Jimmy Blanckenberg
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Relations | Anthony van Ryneveld (nephew) Clive van Ryneveld (nephew) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut | 13 December 1913 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 16 August 1924 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Manuel Blanckenberg (31 December 1892 or 1893
Career
A nagging, accurate medium-pace bowler, Blanckenberg was most effective on the matting
Blanckenberg made his Test debut against
Following his retirement from first-class cricket, Blanckenberg was the professional for Nelson in the Lancashire League from 1925 until 1928, for East Lancashire from 1929 until 1930, and for Bacup in 1931.[6] He later played in the Bradford League for Keighley between 1933 and 1936.[7]
Later life and death
Little is known of Blanckenberg's life following his cricket career. He has long been rumoured to have been a
According to his nephew Clive van Ryneveld, the last the van Ryneveld family heard of Blanckenberg was that he had been a member of the Control Commission in charge of British-occupied Germany immediately after the Second World War.[9] Most cricket sources list him as having died in West Berlin in about 1955, however this remains unverified; historian Robert Brooke believed this theory to have been disproved, and that Blanckenberg emigrated to South America.[10]
Notes
- ^ Blanckenberg's year of birth is given variously as 1892 and 1893. Cricket Archive lists his year of birth as 1892, while ESPNcricinfo lists him as having been born in 1893.
References
- ^ "Peter definitely could". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ a b Jimmy Blanckenberg at ESPNcricinfo
- ^ "Transvaal v Western Province in 1920/21". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ "Natal v Western Province in 1923/24". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Jimmy Blanckenberg". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ "Lancashire League Matches played by Jimmy Blanckenberg". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ "A-Z of notable Bradford League cricketers 1903-1981". Retrieved 31 January 2021.
- ^ Learie Constantine, Cricket Crackers, Stanley Paul, London, 1948, p. 120.
- ^ Clive van Ryneveld, 20th Century All-rounder: Reminiscences and Reflections of Clive van Ryneveld, Pretext, Cape Town, 2011, p. 12.
- ^ "WAS THIS ENGLAND CRICKET CAPTAIN A NAZI..?; Historian reveals Special Branch probe on 1924 Ashes tour". The Free Library. Retrieved 31 October 2019.