cricket county. And with five such mighty cricketers
As Felix Wenman, Hillyer, Fuller Pilch, and Alfred Mynn,
Was but natural to win.
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.
