Lives in Cricket No 17 - Fuller Pilch

38 runs. The following day, at Dereham, it was Norfolk’s turn to face MCC and lose by 69 runs after the county had been dismissed for only eleven runs in the first innings with no batsman reaching double figures and Lillywhite taking nine wickets. They managed to make 38 in the second innings with no-one into double figures again except Fuller with 13. Fuller had not completely severed his connections with Bury and played his last game for them against the same MCC touring team on 15 and 16 August. But the Suffolk club was again easily beaten and their glory days seemed to be coming to an end. Fuller’s career record for Bury was exceptional with 1,155 runs from 26 appearances with an average of 28.17, plus 102 wickets. Fuller returned to Brinton on 7 September for their third and final match with Litcham when his unbeaten 96 gave them revenge for their earlier defeat. Committed to East Anglia, for now 33