Frederick John Blundell (19 November 1850 – 26 April 1929) was an English first-class
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er and agriculturalist.
The son of Joseph Blundell,
he was born in November 1850 at
South Stoneham, Hampshire. A
club cricketer in
Southampton for St Luke's Cricket Club, Blundell made a single appearance in
first-class cricket for
Hampshire against
Marylebone Cricket Club at
Southampton in 1880. Batting once in the match, he was dismissed for 2 runs by
Robert Clayton in Hampshire's first innings. With his
slow bowling, he took the wickets of
John West and
Walter Bird in the MCC's first innings, with Hampshire winning the match by an innings and 38 runs. Outside of cricket, Blundell was a renowned agriculturalist in Hampshire and was a member of the Hampshire Farmer's Club.
He died in April 1929 at
Botley, Hampshire. He was interred at Botley close to the family vault, which was full at the time of his death.
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1850 births
1929 deaths
People from South Stoneham
Cricketers from Southampton
English cricketers
Hampshire cricketers
English agriculturalists