Burnett Wedlake "Burn" Bullock (5 October 1896 – 22 December 1954) was an English

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er who played for

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in a few matches between 1922 and 1924. He was born in

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and died in

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.Burnett Bullock at ESPNcricinfo
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Bullock was the son of the surveyor for the town council of

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, and was long associated with the

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. He was described as a draughtsman when he joined the

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in November 1915 and then the

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in 1918 when it was formed.National Archives, Ref: AIR/79/160 Royal Air Force Airmen's Service Records for 13435 Burnett Wedlake Bullock His trade was a ''Rigger Aero'' until he was discharged in 1919. Bullock began playing cricket fairly regularly for Surrey's second eleven from 1920, and made his first-class cricket debut that year in a match for a "Gentlemen of the South" team in a game for the benefit of the "pavilion attendant" at

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; he neither batted nor bowled in a rain-ruined match. From 1922 to 1924, he played in five matches for the Surrey first team as an opening or middle-order batsman. He played as an

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, and his highest first-class score was an innings of 40 in his first Surrey game, against

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in 1922. He did not play first-class cricket after 1924 and his last game for Surrey's second eleven was in 1925. In 1926 and 1927, he was employed as a cricket coach to the South Norfolk Cricket Club. Returning to the London area, in 1939 Bullock was a licensed victualler at the Regent Arms in Westminster.1939 National Registration Register for the

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, General Record Office, Ref:RG101/0622j/001/1, 53-55 Regency Street, City of Westminster (Burnett W Bullock, 5 October 1896, Licensed Victualler, Married) He later became the licensee at the King's Head, an old coaching inn next to

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and the cricket club pavilion, and after his death in 1954 the inn, which is a Grade II

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, was renamed the "Burn Bullock" in his honour: as of 2017, it is currently closed.

References

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