George Bull (cricketer)

George Bull

Personal information
Full name	George Bull
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1900	Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 2 Runs scored 12 Batting average 6.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 10 Balls bowled 36 Wickets 0 Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 January 2009

George Bull was an English first-class cricketer.[1] He was a fast bowler.[2][3]

Bull made two first-class appearances for Hampshire in the 1900 County Championship against Yorkshire and Essex.[4] On debut against Yorkshire at The Circle, Hull, Bull started the match as a substitute fielder for Yorkshire after two of their players were late arriving; he was only on the field for ten minutes but took the catch to dismiss his own captain, Charles Robson, in Schofield Haigh's first over.[5] Batting at number 11, he ended Hampshire's first-innings of 128 unbeaten on 0, while in Yorkshire's first-innings total of 460, he bowled six wicketless overs. In Hampshire's second-innings of 61 all out, he was dismissed for 2 runs by Wilfred Rhodes, with Yorkshire winning by an innings and 271 runs.[6] Against Essex at the County Ground, Leyton, Hampshire had been playing with ten men until Bull arrived on the final day. Batting in their second-innings, he scoring 10 runs before he was dismissed for 10 by Bill Reeves, as Essex won the match by 206 runs.[7][8]

Bull played club cricket for Andover. In a match against Newbury on 14 July 1900, he took all ten wickets in the first innings, finishing with figures of 10 for 45.[1]

References

1. "Newbury v. Andover". Sporting Life. 18 July 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 24 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Cricket | Yorkshire v. Hampshire". Leeds Mercury. 22 June 1900. p. 10. Retrieved 26 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Yorkshire v. Hampshire". Birmingham Daily Post. 22 June 1900. p. 8. Retrieved 26 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "First-Class Matches played by G. Bull". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
5. "Cricket | Yorkshire v. Hants". The Yorkshire Post. 22 June 1900. p. 12. Retrieved 24 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Yorkshire v Hampshire, 1900 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
7. "Essex v. Hampshire | The eastern county successful". York Herald. 23 July 1900. p. 8. Retrieved 24 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "Essex v Hampshire, 1900 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 February 2012.

External links

• George Bull at ESPNcricinfo