Joseph Redfearn (13 May 1862 – 14 January 1931) was an English

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adju ...

er, who played one match for

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in 1890 against

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. Born in Lascelles Hall,

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, England, and registered as Joah Redfearn, but commonly known as Joe, Redfearn was a left-handed batsman, who scored five runs in his only innings in a low scoring, but rain ruined, draw. He played in six other games that season in non first-class cricket against

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(twice),

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Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south a ...

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw ...

and

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. He died in January 1931 in

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, Huddersfield.

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