Cranwell Leslie Bull (born 19 August 1946), commonly known as Cran Bull, is a New Zealand

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administrator and former player, who played

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for

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for 19 seasons.

Early life

Born in

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on 19 August 1946, Bull was educated at

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from 1960 to 1964. He went on to study law at the

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, graduating

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Cricket

Playing career

Bull represented Canterbury at first-class level from 1965/66 until 1983/84, playing 60 matches in all. A right-handed batsman, he scored 1841 runs at an average of 19.58, with a high score of 115

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. He captained Canterbury for four years.

Administration

For over 30 years, Bull was a committee member at the Christchurch High School Old Boys' Cricket Club, and served terms as both secretary and president. He was a member of the Canterbury Cricket Association (CCA) management committee, and was also a director and chair of the board of CCA. He was an elected executive member of the New Zealand Cricket Board of Control, including a period as deputy chair.

Legal career

Bull became a partner at the

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legal firm of Saunders & Co in 1972, having joined as a law clerk two years earlier. He specialised in commercial law, and retired in December 2016. He has provided legal advice to New Zealand Cricket, and was involved in reforming that body's constitution.

Honours

Bull was the recipient of the Bert Sutcliffe Medal in 2012, awarded by

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for outstanding services to cricket. In the

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, Bull was appointed a

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for services to cricket.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bull, Cran 1946 births Living people Cricketers from Auckland People educated at Christchurch Boys' High School New Zealand cricketers Canterbury cricketers New Zealand cricket administrators 20th-century New Zealand lawyers Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit 21st-century New Zealand lawyers University of Canterbury Faculty of Law alumni