{{Short description|Bermudian cricketer (1963–2022)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Roger Blades | image = | country = Bermuda | fullname = Roger Wayne Blades | birth_date = {{Birth date|1963|5|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = Barbados | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|2|16|1963|5|25|df=yes}} | death_place = Bridgetown, Barbados | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast medium | role = Bowler | international = true | club1 = Bermuda | year1 = 1996/97–1997/98 | clubnumber1 = | columns = 1 | column1 = List A | matches1 = 7 | runs1 = 58 | bat avg1 = 9.66 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 27 | deliveries1 = 240 | wickets1 = 5 | bowl avg1 = 36.00 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 4/30 | catches/stumpings1 = –/– | date = 13 October | year = 2011 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5400/5400.html CricketArchive }}
'''Roger Blades''' (25 May 1963 – 16 February 2022) was a Barbadian policeman and cricketer. He served in the Bermuda Police Service and represented the Bermuda national cricket team as a fast-medium bowler in the 1990s.
Blades attended Combermere School.<ref name=bt/> He debuted for St Catherine in the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) first division in 1982. He moved to Bermuda for work reasons in 1989 and joined the Police club. He also played for Somerset in the Cup Match between 1994 and 1996, making 58 on debut from ninth in the batting order. In the 1996 Cup Match, he notoriously sent St. George's batsmen Glenn Blakeney and Eugene Foggo to the hospital with head injuries inside the first hour of the match.<ref name=gazette>{{cite news|url=https://www.royalgazette.com/cricket/sport/article/20220304/roger-blades-1963-2022-best-remembered-for-electric-cup-match-moment-in-somerset/|title=Roger Blades (1963-2022): best remembered for electric Cup Match moment in Somerset|newspaper=The Royal Gazette|date=4 March 2022|accessdate=4 April 2022|first=Lawrence|last=Trott}}</ref>
Blades played seven List A matches for Bermuda as part of the Red Stripe Bowl, and also represented them at the 1997 ICC Trophy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5400/5400.html|title=Player profile: Roger Blades|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 October 2011}}</ref> His best figures were 4/30 against the Windward Islands in the 1996 Red Stripe Bowl in Guyana.<ref name=bt>{{cite news|url=https://barbadostoday.bb/2022/02/22/glowing-tributes-paid-to-late-st-catherine-cricketer-roger-blades/|title=Glowing tributes paid to late St. Catherine cricketer Roger Blades|publisher=Barbados Today|date=22 February 2022|accessdate=4 April 2022}}</ref>
In 1998 Blades returned to Barbados where he continued to play club cricket.<ref name=bt/> He later worked for Barbados National Bank. He died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Bridgetown, on 16 February 2022 after a long illness.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.expobermuda.com/~bermyxpo/index.php/latest-news/1073-sad-passing-of-roger-blades|title=Sad passing of Roger Blades|publisher=Bermuda Ex Police Association|accessdate=4 April 2022}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/23734.html Cricinfo profile] *[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/5/5400/5400.html Cricket Archive profile]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Blades, Roger}} Category:1963 births Category:2022 deaths Category:Bermudian cricketers Category:Barbadian cricketers Category:Barbadian expatriates in Bermuda Category:Bermudian police officers Category:People educated at Combermere School Category:20th-century Barbadian people