James Blacklock, Date of Birth, Date of Death

James Blacklock

New Zealand cricketer

Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1883

Date of Death: 22-Jan-1935

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

James Pearson Blacklock (17 February 1883 – 22 January 1935) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1904 to 1914.
He also played two matches for New Zealand in the years before New Zealand played Test cricket. Blacklock was born in Wellington, New Zealand, and died in Westport, West Coast, New Zealand.
He appeared in twenty first-class matches as a right-handed batsman.
He scored 864 runs, with one century: 124 against Hawke's Bay in 1908-09.Blacklock's father, James Blacklock, played for Wellington from 1878 to 1883. He fought in the Boer War at the age of 17.
He later worked as an accountant and secretary in the tanning firm of Hirst and Co.
of Wellington.