Ron Furlong

Played 1955-56 – 1968-69

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Player records

🏆1st XI Premiers (1960-61)🏆1st XI Premiers (1966-67)

Career totals

Career

133

Games

Seasons

1955-56 – 1968-69

Played

Batting

163

Innings

Not outs

4,539

Runs

159

High score

32.89

Average

50s

100s

Bowling

Wickets

0.00

Average

Overs

Fielding & keeping

Catches

Stumpings

From the record books

First XI · 1955-56 to 1968-69 · 133 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 1956: 85* v Prahran in 1962: 3* v Carlton

Season	M	Runs	HS	Avg	Overs	Wkts	Best	Ct
1955-56	14	323	69	24.85	–	–	–	2
1956-57	13	331	113*	23.64	–	–	–	5
1957-58	11	619	106	51.58	1	0	0/14	2
1958-59	8	93	32	9.30	1	0	0/4	2
1959-60	7	363	103*	60.50	–	–	–	4
1960-61	9	526	117	52.60	–	–	–	6
1961-62	8	276	56	34.50	–	–	–	5
1962-63	10	206	50*	20.60	–	–	–	3
1963-64	14	404	106	26.93	3	0	0/3	4
1966-67	13	656	159*	50.46	1	0	0/5	26
1967-68	13	510	107	39.23	–	–	–	4
1968-69	13	232	64	16.57	–	–	–	13
Career	133	4,539	159*	32.89		0	0/3	76

Every scorecard · 133

1955-56	v Collingwood	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Prahran	11*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v North Melbourne	3 & 2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v South Melbourne	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v University	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Essendon	53 & 0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Carlton	28*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Richmond	69	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Melbourne	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v St Kilda	53	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	37 & 14*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Footscray	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v Northcote	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1955-56	v South Melbourne	1 & 6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Footscray	4	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Northcote	6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Collingwood	33 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Prahran	85*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v North Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v South Melbourne	34	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Essendon	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v University	113*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Carlton	0 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Richmond	4 & 2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Melbourne	13*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v St Kilda	13 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1956-57	v Carlton	5 & 18*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Northcote	96	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Collingwood	20	0/14	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Prahran	20*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v North Melbourne	36	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v South Melbourne	103*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v University	64	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Essendon	17 & 20	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Carlton	25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v St Kilda	31 & 106	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Footscray	25 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1957-58	v Carlton	56	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Prahran	28	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v South Melbourne	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v University	7 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Carlton	17	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Richmond	32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v St Kilda	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1958-59	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	0 & 1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v University	0 & 9*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Essendon	17 & 11	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Carlton	37	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Richmond	73*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Melbourne	103*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v St Kilda	51* & 32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1959-60	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	30	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	117	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Northcote	8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v North Melbourne	7 & 8	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Essendon	69	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Carlton	11 & 0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Richmond	58*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v Melbourne	1 & 56	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v North Melbourne	77	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1960-61	v St Kilda	88 & 26*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v North Melbourne	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v South Melbourne	40	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v University	56	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Melbourne	52	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Northcote	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Prahran	21	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v Richmond	45	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1961-62	v St Kilda	47 & 0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v St Kilda	32	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Carlton	3*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Essendon	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v University	10 & 50*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v South Melbourne	35	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v North Melbourne	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Prahran	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Northcote	0 & 6	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Footscray	14	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1962-63	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	43	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v North Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Prahran	77	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Collingwood	22	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Northcote	85	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Footscray	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	1 & 42	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v St Kilda	10 & 3	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Melbourne	1	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Richmond	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Carlton	27	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Essendon	13	0/3	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v University	106	0/4	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Melbourne	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1963-64	v Essendon	0 & 0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Northcote	7 & 23	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Footscray	58	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	dnb	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v St Kilda	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Melbourne	0	0/5	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Richmond	42 & 31	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Carlton	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Essendon	50	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v University	7 & 64*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v North Melbourne	25	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v South Melbourne	159*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Melbourne	72	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1966-67	v Essendon	99	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Prahran	107	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v St Kilda	67 & 0*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Richmond	13	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v University	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v South Melbourne	18	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Melbourne	46	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	8 & 33*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Northcote	67	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Collingwood	7	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v North Melbourne	92	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Carlton	5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v Footscray	17	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1967-68	v South Melbourne	12	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v South Melbourne	0	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Melbourne	2	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Northcote	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Collingwood	37	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v North Melbourne	19	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Carlton	64	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Footscray	44	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Prahran	2*	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Essendon	9 & 31	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v St Kilda	0 & 5	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v Richmond	10	–	Something wrong? Tell us
1968-69	v University	3	–	Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

