Cyril Bland

Cyril Bland

Personal information
Born	23 May 1872 Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Died	1 July 1950 (aged 78) Cowbridge, Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1897–1904	Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 147 Runs scored 998 Batting average 6.43 100s/50s 3/25 Top score 59 Balls bowled 27,548 Wickets 557 Bowling average 24.28 5 wickets in innings 44 10 wickets in match 11 Best bowling 10/48 Catches/stumpings 80/–
Source: CricInfo, 26 April 2023

Cyril Herbert George Bland (23 May 1872 – 1 July 1950) was an English cricketer active from 1897 to 1904 who played for Sussex. He was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, where he was educated at Boston Grammar School, and died at Cowbridge, Boston, Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire. He appeared in 147 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm fast. He scored 998 runs with a highest score of 59 and took 557 wickets with a best performance of ten for 48.

Bland achieved his ten wickets in an innings feat playing for Sussex against Kent at the Angel Ground, Tonbridge, in the 1900 season.

Aged 78, Bland committed suicide by drowning himself in the Greenlands Drain in Boston, Lincolnshire in 1950.