[1] Milburn was born at Dunedin in 1943 and educated at King's High School in the city.
[2] A wicket-keeper and lower-order right-handed batsman, he played first-class cricket for Otago from 1963–64 to 1982–83.
[1] He was one of a succession of New Zealand Test wicketkeepers of modest batting ability in the mid to late 1960s, and was first choice for only one Test series, the three matches in New Zealand against the West Indies in 1968-69 when, like his immediate predecessor Roy Harford, he batted at number 11.
[4] An injury in the later stages of the England tour did not help Milburn's cause at a time when Wadsworth was struggling for runs.
He scored a century in his comeback match against Wellington, when he went in as nightwatchman, and Otago went on to win by one wicket.