David Bulfield
Appearance
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Full name | David Alfred Bulfield | ||||||||||||||
Born | Lancaster, England | 15 January 1938||||||||||||||
Died | 22 January 2025 | (aged 87)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg-break | ||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1973 | Dorset | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo [1], 11 February 2025 |
David Alfred Bulfield (15 January 1938 – 22 January 2025) was an English cricketer. Born in Lancaster, Bulfield was a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler who had a long career with Dorset in the Minor Counties Championship.
Debuting for Dorset in 1956, at the age of 18, Bulfield made a single List A appearance, in a Gillette Cup match against Staffordshire on 30 June 1973. Opening the batting, Bulfield scored 5 runs as Dorset lost by 79 runs.[1]
Outside of his cricketing career, Bulfield was a teacher, becoming a master at Downside School.[2]
Bulfield died on 22 January 2025,[2] survived by his wife Valerie.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Staffs vs Dorset, 1st Round at Stone, Jun 30 1973 - Full Scorecard". CricInfo. ESPN. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
- ^ a b c "Bulfield". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group Holdings LTD. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
External links
[edit]- David Bulfield at Cricket Archive (subscription required)