Audley Miller
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Full name | Audley Montague Miller | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 19 October 1869 Brentry, Westbury-on-Trym, Gloucestershire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 26 June 1959 (aged 89) Clifton, Bristol, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman, Umpire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Thomas Miller (nephew) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test (cap 99) | 13 February 1896 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: cricinfo.com, 11 September 2019 |
Audley Montague Miller (19 October 1869 – 26 June 1959) was an
Life and career
Miller was born in Gloucestershire and educated at Eton College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.[1] He married Georgiana Porter in Fairford, Gloucestershire, in August 1897.[2]
Miller's participation in his only Test came on England's
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 and won easily by England. 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
For three years before his death in 1959, Miller was the oldest living Test cricketer. His nephew, Thomas Miller, played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire between 1902 and 1914.
References
- ^ "Miller, Audley Montague". Venn Library. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938". Ancestry. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Lord Hawke's Team in South Africa". Cricket: 77. 16 April 1896.
- ^ Wisden 1960, p. 954.
- ^ "Glamorgan v Wiltshire 1909". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2021.