Colin Mitchell (cricketer)

Colin Gerald Mitchell, born at Brislington, Bristol on 27 January 1929 and died there on 13 September 2007, played first-class cricket as an amateur for Somerset in the early 1950s.[1]

Colin Mitchell
Personal information
Full nameColin Gerald Mitchell
Born(1929-01-27)27 January 1929
Brislington, Bristol, England
Died13 September 2007(2007-09-13) (aged 78)
Brislington, Bristol, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
195254Somerset
First-class debut7 June 1952 Somerset v Sussex
Last First-class17 August 1954 Somerset v Essex
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 30
Runs scored 186
Batting average 7.44
100s/50s /
Top score 26*
Balls bowled 3907
Wickets 53
Bowling average 38.39
5 wickets in innings 2
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 6/62
Catches/stumpings 9/
Source: CricketArchive, 9 February 2011

Mitchell was a lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. He played four matches for Somerset in the 1952 season, when the side finished bottom of the County Championship for the first of four consecutive seasons, and then turned out for them regularly in the 1953 season, when the side was perhaps even weaker. He had one highly successful match – though, true to form, Somerset lost the game. Against Worcestershire at Frome, he took six of the eight wickets to fall in the first innings at a personal cost of 62 runs, and then five of the seven that fell in the second innings, to finish with match figures of 11 for 177. In between these two bowling performances, he made an unbeaten 26, batting at No 11 in Somerset's second innings, so his two best bowling returns and his highest first-class score all came in the same game.[2]

After the 1953 season, he made only two further first-class appearances, both in August 1954, without success.

References

  1. "Colin Mitchell". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
  2. "Somerset v Worcestershire". www.cricketarchive.com. 27 June 1953. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
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