Bob Mitchell (rugby league)

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Bob Mitchell
Personal information
Full nameRobert Mitchell
BornNew Zealand
Playing information
Position Stand-off, Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1910–13 City Rovers 2570021
1914–19 Grafton Athletic 2940012
1919 Marist Old Boys 20000
Total56110033
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1910–14 Auckland 29140042
1912–14 New Zealand 83009
1919NZ Touring Team (Auckland)11003
1919 Auckland Province 10000
Source: [1]

Robert "Bob" Mitchell is a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand. [1]

Playing career

Mitchell 6th from the right in the City Rovers team of May 11, 1912. City Rovers in 1912.jpg
Mitchell 6th from the right in the City Rovers team of May 11, 1912.
Auckland touring team of 1910.png
Mitchell in the 1912 Auckland team to play New Zealand at Eden Park. Auckland v NZ 1912.png
Mitchell in the 1912 Auckland team to play New Zealand at Eden Park.

Mitchell played for the City Rovers in the Auckland Rugby League competition. He represented Auckland in 1910 against the touring Great Britain Lions. He was also part of the Auckland side that toured the country between 20 September and 13 October, playing matches in Wanganui, Bluff, Invercargill, Dunedin, Napier and Dannevirke. [2]

In 1912 he played for Auckland against New Zealand as part of New Zealand's preparation for their tour of Australia. [2] Later in the year, he played for Auckland, and New Zealand against the subsequent touring New South Wales side. [1] New Zealand were defeated 10-18. [3]

New Zealand toured Australia in 1913, and Mitchell played in two matches for New Zealand against New South Wales. [1] No test matches were played on that tour but Mitchell became Kiwi #87. [4]

By 1914, Mitchell had joined the Grafton club. He played for Auckland against the touring Great Britain Lions. [2]

After the war, Mitchell represented Auckland Province against the 1919 touring Australian side. [1] Grafton were struggling to field a side at this point and he sought a transfer to the Marist Old Boys which was granted. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909–2009, 2009. ISBN   978-1-86969-366-4.
  3. ↑ Coffey, John Oliver; Wood, Bernie (1 January 2008). 100 Years: Māori Rugby League, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. ISBN   9781869693312 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "NZLEAGUE.CO.NZ - Home".
  5. ↑ "Northern Union Management Matters". Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 157. 3 July 1919. p. 6. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
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