Famous Cricketers No 78 - Bruce Mitchell

53 fielders and wicket-keepers were responsible for catching and stumping 170 of Mitchell’s 249 dismissals during his career. Those who assisted him most often were:- Centuries Scored in First-Class Cricket (30) (CC) denotes Currie Cup 101 South Africans v Yorkshire Bramall Lane 1929 127 South Africans v Somerset Taunton 1929 140 South Africans v Sussex Hove 1929 123 SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND Cape Town 1930/31 125 South Africans v Western Australia Perth 1931/32 123 South Africans v Auckland Auckland 1931/32 113 SOUTH AFRICA v NEW ZEALAND Christchurch 1931/32 179 Transvaal (CC) v Natal Durban 1934/35 164* SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND Lord’s 1935 142 South Africans v Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge 1935 145 South Africans v Surrey Kennington Oval 1935 128 SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND Kennington Oval 1935 116 City of Johannesburg v Rest of South Africa Johannesburg 1936/37 114 Transvaal (CC) v Western Province Johannesburg 1937/38 108 Transvaal (CC) v Natal Durban 1937/38 103* Transvaal (CC) v Orange Free State Johannesburg 1937/38 133 Transvaal v MCC Johannesburg 1938/39 109 SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND Durban 1938/39 159 Transvaal (CC) v Griqualand West Kimberley 1946/47 100 Transvaal (CC) v Border Johannesburg (EP) 1946/47 103* South Africans v MCC Lord’s 1947 113 South Africans v Glamorgan Cardiff 1947 108 South Africans v Combined Services Portsmouth 1947 109 South Africans v Middlesex Lord’s 1947 131 South Africans v Lancashire Old Trafford 1947 120 } SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND Kennington Oval 1947 189* 145 South Africans v South of England Hastings 1947 122 Transvaal (CC) v Western Province Johannesburg (EP) 1947/48 120 SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND Cape Town 1948/49 Century Wicket Partnerships (43) 119 8th C.L.Vincent Transvaal v Griqualand West Durban 1928/29 190 5th J.P.Duminy Transvaal v Border Durban 1928/29 103 6th H.B.Cameron South Africans v Worcestershire Worcester 1929 234 2nd I.J.Siedle South Africans v Yorkshire Bramall Lane 1929 119 1st I.J.Siedle South Africans v MCC Lord’s 1929 119 1st R.H.Catterall } SOUTH AFRICA v ENGLAND Edgbaston 1929 171 1st R.H.Catterall 117 1st I.J.Siedle South Africans v Somerset Taunton 1929 112 1st I.J.Siedle South Africans v Warwickshire Edgbaston 1929 189 2nd S.H.Curnow Transvaal v Griqualand West Johannesburg 1929/30 102 2nd J.A.J.Christy SOUTH AFRICA v AUSTRALIA Melbourne 1931/32 145 2nd H.W.Taylor South Africans v South Australia Adelaide 1931/32 120 3rd H.W.Taylor SOUTH AFRICA v AUSTRALIA Adelaide 1931/32 121 3rd H.W.Taylor SOUTH AFRICA v AUSTRALIA Adelaide 1931/32 137 2nd H.B.Cameron South Africans v Western Australia Perth 1931/32 171 3rd H.W.Taylor South Africans v Auckland Auckland 1931/32 196 1st J.A.J.Christy SOUTH AFRICA v NEW ZEALAND Christchurch 1931/32 39 Fielder C/S H.B.Cameron 10/15 B.Mitchell 21 S.J.Inchbold 13/10 Fielder C/S E.A.van der Merwe 1/8 R.E.Grieveson 3/3 H.G.Deane 5 Fielder C/S E.A.B.Rowan 5 K.G.Viljoen 5 E.L.Dalton 4 Fielder C/S A.C.B.Langton 4