Fuller Pilch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fuller Pilch

cricketer

Date of Birth: 17-Mar-1804

Place of Birth: Horningtoft, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-May-1870

Profession: cricketer

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Fuller Pilch (17 March 1803 – 1 May 1870) was an English first-class cricketer.
Described as "the greatest batsman ever known until the appearance of W.
G.
Grace", the right-handed batsman Pilch played 229 first-class matches between 1820 and 1854 for an assortment of counties, including Kent, Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex, as well as Norfolk and Cambridge Town Club (aka Cambridgeshire).
An early pioneer of batting, Pilch's advert of the "Pilch poke", or art of playing the ball forward, was an early manifestation of modern batting practices.Though his statistics reflect by modern standards as fairly ordinary, the ten centuries he amassed throughout his entire club and first-class playing career were considered "remarkable" in the context of round-arm bowling and poorly maintained cricket pitches encountered during the period.
He was also known for his success at single-wicket matches, defeating Tom Marsden in 1833.
He came from a cricketing family: nephew William Pilch and brothers Nathaniel and William all played first-class cricket.



Description	British painter and sculptor
Date of birth/death	23 February 1817	1 June 1904
Location of birth/death	London	Limnerslease bei Compton (Surrey)
Work location	London, Florence, Paris, Konstantinopel
Authority control	: Q183245 VIAF: 10095477 ISNI: 0000 0000 8076 3251 ULAN: 500026988 LCCN: n50043705 NLA: 35594706 WorldCat