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Full name | James Stanley Lyons Mitchell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Cullion, Northern Ireland | 19 October 1946||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1974 | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,2 November 2018 |
James Stanley Lyons Mitchell (born 19 October 1946) is a former Irish first-class cricketer.
Mitchell was born at Cullion in County Tyrone in October 1946,and was educated at Foyle College in Derry. [1] He first played club cricket for Donemana,before moving to Belfast to study at Queen's University,where he joined the university cricket club. [1]
Mitchell made his debut for Ireland in a minor match against the Netherlands at Amstelveen on Ireland's 1974 tour of the Netherlands. [1] [2] Later that year,he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Ireland against Scotland at Alloway. [3] Playing as a middle order batsman,Mitchell batted twice in the match. He was dismissed in Ireland's first-innings for 2 runs by Jack Clark,while in their second-innings he was dismissed by Frank Robertson for 27 runs. [4]
He later moved to Dublin,where he played club cricket for Phoenix. [1] Outside of cricket,Mitchell runs his own business called Dublin Grass Machinery. [1]
After retiring from playing,he became a national selector, [1] and in 2005 he served as president of the Irish Cricket Union,helping to organise the 2005 ICC Trophy,which Ireland hosted. [1]
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