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Robert Mitchell

Played 1889-90 – 1906-07

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Player records

State Representative

Career totals

Career

136

Games

18

Seasons

1889-90 – 1906-07

Played

Batting

185

Innings

7

Not outs

3,307

Runs

106

High score

18.58

Average

17

50s

2

100s

Bowling

387

Wickets

8/32

Best bowling

16.40

Average

21

5-fors

5

10-fors

1068.5

Overs

Fielding & keeping

68

Catches

1

Stumpings

From the record books

First XI · 1891-92 to 1900-01 · 59 matchesFull archive career →

Around this dayin 1893: 3 & 3 and 5/107 and 1 ct v East Melbourne in 1899: 0 & 31 and 6/28 & 4/20 v St Kilda

SeasonMRunsHSAvgOversWktsBestCt
1891-92559237.3888.3175/151
1892-93827510622.92168226/825
1893-9451315414.56200185/461
1895-9673415628.42123.4267/396
1896-9782758122.9232.5136/854
1897-9861947924.25127.5104/114
1898-9991674315.18114.2246/122
1899-007933110.33148.4396/28
1900-0141744629.006562/212
Career591,70910619.641757/3929
Every scorecard · 59
1891-92v St Kilda2 & 235/15 & 2/6Something wrong? Tell us
1891-92v North Melbourne16 & 80/29Something wrong? Tell us
1891-92v Richmond31/29Something wrong? Tell us
1891-92v East Melbourne3 & 04/65Something wrong? Tell us
1891-92v Port Melbourne44/27 & 1/24Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93v Melbourne12 & 42/79Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93v North Melbourne12* & 43/56Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93v St Kilda256/82Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93v East Melbourne30 & 603/61Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93v South Melbourne0 & 44/58Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93v North Melbourne6 & 00/8 & 3/13Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93v South Melbourne121/40Something wrong? Tell us
1892-93v Melbourne1060/38Something wrong? Tell us
1893-94v Carlton545/46Something wrong? Tell us
1893-94v East Melbourne3 & 35/107Something wrong? Tell us
1893-94v Melbourne0 & 181/45 & 0/57Something wrong? Tell us
1893-94v South Melbourne2 & 172/32 & 3/32Something wrong? Tell us
1893-94v North Melbourne2 & 322/61Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96v Melbourne47 & 564/150Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96v East Melbourne10 & 72/110Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96v Carlton533/93Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96v North Melbourne12 & 342/91Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96v Richmond450/36Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96v St Kilda15 & 04/64Something wrong? Tell us
1895-96v South Melbourne36 & 267/39 & 4/27Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97v Richmond47 & 71/53Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97v Melbourne4 & 84/41 & 0/10Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97v Hawksburn19 & 40/?Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97v South Melbourne81 & 10–Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97v Carlton00/68Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97v East Melbourne0–Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97v St Kilda421/8 & 1/?Something wrong? Tell us
1896-97v North Melbourne536/85Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98v St Kilda792/17Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98v Carlton141/31Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98v East Melbourne4 & 114/114Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98v South Melbourne14 & 40/77Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98v Hawksburn93/88Something wrong? Tell us
1897-98v Richmond590/14Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v East Melbourne20/40Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v Richmond66/12Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v Carlton251/81Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v University6 & 20/?Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v St Kilda16 & 92/18 & 4/19Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v Hawksburn343/68Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v North Melbourne432/27 & 0/?Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v South Melbourne163/39Something wrong? Tell us
1898-99v Melbourne83/62 & 0/35Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00v North Melbourne151/12Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00v St Kilda0 & 316/28 & 4/20Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00v South Melbourne1 & 145/72Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00v Hawksburn45/53Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00v East Melbourne80/55Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00v Carlton4 & 0*4/35 & 6/2Something wrong? Tell us
1899-00v Richmond163/22 & 5/42Something wrong? Tell us
1900-01v Hawksburn31/26Something wrong? Tell us
1900-01v South Melbourne40* & 462/22Something wrong? Tell us
1900-01v North Melbourne39 & 440/48 & 1/29Something wrong? Tell us
1900-01v Melbourne2 & 02/21 & 0/35Something wrong? Tell us

Milestones

  1. DebutFirst matchv St Kilda, 1891-92
  2. First fifty60v East Melbourne, 1892-93
  3. First hundred106v Melbourne, 1892-93
  4. First five-for5/15v St Kilda, 1891-92
  5. Highest score106v Melbourne, 1892-93
  6. Best bowling7/39v South Melbourne, 1895-96
  7. Last matchMatch 59v Melbourne, 1900-01

