[1] Blaikie insisted on remaining in England for the rest of the cricket season and then relocated to Canada[1] where he worked as a chemist in the laboratory of the Shawinigan Chemicals Industries.
He was picked for an early season match in 1921 for Oxford against Middlesex but made little impression with either bat or ball.
For a third time, Blaikie failed to make an impression in early-season matches for Oxford in 1923, and from the end of May he switched to play occasional games for Somerset, making his highest score for the county side, 73, in the game against Glamorgan at Cardiff Arms Park.
[9] In contrast to his earlier travails, Blaikie enjoyed great success for Oxford University in 1924, finishing at the top of the team's batting averages and third in the bowling.
Coming into the side in late May, he first enjoyed bowling success, taking four wickets for 14 runs, the best innings figures of his career, in the match against the Free Foresters.
[14] The University Match was a disappointment for Oxford, with Cambridge winning by nine wickets, and Blaikie scored 0 in the first innings, and 48 in the second, when he "hit away with amazing brilliancy", according to Wisden.