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| Full name | Frank Mitchell | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1872-08-13)13 August 1872 | ||
| Place of birth | Market Weighton, England | ||
| Date of death | 11 October 1935(1935-10-11) (aged 63) | ||
| Place of death | Blackheath, Kent, England | ||
| School | St Peter's School, York | ||
| University | Caius College, Cambridge | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| Cambridge University R.U.F.C. Blackheath Rugby Club |
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| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1895-1896 | England | 6 | (5) |
At Cambridge he also won blues at rugby and at putting the weight. He was also captained at rugby. Mitchell went on to play for Blackheath and won six caps for England at rugby between 1895 and 1896 as a forward in what was recognized as a very strong pack. He also kept goal for Sussex at soccer.
Mitchell also wrote about rugby. For example, he contributed a chapter entitled Forward Play to a book by Bertram Fletcher Robinson, Rugby Football (London: The Isthmian Library, 1896), recently republished in facsimile form.
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