Harry Pilling (23 February 1943 – 22 September 2012) was an English

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er. Standing just tall he had the distinction of being the shortest English professional cricketer of modern times. A right-handed batsman, Pilling scored over 15,000 first-class runs for

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, whom he played

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for from 1962 to 1982. One of his most memorable innings for Lancashire was an unbeaten 70 against

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, which helped secure his county's first Gillette Cup success in 1970.

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The Guardian obituary
* 1943 births 2012 deaths Cricketers from Ashton-under-Lyne English cricketers Lancashire cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers D. H. Robins' XI cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1940s-stub