Herbert Pigg, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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English cricketer
Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1856
Date of Death: 08-Jun-1913
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Herbert Pigg
- Herbert Pigg (4 September 1856 – 8 June 1913) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and other amateur sides between 1877 and 1891.
- He was born at Buntingford, Hertfordshire and died in Manitoba, Canada.
- His twin brother, Charles Pigg, also played first-class cricket. Pigg was educated at Abington House School, Northampton, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
- As a cricketer, Pigg was a right-handed middle or lower order batsman and a right-arm round-arm fast bowler.
- He was successful as a batsman in his second game for the university side, scoring 34 not out and 32 against the MCC.
- This led to his selection for the 1877 University Match against Oxford University, though he was not successful.
- He played only one further match for Cambridge University in the 1878 season. Pigg graduated from Cambridge University in 1879 with a Bachelor of Arts degree; this was converted to a Master of Arts in 1885.
- He appeared in first-class cricket matches at the Hastings end-of-season cricket festival from 1886 to 1891, and these included several games in the North v South and Gentlemen v Players series, though he did not play in any of the "major" London-based fixtures.
- In 1886, he scored 59 and took four second innings wickets when a South team played the Australians.
- And in 1889 he took seven second innings wickets for 55 runs (and 11 for 112 in the match) as the Gentlemen beat the Players by one wicket.
- He played minor cricket for Hertfordshire from the 1870s and was the team's captain in Minor Counties matches from 1895 to 1897.
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