Harry Pickering (cricketer)

This article is about the English cricketer. For the English footballer, see Harry Pickering (footballer).

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.

Harry Pickering

Personal information
Full name	Harry Gordon Pickering
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm slow
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1947	Leicestershire
1938	Essex
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 8 Runs scored 297 Batting average 18.56 100s/50s 0/3 Top score 79 Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 25 October 2011

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.