Famous Cricketers No 55 - Arthur Milton

158. Gloucestershire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, July 14, 15, 16 (Surrey won by 145 runs) c and b J.C.Laker 118 326 347-8d c W.S.Surridge b J.C.Laker 16 78 202-7d 159. Gloucestershire v Glamorgan, Arms Park, Cardiff, July (17), 19, 20 (Match drawn) b D.J.Shepherd 7 238 354-8d 160. Gloucestershire v Lancashire, Bristol, July 21, 22, 23 (Match drawn) c G.A.Edrich b M.J.Hilton 33 268 - - - - 209 c F.D.Parr b R.Tattersall 24 78 12 2 33 1 A.Wharton c D.Carpenter 86-5 161. Gloucestershire v Sussex, Bristol, July 24, 26, 27 (Match drawn) b R.G.Marlar 25 206-9d 83 2 134-7 1 162. Gloucestershire v Somerset, Taunton, July 31, August 2, 3 (Match drawn) c J.G.Lomax b M.F.Tremlett 11 186 254 2 c H.W.Stephenson b J.Lawrence 0 399-9d 222-6 1 163. Gloucestershire v Derbyshire, Chesterfield, August 4, 5, 6 (Gloucestershire won by 60 runs) b H.L.Jackson 2 399-9d 283-8d not out 20 97-6d 153 1 164. Gloucestershire v Pakistanis, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 7, 9, 10 (Match drawn) c Alim-ud-Din b Mahmood Hussain 42 143-9d 176 5 did not bat - 42-2 165. Gloucestershire v Derbyshire, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 11, 12 (Derbyshire won by an innings and 52 runs) c C.Gladwin b H.L.Jackson 4 43 216 1 c G.O.Dawkes b C.Gladwin 13 121 166. Gloucestershire v Surrey, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 14, 16, 17 (Surrey won by 156 runs) c M.J.Stewart b G.A.R.Lock 76 153-8d 143 b W.S.Surridge 41 112 278 167. Gloucestershire v Warwickshire, Bristol, August 28, 30, 31 (Match drawn) c R.T.Spooner b J.D.Bannister 135 419-6d 211 362 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 24 40 3 1322 163 35.72 4 4 36 Other Glos matches 3 3 0 211 142 70.33 1 - 6 Other match 1 2 0 2 2 1.00 - - 2 Season 28 45 3 1535 163 36.54 5 4 44 Career 167 280 43 8130 163 34.30 13 41 202 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Championship 55 9 152 1 1/33 152.00 - Other Glos matches 8 2 18 0 - - - Season 63 11 170 1 1/33 170.00 - Career 1084.4 268 2732 57 5/64 47.92 1 1955 By 1955 the opening partnership of Milton and Young was establishing itself in the Gloucestershire side and the two of them shared many fruitful partnerships including three of over 100. Milton played in 26 County Championship games and four other Gloucestershire fixtures as well as appearing for M.C.C. against Surrey at Lord’s and for an England XI against the South Africans and a Commonwealth XI as part of the Hastings Festival. He made 1,821 runs at an average of 29.37, scoring two centuries, a match winning effort of 150 against Worcestershire at Gloucester and 138 against Somerset at Taunton. As always he thrived in adversity. Witness his 85 out of 166 all out against Kent at Gloucester, and 51 not out, out of 117 all out, against Lancashire at Bristol. He did not 19