Rayner Blitz

English cricketer

Rayner Blitz

Personal information

Full name|

Rayner John Blitz

Born|  (1968-03-25) 25 March 1968 (age 57)
Watford, Hertfordshire, England
Batting| Right-handed
Role| Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years| Team
1986| Somerset
Career statistics
| Competition | First-class | List A

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Matches | 5 | 2
Runs scored | 33 | 1
Batting average | 6.60 | 1.00
100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/0
Top score | 18 | 1
Catches/stumpings | 8/0 | 1/0

Source: CricketArchive, 13 December 2013

Rayner John Blitz (born 25 March 1968 at Watford, Hertfordshire), was a cricketer who played five first-class matches and one List A match for Somerset in 1986.[1]

A diminutive wicketkeeper and right-handed batsman who had played for Essex's second eleven in 1985, Blitz was signed to cover for an injury to Trevor Gard, Somerset's regular wicketkeeper.[2] He took eight catches in his five games and played for Somerset's second eleven across the summer. But the county was looking for a wicketkeeper who could make reliable runs as the long-term successor to Gard, and signed Neil Burns from Essex for the 1987 season. Blitz was released by Somerset at the end of the 1986 season.[2]

Blitz did not play first-class cricket again, though he played for Derbyshire's second eleven and for Dorset in the Minor Counties.

## References

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1. ^ "Player Profile: Rayner Blitz". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
2. ^ a b David Foot & Ivan Ponting. Somerset Cricket: A Post-War Who's Who (1993 ed.). Redcliffe Books. p. 15\. ISBN 1-872971-23-7.