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]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | George Henry Mills |
| Born | 1 August 1916 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand |
| Died | 17 December 1979 (aged 63) Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Role | Wicket-keeper |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 1935/36–1957/58 | Otago |
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
edit- ^ a b "George Mills". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ 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
- ^ Superfluous selection, Otago Daily Times, issue 25740, 11 January 1945, p. 3. (valuable online at Papers Past. Retrieved 1 June 2023.)
- ^ George Mills, CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2023. (subscription required)
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