{{short description|English sportsman}} ''"Peter Pickering" was also the name of the man suspected of the murder of Elsie Frost.'' {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Peter Pickering |image = |caption = |fullname = Peter Barlow Pickering |birth_date = {{birth date|1926|3|24|df=y}} |birth_place = New Earswick, England |death_date = {{death date and age|2006|11|21|1926|3|24|df=y}} |death_place = Cape Town, South Africa |height = |position = Goalkeeper |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = New Earswick |years1 = 1946–1948 |clubs1 = York City |caps1 = 49 |goals1 = 0 |years2 = 1948–1951 |clubs2 = Chelsea |caps2 = 27 |goals2 = 0 |years3 = 1951–1955 |clubs3 = Kettering Town |caps3 = |goals3 = |years4 = 1955–1958 |clubs4 = Northampton Town |caps4 = 86 |goals4 = 0 |totalcaps = 162 |totalgoals = 0 }} '''Peter Barlow Pickering''' (24 March 1926 – 21 November 2006) was an English sportsman who played both football and cricket.
==Career==
===Football career=== Born in New Earswick, Pickering played as a goalkeeper for New Earswick, York City, Chelsea, Kettering Town and Northampton Town, making a total of 162 appearances in the Football League.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player7/peterpickering.html|title=Profile|accessdate=15 September 2013|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database}}</ref>
===Cricket career=== Pickering also played for Northamptonshire. He made a single first-class appearance, during the 1953 season, against Lancashire. From the tailend, Pickering scored 22 runs in the first innings and 37 in the second. Northamptonshire won the match by one wicket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32062/32062.html|title=Profile|accessdate=15 September 2013|publisher=Cricket Archive}}</ref>
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