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Russell Emmins

Played 1981-82 – 1987-88

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Career totals

Career

80

Games

7

Seasons

1981-82 – 1987-88

Played

Batting

68

Innings

14

Not outs

836

Runs

119

High score

15.48

Average

1

50s

1

100s

Bowling

71

Wickets

4/16

Best bowling

38.44

Average

1098

Overs

Fielding

27

Catches

From the record books

First XI · 1981-82 to 1987-88 · 80 matchesFull archive career →

On this dayin 1983: 0/41 v Ringwood in 1984: 0/28 and 1 ct v Hawthorn-East Melbourne

SeasonMRunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1981-82111433715.8912073/552
1982-831555.002333/412
1983-84141143314.25232.1132/86
1984-8515217119*19.73202.1144/838
1985-861615433*17.11189.4144/775
1986-87141655218.33231154/163
1987-88938155.4310052/101
Career80836119*15.48714/1627
Every scorecard · 80
1981-82v Collingwood3 & 242/75Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82v North Melbourne6*1/20Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82v Hawthorn-East Melbourne0–Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82v Northcote21*0/38Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82v Ringwood16 & 0*0/7Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82v Richmond131/57Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82v South Melbourne2–Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82v St Kilda1–Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82v Prahran370/39Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82v Melbourne4 & 16*0/19Something wrong? Tell us
1981-82v Universitydnb3/55Something wrong? Tell us
1982-83v South Melbourne53/41Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84v Footscray151/23Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84v Richmond140/37Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84v Collingwooddnb1/39Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84v Ringwooddnb0/41Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84v North Melbourne52/38Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84v St Kilda0*0/5Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84v South Melbourne29*2/8 & 0/19Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84v Prahrandnb0/73Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84v Waverley70/9Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84v Carlton01/24Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84v Essendon72/68Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84v Northcote332/24Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84v University40/48 & 0/24Something wrong? Tell us
1983-84v Hawthorn-East Melbournednb2/74Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85v Footscraydnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85v Waverleydnb3/40 & 1/13Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85v St Kilda60/29Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85v Hawthorn-East Melbournednb0/28Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85v North Melbourne0–Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85v Collingwood119*–Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85v Essendon373/35Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85v University1–Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85v Northcote3*0/8Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85v Carlton9 & 74/83Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85v South Melbourne51/31Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85v Ringwood0 & 0*0/16Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85v Richmond161/66Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85v Prahran51/46Something wrong? Tell us
1984-85v Melbourne90/72Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86v Essendon91/28Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86v Melbournednb0/52Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86v Prahran15–Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86v Waverleydnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86v Carltondnb4/77Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86v Collingwood00/0Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86v Hawthorn-East Melbourne2–Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86v St Kilda5*0/22Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86v Northcote83/89Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86v North Melbourne-Geelong160/12 & 0/45Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86v Footscray25*–Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86v University33*2/55Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86v South Melbourne121/31Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86v Ringwood11*1/18Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86v Richmond181/61Something wrong? Tell us
1985-86v St Kilda01/89Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87v Melbourne240/35Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87v Ringwooddnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87v Footscray73/51Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87v Collingwooddnb0/38Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87v Prahrandnb4/16Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87v St Kilda150/95 & 0/4Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87v North Melbourne-Geelong103/41 & 0/1Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87v Richmonddnb1/28Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87v South Melbourne72/61Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87v Essendon00/63Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87v University27–Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87v Waverley521/41Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87v Northcote50/21Something wrong? Tell us
1986-87v Carlton18*1/35Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88v Ringwood40/12Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88v Footscraydnb–Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88v North Melbourne-Geelong42/10Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88v Waverley40/13Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88v Hawthorn-East Melbourne22/39Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88v Northcote00/33 & 0/24Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88v University91/69Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88v Melbourne150/34 & 0/14Something wrong? Tell us
1987-88v Prahrandnb–Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv Collingwood, 1981-82
  2. First fifty119*v Collingwood, 1984-85
  3. First hundred119*v Collingwood, 1984-85
  4. Highest score119*v Collingwood, 1984-85
  5. Best bowling4/16v Prahran, 1986-87
  6. Last matchMatch 80v Prahran, 1987-88

Runs by season

1981-82: 143 runs14381-821982-83: 5 runs51983-84: 114 runs11483-841984-85: 217 runs2171985-86: 154 runs15485-861986-87: 165 runs1651987-88: 38 runs3887-88

Wickets by season

1981-82: 7 wickets781-821982-83: 3 wickets31983-84: 13 wickets1383-841984-85: 14 wickets141985-86: 14 wickets1485-861986-87: 15 wickets151987-88: 5 wickets587-88

