Dick Blaker

Dick Blaker
In The Sketch, 13 February 1901
Personal information
Full name
Richard Norman Rowsell Blaker
Born(1879-10-24)24 October 1879
Bayswater, London
Died11 November 1950(1950-11-11) (aged 71)
Eltham, Kent
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
Relations
  • Richard Blaker (grandfather)
  • Barbara Blaker (daughter)
  • Joan Blaker (daughter)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1898–1908Kent
1899–1902Cambridge University
1901–1902RA Bennett's XI
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 162
Runs scored 5,359
Batting average 22.61
100s/50s 2/25
Top score 122
Balls bowled 388
Wickets 9
Bowling average 25.11
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/1
Catches/stumpings 142/–
Source: CricInfo, 17 February 2016

Richard Norman Rowsell Blaker, MC (24 October 1879 – 11 September 1950) was an amateur sportsman who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club during the Golden Age of cricket prior to the First World War. Blaker won the Military Cross whilst serving as a lieutenant in the Rifle Regiment on the Western Front during the Great War.