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'''Roger Charles Blunt''' [[MBE]] (3 November 1900 – 22 June 1966) was a [[cricket]]er who played nine [[Test cricket|Tests]] for [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]].
He 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 Wisden Cricketer of the Year] Retrieved 2012-11-16</ref>
A batsman and leg-spinner, he began his first-class career at 17 on Christmas Day 1917 for Otago against Canterbury at Christchurch, taking six wickets. He was a prolific batsman in domestic cricket throughout the 1920s, playing 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.
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