Harry Pilling

Harry Pilling was an English cricketer. Standing just tall he had the distinction of being the shortest English professional cricketer of modern times. A right-handed batsman, Pilling scored over 15,000 first-class runs for Lancashire [County Cricket Club|Lancashire], for whom he played county cricket from 1962 to 1982.
One of his most memorable innings for Lancashire was an unbeaten 70 against Sussex County [Cricket Club|Sussex], which helped secure his county's first Friends [Provident Trophy|Gillette Cup] success in 1970.