William Pilkington (6 December 1806 – 2 June 1832) was an English

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er with amateur status. He was associated with Oxford University and made his first-class debut in 1827. The son of Charles Pilkington of Chichester, Pilkington matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford, in 1824. In the same year he won a demyship at Magdalen College and studied there 1824–31, becoming a fellow in 1831. s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Pilkington, Rev. William Pilkington was ordained a Church of England priest in 1830, and became a curate at

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. He died in 1832, aged 25.

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1806 births 1832 deaths English cricketers English cricketers of 1826 to 1863 Oxford University cricketers Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford 19th-century English Anglican priests {{England-cricket-bio-1800s-stub