Keith Miller
Miller reading Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 1951
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| Full name | Keith Ross Miller | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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28 November 1919 Sunshine, Victoria, Australia |
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| Died | 11 October 2004 (aged 84) Mornington, Victoria, Australia |
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| Nickname | Nugget | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-hand batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 168) | 29 March 1946 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 11 October 1956 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1959 | Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1959 | MCC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1947/48–1955/56 | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1937/38–1946/47 | Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: CricketArchive, 19 December 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Keith Miller | |||
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Miller, in the vertically striped jumper, playing for St Kilda
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| Original team(s) | Brighton | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Full back, full forward | ||
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| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1940–42; 1946 | St Kilda | 50 (42) | |
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| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 1946 | Victoria | 1 | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Keith Ross Miller, AM MBE (28 November 1919 – 11 October 2004) was an Australian test cricketer and a Royal Australian Air Force pilot during World War II. Miller is widely regarded as Australia's greatest ever all-rounder. Because of his ability, irreverent manner and good looks he was a crowd favourite. English journalist Ian Wooldridge called Miller "the golden boy" of cricket, leading to his being nicknamed "Nugget". He "was more than a cricketer ... he embodied the idea that there was more to life than cricket".
A member of the record-breaking Invincibles, at the time of his retirement from Test cricket in 1956, Miller had the best statistics of any all-rounder in cricket history. He often batted high in the order, sometimes as high as number three. He was a powerful striker of the ball, and one straight six that he hit at the Sydney Cricket Ground was still rising when it hit the upper deck of the grandstand. Miller was famous for varying his bowling to bemuse batsmen: he made sparing use of slower deliveries and would often adjust his run-up, surprisingly bowling his fastest deliveries from a short run. He was also a fine fielder and an especially acrobatic catcher in the slips.
Away from cricket, Miller was also a successful Australian rules footballer. He played for St Kilda and was selected to represent the Victorian state team. He played 50 games for St Kilda, for whom he kicked eight goals in one game against North Melbourne, during 1941.
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