[1] On the advice of his doctor he resumed playing at 40, joining the St Kilda club in 1922–23.

Like his similarly elderly spin colleague for St Kilda and Victoria Bert Ironmonger, Blackie seldom made many runs, but he once scored 55 for Victoria, helping Albert Hartkopf add 120 for the eighth wicket against South Australia in 1927–28.

[4] Unlike Ironmonger, he was a reliable fieldsman, who took numerous catches in the slips.

[5] Blackie continued to play district cricket for St Kilda until the 1934–35 season, retiring at age 53.

Wisden described him as "An off-break bowler of wiry physique who flighted the ball and allied swerve to spin and accuracy of length, he varied his pace skilfully from medium to slow-medium.