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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Roger Blunt
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE|size=100%}}
| image = Roger_Blunt 1931.jpg
| caption = Roger Blunt in 1931
| country = New Zealand
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|11|3|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Durham, England|Durham]],
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1966|6|22|1900|11|3|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[City of Westminster|Westminster]], England
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| bowling = Legbreak
| club1 = [[Canterbury cricket team|Canterbury]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1917
| club2 = [[Otago cricket team|Otago]]
| year2 = 1926
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
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| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 3/17
| catches/stumpings1= 5/
| column2 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches2 = 123
| runs2 =
| bat avg2 = 40.99
| 100s/50s2 = 15/40
| top score2 = 338[[not out|*]]
| deliveries2 =
| wickets2 = 213
| bowl avg2 = 31.16
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| tenfor2 = 1
| best bowling2 = 8/99
| catches/stumpings2= 88/
| date = 11 April
| year = 2017
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/36301.html Cricinfo
}}
'''Roger Charles Blunt'''
==Personal life==
Blunt was born in England, but his family moved to New Zealand when he was six months old.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154705.html CRICKETER OF THE YEAR 1928 Roger Blunt]. ''Wisden Cricketer of the Year''. ESPN cricinfo</ref> His father, a graduate of [[Christ Church, Oxford]], was a professor at [[University of Canterbury|Canterbury College]] in [[Christchurch]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Christ's College, Canterbury, N.Z.|journal=The Cricketer|date=February 1923|volume=III|page=25|url=http://magazine.cricketarchive.com/Magazine/1922-23/vol_iii_february_1923/index.html#27/z|accessdate=12 March 2017}}</ref> Blunt was educated at [[Christ's College, Christchurch]], where he captained the First XI cricket team.<ref>{{cite book|author=Bill Francis|title=Tom Lowry: Leader in a Thousand|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVPtQwAACAAJ|year=2010|publisher=Trio Books|isbn=978-0-9582839-8-4|page=34}}</ref>
==Early career==
A batsman and leg-spinner, Blunt began his first-class career at 17 on Christmas Day 1917 for [[Canterbury cricket team|Canterbury]] against [[Otago cricket team|Otago]] at Christchurch, taking six wickets. He was a prolific batsman in domestic cricket throughout the 1920s. He was the leading run-maker in the
He played several representative matches for New Zealand against Australian and English teams in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket. When New Zealand made its first major overseas tour, to England in 1927, he scored 1540 runs at 44.00 and took 77 wickets at 25.29, and in recognition of these performances he was chosen as one of the [[Wisden Cricketers of the Year]] in 1928.
==Later career==
In New Zealand's first Test, against England in Christchurch in January 1930, Blunt made more runs and took more wickets than any other New Zealander (45 not out and 7; 3 for 17 and 2 for 17) as New Zealand lost by 8 wickets.<ref>{{cite web |title=1st Test, England tour of New Zealand at Christchurch, Jan 10-13 1930 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17592/scorecard/62572/new-zealand-vs-england-1st-test-england-tour-of-new-zealand-1929-30 |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=30 March 2020}}</ref> He played in all of New Zealand's first nine Tests: four against England in 1929–30, three against England in 1931, and two against South Africa in 1931–32. His highest Test score was 96 against England at Lord's in 1931.<ref>{{cite web |title=1st Test, Lord's, June 27 - 30, 1931 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/new-zealand-tour-of-england-1931-62075/england-vs-new-zealand-1st-test-62595/full-scorecard |website=Cricinfo |access-date=1 October 2023}}</ref>
Batting for Otago against Canterbury in Christchurch in 1931–32,
After the 1931–32 season
==After cricket==
After retiring from first-class cricket, Blunt lived in England, where he was a successful businessman. He captained [[London New Zealand Cricket Club]] in its inaugural match in 1952 and remained a prominent member of the club. In his memory the Roger Blunt Award is given annually for services to the club.<ref>{{cite web |title=Roger Blunt Award for Services to the Club |url=http://www.lnzcc.org/services-to-the-club.html |website=LNZCC |accessdate=23 March 2020}}</ref>
Blunt also became a radio commentator on cricket broadcasts, joining the [[BBC]] team for the [[New Zealand cricket team in England in 1949|1949 New Zealand tour of England]].<ref>[[Christopher Martin-Jenkins]] (1990) ''Ball by Ball'', Grafton, London, p. 89. {{ISBN|9780246135681}}.</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cricinfo|id=36301}}
* [http://donningthewhites.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/new-zealands-wisden-cricketers-of-year.html Brief biography and photograph]
* [http://www.odt.co.nz/sport/cricket/143539/finally-scored-century Photograph of Roger Blunt and Alec Knight]
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[[Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers]]
[[Category:South Island cricketers]]
[[Category:Sir Julien Cahn's XI cricketers]]
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