Lionel Bruce Blaxland was an English First World War flying ace, cricketer, schoolmaster and clergyman.
14 Facts About Lionel Blaxland
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Lionel Blaxland played first-class cricket intermittently for Derbyshire between 1925 and 1947.
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Lionel Blaxland became a master at Repton School in 1922 where he was in charge of cricket for eleven years.
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Lionel Blaxland made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1925 season, in August in a match against Northamptonshire.
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Lionel Blaxland played two more matches in 1925 and did not return to Derbyshire until the 1932 season.
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Lionel Blaxland was primarily a club cricketer and played mostly for The Friars and other club sides.
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Lionel Blaxland played for Derbyshire only in the month of August, during school holidays, between 1932 and 1935.
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Lionel Blaxland's career finished when he lost an eye playing for The Cryptics in Portugal.
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Lionel Blaxland was a right-hand batsman and played 31 innings in 19 first-class matches with an average of 16.10 and a top score of 64.
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Lionel Blaxland was a right-arm fast-medium bowler and bowled 11 overs in the first-class game without taking a wicket.
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Lionel Blaxland retired from Repton in 1958 and took holy orders.
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Lionel Blaxland became rector of Tansley and then vicar of Doveridge.
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Lionel Blaxland died at Temple Ewell, Kent, at the age of 78.
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Lionel Blaxland is the great-uncle of former Kent and Derbyshire player James Graham-Brown, who writes plays under the nom de guerre "Dougie Blaxland".