DebutFirst matchv Collingwood, 1955-56
First fifty53v Essendon, 1955-56
First hundred113*v University, 1956-57
Highest score159*v South Melbourne, 1966-67
Last matchMatch 133v University, 1968-69

Runs 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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Carlton	13	297	64	24.75	2
St Kilda	12	583	106	36.44	4	1
Melbourne	12	364	103*	33.09	3	1
Melbourne University	11	507	113*	46.09	4	2
Casey South Melbourne	11	428	159*	42.80		2
Essendon	11	389	99	25.93	4
Greenvale Kanagaroos	11	293	92	24.42	2
Richmond	10	386	73*	38.60	3
Northcote	10	324	96	27.00	3
Prahran	9	354	107	70.80	2	1
Kingston Hawthorn	9	329	117	32.90		1
Footscray	8	166	58	20.75	1
Camberwell Magpies	6	119	37	19.83

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	28	4	1,146	106	47.75	10	2	2
2	113	13	3,049	159*	30.49	17	6	15
3	6	1	159	53	31.80	1		1
4	3	2	29	18*	29.00			1
5	5	2	104	44	34.67
6	3	1	38	13*	19.00
7	4	2	8	5	4.00			1
9	1	0	6	6	6.00

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Top order (1–3)	147	18	4,354	159*	33.75	28	8	18
Middle order (4–7)	15	7	179	44	22.38			2
Lower order (8–11)	1	0	6	6	6.00

Batted most often at 2nd.

Scores and consistency

Ducks20
1–940
10–1926
20–2914
30–4923
50–9928
100+8

Turned 8 of 36 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 16.5% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 35 times.

Dismissals

Caught83 · 60%
Bowled23 · 17%
Caught & bowled11 · 8%
Run out10 · 7%
LBW10 · 7%
Hit wicket1 · 1%

Most often dismissed by: Smith (6), Connolly (5), Hosking (4), O'Halloran (4), Walker (4).

In wins and losses

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
In wins	98	17	3,322	117	41.01	24	7	7
In losses	59	6	1,092	159*	20.60	4	1	13
In draws	6	2	125	37	31.25

Scored 50+: the side won 31 of 36 (86%), lost 5.
Every other match: the side won 49 of 97 (51%), lost 39.

Batting first or second

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
Batting first	68	5	2,407	159*	38.21	13	5	6
Batting second	61	9	1,532	106	29.46	12	2	9
Second innings of the match	34	11	600	106	26.09	3	1	5

As captain and keeper

	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	50s	100s	0s
As captain	7	2	133	50*	26.60	1
As wicketkeeper	18	2	649	159*	40.56	4	1	3
Otherwise	138	21	3,757	117	32.11	23	7	17

By ground

Ground	M	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg
Fitzroy Cricket Ground	60	74	2,207	107	35.60
Albert Ground	10	15	266	88	24.18
Carlton Cricket Ground	8	10	157	64	19.63
University Oval	7	8	351	113*	58.50
St Kilda Cricket Ground	6	10	390	106	43.33
South Melbourne Cricket Ground	6	7	261	159*	43.50
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote	5	7	53	23	7.57
Glenferrie Oval	5	6	202	117	40.40
North Melbourne Cricket Ground	5	5	96	77	19.20
Victoria Park	5	5	82	33	16.40
Western Oval	5	5	77	44	15.40
Essendon Cricket Ground	4	4	119	69	29.75
Richmond Cricket Ground	4	4	162	73*	54.00
Toorak Park	3	3	116	85*	58.00

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1955-56 to 1968-69: 2nd of 76 for runs, 6th of 80 for matches, 3rd of 14 for hundreds, 5th of 66 for catches, 4th of 39 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 4th of 321 for runs, 13th of 345 for matches, 4th of 50 for hundreds, 11th of 279 for catches, 13th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

