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Full name | Avijit Mitra | ||||||||||||||
Born | Bhowanipore, West Bengal, India | 6 July 1953||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1974–1975 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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ESPNcricinfo, 15 June 2020 |
Avijit 'Munna' Mitra (born 6 July 1953) is an India-born English clergyman, educator and former first-class cricketer.
Mitra was born in West Bengal at Bhowanipore in July 1953. Moving to England as a child, he was educated in Birmingham at King Edward's School, [1] before going up to Keble College, Oxford. [2] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1974 and 1975, making six appearances. [3] He scored 157 runs in his six matches, at an average of 13.08 and a high score of 30. [4]
After graduating from Oxford, Mitra became a schoolmaster at King Edward's School, Birmingham. He left in July 1981 to teach at Highgate School. [5] Mitra also took holy orders in the Church of England, featuring regularly in the Church Times Cricket Cup. [6] From 1988 to 1996, he taught classics at Abingdon School, where he was also a housemaster and a cricket coach, before moving to the Bluecoat School. [7] He was head of boarding at King's School, Rochester before becoming associate priest at Hempstead. Mitra still teaches part-time at Rochester Grammar School for Girls, in addition to being a priest-vicar at Rochester Cathedral. [1]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Avijit Mitra | ||||||||||||||
Born | Bhowanipore, West Bengal, India | 6 July 1953||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1974–1975 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
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Source:
ESPNcricinfo, 15 June 2020 |
Avijit 'Munna' Mitra (born 6 July 1953) is an India-born English clergyman, educator and former first-class cricketer.
Mitra was born in West Bengal at Bhowanipore in July 1953. Moving to England as a child, he was educated in Birmingham at King Edward's School, [1] before going up to Keble College, Oxford. [2] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1974 and 1975, making six appearances. [3] He scored 157 runs in his six matches, at an average of 13.08 and a high score of 30. [4]
After graduating from Oxford, Mitra became a schoolmaster at King Edward's School, Birmingham. He left in July 1981 to teach at Highgate School. [5] Mitra also took holy orders in the Church of England, featuring regularly in the Church Times Cricket Cup. [6] From 1988 to 1996, he taught classics at Abingdon School, where he was also a housemaster and a cricket coach, before moving to the Bluecoat School. [7] He was head of boarding at King's School, Rochester before becoming associate priest at Hempstead. Mitra still teaches part-time at Rochester Grammar School for Girls, in addition to being a priest-vicar at Rochester Cathedral. [1]