William Bullock (cricketer)

William Henry (Bullock) Hall DL JP (5 April 1837 — 21 April 1904) was an English first-class cricketer, journalist and military historian.

William Bullock
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Henry Bullock
Born5 April 1837
Faulkbourne, Essex, England
Died21 April 1904(1904-04-21) (aged 67)
Saint-Raphaël, Var, France
BattingUnknown
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1857–1860Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 5
Runs scored 207
Batting average 29.57
100s/50s –/1
Top score 78
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 20 January 2020

Family and Early Life

The son of Henry Robert Bullock, he was born into the Bullock family at Faulkbourne, Essex in April 1837. He was educated at Rugby School,[1] before going up to Balliol College, Oxford where he studied classical moderations.[2]

Cricketer

While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1857. He made four further first-class apparances for Oxford, with a further appearance in 1857 followed by two in 1858 and one in 1859.[3] Bullock scored 207 runs in his five matches, at an average of 29.57 and with a high score of 78.[4]

Journalist

After he graduated from Oxford, he was a member of Lincoln's Inn but did not become a barrister and instead traveled to Italy, Egypt and the Holy Land.[5] He then chose to become a journalist in the employment of The Daily News.[1]

Poland

He was the newspaper's special correspondent and reported on the Polish Insurrection in 1863-1864 following which he wrote a book, Polish Experiences, published by Macmillan in 1864. His hosts, during his travels, included the Tarnowski family. Bullock described visiting the family seat at Dzików Castle where he met Count Jan Tarnowski and his two brothers, Juliusz Tarnowski[6] and Stanisław Tarnowski. Juliusz was killed 2 weeks later fighting the Russians whilst Stanisław was condemned by the Austrians to 12 year solitary confinement in the Wawel Castle. Some months later, as Bullock returned from his wider travels back to Kraków, he sought permission to visit Stanisław in prison. Although permission was formally granted, access was denied on the morning of his visit.[7].

Other Assignments

He also covered the Second French intervention in Mexico in 1864–65, writing Across Mexico in 1864-5, and represented the paper in Rome from 1866–1867. He became an ardent partisan of the Italian Revolutionary movement fighting with Garibaldi from whom he received personal thanks.[5] He was dispatched to Sedan during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, where he was the chief manager of the French Peasant Relief Fund while based in France for which he was created Chevalier of Légion d'honneur.[1]

Philanthropy

Bullock was keenly interested in movements of practical philanthropy: encouraging fruit growing in Ireland by free gifts of trees, building improved dwellings in the slums of the East End of London and erecting model cottages for those working on his estates.[5]

Later Life

He changed his surname in 1872, assuming the name Hall, in lieu of Bullock, on the inheritance of the Cambridgeshire estates of his uncle, General John Hall of Weston Colville and Six Mile Bottom.[5][8][1] He was also a military historian, writing books on the subject.[9] Having served as a deputy lieutenant and justice of the peace for Cambridgeshire,[1] he later served as the High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in 1891.[10] He was resident at Six Mile Bottom in Cambridgeshire and also had a villa at Valscure in France at Saint-Raphaël, where he died in April 1904 after a short illness resulting from paralysis.[11]

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References
  1. Mitchell, A. T. (1902). Rugby School Register 1842–1874. 2. A. J. Lawrence. p. 96.
  2. Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 189.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by William Bullock". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  4. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Bullock". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  5. Bullock, Llewellyn C W, Memoirs of the Bullock Family, A J Lawrence 1905
  6. "Juliusz Tarnowski".
  7. "Bullock, William Henry. Polish Experiences during The Insurrection of 1863 – 64, Macmillan and Co, 1864".
  8. "No. 23882". The London Gazette. 2 August 1872. p. 3439.
  9. "Hall, W. H. (William Henry) 1837-". WorldCat. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  10. "No. 26146". The London Gazette. 24 March 1891. p. 1653.
  11. "Wisden - Obituaries in 1904". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
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