Pilch vs Marsden — Single-Wicket Challenge, 1838
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1838-09-10
The Fuller Pilch v Tom Marsden single-wicket challenge of September 1838 was the second great inter-county individual contest of the decade — staged in Sheffield over two days for a stake of £100 a side. Pilch, by then the leading batter in England, won comfortably, confirming the eclipse of Marsden's Yorkshire reign by Pilch's Kent ascendancy.