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Fuller Pilch — England's Leading Batsman of the 1830s

Norfolk, Kent, England

1830-06-01

Through the 1830s the Norfolk-born professional Fuller Pilch was the most consistent batsman in England. Standing six feet tall and using a long forward stride that contemporaries called 'Pilch's poke' — the front foot pushed almost to the pitch of the ball before the bat came down — he reduced the new roundarm bowling to manageable terms when most batsmen were still being shelled out cheaply, and held the title of best bat in England for the better part of two decades.

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Fuller Pilch — Cricket's Best Batsman of the Pre-Grace Era Emerges from Norfolk

Norfolk and various

1820-07-01

Fuller Pilch, born in Horningtoft, Norfolk in March 1804, made his first appearance at Lord's at the age of sixteen in 1820, playing for Norfolk against MCC. By the mid-1820s he was acclaimed as the best batsman in England, a status he held for nearly thirty years until W.G. Grace appeared in the 1860s. He pioneered forward play against the new roundarm bowling and gave his name to a famous attacking stroke called 'Pilch's Poke'.

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