The son of the Anglo-Irish cricketer and British Army officer
Lionel Milman and his wife, Marjorie Aletta Clark-Kennedy, he was born at
Eltham in October 1912. He was educated at
Bilton Grange and
Uppingham School, before going up to
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge, he made two appearances in
first-class cricket for
Cambridge University. The first came in 1932 against
Sussex, while the second came against
Northamptonshire in 1933. Playing as a
slow left-arm orthodox bowler, he took 4 wickets in his two matches, with best figures of 3 for 55. In addition to playing first-class cricket, Milman also played
minor counties cricket for
Bedfordshire from 1931 to 1936, making 36 appearances in the
Minor Counties Championship. He made four rugby union
Test appearances for
England, debuting against
Wales at
Twickenham in the
1937 Home Nations Championship. The following year he gained three further Test caps in the
1938 Home Nations Championship. ==War service and later life==