PILLING

Richard . b. Bedford 5 July 1855; played in a match Su ex v. Lancashire at Old Trafford 1877; wicket keeper for Lancashire 1877–89; played in Gentlemen v. Players at Lord’s 1879, and in Lancashire v. Surrey at Liverpool 1885; had a benefit under the Lancashire cricket club auspices which gave him £1,700, 1889; went to Australia with Shaw and Shrews bury’s first combination 1881–82, when he had a sun stroke from which he never quite recovered, went to Australia with the fourth combination 1887–88; caught cold in a football match 1890; the Lancashire club sent him to Australia for his health 1890; with the exception of Black ham the best wicket keeper of his day. d. at his house in Manchester 28 March 1891. Wisden’s Cricketers’ almanack (1891) p. xxxiii portrait , (1892) p. xxxii ; Times 30 March 1891 p. 7; Graphic 4 April 1891 p. 386 portrait .