David Eustace Blake (27 April 1925 — 21 May 2015) was an English amateur first-class cricketer who appeared in 73 matches, scoring nearly 3,000 runs and taking 91 catches and making 30 stumpings as a wicket-keeper.
The son of Philip and Marjorie Flora Blake, he was born at Havant in April 1925.
[2] He served in the latter stages of the Second World War, being commissioned into the Royal Engineers as a second lieutenant in April 1945;[4] his brother had been killed in action the previous year.
In 1952, he made his debut for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Ireland at Dublin, while the following season he played for the Free Foresters against Cambridge University at Fenner's.
[6] By 1954, Blake's appearances for Hampshire were becoming less frequent,[6] however he did record his maiden first-class century against Somerset in 1954, with a score of exactly 100.
[6] Blake twice toured aboard to play first-class cricket in the West Indies.