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James Fulton (born 21 September 1977) is an English former cricketer. He played 21 first-class matches for Oxford University Cricket Club between 1997 and 1999.
Fulton, a left-handed batter, played in 10 first-class matches in 1997, scoring 451 runs at an average of 23.73. He scored four half centuries, against Durham, Sussex (where he scored 50 and 46), Nottinghamshire and in the Varsity Match against Cambridge University, where he scored 78 in the first innings, with a stand of 103 between him and captain Mark Wagh.
He was appointed captain in 1998, playing in all the team's eight first-class matches, scoring 180 runs at an average of 16.36, with his highest score (and only half-century) 78 against Yorkshire.
He only played in three first-class matches in 1999, the final year of first-class cricket against Counties by Oxford University, scoring 48 runs at an average of 9.6, with a highest score of 30.
After finishing university, Fulton joined the British Army. He represented them at cricket including captaining the side in their centenary match against the Royal Navy at Lord's in August 2008, a contest in which he top-scored with 115.
In 2015 he became Master in College at Eton College.
See also
List of Oxford University Cricket Club players
References
Engel, Matthew, ed. (1998). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1998 (135th ed.). Guildford, UK: John Wisden & Co. Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-44-8.
Engel, Matthew, ed. (1999). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1999 (136th ed.). Guildford, UK: John Wisden & Co. Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-50-2.
Engel, Matthew, ed. (2000). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2000 (137th ed.). Guildford, UK: John Wisden & Co. Ltd. ISBN 0-947766-57-X.
External links
James Fulton at ESPNcricinfo
James Fulton at CricketArchive (subscription required)