James Redfearn
Personal information
Bornc. 1836
Yorkshire, England
Died10 March 1916 (aged 79)
Glen Huntly, Melbourne, Australia
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1862/63Victoria
1863/64Otago
Source: Cricinfo, 12 June 2020

James Redfearn (c. 1836 – 10 March 1916) was an Australian cricketer and race-horse trainer. He played one first-class cricket match for Victoria during the 1862–63 season and one in New Zealand for Otago in 1863–64.[1]

Redfearn was born in Yorkshire in England in 1836.[2] He played for Victoria against New South Wales in February 1863[3] before captaining Otago to victory over Canterbury in 1863–64 in the first first-class match played in New Zealand. In the extremely low-scoring match, his innings of 14 and 13 made him the second-highest scorer on either side[4] and he was described by Wisden after his death as a "good bat and very powerful hitter" who was also "good in the field".[5]

Later Redfearn was a prominent trainer and breeder of race-horses in Victoria. After running stables in Ararat, Geelong, and then Williamstown, he set up an establishment next to Melbourne's Caulfield Racecourse in 1888, and lived in nearby Glen Huntly.[6] Among his successes, he bred and trained Malvolio, the winner of the Melbourne Cup in 1891; his son George was the jockey.[2][7]

Redfearn married Elspeth Denham in the Victorian town of Streatham in October 1865.[8] He died in Glen Huntly in March 1916, aged 79.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "James Redfearn". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 110. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
  3. ↑ James Redfearn, CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 December 2023. (subscription required)
  4. ↑ "Otago v Canterbury 1863-64". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  5. ↑ Mr James Redfearn, Other deaths in 1916, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1917. (Available online at CricInfo. Retrieved 14 December 2023.)
  6. ↑ "Sporting Topics". Sportsman: 5. 8 August 1888.
  7. 1 2 "Death of Mr. James Redfearn". The Argus: 6. 10 March 1916.
  8. ↑ "Marriages". Ballarat Star: 2. 6 October 1865.
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