The son of the Reverend Henry Bull, he was born in the rectory at Newport Pagnell in March 1843.
[2] Described by Frederick Lillywhite as a "brilliant bat, forward in style, combining splendid hitting, with careful defence", Bull made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Southgate at Oxford in 1863.
The following season he made four first-class appearances, playing one match each for the MCC, the Gentlemen of England, R. D. Walker's XI and Southgate.
His final appearance in first-class cricket came ten years later in 1876, for the MCC against Oxford University.
Bull lived the majority of his life at Newport Pagnell,[1] dying nearby at Maids Moreton in May 1905.