Henry Blofeld

Henry Blofeld

OBE
Blofeld in 2016
Personal information
Full name
Henry Calthorpe Blofeld
Born (1939-09-23) 23 September 1939 (age 85)
Hoveton Home Farm, Hoveton, Norfolk, England
NicknameBlowers, Tycoon, Typhoon
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper, commentator
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1958–1959Cambridge University
1956–1965Norfolk
First-class debut7 May 1958 Cambridge University v Kent
Last First-class11 June 1960 Free Foresters v Cambridge University
Only List A1 May 1965 Norfolk v Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 17 1
Runs scored 758 60
Batting average 24.45 60.00
100s/50s 1/2 0/1
Top score 138 60
Balls bowled 18 0
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 11/0 0/0
Source: CricketArchive, 14 May 2008

Henry Calthorpe Blofeld OBE (born 23 September 1939),[1] nicknamed Blowers by Brian Johnston, is an English retired sports journalist, broadcaster and amateur ornithologist best known as a cricket commentator for Test Match Special on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra. He has established a reputation as a commentator with an accent, vocabulary and syntax that is quintessentially Old Etonian both in style and substance. He also writes on cricket and has authored eight books to date.[2]

  1. ^ Blofeld (2013), p.3
  2. ^ "Shop". Henry Blofeld. Retrieved 13 June 2015.