- David Blake (Hampshire cricketer)
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David Blake Personal information Full name David Eustace Blake Born 27 April 1925
Havant, Hampshire, EnglandBatting style Left-handed Role Wicketkeeper Relations John Blake (Brother) Domestic team information Years Team 1952–1961 Marylebone Cricket Club 1949–1958 Hampshire Career statistics Competition FC Matches 73 Runs scored 2,909 Batting average 24.24 100s/50s 2/20 Top score 100 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 91/30 Source: Cricinfo, 10 January 2010 David Eustace Blake (born April 27, 1925) is a former English cricketer. Blake was a left-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper.
Blake made his first-class debut for Hampshire in 1949 against a Combined Services team. In the same year Blake made his County Championship debut against Middlesex. Blake played regular matches for the county in the Championship over the coming years.
In 1952 Blake made his for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Ireland in Dublin. The following year Blake represented the Free Foresters in a single first-class match against Cambridge University.
By the end of the 1954 season Blakes appearances for Hampshire were becoming less frequent and in 1955/56 Blake toured the West Indies with EW Swanton's XI, where Blake played against the national teams of Barbados and Trinidad and played against a West Indies XI.
Blake represented Hampshire in a single first-class match in 1956 against Worcestershire. Also in 1956, Blake represented the Gentlemen of England in a single match against the touring Australians. In the 1957 season, Blake did not play any matches for Hampshire, but did play a single first-class match for the Duke of Norfolk's XI against Jamaica, in their tour to the West Indies.
In the 1958 County Championship Blake represented Hampshire five times, with his final first-class match for the club coming against Warwickshire. In his fifty matches for Hampshire, Blake scored 1,811 runs at an average of 21.81. Blake made one century for the club, which yielded his highest score of 100, as well as making twelve half centuries. Behind the stumps Blake took 62 catches and 8 stumpings.
In 1959, while representing the Free Foresters Blake scored his second career century, making exactly 100 against Oxford University.
Blake represented the Marylebone Cricket Club a further five times up to 1961, with his final match for the club coming against Ireland. In ten first-class matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club, Blake scored 491 runs at an average of 23.27, making three half centuries and a high score of 76. Behind the stumps Blake took 15 catches and made 10 stumpings.
Overall Blake played in 73 first-class matches, where he scored 2,909 runs an average of 24.24, which included two centuries and twenty half centuries. Behind the stumps Blake took 91 catches and made 30 stumpings.
Family
Blake's brother John Blake represented Hampshire and Cambridge University in first-class cricket. John was killed during World War II.
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