William Pilch (18 June 1820 – 11 January 1882) was an English

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er who played

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for

Kent County Cricket Club Kent County Cricket Club is one of the eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Kent. A club representing the county was first founded in 1842 but Ke ...

, the Players, teams calling themselves "England" and other teams in a

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cricket career that extended from 1840 to 1857. He was a member of a famous cricketing family: his father was

Nathaniel Pilch Nathaniel Pilch (4 September 1793 – 1881) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Norfolk from 1820 to 1836. He was the elder brother of Fuller Pilch Fuller Pilch (17 March 1804 – 1 May 1870) was an English first-class crick ...

, and the great

Fuller Pilch Fuller Pilch (17 March 1804 – 1 May 1870) was an English first-class cricketer, active from 1820 to 1854. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled at a slow pace with a roundarm action. Pilch played in a total of 229 first-class matches for a ...

and an older William Pilch were his uncles. He was born at Brinton,

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and died at

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.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 452–453.
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