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September 1780. His date of birth is unknown but, as he had been playing since the 1760s, he must have reached the veteran stage by the 1780s and his scores were less notable than they had been a decade earlier. Apart from a few useful contributions, Miller was by 1782 playing a minor role. He
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Miller was less successful in 1775 and experienced a number of low scores but he did play two notable innings of 71 for Kent v
Hampshire and then 42 for Surrey against Hampshire. He had an indifferent season in 1776 but then recovered his form in 1777 when he made a total of 311 runs in six known
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in June 1772. He took part in all three important matches recorded in the 1772 season. In the second, playing for All-England against
Hampshire at Guildford Bason, he was top scorer for his team in both innings with 30 out of 126 and then 26 out of only 86.
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Miller's first name may be subject to question for, although he is generally known as Joseph, he has also been referred to as
Richard, though that would seem to be due to confusion with the Richard Miller who played alongside him in one match for
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men were afraid of". He comments on Miller's ability to "cut a ball at the point of the bat" and adds, slightly contradicting
Haygarth's version, that "although (Miller was) fully as stout a man as Minshull, he was considerably more active".
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Haygarth, who studied all of the old scorecards and biographical material available, acknowledges that "there seems to have been two (Millers) but it is almost certain that J was the "crack" and played in the great contests of the day".
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Miller's best known performance was for Kent v
Hampshire at Sevenoaks Vine in August 1774 when he made 95 out of 240 and enabled Kent to win by an innings and 35 runs. A week later, in the return match at
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appearances including scores of 65, 64 and 51 in three separate matches for All-England against
Hampshire. He made a few useful scores in 1778 when his best was 59 for Surrey against Hampshire.
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In 1773, he scored a total of 316 runs in his seven known important match appearances with a best score of 73 (out of 177) for All-England against
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in August. Hampshire won by 85 runs and, if the batting order in the scorecard is correct, Miller batted last and scored just 2 and 9.
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in 1773. Miller's "world record" lasted only a year until John Small beat it with the earliest known first-class century.
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who is generally considered to have been one of the greatest batsmen of the 18th century. He is mostly associated with
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Note that Miller is identified as
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in June 1773 but in Haygarth's version of this scorecard, he has listed the player as "J. Miller".
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