Harry Pickering

Harry Pickering
Personal information
Full name Harry Gordon Pickering
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm slow
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1947 Leicestershire
1938 Essex
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 8
Runs scored 297
Batting average 18.56
100s/50s –/3
Top score 79
Balls bowled –
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings –/–
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

  1. 1 2 "First-Class Matches played by Harry Pickering". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  2. 1 2 "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Harry Pickering". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "Surrey v Leicestershire, 1947 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
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