David Bulfield

David Alfred Bulfield (15 January 1938 – 22 January 2025) was an English cricketer. Born in Lancaster, Bulfield was a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler who had a long career with Dorset in the Minor Counties Championship.

David Bulfield

Personal information
Full name	David Alfred Bulfield
Born	(1938-01-15)15 January 1938 Lancaster, England
Died	22 January 2025(2025-01-22) (aged 87)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg-break
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1973	Dorset
Career statistics
Competition List A Matches 1 Runs scored 5 Batting average 5.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 5 Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 February 2025

Debuting for Dorset in 1956, at the age of 18, Bulfield made a single List A appearance, in a Gillette Cup match against Staffordshire on 30 June 1973. Opening the batting, Bulfield scored 5 runs as Dorset lost by 79 runs.^[1][2]

Outside of his cricketing career, Bulfield was a teacher, becoming a master at Downside School.^[3]

Bulfield died on 22 January 2025,^[3] survived by his wife Valerie.^[3]