Geoff Pullar
Geoff Pullar was born in Swinton, England, United Kingdom on August 1st, 1935 and is the Cricket Player. At the age of 79, Geoff Pullar biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Life and career
Pullar was born in Swinton, Lancashire, in 1935, and was a member of Werneth Cricket Club, which was close to where he went to school in Oldham; but, Pullar's bowling was rarely called upon in first-class cricket; with Tommy Greenhough, Bob Barber, and Sonny Ramadhin, he was based in Old Trafford.
Pullar, a left-handed batsman who was first introduced as an opener in Test matches against India in 1959, and was a huge success, scoring 75 at Headingley and 131 at Old Trafford, the first Test century by a Lancastrian at the ground. He then became a fixture in the England side for four years, totaling four centuries and averaging more than 43 years. Pullar's debut in the fifth test was a good start to a solid winter tour of the West Indies, where he appeared in all five tests against a bowling attack, including Wes Hall, Garfield Sobers, and Charlie Griffith. Despite bagging a pair in the first Test in Pakistan, he had a fruitful tour to India and Pakistan in 1961–62 and topped the batting averages. At The Oval in 1960, he scored 175 against the South Africans, when Colin Cowdrey put on 290 runs for the first wicket. Pullar only played twice against Pakistan in England in 1962, scoring only 27 runs in two knocks, despite some, including Peter Parfitt, scoring freely against a moderately attacked. He had modest success against the Australians in 1961. Alan Davidson snared him five times, and Pullar limited him to five runs in two knocks. Pullar lost his England position and never recovered it after his trip to Australia in 1962–63, when he became sick with pleurisy.
After years of Lancashire's decline, he joined Gloucestershire in 1969 and led the county's batting averages in his first season. However, he was forced to leave after only six matches the following year due to arthritis in his knees.
Pullar was named Young Cricketer of the Year by the Cricket Writers' Association in 1959 (a year in which he scored three tons against the champions, Yorkshire) and he was one of the Year's Best Cricketers of the Year (60). He also gained a junior England cap for table tennis.
Pullar died on December 25, 2014, at the age of 79.