Michael Fitchett (Australian sportsman)
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| Full name | Michael King Fitchett | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 November 1927 Hawthorn, Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-hand batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1950–1953 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michael Fitchett | |||
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| Position(s) | centre | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1946-1949 | Old Scotch | 80 (0) | |
| 1950-1952 | Hawthorn | (s) 30 (14) (r) 20 (0) | |
| 1953 | Sorrento | 19 (0) | |
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1953 Sorrento Premiers | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Michael King Fitchett (born 30 November 1927 in Hawthorn, Victoria) is a former sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Australian rules football with Hawthorn during the early 1950s.
Fitchett attended Scotch College, Melbourne.[1] He featured regularly for Victoria in the 1951/52 Sheffield Shield season and scored his only first-class hundred in an innings against Western Australia at Perth, his 108 coming from seventh position down the order.[2] From his 13 first-class games he managed to score 589 runs at 32.72 and also took nine wickets. His football career lasted three Victorian Football League seasons from 1950 to 1952, playing 30 games and kicking 14 goals.
See also
References
- ^ "Is Scotch the greatest VFL/AFL nursery?". Scotch College. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "Western Australia v Victoria 1951/52". CricketArchive.
External links
- Mike Fitchett's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Cricinfo profile
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