Full name Thomas Goad Blain Batting style Unknown | 1851 Lancashire Name Thomas Blain | |
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Born 11 March 1827 West Derby, Lancashire, England Died 10 March 1878(1878-03-10) (aged 50)
Chislehurst, Kent, England | ||
Thomas Goad Blain (11 March 1827 – 10 March 1878) was an English cricketer active in the early 1850s, playing in three first-class cricket matches.
Blain made his debut in first-class cricket for Manchester Cricket Club (aka Lancashire) in 1851 against Sheffield Cricket Club (aka Yorkshire) at the Botanical Gardens in Manchester. The following season he played a further two first-class matches for Manchester against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's and against Sheffield at the Botanical Gardens. He scored a total of 28 runs in his three matches, with a high score of 10.
He died at Chislehurst, Kent on 10 March 1878, a day shy of his 51st birthday.
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