| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Richard St Leger Blakeney | |||
| Born | 31 March 1897 British Raj |
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| Died | 1984 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1934/35 | Sind | |||
| 1926-1927 | Europeans (India) | |||
| 1924-1927 | Devon | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | |||
| Matches | 2 | |||
| Runs scored | 22 | |||
| Batting average | 7.33 | |||
| 100s/50s | –/– | |||
| Top score | 16 | |||
| Balls bowled | 42 | |||
| Wickets | 1 | |||
| Bowling average | 19.00 | |||
| 5 wickets in innings | – | |||
| 10 wickets in match | – | |||
| Best bowling | 1/19 | |||
| Catches/stumpings | –/– | |||
| Source: Cricinfo, 13 March 2011 | ||||
Stephen Richard St Leger Blakeney (31 March 1897 – 1984) was an English cricketer who was born in the British Raj.
During the First World War Blakeney served in the Indian Army and was promoted on 30 January 1917 to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant.[1] Returning to England at some point after 1917, he played later played Minor Counties Championship cricket for Devon, making his debut for the county in 1924 against Cornwall. He represented Devon in five further matches in 1924 and 1924, the last of which came against Monmouthshire.[2]
Returning to the Raj, Blakeney made his first-class debut for the Europeans (India) against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1926. In the Marylebone Cricket Club's first-innings he took a single wicket, that of Jack Parsons. In the Europeans first-innings he scored 16 runs before being dismissed by Maurice Tate.[3] He played his second first-class match in 1934 for Sind against Northern India.[4] In the Sind first-innings he scored just a single run before being dismissed by Baqa Jilani, and in their second-innings he scored 5 runs, being dismissed by Khadim Hussain.[5]
At some point later he moved the Australia, where he died in Melbourne, Victoria in 1984, although the exact date isn't known.