Geoffrey Pullar (1 August 1935 – 25 December 2014) was an English cricketer, who played for Lancashire and Gloucestershire and in 28 Tests for England.
Preferring to play off the front foot, Pullar was also a good puller of the ball and could crack a square cut.
In his younger days he had been compared to Charlie Hallows and Eddie Paynter, two of Lancashire's crowd pleasing greats – he had the artistry of the former and the pugnacious aggression and watchful determination of the latter.
Pullar was born in Swinton, Lancashire, in 1935,[2] and was a product of Werneth Cricket Club, which was close to where he went to school in Oldham; while there he showed equal talent as a leg break bowler as well as with his batting – but with Tommy Greenhough, Bob Barber and Sonny Ramadhin variously based at Old Trafford, Pullar's bowling was rarely called upon in first-class cricket.
[2] After some years of declining success for Lancashire, he joined Gloucestershire in 1969, and topped the county's batting averages in his first season.