Famous Cricketers No 78 - Bruce Mitchell

1939/40 The final season before hostilities put an end to first-class cricket in South Africa, apart from two matches in the 1942/3 season, saw Mitchell appear in two matches in which he averaged 56 with the bat and took 8 wickets, his best being 3 for 15 against Natal at Johannesburg. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 123. Transvaal v Natal, Johannesburg, December 23, 26, 27 (Transvaal won by an innings and 168 runs) Friendly Match c R.C.Collins b N.B.F.Mann 24 608-6d 4 0 35 1 C.J.Lowell c A.C.B.Langton 147 3 4.2 0 15 3 O.C.Dawson c A.C.B.Langton 293 1 C.J.Lowell st R.E.Grieveson G.B.Law c E.S.Newson 124. Transvaal v Eastern Province, Johannesburg, January 25, 26 (Transvaal won by an innings and 230 runs) Friendly Match c A.H.Coy b J.Leibbrandt 88 492-6d 5.2 0 20 2 S.A.Thwaits lbw 94 J.Buchanan b 16 0 46 2 H.J.S.Gardner c J.H.M.Pickerill 168 4 S.A.Thwaits c and b SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other Transvaal matches 2 2 0 112 88 56.00 - 1 8 Career 124 201 22 7769 195 43.40 18 39 157 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other Transvaal matches (8b) 29.4 0 116 8 3/15 14.50 - - Career (6b) 1210.2 152 } 5296 224 6/33 23.64 15 2 (8b) 357.6 35 1942/43 Mitchell only played in one of the two first-class matches which were contested this season, and made a fifty in the first innings. There was then a two-year period with no first-class cricket being played in the country. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 125. 1st.South African Division v Rest of South Africa, Johannesburg, March 13, 14 (Match drawn) c A.Melville b F.B.Warne 64 311 4 0 32 2 S.H.Curnow st D.M.Ovenstone 339 1 N.Gordon c H.G.O.Owen-Smith c E.W.Sturgess b I.J.Heaney 20 224-6d 4 0 45 0 141-9 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other match 1 2 0 84 64 42.00 - 1 2 Career 125 203 22 7853 195 43.38 18 40 159 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other match (8b) 8 0 77 2 2/32 38.50 - - Career (6b) 1210.2 152 } 5373 226 6/33 23.77 15 2 (8b) 365.6 35 20