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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
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| country = England<br />
| full_name = Avijit Mitra<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1953|7|6}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bhowanipore]], [[West Bengal]], India<br />
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| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm [[off break]]<br />
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| club1 = [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]]<br />
| year1 = 1974&ndash;1975<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 6<br />
| runs1 = 157<br />
| bat avg1 = 13.08<br />
| 100s/50s1 = –/–<br />
| top score1 = 30<br />
| hidedeliveries = true<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–<br />
| date = 15 June<br />
| year = 2020<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/17623.html ESPNcricinfo<br />
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'''Avijit 'Munna' Mitra''' (born 6 July 1953) is an [[Indian people|India]]n-born [[English people|English]] clergyman, educator and former first-class [[cricket]]er.<br />
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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, Birmingham|King Edward's School]],<ref name="PRO">{{cite web|url=https://www.oldeds.kes.org.uk/1970---1979.html |title=1970 – 1979 |publisher=www.oldeds.kes.org.uk |access-date=2020-06-15}}</ref> before going up to [[Keble College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31508/31508.html |title=Player profile: Munna Mitra |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2020-06-15 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> While studying at Oxford, he played [[first-class cricket]] for [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] in 1974 and 1975, making six appearances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31508/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Munna Mitra |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2020-06-15 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 157 runs in his six matches, at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 13.08 and a high score of 30.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31508/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Munna Mitra |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2020-06-15 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><br />
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After graduating from Oxford, Mitra became a schoolmaster at King Edward's School, Birmingham. He left in July 1981 to teach at [[Highgate School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oldeds.kes.org.uk/download.php?file=TnpVPQ |title=KES Chronicle 1981 |publisher=www.oldeds.kes.org.uk |pages=15–16 |access-date=2020-06-15}}</ref> Mitra also took [[Holy orders#Anglicanism|holy orders]] in the [[Church of England]], featuring regularly in the [[Church Times Cricket Cup]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2018/31-august/features/features/thirty-not-out-photographing-the-church-times-cricket-cup |title=Thirty not out — photographing the Church Times Cricket Cup |date=2018-08-31 |work=[[Church Times]] |access-date=2020-06-15}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Changing Scenes of Life: From the Colonial Service to the European Civil Service |first=Keith |last=Arrowsmith |date=2014 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |pages=117 |isbn=9780857723871 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=veeKDwAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref> He was head of boarding at [[King's School, Rochester]] before becoming associate priest at [[Hempstead, Kent|Hempstead]]. Mitra still teaches part-time at [[Rochester Grammar School|Rochester Grammar School for Girls]], in addition to being a [[Minor canon|priest-vicar]] at [[Rochester Cathedral]].<ref name="PRO"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{cricinfo|id=17623}}<br />
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