George Richard Pullinger (14 March 1920 – 4 August 1982) was an English cricketer. Pullinger was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Islington, London.
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| Full name | George Richard Pullinger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1920-03-14)14 March 1920 Islington, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 August 1982(1982-08-04) (aged 62) Thurrock, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1949–1950 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 20 September 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
An amateur, Pullinger made his first-class debut for Essex against Middlesex in the 1949 County Championship as cover for Ken Preston.[1] Available for only the first half of the 1949 season, he made fifteen further appearances. He played twice more in the 1950 season, then disappeared from first-class cricket.[2] He often opened the bowling with Trevor Bailey. In his eighteen first-class matches he took 41 wickets at an average of 37.97, with best figures of 5/54.[3] These figures, which were his only first-class five wicket haul, came against Somerset in 1949.[4] A true tailender, with the bat he scored 53 runs at a batting average of 5.88, with a high score of 14 not out.[5]
He died at Thurrock, Essex on 4 August 1982. His obituary appeared in the 1986 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.[6]