Lawrence_Miles_(cricketer)

Lawrence Miles (cricketer)

Lawrence Miles (cricketer)

South African cricketer

Lawrence Edgar Miles (27 March 1896 – 17 November 1967) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Border from 1913 to 1934.

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While aged 17 and a student at Selborne College in East London, Miles made his first-class debut for Border, alongside another Selbornian, Roelof Oosthuizen, against the touring MCC in November 1913.[1][2] He next played for Border with the resumption of first-class cricket after World War I, and was a regular member of the team during the 1920s, sometimes as captain. He captained a Cape Province team against the MCC in 1930–31.[1]

He was a middle-order batsman whose highest score was 98 against Natal in the Currie Cup in 1923–24.[3]

Miles married Molly McCann in August 1929.[4] He died in East London in 1967.

References

  1. [1]
    Williams, Glyn (2000). "Looking for Rudolph, Ray or Roy – Who Turns Out to be Roelof". The Cricket Statistician. No. 109. pp. 19–21.
  2. [2]
    "Border v MCC 1913–14". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Border v Natal 1923–24". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  4. [4]
    "South-Africa-Eastern-Cape-L Archives". Rootsweb. Retrieved 2 April 2017.


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