Arthur Mitchell (cricketer)
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| Born | 13 September 1902 Baildon, Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 December 1976 (aged 74) Bradford, Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 15 December 1933 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 27 June 1936 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1922–1945 | Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 January 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arthur "Ticker" Mitchell (13 September 1902 – 25 December 1976)
Born at Baildon in Yorkshire, and nicknamed "Ticker" because of a habit of talking to himself while batting, Mitchell was a solid, determined and sometimes dour middle order batsman who converted to become an opening batsman after the retirement of Percy Holmes in 1932. An accumulator of runs rather than a stroke maker, he very occasionally allowed himself to bat more freely, and when he did he revealed himself as a particularly fine cutter. He scored centuries in four consecutive innings for Yorkshire in 1933.
He was a particularly fine close-in fieldsman, noted for taking catches off the bowling of Hedley Verity. The Yorkshire cricket journalist John Bapty said of Mitchell's fielding: "His skill became such, and his fame mounted so that there were times when it was said he had missed a catch that never would have been accounted a chance had he not made it one."[2]
Mitchell's
His first-class career lasted from 1922 to 1945.[1] Mitchell was appointed county coach to Yorkshire after World War II, and remained in the job until 1970.[3]
He died in December 1976 in Bradford, Yorkshire, at the age of 74.[4]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
- ^ a b John Bapty, "Arthur Mitchell", Cricket Heroes, Cricket Writers Club, London, 1959, 164–72.
- ^ Bill Bowes, "Arthur Mitchell", The Cricketer, February 1977, p. 21.
- ^ Arthur Mitchell, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2023-01-26. (subscription required)