hulme was also a fine all-round cricketer, playing 225 times for middlesex between 1929 and 1939 as an aggressive middle-order batsman and medium-fast bowler. capped by middlesex in 1930, he scored his first century that year, 117 against warwickshire at edgbaston. he first passed 1,000 runs for the season in 1932, and in 1934 made his highest aggregate, 1,258 runs at 34.94, including four hundreds. he was an excellent fielder in the deep, and a good runner between the wickets. in 225 matches he made 8,103 runs at an average of 26.56, the highest of his twelve hundreds being 143 against gloucestershire at bristol. his useful right-arm medium-pace bowling brought him 89 wickets at 36.40, with a career best of 4 for 44, and he held 110 catches.