{{Short description|English cricketer and footballer}} {{distinguish|Art Milton}} {{Use British English|date=February 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{more citations needed|date=April 2009}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Arthur Milton | image = Arthur Milton.jpg | caption = | fullname = Clement Arthur Milton | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1928|3|10}} | birth_place = Bedminster, Bristol, England | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2007|4|25|1928|3|10}} | death_place = Bristol, England | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | columns = 2 | column1 = Test | matches1 = 6 | runs1 = 204 | bat avg1 = 25.50 | 100s/50s1 = 1/0 | top score1 = 104* | deliveries1 = 24 | wickets1 = 0 | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1= 5/– | column2 = First-class | matches2 = 620 | runs2 = 32,150 | bat avg2 = 33.73 | 100s/50s2 = 56/160 | top score2 = 170 | deliveries2 = 8,414 | wickets2 = 79 | bowl avg2 = 46.07 | fivefor2 = 1 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 5/64 | catches/stumpings2= 760/– | international = true | country = England | testdebutagainst = New Zealand | testdebutdate = 3 July | testdebutyear = 1958 | lasttestdate = 18 June | lasttestagainst = India | lasttestyear = 1959 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/17037.html ESPNcricinfo | date = 7 November | year = 2022 | module = {{Infobox football biography |embed = yes |height = 5 ft 8+1/2 in<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ollier |first=Fred |url=http://archive.org/details/arsenalcompleter0000olli |title=Arsenal : a complete record 1886-1990 |date=1990 |publisher=Breedon Books |isbn=978-0-907969-77-8 |location=Derby |pages=76}}</ref> |position = Outside right |youthyears1 = 1946–1951 |youthclubs1 = Arsenal |years1 = 1951–1955 |clubs1 = Arsenal |caps1 = 75 |goals1 = 18 |years2 = 1955 |clubs2 = Bristol City |caps2 = 14 |goals2 = 3 |nationalyears1 = 1951 |nationalteam1 = England |nationalcaps1 = 1 |nationalgoals1 = 0 }} }}
'''Clement Arthur Milton''' (10 March 1928 – 25 April 2007)<ref name="sportinglife">[http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/07/04/25/SOCCER_Milton.html&TEAMHD=soccer Sporting Life report on Milton's death] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930043110/http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer%2F07%2F04%2F25%2FSOCCER_Milton.html&TEAMHD=soccer |date=30 September 2007 }}</ref> was an English cricketer and footballer;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/737770 |title=Off-side – a cricketing XI that made strides in football |work=International Cricket Council |accessdate=21 June 2018}}</ref> he was a double international. He played County cricket for Gloucestershire from 1948 to 1974, playing six Test matches for England in 1958 and 1959. He also played domestic football for Arsenal between 1951 and 1955, and then for a brief period for Bristol City. He played one match for England in 1951, against Austria at Wembley.<ref name="Cap">{{cite book |title=If The Cap Fits |last=Bateman |first=Colin |year=1993 |publisher=Tony Williams Publications |isbn=1-869833-21-X |page=121 }}<!--|accessdate=26 April 2011--></ref> He was the last man,<ref name="Cap"/> and the last survivor, of the twelve people to have played at the highest international level for both England's football and cricket teams.
The cricket writer, Colin Bateman, described Milton as a, "stylish, relaxed run-maker".<ref name="Cap"/>
==Early life== Milton was born in Bedminster, in Bristol, and was educated at Cotham Grammar School also in Bristol. A natural sportsman, he became School Captain of cricket, football and rugby union. He also showed talent at mathematics, but decided to pursue sporting glory rather than attend university.
==Cricket career== Milton played for Stapleton Cricket Club as an all-rounder, and then started to play for Gloucestershire Second XI. He made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire in June 1948, against Northants. He went on to play county cricket in 585 matches over 26 years, until he retired in 1974.<ref name="Cap"/>
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 (although he was forced to withdraw through injury). He played six Tests for England between 1958 and 1959.<ref name="Cap"/> He made his Test debut in the third Test against New Zealand on 3 July 1958 at Headingley.<ref name="Cap"/> He opened the batting with MJK Smith (another double international, at cricket and rugby), scoring 104 not out.<ref name="Cap"/> He was the first Gloucestershire player to score a century on his England Test debut since W.G. Grace. He was also 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.<ref>[http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1950S/1958/NZ_IN_ENG/NZ_ENG_T3_03-08JUL1958.html Cricinfo.com]</ref> He lost his place for the fourth Test, but returned for the fifth Test at the Oval. He was one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1959.
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. He played in the first two Tests against India in 1959, ending his short Test career in the second Test at Lord's that June.
Milton never played Test cricket again, but he continued to achieve success in county cricket. In all, he took 79 first-class wickets with his right-arm medium pace bowling, and his football fitness and quick reflexes also made him a notably fast runner in the field, taking 758 catches, but he was mainly a prolific opening batsman from 1951, noted for his running between the wickets. He scored over 32,000 first-class runs at the relatively low batting average of 33.66 runs, passing 1,000 runs in 16 seasons. He played 1,017 innings for Gloucestershire, a record for the county. Perhaps his best season was 1967, when, aged 39, he scored seven centuries and passed 2,000 runs. He was Gloucestershire captain in 1968.
He was a coach at the University of Oxford after his retirement.
==Football career==
He joined Arsenal as an amateur in April 1945, turning professional the next year. National Service meant Milton had to break his football career for two years between 1946 and 1948, but he returned to Arsenal afterwards and continued to play in Arsenal's reserve side. He made his first-team debut against Aston Villa on his twenty third birthday, 10 March 1951. He went on to become a regular for Arsenal at right half and outside-right.
After making only twelve League appearances, Milton was called up for England, and won his first and only cap, in a 2–2 draw against Austria on 28 November 1951. Milton went on to win the First Division title with Arsenal in 1952–53, but soon after faced competition for his place from Danny Clapton and Derek Tapscott.
In all, Milton played 84 matches for Arsenal, scoring 21 goals. After only being a bit-part player for two seasons, he moved to Bristol City in February 1955 for a transfer fee of £4,000. He helped them win promotion to Division Two. After 15 matches at Bristol City, he retired from football altogether in the summer of 1955 to concentrate on his cricket career.
==Personal life, retirement and death== He married Joan, the daughter of his first landlady as a young recruit at Arsenal. After his sporting career ended, Milton became a postman in Bristol, where he was a big fan of greyhound racing. He also played golf, off a handicap of four, and snooker and billiards.
He received an honorary MA from Bristol University in 2002. He 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.<ref name="sportinglife"/> He was survived by his wife and their three sons.
==Honours== *First Division: 1952–53
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,2066693,00.html Obituary], ''The Guardian'', 27 April 2007 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930182851/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2488790.ece Obituary], ''The Independent'', 27 April 2007 *[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1549791/Arthur-Milton.html Obituary], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 27 April 2007 *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110523080842/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1717255.ece Obituary], ''The Times'', 28 April 2007 *{{ESPNcricinfo|id=17037}} *[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/292360.html Double international Arthur Milton dies], Cricinfo, 25 April 2007 *{{Englandstats}} *{{Hugman|13693}}
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