John McMullan (cricketer)

John James Morrell McMullan (23 April 1893 – 28 April 1967) was a New Zealand cricketer who played 32 games of first-class cricket for Otago from 1918 to 1930.

John McMullan
Personal information
Full name
John James Morrell McMullan
Born(1893-04-23)23 April 1893
Dunedin, New Zealand
Died28 April 1967(1967-04-28) (aged 74)
Dunedin
BattingLeft-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1917-18 to 1929-30Otago
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 32
Runs scored 1718
Batting average 30.14
100s/50s 3/9
Top score 157*
Balls bowled 16
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 14/3
Source: ESPNCricinfo, 1 April 2017

Life and career

A batsman and occasional wicket-keeper, McMullan made his first-class debut against Southland in 1917–18. Batting at number four, he made 157 not out, including 22 fours, of the team's total of 313.[1] Otago won by an innings.[2] In his next first-class match, against Wellington two years later, he made 85 not out and 25.[3] He thus scored 267 runs in his first-class career before being dismissed, setting a world first-class record which was not broken until 1946, when Sam Loxton scored 305 runs before being dismissed.[4]

The rest of his career was steady, and included two more centuries, both in the Plunket Shield: 111 against Wellington in 1923–24 (one of seven centuries in the match)[5] and 131 (after 51 in the first innings) against Auckland in 1927–28.[6] In 1923 the Otago Daily Times described him thus: "Left-hand bat of the 'rock' order. Has to be dug out; also a fine field."[7] In the 1930s he served on the selection panel for the Otago team;[8] during the Second World War he was the sole selector.[9] He also coached young players in Dunedin.[10]

McMullan was awarded a BA in History by New Zealand University in 1920.[11] He was headmaster of the Tainui School in Dunedin until 1945, when he became headmaster of George Street School, also in Dunedin.[12]

References
  1. "Otago v. Southland". Southland Times. No. 17197. 18 March 1918. p. 3.
  2. "Otago v Southland 1917-18". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  3. "Otago v Wellington 1919-20". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  4. "As he meant to go on". Deep, Backward and Square. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  5. "Otago v Wellington 1923-24". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  6. "Auckland v Otago 1927-28". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  7. "Auckland v. Otago Match". Otago Daily Times: 7. 5 January 1923.
  8. "Cricket: Otago Association". Otago Daily Times: 13. 4 October 1939.
  9. "Otago Cricket Team". Otago Daily Times: 4. 30 January 1941.
  10. "Cricket: 'A Retrograde Step'". Otago Daily Times: 8. 15 November 1939.
  11. "New Zealand University". Otago Daily Times: 6. 11 May 1920.
  12. "Personal". Evening Star: 4. 7 September 1945.
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