Emmanuel Blamires (31 July 1850 – 22 March 1886) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Yorkshire and Surrey between 1877 and 1881.
Early Life and Career
Blamires was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire. Originally named Nimrod Blamires, he later adopted the name Emmanuel. By trade, he worked as a warehouseman in Bradford. He began his professional cricket career at the Albion club in Bradford (1871–1872), followed by engagements at Burnley, Lancashire (1873), Dalton in Huddersfield (1874–1875), and Low Moor near Bradford (1876).
First-Class Cricket
Blamires was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm roundarm-fast bowler. He played one match for Yorkshire in 1877 against Middlesex at Lord's, taking 5 for 82 in a 35-run victory. Seeing limited prospects at Yorkshire due to the dominance of bowler Ted Peate, he qualified by residence and joined Surrey, for whom he played between 1878 and 1881.
In 36 first-class matches, Blamires took 137 wickets at a bowling average of 20.02, with a best of 8 for 77 against Kent. Other notable bowling performances included 7 for 59 against Gloucestershire and 6 for 98 against Middlesex. He scored 440 runs at a batting average of 9.56, with a highest score of 31. He achieved five wickets in an innings nine times and ten wickets in a match twice. He also appeared in the Gentlemen v Players match, for the South of England, and for an England XI in first-class games.
Later Life and Death
In the 1881 census, Blamires was recorded living at 15 William Street, Lambeth, Surrey, employed as a "cricket ground man," with his wife Anne and their three children. In 1882, he returned to Yorkshire to play professional club cricket at Manningham, Bradford. He died of consumption (tuberculosis) at the age of 35 at the White Abbey Hotel, Bradford, and was buried in Scholemoor Cemetery, Bradford.
