James Stanley Lyons Mitchell (born 19 October 1946) is a former Irish first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | James Stanley Lyons Mitchell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 October 1946 Cullion, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1974 | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Life
editMitchell was born at Cullion in County Tyrone in October 1946, and was educated at Foyle College in Derry.[1] He first played club cricket for Donemana, before moving to Belfast to study at Queen's University, where he joined the university cricket club.[1]
Mitchell made his debut for Ireland in a minor match against the Netherlands at Amstelveen on Ireland's 1974 tour of the Netherlands.[1][2] Later that year, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Ireland against Scotland at Alloway.[3] Playing as a middle order batsman, Mitchell batted twice in the match. He was dismissed in Ireland's first-innings for 2 runs by Jack Clark, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by Frank Robertson for 27 runs.[4]
He later moved to Dublin, where he played club cricket for Phoenix.[1] Outside of cricket, Mitchell runs his own business called Dublin Grass Machinery.[1]
After retiring from playing, he became a national selector,[1] and in 2005 he served as president of the Irish Cricket Union, helping to organise the 2005 ICC Trophy, which Ireland hosted.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Player profile: John Stanley Lyons Mitchell". CricketEurope. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "Miscellaneous Matches played by Stanley Mitchell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Stanley Mitchell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "Scotland v Ireland, 1974". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2018.