Fuller Pilch

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Fuller Pilch

Personal information
Full name	Fuller Pilch
Born	(1804-03-17)17 March 1804 Horningtoft, Norfolk, England
Died	1 May 1870(1870-05-01) (aged 66) Canterbury, Kent, England
Height	6 ft 1⁄2[1] in (1.84 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm slow (roundarm)
Domestic team information
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
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 229 Runs scored 7147 Batting average 18.61 100s/50s 3/24 Top score 153* Balls bowled 670 Wickets 142 Bowling average 21.33 5 wickets in innings 3 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 7/? Catches/stumpings 122/–
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".