Peter Bullock (cricketer) explained

Peter Bullock
Fullname:Peter Warner Bullock
Birth Date:6 January 1925
Birth Place:Harringay, Middlesex, England
Death Place:Gidea Park, Essex, England
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Left-arm fast-medium
Club1:Assam
Year1:1948-49 to 1951-52
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:5
Runs1:302
Bat Avg1:30.20
100S/50S1:1/1
Top Score1:148
Deliveries1:1057
Wickets1:19
Bowl Avg1:25.68
Fivefor1:1
Tenfor1:1
Best Bowling1:7/70
Catches/Stumpings1:1/–
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/27082.html Cricinfo
Date:21 December 2017

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.

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]

Notes and References

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