William Pilch (cricketer, born 1820) explained

William Pilch
Birth Date:18 June 1820
Birth Place:Brinton, Norfolk, England
Death Place:Canterbury, Kent, England
Batting:Right-handed
Family:Nathaniel Pilch (father)
Fuller Pilch (uncle)
William Pilch (uncle)
David Pilch (great-great-nephew)
Club1:Kent
Year1:1840–1854
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:52
Runs1:719
Bat Avg1:8.07
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:38
Deliveries1:88
Wickets1:17
Bowl Avg1:6.60
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:3/7
Catches/Stumpings1:33/–
Date:25 April
Year:2020
Source:https://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32077/32077.html CricketArchive

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: William Pilch . www.cricketarchive.com . 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.)