Peter Pickering

Peter Pickering
Personal information
Full name Peter Barlow Pickering
Date of birth (1926-03-24)24 March 1926
Place of birth New Earswick, England
Date of death 21 November 2006(2006-11-21) (aged 80)
Place of death Cape Town, South Africa
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
New Earswick
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1946–1948 York City 49 (0)
1948–1951 Chelsea 27 (0)
1951–1965 Kettering Town
1955–1958 Northampton Town 86 (0)
Total 162 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Peter Barlow Pickering (24 March 1926 – 21 November 2006) was an English sportsman who played both football and cricket.

Career

Football career

Born in New Earswick, Pickering played as a goalkeeper for New Earswick, York City, Chelsea, Kettering Town and Northampton Town, making a total of 162 appearances in the Football League.[1]

Cricket career

Pickering also played for Northamptonshire. He made a single first-class appearance, during the 1953 season, against Lancashire. From the tailend, Pickering scored 22 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and 37 runs in the second innings. Northamptonshire won the match by one wicket.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database. Retrieved 15 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Profile". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 15 September 2013.


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