Famous Cricketers No 78 - Bruce Mitchell

Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 3. Transvaal v Border, Johannesburg, December 11, 12, 14 (Transvaal won by an innings and 35 runs) not out 41 344 10 1 36 1 L.E.Miles c and b 146 2 13 1 48 2 C.M.McAlister c M.J.Susskind 163 1 O.N.Flemmer lbw 4. Transvaal v Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, December 16, 17, 18 (Transvaal won by 111 runs) b S.K.Coen 26 246 8 2 14 1 J.M.M.Commaille c and b 177 2 b R.K.B.Morkel 24 489-9d 33 4 126 4 S.K.Coen c and b 447 1 E.Roberts b L.G.Fuller c H.B.Cameron A.G.Reynolds c D.P.Conyngham 5. Transvaal v Natal, Johannesburg, December 27, 28, 29 (Transvaal won by ten wickets) not out 8 423 1 0 1 0 175 did not bat - 54-0 12 2 47 0 301 1 6. Transvaal v Western Province, Cape Town, January 1, 3 (Transvaal won by an innings and 61 runs) not out 5 307 - - - - 74 2 7 1 21 1 D.P.B.Morkel c M.J.Susskind 172 1 7. Transvaal v Griqualand West, Kimberley, January 7, 8 (Transvaal won by an innings and 75 runs) c F.J.Farrelly b J.L.Davy 17 379 1 1 0 0 189 5 0 17 0 115 8. Transvaal v Eastern Province, Johannesburg, February 12, 14, 15 (Transvaal won by an innings and 149 runs) lbw b C.Munro 40 583 12 0 37 2 J.H.van den Berg lbw 246 B.C.Philpott c A.E.Hall 4 0 22 0 188 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Currie Cup 6 7 3 161 41* 40.25 - - 10 Career 8 9 5 174 41* 43.50 - - 13 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Currie Cup 106 12 369 11 4/126 33.54 - - Career 161.5 24 537 23 6/72 23.34 2 1 1927/28 His first appearance against an overseas side was in this season when the MCC came out to South Africa. He played in both Transvaal games and in the first match at Pretoria took 3/40 in the first innings dismissing Holmes, Hammond and Peebles and then made an encouraging 40 in Transvaal’s declared innings. His first fifty came against Rhodesia in a friendly game in Bulawayo. His best bowling return came in the second match against Rhodesia at Salisbury. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 9. Transvaal v MCC, Pretoria, December 9, 10, 12 (Match drawn) c W.E.Astill b I.A.R.Peebles 40 382-7d 15 3 54 3 P.Holmes c A.H.C.Cooper 205 1 W.R.Hammond c C.D.McKay I.A.R.Peebles c J.P.Duminy 25 0 90 0 328-3 10. Transvaal v MCC, Johannesburg, December 16, 17, 19 (Match drawn) b G.Geary 5 199 - - - - 129 1 did not bat - 183-3 2 0 9 0 360-9d 1 11. Transvaal v Rhodesia, Bulawayo, March 31, April 1, 2 (Transvaal won by three wickets) Friendly Match b F.Dollar 54 205 10 0 48 1 R.Tomlinson c F.A.Walsh 303 1 not out 45 287-7 4 1 10 0 184 12. Transvaal v Rhodesia, Salisbury, April 7, 8, 9 (Transvaal won by an innings and 159 runs) Friendly Match run out 20 423 5 0 13 3 O.A.Austen b 135 A.G.E.Speight b W.Wood lbw 5