Edward Arthur Pickett, OAM (2 April 1909 – 29 January 2009) was a leading Australian sportsman of the twentieth century, playing representative cricket, Australian rules football, tennis, badminton, golf, billiards, snooker and athletics.
[4] His skill behind the stumps led Pickett to his first-class debut for Tasmania aged nineteen on 19 February 1929 against Victoria at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, scoring three runs and claiming two dismissals.
[7] In a match against the 1930 Australian side en route to England, Pickett, who worked on the front counter of the Launceston Examiner newspaper, sought time off to play.
He played in three Australian snooker championships, and won the national title in 1955, becoming the first Tasmanian to do so.
[10] Pickett was Walter Lindrum's opponent in a series of charity exhibition matches held around Tasmania.
[3] The Ted Pickett Shield, awarded to the winner of the Tasmanian snooker championships, is named in his honour.