Emmanuel Blamires

Personal information
Full name	Emmanuel Blamires
Born	31 July 1850(1850-07-31) Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Died	22 March 1886(1886-03-22) (aged 35) Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Nickname	Nimrod Blamires
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Left-arm roundarm-fast
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1878-1881	Surrey
1877	Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition	FC
Matches	36
Runs scored	440
Batting average	9.56
100s/50s	–/–
Top score	31
Balls bowled	7,768
Wickets	137
Bowling average	20.02
5 wickets in innings	9
10 wickets in match	2
Best bowling	8/77
Catches/stumpings	28/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 November 2010

Emmanuel Blamires (31 July 1850 - 22 March 1886)^[1] was an English first-class cricketer, who appeared in one match for Yorkshire and thirty two for Surrey between 1877 and 1881. Blamires was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm roundarm-fast. He was born in Bradford, Yorkshire.

In 36 first class games he took 137 wickets at a bowling average of 20.02, with a best of 8 for 77 against Kent County Cricket Club. Other notable bowling performances for Surrey include his haul of 7 for 59 against Gloucestershire, and 6 for 98 against Middlesex. He also scored 440 runs at 9.56, with a best of 31.

He was a warehouseman in Bradford by trade, but was also engaged as a professional cricketer in 1871-72 at the Albion Club, Bradford, then in 1873 at Burnley and in 1874 and 1875 at Dalton, Huddersfield. In 1876 he was at Low Moor, near Bradford and, in 1877, he was given a solitary game by Yorkshire against Middlesex at Lord's, in which he took 5 for 82, as Yorkshire won by 35 runs.^[1]

He was then engaged by Surrey at The Oval and, once he had qualified by residence, he played for his new county between 1878 and 1881. His highest score was 31 against Middlesex in 1880.

Blamires also appeared in the Gentlemen v Players match, for the South of England and for an England XI in first-class games. He appeared in at least four matches for Surrey Club and Ground in non first-class fixtures, three times against South Wales Cricket Club, and once against the Gentlemen of Canada.

In the 1881 census, he was shown as resident at 15 William Street, Lambeth, Surrey, aged 31, and employed as "a cricket ground man". He lived with his wife Anne, aged 30, born in Bradford, his daughters Mary E., aged eight and Harriet, aged one, and his son David A., aged five. Frances Ward, aged 57, widowed mother (presumably of Anne), from Wakefield also lived in the home.

In 1882, he was back in Yorkshire and a professional club cricketer at Manningham, in Bradford. He died of consumption, at the age of 35, at the White Abbey Hotel, Bradford, and was buried in the Scholemoor Cemetery, near the town.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 364. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4. 

External links

• Cricinfo Profile
• Cricket Archive Statistics

Persondata
Name	Blamires, Emmanuel
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	31 July 1850
Place of birth	Bradford, Yorkshire
Date of death	22 March 1886
Place of death	Bradford, Yorkshire