Robert Brian Millar (born 22 April 1966) is a former Irish international cricketer who represented the Irish national side between 1992 and 1995. He played as a

wicket-keeper The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and ready to take a catch, stump the batsman out and run out a batsman when occasion arises. Th ...

. Millar was born in

Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...

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. He made his debut for Ireland in August 1992, in a single-innings game against

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. At the

1994 ICC Trophy The 1994 ICC Trophy (formally the ABN AMRO ICC Trophy) was a cricket tournament that took place in Kenya between 12 February and 6 March 1994. It was the fifth ICC Trophy tournament to be staged, and acted as the Cricket World Cup qualification to ...

in Kenya, Millar appeared in two of his team's seven matches (against

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and the

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), alternating with

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as wicket-keeper. He made his first-class debut later in the year, against

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, and also represented Ireland in the

1994 NatWest Trophy The 1994 NatWest Trophy was the 14th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 21 June and 3 September 1994. The tournament was won by Worcestershire County Cricket Club who defeated Warwick ...

(an English domestic one-day competition). Millar's final games for Ireland came in the 1995

Benson & Hedges Cup The Benson & Hedges Cup was a one-day cricket competition for first-class counties in England and Wales that was held from 1972 to 2002, one of cricket's longest sponsorship deals. It was the third major one-day competition established in Englan ...

.List A matches played by Brian Millar
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2016.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Millar, Brian 1966 births Living people Cricketers from Northern Ireland Irish cricketers Cricketers from Belfast People educated at Bangor Grammar School Wicket-keepers