Norman Stewart "Mandy" Mitchell-Innes (7 September 1914 – 28 December 2006) was an amateur cricketer for Somerset, who played in one Test match for England in 1935.

He moved to England with his family at the age of five to live in Minehead, Somerset, and gained a scholarship to Sedbergh School based in Cumbria.

He failed to make a mark for the county in 1932, recording a batting average of 6.50, but in 1933 he achieved his first half-century in first-class cricket,[6] scoring 57 against Warwickshire, before hitting his own wicket.

[9] He achieved two further centuries for Oxford that year, hitting 140 runs against the Minor Counties in a high-scoring draw,[10] and then 171 against Surrey at The Oval.

[12] In comparison to his performances for Oxford, Mitchell-Innes struggled during his eleven first-class matches for Somerset that summer: he averaged 20.93, and only passed fifty runs once, against Sussex.

[3] In a three-day match curtailed by rain, Mitchell-Innes batted once, scoring five runs before being trapped leg before wicket by Bruce Mitchell.

[1] He was retained for the second Test, but was suffering badly from hay fever, and wrote to Warner to advise him that, "I might be sneezing just as a catch came in the slips."

[16] Hay fever also curtailed Mitchell-Innes' performance during the university match: despite being described as "the best batsman on either side" by Bolton, he was dismissed for scores of one and nought as Cambridge won by 195 runs.

[15] Shortly after the university match, Mitchell-Innes was once again invited to play for the Gentlemen against the Players, on this occasion in the more prestigious Lord's fixture.

[19] At the end of the summer, he was chosen to play for an "England XI" against South Africa during the Folkestone cricket festival, though in a resounding victory for the tourists, he failed to make much impact.

During this season, Mitchell-Innes had his most effective spell as a bowler, taking 22 wickets for Oxford at an average of 26.27, but Bolton described the team's bowling performances as unremarkable.

[25] Before returning to play for Somerset, Mitchell-Innes once again featured for the Gentlemen at Lord's, though in a low-scoring match, he was dismissed for less than 20 runs in each innings.

[6] In 1937, Mitchell-Innes was replaced as captain of Oxford by Sandy Singleton,[24] and missed the start of the cricket season as he was busy studying.

"[31] Later in the month, he scored another century to help Oxford chase 347 runs in the fourth innings of the match to beat Sussex.

He improved in the second innings, scoring fifty runs after an indifferent start, but was unable to prevent his side losing by eight wickets.

[41] His duties with the SPS prevented him from playing for Somerset at all during 1938,[42] but he made seven early-season appearances the following year, though two were for the Marylebone Cricket Club and the Free Foresters.

It was for the latter of these that Mitchell-Innes made his only century of the season; playing against Oxford University, the Free Foresters required nearly 400 runs in the fourth innings to win.

Mitchell-Innes opened the innings, and after the lunch interval on the final day he played attacking cricket, bringing up his century in 95 minutes.

[43] In total, he scored 347 runs at 31.54 that year; the last season of first-class county cricket in England before it was interrupted by the Second World War.

[6] Somersetshire will be captained by three amateurs in rotation, N. S. Mitchell-Innes in May, J. W. Seamer in June and part of July and G. E. S. Woodhouse for the rest of the season.

Jack Meyer had reluctantly captained the side in 1947, but stepped down at the end of the season: he was having problems with his sight, and required daily painkillers for lumbago.

[46] There was no obvious replacement for Meyer; like many counties Somerset would not consider having a professional captain, and finding an amateur with the time and money to lead the side was proving troublesome.

[45] In his history of Somerset County Cricket Club, Peter Roebuck describes the situation as a "remarkable state of affairs",[45] while David Foot suggests that the true number of captains was closer to seven.