Milton Work

Milton C Work in 1897

Milton Cooper Work (1864 – June 27, 1934) was a noted American authority on whist, bridge whist, auction and contract bridge.

Work Point Count system

In his writings he suggested evaluating balanced hands using a point count method: Ace = 4, King = 3, Queen = 2 and Jack = 1. This became known as the Work Point Count and was later adapted by Charles Goren to value all hands. It is still used by most players. In 1927 Work was named American Bridge League (ABL) Honorary Member of the Year.

Other sporting activities

He was the manager of the Philadelphian cricket team that toured England in 1897. He had earlier played for Belmont Cricket Club between at least 1880 and 1887. He also played cricket, tennis and baseball for Pennsylvania University in 1887. He edited the American Cricketer magazine.

References

• Cricket profile
• Wisden Cricketer's Almanack, 1935 edition, Obituaries section.
• Works by Milton Work at Project Gutenberg

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Name	Work, Milton Cooper
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Date of birth	1864
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Date of death	June 27, 1934
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