Famous Cricketers No 55 - Arthur Milton

27. Gloucestershire v Leicestershire, Leicester, August 17, 18, 19 (Gloucestershire won by an innings and 82 runs) c F.T.Prentice b G.Evans 47 449-8d 195 172 28. Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire, Northampton, August 20, 22, 23 (Northamptonshire won by an innings and 13 runs) c F.R.Brown b R.G.Garlick 11 253 6 1 16 0 448 lbw b F.R.Brown 22 182 29. Gloucestershire v Yorkshire, Fartown, Huddersfield, August 24, 25, 26 (Yorkshire won by three wickets) c N.W.D.Yardley b D.B.Close 29 77 161 b D.B.Close 9 213 130-7 30. Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire, Bristol, August 27, 29, 30 (Match drawn) b R.W.Clarke 0 366 9 1 19 0 460-6d - - - - 164-4 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 26 41 3 880 92* 23.15 - 5 26 Other Glos matches 2 4 0 80 46 20.00 - - 2 Season 28 45 3 960 92* 22.85 - 5 28 Career 30 48 5 1031 92* 23.97 - 6 29 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Championship 231 58 569 11 2/72 51.72 - Other Glos matches 34 13 71 0 - - - Season 265 71 640 11 2/72 58.18 - Career 271 73 655 16 3/15 40.93 - 1950 Milton had a somewhat disappointing season in 1950. He played in 26 of Gloucestershire’s 28 Championship matches, missing the first two games of the Cheltenham Festival, and also played against both Universities and the West Indian Tourists. He made 824 runs at an average of 24.40 and took 16 catches. Perhaps the highlight of the season, though, was his only ever 5 wicket haul, against Glamorgan at Gloucester, when he took 5-64 in 27 overs the victims being D.E.Davies, A.J.Watkins, J.E.Pleass, B.L.Muncer and H.G.Davies. Wisden noted that “excellent in defence, he has still to develop”. He made four fifties including two splendid displays against Yorkshire at Bristol when he top scored in both innings. He batted three hours in the first innings for 59 to help save the follow on and for two and a half hours in the second for 77 not out, a stubborn eighth wicket stand with Goddard thwarting Yorkshire’s victory bid. For good measure he made 52 in the return game with Yorkshire at Hull. The other 50 was made at Colchester against Essex. To prove his worth in a crisis he made 33 not out against Derbyshire at Bristol out of an all out total of 104 and 27 out of an all out 82 against Warwickshire at Edgbaston. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 31. Gloucestershire v Oxford University, The Parks, April 29, May 1, (2) (Match drawn) b R.V.Divecha 0 155 7 4 17 1 R.V.Divecha b 264 did not bat - 106-2 32. Gloucestershire v Warwickshire, Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester, May 6, (8), 9 (Match drawn) c T.L.Pritchard b C.W.C.Grove 5 197-5d 3 1 6 0 165 - - - - 25-0 33. Gloucestershire v Kent, Bristol, May 13, 15, 16 (Match drawn) c T.G.Evans b F.Ridgway 15 379 7 2 19 0 193 not out 12 193-9 13 1 44 1 A.C.Shirreff c A.E.Wilson 386-9d 1 34. Gloucestershire v Yorkshire, Bristol, May 17, 18, 19 (Match drawn) c L.Hutton b A.Mason 59 269 404 9