Joseph Spencer
Personal information
Full name
Joseph Blakey Spencer
BornJuly 1809
Longsight, Lancashire, England
Died9 August 1877 (aged 68)
Blackheath, Kent, England
BattingUnknown
BowlingUnknown
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 36
Batting average 9.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 19
Balls bowled 142
Wickets 3
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 3/?
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 27 July 2020

Joseph Blakey Spencer (July 1809 – 9 August 1877) was an English first-class cricketer, British Army soldier and inventor.

Spencer was born at Longsight in Manchester in July 1809. A soldier in the Royal Artillery, which was based at Woolwich, Spencer one appearance in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England at Lord's in 1843. The following year he made another appearance in first-class cricket, this time for the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players fixture.[1] He scored 36 runs in his two matches,[2] in addition to taking 3 wickets for the Gentlemen of Kent.[3] Spencer later worked in the 1850s on improving early photographic apparatus alongside the photographer Arthur James Melhuish.[4] He was appointed to be an honorary quartermaster of the 1st Administrative Battalion Kent Rifle Volunteers in March 1866,[5] which he held until his resignation in March 1873.[6] Spencer died at Blackheath in August 1877.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Joseph Spencer". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  2. ↑ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Joseph Spencer". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Joseph Spencer". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "No. 21560". The London Gazette. 9 June 1854. p. 1793.
  5. ↑ "No. 23092". The London Gazette. 30 March 1866. p. 2141.
  6. ↑ "No. 23961". The London Gazette. 25 March 1873. p. 1658.
  7. ↑ Deaths. Northern Whig. 15 August 1877. p. 4
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