Jimmy Blanckenberg
South African cricketer (1892-1955)
James Manuel Blanckenberg (31 December 1892 or 1893 – c. 1955) was a South African cricketer who played in eighteen Test matches for South Africa between 1913 and 1924. A right-arm medium pace bowler, Blanckenberg's first-class career spanned the years 1912 to 1924. In a career interrupted by the First World War, he played for Western Province except for his final domestic season, during which he represented Natal.
Career
A nagging, accurate medium-pace bowler, Blanckenberg was most effective on the matting pitches that were prevalent in South Africa during his career. In 74 first-class appearances, he took five wickets in an innings on 21 occasions, with career best figures of 9 for 78 in a Currie Cup fixture for Western Province against Transvaal at Old Wanderers in January 1921. A useful middle/lower-order batsman, Blanckenberg's single first-class century came in December 1923 for Natal against his former team, Western Province, when he scored 171 in a fifth-wicket partnership with Dave Nourse worth 291.
Blanckenberg made his Test debut against England on 13 December 1913 during England's 1913/14 tour of South Africa. Although the tourists won the series 4–0, Blanckenberg finished with nineteen wickets, his tally in the series second only to that of England's Sydney Barnes.
Blanckenberg became the first Test match batsman to start his career with five consecutive not out innings, a feat later matched by Frank Cameron, Alan Connolly and David Terbrugge.
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