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Bruce Mitchell
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
BM
42Internationals
3,471Career runs
8Centuries
27Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 42
- Innings
- 80
- Runs
- 3,471
- Average
- 48.88
- Strike rate
- —
- Highest score
- 189*
- Not outs
- 9
- 100s
- 8
- 50s
- 21
- Ducks
- 3
- 4s
- —
- 6s
- 1
- Balls faced
- —
Bowling
- Matches
- 42
- Innings
- 39
- Balls
- 2,525
- Maidens
- 26
- Runs conceded
- 1,380
- Wickets
- 27
- Average
- 51.11
- Economy
- 3.27
- Strike rate
- 93.51
- Best innings
- 5/87
- Best match
- 5/87
- 4 wickets
- 1
- 5 wickets
- 1
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 42
- Innings
- 71
- Catches
- 56
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 56
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 56
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.788
- Best innings
- 4 (4ct 0st)
Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.
Explore this player’s available match data
42 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949-03-05 | England v South Africa | Test | England won by 3 wickets |
| 1949-02-12 | England v South Africa | Test | Match drawn |
| 1949-01-01 | England v South Africa | Test | Match drawn |
| 1948-12-27 | England v South Africa | Test | Match drawn |
| 1948-12-16 | England v South Africa | Test | England won by 2 wickets |
| 1947-08-16 | England v South Africa | Test | Match drawn |
| 1947-07-26 | England v South Africa | Test | England won by 10 wickets |
| 1947-07-05 | England v South Africa | Test | England won by 7 wickets |
| 1947-06-21 | England v South Africa | Test | England won by 10 wickets |
| 1947-06-07 | England v South Africa | Test | Match drawn |
| 1939-03-03 | England v South Africa | Test | Match drawn |
| 1939-02-18 | England v South Africa | Test | Match drawn |
THE SHAPE OF A CAREER
Available scorecardsPerformance by year
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 11 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | 3 | 6 | 303 | 120 | 60.60 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 0 | — | 5 | 2 | 48.50 | 2.59 | 112.00 |
| 1948 | 2 | 4 | 172 | 86 | 43.00 | — | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | 79.00 | 3.29 | 144.00 |
| 1947 | 5 | 10 | 597 | 189 | 66.33 | — | 2 | 3 | — | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | N/A | 2.50 | N/A |
| 1939 | 3 | 5 | 302 | 109 | 60.40 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 0 | — | 5 | 3 | 92.33 | 2.73 | 202.66 |
| 1938 | 2 | 4 | 164 | 73 | 54.66 | — | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | — | 3 | 3 | 71.33 | 3.02 | 141.33 |
| 1936 | 3 | 6 | 160 | 72 | 40.00 | — | 0 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 5 | 31.80 | 3.54 | 53.80 |
| 1935 | 7 | 14 | 579 | 164 | 52.63 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | 9 | 7 | 46.42 | 3.80 | 73.28 |
| 1932 | 4 | 7 | 342 | 113 | 48.85 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 0 | — | 3 | 4 | 15.00 | 4.44 | 20.25 |
| 1931 | 7 | 13 | 523 | 123 | 40.23 | — | 1 | 4 | — | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | N/A | 4.60 | N/A |
| 1930 | 1 | 2 | 78 | 72 | 39.00 | — | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1929 | 5 | 9 | 251 | 88 | 31.37 | — | 0 | 2 | — | 0 | — | 6 | 2 | 59.00 | 3.72 | 95.00 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v England · Birmingham
- First century in this archive · 123 runs
Test v England · Cape Town
- Best recorded bowling · 5/87
Test v Australia · Durban
- Highest recorded innings · 189* runs
Test v England · The Oval
- Latest available scorecard
Test v England · Gqeberha