Famous Cricketers No 78 - Bruce Mitchell

Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 110. Transvaal v Western Province, Johannesburg, December 16, 17, 18 (Transvaal won by nine wickets) c A.B.Glantz b H.van der Spuy 114 379 6 4 3 0 165 1 not out 77 138-1 16 1 51 1 B.K.Roscoe b 349 2 111. Transvaal v Griqualand West, Johannesburg, January 1, 3 (Transvaal won by five wickets) b J.P.McNally 16 269 12 1 28 2 A.H.Gyngell st E.A.van der Merwe 147 1 S.Smith b not out 11 27-5 14 2 42 3 A.Dunn st E.A.van der Merwe 148 1 A.P.C.Steyn st E.A.van der Merwe B.A.Helfrich st E.A.van der Merwe 112. Transvaal v Orange Free State, Johannesburg, January 21, 22, 24 (Transvaal won by 237 runs) b H.A.Sparks 40 475-8d 18 2 69 3 E.W.Warner b 334 S.Brown st S.J.Inchbold R.T.Dick b not out 103 187-3d 13 1 52 4 E.W.Warner st S.J.Inchbold 91 1 R.T.Dick st S.J.Inchbold A.M.Pollock c S.J.Inchbold H.A.Sparks c X.C.Balaskas 113. Transvaal v Natal, Durban, March 5, 7, 8 (Match drawn) lbw b I.D.E.Anderson 58 320 15 0 50 5 W.W.Wade st S.J.Inchbold 236 E.L.Dalton st S.J.Inchbold R.R.Yuill c S.J.Inchbold R.J.Williams st S.J.Inchbold I.D.E.Anderson b c R.J.Williams b E.L.Dalton 108 387-7d 23.4 4 78 3 D.R.Fell st S.J.Inchbold 216-7 1 R.L.Harvey c T.A.Harris R.R.Yuill c and b 114. Transvaal v Border, East London March 19, 21 (Transvaal won by 158 runs) c S.L.White b R.K.B.Morkel 2 194 16 4 33 6 C.de L.White b 93 1 D.Hayidakis c E.S.Newson H.V.L.Whitfield c T.A.Harris R.J.Evans c S.J.Inchbold G.G.L.Mandy b P.S.Hubbard lbw c P.S.Hubbard b S.C.Wewege 22 192 18.3 3 62 4 L.B.Gardiner c A.Melville 135 1 D.F.Dowling lbw H.V.L.Whitfield st S.J.Inchbold S.C.Wewege st S.J.Inchbold 115. Transvaal v Eastern Province, Port Elizabeth, March (25), 26, 28 (Transvaal won by eight wickets) not out 27 38-0d 36 lbw b B.C.Lynch 1 62-2 62 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Currie Cup 6 12 4 579 114 72.37 3 2 9 Career 115 187 21 6937 195 41.78 16 34 144 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Currie Cup (8b) 151.7 22 468 31 6/33 15.09 2 1 Career (6b) 1210.2 152 } 4565 209 6/33 21.84 15 2 (8b) 173.2 22 1938/39 The MCC tour of South Africa created great interest and Mitchell rose to the occasion, being once more top scorer for his team, although marginally below A.D.Nourse on average. Added to his 109 out of 353 in the Third Test at Durban he also made three fifties in the series, and scored a century 18