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John Bickley (18 January 1819 – 15 November 1866) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1847 and 1860. He made 38 first-class appearances during his career,[1] playing primarily for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and for various teams representing England.[2] Bickley also played six times for The North, three times for The Players and once for each of Surrey and Kent.[2][3]
Bickley was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm round-arm fast bowler. He is most notable for having taken eight wickets for seven runs in a match for All England against Kent at Lord's in 1856.[4] He was born at Keyworth in Nottinghamshire and worked as a silk glove maker before becoming an inn keeper at the Sawyers Arms, Lister Gate in Nottingham in later life.[4][5] He died at Nottingham in 1866 aged 47.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b John Bickley, CricInfo. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ a b John Bickley, CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2014.
- ^ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), p. 61. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 7 August 2022.)
- ^ a b John Bickley - Nottinghamshire cricketer, Getty Images. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ "www.trentbridge.co.uk/trentbridge/history/players/john-bickley.html". 19 August 2020.
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