Runs by season

1891-92: 59 runs5991-921892-93: 275 runs2751893-94: 131 runs13193-941895-96: 341 runs3411896-97: 275 runs27596-971897-98: 194 runs1941898-99: 167 runs16798-991899-00: 93 runs931900-01: 174 runs17400-01

Wickets by season

1891-92: 17 wickets1791-921892-93: 22 wickets221893-94: 18 wickets1893-941895-96: 26 wickets261896-97: 13 wickets1396-971897-98: 10 wickets101898-99: 24 wickets2498-991899-00: 39 wickets391900-01: 6 wickets600-01

Every innings, in order

106501891-92 v St Kilda: 21891-92 v St Kilda: 231891-92 v North Melbourne: 161891-92 v North Melbourne: 81891-92 v Richmond: 31891-92 v East Melbourne: 31891-92 v East Melbourne: 01891-92 v Port Melbourne: 41892-93 v Melbourne: 121892-93 v Melbourne: 41892-93 v North Melbourne: 12*1892-93 v North Melbourne: 41892-93 v St Kilda: 251892-93 v East Melbourne: 301892-93 v East Melbourne: 601892-93 v South Melbourne: 01892-93 v South Melbourne: 41892-93 v North Melbourne: 61892-93 v North Melbourne: 01892-93 v South Melbourne: 121892-93 v Melbourne: 1061893-94 v Carlton: 541893-94 v East Melbourne: 31893-94 v East Melbourne: 31893-94 v Melbourne: 01893-94 v Melbourne: 181893-94 v South Melbourne: 21893-94 v South Melbourne: 171893-94 v North Melbourne: 21893-94 v North Melbourne: 321895-96 v Melbourne: 471895-96 v Melbourne: 561895-96 v East Melbourne: 101895-96 v East Melbourne: 71895-96 v Carlton: 531895-96 v North Melbourne: 121895-96 v North Melbourne: 341895-96 v Richmond: 451895-96 v St Kilda: 151895-96 v St Kilda: 01895-96 v South Melbourne: 361895-96 v South Melbourne: 261896-97 v Richmond: 471896-97 v Richmond: 71896-97 v Melbourne: 41896-97 v Melbourne: 81896-97 v Hawksburn: 191896-97 v Hawksburn: 41896-97 v South Melbourne: 811896-97 v South Melbourne: 101896-97 v Carlton: 01896-97 v East Melbourne: 01896-97 v St Kilda: 421896-97 v North Melbourne: 531897-98 v St Kilda: 791897-98 v Carlton: 141897-98 v East Melbourne: 41897-98 v East Melbourne: 111897-98 v South Melbourne: 141897-98 v South Melbourne: 41897-98 v Hawksburn: 91897-98 v Richmond: 591898-99 v East Melbourne: 21898-99 v Richmond: 61898-99 v Carlton: 251898-99 v University: 61898-99 v University: 21898-99 v St Kilda: 161898-99 v St Kilda: 91898-99 v Hawksburn: 341898-99 v North Melbourne: 431898-99 v South Melbourne: 161898-99 v Melbourne: 81899-00 v North Melbourne: 151899-00 v St Kilda: 01899-00 v St Kilda: 311899-00 v South Melbourne: 11899-00 v South Melbourne: 141899-00 v Hawksburn: 41899-00 v East Melbourne: 81899-00 v Carlton: 41899-00 v Carlton: 0*1899-00 v Richmond: 161900-01 v Hawksburn: 31900-01 v South Melbourne: 40*1900-01 v South Melbourne: 461900-01 v North Melbourne: 391900-01 v North Melbourne: 441900-01 v Melbourne: 21900-01 v Melbourne: 0

Lighter bars are not-out innings. Hover a bar for the match.

Against each club

Casey South Melbourne93238121.5313114.137/3921
Greenvale Kanagaroos93205322.8612022.956/851
Kingston Hawthorn81416010.8511830.675/1071
Melbourne726510622.08111635.814/41
St Kilda72427922.001377.496/2831
Richmond61835926.1411613.006/122
Carlton61505425.0022017.806/221
Prahran5733412.171219.585/531
Melbourne University1864.000–0/0
Port Melbourne1444.00510.204/27

Clubs that merged are counted as one, under today's name. Tap a heading to sort; open a club for every match against it.

