Famous Cricketers No 55 - Arthur Milton

570. Gloucestershire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, August 5, 6, 7 (Match drawn) c A.Long b G.G.Arnold 10 256-6d 228 2 b P.I.Pocock 27 151-4d 174-4 571. Gloucestershire v Hampshire, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 8, 10, 11 (Hampshire won by four wickets) c G.R.Stephenson b T.E.Jesty 5 190 173 c R.V.Lewis b J.W.Holder 2 229 249-6 572. Gloucestershire v Glamorgan, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 12, 13, 14 (Glamorgan won by five wickets) c E.W.Jones b R.C.Davis 45 324 356-9d 2 c E.W.Jones b D.J.Shepherd 0 152 124-5 1 573. Gloucestershire v Kent, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 15, 17, 18 (Kent won by one wicket) lbw b J.C.J.Dye 2 289 140 1 c M.H.Denness b D.L.Underwood 0 190 340-9 574. Gloucestershire v Hampshire, Portsmouth, August 19, (20), 21 (Match drawn) c G.R.Stephenson b J.W.Holder 0 191-5 575. Gloucestershire v Yorkshire, Bristol, Aug (22), 24, 25 (Match drawn) c J.H.Hampshire b G.A.Cope 62 226-7d 132-3d not out 35 96-3d 62-3 576. Gloucestershire v Essex, Chelmsford, August 29, 31, September 1 (Match drawn) c B.Taylor b R.E.East 19 308 325-8d 1 c S.Turner b J.K.Lever 38 237 215-6 1 577. Gloucestershire v Leicestershire, Bristol, September (12), 14, 15 (Match drawn) not out 21 82-3d 108-6d b G.D.McKenzie 0 121-7 185-4d SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 14 26 5 600 149* 28.57 1 2 12 Career 577 1006 120 30269 170 34.16 55 150 714 1971 Milton played on a match by match basis in 1971, appearing in eleven games, scoring 700 runs at an average of 41.17 and taking ten catches. He made no centuries, his highest score being 90 against Nottinghamshire at Gloucester but his presence and his experience at the age of 43, added strength and stability to the Gloucestershire batting. He finished second in the averages behind Mike Procter. In the Gillette Cup he made one appearance scoring 17 and taking two catches against Surrey in a 15-run victory in the third round. He played in two John Player League matches scoring 102 runs with a top score of 74 not out against Middlesex at Lord’s. Overall it was a fine performance for a man now in the twenty-fourth season of his first-class career. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 578. Gloucestershire v Somerset, Taunton, June 5, 7, 8 (Match drawn) c D.B.Close b G.I.Burgess 43 153 172 1 lbw b G.I.Burgess 87 228 65-1 579. Gloucestershire v Somerset, Bristol, June 26, 28, 29 (Match drawn) c D.J.S.Taylor b H.R.Moseley 14 277-7d 282-8d 1 b A.A.Jones 2 182-7d 27-2 580. Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire, Newark-on-Trent, July 7, 8, 9 (Gloucestershire won by nine wickets) lbw b B.Stead 13 240 197 3 not out 69 226-1 268-7d 581. Gloucestershire v Middlesex, Wagon Works Ground, Gloucester, July 10, 12, 13 (Middlesex won by five wickets) c P.H.Parfitt b K.V.Jones 0 288 312-5d c and b N.G.Featherstone 44 233-8d 210-5 1 50