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Bill Blenkiron

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Bill Blenkiron
Personal information
Full name
William Blenkiron
Born (1942-07-21) 21 July 1942 (age 82)
Newfield, County Durham, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1964–1974Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 118 79
Runs scored 1467 399
Batting average 13.45 9.06
100s/50s 0/2 0/1
Top score 62 51
Balls bowled 17960 3603
Wickets 287 108
Bowling average 28.39 23.36
5 wickets in innings 7 1
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 5/37 5/27
Catches/stumpings 54/- 19/-
Source: Cricket Archive, 28 May 2012

William Blenkiron (born 21 July 1942) is a former English cricketer. A right-handed fast-medium bowler, Blenkiron took over 350 wickets in the first-class and one day game in a decade-long career spanning from 1964 to 1974. A useful lower-order right-hand batsman, he also scored 1,467 runs with two half centuries. Though born in Newfield, Durham, his county was Warwickshire (though he did represent his home county in the Minor Counties Championship).[1] His son, Darren Blenkiron, did however play for Durham – and the England U-19 Test team – as a left-handed batsman between 1994 and 1996.[2]

Blenkiron subsequently returned to Durham, where he sold cricket equipment for many years.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Player Profile: William Blenkiron". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Darren Andrew Blenkiron". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Welcome". Lorimers 4 Cricket.
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