William Pilkington (cricketer)
William Pilkington was an English cricketer with amateur status. He was associated with Oxford University and made his first-class debut in 1827.
The son of Charles Pilkington of Chichester, Pilkington matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford, in 1824. In the same year he won a demyship at Magdalen College and studied there 1824–31, becoming a fellow in 1831.
Pilkington was ordained a Church of England priest in 1830, and became a curate at Eastergate. He died in 1832, aged 25.
