Gordon Millington (4 May 1848 – 27 April 1923) was a New Zealand

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er. He played two first-class matches for

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between 1876 and 1881. A fast bowler, Millington took 3 for 57 and 6 for 37 when Otago lost to

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in 1876-77. A few weeks later he was Otago's most successful bowler against the touring English team, taking 6 for 54 off 45.3 four-ball overs in an innings defeat. In 1878 he was one of the best New Zealand bowlers in the matches against the touring

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, taking 5 for 44 to help give Otago a first-innings lead in the drawn match. "The Australians failed against Millington, who again proved himself Otago's mainstay," wrote the New Zealand cricket historian

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. Millington captained the

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team against the next Australian touring team in 1880-81, taking 4 for 34 off 36.2 four-ball overs. He also captained Oamaru against the Auckland team that was making its first tour of the South Island in 1882-83; he took 7 for 81 in Auckland's only innings. In the 1880s Millington farmed with his brother John, who also played cricket for Oamaru, at Papakaio in

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. He spent most of the rest of his life in Oamaru working as a

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Millington, Gordon 1848 births 1923 deaths New Zealand cricketers Otago cricketers Sportspeople from Rugby, Warwickshire Cricketers from Warwickshire

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