| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | John Maunsell Richardson | |||
| Born | 12 June 1846 Great Limber, Caistor, Lincolnshire, England |
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| Died | 22 January 1912 (aged 65) Westminster, London, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right arm slow (roundarm) | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1866–1868 | Cambridge University | |||
| 1874 | MCC | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | First-class | |||
| Matches | 18 | |||
| Runs scored | 347 | |||
| Batting average | 11.56 | |||
| 100s/50s | 0/1 | |||
| Top score | 58 | |||
| Balls bowled | 60 | |||
| Wickets | 1 | |||
| Bowling average | 35 | |||
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | |||
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | |||
| Best bowling | 1/21 | |||
| Catches/stumpings | 10/– | |||
| Source: Cricinfo, 4 June 2009 | ||||
John Maunsell Richardson JP DL (Great Limber, Caistor, Lincolnshire 12 June 1846 - Westminster, London, 22 January 1912), was a cricketer who played for Cambridge University,[1] Member of Parliament and a steeplechase jockey who won two Grand Nationals as a rider in the 1870s.[2]
John Richardson was educated at Harrow and Magdalene College, Cambridge.[3]
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Richardson won the 1873 and 1874 Grand Nationals riding Disturbance and Reugny respectively. Both were trained by James Machell.
Richardson won the 1894 by-election for Brigg, but lost his seat in the General election in the following year.
In 1881, Richardson married Victoria Alexandrina (née Hare), the Countess of Yarborough and widow of his friend Charles Anderson-Pelham, 3rd Earl of Yarborough, who had died six years earlier.[4] His wife, though legally Victoria Richardson, continued to be known as Victoria, Countess of Yarborough.[1]
They had one son, John Richardson.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by Samuel Danks Waddy |
Member of Parliament for Brigg 1894 – 1895 |
Succeeded by Harold James Reckitt |