| Geoff Blakely | |||||||||||
| Fullname: | Geoffrey Allan Wilfred Blakely | ||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 30 October 1959 | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Ranfurly, Central Otago, New Zealand | ||||||||||
| Family: | Sam Blakely (son) | ||||||||||
| Batting: | Left-handed | ||||||||||
| Club1: | Otago | ||||||||||
| Columns: | 2 | ||||||||||
| Column1: | First-class | ||||||||||
| Matches1: | 9 | ||||||||||
| Runs1: | 325 | ||||||||||
| Bat Avg1: | 18.05 | ||||||||||
| 100S/50S1: | 0/1 | ||||||||||
| Top Score1: | 74 | ||||||||||
| Hidedeliveries: | true | ||||||||||
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 4/– | ||||||||||
| Column2: | List A | ||||||||||
| Matches2: | 2 | ||||||||||
| Runs2: | 55 | ||||||||||
| Bat Avg2: | 27.50 | ||||||||||
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 | ||||||||||
| Top Score2: | 44 | ||||||||||
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 0/– | ||||||||||
| Date: | 30 January | ||||||||||
| Year: | 2021 | ||||||||||
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/36463.html ESPNcricinfo | ||||||||||
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Geoffrey Allan Wilfred Blakely (born 30 October 1959) is a New Zealand former cricketer. He played nine first-class and two List A matches for Otago between 1980 and 1985.[1]
Blakely was an opening batsman. His best two first-class matches were both against Auckland in 1980–81. In the first, at Eden Park, he made 74 and 22;[2] in the second, at Carisbrook, he made 26 and 43.[3] In all first-class matches he made 325 runs at an average of 18.05.[4] Blakely also appeared in two List A matches for Otago, scoring 55 runs at an average of 27.50 with a top score of 44.[1]
As a rugby union footballer, Blakely made one appearance playing at lock for Otago Sub-Unions in 1981.[5]
Two of Blakely's children have also played representative cricket for Otago: his son Sam, has played five List A matches for Otago, debuting in 2012/13; and his daughter Caitlin has made over 100 women's List A and Twenty20 appearances for Otago since the 2012/13 season.[6] It is believed that this could be the first instance of a father, son and daughter all representing Otago in top-level cricket.[6]