Frank Mitchell (sportsman born 1872)
Frank Mitchell
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13 August 1872 Market Weighton, Yorkshire |
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| Died | 11 October 1935 (aged 63) Blackheath, London |
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 115) | 14 February 1899 England v South Africa |
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| Last Test | 17 July 1912 South Africa v Australia |
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| 1894–97 | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1894–1904 | Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1902/03-1903/04 | Transvaal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Frank Mitchell | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 13 August 1872 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Market Weighton, England | ||||||||||||
| Date of death | 11 October 1935 (aged 63) | ||||||||||||
| Place of death | Blackheath, Kent, England | ||||||||||||
| School | St Peter's School, York | ||||||||||||
| University | Caius College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||
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Cambridge University R.U.F.C. Blackheath Rugby Club |
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| 1895–96 | England | 6 | (5) |
Frank Mitchell (13 August 1872 – 11 October 1935) was a cricketer and rugby union player.
Born on 13 August 1872 in Market Weighton, Yorkshire, Mitchell was schooled at St Peter's School in York and captained the school side for two years before moving to Brighton, where he took up employment as a schoolmaster for another two years. This meant that when he went up to Cambridge University, where he was admitted to Caius College, he was older and more experienced than many of his contemporaries, and he swiftly moved into the University side, where he remained from 1894 to 1897. It was as captain of the University side in 1896 that Mitchell instructed his bowler to give away runs so that Oxford University would not be required to follow-on their innings (at the time sides surrendering an 80 run deficit in the first innings were required to follow-on). Protests came from both the Pavilion and in newspapers about this. The tactic itself, however, did not help Cambridge win – they went on to lose the match by four wickets.
In 1894 Mitchell first played for Yorkshire, and in 1898–99 he was selected to tour South Africa with Lord Hawke. It was on this tour that he played two representative matches for England that later became recognised as official Test matches. His performance on that tour helped consolidate his place in the Yorkshire squad for the following season.
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