James Redfearn
Australian cricketer
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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]
Yorkshire, England
Glen Huntly, Melbourne, Australia
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]