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{{short description|English cricketer and educator}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Arthur Congreve Miller
| nickname =
| birth_date = 24 January 1877
| birth_place = [[Bisley, Gloucestershire|Bisley]], [[Gloucestershire]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1947|3|10|1877|1|24|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Milford on Sea]], [[Hampshire]], England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| family =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1910/11–1918/19
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 76
| bat avg1 = 25.33
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 45
| deliveries1 = 6
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–
| date = 1 December
| year = 2022
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/arthur-miller-31163 ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Arthur Congreve Miller''' {{postnominal|OBE|JP}} (24 January 1877 – 10 March 1947) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and educator.

The son of William Miller, he was born in January 1877 at [[Bisley, Gloucestershire]]. He was educated at [[St Edward's School, Oxford]], before matriculating to [[Selwyn College, Cambridge]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book|last=Venn|first=John|title=Alumni Cantabrigienses|year=1944|volume=4|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|page=413|url=https://archive.org/details/p2alumnicantabri05univuoft|language=en}}</ref> After graduating from Cambridge, he held a number of assistant master positions at educational establishments in England, Scotland, and South Africa, before joining the [[Indian Education Service]] in July 1911.<ref name="BOOK"/> While in [[British India]], Miller played [[first-class cricket]] on two occasions for the [[Europeans cricket team]]; the first of these came against the [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]] in the final of the [[Bombay Quadrangular|Bombay Triangular Tournament]] at [[Bombay Gymkhana|Bombay]] in September 1910, with his second appearance coming against the [[Indians cricket team|Indians]] in the [[Madras Presidency]] match at [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Madras]] in January 1919.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14118/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Arthur Miller|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=1 December 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 76 runs in his two matches, with a highest score of 45.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14118/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Arthur Miller|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=1 December 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Miller was appointed an education inspector in 1922 and was made an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in the [[1924 Birthday Honours]].<ref name="BOOK"/><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32941|date=30 May 1924|page=4417|supp=y}}</ref> The following year, he was made deputy director of public instruction, before being appointed inspector of European schools in Bombay. Miller's final appointment in India was as headmaster of [[Rajkumar College, Rajkot]].<ref name="BOOK"/> After retiring to England, he was resident at [[Halberton]] in [[Devon]] and was a [[Justice of the peace#England and Wales|justice of the peace]] for the county.<ref name="BOOK"/> In mid-1945, he moved to [[Milford on Sea]] in [[Hampshire]], being appointed a justice of the peace for the county.<ref>Appointments. ''New Milton Advertiser''. 7 December 1946. p. 5</ref> Miller died at a nursing home in Milford on Sea in March 1947.<ref>Deaths. ''New Milton Advertiser''. 15 March 1947. p. 8</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=31163}}

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[[Category:1877 births]]
[[Category:1947 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Bisley, Gloucestershire]]
[[Category:People educated at St Edward's School, Oxford]]
[[Category:Alumni of Selwyn College, Cambridge]]
[[Category:Schoolteachers from Gloucestershire]]
[[Category:Indian Education Service officers]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:Heads of schools in India]]
[[Category:English justices of the peace]]

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