Lives in Cricket No 17 - Fuller Pilch

impress, made 404 runs from his 16 innings, and Felix made 266. It might seem that Fuller was only going through the motions as one of the star players hired to bring in the crowds. But it should be remembered that there very few gaps in a field occupied by 18, 20 or 22 fieldsmen and that Fuller, now 43, was not as fast between the wickets as he used to be. His offside style of batting meant that he was usually attempting to strike the ball past a point, cover point, an extra cover, a couple of deep covers, a ‘middle wicket’ and two long offs, as well as a third man, long slip and deep long slip. Parr, by comparison, was a strong leg-side batsman and an expert at finding gaps in the field on that side, even when it was more populated than usual. The new St Lawrence Ground 101