Famous Cricketers No 70 - Keith Miller

167. AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND, Kennington Oval, August 15, 17, 18, 19 (England won by eight wickets) lbw b T.E.Bailey 1 275 34 12 65 1 J.C.Laker c G.R.A.Langley 306 1 c F.S.Trueman b J.C.Laker 0 162 11 3 24 1 P.B.H.May c A.K.Davidson 132-2 168. Australians v Gentlemen of England, Lord’s, August 26, 27, 28 (Australians won by eight wickets) lbw b T.E.Bailey 14 154 - - - - 157 c G.H.Chesterton b W.Wooller 67 253-2 26 6 59 2 R.T.Simpson c G.R.A.Langley 249 W.Wooller c G.R.A.Langley 169. Australians v Kent, Canterbury, August 29, 31, September 1 (Australians won by an innings and 176 runs) c P.Hearn b A.C.Shirreff 68 465-8d 11 2 17 1 A.F.Woollett c R.Benaud 181 - - - - 108 170. Australians v South of England, Hastings, September 2, 3, 4 (Australians won by an innings and 163 runs) lbw b D.V.P.Wright 9 564-9d 9 2 31 1 P.E.Richardson b 198 3 1 7 0 203 171. Australians v Combined Services, Kingston-upon-Thames, September 5, 7 (Australians won by an innings and 261 runs) not out 262 592-4d 8 4 17 3 A.C.Walton b 161 G.G.Tordoff b F.S.Trueman b 12 2 41 1 G.G.Tordoff b 170 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 5 9 0 223 109 24.77 1 1 2 Other matches 19 22 3 1210 262* 63.68 3 4 6 Tour 24 31 3 1433 262* 51.17 4 5 8 Career 171 247 25 10837 262* 48.81 30 51 111 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test matches 186 72 303 10 4-63 30.30 - - 111.60 27.15 Other matches 306.2 89 710 35 4-47 20.28 - - 52.51 38.62 Tour (6-ball) 492.2 161 1013 45 4-47 22.51 - - 65.64 34.29 Career (8-ball) 1655.6 236 } 7869 362 7-60 21.73 9 - 57.21 37.99 (6-ball) 1244.3 360 1953/54 Miller captained New South Wales again in 1953/54 and led the State to top place in the Sheffield Shield with four outright wins and one defeat. He batted well enough to finish in fifth place in the Australian averages scoring 711 runs at an average of 71.10. As a bowler he bowled only 141.5 overs preferring to come on often as fourth or fifth change. Indeed he was the sixth bowler used when he took his season’s best figures of three for fifty against Victoria. He seldom failed with the bat, however, scoring hundreds in each innings for Hassett’s XI against Morris’s XI at Melbourne, the first one in 129 minutes with one six and eleven fours and the second in just 99 minutes with two sixes and fourteen fours. He played an outstanding innings against Victoria at Sydney scoring 143 out of 319 all out and batting for 268 minutes with two sixes and eleven fours. The Sydney Morning Herald acclaimed this innings: “ His control was admirable and, picking the ball to hit, he made many majestic strokes, especially on the drive”. Only two other New South Welshmen passed forty. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 172. New South Wales v Queensland, Brisbane, November 13, 14, 16, 17 (Match drawn) c D.Tallon b B.J.Flynn 11 422 9 1 28 1 D.Tallon c R.B.Simpson 354 1 not out 20 164-5 10 3 38 1 B.J.Flynn c G.S.Trueman 374-8d 173. New South Wales v South Australia, Adelaide, November 27, 28, 30, December 1 (New South Wales won by eight wickets) b H.N.Dansie 72 482 7 2 24 0 271 not out 58 164-2 15 3 35 1 G.B.Hole c J.W.Burke 374 28