columns catches/stumpings year hidedeliveries birth_date country club batting name fullname birth_place column role source date runs s/s matches article_title
2 8/0 1/0 1986 2013 true 25 march 1968 england somerset right-handed rayner blitz rayner john blitz watford , hertfordshire , england first-class list a wicket-keeper http://www.cricketarchive.com/archive/players/3/3447/3447.html cricketarchive yes 1968 03 25 33 1 0/0 0/0 5 2 rayner blitz

rayner blitz

rayner john blitz , born at watford , hertfordshire on 25 march 1968 , was a cricketer who played five first-class matches and one list a match for somerset in 1986 .
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 .
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 .
blitz did not play first-class cricket again , though he played for derbyshire 's second eleven and for dorset in the minor counties .
