Famous Cricketers No 55 - Arthur Milton

bowl much, taking only three wickets, but his fielding was again of a high standard and he took 46 catches including six in the match against Glamorgan at Cheltenham and eight in two matches in the Gloucester cricket week in July. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 168. Gloucestershire v Oxford University, The Parks, April 30, May 2, 3 (Match drawn) c and b D.C.P.R.Jowett 30 368-8d 3 0 18 0 383-8d 1 6 0 23 0 111-2 1 169. M.C.C. v Surrey, Lord’s, May 4, 5, 6 (Surrey won by seven wickets) b A.V.Bedser 19 129 159 1 c T.H.Clark b J.C.Laker 3 83 55-3 170. Gloucestershire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, May 7, 9, 10 (Surrey won by eight wickets) c W.S.Surridge b A.V.Bedser 22 126 232 b G.A.R.Lock 14 137 33-2 171. Gloucestershire v Yorkshire, Bristol, May 14, 16 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 54 runs) c F.S.Trueman b R.Appleyard 1 51 358-5d c R.Booth b D.B.Close 5 253 172. Gloucestershire v Leicestershire, Bristol, May 18, 19, 20 (Leicestershire won by two wickets) c G.A.Smithson b V.S.Munden 0 107 153 1 b V.E.Jackson 9 184 141-8 173. Gloucestershire v Kent, Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester, May 21, 23, 24 (Kent won by eight wickets) st T.G.Evans b J.Pettiford 85 166 97 b D.V.P.Wright 41 160 230-2 174. Gloucestershire v Middlesex, Bristol, May 25, 26, 27 (Gloucestershire won by 60 runs) b F.J.Titmus 11 110 1.5 0 1 1 A.E.Moss c T.W.Graveney 230 b F.J.Titmus 0 277 2 0 11 0 97 1 175. Gloucestershire v Somerset, Taunton, May 28, 30, 31 (Match drawn) b Yawar Saeed 138 324-5d - - - - 314 not out 44 114-2 0.4 0 4 0 270-4d 176. Gloucestershire v M.C.C., Lord’s, June 1, 2, 3 (M.C.C. won by eight wickets) c and b R.Illingworth 31 213 307-8d 2 c R.Illingworth b A.E.Moss 39 201 110-2 1 177. Gloucestershire v Hampshire, Portsmouth, June 4, 6, 7 (Match drawn) st L.Harrison b R.E.Marshall39 180 109 c E.D.R.Eagar b P.J.Sainsbury 33 142-6d 123-3 178. Gloucestershire v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, June 15, 16, 17 (Gloucestershire won by seven wickets) c and b W.E.Hollies 65 311-5d 310 lbw b W.E.Hollies 20 206-3 206-2d 179. Gloucestershire v Essex, Westcliff-on-Sea, June 18, 20, 21 (Essex won by five wickets) lbw b K.C.Preston 17 122 326-8d lbw b R.Smith 66 268 66-5 180. Gloucestershire v Hampshire, Bristol, June 22, 23, 24 (Hampshire won by eight wickets) b V.H.D.Cannings 9 121 194 c and b P.J.Sainsbury 5 105 33-2 181. Gloucestershire v Cambridge University, Bristol, June 25, 27, 28 (Gloucestershire won by seven wickets) c P.D.Croft b G.Goonesena 28 259 7 2 15 1 A.B.D.Parsons b 289-9d 1 st M.E.L.Melluish b J.F.Pretlove 54 172-3 - - - - 140 2 182. Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire, Kettering, July 2, 4, 5 (Gloucestershire won by 154 runs) lbw b R.P.Hogan 10 363 284 1 b R.W.Clarke 29 228-1d 153 3 183. Gloucestershire v Sussex, The Saffrons, Eastbourne, July 6, 7 (Sussex won by an innings and 173 runs) lbw b A.E.James 37 169 19 6 50 1 K.G.Suttle b 443-7d c J.G.Langridge b N.I.Thomson 34 101 184. Gloucestershire v Worcestershire, Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester, July 9, 11, 12 (Gloucestershire won by 138 runs) b R.T.D.Perks 2 150 204 1 c J.Lister b R.Berry 150 316 124 3 20