John Mitchell
Personal information
Full name
William John Mitchell
Born (1947-12-01) 1 December 1947
Auckland, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1964/65–1966/67Northern Districts
1968/69Otago
FC debut4 February 1965 Northern Districts v Pakistanis
Last FC30 December 1968 Otago v Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 14
Runs scored 634
Batting average 27.56
100s/50s 1/4
Top score 127*
Balls bowled 30
Wickets 1
Bowling average 15.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/15
Catches/stumpings 8/–
Source: CricInfo, 16 September 2008

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]

Career

Born 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

  1. 1 2 3 4 William Mitchell from CricketArchive retrieved 16 September 2008
  2. 1 2 3 John Mitchell, CricInfo. Retrieved 16 September 2008.
  3. 1 2 3 4 First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by William Mitchell from CricketArchive retrieved 16 September 2008
  4. ↑ Northern Districts v Pakistan, 4, 5 6 February 1965 from CricketArchive retrieved 16 September 2008
  5. ↑ Arthur Carman (ed), The Shell Cricket Almanack of New Zealand 1967, Sporting Publications, Tawa, 1967, pp. 77–78.
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