Thomas Blain

Thomas Goad Blain (11 March 1827 – 10 March 1878) was an English cricketer active in the early 1850s, playing in three first-class cricket matches.

Thomas Blain

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Goad Blain
Born	11 March 1827 West Derby, (Liverpool), Lancashire, England
Died	10 March 1878(1878-03-10) (aged 50) Chislehurst, Kent, England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1851	Lancashire
1852	Manchester
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 3 Runs scored 28 Batting average 5.60 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 10 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 April 2015

Blain made his debut in first-class cricket for a Lancashire XI in 1851 against a Yorkshire XI at the Botanical Gardens in Manchester.^[1] The following season he played a further two first-class matches for Manchester against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's and against Sheffield at the Botanical Gardens.^[1] He scored a total of 28 runs in his three matches, with a high score of 10.^[2]

He died in Chislehurst, Kent on 10 March 1878, a day shy of his 51st birthday.