Charlie Bull
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Charles Harry Bull was an English
cricketer
who played 175 first-class
matches between 1929 and 1939, first for Kent
and later for Worcestershire
.
After having made a number of appearances for Kent's Second XI in the late 1920s, Bull made his first-class debut against Surrey
in July 1929; he scored 23 in his only innings and sent down three overs for 19.
He played a further two first-class games that season, and another one in 1930, but had no success and left the county at the end of the season.
Bull's Worcestershire debut came against the New Zealanders in May 1931, when opening the batting he scored just 8 and 6,
but his career for his new county truly began in 1933.
In that year he made 25 appearances, scoring 743 runs at 21.85
, though his highest score was only 79.
The four seasons from 1934 to 1937 were the best years of Bull's career. He passed a thousand runs in each season, making five centuries, the highest of these being the first: 161 against Glamorgan
in June 1934.
His most productive summer was that of 1937, when he hit 1,619 runs and hit two centuries, this being the only season of his career in which he reached three figures more than once.
Bull played 15 times in 1938, but passed 50 only thrice and scored under 500 runs in the season. In late May 1939, during the weekend of the match against Essex
at Chelmsford, he was killed in a car accident which also left his team-mate Syd Buller
injured.
England
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cricketer
Cricketer
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who played 175 first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
matches between 1929 and 1939, first for Kent
Kent County Cricket Club
Kent County Cricket Club is one of the 18 first class county county cricket clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the county of Kent...
and later for Worcestershire
Worcestershire County Cricket Club
Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
.
After having made a number of appearances for Kent's Second XI in the late 1920s, Bull made his first-class debut against Surrey
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
in July 1929; he scored 23 in his only innings and sent down three overs for 19.
He played a further two first-class games that season, and another one in 1930, but had no success and left the county at the end of the season.
Bull's Worcestershire debut came against the New Zealanders in May 1931, when opening the batting he scored just 8 and 6,
but his career for his new county truly began in 1933.
In that year he made 25 appearances, scoring 743 runs at 21.85
Batting average
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball that measures the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters. The two statistics are related in that baseball averages are directly descended from the concept of cricket averages.- Cricket :...
, though his highest score was only 79.
The four seasons from 1934 to 1937 were the best years of Bull's career. He passed a thousand runs in each season, making five centuries, the highest of these being the first: 161 against Glamorgan
Glamorgan County Cricket Club
Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire . Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. Glamorgan CCC have won the English County...
in June 1934.
His most productive summer was that of 1937, when he hit 1,619 runs and hit two centuries, this being the only season of his career in which he reached three figures more than once.
Bull played 15 times in 1938, but passed 50 only thrice and scored under 500 runs in the season. In late May 1939, during the weekend of the match against Essex
Essex County Cricket Club
Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. Its limited overs team is called the Essex Eagles, their team colours this season are blue.The club plays most of its home games...
at Chelmsford, he was killed in a car accident which also left his team-mate Syd Buller
Syd Buller
John Sydney Buller, MBE was an English first-class cricketer, and notable international cricket umpire....
injured.