Bruce Blair

For the American anti–nuclear weapons activist, see Bruce G. Blair.

Bruce Blair
Personal information
Full name
Bruce Robert Blair
Born27 December 1957 (1957-12-27) (age 66)
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Relations
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 41)17 February 1982 v Australia
Last ODI15 April 1986 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1976/77–1983/84Otago
1984/85–1985/86Northern Districts
1986/87–1989/90Otago
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA
Matches 14 110 74
Runs scored 174 5,995 1,583
Batting average 14.50 32.58 23.62
100s/50s 0/0 7/40 0/11
Top score 29* 143 91
Balls bowled 30 3,796 2,087
Wickets 1 55 43
Bowling average 34.00 31.81 31.62
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/7 4/26 4/37
Catches/stumpings 4/– 81/– 24/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 May 2017

Bruce Robert Blair (born 27 December 1957) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Otago and Northern Districts between 1977 and 1990.[1] He played 14 One Day Internationals for the New Zealand national cricket team in the mid-1980s. He coached Northern Districts from 2001 to 2006 and was later a coaching services advisor at the New Zealand Academy of Sport in Hamilton. He was a selector for both Northern Districts and Central Districts.[2]

Blair was born at Dunedin and educated at Otago Boys High School.[2] His father, Roy Blair, played for Otago in 1953–54 and his older brother, Wayne, played first-class cricket for Otago from 1967–68 to 1990–91.[3] A great-uncle, James Blair, also played for the provincial side in 1926–27

  1. ^ Bruce Blair, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-04-30. (subscription required)
  2. ^ a b McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 20. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2
  3. ^ McCarron, op. cit., pp. 20–21.