Henry Lawrence Blamires (17 April 1871 – 18 August 1965) was a New Zealand first-class cricketer and clergyman.
One of five brothers who became clergymen, Henry Blamires was born in Bendigo, Australia, and educated at Wesley College in Melbourne, which was then a Methodist school for boys.
[2] He served as minister in Gore from 1903,[3] and later posts included Wellington, Napier, Wanganui and Nelson.
[8] Until his death in Auckland in August 1965, aged 94, Blamires was the last surviving New Zealand chaplain from World War I.
[10] Two weeks later he captained Hawke's Bay against the touring Australians, but was dismissed cheaply twice by Arthur Mailey.