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Full name | Joseph Blakey Spencer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | July 1809 Longsight, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 9 August 1877 (aged 68) Blackheath, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricinfo, 27 July 2020 |
Joseph Blakey Spencer (July 1809 – 9 August 1877) was an English first-class cricketer, British Army soldier and inventor.
Spencer was born at Longsight in Manchester in July 1809. A soldier in the Royal Artillery, which was based at Woolwich, Spencer one appearance in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England at Lord's in 1843. The following year he made another appearance in first-class cricket, this time for the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players fixture. [1] He scored 36 runs in his two matches, [2] in addition to taking 3 wickets for the Gentlemen of Kent. [3] Spencer later worked in the 1850s on improving early photographic apparatus alongside the photographer Arthur James Melhuish. [4] He was appointed to be an honorary quartermaster of the 1st Administrative Battalion Kent Rifle Volunteers in March 1866, [5] which he held until his resignation in March 1873. [6] Spencer died at Blackheath in August 1877. [7]
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Full name | Joseph Blakey Spencer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | July 1809 Longsight, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 9 August 1877 (aged 68) Blackheath, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 27 July 2020 |
Joseph Blakey Spencer (July 1809 – 9 August 1877) was an English first-class cricketer, British Army soldier and inventor.
Spencer was born at Longsight in Manchester in July 1809. A soldier in the Royal Artillery, which was based at Woolwich, Spencer one appearance in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England at Lord's in 1843. The following year he made another appearance in first-class cricket, this time for the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players fixture. [1] He scored 36 runs in his two matches, [2] in addition to taking 3 wickets for the Gentlemen of Kent. [3] Spencer later worked in the 1850s on improving early photographic apparatus alongside the photographer Arthur James Melhuish. [4] He was appointed to be an honorary quartermaster of the 1st Administrative Battalion Kent Rifle Volunteers in March 1866, [5] which he held until his resignation in March 1873. [6] Spencer died at Blackheath in August 1877. [7]