Peter Bullock (cricketer)

Peter Warner Bullock (6 January 1925 – 16 February 1997) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Assam in India from 1948 to 1952.

Peter Bullock
Personal information
Full namePeter Warner Bullock
Born(1925-01-06)6 January 1925
Harringay, Middlesex, England
Died16 February 1997(1997-02-16) (aged 72)
Gidea Park, Essex, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1948-49 to 1951-52Assam
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 5
Runs scored 302
Batting average 30.20
100s/50s 1/1
Top score 148
Balls bowled 1057
Wickets 19
Bowling average 25.68
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 7/70
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 21 December 2017

After World War II, Peter Bullock worked as a tea planter on the Kellyden Tea Estate in northern Assam.[1][2] In cricket he was an opening or number three batsman and an opening bowler. He played in Assam’s first first-class match, when they played United Provinces in the 1948-49 Ranji Trophy. He scored 78 out of 153 in the first innings and took three wickets.[3] He captained Assam to their first victory in first-class cricket, when they defeated Orissa in 1951-52; he top-scored in each innings with 31 and 148, and took 7 for 70 and 3 for 29 (match figures of 70.1–27–99–10).[4]

References

  1. "Cricket". Koi-Hai. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  2. "Tea Planters and Residents of the 1962 Sino-India War". Koi-Hai. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  3. "Assam v United Provinces 1948-49". Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  4. "Assam v Orissa 1951-52". Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
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