George Cull
George Cull (3 March 1856 — 9 May 1898) was an English first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | George Cull | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 March 1856 Lymington, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 May 1898 (aged 42) Sandown, Isle of Wight, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1877 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 January 2010 | |||||||||||||||
Cull was born at Lymington in March 1856. A club cricketer for Ringwood Cricket Club,[1] he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Hampshire in 1877, against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's and Derbyshire at Southampton.[2] He scored 14 runs in his two matches, with a highest score of 7.[3] Although he was a wicket-keeper at club level, in his two matches for Hampshire, Hector Hyslop was preferred as wicket-keeper. Cull spent the final twenty years of his life working as a postman on the Isle of Wight, where he died at Sandown in May 1898.[4]
References
- Cricket week. Bournemouth Guardian. 17 August 1889. p. 2
- "First-Class Matches played by George Cull". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by George Cull". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- Death of local postman. Isle of Wight County Press. 14 May 1898. p. 8
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