David Chalmers Pickeman (8 May 1893 – June 1945) was an Irish first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | David Chalmers Pickeman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 May 1893 Donnybrook, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | June 1945 (aged 53) Dublin, Leinster, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1926 | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 7 November 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pickeman was born at Dublin in May 1893 to William and Janet Pickeman, Scottish immigrants to Ireland.[1] His father was responsible for laying out the course at Portmarnock Golf Club.[1] He served in World War I with the British Army, reaching the rank of Corporal in the Royal Engineers.[1] Following the war, he returned to Ireland and began to play club cricket for Pembroke and occasionally Leinster.[1] He made his debut for Ireland in a minor match against Wales at Cardiff.[2] He made one appearance in first-class cricket for Ireland against Scotland at Glenpark in 1926.[3] Batting twice in the match, Pickeman was dismissed for 2 runs by Gilbert Hole in Ireland's first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed without scoring by Alexander Forrester.[4] He continued to play club cricket in Dublin until 1931.[1] Outside of cricket, he worked as a chemist.[1] He died at Dublin in June 1945.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Player profile: David Chalmers Pickeman". CricketEurope. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ "Miscellaneous Matches played by David Pickeman". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by David Pickeman". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
- ^ "Scotland v Ireland, 1926". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 November 2018.