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.
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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Splits
By batting position
Pos
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
50s
100s
0s
1
25
1
565
81
23.54
4
2
2
7
0
138
60
19.71
1
2
3
7
0
26
10
3.71
1
4
15
0
224
79
14.93
1
2
5
15
0
426
106
28.40
2
1
6
9
0
146
39
16.22
7
8
0
124
43
15.50
1
8
2
1
12
12*
12.00
1
9
1
0
8
8
8.00
10
1
1
40
40*
–
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
50s
100s
0s
Top order (1–3)
39
1
729
81
19.18
5
5
Middle order (4–7)
47
0
920
106
19.57
3
1
3
Lower order (8–11)
4
2
60
40*
30.00
1
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
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
50s
100s
0s
In wins
34
2
682
79
21.31
3
2
In losses
56
1
1,027
106
18.67
5
1
7
M
Wkts
Avg
Wkts / match
In wins
25
98
10.43
3.9
In losses
32
77
27.62
2.4
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
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
50s
100s
0s
Batting first
37
2
984
106
28.11
6
1
2
Batting second
22
0
239
43
10.86
3
Second innings of the match
31
1
486
60
16.20
2
4
As captain and keeper
Inn
NO
Runs
HS
Avg
50s
100s
0s
As captain
49
2
912
81
19.40
4
4
Otherwise
41
1
797
106
19.93
4
1
5
By ground
Ground
M
Inn
Runs
HS
Avg
Wkts
Bowl avg
Best
Fitzroy Cricket Ground
30
44
995
106
23.69
74
17.12
6/2
South Melbourne Cricket Ground
5
10
118
36
11.80
25
13.48
7/39
East Melbourne Cricket Ground
5
9
49
11
5.44
15
30.07
5/107
St Kilda Cricket Ground
3
5
135
79
27.00
19
4.53
6/28
Melbourne Cricket Ground
3
5
127
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)
1891-92 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.
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.
Batting average over the last ten innings, at each innings of the career.
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.
v St Kilda
v North Melbourne
v Richmond
v East Melbourne
v Port Melbourne
v Melbourne
v South Melbourne
v Carlton
v Hawksburn
v University