Joseph Miller (died October 1784) was a noted English cricketer who is generally considered to have been one of the greatest batsmen of the 18th century.
The first definite mention of him is in a "fives" single wicket match between Kent and Hampshire at the Artillery Ground in June 1772.
Miller's "world record" lasted only a year until John Small beat it with the earliest known first-class century.
[9] 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 appearances including scores of 65, 64 and 51 in three separate matches for All-England against Hampshire.
[12] 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.
[16] In his Cricket Scores, H. T. Waghorn records that "Richard Miller" played for Kent against Surrey at Laleham Burway in June 1773[17] but in Haygarth's version of this scorecard, he has listed the player as "J.
[1][14][19][20][21][22] 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".