Arthur Mitchell (cricketer)

Infobox Historic Cricketer


nationality = English
country = England
country abbrev = ENG
name = Arthur Mitchell
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Right-hand bat
bowling style = -
tests = 6
test runs = 298
test bat avg = 29.80
test 100s/50s = -/2
test top score = 72
test balls = 6
test wickets = -
test bowl avg = -
test 5s = -
test 10s = -
test best bowling = -
test catches/stumpings = 9/-
FCs = 426
FC runs = 19523
FC bat avg = 37.47
FC 100s/50s = 44/98
FC top score = 189
FC balls = 523
FC wickets = 7
FC bowl avg = 46.71
FC 5s = -
FC 10s = -
FC best bowling = 3/49
FC catches/stumpings = 439/-
debut date = 15 December
debut year = 1933
last date = 27 June
last year = 1936
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17045.html

Arthur "Ticker" Mitchell (September 13, 1902 in Baildon Green, Yorkshire – December 25, 1976 in Bradford, Yorkshire) was a cricketer who played for Yorkshire and England.

Nicknamed "Ticker" because of a habit of chatting 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.

Mitchell's Test cricket career might have consisted of just three matches on the 1933-34 tour of India, when he performed without distinction in what was, in effect, an England second eleven. But an injury to Maurice Leyland just before the Headingley Test against South Africa in 1935 led to Mitchell being summoned, literally, from his back garden. With scores of 58 and 72, he retained his place for the final Test, and played once more, against India in 1936.

Mitchell was appointed county coach to Yorkshire after the Second World War, and remained in the job until 1970.