Jim Blandford
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| Full name | John Arthur Rawdon Blandford | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 January 1913 Dunedin, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 December 1954 (aged 41) Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicketkeeper-batsman | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1932/33–1936/37 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||
| 1939/40–1940/41 | Auckland | ||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 February 2022 | |||||||||||||||
John Arthur Rawdon "Jim" Blandford (31 January 1913 – 24 December 1954) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Auckland and Wellington between 1932 and 1941.[1][2]
Blandford studied at Victoria University College in Wellington.[3] He was a wicket-keeper and a useful lower-order batsman. He represented New Zealand in two of the four matches against the touring MCC team in 1935–36, scoring 40 and 36 in his two innings.[4]
While serving in a Field Ambulance unit with New Zealand forces in the Middle East during World War II, Blandford contracted a severe rheumatic disease.[3] He married Barbara Paterson McLeod in Roslyn, Dunedin, in January 1946.[5] He died aged 41 in an Auckland hospital in December 1954, survived by his wife and two young children.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jim Blandford". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
- ^ "Jim Blandford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
- ^ a b c "Mr. J. A. R. Blandford". Press: 3. 28 December 1954.
- ^ Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 136–39.
- ^ "Marriages". Evening Star: 6. 9 February 1946.