Non-Lions Footy Discussion

[Viceregal]

Correct.
It is per wicket.
If you never get out .... you don't have an average.

(no Simpsons Reference post .... No Simpsons Reference Ratio)

So if some incredibly awesome batsman came along and played his required 20 tests getting on average 250 runs each innings and never got out and then retired he would not show up on the list for highest test averages at all?

 

[carnthemlions]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-12-12/suns-sacking-a-blessing-in-disguise-says-weller

Yeesh.






It's clear the Suns have a lot of problems, but I can't see what good these comments do for anyone.

To be fair, I don't really rate Mav Weller and the Suns aren't missing anything there. He looks the part, but that's about all.

 

[Crusha]

So if some incredibly awesome batsman came along and played his required 20 tests getting on average 250 runs each innings and never got out and then retired he would not show up on the list for highest test averages at all?

Correct.

And conversely ... someone who scores 99 innings of 1 not out and 1 innings out for 1 ......... has an average of 100.

(shorty [James North] ...am I scoring Simpsons Reference Ratio each time my previous post is quoted ....????)

 

[Crusha]

Correct.

And conversely ... someone who scores 99 innings of 1 not out and 1 innings out for 1 ......... has an average of 100.

(shorty [James North] ...am I scoring Simpsons Reference Ratio each time my previous post is quoted ....????)

A little anecdote to go with that:

I knew of "someone", many many ....many, seasons ago, in a far off land (Sydney) ....playing in the Telegraph Shield, who, as a lower order batsmen had accumulated 90 runs up to the last match of the season, without having been dismissed. At the end of the first day's play of the final fixture he was 10 not out, needing only to be dismissed the next Saturday for an average of 100 (or more, should he score more runs). This would have comfortably won that seasons batting average for the Competition.


You guessed it .......it rained.


He remained Not Out ........ and did not record an average.

 

[dlanod]

Back in U13s, as probably the second or third worst batsman on the team I was a dedicated tailender. I think I finished the year with an average of 13, a top score of 10 and a median score of about 4.

 

[AFLQLD]

My short cricket career, in Under 8's began and ended the same day with a flourish. I batted at number eleven for five eventful balls. The bowler could bowl very very fast for his age but with accuracy so wayward that he injured the square leg umpire with full tosses, not once, but twice.

Surprisingly, none were called wides, presumably because any extra ball seemed increasingly unlikely to be on target. The final ball was the only one that landed on the pitch.

My moment had come and I swung the bat with blind ferocity. It nicked the top edge, flew straight at my face and glanced viciously off my nose as I endeavoured to avoid it. And then, still not satisfied with the damage it had wrought, smashed the glasses off the face of the wicket keeper who, for reasons best known to himself was standing up at the wicket. I can only assume that he figured being near the stumps was the safest place for this bowler.

My career, and the game, ended in less than an over with two bleeding noses, three players, including myself, in tears (the bowler crying out of relief that his ordeal was over I assume), a 40 year old umpire with a bruised knee and my batting average forever stalled on zero (not out).

 

[morsie]

I believe from memory that Bill Johnston who could barely bat topped the batting averages on the 1948 tour of England by Bradman's Invincibles.He again from memory scored just over 100 in all tour games for once out.I recall that the players orchestraed this as a joke.

 

[M Malice]

Back in U13s, as probably the second or third worst batsman on the team I was a dedicated tailender. I think I finished the year with an average of 13, a top score of 10 and a median score of about 4.

My short cricket career, in Under 8's began and ended the same day with a flourish. I batted at number eleven for five eventful balls. The bowler could bowl very very fast for his age but with accuracy so wayward that he injured the square leg umpire with full tosses, not once, but twice.

Surprisingly, none were called wides, presumably because any extra ball seemed increasingly unlikely to be on target. The final ball was the only one that landed on the pitch.