Splits

By batting position
PosInnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
12515658123.5442
2701386019.7112
37026103.711
41502247914.9312
515042610628.4021
6901463916.22
7801244315.501
8211212*12.001
910888.00
10114040*–
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
Top order (1–3)3917298119.1855
Middle order (4–7)47092010619.57313
Lower order (8–11)426040*30.001

Batted most often at 1st.

Scores and consistency
  • Ducks9
  • 1–933
  • 10–1919
  • 20–294
  • 30–4915
  • 50–998
  • 100+1

Turned 1 of 9 fifty-plus scores into hundreds. 10.5% of the side's runs in the innings batted (where the card has the total). Top-scored for the side 15 times.

Dismissals
  • Caught40 · 46%
  • Bowled35 · 40%
  • Run out7 · 8%
  • Stumped3 · 3%
  • Caught & bowled2 · 2%

Most often dismissed by: Laver (6), McShane (4), Kelly (3), Trott (3), Ingleton (3).

In wins and losses
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
In wins3426827921.3132
In losses5611,02710618.67517
MWktsAvgWkts / match
In wins259810.433.9
In losses327727.622.4
  • Scored 50+: the side won 3 of 9 (33%), lost 6.
  • Took 5+ in an innings: the side won 9 of 12 (75%), lost 3.
  • Every other match: the side won 14 of 40 (35%), lost 26.
Batting first or second
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
Batting first37298410628.11612
Batting second2202394310.863
Second innings of the match3114866016.2024
As captain and keeper
InnNORunsHSAvg50s100s0s
As captain4929128119.4044
Otherwise41179710619.93415
By ground
GroundMInnRunsHSAvgWktsBowl avgBest
Fitzroy Cricket Ground304499510623.697417.126/2
South Melbourne Cricket Ground5101183611.802513.487/39
East Melbourne Cricket Ground5949115.441530.075/107
St Kilda Cricket Ground351357927.00194.536/28
Melbourne Cricket Ground351275625.40936.224/150
North Melbourne Cricket Ground35653216.25621.503/56
Richmond Cricket Ground34634715.75811.756/12
the Triangle331075435.671118.096/85
Warehousemen's Ground1218189.001102.001/45
Port Melbourne Cricket Ground11444.00510.204/27
Carlton Cricket Ground11252525.00181.001/81
Toorak Park11333.00126.001/26
Wickets taken
  • Bowled74 · 43%
  • Caught60 · 35%
  • Stumped17 · 10%
  • LBW11 · 6%
  • Caught & bowled10 · 6%

Batters dismissed

  • Top order (1–3)58 · 34%
  • Middle order (4–7)72 · 42%
  • Lower order (8–11)42 · 24%

12 five-wicket hauls. Best in a match: 11/66 v South Melbourne, 1895-96. Wicket types count only matches where the card's dismissals add up to the bowling figures.

At the club

In the record book

Among players of 1891-92 to 1900-01: 2nd of 62 for runs, 1st of 23 for wickets, 1st of 65 for matches, 4th of 5 for hundreds, 2nd of 53 for catches, 6th of 12 for batting average.

Under Fitzroy: 35th of 321 for runs, 17th of 172 for wickets, 50th of 345 for matches, 30th of 50 for hundreds, 49th of 279 for catches, 57th of 126 for batting average.

Played like…

  • G Beacham1891-92 to 1900-01 · 49 m · 1,099 runs · 144 wkts
  • FA Tarrant1896-97 to 1925-26 · 37 m · 797 runs · 96 wkts
  • TL Lawford2015-16 to 2018-19 · 77 m · 1,327 runs · 193 wkts
  • K Cant1949-50 to 1952-53 · 41 m · 703 runs · 93 wkts

The careers nearest Mitchell’s in length, runs and wickets a match, average and the balance of batting to bowling.

As captain

Led the side in 34 matches (1891-92 to 1900-01): won 14, lost 20, drawn 0.

