Geoffrey Allan Wilfred Blakely (born 30 October 1959) is a New Zealand former

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er. He played nine first-class and two

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matches for

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between 1980 and 1985. Blakely was an opening batsman. His best two first-class matches were both against

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in 1980–81. In the first, at

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, he made 74 and 22; in the second, at

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, he made 26 and 43. In all first-class matches he made 325 runs at an average of 18.05. Blakely also appeared in two List A matches for Otago, scoring 55 runs at an average of 27.50 with a top score of 44. As a

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footballer, Blakely made one appearance playing at

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for Otago Sub-Unions in 1981. Two of Blakely's children have also played representative cricket for Otago: his son Sam, has played five List A matches for Otago, debuting in 2012/13; and his daughter

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has made over 100 women's List A and

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appearances for Otago since the 2012/13 season. It is believed that this could be the first instance of a father, son and daughter all representing Otago in top-level cricket.

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