Brief profile of Emmanuel Blamires by Don Ambrose

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BLAMIRES, Emmanuel.
Professional.
Born at Bradford, Yorkshire, 31st July 1850.
Died at Bradford, Yorkshire, 22nd March 1886.
At his birth he was registered as Nimrod Blamires. He was a warehouseman at Bradford and first went out as a cricket professional in 1871-72 at the Albion Club, Bradford, then in 1873 at Burnley and in 1874 and 1875 at Dalton, Huddersfield. In 1876 he was at Low Moor, near Bradford and in 1877 he was given a game by Yorkshire v Middlesex at Lord’s. He was then engaged by Surrey at The Oval and once he had qualified by residence he played for Surrey in 32 matches between 1878 and 1881. In 1882 he was back in Yorkshire and professional at Manningham, near Bradford.
He died of consumption at the White Abbey Hotel, Bradford, and was buried in the Scholemoor Cemetery, near Bradford.
In the 1881 Census he is shown as resident at 15 William Street, Lambeth, Surrey, aged 31 and a cricket ground man. Also there are his wife Anne, aged 30, born in Bradford, his daughters Mary E., aged 8 and Harriet, aged 1, and his son David A., aged 5. Frances Ward, aged 57, widowed mother (presumably of Anne), from Wakefield is also present.

(Article: Copyright © 2003 Don Ambrose)