Alfred Milward was one of five Everton players to line up for England against Scotland at Blackburn in 1891. He was a hard-working outside-left with a superior technical brain and tremendous vision. Although his angled crossfield passes were an integral part of his game, he was at his very best when rampaging down the flanks, leaving confused defenders trailing in his wake.... Perhaps his greatest attribute was that he never surrendered. Indeed, he lost his temper on more than one occasion with teammates who had opted to accept defeat long before the final whistle.

Alf Milward made 27 League appearances in Everton’s first Goodison campaign, scoring 11 goals. He was a skilful outside-left with an excellent football brain.
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According to Tony Matthews, Milward was 'a well-built, hard working and technically clever winger who contested every ball and had a knack of delivering a cross-field pass to perfection from up to 40 yards'.

Other outside-lefts of his day were certain faster in the sprint – Fred Spiksley of Sheffield, for example, but they were essentially speed-merchants, and hugged the touch-line for their best displays…With Milward, on the contrary, his speed was used only in the resort when the combination of his wing play with Chadwick demanded that he should either make direct for goal himself, either with the ball or to receive Chadwick’s forward pass, or that in the alternative the time was opportune for him to take the ball to the corner-post and draw the opponents after him there, while he would then “centre” to his own uncovered inside-forwards.