My moment had come and I swung the bat with blind ferocity. It nicked the top edge, flew straight at my face and glanced viciously off my nose as I endeavoured to avoid it. And then, still not satisfied with the damage it had wrought, smashed the glasses off the face of the wicket keeper who, for reasons best known to himself was standing up at the wicket. I can only assume that he figured being near the stumps was the safest place for this bowler.

My career, and the game, ended in less than an over with two bleeding noses, three players, including myself, in tears (the bowler crying out of relief that his ordeal was over I assume), a 40 year old umpire with a bruised knee and my batting average forever stalled on zero (not out).

i never got out of the nets in primary school. it was around 1971 (before helmets). went to the net for try outs, the PE teacher bowled a few down and at that point in my short life it was most frightened i had ever been and continued to be for quite a few more years. he was an offy but gee quick through the air. the next time i played any form of cricket was around 1994, in the backyard against my 9 year old son, i dominated alas what could have been.

 

[SizeMatters]

Back in U13s, as probably the second or third worst batsman on the team I was a dedicated tailender. I think I finished the year with an average of 13, a top score of 10 and a median score of about 4.

My one and only year of cricket was in U14s, I could not bat to save myself but was a great bowler. Bowling average was 4ish and strike rate of 11 or so (got a double hat trick in my first game haha). But my batting my highest score in cricket was 2 runs in ym first game and that ended up being the only runs I scored for the year. Finished with a batting average of 0.18. The absolute worst feeling ever when it's a close game and our team needing a handful of runs to win with 1 wicket in hand... I failed both times.

Quit after a year because coach favorited his son and stupid rule that only allowed you to bowl 3 overs each or some rubbish. Kills junior development.

 

[Full Wingspan]

I've decided to play senior cricket for the first time this season (well, first time I've ever played any competitive cricket at all) and I've been slotted in the thirds for a Bellarine Peninsula team.

It's been great fun so far. Still need to develop my attacking drives and cuts, but I've been tossing up leggies for a few wickets so far, much to the amazement of these blokes, considering I've never played before. Should have seen their faces when I bowled one bloke with a wrong'un.

It's good to be playing a sport you're somewhat good at. My footy career ended in U/16s after I realised my turning circle rivaled that of a semi trailer.

 

[James North]

It's good to be playing a sport you're somewhat good at. My footy career ended in U/16s after I realised my turning circle rivaled that of a semi trailer.

No idea why someone with the attributes of Jonathan Brown would stop playing.

My cricket career was short as a young man. I was the only kid who wore a helmet and was laughed at for doing it ... I didn't really see what was so funny about wanting to try to avoid that hard composite ball jumping up at me from a concrete pitch ...

 

[Full Wingspan]

No idea why someone with the attributes of Jonathan Brown would stop playing.

My cricket career was short as a young man. I was the only kid who wore a helmet and was laughed at for doing it ... I didn't really see what was so funny about wanting to try to avoid that hard composite ball jumping up at me from a concrete pitch ...

Couldn't imagine playing without helmets. Almost every younger bloke has one where I play, but most 30+ year olds all don their baggy caps when batting. One bloke got hit in the head from a bouncer and still batted on without a helmet.

 

[Milux]

My short cricket career, in Under 8's began and ended the same day with a flourish. I batted at number eleven for five eventful balls. The bowler could bowl very very fast for his age but with accuracy so wayward that he injured the square leg umpire with full tosses, not once, but twice.

Surprisingly, none were called wides, presumably because any extra ball seemed increasingly unlikely to be on target. The final ball was the only one that landed on the pitch.

My moment had come and I swung the bat with blind ferocity. It nicked the top edge, flew straight at my face and glanced viciously off my nose as I endeavoured to avoid it. And then, still not satisfied with the damage it had wrought, smashed the glasses off the face of the wicket keeper who, for reasons best known to himself was standing up at the wicket. I can only assume that he figured being near the stumps was the safest place for this bowler.

