About Percival Pickering
Lived 1810 – 1876 (aged 66). Percival Pickering was a British cricketer and barrister.
Percival Andree Pickering (8 February 1810 – 7 August 1876) was an English first-class cricketer and lawyer.
Pickering made a single appearance in first-class cricket in 1846 for the Surrey Club against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's. He batted in both Surrey Club innings', being dismissed without scoring by William Hillyer in their first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by Jemmy Dean for 3 runs.
Pickering married Anne Maria Spencer-Stanhope. The couple had four children: the Pre-Raphaelite painter Evelyn De Morgan, chemist and horticulturist Percival Spencer Umfreville Pickering; Rowland Neville Umfreville (1861–1931) and the author Anna Pickering. He died at Dover in August 1876. His brother, William, was fundamental in the formation of Surrey County Cricket Club.
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Who was Percival Pickering?
British cricketer (1810-1876)
When was Percival Pickering born?
Percival Pickering was born on 8 February 1810 in London.
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Percival Pickering died on 7 August 1876 in Dover.
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Percival Pickering was a cricketer and barrister.
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Percival Pickering was British.
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