George Cull

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = George Cull

| nickname =

| birth_date = 3 March 1856

| birth_place = Lymington, Hampshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1898|5|9|1856|3|3|df=yes}}

| death_place = Sandown, Isle of Wight, England

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| batting = Right-handed

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| role = Wicket-keeper

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 1877

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 14

| bat avg1 = 3.50

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 7

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| date = 19 January

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10891.html Cricinfo

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George Cull (3 March 1856 — 9 May 1898) was an English first-class cricketer.

Cull was born at Lymington in March 1856. A club cricketer for Ringwood Cricket Club,Cricket week. Bournemouth Guardian. 17 August 1889. p. 2 he made two appearances in first-class cricket for Hampshire in 1877, against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's and Derbyshire at Southampton.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6547/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by George Cull|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=3 February 2023|url-access=subscription}} He scored 14 runs in his two matches, with a highest score of 7.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6547/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by George Cull|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=3 February 2023|url-access=subscription}} Although he was a wicket-keeper at club level, in his two matches for Hampshire, Hector Hyslop was preferred as wicket-keeper. Cull spent the final twenty years of his life working as a postman on the Isle of Wight, where he died at Sandown in May 1898.Death of local postman. Isle of Wight County Press. 14 May 1898. p. 8