My career, and the game, ended in less than an over with two bleeding noses, three players, including myself, in tears (the bowler crying out of relief that his ordeal was over I assume), a 40 year old umpire with a bruised knee and my batting average forever stalled on zero (not out).

Thank you. Thank you so much.

 

[Viceregal]

I played two innings in grade cricket. The first one as a fill-in ... came like around 6th or 7th and ended up top scoring (most of which came off awesome shots like trying a cover drive that catches the edge and rolls down past the slips guys for a boundary, another edge that went from my bat to the keeper who dropped it to the first slip who also dropped it ... a mistimed pull shot where I middle the ball on the end of my bat and it ran for another boundary in another direction I had not intended it to go.

The people in charge of the team were impressed (and were patently too far away to see the details)

The next innings the put me in as the opener ...

 

[Sherrinator]

How about St Kilda moving back from the AFL and Vic gov funded HQ at Seaford?

 

[western royboy]

How about St Kilda moving back from the AFL and Vic gov funded HQ at Seaford?

Been on the cards for a long time. No one liked Seaford from the start the only question was where home really was Moorabbin or the Junction Oval as they were claiming both as their "spiritual" home. Fortunately us cricketers got the Junction as a State Stand Alone Centre so Moorabbin was always going to be it once they sorted out the council.

 

[M Malice]

Been on the cards for a long time. No one liked Seaford from the start the only question was where home really was Moorabbin or the Junction Oval as they were claiming both as their "spiritual" home. Fortunately us cricketers got the Junction as a State Stand Alone Centre so Moorabbin was always going to be it once they sorted out the council.

why can't our government cough up some money for us, come on anastashia.

 

[MacMum]

....and they are getting a complete update (the place is a derelict mess) for less than 20mil.

How come ours would be up around 50mil if we get it done on an existing ground?

Saints will only have the one oval.

 

[Sherrinator]

Been on the cards for a long time. No one liked Seaford from the start the only question was where home really was Moorabbin or the Junction Oval as they were claiming both as their "spiritual" home. Fortunately us cricketers got the Junction as a State Stand Alone Centre so Moorabbin was always going to be it once they sorted out the council.

Melbourne is Melbourne. St Kilda sound pretty spoilt in this situation.

 

[Sherrinator]

....and they are getting a complete update (the place is a derelict mess) for less than 20mil.

How come ours would be up around 50mil if we get it done on an existing ground?

Saints will only have the one oval.

Government kickbacks.

 

[Tairy Greene]

If BigFooty used the Stonecutters ranking system, I'd be Number Two.

Don't worry Rip, you'll always be a number 2 to me.

 

[Tairy Greene]

No idea why someone with the attributes of Jonathan Brown would stop playing.

My cricket career was short as a young man. I was the only kid who wore a helmet and was laughed at for doing it ... I didn't really see what was so funny about wanting to try to avoid that hard composite ball jumping up at me from a concrete pitch ...

Yeah but I heard you were wearing the helmet while bowling, which rightly deserves those laughs.

 

[Dom PC]

I scored one of my two only centuries for nudgee college. You get your name announced to assembly if you score a century, so I was looking forward to the 5 seconds of fame it would bring me. Anyway, 2 other people scored 100s that week and had their names announced and much to my disappointment my wasn't My stupid coach apologised to me at training that week for not passing my score onto the school, he said he was very hung over on the Saturday and I would understand in a couple of years

To top it all off, i got the best batsman award at the end of the year and on the award it says my name is "Doin" instead of "Dom" (even though my name is Dominic). Who the **** is named Doin in this world

Anyway, the mental side of cricket just did me over in the end. Went from being a good batsman to one that was mentally cooked before i even faced a ball. Still love my cricket though.

 

[James North]

Yeah but I heard you were wearing the helmet while bowling, which rightly deserves those laughs.

ok

 

[Cooties]

To top it all off, i got the best batsman award at the end of the year and on the award it says my name is "Doin" instead of "Dom" (even though my name is Dominic). Who the **** is named Doin in this world

HowYouDoin ?