Bruce Blair

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Bruce Blair

Personal information
Full name	Bruce Robert Blair
Born	27 December 1957 (1957-12-27) (age 67) Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Relations	Wayne Blair (brother) Roy Blair (father) James Blair (great uncle)
International information
National side	New Zealand (1982–1986)
ODI debut (cap 41)	17 February 1982 v Australia
Last ODI	15 April 1986 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1976/77–1983/84	Otago
1984/85–1985/86	Northern Districts
1986/87–1989/90	Otago
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA Matches 14 110 74 Runs scored 174 5,995 1,583 Batting average 14.50 32.58 23.62 100s/50s 0/0 7/40 0/11 Top score 29* 143 91 Balls bowled 30 3,796 2,087 Wickets 1 55 43 Bowling average 34.00 31.81 31.62 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/7 4/26 4/37 Catches/stumpings 4/– 81/– 24/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 May 2017

Bruce Robert Blair (born 27 December 1957) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Otago and Northern Districts between 1977 and 1990.[1] He played 14 One Day Internationals for the New Zealand national cricket team in the mid-1980s. He coached Northern Districts from 2001 to 2006 and was later a coaching services advisor at the New Zealand Academy of Sport in Hamilton. He was a selector for both Northern Districts and Central Districts.[2]

Blair was born at Dunedin and educated at Otago Boys High School.[2] His father, Roy Blair, played for Otago in 1953–54 and his older brother, Wayne, played first-class cricket for Otago from 1967–68 to 1990–91.[3] A great-uncle, James Blair, also played for the provincial side in 1926–27

References

1. Bruce Blair, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-04-30. (subscription required)
2. McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 20. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2
3. McCarron, op. cit., pp. 20–21.