Henry Lawrence Blamires (17 April 1871 – 18 August 1965) was a New Zealand first-class cricketer and clergyman.
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| Full name | Henry Lawrence Blamires | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 April 1871 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 August 1965 (aged 94) Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Edgar Blamires (brother) Ernest Blamires (brother) Pat Evison (niece) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1911-12 to 1913-14 | Hawke's Bay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 2 May 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal life and clerical career edit
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ The Cyclopedia of New Zealand 1902, Hamilton
- ^ "Wesleyan Sunday School". Waikato Argus: 2. 24 April 1900.
- ^ "Gore". Mataura Ensign: 2. 21 April 1903.
- ^ "Henry Lawrence Blamires". Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 9 July 2022 – via Online Cenotaph.
- ^ "Marriages". New Zealand Herald: 1. 22 March 1900.
- ^ Penelope Hansen, "Collier, Jane Annie", from the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
- ^ Wellington v Hawke's Bay 1911-12
- ^ Hawke's Bay v Wellington 1912-13
- ^ "Miscellaneous matches played by Henry Blamires". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
- ^ Manawatu v Wairarapa 1928-29