John Bickley (cricketer)

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John Bickley (18 January 1819 – 15 November 1866) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1847 and 1860. He made 38 first-class appearances during his career,[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9740.html John Bickley], CricInfo. Retrieved 27 March 2017. playing primarily for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and for various teams representing England.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27885/27885.html John Bickley], CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2014. Bickley also played six times for The North, three times for The Players and once for each of Surrey and Kent.Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), p. 61. ([https://archive.acscricket.com/books/Kent_Cricketers_A_to_Z_Part_One_Revised_Expanded.pdf Available online] at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 7 August 2022.)

Bickley was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm round-arm fast bowler. He is most notable for having taken eight wickets for seven runs in a match for All England against Kent at Lord's in 1856.[http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/nottinghamshire-bowler-john-bickley-circa-1853-bickley-also-news-photo/461564482?#nottinghamshire-bowler-john-bickley-circa-1853-bickley-also-played-picture-id461564482 John Bickley - Nottinghamshire cricketer], Getty Images. Retrieved 27 March 2017. He was born at Keyworth in Nottinghamshire and worked as a silk glove maker before becoming an inn keeper at the Sawyers Arms, Lister Gate in Nottingham in later life.{{cite web | url =https://www.trentbridge.co.uk/trentbridge/history/players/john-bickley.html |title = www.trentbridge.co.uk/trentbridge/history/players/john-bickley.html |date=19 August 2020 }} He died at Nottingham in 1866 aged 47.