30 Facts About Arthur Milton

Clement Arthur Milton was an English cricketer and footballer.

Arthur Milton played County cricket for Gloucestershire from 1948 to 1974, playing six Test matches for England in 1958 and 1959.

Arthur Milton played domestic football for Arsenal between 1951 and 1955, and then for a brief period for Bristol City.

Arthur Milton played one match for England in 1951, against Austria at Wembley.

Arthur Milton was the last man, and the last survivor, of the twelve people to have played at the highest international level for both England's football and cricket teams.

Arthur Milton showed talent at mathematics, but decided to pursue sporting glory rather than attend university.

Arthur Milton played for Stapleton Cricket Club as an all-rounder, and then started to play for Gloucestershire Second XI.

Arthur Milton made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire in June 1948, against Northants.

Arthur Milton went on to play county cricket in 585 matches over 26 years, until he retired in 1974.

Arthur Milton was 12th man in the Ashes series against Australia in 1953, and was named as 12th man again for the first Test against South Africa in 1955.

Arthur Milton played six Tests for England between 1958 and 1959.

Arthur Milton made his Test debut in the third Test against New Zealand on 3 July 1958 at Headingley.

Arthur Milton opened the batting with MJK Smith, scoring 104 not out.

Arthur Milton was the first England player to remain on the playing field the whole of a Test match: he fielded throughout New Zealand's first innings, then opened the batting for England and ended undefeated, and fielded again through New Zealand's second innings, as England won by an innings and 71 runs.

Arthur Milton lost his place for the fourth Test, but returned for the fifth Test at the Oval.

Arthur Milton was one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1959.

Arthur Milton was part of the England side that toured Australia that winter, playing in the first Test at Sydney and the third Test at Melbourne, but he struggled, and returned home with an injured finger.

Arthur Milton played in the first two Tests against India in 1959, ending his short Test career in the second Test at Lord's that June.

Arthur Milton never played Test cricket again, but he continued to achieve success in county cricket.

Arthur Milton scored over 32,000 first-class runs at the relatively low batting average of 33.66 runs, passing 1,000 runs in 16 seasons.

Arthur Milton played 1,017 innings for Gloucestershire, a record for the county.

Arthur Milton was a coach at the University of Oxford after his retirement.

Arthur Milton joined Arsenal as an amateur in April 1945, turning professional the next year.

Arthur Milton made his first-team debut against Aston Villa on his twenty third birthday, 10 March 1951.

Arthur Milton went on to become a regular for Arsenal at right half and outside-right.

Arthur Milton married Joan, the daughter of his first landlady as a young recruit at Arsenal.

Arthur Milton played golf, off a handicap of four, and snooker and billiards.

Arthur Milton received an honorary MA from Bristol University in 2002.

Arthur Milton died at the age of 79 in hospital, shortly after suffering a heart attack in his house in Bristol on the morning of 25 April 2007.

Arthur Milton was survived by his wife and their three sons.