JW Scaife1925-26 to 1944-45 · 123 m · 3,907 runs · 2 wkts
DJ Anderson1956-57 to 1969-70 · 130 m · 4,044 runs · 30 wkts
IG Wheeler1983-84 to 1992-93 · 119 m · 3,457 runs · 1 wkts
RN Harvey1943-44 to 1956-57 · 104 m · 3,984 runs · 3 wkts

The careers nearest Furlong’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 6 matches (1962-63 to 1968-69): won 1, lost 4, drawn 1.

Most often led

The shape of the career

Season by season

Runs, upPremiership Honour in his name Season away

1957-58: 1st XI Batting · 1959-60: 1st XI Batting · 1960-61: premiership, 1st XI Batting · 1966-67: premiership

The arc

Ron Furlong's best season with the bat was 1966-67: 656 runs from 15 innings at 50.46. The best ten-innings patch came in 1966-67 to 1967-68: 650 runs at 92.86. The leanest, 1958-59 to 1959-60: 65 runs at 6.50.

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

Milestones

Milestone	When	Match
First fifty53	3 Dec 1955	v Essendon, 1955-56
First hundred113*	5 Jan 1957	v University, 1956-57
1,000th run17 took him to 1,010	14 Dec 1957	v Essendon, 1957-58
50th match73*	3 Nov 1959	v Richmond, 1959-60
2,000th run58* took him to 2,007	25 Feb 1961	v Richmond, 1960-61
3,000th run27 took him to 3,012	8 Feb 1964	v Carlton, 1963-64
100th match42 & 31	14 Jan 1967	v Richmond, 1966-67
4,000th run18 took him to 4,002	18 Nov 1967	v University, 1967-68

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 7 innings: from v Carlton, 1959-60 to v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1960-61 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 26 matches: from v Collingwood, 1955-56 to v St Kilda, 1956-57 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 6 matches bowled in: from v Collingwood, 1957-58 to v Melbourne, 1966-67 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings: from v Melbourne, 1958-59 to v University, 1959-60 · first · last

Best innings

Score	Match	Result
159*	v South Melbourne, 1966-67	Lost
117	v Hawthorn-East Melbourne, 1960-61	Won
113*	v University, 1956-57	Won
107	v Prahran, 1967-68	Won
106	v St Kilda, 1957-58	Won

More splits

Batting position over the years

Opened in every one of his 12 seasons.

Season	Usual spot	Inn	Avg
1955-56	2	17	24.85
1956-57	2	18	23.64
1957-58	1	14	51.58
1958-59	2	10	9.30
1959-60	1	10	60.50
1960-61	2	13	52.60
1961-62	1	9	34.50
1962-63	1	12	20.60
1963-64	2	15	26.93
1966-67	2	15	50.46
1967-68	2	15	39.23
1968-69	2	15	16.57

Home and away

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home	60	74	12	2,207	107	35.60
Away	73	89	13	2,332	159*	30.68

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
Saturday	116	144	22	3,974	159*	32.57
Weekday	17	19	3	565	99	35.31

Month by month

Month	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Oct	20	22	2	614	117	30.70
Nov	30	31	8	1,061	103*	46.13
Dec	14	20	3	454	64	26.71
Jan	26	32	3	769	113*	26.52
Feb	21	28	5	625	106	27.17
Mar	21	28	3	902	159*	36.08
Other	1	2	1	114	88	114.00

Finals

12Finals played

562Runs · avg 40.14

	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg
Home and away	121	146	22	3,977	159*	32.07
Finals	12	17	3	562	99	40.14

Fielding

Season	M	Ct	St
1955-56	14	2
1956-57	13	5
1957-58	11	2
1958-59	8	2
1959-60	7	4
1960-61	9	6
1961-62	8	5
1962-63	10	3
1963-64	14	4
1966-67	13	20	6
1967-68	13	4
1968-69	13	13

Caught most off

EP Illingworth × 18
AL Thomson × 11
C Adams × 6
LT Hill × 6
D Ashworth × 4
DJ Anderson × 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.

Ron Furlong

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