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John Philip Blake (17 November 1917 — 3 June 1944) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Marines officer. Blake played first-class cricket in the late 1930s for both Cambridge University and Hampshire. He later served in the Royal Marines during the Second World War, being posthumously decorated with the Military Cross.
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