Daniel Cullen (New South Wales cricketer)

Daniel Cullen
Personal information
Born(1889-04-27)27 April 1889
Sydney, Australia
Died21 July 1971(1971-07-21) (aged 82)
Sydney, Australia
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 December 2016

Daniel Cullen (27 April 1889 – 21 July 1971) was an Australian cricketer.[1] He played two first-class matches for New South Wales between 1912/13 and 1913/14.[2]

Cullen, a right-handed fast bowler, played locally for Glebe District.[3]

The Sydney Morning Herald, reviewing his performance in 1912, called him a "promising" first-grade bowler. His bowling, although not as fast as his "clubmate Cotter", could "swing-away" from right-handed batsman and sometimes "bend back from the off".[4]

Also in 1912, a Saturday Referee and The Arrow reader asked whether Cullen should be displaced from the New South Wales colts team in favour of Sydney Shea, a fellow fast bowler from Waverley. The paper's columnist replied both were "very promising" but Cullen's bowling was faster, "and it is the fastest possible bowling we want to develop".[5]

  1. ^ "Daniel Cullen". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Daniel Cullen". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Merry batsmen at North Sydney". Saturday Referee and The Arrow. 19 October 1912. p. 2.
  4. ^ "Cricket: Second round begins brilliantly". The Sydney Morning Herald. 16 October 1912. p. 11.
  5. ^ "From our cricket readers". Saturday Referee and The Arrow. 21 December 1912. p. 2.