Roger Blades
Personal information
Full name
Roger Wayne Blades
Born(1963-05-25)25 May 1963
Barbados
Died16 February 2022(2022-02-16) (aged 58)
Bridgetown, Barbados
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1996/97–1997/98Bermuda
Career statistics
Competition List A
Matches 7
Runs scored 58
Batting average 9.66
100s/50s –/–
Top score 27
Balls bowled 240
Wickets 5
Bowling average 36.00
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 4/30
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: CricketArchive, 13 October 2011

Roger Blades (25 May 1963 – 16 February 2022) was a Barbadian policeman and cricketer. He served in the Bermuda Police Service and represented the Bermuda national cricket team as a fast-medium bowler in the 1990s.

Blades attended Combermere School.[1] He debuted for St Catherine in the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) first division in 1982. He moved to Bermuda for work reasons in 1989 and joined the Police club. He also played for Somerset in the Cup Match between 1994 and 1996, making 58 on debut from ninth in the batting order. In the 1996 Cup Match he notoriously sent St. George's batsmen Glenn Blakeney and Eugene Foggo to hospital with head injuries inside the first hour of the match.[2]

Blades played seven List A matches for Bermuda as part of the Red Stripe Bowl, and also represented them at the 1997 ICC Trophy.[3] His best figures were 4/30 against the Windward Islands in the 1996 Red Stripe Bowl in Guyana.[1]

In 1998 Blades returned to Barbados where he continued to play club cricket.[1] He later worked for Barbados National Bank. He died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Bridgetown, on 16 February 2022 after a long illness.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Glowing tributes paid to late St. Catherine cricketer Roger Blades". Barbados Today. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  2. ↑ Trott, Lawrence (4 March 2022). "Roger Blades (1963-2022): best remembered for electric Cup Match moment in Somerset". The Royal Gazette. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Player profile: Roger Blades". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "Sad passing of Roger Blades". Bermuda Ex Police Association. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
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