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Full name Clement Arthur Milton
Born March 10, 1928, Bedminster, Somerset
Died April 25, 2007, Bristol (aged 79 years 46 days)
Major teams England,Gloucestershire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
6
9
1
204
104*
25.50
1
0
1
5
0
First-class
620
1078
125
32150
170
33.73
56
160
760
0
List A
55
52
5
1095
87
23.29
0
5
22
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
6
1
24
12
0
-
-
-
3.00
-
0
0
0
First-class
620
8414
3640
79
5/64
46.07
2.59
106.5
1
0
List A
55
24
26
2
2/26
2/26
13.00
6.50
12.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v New Zealand at Leeds, Jul 3-8, 1958 scorecard
Last Test
England v India at Lord's, Jun 18-20, 1959 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1948 - 1974
List A span
1963 - 1974
Profile
Arthur Milton, blond and slight, was the last of a rare breed - the double cricket/football international. In his first Test, against New Zealand at Headingley in 1958 Milton - opening the innings with a rugby cap in Mike Smith - collected 104 not out. That won him a place on the following winter's tour of Australia, where the opposition was rather more ferocious than the outclassed New Zealanders, and Milton struggled, as did his fellow double international Willie Watson. Milton finished his six-Test career with 204 runs at 25.50. He was happier batting for Gloucestershire, which he did until he was in his mid-forties. He finished in 1974 with more than 32,000 runs and 56 hundreds in first-class cricket, most of them from the top of the order, while his tally of 758 catches emphasises his value in the field, where he was a star close in, especially at short leg. In retirement he became a postman in the Cotswolds, maintaining his fitness by jumping on and off his bicycle during his rounds.
Steven Lynch
