In 1929-30 he top-scored for Wairarapa against the touring MCC team. Dick Brittenden described Blamires as "an excellent bat" and "a cricketer of considerable resource, [who] once, when playing Warwick Armstrong's leg theory, changed from right-hand to left-hand briefly, the better to cope with the situation" – an early example of the switch hit. References 1881 births 1963 deaths New Zealand cricketers Otago cricketers Wellington cricketers Pre-1930 New Zealand representative cricketers New Zealand military chaplains New Zealand Methodist ministers Cricketers from Victoria (Australia) People from Warrnambool People educated at Wesley College (Victoria) Australian emigrants to New Zealand New Zealand military personnel of World War I