Famous Cricketers No 70 - Keith Miller

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 4 7 2 125 55 25.00 - 1 5 Career 5 8 2 306 181 51.00 1 1 5 1939/40 Miller was promoted to the Victorian State side in 1939/40, playing in home and away matches against New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia. He distinguished himself in his first game at Adelaide by running out Bradman for 76. In the return match at Melbourne he made his first Shield century, 108 in 169 minutes. Altogether he scored 298 runs at an average of 29.80 and held four catches but, suprisingly, he was never called upon to bowl not even in South Australia’s innings of 610 at Melbourne. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 6. Victoria v South Australia, Adelaide, November 17, 18, 19, 20 (South Australia won by three wickets) c R.S.Whitington b H.N.J.Cotton 4 207 261 1 b C.V.Grimmett 7 363 310-7 7. Victoria v Queensland, Melbourne, December 15, 16, 18, 19 (Victoria won by seven wickets) c and b C.P.Christ 41 418 279 not out 47 105-3 242 8. Victoria v New South Wales, Melbourne, December 22, 23, 26, (Victoria won by 72 runs) b C.G.Pepper 14 280 321 1 c S.G.Simsey b W.J.O’Reilly14 242 129 9. Victoria v South Australia, Melbourne, December 29, 30, January 1, 2 (Match drawn) c D.G.Bradman b G.Burton 108 475 610 c D.G.Bradman b T.E.Klose 1 313 60-1 10. Victoria v Queensland, Brisbane, January 19, 20, 22, 23 (Victoria won by nine wickets) b G.G.Cook 37 435 244 1 did not bat - 230-1 420 1 11. Victoria v New South Wales, Sydney, January 26, 27, 29, 30 (New South Wales won by 177 runs) lbw b W.J.O’Reilly 1 298 309 run out 24 326 492-5d SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Sheffield Shield 6 11 1 298 108 29.80 1 - 4 Career 11 19 3 604 181 37.75 2 1 9 1940/41 Miller played in three-first class matches this season including what amounted to an “Inter-Australian” Test between Stan McCabe’s XI and Don Bradman’s XI at Melbourne. This game proved significant in that it was the first time Miller had been put on to bowl seriously and he took his first wicket in first-class cricket, that of K.L.Ridings caught by wicket keeper Don Tallon. His highest score was 63 for Victoria against South Australia who included Grimmett in their line up. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 12. Combined Queensland/Victoria v New South Wales, Brisbane, November 22, 23, 25, 26 (New South Wales won by one wicket) c R.A.Saggers b C.L.McCool 8 202 429 1 c R.A.Saggers b V.E.Jackson 24 416 192-9 13. Victoria v South Australia, Melbourne, December 13, 14, 16, 17 (Match drawn) b C.V.Grimmett 63 389 1 0 3 0 515 7