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	23 April 1893 Dunedin, New Zealand
Died	28 April 1967 (aged 74) Dunedin
Batting	Left-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1917-18 to 1929-30	Otago
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 32 Runs scored 1718 Batting average 30.14 100s/50s 3/9 Top score 157 not out 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

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]

References

1. "Otago v. Southland". Southland Times (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.

External links

• John McMullan at ESPNcricinfo
• John McMullan at CricketArchive (subscription required)