George Pullinger

Who was George Pullinger?

George Richard Pullinger was an English cricketer. Pullinger was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Islington, London.

An amateur, Pullinger made his first-class debut for Essex against Middlesex in the 1949 County Championship as cover for Ken Preston. Available for only the first half of the 1949 season, he made fifteen further appearances. He made two further first-class appearances in the 1950 season, after which he disappeared from first-class cricket. His role as a bowler often saw him open the bowling with Trevor Bailey, in his eighteen first-class matches he took 41 wickets, which came at an average of 37.97, with best figures of 5/54. These figures, which were his only first-class five wicket haul, came against Somerset in 1949. A true tailender, with the bat he scored 53 runs at a batting average of 5.88, with a high score of 14*.

He died at Thurrock, Essex on 4 August 1982. His obituary did not appear in the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack until 1985.