John James Morrell McMullan (23 April 1893 – 28 April 1967) was a New Zealand

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er and teacher. He played 32 first-class matches for

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between the 1917–18 and 1929–30 seasons and later became a selector for the

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Life and career

Mcullan was born at Dunedin in 1893.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 87. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
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at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) A left-handed batsman and occasional wicket-keeper,John McMullan
CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 November 2023. he made his first-class debut against Southland in 1917–18. Batting at number four, he made 157 not out, part of a team total of 313 runs. Otago won by an innings. In his next first-class match, against Wellington two seasons later, he made 85 not out and 25 runs in his two innings. 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

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scored 305 runs before being dismissed. 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) and 131 (after 51 in the first innings) against Auckland in 1927–28. In 1923 the ''

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'' described him thus: "Left-hand bat of the 'rock' order. Has to be dug out; also a fine field." In the 1930s he served on the selection panel for the Otago team; during the Second World War he was the sole selector. He also coached young players in Dunedin and was a selector for the New Zealand national side. McMullan was awarded a BA in History by New Zealand University in 1920. He was headmaster of the Tainui School in Dunedin until 1945, when he became headmaster of George Street School, also in Dunedin. He died at Dunedin in 1967 at the age of 74.John McMullan

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. Retrieved 15 November 2023. An obituary was published in the ''New Zealand Cricket Almanack'' later in the year.

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