Arthur Pike

Arthur Pike

Personal information
Born	(1862-12-25)25 December 1862 Keyworth
Died	15 November 1907(1907-11-15) (aged 48) Keyworth
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper-Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1894–1899	Nottinghamshire
1901	MCC
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 66 Runs scored 1128 Batting average 13.92 100s/50s 0/3 Top score 66 Balls bowled - Wickets - Bowling average - 5 wickets in innings - 10 wickets in match - Best bowling - Catches/stumpings 102/30
Source: CricInfo, 19 August 2020

Arthur Pike (25 December 1862 – 15 November 1907) was an English first-class cricketer active 1894–1901 who played for Nottinghamshire as a wicketkeeper. He was born and died in Keyworth.^[1]

Arthur Pike was a member of the Pike family from Keyworth which produced cricketers and footballers. These included Harry Pike and Horace Pike.^[2] On 4 January 1890, Horace, Arthur and Harry all played in the same Nottingham Forest side in a home match against Sheffield Wednesday. Forest lost 3-1.^[3]

Cricket

Pike played cricket as a Wicket-keeper. Before playing for Nottinghamshire, he played for Keyworth CC, Nottingham Commercial CC, Notts Manufacturing CC and Leyland CC in Lancashire.^[4] He made his First-class cricket debut for Nottinghamshire in May 1894 at Trent Bridge against Yorkshire.^[4] His highest score was 66 against Middlesex at Trent Bridge in August 1896.^[4]

His best seasons behind the wicket were 1896 with 27 caught, 7 stumped and 1897 with 23 caught 12 stumped.^[5]

He made 1 appearance for the MCC at Lord's in May 1901 with 3 catches and 2 stumpings.^[4]

After his playing career, Pike went on to become an umpire between 1901 and 1905.^[4]

Football

Pike also played football as a Left Back and made 3 competitive appearances for Nottingham Forest.^[3] He made his non competitive debut on 25 October 1884 at home to Blackburn Rovers^[3] and his competitive debut in the FA Cup against Notts Swifts on 15 October 1887.^[3] He made over 30 non competitive appearances for Forest between 1884 and 1890. His last game for Nottingham Forest was the Football Alliance game on 4 January 1890 against Sheffield Wednesday.^[3]

Career statistics

Club	Season	Football Alliance		FA Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nottingham Forest[3]	1887-88	0	0	1	0	1	0
	1888-89	0	0	1	0	1	0
	1889-90	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Total	1	0	2	0	3	0
Career total		1	0	2	0	3	0

References

1. Arthur Pike at ESPNcricinfo
2. "The Pikes" (PDF). 18 August 2020.
3. Smales, Ken (2006). Nottingham Forest The Official Statistical History. Pineapple Books.
4. "www.trentbridge.co.uk/trentbridge/history/players/arthur-pike.html". 19 August 2020.
5. Cricket A Weekly Record Of The Game Volume XXVI 2007. Merritt & Hatcher. p. 462.