David Millner

David Millner
Personal information
Full name David Millner
Born 24 July 1938
Dove Holes, Derbyshire, England
Batting style Right-handed batsman
Bowling style Right-arm off-break bowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
19601964 Derbyshire
First-class debut 18 June 1960 Derbyshire v Worcestershire
Last First-class 24 August 1953 Derbyshire v Hampshire
List A debut 12 June 1963 Derbyshire v Lancashire
Last List A 2 May 1964 Derbyshire v Northamptonshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 31 2
Runs scored 701 33
Batting average 12.74 16.50
100s/50s 0/2 0/0
Top score 80 29
Balls bowled 36
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 0–4 /
Catches/stumpings 6/- 0/-
Source: , November 2011

David Millner (born 24 July 1938) is a former English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire between 1960 and 1964.

Millner was born in Dove Holes, Derbyshire. He played his first game for Derbyshire Club and Ground in 1954 at the age of 16 and played for the Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship from 1955. He moved up to the first team in the 1960 season, making his debut against Worcestershire. He hit one of his two half-century innings in 1960 against Essex. Millner played regularly in the 1961 season making his top score of 80 against Kent. He spent 1962 out of first-class cricket, though he spent a small period of time covering in the Second XI. In the 1963 season, he played for the first team for some of the games and also took part in the Gillette Cup. He appeared in the Gillette Cup again in the 1964 season but was othersise in the second XI.

Millner was a right-handed batsman and played 56 innings in 31 first class matches with an average of 12.74 and a top score of 80. He played two innings in two one day matches in which he made a total of 29. He was a right-arm off-break bowler and bowled six overs in first class cricket without taking a wicket.[1]

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