17/06/2026
Starting in 2012, Mitch Dearing is cap number 76 and joined the club as a bowling all-rounder but has since found his niche as a middle-order batsman.
Mitch is a two-time premiership player in the club’s A3 and A2 Back-to-Back flags, while also winning three Peter Bajcic Medals as the club’s A Grade Best and Fairest and the 2016/17 A3 ATCA Association Medal – the first TOSer to claim this honour.
He has cruelly been denied two centuries, his top score of 96 in 2016 against Brahma Dodge was brought up with a six that was caught over the boundary – which the opponents acknowledged after the match (Jarryd Furnell will concur).
He also was on his way to a century against Pooraka in an A1 game, when the opposition decided to pull the plug on the match. Cruel.
A batting highlight was Mitch’s 35 in the 2018/19 grand final, which was critical as he worked with Brad Cameron to stabilise the innings from 3/62 as part of a 93-run partnership. He also scored a run-a-ball 75 in the 2017/18 premiership.
Against Hope Valley in B1 in February 2026, he shared a 101-run partnership with Tarryn Matthews. Club’s leading scorer in 2022/23.
In the final minor round game of the 2025/26 season he became the fifth TOSer to pass 4000 runs and he was the club’s leading scorer in 2022/23.
Mitch has also taken 160 wickets at 16.42 with best bowling figures of 6/33 against Concordia OC in 2015/16. He also has a 6/35 among his six five-fas.
In 2015/16, he became the second TOSer to take 10 wickets in a match, finishing with 11/55 against Flinders University in A3.
He is a three-time leading A-grade wicket-taker: 2013/14, 2015/16, 2016/17.
A passionate and reliable cricketer, Mitch was the ninth member of the Baggy Yellow Club, playing his 100th game in October 2020.
Although he has an impressive on-field record, Mitch has been a steady contributor off-field as well.
He was a committee member for six seasons between 2014 and 2020 and supports the club’s relationship with the College through his position as a teacher at the Senior School.
