Famous Cricketers No 70 - Keith Miller

behind Noblet who only took two wickets. He made a century at Sydney in the Second Test adding 235 with Hassett to take Australia from 106-3 to 341-4. On two occasions he destroyed the West Indian batting taking 5-60 at Melbourne in the Fourth Test and 5-26 at Sydney in the Fifth. Miller, Lindwall and Johnston took sixty four West Indian wickets between them. Only once did the tourists manage to top 300 against them. Miller also took four wickets in each innings in the New South Wales victory over the West Indians in November. He only played in four Shield games scoring two fifties and taking only four wickets. His great performances, as usual, were reserved for the major stage. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 125. New South Wales v Queensland, Brisbane, October 19, 20, 22, 23 (Match drawn) c V.N.Raymer b C.L.McCool 3 400 9 0 21 0 316 1 6 1 18 0 211-5 126. AUSTRALIA v WEST INDIES, Brisbane, November 9, 10, 12, 13 (Australia won by three wickets) c and b A.L.Valentine 46 226 14 3 40 1 J.D.C.Goddard b 216 b A.L.Valentine 4 236-7 8 2 19 1 R.E.Marshall c A.L.Hassett 245 127. New South Wales v West Indians, Sydney, November 16, 17, 19, 20 (New South Wales won by 24 runs) c G.E.Gomez b P.E.W.Jones 30 239 8 0 20 4 A.F.Rae c J.Moroney 134 F.M.M.Worrell c G.S.Trueman C.L.Walcott c R.G.Flockton G.E.Gomez c G.S.Trueman did not bat - 274-3d 21.1 5 43 4 G.E.Gomez lbw 355 1 J.D.C.Goddard c G.S.Trueman W.Ferguson c R.Benaud D.St E.Atkinson b 128. AUSTRALIA v WEST INDIES, Sydney November 30, December 1, 3, 4, 5 (Australia won by seven wickets) b A.L.Valentine 129 517 21 3 72 0 362 not out 6 137-3 13.2 2 50 3 A.F.Rae c D.T.Ring 290 2 R.J.Christiani c A.L.Hassett A.L.Valentine b 129. New South Wales v Victoria, Melbourne, December 7, 8, 10, 11 (Match drawn) b I.W.Johnson 57 533 23.4 2 99 1 W.A.Johnston b 434 2 130. New South Wales v Victoria, Sydney, December 14, 15, 17, 18 (Match drawn) b W.A.Johnston 50 449 16 3 62 3 A.L.Hassett c S.G.Barnes 290 2 I.W.Johnson b D.T.Ring b c D.T.Ring b I.W.Johnson 37 166-7 3 0 9 0 416 131. AUSTRALIA v WEST INDIES, Adelaide, December 22, 24, 25 (West Indies won by six wickets) c S.Ramadhin b F.M.M.Worrell 4 82 5 1 13 1 F.M.M.Worrell b 105 1 lbw b G.E.Gomez 35 255 5 0 12 0 233-4 1 132. AUSTRALIA v WEST INDIES, Melbourne, December 31, January 1, 2, 3 (Australia won by one wicket) b J.Trim 47 216 19.3 1 60 5 K.R.Rickards b 272 J.B.Stollmeyer c G.R.A.Langley G.E.Gomez c G.R.A.Langley J.D.C.Goddard b A.L.Valentine c R.R.Lindwall hit wkt b A.L.Valentine 2 260-9 16 1 49 2 J.B.Stollmeyer lbw 203 R.J.Christiani b 133. New South Wales v Western Australia, Sydney, January 18, 19, 21 (New South Wales won by 250 runs) c D.S.T.Williams b C.W.Puckett 13 228 - - - - 50 c R.R.Frankish b C.W.Langdon 32 266-6d 3 0 10 0 194 134. AUSTRALIA v WEST INDIES, Sydney, January 25, 26, 28, 29 (Australia won by 202 runs) c A.F.Rae b F.M.M.Worrell 20 116 7.6 1 26 5 R.J.Christiani c and b 78 1 F.M.M.Worrell b G.E.Gomez b D.St E.Atkinson b A.L.Valentine c G.R.A.Langley c E.D.Weekes b A.L.Valentine 69 377 19 2 57 2 C.L.Walcott c G.R.A.Langley 213 G.E.Gomez b 23