David Pickles is an English

English people

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 first-class cricket

First-class cricket

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er, who played forty one matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Yorkshire County Cricket Club

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 between 1957 and 1960. He also played for the Yorkshire Second XI during this time.

A right arm fast medium bowler, he took 96 wickets at 21.47, with a best of 7 for 61 against Somerset

Somerset County Cricket Club

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, against whom he had his only ten wicket in a match haul. He took five wickets in a match four times, including 5 for 42 in a Roses Match

Roses Match

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. He had no pretentions as a tail end batsman, scoring 74 runs at 3.70, with a top score of 12. He took 10 catches in the field.