Robert Miles (cricketer), Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Robert Miles (cricketer)

19th-century English cricketer

Date of Birth: 24-Jan-1846

Date of Death: 26-Feb-1930

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Robert Miles (cricketer)

  • Robert Fenton Miles (born 24 January 1846 at Bingham, Nottinghamshire; died 26 February 1930 at Clifton, Bristol) was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1867 to 1879 for Oxford University and Gloucestershire.
  • He was a right-handed batsman (RHB) and a slow left arm orthodox (SLA) bowler who made 69 first-class career appearances.
  • Miles scored 577 runs with a highest score of 79.
  • He held 28 catches and took 217 wickets with a best bowling analysis of 7–38.
  • He captured five wickets in an innings on 15 occasions and twice took ten wickets in a match.One of 10 children of the Reverend Robert Miles (1818-1883), he was the elder brother of both Frank Miles the artist and the Reverend Charles Oswald Miles.
  • Seven members of the family (three brothers, two cousins and an uncle) played First Class cricket in the Victorian era.
  • Miles married Bridget Hare, daughter of the Reverend Henry Bassano Hare, in 1874 and had three children.

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