Lives in Cricket No 17 - Fuller Pilch

victims in what would be the last time that they were on opposite sides. Despite his early successes Redgate dismissed Fuller only 17 times out of the 61 innings in which they faced one another. Before returning home, Fuller stopped off at Swaffham to appear for Norfolk who lost by an innings to an MCC ‘touring’ side on 11 and 12 September, and then travelled down to end his season at Brighton in the Gentlemen v Players benefit match for George Brown. There, captaining the professionals (perhaps the first time he had led a side in a first-class match), he was well set with an unbeaten 22 and the Players 119 for three on the first day of the match, September 15, when bad weather prevented any further play and the match had to be abandoned. 90 William Pilch joins Uncle Fuller at Canterbury