Famous Cricketers No 70 - Keith Miller

119. New South Wales v MCC, Sydney, December 30, January 1, 2, 3 (Match drawn) c F.R.Brown b D.V.P.Wright 98 333 23 4 62 0 553-8d b F.R.Brown 1 130-6 120. AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND, Sydney, January 5, 6, 8, 9 (Australia won by an innings and 13 runs) not out 145 426 15.7 4 37 4 L.Hutton lbw 290 1 R.T.Simpson c S.J.E.Loxton D.C.S.Compton b J.J.Warr b 6 2 15 0 123 121. New South Wales v Victoria, Sydney, January 26, 27, 29, 30 (Match drawn) c A.L.Hassett b J.B.Iverson 83 459-7d 17.3 3 37 2 K.D.Meuleman c O.Lambert 280 D.T.Ring c A.K.Walker did not bat - 11-2 18 1 71 0 298 122. AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND, Adelaide, February 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 (Australia won by 274 runs) c F.R.Brown b D.V.P.Wright 44 371 13 2 36 1 F.R.Brown b 272 hit wkt b D.V.P.Wright 99 403-8d 13 4 27 3 D.S.Sheppard lbw 228 T.G.Evans c I.W.Johnson A.V.Bedser c A.R.Morris 123. New South Wales v South Australia, Sydney, February 16, 17, 19, 20 (New South Wales won by ten wickets) b J.W.Wilson 122 398 10 1 23 1 L.G.Giles c R.Benaud 207 did not bat - 44-0 9 0 34 1 G.R.A.Langley c R.V.James 233 124. AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND, Melbourne, February 23, 24, 26, 27, 28 (England won by eight wickets) c and b F.R.Brown 7 217 21.7 5 76 4 C.Washbrook c D.Tallon 320 1 D.S.Sheppard c D.Tallon T.G.Evans b R.Tattersall b c and b F.R.Brown 0 197 2 0 5 0 95-2 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 5 9 1 350 145* 43.75 1 1 3 Sheffield Shield 6 7 2 607 201* 121.40 3 2 4 Other matches 3 4 0 375 214 93.75 1 2 0 Season 14 20 3 1332 214 78.35 5 5 7 Career 124 181 21 8156 214 50.97 23 38 83 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test matches 106.6 23 301 17 4-37 17.70 - - 50.23 35.24 Sheffield Shield 107 14 359 8 2-37 44.87 - - 107.00 41.93 Other matches 43 7 102 2 1-15 51.00 - - 172.00 29.65 Season (8-ball) 256.6 44 762 27 4-37 28.22 - - 76.07 37.09 Career (8-ball) 1212.5 171 } 5450 246 7-60 22.15 6 - 57.29 38.66 (6-ball) 732.1 186 1951/52 Miller had another fine season in Australia in 1951/52. He scored 584 runs at an average of 36.50 to finish in 10th place in the batting averages and took thirty two wickets at 21.25 to finish sixth in the bowling averages. West Indies toured Australia in 1951/52 in a series billed as for the “World Championship”. West Indies, like Australia, had not lost a Test Series since the War and had beaten England three-one in England in 1950. But they had not faced Miller and Lindwall in England and they found the experience as unpleasant as other Test teams had before them. Besides that they lost their discipline and composure in the Fourth Test at Melbourne allowing Doug Ring and Bill Johnston, the last wicket pair, to steal a one-wicket win when West Indies should have levelled the series at 2-2. Miller had a magnificent series scoring 362 runs at 40.22 and finishing third in the Australian batting averages and he took twenty wickets at 19.90 to finish second in the bowling 22