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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Leonard Blunt<br />
| image = <br />
| country = England<br />
| full_name = <br />
| nickname = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1921|3|29}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Worcester, England|Worcester]], England<br />
| death_date = July {{death year and age|2005|1921}}<br />
| death_place = [[Evesham]], [[Worcestershire]], England<br />
| heightft = <br />
| heightinch = <br />
| role = <br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right arm fast-medium<br />
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]<br />
| year1 = 1942/43<br />
| club2 = [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]]<br />
| year2 = 1946–1948<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]<br />
| matches1 = 15<br />
| runs1 = 109<br />
| bat avg1 = 7.26<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0<br />
| top score1 = 18<br />
| deliveries1 = 2,058<br />
| wickets1 = 37<br />
| bowl avg1 = 26.10<br />
| fivefor1 = 1<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 5-60<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 4/0<br />
| date = 3 October<br />
| year = 2008<br />
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12998/12998.html CricketArchive<br />
}}<br />
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'''Leonard Blunt''' (21 March 1929 – July 2005) was a [[cricket]]er who played [[first-class cricket]] for [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]] and the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] in the 1940s. He also stood on one occasion as a first-class [[umpire (cricket)|umpire]].<br />
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Blunt made his first-class debut on [[Boxing Day]] 1942, turning out for [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against [[Indians cricket team|Indians]] in the [[Madras Presidency Match]]; he took four wickets and made a [[duck (cricket)|duck]] in his only innings.<ref><br />
{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17367.html |title=Europeans v Indians in 1942/43 |access-date=2008-10-03 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref><br />
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After the end of the [[Second World War]], Blunt played 14 first-class games for Worcestershire between 1946 and 1948, and he made a good start to his [[county cricket]] career by taking seven wickets (including his career best of 5-60) against [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] at [[County Ground, Southampton|Southampton]] on debut.<ref><br />
{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17601.html |title=Hampshire v Worcestershire in 1946 |access-date=2008-10-03 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref><br />
However, he could not keep up this form, and after 1946 he appeared but rarely.<br />
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Although he was not seen in the first-class game after 1948, Blunt continued to play for Worcestershire's Second XI for another year, and in the early 1950s produced some impressive performances in [[minor counties]] cricket for [[Cheshire County Cricket Club|Cheshire]]. He took 8–20 against [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]]'s Second XI in late May 1951,<ref><br />
{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/90/90693.html |title=Cheshire v Yorkshire Second XI in 1951 |access-date=2008-10-03 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref><br />
and had a remarkable run against [[Northumberland County Cricket Club|Northumberland]] in July of the following year: in three consecutive innings, spread over two games, Blunt claimed 5-49, 6-49 and 6-46.<ref><br />
{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/90/90888.html |title=Northumberland v Cheshire in 1952 |access-date=2008-10-03 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref><ref><br />
{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/90/90903.html |title=Cheshire v Northumberland in 1952 |access-date=2008-10-03 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref><br />
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After the end of his Worcestershire career, Blunt had a single outing as a first-class umpire, standing in a match between Worcestershire and the [[Combined Services cricket team|Combined Services]] in 1949.<ref><br />
{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/19/19100.html |title=Worcestershire v Combined Services in 1949 |access-date=2008-10-03 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
*{{cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/12/12998/12998.html}}<br />
*{{cricinfo|ref=england/content/player/8956.html}}<br />
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