Audley Miller, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Audley Miller

Cricket player of England.

Date of Birth: 19-Oct-1869

Date of Death: 26-Jun-1959

Profession: cricket umpire, cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Audley Miller

  • Audley Montague Miller (19 October 1869 in Brentry, Westbury-on-Trym, Gloucestershire, England – 26 June 1959 in Clifton, Bristol, England) was an amateur cricketer who played one Test match for England, and stood as a Test umpire in two matches. Miller's participation in his only Test came as a result of his touring South Africa in 1895-96.
  • The early England tours to South Africa comprised mostly good minor county or club cricketers, with a small number of first-class cricketers thrown in.
  • The games were only given Test status retrospectively.
  • Miller was one of the non-regular-first-class players on the tour, and he made his first-class and Test debut in the 1st Test at Port Elizabeth in February 1896, scoring 4 not out and 20 not out.
  • Due to the bowling of George Lohmann (7-38 and 8-7, including a Test hat-trick)), England won easily, by 288 runs.
  • Miller stood as an umpire in the remaining two Tests of the tour, the 2nd Test at Johannesburg and the 3rd Test at Cape Town, both played in March 1896.
  • Both matches were largely dominated by Lohmann's bowling (9-28 and 3-43, 7-42 and 1-45), and won by England by an innings.
  • These were the only Test or first-class matches in which Miller stood as an umpire. After he returned to England, Miller played four more first-class games over the period to 1903, all for the Marylebone Cricket Club.
  • He subsequently played for Wiltshire County Cricket Club and was team captain until 1920. His nephew, Thomas Miller played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club between 1902 and 1914.

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