As always, stats for the season just gone must be blogged about, so here we go...
The season
Weston are known for their long seasons, but the one just gone was the longest ever. It started way back on October 21 last year, and finished just 2 weeks ago. The season covered a total of 35 weeks (i.e. 35 Tuesdays) - and it would have been one week longer than that if we had made the grand final. Instead, we started our new season last week against Juicy Ham - the same team we started last season against.
Here is a list of the longest seasons Popped Collars have been involved with. They are all at Weston...
| Seasons | Weeks | Matches |
| 2014/15 (Weston, Tue) | 35 | 33 |
| 2014 (Weston, Tue) | 30 | 30 |
| 2009/10 (Weston , Mon) | 29 | 30 |
| 2010/11 (Weston, Mon) | 31 | 28 |
| 2010 (Weston, Mon) | 25 | 28 |
The only Weston season that is not on that list is the 2011 season, and that's probably only because we left before the season was over.
The team
Popped Collars finished 3rd on the (ever-changing, always-questionable) ladder in the top grade, and lost the semi-final against Thrill Killers. This meant that for the first time ever, Popped Collars have gone 3 consecutive seasons without winning a premiership!
The win/loss performance is:
33 games
20 wins
13 losses
60.6% win rate
We needed two more wins to match our all-time win percentage - and we actually had two losses this season due to shirt penalties! So if you ignore shirts, we performed as per usual (and we should have made the grand final...)
Batting stats
Here's the standard table of batting stats for season 2014/15| Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Avg |
| Sanjit | 30 | 30 | 315 | 10.50 |
| Rian | 29 | 28 | 674 | 24.07 |
| Brad | 28 | 29 | 731 | 25.21 |
| Trompf | 28 | 28.5 | 480 | 16.84 |
| Xavier | 26 | 26 | 525 | 20.19 |
| Omar H | 24 | 25 | 195 | 7.80 |
| Gareth | 23 | 22.5 | 352 | 15.64 |
| Dan I. | 16 | 16 | 186 | 11.63 |
| Rajit | 14 | 14 | 64 | 4.57 |
| Andrew L. | 11 | 11 | 132 | 12.00 |
| Stu | 11 | 11 | 90 | 8.18 |
| Adam | 7 | 8 | 184 | 23.00 |
| Matt | 7 | 7 | 43 | 6.14 |
Before getting into the batting, note the numbers of matches played. Last season, Sanjit equaled the most matches played in a season (tied with Xavier's 30 from 2009/10). Unsurprisingly, given the length of the season, this is the first of many "most [something] in a season" records that have been set.
Topping the batting averages in the longest ever season gives you a good chance at claiming the "most runs in a season" record, and Brad has done just that. His 731 runs saw him sneak to the top of the list by 10 runs - only the second time someone has made 700 in a season. Rian also cracked the all-time top 5.
| Season | Player | Runs |
| 2014/15 | Brad | 731 |
| 2010/11 | Xavier | 721 |
| 2011/12 | Xavier | 685 |
| 2014/15 | Rian | 674 |
| 2010/11 | Andy | 669 |
But despite the high total runs scored, most players batted this season below their career average.
Here is the list of our regular (and regular-ish) players ordered by how their average for 2014/15 compares to their overall average. I've only included people who played less than half their all-time games last season (e.g. Trompf has played 30 career games, and 28 of them were last season... not much point comparing those)
| Player | Relative bat avg. |
| Dan I. | +2.97 |
| Brad | +2.34 |
| Rajit | +0.78 |
| Rian | -0.31 |
| Omar | -0.32 |
| Gareth | -0.92 |
| Xavier | -3.23 |
| Sanjit | -3.43 |
| Matt | -5.05 |
Plenty of room for improvement there for a few players. In particular Xavier and Matt, who both came away with their lowest batting average for any season, and Sanjit who had his second-lowest.
On the other hand, Brad's average was his best ever for a season of 8-a-side games. The only two seasons he batter higher were in the 6-a-side competition at Kaleen.
That's all for now...
Next week on the blog: bowling stats and overall contribution stats for season 2014/15.
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