About Thomas Blain
Lived 1827 – 1878 (aged 50). Thomas Blain was a British cricketer.
Thomas Goad Blain (11 March 1827 – 10 March 1878) was an English cricketer active in the early 1850s, playing in three first-class cricket matches.
Blain made his debut in first-class cricket for a Lancashire XI in 1851 against a Yorkshire XI at the Botanical Gardens in Manchester. The following season he played a further two first-class matches for Manchester against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's and against Sheffield at the Botanical Gardens.
He died in Chislehurst, Kent on 10 March 1878, a day shy of his 51st birthday.
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Who was Thomas Blain?
British cricketer (1827-1878)
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Thomas Blain was born on 11 March 1827 in West Derby.
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Thomas Blain died on 10 March 1878 in Chislehurst.
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