Famous Cricketers No 55 - Arthur Milton

559. Gloucestershire v Glamorgan, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 13, 14 (Glamorgan won by an innings and 50 runs) c P.M.Walker b M.A.Nash 6 73 283 2 c B.A.Davis b P.M.Walker 23 160 560. Gloucestershire v Warwickshire, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 16, 18, (19) (Match drawn) c R.B.Kanhai b D.J.Brown 33 189 172-8 1 561. Gloucestershire v Middlesex, Lord’s, August 27, 28, 29 (Middlesex won by 34 runs) b F.J.Titmus 34 120 212 c J.T.Murray b J.S.E.Price 4 224 166 1 562. Gloucestershire v Somerset, Bristol, August 30, September 1, 2 (Gloucestershire won by 78 runs) c G.S.Chappell b P.J.Robinson 102 352 252 1 lbw b R.Palmer 16 161-4d 183 563. Gloucestershire v Sussex, Eastbourne, September 13, 15, 16 (Sussex won by seven wickets) lbw b M.A.Buss 17 78 95 b E.J.Lewis 50 239 225-3 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 21 35 1 1034 109 30.41 2 6 12 Other Glos matches 1 2 1 25 17* 25.00 - - - Season 22 37 2 1059 109 30.25 2 6 12 Career 563 980 115 29669 170 34.29 54 148 702 1970 Milton suffered a fractured arm in the second match of the 1970 season against Derbyshire at Chesterfield and, as a result was missing for two months from the Gloucestershire team. He played in only 14 matches scoring 600 runs at an average of 28.57. It was only the sixth time in 22 English seasons since 1949 that he had failed to reach 1000 runs. He played an outstanding innings against Warwickshire at Gloucester. Gloucestershire had followed on 177 runs behind and were struggling at 71-3 when Milton went in to bat. He batted for six and a half hours scoring 149 not out, his fiftieth century for Gloucestershire. The next highest score was 38. It was his only century in a season which saw him reach the milestone of 30,000 career runs. He did not play in the Gillette Cup and appeared in only four John Player League games scoring 110 runs at an average of 55.00 with a highest score of 68 and taking two catches. In the Championship he held twelve catches to take his total fielding haul to 714. At Portsmouth in August he played his 1,000th first-class innings. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 564. Gloucestershire v Sussex, Bristol, May 2, 4, 5 (Gloucestershire won by four wickets) c A.W.Greig b J.A.Snow 6 177 240 1 b K.G.Suttle 21 297-6 230-7d 565. Gloucestershire v Derbyshire, Chesterfield, May 16, 18, 19 (Derbyshire won by 98 runs) retired hurt 4 115 236 1 absent hurt - 171 148-5d 566. Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, July 18, 20, 21 (Nottinghamshire won by five wickets) c G.Frost b D.J.Halfyard 70 290-8d 320-9d c J.B.Bolus b R.A.White 3 245-8d 219-5 567. Gloucestershire v Surrey, Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester, July 25, 27, 28 (Match drawn) c Younis Ahmed b Intikhab Alam 22 314-9d 230 2 not out 35 157-6d 195-7 568. Gloucestershire v Warwickshire, Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester, July 29, 30, 31 (Match drawn) c A.Gordon b W.Blenkiron 7 142 319-8d not out 149 358 569. Gloucestershire v Somerset, Weston-super-Mare, August 1, 3, 4 (Somerset won by 151 runs) lbw b A.A.Jones 15 189 311-9d b T.W.Cartwright 2 115 144 49