Reginald Gervis Hargreaves (13 October 1852 – 13 February 1926) was an English

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er who played

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for

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. He also played at first-class level for

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(MCC), an England XI,

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and AW Ridley's XI. He married

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, who as a girl had inspired

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's fantasy stories.

Cricket career

Hargreaves made his first-class debut for Hampshire against

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in June 1875, scoring 9 and 1 and taking no wickets as Kent won by an innings inside two days. His next game, against Sussex in the only first-class match ever played on the

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in Winchester, saw another innings defeat for Hampshire, but Hargreaves claimed his first wickets by taking 3/86 in the first innings. Hargreaves' career-best score came while playing for an England XI against

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in 1877; he top-scored with 46 in the English first innings to help set up a four-wicket victory. With the ball, he took four wickets on just one occasion, recording figures of 4/55 for Hampshire against

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in July 1878; Hampshire were nevertheless once again beaten by an innings. His last two first-class appearances came two years apart. In August 1883, he played for Hampshire against

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at the

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, and was dismissed in the second innings by

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. Hargreaves' final match at this level, in August 1885, was once more against Somerset at Southampton, but this time the venue was the County Ground, enjoying its first season of use. Once more (in the first innings) he was dismissed by Bastard, though Hargreaves ended his career by being

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in the second. At the time of his death aged 73, he was a vice-president of Hampshire County Cricket Club. Obituary. ''

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'' 1927.

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References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hargreaves, Reginald 1852 births 1926 deaths English cricketers Hampshire cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers I Zingari cricketers Gentlemen of England cricketers Non-international England cricketers A. W. Ridley's XI cricketers Liddell family