Dick Pilling England (ENG)
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type
	Tests	First-class
Matches	8	250
Runs scored	91	2,572
Batting average	7.58	9.85
100s/50s	0/0	0/2
Top score	23	78
Balls bowled	0	0
Wickets	0	0
Bowling average	n/a	n/a
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	n/a	n/a
Catches/Stumpings	10/4	459/208
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Richard ("Dick") Pilling (born 11 August 1855 in Old Warden, Bedfordshire, England; died 28 March 1891 in Old Trafford, Manchester, Lancashire, England) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire County Cricket Club and England. August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Old Warden is a village in Bedfordshire, England just west of the town of Biggleswade, widely known as the home of the Shuttleworth Trust, an early organisation committed to the preservation of transport artifacts, primarily cycles, cars, and aeroplanes, produced in the early part of the 20th century. ... Bedfordshire is a county in England. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Old Trafford is an area of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. ... Manchester is a city in the north-west of England. ... Lancashire (archaically, the County of Lancaster) is a county palatine of England, lying on the Irish Sea. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... // Objective and summary Action at the centre of the ground. ... First-class cricket matches are those of at least three days length in which both teams have two innings each, involving either international teams or the highest division of domestic competition. ... Lancashire County Cricket Club is a first-class cricket club based at Old Trafford cricket ground, Manchester. ...

Born near Bedford to John and Ann Pilling, Dick moved to Church, Accrington, Lancashire in his infancy, which is where he made his name as one of the finest wicket-keepers of his time. In a first-class career lasting from 1877 to 1889 he played 250 matches, 8 of which were Test matches. In 1889 he was awarded a benefit by Lancashire: he raised £1,500. Bedford is the county town of the English county of Bedfordshire. ... Arms of Accrington Borough Council Accrington, in the County of Lancashire, is a small former mill town in the industrial north-west of England. ... A wicket keeper in characteristic position, ready to face a delivery. ... 1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

His first appearance in the Lancashire eleven dates back to the season of 1877. His appearance for Lancashire was very happily timed, as, with Mr. E. Jackson so often prevented by business reasons from playing, the northern county might have been left without a first-class wicket-keeper. Almost from the first time he was seen in the Lancashire team it was felt that a great wicket-keeper had arisen, and he at once sprang into the front rank. From August, 1877, down to the end of the season of 1889 he was a regular member of the Lancashire eleven, and several pages of Wisden might easily be filled with a record of his doings. For all the hard work he has done in the cricket field, Pilling was never constitutionally robust, and the serious illness which kept him out of the cricket field in 1890 originated in a severe cold which he caught during the winter when taking part in a football match. At the end of the summer he journeyed to Australia for the benefit of his health, leaving in the same steamer that took a large proportion of the Australian team. In 1891, Pilling was rated by Wisden to the second-best wicket-keeper in the world, with Jack Blackham being rated the best. His style was described as the perfection of neatness and rapidity, without the least unnecessary show. Wisden is the main publisher of information on cricket in the United Kingdom. ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... John (Jack) McCarthy Blackham May 11, 1854 in North Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria - died December 28, 1932 in Latrobe, Melbourne, Victoria) was an Australian cricketer. ...

Pilling visited Australia with Alfred Shaw and Shrewsbury's team in 1881/2, and went out again under the same auspices in the winter of 1887/8, and it was on these tours and in games played at Lancashire's home ground of Old Trafford that he played his Test matches. At the time, it was feared that much of his subsequent ill-health dates from a sunstroke that he suffered during the former of these trips. As a batsman Pilling had an excellent style, and had often done capital work for his county. This led to Pilling being named as the Wisden Wicket-keeper of the Year in 1891. Unfortunately the accolade turned out to be a posthumous one. To try to improve his deteriorating health, he was sent on a cruise to Australia by Lancashire County Cricket Club in the winter 1890/1. It did not work, and Pilling died six days after returning home. Alfred Shaw (29 August 1842_16 January 1907) was a cricketer, who captained the English cricket team in four test matches in 1881/2, losing two and drawing two. ... Arthur Shrewsbury (11 April 1856_19 May 1903) was an English cricketer who was widely rated as competing with WG Grace for the accolade of being the best batsman of the 1880s. ... 1881 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1887 is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar). ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Old Trafford cricket ground has been the home of Lancashire County Cricket Club since 1856. ... Wisden Cricketers Almanack 2005 The Wisden Cricketers of the Year award is made annually in the pages of the Wisden Cricketers Almanack yearbook. ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Pilling was a stone mason by trade, and had a wife, Emma, and at least one child, Mary.

References

• Pilling's citation for Wisden Wicket-keeper of the Year in 1891, this citation, which is now out of copyright, forms the basis of this article.
• Brief profile of Richard Pilling by Don Ambrose
• CricketArchive page on Dick Pilling
• Cricinfo page on Dick Pilling