Famous Cricketers No 55 - Arthur Milton

277. Gloucestershire v Lancashire, Blackpool, July 30, 31 (Lancashire won by an innings and 31 runs) lbw b J.B.Statham 35 96 280 1 c N.H.Cooke b R.Tattersall 46 153 278. Gloucestershire v Somerset, Bristol, August 2, 4, (5) (Match drawn) c D.R.W.Silk b B.A.Langford 11 156 142 1 54-4 279. Gloucestershire v Sussex, Hove, August 6, 7, (8) (Match drawn) b R.G.Marlar 27 224-6 240 1 280. Gloucestershire v New Zealanders, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 9, 11, (12) (Match drawn) run out 29 106 127 2 lbw b J.R.Reid 6 160 10-0 281. Gloucestershire v Glamorgan, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 13, 14, 15 (Glamorgan won by an innings and 41 runs) lbw b A.J.Watkins 3 67 256 lbw b A.J.Watkins 0 148 282. Gloucestershire v Warwickshire, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 16, (18), 19 (Match drawn) c T.W.Cartwright b G.H.Hill 6 265 - - - - 143-5d not out 39 71-0d 2 0 7 1 N.F.Horner c and b 11-1 1 283. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Kennington Oval, August 21, 22, (23), (25), 26 (Match drawn) lbw b A.R.MacGibbon 36 219-9d 161 2 91-3 284. Gloucestershire v Leicestershire, Leicester, August 27, 28, 29 (Gloucestershire won by 242 runs) b B.S.Boshier 2 196 102 b J.S.Savage 74 265-9d 117 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 2 2 1 140 104* 140.00 1 - 4 Players v Gentlemen 1 1 0 101 101 101.00 1 - - Championship 21 37 3 949 107 27.91 1 3 23 Other Glos matches 3 6 1 112 34 22.40 - - 4 Other matches 2 4 0 129 48 32.25 - - 3 Season 29 50 5 1431 107 31.80 3 3 34 Career 284 484 65 14240 163 33.98 21 74 372 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Championship 24 8 52 1 1/7 52.00 - Career 1257.1 309 3233 66 5/64 48.98 - 1958/59 - M.C.C. in Australia This was Milton’s first and only overseas tour and it was something of a disappointment both from a personal and a team point of view. He played in twelve games including the Test matches at Brisbane and Sydney and scored a total of 658 runs at an average of 31.33. Jack Fingleton, in his book on the tour suggested that he was not used to batting on good pitches, which says something about the pitches at Bristol that he regularly played on. A.G.Moyes felt he might have benefitted from a move down the order to his favourite number 5 position. These were shrewd and sympathetic comments. In the Tests, Milton made scores of 5, 17, 8, and 8. In other M.C.C. games, he made a century against Victoria and fifties against South Australia, New South Wales, and a Combined XI. He fielded well, as always, taking three catches in an innings against Victoria and eleven in all. His tour ended when he was injured at Melbourne in the return match against Victoria. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 285. M.C.C. v Western Australia, Perth, October 17, 18, 20, 21 (Match drawn) c K.N.Slater b D.E.Hoare 27 356 - - - - 221 lbw b K.N.Slater 29 146-4d 3 0 10 0 124-3 28