Biography of the famous Norfolk and Kent cricketer, the finest batsman in England in the 1830s. From the ACS Lives in Cricket series. Paperback. 1st edition. A fine copy.
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Seller: Carvid Books, Cranbrook, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 148 pages, well illustrated, this is Number 17 in the ground-breaking Lives in Cricket series from the award-winning ACS, written by the late Brian Rendell (1935-2025). A biography of the famous cricketer, Fuller Pilch, a leading player of the 1830s and '40s, who began his life and career in Norfolk before being "attracted to Kent where, at West Malling and in Canterbury, he was the cornerstone of that county's first great elevens". "[A] quiet, dignified man" who sadly fell into poverty towards the end of his life. In VG+ condition. Seller Inventory # 6672