351
Essendon51815*3.001615.816/381
Camberwell Magpies5157*7.50539.203/78
Melbourne5541.25918.334/32
St Kilda4372812.33629.334/59
Casey South Melbourne4231311.50627.335/151
Footscray31185.50334.331/23
Preston1000.00–––
Coburg1000.00223.502/47

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
PosInnNORunsHSAvg0s
31155*–
4111515*–
62013136.501
761562811.201
84120126.671
917395276.796
102188621*6.626
113166*3.002
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
Top order (1–3)1155*–
Middle order (4–7)92842812.002
Lower order (8–11)4513207276.4715

Batted most often at 10th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks17
  • 1–926
  • 10–199
  • 20–293
  • 30–490
  • 50–990
  • 100+0

2.8% of the side's runs in the innings batted.

Dismissals
  • Caught21 · 54%
  • Bowled11 · 28%
  • Stumped3 · 8%
  • LBW2 · 5%
  • Caught & bowled1 · 3%
  • Run out1 · 3%

Most often dismissed by: Daniel (2), Arnold (2), Dick (2), Blundell (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
In wins27111672810.446
In losses275129275.8610
In draws10000.001
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins418719.442.1
In losses234722.682.0
In draws4434.251.0
  • Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 3 of 6 (50%), lost 3.
  • Every other match: the side won 39 of 64 (61%), lost 20.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg0s
Batting first25711921*6.618
Batting second257144288.007
Second innings of the match523315*11.002
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground3931155287.056721.706/38
University Oval5528137.001317.624/35
Glenferrie Oval44188*9.00920.113/14
Albert Ground43110.33916.004/32
Essendon Cricket Ground331615*8.001017.004/20
Carlton Cricket Ground31272727.00719.146/28
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote231376.50262.002/56
Richmond Cricket Ground21444.00108.806/35
Toorak Park21000.00619.833/56
Melbourne Cricket Ground111616*–161.001/61
Western Oval11888.00151.001/51
South Melbourne Cricket Ground111010*–––0/35
St Kilda Cricket Ground100––222.002/44
Victoria Park100––141.001/41
North Melbourne Cricket Ground100––––0/19
Wickets taken
  • Caught77 · 56%
  • Bowled44 · 32%
  • LBW12 · 9%
  • Caught & bowled4 · 3%
  • Stumped1 · 1%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)61 · 44%
  • Middle order (4–7)45 · 33%
  • Lower order (8–11)32 · 23%

6 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 7/62 v Carlton, 1949-50. 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 1938-39 to 1950-51: 32nd of 59 for runs, 8th of 43 for wickets, 17th of 63 for matches, 27th of 54 for catches, 33rd of 35 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 116th of 321 for runs, 21st of 172 for wickets, 46th of 345 for matches, 88th of 279 for catches, 121st of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • DD Weir1969-70 to 1972-73 · 40 m · 206 runs · 85 wkts
  • JP Renkin1998-99 to 2001-02 · 56 m · 53 runs · 98 wkts
  • SK Smith1977-78 to 1994-95 · 86 m · 340 runs · 155 wkts
  • AB Perrin2014-15 to 2018-19 · 41 m · 88 runs · 92 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1938-39: 4 matches, 50 runs, 4 wickets1938-391939-40: did not play1940-41: 2 matches, 3 runs, 0 wickets1940-411941-42: did not play1942-43: 1 match, 0 runs, 0 wickets1942-431943-44: did not play1944-45: did not play1944-451945-46: 1 match, 0 runs, 0 wickets1946-47: 11 matches, 79 runs, 20 wickets1946-471947-48: 10 matches, 44 runs, 23 wickets · 1st XI Bowling1948-49: 13 matches, 53 runs, 30 wickets1948-491949-50: 13 matches, 36 runs, 29 wickets1950-51: 15 matches, 31 runs, 32 wickets1950-51

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

1947-48: 1st XI Bowling

The arc

R Liddicut's best season with the bat was 1946-47: 79 runs from 12 innings at 7.90. The best ten-innings patch came in 1938-39 to 1946-47: 98 runs at 12.25. The leanest, 1947-48 to 1948-49: 16 runs at 2.00.

Rolling average, innings 5 to 55: 2.0 to 12.312.3

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First five-for5/3525 Jan 1947v North Melbourne, 1946-47
50th wicket2/30 took him to 5013 Nov 1948v University, 1948-49
50th match1, 2/6 & 1/127 Jan 1950v Richmond, 1949-50
100th wicket5/43 took him to 10218 Feb 1950v Carlton, 1949-50

Streaks

Consecutive matches played: 43 matches
from v Collingwood, 1947-48 to v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1950-51 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 10 matches
from v University, 1948-49 to v St Kilda, 1949-50 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 5 matches bowled in
from v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1940-41 to v St Kilda, 1946-47 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 8 innings
from v Collingwood, 1947-48 to v Richmond, 1948-49 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111938-39: 9 (4 inns, avg 12.50)1940-41: 9 (2 inns, avg 3.00)1942-43: 8 (1 inns, avg 0.00)1946-47: 7 (12 inns, avg 7.90)1947-48: 9 (8 inns, avg 11.00)1948-49: 9 (11 inns, avg 6.63)1949-50: 10 (10 inns, avg 4.50)1950-51: 10 (7 inns, avg 10.33)19381942194719491950

Moved about the order across 8 seasons: at 9th in 4, at 10th in 2, at 8th in 1, at 7th in 1.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1938-399412.50
1940-41923.00
1942-43810.00
1946-477127.90
1947-489811.00
1948-499116.63
1949-5010104.50
1950-5110710.33
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home39319155287.056721.70
Away31247141278.297120.28

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday614915276288.1211122.85
Weekday96120114.002713.26
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct1283642812.802319.96
Nov161657417*6.732921.72
Dec541412713.671022.80
Jan1811246125.114316.51
Feb11833421*6.802123.67
Mar8823716*6.171230.83
Finals
2Finals played
16Runs · avg 8.00
1Wickets
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home and away685215280287.5713720.35
Finals2311616*8.001106.00
Favourite victims
  1. IR Porter × 4
  2. DRM Caithness × 3
  3. EL Carter × 3
  4. HL Numa × 3
  5. KG Pummeroy × 3
  6. KT Rawle × 3
  7. GL Spriggins × 2
  8. H Mathers × 2
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. Ray Harvey × 4
  2. RHW Liddicut × 4
  3. BT Considine × 2
  4. DHL Arnall × 2
  5. MW Sievers × 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.

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