Horace Mitchell

Horace Mitchell was an English cricketer. Mitchell was a right-handed batsman by bowled right-arm medium-fast. He was born at West Tarring, Sussex.
Mitchell made his first-class debut for Sussex [County Cricket Club|Sussex] against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1882. He made two further appearances in that season for Sussex against Hampshire and Yorkshire, before next appearing for Sussex in first-class cricket in the 1891 County Championship against Lancashire. He made four further first-class appearances for the county in 1891, the last of which came against Surrey. With his role as a bowler, Mitchell took a total of 19 wickets at an average of 18.68, with best figures of 5/35. These figures were his only five-wicket haul and came against Lancashire in 1891. A poor batsman, Mitchell scored 44 runs at a average (cricket)|batting average] of 4.00, with a high score of 9.
He died at the village of his birth on 4 January 1951.