Gordon Millington

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Gordon Millington
Personal information
Full nameGordon Innes Millington
Born(1848-05-04)4 May 1848
Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Died27 April 1923(1923-04-27) (aged 74)
Oamaru, New Zealand
BowlingFast
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1876-77 to 1880-81Otago
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 2
Batting average 0.50
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 1
Balls bowled 373
Wickets 10
Bowling average 14.70
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 6/37
Catches/stumpings 1/0
Source: Cricinfo, 2 April 2021

Gordon Millington (4 May 1848 – 27 April 1923) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Otago between 1876 and 1881.[1]

A fast bowler,[2] Millington took 3 for 57 and 6 for 37 when Otago lost to Canterbury in 1876-77.[3] A few weeks later he was Otago's most successful bowler against the touring English team, taking 6 for 54 off 45.3 four-ball overs in an innings defeat.[4] In 1878 he was one of the best New Zealand bowlers in the matches against the touring Australians, taking 5 for 44 to help give Otago a first-innings lead in the drawn match. "The Australians failed against Millington, who again proved himself Otago's mainstay," wrote the New Zealand cricket historian Tom Reese.[5]

Millington captained the Oamaru team against the next Australian touring team in 1880-81, taking 4 for 34 off 36.2 four-ball overs.[6] He also captained Oamaru against the Auckland team that was making its first tour of the South Island in 1882-83; he took 7 for 81 in Auckland's only innings.[7]

In the 1880s Millington farmed with his brother John, who also played cricket for Oamaru, at Papakaio in North Otago.[8][9] He spent most of the rest of his life in Oamaru working as a woolclasser.[10]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Gordon Millington". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Cricket". Press: 3. 15 January 1877.
  3. ^ "Canterbury v Otago 1876-77". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Otago v James Lillywhite's XI 1876-77". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  5. ^ T. W. Reese, New Zealand Cricket: 1841–1914, Simpson & Williams, Christchurch, 1927, p. 193.
  6. ^ "Otago v Australians 1880-81". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  7. ^ Reese, p. 230.
  8. ^ "Incendiarism at Papakaio". Oamaru Mail: 2. 20 April 1882.
  9. ^ "J. Millington". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Magistrate's Court". Oamaru Mail: 2. 1 September 1920.

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