Gordon Millington

Gordon Millington (4 May 1848 – 27 April 1923) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Otago between 1876 and 1881.[1]

A fast bowler,[2] Millington took 3 for 57 and 6 for 37 when Otago lost to Canterbury in 1876-77.[3] 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.[4] In 1878 he was one of the best New Zealand bowlers in the matches against the touring Australians, 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 Tom Reese.[5]

Millington captained the Oamaru team against the next Australian touring team in 1880-81, taking 4 for 34 off 36.2 four-ball overs.[6] 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.[7]

In the 1880s Millington farmed with his brother John, who also played cricket for Oamaru, at Papakaio in North Otago.[8][9] He spent most of the rest of his life in Oamaru working as a woolclasser.[10]