William Bullen
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Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". William Bullen was a leading English cricketer throughout the last quarter of the 18th century, his known career spanning the years 1773 to 1800.[1] He was an all-rounder who probably batted right-handed.Template:Efn He played mainly for Kent sidesTemplate:Efn although he also appeared for England XIsTemplate:Efn and a variety of other sides.[2]
Arthur Haygarth, writing in the 1860s, describes Bullen as a "close set, strong built man" and a "crack" (i.e. expert) player, who was a "renowned batsman and bowler".[3] He was a fast bowler, in the underarm style, and a hard-hitting batsman who was a "powerful" player.[3] He is reputed to have "frequently bowled the sixth part of a mile (about 300 yards), or the whole length of the Artillery Ground in London".[3][4] He was possibly a native of Deptford in Kent[3] and is known to have played for Dartford Cricket Club as well as teams organised by landowners from the western parts of the county.[2]
Bullen is known to have played in 113 matches retrospectively recognised as first-class.[2] In these matches, Bullen totalled 1,777 runs with a highest score of 54, his only half-century. He held 119 catches and is credited with 181 wickets.Template:Efn His best known performance was six wickets in an innings.[2]
Bullen played in nearly every season from 1773 to 1800. The first match he is known to have played in was for an England XI against a Hampshire side on the Artillery Ground in July 1773. He batted in both the England innings, scoring 1 in each.[5] In July 1774, playing again for England against Hampshire at Sevenoaks Vine, he took five wickets in Hampshire's first innings, the earliest recorded instance of a bowler taking five wickets in an innings.[6] He played for Kent sides from 1774, including matches against Maidstone teams in 1777,[7] and his final known matches were in four odds matchesTemplate:Efn for Kent sides against England teams in 1800.[2]
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References
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- ↑ William Bullen, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
- ↑ a b c d e William Bullen, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-08-06. Template:Subscription required
- ↑ a b c d Haygarth, p. 8.
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- ↑ Haygarth, p. 7.
- ↑ Haygarth, pp. 17–18.
- ↑ Waghorn, p. 48.
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Sources
- Derek Birley (1999) A Social History of English Cricket. London: Aurum Press. Template:Isbn
- Derek Carlaw (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition). (Available online at The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
- Arthur Haygarth (1862) Scores & Biographies, Vol. I (1744–1826). Lillywhite.
- H. T. Waghorn (1906) The Dawn of Cricket. Electric Press.
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