Harry Pickering (cricketer)
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| Full name | Harry Gordon Pickering | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm slow | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1947 | Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||
| 1938 | Essex | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 25 October 2011 | |||||||||||||||
Harry Gordon Pickering (18 January 1917 – 4 March 1984) was an English cricketer. Pickering was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm slow. He was born at Hackney, London.
Pickering made his first-class debut for Essex against Surrey in the 1938 County Championship. He made two further first-class appearances for Essex in that seasons, against Somerset and Middlesex.[1] He scored 62 runs in his three matches, at an average of 10.33, with a high score of 17.[2] This was his only season with Essex. Following World War II, Pickering joined Leicestershire in 1947, making his debut for the county against Gloucestershire. He made four further first-class appearances for Leicestershire, all of which came in the 1947 County Championship.[1] He had more success in his brief stint with Leicestershire, scoring 235 runs at an average of 23.50, with a high score of 79.[2] This score, which was one of three fifties he made for Leicestershire, came against Surrey in his final match.[3]
He died on 4 March 1984 at Seaford, Sussex.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Harry Pickering". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ a b "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Harry Pickering". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
- ^ "Surrey v Leicestershire, 1947 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
External links
[edit]- Harry Pickering at ESPNcricinfo
- Harry Pickering at CricketArchive