Elvis Leroy Reifer (21 March 1961 – 26 August 2011) was a Barbadian

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er. Reifer was born in Barbados at

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in March 1961, alongside his twin-brother

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. He was educated at Saint George Secondary School. Reifer was a key member of the Pickwick Cricket Club in the early 1980s, where as a left-arm fast-medium bowler he opened the bowling alongside Odwin Gilkes. He was signed by

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for the 1984 English season as a replacement for Milton Small, who had been called up to the West Indian team prior to his arrival. He made his debut in

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for Hampshire against

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, taking 4 for 43. Reifer made twenty first-class appearances during his one season at Hampshire, taking 49 wickets at an

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of 35.93, with his best figures remaining those he took on debut. With the bat, he scored 357 runs at a

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of 19.83, with a highest score of 47. In addition to playing first-class cricket for Hampshire, Reifer also made his debut in List A one-day cricket for the county against the

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in the 1984 Benson & Hedges Cup. He made sixteen one-day appearances for Hampshire, taking 19 wickets at an average of 28.73, with best figures of 4 for 46. ''

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'' noted that "although bowling well on occasions, he did not make the hoped-for impact", and so was not retained for the 1985 season. Returning to Barbados, Reifer made a single first-class appearance for

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against

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in the 1985–86 Shell Shield. Despite going wicketless in the match, he did make an unbeaten half century batting at number ten in the Barbados first innings. He also made three one-day appearances for Barbados in the 1985–86 Geddes Grant/Harrison Line Trophy, but failed to take a wicket in these matches. Reifer died in his sleep on 26 August 2011 at

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. He was married to Carol Roberts-Reifer, a well known radio and television personality in Barbados, with their son

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playing international cricket for the West Indies. Besides his twin-brother, his elder brother,

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, also played first-class and one-day cricket for Barbados. His nephew,

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, is a former

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of the West Indies cricket team.

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