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98 cricket county. And with five such mighty cricketers

As may be inferred from his forward play, Pilch was a tall man, and he was a most consistent scorer. Like Alfred Mynn, he was famous in single-wicket matches; but while both were very ready to play anybody in England, I suspect each was afraid of the other, for no match was ever played between these Kentish heroes. Pilch was a fair bowler, but nothing like the same class as Mynn, and, as cutting is no good in single-wicket matches, a very fast bowler like Mynn is hard to score against, being difficult to drive: so Pilch would probably have not been quite a match at single-wicket for Mynn, but as a bat he stood far higher: in an age, as compared with the present, of small scores and rough wickets, his runs were of far more credit to him than centuries are to many cricketers now.