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| Full name | Joseph Blakey Spencer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 1809 Longsight, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 August 1877 (aged 68) Blackheath, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 27 July 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joseph Blakey Spencer (July 1809 – 9 August 1877) was an English first-class cricketer, British Army soldier and inventor.
Spencer was born at Longsight in Manchester in July 1809. A soldier in the Royal Artillery, which was based at Woolwich, Spencer one appearance in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England at Lord's in 1843. The following year he made another appearance in first-class cricket, this time for the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players fixture.[1] He scored 36 runs in his two matches,[2] in addition to taking 3 wickets for the Gentlemen of Kent.[3] Spencer later worked in the 1850s on improving early photographic apparatus alongside the photographer Arthur James Melhuish.[4] He was appointed to be an honorary quartermaster of the 1st Administrative Battalion Kent Rifle Volunteers in March 1866,[5] which he held until his resignation in March 1873.[6] Spencer died at Blackheath in August 1877.[7]