James Henry Hargreaves (1859 — 11 April 1922) was an American-born English first-class cricketer and sports retailer.
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| Full name | James Henry Hargreaves | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1859 New York City, New York, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 April 1922 (aged 62–63) Portsmouth, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1884–1885 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 January 2010 | |||||||||||||||
Hargreaves was born at New York City in 1859. He later moved to England, where he played two first-class matches for Hampshire against Sussex at Hove in 1884, and Surrey at Southampton in 1885.[1] In these matches, he scored 15 runs with a highest score of 14.[2] In addition to playing cricket, he also played rugby union for Hampshire.[3] He was better known in Portsmouth as a sports retailer and the founder of the sports outfitter Hargreaves, which he founded at Old Portsmouth in 1894.[3] The business later expanded to 66 stores and remained under the Hargreaves family ownership until 2006, when it was purchased by Mike Ashley's Sports World group.[4] Hargreaves died at Portsmouth in April 1922.[3]
References
edit- ^ "First-Class Matches played by James Hargreaves". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by James Hargreaves". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ a b c "Deaths". Portsmouth Evening News. 11 April 1922. p. 7. Retrieved 29 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "What's happened to Lillywhites?". The Daily Telegraph. London. 2 April 2006. Retrieved 29 January 2024.