11 Facts About Roger Blunt

Roger Charles Blunt was a cricketer who played nine Test matches for the New Zealand national cricket team.

Roger Blunt's father, a graduate of Christ Church, Oxford, was a professor at Canterbury College in Christchurch.

Roger Blunt was educated at Christ's College, Christchurch, where he captained the First XI cricket team.

Roger Blunt was a prolific batsman in domestic cricket throughout the 1920s.

Roger Blunt played several representative matches for New Zealand against Australian and English teams in the days before New Zealand played Test cricket.

In New Zealand's first Test, against England in Christchurch in January 1930, Roger Blunt made more runs and took more wickets than any other New Zealander as New Zealand lost by 8 wickets.

Roger Blunt held the record as the highest-scoring New Zealand batsman with 7769 runs until Sutcliffe surpassed it in 1953.

Roger Blunt played many minor matches for Sir Julien Cahn's XI in England from 1933 to 1938, and toured North America with Cahn's XI in 1933.

Roger Blunt captained London New Zealand Cricket Club in its inaugural match in 1952 and remained a prominent member of the club.

Roger Blunt became a radio commentator on cricket broadcasts, joining the BBC team for the 1949 New Zealand tour of England.

Roger Blunt was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1965 Queen's Birthday Honours.