Lives in Cricket No 17 - Fuller Pilch

Returning to Lord’s the next week Fuller helped England beat Kent by innings with a top score of 59. The county fared no better in two matches against Town Malling, where Fuller settled in immediately with solid contributions with bat and ball. At Bromley on 3 and 4 August, thanks to Fuller’s 22 out of 71, followed by an unbeaten 64, Town Malling won by five wickets, and in the return at Town Malling later in the month, on 25 August, Fuller’s top score of 23 out of 138 helped the club to an innings victory. Thomas Selby and company must have realised that the sooner Fuller began playing for Kent the sooner they could begin to build a winning team around him. But the season was over and that must wait until next year while Fuller settled into his new employment and accommodation. 48 Norfolk: the final years