Mills (Kent cricketer)

Mills
Personal information
Full name unknown
Born c.1715
England
Batting style unknown hand
Bowling style underarm: unknown hand and type
Role batsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
c.1735–1755 Kent
Career statistics
Source: Arthur Haygarth, 8 February 2013

Mills (first name and dates unknown) was an English cricketer who played in first-class cricket for Kent during the 1740s. He is recorded in cricket's second-oldest surviving scorecard playing for Kent against an All-England Eleven at the Artillery Ground on Monday, 18 June 1744. He scored six runs and may have taken one or more wickets. Kent won by 1 wicket.[1]

As Mills had established his reputation by 1744, he must have been active for some years previously and his career probably began in the 1730s. Very few players were mentioned by name in contemporary reports and there are no other references to Mills. He was possibly the brother of John Mills, a noted bowler who also played in the All-England v. Kent match.

References

  1. Haygarth, p.1.

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