David Bulfield

{{short description|English cricketer (1938–2025)}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = David Bulfield

| image =

| fullname = David Alfred Bulfield

| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|1|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Lancaster, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|1|22|1938|1|15|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm leg-break

| role = Batsman

| club1 = Dorset

| year1 = 1973

| columns = 1

| hidedeliveries = true

| column1 = List A

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 5

| bat avg1 = 5.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 5

| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–

| date = 11 February

| year = 2025

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/david-bulfield-10295 Cricinfo

}}

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.{{cite web |title=Staffs vs Dorset, 1st Round at Stone, Jun 30 1973 - Full Scorecard |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/gillette-cup-england-1973-416411/staffordshire-vs-dorset-1st-round-416420/full-scorecard |website=CricInfo |publisher=ESPN |access-date=11 February 2025}}[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34510/34510.html David Bulfield], Cricket Archive. Retrieved 28 April 2025. {{subscription required}}

Outside of his cricketing career, Bulfield was a teacher, becoming a master at Downside School.

Bulfield died on 22 January 2025,{{cite web |title=Bulfield |url=https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/marketplace/advert/bulfield-notices_60934 |website=The Telegraph |publisher=Telegraph Media Group Holdings LTD |access-date=11 February 2025}} survived by his wife Valerie.

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