Lewis Pickles
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| Full name | Lewis Pickles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 September 1932 Opening batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1955–1958 | Somerset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 14 May 1955 Somerset v Surrey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 23 May 1958 Somerset v Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 31 May 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lewis Pickles (17 September 1932 – 11 June 2021)[1] was an English cricketer who played as an opening batsman for Somerset for just over three seasons in the mid-1950s.
Career
Somerset's recruitment policy for new players after falling to the bottom of the
The 1957 season proved more difficult for Pickles, with more competition for batting places after the arrival of Bill Alley to join the side. Alley often opened, and Pickles' uncertain form saw him play in less than half the first-class matches.
In 1958, he played just four times and his last first-class match was also the last match played by Walker. Pickles left the county's staff at the end of the season, playing in Scotland for a few years, then returning to Yorkshire where he played League cricket for Pudsey St Lawrence (
References
- ^ "Lewis Pickles". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ a b "The County Cap: Lewis Pickles". Somerset CCC. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ The figure given at the time was 1137."Somerset in 1956". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1957 ed.). Wisden. p. 515.
- ^ "Lancashire in 1956". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1957 ed.). Wisden. p. 425.
- ^ "Bradford League: Lightcliffe CC". Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2008.