Bill Dobson
Bowling – Second-Change Bowler
VIC
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Competitions
Registered with:
Veterans Cricket VIC Representative Teams · Yarra Valley Veterans Cricket Club · Glen Waverley Hawks Veterans Cricket Club
Overall
Needs Work
9/100
fielding 40% · bat 30% · bowl 30%
Fielding
Needs Work
22/100
Batting
Working on Basics
not rated — working on basics
Bowling
Proficient
60/100
Representative pathway — 5 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 27 matches (+4.0)
- ● Body of work — 32 imported matches (+0.6)
Critical recommendations
high
Batting
Vulnerable to the straight ball
11 of 20 dismissals are bowled/LBW — likely playing across the front pad or leaving a gate. Work on a straighter bat path and head position over the ball.
Strengths
- ✓ Builds pressure with a tight economy of 3.71.
How these ratings are calculated
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 22 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 60 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.30 for the level played (Club 27). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 27 matches since 26 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 8 catches + 1 run outs (0 direct, 1 assisted) in 32 matches — 0.28 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 30 innings at 18.4 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 36 wickets in 31 matches bowled in (of 32 played) — 1.16 per match at 18.5, economy 3.71, strike rate 30.0.
Fielding — imported matches (32)
8
Ct (field)
0
Ct (WK)
0.25
Catches / match
0
RO (direct)
1
RO (assist)
0
Stumpings
9
Total dismissals
0.28
Dismissals / match
Batting — imported matches
415
Runs (30 inns)
18.44
Avg (adj)
75.84
Strike rate
38
High score
10
Not outs
7
Median position
Century (100+)
Fifty (50–99)
Not out (under 50)
Out (under 50)
Bowling — imported matches
36
Wickets (180 ov)
3.71
Economy
18.53
Average
9
Maidens
0.03
Extras / over
30
Strike rate
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 32 imported |
| Batting | 415 runs in 30 inns @ 18.44 (SR 75.84) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 38, 3 ducks |
| Bowling | 36 wkts @ 18.53 (econ 3.71, SR 30) |
| Best / 5WI | 3-18 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 8 ct, 1 RO, 0 st |
All figures from imported scorecards only.
Further analysis
Batting form
Running not-out-adjusted average across innings (chronological).
Score distribution
How often each scoring band is reached — a read on consistency.
Scoring tempo
Runs vs balls faced per innings; line = a strike rate of 100.
Bowling form
Economy per spell (chronological) with the career economy as a baseline.
Wicket accumulation
Cumulative wickets across spells — the shape of their wicket-taking.
Fielding contribution
Breakdown of the 9 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
0.25
Catches / match
0.28
Dismissals / match
Across 32 imported match(es).
Season by season
Seasons run 1 September – 31 August. Imported scorecards only.
Batting
| Season | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025/26 | 21 | 8 | 306 | 38* | 20.12 | 81.17 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 20 | 13.67 | 58.57 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 5 | 2 | 68 | 27* | 19.04 | 77.27 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6.5 | 4.33 | 9 |
| 2025/26 | 128 | 7 | 491 | 25 | 19.64 | 3.84 | 30.7 |
| 2024/25 | 18 | 0 | 50 | 4 | 12.5 | 2.78 | 27 |
| 2023/24 | 31 | 2 | 113 | 5 | 22.6 | 3.65 | 37.2 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2023/24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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