Every innings, in order

119501981-82 v Collingwood: 31981-82 v Collingwood: 241981-82 v North Melbourne: 6*1981-82 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 01981-82 v Northcote: 21*1981-82 v Ringwood: 161981-82 v Ringwood: 0*1981-82 v Richmond: 131981-82 v South Melbourne: 21981-82 v St Kilda: 11981-82 v Prahran: 371981-82 v Melbourne: 41981-82 v Melbourne: 16*1982-83 v South Melbourne: 51983-84 v Footscray: 151983-84 v Richmond: 141983-84 v North Melbourne: 51983-84 v St Kilda: 0*1983-84 v South Melbourne: 29*1983-84 v Waverley: 71983-84 v Carlton: 01983-84 v Essendon: 71983-84 v Northcote: 331983-84 v University: 41984-85 v St Kilda: 61984-85 v North Melbourne: 01984-85 v Collingwood: 119*1984-85 v Essendon: 371984-85 v University: 11984-85 v Northcote: 3*1984-85 v Carlton: 91984-85 v Carlton: 71984-85 v South Melbourne: 51984-85 v Ringwood: 01984-85 v Ringwood: 0*1984-85 v Richmond: 161984-85 v Prahran: 51984-85 v Melbourne: 91985-86 v Essendon: 91985-86 v Prahran: 151985-86 v Collingwood: 01985-86 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 21985-86 v St Kilda: 5*1985-86 v Northcote: 81985-86 v North Melbourne-Geelong: 161985-86 v Footscray: 25*1985-86 v University: 33*1985-86 v South Melbourne: 121985-86 v Ringwood: 11*1985-86 v Richmond: 181985-86 v St Kilda: 01986-87 v Melbourne: 241986-87 v Footscray: 71986-87 v St Kilda: 151986-87 v North Melbourne-Geelong: 101986-87 v South Melbourne: 71986-87 v Essendon: 01986-87 v University: 271986-87 v Waverley: 521986-87 v Northcote: 51986-87 v Carlton: 18*1987-88 v Ringwood: 41987-88 v North Melbourne-Geelong: 41987-88 v Waverley: 41987-88 v Hawthorn-East Melbourne: 21987-88 v Northcote: 01987-88 v University: 91987-88 v Melbourne: 15

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

Against each club

Kingston Hawthorn10675211.171928.563/40
Melbourne University67433*18.50641.833/55
Northcote6703317.50547.403/89
Casey South Melbourne66029*12.00921.223/41
Prahran6573719.00534.804/16
Greenvale Kanagaroos641168.20820.883/41
Ringwood6311610.33194.001/18
St Kilda627156.751244.001/89
Camberwell Magpies5146119*48.671350.672/75
Melbourne5682417.000–0/14
Richmond5611815.25462.251/28
Footscray54725*23.50418.503/51
Essendon4533713.25632.333/35
Carlton43418*11.331021.904/77

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
11100*–
3111616*–
64031247.751
72843805215.8313
8236317119*18.6512
910163377.002
10112929*–
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
Top order (1–3)221616*–
Middle order (4–7)3244115214.6814
Lower order (8–11)348409119*15.7314

Batted most often at 7th.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks8
  • 1–930
  • 10–1915
  • 20–296
  • 30–494
  • 50–991
  • 100+1

Turned 1 of 2 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 6.7% of the side's runs in the innings batted. Top-scored for the side 4 times.

Dismissals
  • Caught39 · 72%
  • Bowled12 · 22%
  • LBW2 · 4%
  • Caught & bowled1 · 2%

Most often dismissed by: King (3), Holten (3), Stranger (2), Baker (2), Dodemaide (2).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
In wins2010378119*37.8011
In losses4534435210.5516
In draws10151515.00
In ties2100*0.001
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins253128.061.2
In losses383748.321.0
In draws1318.333.0
In ties10–0.0
  • Scored 50+: the side won 1 of 2 (50%), lost 1.
  • Every other match: the side won 30 of 78 (38%), lost 43.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
Batting first356425119*14.6614
Batting second2853645215.8314
Second innings of the match53472423.50
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground30273393715.412542.204/83
Schramms Reserve13111082710.80760.573/51
University Oval434633*23.00641.833/55
Glenferrie Oval43421.33428.252/39
South Melbourne Cricket Ground331775.67622.173/41
Richmond Cricket Ground33451815.00277.501/57
Albert Ground333516*17.50––0/14
St Kilda Cricket Ground3365*6.00––0/5
Western Oval324025*40.00123.001/23
North Melbourne Cricket Ground2210105.00314.003/41
Russell Lucas Oval2200*0.00––0/16
Carlton Cricket Ground21000.00520.204/77
Central Reserve South Oval21525252.00518.803/40
Toorak Park21555.00512.404/16
Victoria Park21119119*–––0/38
Essendon Cricket Ground11777.00234.002/68
Bill Lawry Oval, Northcote1133*–––0/8
Wickets taken
  • Caught50 · 70%
  • Bowled10 · 14%
  • Stumped5 · 7%
  • Caught & bowled4 · 6%
  • LBW2 · 3%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)15 · 21%
  • Middle order (4–7)37 · 52%
  • Lower order (8–11)19 · 27%

