Henry Blamires

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Henry Blamires
Personal information
Full nameHenry Lawrence Blamires
Born(1871-04-17)17 April 1871
Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Died18 August 1965(1965-08-18) (aged 94)
Auckland, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
RelationsEdgar Blamires (brother)
Ernest Blamires (brother)
Pat Evison (niece)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1911-12 to 1913-14Hawke's Bay
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 3
Runs scored 112
Batting average 22.40
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 55 not out
Balls bowled 36
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 2/0
Source: Cricket Archive, 2 May 2014

Henry Lawrence Blamires (17 April 1871 – 18 August 1965) was a New Zealand first-class cricketer and clergyman.

Personal life and clerical career[]

One of five brothers who became clergymen, Henry Blamires was born in Bendigo, Australia, and educated at Wesley College in Melbourne, which was then a Methodist school for boys. He was ordained in 1900[1] and appointed minister to the Wesleyan church in Hamilton, New Zealand.[2] He served as minister in Gore from 1903.[3] He served as a chaplain with the New Zealand forces in World War I.[4]

He married Jane Collier, a teacher of the blind, in Auckland in March 1900.[5] They had three children.[6]

Cricket career[]

Blamires played three first-class matches for Hawke's Bay. In his first match, aged 40, against Wellington, he made 55 not out in the second innings. His brother Ernest made his first-class debut in the same match, playing for Wellington.[7] In his next match the next season, also against Wellington, he made 37 in the first innings before being bowled by Clarrie Grimmett.[8] Two weeks later he captained Hawke's Bay against the touring Australians, but was dismissed cheaply twice by Arthur Mailey. It was Blamires's last first-class match.

He continued to play cricket for many years. He played Hawke Cup matches in the 1920s for Wanganui, Nelson and Wairarapa,[9] for whom in his last match at the age of 57 he top-scored with 56.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ The Cyclopedia of New Zealand 1902, Hamilton
  2. ^ "Wesleyan Sunday School". Waikato Argus: 2. 24 April 1900.
  3. ^ "Gore". Mataura Ensign: 2. 21 April 1903.
  4. ^ Cenotaph, Henry Lawrence Blamires
  5. ^ "Marriages". New Zealand Herald: 1. 22 March 1900.
  6. ^ Penelope Hansen, "Collier, Jane Annie", from the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
  7. ^ Wellington v Hawke's Bay 1911-12
  8. ^ Hawke's Bay v Wellington 1912-13
  9. ^ "Miscellaneous matches played by Henry Blamires". Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  10. ^ Manawatu v Wairarapa 1928-29

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