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Full name
  
Rayner John Blitz

Role
  
Cricket Player

Name
  
Rayner Blitz

1986
  
Somerset

Batting style
  
Right-handed


Born
  
25 March 1968 (age 55) (
1968-03-25
)
Watford, Hertfordshire, England

Rayner John Blitz (born 25 March 1968 at Watford, Hertfordshire), was a cricketer who played five first-class matches and one List A match for Somerset in 1986.

A diminutive wicketkeeper and right-handed batsman who had played for Essex's second eleven in 1985, Blitz was signed to cover for an injury to Trevor Gard, Somerset's regular wicketkeeper. He took eight catches in his five games, and played for Somerset's second eleven across the summer. But the county was looking for a wicketkeeper who could make reliable runs as the long-term successor to Gard, and signed Neil Burns from Essex for the 1987 season. Blitz was released by Somerset at the end of the 1986 season.

Blitz did not play first-class cricket again, though he played for Derbyshire's second eleven and for Dorset in the Minor Counties.

References

Rayner Blitz Wikipedia