Edward Millton

Edward Bowler Millton

Date of birth	7 March 1861
Place of birth	Christchurch, New Zealand
Date of death	11 March 1942 (aged 81)
Place of death	Loburn, New Zealand
School	Christ's College
Occupation(s)	Sheep farmer
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Forward
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	Christchurch
Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1883–86 1884	Canterbury Wellington	7 1
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1884	New Zealand	0	(0)

Edward Bowler Millton (7 March 1861 – 11 March 1942) was a New Zealand rugby union player who represented his country in 1884, playing as a forward.^[1]

Born in Christchurch in 1861 and educated at Christ's College, Millton played for the Christchurch club and made seven appearances for the Canterbury provincial team between 1883 and 1886, as well as one for Wellington as a loan player in 1884. He was a member of the first New Zealand national rugby union team, which toured New South Wales in 1884. He played in seven of the eight matches on that tour, scoring one try.^[1] He did not play in any Test matches, as New Zealand did not play its first full international until 1903.

Millton and his older brother, William, who captained the New Zealand team on the 1884 tour to New South Wales, have the distinction of being the first brothers to represent New Zealand in rugby.^[1]

Millton married Maud Eliza Ford at St Peter's Church, Riccarton, on 22 March 1892.^[2] He died at Loburn on 11 March 1942.^[1] He bequeathed his sheep farm, Birch Hill Station, and another property at Okuku, to the Sunlight League of New Zealand for the establishment of the "Ford Millton Memorial Home for Children".^[3]

References

1. Knight, Lindsay. "Edward Millton". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
2. "Marriage". The Star. 25 March 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
3. "Fresh-air home for children". The Press. 28 July 1942. p. 4. Retrieved 4 May 2016.