Michael Fitchett (Australian sportsman)

Michael Fitchett

Personal information
Full name	Michael King Fitchett
Born	(1927-11-30) 30 November 1927 Hawthorn, Victoria
Batting	Right-hand batsman
Bowling	Right-arm off-break
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1950–1953	Victoria
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 13 Runs scored 589 Batting average 32.72 100s/50s 1/3 Top score 108 Balls bowled 706 Wickets 9 Bowling average 40.66 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 4–23 Catches/stumpings 7/–
Source: CricketArchive

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 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. 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

• List of Victoria first-class cricketers

External links

• Mike Fitchett's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Cricinfo profile