Most often led

The shape of the career

Season by season

1891-92: 5 matches, 59 runs, 17 wickets1891-921892-93: 8 matches, 275 runs, 22 wickets1892-931893-94: 5 matches, 131 runs, 18 wickets · 1st XI Bowling1893-941894-95: did not play1894-951895-96: 7 matches, 341 runs, 26 wickets1895-961896-97: 8 matches, 275 runs, 13 wickets1896-971897-98: 6 matches, 194 runs, 10 wickets1897-981898-99: 9 matches, 167 runs, 24 wickets1898-991899-00: 7 matches, 93 runs, 39 wickets · 1st XI Bowling1899-001900-01: 4 matches, 174 runs, 6 wickets1900-01

Runs, up Wickets, down Honour in his name Season away

1893-94: 1st XI Bowling · 1899-00: 1st XI Bowling

The arc

Robert Mitchell's best season with the bat was 1895-96: 341 runs from 12 innings at 28.42. The best ten-innings patch came in 1893-94 to 1895-96: 311 runs at 31.10. The leanest, 1891-92 to 1892-93: 66 runs at 7.33.

Rolling average, innings 5 to 90: 7.3 to 31.131.1

Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.

Milestones

MilestoneWhenMatch
First five-for5/1510 Oct 1891v St Kilda, 1891-92
First fifty603 Dec 1892v East Melbourne, 1892-93
First hundred10625 Mar 1893v Melbourne, 1892-93
50th wicket1/45 took him to 5018 Nov 1893v Melbourne, 1893-94
1,000th run42 took him to 1,02820 Mar 1897v St Kilda, 1896-97
100th wicket4/114 took him to 1038 Jan 1898v East Melbourne, 1897-98
50th match0 & 31, 6/28 & 4/204 Nov 1899v St Kilda, 1899-00
150th wicket5/53 took him to 1516 Jan 1900v Hawksburn, 1899-00

Streaks

Consecutive scores of 25 or more: 4 innings
from v South Melbourne, 1900-01 to v North Melbourne, 1900-01 · first · last
Consecutive matches played: 41 matches
from v Melbourne, 1895-96 to v Melbourne, 1900-01 · first · last
Consecutive matches with a wicket: 10 matches
from v Richmond, 1891-92 to v South Melbourne, 1892-93 · first · last
Longest spell without a wicket: 2 matches bowled in
from v Hawksburn, 1896-97 to v Carlton, 1896-97 · first · last
Longest run of single figures: 5 innings
from v North Melbourne, 1891-92 to v Port Melbourne, 1891-92 · first · last

More splits

Batting position over the years16111891-92: 4 (8 inns, avg 7.38)1892-93: 5 (13 inns, avg 22.92)1893-94: 1 (9 inns, avg 14.56)1895-96: 1 (12 inns, avg 28.42)1896-97: 1 (12 inns, avg 22.92)1897-98: 4 (8 inns, avg 24.25)1898-99: 5 (11 inns, avg 15.18)1899-00: 6 (10 inns, avg 10.33)1900-01: 5 (7 inns, avg 29.00)18911893189618981900

Moved about the order across 9 seasons: at 5th in 3, opened in 3, at 4th in 2, at 6th in 1.

SeasonUsual spotInnAvg
1891-92487.38
1892-9351322.92
1893-941914.56
1895-9611228.42
1896-9711222.92
1897-984824.25
1898-9951115.18
1899-0061010.33
1900-015729.00
Home and away
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Home3044299510623.697417.12
Away294617147915.8710118.63

Home taken as the ground the club played at most in each season: Fitzroy Cricket Ground, Schramms Reserve.

By day
MInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Saturday578731,67810619.9817217.74
Weekday230311910.33332.33
Month by month
MonthMInnNORunsHSAvgWktsBowl avg
Oct131913207917.783314.33
Nov101814258125.003122.65
Dec81302716020.851825.78
Jan9160133348.312918.45
Feb81111314513.102217.50
Mar78024710630.882214.91
Other4501825936.402013.10
Favourite victims
  1. CG Wilson × 4
  2. J Harry × 4
  3. TS Warne × 4
  4. BCE Kemp × 3
  5. D Sutherland × 3
  6. GA Bean × 3
  7. HC Maplestone × 3
  8. J Marshall × 3

The card names his victims in 45 of 47 wicket-taking games.

Fielding

Caught most off

  1. R Mitchell × 10
  2. FA Tarrant × 5
  3. E Twentyman × 4
  4. G Beacham × 3
  5. M Ellis × 3
  6. W Hannah × 2

Career figures combine what's recorded live in Morrie with the club's own historical records — averages are shown only where there's enough real data to be honest about.

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