Lawrence Miles (cricketer)

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

Lawrence Miles

Personal information
Full name	Lawrence Edgar Miles
Born	(1896-03-27)27 March 1896 Whittlesea, Cape Colony
Died	17 November 1967(1967-11-17) (aged 71) East London, Cape Province, South Africa
Batting	Left-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1913–14 to 1933–34	Border
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 28 Runs scored 1051 Batting average 21.02 100s/50s 0/5 Top score 98 Balls bowled 451 Wickets 8 Bowling average 34.50 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 2/13 Catches/stumpings 16/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 April 2017

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.