William John Mitchell (born 1 December 1947) is a former New Zealand cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Northern Districts and Otago. A right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler, Mitchell played 14 first-class matches between 1964 and 1969,[1] scoring 634 runs at 27.56 and taking one wicket.[2]
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| Full name | William John Mitchell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 December 1947 Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1964/65–1966/67 | Northern Districts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1968/69 | Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 4 February 1965 Northern Districts v Pakistanis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 30 December 1968 Otago v Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 16 September 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career
editBorn in Auckland,[1][2] Mitchell began his first-class career in 1964 for Northern Districts.[1] He began successfully, playing three matches over the summer of 1964/65 and scoring 212 runs at 53.00,[3] including one half century and the only century of his career, 127* on debut against Pakistan. He also took his only first class wicket in this debut match, that of Abdul Kadir.[3][4]
Mitchell had a far less successful season over the summer of 1965/66. where he again played three matches for Northern Districts; however his return was only 71 runs at 14.20, with a high score of 38.[3] The following season, his last for Northern Districts, returned 252 runs from six matches at 22.90, with two fifties and a high score of 74.[3] For the next season, Mitchell moved to Otago.[1][2] He played two matches in the 1968/69 season, scoring 99 runs at 33.00, the second highest season average of his career, with a single half century of 52 his highest score.
Mitchell also played two first-class matches for the New Zealand Under-23s. In the 1966–67 match against Central Districts he scored 74 out of the Under-23s' first innings of 140.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d William Mitchell from CricketArchive retrieved 16 September 2008
- ^ a b c John Mitchell, CricInfo. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
- ^ a b c d First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by William Mitchell from CricketArchive retrieved 16 September 2008
- ^ Northern Districts v Pakistan, 4, 5 6 February 1965 from CricketArchive retrieved 16 September 2008
- ^ Arthur Carman (ed), The Shell Cricket Almanack of New Zealand 1967, Sporting Publications, Tawa, 1967, pp. 77–78.