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Full name | Fuller Pilch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Horningtoft, Norfolk, England | 17 March 1804||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 1 May 1870 Canterbury, Kent, England | (aged 66)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 1⁄2[1] in (1.84 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right arm slow (roundarm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1836–1854 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1830–1847 | Suffolk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1842–1845 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1831–1845 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1830–1844 | Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1837–1842 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1820–1836 | Norfolk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 10 November 2009 |
Fuller Pilch (17 March 1804 – 1 May 1870) was an English first-class cricketer, active from 1820 to 1854. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled at a slow pace with a roundarm action. Pilch played in a total of 229 first-class matches for an assortment of teams, but mostly for Norfolk and Kent. He is remembered as a pioneer of forward play in batting, and especially for a shot called "Pilch's poke".