Famous Cricketers No 55 - Arthur Milton

80. Gloucestershire v Essex, Bristol, July 25, 26, 27 (Gloucestershire won by nine wickets) b T.P.B.Smith 21 297 13 2 27 0 243 b T.C.Dodds 32 133-1 - - - - 183 81. Gloucestershire v Surrey, Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester, July 28, 30 (Surrey won by five wickets) c A.J.W.McIntyre b G.A.R.Lock 22 204 250 1 c and b G.A.R.Lock 55 144 102-5 82. Gloucestershire v Lancashire, Blackpool, August 1, 2, (3) (Match drawn) run out 35 143 6 2 13 1 C.Washbrook c J.F.Crapp 279 not out 6 24-0 6 2 26 1 C.Washbrook c and b 211-1d 1 83. Gloucestershire v Somerset, Bristol, August 4, 6, 7 (Gloucestershire won by 43 runs) c F.L.Angell b H.L.Hazell 120 299-9d - - - - 235 c J.Lawrence b E.P.Robinson 19 141-1d 5 0 28 1 J.Redman b 162 2 84. Gloucestershire v Hampshire, Portsmouth, August 8, 9, 10 (Match drawn) c L.Harrison b G.Hill 75 235 3 0 7 1 D.E.Blake c and b 385-7d 1 c A.W.H.Rayment b C.J.Knott 39 144-3 85. Gloucestershire v Kent, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 11, 13, 14 (Match drawn) c W.Murray-Wood b D.V.P.Wright 17 279 234 b F.Ridgway 8 119-4d 66-3 86. Gloucestershire v Glamorgan, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 15, 16, 17 (Match drawn) st H.G.Davies b J.E.McConnon 13 195 289 lbw b J.E.McConnon 61 243-9d 63-2 1 87. Gloucestershire v Worcestershire, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 18, 20, 21 (Gloucestershire won by an innings and 25 runs) c R.E.Bird b R.Howorth 31 417-8d 3 0 9 0 318 1 - - - - 74 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 25 44 5 1364 125 34.97 2 7 20 Other Glos matches 3 5 4 210 83* 210.00 - 1 2 Season 28 49 9 1574 125 39.35 2 8 22 Career 87 139 23 3429 125 29.56 2 18 67 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Championship 177 35 493 10 2/35 49.30 - Other Glos matches 44.3 12 109 3 2/8 36.33 - Season 221.3 47 602 13 2/8 46.30 - Career 690.2 173 1693 40 5/64 42.32 1 1952 Milton had an excellent season in 1952, scoring 1,922 runs at an average of 43.68 and finishing in tenth place in the National averages. He played in all 28 of Gloucestershire’s Championship games and also appeared in matches against Cambridge University and the Indian touring team. In the Championship he headed the Gloucestershire averages and The Cricketer described him as “the most dependable batsman in the side... always at his best when the team was in a tight corner”. The Playfair Cricket Annual , waxing quite lyrical, said: “Milton advanced surely along his primrose path with an urbanity and a cultured ease that belied his toughness in adversity”. He made hundreds against Kent at Bristol, Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge and Sussex at Hove and also made a splendid 83 not out against Glamorgan at Ebbw Vale to give Gloucestershire an easy victory after 30 wickets had fallen for 19 runs each. He took 14 wickets and held no fewer than 55 catches, putting him in second place in the statistics for fielders behind Surrey’s Stuart Surridge. He held eight catches in the match with 13