| Harry Pilling | |
| Country: | England |
| Birth Date: | 23 February 1943 |
| Birth Place: | Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire |
| Death Place: | Little Lever, Lancashire |
| Heightft: | 5 |
| Heightinch: | 3 |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off break |
| Family: | George Harry Pilling |
| Club1: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| Year1: | 1969–1974 |
| Club2: | Lancashire |
| Year2: | 1962–1982 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 333 |
| Runs1: | 15,279 |
| Bat Avg1: | 32.23 |
| 100S/50S1: | 25/81 |
| Top Score1: | 149 |
| Deliveries1: | 336 |
| Wickets1: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 195.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/42 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 89/– |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 173 |
| Runs2: | 3,807 |
| Bat Avg2: | 26.07 |
| 100S/50S2: | 1/22 |
| Top Score2: | 109 |
| Deliveries2: | 13 |
| Wickets2: | 2 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 8.00 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 1/0 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 26/– |
| Date: | 24 September |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18962.html Cricinfo |
Harry Pilling (23 February 1943 – 22 September 2012) was an English cricketer. Standing just 5inchesft3inchesin (ftin) tall he had the distinction of being the shortest English professional cricketer of modern times.[1] A right-handed batsman, Pilling scored over 15,000 first-class runs for Lancashire, whom he played county cricket for from 1962 to 1982.[2]
One of his most memorable innings for Lancashire was an unbeaten 70 against Sussex, which helped secure his county's first Gillette Cup success in 1970.[1]