Famous Cricketers No 55 - Arthur Milton

Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Championship 0.3 0 5 0 - - - Other Glos matches 1 1 0 0 - - - Season 1.3 1 5 0 - - - Career 1391 343 3600 79 5/64 45.56 1 1968 Milton was appointed Gloucestershire captain in 1968 but unfortunately injury robbed him of a number of games and he appeared in only 21 Championship matches and three other fixtures. His aggregate fell to 1,310 runs at an average of 33.58. Included in this were four centuries notably his fiftieth in first-class cricket, an innings of 155 against the touring Australians at Bristol. He finished third in the Gloucestershire averages behind Harold Jarman, who played in only three matches, and David Green, a new opener from Lancashire who shared the opening batsmens duties with Milton and Nicholls. Milton’s other centuries were against Somerset, Surrey and Sussex. He played for M.C.C. against Surrey at Lord’s, the first time since 1962 that he had appeared in a representative fixture. His fielding haul was his lowest in years, only twelve catches, three of them for M.C.C. and just nine in 23 fixtures for Gloucestershire. In the Gillette Cup Gloucestershire reached the semi-final stage for the first time, beating the holders, Kent, in a low scoring match at Bristol and defeating Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge by 25 runs with Milton scoring 87 and taking two catches. They were beaten by 19 runs in the semi-final against Sussex at Hove. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 518. Gloucestershire v Oxford University, The Parks, April 27, (29), 30 (Match drawn) c and b D.Williams 28 184 166 1 not out 3 64-1 519. M.C.C. v Surrey, Lord’s, May 1, 2, 3 (Match drawn) c K.F.Barrington b S.J.Storey 23 185 257-8d 1 lbw b S.J.Storey 69 163-7 130 2 520. Gloucestershire b Kent, Bristol, May (8), 9, (10) (Match drawn) not out 24 42-0 521. Gloucestershire v Middlesex, Lord’s, May (11), 13, 14 (Match drawn) c and b R.W.Hooker 15 110-5d 46-3d c C.T.Radley b R.W.Hooker 17 90-7d 83-5 522. Gloucestershire v Worcestershire, Worcester, May 15, 16, 17 (Match drawn) c R.Booth b N.Gifford 50 139 146 not out 34 66-4 225-6d 523. Gloucestershire v Glamorgan, Lydney, May 18, 19, 20 (Match drawn) c P.M.Walker b M.A.Nash 6 82-8d 56-7d 1 c P.M.Walker b D.J.Shepherd 17 95-9d 42-1 524. Gloucestershire v Hampshire, Bristol, May 22, 23, 24 (Hampshire won by five wickets) lbw b D.W.White 8 251-9d 221 2 lbw b D.W.White 8 109 140-5 525. Gloucestershire v Yorkshire, Bristol, May 29, 30, 31 (Match drawn) lbw b D.Wilson 16 163 266 c R.Illingworth b D.B.Close 18 238 93-9 526. Gloucestershire v Somerset, Taunton, June 1, 2, 3 (Somerset won by seven wickets) c G.S.Chappell b P.J.Robinson 111 310 170 c R.A.Brooks b G.S.Chappell 10 112-7d 253-3 527. Gloucestershire v Essex, Ilford, June 5, 6, 7 (Match drawn) b B.E.A.Edmeades 72 310-8d 217 c S.Turner b K.D.Boyce 7 156-8d 139-3 528. Gloucestershire v Leicestershire, Bristol, June 8, 9, 10 (Leicestershire won by 30 runs) b R.J.Barratt 60 217 210 lbw b B.R.Knight 20 220 257-3d 46