John Maunsell Richardson

John Maunsell Richardson JP DL (Great Limber, Caistor, Lincolnshire 12 June 1846 – Westminster, London, 22 January 1912), known to his friends as the "Cat", was a cricketer who played First-class cricket for Cambridge University, Member of Parliament and a steeplechase jockey who won two Grand Nationals as a rider in the 1870s. Richardson was educated at Harrow and Magdalene College, Cambridge. Cricket Maunsell Richardson played alongside future England Cricket and Rugby Union captain A.N. Hornby for Harrow in both the 1864 and 1865 Eton v Harrow cricket matches, contributing 29 and 24 in innings victories over Eton. Richardson made his first-class debut for Gentlemen of England against Oxford University in 1866, playing in the same team as another future England captain in a 17-year-old W.G. Grace.