Background
He was born at Ffestiniog on 5 August 1862 and educated at Friars School, Bangor and University College, Aberystwyth.
He was born at Ffestiniog on 5 August 1862 and educated at Friars School, Bangor and University College, Aberystwyth.
Studied at University College, of Wales. Saint Thomas’s IIosp. London.
He was a Welsh International, and was a player in the Preston North End side which became known as "The Invincibles". As a student he played both association football and rugby football, but he eventually emerged as a first rate goalkeeper while studying at Street Thomas"s Hospital, London. He also played for Barnes, Casuals, and Birmingham Street George"son
He retired in 1890, but was persuaded to make a last appearance for Wales in 1892.
Between 1884 and 1888, he made seven appearances for the Corinthians amateur club, including playing for Corinthian three times against Preston North End. Mills-Roberts qualified as a doctor in July 1887, and the following year was appointed the house surgeon at Birmingham General Hospital.
He later took a position with the hospital at the Dinorwic Slate Quarry, and served with the British Expeditionary Force in the First World War. At the end of his working career, he retired to Bournemouth, where aged 73 he died on 27 November 1935.