# George Pullinger

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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = George Pullinger
|             country = England
|            fullname =	George Richard Pullinger
|            nickname = 
|          birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|3|14|df=yes}}
|         birth_place = [Islington](/source/Islington), London, England
|          death_date = {{Death date and age|1982|8|4|1920|3|14|df=yes}}
|         death_place = [Thurrock](/source/Thurrock), [Essex](/source/Essex), England
|            heightft = 
|          heightinch = 
|             heightm = 
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm [fast-medium](/source/Fast_bowling)
|                role = Bowler
|              family = 
|               club1 = [Essex](/source/Essex_County_Cricket_Club)
|               year1 = 1949–1950
|         clubnumber1 =
|             columns = 1
|             column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            matches1 = 18
|               runs1 = 53
|            bat avg1 = 5.88
|           100s/50s1 = 0/0
|          top score1 = 14[*](/source/not_out)
|         deliveries1 = 3,117
|            wickets1 = 41
|           bowl avg1 = 37.97
|            fivefor1 = 1
|             tenfor1 = 0
|       best bowling1 = 5/54
|  catches/stumpings1 = 14/–
|                date = 20 September
|                year = 2011
|              source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18642.html Cricinfo
}}

'''George Richard Pullinger''' (14 March 1920 – 4 August 1982) was an English [cricket](/source/cricket)er.  Pullinger was a right-arm [fast-medium](/source/Fast_bowling) bowler and tail-end right-handed [batsman](/source/Batsman_(cricket)).  He was born in [Islington](/source/Islington), London.

An [amateur](/source/Amateur_status_in_first-class_cricket), Pullinger made his [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) debut for [Essex](/source/Essex_County_Cricket_Club) against [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1949 County Championship](/source/1949_County_Championship) as cover for [Ken Preston](/source/Ken_Preston).<ref name="OBIT">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228603.html|title=Wisden - Obituaries in 1985|work=[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)|date=5 December 2005 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref> Available for only the first half of the [1949 season](/source/1949_English_cricket_season), he made fifteen further appearances.  He played twice more in the [1950 season](/source/1950_English_cricket_season), then disappeared from first-class cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5262/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by George Pullinger|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref> He often opened the bowling with [Trevor Bailey](/source/Trevor_Bailey). In his eighteen first-class matches he took 41 wickets at an [average](/source/bowling_average) of 37.97, with best figures of 5/54.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5262/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by George Pullinger|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref> These figures, which were his only first-class [five wicket haul](/source/five_wicket_haul), came against [Somerset](/source/Somerset_County_Cricket_Club) in 1949.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1940S/1949/ENG_LOCAL/CC/SOMERSET_ESSEX_CC_18-21JUN1949.html|title=Somerset v Essex, 1949|publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=28 December 2025}}</ref> A true tailender, with the bat he scored 53 runs at a [batting average](/source/batting_average_(cricket)) of 5.88, with a high score of 14 [not out](/source/not_out).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5262/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by George Pullinger|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 September 2011}}</ref>

Pullinger died at [Thurrock](/source/Thurrock), [Essex](/source/Essex), on 4 August 1982. His obituary appeared in the 1986 edition of ''[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)''.<ref>''[Wisden](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)'' 1986, p. 1218.</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18642.html George Pullinger] at [ESPNcricinfo](/source/ESPNcricinfo)
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5262/5262.html George Pullinger] at CricketArchive

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

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