Famous Cricketers No 55 - Arthur Milton

367. Gloucestershire v Glamorgan, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 12, 14, 15 (Gloucestershire won by 140 runs) c J.B.Evans b D.J.Shepherd 7 166 123 2 c W.D.Slade b P.M.Walker 0 177 80 2 368. Gloucestershire v Lancashire, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 16, 17, 18 (Lancashire won by 55 runs) lbw b C.Hilton 6 142 233 c K.J.Grieves b K.Higgs 2 255 219 1 369. Gloucestershire v Middlesex, Lord’s, September 2, 4, 5 (Middlesex won by 152 runs) b D.Bennett 1 100 222 lbw b F.J.Titmus 47 210 240-7d SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 25 46 3 1357 150 31.55 2 6 43 Other Glos matches 3 6 1 117 37* 23.40 - - 4 Season 28 52 4 1474 150 30.70 2 6 47 Career 369 634 79 18960 163 33.91 31 96 510 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Championship 11 0 34 1 1/3 34.00 - Career 3239.1 330 3451 73 5/64 47.27 1 1962 Milton started 1962 in indifferent form making only one fifty in his first fifteen innings, but a break for injury in June saw him return to his best form and he scored four centuries scored in the rest of the summer. This included two not out hundreds against Kent at Bristol where he steered the side to victory with a boundary off the last ball of the match. His other centuries were both noble efforts; 100 out of 232 all out against Warwickshire at Edgbaston and 105 out of 227 all out against Leicestershire at Ashby-de-la-Zouch. His innings of 65 not out against Hampshire at Bournemouth steered his side to victory in that match. At the end of the season he hit 92 for A.E.R.Gilligan’s XI against the touring Pakistan team and, altogether that season, he hit 1,617 runs at an average of 43.70 to put himself in sixteenth position in the national averages. He bowled 50 overs during the season, taking six wickets, and took 42 catches which included a haul of seven in the match against Lancashire at Cheltenham. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 370. Gloucestershire v Leicestershire, Bristol, May 5, 7, 8 (Match drawn) b J.Van Geloven 17 167-7d 155 1 87-2 371. Gloucestershire v Hampshire, Bristol, May 9, 10, 11 (Match drawn) c L.Harrison b A.R.Wassell 8 207-9d 154 2 b A.R.Wassell 15 108 126-8 1 372. Gloucestershire v Yorkshire, Bradford, May 12, 14, 15 (Yorkshire won by 196 runs) c J.G.Binks b R.Illingworth 29 95 259 b D.Wilson 17 134 166-9d 373. Gloucestershire v Kent, Dartford, May 16, 17, 18 (Match drawn) b A.L.Dixon 26 331 3 0 5 0 154 2 c M.C.Cowdrey b D.J.Halfyard 35 113-8 - - - - 375-9d 374. Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire, Bristol, May 19, 21, 22 (Match drawn) lbw b M.R.Dilley 7 63 215-6d 1 not out 29 92-5 375. Gloucestershire v Derbyshire, Derby, May 23, 24, 25 (Derbyshire won by four wickets) not out 50 372-4d 339-8d did not bat - 198-4d 235-6 376. Gloucestershire v Middlesex, Stroud, May 26, 28 (Gloucestershire won by 45 runs) c E.A.Clark b W.E.Russell 17 179 101 1 c P.I.Bedford b R.W.Hooker 3 80 113 1 35