William John Cullen

William Cullen

Birth name	William John Cullen
Date of birth	7 December 1894
Place of birth	Balghupar? India
Date of death	28 June 1960
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) Monkstown () – Manchester () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1920 Ireland 1

William John Cullen (7 December 1894 – 28 June 1960) was an Irish rugby international. He won one cap against England in 1920.[1] Cullen also played first-class cricket while in British India, playing eight first-class matches for the Europeans cricket team and a combined Europeans and Parsees cricket team.[2] He scored a total of 376 runs in his eight matches, at an average of 31.33 and a high score of 120,[3] which came for the Europeans against the Muslims in the final of the 1927/28 Bombay Quadrangular.[4] Cullen died in England in June 1960 at Hemingford Grey, Huntingdonshire.

References

1. "Stirling set to make history in Pakistan". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
2. "First-Class Matches played by William Cullen". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
3. "Player profile: William Cullen". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
4. "Europeans v Muslims, 1927/28". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

External links

• William John Cullen at ESPNscrum
• IRFU Profile
• Jones, Stephen (1994). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1994-95. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7850-4.