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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.

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 played twice more in the 1950 season, then disappeared from first-class cricket. 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. 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 not out.

He died at Thurrock, Essex on 4 August 1982. His obituary appeared in the 1986 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.

References

1. "Wisden - Obituaries in 1985". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. ESPNcricinfo. 5 December 2005. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
2. "First-Class Matches played by George Pullinger". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
3. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by George Pullinger". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
4. "Somerset v Essex, 1949 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
5. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by George Pullinger". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
6. Wisden 1986, p. 1218.

External links

• George Pullinger at ESPNcricinfo
• George Pullinger at CricketArchive

• 1920 births
• 1982 deaths
• Cricketers from the London Borough of Islington
• People from Islington (district)
• English cricketers
• Essex cricketers
• 20th-century English sportsmen