Harold Milliken

Harold Maurice Milliken was a New Zealand rugby union and rugby league international active in the 1930s and 1940s.
Milliken was born in Christchurch and educated at St Andrew's College.
A forward, Milliken turned out for Christchurch club Sunnyside and was a regular in the Canterbury [Rugby Football Union|Canterbury] provincial side from 1933 to 1938. He was capped three times by the New Zealand national [rugby union team|All Blacks] as a lock on the 1938 New Zealand [rugby union tour of Australia|1938 tour of Australia].
Milliken switched codes in 1939 and began playing for Papakura [Sea Eagles|Papakura] in the Auckland Rugby League competition. He was selected for the New Zealand national [rugby league team|national rugby league team] for the 1939 [New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France|1939 tour of Great Britain]. The team played one game against St Helens before war England declared war on Germany and the tour was abandoned. A second game was played against Dewsbury before the team returned to New Zealand. Milliken did not play in either of the matches but he and other non playing members of the tour were awarded caps based on the fact that they would have played several games for New Zealand if not for the outbreak of war.