sentences:  He played in all matches with the team in the 1877 season, when he took 40 wickets with 5-37 against Lancashire, 6-47 against Kent and 5-44 against Hampshire.As with earlier seasons, Hickton was kept of the top bowler spot by William Mycroft.Hickton managed just eleven wickets in eleven matches in the 1878 season and retired from first-class cricket.