Henry Blofeld
Henry Calthorpe Blofeld OBE (born 23 September 1939), nicknamed Blowers by Brian Johnston, is an English retired sports journalist, broadcaster and amateur ornithologist best known as a cricket commentator for Test Match Special on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra. He has established a reputation as a commentator with an accent, vocabulary and syntax that is quintessentially Old Etonian both in style and substance. He also writes on cricket and has authored eight books to date.
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| Full name | Henry Calthorpe Blofeld | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 September 1939 Hoveton Home Farm, Hoveton, Norfolk, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Blowers, Tycoon, Typhoon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper, commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1958–1959 | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956–1965 | Norfolk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 7 May 1958 Cambridge University v Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 11 June 1960 Free Foresters v Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Only List A | 1 May 1965 Norfolk v Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 14 May 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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