Famous Cricketers No 78 - Bruce Mitchell

342 runs at nearly 50 and 32 wickets at almost 15 proved his undoubted worth as an all-rounder. Again he was an automatic choice for the 1935 tour of England. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 74. Transvaal v Griqualand West, Johannesburg, December 7, 8, 9 (Transvaal won by an innings and 232 runs) lbw b J.P.McNally 0 563-6d 8.3 0 17 5 A.Evans b 121 T.A.Harris c W.B.H.Foley J.P.McNally c E.G.Bock K.R.Eden b C.G.Gillespie st H.B.Cameron 21 2 49 3 T.A.Harris c K.G.Viljoen 210 J.P.Gallacher c R.S.K.Rose S.J.Wheaton c R.S.K.Rose 75. Transvaal v Natal, Durban, December 15, 17, 18 (Match drawn) c R.J.Williams b I.D.E.Anderson 179 514-8d 15.1 2 53 2 H.R.Fawcett c E.A.B.Rowan 361 3 I.D.E.Anderson c and b did not bat - 136-2 76. Transvaal v Border, East London, December 21, 22 (Transvaal won by an innings and 15 runs) b S.G.Fuller 1 371 25 3 72 2 J.G.Phillips c H.B.Cameron 202 1 H.D.Bowley c E.G.Bock 19.5 5 61 5 J.G.Phillips st R.E.Grieveson 154 I.B.Gardiner c R.E.Grieveson A.L.Wilkins lbw C.E.B.Shearman c H.B.Cameron J.K.Muzzell c S.H.Curnow 77. Transvaal v Eastern Province, Port Elizabeth, December 26, 27 (Transvaal won by an innings and 108 runs) c R.Henderson b O.J.Shapter38 383 3.5 0 23 3 W.O.H.Rein st H.B.Cameron 69 D.W.Niland c E.G.Bock S.C.Wewege b 17.2 2 72 5 O.J.Shapter b 206 C.M.S.Gardner lbw B.Connell b W.C.Hoskin c S.H.Curnow S.C.Wewege c A.H.Gyngell 78. Transvaal v Western Province, Cape Town, January 1, 2, 3 (Transvaal won by 81 runs) c and b X.C.Balaskas 58 259 24 6 61 5 L.M.Manning b 134 1 P.A.Little b S.S.L.Steyn c and b X.C.Balaskas b R.J.Crisp c R.E.Grieveson lbw b X.C.Balaskas 59 192 35 12 68 2 S.S.L.Steyn b 236 X.C.Balaskas b 79. Transvaal v Orange Free State, Johannesburg, March 9, 11, (12) (Match drawn) c J.J.D.G.Martheze b A.G.C.Reid 7 609 70 74-6 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Currie Cup 6 7 0 342 179 48.85 1 2 5 Career 79 124 12 4361 179 38.93 8 26 108 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Currie Cup 169.4 32 476 32 5/17 14.87 4 - Career (6b) 884 128 } 2972 130 6/72 22.86 10 1 (8b) 17 0 13