Famous Cricketers No 70 - Keith Miller

South Australia at Adelaide he took the first five South Australian wickets, three of them clean bowled. Against the South Africans he shared a stand of 159 with the young Ian Craig, scoring only 58 of them as Craig went on to a double century. Towards the end of the season he appeared in two matches in Tasmania where the 1953 touring team for England were limbering up for sterner games ahead. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 136. New South Wales v Queensland, Brisbane, October 24, 25, 27, 28 (Match drawn) c V.N.Raymer b K.D.Mackay 108 499 8 0 19 1 L.A.Sanders b 246 1 did not bat - 9-1 9 1 32 0 383 1 137. New South Wales v Queensland, Sydney, November 7, 8, 10 (New South Wales won by nine wickets) b J.L.Clark 1 260 3 0 10 0 92 did not bat - 65-1 9 4 24 2 L.J.Johnson b 232 V.N.Raymer c G.S.Trueman 138. New South Wales v South Africans, Sydney, November 14, 15, 17, 18 (New South Wales won by five wickets) c W.R.Endean b H.J.Tayfield 30 289 8 0 23 1 H.J.Keith c G.S.Trueman 202 1 c H.J.Tayfield b A.R.A.Murray 29 276-5 13 2 43 0 360 1 139. New South Wales v Victoria, Melbourne, November 21, 22, 24, 25 (New South Wales won by an innings and 35 runs) c R.N.Harvey b J.C.Hill 16 567 21 3 103 4 A.L.Hassett c A.K.Davisdon 347 R.N.Harvey c G.S.Trueman I.W.Johnson c G.S.Trueman I.H.McDonald b 9 2 21 1 R.N.Harvey c A.K.Davidson 185 140. New South Wales v South Australia, Adelaide, November 28, 29, December 1, 2 (South Australia won by three wickets) lbw b G.Noblet 22 148 12 1 53 5 L.E.Favell b 164 H.N.Dansie c G.S.Trueman B.P.Grove b L.D.Duldig c J.W.Burke G.B.Hole b c G.R.A.Langley b J.W.Wilson 71 272 15 1 72 3 L.E.Favell c G.S.Trueman 258-7 P.L.Ridings b D.F.Trowse c J.W.Burke 141. AUSTRALIA v SOUTH AFRICA, Brisbane, December 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 (Australia won by 96 runs) b J.C.Watkins 3 280 10 0 46 1 D.J.McGlew c I.W.Johnson 221 2 lbw b H.J.Tayfield 3 277 - - - - 240 142. AUSTRALIA v SOUTH AFRICA, Melbourne, December 24, 26, 27, 28, 29 (South Africa won by 82 runs) c W.R.Endean b H.J.Tayfield52 243 21 3 62 4 J.H.B.Waite c R.R.Lindwall 227 K.J.Funston c D.T.Ring J.E.Cheetham c W.A.Johnston H.J.Tayfield c G.R.A.Langley b H.J.Tayfield 31 290 22 5 51 3 J.H.B.Waite c G.B.Hole 388 R.A.McLean lbw P.N.F.Mansell b 143. New South Wales v South Africans, Sydney, January 1, 2, 3, 5 (Match drawn) c W.R.Endean b H.J.Keith 58 416-7d 9 1 15 1 W.R.Endean c S.G.Barnes 196 19 7 46 3 W.R.Endean lbw 221-7 H.J.Keith c G.S.Trueman E.B.Norton b 144. AUSTRALIA v SOUTH AFRICA, Sydney, January 9, 10, 12, 13 (Australia won by an innings and 38 runs) lbw b H.J.Tayfield 55 443 17 1 48 3 J.E.Cheetham c W.A.Johnston 173 A.R.A.Murray c sub (J.H.de Courcy) J.C.Watkins c sub (J.H.de Courcy) 18 6 33 2 W.R.Endean lbw 232 1 K.J.Funston c G.B.Hole 145. AUSTRALIA v SOUTH AFRICA, Adelaide, January 24, 26, 27, 28, 29 (Match drawn) c J.H.B.Waite b H.J.Tayfield 9 530 2.1 1 1 0 387 did not bat - 233-3d - - - - 177-6 25