Louis Henry Fletcher Balmain (17 January 1858 – 1904) was a

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who played one match of

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for

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in New Zealand in the 1880-81 season. Batting at number three, Balmain made 50 and 40, the two highest scores on either side in the drawn match against

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on the last two days of 1880. One newspaper described Balmain’s 50 as "the best innings seen on the Wellington ground for a long time". It was one of only two individual scores of 50 or more for Nelson in their 17 first-class matches. He married Laura Harris in

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, Canada, on 10 September 1884. She died of

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, Ontario, on 7 July 1897. He is believed to have died in Canada in 1904.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Balmain, Louis 1858 births 1904 deaths Nelson cricketers Sportspeople from Bath, Somerset English emigrants to New Zealand