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Bruce Robert Blair (born 27 December 1957) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Otago and Northern Districts between 1977 and 1990. He played 14 One Day Internationals for the New Zealand national cricket team in the mid-1980s. He coached Northern Districts from 2001 to 2006 and was later a coaching services advisor at the New Zealand Academy of Sport in Hamilton. He was a selector for both Northern Districts and Central Districts.

Blair was born at Dunedin and educated at Otago Boys High School. His father, Roy Blair, played for Otago in 1953–54 and his older brother, Wayne, played first-class cricket for Otago from 1967–68 to 1990–91. A great-uncle, James Blair, also played for the provincial side in 1926–27

References

1. Bruce Blair, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-04-30. (subscription required)
2. ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 20. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2
3. McCarron, op. cit., pp. 20–21.

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