His twin brother, Charles Pigg, also played first-class cricket.
Pigg was educated at Abington House School, Northampton, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
[2] As a cricketer, Pigg was a right-handed middle or lower order batsman and a right-arm round-arm fast bowler.
[2] 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.
[1] In 1886, he scored 59 and took four second innings wickets when a South team played the Australians.