James Pearson Blacklock (17 February 1883 – 22 January 1935) was a
New Zealand cricketer
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who played
first-class cricket for
Wellington from 1904 to 1914. He also played two matches for
New Zealand in the years before New Zealand played
Test cricket.
Blacklock was born in
Wellington. He appeared in 20 first-class matches as a right-handed
batsman. He scored 864
runs, with one century: 124 against
Hawke's Bay in 1908–09, when he batted for only 85 minutes, hit five
sixes
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, and added 196 runs for the second wicket with
Don Naughton. He played for New Zealand in their two matches against
Australia in 1904–05, top-scoring with 30 in New Zealand's second innings in the second match.
Blacklock's father,
James Blacklock, played for Wellington from 1878 to 1883, and two of his uncles also played first-class cricket for Wellington.
Blacklock fought in the
Boer War at the age of 17.
He later worked as an accountant and secretary in the
tanning firm of Hirst and Co. of Wellington.
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1883 births
1935 deaths
New Zealand military personnel of the Second Boer War
New Zealand cricketers
Pre-1930 New Zealand representative cricketers
Wellington cricketers
New Zealand people of Australian descent
Military personnel from Wellington City
New Zealand Army soldiers