He made 38 first-class appearances during his career,[1] playing primarily for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and for various teams representing England.
[2][3] Bickley was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm round-arm fast bowler.
He is most notable for having taken eight wickets for seven runs in a match for All England against Kent at Lord's in 1856.
[4] He was born at Keyworth in Nottinghamshire and worked as a silk glove maker before becoming an inn keeper at the Sawyers Arms, Lister Gate in Nottingham in later life.
[1] John Bickley at ESPNcricinfo This biographical article related to an English cricket person born in the 1810s is a stub.