William Pilch (cricketer, born 1820)

William Pilch (18 June 1820 – 11 January 1882) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club, the Players, teams calling themselves "England" and other teams in a professional cricket career that extended from 1840 to 1857.[1] He was a member of a famous cricketing family: his father was Nathaniel Pilch, and the great Fuller Pilch and an older William Pilch were his uncles. He was born at Brinton, Norfolk and died at Canterbury, Kent.[2]

William Pilch
Personal information
Born(1820-06-18)18 June 1820
Brinton, Norfolk, England
Died11 January 1882(1882-01-11) (aged 61)
Canterbury, Kent, England
BattingRight-handed
RelationsNathaniel Pilch (father)
Fuller Pilch (uncle)
William Pilch (uncle)
David Pilch (great-great-nephew)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1840–1854Kent
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 52
Runs scored 719
Batting average 8.07
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 38
Balls bowled 88
Wickets 17
Bowling average 6.60
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/7
Catches/stumpings 33/–
Source: CricketArchive, 25 April 2020

References

  1. "William Pilch". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  2. Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 452–453. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)


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