Career
He came to the fore in 1896 with 85 wickets, took 120 in 1897 and then 101 in 1898. But in 1899, he fell away, with only 65 wickets and the following year, after seven matches in which he took only five wickets, he took a job in Blackburn, Lancashire and left the first-class game. There was one brief comeback.
In 1905, five years after his final game for Essex, Bulletin played for Scotland against the Australian touring team
He took eight wickets in the match, with five for 58 runs in the Australians" second innings.