Career
Blain made his debut in first-class cricket for Lancashire in 1851 against Yorkshire at the Botanical Gardens. The following season he played a further two first-class matches for Manchester against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord"s and Sheffield at the Botanical Gardens. He scored a total of 28 runs in his three matches, with a high score of 10.
He died at Chislehurst, Kent on 10 March 1878, a day shy of his 51st birthday.