George Mills (cricketer, born 1916)

George Henry Mills (1 August 1916 – 17 December 1979) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 59 first-class matches, 55 of them for Otago between the 1935–36 and 1957–58 seasons.[1]

George Mills
Personal information
Full name
George Henry Mills
Born(1916-08-01)1 August 1916
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Died17 December 1979(1979-12-17) (aged 63)
Dunedin, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1935/36–1957/58Otago
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 May 2016

Born at Dunedin in 1916 and educated at Otago Boys' High School,[2] Mills was Otago's first-choice wicket-keeper for much of the time he played.[3] He was an effective batsman who scored 2,056 first-class runs in his career and took 88 catches and made 34 stumpings. He played for a New Zealand XI in a trial match in January 1949, scoring a half-century, but did not receive an international cap.[4] He worked professionally as a fitter and was an Otago selector.[2]

Mills died at Dunedin in 1979, aged 63.[1] An obituary was published in the following year's New Zealand Cricket Almanack.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "George Mills". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b c McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 92. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2
  3. ^ Superfluous selection, Otago Daily Times, issue 25740, 11 January 1945, p. 3. (valuable online at Papers Past. Retrieved 1 June 2023.)
  4. ^ George Mills, CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2023. (subscription required)
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