deliveries columns catches/stumpings year tenfor bowling country imagealt fivefor batting image name lasttestyear column international testdebutdate source date runs testdebutyear wickets lasttestdate s/s matches article_title
2519 12360 2 56 / - 228 / - 1929 0 2 legbreak south african bruce mitchell in 1931 1 15 right-hand bat bruce mitchell.jpg bruce mitchell 1949 tests first-class true 15 june http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/46233.html cricinfo 15 june 3471 11395 1929 27 249 5 march 8/21 30/55 42 173 bruce mitchell -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

bruce mitchell -lrb- cricketer -rrb-

bruce mitchell -lrb- 8 january 1909 in johannesburg , transvaal -- 1 july 1995 in abbotsford , south africa -rrb- was a south african cricketer who played in 42 tests from 1929 to 1949 .
he was a right-handed opening batsman and played in every test south africa played in that period .
by the end of his career he had 3471 test runs to his name which at the time was a national record .
with his eight centuries he finished just behind dudley nourse who made 9 .
