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John James Morrell McMullan (23 April 1893 – 28 April 1967) was a New Zealand cricketer who played 32 games of first-class cricket for Otago from 1918 to 1930.

John McMullan

Personal information
Full name	John James Morrell McMullan
Born	(1893-04-23)23 April 1893 Dunedin, New Zealand
Died	28 April 1967(1967-04-28) (aged 74) Dunedin
Batting	Left-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1917-18 to 1929-30	Otago
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 32 Runs scored 1718 Batting average 30.14 100s/50s 3/9 Top score 157* Balls bowled 16 Wickets 0 Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 14/3
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 1 April 2017

Life and career

A batsman and occasional wicket-keeper, McMullan made his first-class debut against Southland in 1917–18. Batting at number four, he made 157 not out, including 22 fours, of the team's total of 313.[1] Otago won by an innings.[2] In his next first-class match, against Wellington two years later, he made 85 not out and 25.[3] He thus scored 267 runs in his first-class career before being dismissed, setting a world first-class record which was not broken until 1946, when Sam Loxton scored 305 runs before being dismissed.[4]

The rest of his career was steady, and included two more centuries, both in the Plunket Shield: 111 against Wellington in 1923–24 (one of seven centuries in the match)[5] and 131 (after 51 in the first innings) against Auckland in 1927–28.[6] In 1923 the Otago Daily Times described him thus: "Left-hand bat of the 'rock' order. Has to be dug out; also a fine field."[7] In the 1930s he served on the selection panel for the Otago team;[8] during the Second World War he was the sole selector.[9] He also coached young players in Dunedin.[10]

McMullan was awarded a BA in History by New Zealand University in 1920.[11] He was headmaster of the Tainui School in Dunedin until 1945, when he became headmaster of George Street School, also in Dunedin.[12]

References

External links

• John McMullan at ESPNcricinfo
• John McMullan at CricketArchive (subscription required)

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