Famous Cricketers No 70 - Keith Miller

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 5 6 0 439 147 73.16 3 - 1 Other matches 3 5 0 138 39 27.60 - - - Tour 8 11 0 577 147 52.45 3 - 1 Career 195 282 27 12506 262* 49.04 36 57 119 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test matches 189.2 38 641 20 6-107 32.05 1 - 56.80 56.42 Other matches 56 14 151 6 4-51 25.16 - - 56.00 44.94 Tour (6-ball) 245.2 52 792 26 6-107 30.46 1 - 56.61 53.80 Career (8-ball) 1961.1 286 } 9690 423 7-60 22.90 11 - 58.22 39.34 (6-ball) 1489.5 412 1955/56 The season of 1955/56 was Miller’s last season of first-class cricket in Australia and he went out in a blaze of glory heading the averages in both the batting and bowling. He led New South Wales to the Sheffield Shield title for the third year in succession scoring 638 runs at an average of 70.88 and taking 19 wickets at only 14.31 each. He obtained the best analysis of his career against South Australia at Sydney taking seven wickets for 12 runs as South Australia were shot out for 27, the lowest ever score in a Shield game. He scored three hundreds the highest being one of 164 against Queensland when he hit one six and fifteen fours in a stay of 356 minutes. Against Western Australia he made 128 in 206 minutes with one six and sixteen fours. “The disciple of brighter cricket gave a practical demonstration of how to use the bat as an offensive weapon”, ( West Australian ). Playing his final first-class innings in Australia, for an Australian XI against Tasmania he scored 106 being “supreme and majestic in his stroking” ( Hobart Mercury ). It was a fine way to finish. He suffered a back injury batting against Queensland in his final Shield match and missed the return with Victoria at Sydney. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 196. New South Wales v Queensland, Brisbane, October 28, 29, 31, November 1 (Match drawn) lbw b R.G.Archer 164 440 9 3 24 1 J.D.Bratchford lbw 313 did not bat - 147-6d - - - - 87-7 1 197. New South Wales v South Australia, Sydney, November 18, 19, 21 (New South Wales won nine wickets) lbw b D.M.Gregg 3 215 7.3 3 12 7 L.E.Favell b 27 D.Harris c W.P.A.Crawford D.F.Trowse b G.B.Hole b G.R.A.Langley b D.M.Gregg c R.Benaud J.W.Wilson b did not bat - 67-1 6 0 19 0 252 198. New South Wales v Western Australia, Perth, December 9, 10, 12, 13 (Match drawn) lbw b R.B.Strauss 128 452-7d 3 1 5 0 174 12 3 20 1 D.K.Carmody lbw 227-5 199. New South Wales v South Australia, Adelaide, December 16, 17, 19 (New South Wales won by an innings and 32 runs) c C.J.Pinch b G.B.Hole 44 433-9d 7 1 18 3 G.P.Stevens b 216 C.J.Pinch c A.K.Davidson G.B.Hole c W.P.A.Crawford 11 2 35 1 T.P.M.Colley b 185 200. New South Wales v Victoria, St Kilda Ground, Melbourne, December 24, 26, (27), (28) (Match drawn) did not bat - 124-3 17 4 69 3 C.C.McDonald c J.W.Burke 277 1 J.H.Shaw lbw K.H.D.Kendall b 32