Charlie Bull

Charlie Bull

Personal information
Full name	Charles Harry Bull
Born	29 March 1909(1909-03-29) Lewisham, London, England
Died	28 May 1939(1939-05-28) (aged 30) Margaretting, Chelmsford, Kent, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1929–1930	Kent
1931–1939	Worcestershire
Career statistics
Competition	FC
Matches	175
Runs scored	6,800
Batting average	23.61
100s/50s	5/30
Top score	161
Balls bowled	108
Wickets	0
Bowling average	-
5 wickets in innings	0
10 wickets in match	0
Best bowling	-
Catches/stumpings	64/0
Source: [1], 5 August 2008

Charles Harry Bull (29 March 1909–28 May 1939) 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.^[1] 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,^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[4] 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.^[3]

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.^[5]

Notes

1. ^ "Kent v Surrey in 1929". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/13/13168.html. Retrieved 2008-08-05. 
2. ^ "Worcestershire v New Zealanders in 1931". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/13/13831.html. Retrieved 2008-08-05. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Charlie Bull". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28271/f_Batting_by_Season.html. Retrieved 2008-08-05. 
4. ^ "Worcestershire v Glamorgan in 1934". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/15/15039.html. Retrieved 2008-08-05. 
5. ^ "Essex v Worcestershire in 1939". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/16/16958.html. Retrieved 2008-08-05. 

References

• Charlie Bull from CricketArchive
• Player profile: Charlie Bull from ESPNcricinfo

Persondata
Name	Bull, Charlie
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1909-03-29
Place of birth	Lewisham, London
Date of death	1939-05-28
Place of death	Margaretting, Chelmsford, Kent