Best in a match: 4/16 v Prahran, 1986-87. 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 1981-82 to 1987-88: 13th of 42 for runs, 9th of 25 for wickets, 11th of 42 for matches, 6th of 8 for hundreds, 10th of 37 for catches, 17th of 25 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 76th of 321 for runs, 41st of 172 for wickets, 51st of 345 for matches, 30th of 50 for hundreds, 58th of 279 for catches, 77th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • DJ Motschall2002-03 to 2014-15 · 73 m · 579 runs · 60 wkts
  • CA McKissack1986-87 to 1993-94 · 69 m · 822 runs · 76 wkts
  • NJ Fletcher2016-17 to 2025-26 · 73 m · 973 runs · 82 wkts
  • SN Huntley2006-07 to 2013-14 · 69 m · 729 runs · 37 wkts

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

The shape of the career

Season by season

1981-82: 11 matches, 143 runs, 7 wickets1981-821982-83: 1 match, 5 runs, 3 wickets1982-831983-84: 14 matches, 114 runs, 13 wickets1983-841984-85: 15 matches, 217 runs, 14 wickets1984-851985-86: 16 matches, 154 runs, 14 wickets1985-861986-87: 14 matches, 165 runs, 15 wickets1986-871987-88: 9 matches, 38 runs, 5 wickets1987-88

Runs, up Wickets, down

The arc

Russell Emmins' best season with the bat was 1984-85: 217 runs from 14 innings at 19.73. The best ten-innings patch came in 1983-84 to 1984-85: 242 runs at 30.25. The leanest, 1984-85 to 1985-86: 61 runs at 6.78.

Rolling average, innings 8 to 68: 6.8 to 30.330.3

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

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First fifty119*17 Nov 1984v Collingwood, 1984-85
First hundred119*17 Nov 1984v Collingwood, 1984-85
50th match8, 3/8911 Jan 1986v Northcote, 1985-86
50th wicket1/61 took him to 508 Mar 1986v Richmond, 1985-86

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 2 innings
from v Collingwood, 1984-85 to v Essendon, 1984-85 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 38 matches
from v Prahran, 1983-84 to v St Kilda, 1985-86 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 5 matches
from v University, 1985-86 to v St Kilda, 1985-86 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 2 matches bowled in
from v Northcote, 1981-82 to v Ringwood, 1981-82 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 6 innings
from v Ringwood, 1987-88 to v University, 1987-88 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111981-82: 6 (13 inns, avg 15.89)1982-83: 9 (1 inns, avg 5.00)1983-84: 7 (10 inns, avg 14.25)1984-85: 8 (14 inns, avg 19.73)1985-86: 8 (13 inns, avg 17.11)1986-87: 7 (10 inns, avg 18.33)1987-88: 8 (7 inns, avg 5.43)1981198319851987

Moved about the order across 7 seasons: at 8th in 3, at 7th in 2, at 6th in 1, at 9th in 1.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1981-8261315.89
1982-83915.00
1983-8471014.25
1984-8581419.73
1985-8681317.11
1986-8771018.33
1987-88875.43
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home433864473713.973246.22
Away37308389119*17.683932.05

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

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday686214795119*16.566438.50
Sunday630362412.00524.60
Weekday630541.67271.00
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct1280972412.131032.50
Nov22153189119*15.752031.60
Dec652903730.00621.33
Jan16173134279.571350.23
Feb141652675224.271142.82
Mar10715918*9.831147.27
Finals
1Finals played
0Runs · avg 0.00
1Wickets
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home and away796714836119*15.777037.71
Finals110000.00189.00
Favourite victims
  1. GF Fontaine × 2
  2. GJ Miles × 2
  3. KA Whichello × 2
  4. P Hand × 2
  5. PA Kingston × 2
  6. AC Ross × 1
  7. AD Jarvis × 1
  8. AJ Ferguson × 1
Fielding

Caught most off

  1. RW Watts × 5
  2. TV Considine × 5
  3. RL Emmins × 4
  4. SJ Cook × 4
  5. LJ Watts × 3
  6. BW Walder × 2

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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