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	<ref>London Gazette 4 September 1917</ref> transferred to the [[82nd Punjabis]] 5 September 1917 <ref>Indian Army List January 1919</ref> promoted to Lieutenant 30 January 1918 <ref>London Gazette 23 August 1918</ref> and to the rank of Captain 30 January 1921.<ref>London Gazette 19 April 1921</ref>		<ref>London Gazette 4 September 1917</ref> transferred to the [[82nd Punjabis]] 5 September 1917 <ref>Indian Army List January 1919</ref> promoted to Lieutenant 30 January 1918 <ref>London Gazette 23 August 1918</ref> and to the rank of Captain 30 January 1921.<ref>London Gazette 19 April 1921</ref>

	Returning to [[England]] at some point after 1917, he later played [[Minor Counties Championship]] cricket for [[Devon County Cricket Club\|Devon]], making his debut for the county in 1924 against [[Cornwall County Cricket Club\|Cornwall]]. He represented Devon in five further matches in 1924 and 1924, the last of which came against [[Monmouthshire County Cricket Club\|Monmouthshire]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12989/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html\|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Richard Blakeney\|publisher=CricketArchive\|accessdate=13 March ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Returning to [[England]] at some point after 1917, he later played [[Minor Counties Championship]] cricket for [[Devon County Cricket Club\|Devon]], making his debut for the county in 1924 against [[Cornwall County Cricket Club\|Cornwall]]. He represented Devon in five further matches in 1924 and 1924, the last of which came against [[Monmouthshire County Cricket Club\|Monmouthshire]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12989/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html\|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Richard Blakeney\|publisher=CricketArchive\|accessdate=13 March 2011}}</ref>

	Returning to the Raj, Blakeney made his [[first-class cricket\|first-class]] debut for the [[Europeans cricket team\|Europeans (India)]] against the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] in 1926. In the Marylebone Cricket Club's first-innings he took a single wicket, that of [[Jack Parsons (cricketer)\|Jack Parsons]]. In the Europeans first-innings he scored 16 runs before being dismissed by [[Maurice Tate]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12124.html\|title=Europeans v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1926/27\|publisher=CricketArchive\|accessdate=13 March ~~2022~~}}</ref> He played his second first-class match in 1934 for [[Sind cricket team\|Sind]] against [[Northern India cricket team\|Northern India]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12989/First-Class_Matches.html\|title=First-Class Matches played by Richard Blakeney\|publisher=CricketArchive\|accessdate=13 March ~~2022~~}}</ref> In the Sind first-innings he scored just a single run before being dismissed by [[Baqa Jilani]], and in their second-innings he scored 5 runs, being dismissed by [[Khadim Hussain (cricketer)\|Khadim Hussain]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15234.html\|title=Sind v Northern India, 1934/35\|publisher=CricketArchive\|accessdate=13 March ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Returning to the Raj, Blakeney made his [[first-class cricket\|first-class]] debut for the [[Europeans cricket team\|Europeans (India)]] against the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] in 1926. In the Marylebone Cricket Club's first-innings he took a single wicket, that of [[Jack Parsons (cricketer)\|Jack Parsons]]. In the Europeans first-innings he scored 16 runs before being dismissed by [[Maurice Tate]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12124.html\|title=Europeans v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1926/27\|publisher=CricketArchive\|accessdate=13 March 2011}}</ref> He played his second first-class match in 1934 for [[Sind cricket team\|Sind]] against [[Northern India cricket team\|Northern India]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12989/First-Class_Matches.html\|title=First-Class Matches played by Richard Blakeney\|publisher=CricketArchive\|accessdate=13 March 2011}}</ref> In the Sind first-innings he scored just a single run before being dismissed by [[Baqa Jilani]], and in their second-innings he scored 5 runs, being dismissed by [[Khadim Hussain (cricketer)\|Khadim Hussain]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15234.html\|title=Sind v Northern India, 1934/35\|publisher=CricketArchive\|accessdate=13 March 2011}}</ref>

	He was promoted Major 21 October 1935 <ref>Half yearly army list January 1946</ref> and transferred to the Special Unemployed List on 1 June 1936.<ref>London Gazette 19 June 1936</ref>		He was promoted Major 21 October 1935 <ref>Half yearly army list January 1946</ref> and transferred to the Special Unemployed List on 1 June 1936.<ref>London Gazette 19 June 1936</ref>

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{{Short description|Irish cricketer}}
{{For|the 19th-century Anglican cleric|Richard Paul Blakeney}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
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Major '''Stephen Richard St Leger Blakeney''' (31 March 1897 – 1984) was an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[cricket]]er who was born at [[Dublin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketeurope.com/DATABASE/ARTICLES2021/articles/000002/000251.shtml |title=Stirling set to make history in Pakistan |work=Cricket Europe |access-date=20 February 2021}}</ref>

During the [[First World War]] Blakeney served in the [[Indian Army]] and was commissioned on 30 January 1917 to the rank of [[2nd Lieutenant]] from the Quetta Cadet College.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30017 |date=13 April 1917 |page=3514 }}</ref>
Now attached to the [[76th Punjabis]] he was admitted to the Indian Army on 10 February 1917,
<ref>London Gazette 4 September 1917</ref> transferred to the [[82nd Punjabis]] 5 September 1917 <ref>Indian Army List January 1919</ref> promoted to Lieutenant 30 January 1918 <ref>London Gazette 23 August 1918</ref> and to the rank of Captain 30 January 1921.<ref>London Gazette 19 April 1921</ref>

Returning to [[England]] at some point after 1917, he later played [[Minor Counties Championship]] cricket for [[Devon County Cricket Club|Devon]], making his debut for the county in 1924 against [[Cornwall County Cricket Club|Cornwall]]. He represented Devon in five further matches in 1924 and 1924, the last of which came against [[Monmouthshire County Cricket Club|Monmouthshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12989/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Richard Blakeney|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 March 2022}}</ref>

Returning to the Raj, Blakeney made his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans (India)]] against the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] in 1926. In the Marylebone Cricket Club's first-innings he took a single wicket, that of [[Jack Parsons (cricketer)|Jack Parsons]]. In the Europeans first-innings he scored 16 runs before being dismissed by [[Maurice Tate]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12124.html|title=Europeans v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1926/27|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 March 2022}}</ref> He played his second first-class match in 1934 for [[Sind cricket team|Sind]] against [[Northern India cricket team|Northern India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12989/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Richard Blakeney|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 March 2022}}</ref> In the Sind first-innings he scored just a single run before being dismissed by [[Baqa Jilani]], and in their second-innings he scored 5 runs, being dismissed by [[Khadim Hussain (cricketer)|Khadim Hussain]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15234.html|title=Sind v Northern India, 1934/35|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 March 2022}}</ref>

He was promoted Major 21 October 1935 <ref>Half yearly army list January 1946</ref> and transferred to the Special Unemployed List on 1 June 1936.<ref>London Gazette 19 June 1936</ref>

At some point later he moved the [[Australia]], where he died in [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] in 1984, although the exact date isn't known.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/27050.html Richard Blakeney] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12989/12989.html Richard Blakeney] at CricketArchive

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