Ernest Sykes (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2012}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Ernest Sykes

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Ernest Castle Sykes

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1869|5|31|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1925|11|30|1869|5|31|df=yes}}

| death_place = Bolsover, Derbyshire, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| family = Eric Sykes (son)

| role = Wicket-keeper

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 1896

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 5

| bat avg1 = –

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 5*

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 2 January

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20440.html Cricinfo

}}

Ernest Castle Sykes (31 May 1869 — 30 November 1925) was an English first-class cricketer.

Sykes was born at Sheffield in May 1869. He made one appearance in first-class cricket as a wicket-keeper for Hampshire against the touring Australians at Southampton in 1896.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6876/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Ernest Sykes|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 March 2024|url-access=subscription}} Batting twice in the match at number eleven, he made two unbeaten scores of 0 and 5.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/4/4588.html|title=Hampshire v Australians, Australia in England 1896|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 March 2024|url-access=subscription}} In later life, Sykes worked in the mining industry in Derbyshire, where he was employed as a traffic superintendent at Bolsover colliery.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001825/19251204/054/0002|title=Death of Mr. E. C. Sykes|work=Mansfield Reporter|page=2|date=4 December 1925|access-date=18 March 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} Skyes died suddenly while shaving at his Bolsover residence on 30 November 1925.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000541/19251205/111/0005|title=Death of Mr. Ernest Castle Sykes|work=Derbyshire Times|location=Chesterfield|page=5|date=5 December 1925|access-date=18 March 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} His son, Eric, was also a first-class cricketer.