Frederick Fulton

Fulton was born in Aligarh in British India in 1850. His father, George Fulton, a captain in the Royal Engineers, was killed at Lucknow in 1857.^[2] Fred Fulton was educated at Cheltenham College in England^[3] and then moved to New Zealand, arriving in Dunedin in 1868.^[4]

Fulton's cricket career was marred by a severe injury to one of his arms in 1874. He was scutching flax at the mill where he worked in Outram, just outside Dunedin, when his arm was drawn into the machine and broken in several places. The arm was saved by Professor Duncan McGregor at Dunedin Hospital, using Joseph Lister's recently discovered principles of antisepsis.^[2] Despite his damaged arm Fulton played cricket for many years, captaining the Carisbrook club in Dunedin and representing Otago before moving to Napier in 1881 and playing for Hawke's Bay.^[5][6] He also served as honorary secretary of the Otago Cricket Association.^[7] He became an authority on all aspects of cricket, and wrote a book on the care of cricket bats.^[8]

Fulton married a widow, Susan Clarke, in Dunedin in December 1884.^[9] He was a member of the Napier firm of land agents Harvey, Fulton and Hill.^[8] He died in Napier in August 1923.^[2]

Fulton's brother, John Fulton also played cricket for Otago. The politician and cricketer James Fulton was his uncle, and Brigadier-General Harry Fulton was his cousin.^[2][4]

• Frederick Fulton at ESPNcricinfo