- Keith Millar
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playername = Keith Millar
fullname = Keith James Millar
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birthdate =August 15 ,1906
birthplace =Richmond, Victoria
dead = true
deathdate =July 13 ,1971
deathplace =Melbourne
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heightweight = 183 cm / 82 kg
position = Half forward
debutinformation = Round 10, 1924, Richmond vs
South Melbourne at Lake Oval
years = 1924-27, 1930
clubs = Richmond
games(goals) = 37 (38)
statsend = 1930
careerhighlights =Keith James Millar (
August 15 ,1906 -July 13 ,1971 ) was anAustralian sportsman who playedAustralian rules football with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s andfirst-class cricket for Victoria. Not to be confused with St Kilda playerKeith Miller , who also represented his state at cricket.Millar, a half forward, took part in the 1924 round-robin finals series, where Richmond missed out on the premiership by percentage. He had his best season in 1926 when he finished equal fifth in the Brownlow Medal count and represented Victoria three times in interstate matches. After retiring in 1930, Millar returned to the league as a field umpire six years later and umpired three games during the VFL season.
His cricket career was played mostly while he was a Richmond footballer, between the 1924/25 and 1932/33 summers. An all-rounder, he managed to appear in 14 first-class matches as a right handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium pace bowler. Millar made 382 runs at 19.10 with two half centuries and took 14 wickets at 36.28. He took nine of those wickets during a 1925 tour of New Zealand by the Victorians and included the scalp of Test cricketer
Stewie Dempster . [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11426.html|title=Wellington v Victoria 1924/25| publisher=CricketArchive] They took on the New Zealand national team in a match at Wellington in the same tour and, despite batting a ten, Millar scored 56 in his first innings. [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11431.html|title=New Zealand v Victoria 1924/25| publisher=CricketArchive] His highest first-class score however came in aSheffield Shield match against Queensland in 1927 at Brisbane where he batted up the order and made 64 runs. [cite web|url=http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12188.html|title=Queensland v Victoria 1926/27| publisher=CricketArchive]References
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