Jim Blandford

Jim Blandford

Personal information
Full name	John Arthur Rawdon Blandford
Born	(1913-01-31)31 January 1913 Dunedin, New Zealand
Died	24 December 1954(1954-12-24) (aged 41) Auckland, New Zealand
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicketkeeper-batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1932/33–1936/37	Wellington
1939/40–1940/41	Auckland
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 15 Runs scored 430 Batting average 20.47 100s/50s 0/2 Top score 62 Catches/stumpings 17/12
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 February 2022

John Arthur Rawdon "Jim" Blandford (31 January 1913 – 24 December 1954) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Auckland and Wellington between 1932 and 1941.^[1][2]

Blandford studied at Victoria University College in Wellington.^[3] He was a wicket-keeper and a useful lower-order batsman. He represented New Zealand in two of the four matches against the touring MCC team in 1935–36, scoring 40 and 36 in his two innings.^[4]

While serving in a Field Ambulance unit with New Zealand forces in the Middle East during World War II, Blandford contracted a severe rheumatic disease.^[3] He married Barbara Paterson McLeod in Roslyn, Dunedin, in January 1946.^[5] He died aged 41 in an Auckland hospital in December 1954, survived by his wife and two young children.^[3]

References

1. "Jim Blandford". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
2. "Jim Blandford". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
3. "Mr. J. A. R. Blandford". Press: 3. 28 December 1954.
4. Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 136–39.
5. "Marriages". Evening Star: 6. 9 February 1946.

External links

• Jim Blandford at ESPNcricinfo