| Stuart McCullum | |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Fullname: | Stuart James McCullum |
| Birth Date: | 6 December 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Eltham, Taranaki, New Zealand |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Role: | Occasional wicket-keeper |
| Club1: | Otago |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 75 |
| Runs1: | 3,174 |
| Bat Avg1: | 24.41 |
| 100S/50S1: | 2/16 |
| Top Score1: | 134 |
| Deliveries1: | 86 |
| Wickets1: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 46.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 1/0 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 69/2 |
| Column2: | List A |
| Matches2: | 41 |
| Runs2: | 798 |
| Bat Avg2: | 20.46 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/3 |
| Top Score2: | 97 |
| Deliveries2: | 9 |
| Wickets2: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 8.00 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 1/2 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 16/0 |
| Date: | 6 February |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22420/22420.html CricketArchive |
Stuart James McCullum (born 6 December 1956) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played for Otago between the 1976–77 season and 1990–91. A left-handed opening batsman who occasionally kept-wicket, he is the father of former New Zealand international cricketers Brendon and Nathan McCullum.[1] [2] [3]
McCullum was born at Eltham in Taranaki in 1956. He was educated at King's High School in Dunedin and played club cricket for Albion Cricket Club in a working-class area in the south of the city.[4] [5] [6] He first played age-group cricket for Otago during the 1974–75 season and made his representative debut for the provincial side in December 1976. Opening the batting for Otago against Canterbury at Christchurch, a half-century on debut saw McCullum retained in the Otago side for much the season, scoring 273 runs in eight matches.[1]
After making his List A debut later in the 1976–77 season, McCullum went on to play for Otago in every season until the end of 1990–91. He featured in 75 first-class matches, scoring 3,174 runs and making two centuries, and in 41 List A matches, scoring 798 runs with a highest score of 97 not out made against the touring England international side in January 1984.[1] After returning he became a selector for the Otago representative side.[4]