Ernest Sykes (cricketer)

Ernest Castle Sykes (31 May 1869 — 30 November 1925) was an English first-class cricketer.

Sykes was born at Sheffield in May 1869. He made one appearance in first-class cricket as a wicket-keeper for Hampshire against the touring Australians at Southampton in 1896. Batting twice in the match at number eleven, he made two unbeaten scores of 0 and 5. In later life, Sykes worked in the mining industry in Derbyshire, where he was employed as a traffic superintendent at Bolsover colliery. Skyes died suddenly while shaving at his Bolsover residence on 30 November 1925. His son, Eric, was also a first-class cricketer.