David Blake (English cricketer)
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| Full name | David Eustace Blake | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 April 1925 Havant, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 May 2015 (aged 90) Portchester, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | John Blake (brother) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1949–1958 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
| 1952–1961 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 10 January 2010 | |||||||||||||||
David Eustace Blake (27 April 1925 — 21 May 2015) was an English
stumpings as a wicket-keeper. His first-class career saw him score two centuries
. Outside of cricket, Blake was a dentist, with his profession often limiting his availability to play first-class cricket.
Early life
The son of Philip and Marjorie Flora Blake, he was born at
Second World War, being commissioned into the Royal Engineers as a second lieutenant in April 1945;[4] his brother had been killed in action the previous year.[1] In 1956, he transferred to the Royal Army Dental Corps as a lieutenant.[5]
First-class cricket
Blake made his debut in
stumpings.[7]
His second first-class century, incidentally also a score of exactly 100, came for the Free Foresters against
Gentlemen of England against the touring Australians at Lord's in 1956.[6] Blake twice toured aboard to play first-class cricket in the West Indies. His first tour came with E. W. Swanton's XI in March and April 1956, with him making four first-class appearances on the tour, playing against Barbados, Trinidad and a West Indies XI. His second tour came the following year for the Duke of Norfolk's XI, with him making a single first-class appearance on the tour against Jamaica at Kingston.[6] Blake died in May 2015 at Portchester, Hampshire.[2]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1526706980.
- ^ a b c d e f "Wisden obituaries - 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ "D. E. Blake", The Cricketer, 18 August 1951, p. 415.
- ^ "No. 37103". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 May 1945. p. 2775.
- ^ "No. 40770". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 May 1956. p. 2619.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "First-Class Matches played by David Blake". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ a b "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by David Blake". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 January 2023.