{{short description|South African cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | country = England | fullname = Leonard Cullen | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|11|23|df=yes}} | birth_place = Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa | death_date = {{Death date and age|1984|9|15|1914|11|23|df=yes}} | death_place = South Africa | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = | family = | club1 = Northamptonshire | year1 = 1934–1935 | clubnumber1 = | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 18 | runs1 = 253 | bat avg1 = 8.43 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 40 | deliveries1 = 1,063 | wickets1 = 11 | bowl avg1 = 59.09 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 3/73 | catches/stumpings1 = 4/– | date = 19 November | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11475.html Cricinfo }}
'''Leonard Cullen''' (23 November 1914 – 15 September 1984) was a South African cricketer. Cullen was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Johannesburg, Transvaal Province.
Cullen played all his first-class cricket in England for Northamptonshire, making his debut for the county against Middlesex in the 1934 County Championship. He made seventeen further first-class appearances, the last of which came against Nottinghamshire in the 1935 County Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28877/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Leonard Cullen|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 November 2011}}</ref> In his eighteen first-class appearances, he scored 253 runs at an average of 8.43, with a high score of 40.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28877/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Leonard Cullen|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 November 2011}}</ref> With the ball, he took 11 wickets at a bowling average of 59.09, with best figures of 3/73.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28877/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Leonard Cullen|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 November 2011}}</ref>
He died in South Africa on 15 September 1984.
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==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11475.html Leonard Cullen] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28877/28877.html Leonard Cullen] at CricketArchive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cullen Leonard}} Category:1914 births Category:1984 deaths Category:Cricketers from Johannesburg Category:South African cricketers Category:Northamptonshire cricketers