Clement Mitchell
English sportsman (1862–1937)
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Clement Mitchell (20 February 1862 – 6 October 1937) was an English sportsman who represented the England national football team and played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 February 1862 | ||
| Place of birth | Cambridge, England | ||
| Date of death | 6 October 1937 (aged 75) | ||
| Place of death | Aldrington, Hove, England | ||
| Position | Centre-forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Upton Park | |||
| International career | |||
| 1880–1885 | England | 5 | (5) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mitchell was born at Cambridge in 1862 and was educated at Felsted School.[1][2] He was the first Englishman to score a hat-trick against Wales in an international, with goals in the 16th, 70th and 90th minutes of their 1883 clash at Kennington Oval. A centre-forward, he also scored a goal in a loss to Scotland a month later and in a 1–1 draw with Wales at the 1885 British Home Championship.[3]
Mitchell had been a dominant batsman at school and played club cricket for Crystal Palace Cricket Club. In club cricket he scored double centuries and between 1890 and 1892 made eight first-class cricket appearances as a left-handed batsman for Kent.[2][4] He had less success at county cricket level, scoring 126 runs at a batting average of less than 10 runs per innings.[2][4][5]
Mitchell died at Aldrington in Sussex in 1937 aged 75.[1]
