Peter Mills (cricketer)

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John Peter Crispin Mills, known as Peter Mills, is an English former cricketer who played from 1979 to 1982 for Cambridge University and Northamptonshire. He appeared in 41 first-class matches as a right-handed batsman. Mills was born in Kettering on 6 December 1958 and was educated at Oundle School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge|. He is the son of Michael Mills, who played for Cambridge University and Warwickshire after the Second World War.

Peter Mills scored 1,585 runs with a highest score of 111. [1] He bowled just one over of right-arm medium pace in first-class cricket. He played Minor Counties cricket for Cambridgeshire between 1980 and 1984.

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