Arthur Blunden (5 September 1906 – 27 July 1984) was a professional English cricketer. Blunden was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in East Malling in Kent in 1906.
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| Born | 5 September 1906 East Malling, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 July 1984 (aged 77) Skinburness, Cumbria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1931–1933 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1938–1939 | Durham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 10 August 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Blunden was a fast-medium paced bowler who made his debut for Kent County Cricket Club Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship in 1928 against Norfolk at Foxgrove Road, Beckenham. He made his first-class cricket debut for the county against MCC at Lord's in 1931, his only senior appearance for the county that season. Blunden made a total of 11 first-class appearances for Kent, nine in 1932 and one in his final season with the county in 1933, again against MCC at Lord's.[1] In his 11 first-class matches for Kent, he took 18 wickets at an average of 32.55, with best figures of 4/31.[2] Blunden also appeared a total of 45 times for Kent Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship.[1][3]
After leaving Kent Blunden became the professional player at Wearmouth Cricket Club in Sunderland, playing in the Durham Senior League.[4] He played two matches for Durham County Cricket Club in 1938 and appeared twice for the county in the Minor Counties Championship in the 1939 season.[1] He died in Skinburness in Cumbria in 1984 aged 77.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c Arthur Blunden, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
- ^ a b Arthur Blunden, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
- ^ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part Two: 1919–1939, pp. 20–21. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-07-01.)
- ^ Blunden, Arthur, Obituaries in 1984, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1985. Retrieved 2017-04-03.