Famous Cricketers No 55 - Arthur Milton

395. Gloucestershire v Sussex, Hove, September 5, 6, 7 (Gloucestershire won by 7 runs) b D.L.Bates 31 367 174 1 not out 4 128-2d 314 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 23 42 8 1358 110* 39.94 4 6 40 Other Glos matches 2 3 2 156 73* 156.00 - 2 1 Other matches 1 2 0 103 92 51.50 - 1 1 Season 26 47 10 1617 110* 43.70 4 9 42 Career 395 681 89 20577 163 34.75 35 105 552 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Championship 28 6 82 3 1/10 27.33 - Other Glos matches 22.2 6 62 3 2/37 20.66 - Season 50.2 12 144 6 2/37 24.00 - Career 3289.3 342 3595 79 5/64 45.50 1 1963 At this stage of his career Milton was batting mostly in the number three position and he again headed the Gloucestershire batting averages scoring 1,321 in all innings at an average of 32.21. The 1964 Gloucestershire Year Book comments that his best innings were not made at the county ground. Indeed his ten innings there yielded only 133 runs with a highest score of 49. Milton admitted that he did not find the Bristol pitches easy to bat on and we should recall Fingleton’s comment after the 1958/59 tour about him not being used to good pitches. His highest score came at Stroud, 131 against Leicestershire and he made 102 in the return match with them at Leicester. A fine innings of 96 not out at Gloucester against Middlesex saved the side. He scorned the chance of a century by blocking out the last over as a maiden. A double of 85 and 72 not out helped materially to win the match against Lancashire at Old Trafford. He did not bowl at all in 1963 but his 32 catches testifies to his still excellent fielding. The Gillette Cup one day competition started in 1963, Gloucestershire being defeated in the first round by Middlesex at Bristol. Milton contributed 12 runs and took two catches. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 396. Gloucestershire v Oxford University, The Parks, May 1, 2, 3 (Match drawn) b P.N.G.Mountford 1 176 123 2 not out 9 47-1 198 3 397. Gloucestershire v West Indians, Bristol, May 4, 6, 7 (West Indians won by 65 runs) lbw b C.C.Griffith 2 60 89 4 lbw b C.C.Griffith 8 214 250 398. Gloucestershire v Derbyshire, Derby, May 11, 13, 14 (Gloucestershire won by four wickets) c D.C.Morgan b I.R.Buxton 15 229-6d 202 lbw b E.Smith 47 155-6 181 399. Gloucestershire v Hampshire, Southampton, May 15, 16, 17 (Hampshire won by 26 runs) c and b P.J.Sainsbury 11 164 174 c and b M.D.Burden 5 221 237-8d 400. Gloucestershire v Yorkshire, Bradford, May 18, 20, (21) (Match drawn) c D.B.Close b F.S.Trueman 44 80 187 1 c D.B.Close b F.S.Trueman 34 54-5 401. Gloucestershire v Leicestershire, Stroud, May 25, 27, 28 (Gloucestershire won by ten wickets) b J.S.Savage 131 336-8d 178 did not bat - 4-0 160 2 402. Gloucestershire v Glamorgan, Stroud, May 29, 30, 31 (Gloucestershire won by ten wickets) c I.J.Jones b J.S.Pressdee 53 223 184 did not bat - 40-0 78 3 37