James Hargreaves (English cricketer)

{{short description|American-born English cricketer and sports retailer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = James Hargreaves

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = James Henry Hargreaves

| nickname =

| birth_date = 1859

| birth_place = New York City, New York,
United States

| death_date = 11 April 1922 (aged 62–63)

| death_place = Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Unknown

| bowling =

| role =

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 1884–1885

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 15

| bat avg1 = 3.75

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 14

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 18 January

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14050.html Cricinfo

}}

James Henry Hargreaves (1859 – 11 April 1922) was an American-born English first-class cricketer and sports retailer.

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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6639/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by James Hargreaves|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=29 January 2024|url-access=subscription}} In these matches, he scored 15 runs with a highest score of 14.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6639/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by James Hargreaves|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=29 January 2024|url-access=subscription}} In addition to playing cricket, he also played rugby union for Hampshire.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000290/19220411/143/0007|title=Deaths|work=Portsmouth Evening News|page=7|date=11 April 1922|access-date=29 January 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} 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. 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2935802/Whats-happened-to-Lillywhites.html|title=What's happened to Lillywhites?|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=2 April 2006|access-date=29 January 2024|url-access=subscription}} Hargreaves died at Portsmouth in April 1922.