Full Name

William Percival Pickering

Born

October 25, 1819, Clapham, London

Died

August 16, 1905, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, (aged 85y 295d)

Nicknames

Bull

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Left arm Medium

RELATIONS

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William Pickering's first-class record is hardly outstanding but he was regarded for a time as one of the greatest cover points in the game in, as Wisden noted, "the days when fielding was considered of as much importance as batting and bowling". Nicknamed Bull, to distinguish him at Eton from his older brother, he played for Cambridge and was one of the founding members of I Zingari and Surrey. In 1852 he emigrated to Canada where he continued playing for Montreal and was instrumental in arranging the first major tour by an international team when George Parr led a side of 12 English professionals to North America in 1859. Pickering returned to England for a time, serving on the MCC committee, before moving back to Canada.
Martin Williamson

William Pickering Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100sCtSt
FC2951544509.670170

Bowling

FormatMatRunsWktsBBIAve5w10w
FC293573/?5.0000

Recent Matches of William Pickering

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
USA-Canada vs G Parr's XI11 & 14*1/2021-Oct-1859RochesterOTHER
Lower Canada vs G Parr's XI8 & 0--24-Sep-1859MontrealOTHER
Surrey vs All Eng XI0--07-Aug-1848The OvalFC
Gents Eng vs Gents Kent3 & 51*0/12 & 0/1506-Aug-1846CanterburyFC
England vs Kent3 & 2--03-Aug-1846CanterburyFC